History of Richland County, Ohio : (including the original boundaries) ; its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio, including an outline history of the Northwest, a complete history of Richland county miscellaneous matter, map of the county, biographies and histories of the most prominent families, &c., &c., Part 138

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968

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TUCKER, AURELIUS, farmer; P.O. Lucas ; he was born in Monroe Township, Sept. 11, 1826; he is the second son of John and Mary Tucker, pioneers of this township ; he received, in his youth, a pretty thorough education in the common English branches, and was trained by his parents to habits of industry, sobriety and strict integrity; he assisted his father very ma- terially in cultivating and improving his farm ; while a young man, he taught several terms of school, and was well liked as a teacher. He was married to Miss Isa- bella Alexander, youngest daughter of Peter and Jane Alexander, of Worthington Township, April 5, 1849 : his wife's parents came to Ohio while it was yet a Territory ; they settled first in Belmont Co .; about the year 1827, they removed to Richland and bought a large farm, adjoining Newville on the northeast ; here they continued to reside as long as they lived, and on this farm their remains lie buried in the family grave- yard, on the hill east of the Clear Fork : Mr. Tucker farmed on shares with his father for a number of years. By industry and careful management on the part of himself and wife, he was enabled, in a few years, to amass considerable means. His father desiring to go

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further West, where he could purchase farms for all of his sons. sold his farm to Aurelius at a reduced price. He has very materially improved the appear- ance of this farm since he became the owner of it; a few years ago his dwelling was destroyed by fire ; he subsequently erected a splendid mansion in its stead. Of late years, he has paid considerable attention to the raising of live stock; as a breeder of fine horses and cattle, he has few if any equals in the county ; he has been awarded many of the highest prizes, both at the State and county fairs, on horses and cattle of his own raising ; he has also been awarded prizes on grain, fruit and vegetables. His wife has been awarded prizes on flowers of her own culture. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker are the parents of five daughters-Laura, who died in in- fancy ; Jane, who was married to John C. Ohler, Jan. 16, 1870; Lilly Margaret, who died when 11 months old ; Emma J., married Dr. C. W. Skegs, of Lucas, Nov. 11, 1877 ; Alice, died when about 6 years old ; their de- ceased children were all buried in the Schrack grave- yard. Mr. Tucker and wife are active members of the Lutheran Church, at Pleasant Valley.

TUCKER, GOULD, farmer; P. O. Perryville ; was born in Merrimack Co., N. H., Oct. 16, 1823. His father, Daniel Tucker, was born July 13, 1794; his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Philips, was born July 19, 1799; they were both born in Merrimack Co .; they were married March 6, 1823 ; they were the parents of four sons, of whom Gould is the eldest ; John, their second son, was born April 9, 1826; Moses P., April 21, 1833; Harrison, Jan. 1, 1837 (he died March 13, 1855, and was buried at St. Johns). Daniel Tucker owned a farm containing 340 acres, in Merri- mack Co .; he lived on this farm about twenty-six years, when he sold it and removed to Richland Co. and pur- chased the north half of the southeast quarter of Sec. 26, in Monroe Township, where he lived the remainder of his days ; his wife died Feb. 16, 1867 ; he died July 19, 1871 ; they were buried at St. Johns. Gould Tucker was married to Elizabeth Duston, daughter of John Duston, of his native county, about the year 1852; by this marriage he had five children, two of whom died in infancy ; those who lived to man's estate are named as follows : John D. G., born Nov. 21, 1851 ; Wooster, Ang. 14, 1853 : Orin T., May 25, 1855; their mother died May 18, 1859, in the 26th year of her age; she was buried at St. Johns. Mr. Tucker was married, March 28, 1867, to Mary Ann McDanel, daughter of Archibald and Margaret McDanel, of Beaver Co., Penn., and grand-daughter of William and Mary Mc- Danel, pioneers of Richland Co .; by this marriage he has had one child, James Monroe, a bright, intelligent lad. Mr. Tucker learned the trade of stone-cutting when a young man; he worked at this trade a few years ; he came to Richland Co. with his father ; farmed for him till he died, when he bought his brother's interest and became the owner of the " old homestead ;" he has very materially improved this farm, and now has it in a high state of cultivation; it is well calculated both for the raising of grain and stock ; Mr. Tucker has, of late years, dealt to some considerable extent in hogs, and is regarded as an honest dealer. His sons are well educated; three of them are engaged in teaching. He is a man of con-

