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ing the value of earnest and consecutive effort, and he allowed no obstacle to bar his path if it could be overcome by honorable and continued labor. All who knew him respected him for his genuine worth and when he passed away at the age of eighty-one years his name was en- rolled on the list of Muskingum county's honored dead.
HENRY H. GILLOGLY.
Henry H. Gillogly, a son of Henry and Martha (Granstaff ) Gillogly, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1843. The family history is given in detail in connection with the sketch of his brother, Wil- liam G. Gillogly, on another page of this work. Reared to farm life he remained with his father until twenty years of age and then went to Illi- nois, where he spent one summer. He enlisted at Zanesville, May 2, 1864, becoming a member of Company I, of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, under command of Captain H. S. Finley and Colonel Cyrus Reasoner. During that year he served under General Sher- idan in the Shenandoah valley and participated in the battle of Maryland Heights. On the expi- ration of his term of service he was mustered out at Zanesville, being discharged in September.
In 1867 Henry Gillogly was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Harlan, a sister of Major Har- lan, of Zanesville, and a daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Harlan. Unto this union has been born a daughter, Sadie M., who is now the wife of Isaac Shilling, a successful farmer of Morgan county, and they have three children, E. Pearl. Henry C. and Mary. In 1870 Henry Gillogly
was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife, who died on the 21st of November of that year, her remains being interred in the cemetery in Bloom township, Morgan county. On the 19th of December, 1875, he was united in marriage to Elmina Hammond, and they had three chil- dren : Edward S. and Everett H., twins; and an infant daughter, at whose birth the mother also died, January 7, 1880. Edward S. Gillogly mar- ried Lula Tom, and resides in Zanesville, Ohio, being now a trusted express messenger in the em- ploy of the Ohio River & Western Raliroad, and Everett is also an express messenger on the same road and lives at Woodsfield. On the 13th of November, 1884, Henry Gillogly was joined in wedlock to Miss Sabrath E. Granstaff, of Rich Hill township, a representative of one of the old- est families of the county, her parents being James O. and Rachel (Sutton) Granstaff. The only child of the third marriage died in infancy. James O. Granstaff was a member of the Sixty- third Ohio Volunteers in the Civil war and died August 3, 1865, while his wife died June 3, 1865. They had two sons in the army-John A. and Lemuel Nelson.
Mr. Gillogly is still a hale and hearty man for one of his years and he owns a fine country home, to which he gives his personal supervision. The farm comprises one hundred and twenty-six acres of rich land, which is well cultivated and returns excellent crops because of the care and labor be- stowed upon the fields. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and his first pres- idential vote was cast for Horatio Seymour. The Gillogly family has long figured prominently and honorably in agricultural circles in Muskingum county and Henry Gillogly of this review is a worthy representative of the name-a man who deserves the regard which is accorded him and his life record is in many respects worthy of em- ulation.
CHARLES A. DUNN, M. D.
Dr. Charles A. Dunn, for twenty-six years a practitioner at Stovertown and the president of the Muskingum County Medical Association and ex-president of the Railroad Surgeons' Associa- tion, of which he was also one of the founders. was born in Roseville, Muskingum county, May 18, 1856. His ancestry can be traced back to James Dunn, of New York, his great grand- father. The grandfather, Rev. William Dunn, was born in New York in 1796 and was a wagon- maker by trade, following that pursuit in con- nection with the work of the ministry, to which he gave much of his time. He was married in New York city and was accompanied to the west
DR. C. A. DUNN.
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by his wife. They settled in Muskingum county at a very carly period in its development and Rev. William Dunn was closely associated with the industrial and moral progress of the com- munity, being for fifty years a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His early political support was given the whig party and he afterward became a stanch republican. He served his country as a soldier of the war of 1812 and was taken prisoner while in the service. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Harriet Williams, was a daughter of the Rev. James Williams, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in New York, and was connected with many prominent families of the east, including the Stanton family to which Edwin M. Stanton, a member of Lincoln's cabinet belonged. She was the mother of eight children and died in 1.854.
