Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 67

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

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William G. Lawhead, reared to the occupation of farming, has always followed that pursuit with the exception of eight years spent in the newspaper business at Ashley, North Dakota. He was married in that state to Miss Cora Luce, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Wallace and Ella (Warren) Luce. likewise na- tives of the Keystone state. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lawhead have been born four children: George W., Martha R., Carl and William F.

The farm which Mr. Lawhead now owns and operates comprises fifty-three acres of as rich and productive bottom land as can be found in the state. It lies along the Muskingum river and is about four miles southeast of the court house. Here he is engaged in the raising of fruit and vegetables and the place gives good returns each year for the care and labor be- stowed upon it, the products commanding the highest prices in the city markets, because of size, quality and flavor. In matters of citizen- ship Mr. Lawhead is progressive and public- spirited. He votes with the democratic party. has served as township clerk, is a member of the Grange and also of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His grandfather assisted in the pioneer development of the county and he has manifested the same helpful spirit in relation to the upbuilding and benefit of this section of the state.

JOHN W. MARSHALL.

John W. Marshall, whose active connection with agricultural interests for many years re- sulted in the acquirement of a handsome com- petency and fine property of value, now enabling him to live a retired life at his pleasant home in Falls township, was born in Zanesville, Septem- ber 21, 1834. His father, the Rev. William H. Marshall, was born in Newcastle, England,

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August 18, 1806, and died at the age of eighty years. He came to America in 1818 with his father, John Marshall, who was a blacksmith in early life and became an ironmaster. The fam- ily home was established in Pittsburg and John Marshall prospered in his undertakings, becoming a well-to-do man. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Hodden, was also a native of Eng- land.

Rev. William H. Marshall worked with his father until nineteen years of age. He was largely self-educated and reading, study and ob- servation made him a well informed man. He entered upon the active work of the ministry when twenty-three years of age as a represent- ative of the Methodist Episcopal church. He came to Zanesville about that time, arriving in 1829 and here engaged in preaching for several years as pastor of the Methodist Protestant church on South street and followed the ministry until he was seventy years of age. He was also president of the conference for two years and his labors in behalf of the church were effective and far-reaching. He was married in 1830 to Miss Lurana Camp, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of William Camp, who was born in Virginia and about 1805 came to Muskingum county, where he spent his remaining days, pass- ing away at a very old age. After residing in Zanesville for some time Rev. Marshall purchased a farm in Falls township, having one hundred and thirty acres of land upon which he reared his family. He continued preaching, however, until seventy years of age and his labors proved one of the most potent factors in the moral de- velopment of this part of the state. His political allegiance was given to the whig party until its dissolution, after which he joined the ranks of the republican party, continuing one of its supporters until its demise. His children are : Elizabeth, the wife of John Robert, of Los Angeles, California; John W .; William H., a prominent farmer of Falls township; and Mrs. Mary Tanner, of Zanesville.

John W. Marshall, born in Zanesville, remained in the city until four years of age when his father removed to the home farm and there he continued until nineteen years of age. He pur- sued his education in the public schools and after- ward engaged in teaching in Falls township for six years. At the time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations in order to defend the Union cause, enlisting on the 22d of August, 1862, as a member of Company K, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until discharged at the close of hostilities. He was second sergeant in charge of the regiment ammunition. Owing to the bravery which he displayed at the battle of Franklin, Ten- nessee, he was promoted to the rank of first lien-

tenant of Company G, Ninety-seventh Ohio In- fantry, and he took part in all of the battles with his command, never faltering in the performance of any duty whether it called him to the firing line or stationed him upon the lonely picket line. He received an honorable discharge at Colum- bus, Ohio, June 16, 1865, and with a most credit- able military record returned home.

Again reaching Muskingum county Mr. Mar- shall purchased his present farm in Falls town- ship and November 2, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel A. Tanner, a native of this county and a daughter of William T. Tan- ner, who was born in Ohio in 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are the parents of five children : Charles O., who is engaged in agricultural pur- suits in Pleasant Valley, Muskingum county ; Edwin Grant, who is living on the home farm ; Carrington T., an attorney of Zanesville ; Herbert C., an attorney of New York ; and Leon C., who is a professor in the Ohio Wesleyan University.