siderable energy ; is temperate in his habits, and honest and upright in his dealings.

WELTY, CHRISTIAN, farmer ; P. O, Lucas ; he was born in the State of Maryland in 1814; his first years were spent on a farm ; at 18 years of age, engaged as an apprentice for three years to learn the house-joining and carpenter trade ; his wages were $24 per year and two weeks in harvest; at the expira- tion of the term he had saved $20; he earned $10 more by doing odd jobs for his neighbors ; with $30 in his pocket, he started from Washington Co., Md., on foot to Ohio ; after visiting relatives in Carroll, Stark Co., he commenced work as a jour carpenter in Mas- sillon ; remaining there a few months, he set out to see more of the world ; he traveled down the Ohio Canal to the Ohio River at Cincinnati, where he assisted in building steamboats ; the first summer, having replen- ished his funds and procured a small kit of tools, he set out to travel and obtain work by the way ; he left Cincinnati in the fall, went to Natchez, Miss., where he remained till the next spring, when he visited New Orleans, Mobile, and from there to New York via the Atlantic Ocean ; he then went to Philadelphia and Bal- timore ; then crossed the mountains to Cleveland, and back to Cincinnati, and down to Natchez, where he worked the second winter; he returned by way of Massillon, having worked at most of the principal places which he passed through ; he landed in Monroe Township, this county, in 1837; he worked at the car- penter trade here for twelve years; times being dull and prices low, profits were small; he made about $150 per year ; quite a number of houses and barns are to- day standing to testify it took much hard labor, as it had to be worked out of the rough. He was married to Mary Crawford in 1840. In 1846, he purchased an eighty-acre farm, 40 acres a few years after, and an- other 80 acres in 1861, having then a farm of 200 acres; it being the commencement of the war, farming proved a profitable business, a good time to pay debts and lay in store, as prices for farm produce ran high. Mrs. Welty was born in 1819, in Allegheny Co., Penn .; was brought to the township the same year by her par- ents, hence is one of the "pioneers ; " David Crawford was one of the original settlers ; he was strictly moral and temperate in habits ; drunkenness becoming prev- alent, he and Solomon Gladden, his neighbor, resolved to abstain from all intoxicating liquors on all occasions while they lived, hence formed the first temperance society in the county ; the family of C. and M. Welty consisted of five children, four sons and one daughter ; the two elder sons volunteered in the service of onr country, and died from disease contracted there, one serving fifteen months, the other nearly three years; one son lives in Kansas, and one is at home; the daughter married D. F. Tucker, of this township. Mr. Welty belonged to the old Whig party ; since the organization of the Republican party has belonged to it. He has held nearly all the township offices at different times, and been Justice of the Peace twice. Has always en- joyed excellent health, which he attributes to temper- ate habits ; used tobacco twenty years, but for thirty years has abstained from its use ; has abstained from liquor for forty years. The subject of this history has never engaged in speculation ; what he has he accumu-

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lated by industry, frugality and economy. He and his entire family are Lutherans. Mr. Welty pays more tax than any man in Monroe Township, hence is the wealthiest ; he never failed to meet a pecuniary obliga- tion, or suffered a note to run over time unless he was creditor ; never made a store bill ; he is a stockholder of Mansfield Savings Bank.

