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 155

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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HENDERSON, JAMES P., M. D., Newville. His great-grandfather was a tenant farmer in Fifeshire, Scotland. His grandfather, Matthew Henderson, Sr., emigrated from that country in 1858. He was the third prominent missionary sent by the Associate Church to these, then British, colonies; and for years the only settled minister of that denomination west of the Alleghany Mountains. He was an earnest friend of education ; and had an important agency in those incipient measures which resulted in the estab- lishment of Washington and Jefferson Colleges, now happily united. He was killed by the falling of a bee- tree, in 1796. The Doctor's father, Matthew Hender- son, Jr., was a minister of the Associate Reformed Church ; and occupied the charge of a congregation in the "Forks of Yough," and its connections, in Western Pennsylvania, with eminent success, and for a period of forty-four years. On the maternal side, the Doctor's great-grandfather, Arthur Patterson, emigrated from the North of Ireland in 1724, and settled on the banks of Big Chiquesabungo in Lancaster County, Penn., then a wilderness ; he purchased and located a large tract of land, and commenced farming ; having acquired iu the old country the trade of blacksmithing, he also carried on this business very extensively in connection with his farming. The Doctor's grandfather, Samuel Pat- terson, was a farmer, and lived on the Little Chiquesa- bungo, to the advanced age of 93. He, and his brothers, James and William, served their country in the war of the Revolution ; and the latter was taken prisoner by the British, and died while held a prisoner in the prison- ship, on Delaware Bay. The Doctor was born near the borough of Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., Penn., Jan. 17, 1803. His classical and scientific education was received at Jefferson and Washington Colleges ; he was graduated at the latter in 1825, and afterward re- ceived the degree of A. M. from the same institution ; he read medicine with Dr. David Porter, of Uniontown,

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Penn .; attended lectures at the Washington Medical College, Baltimore in 1823, and the Ohio Medical Col- lege, in Cincinnati, in 1833 ; and received the honorary 'degree of M. D. from the Willoughby University of Lake Erie, in 1842. He located himself first in Shanesville, Tuscarawas Co., in the spring of 1830 ; and removed to Newville, in this county, in November, of the same year. Shortly after, and under the former militia system, he received the appointment of Regi- mental Surgeon successively from Cols. Carpenter, Rowland and Martin ; and has in his possession com- missions signed by Govs. McArthur, Lucas and Cor- win ; he was, under a law now repealed, elected one of the two school examiners of teachers for Worthing- ton Township ; he was a member of the old Richland County Medical Society, and he became a member of the Medical Convention of Ohio, in 1838, and one of its Vice Presidents in 1847 ; and is the author of a pa- per on " Professional Taxation" published in its trans- actions for 1850. He was elected a member of the State Medical Society in 1850; one of its Vice Pres- idents in 1868 ; and in 1856 became a permanent mem- ber of the American Medical Association. He was ap- pointed one of the Medical Censors of the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, in 1851. In 1841, and in 1842, he was elected a member of the House of Rep- resentatives from this county ; and in 1850, in con- junction with Crawford County and part of Morrow, of the Constitutional Convention, which framed the existing State Constitution. He is also a member of the State Archæological Association ; has been one of its Vice Presidents, and possesses one of the best col- lections of Indian relics in Northern Ohio. At the early settlement of this county, the roads were not as good, nor the streams bridged as they are now; of this the Doctor had some experience; once, when riding at night and in darkness, liis breast struck against the overhanging branch of a tree, and again, against the body of a tree broken off above, and its top resting on the ground, and the first thing he knew, on both occasions, he was behind his horse, and per- haps on his feet ; again, when riding at full speed to escape a falling tree, a limb detached in the crash from a neighboring tree, as large as a man's thigh, fell from a height, grazing his horse's tail; twice, on swimming the Clear Fork on horseback, his saddle bags were swept from under him, such and so great was the force of the current, and so imminent his peril : again, on visiting a patient at night, and on the public highway, he was shot at, the ball cutting through the leaves of a tree above his head ; it afterward transpired that the shot was fired by mistake, for parties suspected of stealing corn, and for whom an old Hessian was lying in wait in the fence-corner, in front of his house, and with gun loaded and in hand. Last June, when engaged in business from home, he was bitten by a large and ferocious dog, on the left arm, inflammation and extensive sloughing supervened, and for some time his life was despaired of; and now, though his health is improved and partially restored, his arm is still numb, stiff and enfeebled. It may be here added, that there is not a man, woman or child living in Newville, that was living there when he came to the village, they hav- ing one and all removed, or descended to the grave.