William M. Dunn, father of our subject, was born in Roseville, March 27, 1828, and was there educated until he had completed the high school course. He afterward took up the study of law under the direction of the firm of Hazlett & Still- well and for thirty-five years engaged in active practice, also giving a part of his time to the real- estate and collection business, his varied interests bringing him success. The cause of education found in him a warm friend and his labors in its behalf were far-reaching and beneficial. Hc married Miss Amanda Ralph, a native of this county and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Ralph, early settlers of Roseville. They had but one child. Harriet, who became the wife of John Millner, a painter of Roseville, and they have two children. Mrs. Dunn died in 1854 and William M. Dunn afterward married Grace Crooks, daughter of Jacob Crooks, who was born in Newton township, Muskingum county, and was a farmer and stock-raiser. His father was one of the earliest settlers of the county. Wil- liam M. and Grace Dunn had six children : Charles A. ; Alice, the wife of John A. Wil- liams, an attorney of Roseville, by whom she has five children ; James W., a railroad conductor residing in Roseville, who married Nora Sara Sagle and has two children; William C., who was a railroad conductor for a number of years but is now conducting the Wayne House in Sandusky, and who married Sadie Sagle, by whom he has three children ; Katie, the wife of James Stoneburner, superintendent of a coal mine at Roseville, and the mother of three chil- dren ; and Althuris, who married Lew Culp, sec- tion foreman at Roseville, by whom she has two children. Mrs. Grace Dunn died in Roseville. July 26, 1905. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active part in its work and in the Sun- day-school.
Charles A. Dunn, having acquired his literary education in the public schools, began prepa- ration for his profession in the Columbus Med- ical College, which he attended for two years, being graduated with honors in the class of 1880. While pursuing his course there he was one of the few privileged to do hospital work in the penitentiary under Dr. Drury and thus he added practical knowledge to his theoretical experience and became well equipped for the work which he had determined to follow through life. He lo- cated for practice in Roseville but after two years removed to Stovertown, where he has since re- sided, covering a period of twenty-six consecu- tive years, during which time he has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. In 1888 he was appointed railway surgeon for the Chicago & Erie and in 1898 he was among the physicians who met and organized the Railway Surgeons' Association, of which Dr. T. C. Hover, of Co- lumbus, was elected president and Dr. Dunn, vice president. In 1900 the latter was chosen to the presidency and for the past ten years he has been county and town physician of Brush Creek township. In 1904 he was elected president of the Muskingum County Medical Association and he belongs to the Ohio State Medical Associ- ation and the American Medical Association. In addition to his private practice he is serving as medical examiner for the Manhattan and Pru- dential Insurance Companies.
In his political affiliation Dr. Dunn has always been a democrat and is now the candidate of his party for county coroner. He has been treasurer of his township for six years and president of the board of education and his effective labors have shown his deep interest in all matters per- taining to the public welfare. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
On the 20th of May. 1880, Dr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Kate F. Duvall, a daughter of W. L. Duvall, who was born in Muskingum county in 1828 and is a farmer still residing in this county. Her grandfather, Graf- ton Duvall, was born in Maryland and at an carly day removed to Ohio, cutting his way through the forest, for at that time no roads had been built. At the time of his death he was the owner of a very large tract of land. Mrs. Dunn was a successful teacher prior to her marriage. Four children have been born to this union: Earl G., born September 1. 1881; Forrest C., born September 28, 1884: Fred C., born December 16. 1887 : and May Mildred, born January 22, 1891.
Dr. Dunn is highly respected as one of the foremost physicians of the county and in his practice displays a humanitarian spirit often re- sponding to calls of the sick when he knows
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that no pecuniary reward is assured. He puts forth his best efforts in all cases, is careful in his diagnosis and accurate in his judgments and his standing in professional circles is high, while the concensus of public opinion concerning his professional skill is very favorable.
ISAAC HUHN.
