History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 184

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

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Mr. Nickel has been one of the most active and progressive citizens of Beverly for a num- ber of years, and is trustee of the cemetery. It was through his instrumentality that a neat, brick walk. 1150 feet long, was laid from the town to the cemetery. The subject of this sketch is always deeply interested in any public enterprise, and cheerfully gives his assistance to every worthy cause. He is well known in the vicinity, and has many friends.

OLUMBUS F. HAYWARD, a rep- resentative farmer of Waterford township, Washington County, Ohio, was born on the old family homestead, of which his farm now forms a part, April 13, 1831, and is a son of Rotheus and Rebecca ( Gray ) Hayward.

Rotheus Hayward was born in Easton, Massachusetts, October 14, 1781, and came to Washington County, Ohio, in 1805, locating one mile up the river from Waterford. He purchased a farm, and at the time of his death, May 22. 1842, owned 500 acres of land. He followed farming and stock raising very suc- cessfully. Religiously, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Masonic order, and in politics, was a Whig. He was a captain in the militia, and served as township trustee many years. He married, first, Panthea Nye. a daughter of Ich-

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abod Nye, January 29, 1807. They had seven children, namely: Joseph ; Benjamin Tupper ; Rotheus; Ichabod; Lydia M., who married August W. Shaw ; Edward N. ; and George B. The mother of this family died in 1823. Mr. Hayward was again married, to Rebecca Gray, who was born at Fort Fry, near Waterford, October 4, 1791, and died September 28, 1870. She was a daughter of Captain William Gray, who was captain of the garrison at Fort Fry. Her mother was a Miss Diamond, a native of Massachusetts, as was her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Hayward reared five children, namely : Charlotte and Panthea, deceased; Daniel W., who lives in Empire, Oregon; Columbus F .; and Cyrus B., who lives on the home farm.

Columbus F. Hayward attended the com- mon schools of his district and Beverly High School. He has always been engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits, but is not active now, al- though he still looks after his farm of 100 acres, which was a part of the old home farm on the Muskingum River.

In 1869, the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Emily Devol, who was born in Waterford township, Washing- ton County, Ohio, September 24, 1829, and is a daughter of Stephen and Silance ( Hatch) Devol. Her father came from Rhode Island and her mother from Connecticut. Her fa- ther was a farmer, and both were members of the Methodist Church. He was a Whig, in politics, and later a Republican. Silance Hatch first married a Dr. Buell, who died in Gallipolis, and their only child is also de- ceased. Mr. Hayward and his wife have one son, Edward T.

Dr. Edward T. Hayward was born in Wa- terford township, September 15, 1871, and received his educational training in the select school known as Beverly College, and in Mar- ietta College, from which he was graduated in 1893. He then read medicine with Dr. P. H. Kelley, and entered Bellevue Hospital Med- ical College, from which he graduated in 1896, with the degree of M. D. He returned home, opened an office, and has since practiced suc- cessfully. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and the Washington County

Medical Society. In politics, he is a Repub- lican.

Columbus F. Hayward is a member of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 37, F. & A. M., and also of the Chapter, R. A. M. Mrs. Hayward, who died May 30, 1900, was a faiths- ful member of the Presbyterian Church, of which her husband is also a member. He is a Republican, in politics, was formerly justice of the peace of Waterford township, and is now township clerk.

D R. SAMUEL G. ADAIR, a success- ful physician of Beverly, Washing- ton County, Ohio, is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, and was born in 1848. His parents were Arthur B. and Eleanor G. ( Orr) Adair.

Arthur B. Adair was also a native of Guernsey County, and was born in 1818. His death occurred in 1893. He was a farmer by occupation, and was well known in his locality. His wife was born in Ireland, in 1818, and was but six weeks old when her parents moved to this country. Her parents, George and Eliza- beth Orr, are long since deceased. Arthur B. Adair and his wife had five children, namely : Mary D., who married Henry Berkey, and died in Denver, in 1890; William A., a physi- cian, who died in Athens County in 1899; Samuel G., the subject of this sketch; Jennie T., who died at the age of twenty-two years; and Robert O.