In medicine, the Doctor is a general and regular prac- ti tioner ; in politics, a Democrat, but since the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in 1854, he has co-operated with the Republican party ; and in religion, he is con- servative, adhering to the principles and the faith of his fathers. In 1835, he married Anna G. Moreland, stepdaughter of the late Hon. John Hoge, of Washing- ton, Penn. She died in 1866. In 1869, he married Rebecca Tarres, daughter of Wm. Tarres, of this county, and he is the father of four children, of whom but one survives, John M. Henderson, Esq., of Cleveland. Ohio.

HUGHES, RACHEL, widow; P. O. Newville. John Hughes was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Sept. 5, 1805 ; he was of Irish descent ; his father's name was James Hughes, and his mother's maiden name Jane McFad- den ; he had two brothers, named Alexander aud James ; Alexander died in Arkansas while engaged in the serv- ice of the United States as Army Surgeon ; James re- moved to Missouri, where he now resides ; he had two sisters, Maria and Eliza; Maria married Hulon Gal- braith; her husband dying in the prime of life, the support of a family of six children devolved upon her ; she taught several terms of school, at an early day, in District No. 5, Monroe Township. Eliza married An- drew Hazelet, who also died in manhood's prime. John Hughes, with his mother and sisters, came to Richland Co. about the year 1831 ; he was by occupation a tailor ; he settled in Newville, where he carried on a shop for many years. He was married to Miss Rachel Hill, eldest daughter of Makiah and Barbary Hill, of Bell- ville, Nov. 17, 1837; Miss Hill was born in Knox Co. March 15, 1818; her parents removed to Bell- ville, when she was about 10 years old ; her father died about the year 1862, and was buried at Bellville ; her mother still resides at Bellville, and is past 80 years old ; she has three brothers-Jesse, William and Fran- cis; the two oldest live in Indiana, Francis lives in Bellville; she has six sisters, five of whom are living, and one dead. Naomi married Matthias Dish, to whom she bore six children ; she died at Jeromesville, and was buried there; Miranda married Conn Seaman : Lydda Ann is unmarried, and lives in Bellville. Eliza- beth married R. W. Hazlet, of Worthington Township. Catharine married John Shoemaker ; her husband died in the army during the late war. Mary married Abra- ham Titus : they removed to Michigan where they now reside. John and Rachel Hughes are the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters-Amanda, the eldest, was born Oct. 16, 1840: James Eagleson, June 30, 1843 ; William Hill, July 12, 1846; Alexander, April 8, 1850; Mary Elizabeth, March 6, 1854, and Erwin Feb. 8, 1853. Mr. Hughes was Postmaster in Newville many years; he also held offices of trust in his township, the duties of which he discharged to the satisfaction of all concerned; he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company B, 120th O. V. I., Aug. 5, 1862; served about seven months, when he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability, and re- turned home to die; he died Feb. 24, 1863, and was buried at Newville ; he was regarded as one of the best citizens of his town and township; at his death, he possessed but few of this world's goods : she was equal to the emergency ; having acquired a pretty thorough

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knowledge of her husband's trade, she continued to ply the needle with fair success; her eldest son, who had enlisted as a private in Company A, 64th O. V. I., Oct. 16, 1861, and served with credit till Febru- ary, 1863, when he was honorably discharged on ac- count of ill health, and returned home, never recovered from the shock his constitution had received ; con- sumption had become firmly seated, and baffled the skill of the best physicians ; he lingered a few months ; de- parted this life Dec. 2, 1863, and was buried with the honors of war in the Newville Cemetery ; her second son, William H., died of consumption Feb. 24, 1870; by industry and economy, Mrs. Hughes has been able to maintain herself and family ; her eldest daughter married James Ross, of Lucas, who is now mail agent on the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad ; her youngest daughter married George Sweasinger, a blacksmith, formerly of Perryville, now of Newville, Ohio; Alexander has been in the West for many years ; Irwin resides with his mother. Mrs. Hughes has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church more than fifty years, and has always contributed her share toward the support of the Gospel and other religious purposes.

