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John Schofield, whose death occurred February 22, 1877, was a Friend and one of the well-known citizens of the township. Ile married Miss Belinda II. Hobson in March of 1862. She was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1834, and when thirteen years of age removed with her parents to Washing- ton County. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Schofield removed to Marion Township and settled on the farm where Mrs. Schofield and her family now reside. Six children were born to them, all of whom are living. Their names are Andrew T., Lydia J., Rachel A., Stephen HI., Edith M., and Isachar. Mr. Schofield was an industrious and
thrifty farmer, and by the aid of his wife accumulated a snug little compe- tency. To the original purchase they have added sixty acres.
Robert V. Embree was born in Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio, in 1839. His father, Israel Embree, mar- ried Mary A. Vernon. They reared a family of twelve children -Martha, Lindley H., Japtha V., Robert V., Deb- orah, Samuel, Hannah, Eliza, Caroline, Merrick S., Wheeler .L., and Jesse R. Two of the daughters. Hannah and Caroline, are deceased. Robert V. was reared under the. parental roof. When eighteen years of age he left home, and for the greater part of the time until he was twenty-four he traveled. March 2, 1864, he was married to Miss Mary L. Newton. Three children were born to them-Nathan M., Edward I., and Walter J. Mr. Embree has been suc- cessful in the accumulation of property and the building of a reputation. He is a worthy member of society, and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1841 William and Margaret (Mor- rison) Brown and family came to this county from Allegheny County, Pa. Mrs. Brown died in 1874 and Mr. Brown in 1875. Their children were Elizabeth and Mary L. The former married James Remy. She died in 1861 leaving six children-Mary, Lewis, Parker, Martha J., Simeon and Charles Owen. Miss Mary L. Brown lives upon and conducts the homestead farm.
J. C. M. Barkhurst was born in Car- oline County, Md., October 23, 1818. At the age of twenty-two the family removed to Harrison County and thence to Morgan County. In 1839 he was married to Miss Mary Booth. They have had three children, two sons and
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one daughter-Frances Ann, David and Zachariah Rugan. The latter was married to Miss Nancy Pierpoint. He met his death accidentally in June of 1883. Frances Ann was married to David P. Morris. She died June 18, 1873. and shortly after her death her husband removed to Kansas; the chil- dren, Charles E. and Mary Lillian, reside with their grandparents. Mr. Bark- hurst has been successful in life. not only in a business point of view, but in the building up of a priceless reputation and in the accumulation of a large cir- ele of friends.
Cyrus Cheadle and wife came to what is now Marion Township, Morgan County, in 1821. They had a family of five children-Louisa (Parker). liv- ing on part of the old homestead, Mary A., Cutler, Peter and Alfred. Mrs. Parker, the oldest daughter, was mar- ried at the age of 20. Iler husband, Calvin Parker, died February 16, 1865. He was the father of ten chil- dren-five of whom are living, viz .: Seth, Hannah, Olive (Work), Harriet, (Grubb) and Lot.
Cutler Cheadle was born in Morgan County in 1814. His father was one of the early settlers of Windsor Township, and removed to Marion Township in 1821. They lived in the cabin of pio- neer days, with puncheon floor and a square hole for a window. Wolves, bears, wild turkeys and deer were numerous. Mr. Cheadle can recollect the time when it took a bushel of wheat to buy a vard of calico, and says that a family who could indulge in the extravagance of a quarter of a pound of tea was thought to be wealthy. In 1834 Mr. Cheadle was mar- ried to Miss Harriet Barnett. She died in April, 1885. She was the mother of
two children, Hannah and Thomas, both deceased.
Joseph Hoopes was a member of the Society of Friends and was born in Lancaster County, Pa., February 11, 1800. In the spring of 1804 the fam- ily removed to Harrison County, Ohio. At the age of sixteen Joseph was ap- prenticed to the trade of a blacksmith. After the expiration of his apprentice- ship he married in the spring of 1821 Miss Abigail Cope. She was born in Loudon County, Va., in 1799. Her father was a minister in the Society of Friends and came to Belmont County when she was quite young.
