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he was past ninety-one years of age. His son, John, settled in Newtown, Connecticut, while Robert located in Stratford, Connecticut.
The third son. Benjamin, became the progenitor of the line of which Emery M. Coe is a direct descendant. Benjamin was born in 1629, five years before his father, Robert, came to America from England. Benjamin set- tled in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, where he followed farming and milling. His father before him had been a miller and from him he had learned the trade. He became an assistant judge and town clerk of Ja- maica. His wife was Abigail ( born in 1635). the daughter of John Garman and to this union were born four sons, Daniel, Benjamin, John and Joseph, and some daughters. Benjamin, Sr., died in Jamaica in 1700 and two of his sons died in early manhood at Jamaica, leaving families of their own.
Joseph Coe is the grandson of the first Robert Coe to come to America and the ancestor of the branch of the family represented by Emery M. Coe. Joseph Coe removed from Jamaica to New Jersey and located near Morris- town. Joseph Coe and his family were members of the Presbyterian church and he was elected a deacon in his church on March 1. 1748, met with the session of his denomination on November 8, 1759, and probably died soon after. Joseph Coe, so the family history records, was a noted Indian fighter. Just how many children were born to Joseph Coe is not on record but one son, Benjamin, became the direct progenitor of Emery M. Coe.
Benjamin Coe, the fourth in direct descent from Robert Coe, and the great-great-grandfather of Emery MI. Coe, was born about 1718 and married Rachel Prudden, the daughter of Joseph Prudden, in 1742. His wife died December 2, 1776, and the last record of Benjamin notes that he was dis- missed to the Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1777. Again the records fail to show how many children were born to Benjamin Coe, but one son, Moses, is the great-grandfather of Emery M. Coe.
Moses Coe was baptized October 7, 1750, and was married in 1778 to Sarah Howell. She was the daughter of Benjamin Howell and was born October 18, 1753, and died in Washington county, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1813. Moses Coe was a farmer and miller and died in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1817. He was an elder in one of the churches in Washington county before 1791. He had a mill and became a large land- holder by 1793. He also owned a large tract of land in Jefferson county, Ohio, which he divided between his sons, Benjamin and Moses. He had an- other son. Daniel, who was born March 3. 1801, was married April 11, 1822. to Mar Munn. the daughter of Joseph Gladden and Hannah Munn. To this
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union was born one son. Joseph, January 15, 1825. Joseph married Mary S. Clark and died September 9, 1905.
Moses Coe, Jr., the sixth in direct line from Robert Coe and the grand- father of Emery M. Coe, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, married Esther Howell and removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, about 1795. To this union were born several children, Moses, Andrew, Philip L., Sarah, Margaret, Martha, Mary and Elizabeth.
Of the group of children, Philip L. is the seventh in direct descent from Robert Coe and the father of Emery M. Coe. Philip L. Coe was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, .November 20, 1828, and removed to Union county, Ohio, and located in Milford Center in 1852. He was married January 30, 1855, to Clara Nevers Durkee. She was born in Geauga county, Ohio, De- cember 17, 1836, the daughter of Marcus and Sophronia Durkee, of Brighi- ton, Clark county, Ohio. She died February 17, 1886, and is buried in the Milford Center cemetery. To the first marriage of Philip L. Coe and wife were born four sons, Milton Delmar, Clinton Howard, Emery Miles and Byron Moses. On October 18, 1893, Philip L. Coe was married to Flora Dugan, who was born January 30, 1864. The death of Philip L. Coe oc- curred October 9, 1906, and he was buried at the Milford Center cemetery.
A brief genealogical summary of the three brothers of Emery M. Coe is here given. Milton Delmar was born January 16, 1856, and was married on December 30, 1881, to Anna Wood. She was born May 13, 1864, and to this union there have been two sons born, Chester Aaron, born March 30, 1889, and Hobert Llewellyn, born January 30, 1897. Chester A. Coe was married December 7, 1910, to Carrie Colflesh and to this union there. was born on January 30, 1914, a daughter, Helen Doreen. Clinton Howard, the second brother of Emery M. Coe, was born November 13, 1857, and was married December 22, 1887, to Myrtle Abernathy. To this union two chil- dren have been born, Paul H., born January 23, 1889, and Ada M., born December 1, 1890. Clinton H. Coe removed to Warren, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1902. Byron Moses Coe, the youngest brother of Emery M. Coe, was born July 12, 1875, and was married April 6, 1894, to Carrie Still- ings. To this union have been born three children: Adale Reneua, born December 2, 1896; Morris Stillings, born February 22, 1899; Margaret Elisabeth, born June 12, 1914. In 1908 Byron Moses Coe removed to Cali- fornia where he is still residing.