Isaac Huhn, who carries on general farming in Madison township, where he owns a very de- sirable and well improved farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres, was born in Vinton county, Ohio, October 23. 1853. The family is of Ger- man descent and was founded in America by the grandfather, Jacob Huhn, who was born in Ger- many and after emigrating to the new world lived for some time in Pennsylvania, whence he came with his family to Ohio in 1812, locating in Guernsey county, where he purchased land and improved a farm, being one of the pioneer resi- dents of the state.
His son, John Huhn, was born in Pennsylvania, April 17, 1804, and was about eight years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio, being reared amid the environments and scenes of fron- tier life on the old family homestead in Guern- sey county. There he resided until 1853. when he removed to Vinton county, Ohio, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon which he engaged in stock-raising and general farming. In his business undertaking's he prospered, so that in his later years he was enabled to enjoy the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Politically he was a democrat and religiously a Methodist. He married Miss Hannah Cooper, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Abraham Cooper. His death oc- curred in 1878, and his wife lived to be eighty- four years of age. They were the parents of nine children, of whom three are now living: Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Vinton county, Ohio; Caro- line, of the same county ; and Isaac.
Isaac Huhn attended the public schools in his youth, his lessons and the labors of the fields claiming his attention until after he permanently put aside his text-books, when his entire time was devoted to farm work. He remained upon his father's farm until twenty-two years of age when he went to Nebraska. where he spent one vear. About this time, in 1876, he married Anna Jones, a native of Washington township, Mus- kingum county, and a daughter of Lawson Jones, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio. Her mother bore the maiden name of Theodosia Cal- lahan, daughter of James Callahan, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Muskingum county, while her birth occurred in Washington
township, this county, in 1823. In 1877 Mr. and Mrs. Huhn came to Madison township, where he has since engaged in farming, and their home has been blessed with one child, Odessa, now the wife of Earl King.
Mr. Huhn has a valuable farm property, con- taining one hundred and seventy-five acres of land devoted to general farming, and each spring witnesses the planting which in the fall returns golden harvests. His methods are practical, his work carried on systematically and the latest im- proved machinery facilitates his labors. He votes with the democracy and has held the office of township trustee, and both he and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Protestant church. Starting out in life without capital, he has found in the work-a-day world the oppor- tunities for success and advancement and is now one of the men of influence in Madison town- ship.
THADDEUS F. THOMPSON.
Thaddeus F. Thompson, a member of the Zanesville bar, was born in Hopewell township. Muskingum county, June 1, 1873. His father. Lewis Thompson, also a native of Hopewell township, followed the occupation of farming as a life work. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He mar- ried Miss Martha J. Stanberry, also a native of Hopewell township, a daughter of the Rev. John Stanberry, a minister of the Methodist church. He came to this county at an early day as did the paternal grandfather of our subject. The death of Mr. Thompson occurred in 1898, when he was sixty-eight years of age. His widow is now living in Minonk, Illinois, at the age of sixty- eight years, and has since married the brother of her former husband. She, too, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Thaddeus F. Thompson, who was one of a family of five children, acquired his education by attending consecutively the district schools, Ada Normal. School, Muskingum College, and in early manhood he was successfully engaged in teaching for nine months. His leisure hours during much of that period were devoted to read- ing law under the direction of John W. King and J. H. Whartenbv, well known attorneys of this county, and in December, 1900, he was ad- mitted to the bar. The following February he opened an office in Zanesville and in the practice of his profession has met with desirable success. having already gained a clientage that many an older practitioner might well envy. He possesses the energy and diligence, without which advance-
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ment at the bar is as difficult to attain as in any other department of business activity.
Mr. Thompson was married in 1902 to Miss Maud Bell, a daughter of John R. Bell and a native of Adams township, Muskingum county, born in 1880. The young couple have a wide circle of friends in Zanesville and their own pleasant home is justly noted for its hospitality. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally Mr. Thompson is con- nected with the Camels. His political views ac- cord with the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has never sought office, preferring to con- centrate his energies upon his practice, which is steadily growing.
CLAUDE V. MARTIN.
