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son. They have three children - (1) John, who is managing his father's farm; (2), Lizzie, who married a Mr. Eversole, a prominent grain merchant of
Illinois ; (3) Jennie is a highly accomplished young lady, having completed a course in a college of fine arts in both Cincinnati and Chicago. (3) John Moyer married Jane Collins. Their children are, first, Sadie, who married Prof. Chatterton, who died about five years ago at Lancaster, leaving a wife and two little girls, Bessie Belle and Lucile. The other daughter of John is Miss Belle, who is living with her parents ;
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(4) Margaret Moyer married George Cruit and re- sides one mile west of Lancaster. They have three children, all living at home at present. (5) Laura Moyer married Rev. John Beery of the M. E. Church. They have seven children and reside at present in the State of Nebraska. (6) Mary Moyer married Capt. J. B. Eversole; she is now a widow and lives with her five children at Olney, Ill. (7) Lydia Moyer married James Stewart. They reside at Corea, Iowa. They have five children. Her first husband was Isaac Beery.
(5) James Young married Nancy Lehman, both of whom and all their children are now deceased.
(6) William Young married Lydia Blosser and resided most of their lives on the little farm now owned by the Funk brothers, just east of Bremen. Their children are (1) Mary, who is now Mrs. Jerry Moyer. Her children are (1) J. W., who married Miss Me- linda Shane and have one daughter, Ethel. (2) Llewellyn, who married James Paxton. (3) Myrtle who married Joshua Blosser (now deceased). She has one daughter, Inez. (4) Inez who lives with her parents. (2) John B. Young, who enlisted in Company E, Forty-sixth O. V. I., and died from ex- posure received at the battle of Shilo. (3) Thomp- son, who married Laura Hannum of Indiana. They are both dead and left four children, who now reside at Marion, Indiana. (4) Matilda married George Kuhn and lives at present at Fostoria, Ohio. They have seven children. (5) Kate married Mason King and resides in this township. They have seven children, namely : Court, Tony, Belle, Karl, Frank , and - . (6) James, who left here about eighteen years ago and located in Pennsylvania where he married. They have three children.
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Of Fairfield County, Ohio.
(7) Enos Young married Mary Brandt and re- sided on the old homestead until his death, which oc- curred about fifteen years ago. Their children are (I) Edward, a prosperous young farmer, who married Car- rie Alexander and now resides on a part of the old homestead. (2) Wilbur, who is still single from choice and is living with his widowed mother, manag- ing the farm.
(8) Thomas Young married Catherine Moyer. To this union were born four children. (1) Jacob, who married Josie Irvin, of Warren, Ind. Their three children are: (1) Rose, who married Samuel Ken- nedy, a banker of Warren, Ind. (2) Blanche, who married William Bond, and (3) Ernest, who is single and resides at home. (2) Henry W., the second son of Thomas Young, married Matilda King. They have a pretty country home two miles north of Bremen, where Mr. Young is extensively engaged in the rais- ing of small fruit and many varieties of garden seeds. Mr. Young's record as a citizen, soldier and public servant is an enviable one and worthy of emulation. Their children now living are: (1) Rev. E. E. Young of Germantown, Ohio, a graduate of Heidelberg col- lege at Tiffin, and now a successful young minister of the gospel. His wife was Miss Anna Shock, of Tiffin, Ohio. (2) Charles Young, a successful tiller of the soil, married Miss Guyton; they have one son, Cecil, and live near Avlon, Ohio. (3) Arthur O. Young, also a farmer, married Miss Lillie Kagay, and at present are making arrangements to move near Mil- lersport, where they will look after the farm of Mrs. Helser, of Thornville. (4) Miss Blanche Young and (5) Walter Young, both of whom are still residing with their parents.
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(3) John M. Young, a third son of Thomas Young, married Hanna Hite, and are residing with their children at Butler, Ind. (4) William E. Young, the fourth son of Thomas Young, married Clarissa Neeley. Mr. Young runs a blacksmith shop at his country home. They have one son, James, who is living at home, two and one-half miles east of Bre- men, and assists his father in the shop and on the farm.
