History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 162

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1490

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went back to Germany where she remained un- til 1859. Upon her return to this country, she located in St. Louis, Missouri, later in Iowa. and still later in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, where she married Gustav Kaiser. Five chil- (Iren were born to them namely: John ; Kate. born at Allegheny, in 1868, who married Harry Schlicher, and resides in Fairview Heights ; William, born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1870, who is manager of the Oil Well Sup- ply Co., and is located at Salem, West Vir- ginia ; and Elizabeth and Karl, twins, born in Washington County, Ohio, April 2, 1877.

John Kaiser married Flora Seyler, a daugh- ter of Jacob Seyler, and they have one son. Harold. His family belongs to the German Methodist Church. The subject of this sketch and his family are members of the Congrega- tional Church. They reside at No. 606 Second street.

R. O. M. WILLIS, a prominent physi- cian of Marietta, Ohio, who built the Grace Hospital, and is its proprietor, was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1859, and is a son of J. M. Willis. His is the only institution of the kind in the city.

J. M. Willis lived in Noble County, Ohio, until 1868, when he moved to Washington County. He became a Methodist minister in 1873, and preached in various circuits of the county until 1882, when he moved to Lincoln. Nebraska, where he remained some years. He is now located at Burr Oak, Kansas. He mar- ried a daughter of Lemuel Grimes, who first located in Washington County, Ohio, in 1850. She was born in Sharon, Noble County, Ohio, and died in 1896, having given birth to six children, four of whom are livng, as follows : O. M., the subject of this biography ; Arthur C .. a farmer of Pottawattomie County, Kansas ; Lemuel C., an expert machinist. of Kansas, who has charge of contract work in connection with pumping stations and water works; and Rev. Fred N., who is secretary of the Kansas M. E. conference.

JAMES A. REPPERT.

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Dr. O. M. Willis completed his academic course at Marietta, and took a medical course at Columbus, where he was graduated in 1882. He has also done considerable post-graduate work at the New York Polyclinic. He has a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of his profession, and has made a specialty of sur- gery and the diseases of women. He built Grace Hospital, which is a private institution, located at Nos. 822-824 Third street, in 1898. It has accommodations for about fifteen pa- tients and is modernly equipped throughout. It has received a liberal patronage from the citizens of Marietta and its vicinity, and satis- fies a long-felt need, other prominent physi- cians often making use of the institution. As- sociated with Dr. Willis, is Dr. A. Howard Smith, an able physician.

Dr. O. M. Willis married Harriet E. Stowe, a daughter of S. S. Stowe, of Lowell, Ohio, and they have two children,-Earl Ham- ilton and Florence. Fraternally, the subject is a Mason, belonging to American Union Lodge, No. 1; and belongs to Marietta Commandery, Chapter No. 1 ; and the Elks. He attends the Unitarian Church. The family home is on the Muskingum road.

ALTER B. HARTNELL, who is engaged in the practice of dentis- try in Beverly, Washington Coun- ty, Ohio, was born June 13, 1872, in Gallipolis, Ohio. His parents are Joseph and Mary J. ( Hunt ) Hartnell.

Joseph Hartnell was born in England, came to the United States in 1872, and located in Gallipolis, Ohio, where he was engaged in flour milling. He is now living at Coolville, Ohio, aged fifty-two years. His wife, Mary II. ( Hunt) Hartnell, was born in England. also, and is now fifty-five years old. They have three children, namely: Walter B., the subject of this sketch : Ida J. : and Minnie B.

Walter B. Hartnell was reared in Coolville. Ohio, and attended the University of Indiana, an institution in Indianapolis, graduating from the dental department, April 7. 1897. He lo-

cated in Beverly, where he has been actively engaged ever since. He spent two years in practice in Coolville. His patrons are many, and he is highly commended for his good workmanship. Possessed of considerable me- chanical ingenuity, he has found no difficulty in mastering his profession, and has met with much success in his short career.

Dr. Hartnell was married August 23, 1900, to Adda L. Lansley, of Beverly, a daughter of Cyrus and Louise Lansley. He is a member of Buell Lodge No. 35, K. of P. Politically, he is a Republican.

AMES A. REPPERT, deceased, for many years a prominent resident of Warren township, Washington Coun- ty, Ohio, was born in 1811, in Greens- boro, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of George Reppert. His father, who was one of the pioneer window-glass man- ufacturers west of the Alleghenies, came to this country from Alsace-Loraine, then French ter- ritory, and was identified with Albert Gallatin in the manufacture of glass at New Geneva. Pennsylvania.