Claude V. Martin was born at Ningpo, China, April 28, 1856. His father, W: A. P. Martin, D. D., L. L. D., president of the Imperial Peking University in 1900, was born at Livonia, Indiana, April 10, 1827, and married Miss Jane M. Van- sant, of Maryland, a sister of the late James R. Vansant, a lifelong resident of Zanesville. Two other sons of these parents are living : Professor W. R. Martin, of Trinity College, Hartford, Con- necticut, being four years older than the sub- ject of this sketch ; and Newell Martin, a lawyer in New York, who is two years older. After courses of study at the Hopkins grammar school, Nebraska State University, Yale and Lafayette, his first work in the coal fields was in 1878 at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In a short time a lame- ness, developing from slight injuries, disquali- fied him for the time being for any active work.
In 1880 Claude V. Martin entered Columbus Medical College and continued there until he had completed the regular course. In 1883. while visiting Zanesville, Dr. Martin was led to again take up engineering work, of which an important undertaking was the obtaining and recording of neglected measurements for the city water works. In this he was at first associated with J. Ferd. Stultz, now of Nogales, Mexico, but completed it alone. At that time, the second year of its organization, he became and continued an active member of the Ohio Institute of Mining En- gineers. While taking hold of whatever mine or railway work that happened to be available, at intervals he served on municipal work in this city for about six years altogether. In 1895 he won by examination an appointment as a drafts- man in the coast and geodetic survey at Washing- ton, from which service he resigned in the fall of 1896. From that date to the present time ( 1905) he has been frequently engaged in the
service of companies operating in the coal fields of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.
February 14, 1885, Dr. Martin was married to Miss Emma T. Gurley, the eldest daughter of the late John B. Gurley, of this city. Mr. Gurley was a son of the Rev. James Gurley and was a good Mason and a substantial citizen. The Gur- ley family is one of the sturdy, excellent old stock of Ohio. John B. Gurley's grandfather was the Rev. William Gurley, who came from Ireland in 1801 and first settled in the "fire- lands," in the counties of Huron and Erie, buy- ing a farm of one hundred acres. The Rev. William Gurley was born in Wexford, in 1757, of an excellent Church of England family that has records and arms dating back to 1100 in Scotland. He had for a time an intimate ac- quaintance with the great John Wesley and was licensed to preach by him. His eleven children were the parents of many who became famous in the Methodist church and prominent in the politics of Ohio. Several of these were closely identified with the founding and maintenance of the Ohio Weslevan University at Delaware. The Rev. William Gurley died in 1848 at Milan, Ohio. Mrs. Kate E. Gary, wife of Daniel B. Gary, of this city, and Mrs. Edith Wedge, wife of John Wedge, of Kansas City, Missouri, are Mrs. Martin's sisters and Fred. T. Gurley, of White Cottage, this county, is her brother.
Since 1883, no matter where his work called him, Dr. Martin has made his home in Zanes- ville. For a number of years he has been a faithful member of Concordia Grove, No. 13, U. A. O. D. He has not practiced medicine though at all times taking great interest in medi- cal study particularly with reference to municipal sanitary problems.
DAVID W. ROSS.
David W. Ross, a retired farmer of Highland township. now living on section 7. where he owns one hundred and forty acres of well improved land, was born in Washington county, Pennsyl- vaia, July 8, 1835, the family home being at that time in Mount Pleasant township. His parents were Thomas and Matilda ( Winters) Ross, both natives of the Keystone state, the former born in 1800 and the latter in 1810. The father was a blacksmith by trade and in September, 1855. he came to Ohio with his son David, locating in Bloomfield. Here he turned his attention to agri- cultural pursuits, which he followed up to the time of his death in 1862. His wife long sur- viving him, reached an advanced age and passed away in 1897. They were the parents of ten children, of whom two sons and two daughters are yet living.
