History of Noble County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 24

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Publication date: 1887
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" Here for help is my petition ; Judge ye, my friends, my condition ; I owe for goods I've bought and sold, And now I've run quite out of gold."

"To those who owe I must now say, I need your help without delay : And if I get a part that's due. I may not be compelled to sue."

Among other advertisers, nearly all of whom are now dead, are J. J. Parker, manufacturer of straw-cut- ters, Olive ; George Windors, black- smith. Olive; Levi Devolld, tanner, harnessmaker and shoemaker, Cen- tre Township; Thomas Stockwell, stone-cutter, Olive; Benjamin Head- ley, boot and shoemaker; G. W. An- derson, forwarding and commission merchant, Bridgeport ; Abner Mor- ris, wagonmaker, Olive; A. Judd, jr., proprietor of Lowell mills ; Mc- Carthy & Paxton, Sharon, announce

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their goods for sale at cost. being The People's Organ was succeeded about to move west. Hotel cards: by the Noble County Patriot. The John Ilarlan, D. J. Drake, Summer- . latter was started in 1854, mainly field : William Parish, Sharon; B. Thorla. W. Thorla, Olive. Lawyers: Green & Taneyhill, Davis Green of Marietta, and R. II. Taneyhill of Olive ; Cochran & McIntosh, S. W. P. Cochran and John Mel: tosh, Sarahsville ; Jabez Belford, William M. Kaln. Sharon; E. A. Bratton, Sarahsville. Physicians: Dr. J. Y. Hopkins, Sarahsville; Dr. John Mc- Garry, Carlisle. A feature, which happily finds no counterpart in a modern newspaper, was a " Bank- note list," corrected weekly, show- ing the discounts and values of vari- ous State bank-notes. A number of the advertisements are repeated on dif- ferent pages, doubtless for the pur- pose of filling space. On the whole the paper was much better than the average country weekly of that day.

through the instrumentality of Sam- uel McGarry. Its main object seems to have been the advocacy of a vote on the county-seat question. No. 38 of the first volume of the Patriot, dated October 28, 1854, shows that Robert Barkley was its editor, and James Mowatt its publisher. The Patriot was of the same size as the Investigator, and the issue shown to the writer contained two pages of reading matter and two of advertise- ments. The amount of editorial mat- ter was very slight. Among the local advertisers were II. J. Rownd, James Stevens, William Van Meter and S. McGarry, merchants, Sarahsville ; William M. Kam, lawyer, Sharon; William C. Okey, lawyer, Sarahsville; (). L. Borton, jeweler, Sarahsville; R. P. Summers, proprietor of Union Mill, Marion Township. Advertising patronage was not all that was de- sired, as is shown by the fact that nearly every advertisement appears on both sides of the paper.

In the spring of 1852 Mr. Taney- hill, sold his interest in the Investi- gator to Dennis S. Gibbs, who con- tinued its publication in partner- ship with Mr. Wharton, for a short time. In August, 1852, we find Oli- How long the Patriot survived is not definitely known, John Stevens and William M. Kain (better known as Marcus Kain) converted it into a religious paper, published weekly, and styled the Christian Harbinger, which was short lived and unprofitable. ver P. Wharton and James F. Capell publishing The People's Organ, in Sarahsville. The chief purpose of the paper seems to have been to se- cure the removal of the county seat from Sarahsville. The Organ was a live local paper for those days. ; In 1856 Dennis S. Gibbs and A. B. ('lark, with J. C. Schofield manager, established the Republican at Sarahs- Dr. James F. Capell, the junior edi- tor of the paper, was one of the ablest and most gifted men of Noble , ville, the first political journal of the County. Ile was an able and elo- . then newly-formed party in the quent speaker, and a brilliant and county. Shortly after, this paper accomplished writer.

