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The chief business interests of Stock- port were as follows in 1886 :
John McDermott, C. J. Gibson, gen- eral merchandise ; T. B. Lane, clothing, gents' furnishing, etc .; James Smith, groceries; Dr. W. E. Gatewood, drugs; John Hooper, hardware; John P. Wootton, books, ctc .; J. C. Webster, bakery ; Pierrot & Lanc, flouring-mill ; J. D. Thomas, James Smith, shipping warehouses ; Charles W. Broomhall, hotel ; James Gormley, postmaster ; Drs. Abbott, Gatewood and McSwords, physicians.
During the war times, when the oil excitement in the county was at its height, a stock company was organized and a refinery built at Stockport for the purpose of refining the native oils. It remained in operation several years, but was a sorry venture for the stockhold- ers, whose losses were great.
The first schoolhouse stood on the hillside in the western part of town. Later one was built in the village. The first village school was probably taught by George W. Sanborn, who was suc- ceeded by Leander Cory, Stillman Emerson and others. The present schoolhouse, a two-story brick building, was erected in 1867-8. It is a good building and speaks well for the people. The school is graded into three depart- ments and is well managed.
LODGES.
Masonic .- Webb Lodge, No. 252, F. and A. M., was instituted Oct. 8, 1854, with the following charter members: John W. White, W. W. Wood, Thomas McDermott, William Simpson, W. H. Worrall, William Chogill, Jesse Abbott, Jesse Blackmer, Win. Beswick, Peter Cheadle. Dr. White was the first wor- shipful master. The lodge has had an uneventful but reasonably prosperous career. At present it has about 38 active members and is in excellent financial condition, owning its hall, and having money in the treasury.
Odd Fellows .- Stockport Lodge, No. 439, I. O. O. F., was instituted Aug. 24. 1869. The charter members were Joseph H. Blunden, Joseph P. Van Ilorn, John Thomas, John Hooper, Jonathan W. Allard, Samuel C. Irwin, I. J. H. Eisenbise, Jno. A. Newman, Henry G. Patterson, William Davis. Jno. P. Wootton was the first member
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initiated. First officers were John Thomas, N. G .; William Davis, V. G .; H. G. Patterson, Rec. Secy .; J. H. Blunden, Treas. The lodge was insti- tuted by W. C. Earl, G. S. as D. G. Master for the occasion. Since its organization there have been admitted 106 members. The present number of active members is sixty ; present num- ber of past grands, eighteen. Present officers are Geo. W. Mcveigh, N. G .; J. W. Elliott, V. G .; Henry Hook, Rec. Secy .; Jno. P. Wootton, Per. Secy. ; John Hooper, Treas.
RELIGIOUS.
Windsor Baptist Church .- Windsor Baptist church was organized January 11, 1818, by Elder William Davis. The early members were William Davis, Nancy Davis, Levi Davis, Rhoda Davis, Titus Hinman, Samuel Henry, Tabitha Henry, Nathan Dearborn, William Davis, 2d, Dr. Ephraim Wight, Betsey Wight, Martha Tells, Sally Cheadle, Isaac Melvin.
The first deacons were Isaac Melvin, Samuel Henry and N. Dearborn. The first clerk Dr. E. Wight.
The first house of worship was erected in 1838. It was a brick structure and cost about $1,000.
The first pastor was William Davis. He served the society until he became superannuated. He was succeeded by Benoni Allen, who preached from 1828 to 1832, Reuben Berkley from 1832 to 1840, Benjamin Blake from 1840 to 1841 R. H. Sedwick, H. Billings, H. Ward, James Herbert, J. HI. Barker, William Mears, G. W. Churchill, H. Ward and Rev. J. H. Barker were pas- tors in the order in which their names are given.