As the years passed Mr. Marshall prospered in his undertakings and as his financial resources in- creased he added to his property until he was at one time the owner of seven hundred and twenty- three acres of rich land, but much of this he has since divided among his sons. The home farm is located in the northwest part of Falls town- ship and is good land, rich and arable and well improved with modern equipments. In all his farm work Mr. Marshall has utilized the most progressive methods and his labors therefore have been attended with excellent success.

In his political views Mr. Marshall has long been an earnest republican and has served as a member of the school board while for three terms he was a director of the county infirmary. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and has ever been deeply interested in the educational and moral progress as well as the material de- velopment of his native county. His business career has been marked by integrity and strength of purpose and he has gained an untarnished name simultaneously with a comfortable com- petence.

WILLIAM WARREN CARD.

William Warren Card was born at Nelson, Madison County, New York, September 6, 1831. He was a son of a civil engineer and educated himself to the same profession. When but a young man Mr. Card went west, in 1850. and began to practice his profession, seeking for an opening in the country on the sunset side of the Alleghanies. He became acquainted with the projectors of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad through some of his work and was

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placed in charge of the construction of that line, and after having built the road successfully, re- mained for a long time its chief engineer. Mr. Card had shown marked ability in this piece of work and the railroad men of that day be- came interested in him. He was offered and ac- cepted a connection with the Panhandle, estab- lishing it up to high standard. Later he became superintendent of the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railway, with headquarters in Zanesville, where he resided. The association of the above railroads mentioned finally resulted in the sever- ing of Mr. Card's connection with the railroad and his entry into the airbrake business. He be- came sales agent for the Westinghouse Airbrake Company and was the principal man who placed that corporation in the front rank of the later American business organization. He moved to Pittsburg in 1879 and was one of that group of Pittsburgers who seconded the efforts of George Westinghouse to secure the introduction of airbrakes on railroad trains. It was on the old Steubenville division of the Pittsburg, Cin- cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, the Pan- handle, of which Mr. Card was then superin- tendent, that the efficiency of airbrakes was first and fully demonstrated. The brakes were at- tached to an accommodation train which left the old Union Depot at Steubenville on October 3. 1869. The engine bell of that train as it entered Steubenville clanged the opening of a new era in the railroading of the United States and the world, and in a few short years railroading in this country was revolutionized and the fortunes of a dozen multi-millionaires were made.

In 1880 he became secretary of the Westing- house Airbrake Company, and in 1890 became first vice president. He was also president of the Pittsburg Screw Bolt & Nut Company, in Pitts- burg, besides a director in five banks.

Mr. Card was married to Hattie Dinsmore, on June 24, 1862, at Coolville, Ohio. She died April 19, 1886, in Philadelphia. and left three children. In May, 1890, he married Mary Llewellyn, and one child, a daughter. was the result of this union. Mr. Card was killed by a street car in front of his residence in Pittsburg, April 4. 1903. He was in his seventy-third year at the time of his death.

RICHARD H. GALIGHER.

Richard H. Galigher, a representative farmer of Wayne township, was born in Zanesville near the old tile works on the Marietta road, October 15, 1841, and is of Irish lineage. His paternal grandfather. Richard Galigher, a native of the Emerald Isle, came to the United States in early

life and located at Baltimore, Maryland, after which he removed to Zanesville, becoming a pioneer resident of this part of the state. He made the journey across the country by team and afterward ran a flatboat from Zanesville to New Orleans, taking produce down the rivers before the era of railroad transportation. He had five sons-William, James, Joseph, John and Charles, all of whom were born in Zanesville, and they became associated with their father in the establishment and conduct of the first hat factory. All were whigs in their political belief.