Mr. Hoopes followed his trade in Bel- mont and Harrison Counties nntil 1833. when he removed with his family to Marion Township, then ahnost a wilder- ness. The first few years of his life were marked by the severest trials and privations, and it required all his phys- ical strength and moral courage to meet the requirements of his increasing fam- ily. In 1869 his wife died, and in 1885 he was called to join her, having lived in the township fifty-two years. His posterity numbered 144-15 children, 71 grandchildren, and 58 great-grand- children.
Israel Hoopes was born near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1826, and came with his father into Morgan County in 1833. locating in Marion Township, where he resided until 1845, when he went to Malta to learn the blacksmith trade. He married Ruth A. Todd in 1851. They have three children-Sibilla C. (Beckwith), Malta ; Narcissa (Pletcher), Deavertown, and Julius D.
James King came to this township in 1823. He was married in Lancaster County, Pa., to Rebecca Smedley.
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Their children are Joseph (deceased), James, Sarah (deceased), Rebecca (Live- zey), Mercy (Hoopes), Lewis, Joel, Joseph, Ann and Perley. Joel King was born in 1828. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Bingman. Children : Ehmer (deceased), Rachel (Kennard), Isabel (Thompson), Johm, Ellsworth, Lina and James A. Mr. King has served in sev- eral township offices, and is a member of the Christian Church.
Jesse Fawcett. an esteemed citizen and a worthy member of the Method- ist Church departed this life February 6, 1882. December 14, 1837. he mar- !
ried Miss Hannah Lambert. She was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1817. In the same year her parents removed to Belmont County, and from thence in 1835 to Morgan County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett had eleven children born to them, eight of whom are living, to wit: Elizabeth L .. Jonathan, Abner L., Mary A., Melinda, David L., Susannah and Hannah M. Jonathan married Miss Isabel Clark. and they reside in Athens County ; Mary A. became Mrs. Job Clark ; Susannah married William Mock. Their home is in Harper County, Kansas; Hannah M. married N. C. : Glenn ; Daniel L. married Miss Eliza Smith ; Abner L. was born in October . of 1843, and was married in May, 1866, to Elizabeth A. King. They have four children, Jennie K., Francis 11., Hattie M. and Herbert G. Mr. Fawcett has taken a commendable interest in educa- tional and political matters. He has served his fellow townsmen as clerk for seven years, and for four years as treas- urer. He is a member of the board of education of Chester Hill. Daniel L. Fawcett was formerly a farmer. He is now engaged in merchandising iu Pleasantville, Morgan County, Ohio.
Lindley M. Fawcett was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1835, and with his parents came to Athens County in 1841, from whence they re- moved to Marion Township, Morgan County, where the subject of this no- tice has since resided. In 1862 he was married to Miss Mary Huestis. They have reared a family of six children : Willis T., Sadie Josephine, Marietta, Walter H., Arthur and Edith L. Mr. Fawcett is one of the thrifty and pro- gressive farmers of the township. He has occupied several minor positions of trust in the gift of his townsmen, and by his moral worth has endeared him- self to a large circle of friends. Ile and his family are exemplary members of the Society of Friends.
Walter Newton was born in Windsor Township in 1825. Ilis father, Gideon Newton, an early settler in Morgan County, was born in the blockhouse at Marietta in 1804. Walter was mar- ried in 1849 to Catharine Eveland, of this county, whose parents were early settlers. Children : Joel (deceased ). John H., Melissa. Jasper, Alice L., Daniel G., Zillah. Amanda, Lucinda. Walter B., Charles W. and William M. Mr. Newton is a successful farmer, and has served in some township offices.
