Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 107

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

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F. T. PERKINS.

MRS. F. T. PERKINS.

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Francis T. Perkins was a student in the public schools at Marietta, Ohio, and thus acquired a fair education. He worked upon the home farm through the days of his boyhood and youth, early becoming familiar with the varied duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He was thus engaged until the fall of 1859, when he started out upon an independent business career. On the 12th of September, 1860, he wedded Miss Sarah J. Dilley, being at that time nineteen years of age, while his bride was a young lady of eighteen years. She was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1841, and was a daughter of Abraham Dilley, also a native of Guernsey county. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins removed to Blue Rock in 1865 but in 1867 returned to Washington county and in 1874 sold their property there to his brother, after which Mr. Perkins carried on general agricultu- ral pursuits in Noble county, Ohio, until 1885. The succeeding eight years were passed in Wash- ington county and in 1893 he came to Muskin- gum county, purchasing his present farm in Wayne township near Duncan Falls. The place comprises two hundred and forty acres of very rich and valuable land devoted to general agri- cultural pursuits and it is supplied with all mod- ern equipments, indicating the careful supervis- ion and progressive spirit of the owner. Mr. Per- kins also has another tract of thirty acres in this township and he makes a specialty of raising short-horn sattle.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have been born seven children : John D., Charles A., Francis T., Jr., Abraham C., Ida W., Earle H. and Nellie B. All are yet living with the exception of Earle and the parents have reason to be proud of their in- teresting family. Mr. Perkins is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Grange and he also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Three of his sons, John D., Charles A. and Abra- ham C., are members of the same Masonic lodge as their father. He is now serving his sixth year as justice of the peace. He represents a family that has long been actively and honorably connected with the substantial improvement of Ohio and he is a typical son of the state, inter- ested in its welfare and active in support of all measures for the general good. In his business life he is enterprising and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion.

JOHN L. GILLOGLY.

John L. Gillogly, a son of William and Elea- nor ( Henderson) Gillogly, was born September 12, 1846, on the old homestead farm in Meigs township. A detailed account of the family history is given in connection with the sketch

of his brother, William G. Gillogly, on another page of this work. The mother was a daughter of Fred Henderson, of Ireland, and there were five children in the family of William and Elea- nor Gillogly, namely : William H., John L., Fred, James H. and Margaret.

No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for John L. Gil- logly in his boyhood days. He worked in the fields from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the late autumn, and in the winter seasons he attended the public schools. He married Lorinda Warne, now de- ceased, a cousin of Salathiel Warne, and a repre- sentative of the old Warne family of Rich Hill township. Five children were born of this union : James W. first married Lillie McLain, and they had three children, Hazel L., William and Myrle. After losing his first wife James W. Gillogly wedded Alice Keyes, and they had one child. Luanna. He is a prosperous farmer of Meigs township. Frank E. Gillogly, the second mem- ber of the family, married Laura Spillman, and is now meeting with fair success in his farm- ing operations in Meigs township. He has one daughter, Nellie. Lula A. is the wife of How- ard White, and has a son, Herman. Her hus- band is a thriving farmer, owning a good tract of land in Meigs township, Muskingum county, Ohio. Mary E. Gillogly is the wife of Miller McIntire, a representative of an early family of Muskingum county, living on his own farm in Rich Hill township and they have three children, Lorinda, Harry F. and John L. The youngest member of the Gillogly family is Lorinda. the wife of Roy Gillogly, a prominent farmer of Meigs township, owning a large tract of land. They have one child, Lester H., born in 1994.

John L. Gillogly, who makes his home in Meigs township, is an eminently successful farmer and one of the largest landowners in the township, having at present about six hundred acres which lie in both Meigs and Rich Hill townships. He is now largely living retired, leav- ing the active work of the fields to others, but he gives personal supervision to the work and derives from his property an excellent income annually. He is a democrat in politics and while never active in search of office for himself he has always been an advocate of the principles of the party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. For many years he has held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. taking an active and helpful part in its work. The Gilloglys are worthy representatives of one of the earliest Irish families of this county and the different members are public spirited citizens, their lives permeated by religious prin- ciples, and they have justly earned their repu- tation for integrity and worth. All have fol-

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lowed the occupation of farming and their pos- sessions if lying side by side would constitute al- most an entire township. They hold annual re- unions where the music and speeches are fur- nished by their own number and these are most enjoyable occasions.

