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Jared C. Bell acquired his education in the Young America school and resided at home until 1862, when he took up his abode on the farm which he now occupies. He afterward removed to another part of this place and later took pos- session of his present residence, which was erected under his supervision. He has always, engaged in farming and to some extent has worked at the carpenter's trade. In his youth he also received instruction in vocal music and to some extent has given instruction in that art. He has always been a great lover of music and has played several instruments, including the fife, the drum and the organ. He now owns and oper- ates two hundred acres of rich and productive land on sections 19 and 21, Adams township, and carries on general farming and stock-raising, working the land himself and also raising cattle and sheep. The farm is well improved, being equipped with all modern conveniences, and the splendid appearance of the place is indicative of the careful supervision of a progressive owner.
Mr. Bell was married October 30, 1862, to Martha Jane Caldwell, who was born in Guern- sey county, March 27, 1842, a daughter of Mrs. Nancy ( Hartman ) Caldwell. Her father was a merchant and lived near Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. Bell became the parents of six children, of whom all but one are yet living : S. Leonard, born March 11, 1864, was married September 5. 1889, to Gertrude Keepers and resides at Scio, Ohio. They have four sons, Carl Leonard, Ralph Chester, William Jared and Kennon Mau- rice. S. Leonard Bell is instructor in a conser- vatory of music in Scio. At a very early age he displayed a marked fondness for and consider- able talent in music. He began playing in pub- lic at the age of eight years and accepted a posi- tion as church organist when twelve years of age. Since beginning his musical studies he has al- ways been an earnest and untiring student and has received instruction from some of the great- est musicians and teachers of the world, having attended a number of the leading colleges and universities and receiving the degree of Doctor
of Music. He seems to possess natural ability as a teacher as well as a musician and he is well known in musical circles, being a member of the Ohio Music Teachers' Association and the Na- tional Music Teachers Association. Under his instruction some of the best pianists of the coun- try have studied. Adam H. Bell, born June 8, 1866, was married December 31, 1902, to Anna E. Wilcox, and resides in Conesville, Ohio. Wil- liam H., born April 16, 1869, was graduated in plain and ornamental penmanship in Smithville, Ohio, and afterward completed a business course in Topeka, Kansas. He also spent one term in McCormick College, in Muskingum county, where he taught penmanship, and he is now book- keeper of the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Island Railroad Company at Fort Worth, Texas. He was married January 2, 1898, to Nettie Spencer, who died September 10, 1900, leaving one child, Firman Merrill, born September 11, 1873, who was a student in Scio College for one term and afterward went to Iowa, where he engaged in teaching for several terms. He afterward be- came a student in the medical college at St. Jo- seph, Missouri, was graduated with second hon- ors in his class and is now practicing in Grant. Nebraska. Everett C. Bell, born May 21, 1878, was graduated in penmanship at the Wooster College of Penmanship and is now teaching writ- ing. He lives at home. Lemert H. Bell, born May 21, 1878, died on the 26th of the same month.
Mr. Bell's views on the temperance question are indicated by his allegiance to the prohibition party. He has been treasurer of his township for two years, was road supervisor and has been judge and clerk of elections. He is a member of the Grange and he and his wife are earnest and zealous members of the Fairview Methodist Episcopal church and their sons are also identi- fied with the same denomination. Mr. Bell is greatly interested in educational and religious work, is a most liberal supporter of the church and contributed generously toward the new house of worship at Fairview. Formerly he was identified with the Lutheran church at Adams- ville. His life has ever been upright and honor- able and both he and his wife are held in high regard by many friends. They reside about four and a half miles northeast of Adamsville, where they have a fine home and valuable farm.
BEATTY E. JOHNSON.
B. L. Johnson, who is extensively engaged in stock-raising in Salem township. was born Feb- ruary 17, 1860, in Perry township, his parents being James and Lucinda ( Galloway ) Johnson.