William H. Glassford was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1838. In 1844 he came to Morgan County. Ohio, with his parents, who settled in Union Township. They subsequently removed to Muskingmu County, but returned. In 1859 Mr. Glassford married Olive J. Linu. Children : D. Howard, Freder- ick R., James B., Ida May, Ella, Per- ley 1 ... Maggie, William G., Lavinia and Harry B. The family belong to the Methodist Protestant Church.
Charles P. Wood was born in Pen
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Township, and moved to Marion Town- ship soon after the war. He married Susan Mary Dunn. Children : Annie L., John D., Leroy S. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wood has served in some local offices. His occupation is farming. He also devotes some of his time to his trade of gunsmith.
Charles H. Dunn was born in Marion Township in 1849 and has resided all his life in the county. In 1880 he mar- ried Lydia Tibbetts, of Indiana. Chil- dren : Gladys I., Harry and Mary E. Mr. Dunn began teaching at the age of seventeen and has followed that busi- ness since. He is also engaged in farm- ing.
Selah Hart and wife (Sarah Watrons), came to Washington County at a very early day, and assisted in the construc- tion of the Block House at Waterford, where some of his children were born. Thence he came to Morgan County with his family, wife and seven child- ren, Sarah, who married George L. Conner, Mary, Cynthia, Walter, Seth, Hiram and Selah, Jr., all of whom are now deceased. Selah, Jr., married June Thompson in 1826. Children : June, Sarah, John, Mary, Selah, Jr., Nathaniel, Hiram and Emma. John Hart married Miss Hannah Randall in 1855, to them were born three children : Nathaniel, Hiram and Sarah E., now Mrs. John Davis, of Union Township.
Eli Shields was born in New Castle, County, Delaware, in 1811 and resided there until his removal to Morgan County, Ohio, in 1841. At the age of twenty-eight he married Lydia N. Ham- bleton. Children : Elmira J., Joseph H., Benoni J., Benjamin F., William N., Charles O., George O. and Annie L. Mrs. Shields died in 1882. Mr. Shields is
a prominent farmer and has served as township trustee.
James H. Kinsey, an old resident, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1824; came to Morgan County with his parents in 1830, and has since resided here. In 1844 he married Esther Mc- Millan, of Harrison County, Ohio. They have five children living: Amos M., Jehu H., Mary J. (Roberts), Sarah Eliza- beth (Carr), Emily A. (Kirby). Amos married Mary A. Barkhurst and lives on the adjoining farm. Jehu married Rachel A. Coulson, of Pennsville. Mary J. married Milo E. Roberts, who died in 1881. Two of their four children are living. Mrs. Roberts lives on the home- stead. Sarah Elizabeth married Joseph Carr and lives on the home farm. They have four children. Emily A. married James Kirby and lives at Pennsville ; two children. . Mr. J. H. Kinsey has served as notary public for many years. His wife died in 1884. His father died the same year, aged ninety-seven. His mother died in 1859.
John Syphers was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1842. When fourteen years of age le came to Morgan County and lived with his uncle. In 1869 he married Mary Ann Baldwin. Children : Andrew, Sadie E., Carl T., Louie R. Mr. Syphers has held several local offices-constable, school director and supervisor. Mrs. Syphers is the daugh- ter of Worthell and Sarah Baldwin, who cameto Morgan County about 1830.
Eli Swayne was born in Belmont County in 1821 and resided there until eighteen years of age. He then came to Morgan County with his widowed mother and family in 1840. There were seven children: Benjamin, Thomas, Mary, Evans, Eli, Caleb and Bennett. In 1843 Eli married Maria Rice, of Bel-
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mont County. By this union he has had five children-Narcissa (deceased), Eugene, Joseph B. and Eliza J. (twins); James M. (deceased). Eugene married Jennie Clancy in 1868; Eliza J. became the wife of Samuel Smith in 1873; Joseph B. married Clarissa Dewees in 1873. All live in Morgan County. Mr. Swayne followed milling from 1840 to 1859, and has since been successfully engaged in farming. He has held sev- eral local offices.