HENRY FYE.

Henry Fye, living on the southwest quarter ot section 16, Brush Creek township, was born upon this farm August 8, 1851, and is of German lineage. The German-American element in our citizenship has long been an important one, its value being widely recognized, for the sons of the fatherland brought to the new world the frugality and enterprise characteristic of the race and these traits have been inherited by their de- scendants. Jacob Fye, father of Henry Fye, was born in Germany in 1811 and when about twenty- five or thirty years of age crossed the Atlantic to America, landing at New York. He came almost immediately to the middle west, settling in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, where he continued to make his home until his life's labors were ended. For a number of years he was em- ployed as a farm hand or until his industry and frugality had brought him a capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. With renewed courage and energy he began the development of this place, making it a valuable property. He married Miss Margaret Morningstar, a daughter of Jacob Morningstar, who was one of the early pioneer settlers of Brush Creek township, and is now de- ceased. Jacob Fve died upon the old family homestead at the very advanced age of ninety- two years, having for a few years survived his wife. In their family were the following named : John and Jacob, now deceased ; Louis, who mar- ried Elizabeth Boeman and has one child ; Car- rie, who married John Fritz, by whom she had two daughters, and after his death became the wife of John Biggs and the mother of two chil- dren ; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Morning- star and had one child and after the death of her first husband became the wife of Ben Scott. while to them were born eleven children : Henry. of this review : Adam, who married Kate Offen- bacher and has six children: William, who was drowned ; and George, deceased.

Henry Fve has always lived upon the old family homestead. He continued with his par- ents throughout his boyhood and youth and in the public schools mastered the branches of learn- ing which qualify one for the performance of the practical and responsible duties of life. As a companion and helpmate in life's journey he

chose Maggie Offenbacher and they have be- come the parents of nine children: Charles ; George; Arthur, who wedded May Burkett and has one child ; Edward ; Rose, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Mary, the wife of Alfred Eppley ; Florence ; Elsie ; and Effie.

Mr. Fye owns a splendid farm of two hun- dred and forty acres on section 16, Brush Creek township, and is there raising stock of good grades and cultivating his fields, which annually return to him excellent harvests. Following his father's death he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead and to-day has his farm clear of all indebtedness, while his name is an honored one on commercial paper. He is strictly reliable, never making obligations that he does not meet, and in all of his dealings with his fellowmen showing justice as well as in- tegrity. He has been very successful in his business affairs and has greatly improved the old homestead since it has come into his posses- sion, it being now a valuable property constitut- ing one of the attractive features of the land- scape. Mr. Fye exercises his right of franchise in support of the democratic party and the trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen is indi- cated by the fact that for many years he has been supervisor. That he is worthy of this trust is shown by the capable and prompt manner in which he discharges the duties that devolve upon him. He and his family are all members of the German Lutheran church and are people of the highest respectability, upon whom the world passes favorable criticism and to whom they ac- cord admiration because of genuine worth.

RUFUS GORDON MASON, M. D.

Dr. Rufus Gordon Mason was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1810. After graduating from Cannonsburg University, he completed his medical education at Jefferson Medical College, graduating from that institution about the year 1837. Upon the completion of his medical course he was married to Jane Hen- derson and removed to Muskingum countv. Ohio, about the year 1838, first settling in Norwich, where he engaged in the practice of his profes- sion in partnership with the elder Dr. Holston. About the year 1840 he removed to Taylorsville and about the year 1852 he purchased the prop- erty in Duncan Falls, where he spent the re- mainder of his days. For half a century he went in and out among the people of all this part of the county, ministering to the sick and afflicted, rich and poor alike. He was a man who was looked up to and respected by all the people among whom he lived ; a man who was always

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found upon the right side of all the moral and political questions of the times in which he lived. By hard work and exposure in all kinds of weather, night and day, assisted by the wise, frugal, economical management of his good wife Jane, he accumulated a very comfortable portion of this world's goods. Their home was a center of good old-fashioned hospitality. In the lan- guage of the times "the latch string was always They had their frailties, as all sons and daughters of Adam have, but they stand out against the background of the times in which they lived, a noble man and a noble woman.