N. B. Henry acted as supply for some years.
This congregation was at first known as the First Baptist Church of Roxbury, having been formed in the Roxbury portion of the township. For a num- ber of years the members worshiped in private houses, schoolhouses and barns. The present number of mem- bers is twenty-six. Following are the original members :
Jemima Dennis,
Susanna Ackerson,
Tabitha Henery,
Betsey Davis,
Nancy Davis, Levi Davis,
Sally Cheadle,
Hannah Morgareidge,
Lucy Chase,
Rhoda Davis,
Martha Sells,
Wm. Davis,
Mary Ackerson,
Ephriam Wight,
Isaac Melvin,
Betsy Emerson,
Samuel Henery,
Nathan Dearborn,
Betsy Wight,
David Emerson,
Rev. Wm. Davis,
Elizabeth Emerson,
Franklin Hersey,
Daniel Dennis,
Sally Cheadle,
John Cheadle,
Micah Fairfield,
Mary Tufts,
Titus B. Hinman, Garrett Ackerson,
Sarah Evans,
David Cunningham,
Abigail Godfrey,
Isaac Hutchinson,
Julia Lyon,
Fairview Disciples Church. - Fair- view Disciples Church was organized by John Beard in March of 1843, at Luke Chute. Its original members were Benjamin Godfrey, Sarah Godfrey, Samuel Godfrey, Henry Godfrey, James Rollison, Mary Rollison, Cyrus Davis, William Davis and Nancy Davis.
First Elders, Cyrus Davis and James Rollison. First Deacons, Benjamin and Samuel Godfrey. Its pastors have been John Beard, John Ashley, John Camel, Joseph Nugent, John Moody, Daniel Sweeney, Arelus Harvey, J. T. Ewing, and William White.
The present membership is about thirty. The church was built in 1871. It is a frame structure, 28x34, and cost about $800.
The Oakland M. E. Church .- The
Justus Chadwick
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Oakland Methodist Church was organ- ized in the year 1854, by William Cher- ington and - Filler. Its first mem- bers were George Nichols, Mary Nichols, Justus Chadwick, Sarah E. Chadwick, Edward Milner, Basheba Milner, Mary E. Milner, John Crosser and wife, William Russell and wife, William Evans and wife, Joel Evans and wife, and John Evans and wife. The pastors have been William Cher- ington, - Filler, - Forest, Owen Gifford as supply; next, Sibley and Ran- kin and Samuel Rilund and William Rickels ; next were Sayer and Morgan, Yardner and Murray; next, Robert Callegan and Antrim and O'Neal, Gart- ner and Bright, Ellis; next, C. F. Math- eney and L. C. Alexander. The present membership is sixty-five. Number of Sabbath-school scholars, fifty-five.
The first church edifice was built in 1871, at a cost of $1,250.
Stockport Presbyterian Church .- Or- ganized June 3, 1876, by Revs. W. M. Galbreath and W. H. Ray, a committee of the Athens Presbytery. The original members were : Levi Dickerson, Marga- ret Dickerson, Cyrus McGlashan, Mar- garet A. McGlashan, Thomas Dough- erty, Robert Scott, Jane Mellor, Eliza- beth Beswick and Ann Van Fossen. The first pastor was James A. Baldridge. HIe was succeeded by C. B. Taylor and A. C. Stewart. The supplies have been W. H. Ray and W. M. Grimes. Pres- ent Elders are Cyrus MeGlashan and Levi Dickerson. Trustees, Cyrus Mc- Glashan, William V. Mellor and Thomas Dongherty. The first and only church edifice was built in 1878 at a cost of $800.
Tabor Christian Church .- This church was organized March 20, 1849, by L. M. Harvey and Solomon Devorc. The
original members were Charles Burr, Jonathan Lewis, Valentine Lewis, Sam- uel Lytle, E. C. Ellis, Sr., Hezekiah Geddes, Mathias Mercer, William Mer- cer, John Grimes, Alfred Burr, J. C. Shrader, Ephraim Ellis, Amasa Scott, Henry J. Deaver, Susannah Mercer, Elizabeth Mercer, Elizabeth Stiles, Vi- enna C. Ellis, Hannah Grimes, Esther Grimes, Harriet Ellis, Catherine Lewis. Mary Barr, Sarah M. Barr, Marietta Green and Fanny Ellis.
