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At an early age, Allen Nickerson engaged in shoemaking, a trade which he had learned from his father. In 1862, he enlisted at Bever- ly. in Company H. 92nd Reg .. Ohio Vol. Inf., and participated in numerous engagements. In 1863, he was tranferred to the Veteran Re- serve Corps, which was first stationed in Syra- cuse, New York, later in Buffalo, and then, in Chicago. He was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, in July. 1865. He is now a member
of Dick Cheatham Post, G. A. R., of Beverly. After the war, he was engaged in merchan- dizing at Luke Chute, for 17 years, and then moved to his present farm, where he has since resided.
January 24, 1861, Mr. Nickerson was joined in matrimony with Dorinda Swift, who was born on the place where she now resides, in 1840, and is a daughter of Charles Swift, Jr., born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1807. Charles Swift, father of Charles Swift, Jr., was born in Vermont, came to Washington County in 1799, and died in 1855. Charles Swift. Jr., died in 1873, having followed farming all his life. He was a Republican, in politics, and served as justice of the peace for more than 25 years. His wife was Amy An- drews, a daughter of Philander and Annie An- drews. She was born in New York State, in 18II, and died in Washington County, Ohio. in January, 1895. Mrs. Swift had a twin sis- ter, Mrs. Pedee Evans, who died the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Swift had six children, namely : Susannah, who died in 1897, and was the wife of L. J. Coburn ; William, deceased ; Dorinda, wife of Mr. Nickerson; Lydia, wife of John D. Palmer, of California: Samuel, who lives at Swifts, Ohio: and James, who died in Jan- uary, 1862.
Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson reside on the old Swift homestead, purchased by her grand- father, Charles Swift, of the Ohio Company. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this sketch is a mem- ber of Beverly Lodge, and of Beverly Encamp- ment, I. O. O. F.
m ARTIN V. SUTER is a successful business man of New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, where he owns a fine store most com- pletely stocked with general mer- chandise. He has carried on business there but a few years, but has a well established pat- ronage among the most prominent and well- to-do citizens of the place.
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Mr. Suter was born April 29, 1863, and is a son of Jacob and Martha ( Monroe) Suter. His maternal ancestors were among the pio- neer settlers of Monroe County, Ohio, where he and his parents were born. His mother was a daughter of Miller Monroe. She was born in 1834. and passed to her final rest July 20, 1901.
Jacob Suter, who followed agricultural pursuits during his active life was born dur- ing the same year as was his wife and died in 1876. He was a Republican, in politics. He and his wife reared eight children, namely : John D .; Alonzo M .; Albert A .; Solomon B .; Martin V. : James M. ; Allison B. ; and Helen J.
Martin V. Suter attended the public schools of his native county, and after his school days, followed river life until 1892, in the capacity of a clerk, and otherwise. In 1898, he located in New Matamoras and opened a general mer- chandise store. On September 20, 1883, he was joined in wedlock with Lizzie Hall, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, May 3, 1861.
Mrs. Suter is a daughter of Ira and Pru- dence ( Sanders ) Hall. Ira Hall was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and his wife was born in Pennsylvania. They reared six children, viz .: Mary, now Mrs. White; Emma; Liz- zie; James S .; Eva G .; and Lula.
Mr. and Mrs. Suter have a family of four children, namely: Wylie, born September 4, 1885: Otto G., born February 15, 1891; Ira, born April 3. 1892; and Martin, born Decent- ber 21, 1894. The family attend divine wor- ship at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Po- litically, Mr. Suter is a Prohibitionist. He is a valued member of Matamoras Lodge, No. 374. F. & A. M .; Fairview Lodge, Knights of Pythias : and American Union Chapter, No. I, R. A. M., of Marietta, Ohio.