(9) Elizabeth Young married William Black, and resided on their farm two miles west of Bremen, where Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Their children are: (1) John Black, who married Miss Laura Musser. They have seven children, one son and six daughters, the two oldest, Abbie and Leefe, being married. The former married Mr. Hoskinson and live in Newark, and the latter married Mr. Stover and live in Hebron. The other children are Belle, Blanche, Maude, Edna and Harry, all of whom live with their parents in He- bron. (2) James Black married Miss Groff. Mr. Black was accidentally killed on the C. & M. V. R. R. a few years ago, leaving a widow and eight children. Lizzie, the oldest, married Mr. Will Huston of West Rushville. They have one child. The other children are Gertrude, Rebecca, Clara, who makes her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs John Stuart; Bessie, Nellie, Leila and Orland. (3) The other daughter of William Black was Miss Mary who died about a year ago, since which time the widowed mother has made her home with her son, John, at Hebron.
(10) Mary Young married George Groff, brother of William Groff of this place. She is now a widow and lives at Pleasant Plains, Ind., with her daughter, Mrs. Wildermuth and family.
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(II) Edward Young married Amanda Kindler and now lives at Warren, Ind., where he is a success- ful practicing physician. They have two children who now live with them.
It is unlikely that any other family of this neigh- borhood has a better military record than the Young family. Edward Young's brothers served in the war of 1812 and during the Civil War eight grandsons of Edward Young went to the front to help put down the rebellion. They were Elias, Hezekiah, J. B., T. E., J. G., J. M., and H. W. Young, and Edward Moyer. J. B. died from exposure received at the battle of Shiloh. H. W. Young fell wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. Edward Moyer spent about fifteen months in southern prisons.
John Miller, John Ashbaugh and Joseph Ashbaugh cleared a patch of ground, planted corn and potatoes, and built a cabin in the spring of 1799 on what is now known as the Weaver farm. They then returned to Pennsylvania for their families. They were the first settlers of Rush Creek township, and the first to make an improvement. See "Ashbaugh family."
THE WISEMAN FAMILY.
1 SAAC Wiseman and his wife, Elizabeth, the an- cestors of the Wiseman family, of this county, emigrated from Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Rockingham County, Virginia, soon after the war of the Revolution. A large family of sons and daughters were emigrants with him. John, Samuel, Isaac, Jacob, Abner, William, Joseph. The family remained but a few years, living on Linnville creek, and with the exception of Samuel, moved farther south to Monroe County, Virginia. Samuel, about the year 1805 or 1806, moved with his family to Fair- field County, Ohio, and settled on Walnut creek, in Walnut township, where he reared a large family.
Jacob and Abner moved to Kentucky, and Isaac to Gallia County, Ohio, where they left many descend- ants. Rev. John Wiseman, a local preacher of the Methodist Church, commissioned by Bishop Asbury, reared a large family in Monroe County, Virginia, and late in life, at the age of 60, moved to Ohio, accompa- nied by his entire family of married and single chil- dren, with one exception, Aaron Morgan and wife.
He settled temporarily on the farm long known as the Pence farm, in Pleasant township.
In less than a year he moved his family to a farm adjoining his brother Samuel, but in Perry County. Here he spent the years of his old age in a quiet, peace- ful and uneventful life.
He was farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, wagon maker, cabinet maker, shoe maker and preacher, and
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Of Fairfield County, Ohio.
in all, a good, conscientious workman. His son Joseph was a distinguished local mathematician, a well in- formed, capable man. He served five years as Asso- ciate Judge of Perry County. His son, Philip S. Wise- man, father of the writer, lived a part of his life in Walnut township, Fairfield County. In the year 1848 he was the Whig candidate for representative for Fair- field County. He was a man of good, common sense, a reader of books, and such papers as the National In- telligencer, and was well informed. He reared a large family and died at the early age of 55 years. He was president of the public meeting in Pleasantville in 1861 when the Pleasantville Academy was organized.
Ann Wiseman married George Stinchcomb. They were the parents of the late Captain James W. Stinch- comb. Jacob G, was a farmer and good citizen of Perry County, Ohio. 1
Sallie married Thomas Brattin and moved to Chil- licothe, Ohio. Their great-grandson, Charles Lindly, of New York, married a daughter of Ex-Governor Denver at Wilmington, Ohio.
Simon Wiseman, Samuel and Andrew, sons of Jas. and grandsons of John, were soldiers of the Union army. The first two named died in the service. Theo- dore, son of Joseph Wiseman, was a Union soldier and died from disease contracted in the service.
Captain John Wiseman, son of Philip S., was a captain in the Forty-sixth Ohio regiment. He died a few years since in Chicago, Illinois.
Rev. John Wiseman was a soldier of the Revolution under General Washington, and was one of the suf- ferers at Valley Forge. He died in 1842, more than four score years of age. The descendants of Isaac
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Wiseman are numerous in many western and southern states.
