Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 93

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

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In taking up the personal history of John J. Tanner we present to our readers the life record of one whose acquaintance in Muskingum county is extensive for he has always lived within its borders and has been an active factor in business interests. He was educated in the township schools and was reared upon his father's farm until nineteen years of age. He was married in 1861 to Miss Catharine A. Cunning, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on the 19th of January, 1842, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Kennedy ) Cunning. Before her marriage Mrs. Tanner was a successful school teacher in Roseville, Ohio, and vicinity. Her father was born in Belfast, Ireland, and when a boy came to the United States, settling first in New Hamp- shire. He afterward returned to the land of his birth, where he was married and again came to America, bringing his wife with him. At the time of his second arrival in the new world he settled in Vermont. Subsequently he went to Canada, where he was engaged in merchandising. and in 1840 again came to the United States. He was a railroad man, did various kinds of con- tracting and also worked on public works. In 1852 he brought his family to Muskingum county, where he was engaged in railroad con- struction. He died in 1871, when about sixty- two years of age. his birth having occurred in 1809.

Following his marriage in 1861 Mr. Tanner carried on general farming until 1863 and in No- vember of the following year he sailed for Cal- ifornia by way of the Isthmus of Panama, land- ing at San Francisco on Christmas day, 1863. He went first to Vallejo and soon afterward re- ceived employment at the marine navy yard, where he worked at five dollars per day, contin- uing there for a year. On the expiration of that period he and his brother James went to Sacra- mento and afterward to Virginia City, Nevada, where thev engaged in mining, and in 1864 Mr. Tanner of this review returned to Ohio by wav of the Nicaraugua route, landing at New York and arriving in Roseville in December, that year. He has since resided in this city save that in the year 1864-5 he operated an oil engine in

Morgan county and in 1866 he engaged in the butchering business here and continued in this business and the shipping of live stock until 1904, prospering in his undertakings because of his judicious investments in stock and his profitable sales. He did well but on account of ill health he at length retired from business life and is now enjoying the fruits of his former toil.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have been born the following named: Charles A., who is en- gaged in merchandising in Zanesville; Noah H .. who is head mail clerk between Indianapolis and Pittsburg, which position he has held for twenty years, is living at Zanesville; Minnie J., the wife of Dr. G. A. Emery, a druggist of Toledo, Ohio : Alta, the wife of C. P. Willems, employed as purchasing agent and stock-keeper of a promi- nent rubber goods house, the Gutta Percha Rub- ber Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois ; J. Frank, a business man of Roseville and Co- shocton, Ohio : Florence, the wife of J. H. Laugh- lin, of Paulding, Ohio, who is secretary of a company of fire underwriters ; and Earle, also of Roseville.

Mr. Tanner, building his present home in 1878, erected a new section, which is a two-story structure and which is located on Main street between Third and Fourth streets. His careful management of his business affairs and his un- tiring industry have been marked characteris- tics . in winning him a well-merited success. In his political views he is a democrat and has held the office of councilman in Roseville, while so- cially he is connected with the Odd Fellows society and religiously with the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is also a member. The business career of Mr. Tanner is one which would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny for his methods were straightforward and hon- orable and his life record shows that success and an untarnished name may be won simultaneously.

SALATHIAL WARNE.

Salathial Warne, following the occupation of farming in Rich Hill township, was born in this township, November 11, 1830. His father, Pierce Warne, was the first white child born in Rich Hill township, his natal day being August 5. 1807. The grandfather, Abraham Warne, re- moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, in 1805, and entered from the government a tract of land which became known as the old Warne home- stead. He was one of a family of eleven chil- dren, and after reaching adult age was married to Sarah Pierce. Their son, Pierce Warne, fol- lowed the occupation of farming as a life work and for many years figured as one of the most

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prominent pioneer settlers of this community. He was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life and while sharing in the hardships and trials that fell to the lot of the early settlers of the community he also bore a helpful part in the work of improvement and progress. He married and had nine children: Salathial, Maud L., de- ceased, Betsy J., Sarah, Lecta F., Nettie, Abra- ham, William L. and Alonzo.