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The father's birth occurred in Putnam, near Zanesville, in 1816, and he was a son of Richard and Eliza ( Metseeger) Johnson. Richard John- son was born July 31, 1800, in Maryland, and removed from his native state to Putnam, where he settled about 1814. He was a cooper and worked at his trade for several years. Later he located on a farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres near Salem church, in the southeast corner of Salem township, and there he spent his re- maining days, becoming one of the enterprising and reliable agriculturists of his community. Still farther back, however, the ancestry of the family can be traced. Joshua Johnson, the great- grandfather, was born in Maryland, March 19, 1797.
James Johnson was reared in Muskingum county, pursuing his education in the Milligan school house in Salem township. The building was constructed of logs and furnished with slab seats, while in the windows were greased papers through which a dim light made its way into the room. After leaving school Mr. Johnson devoted his entire time to farm work and remained with his father up to the time of his marriage, when he began farming on his own account, settling upon a tract of land in Washington township, where he remained for some time. He then lo- cated on the old home place in Perry township, where he spent his remaining days and in his farm work he was progressive, practical and pros- perous. As his financial resources increased he added to his property from time to time until his realty holdings comprised one thousand acres, all of which had been acquired through his own labors and represented earnest toil, careful man- agement and unremitting diligence. He died October 26, 1893. while his wife passed away in August, 1870. In their family were seven chil- dren, four sons and three daughters.
B. L. Johnson was educated in what is known as the Oak Grove school in Perry township and during the summer months became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He continued to operate the fields upon the old homestead until twenty-four years of age, when he entered upon an independ- ent business career, operating a farm southeast of the town. He bought his first tract of land in 1893. located about a mile and a half from Ad- amsville, and since that time he has given his supervision to this farm, comprising one hundred and fifty-five acres of rich and arable land. He not only has the fields cultivated, but also raises much stock upon the farm and both branches of his business are proving profitable. In 1899 he left the more arduous work of the farm to others and removed to Adamsville, where he has a very attractive home.
On the 26th of October, 1887, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe E.
Spragg, who was born in Salem township, April 23, 1864, and is
a daughter of Philip and Mary (Edwards) Spragg. Her father was born on the farm where he now resides and his father was Benaja Spragg, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. Philip Spragg resides about two and a half miles east of Adamsville and is giving his personal super- vision to the operation of the farm. He is now sixty-five years of age. In 1905 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the IIth of March. She left two daugh- ters. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been born two sons: Roy H., on the 9th of January, 1890; and Jesse E., August 3, 1891.
Mr. Johnson is a republican, stanch and active in support of the party, yet without political aspi- ration for himself. He is a member of the Ma- sonic lodge and also of the Knights of the Mac- cabees and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have a wide and favorable acquaintance in the county where they have always lived and enjoy the warm re- gard of many friends.
ELIAS O. DENNIS, D. D. S.
Dr. Elias O. Dennis, whose well equipped dental office is an indication that in his practice he follows the most modern and improved methods, has won a success that many an older practitioner might well envy for he is still a young man. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, near Cambridge, in 1873. His father, Wil- liam Dennis, was born near Claysville, Guern- sey county, and was a farmer by occupation, be- coming well-to-do in an active business career. At the time of the Civil war he put aside all personal considerations in order that he might aid his country and joined the One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He served for four years, participating in many im- portant engagements. After the war was over he returned to his home and again took up his former occupation, which he followed until his death. At one time he was held as a prisoner of war in Andersonville prison. His political views accorded with republican principles. He married Margaret Crow, who was born in Vin- ton county, Ohio, about 1838. Both were mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church and have now passed away, Mrs. Dennis having died in 1879, at the age of forty-one years, while the death of Mr. Dennis occurred in 1900. when he was fifty-six years of age. They were the parents of six children : Emory D., who follows farming near Cumberland. Ohio; Alexander, a baker of Akron, Ohio; Elias O .; Howard, a
DR. E. O. DENNIS.
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traveling salesman for the T. B. Townsend Granite Company, of Zanesville: Mary, the wife of Lill Hawes, who lives upon the homestead farm near Claysville, Ohio; and Dora, the wife of James Briggs, a farmer near Caldwell, Ohio.