The first officers were : Elders, Charles Barr and Henry J. Deaver. Deacons, Mathias Mercer, Thomas A. Russell and Samuel Lytle.
Present officers : Elders, Samuel Grimes and Thomas Hoopes. Deacons, Mordecai Adrian and P. B. Daugherty; Clerk, William G. Choguill.
The succession of pastors has been Revs. L. M. Harvey, Solomon Devore, N. W. Moody, John Beard, John Moody, A. Gardener, E. White, S. H. Bingham, Rufus Moody, R. Springer, A. M. Harvey, A. R. Pickens, A. B. Wade, Daniel Sweeney and others not regularly employed, among whom were Alexander Hall, W. H. Taylor, Joseph Dunn. Joseph Nugent and Joseph Wal- ters.
The first church edifice was built in 1850. It was 24x30, and cost $400. The present church structure was erected in 1885. It is a frame building with bel- fry and slate roof and cost $1,200.
Of the original members only four are now connected with the church. Many are dead and many have removed. One of the first deacons, Mathias Mer- cer, is still living. He was a faithful and efficient officer, and an exemplary member.
Mt. Olivet M. P. Church .- Mt. Olivet Society of the M. P. Church was organ-
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ized November, 1840, with Cornelius Woodruff minister in charge, and Thomas Hill, Thomas Mummey, John Bell, Joseph Moorehouse and Robert Bell were trustees. The size of the house was 24x28, built of logs at a cost of $150. The seats were made of slabs, which at first were laid on blocks, but were afterward furnished with legs which projected above the seats. The original members of this class were: Thomas Hill and wife, Mrs. Ann Stillions, John Bell and wife, Mr. Wm. Davis, Thomas Mummey and wife, James Scott and wife, Joseph Moorehouse and wife, Win. Ethel and wife, Mrs. Robert Henry and Evan Mc Veigh.
The pastors of the church before its rebuilding were Woodruff, Linder, Scott, Warren, Kingsberry, Baldwin, Piper, Joel and Israel Thrapp, Roquelet, Hissey, Nicholls, William and Jefferson Sears, Willis, Hoagland, Hastings, War- ren, Case and Thomas Orr.
Thirty years after the organization the house was rebuilt, and dedicated September 18, 1870, by J. Woodward. The class then formed consisted of twenty-two members, of which Wm. Elliott was chosen leader.
The trustees were Thomas Mummey, Martin Sheets, Lewis Sheets, John Mc- Cracken, John Palmer, John McVeigh, John Black.
Over 300 members have been re- ceived, of which only one original mem- ber remains, being Thomas Mummey, from whom the land was deeded upon which the church now stands sur- rounded by quite a spacious graveyard. The first occupant of this cemetery was James Longerbeam, aged 18, killed by lightning.
The ministers since the rebuilding were Woodward, Fisher, Hastings,
Langley, Harrison, Cooper, Lancaster, Gray, F. A. Brown, W. S. Murphy, Sar- chet, Meek, T. H. Scott, J. D. Murphy, D. C. Coburn, W.O. Scott, Holland Wert, and the present pastor, W. H. Dye. The class-book now registers 88 mem- bers. The Sabbath-school has been in excellent condition for four years past, with 75 scholars in attendance.
The church is situated on Olivet Ridge, Windsor Township, about mid- way between Hooksburg and Luke Chute.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
ROBERT HENERY, SR.