, was merged with the Christian Ilar-

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binger, the new paper being styled the Consolidated Republican and is- sued under the management of Ran- dall Ross and William II. Phipps. About a year later, Ross became sole owner of the paper, moving it to Caldwell. He conducted it until 1859, when John L. Shaw became part owner, and the name of the paper was changed to the Noble County Republican, which it still bears.

. Ross retired from the firm in 1860, | tinual existence since the year in

and Shaw continued sole editor and proprietor until 1866-his editorial career of seven years being much longer than that of any of his prede- cessors. The paper remained of the same size, and there was no percepti- ble improvement in its style and con- tents. Little attention was given to local news, and oftentimes the edito rial notes were few and brief. March 29, 1866, Mr. Shaw published his valedictory address, introducing Charles II. Goodrich, the new pro- prietor. Col. Wilbert B. Teters was at once taken into partnership by Goodrich, and the Republican was published under the joint manage- ment of Goodrich & Teters.

In July, 1869, John W. Bell and Wallace II. Cooley succeeded Good- rich & Teters as editors and proprie- tors. In November, 1870, Bell re- ; tired, and Mr. Cooley became sole owner of the Republican. He en- larged the paper to seven columns, ; introduced more local matter, im- proved its appearance and added greatly to its value. By untiring effort he raised the subscription list from 430 names to a living patron- : age, and made a paying property of

a newspaper which had encountered innumerable vicissitudes and bank- rupted many of its former owners. IIe is still at the helm doing earnest work for the Republican party and striving for the interest and welfare of the people of Noble County. The Republican, by successive enlarge- ments, has grown to a nine-column folio, and its subscribers number over 1,500. The paper has had a con-

which Noble County was formed. Mr. Cooley's long and successful career as editor and proprietor of the Republican entitles him to an exceptionally high rank as a success. ful newspaper man.

Wallace II. Cooley was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1844. At the age of thirteen he be- gan learning the printer's trade, and in the spring of 1859, at the age of fifteen, he came to Caldwell and be- gan work for John L. Shaw in the office of the Republican. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-fifthOhio Volunteer Infantry, in which regiment he served three years. Enlisting in Hancock's Vet- erans at the expiration of this term, he served until the close of the war. In 1866 he returned to C'ald- well where he was principally en- gaged in working at his trade until 1869 when he became connected with the management of the Republican. In 1872 he was married to Miss Miranda. E. Reed, of Noble County. They have two children living and three deceased. Mr. Cooley has always voted the Republican ticket. IIe be- longs to the Masons, the Odd Fel-

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lows and the Grand Army of the Republic.

The Caldwell Journal was estab- lished in 1883 and its first number issued on the 23d of August by Frank M. Martin, editor and proprietor. It is a Republican paper, and ably sup- ports the principles of its party. It has had an unusually successful career, all things considered, and is now on a permanent and prosperous basis, with a circulation of about 1,000. In size the Journal is a six- column quarto. April 1, 1886, Mr. Martin sold a half interest to J. F. Knouff, and the paper was conducted by Martin & Knouff until December of the same year when Mr. Martin again became sole proprietor. The Journal is well edited, and some of its editorials on current topics bear the impress of deep thought and of a high order of talent.

Frank M. Martin, the founder of the paper, was born in Warren County, Illinois, June 28, 1859, but came to Noble County when five years old. IIe learned the printing business in the office of the Noble County Republican. He was fore- man in the office of the Woodsfield Gazette four years and edited that paper one year. In 1883 he came to Caldwell and started the Journal. Mr. Martin was married in 1885 to Miss Kate Mooney, of Woodsfield, Ohio, and is the father of one child, Edmund M.

Noble County with its Democratic majority of about one thousand, in 1851 offered an encouraging field for a Democratic newspaper. Therefore the county had not long been estab.

lished before the Democratic Courier made its appearance, published at Sarahsville. The first number was issued in May, 1851. William II. Gill and Robert Leech* were the publishers and proprietors. The Courier was a typical country paper of that day-a six-column folio, not always neatly printed but always containing a large number of typo- graphical errors. In addition to its political teachings it took a firm stand in favor of the retention of the county seat at Sarahsville.

