Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 75

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

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January 4, 1892, under the title of the Rose- ville Pottery Company with the following of- ficers: Charles F. Allison, now of California, president ; J. F. Weaver, of Roseville, vice presi- dent ; George F. Young, secretary and general manager : and Thomas Brown, treasurer. On the board of directors in addition to the officers are J. L. Pugh, of Zanesville, and J. N. Owens, of Roseville. At the time of the organization the capital stock was twenty-five thousand dol- lars but this has been increased three times to forty thousand, one hundred thousand and three hundred thousand, the last named sum being the authorized capital at the present date. George B. Emerson, of Salesville, Ohio, is now president ; J. F. Weaver, of Roseville, vice president ; George F. Young, secretary, treasurer and gen- eral manager ; while the following gentlemen are on the board of directors: J. F. Cole, of South Bend, Indiana : Samuel T. Turpin, of Brook- lyn, New York; J. W. Baker, of Frazeysburg, Ohio; and J. L. Pugh, of Zanesville.

In 1883 Mr. Young was married to Miss Anna M. Twiggs, a native of Lower Salem, Ohio. They have two children: Leota Frances, who is now attending St. Agnes School in Albany, New York; and Russell T., who is a high school student in Zanesville. The parents are members of the Second Street Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Young has fraternal relations with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Masonic fraternity, being both a Knight Templar and a Mystic Shriner. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party until 1893, since which time he has sup- ported the republican party. In business affairs Mr. Young is energetic, prompt and notably reliable. Tireless energy, keen perception. honesty of purpose and a genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time, joined to every day common sense, are his chief char- acteristics. Justice has ever been maintained in his relations to patrons and employes. He has been watchful of all the details of his business and of all indications pointing toward prosperity and from the beginning of his connection with the Roseville Pottery Company has had an abid- ing faith in the ultimate success of the enter- prise, which to-day is one of the leading pro- cluctive concerns of Zanesville.

C. W. ESCHMAN.

C. W. Eschman, a representative of agricul- tural interests in Muskingum county, was born in Dresden, October 31, 1851. His father, Har- mion Eschman, was born in 1814, in what was then Prussia, but is now Westphalia. In his

native land he married Miss Fredericka Schulte, who was born in the same neighborhood, in 1818. Crossing the Atlantic to the new world they took up their abode near the Muskingum bottom in 1838. The voyage to the United States had been made in a sailing vessel and they were six weeks upon the sea. Landing at Baltimore they pro- ceeded at once to Cleveland, Ohio, and thence by canal to Dresden. Mr. Eschman began work- ing by the day on the dam as watchman and he sat on the abutment and drilled the holes that hold the clevis where the rollers are to hold the bridge. He afterward worked in a distillery in Dresden owned by J. S. Crane and occupied other positions, buying - hogs for the distillery. He afterward purchased a team and began work on the Panhandle Railroad and when his mechanical skill and persistent industry had secured him a small sum of money he made investment in a farm in Adams township that is now owned by J. Darner. He afterward purchased the farm upon which C. W. Eschman now lives and there he spent his remaining days, his death occurring March 4. 1881, while his wife died October 12, 1889. They are the parents of four sons and five daughters, of whom two daughters and one son are deceased. The brothers of our subject are: M. W., who resides near the Muskingum river ; and H. H. Eschman, who is a shoe dealer of Dresden.

C. W. Eschman mastered the branches of learning taught in the common schools and re- mained with his father until the latter's death. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Mary Akeroyd, whom he wedded February 4. 1897. She is a daughter of Wil- liam and Margaret (Oden) Akeroyd. Her father came from England and was a druggist and lumber merchant, who also engaged in bridge-building. He maintained his home in Dresden and his business interests are still car- ried on there although he passed away in 1876, his widow, a native of Muskingum county. still surviving. In their family were seven children, two living, the son being William Akeroyd, who is conducting the old drug store his father es- tablished in Dresden.