Dr. Samuel G. Adair, the subject of this biography, obtained his early mental training in Athens County, Ohio, in the common schools, and at Atwood's Institute, at Lee, Ohio. He was but five years old when his pa- rents removed to Athens County, and he re- mained there until 1879. At the age of fif- teen years, he entered the army, serving in the transportation department for a short time. He attended Downington University in Meigs County, Ohio, after which he taught school four or five years, and then went into the office of his brother, where he read medicine. He attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College,

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and received his diploma from that college in 1879, after which he at once located in Bev- erly, where he has been in active practice up to the present time. In 1901, he took a course in medicine at The Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital of Chicago. He is one of the best physicians in and about Beverly, and his practice is large and lucrative. He aims to advance with his profession, and is thoroughly modern in his ideas and treatment.

Dr. Adair married, in 1879, Ella F. Pat- terson, a daughter of John Patterson. She was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1853, and five children have resulted from their un- ion, namely: Lee P .; Florence B .; Wilbur G .; Frank E .; and Raymond G.

Dr. Adair and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, Court of Honor: and of the State and Washington County medical so- cieties. In politics, he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Pension Examining Board for nine years, and is a member of the town council and school board.

D R. CHARLES W. EDDY, who has been a practitioner of medicine for the past twenty-five years. and a resi- dent of Marietta, for the past twen- ty-one years, is a native of Washing- ton County, Ohio, and was born in 1852. He is a son of Erastus Eddy.

Erastus Eddy, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born March 27, 1829. in Mas- sachusetts, and settled in Ohio in 1838. He located in Adams township, Washington County, where he followed farming and stock raising during his active life. His wife was born in Noble County, in 1832, and they now live in Marietta. Two children blessed their union, namely: Dr. Charles W., the subject of this sketch; and Elvin Parker Eddy, who died in 1897. He was a graduate of the Ohio Dental College, and was practicing in Marietta at the time of his death. Erastus Eddy served a number of years as justice of the peace, and also as trustee of Adams township.

Charles W. Eddy, the subject of this sketch, attended Beverly Academy, after which he took the full course at the Miami Medical Col- lege in Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1877. He is a general practitioner, and at present is located at No. 304 Front street.

Dr. Eddy married Anna Teter, a native of Van Buren County, Iowa, and they have one son,-Homer E. In politics, the Doctor is a Democrat. He has served two years as a member of the staff in the Hospital for the In- sane, at Athens, Ohio, and for eight years was a member of the Board of Pension Surgeons in Marietta .- during both of Cleveland's ad- ministrations. Fraternally, he is a member of the following organizations: American Med- ical Association ; American Association of Life Insurance Examiners, of which he was a char- ter member ; the Ohio State Medical Society; and the Ihio Pediatric Society ; he has served as both president and secretary of the Wash- ington County Medical Society. He is a mem- ber of the American Union Lodge, No. I, A. F. & A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. Re- ligiously he is a Methodist.

Dr. Eddy ranks among the leading physi- cians of Washington County, and is a man who commands the respect of all who come in contact with him.

AMUEL BAILEY, who is postmaster of Beverly, Washington County, Ohio, was born in Morgan County, Ohio. April 24, 1847, and is a son of James and Mary M. ( Price) Bailey.

James Bailey was born in Jefferson Coun- ty, Ohio, in 1799, and died in 1865. He re- moved to Morgan County, in 1830, and was a merchant at McConnelsville. in partnership with Alexander Simpson, for a mimber of years. He afterwards bought a farm near Deerfield Church, where he spent the rest of his days. He lies buried in the noted Deer- field Cemetery. He was a member of the Pres- byterian Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary M. Price, was born in Zanes- ville, Ohio, in 1808, and died in 1896. She

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was a daughter of John Price. James Bailey and his wife had nine children, namely : John, a member of Company B. 62nd Reg. Ohio | Vol. Inf .; James M., a member of Company E, 78th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., who died in the hospital at Vicksburg, and is buried in that city ; Benjamin, a member of Company E. 78th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf., who was wounded in the battle before Atlanta, and is buried in Rome, Georgia; William, deceased; an infant de- ceased : Sarah, who married James M. Fergu- son, and is living on the home farm; Mary. who married Hiram Johnson, and is a widow. living in Missouri: Nancy V., who died in 1858, of what was then called putrid sore throat,-the first case of diphtheria in South- western Ohio; and Samuel, the subject of this sketch.

Samuel Bailey attended the common schools of his native county, and after leaving school, followed farming until 1880. He then followed civil engineering, in railroad work. for ten years, and in 1893. located in Beverly. He was elected justice of the peace in 1897. but resigned that office to accept the appoint- ment of postmaster of the town, under Presi- dent Mckinley. He now fills that office to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He was mayor of Beverly during 1895, filling the un- expired term of John Lansley.