James .A. Reppert was united in marriage with Frances Petite Hays, who was born near Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, in 1817, and is a daughter of Jacob Hays. She is descended from William Hays, of Scotland, who left that country during the religious persecution and settled in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was at the siege of Derry and suffered with the rest of the besieged until relief came, having been absent from his family for twenty-two months. The first of the family that settled in America was Abram Hays, who married a lady of French birth, Frances Petite. They located in Maryland, and thence moved to the vicinity of Homestead, Pennsylvania, in 1776. Here Mr. Reppert took up land which is still in the pos- session of his descendants. He and his wife died on this farm, having reared nine children. Of these children. the fourth was Jacob Hays. the father of Mrs. Reppert. He was born in 1778. and in 1700 married Jane llarden, by

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whom he had the following children: James H .; Thomas; Emily J .; Frances P .; Nancy ; Mary; Abram; John K .; Sarah; Alexander ; Ivy ; and Caroline.

Mr. and Mrs. Reppert became the parents of six children, namely: Rush, who died in infancy; Byron, who married Katrina Gerrish, of Chillicothe, Ohio; Christianna Margaretta, who lives on the homestead farm; Jacob, who resides in California ; and George and James, deceased. James A. Reppert died October 4. 1880, after an honorable and well-spent life. Mrs. Reppert lives with her daughter, Chris- tianna Margaretta Reppert, on the old family homestead, located four miles below Marietta. She is a lady of many estimable traits of char- acter, and is loved and respected by all who know her.

ICHAEL C. DEARTH, a prosper- ous farmer residing two miles north of Beverly in Waterford township, Washington County. Ohio, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, 1852 and is a son of John and Rosanna (Wise) Dearth.

John Dearth was born in Pennsylvania in 1808 and died in 1884. He moved to Mon- roe County at an early day, was married there, and came to Washington County in 1858, lo- cating in Aurelius township. He moved to Morgan County in 1865, where he died. He was a farmer by occupation. He was a mem- her of the M. E. Church, of which he was a steward many years, and the door of his home was ever open to the minister who made the circuit. Politically, he was a Democrat in early life, but in later years, was a Republi- can. He married Rosanna Wise, who was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1810, and died in 1885. She was also a member of the M. E. Church. This union was blessed with ten children, as follows: Jacob, a farmer of Morgan County ; Hamilton, a retired farmer of Hutchinson, Kansas; William, a capitalist of Hutchinson, Kansas ; Lucy, deceased, who was the wife of Samuel Rock; James, who lives on

the old homestead, in Morgan County: Nehe- miah, who at the outbreak of the Civil War. enlisted in the 77th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf., served four years, re-enlisted in the same regiment, came home on a furlough, and died at the end of the war, of camp diarrhea at Clarksville, Texas, where he was buried; Nancy, who has been an invalid for many years; Jolm, who died when a boy : Mary, who married Charles Barkhurst, and died in Oregon; and Mich- ael C.

Michael C. Dearth has always followed farming, except a few years spent in merchan- dizing, and at present owns a fine farm of seventy acres, two miles north of Beverly. He is a man of modern ideas and great energy, and has met with unqualified success in the prosecution of his work.

January 6, 1876, Mr. Dearth was united in marriage with Frances Dye, who was born in Marietta in 1852, and was a daughter of Uriah and Jane Dye. She died in 1889, leaving one child. Robin R., who was born in Waterford township, in November, 1876, and is a mer- chant of McPherson, Kansas. Mr. Dearth was married in 1891 to Flora M. Calder, who was born in Briggs, Ohio, in 1858, and is the daughter of David and Mary Calder. They have a son, Oliver Kenneth, who was born March 14, 1896. Mr. Dearth is a member of the M. E. Church, of which he has been stew- ard, trustee and recording steward, many years. In politics, he is a strong and unswerv- ing Republican.

HARLES GRASS, a member of the firm of Stanley & Grass, dealers in furniture in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, is one of the most prominent business men of that city. He was born in Marietta in August. 1854, and is a son of William and Elizabeth ( Brinkwed- die) Grass.

William Grass died over forty years ago, and his wife died in 1872. They reared three sons, and one daughter ( Mary), who lives at the old home on Washington street in Mariet-

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ta. Henry is engaged in the cigar and stogie business at Wheeling ; Charles is the subject of this biography ; and William died in Marietta, aged 54 years.

Charles Grass has spent his entire life in Marietta, and since 1870 has been identified with his present business, in which he is now a partner. He is a man of scrupulously correct business principles, a good manager, and is possessed of unusually keen judgment and foresight. He stands high among the leading business men of the city, who respect him for his open methods of doing business, and for his loyalty to any worthy cause or enterprise which is undertaken for the city's good.