At the time of his marriage Mr. Eschman lo- cated on a farm and he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of bottom and hill land about a half mile from Dresden. The soil is very pro- ductive and he therefore annually harvests large crops. He is systematic in all that he under- takes and carries forward to successful comple- tion any business transaction which claims his at- tention. He is thoroughly reliable and his suc- cess is therefore well merited. Mr. Eschuman is a republican in his political views and for three terms has served as township trustee, while for

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a similar period he was treasurer, the duties of these offices being discharged with promptness and fidelity. He belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge at Dresden, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife be- longs to the Presbyterian church. They are widely and favorably known for their genuine worth and many excellent traits of character, and deserve mention with the representative people of Madison township.

SYLVESTER W. HOFFMAN.

Sylvester W. Hoffman, at the head of one of the leading productive industries of Zanesville, being now in the construction of concrete blocks for building purposes, was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1857. His father, John J. Hoffman, was a native of Germany, and came to the United States in 1845, establishing his home in Colum- bus, Ohio. He was a lawyer by profession and had a very extensive clientage among the Ger- man-American citizens of Columbus. He mar- ried Miss Mary E. Ranney, who was born in Connecticut and was of English lineage. In his religious faith he was a Unitarian, while his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he was a democrat up to the time of the Civil war, when he joined the ranks of the republican party, which was the main- stay of the Union. At one time he served as recorder of Franklin county, Ohio. He died in 1894, at the age of seventy-eight years, while his wife passed away in the fall of 1904, also when seventy-eight years of age.

Sylvester W. Hoffman, the third in a family of seven children, began his education in the pub- lic schools and advanced through successive grades until he had completed the high school course by graduation. He is also a graduate of the Scranton School of Correspondence, in which he took a complete civil engineering course. For a time he conducted a pleasure boat-house and subsequently turned his attention to the business of concrete construction, being engaged in that line in Columbus until 1887, when he came to Zanesville, to supervise, under the United States engineers, the construction of concrete work on the Muskingum river. In this work he contin- ued for fourteen years, and in 1900 he took up his abode permanently in Zanesville, where he has since been contractor for concrete construc- tion. In 1904 he began the construction of coll- crete blocks for building purposes and has re- cently erected a large factory at the corner of Jewett Drive and Arthur street. This is fifty by one hundred feet and is built of cement blocks. He takes contracts for laying pavements and has

the largest business in his line in Zanesville. He also makes a special line of concrete work such as caps, sills and water tables, in fact all sorts of concrete work to take the place of stone.

In 1884 Mr. Hoffman was married to Miss Catherine Emerick, who was born in Hebron, Ohio, in 1868, and is a daughter of Thomas Em- erick, who was a soldier of the Civil war, and being captured, was confined in Libby prison. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have become the parents of six children, all daughters, namely: Louise, Delilah, Leontine, Grace, Catherine and Edith. The parents hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Hoffman affiliates with the Odd Fellows and Masons, while his political views and vote uphold the men and measures of the republican party.

Mr. Hoffman has made good use of his oppor- tunities, has prospered from year to year ; has conducted all business matters carefully and suc- cessfully, and in all his acts displays an aptitude for successful management. He has not permit- ted the accumulation of a competence to effect in any way his actions toward those Iess success- ful than he, and has always a cheerful word and pleasant smile for all with whom he comes in contact.

FRANCIS A. HEENAN.

Francis A. Heenan, the owner of a fine farm in Washington township, was born in this town- ship, January 26, 1840, a son of James and Char- lotte ( Willmotte) Heenan, both natives of Eng- land, in which country their marriage was cele- brated. They came to America in the spring of 1831 and in September of that year arrived in Muskingum county, where the father pur- chased a part of the farm upon which Francis Heenan now resides, adding to his original prop- erty until he had sixty-seven acres, which he placed under a high state of cultivation, fertile fields yielding him rich crops. He was a whig in his political views until after the dissolution of the party, when he joined the ranks of the democracy. His religious faith was that of the Catholic church and he died therein at the age of eighty-six years and five months, while his wife passed away at the age of seventy-two years.