Mr. Bailey was united in marriage in 1870 with Ella Filler, a daughter of William Filler. She was born near Roseville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and died in 1888, leaving four children, namely: Hattie L., who lives near Denver, Colorado: Oakley M., agent for the Rio Grande Western Railway Company, at Murray, Utah; Mary E., who lives near Den- ver. Colorado; and Anna, deceased. Mr. Bailey married, secondly, in 1891, Mary M. Jumper, a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Jumper. Her father was Captain John Jumper, and she was born at Rainersville, Morgan County, Ohio, in 1857.

Mr. Bailey is a Republican, in politics ; he holds a commission as notary public from Governor George K. Naslı. He is a member of Valley Lodge, No. 145, F. & A. M. of Mal- ta, Ohio; and of the Rufus Putnam Chapter.

and Fraternal Mystic Circle. He is a Presby- terian. in religious belief, while his wife is a Methodist.

B. WEST, who, during his active ca- reer, has been engaged in various lines of business and has been identified with many enterprises, is a successful oil producer, and one of the leading men of Marietta, Ohio. He was born near Moundsville, Virginia ( now West Virginia), in 1838.

When about eighteen years of age, Mr. West removed to the neighborhood of Park- ersburg, and came to Marietta during the Civil War. He first engaged in the grain and pro- duce trade. For several years he was a mem- ber of the firm of Reppert, West & Jones, dealers in grain and produce, their place of business being where the Belleview Hotel now stands. He operated in oil, to some extent, in West Virginia, prior to 1869, and then at Federal Creek, Morgan County, Ohio, in the Chesterfield district. Later, he sold there. and is now interested in Athens and Washing- ton counties. He has a large number of wells, is interested in many oil companies, and is manager of the Alice Oil Company. For years he was secretary and manager of the Konk Oil Company. From 1879 to 1889 he dealt in Pittsburg coal under the firm name of J. B. West & Co., with floats and barges at the foot of Butler street, on the Muskin- gum River, his office being near the corner of Putnam and Front streets. He disposed of his coal business, and again resumed oil opera- tions, in which he has attained a high degree of success. Mr. West was superintendent of the Marietta City Water Works from its incep- tion until July. 1900, when he resigned and was succeeded by J. S. H. Torner. He is a public-spirited man, and has taken a deep in- terest in the welfare and progress of Marietta.

Mr. West has two brothers,-Dr. W. L. West of New Matamoras : and Dr. G. B. West who is identified with the banking business at Sistersville. The subject of this sketch was joined in marriage with a daughter of Willard ,

JOHN T. HAINES.

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Merrian, who was born and reared in Wash- ington County, Ohio. Her paternal great- grandfather was one of the original 48 settlers of Marietta, of whom Amos Porter, the young- est member, was the last survivor. One child blesses this union, namely : James Herbert, D. D. S., a graduate of Marietta College, who is engaged in practice at Mansfield, Ohio. By previous marriage, with Mary C. Neal, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, there was one son, William Edward. a steamboat man of Huntington, West Virginia. Mrs. West was an own cousin of Stonewall Jackson, who was brought up in her father's family. Politically, J. B. West is a Republican. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workinen. In religoius convictions, he is a believer in the Congregational Church. He owns a home at No. 326 Third street, but resides at the corner of Third and Putnam streets.

OHN T. HAINES, one of the repre- sentative farmers and stock raisers of Washington County, Ohio, owner and operator of a fine farm of 80 acres in Palmer township, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on August 15, 1838. He is a son of Charles and Phoebe ( Cook) Haines. His great-grandfather was of Hol- land birth and ancestry.

Charles Haines was born in 1810, in Bel- mont County, and his wife was born in 1818, in Guernsey County. They came to Washing- ton County in 1847, and located in Wesley township, near Plymouth.

John T. Haines has devoted the greater portion of his life to agricultural pursuits. His education was obtained in the public schools. During the Civil War he enlisted in the 100- day service, and performed the dutes of a loyal citizen. Mr. Haines has been located on his present farm for 25 years. He devotes it to a general line of farming and to stock raising, making a specialty of registered Jersey cattle. He keeps a herd of about 30 head, and has the reputation in Marietta, of making the best quality of butter in Washington County. Mr.