WELTY, MARY, MRS. She was born in Allegheny Co., Penn., Jnly 10, 1819; her father's name was David Crawford, her mother's name Lucy (Applegate) Crawford. When she was about 2 months old, her parents removed to this county, where she has lived ever since. She went to school in Perryville when she was 8 years old, and the next summer she went to a schoolhouse near Newville, in which James Wolfe was teacher. Most of her time was spent at home do- ing house work, and from the time she was 14 until she was 20, she did all the family spinning and weaving. In October, 1839, she went to Allegheny Co., Penn., to work for her grandfather ; she remained there until September of the next year, when she again returned to Richland Co., and in October she was married to Christian Welty ; in the year 1856, she, with her husband, united with the General Synod Lu- theran Church at St. John's Church, in this township, of which denomination they have been consistent mem- bers ever since. She is the mother of five children, four boys and one girl-John, born in 1841; Henry, born in 1843; Mary, born in 1846; James, born in 1849, and Cary, born in 1860. John and Henry en- listed in the 64th Regiment, O. V. I., and contracted serious diseases ; John returned the 4th day of August, 1864, died the 17th of the next month; Henry re- turned the 8th. of January, 1864, and died the 12th. Mary was married to D. F. Tucker, of this township, in November, 1864; James was married to M. E. Scott, of Ashland Co., he now lives in Barton Co., Kan .; Cary is still at home.

WILES, T. B., farmer; P. O. Lucas. T. B. Wiles was born in Frederick Co., Md., about eight miles from Frederick City, March 9, 1821. His father, John Wiles, was born in the same county April 14, 1785; his mother was also born in Frederick Co., May 7, 1798; his father was of English and his mother of German descent ; his parents were married about the year 1817. Soon after his marriage, Mr. John Wiles purchased a farm containing 100 acres, in his native county ; he continued to reside on this farm until his death, which occurred Oct. 10, 1844; he was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Middletown, in his native county. T. B. Wiles was married to Miss Susan, second daughter of Jacob and Hannah Baker, of his native county, March 22, 1849; by this marriage, Mr. Wiles had two chil- dren-a son whom they christened Edward Calvin, and a daughter named Susan Alice; Edward C. was born March 18, 1850, and Susan A. July 14, 1852; their mother died Feb. 4, 1853, and was buried in the Mid- dletown Cemetery ; she was a consistent member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Wiles removed to Richland Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1860; he pur- chased the east half of the southeast quarter of Sec. 20. in Monroe Township, where he has since resided. On Jan. 1, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Emily, youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth Crowe,

of Monroe Township, Rev. F. J. Ruth officiating ; Miss Crowe's parents were of German descent; they were among the first settlers of Monroe Township, having emigrated here from Pennsylvania about the year 1829. Mr. Wiles is the father of ten children by his second wife, eight sons and two daughters, named as follows : Mary O., born Nov. 4, 1863; George B. M., Dec. 9, 1864; John H., Dec. 3, 1865; Charlie O., March 18, 1867; William O., March 19, 1868; Norman B., July 9, 1869; Scott B., March 18, 1871 ; Elmer O., Aug. 31, 1872; Effie G., March 30, 1875 ; Walter L .. April 6, 1879. George B. M. died Dec. 25, 1864; Scott B. Jan. 22, 1872; Norman B. March 2, 1872 ; Elmer A. Jan. 2, 1875 ; they are buried in the Mt. Zion Ceme- tery. Mr. and Mrs. Wiles, by persevering industry and careful management, have been able to maintain and educate, in a very creditable manner, their large family of children. Mr. Wiles has been an active and leading member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church for about forty years ; his wife has been a consistent church member for about twenty-eight years ; she first united with the German Reformed, and subsequently with the church to which her husband belonged. Mr. Wiles became a member of Monroe Lodge, No. 224, I. O. O. F., in 1860, and has been a very active and ener- getic member of his lodge and of the order, from that time to the present ; he has attained to the highest rank in his lodge; he is also a member of the Burns En- campment located at Lucas, and has taken all the de- grees therein. Mr. Wiles is one of the leading Demo- crats of his township, and has repeatedly been elected to fill offices of honor and trust by the members of his party. Mr. Wiles and his good wife are liberal, almost to a fault, in their contributions for religious and char- itable purposes ; in their dispositions they are kind, social and friendly.