Dr. Dennis began his education in the country schools and in 1892 entered Muskingum Col- lege, where he completed his literary course. He began the preparation for his profession as a student in the office of Dr. T. F. Hunter, at Cambridge, in 1895, and there remained for two years, gaining practical as well as theoretical knowledge. He next entered the dental depart- ment of the Ohio Medical College in 1897 and graduated in 1900. While pursuing his literary work, at intervals he also taught school for three years in order to secure the funds necessary to meet the expense of his college course. In the vear of his graduation he began practice, enter- ing upon a partnership with Stanley W. Eakin. After a time he left his partner in charge of the office and returned to his alma mater to fill the position of demonstrator in the operating depart- ment, occupying that chair for one vear. He then returned to Zanesville to resume his prac- tice, which has now grown to extensive and im- portant dimensions, so that he derives therefrom a very gratifying financial return. His office is in the Shultz Opera Block and is splendidly equipped with all the modern appliances that tend to promote the efforts of the dentist. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Modern Woodman camp and the Elks lodge. His political support is generally given to the re- publican party. He has gained a wide circle of friends, socially as well as professionally in Zanesville.
JOHN G. BAUGHMAN.
John G. Baughman, who has been a factor in the development of the coal fields of his section of Ohio and is well known as a real estate oper- ator, resides upon a farm near Roseville. The varied interests which claim his time and atten- tion find in him a master who is fully cognizant of the business situation, capable of developing new possibilities and improving existing oppor- tunities. He was born in Clay township, Mus- kingum county. August 7, 1852. The Baughman family of Muskingum county was first repre- sented in this country by Christian Baughman. who was the great-grandfather of our subject. He emigrated to America with his family from Germany about 1701 and lived and died in Penn- sylvania.
His son, Christian Baughman, the grandfather of John G. Baughman, was born in 1813 and
came to Muskingum county, Ohio, at an early day. At that time he had but fifty cents in money. but was the possessor of three horses. He made arrangements to purchase one hundred and sixty- three acres of land in Brush Creek township and prior to his death he had so developed and im- proved this property that it became a very valu- able and desirable farm. He made it his home until his demise and was classed with the lead- ing agriculturists of the community. He died August 3. 1836, at about fifty-two years of age. his birth having occurred November 26, 1785. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Eliza- beth Bear, was born January 24, 1785, and died November 8, 1866. Their son, John Baughman. who was born September 16, 1804, died July 23, 1879. The second son. Jacob Baughman, was born October 3. 1805. in Pennsylvania, and was there reared until six years of age, when he came with his parents to Ohio. The remainder of his boyhood and youth were passed upon his father's farm in Brush Creek township, and later he became the owner of a farm in Clay township. one mile east of Roseville. He was a well-to-do farmer and never married. He was murdered at his home August 29. 1863. A man by the name of Anderson, who had been to church with his mother, stopped at his home to get a drink of water and found him dead. with evidence that the house had been robbed. Charles Baughman. the next member of the family, was born April 27. 1807. and died April 13. 1886. Joseph, born December 11, 1808, died September 20. 1862. from injuries received from being thrown from a horse. Adam, born February 3, 1810, died Sep- tember 18. 1877. George was born February 14. 1813. Andrew, born January 1. 1815, died De- cember 28. 1888. The next member of the fam- ily was a daughter, who died in infancy. The others of the household are: David, born May 19. 1820: Samuel, born May 17, 1822: Elizabeth. born February 27. 1824: Solomon S., born June 14. 1827 : and Jesse M .. born October 24. 1829.