The boyhood days of Salathial Warne were quietly passed in the usual manner of farm lads of the period. He aided his father in the culti- vation of the farm and in the winter months at- tended the public schools. He was married in 1864 to Miss Agnes Lonon, of Centerville, West Virginia, and unto them were born five chil- dren : Pierce, who married a Miss Reason, and resides at home; Allen, who married Maggie Miller, and is living in Rix Mills; Sarah C .; Carrie M .; and Francis.

At the time of the Civil war Mr. Warne re- sponded to the country's call for troops and in 1862 enlisted in Illinois under Colonel Truc, of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois In- fantry. He was assigned to Company I, and made a model soldier, always faithful to his duty and loyal to the cause he espoused. He was wounded in the knee and the injury still occa- sions him trouble. This wound was sustained at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, where he was also taken prisoner and then sent to Louisville, but after being incarcerated four days he was pa- roled and sent to his home. At length he re- ceived an honorable discharge and in Muskin- gum county resumed the occupation of farming, which he has made his life work. He has been a very successful agriculturist, conducting his farming interests along modern lines and he vet gives his personal supervision to the care and development of his land although he has now passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life's jour- ney. He represents one of the old and prominent families of the county, who have lived in this section of the state for more than a century. The name has always been a synonym for progressive and loyal citizenship and its members have al- ways been accounted honorable and reliable busi- ness men.

JACOB T. BALLOU.

Jacob T. Ballou, now deceased, was for many years a leading farmer of Brush Creek township and represented one of the oldest families of Muskingum county. His birth occurred at Salt Creek, eight miles from Zanesville, on the 4th of March, 1824, and he was a cousin of Presi- dent Garfield. His father. Henry Ballou, was

born in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 6, 1796, and was a son of James and Me- hitabel ( Ingalls) Ballou. The grandmother was in early life left a widow with five small children to support and in 1814, accompanied by her two sons and three daughters, she made her way to Ohio, settling in Salt Creek township, Muskin- gum county, about 1820. She was not long per- mitted to enjoy her new home, however, for her death occurred the following year. Henry Bal- lou was reared to the occupation of farming and on the 20th of March, 1823, was married to Phoebe P. Tanner. They began their domestic life in Salt Creek township, but subsequently re- moved to Harrison township, where they made a permanent home, Mr. Ballou placing his farm under a high state of cultivation. He was also prominent in community interests and was called upon to fill a number of township offices. He died February 23, 1857, and his remains were interred in Virginia Ridge cemetery.

Jacob T. Ballou was reared to farm life amid the wild scenes and environments of the frontier and with the family shared in many of the hard- ships and trials incident to settlement in a pio- neer district. He early became familiar with the labors of field and meadow, working out of doors from the time of the early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. He never sought to change his occupation, content to devote his energies to the work to which he was reared and during the last thirty years of his life he occupied the homestead upon which his widow now resides. Here he owned one hundred and thirty acres of land which was de- voted to general farming and stock-raising.

In 1845 Jacob T. Ballou was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Evans, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and a daughter of John Evans. who was born in Virginia and was a cousin of Judge Adams. Mr. Evans came to Ohio at a very early day and performed his full share in promoting the early growth of the county. His father. John Evans, Sr., was born in England and lived with his son in Muskingum county for a time. The family became very early residents of this portion of the state, the grandfather enter- ing one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government for himself and forty acres for each of his sons. The name became closely asso- ciated with the early history of the county and at all times stood as a synonym for progressiveness and substantial activity in support of public measures for the gencral good.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ballou as the years passed were born the following named: Lizzie, the de- ceased wife of James Buchanan and the mother of six children; Anna, who became the wife of Frank Detro, by whom she had three children and after his death married again and had two

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children; John, of Crooksville, Ohio, who mar- ried Ida Boyd and has two children; Charles, of Roseville, who wedded Lizzie McHenry and has two children; George at home; and Frances, the wife of David Detro. Since the death of her hus- band Mrs. Ballou has left the care of her farm to her son and daughter, the land being devoted to general agricultural pursuits and to pasturage for the stock. Mrs. Ballou has now reached an advanced age and yet resides on the old home- stead where she and her husband spent so many happy years. She has a wonderful memory and a sunny disposition that during her life has gained her a host of warm friends, by whom she is still held in the warmest regard and affection.

