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On May 25, 1866, he was promoted to lieuten- ant colonel and July 25, to a full colonelcy. The war having ended he was extremely anxious to return to the farm, but when the time arrived for his muster out General Thomas could not spare him and another date was fixed to bc again deferred. At last the day arrived and September 17, 1866, he was to start for home but was on that day stricken with cholera and died within a few hours. His brother officers did all that was possible for his recovery and officers of the high- est rank officiated as pallbearers at the military funeral given his remains at Nashville. Later the body was brought to Zanesville and re-interred in Woodlawn, Chaplain David H. Moore officiating. Many returned volunteers were in attendance, the pall bearers being Generals Leggett, Wiles and Lane, Major Reamy, Captain L. L. Cox and Lieu- tenant Joncs.
In general orders Quartermaster General Meigs announced, with sorrow, the death of Colonel Cox : "In all his term of duty in the quartermaster's de- partment Colonel Cox merited and received tlie approbation and commendation of his superior of- ficers. He fell a victim to the pestilence while at
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the post of duty." General Donaldson reported Colonel Cox's life ended "just as he had completed an honorable career in the service of his country ; as an officer he was capable and honest and he has never had his superior as a business man."
Colonel Cox was married, April 29, 1846, to Lucy Ann Van Zandt, daughter of James Monroe and Elizabeth (Denison) Van Zandt, and the union was a happy one. Two of the five children survive in 1905: William Van Zandt Cox, presi- dent of the Second National Bank, Washington, D. C .; and Elizabeth Denison, wife of Theodore Greene Sullivan, of Montclair, New Jersey.
SIMON LINSER.
Simon Linser, the president of the Simon Lin- ser Brewing Company, at Zanesville, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1852, and came to the United States in 1873. He located in New York city, where he worked in Stein's brewery for two years and then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed in Moerlein's brewery until 1880. In that year he came to Zanesville, where he accepted the position of foreman in the Groener & Horn brewery, acting in that ca- pacity for four years, when in 1884 he formed a partnership with Henry Zinnsmeister and bought the Washington brewery. This they conducted until 1891, when Mr. Linser pur- chased his partner's interest and carried on busi- ness alone until 1901, when the Star, Riverside and Washington breweries were consolidated and a stock company was formed under the name of the Simon Linser Brewing Company, the offi- cers being Simon Linser, Sr., president ; David Smith, vice president ; and Simon Linser, jr., sec- retary and treasurer.
In 1875 Mr. Linser was married to Miss Reg- ula Kramer, who was born in Wittenberg, Ger- many, in 1852. They have six children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Charles F., who is foreman of the Star brewery : Simon, who is secretary and treasurer of the Simon Linser Brewing Company ; Herman, who is foreman of the Washington brewery ; Otto ; Anna and Freda. Mrs. Linser is a member of St. Nicholas church and he belongs to the Odd Fellows society and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. In politics he is a democrat and has represented the fourth ward in the city council for six years, taking an active interest in all that pertains to the material upbuilding and progress of Zanesville.
The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized. He found the opportunities he sought. which, by the way, are always open to the ambi- tious, energetic man, and, making the best of
these, he has steadily worked his way upward He possesses the perseverance, resolution and re- liability so characteristic of people of his nation, and his name is now enrolled among the best citi- zens of Muskingum county.
GEORGE L. FOLEY.
George L. Foley, judge of the police court of Zanesville, is a native of the village of Norwich, Muskingum county. His father, James Foley, was born at Malaga, Monroe county, Ohio, May 8, 1826, and was the youngest in a family of six children. The grandfather, William Foley. was a native of Ireland and came to the United States during the war of 1812. Almost immediately afterward he enlisted in the army. He was married in Chester county, Pennsylvania, to Barbara Ken- ney and subsequently removed to Pittsburg, that state, assisting in building the first bridge of that city. His wife was a native of Chester county and was a daughter of Frederick Kenney, who was of German lineage, serving with the Colonial army in the Revolutionary war. Barbara (Ken- ney) Foley died at Norwich, Ohio, in 1880.
