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George Hupp, of Pennsylvania, of German origin, came to the township
among the very first settlers. His wife was Rachel Archer, one of the Archer family who settled in the vi- cinity of Carlisle about 1810. They had two children when they moved to this locality. One of the charac- ters who frequented this part of the country in early years was an old hunter know as Mull Ryan. Indians had not entirely left the country when Hupp came, and on one occa- sion Ryan terrified the family by ap- proaching the cabin in the night and giving a loud war-whoop. Hupp seized his gun, and would have soon ended the fun had not Ryan made himself known and begged him not to shoot. George Hupp died early. His children were Nancy, John, Philip and Elizabeth, deceased ; Mary, Cynthia, Henry, Rachel and George, living; Daniel, deceased. Henry and George still live in this township. Mrs. Hupp married Peter Karns after the decease of Mr. HIupp, and had several children.
George Hupp was born in 1821 and brought up amid the scenes of pioneer life. Ile was married in 1843 and located on his present farm in the same year. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Grove, and she was born in West Virginia. They have reared eight children, six of whom are living: Susannah C., George W., Harriet J. (deceased), Al- fred O., Nancy E., Daniel D. (de- ceased), John B. and Rachel A. Mr. Hupp has served as township trustee. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which his father was an exhorter.
William Heiddleston is the oldest
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man in the township, and one of the few early settlers who are still liv- ing. He was born in Scotland, Jan- uary 1, 1793. After coming to Summerfield and living some years in that vicinity, he came to his pres- ent farm about 1832. Mr. Heiddle- ston says this was then the most thinly settled region between Sum- merfield and Marietta. In early years he drove a team to Zanesville, Wheeling and Marietta, hauling goods for the merchants of this sec- tion of country. The roads were very bad, and he always took an ax along in order to cut out fallen trees from the track, and frequently found a use for it. He married Martha McClintock, whose father, William McClintock, was an early settler near Summerfield. For his second wife he married Miss Cowles. He is the father of fifteen children, ten of whom his first wife bore. Mr. IIeid- dleston is a remarkably well pre- served old man and is still strong both mentally and physically.
An old log school-house stood on the present William Heiddleston farm about fifty years ago, and was the earliest in the neighborhood. Alfred Ogle was an early teacher. The early schools were few, owing to the scattered condition of the set- tlement, and the children of the pio- neers generally grew up with limited educational advantages.
Hezekiah Cousins, who lived to be upward of ninety years of age, was an early settler on the creek. Wesley Luke lived in the southern part of the township. James Clark came quite early. The western part of the town-
ship had few early settlers. There were many transient squatters, who abandoned their locations after a year or two, and left in search of more promising fields.
Thomas Morris and family came from England in 1830, and settled on the farm which John F. Morris, Esq., now owns. Here he had one of the early grist-mills run by horse-power. Andrew Morris, a brother of Thomas, came a little later.
Humphrey Pedicord was quite an early settler on the farm now occu- pied by W. Warren.
James Mitchell is one of the old residents. He has been living in the vicinity of his present home since 1837.
John Hesson, who now lives in Lawrence County, settled in this township quite early. Benjamin Hin- ton lived north of George Hupp, in 1843. Peter Gray was an early resi- dent upon the present Shafer place. James Whitmore and Thomas Tur- ner settled about 1840 on the farms where they died.
George Hupp, Sr., was one of the early hunters. He killed several elk, many deer, and once shot a pan- ther. He also tanned and made powder, which he sold to the early settlers.
Philip Craig, an easy-going, hon- est man, somewhat peculiar in his ways, was among the early settlers. Ile was something of a hunter, and left the county after it became too thickly settled to suit him. In the same neighborhood lived two early settlers, each by the name of Samuel Dugan. David Ward lived and
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died south of the Heiddleston farm. George Gillespie lived near.
Philip Kitts cleared the Watson farm above Middleburg. He owned the land on which the village is, and sold it to Church Tuttle and Liberty Curtis.
Henry Woods, an Englishman, was the first blacksmith of the town- ship, and was an unusually good workman. He lived on Ales' Run, in the southern part of the township.
Church Tuttle, the founder of Middleburg, was a Yankee and a most excellent man. He was shrewd, intelligent and possessed excellent judgment. He was an early aboli- tionist, and was identified with the Underground Railroad, being one of its most active agents in this section. Ile served as justice of the peace a number of years. From here he went to Washington County, and recently died in Marietta.