Mrs. Mason was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church and took a prominent part in all the works of the church. By her early training she was possessed of an unusual devo- tion to the church and many times traveled from her home in Taylorsville to a small settlement of Presbyterians in Rich Hill township near Rix Mills. Many times she made the journey alone on horseback and over what was then little more than a bridle path through the woods. Her home was the minister's home and inside its walls he was made to feel at home indeed.

Dr. Mason died March 12, 1892, having sur- vived his wife since January 12, 1880. Dr. Mason was not a member of any church but his life was devoted to deeds of charity and to doing all he could for the uplifting of those around him and while he made no profession of religion, vet :

"Call him not heretic whose works attest His faith is goodness by no creed confessed. Whatever in love's name is truly done To free the bound and lift the fallen one. Is done in Christ. Whoso in deed and word Is not against Him labors for our Lord. When He, who, sad and weary, longing, sore, For love's sweet service, sought the sister's door, One saw the heavenly, one the human guest, But who shall say which loved the Master best."

WILLIAM E. DICKSON.

William E. Dickson, the oldest representative of one of the old and prominent families of Mus- kingum county, has a rich and valuable tract of land of one hundred and twenty acres in Meigs township. He was born in this township, near Museville, July 28, 1850. Her father, George Dickson, was born February 13, 1826, in Rich Hill township, near Chandlersville, Ohio, and was a son of John Dickson, a native of Ireland, who having arrived at years of maturity was married there to Miss Mary Heron. Both were from County Down, near Belfast, and crossing

the Atlantic to America they settled in Ohio at an early epoch in the colonization and improve- ment of the new state. That the family lived for a time in Rich Hill township is indicated by the fact that it was upon a farm there that George Dickson was born. When he had reached adult age he married Sarah A. McIntire and they be- came the parents of eight children, of whom William E. is the eldest. Robert J. married Henrietta Howell and they have three children : Lewis and Ethan, twins, and Angeline. Hiram W. married Arminta Shaw and had five children : Charles M., Harry, Carrie F., Edna and Gertie. George M. Dickson wedded Permelia Sevall and had eight children : Robert F .; Perley, deceased : Calvin ; Floyd; Dora Dell ; Lucy E., Lenna and Evert. Charlotte A. is the wife of David Wilson and has six children : Ida ; Cora ; Eva ; Georgie; Emmett, deceased ; and Curtis. Eva E. Dickson became the wife of Myron Hyatt and has five children : Edgar, Beulah, Allen, Omah and Grant M. Lizzie is the next of the family. Ida J., the youngest, is the wife of C. E. McClure.

At the usual age William E. Dickson entered the public schools and therein acquired a good knowledge of the common English branches. Later he had the opportunity of attending Mus- kingum College, so that he was well qualified by his educational privileges for the practical duties of a business career. He early became fa- miliar with farm methods and is now a prominent farmer living on one hundred and twenty acres of fine land situated about twenty miles from Zanesville. Here he is extensively engaged in stock-raising and his annual sales of stock add a considerable fund to his income. He also pos- sesses an excellent and capital knowlege of the carpenter's trade and to some extent engages in contracting and building. He is known as a re- liable business man, industrious and resolute in all that he undertakes and the success which he has achieved is well merited.

On the 22d of February, 1872, Mr. Dickson was united in marriage to Eliza E. Revennaugh, a daughter of William and Ellen ( McDonald) Revennaugh, of Blue Rock township. Muskin- gum county, living near Rural Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson have become the parents of nine children : Lizzie R .; Ed, who owns a farm at Museville, Ohio, and married Bell MeHenry, by whom he has one son, Earl ; Dolly D., the wife of Rev. E. E. White, an evangelist of the Bap- tist church and the mother of two children, Mil- dred and Grace: Edward E., at home ; Della I., the wife of R. H. Hartman and the mother of one child. Helen Faye: George W. Thurman, Clyde, Vernon and Orris, all at home.