James Foley early began earning his own liv- ing, cutting wood in his youth for twenty-five cents per cord. At the age of twenty-two years he was married to Miss Catherine Shipman, a na- tive of St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, born July 4, 1827, and a daughter of Walter Shipman, who was also one of the heroes of the Revolu- tionary war. Unto Mr. and Mrs. James Foley were born the following children: George L .; Stephen ; Josephine, deceased; Mary K .; Jason, (leceased ; Elizabeth ; Laura ; James F. ; and Henry S. In his political views the father was a whig until the formation of the republican party, when he became a staunch republican, and fraternally he was a Mason. A public-spirited man he took an active interest in everything pertaining to the general welfare of his neighborhood and county and did all in his power to promote educational and religious advancement, serving as a mem- ber of the board of education at Norwich for thir- ty-five years. He provided for his family by fol- lowing the occupation of shoemaking and during the spring and summer months of farming and was for many years an enterprising agriculturist of Muskingum county. He died at Norwich, Ohio, November 8, 1902.
George L. Foley was reared under the parental roof and obtained his education in the public schools of Norwich, Ohio. Early in life he be- came deeply interested in political questions and has held many positions of public trust in his na- tive township and county. He was first clerk of Union township, to which position he was ap-
Sinon Linser.
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pointed in 1875 and was elected to that office in the spring election of 1876. At the same election he was chosen justice of the peace and held both positions until February 8, 1882, when he re- signed in order to accept the office of probate judge, to which he had been elected in October. 1881. He held that position until February 8, 1894, covering a period of more than twelve years and following his retirement he was engaged in the insurance business for several years. He was then appointed deputy internal revenue collector for the eleventh district on the Ist of October, 1898, and served in that capacity until April 1, 1901, when he resigned. He was elected judge of the police court in 1903, and entered upon the duties of that office on the 4th of May following. He has since served in that office and as in other official positions he has filled he has proved most capable, faithful and trustworthy.
On the 19th of November. 1885, occurred the marriage of George L. Foley and Miss Flora Bu- chanan, a daughter of Robert and Margaret H. Buchanan, the former a farmer by occupation. She was born near the old National road, two miles west of Norwich, Muskingum county, No- vember 22, 1858, was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church, which church she joined on letter from the Presbyterian church of Norwich, and died January 30, 1901, leaving a son, Louis B., who was born in 1892. Mr. Foley has spent his entire life in Muskingum county and by reason of his activity in political circles has a very wide acquaintance, having long been recognized as one of the leaders of the republican party in this portion of the state.
WILLIAM O. JOSSELYN.
The subject of this biography, one of the lead- ing residents of Zanesville and a native son of the city, is a self-made man, who began life with a definite purpose in view, worked faithfully, hon- cstly and with a will for its accomplishment, and now enjoys a reputation that is by no means lim- ited to the boundaries of his native city. His business interests are largely represented by the Faience Pottery and of the company which con- trols this enterprise he is the president. A na- tive of Zanesville, his birth occurred August 28. 1874. His father, Andrew R. Josselyn, now sev- enty-three years of age, was born on Putnam avenue in Zanesville, representing one of the early families of the state. In his youth he learned the wagon-making trade which he followed for a con- siderable period, while for fifteen years he was engaged in the grocery business but is now living retired at the age of seventy-three years. He wedded Miss Mary Selsin, who was born in Mus-
kingum county about four miles south of Zanes- ville.