Hames operates his farm with the assistance of his son-in-law, John T. Ullom.

On February 24. 1862, the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Rachel J. Dunsmoor, who was a daughter of Lucius P. and Mahala ( Williams) Dunsmoor. The former was born in January, 1810. Mrs. Haines was born December 20, 1842. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Haines are Clara and Carrie D. The last named married John T. Ullom, and has one son, George Lawrence Theodore. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Haines are as follows: Albina; Polly; Ma- hala Josephine ; Lucius Jasper : Laura Virginia and Lodema A. The first wife of Mr. Haines died on June 10, 1899. On January 1, 1900, le was married to Ella Webster, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Webster.

In political sentiment the subject of this sketch has been a lifelong Republican, as was his father, and he actively supports that party's candidates. For 30 years, he has been a mem- ber of the Universalist Church. Mr. Haines is connected with no secret orders, although he is a man of social instincts and delights to offer hospitality to his wide circle of friends. He is a quiet, self-respecting man, who is liberal with his means when he sees the need of the unfortunate. He is kind to his neighbors, and looks well after his business and his family. dealing justly with all. In fact, he is a first- class, typical American citizen.

D R. E. SLOAN. who has been success- fully engaged in the practice of med- icine at Marietta, Ohio, since Octo- ber, 1894, was born in Independence township, Washington County, Ohio, in 1817 and is a son of Mathias and Margaret ( Coan) Sloan.

Mathias Sloan was a descendant of a Penn- sylvania family which at an early day removed from Belmont County. Ohio, to Washington County, Ohio, where he died in 1874, 01 New Year's Day. After marriage he moved to Independence township. He married Marga- ret Coan, who was of Irish descent, and died

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in March, 1854, leaving four children, namely : E., a physician ; Nancy Jane, wife of Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Independence township, by whom she has two children,-Amelia, aged nineteen years, and James, aged seventeen years; Eliz- abeth, wife of Joshua Goodman, of Indepen- dence township, by whom she has several chil- dren; and Lydia, who married Rev. Luther Handlan. She died in Florida, and Mr. Hand- lan, who was again married, died at Plymouth, Ohio, leaving one son, Irving. Mathias Sloan was married a second time, to Miss Donalley, now deceased, and ten children were born to them, as follows: Barnard, of West Vir- ginia; John, who lives near Martin's Ferry ; George, who lives in Martin's Ferry ; Marga- ret ; Ella, who resides at Martin's Ferry ; Katherine, who resides in East Liverpool, Ohio; James, of Newport, Ohio: Isaac, de- ceased : Carrie, of Martin's Ferry ; and Effie, deceased.

Dr. E. Sloan attended the schools of Inde- pendence township, the high school at New- port, and Dennison University. He taught one term in the schools of Newport, and sev- eral terms in the surrounding country. He en- tered the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincin- nate, in the fall of 1872, and was graduated in January, 1874, with the degree of M. D. He practiced at Archer's Fork. Independence township, for a short time, and then went to Williamstown, West Virginia, where he prac- ticed with good results until 1894; in Octo- ber of that year he located at Marietta. He soon became well established, and now has an extensive practice. He has been a student of his profession through all these years, and is thoroughly familiar with all new discoveries in medical science. He is held in the highest es- teem by the citizens of Marietta and the med- ical fraternity. He belongs to the Eclectic Medical Society of Ohio.

Dr. Sloan was married March 21, 1872. to Sarah E. Cline, a daughter of Reuben and Di- ana (Cady) Cline. Her parents now reside at Williamstown, as does also her brother, who is a physician. This union resulted in the birth of four children, as follows: Mira E., who was married in the spring of 1902, to

Samuel H. Plumber : Dr. H. E., a graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincin- nati, who is now practicing at Clarksburg, West Virginia ; Arthur D., D. D. S., a grad- uate of the Cincinnati Dental School, who is practicing in Marietta ; and Clarence R., who graduated in the spring of 1901, with the de- gree of M. D., and is associated in practice with his father. Religiously, the family are Baptists.

ARVEY E. SMITH, for many years a prominent educator of Washington County, is at the present time assist- ant manager of the Cumberland Oil Company, with headquarters at Mar- ietta, Ohio.

