Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 105

Author: Sutor, J. Hope, 1846-
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 898

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Amon M. Osler was educated in McCorkle College in Bloomfield and when only sixteen years of age began teaching school. Since that time lie has devoted cach school year to the profession with the exception of two years when he could not teach because of trouble with his eyes. He held the first eight-years' certificate issued in the county, while at the present time he has his sec- ond certificate of this class. He is an able teacher,

being an excellent disciplinarian and having the ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he has acquired, his labors prov- ing a valuable factor in promoting the intellectual development of the various districts in which his services have been retained. He is also identified with leading agricultural interests, having in 1888 purchased his first farm, which comprised one hundred and twenty-eight acres of land on the northern edge of Highland township. He lived there with the exception of a period of five years until 1900, when he purchased his present farm. He now has ninety-five acres on section 8, High- land township, and a tract of one hundred and twenty-eight acres north of this. He raises stock. having shorthorn cattle, horses and sheep upon his place, his time being devoted to the farm when not engaged in teaching. His land is pro- ductive and valuable and Mr. Osler has been quite successful in his business undertakings.

On the 13th of June, 1886, Amon M. Osler was married to Miss Mary Holland, of Highland township, and they had two children : Carrie, who was born December 10, 1887; and Ralph, born March 12, 1895. On the 5th of April, 1902, Mr. Osler married Ida D. Sarbaugh, who was born in Perry township, March 7. 1865, her parents being John W. and Nancy ( Holland ) Sarbaugh, farming people of Highland township.

Mr. Osler is a republican and has served as township clerk and road supervisor. He belongs to the Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been Sunday-school superintendent for several years, taking a very active and help- ful part in Sunday-school work. He has also been church steward for a number of years and is identified with various lines of the church ac- tivity. His life has ever been in harmony with his professions and the fact that many who have known him from boyhood down to the present are numbered among his stanchest friends is an in- dication that his career has ever been an honor- able and straighforward one.

W. P. SHARER.

W. P. Sharer. cashier of the First National Bank of Zanesville, whose business career has been marked by consecutive progress. through the utilization of each opportunity that has come to him, was born in Alliance, Ohio, June 24. 1860. His parents are John H. and Mary ( Hart- zell) Sharer, also natives of this state, and the father is still carrying on mercantile pursuits in Alliance, having been prominently identified with the upbuilding and development of that city since its inception. The paternal grandfather, Philip Sharer, came as a young man of twenty years to

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America from the province of Nassau, Germany. He first took up his abode in New York city, but later made his way westward to Ohio and cast in his lot with the pioneer residents of Alliance, where being a cabinet-maker by trade, he began the manufacture of furniture by hand, little of the improved machinery of this day being known at that time. He had been married in New York city and it was after his removal to Alliance that the birth of John Sharer occurred, in 1841. The family name has figured in business circles of the city for almost sixty-five years, commercial inter- ests being represented first by Philip Sharer until 1865, then by the firm of Philip Sharer & Son until 1887, by John H. Sharer until 1895, and since that date by John H. Sharer & Son.

W. P. Sharer is the eldest of six children, and the others are all residents of Alliance. He ac- quired his education in the schools of that city and after leaving the high school in 1887 became messenger in the First National Bank there. Two years later he was made bookkeeper and acted in that capacity until January, 1896, when he was promoted to the position of assistant cash- ier. He resigned, however, on the 30th of April, 1901, having been appointed cashier of the First National Bank at Wellsville, Ohio, while in 1902 he became one of the directors of that institution. In March, 1903, he disposed of his interests at Wellsville, and on the Ist of June, 1904, accepted an appointment as assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Zanesville, being promoted to his present position as cashier in August. Throughout his entire business career he has been identified with banking interests and has a thorough and comprehensive knowl- edge of the business. He is a popular official, doing everything in his power to aid the patrons of the institution, at the same time neglecting no duty to the stockholders. He is likewise a director and treasurer of the Econ- omy Building & Loan Association, at Zanesville. and a director of the Central Silica Company, with plants at Chalfants and Glass Rock. Ohio. in the Hocking valley.