Mr. Dickson votes with the democracy and has been called to several positions of public honor and trust, serving as clerk of the township, as

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trustee, as justice of the peace and as a member of the board of education in Meigs township. He is a member of the Patrons of Industry and the Baptist church, in which he is serving as a triis- tee, although former generations of the family were connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. He is much respected as a man in whom public confidence has been worthily placed, who has been ever true to the duties and obligations devolving upon him and who in his active life has justly won the respect and success that he now enjoys.

GILLESPIE CULBERTSON.

Gillespie Culbertson, interested in general farming in Rich Hill township, was born March 30, 0, 1843, near Washington, in Guernsey county, Ohio. His father, George Culbertson, was a native of Harrison county, Ohio, born near Athens, October 16, 1813. The grandfa- ther, Robert Culbertson, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, his birth occurring near Belfast. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gillespie, the wedding being celebrated on the Emerald Isle about 1800. Crossing the At- lantic to the United States he made his way to Ohio, and settled on a farm in Harrison county, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land which he entered from the government and which is still in possession of his descendants, being owned by his grandsons, Holt, Charles and Cal- vin Culbertson. In the family of Robert Cul- bertson were the following named : Samuel, John, Ezekiel, Joseph, William, Benjamin, Hugh, Thomas, George, Robert, Gillespie and Anne, all of whom are now deceased.

Of this family George Culbertson was reared in Ohio, and reached the advanced age of eighty- one years. He married Miss Sarah Crawford, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and a represent- ative of one of the old and prosperous farmers of that locality, of Scotch and German descent. Her death occurred in January, 1864, and her re- mains were interred at Pleasant Hill. For his second wife George Culbertson chose Martha McMurry, who died August 24. 1899. The brothers and sisters of Gillespie Culbertson, of this review, are Mary, Robert, Catherine and Esther A., all of whom have passsed away with the exception of Gillespie and Catherine. Robert was a soldier of Company A, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, during the Civil war and died of typhoid fever at Savannah, Georgia. The old family home was in Union township, Muskingum county, about two and a half miles from New Concord.

Gillespie Culbertson was reared upon his father's farm and assisted him in the cultivation

of the fields and the care of the crops up to the time of his marriage, which important event in his life occurred on the 5th of November, 1868, Miss Eliza A. Moore becoming his wife. She was born in Guernsey county, near Cumberland, Ohio, and was a daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Redd) Moore. Her mother was born in Guern- sey county, while her father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1815, removed from Washing- ton, that state, to Ohio. In his business affairs he prospered, becoming quite wealthy. Both he and his wife have now passed away and their re- mains were interred in the Cumberland cemetery. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson was blessed with a son and daughter : William H., yet with his parents ; and Sarah E., the wife of Rev. D. P. MacQuarrie, a Presbyterian minister of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Culbertson has for twenty-five years been a prohibitionist in politics, being one of the first to support that party in his township. He has long advocated temperance principles and has done effective service for their promotion and adoption in this locality. His life has at all times been actuated by honorable principles and in his business dealings he has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellow- men. Throughout his entire life he has carried on agricultural pursuits and is now well known as an enterprising farmer of Rich Hill township.

MISS MINERVA CARTER.

Miss Minerva Carter is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Wayne town- ship and still owns a part of the old original homestead. She was born upon this farm, June 13, 1828, a daughter of Robert Carter, whose birth occurred in Pennsylvania, in 1801, and the granddaughter of William Carter. Robert Car- ter, having arrived at years of maturity, wedded Miss Mary Allison, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Andrew Allison, who came to Ohio, in 1814, settling in Muskingum county, where he entered the tract of land that now con- stitutes the Carter farm. Robert Carter remained a resident of the Keystone state until fourteen years of age and in 1815 removed to Perry county, Ohio, with his family, coming to Mus- kingum county in 1822. He was a farmer and owned land in Wayne township, to the cultiva- tion and improvement of which he gave his ener- gies throughout his remaining days, becoming one of the leading, successful and progressive farmers of his community. He had eleven chil- dren, but only two are living-George and Mi- nerva.