WIGTON, SUSAN, widow; P. O. Perryville. Will- iam Wigton, deceased husband of Susan Wigton, was born in a log cabin, on the north bank of the Clear Fork, in Monroe Township, on the 3d day of July, 1827 ; his father's name was William Wigton, and his mother's maiden name was Jane Williams. While he was quite young, his father purchased the east half of the north- west quarter of Sec. 26, in Monroe Township, and re- moved his family thereon. The farm at this day was in a wild and uncultivated state, and was but little cleared ; the dwelling was a log cabin constructed in the primitive style of the early pioneers. As soon as William arrived at the proper age, his father sent him to school; as soon as he was old enough to labor, how- ever, his assistance was required on the farm, and he was permitted to attend school but a few months dur- ing the winter season; his father, however, was a teacher, and one of the best mathematicians in the county at that time, so that with his assistance and his other limited facilities for obtaining knowledge, Will- iam was enabled to acquire a pretty fair knowledge of the common English branches ; he was trained by his father to habits of industry and morality, which early training proved highly beneficial to him in later life. Feb. 4, 1850, was married to Miss Susan Schrack, eighth daughter of David and Elizabeth Schrack ; Miss Schrack, was born in Monroe Township May 25, 1832; after their marriage they moved to his father's farm, where

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they continued to reside as long as William lived, and where his widow still resides ; at his father's death, he purchased the interests of his brothers and sisters in the old homestead and became the owner of the same. This is one of the best farms in that section of country : the soil is highly fertile, it is well watered, well timbered and well improved; there is no better spring of water in the county than the one on this farm. Mr. Wigton was an excellent farmer and never failed to have good crops when there were any in his section of country. Mr. and Mrs. Wigton were the par- ents of ten children, seven sons and three daughters ; two of the daughters died in infancy ; James Frank- lin, their second son lived to become a man of great promise. In order to assist his mother in paying her indebtedness, he left home and engaged labor in the oil regions, where he was suddenly stricken with disease, and cut off in the prime of life and the vigor of early manhood. William Wigton was an active and ener- getic member of Sturges lodge No. 327, 1. O. O. F., for many years prior to his death ; he attained to the highest position in the lodge, and was highly esteemed and respected by all its members. He united with the Lutheran Church at St. Johns, a short time before his death ; early in the winter of 1867, he was attacked with typhoid pnumonia, from which he partially re- covered, when a fever sore set in, which eventually con- sumed the bone in one of his thighs; he lingered till spring, enduring in the mean-while, pain the most in- tense and agony the most intolerable ; he departed this life May 27, 1868 ; he was buried in the St. Johns Cem- etery ; his deceased children were buried here also. Mrs. Wigton being thus thrown upon her own resources, with a large family of small children to support and edu- cate, proved herself equal to the emergency; her husband was considerably in debt when he died, but by persever- ing industry, economy and careful management, on the part of herself and elder children, she was enabled in a few years to liquidate the entire debt. She has also been able to clothe and educate her large family in a very creditable manner ; in this she was very materially as- sisted by her children themselves, having been trained from infancy to habits of industry and morality by Their parents. Mrs. Wigton has for several years been a member of the Lutheran Church.