ICHOLAS BOHL, a wealthy, up-to- date agriculturist, of Watertown township, Washington County, Ohio, ou'ns a fine farm of 114 acres of land, 'about three miles northeast of the city of Watertown. He is a native of Bavaria, Ger-
many, where he was born May 14, 1816. His father and mother were Conrad and Margaret (Smith) Bohl, the former born in the year 1791, and the latter in 1789. Both are de- ceased, the father having departed this life in 1873. and the mother in 1861. They and their family of six children came from Germany to the United States in 1834 and settled in Salem township, Washington County, on their arrival in Ohio. The father was largely en- gaged in farming. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, and both parents were members of the German Lutheran Church.
The names of the children were as fol- lows: Elizabeth, wife of Oliver Nelson, both of whom are deceased; Nicholas, the subject of this sketch; Barbara, the widow of Henry Barnburg, who was a Methodist minister ; Philip and Conrad, deceased ; and John.
John Bohl is a prominent physician and surgeon, of Watertown, where he has been in practice for 50 years. He was well edu- cated, and is a graduate of the College of Medicine and Surgery at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the class of 1859. He chose Watertown as his first field of practice, and has never left it. He has the entire confidence and respect of all its citizens, and is a skillful man in medical affairs. 1
He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Weildd, a daughter of Cliffus and Margaret Weihl and a native of Bavaria, born in 1817. She died in 1895, leaving her husband three children, namely : Elizabeth, who married Dr. J. A. Reynolds, and lives in Waterville, Min- nesota ; Jacob, a physician, of Marietta, Ohio; and John, also a physician, who died in 1900.
: Nicholas Bohl came with his parents to the United States, in 1834, and located in Sa- lem township. He has always been a farmer by vocation, and the farm on which he now makes his honte is in the names of Katharine and Margaret, his daughters. Mr. Bohl was united in matrimony with Mary E. Gaddel, born in Germany in 1826. She was the mother of eight children, as follows: Philip; John, who died in infancy; Conrad; Mary; Kathar- ine : Margaret ; Nicholas ; and Jacob, who died, aged 30 years, five months and six days. Mar-
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garet and Katharine reside on the home farm; Nicholas and Philip are both living in the State of Nebraska; and Mary, the fourth child, became the wife of Jared I. Budd, and now lives at Beckett's station. The mother died March 8, 1897.
The parents were always members of the German Lutheran Church. Politically the sub- ject of this sketch is a Democrat, and votes a straight ticket. Throughout his long career as farmer and citizen, Mr. Bohl has proved himself fully capable in either capacity, and he enjoys the respect and confidence of all.
D R. CHARLES M. HUMSTON, de- ceased, late physician and surgeon of Beverly, Waterford township, Wash- ington County, Ohio, ranked high in the esteem of his fellow citizens, and was a son of Charles Humston, also an expert and skillful physician and surgeon.
Charles M. Humston had very good edu- cational advantages, and after pursuing a course in medicine, graduated from Louis- ville Medical College, making a specialty of surgery. He located in Waterford township in 1876, making Beverly his home and practic- ing there until his death. He was always thorough in the performance of his duties, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He Was a member of the State Medical Society, the Washington County Medical Society, and the Medical Society of the United States.
Charles M. Humston was a native of Port Royal Kentucky, where his birth took place August 21, 1848. Like his father, choosing the profession of medicine, he applied himself diligently to study, and became a physician and surgeon. He was educated at Cecelian College, at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and studied medi- cine in 1870 and 1871, with Dr. Joseph Fore- man, at Port Royal. He entered the Univer- sity of Louisville in 1871, graduated in 1874, and was for six months assistant to Prof. Yan- nell, of that college. His first practice was at Morocco, Indiana, from 1873 to 1876. May 31,
1876, he was united in marriage withe Jessie Fearing McIntosh, a native of Beverly, and a daughter of William and Eliza M. (Fearing) McIntosh.
This union was blessed with two children, namely: Shepard McIntosh, whose birth took place in Beverly, June 28, 1879, where lie now lives, and is widely known and honored as an industrious and upright citizen ; and William F., born November 15, 1881, in Beverly, where he also resides. On June 18, 1902, Shepard McIntosh Humston was united in marriage to Sue Page, a native of Guyandotte, West Vir- ginia, and a daughter of J. H. Page, of Bever- ly, Ohio.
