Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 78

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

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Mr. and Mrs. Potwin became the parents of six children: Lucy is the wife of Gilbert D Munson, who was colonel of the Civil war, and afterward prepared for the bar, being now en- gaged in the practice of law in Los Angeles, California. Julia Marsh is the wife of John R. Holmes, who is engaged in lead and zinc min- ing at Joplin, Missouri. Caroline A. is the wife of Charles F. Ellis, a real estate and insurance agent at Helena, Montana. Charles A. married Adelaide Stevens, a daughter of Wheeler Stevens, of Zanesville, and she died September 28, 1892, at the age of twenty-seven years. Charles Potwin was married June 19, 1901, his second union being with Marie Deleplaine, a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Deleplaine and a native of Circleville. Ohio, born November 22, 1878. Charles Potwin was connected with the hardware company at Zanesville, being chosen vice president in 1902. At one time he was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in St. Louis, Missouri, and later was upon his father's cattle ranch in Kan- sas. Subsequently he became interested in zinc mines in Seneca, Missouri, and is now giving at- tention to the supervision of his property inter- ests, being a well known capitalist of Zanesville. Kate Benton, the next member of the Potwin family, is the wife of Frederick O. Buck, gen- eral agent for the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company for five western states, with headquarters at Denver, Colorado. Frank, the youngest member of the family, died in infancy.

Charles W. Potwin was a member of the Masonic fraternity and in his life exemplified its beneficent spirit which was based upon broth- erly kindness and mutual helpfulness. He held

membership in the Putnam Presbyterian church and was a most charitable man, giving freely of his means to assist the poor and needy and ameliorate the hard conditions of life. He gave ten thousand dollars to Marietta College and also assisted other educational institutions. He was a most honorable and upright man and by his death the community sustained an irreparable loss, being deprived of the presence of one whom it had come to look upon as a benefactor and friend. . His whole career, both business and so- cial, served as a model to the young and an inspiration to the aged. He shed a brightness around everything with which he came in con- tact and by his usefulness and general benevo- lence he created a memory whose perpetuation does not depend upon brick and stone, but upon a spontaneous and free will offering of a grate- ful and enlightened people.

WILLIAM SUNDERLAND.

William Sunderland, now deceased, became a resident of Muskingum county in 1823. He was then only a few months old, having been brought to Ohio by his parents from his birthplace near Wheeling, West Virginia. He was a son of Abra- ham and Susie ( Thomas) Sunderland, the lat- ter a daughter of Philip Thomas. Abraham Sun- derland was a native of Yorkshire, England, and on crossing the broad Atlantic to the United States in 1819 he settled in Virginia, whence he afterward removed to Muskingum, Ohio, and still later took up his abode in Falls township. It was in 1833 that he bought the farm upon which his remaining days were passed and which ultimately became the property of his son William. He was a butcher by trade but also followed the occupa- tion of farming and was the owner of twenty- nine and a half acres of land. Unto him and his wife were born ten children, namely: Mary : Grace ; Richard : William : Edward : Samuel. living in Illinois: Elizabeth ; Sarah : Hannah : and one who died young.

William Sunderland was reared under the pa- rental roof in Muskingum county and was in- debted to its public school system for the educa- tional privileges he enjoyed. He remained with his parents in his boyhood days and afterward started out in lite on his own account, securing as a companion and helpmate for the journey Miss Sophronia Bothwell, to whom he was mar- ried in 1870. She was born in Tompkins county. New York, and is a daughter of Robert and Esther ( Bowker) Bothwell, both of whom were natives of the Empire state. Her paternal grand- father was born in Scotland and became the founder of the family in America, establishing

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his home in New York when he crossed the At- lantic to this country.

William Sunderland learned the butcher's busi- ness with his father in early life and followed the pursuit of farming throughout his active busi- ness career. He voted for the republican party and for fifty-one years he was a zealous and faith- ful member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His life was quietly passed and yet his record contains lessons that are worthy of emula- tion for he was active and energetic in business and was true to honorable principles of business conduct. He died July 26, 1904, amid the deep regret of many friends among whom he had long lived and who had come to know him as a man of genuine worth.