William O. Josselyn was educated in the public schools and in early life assisted his father in the store for eight years. He afterward worked for George J. Miller for five years and on the expira- tion of that period, with the capital he had ac- quired through his economy and well directed ef- forts, he engaged in the grocery business on his own account at No. 563 Putnam avenue, forming a partnership with his brother, Ira L. Josselyn. This relation was maintained until November 6, 1904, and the firm enjoyed an extensive and prof- itable patronage, which in course of time enabled them to extend the field of their operations by the establishment of a branch store in Springfield township. In January, 1904, however, they suffered greatly through fire which caused
a loss of thirty-five hundred dollars. In the meantime Mr. Josselyn had become
connected with the industry which has largely been the source of Zanesville's pros- perity and upbuilding. In May, 1901, he became one of the incorporators of the Faience Pottery Company, in which he was associated with H. O. Fulkerson, S. J. Seabaugh and F. R. Hass. From the beginning he has been president of the com- pany, which devotes its plant to the manufacturing of pottery art goods. The plant is located between Zanesville and South Zanesville on the Maysville pike and the building is sixty by one hundred feet. There are twenty employes and the plant is equiped with good machinery and everything nec- essary for the successful conduct of a business that is constantly growing in volume and import- ance. Mentally Mr. Josselyn has grown to be very strong without becoming a great student of books. He is quick of apprehension and intri- cate business affairs he comprehends in a moment. He uniformly bears himself as a gentleman of power in business or social relations and com- mands the respect of all, while in the city where he makes his home he is recognized as one whose energies and capabilities have contributed to the general prosperity.
Mr. Josselyn was married in August, 1900, to Miss Lula Volland, a native of this city and a daughter of Albert C. Volland, who established the Zanesville Provision Company and later con- ducted a wholesale grocery business but is now living retired on Lee street. Mr. and Mrs. Josse- lvn have two children, Albert A. and Dorothy. In his political views Mr. Josselyn is a republican. manifesting the interest in political affairs ever shown by the patriotic American, vet without as- piration for office. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been a close sttt- dent of the signs of the times in regard to com- mercial and industrial interests and has so utilized his opportunities as to realize the maximum of
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accomplishment with minimum effort and ex- penditure, and this is the secret of all success in business.
JULIUS CRABTREE.
Julius Crabtree, a representative of the farming and stock-raising interests of Falls township, was born in Muskingum county, May 2, 1835, a son of William and Sarah (Wilkinson) Crabtree, both of whom were natives of England, in which coun- try they were reared, educated and married. Soon after their marriage in 1819 they left the land of their nativity for the new world, sailing on the 2d of May and arriving at Philadelphia in July. That was long prior to the era of steam navigation and the voyage, dependent upon favoring winds, was therefore a long and tedious one. At Phila- delphia Mr. Crabtree bought teams. and drove overland to Zanesville, in which locality Mrs. Crabtree's father, Edward Wilkinson, had located some time before, his home being four miles north of the city. He had purchased seven hundred acres of land, investing in this property money he had made while engaged in the grocery busi- ness in England. Upon a part of this land Mr. Crabtree located and at once began the active work of clearing and improving a farm. Soon evidences of his labor were seen in the highly cul- tivated fields and substantial buildings and he con- tinued his farming operations up to the time of his death, both he and his wife spending their re- maining days upon the old homestead until two years before their death. They became the par- ents of seven children, of whom three are living : Mrs. Mary Kelly, a resident of Zanesville: Sam- uel, a resident of Illinois ; and Julius. The de- ceased are : Edward, Hannah, John and James.
In the public schools of the neighborhood Jul- ius Crabtree obtained his education and in his youth he assisted in the work of the home farm, whereon he remained until thirty years of age. He was married in 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Bell, a native of this county and a daughter of John and Margaret (Frazier) Bell. Her father was born in West Virginia and came to Muskingum county in 1836, soon after his marriage. He was a farmer and stock-raiser and spent his active life here. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree has been blessed with four children: John M., at home: Samuel A., a physician practicing in To- lono, Illinois; William H., who is married and lives near the old home farm; and Emerson T .. a resident of Newark, Ohio. The wife and mother died March 1, 1898, at the age of fifty- three years.
Throughout his entire life Julius Crabtree has followed the occupation of farming and he has
one hundred and two acres of arable land, about five miles north of Zanesville. For many years he was actively engaged in general farming and now he superintends his place, his sons doing most of the work, and also raises some cattle, horses and hogs. He is watchful of all the details of his business, carefully noting every indication pointing to success, and his energy, keen busi- ness discriminations and sound judgment have made him a prosperous farmer.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. Crabtree ad- vocated the Union cause and in 1864 enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Reg- iment of Ohio Volunteers, with which he served for four months. He has always been a stalwart republican, has served as township trustee for several years, and has also been a member of the schoolboard. He is a member of Hazlett Post, G. A. R., at Zanesville, and belongs to the Pres- byterian church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. His influence is ever on the side of right, truth, justice and progress, and he is a leading and influential citi- zen of Falls township.