On the 5th of June, 1894. Mr. Sharer was mar- ried to Miss Mary L. Baker, of Alliance. a daugh- ter of J. Lowery Baker, of that city, and they have two children, Virginia Reed and John Hartzell. In politics a democrat deeply interested in the success and growth of his party, Mr. Sharer served as city treasurer of Alliance, being elected at a time when the entire city ticket of the repub- lican party was chosen by a majority of from eight to ten hundred. He was the one exception- a fact which indicated his great personal popu- larity. the warm friendship entertained for him and the confidence and trust reposed in his ability and trustworthiness. For several years he was a member of the democratic county executive

committee of Stark county and he has been chosen delegate to a number of state and national bank- ers' conventions and his membership in commu- nity organizations in with the Elks lodge, of Zanesville, and the Second Presbyterian church, to which both he and his wife belong. He ranks high in financial circles, is prominent and popu- lar socially and in business life, and has achieved success notable for one of his years.

SOLOMON S. BAUGHMAN.

Solomon S. Baughman, well known as a citizen of worth and an agriculturist who in the con- trol of his business interests has found the op- portunity for the acquirement of gratifying suc- cess, now owns and operates three hundred acres of rich land on section 25, Brush Creek town- ship. His birth occurred on the old family homestead in that township, June 14, 1827, and he represents one of the oldest families of Mus- kingum county. while still farther back the an- cestry is traced to Germany. Christian Baugh- man, a native of the fatherland, emigrated from that country to the new world with his family about the year 1791 and spent his remaining days in Pennsylvania. His son, Christian Baughman, Jr., born November 26, 1785, was therefore only about six years of age when he accompanied his parents from Germany to the new republic. Only a few years before had the Revolutionary war closed. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native state and in 1812 he be- came a resident of Muskingum county, Ohio. bringing with him three horses, but his cash cap- ital at that time consisted of only fifty cents. He purchased one hundred and sixty-three acres of land in Brush Creek township and with charac- teristic energy began its cultivation and improve- ment, making it a good farm according to the standards of that time during the twenty-four years of his residence in this state. He was a devoted member of the Lutheran church and his early political allegiance was given to the democ- racy, but in 1825 he became a whig. His word was as good as any bond ever solemnized by sig- nature or seal and his integrity stood as an un- questioned fact in his career, while industry and frugality were equally noticeable among his strong characteristics. He died August 3, 1836, while his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Baughman, who was born January 24, 1785, survived him for thirty years, passing away November 8, 1866. They reared a large family, namely: John, who was born September 16, 1804. and died July 23. 1879: Jacob, who was born October 3, 1805, and was murdered August 29, 1863; Christian, who was born April 27, 1807, and died April 30.

MISS ROCEILLA A. BAUGHMAN.

S. S. BAUGHMAN.

MRS. S. S. BAUGHMAN.

WILLIAM SWINGLE.

MRS. WILLIAM SWINGLE.

MRS. ELIZABETH BAUGHMAN.

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1886; Joseph, who was born December 11, 1808. and was killed by a team of vicious horses Sep- tember 20, 1862 ; Adam, who was born February 3, 1810, and died September 18, 1877; George, who was born February 14, 1813, and died in 1895; Andrew, who was born June 1, 1815, and died December 28, 1888; a daughter who died in infancy, unnamed ; David, who was born May 19, 1820, and lives in Clark county, Illinois ; Samuel, who was born May 17, 1822, and re- sides in Newton township; Elizabeth, who was born February 27, 1824, and is a resident of Ot- tumwa, Iowa; Solomon S .; and Jessie M., who was born October 24, 1829.

Solomon S. Baughman was reared amid pio- neer scenes and environments and his education was acquired in the primitive schools of the time which were supported by the subscription plan. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager, for as soon as old enough to handle the plow he began work in the fields and had broad and practical knowledge of the best methods of farming when he married and started out in life on his own account. He has always carried on agricutural pursuits and as the years have passed by he has prospercd, making judicious invest- ment in real estate until he now owns three hun- dred acres of fine land in Brush Creek township, devoted to general farming and stock-raising.