Emery M. Coe, the third son of Philip L. Coe and the eighth in direct (lescent from Robert Coe, the first to come to America, was born November 2, 1861, three and a half miles west of Milford Center. He was reared on
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the farm and was married March 10, 1892, to Lottie M. Marsh, who was born February 14, 1867. To this union have been born five children: Dana Griswold, born February 10, 1893; Gladys, born July 29, 1894, and died January 8, 1895; Glenn E., born March 13, 1896: Marian, born June 21, 1898, and died September 23, 1900: Loree, born December 21, 1904. Dana and Glenn are attending the State University at Columbus.
In 1852 the father of Emery M. Coe moved to a farm three and one- half miles west of Milford Center, where Emery was born, and in 1866 they moved to the subject's present place of one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, about one and one-half miles west of Milford Center. His farm is well improved and one of the most attractive farms in the county. Mrs. Coe has a farm of two hundred and eighty-one acres two and one-half miles from Milford Center. He is an extensive breeder of hogs and sheep and has long ranked as one of the leading stock raisers of his county.
Politically. Mr. Coe is identified with the Republican party and has served on the school board of his township with credit to himself and satis- faction to his fellow citizens. He also served as assessor under Cox. In all measures of public welfare he has always been on the side of good govern- ment and given his hearty support to such movements as he felt would be of benefit to his community. He is strictly temperate and an advocate of tem- perance. having been a worker along that line.
JOHN SCHMIDT.
It is safe to say that there have been no citizens of this county who have come here from Germany who have not made a success in whatever line of activity they have chosen to follow. It has often been said that no German in this country ever died in the poor house and certainly there are none in Union county, Ohio, who will ever be candidates for the poor house. One of the prosperous farmers of German descent of Union township, in this county, is John Schmidt, who has been a resident of this county since 1888.
John Schmidt, the son of Lawrence and Mary (Snees) Schmidt, was born September 9, 1865. in Germany. He was educated in his native land and came to the United States alone in August. 1888. He arrived in Union county in the fall of the same year without any resources whatever and be- gan to work out by the day on farms in this county. With true German
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thrift, he saved every possible cent and five years after he came to this county he was able to buy a farm of one hundred and one acres in Union township. In 1913 he bought seventy-three acres adjoining his farm on the south and now has one hundred and seventy-four acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Such, in brief, is the record of a poor Ger- man youth in this county and shows what can be accomplished when a man is determined to succeed.
John Schmidt was married November 24, 1895, to Anna Lena Loschky, the daughter of Mathias and Barbara (Jordon) Loschky, natives of Ger- many. To this union ten children have been born, Fred, Gustave, Alfred, Elsie, William, Charles, Leo, Edward. Lawrence and Thomas. All of these children are still living except Lawrence and Thomas. Lawrence was the first born and died at the age of nine, and Thomas passed away in infancy.
Politically, Mr. Schmidt has been identified with the Democratic party since coming to this country, but has never taken an active part in the coun- cils of his party. He and his family are loyal members of the German Lutheran church and generous contributors to its support. Mr. Schmidt is an honest and industrious man who is held in high esteem by his neighbors.
GEORGE B. HUSH.
The career of George B. Hush began in Union county three score years ago. When he reached his majority he went to Minneapolis, where he lived for nearly twenty-five years, being engaged in the banking business most of that time. For the past ten years he has been the cashier of the Deposit Bank, of Raymond, Union county. Ohio, so that practically his whole life has been engaged in banking.
