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Mr. and Mrs. Simms had but two children and Ethel died in infancy, the surviving son being
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Floyd C., now attending school at New Concord. Mr. Simms owns one hundred and eighty-four acres of well improved land and carries on general farming and stock-raising. He has good stock upon his place, including cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, some of which were thoroughbreds, and both branches of his business are proving profitable because he thoroughly understands his work and is untiring in his labors to promote the interests of the farm. He lives about a mile and a half west of Bloomfield. In politics he is a re- publican and he, his wife and son are faithful members of the United Presbyterian church.
THOMAS HARVEY WILSON.
Thomas Harvey Wilson, a representative of agricultural interests of Highland township, was born on the place which is yet his home, July II, 1845. His father, Hugh Wilson, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, June II, 1800, and in that state was married, on the 25th of January, 1827, to Miss Mary Nichols, whose birth occurred in Allegheny county, on the 19th of March, 1809. They removed from the Keystone state to Ohio in 1836, and took up their abode on a farm which is now owned and occupied by Thomas H. Wilson. They pur- chased the place from Casper Fell and John Hart, the farm comprising one hundred and sixty acres. At the time it came into possession of Hugh Wilson the taxes, both real and personal, amounted to less than five dollars. The farm had been entered by John Hart and the patent granted May 20, 1828. Mr. Wilson of this review now has in his possession the old original patent granted by the government and also his first tax receipts of 1846, representing an amount of six dollars and twenty cents upon both real and per- sonal property.
Hugh Wilson was a pioneer farmer of the county, assisting very materially in the early de- velopment and progress, and for many years his labors proved of direct benefit in the upbuilding and advancement of his part of the state. His farm comprised one hundred and sixty acres of land and he carried on agricultural pursuits and also did carpentering. He voted with the whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the ranks of the new republican party and was well known as one of its local leaders. He served both as justice of the peace and school director and he was a member of the Associate Reform church, while his wife held membership in the Presbyte- rian church. His death occurred September II, 1880, and Mrs. Wilson passed away in Illinois, on th 14th of July, 1887. They were the parents of ten children, of whom five are yet living, namely :
Rebecca Spicer, a resident of Colorado; Mrs. Sarah J. McBride, of Illinois ; Mrs. Elizabeth R. Pyles, who is living in that state ; Mrs. Lucinda Bennett, of New Concord, Ohio; and Thomas H. Two brothers are now deceased : Samuel N., who died while serving with the Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, was for three years a member of the Union Army and then re-enlisted. James G. ser- ved for three years with the Eighty-third Illinois Infantry and died after the close of the war.
Thomas Harvey Wilson attended the common schools in his boyhood days and always assisted his father in the operation of the home farm dur- ing his youth. At the time of the Civil war, how- ever, he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting on the 2d of May, 1864, when in his eighteenth year. He became a member of Com- pany B, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment of Ohio Infantry, with which he remained for three months, participating in several skirmishes and in the movements of the Army of the Poto- mac there. He then returned to his old home and resumed agricultural pursuits and has always re- sided upon the old homestead farm. Here he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of very rich and arable land, well improved with modern buildings and all accessories. The place is de- voted to general farming and stock-raising, his specialty being cattle and sheep, and in the con- trol of his interests he displays excellent business ability and executive force.
On the 23d of January, 1868, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Matilda G. Thompson, who was born February 12, 1847, in Highland township, and is a daughter of Robert and Nancy (Guthrie) Thompson, who came from Washing- ton county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, about 1838. Her father was a farmer and stonemason and owned one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he cleared and cultivated, transforming it into a productive tarm. He had two sons and ten daughters and all of the daughters resided near the home of Mr. Wilson until 1895, while seven of the number are yet living. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born nine children : Samuel T., who was born December 4, 1868, is a carpenter living at Wood River, Nebraska; Frank, born December 12, 1870, is engaged in the dairy business in Mercer county, Illinois. Cary E., born February 1, 1873, wedded Mary Miller and lives in Phelps county, Nebraska, where he follows farming; Charles B., born April 8, 1875, is a farmer at Wood River, Nebraska : Hugh E., born March 6, 1877, follows farming in the same local- ity. Clyde E., born April 21, 1882, Jane B., born November 7, 1883, Lillie P., born September 12, 1886, and James Harvey, born September 18, 1888, are all at home.