Allen Woolman was born in Belmont County in 1830. In 1833 he came with his parents to Marion Township, where he has since resided. Mr. Woohnan was married in 1850 to Eliza Baldwin. They had seven children, six of whom are living, viz: Clark M., Adaline, Julianna, Emma J., Effie M., Rose A. Mrs. Woolman died in 1876. In 1878 Mr. Woolman married Miss Hannah McElfresh. They have one child, Clarence. Mr. Woolman is a leading agriculturist of the township.
David McVey has been a lifelong resident of Marion Township. He was born in November, 1841. In 1869 he was married to Miss Ann Livezey. They have a family of three children -- Ulysses S., Elsie Ellen and Roxana. Mr. Mc- Vey is a farmer and stockraiser.
Joseph and Margaret Porter came in 1838. The former died in 1842, the latter in 1854. James M., a son, is one of the prosperous farmers of the town- ship. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1837. In 1866 he married Deborah J. Pecbles, of Washington County. Children : William Sherman and Augustus Sherwood.
John Fletcher Calvert (deceased) was a prominent and worthy citizen. He was a well-known farmer. For his first wife he married Mary Dent. Their children
were Mary Ann, who died at the age of twenty, and Joseph, living. He was married in 1870 to Maggie Walker, and they have four children living. In 1849 John Fletcher Calvert married Eliza J. Gosney, who is still living. Their children are JJohn, Isabel, Martha Ellen, Jacob and Ira, living; Sarah J. and Tabitha, deceased. The sons are prom- inent young farmers.
Isaac Hummel, son of James Hum- mel, an early settler of Penn Township, was born in Morgan County in 1831. He married Anna Bingman in 1855. Their children are Joseph, Lavina, Alice Ann, Olive, Charles. Juliet, Laura, Cora, Franklin and Effie. The family belong to the Christian Church. Mr. Hummel is a prominent farmer of Marion.
Alfred Williams was born in Win- chester. Va., in 1806; settled in Browns- ville, Pa., with his parents when three years of age, and there remained until 1840. Alfred came to Belmont County, Ohio, was there married to Rachel R. Gibbons, and in 1850 settled in Marion Township. He is a prominent farmer and has served in several local offices. Children: Mary E., Victoria, Amanda. Lorenzo D., Margaretta J., Emily L .. Lucy V., Howard J. and Charles E.
John D. Cheadle was born in Wash- ington County, where his people were early settlers, and is one of a family of fourteen children. His father died in 1836. John remained at home until 1843, when he married Nancy Reed. Children: William (deceased), Madison, Mary Ann (Adrian). Eliza Jane (Van Antwerp), Julia, Lucinda, Lanra Belle, Agnes, John Ehner and Ida. Mr. Cheadle has served in several local offices.
John W. and Sarah Atkinson came from Bucks County, Pa., and in No-
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vember, 1847, settled in Marion Town- ship. Mrs. Atkinson died in 1883. Jesse W. Atkinson, a prominent farmer, son of John W. Atkinson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and has resided in Morgan County since his parents settled here. He was married in 1869 to Miss Julianna Elliott. Chil- dren: Rachel C., Fred E., Frank J., Mary and Elsie D.
Caleb Wood was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1792 ; settled in Jeffer- son County, Ohio, in 1813, removing thence to Morgan County in 1835, and died in 1879. He was married in 1824. His wife, who was born in Virginia, in 1799, removed to Ohio in 1816. She died in 1885. Caleb Wood and wife were Friends. Their children were John Milton, who died June 15, 1864, in the U. S. Hospital at Baton Rouge, La .; Alfred, a resident of Nebraska; Mary A. (Peeples), Columbus, Ohio ; William C., born in 1833, now a resi- dent of Marion Township; Susan (Pat- terson), Columbus, Ohio; George R., Oakland, Cal .; Amanda J. (Huestis), who died in 1872. The Wood family settled in the woods near Chester Hill in 1835.