KOOKEN, H. C., shoemaker, Newville. H. C. Kooken was born southeast of Ashland September 3, 1837 ; he is of German and French extraction. His father, William H. Kooken was born in Bedford Co., Penn., about 1801 ; Mr. Kooken, at 14 years of age, began to learn the shoemaking trade, at which he still works ; married Susan Devenbangh May 12, 1836; she was born April 8, 1804, in Westmoreland Co., Penn, and came to Ohio at 10 years of age. William Kooken settled near Ashland in 1831 ; he lived here thirty years, then removed to Mifflin Township, this county ; after nine years he removed to Monroe Township ; they were the parents of twelve children, of whom three only are alive, viz., Henry Kooken, William Kooken, Jr., and Louisa Fulton ; Henry Kooken learned the shoemaker's trade. September 25, 1862, he married Mary Elizabeth Pearce, a danghter of Louis Pearce. Her father was born in Allegheny Co., Penn., June 19, 1797 ; December 30, 1850, he died on his way home from California ; his first wife was his cousin Susan Pearce, whom he married in 1821 ; she died De- cember 20, 1822. Susan Kooken's father, Daniel Devenbangh, is said to be the first white man that was in Richland County. He drove a baggage wagon in Gen. Wayne's army, was also an Indian Trader, he and the old Indian chief, Jerome, used to camp together on Jerome Fork. John Kooken, William Kooken, Sr.'s father, served as a private in the war of 1812. Henry Kooken has two sons and four daughters, viz., Landon McG., Esther C., Luella V. (now dead) Lizzie E., Mary (now dead) and Louis. James Pearce, Sr., and his wife, Sarah (Horn) Pearce, were great-grandchildren of Will- iam, Prince of Orange They settled in New Amster- dam. Stephen Pearce's wife, Mary Kinney, daughter of Louis Kinney, married in Sussex Co., N. J., in 1762 ; they came to Allegheny Co., Penn., from there to Columbiana Co., and laid out New Lisbon, and then to Richland Co , close to Perryville, where the wife died and was buried ; they are said to have been great-grand- children of Louis XIV, of France ; their parents fled

to Holland during the persecution, and from there to America. Some of their descendants are supposed to be the Vanderbecks, Waldrons, Browers, Webbers, Du- bois, Bogart, Delamater and Bogardus.

LEEDY, HARVEY A., farmer; P. O. Butler. Mr. Leedy was born Nov. 2, 1856, in Jefferson Township ; Jacob B. Leedy, his father, was born in April, 1831, he was a carpenter by trade, at which he worked for ten or twelve years ; he was married to Barbary Garber in 1853 or 1854; this lady became the mother of four sons and two daughters, viz., Mary Alice, Harvy A., Casper N., John Sherman, Rowan M. and Florence N. Leedy ; Mrs. Leedy was a daughter of Michael Garber, a citi- zen of Jefferson Township. Jacob Leedy enlisted in the hundred-day service in the spring of 1864 ; he was there but three months when he died at Fortress Mon- roe, in Virginia ; his widow had 40 acres of land; on this, assisted by a pension, she raised her children ; she died Dec. 4, 1872. Harvey Leedy, the subject of this sketch, was raised a farmer; Oct. 12, 1875, he was married to Nancy A. Divelbiss, a daughter of David Divelbiss ; Mr. Leedy worked on a farm for a year or more after his marriage; in 1877, he bought 80 acres of the Divelbiss estate, one half of same being be- queathed to his wife.

LIME, MARTIN, agent; P. O. Newville. M. L. Lime was born five miles from Mansfield, on Lime's hill, July 15, 1835. His father, Michael Lime, was born in Cumberland Co. Penn., in 1805 or 1806; he was of German origin; during his earlier years, he farmed, afterward became the servant of the State, filling such places of public trust as Deputy Sheriff, Constable, Justice of the Peace (which office he still holds). He married Christena Ridenour ; she became the mother of one son and two daughters ; one of the girls is dead. They (Mr. and Mrs. Lime,) lived together eight or nine years, when the mother died; after remaining a widower four years, Mr. Lime married Lydia Culver; she bore him one son ; as they could not live amicably, they were divorced. He then married Elizabeth Henry : they raised a daughter, who is married and living at Crestline, Ohio. Michael Lime's eldest son, Martin, was a bricklayer by trade, also an engineer ; followed these trades alternately for fifteen years; next wentinto the dry-goods and notion business, which he followed for five years; for the past nine years, he has been sewing-machine agent for various companies ; he now represents the Howe Company ; in 1860, he was mar- ried to Susan Wetzler, daughter of H. Wetzler; she was born about the year 1837; they are the parents of four sons and one daughter (the daughter Alice is now dead); the boys are, Augustus Y., Victor, William A. and Clifton E. Mr. Lime lives in the village of Newville, where he has lately erected a new house ; he and his wife are in the prime of life, with the pros- pect of many useful years before them.