The subject of this sketch departed this life November 6, 1887. His wife survived him until May 5, 1895, when she too, left her earthly home. Dr. Hunston was mourned by all as a good, conscientious citizen, and a kind friend and neighbor. Politically, he was a Re- publican of decided opinions and did all in his power to advance the interests of his party. Religiously, he was a Baptist.
HE DANA FAMILY. The Danas, of Waterford township, Washington County, Ohio, are descended from Richard Dana, a French Protestant, who, on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, fled to England. In 1640 he came to America, and settled at Cambridge. Massachusetts, where he and his sons and grandsons possessed goodly properties and held various offices in the government of the town. He was born in 1612, and died April 2, 1690.
A great-grandson of Richard Dana, John Winchester Dana, married Hannah Pope, daughter of Gen. Israel Putnam, October 26, 1764, and after living in Connecticut, finally settled at Pomfret, Vermont. His son, Benja- min, was born in 1770, and died July 22, 1838, Together with a cousin, Israel Putnam, Ben- jamin Dana made the journey from Brooklyn, Connecticut, to Marietta, Ohio, by horse and boat, in 1794. After several months spent in
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Belpre, Mr. Dana obtained a grant of 100 acres in Waterford, on January 19, 1795. He bought many other tracts of land, until his farm com- prised between 2,000 and 3.000 acres, and in 1818, he completed his dwelling-house. April 17, 1795, he married Sarah Shaw, of Water- ford, who was born June 20, 1779, and died August 22, 1844. Their children were as fol- lows: Mary, born May 22, 1799, who mar- ried Benjamin Putnam. August 14, 1821, and died December 14. 1822; Eliza, born January 31, 1802, who married Henry Fearing, Febru- aryy 12, 1824, and died January 13, 1842; Eunice, born August 9, 1804, who died, un- married, Mhy 4. 1839; Hannah Putnamn, born May 4. 1806, who married Joseph Chambers. December 15. 1825. and died July 11, 1827; Charlotte, born November 23. 1807, who mar- ried John Allen, M. D., April 15, 1835, and died November 4. 1839: Caroline, born Sep- tember 26, 1813, who married Edward Dawes. M. D., June 22, 1837. and died February 22, 1897: and John Winchester, the youngest but one of this family, who was born January 13. 18II, and died August 20. 1849. John Win- chester Dana inherited his father's landed prop- erty. On December 22, 1836, he married Sally M'cFarland Devol. of Hockingport, Ohio, who was born in 1812, and died May 9. 1862. She had four daughters, two of whom died in in- fancy. The third. Sarah Mariette, born Sep- tember 16, 1841, married John H. Hubbell, of Boston, Massachusetts. June 10, 1867, and died September 22, 1894, leaving a son and daughter. Caroline Winchester Dana, born October 13. 1843. the last of the children of Benjamin and Sarah ( Shaw) Dana, spends a part of each year at the old home.
AMUEL J. BOGARD, one of the lead- ing citizens of Washington County. Ohio, was born in Newport town- ship, in 1866, and is a son of Isaiah and Mary ( Kiggins) Bogard.
Isaiah Bogard, the father of Samuel J., was born in Pennsylvania, in 1822. He came to
Washington County in 1861, and settled in Newport township, where he engaged in farm- ing. He became a valued and useful citizen, and was elected trustee of the township, and, in 1898, at the age of 67 years, passed from this life. In politics, he was identified with the Democratic party. He liberally contrib- uted to the Methodist Church, of which he was a leading member. His wife was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and died in 1892, at the age of 56 years. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Church. These par- ents reared a family of 10 children, as fol- loivs : Lydia, who resides at Bill's Run ; Mary, who married Theodore Richtmeier, and re- sides in Marietta. Ohio; Callie, who married Hamilton Poole, and lives at Sistersville, West Virginia : Jolin, who is a resident of Yankee- burg. Ohio; William, who makes his home in Lowell, Ohio: Samuel J., who is the subject of this sketch: James, who lives at Yankee- burg: Albert, who resides at Newell Run : Hannah, who married Harry Locke, and lives at Newell Run : and Dennis, who lives at the same place.