Francis A. Heenan is the only surviving mem- ber of a family of eight children. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native township, received ample training in the work of the fields, and prior to his father's death took charge of the old homestead farm upon which he yet re- sides. The place comprises sixty-seven acres of as rich land as can be found in the county and is pleasantly and conveniently located about three

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miles northeast of the courthouse. He utilizes progressive methods of farming and has secured the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of the fields until the farm now returns a good income annually from the sale of the crops.

On the 26th of May, 1866, Mr. Heenan was married to Miss Sarah Hague, who was born in Zanesville and is a daughter of Thornton Hague, also a native of this county, while his father was one of the pioneer settlers that came to Ohio from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Heenan have become the parents of four children : Alfred F .. James T., William B. and Mary. Mr. Heenan votes with the democratic party and upon its ticket has been called to several local offices, having served for fifteen years as trustee of his township, as treasurer for four years and as a member of the school board for fifteen years. He and his family are communicants of St. Thomas Catholic church, and are widely and favorably known in the community where they have long resided.

ALBERT B. SLATER.

Albert B. Slater, who follows farming in Adams township, is a native son of this township, born April 22, 1860. He is a grandson of An- thony Slater, who was a soldier of the war of 1812 and joined the army on the day that the British burned the capitol at Washington. He was in Baltimore during the attack and siege of that city and at Fort Henry and was with the advance guards of the American army when the British landed there. Following the close of the war Mr. Slater came to Ohio, in 1816, set- tling on, what is now Covertson farm in Wash- ington township but a year later he took up his abode upon a farm in Adams township upon which he and his wife spent their remaining days.

Their nearest neighbor was three or four miles away and they had to go to Zanesville, a distance of eighteen miles, in order to obtain mill prod- ucts and secure their mail. They made the first permanent settlement in Adams township. which was then a part of Monroe township and which in 1824 was set off from Monroe and Madison townships and named in honor of John Quincy Adams, who was then a candidate for the presidency. Mr. Slater was active and in- fluential in community affairs and served as the first justice of the peace of Adams township, in which position he was retained for twenty-one consecutive years, discharging his duties with marked fairness and impartiality. On one oc- casion he was democratic candidate for county commissioner but the whigs elected their candi- dates that year. On the 3d of July, 1878, his

wife died, at the age of eighty-five years. Their married life had covered a period of sixty-six years and for sixty-one years they had resided upon one farm. They held membership in the New Hope Lutheran church. Mr. Slater was a man of superior intelligence and retentive memory and retained his mental and physical vigor until within two years of his death.

Harrison V. Slater, son of Anthony Slater, was born January 2, 1828, in the little log cabin which his father had built upon the home farm in Adams township. Later a hewed log house was erected and in that he spent many years. His education was acquired in one of the old log schoolhouses common in pionecr days and after putting aside his text-books he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. When twenty- four years of age he was married, on the 16th of October, 1851, to Miss Jane Walker, who was born December 8, 1832, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Alice ( Hammond) Walker. The Walker family is of Irish lineage and was es- tablished in America by the great-grandfather of Joseph Walker, who was a native of Ireland and became a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Robert Walker, the father, was a millwright. Colonel Joseph Walker was a native of Wash- ington county, Virginia, born June 10. 1799. He received his military title as an officer of the Ohio militia. He removed to this state when it was largely a pioneer district, establishing his home in Monroe township, Muskingum county, where he engaged in tanning and also in farm- ing.

Albert B. Slater acquired his education in the Young America school and remained at home until twenty-three years of age. He then re- moved to the farm upon which he was born, working with his father who there remained for nine years, when he removed to his present place of residence in Adams township. He now owns eighty acres of land, conveniently situated about three and a half miles north of Adamsville, and to the cultivation and improvement of this prop- erty he devotes his energies. He carries on gen- eral farming and is meeting with a fair measure of success.