Mr. Smith was born in Morgan County, Ohio, in May, 1863, and is of Quaker par- entage. He was educated at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, after which he took up the profession of teaching. He first taught at Chester Hill, Ohio, and other towns, until 1869. and then came to Washington County, and had charge of the schools of Marietta township for two years. His ability was soon recognized and he became principal of the Marietta High School, in which capacity he served for eight years. In November, 1899, he accepted his present position with the Cumberland Oil Company. He gave marked satisfaction as an instructor, and his resignation was accepted with regret. Mr. Smith has done considerable work of a literary character, which has at- tracted much attention.

The Cumberland Oil Company was char- tered in 1899, at Portland, Maine, with a cap- ital stock of $500.000, to operate in Ohio. The officers are,-George P. Wescott, presi- dent; J. G. Shaw, vice-president ; George F. West, treasurer: H. C. Lord, general man- ager : and H. E. Smith, assistant manager. Mr. Lord is an old time oil operator who came to Marietta in 1898, and in July, 1899, con- summated the organization of the company, which runs several strings of tools. It is ac- tively engaged in developing the mineral re-

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sources of this section, and owns a number of productive wells. In 1897 Harvey E. Smith was engaged with J. A. Lowell, to locate the pool that supplied the wells on the Joy farm, and they, with others, drilled a score of wells to ascertain its location. Persistent effort fin- ally resulted in success. The corporation, which maintains offices in the St. Clair Build- ing, has done good work for this section of the oil country.

The subject of this sketch was married to Ella Curry, of Morgan County, Ohio, who was also engaged in teaching school. Mr. Smith has one son, Edward Orton, who was born in Morgan County. Politically, Mr. Smith is a Republican. He is a member of the Board of Education, for which office none is better qualified. Religiously, he is a mem- ber of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.

ILLIAM P. DYE, a retired oil pro- ducer and successful business man, of Marietta, Ohio, was born there in 1844, and is a son of James H. Dye, and grandson of Samuel

Dye.

Samuel Dve was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and removed to Washing- ton County, Ohio, where he located in Law- rence township, early in the nineteenth cen- tury. He married Susan Fluff, and they reared nine children, as follows: John H. ; Jonathan T .; James H .; George; Sophia; An- nie ; Betsey ; Mary and Nancy, all of whom are deceased.

James H. Dye was born in Lawrence town- ship, on the Little Muskingum River, in 1816, and came to Marietta in 1830, when fourteen years of age. He learned the trade of a tan- ner with Thomas Vinton, and followed it un- til 1862, when he engaged in the cutlery busi- ness. One year later he established a livery, which he conducted until his death, in 1880. His establishment was located on 3rd street, between Greene and Church streets. He was prominent in local affairs, and served for a -

number of years as a member of the city coun- cil of Marietta. He married Clarissa Jack- son, who came of a prominent Washington County family, and was a daughter of Hugh Jackson. She was born in 1817, and died in 1899. They were parents of nine children, namely : Harriet, deceased; George and Mary, of Marietta, the latter being the widow of Mattison Holmes; William P .; Catherine, who died young ; Marcellus, who died in De- cember, 1900; Louisa, wife of Wallace Scott, of Marietta ; Henry, a physician, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Fanny R., who resides with her brother. William P., as does also Mrs. Holmes.

William P. Dye attended the grammar schools of Marietta, and in 1862 entered the Union army. He enlisted as a member of Company A, 87th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for three months' service, and returned to Mariet- ta in September, 1802. In 1864, he enlisted on the gunboat Louisville, on the Mississippi River, where he served as a sailor for twelve months, and was mustered out July 3, 1865. Returning to Marietta, he conducted a livery, in connection with his father, until the latter's death, when he became a partner of his brother, Marcellus, in the same business. This they continued until 1893, when the subject of this sketch engaged in the oil business at Chester Hill, Morgan County. He still has large oil interests, but his health has been such as to prevent him from taking any active part in the work in recent years. He was elected sheriff of Washington County, on the Repub- lican ticket, in 1893, serving until 1897; and was formerly a member of the city council from the Second Ward.

Mr. Dye was married at Marietta to Clara Kinnard, a daughter of Pascal Kinnard. She was born in 1844, and died in September, 1879, leaving two children .- James K., who was born in 1873, and died in 1898; and Ag- nes U., who was born in 1875, and died in 1887. Fraternally Mr. Dye is a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason, and belongs to Harmar Blue Lodge, No. 390. He resided in the Second Ward until 1889. when his home was destroyed by fire. He then purchased a lot,

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History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 184

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