Mr. Ballou voted with the republican party and was deeply interested in its success and growth, but would never accept any office save that of justice of the peace, which was conferred upon him without solicitation on his part. He was an active and devoted member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church for many years before his death and was a man of most kindly and be- nevolent spirit, in whom the poor and needy found a warm friend. He was considerate in his treatment of all, was loyal to truth, justice and right, and his place in public regard was an acknowledgment of his genuine personal worth as well as of his business success.

JAMES W. KIRK.

James W. Kirk, following the occupation of farming in Rich Hill township, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1854. His father, Nathaniel Kirk, was a native of County Down, Ireland, his birth having oc- curred near Belfast in 1826. He came to Amer- ica in 1847. By his marriage to Eliza Camp- bell he became the father of thirteen children.

James W. Kirk, whose name introduces this review became a resident of Ohio in 1866, being at that time but eleven years of age. He was reared upon his father's farm and in 1884 he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Larrimer, a rep- resentative of one of the old families of this part of the state. Six children grace this marriage: Mildred C., who has been well educated and is a popular school-teacher of Rich Hill township : Raymond, Samuel. Norma, Harry and Walter, all at home with their father.

Mr. Kirk is a substantial and enterprising farmer and the family is highly respected in the community. He has been quite successful and now has a nice home near Freeland, on the Ohio River & Western Railroad. He is not yet a wealthy man but he has acquired a competence which will keep him in his old age in comfort. The farm

is well tilled and is improved with modern equip- ments, everything about the place being neat and thrifty in appearance. Mr. Kirk is a warm friend of the cause of education and at an early day en- gaged in teaching school. He has done every- thing in his power to promote public progress and improvement in this section of the state and he aided in building the Ohio River & Western Railway, which has been of such practical ben- efit to the county. Since fifteen years of age he has held membership in the United Presbyterian church, to which his wife and elder children also belong and the members of the household occupy an enviable position in the social circles in which they move.

EDWARD P. WATERS.

Edward P. Waters, of Zanesville, is a native of New Jersey, whose birth occurred in Newark, in 1847. His father, Sampson Waters, was born in County Cornwall, England, and came to Amer- ica when seventeen years of age, settling in New- ark, New Jersey, where he formed the acquaint- ance of Rachel Marsh, whom he married. She died thirteen years ago at the age of sixty-nine years. They came to Ohio when their son Ed- ward P. was nine months old and first settled at Newcastle, Coshocton county, and five years later removed to Mount Sterling, Muskingum county, eight miles west of Zanesville. There the father engaged in harness-making, conducting a shop in Sterling. He came to Zanesville about 1870 and continued in the harness business here for a number of years but retired several years prior to his death, his health failing him. He died February 19, 1904, at the age of eighty-six years. Unto him and his wife were born six children. of whom four are yet living: Abel, a resident of Cincinnati, was a soldier of Company G, Thir- ty-second Ohio Regiment and served through- out the entire Civil war, including the celebrated campaign with Sherman to the sea. Edward P. is the next of the family. Elizabeth died at the age of sixteen years. Albert L., who died at the age of twenty-two years served for three months in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Regiment at the time of the Civil war. Amelia Evaline is now the wife of R. B. Brown. Charles W. is living at Wheeling, West Virginia.