WOLF, ADAM (deceased); he was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Dec. 16, 1760; served in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution. He was mar- ried to Miss Rachel Oldham, of his native county, Jan. 16, 1790, by whom he had ten children, four sons and six daughters-Mary, born in Beaver Co. Nov. 21, 1790; Easter, Feb. 5, 1793; John, Aug. 16, 1794; Robert, Jan. 31. 1796; William O., Dec. 21, 1797 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 4, 1799 ; Joseph, Nov. 26, 1801; Re- becca, Sept. 19, 1804; Asenath, Ang. 28, 1806, and Rachel, April 29, 1809. Mary married Hiram White- cotten April 10, 1816; John, Margaret Baughman Aug. 9, 1825; Robert, Rachel Shiver Jan. 13, 1825 ; Eliza- beth, John Clark May 31, 1827; Rachel, Charles Young Jan. 15, 1829; William O., Sarah Kent Sept. 10, 1829; Rebecca, David Baughman July 15, 1832; Asenath, Jacob Ridenour Nov. 8, 1832, and Joseph, Sarah Mech- lem Dec. 1, 1846. Ruth Ann Whitecotten, daughter of Hliram and Mary whitecotten, was married to Joel

Smith Oct. 8, 1835. Adam Wolf removed to Richland Co. in 1816, and entered the southeast quarter of Sec. 26, in Monroe Township. His farm, at the time he took possession of it, was a frowning forest; he and his sons soon transformed it into fruitful fields. He continued to reside on this farm as long as he lived. He and his wife were both zealous members of the Baptist Church for many years. His wife died April 19, 1836 ; he departed this life April 24, 1845. They were both buried at Newville.

WOLFE, JOHN, JR., farmer; P. O. Lucas. John Wolfe, Sr., was born in the State of Pennsylvania Aug. 13, 1794 ; he was a school teacher in early life, but he was by occupation a farmer; in the spring of 1816, he came to the State of Ohio with his father, Adam Wolfe. The Wolfes entered a quarter-section of land where Gould Tucker now lives. John was married to Mar- garet Baughman in 1825 ; they were the parents of ten children. Mr. Wolfe bought 160 acres of land near l'inhook, for $200, which he cleared and cultivated. His wife died on July 19, 1850. Mr. Wolfe was mar- ried to Mrs. Ann Force on March 23, 1854 ; his second wife had six children by her first husband, Mathew Force, and two sons by her second marriage-Perry and John Wolfe. Mrs. Ann Wolfe was a daughter of William Hunter. Mr. Wolfe died Feb. 22, 1876 ; his widow still resides on the old homestead; she is 68 years of age, being born Aug. 13, 1811 ; her daughter, Elizabeth, and her two youngest sons live with her, and care for her as her advancing years demand. John Wolfe, Sr., served in the war of 1812. Abraham and Solomon Wolfe and Oscar and James Force served in the late war. James died at Milliken's Bend and Solo- mon after he had started for home; the others came home safe.

WOLFE, SARAH, widow; P. O. Perryville. Joseph Wolfe, her husband, was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Nov. 26, 1801 ; he was the youngest son of Adam and Rachel Wolfe. When Joseph was 15 years old, his father removed, with his family, to Richland Co .; when about 16, he was thrown from a horse, which injured one of his thighs to such an extent as to make him a cripple for life; owing to this accident, he doubtless received a better education than he otherwise would have done ;. he qualified himself for a teacher, which profession he followed many years ; he taught the first term of school in what is now known as Subdistrict No. 5, in Monroe Township ; he taught ten terms of one year each, and several shorter terms ; as a teacher, he met with very good success. Some years prior to the death of his father, he purchased the north half of the old home- stead; about the year 1842, he sold this farm to his brother-in-law, Charles Young; he then went to Mis- souri, where he purchased 200 acres of land ; return- ing in about a year, he traded with Mr. Young and got his first farm back again; shortly after his father's death, he again traded with Mr. Young for his Mis- souri land; in 1846, he traded his Missouri land to David Baughman for a portion of Sec. 27, in this town- ship; besides what has been enumerated, he pur- chased various other tracts of land in the township, and owned. at the time of his decease, 180 acres in Sec. 27. Sept. 1, 1846, he was married to Miss Sarah Mecklem, daughter of Samuel and Rachel Mecklem, of