DANIEL HARVEY CRAWFORD, M. D.

Dr. Daniel Harvey Crawford, engaged in the practice of medicine in Zanesville, is a native of West Virginia, his birth having occurred in Fairfield, Kanawha county, January 15, 1866. His father, Thomas Crawford, who was born in Virginia, was a lumberman and is now overseer of lands for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany. At the time of the Civil war he served in the commissary department of the Union army and he gives his political allegiance to the repub- lican party which was the advocate of the Union cause and which has always been the champion of progress and improvement. He married Eliza Porter, who was born in Fairfield, West Virginia. Both are living, the former at the age of seventy-seven years and the latter at the age of seventy-three years. Mrs. Crawford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In their family are eight children: Clark W., who is pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Akron, Ohio: Mandeville, living in Huntington, West Virginia ; Andrew, superintendent of a min- ing company at Ronda, West Virginia; Mark, deceased ; Mary, the wife of Jacob Douglas, a mining superintendent in West Virginia; Octa- via, the widow of John Hastings and now living with her parents ; Alethea, the wife of Henry Smith, a stationary engineer of West Virginia; and Daniel H.

Dr. Crawford was a public-school student in West Virginia and later continued his studies in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. He taught school in his native state for three years but regarded thiis merely as an initial step to other professional labor, for desiring to engage in the

practice of medicine he began reading in the of - fice of Dr. Phister, at Charleston, West Vir- ginia. He attended lectures at Hahneman Med- ical College of Chicago, where he was graduated March 20, 1890, and he entered upon practice at Charleston, West Virginia, where he remained until the fall of 1892, when he removed to Barnesville, Ohio, there residing until January, 1898. At that date he came to Zanesville, where he has since successfully practiced, and a liberal patronage is accorded him, showing that the pub- lic has confidence in his skill and ability. He belongs to the Southeastern Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society, in which he has held office, and he practices along modern scientific lines, having a thorough understanding of the advanced ideas of the profession because of his continued read- ing, study and investigation.

Dr. Crawford was married, in June, 1892, to Miss Harriet Alice Young, who was born in Charleston, West Virginia, in December, 1866. and is a daughter of Robert Young, a merchant. Their only child is deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Crawford hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and he belongs to the Odd Fel- lows society and the encampment. He is also a Knight of Pythias and for some time was a dele- gate to the grand lodge of that order and is now county deputy grand chancellor. He is supreme secretary and treasurer of the Campbells and in these various organizations is popular with his brethren of the fraternities. In politics he is a republican and while he has never been active as an officeseeker he served as health officer at Barnesville and is now a member of the board of education at Zanesville. During the years of his residence here he has gained a wide and favor- able acquaintance and in his practice displays strict conformity to the ethics of the profession.

FRED H. HERRON.

Fred H. Herron, trainmaster for the Ohio River & Western Railroad at Zanesville, was born in Rich Hill township, Muskingum county, Feb- ruary 28, 1871. His father, Fred Herron, Sr., was also a native of this county and is now an enter- prising and well known tarmer of Rich Hill town- ship. His parents were early settlers of this part of the state, the grandfather entering land from the government in Muskingum county at a time when comparatively few settlements had been made and the work of improvement and progress had scarcely been begun. Fred Herron, Sr., was reared to agricultural life and has always carried on general farming, being now the owner of a valuable and productive tract of land of three

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hundred acres. He married Miss Sarah Arm- strong, who was born in Salt Creek township and is a daughter of George Armstrong.

The boyhood days of Fred H. Herron were spent in the usual manner of farm lads of the pe- riod. He mastered the branches of learning taught in the district schools and through the summer months assisted in the work of the home farm, remaining with his father until nineteen years of age, when he left home and went to Chandlers- ville. He entered the employ of the Ohio River & Western Railroad, doing office work there for five years, from 1890 until 1895. He was express messenger and later agent at Chandlersville and came to Zanesville as train dispatcher but later was promoted to his present position of train- master, the duties of which he discharges with promptness, dispatch and great care, realizing fullv the responsibility and obligations that de- volve upon him.