LONG, ABRAM, farmer ; P. O. Butler ; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., A. D. 1805; his father, John Long, was born in Maryland, A. D. 1780; John Long was of German descent; he was a farmer by occupation ; he was married to Miss Susannah, daughter of Abram Leedy, of Bedford Co., Penn., by whom he had twen- ty-one children, nine sons and twelve daughters. IIe emigrated to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1816, and entered 135

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acres of land. His wife died on this farm July 14, 1849 ; he died in June, 1855; Abram, their son, was raised on a farm; he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jamison June 14, 1827 ; Miss Jamison was born Oct. 23, 1807; by this marriage, Mr. Long had one child, a son, named William, born Sept. 8, 1828, died May 23, 1830; soon after the birth of this child the mother died. Mr. Long remained a widower until Nov. 3, 1831, when he was married to Miss Catherine, daughter of Jacob Teeter ; Miss Teteer was born Aug. 9, 1813; by this marriage, Mr. Long has become the father of ten children-Elizabeth, born Sept. 19, 1832 ; Jacob, May 9, 1834; Margaret, June 23, 1836 ; Ma- linda, March 7, 1838 ; George W., Nov. 28, 1839; Jackson, June 9, 1842; Nancy, Dec. 2, 1844 ; John, May 1, 1849, and Leah C., May 14, 1852. Eliz- abeth died Jan. 8, 1834, and Nancy, June 18, 1849. In 1831, Mr. Long bought 50 acres of land in Knox Co., for which he paid $150; he erected log buildings on this farm, and lived there four years during which time he was busily engaged in clearing and cultivating his land; he then sold it for $900; and purchased 120 acres in Jefferson Township, of this county, for which he paid $1,600; he has since purchased 40 acres in the same township, adjoining his farm, for which he paid $800 ; his next purchase was 16 acres in Worth- ington Township, for which he paid $650, and subse- quently sold it to E. Swank for $1,000; he after- ward purchased 18 acres, east of Ankneytown, in Knox Co., for $1,000, and sold it for the same. In 1860, he sustained a loss of $1,500 or more, by his barn and its contents being destroyed by fire; he and his good wife have been active and consistent members of the Dunkard Church at Ankneytown, for forty-four years, and have been quite liberal in their contribu- tions for religious and charitable purposes.

McCOLLOUGH, ISAAC, carpenter ; P. O. Butler; he came to Richland Co. about the year 1868, and pur- chased 40 acres of land in the central part of Worthing- ton Township, where he has since continued to reside ; he is a carpenter by occupation, and is regarded as a first-class mechanic. Joseph, his eldest son, is a carpenter also ; he is a young man of steady habits and has the reputation of being a very good workman.

McCONKIE, WILLIAM, farmer ; P. O. Perryville ; eldest son of James and Sarah McConkie ; was born in Worthington Township July 25, 1830; his mother's maiden name was Sarah Johnston ; his parents were of Scotch-Irish descent, but were born and reared in Westmoreland Co., Penn. ; his father came to Richland Co. in 1816, and entered the northwest quarter of Sec. 13, Worthington Township. In the spring of 1818, he removed to this township ; there being no cabin on his farm, he occupied one on the farm of Abner Davis while he was building one on his own. James and Sarah McConkie are the parents of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, named in the order of their births as follows: Margaret, William, Robert, Mary Ann, James Johnston, John, Alexander S., Sam- uel, Allen, Jane, Mariah and Nancy Ellen. Mary Ann, Jane and Allen are dead ; Mary Ann is buried in Wor- thington, and the other two in the Bunker Hill grave- yard. Mr. McConkie continued to reside on the farm above described as long as he lived ; he and his wife

were both respected members of the community in which they lived. He departed this life May 1, 1868, at the age of 75, and was buried in the Bunker Hill graveyard. His widow, with three of her daughters, still continues to reside on the old homestead ; she is about 75 years old, and has been quite feeble for a num- ber of years. William McConkie was married to Miss Rebecca A., fourth daughter of John and Catharine Vance, of Hanover Township, Ashland Co., March 24, 1859; Miss Vance was born May 14, 1833, in Stark Co., Ohio ; her mother's maiden name was Thoma ; her parents were both of German descent; they are both living ; her father has attained to the advanced age of fourscore and two years, and her mother to the age of threescore and five ; they are quite hale and hearty for people of their age, and their mental faculties seem to be unimpaired. William and Rebecca McConkie are the parents of seven children, five sons and two daugh- ters, named in the order of their births as follows : Albert, John W., Ellwood O., Lawrence, Alford and Mary A .; one died before it was christened ; Albert died when about 2 years old; they were buried in the Bunker Hill graveyard. About the year 1858, Mr. McConkie bought the east half of the northeast quarter of Sec. 14, Worthington Township; he subsequently purchased 30 acres off the west half of the same quar- ter-section. Since he became the owner of this farm, he has very materially improved it in many respects ; it is well watered, well timbered and well adapted to all kinds of farming purposes.