As a companion and helpmate for life's jour- ney Mr. Slater chose Miss Eliza J. Cowden, who was born November 17, 1861, and gave to him her hand in marriage in 1882. She is a daughter of Robert and Caroline (Stewart) Cowden. Her grandfather, John Cowden, was a native of Ireland, while her grandmother, who bore the maiden name of Ant McCormick, was from Scotland. Robert Cowden was born in 1832, and is now living in Monroe township and his wife. whose birth occurred in 1835. also survives. He is a farmer in Monroe township and owns three hundred and forty acres of land. Mr. and Mrs.

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Slater have one son, Charles Clement, who was born July 9, 1883, and was educated in the Young America school and at Concord College. He is now at home, assisting in the operation of the farm. The parents and son are members of the Fairview Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Slater is a democrat, who for three years served as trustee of his township and is now occupying the position at the present time. He has also been supervisor and school director. His life has been active, useful and upright and he is meeting with a fair measure of success in his undertakings. He is also a worthy represent- ative of an honored pioneer family and his worth is widely acknowledged by many friends.

MARTIN ECKELBERRY.

Martin Eckelberry, whose farm of two hun- dred and eighty-seven acres is situated on section II, Madison township, about seven miles from Dresden and five miles from Adamsville, is ac- counted one of the practical, enterprising and highly respected agriculturists of his locality. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 2, 1839, and is descended from Pennsylvania an- cestry, his paternal grandfather having come from the Keystone state to Ohio, where he fol- lowed the occupation of farming. Henry Eckel- berry, father of Martin Eckelberry, was born near Sonora, Muskingum county, and spent the greater part of his life in this locality, but died in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1845. His wife bore the maiden name of Margaret Wilson.

Having lost his father when only about six years of age, Martin Eckelberry was brought to Adams township, Muskingum county, where he was reared by his brother-in-law, Charles Beck, with whom he lived for eleven years. He at- tended the common schools of the neighborhood to some extent, but his opportunities for secur- ing an education were meager. When he was twenty-two years of age he enlisted for service in the Union army, joining Company F, Second Regiment of West Virginia Cavalry, on the 8th of September, 1861. They could not be equipped here, so were recruited from the Seventh Ohio Regiment and were sent to West Virginia, where equipments were furnished by the latter state and the men were mustered in as a West Vir- ginia regiment. Mr. Eckelberry served for three years, ten months and twenty days and was hon- orably discharged July 4, 1865. He was often where the leaden hail fell thickest and again was stationed on the lonely picket line, but wherever duty called he was found faithful and true and he was a worthy member of the great army which preserved the Union. He took part in many im-

portant engagements, including the batties of Lewisburg, Lafayetteville ( where Lightburn re- treated), Fisher's Hill, Winchester, Martinsburg, Newtown, Charlottesville, Sailor's Creek, Five Forks, and Appomattox, thus operating largely in Virginia. It was this regiment of cavalry that cut off Lee's retreat when he left Richmond and thus closed the last gap whereby he might have made his escape. When the regiment was at Witheville their colonel was shot through the lungs, but he afterward recovered.

Following the secession of hostilities and his return to the north, Mr. Eckelberry engaged in farming upon land belonging to his father-in-law. He had been married while home on a furlough, on the 18th of February, 1864, to Miss Lois E. King, who was born December 13, 1845, in this county, and is a daughter of George and Eliza- beth (Drumond) King. In 1839 her father was employed as a farm hand and her mother as a maid upon the farm which they afterward owned. Her father was the eldest son of Pat- rick King, and was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1815, but came to Muskingum county, Ohio, with his parents in his youth and spent his entire life upon a farm. When he attained the age of twenty years he started out to make his way in the world and for some time thereafter lived in Washington township, but later removed to Madison town- ship, where he accumulated a good property, de- veloping a fine farm of about six hundred acres. During the first sixteen years of his active busi- ness career he rented land, but in that time. through his economy and industry, ne secured the capital that enabled him to purchase a farm, and as the years advanced he added to his prop- erty until he was one of the large land-owners of the county. The old farm homestead is still in possession of his children and is one of the most valuable tracts of land in the Muskingum valley, the soil being rich and fertile, so that it vields excellent crops. In 1841 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Drumond, a daugh- ter of one of the old and prominent settlers of this part of the state, and reared a family of nine children : Mrs. Cordelia Shire, of Kansas, the eldest of the family, returned home to attend the funeral of her brother and here died October 16, 1891 ; Mrs. Eckelberry, is the second in order of birth: Mary and Lafayette, both died in 1853 : Serena C., is now Mrs. Norman, of Zanesville, Thomas O., is a farmer of Madison township ; Australia, died in 1885; Nebraska, died in 1891 ; and Utah, died in 1860. The father departed this life December 8, 1891, and the mother's death occurred in 1895. Mr. King and his family held membership in the Methodist Protestant church and during the many years of his residence in this part of the state he was known as a public-