GEORGE HENRY BIMPLE.
George Henry Bimple, who was superintend- ent of the western division of the Adams Express Company and made his home in Zanesville, was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1828, and when a lad of eight or nine years came to Ohio with his parents, Martin and Mary Ann (Sheridan) Bimple, the former a native of Germany and the latter of France. The father settled in Zanes- ville about 1837 and, having previously learned the miller's trade, became connected with the old Cassell & Whipple Mills, being thus identified with industrial pursuits in this city for many years. He lived to the advanced age of eighty- eight years, while his wife passed away at the age of seventy-eight years. They were among the early settlers of Zanesville and were held in very high esteem by many friends. They had four children but only one is living, Mrs. Cather- ine Miner, who is now in California.
George H. Bimple was reared to manhood in this city and attended its public schools. When a young man he began driving a stage from Zanesville to Wheeling, West Virginia, for the railroads were not then built and that method of travel was the only one in effect save by private conveyances. He drove a four-horse team and continued in that business until the building of the railroads caused him to engage in other pur- suits. He became connected with the Adams Ex- press Company almost immediately after the building of the first railroad through Zanesville
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and served in various capacities for that company for many years, being promoted from time to time in recognition of his meritorious service and efficiency. At the time of his death he was oc- cupying the responsible and important position of superintendent of the western division of the Adams Express Company. He enjoyed in full measure the unqualified confidence of the corpo- ration which he served and he also commanded the respect and friendly regard of those who worked under him. At the time of the Civil war he was connected with the Express Company and he car- ried express packages to the field of battle, this duty often involving him in danger and he had a number of narrow and thrilling escapes. Just before the war broke out he was commissioned by the company to go to New Orleans and, taking five men with him. he brought six carloads of specie from the mint in that city to Philadelphia.
In 1850, in Zancsville, Mr. Bimple was united in marriage to Miss Emma Foye, who was born in New York and came to this city at the age of three years with her parents, Winthrop and Rox- anna ( Phinney) Foye, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Vermont. Mr. Foye re- moved from New England to New York and thence came to Ohio. Settling in Zanesville, he was for many years engaged in teaming in this city, following that business until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-seven years of age and was occasioned by a fall from his wagon, which passed over him. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. In his family were eleven children but only three are now living, namely: Mrs. Roxanna Crew, Winthrop and Mrs. Emma Bim- ple. Mr. and Mrs. Bimple had but one child, Annie, now the wife of Russell Schrum.
Mr. Bimple always voted with the republican party and was deeply interested in its growth and success but never held office. He died in Febru- ary, 1899, respected by all who knew him, the company which he served losing a valuable em- plove, Zanesville a representative citizen, his ac- quaintances and neighbors a faithful friend and his wife and daughter a devoted and loving hus- band and father.
JOHN HAMM SULLIVAN.
John Hamm Sullivan, son of Samuel and Mary ( Freeman ) Sullivan, was born at St. Clairsville. Ohio, February 17, 1808, and was educated at Athens. Unlike many of his co-pupils he selected studies with a view of fitting himself for a bus- iness career and became a most successful mer- chant of Zanesville and was identified with every public enterprise. Essentially a pioneer in dispo- sition he fretted at the progress made at home and
in search for broader fields of activity went west after the conclusion of the Black Hawk war and became one of the founders of Rock Island, Ill- inois, and among the early settlers of Davenport and Rockingham, and was prominent in the af- fairs of the territory of Iowa, where he filled var- ious offices and served on the staff of the territor- ial governor with the rank of colonel.