McCOY, ISRAEL, farmer ; P. O. Butler. Benjamin W. McCoy, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Cumberland Co., Penn .; he was of Irish descent and a farmer by occupation ; he was married to Sarah Hendricks, of his native county, by whom he had seven children, five sons and two daughters ; his wife died in February, 1847, and was buried in her native county ; in 1849, he was married to Catharine Simpson, and settled on a farm owned by Martin Hiskey, near Lex- ington, in this county ; he resided on this farm two years and then removed to Morrow Co., Ohio., and the second year he was there, he purchased 80 acres of land; he continued to reside in Morrow Co. till his decease, which took place in March, 1852 ; he had one child, a son, by his second marriage, who, with his mother, reside in Kansas. Israel McCoy was raised on a farm ; he has worked some at the carpenter trade ; he came to this State with his father. He was married to Sarah Jane Mishey, daughter of John Mishey, of Knox Co., in May, 1857; by this marriage, he had five chil- dren, two sons and three daughters ; their mother died in Bellvillein 1867. In 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M., daughter of Warren and Mary Dutton, of Worthington Township. Mr. McCoy and his first wife united, early in life, with the United Brethren Church. His brother, Benjamin F. McCoy, was a sol- dier in the late war ; he served with great credit more than three years and returned home in safety ; after his return from the army, he engaged in the mercantile business, and was subsequently elected Sheriff of his county, in which capacity he served for several years ; he was a member of the Masonic Fraternity ; he died in 1874. His brother William was a tanner by occupa- tion, and carried on that business in Bellville for a

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number of years ; he is now the owner of a farm on which he resides. His brother John is a farmer and resides in Kansas. His sisters and other brothers died while young, in Pennsylvania. William B., eldest son of Israel and Sarah J. McCoy, was born Dec. 29, 1858 ; he is married and resides on a farm in Knox Co. Jason B., their second son, born in April, 1860, is attending college at Ashland, Ohio. Floras B., their eldest daughter, born in May, 1862, died in her 2d year. May and Willie, their two youngest, are twins ; one of them lives with her father, and the other was taken soon after her mother's death, into the family of William Dickison of Crawford Co., where she still resides.

MCCLELLAN, WILLIAM, farmer ; P. O. Butler ; he was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., April 23, 1818; he came to this State in 1824, and to the county in 1826. Ile married Nancy Simmons June 11, 1840 ; Mr. McClellan has had fourteen children ; he rented for several years after his marriage ; in 1853, he purchased 80 acres in Sec. 29, of John Wilson, for $1,000 ; owned it for eight years and sold it to Daniel Fox for $1,800 ; bought 5 acres in Sec. 21, sold, and bought 60 acres in Sec. 28 for $1,200, sold for $2,400 ; bought 40 acres of the old homestead for $900, and traded for 10 acres north of Independence ; bought 70 acres in Pike Town- ship, Knox Co., sold, and bought 110 acres of William Ross for $5,525, and sold at a loss, then bought in Inde- pendence ; he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church twenty-four years, also belongs to the Clear Fork Grange, No. 255, and to the Sons of Temperance ; he was Constable and Township Assessor two years ; his wife died April 22, 1872 : he has since married. His father, David McClellan, was born in 1790, the year William McClellan, Sr., David's father, came to America ; William, Sr., entered 60 acres of land in Pennsylvania, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland Co. He was born in Cork, Ireland ; he was the father of nine boys and three girls ; he and wife died about 1826 or 1827 ; Mrs. McClellan's father, Andrew Hazelette, was born near Old Philadelphia ; married Ruth Adams; she raised five sons and four daughters ; she died in 1820. He was again married, and had three daughters; he was the owner of 70 or 80 acres of land, served in the United States Cavalry during the Revolutionary war, and died about 1830; David McClellan's father was a farmer, he married Rebecca Hazelette in 1815; came to Ohio in 1824, and in 1826 to Richland Co .; was a soldier in 1812; and was the father of three sons and three daughters ; he died Oct. 8, 1862. His wife died Feb. 5, 1867. During life, he entered 80 acres in Sec. 15. He and his wife were members of the Presbyter- ian Church.

MCCURDEY, ANN ; P. O. Perryville. This benevo- lent lady was born in Carroll Co., Md., Jan. 17, 1808 ; her grandfather on her mother's side was a Roman Catholic ; he was married to a Protestant girl, and en- tered the army during the struggle for American inde- pendence; was in several bloody engagements, but never returned to his home; is supposed to have been killed in battle; his wife lived to be 96 years of age. Her father was a farmer: his name was Busbey; he died at 30 years of age, when Ann was but 1 year old. She came to Ohio in her 16th year ; was married to

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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