Mr. Herron was married in 1893 to Miss Grace Evans, a native of Muskingum county, and they have three children : Paul, Forrest and Marie. The parents have a wide acquaintance in Zanes- ville and the circle of their friends is almost equally extensive. Mr. Herron gives his political support to the republican party. He is a man of much moral force and strength of character, en- terprising and alert and stands well with the cor- poration which he represents and the community at large.

WASHINGTON SPICER.

There is no life record that should awaken higher admiration or deeper respect than that of the man who has traveled far on life's journey and whose path has been that of uprightness and honor, industry, integrity and energy. Such has been the career of Washington Spicer. who is held in warm esteem by young and old, rich and poor, throughout Salem township, Muskingum county. He was born in this township, June 9, 1827, and is descended from English ancestry. His paternal grandfather was brought from England to America as a British soldier to aid in in the subjugation of the colonies then in revolt against the latter country, but investigation of the causes of the war led him to desert the English army and to join the American troops, with which he fought throughout the struggle for independ- ence. While he was with the "red coats" they made a raid in Pennsylvania, visiting each house in a certain settlement, taking what they could with them and burning what they did not want. After the war was over Mr. Spicer went back to one of the homes which the soldiers had raided and married the daughter of that household. His

children were David, Daniel, Jonathan, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary and Margaret.

Daniel Spicer, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, about 1787, and served his coun- try as a soldier in the war of 1812. He arrived in Muskingum county in 1815, finding here an unimproved district, in which there were few set- tlements, the work of progress and development lying largely in the future. He entered one hun- dred and sixty acres of land from the govern- ment in 1820, and it was upon this farm that Washington Spicer was reared. Daniel Spicer at once began the cultivation of his land, cutting away the timber and planting the fields. For a number of years he-was actively identified with agricultural interests in Muskingum county and he also owned land in Hocking and Jackson coun- ties, Ohio, in addition to his one hundred and six- ty acres in this county. Eventually he sold his Ohio property and removed to Illinois, his death occur- ring in Wayne county, that state, in 1861. He was married twice and had nine children. He had a son Benjamin by his first marriage and those of his second marriage are: John, David, Jacob, Joseph, Washington, William, Elizabeth and Catherine, twins, Mary, Jane and Naomi. Of these four are yet living.

Washington Spicer at the usual age entered the public schols and therein mastered the com- mon branches of learning. Following the comple- tion of his education he rented land on which he engaged in farming for several years and thereby he earned the money necessary for the purchase of property. In 1859 he bought the farm upon which he now resides and it has been his home throughout the succeeding years. At the time of the Civil war, however, he left the plow and shouldered the rifle, becoming a member of Com- pany E, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Infan- try, at Zanesville, on the 7th of May, 1864. He served with that command for one hundred and twenty days and participated in several skir- mishes and was also in the battle of Martinsburg on the 4th and 5th of July, 1864. He was never wounded nor ill in the hospital and during his military service was ever found loyal to his coun- try.

On the termination of his enlistment Mr. Spicer returned to his home and family. He had been married in 1849 to Sarah Davis, who was born in Salem township, and was a daughter of Benjamin Davis. They had three children but only one is now living, Benjamin H., who was born in 1850, and married Caroline Winn, their home being near his father's farm. The wife and mother died November 16, 1856, and on the 31st of December, 1857, Mr. Spicer wedded Hannah Davis, a sister. of his first wife. There are five children, four (laughters and a son by this marriage, namely : Mary E., who was born January 19. 1860; Cath-

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erine A., born April 13, 1861 ; Jane A., who was born July 11, 1862, and lives in Perry township ; Sherman W., born December 12, 1864 ; and Mar- garet C., who was born November 28, 1866, and is the wife of Arlington Bowden, of Perry town- ship. Mr. Spicer's second wife died April 7. 1878. He had four grandchildren, three of whom are living: Mrs. G. N. Shroyer, daughter of B. H. Spicer; and Edith L. and Lolita Bowden, daughters of Margaret C. Bowden: Wilbur H. Spicer, son of B. H. Spicer, died in January, 1895, aged about fif- teen years, at the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Columbus, Ohio, where he was attending school. When he was about two years old he had an attack of scarlet fever from which he lost his hearing and speech. Mr. Spicer has five great- grandchildren, the two sons and three daughters of Mrs. G. N. Shroyer.