George Geddes is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and came to Morgan County with his father's family. They settled in Windsor Township, above Stockport. Here they remained but three years, when they removed to Middle Ridge. They resided here until 1865, at which time George was mar- ried to Miss Rebecca E. Hoopes. Shortly after their marriage they removed to their present home in Marion Town- ship. They have reared a family of nine children, five boys and four girls : Florence J., Joseph H., Mary E., John F., Eber H., Murray, Ida M., Riley P.
and Augusta A. Mr. Geddes is one of the reputable citizens of the township, and one of its most prosperons and thrifty farmers.
Charles V. Barkhurst was born in Guernsey County, in 1847, and came to Morgan County in 1855 with his parents, Daniel and Mary (Wallraven) Barkhurst. He is one of a family of seven children, viz., William, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary E., Sarah, John and Charles V. Mrs. Barkhurst died in 1861, and Daniel Barkhurst in 1883. Charles V. was married in 1865 to Mar- garet M. Niceswanger. Children, Mary E., Laura L. and Flora Dell.
Nathan Woodyard was born in Athens County, in 1833, and resided there until 1853, when he came with his father, James Woodyard, to Morgan County. His father died in 1873. His mother is still living. Nathan is a farmer. He belongs to the M. E. Church. He married Elizabeth Gifford, of Athens County, in 1872, and they have four children.
Samuel Milner was born in Belmont County in 1825. In 1848 he was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth Nichols, who was born in 1825. To them have been born four children, the eldest of whom, Mary B., died in infancy. Lauretta, now Mrs. W. A. Chognill, was born in 1854. Thomas N. married Miss Emma Cook, and Guilford, Miss Jennie Hoop- er, of Stockport. Mrs. Milner died February 15, 1881. Mr. Milner is a member of the Methodist Church, and has served as class-leader.
Granville Wood, a prominent Friend and one of the reputable citizens of Marion, was one of the later settlers of the township. His wife, Lydia T., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1825. About 1840, her people immigrated
John R. Haublelaw,
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to Morgan County, and settled in Cen- ter Township. In 1851, they were married and moved to Marion Town- ship, where Mr. Wood died, in 1871. To them were born seven children, four girls and three boys: George W., Thomas II., Mary A., Addison W., Rachel B., Charity W. George W. was married in 1874, to Miss M. A. Golden. Thomas HI. was married in 1879, to Lasetta Thompson. Mary A. died March 31, 1863.
John J. Beck was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1810. In 1840 he came to Morgan Conuty, and two years later he married Eliza A. Henry, of this county. Two children were born of this union, both now deceased. Charles II. married Alice Hopkins, and they had five children, who are still living with their mother and grandfather on the homestead. George E., the other son, died in 1849. Mrs. Beck died in 1880.
Martin Bingman was born in Harri- son County, in 1827. In 1836 he came to Marion Township with his parents, and has since resided here. He is a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. In 1848 he married Mary Am Milton, of Athens County. Children, Mary M. (deceased) Louisa (Kennard) William II., Sarah Ann, Rachel J. (Wilkes). Ellis T., Joseph F. and Hattie M.
George Woolman and his wife (née Mary Cotton) came from Belmont County, Ohio, about 1834. and settled in this township. Their children were Robert, Rachel, Elizabeth, George, Samuel, Joel. Allen, Emily and Sarah. George Woolman, the younger, was born in Behnont County in 1824, and settled in Morgan County with his parents. When 21 years of age he
went to Iowa, where he remained two vears. In 1850 he married Margaret Ann Dollison, aud settled in Marion Township. Mr. Woolman and wife are members of the M. E. Church.