Edward P. Waters spent the first five years of his life in the state of his nativity and then came with his parents to this county. He was reared under the parental roof and in his father's shop learned the harness-making trade. At the time of the Civil war he was in Nashville, Tennessee. being connected with the quartermaster's depart- ment, and he worked at his trade there until he

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became ill of typhoid fever after thirty-three days. He then returned to Zanesville and almost im- mediately afterward went to the northern part of the state, spending two years as a clerk in a general store in Martinsburg. He then again came to this city and secured a clerkship in the grocery store of John Gerwick, with whom he re- mained for several months. He was thus en- gaged in business for about two years and in 1869 he entered the postoffice as a clerk, acting in that capacity for three years, when he was appointed postal clerk on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, his run being from Columbus, Ohio, to Grafton, West Virginia. He was also at differ- ent times on other lines and he continued in the postal service for twelve years, spending five years on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and seven years on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Mr. Waters left that position in April, 1886, and in the following July engaged in the laundry business, opening a laundry on South Third street, which he called the Muskingum laundry. There he continued alone for a year, when he ad- mitted Bennett Taylor to a partnership under the same name. Later they incorporated the business, Mr. Waters being the first president of the company, and he continued with the Mus- kingum laundry until September, 1902, when he sold his interest and established another business of a similar character on South Fourth street, where he erected a brick building. He then es- tablished the "Ed Waters New Laundry," which is fully equipped with all modern machinery and appliances found in a concern of this character. He was the first to introduce steam laundry work in this city. He has been very successful and now controls a large trade, his business having reached such a volume that it returns him a very gratifying source of income. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. which he joined on its organization and for two years he served in the board of governors. Mr. Waters is well known in Zanesville and Muskin- gum county, where almost his entire life has been passed and he here enjoys the esteem of many friends.

REV. JOSEPH A. WELLER, D. D., PH. D.

Rev. Joseph A. Weller, educator, minister and agriculturist, now living in Clay township, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, April 28, 1846. His father, Henry W. Weller, was a represent- ative of an old and prominent family of this county. He was born in Morgan county, about a half mile south of the Muskingum county line

on the 29th of December, 1818. His father, John Weller, was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia. He came to this state with his father, Henry Weller, of Loudoun county, who located in Mus- kingum county at an early period in the develop- ment of this section of Ohio.

Henry W. Weller, the father, was reared in Morgan and Muskingum counties and owned land and followed farming in both counties. He was married, in 1841, to Miss Anna Longstreth and for many years they traveled life's journey together, living happily as man and wife for sixty-two years. Mrs. Weller was born in Mor- gan county, March 14, 1821, and was a daughter of Phillip Longstreth, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer settler of this part of the state. Mrs. Weller died in 1903, leaving behind the memory of a life which was as a benediction to all who knew her. She possessed splendid traits of heart and mind, a kindly spirit and a generous disposition, while in her family she was a de- voted and loving wife and mother. Henry W. Weller still survives and is one of the honored pioneer residents of this part of the state. He built his present home in this county about fifty- one years ago. In his business affairs he has prospered, capably conducting farming pursuits until he is now the owner of four hundred and sixty-six acres of valuable land. The Weller homestead is known as the Sunny Hill farm and is improved with modern equipments. Here Mr. Weller is spending his last years, cared for by his son Joseph A. He was reared in the faith of the democratic party and later became an ad- vocate of free-soil principles. Strongly opposed to the institution of slavery, his home was a sta- tion on the famous underground railroad, where- by many negroes were assisted on their way to freedom in the north. When the republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery, he joined its ranks and has since been one of its stalwart advocates. Unto him and his wife were born three children, but the daughter, Samantha, was drowned during a cloudburst on the old home farm at the age of ten years, and the eldest son, John W., was killed at the battle of Fort Wagner on the 18th of July, 1863, while serving as a member of Company A, Sixty- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Rev. Joseph A. Weller acquired his primary education in the public schools of Morgan county and afterward attended Otterbein Uni- versity at Westerville, Ohio, from which institu- tion he was graduated in the class of 1876. He then became a student in the National School of Oratory and Elocution at Philadelphia, complet- ing his course there with the class of 1878, and subsequently he was graduated from the Union Biblical Theological Seminary at Dayton, Ohio,

MR. AND MRS. J. A. WELLER.