On the 27th of March, 1851, Mr. Baughman was united in marriage to Miss Susannah Swin- gle, a daughter of William and Susannah Swin- gle. Her father was born in 1793 and came to Ohio in 1811, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in Muskingum county. In his po- litical views he was an earnest republican and he held membership in the Lutheran church. His father, George Swingle, was a soldier for cight years under Louis XVI of France and after re- ceiving his discharge from the army he came to America, where he followed the trade of shoe- making to the advanced age of eighty years. His discharge papers are now in the possession of the Swingle family and are a cherished heirloom. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Baughman was blessed with seven children : William W., who was born September 9. 1854. married Mary Showers : Solomon L., born August 4, 1859, wed- ded Louisa Eicher, by whom he had four chil- dren ; Roceilla Alice, born January 21, 1863, died June 14, 1890: Florence A., born October 25. 1868, is the wife of William Shank, a resident of Philadelphia and they have three children. The three eldest members of the Baughman family died in infancy. Mr. Baughman has always been an carnest advocate of education and provided his children with good advantages in that direction, while as school director he did effective service for the cause of public education. He and his family are members

of the Lutheran church, interested and active in its work, and their influence is ever on the side of progress and improvement. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, which he has supported since its organiza- tion and prior to which time he was a whig. He has passed the seventy-ninth milestone on life's journey and is one of the oldest native sons of Muskingum county, having always lived in this locality. The first nine years he passed on this place he lived in a hewed log house and then built his present home. He still has the patent deed of this land, which his father entered. He has seen the many changes which have occurred here and the wonderful development of the county, and while in retrospect he can see the little cabin homes, the great uncut forests and the unimproved districts, he rejoices in the advance- ment which has been wrought, making Muskin- gum county one of the best improved districts of the state.

JAMES F. MATTINGLY.

James F. Mattingly, who is living in Zanes- ville but for many years was a representative of agricultural interests in Muskingum county, was born in Perry county, Ohio, October 5, 1857, his parents being Chris and Theresa ( Durban) Mat- tingly. The father was born in Pennsylvania in 1829 and came to Ohio at an early day. He has made judicious investments in land and is now the owner of fifteen hundred acres which consti- tutes him one of the wealthy men of Muskingum county. His wife is a native of Knox county, Ohio, and they have become the parents of five children.

James F. Mattingly is indebted to the public schools for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth. Lessons of industry and integrity were early impressed upon his mind and have been factors in his career, making him a success- ful and honorable business man. He continued to aid his father until twenty-six years of age. when he left home, starting out upon an inde- pendent business career. Soon afterward, how- ever, he took charge of his father's farm, which he operated until April, 1885, when he purchased a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres in Muskingum county. He then continued in active farm work until 1902, when he removed to Zanesville, purchasing a fine home on Locust av- enue. He vet gives personal supervision to his farm property but employs men to do the actual work of general farming and stock-raising which are carried on there. He is a man of excellent ex- ecutive force and business capacity and has car- ried forward to successful completion all that he undertakes.

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On the 14th of November, 1883, Mr. Mat- tingly was united in marriage to Miss Ella O'Neal, who was born July 5, 1858, and is a daughter of Michael and Ellen ( Collins) O'Neal. Her father was a native of Ireland and for many vears he and his wife lived in Zanesville, but both are now deceased. Mrs. Mattingly was their only child and by her marriage she became the mother of four children but two have passed away. Those still living are Clement and James Ken- neth. the former born October 10, 1884, and the latter March 18, 1898. The elder son attended the common schools and was afterward a student in the high school of Zanesville for four years. He next entered the Meredith Business College, from which he was graduated in February, 1905, and is now bookkeeper and stenographer for the Zanesville Stoneware Company. The parents are members of St. Thomas Catholic church and Mr. Mattingly gives his political allegiance to the democracy. The greater part of his life has been spent in Muskingum county and he is thoroughly identified with the interests of this section of the state. He is a co-operant in many measures for the general good and espouses every cause which he belives will benefit the county. A genial nature and sincere cordiality have been the factors in winning him the warm friendship which is to-day extended to him by many with whom he has come in contact.

HIRAM DOZER.