Jehu Hiatt was born in Virginia February 6, 1781. About 1808 he re- moved with his family to Belmont County, and thence to Highland County in the spring of 1831. In 1837. in company with his son Jesse Hiatt and his family, he came to Morgan County and purchased a farm in Marion Township on section 17, at the mouth of Goshen Run, where he died in July of that year. Jesse Hiatt, son of Jehn. was born in Virginia December 27, 1807. and married Ruthanna, daughter of Amos and Mary Vernon, of Belmont County, where she was born in 1807. Jesse Hiatt died October 2, 1885. IIe was a worthy member of the Society of Friends, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He had a family of nine children -four sons and five daughters. E. J. Hiatt, the eldest son and one of the most prominent sheep- growers in the county, was born in Highland Conty in 1835. He married in 1860 Sibbilla Peebles. But few men in Morgan County have done more in the interests of sheep husbandry than Mr. Hiatt. He is the present Secretary and Vice-President of the Ohio State Wool- Growers' Association, Corresponding Secretary of the Eastern Ohio Wool- Growers' and Stock-Breeders' Associa- tion, member of the Executive Board of the United States Merino Sheep- Breeders' Association. . This board com- piled and published the first public register of sheep ever issned. In 1881 he commenced the publication of The Shepherd's National Journal, which he edited for three years. This organ
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(now published in Zanesville) was the pioneer journal of its kind in the United States. It is now known as The Shepherd National Journal and Rural Era, and issued monthly. Originally it was a thirty-two page quarterly. Mr. Hiatt is a recognized authority on all matters pertaining to sheep husbandry. and one of the prominent farmers and valuable citizens of the county. Jesse L. Hiatt was born in Marion Township in 1846, and resides in the old home- stead of his father and grandfather. Ile was married in 1868 to Miss Mary J. Stoneman. Two children are living, Jasper C. and Clarence S. Mr. Hiatt is also one of the prominent sheep- growers of the county, and has done much in forwarding this industry. He resides on the old homestead of his grandfather, the title of which has never been out of the family.
Taylor Strode was born on the banks of the Brandywine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1801. He learned the trade of a stonemason, and followed that vocation till 21 years of age. He then came on foot to Harri- son County, Ohio, with a knapsack on his shoulder. Worked at his trade for one year, then returned to Chester County, where he stayed four years. He married Miss Elizabeth Woodward, and returned to Harrison County, Ohio, in a one-horse wagon, where he lived for eight years, working at his trade and farming. In 1836 he moved with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, to Morgan County, Ohio, to a farm on a stream known as Goshen Run, in Marion Township, where he remained one year. He disposed of this farm, purchased another of 125 acres in the same township, moved to it, and there lived till his children, nine
in all, were married, except three who had died ; then sold his farm in 1874 to his son, Paschal Strode, and went to live with his children. He is now liv- ing with his daughter, Mrs. John R. Hamilton. He is in his 85th year.
Paschal Strode, son of Taylor Strode, an old resident, was born in Marion Township in 1842. He was married in 1861, and is the father of three children -Sylvanus E .. Emerson and Annie. Mr. Strode is a prominent farmer.
Augustus Strode was born in 1834, in Harrison County, Ohio; came to Mor- gan County in 1836, and has since resided here. He was married in 1862 to Ann Eliza Knight, of this county. and is the father of two children- George K. and Franklin J. The latter resides at home. Mr. Strode las served in some local offices and is a successful farmer. Geo. K. Strode was born in 1863; married Emma Barkhurst in 1885 and resides on a farm adjoining the homestead.
Zebulon Worrall was born in Penn- sylvania in 1797. He learned the tail- or's trade in Philadelphia, and when a young man emigrated to Jefferson County. Ohio. There he married Martha Ratcliff and remained until 1837; then with quite a large family of children moved to what is now Morgan County, settling on a piece of land in Marion Township, adjoining the village of Chester Hill. He settled in an almost unbroken forest and cleared and improved his land. After a few years he engaged in the raising of fruit trees. This business he followed many years, introducing into Morgan and adjacent counties many choice varieties of fruit. Thousands of trees now bearing fruit stand as monuments to his industry and enterprise. Mr. Worrall died in 1866.
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