Robert Carter departed this life at the age of seventy-one years and his wife passed away when

MISS MINERVA CARTER.

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seventy-four years of age, and their deaths were deeply regretted by many friends for during their long residence in the county they had won the esteem, confidence and good will of those with whom they were associated. They displayed in their lives many sterling traits of character and when Robert Carter passed away the community lost a public-spirited citizen, his neighbors a faithful friend and his family a devoted father.

Miss Minerva Carter, now living on the old homestead, has forty-six acres of the farm which she rents. There is a coal mine upon the place and from this property she derives a good in- come. The Carter family has figured promin- ently in the development and improvement of the county from alinost the earliest period of its de- velopment and their labors have hastened the changes which have brought about modern prog- ress and improvement.

HOWARD LARZELERE.

Howard Larzelere, who occupies a beautiful home at 23 Ridge avenue in Zanesville, devotes his attention to general agricultural pursuits and dealing in horses and is the owner of a good farm of ninety acres on the Cooper Mill road. He is a native son of Springfield township, born in 1845. His father, Joseph Larzelere, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1794 and was of French lineage. He came to Ohio about 1837 and previous to that time had followed the trade of bricklaying and did a contract business along that line but on his removal to the Buckeye state he turned his attention to farming, purchasing a tract of land in what is now Brighton. He also owned a farm in Springfield township, whereon the family resided. He married Miss Sina Rich- ardson, a daughter of William Richardson, of Newton township, and they became the parents of six children: Howard : William, who is living in Zanesville ; Francis; Margaret ; Sarah, de- ecased ; and James. The father's death occurred in 1877. when he was eignty-three years of age, and his wife passed away in 1873. He gave his political support to the democratic party and he was held in high esteem throughout his com- munity because of his genuine worth.

Howard Larzelere attended school in Putnam and was reared to the occupation of farming. IIc has followed that pursuit throughout his entire life and has also engaged in dealing in horses, being an excellent judge of horses so that he is enabled to make careful investment and profit- able sales. His farm comprises ninety acres on the Cooper Mill road and is under a high state of cultivation, while its equipments are in keep-

ing with all ideas of modern progress along agri- cultural lines. He resides at 23 Ridge avenue in Zanesville, where he has a beautiful residence that he has occupied for ten years.

In 1877 Mr. Larzelere was united in marriage to Miss Grace MIcMann, a daughter of James McMann, and they now have one child, Harry, who is at home. Mr. Larzelere votes with the democratic party but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his undivided atten- tion to his business interests, which are now bringing him creditable success.

EDWARD L. ROE.

Edward E. Roe, a prominent and well-to-do farmer living in the northwest part of Washing- ton township, was born in this township, Septem- ber 24, 1856, and is of Irish lineage. His grand- father, Jesse Roe, and his father Thomas Roe. were both natives of the north of Ireland and are now deceased. They came to the United States when Thomas Roe was a young man and for a short time remained in Pennsylvania. after which they removed to Ohio, settling in the northern part of Muskingum county. Jesse Roe was a minister and circuit rider and his labors were a potent factor in the moral development and progress of his locality. He lived near Adamsville, on Wills creek, and he died when his son Thomas was a young man. The latter was detained in Ireland by illness when the grandfather came to the United States but he soon afterward followed him and settled in Washington township, Muskingum county. He devoted his energies to the tilling of the soil and to the raising of stock and as the years passed by he prospered. He resided near Gilbert in Washington township and there superintended the home farm and also made judicious invest- ment in property from time to time until his farm lands aggregated eight hundred acres of land in Washington township. He was well known as a stockman, being an excellent judge of cattle and horses, and his stock-raising interests an- mually added a good fund to his income. He died in 1863, leaving his family an untarnished name, and his record is one well worthy of emu- lation, showing what can be accomplished through determination of purpose and honorable business methods. He married Miss Cynthia Tallman, who was born near Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio. They became the parents of three children, the youngest being E. L. Roe of this re- view. The others are : Mary J. and Annie S. the latter the wife of Dr. E. W. Mitchell, of Cincin- nati, Ohio. The parents were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 107

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