George Baughman, father of John G. Baugh- man. was born in Newton township, Muskingum county. about five miles from Roseville, on the 14th day of February, 1813. and spent his carly life upon the farm with his parents. He received a limited education in the subscription schools of that period, but as the years passed experience and observation added quite largely to his know1- edge. He was married October 30, 1834. at the age of twenty-two years. to Miss Catherine Rees. of Springfield township. Muskingum county. having only seven dollars when he was married. He received some financial assistance from his father and purchased eighty acres of land in Clay township. To the development and improvement of his property he gave his energies and in due course of time, owing to his increased financial
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resources, he was enabled to extend the bound- aries of his farm until he owned two hundred and sixty-two acres in that property, in addition to town property in Roseville. Religiously he was a Lutheran, and politically a republican. One of his sons was a soldier of the Civil war. His marriage resulted in the birth of thirteen chil- dren, namely : Solomon R., born November 5, 1835: Martha A., born September 15, 1837; Laura E., June 26, 1839: Lucy J., May 21, 1841 ; Nancy C., August 29, 1843; George W., Sep- tember 20, 1845; Hester E., December 13, 1847 ; Mary J., May 21, 1850; John G., August 7, 1852 ; Amanda A., June 2, 1854; Clara E., February II, 1856: Catherine, February 18, 1858; and Bruce J., April 18, 1860. The mother of these children died September 15, 1866, and the father passed away at the advanced age of eighty years. He had led an active, useful and honorable life, and crowned with years and honors, he passed to his final rest.
John G. Baughman acquired a public school education and remained upon the home farm un- til twenty-six years of age, after which he turned his attention to coal-mining. He has since been identified with the rich coal resources of this part of the state and to other fields of activity has extended his labors, becoming well known as a real estate dealer in Roseville and in Zanes- ville. He has built houses in the former place and has owned improved property in the latter place. He is likewise the owner of an excellent farm of ninety acres about a quarter of a mile east of Roseville, which is devoted to pasturage. He owns eleven acres in Roseville, which brings him a good rental, and he is also a stockholder in the J. W. McCoy pottery, of Roseville. He has two valuable coal mines on his farm, which were opened about 1880, and the development of these add materially to his income.
Mr. Baughman was married January 1, 1879. to Miss Anna C. Albright, a native of Casey, Clark county, Illinois, and they had four children, of whom one died in infancy. Those living are : George N., John Everett and Charles W. Po- litically Mr. Baughman is a republican and has served as a trustee of Clay township. The char- acter and position of Mr. Baughman in business circles most happily illustrate the fact if a young man be possessed of the broader attributes of mind and character he can, unaided, attain to a position of unmistakable precedence and gain for himself a place among those men who are the foremost factors in establishing the destinies of their counties. His career proves also that the only true success in life is that which is accom- plished by personal effort and consecutive indus- try. It proves that the road to success is open to all young men who have the courage to tread its pathway and the life record of such a man
should serve as an inspiration to the youth of this and future generations and teach by incon- trovertible force that success is ambition's answer.
CARRINGTON T. MARSHALL. 1
Carrington T. Marshall, who is engaged in the practice of law in Zanesville, was born in Mus- kingum county, Ohio. June 17, 1869, his parents being John W. and Rachel A. (Tanner) Mar- shall, both of whom were natives of Muskingum county. They reside in Falls township, the for- mer at the age of seventy-two and the latter at the age of sixty years. Throughout his life John W. Marshall has followed the occupation of farming. He is of English lineage, while his wife is a descendant of one of the old fam- ilies of Virginia. They are the parents of five children : Charles O. and Edwin G., who fol- low agricultural pursuits; Carrington T .; Her- bert C., an attorney of New York city ; and Leon C. who occupies the chair of economics in Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio.
Carrington T. Marshall was reared upon the home farm in Muskingum county, pursued his early education in the district schools and after- ward attended the high school at Zanesville, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. After graduating from the high school he taught in the district schools of Falls town- ship for three years. He later became a student in the Zanesville Business College and then, de- termining to make the practice of law his life work, he entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in 1892. . Before becom- ing a student there he had read law in the office of A. W. Train.
Mr. Marshall entered upon the practice of his profession in Zanesville the year of his gradua- tion and has been accorded a liberal clientage here that has connected him with much of the im- portant litigation tried in the courts of his dis- trict. He was admitted to practice in the United States district and circuit courts in 1894 and in the United States circuit court of appeals in 1901.