George B. Hush, the son of Peter and Eliza ( Beal) Hush, was born in Dover township, Union county, Ohio, September 9, 1855. His parents reared a family of eight children, Basil B .. Valentine G., Alfred B., George B., John Henry and three who died in childhood .:
Peter Hush was reared in Pennsylvania and came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1839. In 1853 he came to Union county and located in Dover township, where he bought a farm of one hundred and thirty acres, on which he lived until about a year before his death. He then moved to Marysville and died there in June, 1865, at the age of about sixty. His wife died in 1901, at the age of seventy-eight. Both were members of the Congregational
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church. The paternal grandparents of George B. Hush were Valentine Goldsmith and wife, natives of Pennsylvania, and the parents of a large family of children, among whom were Axie and Peter.
George B. Hush was reared in Dover township on his father's farm and attended school in an old log cabin school house. Before reaching his majority he went to Delaware, Ohio, and took a course in a business college. Upon reaching his majority he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and started to work in the bank of his brother, Valentine B., and lived in that city for twenty years. He then went into the real estate, fire insurance. loan and collecting business in Minneapolis, and followed that line of business for a few years in Minnesota. He then returned to Union county, Ohio, to take care of his mother in her declining years. When the Spanish-American War opened, he joined Company B. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mus- tered in as a private. Before the expiration of his enlistment he was made commissary sergeant of his company. Mr. Hush organized Company E. Fourth Ohio National Guard, in 1902. He was chosen lieutenant, served one year and then resigned. This company has performed guard duty on several occasions and during the flood of 1913 was called out to guard property endangered by the flood.
After the close of the Spanish-American War, Mr. Hush returned to Union county, Ohio, and remained with his mother until her death, in 1901. He then went to Marysville, in this county, and spent a little over two years in the bank at that place. In March, 1905, he became cashier of the Deposit Bank, of Raymond, this bank having been organized on December 26th of the previous year. For the past ten years he has had active charge of the bank and has so conducted its affairs as to win the approval of the directors and the confidence of its patrons.
Mr. Hush was married February 24, 1903, to Kate Guy, the daughter of Delmor and Olive (Pyers) Guy, and to this union one son, George G., was born. April 1. 1905.
Mr. Hush is a member of the Congregational church, while his wife and son are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Hush was born in Marion county, Ohio, and her parents were natives of Union county. Mr. Hush has been identified with the Republican party for many years, but has never taken an active part in political affairs. He always stands for the best interests of his community and has never failed to give his hearty support to all measures which are proposed for the betterment of the locality in which he lives.
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ELIAS HATHAWAY.
The honor which should always be accorded the brave sons of the North who left their homes and peaceful pursuits to give their services and their lives if need be, to preserve the integrity of the American Union, is certainly due Elias Hathaway, who left this county at the age of eighteen to serve his country, to prove his love and loyalty to the government on the long and tiresome marches in all kinds of situations, exposed to summer's withering sun and winter's freezing cold, and before liis final discharge had been captured by the Confederates and was a prisoner for a short time. He was also wounded at the battle of Atlanta in the summer of 1864, yet he is still living today to tell the story of that terrible conflict. During the half century which has elapsed since the close of the war he has been engaged in farming and with a success which speaks well for his efforts.
Elias Hathaway, the son of Ebenezer and Mary A. ( Hopkins) Hatha- way, was born January 26. 1844, about three miles from Milford. Union county, Ohio, on the farm where he is now living. Ebenezer Hathaway was born in Massachusetts, and came to Union county, Ohio, with his parents, Dr. Nicholas and Lenoria Hathaway, when a small child. His father set- tled here in early pioneer times, entered a large tract of land and here made his home the rest of his days. E. P. Hathaway and wife reared a family of eight children, Anna, Maria, Helen, Martha, Elias, Benjamin, Mary and Percy. Of these children. all are dead with the exception of the subject. Ebenezer Hathaway went to California in 1849, and while he was success- ful in finding gold, he was unfortunate in losing his life and died in San Francisco, buried there. His widow reared the children and never re- married.
Elias Hathaway received a meager common school education in the old log school house which stood in his immediate neighborhood. From his earliest boyhood days he was accustomed to hard work on the farm and at the age of fifteen began working for himself. He enlisted at the age of eighteen in August, 1862, as a member of Company B, Thirty-second Regi- ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served from that time until the close of the war. He was with General Sherman on his memorable march through Georgia to the sea and was severely wounded at the battle of Atlanta.