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David W. Ross had very limited opportunity for attending school and is thus practically self- educated, but the years with their varied ex- periences have brought him much practical knowledge, to which reading and observation have also added. His training at farm work and other labor, however, was not meager for he as- sisted his father on the farm until after the outbreak of the Civil war. It was on the 2d of May, 1864, that he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting in Company D. One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, under Cap- tain M. R. Trace. He served for five months, participating in the Shenandoah campaign and the movements of the army at Harper's Ferry. He was injured while at the front by the up- setting of a car at Harper's Ferry and never entirely recovered from his injuries, which were internal. With the exception of the period which he spent in military service he has resided con- tinuously upon his farm since 1859 and the im- provements upon the place are an indication of his active, enterprising life. This was the sec- ond farm entered in Highland township, at which time not a claim had been entered between this place and Zanesville. His property comprises one hundred and forty acres of land on section 7 and is about two miles west of Bloomfield. Mr. Ross gives general supervision to the farm but the active work is carried on by his son. He has, however, led a most busy and useful life, year after year cultivating his fields which re- turned him golden harvests that find a ready sale on the market. He also erected good buildings and kept his place in an excellent condition.
In 1859 Mr. Ross was married to Miss Mar- garet J. Davis, who was born December 11. 1835, and her father, William Davis, was one of the honored pioneer residents of Highland town- ship. Eight children graced this marriage: Mary M., who was born in 1859, and is the wife of Thomas Simms, who resides upon a farm near the old homestead ; Sylvester, who was born March 7, 1862, and died in August, 1863 ; Wil- liam Thomas, who was born May 10, 1864, and married Dollie Roach, their home being in Han- cock county. West Virginia, where he is in- terested in oil wells ; Clara J., who was born May 22, 1867, and became the wife of Josephus Camp- bell, her death occurring February 14, 1895, at which time she left one child ; Alice R., who was born October 31. 1869, and is the wife of Ed Castor, of Otsego: Marion Clark, who was born November 8, 1872, and married Etta Jordan, their home being in Highland township: Alvie Walker, living near Bloomfield, who was born October 20, 1875, and married May Scott; and Frank E., who was born September 9. 1879, and married Leola Buker. He lives upon the old homestead and is engaged in the operation of
the farm. In 1900 Mr. Ross was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 6th of July of that year.
Mr. Ross is a democrat in his political views, and his friends recognizing his worth and ability have frequently called him to public office. He has served as township trustee, supervisor and a member of the school board and he served for sixty-one days on the jury during one term of court. He belongs to Hansen post, No. 468, G. A. R., of New Concord, and is a member of the United Presbyterian church. He has been very successful in his business life and has never had a cent given him. All that he possesses has been acquired as the direct result of his own labor and his life history proves conclusively what can be accomplished through determined purpose and untiring activity. He has always been counted upon for aid in progressive, public move- ments and has ever been most loyal to his coun- try and her flag. It is a fact worthy of note that it was his great-grandmother, Mrs. Betty Ross, who made the first American flag.
FRANCIS T. PERKINS.
Francis T. Perkins, a representative farmer of Wayne township living near Duncan Falls, be- longs to one of the old families of Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Anthony Perkins, came to this state with his brother Asa in 1780 and set- tled in Washington county, entering land near where Bondtown stands at present. The grand- father was a hunter of pioneer times and was among those who aided in opening up the state to civilization.
His son, John Perkins, father of our subject. was born in Ohio in 1800 and in his youth at- tended the subscription schools. He was largely self-educated, however, and made the most of his opportunities as the years passed by. He be- came a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal church and in an early day did much to promote the moral development of his community. He was united in marriage to Miss Marion Fowler, a native of New Hampshire, born in 1804, and a daughter of John Fowler, who came to Ohio during the girlhood days of Mrs. Perkins. In order to provide for his family Mr. Perkins fol- lowed teaming from Marietta and was also a successful farmer, having a good tract of land. which he placed under a high state of cultivation. His political support was given to the democracy and he was interested in all public measures that tended to benefit the county. He died when his son Francis was only fourteen years of age, but left behind him a creditable record as a pioneer citizen and worthy farmer.
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