Gill & Leech soon sold the Courier to Samuel McGarry and William Tracy, who were its publishers in the latter part of 1852, Mr. McGarry being the editor. About this time Charles Otis became the editor for a short time.

A copy of the Courier dated Au- gust 23, 1852, has been examined by the writer. This is the twelfth num- ber of the second volume. The paper bears the motto, "The Right is al- ways Expedient." The price was $1.50 per year. The first page is mainly made up of miscellaneous se- lections, including three poems. An original contribution, amounting to half a column, describes alleged spir- itual manifestations in a Sarahsville household. There are no advertise- ments on either the first or the sec- ond page. Nearly two columns of "Laws of Ohio" are found on the second page. At the head of the ed- itorial column are the names of Sam- uel McGarry, editor; General Frank

* Gill and Leech were both members of the Con- stitutional Convention of 1851, and the former was seer tary of that convention.

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Pierce and William R. King, Demo- cratic candidates for president and vice-president, and the candidates for presidential electors. A call for a Democratie county convention is published, signed by J. M. Stone, Elias Kackley and Samuel McGarry. The editorial comments are few in number but well-worded. Among the political articles are selections relating to Franklin Pierce and James K. Polk. A tribute to the memory of Henry Frazier, deceased, is pub- lished by members of the Noble County bar. A short article recounts a meeting at Point Pleasant, August 20, for the purpose of organizing a company to build a plank road from Sarahsville to Point Pleasant and thence to Cambridge. The meeting adjourned to meet at Sarahsville August 30. The report is signed by Charles Otis, president, and C. J. Albright and George Brown, secre- taries. Two ordinances of the town of Carlisle are published, both for the suppression of intemperance, signed by George W. Shacklee, mayor, and R. II. Cain, recorder. An obit- uary of Joseph Salladay is published, copied from the Organ, the rival pa- per of Sarahsviile. Four columns of the third page are made up of ad- vertisements. Jesse M. Stone, of Noble County, and William Okey, of Monroe County, are announced as candidates for Congress, subject to the action of the district convention ; John K. Booher, Jonathan R. Baker, James W. Shankland, Eliab Matheny, Frederick Roach, J. L. Bevan and Adam Weimer are announced as can- didates for assessor in various parts of

the county. K. P. Morrison, cabinet- maker, Sarahsville; Joseph II. Ilunt- er, wagonmaker, Mount Ephraim ; D. W. Patterson, John Fowler, II. J. Rownd and John B. Heaton, mer- chants, of Sarahsville; B. M. Leland, merchant, Jackson Township; Hen- dershot & Co., merchants, Williams- burg; Pool & Baird, tanners, Sarahs- ville; William Tracy, "Tracy House," Sarahsville ; Joseph Johnson, jeweler, Sarahsville; Lemmax & Franklin, merchants, Freedom ; Isaac Q. Mor- ris, merchant, Mount Ephraim ; Charles Otis, Wm. C. Okey, Belford : & Parrish, E. A. Brattan, Samuel W. P. Cochran and Daniel Pettay, law- yers, Sarahsville; and J. Y. Hopkins, J. F. Capell and Samuel McGarry, : physicians, Sarahsville, are among the local advertisers. Half of the fourth page is occupied by " Laws of Ohio," and the remainder by adver- tisements.

William Tracy soon became sole proprietor and continued the publi- cation of the paper with Benjamin F. Spriggs as editor until some time in 1855, when William M. Kain, then a Sarahsville lawyer, succeeded to the management of the office and the editorship of the paper.

In 1857 the Democratic Courier passed into the hands of William II. Ijams, who changed the name to the Democratic Star. In 1858 the paper followed the county seat to Caldwell and under the management of Louis Baker and James H. Odell became the Noble County Democrat. After the presidential campaign of 1860 the paper suspended publication; but in the following year it was revived

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for a short time by George McClel- land. He sold out and the press and material were moved out of the county.