James Galigher, son of Richard Galigher, Sr., was born in Zanesville in 1812, and becoming in- terested in his father's business was actively as- sociated with the management and operation of the hat factory until 1850, the enterprise being conducted for a long period under the name of Galigher Brothers. In the year mentioned he purchased his farm and land adjoining this to the extent of two hundred and twenty acres and de- voted his energies to general agricultural pur- suits. He continued to operate his land until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-six years of age. He had prospered in his under- takings, becoming a well-to-do man. His po- litical support was given to the republican party and his religious faith was indicated by his mem- bership in the Baptist church. His wife bore the maiden name of Adeline Lee and was born in Zanesville. in 1816. Her father, John Lee. was born April 2, 1781, and came to Zanesville in 1803, becoming one of the honored pioneer set- tlers of Muskingum county, and he assisted in building the courthouse, in 18c9, furnishing and hauling the stone for its construction. He served as captain under General Harrison in the war of 1812. His wife was born August 30, 1791, Mrs. Galigher departed this life when sixty-two years of age. In their family were seven chil- dren, all of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Margaret Dillon ; Richard H., ; Charles, who was born November 15, 1844, and married Sarah Brenholtz, whose birth occurred in Zanesville in 1846: Mrs. Rebecca Dietz; Mrs. Nellie Tip- ton ; Mrs. Annie Bell; and Mrs. Ida Burghes.

Richard H. Galigher was a youth of nine years when his father removed to the farm and he afterward walked three miles to school each day. He early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist and continued to aid in the operation of the fields until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when, in 1862, in his twenty-first year, he enlisted as a member of Company I, Eighty-fourth Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry. In 1864 he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Regiment and was discharged in the following September. Upon his return to the north he resumed the occupation of farming and is to-day the owner

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of sixty-six acres of valuable bottom land in Wayne township. Upon this place are three res- idences for himself and children. The farm is devoted to gardening and fruit raising and its products form a very marketable commodity, commanding the highest prices and finding a ready sale.

Richard H. Galigher wedded Annetta Downs, who was born in Zanesville and is a daughter of H. Downs, a native of Virginia. Five chil- dren grace this marriage: Mrs. Jennie Elking- ton ; Minnie, the wife of Ed. Miller, of Wayne; James, who is living in Zanesville; Ed., a repre- sentative farmer of Wayne township; and John, who is also a resident farmer of the same town- ship.

Mr. Galigher has always given his political aid to the republican party, believing firmly in its principles, and his fellow townsmen recog- nizing his worth and ability, have called him to public office, in which he has ever shown that the trust reposed in him is well merited. He was supervisor of Wayne township for six terms, was assessor for two terms, township trustee for two terms, and has also been a member of the school board and in these various positions he has exercised his official prerogatives so as to largely advance the welfare and substantial in- terests of his locality. He belongs to the Baptist church and also to Hazlett Post, Grand Army of the Republic. thus maintaining pleasant rela- tions with his old army comrades, and in all mat- ters of citizenship he is found as true and loval to his country and her welfare as when he wore the blue uniform of the nation and advocated the Union cause upon the battle-fields of the south.

ALVAH P. CLARK.

Alvah P. Clark, the secretary, treasurer and general manager of one of the rapidly develop- ing and profitable pottery enterprises of Zanes- ville, business being conducted under the name of the Ohio Pottery Company, was born in Washington county, this state, in 1843. His pa- ternal grandfather, Seneca Clark, removed from the Empire state to Ohio at an early day, settling near Marietta, Washington county, when that district contained but a sparse population, the work of progress and improvement being scarce- ly begun. He afterward removed to the vicinity of Beverly, Ohio, where he followed farming for a time, and then turned his attention to dis- tilling, which he conducted after the crude man- ner in which the business was carried on at that carly day. He married Catherine Stull and they had three children, but only one is living. Jane,