This venerable pioneer, whose name is so frequently mentioned in this chap- ter, was born near Belfast, Maine, Feb- ruary 14, 1796. The family are of Irish extraction and came to this country some time about the middle of the last century. His father, Samuel H., mar- ried Miss Tobithia Davis and reared a family of ten children, Robert, William, John, Nathan, Samuel, David, Charles, Jane, Rhoda and Nancy. He died in 1832, his wife in 1849. Robert, the eldest of the family, followed keel- boating in his younger days on the Ohio and the Muskingum. He was also accustomed to take canoe-loads of produce-apples, cider, etc., to the Zanesville market. For a time he was the miller at Luke Chute. In 1821 he married Tacy Sutliff, and from that time devoted his attention to the im- provement of his farm, which he had purchased in 1814. During the active portion of his life he was prominently identified with Windsor Township, where he lived for sixty-nine years. In his religious belief he is a Baptist, and was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church of Windsor,
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During his residence in Windsor Mr. Henery was frequently called upon to adjust differences between his neigh- bors, and so successful was he in estab- lishing friendly relations that he be- came the peacemaker of the local- ity in which he lived. He is now in the ninety-first year of his age peace- fully passing away the remnant of a well-spent life. Of his family of seven children five are living, Mrs. John Mel- lor, Mrs. Charles S. Cory, Mrs. Julia Clark, Anna and Robert S. Henery. Samuel, the eldest son, died in Califor- nia in 1849, Eaethel P. died in Nebraska in 1881. Mrs. Henery died in 1879. Anna married.
Thomas D. Clancy is one of the suc- cessful merchants of Morgan County. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio, July 6, 1840. He was reared on a farm, and in 1850 his family came to Windsor Township, where they made a permanent settlement. Thomas D. was for some time engaged in shipping and commission business in Windsor, and in 1876 came to McConnelsville and com- menced merchandising in company with C. B. Bozman under the firm name of T. D. Clancy & Co. In 1863 he en- listed in Company I, 86th O. V. I., and served during the war. At its close he returned to his home, and in August of that year was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Robt. IIenery, Sr., who set- tled in Windsor Township in 1814.
REV. NATHAN B. HENERY.
The subject of this notice is one of the few surviving pioneers of Morgan County, and one of its most worthy and respected citizens. Mr. Henery is the son of Samuel and Tabitha (Davis) HIenery, of whom more extended men- tion will be found in the preceding
chapter. He was born in Montville, Lincoln County, Maine, January 16, 1807, came to Ohio with his parents in 1814, and has resided in Windsor Town- ship since December of that year. He passed his early life on the farm, and has always been a farmer. He was married in 1827 to Lucy Holt, of Mor- gan County, who came from Vermont when young. Their children were Loretta J., David A., Samuel J., John W., and Nathan C., of whom Samuel J. and John W. are living. David and Samuel enlisted in Company F, 77th Regiment, O. V. I., and served till the close of the war. Mrs. Henery died in 1838, and in the following year Mr. Henery married Sarah Andrews (née Hosom). The children of this union are Andrew H., Perley B. and Louisa. Andrew and Perley were in the service, the former in Company F, 77th, and the latter in the 25th O. V. I., and served a year after the close of the war.
N. B. Henery settled on his present farm, then wholly unimproved, in 1847. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Henery was baptized in 1832, and has been a deacon, an exhorter, and an ordained preacher. He was ordained to the ministry Jan- uary 8, 1845, by Rev. Henry Billings and Rev. J. B. Sinclair. The ordination took place at Aldridge's Run church, Washington County, Ohio. For forty years he has labored zealously for the Master without regular compensation, and during that the has performed over three hundred marriage ceremo- nies. Mr. Henery himself was first married by John White, justice of the peace; fee, $1. Forty years later he married John White to his fourth wife; fee, $5.
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DAVID A. HENERY.