In 1863, the Democrats of the county, feeling desirous of represen- tation by a local organ, persuaded Robert Hutchinson to purchase the material of the Woodsfield Herald, with which he started the Demo- cratic News in Caldwell. Soon after Nathaniel Capell became his associ- ate, but the business proved unprofit- able and publication was suspended. Robert J. Smith was the next pro- prietor and the paper was continued by him until some time in the year 1865. Then Cyrus McGlashan and William Clymer took hold of the business. Clymer retired shortly after, but McGlashan stuck to it bravely and kept the paper going un- der the name of the Noble County News until 1869, when he turned it over to William A. Wallace. The latter moved the office to Summer- field, published a few numbers of a paper called the Cottage Visitor, and then quit, for financial reasons. in 1871 Cyrus McGlashan bought back the material and started the Weekly Spectator in Caldwell. It was a small paper, poorly printed and poorly patronized.

In 1873 the paper passed into the hands of John M. Amos and Fred- erick W. Moore, who changed its name to the Citizens' Press, im- proved its appearance and secured a better patronage. In March 1874, Moore sold his interest on account of failing health, and John M. Amos became sole proprietor. Under his

editorship the paper was well con- ducted and prosperous. In April 1884, Mr. Amos sold out to A. P. Jennings & Son, who changed the name to the Caldwell Press and are the present proprietors.

Mr. D. A. Jennings, editor and manager of the P'ress, assumed his present position May 1, 1884. He moved the office to its present loca- tion, and changed the form of the paper from an eight-column folio to a six-column quarto. In January, 1886, he discarded the "patent " side, thus giving space for more local mat- ter than was formerly possible. The Press is edited with ability and al- ways contains a large amount of original matter, both of local and general interest. An interesting fea- ture of the paper is its educational department, in which the interests of teachers and schools are ably and candidly discussed. The Press is constantly improving. Its circula- tion is now 1,500, and it is by far the most successful Democratic newspa- per ever published in Noble County.

D. A. Jennings was born in Noble County, June 22, 1855. After at- tending the common and normal schools, he entered Adrian College, Michigan, from which he graduated at the age of twenty-one, receiving two degrees-bachelor of arts and bachelor of science-on the same day, an honor never before conferred upon any student of the institution. He next traveled and studied in Europe for about two years. After returning to his native county, he went west, and in 1SSO edited the Independent of Castle Rock, Colo-

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rado, for one year. During that time he was admitted to the bar of Den- ver, Colorado. He afterwards taught school for some time, but was com- pelled to abandon that profession on account of failing health. Since 1884 he has edited the Press and prac- ticed law in Caldwell. Mr. Jennings was married in 1880, at Boulder. Col., to Miss Bell Zora King, of Castle Rock. They have one child-Myra.

The Noble County Democrat, a new candidate for popular favor, made its appearance July 29, 1886, and apparently has "come to stay." It is edited and published by C. W. Evans, a young man of energy and enterprise, who is thoroughly famil- iar with every department of news- paper work. its typographical appearance is unexceptionable, while its local page contains a large quan- tity and a great variety of items of interest to every citizen. The Demo- erat is devoted to the interests of Noble County and of the party whose name it bears. It is an eight-column folio, and its subscription price is one dollar per year. It already has a good circulation, and its patronage is rapidly increasing.

Charles Wesley Evans was born in Barnesville, O)., Nov. 23, 1855, and is the son of Robert R. Evans, an old resident of that place, who was born in Sussex County, Va , in 1812. He quit school at the age of fourteen and entered the office of the Barnes- ville Enterprise to learn the printers' trade. The Enterprise was then under the editorship of George Mc- Clelland and W. T. Evans, (brother of C. W.), was foreman in the office.

After learning his trade, young Evans followed it in . Wheeling, Zanesville, Columbus, and Bellaire, until February, 1882, when he came . to Caldwell and became foreman in the P'rexx office, then owned by John M. Amos. He remained in that position until June 1, 1886, when he resigned, and in the follow- ing month started the Democrat.