Mr. Grass married Auxcey Gorrall, a na- tive of Yankeesburg, Washington County, Ohio, in September, 1881. They have two daughters and two sons, namely: Florence ; Mabel; Charles Henry ; and Lawrence.

Mr. Grass is a Democrat, in national poli- tics. He is a member of the Methodist Church.

W. HUTCHINSON, the proprietor of Hutchinson's Bargain Store at Nos. 169-171 Front street, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, estab- lished his present business in 1889, and has continued to add one line of goods after another, until he now has a full depart- ment store. The dry goods department cov- ers dry goods of all descriptions, notions, la- dies' and children's wraps and ready-made wear, hosiery, underwear, and gents' furnish- ings. He also carries a full line of clocks and jewelry, groceries and confections, queens- ware, glassware, hardware, tinware, carpets, portieres, curtains, wallpaper, shades, medi- cines, oilcloths, sewing machines, books, sta- tionery, musical instruments, picture frames, baskets, Japanese ware, and also many other things which are sokl at retail and wholesale. The store gives employment to over thirty peo- ple, and transacts an annual business of about $100,000.

upon the extraordinary success of his business undertakinigs, a fact which has been due en- tirely to his own energetic efforts and faith- fulness to duty. He is an excellent manager, and is proprietor of one of the largest stores of the kind in this section of the coun- try. His goods are of the best quality, and are displayed tastefully throughout the entire store. His patrons receive the best of atten- tion, and are, one and all, treated with court- esy and promptness.

The subject of this sketch was born in Greene County, Ohio, and has lived in Wash- ington County nearly all his life. He lived and was in business in East Liverpool, Ohio, II years, and returned to this county 14 years ago. His early life was spent in his father's store at New Matamoras, Ohio. At one time he was a partner in the firm of S. Hutchinson & Sons. He was married 26 years ago, to Rachel A. Wells, of Wells Bottom. West Vir- ginia, and has three children,-Jennie D .; Samuel; and Wells.

In politics, Mr. Hutchinson is a Republi- can. Religiously. the family are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of Marietta, Ohio. Socially, Mr. Hutchinson is a Knights Templar.

ILES HUMISTON, who lives on his farm half a mile south of Bev- erly, Washington County, Ohio, was born in Adams township, No- vember 28, 1840. He is a son of Lyndes and Betsy ( Starland ) Humiston.

Lyndes Humiston was born in Little Mus- kingum. Washington County, Ohio, in 1797, and died in 1881. in his 84th year. He was a farmer, and, politically, an old-time Whig, although in later days he voted the Repub- lican ticket. He married Betsy Starland, who was born in Waterford township. and died in January, 1879. at the age of 80 years. They had seven children, namely : Hiram, of Adams township: Lyman; Eliza, who married Abner Devol ; Charles, deceased ;

Mr. Hutchinson is to be complimented | Sally, who married David P. Slater, and lives

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in Indiana; Jason, deceased; and Miles, the subject of this sketch.

Miles Humiston was married September 24, 1866, to Emeline Beebe, who was born in Waterford township, Washington County, in 1847, and is a daughter of George W. and Saralı J. ( Webster ) Beebe. They have two children namely : David, an engineer living in Beverly, who married Maggie Kile, a daughter of Clark and Ann Kile; and Dora, who mar- ried Carlos Smith, a merchant, of Waterford.

Mr. Humiston enlisted in 1864, at Water- ford, in the 148th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf., al- though he first enlisted in the National Guard. He went out as a one-hundred-day man, but did not get back home until after the time limit ·of service. He owns a farm of 121 acres of land in Waterford township, just a half mile south of Beverly. In the cultivation of this he takes great pride, and he is considered one of the best farmers in that part of Washing- ton County. He is prosperous, having met with considerable success, and is a kind and helpful neighbor, esteemed by all for his up- right principles and good character.

In politics, Mr. Humiston is a Republican. He is a member of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 37, A. F. & A. M .. of Beverly. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.

RS. CATHERINE PARR FRANKS, the widow of Owen Franks. formerly a prominent business man of Marietta, Wash- ington County, Ohio, was born in Grandview, this county, November 3, 1814, and is a daughter of Nathan and Mary (Daugherty ) Parr.