David A. Henery, son of Rev. Nathan B. and Lucy Henery, was born in Windsor Township June 22, 1829. He was reared on his father's farm, and had the difficulties of pioneer life to encounter. He received a fair common- school education, and engaged in farm- ing as his occupation. January 26, 1851, he married Miss Vianna C. Ellis, who died June 11, 1858, having borne three daughters, Lucy L., Harriet L. and Tabitha J. Mr. Henery was again married March 31, 1859, to Miss Sarah E. Ellis. This union was blessed with three children, Nathan A., Clarinda E., and Lola I. Nov. 6, 1861, Mr. Henery enlisted in Company F, 77th Regiment, O. V. I., and on the organization of the company was chosen second lieutenant. At Paducah, Ky., he contracted inflam- matory rheumatism, which obliged him to leave his command for a time. He returned to the regiment after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and participated in the siege of Corinth. The regiment, being reduced by sickness and death, was sent to Alton, Ill., for guard duty, going thence to Helena, Ark., and join- ing Steele's command. In April, 1863, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and afterward was in command of his com- pany the greater portion of the time. September 10, 1863, it took part in the battle of Little Rock, Ark. December 20, 1863, the regiment veteranized, and Lieut. Henery returned home on a vet- eran's furlough of thirty days. After his return the regiment started to join Banks in his Red River expedition. This movement did not succeed, how- ever, and after the capture of Camden the 77th was detailed to guard a supply train. At Marks' Mills, Ark., Lieut. Henery, then in command of Co. F, was
captured, together with his company. Nearly all the regiment were taken prisoners after resisting to the last an overwhelming force. They were im- prisoned at Tyler, Texas. Some months later, in company with eleven others, Lieut. Henery effected his escape, but only two of the number (Lieut. Henery and Lieut. Roberts, of the 56th O. V. I.) succeeded in reaching their respective con mands, after being in the woods twenty-one days without shelter and nearly starved. Soon after he was com- pelled to resign, owing to physical disa- bility brought on by hardship and expo- sure. As a soldier he was gallant and in- trepid, and very popular with those under his command. His comrades all speak in the highest terms of him as an officer and as a man. He was a success- ful farmer. By industry and economy he acquired a fine farm of 200 acres.
The strongest trait in Mr. Henery's character was his deeply religious nat- ure. At the age of twenty he united with Mt. Tabor Congregation of the Disciples, in which he served as ruling elder for about fifteen years. He was an earnest and sincere Christian, whose daily life showed that in whatever he did he strove to honor and glorify his Maker. He was a kind father and hus- band, and a devoted and sincere friend. He was modest and made little display, but those who knew him most intimately loved him best, and best understood his noble, manly character. He was a pro- nounced temperance man, and attached himself to the Prohibition party several years before he died. His advice was sought by all classes, and he was suc- cessful in adjusting differences between his neighbors, so much so that he was entitled to the appellation of a peace- maker. He died September 16, 1875,
Ron. n. B. Henery
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from effects of disease contracted in the army, and was buried in the cem- etcry at Tabor.
Mrs. Sarah E. Henery was born March 11, 1836. Her parents were Moses and Harriet (Gifford) Ellis. The former was born in Vermont, the latter a native of Maine. The paternal grand- father of Mrs. Hencry was a soldier of the Revolution, and with a family of eleven children came to the county from Vermont in 1816. Four of his sons served in the war of 1812. The Giffords came to Windsor Township in 1814. Mrs. Henery has been a worthy mem- ber of the Disciples' Church since she was fifteen years of age. During the war, while her husband was fighting his country's battles, she lived alone, caring as best she could for her family of four small children, thus proving that she had imbibed freely of the patriotism of her ancestors.
CAPT. ISAAC N. HOOK.
Among those who settled in Zanes- ville in 1814 was Henry Hook, a Vir- ginian, and the father of the gentleman whose name heads this notice. He was a blacksmith by occupation, and exceedingly well-skilled in the manu- facture of glass with which industry he was prominently identified for about eleven years, when he interested him- self in the production of salt. He bored several wells in the valley, which he operated successfully until his removal to Morgan County in 1828. Four years later, in company with Alexander Mc- Connel, he bought a section of land on which he bored a well which was very productive. This well they operated until 1835. In 1836 he bought a tract of land in Windsor Township where is now located the village of Hooksburg,