Mr. Bogard was reared and schooled in Newport township. For the past 14 years his home has been in Lowell, and he also owns a fine farm of 110 acres just north of the village. For about 12 years Mr. Bogard has been interested in oil operating, and is an oil contractor in the Cat's Creek district. He is a man of business ability, and a stockholder in the First National Bank of Lowell.
in 1888 MFr. Bogard was married to Ar- menia V. Wood, a daughter of Jay and Mar- tha ( Campbell) Wood. Mrs. Bogard was born in Adams township, Washington County, in 1870. Four children have been born to this union, viz. : Clyde: Earl : Blanche and Hattie. Fraternally Mr. Bogard is a member of the Lowell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. In po- litical connection, he is a Democrat. Mr. Bo- gard is an active and progressive business man, who is awake to the demands of the time, and is always interested in movements look- ing to the improvement of his locality. For the past eight years he has served on the
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school board, and his judgment is considered of great value in this connection. He is well known and highly esteemed.
AMUEL J. McELHOSE, an efficient blacksmith of the town of Beverly, Washington County, Ohio is a prac- tical horseshoer and an expert in his line of work. He claims Windsor township, Morgan County, as his native place, and his birth dates back to 1863. His parents are Archibald and Matilda ( Wallace) Mc- Elhose, the former of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Windsor township. The father is over sixty years of age and resides at Rox- bury, Morgan County, Ohio. All his life he has been a carpenter, and he is an able work- man. He is a member of the Christian Church, and socially affiliates with Stockport Lodge, K. of P. In political opinions he is a member of the Republican party.
Mr. McElhose married Matilda Wallace, a daughter of James and Samantha Wallace, born in 1844, in Morgan County, Ohio. They had the following children, namely: Saman- tha, who became the wife of Bell Scott, and lives in Stockport, Ohio; Nannie, the widow of James Anderson, of Silver City, Iowa : Sam- tel J., the subject of this biography : Elizabeth, who lives with her husband, Edward Adran, in Morgan County; Charles, living in West Virginia : Bertha, who married George Sav- age, of Stockport, Ohio; Roxana, the wife of Peter Brannen, of Stockport; Ella (Phelps), who lives in Iowa; and George, of Beverly, Ohio. During the Civil war the father of these children enlisted and saw hard service, for two years and three months, in the 63rd Reg., Ohio Vol. Infantry.
The subject of this sketch chose Linnie Travis, a daughter of Asa and Mary Travis, for his wife, and they were married in 1884. She was born in Washington County, in 1870, they have had five children, namely : Jennison, born in 1886; Charles, born in 1888; Kay, born in 1896; Jeannette, born in 1899; and Francis L., born in 1902. The beloved wife
joined the M. E. Church several years ago, and the family unite in worshiping with her.
In politics Mr. McElhose is a Democrat, of value to his party. He owns about eighty acres of fine land east of Beverly, and sees that it is cultivated to the best of his ability. He is prospering in his business, and is one of the foremost citizens of Waterford.
OHN PLUMLY, a farmer and stock dealer, near Little Hocking, Belpre township, Washington County, Ohio, was born in January, 1840, and is a son of Jonathan S. and Rebecca (Nicholson) Plumly, natives of Pennsylvania, and a grandson of William Plumly, who was also born in Pennsylvania. The last named gentleman was a farmer by vocation ; he went to Ohio, where he settled comfortably in Bel- mont County, and there lived until his demise.