Nathan Parr was a native of Maryland, and his ancestors were partial owners of what is now known as the city of Wheeling. The three Parr brothers who came to this country, were natives of England. Nathan Parr mar- ried Mary Daugherty, and they removed to Washington County, where Nathan put up the first "hewed" log house built in Grandview

township. He cleared two hundred acres of land, and had the first tree cut down in the "Long Reach," some five miles below Mata- moras. Nathan Parr and his wife had the following children, namely: Stephen; Sam- uel, the grandfather of Dr. J. D. Parr, of Marietta ; Benjamin ; Isaac; Jesse ; Hamilton ; Vlachel; Nelson; Rebecca; W. H. Harrison ; Catherine, the subject of this sketch; and James H. Samuel Parr married Grace Hold- ren and reared several children, among whom was Nathan Parr, the father of Dr. J. D. Parr. of Marietta.

Catherine Parr Franks, the subject of this biography, was married in 1833, in Grandview township, to Owen Franks. Owen Franks was born in 1806 in the Shenandoah Valley. and was a son of Henry and Margaret (Van Buskirk) Franks, who removed from Virgin- ia to Washington County, Ohio, and located in Grandview township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Owen Franks farmed for several years, after which Mr. Franks was engaged in trading along the Ohio River, and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. He removed to Marietta, in 1846, where he engaged in the foundry business, erecting what is now the Leidecker Tool Works building, on Second street. He followed that business, practically until the time of his death, which occurred in 1880. He was one of the most influential cit- izens of Marietta, and was a man of excellent character.

Mrs. Catherine Franks is the mother of ten children, ( four of whom are now living ), as follows: Maria Louise, the wife of H. J. Brinker, of New Orleans, Louisiana ; William Hayden and Rebecca, who died in infancy ; Mary Catherine ( Nye), and Lavinia, de- ceased; Lafayette, a railroad man in Califor- nia; Rose T. ( Vickers), of Arkansas; Laura WV. ( Wheeler), who died in Georgia : Charles Owen, who died in the City of Mexico; and Lucy W. (Stowe), who lives with her mother, at the old home, No. 524 Second street. This home, which is large and imposing, is located on an elevation, and at once commands the at- tention of passersby. It is of colonial archi-

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tecture, and has been the family home for fifty years.

Mrs. Franks is possessed of a sweet and charitable nature, and is highly esteemed in the community for her many womanly traits of character.

OSES B. JOHNSTON, a prominent citizen of Waterford township. Washington County, Ohio, was born in Brownsville, Licking County, Ohio, July 1, 1837, and is a son of Josiah and Mary ( Warbritton) Johnston.

Josiah Johnston was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1809, and for a period of fifty years was engaged in teaching school. Later in life, however, he conducted a general store at Coal Run. He died in 1890 and was bur- ied at Zanesville, Ohio. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. Frater- nally, he was a Mason, and in politics, a Re- publican. He married Mary Warbritton, who was born near Metz, then in France, in 1811, and died in 1873. She came to the United States with her parents when twelve years of age, and lived on Wheeling Creek, near the city of Wheeling. Her father was John War- britton. This union resulted in the birth of eight children, as follows : Eleva; Joseph ; Sarah; Moses B .: Josiah; Mary: Caroline and Robert. Eleva

the widow of Robert Fulton, who was a marble cut- ter by trade; Joseph is deceased: Josiah closed his school at the firing on Fort Sum- ter and enlisted in the regular army, before the call for volunteers by President Lincoln. He was a member of the 18th Reg. U. S. Inf .. and was killed at the Battle of Stone River when but eighteen years of age. Mary mar- ried David Foerster: Caroline married J. M. Moore, a traveling salesman, of Zanesville. Ohio: and Robert is a caterer, and resides at Columbus, Ohio.

Moses B. Johnston enlisted at Athens, Ohio, September 12, 1862, in Company I. 7th Reg. Ohio Vol. Cav., under Col. Israel Gar-

rard. He was in the siege at Knoxville, and in Gen. Carters' second raid through Tennes- see. He sustained a gunshot wound in the left wrist, at Winchester, Kentucky, while act- ing as first duty sergeant, and was mustered out as an subaltern of that rank. He was dis- charged on account of physical disability, on surgeon's order, June 20, 1865, at Covington. Kentucky. Ile draws a pension of $24 per month.

On March 24, 1858, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage with Miss N. J. Jarvis, who was born in West Wheeling, Ohio, in 1839. and is a daughter of Peter and Margaret Jarvis. They had one child, Mary M., who was born March 4, 1860, and died March 24, 1860. Fraternally, the subject of this sketch is a member of Beverly Lodge, No. 84, I. O. O. F. : Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 37. A. F. & .A. M. ; and Dick Cheatham Post. No. 317. G. A. R. He is a Republican, in politics, and held the postmastership in Beverly under the Har- rison administration. He served as peniten- tiary guard of the annex, at Columbus, from 1898 to 1900. He is one of the progressive men of Waterford township, and enjoys a wide acquaintance in Washington County.