Mr. Wilson is a republican and has served as township trustee for several years, while for two
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years he was also assessor. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church at Bloomfield, and he is interested in the political, material, intellectual and moral improvement of the county, giving his support and co-operation to many movements for advancement along these lines.
MOSES A. McCALL.
Moses A. McCall owns and operates a valuable farm of one hundred acres on section 18, Mon- roe township. His entire life has been passed in this county and he is a worthy representative of a pioneer family. His birth occurred Novem- ber 6, 1846, in Otsego, and his parents were Thomas and Lucy A. L. ( Abbott) McCall. The father was born in Pennsylvania and when a young man came to Ohio. The mother's birth occurred in 1826 and in her girlhood days she came form Augusta, Maine, to this state. Her father laid out the village of Otsego and donated the public square to the town. Thomas McCall conducted the first store in Otsego, removing to that village after living for some time upon his farm. All of the southern part of Monroe town- ship was at one time owned by the McCalls, there being four families of that name. By trade Thomas McCall was a carpenter and after dispos- ing of his store he was identified with building operations in Otsego and vicinity until his death. He constructed bridges across Wills creek and also erected many houses, churches and school buildings. He died in 1858, at the compara- tively early age of forty-eight years, while his wife long survived him, passing away in June, 1903, her remains being interred in Bethel churchyard. They were the parents of eight children : John H., who married Charlotte Wil- liams, of Coshocton, and has two children : Sarah A., who became the wife of Michael Brannen and died leaving four children, while one had previously passed away; Moses A., of this re- view ; Robert C., who married Tillie Bainter, by whom he had four children, two living, and re- sides in New Concord; Margaret Isabelle, who became the wife of John Hammond and died leaving seven or eight children; James W., who married Mary Simms, by whom he has six chil- dren and follows farming near Coshocton ; Nancy J., the wife of T. C. Conner, a civil engi- neer of Zanesville, by whom she had two chil- dren, one yet living : and Julia C., the wife of Amaziah G. Bradford, of Lafayette, Ohio. They have four children and have lost one.
Mr. McCall of this review was educated in the common schools of Otsego and also under the private instruction of a minster of the name of
McFarland. He was only seventeen years of age when in September, 1864, he enlisted at Zanesville as a member of Company F, One Hun- dred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry under Captain Daniel Dugan. He had previously been in the government employ and after enlisting he served for one year and three months with the army. He took part in several skirmishes, also in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina, and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and was present at the surrender of General Johnston at Raleigh, North Carolina. In July, 1865, he was honor- ably discharged at Charlotte, North Carolina.
When the war was over and the country no longer needed his services Mr. McCall returned to his home with a creditable military record and began work as a farm hand, being thus employed until 1900, when with the capital he had saved from his earnings he purchased one hundred acres of, land on section 18, Monroe township. He has a valuable property two miles south of Otsego and Mr. McCall now carries on general farming and stock-raising. He makes a specialty of cattle, which he feeds for the market each year and his annnual shipments bring him a good in- come. In all his business affairs he is practical and he has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any trade transaction.
In February, 1870, Mr. McCall was married to Ann E. Wheeler, who was born in 1851 and is the daughter of Jacob and Agnes ( Walker) Wheeler. Her father was born in Virginia in 1820 and, following the occupation of farming. became a successful and prominent man of his community. He always adhered to the democ- racy but was never an office seeker. His wife was a native of this county but her parents came from Pennsylvania to Ohio. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler were ten children. The home of Mr. and Mrs. McCall has been blessed vith two sons and a daughter: Thomas W. was born March 27, 1871, and was educated in the common schools. He married Mirtle Wells and lives in Iowa, where he is employed as a railroad man. He has one child. Rora O., born April 15. 1872, is employed in a pottery in Zanesville. Hc wedded Ella Klein and has three children. Agnes, born in July 12, 1873, is the wife of E. 11. Mangold, of Adamsville, and has three chil- dren.