deceased, was the wife of Theodore Devol, who resides near Marietta, Ohio. The son, Augus- tus S., was born in the Empire state and was about nine or ten years of age at the time of his parents removal to Ohio. He yet owns the land upon which his father's distillery was once lo- cated. He remained upon the old home farm throughout the days of his boyhood and youth and early manhood, and in fact, until after the birth of his son, Alvah P., and followed both general agricultural pursuits and distilling. He now resides about three miles from his farm, in the town of Beverly, and has reached the very advanced age of eighty-five years. He married Sarah D. Ross, who is deceased. They had two children, Alvah and Eva, the latter the wife of Charles W. Reynolds, of Zanesville, by whom she has one child, Louise, the wife of Professor C. S. Joseph. In the summer of 1904 Mr. Clark of this review, had a picture taken, represent- ing the four generations of the family, his father. himself. his son and grandson.

Alvah P. Clark obtained a public-school educ ?- tion at Beverly, Ohio, and when he had reached man's estate, was engaged in the drug business at that place. his father owning the store. He be- came familiar with the drug business at an early age and for some time was connected with the store, but afterward turned his attention to the manufacture of flour at Beverly, where he con- tinued for three years. In 1806 he was one of the organizers of the Zanesville Stone Ware Company and became its vice president. He then went upon the road selling the product of the house to the trade. The business was incorpo- rated and he was connected with it until 1899, when he sold his interest and organized the Ohio Pottery Company, now located in the Brighton district. He then erected the plant of the com- pany and has since been active in its manage- ment. The first officers were: C. W. Reynolds. president ; Frank H. Herdman, vice president : and A. P. Clark, secretary, treasurer and general manager. These gentlemen still continue in their respective offices and from the beginning. the business has been a prosperous one. They began with one building one hundred by eighty feet. and in the summer of 1904, so great had been the growth of their trade, another building fifty by one hundred and seven feet was erected. Stoneware specialties are manufactured and em- ployment is furnished to forty men. They had at first but two kilns, but now have five kilns. twenty feet in diameter, four of these kilns being fourteen feet high. They also have one kiln sixteen and a half feet in diameter and twelve feet high. Their ware is manufactured after the most modern methods and finds ready sale on the market. Mr. Clark was the first to introduce in this section of the state the making of stone-

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ware by steam, thus doing away with the slow hand process. He has always kept in touch with the most modern ideas concerning his business and is quick to adopt any new method whose practical utility he recognizes.

In 1870 Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Louise Johnson, who was born in Laporte, Indiana, and they have one child, Frederick A., who was born in Beverly, Ohio, and married Flora Miller, by whom he has one son, Earl K., a native of Cambridge, Indiana.

Mr. Clark is a Mason, being identified with the fraternity in Zanesville, and politically he is a republican, but he never seeks or desires public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. He is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this section of Ohio and in citizenship he is public-spirited in an emi- nent degree, being deeply interested in the wel- fare of his country and the prosperity of his com- munity. He is to-day a typical representative of the enterprising spirit which is leading to the rapid development of Zanesville and making it a most important manufacturing and commercial center.

FRANCIS HUTCHINSON.

Francis Hutchinson, now living retired, but still the owner of valuable farming interests in Falls township, was born in County Down, Ire- land, March 10, 1828, his parents being David and Frances (Stevenson) Hutchinson. The father was a farmer by occupation and spent his entire life on the Emerald isle, passing away during the boyhood days of his son Francis. His widow afterward came to America with her children, making the voyage in the sailing vessel, Mary Pleasant, which at that time was four weeks in crossing the Atlantic. Mrs. Hutchin- son landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and soon afterward located in Mifflin county, Penn- sylvania. Her son, David Hutchinson, was an engineer and was killed in a wreck near Sey- mour, Indiana, while running the limited ex- press.