Jonathan S. Plumly went from Belmont County, when a young man, and located in, or near, Little Hocking. On his land purchased there all his active days were spent in agricul- tural pursuits. His death took place at the age of 84 years. He chose for his wife Rebecca Nicholson, and they reared eight children, as follows: Jacob N .; William ; Clarkson; Peas- ley : Jane; John: Osborn; and Hannah. The mother of these children has been dead for a number of years. In their religious faith the family are Friends.
John Plumly obtained all the education that could be gained from the common schools of Washington County, Ohio, by diligence and perseverance on his part, and afterward took a course in the high school at Guysville, Ohio. He subsequently purchased the farm which he now owns and has been mainly engaged in the raising of live stock, grain and wool. Since reaching manhood's estate he has carried on this business quite successfully. His farm con- tains about 400 acres of the best kind of land. The sheep which he raises for their wool are of the best varieties.
In 1878 Mr. Plumly was united in matri- mony with Imogene Clifton, a daughter of
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James Clifton, and a native of Wheeling, West Virginia. They have no children. Mr. Plum- ley is a Quaker, but as there is no church of that denomination in his vicinity he attends divine worship at the Universalist Church.
In political opinions Mr. Plumley is a Re- publican, and is a valued member of his party. He has held the offices of assessor and trustee, in which he served with credit to himself.
ILLIAM BIEDEL, a model farmer, living five miles south of Beverly, on his productive and highly cul- tivated acres, was born October 12, (1858, in Watertown township, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Grasley) Biedel.
Jacob Biedel, who was born July 23, 1833, enlisted in Company B, 77th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., in 1861. He was taken sick and died September 5, 1863, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He lies buried near where he died. Catherine ( Grasley) Biedel was born February 14, 1839. At the time of her husband's death she had three children, namely: William, the subject of this sketch ; Jacob, born September 17, 1860; and John, born March 14, 1862. She married Philip Bohl July 30, 1864. From this union there were three children, namely: Henry, Philip and Lizzie. Philip Bohl died April 7, 1872, leaving her a widow, a second time, at the age of 33 years. She never married again, and is still living on the farm owned by her last husband.
William Biedel, after completing a common school education, taught for several terms, and then graduated from the Zanesville Business College, in 1881. From 1882 to 1884, he spent his time as salesman, bookkeeper, etc., but, tiring of the routine duties of office work he returned to his old home. From 1884 to 1888, he was principal of the Watertown schools. After marrying in 1888, he settled on a farmi, but spent several succeeding winters in teach- ing in his own district. In 1897 he dropped teaching to give closer attention to the many problems that modern agriculture and stock
breeding and feeding present to the live, up-to- date farmer. Mp. Biedel looks upon his farm as a manufactory, of several departments, pro- ducing, in direct ratio to the intensity of the work bestowed, beef, pork, mutton, wool, eggs, etc., and the many other things that must re- ceive attention in mixed farming.
The subject of this sketch chose for his wife, Lillian M. Deming, daughter of William H. and Mary Blair (Park) Deming, grand- daughter of David Deming, and great-grand- daughter of Col. Simeon Deming, of note in Revolutionary history.
Col. Simeon Deming was born in Sandis- field, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and with his son, David, left his native State in the fall of 1796, and traveled to the Northwest Territory. In company with two others, he opened the first wagon road west from Mari- etta. He was a Revolutionary soldier in a com- pany of Massachusetts volunteers, and at one time was led into an ambuscade of Tories and Indians, where Colonel Brown and others met their death. He was commissioned by Governor Hancock, of Massachusetts, and Gov- ernor Sargent, of the Northwest Territory, and was the oldest settler at that time in the Territory. He was a talented musician, and took delight in the display of this accom- plishment.