C. M. L. Wiseman, son of Philip Smith Wiseman, and Pricilla Lewis, was born January 15, 1829, near New Salem, Ohio. His educational advantages were the common schools and a good circulating library, the columns of the Saturday Evening Post and the grand old National Intelligencer, theorgan of the Whig party. He taught a common school for five or six terms in Fairfield County. He then traveled four years for C. W. James, of Cincinnati, in the western states. On November 25, 1853, he married Mary E. Parr, of Perry County, Ohio. April 1, 1855, he moved to Lancaster and served as Deputy Sheriff under William Potter. Later he was deputy clerk of the Common Pleas Court, under John Radebaugh. He served four years as sec- retary and treasurer of the Lancaster Starch Company. In 1860 he was elected chairman of the County Repub- lican Committee, and conducted the Lincoln campaign. May 16, 1861, he was made Postmaster of Lancaster under Lincoln, on the recommendation of John T. Brasee and V. B. Horton. Four years later he was reappointed on recommendation of Carey A. Trimble. He was reappointed Postmaster by Andrew Johnson, on recommendation of Hon. Thomas Ewing. Again reappointed by General Grant on the recommendation of Hon. John Sherman, serving in all 13 years.
He served acceptably as Chairman of the Republi- can County Committee five terms. Was many times a delegate to district and state conventions. In one state delegation, when Senator Ewing was a delegate and the chairman. The most pleasing and acceptable, aye, honorable public duty that he was ever called upon to perform was to preside at the great meeting held in
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Of Fairfield County, Ohio.
the Lancaster City Hall, in memory of General U. S. Grant, shortly after his death. The man, whose praise was on every tongue, and whose fame had encircled the earth. He served five years as steward and financial officer of the Boys' Industrial School, five years as in- spector for the Board of Underwriters of the city of Columbus, six years as state agent of the Home Insur- ance Company, and six months as special inspector for the Home Insurance Company, of New York. No- vember 1, 1900, he married a second wife, Mrs. P. E. Collins. He is believed to be the only survivor of those who took an active and decided stand in the organiza- tion of the Republican party of Fairfield County. At that time the old Whigs were reluctant in giving up their grand old party, and the young men perfected the organization of the new Republican party.
His children are : Henry Clay, of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Charles E. Williamson, of Omaha, Ne- braska; Mrs. Joshua Clarke, Mrs. F. C. Whiley and Charles Philip, of Lancaster, Ohio; Mary Elizabeth and William Tecumseh, deceased.
: He is in
" Life's late afternoon
Where long and cool the shadows grow,"
and will soon be " In the twlight," the evening hour of life.
Not bedtime yet! The full blown flower Of all the year - this evening hour - With friendship's flame is bright ; Life still is sweet, the heavens are fair, Though fields are brown and woods are bare,
And many a joy is left to share
Before we say good night.
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And when, our cheerful evening past, The nurse, long waiting, comes at last, Ere on her lap we lie In wearied nature's sweet repose, At peace with all her waking foes,
Our lips shall murmur ere they close Good night and not goodby. -- O. W. Holmes.
INDEX.
Associate Judges
31
Asbury, F. Bishop 34, 63,
178
Attorneys, Early
31
Ashbaugh, David. 102, 192, 197
Achey, Jonathan
110
Amanda Township
121
Allen family
126
Academy, Greenfield.
149
Amusements
171
Applegate, Abe.
172
Associate Judges
31
Ashbaugh family
192
Ashbaugh, John.
195
Ashbaugh, John J.
196
Ashbrook family
205
Ashbrook, Aaron
206
Ashbrook, E. L
207
Ashbrook, T. P.
208
Ashbrook, J. M
341,
209
Ashbrook, Eli
211
Ashbrook Fanny
212
Allen, Lyman
324
Armstrong, John
341
Augustus, Judge
376
Artz, Jacob
381
Artz, John
381
Brasee, John T
141, 356,
58
Beck, Jacob, Sr.
96
Beecher, Phil 31, 33,
54
Boyle, Hugh
31
Brough, Jno
59
Baptist Church
.35,
64
Blaine, J. G
.75, 79, 154
421
-
422
Index.
Berne Township
100.
Bloom Township
104
Buckeye Lake
105
Basil
108
Baltimore
112
Beatty, Judge 199,
124
Baher, Daniel
130
Baher, Henry, Rev
131
Baher, J. H.
131
Blue Ball Tavern
138
Brasee, John S.