Wesley Neptune came to Middle- burg in 1845. For over forty years Mr. Neptune has been a resident of this section, and has been one of its prominent and progressive citizens.
Samuel S. Neptune was one of the pioneers of this part of the township. He located a farm near Middleburg, obtaining his deed from the govern- ment. He was a worthy citizen. IIe married Miss Mary Pickering, a Qua- keress, and reared a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Elias P. Neptune, a son, was born in Monroe County, and is one of the thrifty farmers of the township; he owns the Andrew Morris homestead.
Thomas Morris, whose name is prominently mentioned elsewhere in
this chapter, was a native of England, and came to this country with his family, which consisted of his wife and four children : Andrew, Marga- ret, John F. and Jane, in the early part of 1830. For a few months they stopped in Virginia, where a daugh- ter, Ann, was born to them. Christ- mas day, 1830, witnessed their arrival in Jefferson Township, then a new and sparsely settled region. Mr. Morris had entered a quarter section of land, the deed of which, signed by Andrew Jackson, is now in posses- sion of his son, John F. On this farm the elder Morris lived until his decease in 1864. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and a leader in all matters. He served in many minor official positions, and was very generally esteemed. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Fair- brother, was the mother of ten chil- dren, six boys and four girls. John F. was born in England in 1826. He and a brother, Arius, are the only sons residing in the county. John F. resides in the old homestead. He is thought to be one of the oracles of the township, having been a resident for over a half century. He married Miss Cynthia Carmichael, a native of the township. They have eight chil- dren living.
Andrew Morris was born in Lan- cashire, England, in 1797 and emi- grated to this country in 1829, and first settled near Germantown, Pa., where he found employment at his trade, that of a weaver. IIe came to Jefferson Township in 1836, and set- tled on the farm now owned by Elias Neptune, on which he was the first
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settler, and where he lived until his decease. He married, in 1827, Miss Jane Hampson. She was born in Lancashire in 1807. They reared a family of five children, three sons: John, William and Thomas, and two daughters: Mary A. and Elizabeth. The pioneer life of Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ris was replete with privations and hardships.
About 1833 Christian Huffman, a native of Germany, settled on Middle Creek, where he died. His children were Henry, Charles, John, Will- iam, Louisa and' Lovina. Charles, William and Louisa (Pryor) are still living in the county. Mr. Huffman was the first of the native German settlers in Jefferson and Enoch Town- ships. The immigration to the latter township did not begin until 1836.
T. B. Tarleton is one of the old soldiers of Noble County. He was a member of Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with credit until his muster out. He is one of the reputable citizens of Middleburg and a worthy man.
A. A. Clymer, one of the promi- nent business men of Dexter City, was a native of Muskingum County, and came to Noble County when a young man, settling near Caldwell. In 1876 he removed to Dexter City, and in company with Mr. McKee opened a store of general merchan- dise. In 1878 the co-partnership was dissolved, Mr. Clymer continuing the business until his decease in 1884. Since this time his sons, Charles and G. W. Clymer, have successfully con- ducted the business and are consid-
ered to be among the most extensive and prosperous merchants in this section of the county. Charles, the senior member of the firm, was born in Washington County, Ohio, and is a young man highly esteemed as a correct and successful business man.
One of the conspicuous and famil- iar names in this section of the county is that of Samuel Hussey, who for many years was known as one of the most successful farmers and stock growers in the valley. He was born in Maine, in 1803, and came to Wash- ington County with his parents when a lad. The elder Hussey was a small farmer and Samuel remained with him, as was the custom in those days, until he had attained his majority, when he commenced life for himself as a farm hand. For a time he was engaged in boating on the Ohio between Marietta and New Orleans. After he abandoned the river he came to Jefferson Township, and bought the farm on which he died. He was a worthy citizen and a suc- cessful farmer. He was twice married; his first wife, Miss Elmira Warren, died in 1843. In 1844 he married Miss Marrilla, a sister of his first wife. By the first marriage there were two children, Joseph and Elmira, by the second a son and daughter, Oscar and Jane, both of whom are deceased.
John J. Corp was one of the pio- neers of this region. He was of En- glish parentage and birth, and came to this State with his parents when a lad of nine years, and settled in Marietta. In 1835 he came to what is now Jefferson Township. While he was not the pioneer on the
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farm on which he lived so many years, he was in reality the first settler. A man by the name of Doan had entered the land and made some slight improvements, but being unable to "pay out," Mr. Corp pur- chased his interest and improved the property. Mr. Corp was a repu- table citizen and a man of strong religious proclivities. For over a half century he was a local preacher; he died in 1884. A daughter, Mrs. Hutchinson, resides on the home- stead.