He early recognized the necessities and possibil- ities of internal transportation, and when rail- roads were suggested made a study of the subject and became an authority on and a pioneer in the construction of western roads, the Central Ohio Railroad, extending from Columbus to the Ohio river, at Bellaire, and now a part of the Baltimore and Ohio system, being his greatest achievement. When he was chosen president of the Central Ohio only ten thousand dollars had been sub- scribed for its construction; the financial condi- tion of the country was very unsettled ; the sec- tion through which the line was projected was rough and hilly ; and the outlook was far from encouraging : technical questions and operations had to be devised as there was no experience upon which to draw ; and he threw all the force of his untiring energy into the office, secured rights of way, increased the subscriptions and secured money from other sources, surmounted the dif- ficulties and experienced the satisfaction of hay- ing the road opened from Zanesville to Newark in January. 1852. Later the line was opened to Columbus and completed to Bellaire, a distance of one hundred and thirty-seven miles.
Having accomplished his undertaking, and it was a gigantic one in its day, he resigned the presidency and devoted his entire time to private business, which had been so long interrupted by public duties. He located at Bellaire, where he built shops, factories and houses, and became the father of the city. During the Civil war John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, sought his services as a confidential. diplomatic advisor and was given most efficient counsel. Colonel Sullivan's residence, at Sykes- ville, Maryland, having been burned. after the close of the war he returned to Bellaire and be- came first president of the Bellaire & Southwest- ern Railway, now the Ohio River & Western. The position enabled him to exercise his matured knowledge and experience as a railroad engi- neer, and he exhibited as much familiarity as a constructor as a financier. He deserves to be re- membered as having as few equals in early rail- road construction as he had in other business transactions.
Colonel Sullivan was married twice: first in 1833 to Susan Young Zane, niece to the historic Betty Zane, who died in 1844. Afterward he married Diedamia Stowe, who died in 1878. Of eight children only two survive in 1005, Theo- dore Greene Sullivan, of New York: and John
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S. Sullivan, of Santa Barbara, California. In do- mestic and social life Colonel Sullivan was char- acterized as the most loving of husbands, the most affectionate of fathers and the kindest of friends. A courteous gentleman of the old school his chiv- alrous manners were preserved to the end of his eventful life in 1888. His remains lie in the fam- ily lot at Woodlawn.
SAMUEL SULLIVAN.
Samuel Sullivan, for many years prominent in the affairs of the city of Zanesville and the state of Ohio, was a native of Delaware, his ancestors having come to America with Lord Baltimore. He was the son of David and Jane Sullivan and was born April 10, 1773, on his father's planta- tion, a short distance from Wilmington, near the mouth of Christiana creek and in sight of the Del- aware river. At an early age he lost both parents and either by mismanagement or dishonesty on the part of the administrators he was made penni- less. He entered a pottery near Philadelphia, served an apprenticeship and engaged in business for himself in that city. During the scourge of yellow fever in Philadelphia, in 1793, when others were fleeing the city he remained, nursed the sick and comforted the dying, and exhausted by the se- vere labor he was taken ill and narrowly escaped with his life.
He was married to Mary Freeman and in 1804 crossed the Alleghanies with his young family and settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, but the preva- lence of the "fever and ague" caused him to mi- grate to St. Clairsville, whence he moved, in 1809. to Zanesville, where he resided the remainder of his life. He engaged actively in mercantile busi- ness, erected potteries, and was the pioneer manu- facturer of the finer lines of clay goods for which the city is now famous.
On February 20, 1812, he was chosen associate judge of the court of common pleas by the gen- eral assembly and was elected senator from the Muskingum district to the general assembly for the term of 1820-22. February 15, 1820, H. M. Curry, state treasurer, unexpectedly resigned. A defalcation was found and Mr. Sullivan was chosen state treasurer on the first ballot over Gen- eral Trimble and served until 1823. General W. H. Harrison asked the privilege of being the first signer on Mr. Sullivan's bond, which had been fix- ed at one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and Mr. Sullivan was very much touched by the exhi- bition of confidence by his friends and stated he preferred to go to his own county for bondsmen. When it became known at Zanesville that a bond was required, in less than an hour one covered with signatures was furnished, with responsibil-
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