The name of Dozer is inseparably interwoven with the history of this county, and because of his fidelity to the high standards of personal conduct and business integrity that the family have ever held, Hiram Dozer well deserves mention in this volume. He was born in Morgan county. Decem- ber 28, 1829, his parents being George and Eliz- abeth ( Leffler ) Dozer, while his grandfather was Henry Dozer, who drove across the country from Virginia to Ohio in 1806. He aided in reclaim- ing this portion of the state from the domain of the red men and utilizing it for the purposes of civilization. His was one of the early pioneer homes of Muskingum county, and his son, George Dozer, was born upon the farm in Newton town- ship, in 1809. He, too, in the course of years be- came a successful farmer and one of the leading and influential citizens of his community. He held membership in the Lutheran church and in his political views was a democrat and his fellow townsmen. recognizing his worth and ability, fre- quently called him to public office. No trust re- posed in him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree and his splendid qualities of manhood en- deared him to all with whom he was associated.

He married Elizabeth Leffler, and they became the parents of the following children: Hiram; Enos, who married Elizabeth Stoneburner and had seven children: Adeline, the wife of Philip Weaver, by whom she had ten children ; Maria, the wife of Washington Smith and the mother of eleven children ; William, who married Maria McCastlin and has one child ; Margaret. the wife of Andrew Leffler and the mother of eight chil- dren : Lavina, who married Robert Erwine and has thirteen children ; Serena, the deceased wife of James Linsley and the mother of two chil- dren : Jesse R., who wedded Mary McGinnis and has four children ; Benjamin, who married Della Baughman and has three children; Louis, who is married and has eleven children; Anna, the wife of William Brooks and the mother of five children ; and Nathan, who is married and has four children.

Hiram Dozer is indebted to the public-school system of Ohio for the early educational advan- tages which he received and by personal applica- tion and perseverance he has added greatly to his knowledge as the years have gone by, becoming a well informed man. He had attained such pro- ficiency in his studies that in 1849 he was enabled to successfully pass a teacher's examination and entered upon the active work of the schoolroom, wherein he continued till 1857. He was consid- ered one of the best teachers in his part of the state, having the ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had ac- quired.

Mr. Dozer lived with his father until twenty- one years of age, when in 1850 he was married to Susanna Wolpert, a daughter of Frederick Wolpert, who came from Germany to the United States when about seventeen years of age. He then gave his attention to farming and was quite suc- cessful in agricultural pursuits. 'He first settled in Maryland, but afterward came to Ohio, where he purchased land and developed a farm on which he reared his family, numbering eight children. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dozer has been blessed with the following named: Sophia H., born March 12. 1852, is the wife of James Cohagen. of Crooksville, Ohio, and has ten children. Mar- garet Ellen, born July 6, 1855, was married in 1874 to Levi L. Pletcher, who died leaving two children : Dr. D. I. Pletcher. of Glenwood. Col- orado, who married Rosa Fitzgerald, a highly accomplished lady of Baltimore, Maryland : and Mrs. John D. Erwin, whose husband is cashier of the First National Bank at McConnelsville. Ohio. Mr. Pletcher was a noted inventor and secured patents upon a number of very useful devices. Sarah L. Dozer, born September 13, 1857. is the wife of Scott Pletcher, of Brush Creek township. Alice N., born March 12, 1859, is the wife of Charles Tomlinson, of Columbus,

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Ohio, and has three children. Josephine, born January 2, 1861, is the wife of William Price, of Braceville, Illinois, and has two children. E. G., born May 15, 1864, mar- ried Emma Warren and resides in St. Louis, Missouri ; Emma, born July 17, 1864. and is the wife of Robert McArtor, of Columbus, and has two children. Otto, born July 1, 1871, died at the age of nineteen years. Arthur, born December 29, 1873, married Lillie Muntz and has two chil- dren. They reside upon the old homestead, his attention being given to the operation of the farm.