Dexter W. Sullivan, whose identi- fication with Dexter City is given in this chapter, and after whom the place takes its name, was one of the first settlers and a conspicuous person in its history. He is one of those brave, self-sacrificing men who per- iled their lives to preserve what the pioneers had won. In 1862 he be- came a member of Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the battle of Winchester he was taken prisoner and confined at Libby and Belle Isle for two months, where he contracted disease which rendered necessary his discharge on June 13, 1863.
The life of Richard S. Deal pre- sents an excellent illustration of what can be accomplished by perse- verance and economy under adverse circumstances. In 1834 he came to Barnesville, found employment on a farm, where he worked for three years, his compensation for the time being $20 per year. From Barnes- ville he came to Summerfield, where he ultimately became a dealer in to- bacco. Thence he removed to Colo-
rado, Noble County, where he en- gaged in merchandising and tobacco. In 1869 he came to Dexter City, where he built the first mill, which he operated for ten years. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for forty years; has officiated as class-leader and steward.
The Morgareidge family were among the early pioneers of the county. They came from the State of Maine and settled on a farm ad- joining the present site of Dexter City, in 1814. Burnham Morga- reidge, who was four years of age at the time the family came to Ohio, died on the farm where he settled. His widow is still living. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters.
Parley C. Morgareidge was born November 18, 1837, and has followed railroading and other occupations. He first married Elizabeth Davis, who died in 1874, leaving five sons and two daughters. Ilis second wife was Charlotte B. Magee, who died in 1885, leaving one child, Flora Belle, who died in infancy. Jan- uary 19, 1887, he was again married to Mrs. Maria Yoemans, of Washing- ton County. In 1861 Mr. Morga- reidge entered the service in Com- pany K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out as ser- geant at Atlanta, Ga., September 20, 1864. Among other battles, he was in the following noted engagements: Second Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss. At the latter place he was de- tailed as sergeant, in charge of Divi-
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sion Commissary, where he remained until mustered out. Ile is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, Masonic and Independent Order Odd Fellows organizations, also the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Re- publican, and assistant inspector- general of the Grand Army of the Republic in Noble County.
S. S. Morgareidge, son of Burn- ham Morgareidge, was born in Noble County, in 1847, and has followed various occupations. In 1876 he married Cora M., daughter of E. P. Sullivan. They have one child, Mary A. Mrs. Morgareidge is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Morgareidge is an Odd Fellow, a Mason and a Democrat.
Frederick N. Morgareidge, son of Burnham Morgareidge, was born in Noble County, October 18, 1831. He followed farming until 1862, and in February of that year entered the service in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in the second battle of Bull Run. Octo- ber 25, 1863, he was discharged on ac- count of physical disability, occa- sioned by sickness. IIe is a Repub- lican, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is at pres- ent a tinsmith in Dexter City; was postmaster eight years and nine months. Mr. Morgareidge married Rachael Cunningham. Children: Robert M., Salome A., Maggie P., and George W., (deceased), Ohio C., William A., Rosilla C., Rece F., Charles II. and Mary R., living.
Cincinnati, and eventually to Noble County, where he engaged in oil production. He enlisted in Com- pany I, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was chosen second lieuten- ant and promoted to captain. IIe was shot in battle, and died five days later.
Halsee Williams, born April 3, 1848, is a machinist by trade. In 1871 he married Asenath Webber, who died in 1878, leaving one child -IIenry Burton. He married for his second wife Emma Farley. Children : Julia A., J. W. and Frank Howard. Mr. Williams is class- leader in the Methodist Episcopal church, is a Republican and an Odd Fellow.
In 1827 I. F. Wilson, a native of Virginia, settled near Summerfield. He died March 6, 1883. His son, W. M. Wilson, was born in Noble County, September 16, 1843, and has followed farming and milling. In 1862 he joined Company B, Ninth Ohio Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war. He served under Burnside at Knox- ville, and under Kilpatrick from the battles of Atlanta and Savannah un- til the close of the war. He married, in 1866, Mary F., daughter of Judge Jonathan Dilley. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Mr. Wilson has been marshal of Dexter City, and is now a member of the town council.