Immediately after leaving the army in the spring of 1865, Mr. Hatha- way returned to his home in Union county and resumed farming. Upon his marriage in 1867 he moved on to his present farm of four hundred
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acres on the Connor and Hathaway road about three miles from Milford Center, and here he has since continued to reside. He has been uniformly successful in all of his agricultural operations, and now has one of the best improved and most highly productive farms of the county.
Mr. Hathaway was married in 1867 to Huldah Bland, who is now deceased. To this union were born four children, Edwin R., Helen M., John C., and Lucile, who married Roy Woods, who has charge of the home place.
Politically, Mr. Hathaway has always been identified with the Repub -. lican party and has given it his hearty support for half a century. He is a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the "boys in blue." Mr. Hathaway has now reached the allotted age of man, and yet he bears his three score and ten years lightly considering the terrible experiences through which he passed in the Civil War. He is well known throughout the county and highly respected by all who have come in touch with him. During his career of seventy years he has seen this county emerge from a wilderness, and has watched its growth until it now ranks as one of the most progressive coun- ties of the state.
GEORGE NELSON MORSE.
A red-letter day in the history of the Morse family is April 17th, for on that date in the year 1838 the great-grandfather of George Nelson Morse drove into Union county, Ohio, with his family to make his per- manent home. Since that time the Morse family have been prominent members of the various communities in this county in which they have lived. and have contributed in no small measure to the general advancement of its welfare along all lines. On that date Joseph and Renua Morse, the great-grandparents of George Nelson Morse, came to Union county with their family of nine children, making the long overland trip from Rhode Island in a wagon. The trip took forty-nine days and many hardships were endured before the family finally reached their destination.
George Nelson Morse, the son of John P. and Mary J. ( Mitchell) Morse, was born in Union township. Union county, Ohio, September 14. 1872. His parents were both natives of Union county, Ohio, his father being the son of Ray G. and Sarah ( Parthemore) Morse. Ray G. Morse was born in Rhode Island, November 16. 1808, and was one of the nine children who made the long overland trip with Joseph Morse and wife in
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1838. These children are as follows: Renua, Asenath, Joseph, Ray G., Alford. Permelia, William. Isaac and Archibald. Two of the children, Caleb and Betsey, remained in Rhode Island, but later came to Union coun- ty, Ohio. Ray G. Morse worked for two years in a cotton factory in Rhode Island, where he learned to spin. Later he learned the blacksmith trade and followed it for five years, receiving only his board and clothing. He began life with a capital of seventy-five cents and a suit of clothes worth three dollars. He rented a set of blacksmith tools and set up his first shop in Milford Center, in which venture he prospered from the start. Six chil- dren were born to Ray G. Morse and wife: William A., deceased, formerly a farme: living in Madison county, Ohio: George Nelson, who died in Union township in 1874: Clara J., deceased, who was the wife of David McCloud; Joseph, of Santa Ana, California: John P., deceased, and Ray G., of Marysville. The father of these children died December 10, 1893, at the age of eighty-five years and twenty-four days.
John P. Morse, the father of George Nelson Morse, was married to Mary J. Mitchell. November 28, 1870, and to this union six children were born, five of whom are still living: George N., with whom this narrative deals: Renua, the wife of Fred Burns, of Darby township; Dr. John, of Resacca, Ohio: Ruby, the wife of Thomas Creamer, of Union township; William C., of Union township, and one who died in infancy. John P. Morse served his country during the Civil War, being a member of Com- pany B, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. John P. Morse learned the blacksmith trade with his father and carried on farming in connection with his farming operations until his death, June 20. 1913. Ray G. Morse, the father of John P., bought one hundred and seventeen acres of land in this county in 1839, for which he paid five dollars an acre, and soon afterwards bought sixty-three acres for seven dollars and twelve and one-half cents an acre, to which he later added another tract of one hundred acres, paying ten dollars an acre for it. The last one hundred acres which he bought in this county cost him thirty-five dollars an acre, so that at his (leath be was the owner of six hundred and forty acres of land in Union county, Ohio, and one hundred and sixty acres in Illinois.