The parents are members of the Baptist church of Otsego and take an active and helpful inter- est in its work, Mr. McCall having served as one of its trustees for many years. He votes with the democracy, has been township clerk. personal assessor and real estate assessor. He holds membership relations with John Trimble Post, No. 628, G. A. R., in which he has served as commander, and in all matters of citizenship
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he is as true and loyal to his country and her best interests as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields and thus demonstrated his fidelity to the Union.
FRANK M. COUDEN.
Frank M. Couden is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of Muskingum county. He was born September 9, 1862, in Monroe town- ship, his parents being Joseph and Margaret (Davis) Couden. The father was born in Ad- ams township, Muskingum county, February 29, 1832, and was a son of Joseph Couden, who came from Ireland to the new world about 1814. He served his country as a soldier in the second war with England for about six months. He was a stone-cutter by trade, but taking up his abode in Ohio he became the owner of eighty acres of land in Adams township, Muskingum county, and devoted his energies to farming in the midst of what was then a wild pioneer district. Joseph Couden was reared to the occupation of farming amid the scenes of frontier life and is yet living to tell the tale of early experiences here when the work of improvement and progress seemed scarcely begun. When he was a school boy the people of the neighborhood had to chop down trees and split the logs in order to make seats for the pupils and the parents also had to chop and haul wood for the stove, which would con- tain a very long stick. All of the pupils carried their luncheon to school and it consisted mainly of corn cakes and buckwheat cakes, which they would warm on the stove at noon. They never had any recess and school began at seven o'clock in the morning and lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon. The schoolhouse was built of logs and there were seventy-five pupils in attendance. The first teacher that Joseph Couden had was Edward Menegh, who was a Roman Catholic and received fifteen dollars per month for his services. He was a hard drinker and often be- coming intoxicated would spend a part of his time lying in the shade of a tree near the school- house. It can safely be said that the pupils did not waste much time on their studies during these periods. When Joseph Couden was a boy he walked eighteen miles to his work, carrying with him an ax with which he chopped three cords of wood in a day. He helped to put up the first telegraph line in the county, extending from Zanesville to McConnelsville, and has been oth- erwise connected with the work of improvement and progress here as the evidences of civilization have been introduced. He has always been a very strong and rugged man and is yet hale and hearty. Throughout his entire life he has made
farming his business. He was married in 1855 to Miss Margaret Davis, a daughter of David Davis, and a sister of James and Harvey Davis, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Couden became the parents of eight children, whom they reared to adult age. In politics the father is a stanch democrat and for eight years he served as super- visor and at another time filled the office of con- stable. He is a member of the Patrons of In- dustry and both he and his wife hold member- ship in the Methodist Episcopal church.
Frank M. Couden pursued his education in the common schools of Adams, Salem and Highland townships and in his youth he worked as a farm hand for some time. On one occasion, however, he was in a runaway and was so injured that he was unable to perform any manual labor for some time, so during that period he sold books-reli- gious, historical and educational works. He aft- erward resumed work on a farm and later pur- chased a half interest in a farm adjoining the place that he now owns. In 1899 he sold his original property, and bought his present farm, comprising one hundred and twenty acres in Highland township. It has since been his place of residence and is now a well improved prop- erty devoted to general agricultural pursuits and the raising of cattle and sheep. He likewise raises some fruits and his farm in its various departments is neat and thrifty in appearance, giving evidence of careful and practical super- vision.
On the Ioth of March, 1891, Mr. Couden was united in marriage to Miss Ola Davis, who was born December 2, 1866, in Highland township, and is a daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Hol- land) Davis. They have one child, Waldo H., who was born September 14, 1896, and is with his parents at the family home, about two and one-half miles west of Bloomfield. Mr. Couden is independent in his political views. He belongs to the Patrons of Industry and he and his wife are members of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal church. He is a worthy representative of a pio- neer family and during his residence here has carried forward the work of substantial im- provement and progress which was instituted by his grandfather and further promoted by his fa- ther.
COLONEL T. F. SPANGLER.
The name of Tileston F. Spangler is insepar- ably associated with the commercial and indus- trial development of Zanesville during the past quarter of a century. He is a native of the city and was born March 28. 1849. the eldest son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Tarrance) Spangler.
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BENJAMIN SPANGLER.