Josiah A. Bower, son of John and Sarah (McPeek) Bower, was born in Guernsey County, January 26, 1836,
Henry S. Williams, a native of Maryland, and a machinist by trade, removed from his native State to , and removed with his parents
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to Washington County when nine years of age. He worked at farm- ing and also taught vocal music until August 16, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was discharged on account of physical disability January 10, 1865, after participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Mis- sion Ridge and other engagements. In 1858 he married Rachel A., daughter of Vincent Worstell, of Elk Township. They have three children: William Irwin, Edward Orville and Agnes Loella. The elder son is a teacher, and the younger, the agent of the Standard Oil Company at Macksburg. Mr. Bower is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. They keep the well-known and popular hotel at Dexter City.
S. J. Donaldson, of Dexter City, was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1831. His parents, John H. and Delilah (Johnson) Donaldson, both natives of Pennsylvania, re- moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1836, and to Noble in 1866. Came to Dexter City in 1875. Mr. Donaldson enlisted in August, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was in the battles of Port Gibson and Ray- mond, and in several skirmishes. At Raymond he was wounded and taken prisoner; was removed to Libby Prison, and after his release therefrom was never fit for full service. He is a Republican, a mem-
ber of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He has served as town marshal. In 1851 he married Nancy Callendine, who died in 1884. For his second wife he married Nan Dyer. Three boys and three girls were born to the first wife, and one boy and one girl to the second.
Minor M. Dye was born in Law- rence Township, Washington County, in 1844, and is a stock dealer by occupation. He enlisted in Com- pany K, One Hundred and Seventy- fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sep- tember 6, 1864, and was discharged July 10, 1865.
Daniel N. Brown, merchant at Dexter City, was born in Washing- ton County in 1838. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Company L, First Ohio Cavalry, and was honor- ably discharged in March, 1863. He married Phebe Caywood in 1864, and is the father of two children.
DEXTER CITY.
The town site of Dexter City was laid off into lots August 5, 1870, by R. W. St. John, surveyor, for Hiram Flanders, proprietor. David Mckee's first addition (lots 20 to 33), was sur- veyed by George Bell, February 11, 1871; his second addition (lots 33 to 41), March 12, 1875; John Smith- son's addition (lots 41 to 49), April 18, 1876; J. J. Shriver's addition (seven lots), surveyed by William Lowe, December 29, 1877; U. J. Cheshire's addition, surveyed April 20, 1882, by R. W. St. John. A part of the land on which the town
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is built lies in Jackson Township, but the greater portion is in Jeffer- son.
The town was named after one of its well-known residents, Dexter W. Sullivan. Prior to the location of the town there were two houses here-the residences of R. S. Deal and Dr. T. M. McVay, and a steam grist-mill owned by R. S. Deal. The mill was built by James Rowland, Sr., about 1853.
The first building was a dwelling erected by Dexter W. Sullivan, in 1871. Mr. Sullivan afterward built another house and in it kept hotel for several years. He was the first hotel-keeper in the place.
The first store was opened by David Mckee, in 1871, in the build- ing now E. P. Sullivan's store. The second store was Campbell & Brown's, and the third, Thomas La Mott's hardware store. The first postmaster was Oscar W. Hussey. The office was established in 1872.
The town was built up by the railroad, which was completed to this point in the summer of 1871. Dexter had a rapid growth, attain- ing nearly to its present size within three years of its origin. The town is now an incorporated village, hav- ing one church, a good school build- ing and a population of about 350. It is pleasantly situated, well built, and is a good business place. In the fall of 1886, the principal establish- ments of the town were as follows:
E. P. Sullivan, Stallings Bros., Clymer Bros., general stores.
Mugrage Bros., tinsmiths. J. W. Kraps, druggist.
J. W. Danford, furniture dealer and undertaker.
D. N. Brown, M. Rucker, grocers. William Barber, saddle and har- ness-maker.
S. J. Donaldson, barber.
J. W. Bower, hotel.
Wm. Wilson, C. Rice, steam grist- mills.
Chas. Ramsey, blacksmith and livery stable keeper.
Dr. J. W. Kraps, Dr. S. G. Wish- ard, physicians.
The town was incorporated in 1882.
SOCIETIES.
Odd Fellows .- Dexter City Lodge No. 496, Independent Order Odd Fellows, was instituted August 22, 1871, with the following charter members: G. J. Lund, Albert Tilton, Aaron Haines, L. D. Webber, W. P. Warren, James Burton, O. W. Hus- sey and John B. Sammons. The lodge now has a good membership and is prosperous. It owns a good hall and the building in which it is located, the whole being worth at least $1,500. The present officers are R. B. Warren, Noble Grand; J. H. Renard, Vice-Grand ; E. M. John- son, recording secretary; E. A. Davis, permanent secretary ; G. W. Clymer, treasurer.