George Nelson Morse was reared on the farm which his grandfather bought in 1839, and was educated in the schools of this county, and re- mained at home until his marriage. He was married March 28. 1904, to Mabel Berne Geyer, the daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Newell) Geyer, natives of Meigs county, Ohio, and residents of Union county from 1893 to 1908, when they moved to Clark county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Geyer
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were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are still living : Edgar. of Springfield, Ohio; Clarence, also living in Springfield; Mabel, the wife of Mr. Morse: Ida, the wife of Sylvester Crow, of Springfield, Ohio; Maud, the wife of Edmond Wolf, of Springfield: Carrie, the wife of Claud Star- rick, of Springfield, and Wilber, who lives with his parents in Clark county, Ohio, and one who died in infancy.
Mr. Morse and his wife are the parents of three children: Kermit. born January 12, 1905; Mary, born September 10, 1906, and Dorothy, born May 27, 1908.
Mr. Nelson now has a well improved farm of forty-seven acres east of Milford Center, about four miles, and divides his attention between gen- eral farming and stock raising in such a way as to get the best results from his farm. In politics, he has allied himself with the Republican party, and has taken an active part in local political matters. He is now a member of the school board of his township and is serving his second term. He is a man of strict integrity and honesty, and has won the esteem of his fellow citizens by the upright conduct of his life.
SIMON HALL.
Among the prominent farmers and stock raisers of Liberty township. Union county, Ohio, is Simon Hall, who has been a resident of this county since 1863. His fine farm of one hundred and ninety-two acres and a half. one-half mile south of Raymond, shows that he has had a successful career as a farmer, and the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens. indicates that he has lived a life of consistent worth and high ideals.
Simon Hall, the son of William and Sarah (Coder) Hall, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, February 10. 1855. His father was born in the state of New York and came to Ohio at the age of sixteen with his parents and located in Clinton county, where he grew to manhood and married Sarah Coder, who was born in Union county, Ohio. William Hall and his family lived in Clinton county until 1863 and in that year came to Union county, where he lived until his death. He was prominently identified with the history of the county for many years. He and his wife reared a family of nine children, four of whom are still living: Mary, the wife of James Powers, of Hillard, Ohio: Simon, of Liberty township: George, of Paris township: Frank, of Marysville.
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Simon Hall was ten years of age when his parents moved from Clinton county to Union county and, consequently, his education was received in the schools of this county. After completing his schooling in Union coun- ty he remained at home until his marriage at the time of his majority and then began farming for himself in Paris township. Some years later, he moved to Liberty township, bought his present farm and has since been identified with the agricultural interests of Union county. He is an exten- sive stock raiser and markets several car loads of stock annually.
Mr. Hall was married January 1, 1874. to Julia A. Parker, the daugh- ter of Andrew and Alzira ( Fry) Parker. Mrs. Hall was reared in Noble county, Ohio, and married in Union county. Four children have been born to Mr. Hall and wife: Della, the widow of Frank Finley, of Peoria, Ohio; Ada, the wife of Harry Orahood, a farmer of York township: Lottie, the wife of Edward Hering, of La Grange, Indiana ; and Edward, who married Blanche Thompson, and now lives with his father.
The father of Mrs. Hall. Andrew Parker, was born in Maryland and his wife in Louden county, Virginia, near Harpers Ferry. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Parker located in Noble county, Ohio, but a few years later permanently settled in Union county. Mrs. Hall was seventeen years of age when her parents finally settled in this county. There were seven children born to Andrew Parker and wife: Isaac. Mrs. Martha Fry, Mrs. Hannah Deal, Mrs. Julia A. Hall, Mrs. Mary E. Heath, Thomas and Mrs. Isophena Hall.
Mr. Hall and his son are both Republicans and Edward is now clerk of Liberty township. Both father and son are members of the Knights of Pythias and Mr. Hall is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. Mrs. Hall is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Raymond and interested in everything pertaining to its welfare.
FRANCIS H. SMART.
A sterling representative of the citizenry of Liberty township, Union county, Ohio, is Francis H. Smart, a farmer and stock raiser, who has spent his whole career of forty years in this county. He is a man of education and has always taken a prominent part in the life of his township and coun- ty. His wife is a cultured woman, a musician of ability and has been a teacher of music for many years. They have an interesting family of four
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