The home farm of Mr. Spicer comprises forty- five acres of land about two and a half miles from Adamsville and to this place he gives his super- vision. He votes with the republican party and has capably filled the office of supervisor and trus- tee in his township. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and also of the Patrons of Industry and he and his daughters are members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal church. For seventy-eight years he has resided in Muskingum county and is to-day one of the oldest native sons living within its borders. He has watched with interest the events which have occurred and which have shaped his history and what to many are matters of record are to him matters of expe- rience. He has seen the introduction of the rail- road, the telegraph and the telephone and it is within his memory when much of the land in this portion of the state was covered with timber, while wild animals, deer and other game were found in the forests. There has been a wonder- ful transformation, the forest lands being now richly cultivated fields, while in the place of the pioneer log cabins are seen substantial residences. Mr. Spicer has done his full share in promoting the growth and development of the county and is to-day honored as a pioneer settler.

FRANK M. BOAL.

Frank M. Boal, interested in general farming on section 14, Adams township, is a representa- tive of one of the pioneer families of Muskingum county. His grandfather, Archibald Boal, was born, reared and married in Ireland, but became one of the earliest residents of Ohio, settling here in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In the midst of a forest he hewed out a farm, becom-

ing owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land. His son, Archibald Boal, Sr., was born in Mor- gan county, Ohio, in 1799, being one of the first white native children of that county. He was reared amid the scenes of frontier life, sharing in the hardships and trials which usually fall to the lot of the pioneer. His educational privileges were those afforded by the primtive schools of the time and he assisted materially in the work of the home farm. In 1830 he arrived in Norwich, Muskingum county, and followed the trades of a stonemason and bricklayer, which he had pre- viously learned. He lived in Monroe township, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring when he had reached the age of sixty- three years. In his family were ten children, nine of whom reached adult age, but Frank M. Boal is the only one now living.

In taking up the personal history of Frank M. Boal, we present to our readers the life record of one well known in Muskingum county. His birth occurred in Highland township, May II, 1844, and his education was acquired in the Bucker district in Monroe township. As it was necessary for him to earn his own living at a very early age, he had the privilege of attending school for only two days in a week. When he had per- manently put aside his text-books he entered the employ of William Bencil, with whom he re- mained for three years and for one year he was employed by George Bell. He afterward worked for three years at the mason's trade and then turned his attention to farming upon the place where he now resides. He and his wife have one hundred and seventy-one and a half acres of land three and a half miles from Adamsville, and the farm is devoted to the raising of grain and fruit. Viewed from a financial standpoint his life has been eminently successful and he may well be' termed a self-made man. Without the assistance of influential friends or family and with no finan- cial capital to aid him as he started out in life he has worked liis way steadliy upward, gaining a living by honorable methods and directing his labors until as the years have passed his earnings have grown into a comfortable competence and he is now one of the substantial agriculturists of his community.

Mr. Boal was married in March, 1868, to Miss Eliza Jordan, who was born October 28, 1845, a daughter of John and Sophia (Spencer) Jor- dan. Mrs. Boal is a native of Hocking county, Ohio. Her father was born in Maryland, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and Mr. Jordan followed the occupation of farming in order to provide for his family. Both parents died, however, during the infancy of Mrs. Boal and she was reared by John Darner, who afterward gave her the farm upon which she and her husband make their home. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boal have been born

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seven children : Rosamond E., who was born Feb- ruary 19, 1869, and died August 8, 1879, at the age of ten years ; John, who was born December 8, 1870, and is at home ; Frances E., who was born September 30, 1872, and is the wife of Frank Spragg, a resident of Highland township ; Charles L., who was born September 2, 1874. and is with the Brown Manufacturing Company of Zanesville ; Oliver M., who was born October 4, 1877, and married Bertly Howald, their home being in Monroe township: Mrs. Anna E. Vernon, who was born January 5, 1882, and is a resident of Adamsville; and Alice A., who was born April 18, 1885, and is living at home.