Hiram Dozer has always carried on agricultu- ral pursuits and is now the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable land devoted to the raising of grain and stock. At the death of his father he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the property and continued actively in its cultivation until about seven years ago, when he fell from a wagon and injured his spine, so that he has since been an invalid. He is entirely help- less, depending upon his faithful wife and chil- dren, who anticipate his every wish and who are carefully managing the farming interests. Mr .. Dozer's mental faculties, however, are unimpaired and he is a most interesting and instructive talker. He never utters a word of complaint but bears all of his sufferings with Christian forti- tude and bravery. He is a devoted member of the United Brethren church and for a long period he supported the republican party, but is now a populist. For three terms he filled the office of justice of the peace. At the time of the Civil war he manifested his loyalty to his country by en- listing in the First Ohio Heavy Artillery with which he served for a year during the latter part of the war. Prior to entering the military service of his country he had been justice of the peace. His life up to within the last seven years was an active and useful one and he deserved much credit for what he has accomplished, but it was not alone his success that made him worthy of the regard of his fellow townsmen, his personal traits of character being such as to win for him the kindly regard and good will of all with whom he was associated.

WILLIAM T. TANNER.

William T. Tanner, departing this life August 8. 1893, at the age of eighty-one years, left behind him the memory of an upright life and to his family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. He was long connected with the material development of Muskingum county and as a pioneer settler deserves mention in the history of Muskingum county, past and present. He was

born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1812, his par- ents being James and Nancy (Taylor) Tanner. The father, a native of Virginia, established his home in Ohio at an early epoch in the history of the latter state and here he remained until his death, which occurred during the infancy of his son William, who was but eight years of age when left an orphan by the death of his mother. At that time he went to live with his uncle, Wil- liam Taylor, who had quite a large family and whose home was a log cabin of one room with a loft overhead that was reached by a ladder. In the loft the boys slept on beds made on the floor and sometimes when the weather was intensely cold they slept under the beds next to the floor. There the young lad had to work very hard, for the family were in limited financial circumstances, and tiring of the hard life on his uncle's farm he ran away when fourteen years of age. wading the Muskingum river, partly ice-coated. in the month of November. From that time until his death he was dependent entirely upon his own efforts. He was employed as a farm hand in the neighborhood and he made the most of his opportunities, carefully saving his earnings with the hope of one day having a home of his own.

The year 1835 witnessed the celebration of the marriage of William T. Tanner and Miss Phoebe Stump, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of Leonard Stump, who was born in Virginia and came to Ohio in 1807. For more than forty-five years Mr. and Mrs. Tanner traveled life's journey together but her death oc- curred in 1881. They had lived for a long period upon one farm, Mr. Tanner having purchased three hundred acres of land about five miles west of Zanesville. The property came into his pos- session in 1848 and there he began raising and dealing in stock quite extensively. In his later years, however, his attention was more largely given to the cultivation of the fields. He ever made the most of his opportunities in the busi- ness world and as the years passed prosperity at- tended his efforts. He was about twenty-two years of age when in connection with John Wood he raised a crop of corn for which he received about the first money that was ever given him. Hitherto his services were paid for in farm con- modities. Remembering his own struggles and efforts in early life he was always willing to assist others and at different times he lost not a little by going security. In the development of his own farm he displayed practical and pro- gressive methods and it became one of the fine properties of the county.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were born three sons and five daughters : James E. : Mary L., the wife of A. C. Springer: Oscar W. : Rachel .1 .. the wife of John W. Marshall : Margaret E .. the wife of William T. Mapel : Malinda, the wife

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of Dr. W. S. Drake; Martha, deceased ; and Leonard, who died in infancy.

Mr. Tanner on attaining his majority became a supporter of democratic principles and his first presidential vote was cast for Martin VanBuren in 1836. He continued an advocate of the democracy up to the time of his death, but never sought or desired office. His life was one of intense and well directed activity and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth, called him to positions of public trust, so that he was for seven years one of the county commissioners and was a director of the county infirmary for six years. He also held minor township offices, but was never a politician in the modern acceptation of that term. He regarded a public office as a public trust and was ever faithful and loyal in the discharge of his duties. His entire career was characterized by all that is straightforward and honorable and in working his way upward to success he utilized means that might be em- ployed by any. He worked persistently, realiz-

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 105

Author: Sutor, J. Hope, 1846- Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 898

Author: Sutor, J. Hope, 1846-
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 898