at that time a dense wilderness, where he remained until his decease, which occurred in 1859 in his sixty-second year. He was a well-known character in this part of the state, and a man of more than average ability. He reared a family of four children: Isaac N., Margaret, Martha J., and Ann. Isaac N. was born in Zanesville, No- vember 1, 1819. At the age of ten he commenced life as a pilot on the Mus- kingum. His father kept him em- ployed in various capacities until 1841, when he purchased the Hooksburg property, where for four years he did an extensive business in general mer- chandise, salt-making, cooperage and wagon-making. In 1846 he commenced to freight flour from McConnclsville to New Orleans. In this business he was engaged until 1856. He built the noted steamer "Silverheels," and from 1858 to 1863, the captain was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in the transfer of freight and passengers from Parkersburg, Va., to Marietta, O. From 1863 until the close of the war he was in the government service as a steamboat expert and master of trans- portation on the Ohio and its tributa- ries. After the battle of Chattanooga he was placed in command of a ficet of four steamboats and eight barges, loaded with one thousand tons of rail- road iron for the completion of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which had been destroyed by the Con- federates. It was imperative that this road should be opened with the utmost dispatch in order to facilitate the trans- portation of troops and supplies for the army, and the responsibility devolving upon Capt. Hook was great and the undertaking a hazardous one, and re- quired not only consummate skill, but
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unceasing vigilance, owing to the diffi- cult navigation of the Ohio and Cumber- land Rivers on account of the low stage of water. Like all other enterprises, however, in which he had been engaged which involved a thorough knowledge of river navigation and steamboating, he was highly successful, and the iron was delivered on time. His success added materially to his well-won repu- tation as a steamboatman, and it was not until 1873 that the government would dispense with his services. Since this time he has been engaged in the slackwater improvement of the Muskingum, Kentucky and Little Kanawha Rivers, and government im- provements on the Ohio. We have now briefly outlined the business ca- reer of Capt. Hook extending over a period of half a century. It is said that the record of such a life is " a legacy to humanity," and to the youth of Morgan County it is a fine illustration of the inevitable result of energy and industry combined with integrity and perseverance.
Starting in life with only his natural resources for his capital, he has not only obtained a well-won competency, but has led an active, busy and success- ful life, benefiting not only those im- mediately connected with him, but the general public as well.
In this connection it may be proper to state a fact known to every business man in the county, that during the last thirteen years he has honored over $47,000 of paper he had indorsed for his friends. While with many this would be regarded as a lack of business acumen, it is in his case wholly attribu- table to his kindness of heart.
The captain has been rather promi- nently identified with political matters,
although never an aspirant for office. Ile is still recollected by all who saw him in 1140 as he marched through the streets of McConnelsville in a political parade on a pair of stilts eleven feet high. In 1842 the captain was married to Miss Lucinda Dearborn, who died in 1862 in her forty-third year. Two years later he was again married to Quitera Wilson, of Windsor, where she was born in 1843. He has reared a family of sixteen children; by the first mar- riage nine, named in the order of their ages as follows : James, Betsey, Charles, John, Isaac N., Alfred, Mary, Henry and Martha; by the second, seven : Jennie, Ida M., Leonard, Het- tie, Pool and Gool (twins) and Love.
JOHN BUCK.
John Buck was born in Virginia, March 18, 1799. His father, Anthony Buck, was of Irish birth, and came to this country soon after the Revolution- ary War. In 1801 the family, consist- ing of two sons and three daughters, moved to Washington County, Pa., where the father and the mother died at advanced ages. The early life of John Buck was one of trials such as might have discouraged a less enterpris- ing and courageous spirit. The family were poor, and when a mere boy John was obliged to depend upon his own resources. For a time he worked upon a farm and later was apprenticed to a sickle- and scythe-maker to learn the trade. After completing his term of indenture he agam engaged in farm labor, and afterward in any kind of honest labor that would bring him fair wages. For a time he drove a stage on the National Turnpike, and later was engaged in building and repairing cul- verts and bridges on this great thorough-
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fare. The latter employment was his initial effort in a business that after- ward became quite profitable to him- self and others.
In 1836 Mr. Buck came to Luke Chute. Previous to his removal he had been in partnership with a gentleman named Lyne, a contractor. The Mus- kingum River improvement was then being inaugurated, and Mr. Buck, in company with Lyne and Wolf, took contracts for the construction of locks and dams at Lowell, Luke Chute and Taylorsville. This work was completed in about five years, after which Buck and Lyne built the Lowell Mills, which they operated successfully for many vears. Mr. Buck then settled upon the farm now owned by John Buck, Jr., where he continued to reside until his death, February 24, 1877.
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