D R. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS JARRETT GUTIIRJE, deceased. one of Washington County's most prominent physicians for many years, was a resident of Belpre. He was born in that part of Virginia which is now the State of West Virginia. March 10, 1828. He was a son of Rev. Francis and Elizabeth- ( Hughes ) Guthrie, and a grandson of Dr. Na- than and Mabelle ( Patterson ) Guthrie.

Rev. Francis Guthrie was born in Sher- burne, Chenango County, New York, June 1. (So1, and was first prepared for the medical profession. lle afterward pursued the study of theology and became a noted divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in Gal- lipolis, Ohio, July 7, 1881. lle married Eliza- beth Hughes, a native of Kanawha County. West Virginia, October 21. 1821, and they be-

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came the parents of 13 children, and lived to see their descendants increased to 54 grandchil- dren and 28 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Guth- rie was a woman of exceptional ability, and an earnest Christian; she died in Cheshire, Ohio.

In the "Life of Sir William Wallace," ap- pears the following relative to the Guthrie fam- ily: "The name of Guthrie is an ancient and honorable one, the name of a family of great antiquity in Scotland like the most ancient is of local origin, being assumed by the chief when such designations were adopted from his lands in Forfarshire. In the year 1299, after the great Sir William Wallace had resigned his guardianship of Scotland and retired to France, the Northern Lords of that Kingdom sent Squire Guthrie to desire his return that he might assist in opposing the English. Guth- rie embarked at Aberbrothock, landed at Sluis, from whence they conveyed Wallace and his retinue back to Montrose."

Crawford, in his "Lives of the Officers of State," says: "The Guthries held the Barony of Guthrie by charter from King David the II, but they were men of rank and property long before the reign of James II. There are five crests of the Guthrie family, four Scotch and one English. Guthrie Castle is still entire and stands at the foot of Guthrie Hill, For- farshire, Scotland. The massive tower is 60 feet high. and the walls 10 feet thick. The date was 1468 when James IH gave license to David Guthrie to fortify a tower with an iron zett. James Guthrie, a minister at Stirling, was be- headed June 1, 1661, because of his writings in Edinburgh. On account of the religious per- secutions under which the family suffered, James, John and Robert Guthrie decided to leave Edinburg and seek security in the United States, settling first in Boston, Chloroform was the discovery of a member of this family, Dr. Samuel Guthrie, of Sacket Harbor, New York, in 1831. About the same time it was discovered by Soubeivan, in France, and Lie- big, in Germany. There being three claimants for the honor, a committee was appointed to consider the subject, and after thorough inves- tigation, they concluded that Dr. Samuel Guth- rie was justly entitled to the honor of first dis-

covering chloroform, and that the publication of his discovery antedates that of either Liebig or Soubeivan."

Dr. C. C. J. Guthrie, the subject of this biography, was graduated from Ann Arbor ( Michigan) Medical College, and subsequent- ly took a post graduate course in the Ohio Med- ical College, of Cincinnati. He made seven different visits to Europe, and pursued the study of his profession in London, Paris and Vienna. He first engaged in practice in Clarks- ville, Arkansas, where he was married. In 1865, he removed to Belpre, Ohio, where he established an extensive practice, his patients coming from all parts of the Union, Canada and the islands of the Pacific. He was one of the most distinguished men who ever graced the medical profession in Washington County. Ile was a man of commanding presence, be- nevolent and kind, and had the confidence and esteem of his patients and of all who knew him. He was a thorough student, fond of good literature, and a fine historian. Dr. Guthrie died at his home in Belpre, April 28. 1893.

October 11, 1854, Doctor Guthrie married Mary Frances Collier, who was born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Aug- ust 24. 1836. She was a daughter of Willis and Mary ( Morgan) Collier, who were con- verts to the Cumberland Presbyterian faith through the teachings of Eli Guthrie, one of the founders of that church. Her parents moved to Arkansas, and settled on a planta- tion near Clarksville. This union resulted in the following children: Anna, wife of Philip Cole; David P., who was born August 18. 1857; George Wesley, who was born Novem- ber 14, 1860, and died March 2, 1884; and Francis Willis, who was born September -4. 1863, and died January 8, 1875.

Anna Guthrie was born July 23, 1855, and was united in marriage with Philip Cole, Feb- ruary 28, 1883. He is a son of William P. and Louisa ( Shields) Cole, and was born June 17. 1852. His father was a farmer and followed that occupation throughout life. Philip Cole is a traveling man. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows. In

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History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 162

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1490

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1490