Mr. Marshall was married in 1900 to Miss Dora Foltz, a daughter of Daniel M. and Isadore ( Kline) Foltz. Her father was a merchant at Columbus Grove, Ohio. Mrs. Marshall was born in Putnam county, Ohio, in 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have one
child, Constance. They hold membership in the Second Presbyterian church. Mr. Marshall belongs to the Commercial Law League of Amer- ica, to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is a republican in his political views. In matters of citizenship he is interested to the.
C. T. MARSHALL.
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extent that he has been an active supporter of many public measures for the general good. Aptitude, character and individuality have been qualities strongly manifest in his professional career, together with a persistency of purpose that has enabled him to win notable success ai the bar.
JOHN T. SWOPE.
John T. Swope, who is engaged in general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising in Madi- son township, was born near Logan, in Hocking county, Ohio, August 27, 1850. Four genera- tions of the family have been represented in this state. His grandfather, John Swope, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, with his father, about 1840, settling in Madison township, Muskingum county, where he bought a farm, which he con- tinued to cultivate and improve up to the time of his death. He was also a blacksmith. He died in the year 1867. His wife's death occurred in 1876. They were the parents of nine chil- dren, of whom four are now living: P. R., who resides in Madison township; David, who is liv- ing in Trinway, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Smith, who resides with her children; and Mrs. Nancy E. Kinney, who is living in the home of W. S. Gadd.
Peter R. Swope, father of our subject, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, May 9. 1824, and was educated in the schools of that state. He married Miss Malinda Kinney, and they became the parents of eight children, who are yet living: John T .; Lucinda, the wife of William Jamison, of Newark, Ohio; J. D., who married Tillie Overman and lives in Dresden ; W. M., who wedded Minnie Vinsel and is also living in Dresden; Marv, the wife of William Prichard, of Dresden ; Tillie, the wife of Charles Graves, a resident of that city : Lucy J., the wife of John McNamara, plasterer manufacturer of Newark, Ohio; and Charles G., who married Bertha Brill, and is station agent at Dresden. They also lost one son, George L., the youngest member of the family, who was drowned at Adams Mills, when thirteen years of age. The wife and mother died in 1899, but the father is still living in Dresden, where he owns property.
John T. Swope was educated in the common schools of Madison township and in early life worked for three or four years as a farm hand. Later he joined others in the purchase of a saw- mill and was engaged in its operation for seven years, on the expiration of which period he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Purchasing the farm upon which he now resides lie has since made it his home, having forty-one acres of very profuctive and fertile land about
four miles from Dresden. He also cultivates much more land which he leases, having from forty to fifty acres planted to corn and about forty acres to wheat.
In 1876 Mr. Swope was married to Miss Nancy E. King, who was born October 7, 1857. a daughter of James and Eliza (Kinney) King. Her father was a farmer and was a son of Pat- rick King. Mr. and Mrs. Swope have become the parents of seven children : Blanche, who was born February 14. 1877, is the wife of William Garrett, a mail carrier living in Licking county, Ohio; James E., born March 6, 1879, married Luella Baker and is the station agent at Ellis, Ohio; Roy E., born November 1, 1881, works in the express office at Newark ; Willis S., born Au- gust 6, 1884. is at home; Tesse C., born January 7. 1886, Chester, born April 29, 1888, and Mary, born April 27, 1891, are all with their parents and the family circle vet remains unbroken by the hand of death. Mr. Swope and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church of Madison township.
SAMUEL COPLAND.
Samuel Copland was for many years actively interested in farming in Muskingum county and when called to his final rest the community in which he resided mourned the loss of a citizen respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He was one of the native sons of the county, born here on the 20th of February, 1823. when this was still a pioneer district and the work of development largely lay in the future. His father, Charles R. Copland, was born in Rich- mond, Virginia, in 1796, and it is probable that the grandfather, Charles Copland, Sr., was also a native of that state. It is definitely known, however, that he lived for many years there, practicing law as a leading member of the Rich- mond bar and at length departed this life in Richmond. He was a warin, personal friend of Henry Clay.
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