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both of whom were natives of Muskingum county. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Spangler, who came to this locality in 1810 with his father, Mathias Spangler, but afterward re- turned to Maryland, where he enlisted as a sol- dier of the war of 1812. After his discharge from the service he returned to Muskingum county and followed the occupation of farming in Wayne township for many years. Colonel Spangler's maternal grandfather, Henry Tar- rance, was also a soldier of the war of 1812. He came to this county from Chester county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of James Tar- rance, who emigrated to this country from the north of Ireland soon after the close of the Rev- olutionary war.
Colonel Spangler passed through the entire course of the public school system of Zanesville and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1867. Like many other successful men, he began his business career as a teacher, a profession in which he earned some distinction during the short period of two years he was so employed. In 1870 he entered the law office of A. W. Train as clerk and student, and from his tutor, who was then in the front rank of the Muskingum bar, received those old-fashioned theories of law which made the tutor distin- guished and have served to make the pupil the prudent, painstaking counsel whose advice is re- spected by his business associates.
In 1873 Colonel Spangler was admitted to practice, and. having become connected with building and loan company operations during his law student life, he directed his attention more to conveyancing and office practice than to the more strenuous profession of an advocate. In 1880 he became the senior partner of a real- estate firm and has maintained an active interest in that line of business. He was the leading pro- motor of the Homestead Building and Savings Company, the People's Savings Bank and the Guardian Trust and Safe Deposit Company, each of which is among the city's present most pros- perous, substantial and reputable financial insti- tutions.
Every measure for the development of the city since his advent into its business circles has had his active support, and he is not an inactive supporter of anything with which he is connected. For a number of years he was either president. director or working committeeman of the former Board of Trade; was among the leading spirits in securing the permanent location at Zanesville of the immense plant of the American Encaus- tic Tiling Company: from 1873 until 1883 was secretary of the Muskingum County Agricul- tural Society : served six years as a member of the board of directors of the joint city and county workhouse; and is now prominently active in
advocacy of the ship canal by way of the Mus- kingum river from Lake Erie to the Ohio river. He has been managing member of the syndi- cates which laid out and, by liberal conditions to purchasers of lots, built up the additions of Fair Oaks, Brighton, Maplewood and Tiledale.
In 1883 Governor Hoadly commissioned him a staff aide with the rank of colonel, in which he served two years. During the Berner riots, at Cincinnati, in 1884, he volunteered for duty and his ten days' service during that memorial period was personally complimented by the ex- ecutive. Upon the accession of Governor Camp- bell in 1889, he again served two years as aide with the same rank.
In 1875 Colonel Spangler was married to Miss Mary Cox, youngest sister of Hon. S. S. Cox, at the latter's residence in New York, and imme- diately began his home life in Zanesville. To them were born five children, but Mamie died in infancy. Those still living are Leola M., Dora M., Helen S., and Arthur Cox.
In church circles Colonel Spangler is president of the board of trustees of the Putnam Presby- terian church, and in fraternal circles he is a member of the lodge of Amity, No. 5, F. & A. M. ; Zancsville chapter, No. 9. R. A. M .; Cyrene commandery, No. 10, K. T., of which he is a past commander ; has attained to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite; and is a member of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Mechanics lodge, No. 230, I. O. O. F.
In business circles Colonel Spangler is presi- dent of the People's Savings Bank, the Spangler Realty Company and the Ohio Canal Associa- tion : first vice president and manager of the Guardian Trust and Safe Deposit Company ; sec- rctarv and attorney of the Homestead Building and Savings Company : director and secretary of the Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Company; director of the Muskingum Coffin Company : and trustee and secretary of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monu- mental Building and the Helen Purcell Home.
ALBERT H. CALDWELL.
Albert H. Caldwell, now living retired from the active work of the farm to which he gave his time and attention for many years, was born June 12, 1839, in Harrison county, Ohio, his parents being John and Sarah ( Reed) Caldwell. The father was a native of Lafayette county, Pennsylvania. while the mother's birth occurred in Harrison county, Ohio, and they spent much of their lives in Harrison county. Mr. Caldwell was a black- smith by trade but purchased a farm upon which he reared his family of eleven children. He suc- cessfully carried on agricultural pursuits for
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many years and although he led a busy lifc he vet found time to perform some public service, filling the offices of justice of the peace and county commissioner.