The family are members of the Baptist church and Mr. Boal is a democrat in his political views. He has served as school director for several years and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend, while in matters of citizenship he is pro- gressive, giving his support to every measure that he deems will prove of public benefit. His life record is another indication of the opportunities that are afforded in America to men of strong purpose, who are willing to work. Through his own labors he has become one of the substantial farmers of his native county and is now enabled to enjoy all of the comforts and many of the lux- uries of life.

ALEXANDER W. SMITH.

Alexander W. Smith is one of the extensive landowners of Muskingum county, his posses- sions in Falls township aggregating one thou- sand acres, and there he is carrying on general farming and the raising of cattle and sheep. As a typical representative of the farming interests of Ohio he well de- serves mention in this volume. He was born on the place where he now resides, Sep- tember 8, 1859. His paternal grandparents were Edward and Martha ( Watson) Smith, the

former born Harrisburg. in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Ireland. In 1800 they became residents of Muskingum county, settling on the farm now owned by our subject and the grand- father was known as a prominent and influential farmer. That he lived here in pioneer days is indicated by the fact that part of the land within the borders of the county was still in possession of the government when he arrived here. He en- tered a farm on the pike road and taking posses- sion of the tract which was then wild and unim- proved he began at once to improve it and con- tinued to reside the"con throughout the remainder of his life. In addition to cultivating the soil lie also conducted a hostelry known as the Smith Tavern, which was built of stone in 1830. His po-

litical views accorded with the principles of the whig party and he was a prominent and influen- tial man in his neigborhood, his opinion carrying weight with his friends and acquaintances. He died at the ripe old age of eighty-two years.

Alexander Smith, father of our subject, spent his entire life in Muskingum county, living on what has long been known as the old Smith home- stead. In his youth he shared with the others in the hardships and trials incident to the estab- lishment of a home on the frontier and his educa- tional privileges were necessarily meager because of the limited opportunities afforded in this new district. In the school of experience, however, he learned many valuable lessons. He was married to Miss Amelia Baumgardner, who was born June 3, 1827, in Springfield township, Muskingum county, two and a half miles from Zanesville and was a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Oyster) Baumgardner. Mr. Smith spent his life upon the farm that is now owned by his son Alexander, devoting his attention to the tilling of the soil and to the raising of stock. He had a well developed farm property and his place was neat and thrifty in appearance, indicating his careful supervision. and progressive methods. In politics he was a strong republican, interested in the growth and success of his party, and he always kept well in- formed on the questions and issues of the day. He died February 27, 1901, at the age of seventy- four years, and thus passed away a leading agri- culturist of the county. Unto Alexander and Amelia Smith were born three children : George E., a farmer living at Columbus, Ohio: Mrs. Emma Welch, of Madison county ; and Alex- ander W.

Throughout his entire life Alexander W. Smith has been a resident of Muskingum county. He pursued his education in the schools of Zanesvile and in his youth was instructed in the best meth- ods of caring for the fields and the stock, so that his practical experience well qualified him for his chosen life work after he attained his majority. The home which he occupies is built of stone and was erected by his father and grandfather, the older part of the building having been constructed in 1832, the newer part in 1861. This is one of the landmarks of this portion of the state and has been the witness of many remarkable changes as the county has emerged from pioneer conditions to take on all the evidences of an advanced and improved civilization. The farming property of Mr. Smith now aggregates one thousand acres of land in Falls township and there he raises varions cereals and also cattle and sheep. His home is about five miles from the Zanesville courthouse on the west pike.

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 78

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