Grand Army .- John M. Moseley Post, No. 470, Grand Army Repub- lic, at Dexter City, was instituted July 8, 1884, by R. B. Brown, S. V. C., Department of Ohio, with the following charter members: W. L. Moseley, P. C .; J. M. Baker, S.V.C .; P. C. Mugrage, J. V. C. ; J. W. Kraps. Surg. ; Aaron Haines, Chap. ; S. J.
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Donaldson, O. D .; M. M. Dye, O. G .; S. G. Wishard, Q. M .; J. D. Newton, Adjt .; D. W. Sullivan, S. M .; J. A. Bower, Q. M. S .; W. R. Stewart, B. Ogle, E. Bramhall, Daniel Ross, D. A. Brown, Samuel Barber, F. G. Cunningham, John Carroll, James Coffield, Hebron Dyer, J. F. Fair- hurst, W. J. King, F. N. Mugrage, J. F. Shuman, B. B. Tilton, J. W. Webber, Nathan B. Wharton, Jona- than Wheeler, E. F. Webber. The Post is now in good condition with forty-seven active members. The present officers are F. G. Cunning- ham, P. C .; Jonathan Wheeler, S.V. C .; George Wiley, J. V. C .; William McElfresh, Q. M .; B. B. Tilton, Adjt. ; S. G. Wishard, Surg .; P. C. Mu- grage, Chap .; S. J. Donaldson, O. D .; John Green, O. G.
CHURCHES.
Dexter Methodist Episcopal Church. -The Methodist Episcopal church at Dexter City was organized in 1872. The first service was conduct ed by Rev. Luther Timberlake in the school-house. The first class was small and Nathan B. Wharton was its leader. The church edifice, a frame building 30x45 feet, was erect- ed about the year 1874, at a cost of about $1,200, during the pastorate of Rev. A. D. McCormick, and dedi- cated under Rev. N. C. Worthington. The church now has ninety-eight members. Its present officers are Rev. B. F. Forsythe, pastor; T. D. Mooney and II. D. Williams, leaders ; E. P. Sullivan, steward; Adam Shri. ver, E. P. Sullivan and Naaman Archer, trustees.
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Middlebury Methodist Episcopal Church .- As early as 1840 the Meth- odists erected a hewed log meeting- house, where the old cemetery is, south of Middleburg. Prior to that time a class had been formed which met in private houses and school- houses. Henry Enochs was the first class-leader. Other early members were Samuel Dugan and wife, Amos Spencer and wife, McCaffrey and wife, Alfred Ogle and wife, and Sam- uel S. Neptune and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Neptune are now the oldest members. The first ministers were Jacob Miller and Ludwell Petty. In 1861 a frame church was built in Middleburg and the log church aban- doned. There are now about fifty members.
Middleburg Christian Church. - A meeting-house was erected by the Christian denomination near Mid- dleburg in 1879. Meetings were held in the neighborhood some years earlier. The church is now without a pastor. Owing to the removal of its leading members, the church has now only a small membership. The house was erected during the ministerial labors of Revs. Cash and Singer. The Morrison family were among the most active in organizing the church.
MIDDLEBURG.
Middleburg, a small but enterpris- ing village, is situated on Middle Creek, in the northern part of Jeffer- son Township. It was laid out about 1844, by Church Tuttle. The south- ern part of the village was laid out i by Joseph Moredick. Church Tut-
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tle was a native of Vermont, and came to Middleburg from the vicin- ity of Carlisle, where his parents were early settlers.
Among the early settlers of the village were Jesse Reinard, who worked for Tuttle; Irvin Mckinney, who erected one of the first houses, and worked at shoemaking ; William Miller, also a shoemaker ; Eli Pick- ering, a carpenter, and others. Rein- ard afterward worked at blacksmith- ing, and was succeeded by Samuel Marshall.
Church Tuttle was the first mer- chant and the first postmaster, a post- office being established soon after the village was founded. He was justice of the peace for several years. Tut- tle engaged quite extensively in to- bacco packing, which finally resulted unprofitably. Charles Heidlebach was also a tobacco merchant for sev- eral years, and after him Alfred and Felix Ogle. Over four hundred hogs- heads per year were once packed in Middleburg.
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