Mr. Evans was married in 1879 to Miss Ilattie A. Cline, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and has one child-Lulu Estella. Mr. Evans comes of a family of printers, and his wife is also a practical printer.

Having brought the history of Noble County Journalism down to the year of grace, 1887, the question arises, where are those who with- stood the trials and vicissitudes inci- dent to country newspaper work in former years? Many are still living, and an attempt will be made to spec- ify their whereabouts, as well as to tell what is known of those that are dead.

William Tracy went west, became a successful lawyer, and died in Guthrie Centre, Iowa. Oliver P. Wharton became the successful pub lisher of the Rock Island (Ill.) Ad- vertiser. He is still in the newspaper business, and is at present located in Youngstown, Ohio. Harrison Gray Otis and Charles Otis were con- nected with one of the early Noble County papers for a short time. Charles Otis is now publishing a paper at Los Angeles, Cal.

R. II. Taneyhill is a lawyer and horticulturist at Barnesville, Ohio. Judge Samuel McGarry went to

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Missouri, where he was a successful farmer. He died recently. Rev. Randall Ross was at one time Presi- · dent of Sharon College. in this County. He became president of a similar institution in Lincoln, Mo., and is now dead. Rev. William M. Kain is a Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania. Louis Baker pub- lished the Wheeling Register until recently. He is now publishing a daily paper in St. Paul, Minnesota. George McClellan is now the pub- lisher of an excellent paper-the Barnesville Enterprise. Charles II. Goodrich became proprietor of the Woodsfield Democrat and is now the publisher of the Chronicle, at Troy, Ohio.

W. HI. Ijams is Clerk of Courts at Omaha, Nebraska. J. H. Odell be- came engaged in the printing busi- ness in Columbus, afterwards went west. He committed suicide in

Omaha. Rev. R J. Smith, formerly President of the College at Beverly, Ohio, resides at that place. B. F. Spriggs, now deceased, became a prominent lawyer of Noble County. Cyrus McGlashan resides at Wind- sor, Morgan County, and is a teacher. John M. Amos is editor of the Cam- bridge Jeffersonian, one of the lead- ing Democratic papers of this Con- gressional district.

D. S. Gibbs, ex-Probate Judge, is a lawyer in Caldwell. John L. Shaw holds a Government office at Washington. John W. Bell is a practising lawyer in the same city. Colonel W. B. Teters is at Boulder City, Colo., engaged in mining. William II. Gill, Robert Leech, W. H. Phipps, James F. and Nathaniel Capell, Robert Hutchinson, J. C. Schofield, George Allen, Fred W. Moore and others, once in the Journal- istic ranks in this county, are dead.

CHAPTER XV. NOBLE COUNTY IN THE WAR.

INTRODUCTORY - OLD-TIME MUSTERS-THE "CORNSTALK MILITIA - THE FIRST RESPONSE FROM NOBLE COUNTY - COMPANY I, OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, RAISED AT SUM- MERFIELD - THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT - THIRTEENTH REGIMENT -THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT -TWENTIETH REGIMENT (REORGANIZED) - FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT -GAR- FIELD'S OLD COMMAND - SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT - SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT - SEVENTY- EIGHTA REGIMENT - NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT- ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH REGI- MENT-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY.SIXTH REGIMENT - MISCELLANEOUS LIST -THE HOSKINSVILLE REBELLION - BOTH SIDES OF THE MATTER - BIOGRAPHIES OF MILITARY MEN FROM NOBLE COUNTY- SOLDIERS' RE-UNIONS.