HENRY W. WELLER.

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where he received his degree as minister of the United Brethren church. He had determined to devote his life to the holy calling and for two years was pastor of a church at Marion, Ohio. He then acted as pastor at Westerville College for a year and was also professor of Greek and Latin in Western College at Toledo, Iowa, for six years. During the succeeding four years he was president of the Lane University of Lecomp- ton, Kansas, and president of the Central Col- lege at Enterprise, Kansas, for five years. On the expiration of that. period he accepted a call to the pastorate of his church at Springfield. Illinois, where he remained for two years, then spent one year in Canton, Ohio, and two years in Ashland, Ohio. At the end of that time he gave up the active work of the ministry and took up his abode upon the old family homestead in order to care for his aged father and mother, who passed away July 10, 1903. The work of education is the most important to which man can devote his energies, be it from the lecture platform, the schoolroom or the pulpit. Rev. Weller has labored in all of these departments and his influence has been of no restricted order. It is the educator who gives shape to and largely molds the destinies of those who come under his instruction and the seeds of truth planted by Rev. Weller have in the years that have come and gone borne rich fruit. He is now clerk of the board of education in Clay township.

At the time of the Civil war Rev. Weller was in hearty sympathy with the Union cause but was too young to enter the army. He became a mem- ber of the National Guard, however, and on the 2d of May, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, with which he remained until honorably dis- charged on the 2d of September, following, at Columbus. He was then but eighteen years of age.

On the Ist of January, 1883. was celebrated the marriage of Rev. Weller and Miss Emma J. Howard, a native of Clear Lake, Iowa, and a daughter of the Rev. E. Howard, now deceased. Mrs. Weller is a highly cultured lady, being a graduate of the Western College, of Toledo, Ohio. She afterward taught painting and draw- ing in that institution and she has also taught English literature, Latin and German for four vears, but has been especially successful as a musical instructor, at one time having a class of thirty pupils at Deavertown, Ohio. As a writer of both prose and poetry, she has contributed to several different publications and has produced some good serial stories and very pretty poetry. She is dearly beloved by all with whom she has come in contact and has a host of warm friends. Mr. and Mrs. Weller have had no children of their owit, but have adopted and reared five, namely :

Robert Henry, Eugene, Carrie A., Anna L. and Harry H.

Mr. Weller is a man of fine personal appear- ance, scholarly tastes and attainments and of broad general culture. It would be almost tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements as showing him to be a man of strong mental development and refinement, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. He possesses a humanitarian spirit that prompts him to the display of sympathy and kindliness and the exercise of qualities which have proven helpful to his fellow- mian.

HENRY HARRISON GUY.

Henry Harrison Guy, a capitalist of Roseville. was born in Harrison township, Perry county. Ohio, in 1859, his parents being Alexander and Elizabeth ( Pemberton) Guy, who are also natives of that county. The paternal grandfather, James A. Guy, removed from Pennsylvania to Perry county at an early period in its development and. locating on a farm, there reared his family. His son Alexander followed the same occupation and in addition to the tilling of the soil became largely engaged in stock-raising and dealing. accumulat- ing a comfortable competence through the care- ful management of his business affairs. He is an advocate of the republican party. He is now seventy-three years of age, while his wife has reached the age of seventy-two years. Her fa- ther was Thomas Pemberton, a native of Vir- ginia, who also became one of the pioneer farm- ers of Perry county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Guy have four children : Charles C., a dealer in mon- uments at Newark, Ohio, who filled the office of auditor in Perry county for two terms; Henry H .: Mary; and James O., who is engaged in farming and gardening on the old homestead.

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Past and present of the city of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio, Part 93

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