Albert H. Caldwell supplemented his early ed- ucational privileges by study in Franklin collegc, at New Athens, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1859. He then took up the study of theology in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and was licensed as a minister of the gospel on the 15th of April, 1863, by the Steubenville presbytery and ordained by the Lake presbytery on the 8th of February, 1865. He served as pastor of the churches at Franklin and Utica, Pennsylvania, from 1865 until 1867 and in January, 1867, took charge of a church of his denomination at Antrim, Ohio, where he re- mained until 1895. He then retired from the ministry and purchased the farm on scction 21, Highland township, where he yet resides. He is now practically living retired, leaving the active work of the farm to his son. He owns sixty acres of well improved land, rich and arable, conveni- cntly and pleasantly located a mile north of New Concord.
In 1866 Mr. Caldwell was united in marriage to Miss Mary McKee, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, a daughter of James and Adeline ( Cochran) McKee. Her father was connected with the iron industry in the Keystone state, being a manu- facturer of furnaces. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cald- well have been born three children : John C., who operates the home farm; Albert W., who married Anna McKnight, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and is now engaged in preaching at Mckeesport, Pennsylvania ; and Octa E., who is living at home. The parents hold membership in the Unit- cd Presbyterian church of New Concord and Mr. Caldwell is still dceply interested in the cause to which he has devoted so many years of his active lifc.
JUDGE WILLIAM H. BALL.
Judge William H. Ball at one time fig- ured prominently in the history of jurisprudence in Muskingum county, and although he has now retired from active connection with his profes- sion he yet received the veneration and respect of the members of the bar because his own career was one which reflected credit upon the legal fraternity here. Nature bestowed upon him rare gifts. He possesses a mind of considerable com- pass combined with an industry which brought forth every spark of talent with which nature had gifted him. He has always been regarded as a superior man and now at the age of eighty- seven years he is spending the evening of life in the quiet retirement which is a fitting crown
to years of active and useful labor. He is a native of Virginia, having been born in Fair- fax county, in the Old Dominion, May 2, 1818. His father, William Ball, was born in Virginia, ncar the District of Columbia, and in the vicinity of Ball's Crossroads, in June, 1781. He married Sarah Cassidy, also a native of the same local- ity. His death occurred in April, 1862, while his wife passed away in November, 1863, at the age of seventy-four years. Both died in Fair- fax county, Virginia, but their remains were brought to Zanesville for interment in Green- wood cemetery. Throughout his entire life he followed the occupation of farming and although too old to enter the service at the time of the Civil war his sympathics werc with the Union cause.
Judge Ball spent the days of his boyhood and youth at the old home in Virginia and in 1845 came to Ohio, establishing his home in Zanes- ville. He had previously studied law for one ycar in Virginia and after coming to Zanesville continued his reading with General C. B. God- dard, who directed his studies until he was ad- mitted to the bar in June, 1847. He then went to Putnam county, Ohio, where he remained for three months, but did not secure a clientage dur- ing that period and returned to Zanesville. Here he entered into practice, his ability winning him recognition, and in 1851 he was chosen prosecut- ing attorney. He filled that position for one year, when he resigned to become political editor of the Zanesville Courier, acting as editor in 1853. He then resumed his law practice in this city and earnest effort, close application and exercise of his native talent won him prestige at the bar. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the readi- ness with which he grasped the points in an ar- gument, combined to make him one of the capable lawyers here. Political questions were of deep interest to him and his natural fitness for lead- ership 'was recognized by the public election of office. He was chosen to represent .his county in the state legislature in October, 1871. He was defeated for constitutional convention, however, in 1873. but in 1878 he was again made a can- didate for office and was elected judge of the court of common pleas, which position he filled for five years, after which he was defeated for re-election by Judge Phillips. He has never, however, been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to leave this for others. At different times he was engaged in the practice of law with partners, including Edmond Brush, the father of Dr. Brush ; John O'Neil, A. W. Train, John M. Hollingsworth and David Marsh. During his connection with the last named his practice extended to Perry county and he was also with J. A. Ivers, in Morgan county. Dur- ing all these years he continued his practice in
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