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Beaver Co., Penn. Her father was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the eastern part of Pennsylvania, with his parents, when he was young. Was married to Rachel McDanel about the year 1803; moved to Beaver Co. in 1806, where he spent the remainder of his days ; he died Oct. 23, 1832, aged 65 years. Rachel McDanel was born near Wilmington, Penn., July 6, 1873 ; was married to Samuel Mecklem as before stated ; they were the parents of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters. Mr. Mecklem was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but his wife was a Bap. tist ; she died Ang. 13, 1847, aged 64 years. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe are the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter ; their daughter died at the age of 5 years and 7 months, and was buried near Lucas. Charles C., their eldest son, was born Ang. 26, 1847; graduated at Amherst College in the year 1876 ; united with the Baptist Church at Perrysville, at the age of 19; went to Kansas in the winter of 1878, purchased a farm, and is now engaged in farming. Norman M., their second son, was born July 6, 1849 ; he received a pretty thorough education ; attended the Wooster Uni-

versity a year or more ; he then entered a law office ; was admitted to the bar, and is now practicing his pro- fession in the city of Mansfield. He was married to Jennie Leiter Sept. 22, 1877 ; became a member of the Presbyterian Church at Wooster, at the age of 25. Loram L., their youngest son, was born March 23, 1851 ; became a member of the Baptist Church at Per- ryville, at the age of 17; was married to Miss Mattie L. Baughman Sept. 27, 1875; purchased a portion of the old homestead in 1876, which he is now engaged in cultivating. Joseph Wolfe united with the Baptist Church at Newville July 3, 1829, and remained an active and consistent member of this branch of the church as long as he lived ; he died Jan. 28, 1875, and was buried in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery at Lucas. Mrs. Wolfe became a member of the Baptist Church at the age of 20, and has been a member in good stand- ing in that church up to the present time; they were both ever ready to contribute of their means for the support of the Gospel, and for the relief of the indi- gent and distressed. Mrs. Wolfe still resides on the old homestead.

PERRY TOWNSHIP.

ALGIRE, JACOB (deceased). He was born in Bed- ford Co., Penn., July 15, 1799; he came to Ohio and settled in Perry Township in 1827; he located on a part of Sec. 22, and lived on it till death. His com- panion, Mary McFerren, was born March 1, 1802; they were married May 10, 1827; children-John, was born in 1823; Catharine, Ang. 26, 1825; Barbara, March 7, 1828; William, Jan. 30, 1831; Mary, Nov. 6, 1833 ; Samuel, Sept. 7, 1836; Almira, April 27, 1839; Henry F., March 20, 1842: Jacob, March 25, 1848. The father died July 7, 1874; mother, Sept. 27, 1865. Henry H. went to the army in the 102d O. V. I., and died with disease in Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 4, 1863. Jacob Algire, Jr., now resides on the old farm; he commenced to lay brick in 1871 and made it his occupa- tion for seven years. Ile was married, May 25, 1878, to Clara Reese Growden ; she was born Oct. 20, 1857, and was a daughter of Thomas L. Growden and Rebecca (Simmons) Growden ; she was born in Bedford Co., Penn .; her folks came to Perry Township in 1866. Father Algire filled the office of Township Trustee several terms ; and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.

BOWERS, ISAAC, was brought up a farmer; at an early age, he came with his parents to Jefferson Town- ship, Richland Co., who first settled on a part of Sec. 5; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., April 26, 1825, and, on April 18, 1848, was married to Sarah Bowman, who was born May 4, 1824. They lived north of Bellville about two years, north of Lexington a year, on the old homestead, and, in 1867, he moved on a part of Sec. 12, Perry Township, where he has since remained ; soon after moving last, he commenced to operate a saw-mill; he ran it several years, and then took a partial interest in a steam saw-mill. Chil-

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Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848- Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co. Number of Pages: 968

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968