William H. Deming, the grandson of Colonel Deming, and the father of Mrs. Biedel, was born in Watertown township, July 15, 1819 and departed this life December 12, 1882. He married Mary Blair Park, a daughter of Robert Blair and Catherine Peck ( Ford) Park. She was born in 1826, on the farm now occu- pied by William Biedel. She is now 76 years old, and is living on the old Deming farm. She and her husband had two children,-David M. of Watertown township; and Lillian M. Mr. Biedel's wife. William H. Deming was three times married. By the first union he had one child, William W., who resides near Norristown, Illinois. By the second union, he had one child, Hiram Burch, who died in in- fancy.
Lillian M. (Deming) Biedel was born De- cember 27, 1863, and was united in marriage
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with William Biedel, April 19, 1888. They have three children, namely: Clara F., born April 15, 1889: Grace MI., born July 14, 1891; and Herbert W., born August 17, 1895. Mrs. Biedel is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, while her husband is a member of the German Lutheran Church. In politics Mr. Biedel is a Democrat, faithful to the interests of his party and township, and at one time served as assessor. At present he fills the po- sition of secretary of the Watertown Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. His farm con- sists of 132 acres of land, and he enjoys the work it brings him, to the fullest extent.
ILLARD H. DAVIS, the subject of this sketch, is a son of Willard and Caroline (Shepard) Davis, and grandson of Capt. William Davis. The family trace their ancestry to William Davis, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who lived there in 1642. Capt. Daniel Davis, the great-grandfather, was one of the 48 who came to Marietta in April, 1788. He went back to Connecticut for his family, and re- turned in 1789, to Washington County, Ohio.
Capt. Willianr Davis, grandfather of Will- ard H., was a native of Killingly, Connecticut, and traveled westward, with his parents, to Washington County, Ohio, in November, 1789, making his home, at first, in Watertown town- ship. There Capt. Daniel Davis and his eld- est sons participated in the perils of Indian warfare and frontier life, until 1794, after Wayne's great victory in the Northwest Ter- ritory. After these dangers and hardships were over, he settled down to a somewhat re- tired and quiet life, and aided much in estab- lishing civil institutions in Ohio. On the close of the Indian War, in 1795, Capt. William Davis settled in Adams township. His first wife was Drucilla Olney, whom he married November 18, 1794. She was born April 20, 1771, in Nova Scotia, and died, August 21, 1824. On December 2, 1824, he married Mrs. Sarah Ransom, whose maiden name was Wright. She was born March 8, 1789, in Eng-
land, and died May 29, 1878, in Lowell, Ohio .. Captain Davis died March 18, 1843.
Willard H. Davis was born March 5, 1806, on the farm in Adams township, first occupied by his father. He was a farmer by vocation, and was also very fond of hunting and many a deer fell before his sure aim. In 1830, he purchased 100 acres of land near the home- stead farm, and soon had the reputation of being prosperous in his undertakings. At the death of his father, he purchased the old home- stead farm. On May 24, 1827, he married Caroline E. Shepard, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Shepard. Caroline E. ( Shepard) Da- vis was born November 27, 1811, and was a native of Tompkins County, New York. She came to Ohio in 1813, and died September 11, 1894. Her husband's death took place August 8, 1866. He was a Re- publican in politics, and served his township as trustee, and member of the School Board, for many years, with credit to himself and satisfaction to all. He and his wife had five children, as follows: Elizabeth, the wife of George Snyder, who was born October 12, 1829, and lives on the old homestead, in Adams township: Walter, born August 8, 1832, de- ceased in 1891; Luman, born May 24, 1837, deceased August 6, 1841; Willard .H., born August 7, 1843; and Mary C .. born Novem- ber 23, 1847, deceased December 11, 1876. Mary C. married Dr. George W. Reed, who served with valor in the Civil War, in the 4th Reg., West Virginia Vol. Cav., and also in the 148th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. (Ohio Na- tional Guard). He spent one year in the drug business, in Lowell, Ohio, and was afterward, in company with Willard H. Davis, in the same business, at Harmar, for about two years. He graduated from the Miamo Medical Col- lege, of Cincinnati, Ohio, March, 1873, and began his practice as a physician, in Lowell. He died in 1894, at Columbus, Ohio.
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