TN the early history of the State of Ohio, before military ardor had decayed under the ridicule that was heaped upon the " cornstalk militia," the men and youth of the territory now forming the County of Noble were accustomed to take part in trainings and musters in obedience to a State law, and were organized into regiments and companies in the counties to which they respectively belonged. It is known that as far back as 1825 Colonel Erastus HIos- kins commanded the second regiment of the then Morgan County militia, and no doubt at later dates the region now known as Noble County had other military commanders of equally high rank. But their day is past and gone and now their positions seem to have been of trivial import- ance. Yet there is no doubt that the old-time military organizations served a good purpose, and gave to their members a crude but useful knowledge of military tactics. But before the County of Noble came into being the old-fashioned training day's

and general musters had ceased to evoke enthusiasmn, and the militia no longer indulged in brave displays and sham battles

But the military spirit, though dormant, was not dead, and the year 1861 found the fires of patriotism blazing brightly. In a brief time after the receipt of the news that Sumpter had been fired upon in April, 1861, companies were forming in Noble County in response to the proclamations of the president and governor. Thenceforth, until the close of the war, the soldiers of Noble County were always found in their place, doing their duties bravely and well. To recount fully their toils and sufferings, their marches and battles, would be to write a his- tory of the war; and the story would require volumes instead of pages. Therefore we make mention of only some of the most important events in which the soldiers of the county participated, by giving briefly an ac- count of each regiment in which any considerable number of Noble County

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men were included. On this subject "Ohio in the War" has been our authority, and from its pages have been condensed a great part of the memoranda of regimental move ments which follow.

25TH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Summerfield, then the chief town of Noble County, had the honor of organizing and sending forth to bat- tle for the Union the first company of soldiers raised for the rebellion in in the County of Noble.

Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio, was raised in Noble County, and com- posed of parts of three companies who organized for the three months service, but were not accepted. When Gov. Dennison organized the first three regiments for three years service, twenty third, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth, one company was assigned to Noble County, and made up of the materials as above. It left Summerfield June 22, 1861, under the command of John M. Mosely, and entered the service at Camp Chase June 24th. It served with its regiment until 1863, when it re-en- listed for three years longer, and was finally mustered out June 19th, 1866, having served, lacking a few days. five years. This company with its regiment engaged the enemy at Cheat Mountain, Virginia, Septem- ber 12, 1861; Greenbrier, October 3rd; Allegheny Mountain, Decem- ber 12th; Huntersville, January 2, 1862; Monterey, April 22d; Bull Pasture Mountain, May 8th ; Frank- lin. May 10th; Strasburg, June 4th;

Cross Keys, June Sth ; Cedar Mount- ain, August 10th; Freeman's Ford, August 22nd; Waterloo Bridge. August 24th; Bull Run, August 29th and 30th ; Burnside's attack on Fred- ericksburgh, but in the reserve ; Chancellorsville, May 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th ; Hagerstown, July 12th; Siege of Morris Island, South Caro- lina, August 23d, and lasting three weeks; Honey Hill, November 30th, 1864; Devaux Neck, December 6th ; Indian Hill, December 9th; Cockle Creek, February 10, 1865; Combahee Ferry, February 12th; Ashapoo Ferry, February 14th; Dingle's Mill, April 9th; Red Hill, April 15th ; Deep Swamp, April 16th; Beach Run, April 17th; Swift Creek, April 18th; and Statesburg April 19th. Several of these latter engagements, were after the Appomattox surrender. After the surrender the regiment did patrol duty in the Edgefield, Ham- burg, Columbia and other South Car- olina Districts, until it was mustered out. In the engagements the com- pany had 15 men killed outright, 78 wounded, one third of whom died from their injuries ; 21 names are car- ried on the rolls as missing, one-half of whom were never heard of, and presumably died on battlefield or in prison pen; thirty-five died from various diseases, and five are carried on the rolls as deserters. The company was recruited up from time to time, and during its existence as an organization had three captains, four first lieutenants, four second - lieutenants, twenty-eight sergeants. thirty-four corporals. and 167 rank

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History of Noble County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 24

Author: Publication date: 1887 Publisher: Chicago : L.H. Watkins Number of Pages: 709

Author:
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Chicago : L.H. Watkins
Number of Pages: 709