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spirited citizen, interested in the success of all progressive enterprises. He commanded the re- spect of his fellowmen and excited their admira- tion by what he accomplished in the business world. At the King home there has for many years been held a family reunion. attended by all those bearing the name or related thereto, and the number in attendance has reached several hundred.

Following his marriage Mr. Eckelberry re- mained upon his father-in-law's farm for four years and in 1869 removed to his present home on section II, Madison township. Here he pur- chased one hundred and fifty acres, to which he has since added until within the boundaries of his farm are now comprised two hundred and eighty-seven acres. With the assistance of his sons he operates the entire farm, which is de- voted to the raising of grain and stock. His fields are well tilled and in his pastures are found high grade short-horn cattle and Merino sheep. Persistency of purpose and unfaltering energy have been strong elements in his success and he is now in possession of a valuable prop- erty.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Eckelberry have been born eight children: Utah Ellsworth, born December 6. 1864, and now at home; Addison Averill, a carpenter of Coshocton, Ohio, who was born March 8, 1867, and married Bessie J. Keyes ; Mary Livonia, who was born December 21, 1869, and died June 10, 1902; Katura Elizabeth, who was born December 19, 1872; Dora May, born October 14, 1875; Robert Baker, August 23, 1878; Eura Belle, March 13. 1882; and Lena Agnes, July 22, 1887.

The parents are members of the Episcopal church and all of the children are communicants of St. Matthew's church. Mr. Eckelberry votes with the republican party and upon this ticket has been chosen for the office of road commis- sioner and school director. He belongs to Ma- jor Cass post, No. 415, G. A. R., and also to the Grange, and is held in high esteem by his asso- ciates of these organizations. His has been an active and useful life, which has ever been crowned by successful accomplishment, and to- day his large and well improved farm with its excellent equipments stands in evidence of his persistency of purpose and unfaltering diligence.

WILLIAM H. MARSHALL ..

William H. Marshall, who nas led a very active life and is now one of the representative farm- ers of Falls township, was born in Zanesville on the 22d of February. 1837. and is a representa- tive of a pioneer family of the county. His father

is the Rev. William H. Marshall, long an active minister of the Methodist Episcopal church as well as a leading agriculturist of this part of the state. The family name is inseparably inter- woven with the history of the county through a long period and has always been a synonym for public-spirited citizenship and straightforward business relations.

During his boyhood William H. Marshall re- moved with his father to Falls township, settling upon a farm where his sons reside. He was a public-school student in his youth and his leisure hours were devoted to farm work so that he early gained an intimate knowledge of the best meth- ods of caring for the soil and producing good crops. He to-day owns a valuable tract of land of two hundred and fifty acres, pleasantly and conveniently located within four and a half miles of the city limits of Zanesville to the north- west. He raises the largest crops in his township and that he is to-day a wealthy man is largely due to his unfaltering enterprise. perseverance and unremitting diligence.

William H. Marshall has been twice married. his first wife being Minerva J. Search. After her death he was united in mariage to Miss Emily Evans. a native of this county and a daughter of Wesley Evans. The children of the first mar- riage are the Rev. Elmer E., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, now located in Washington, D. C .; and Ida M. Filmore.

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 75

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