Francis Hutchinson may well be called a self- made man for from an early age he has been dependent entirely upon his own resources. When fourteen years of age he drove mules on the canal in Pennsylvania, being thus employed for two years. Later he worked on the Pennsyl- vania Railroad and when it was completed se- cured a position as fireman, acting in that ca- pacity for eighteen months. On the expiration of that period he was made engineer, thus serv- ing in that capacity for thirty-three years and in January, 1854, he came to Zanesville, accepting

a position as engineer on the Central Ohio Rail- road. No higher testimonial could be given con- cerning his capability and efficiency as an en- gineer than the fact that he was so long re- tained in the service of one railroad company. Realizing fully the responsibilities that devolved upon him he was ever careful and painstaking in the discharge of his duties. In 1865 Mr. Hutch- inson had purchased a farm of fifty-one acres and since that time he has added three acres to the place, so that he now owns fifty-four acres of valuable land - which is just outside the city limits to the northwest of Zanesville. He erected thereon a nice two-story brick residence which is now occupied by his son, while Mr. Hutchinson lives in his new two-story frame house just below the brick dwelling. While he was engaged in railroading he employed a man to carry on the farm and it is now conducted by his son. The land is very valuable, being worth about four hundred dollars per acre, and is devoted to the raising of wheat, corn and stock. He also owns the Barnett Hotel and other valuable city property. During the thirty-three years he was an engineer he never had an accident on his train. Mr. Hutchinson is living a retired life, enjoying a well earned rest. His career has in many re- spects been exemplary. He has never gambled nor indulged in excessive pleasures of any sort but has lived a straightforward, honorable life that has gained him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated.

Mr. Hutchinson was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Carr, now deceased, and to them was born a son, Francis J., who has the manage- ment of his father's farm. His second wife was Mary Boyd, of Belmont, also now deceased. Mr. Hutchinson is still active although he has passed the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey. His residence in this county covers a long period and each year has witnessed new accessions to the circle of his friends as the circle of his ac- quaintance has widened.

RICHARD PARK MENDENHALL.

Richard Park Mendenhall, an honored veteran of the Civil war and a retired farmer, living in Frazeysburg, was born in Jackson township, Muskingum county, June 20. 1830, and is de- scended from an old Virginia family. His grand- father, Samuel Mendenhall, was born in Virginia, January 4. 1760, and in his youth learned and followed the cooper's trade. He was married in 1781, being then twenty-one years of age, to Miss Hannah Park, also a native of Virginia. and in 1813 he came to Ohio, where he pur-

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chased thirteen hundred and eighty acres of land in Jackson township. Later he returned to the Old Dominion, where his last days were passed. While in Ohio he built the first grist mill in Jackson township, its location being on Waka- tomika creek ..

Richard C. Mendenhall, his son and the father of Richard Park Mendenhall, was born in Win- chester, Virginia, December 8, 1792, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Coming to Ohio he settled on a part of the farm which his father had purchased. it having been divided at his death among his six children. He taught the first school in Jackson township. Richard C. Mendenhall always followed the occupation of farming and developed a good property. He was married, December 14, 1815, to Miss Sarah Allemong, who was born in Virginia, May 25, 1794. He died in 1871, while his wife departed this life in 1883. They were the parents of six children : Ruth A., deceased; Samuel C. and Hannah, who have also passed away: Helen Jane, wife of A. B. Vaughn; Richard P., and John Henry, deceased. The eldest son, Dr. Sam- uel C. Mendenhall, was educated in the public schools of Zanesville and was a teacher, and later principal of the schools there. He was a graduate of the Starling Medical College, at Co- lumbus, Ohio, and afterward engaged in the prac- tice of medicine in Bloomfield, Ohio, subsequent to which time he came to Frazeysburg, where he practiced until his death, in 1867. In the meantime, however, he enlisted in 1861 as a mem- ber of the Seventy-eighth Regiment of Ohio Vol- unteers. and served for one year as assistant surgeon, when failing health compelled his re- turn home. When another year had passed, how- ever, he re-enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Ohio In- fantry, with which he remained until the close of the war-a brave and loyal defender of the Union cause. The father also endorsed the cause of the Union. His early political support was given the whig party and later he became a republican, active in support of the party. He lived a busy and useful life and died respected by all who knew him, leaving to his family an untarnished name.

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 67

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