141
Blosser, Noah
401
Beery family
198
Beery, Nicholas
198:
Beery, John
199
Beery, Abram
200-
Beery, Geo
202
Beery, T. E.
203
Beatty, J. H.
124,
199·
Blue, J. Q. A.
205
Bumgardner, H
224
Baker, C .
233:
Beery & Hedges
241
Brandt, O. B
260
Bear family
309
Bright, David, Sr
325
Bright, David, Jr
325
Bright, John, Sr
327
Brandt family
361 361
Brandt, Jacob
362,
366
Brandt, Adam
.362,
366
Brandt, David
362, 365, 363
Brandt, Isaac
363
Brandt, Boss
368
Blosser family
395.
Common Pleas Judges .32,
33
Clerk of Court.
31
Court House
31
Converse, James
41
Coates, Samuel
42
Brandt, Ludwig
423
Index.
Connell, John
45
Creed, John
45
Clark, Joshua
51
Creed, John M.
60
Catholic Church
64
California Expedition
82 30
County Commissioners
30 34
Clear Creek
104
Coulson, Wm
132,
101 134
Cole family
134
Cartwright, Peter, Rev
170
Cox, T. B., Major
172,
175 169 260
Clinton, De Witt, Gov
263 287
Carlisle,
Crumley Family
Claypool, S
Claypool, Jacob
300,
302 303
Claypool, Wesley
300,
Claypool, Isaac
301 297 308
Cherry Family
Carpenter Gabriel
344 345
Courtright Family
Chaney, John .352,
354 393
Catherwood, M. H.
Death List of Lancaster
84 68 37
Davidson, Dr. A. 142, 172,
173
DeBolt, Rev.
177
Debolt, Reason 177
Dennison, James 357
Drake, Thos. 377,
378
Davis, Amos .
388
Evangelical Church 35
289 296 298
Claypool, Albert
Claypool, Abraham
Duke of Saxe Weimar
Distilleries .36,
Churches
Court of Quarter Sessions
Cole, Broad
Carper, Joseph, Rev.
Callahan, Geo., Rev.
424
Index.
Effinger, Samuel
50
Eagle Ohio
47
Ewing, Thos
56, 166, 260
Early Merchants
44
Early Sports
171
Fairfield County Fair
141
Foster, Rev. Wm
176,
177
Fetters, Thos
327
Friend Family
408
Ohio Canal
112
Gist Christopher
7
Groghan, George
7
Gazette
53
Glick Church
34
Grist Mills
36
Greenfield Township
102
Goldthwait, John
105
Graybill Tavern
138
Gill, John
142
Graybill, Samuel
172
Graham Family
292 365
Griffith Family
382
Griffith, James
382 383
Huber, David
37, 141,
142 57
Howes Academy
65
Humrighous, Jno.
125
Hyde, Simon Dr .
135 69
Holmes, James
258,
259
Holmes Family
258
Hohnes, Alex .259,
260
Holmes, Thos
261
Holmes, Wesley
261
Holmes, James 261
Holmes, James, Jr
263
Holmes, Samuel
264
Hooker Family
312
Hooker, Samuel Sr
313
Greenfield Township in 1840
364,
Griffith, Thos
Hunfer, H. H
Hocking Valley Railroad
425
Index.
Hooker, Samuel Jr.
313
Hooker, Richard Bachelor 313, 315 Hooker, Richard 314 314
Hooker, Samuel
Hooker, Richard of Turkey R.
315, 316, 317, 318 377 55
Irvin, W. W. 33, 54,
Jones, David Rev
Kauffman, George
Kreider, M. Z., Dr
Keller, D. P 178,
235
Kagy Family
216
Kagy, L. B.
217,
Kagy, Rudolph
221,
218 226 224
Kagy, Jacob
Kagy, C. R
Keller, Daniel 234, 235,
.50,
Noble, John W
145,
Lutheran Church
Lancaster Academy
Lancaster Bank
69.
Lateral Canal
69 72
Legislature
33 45
Lynch, Gen
100
Leist, John
104
Liberty Township
106
Leonard Henry
108
Lincoln, Abraham
170
Lewis, Tilman
34
Leith, John
179
Larimer, Isaac 352,
353
Leib, Joseph
385
Leib, Joseph Jr
385
Leib, A. D
388
Leib, Samuel F. 389
Leib, H. F 390
224 225 353
Noble, John Col
260 146 63 65
Lancaster Library
Latta Family
Latta, John
Kagy, Martin Dr
181 36 62
Hamilton, Col. Wm
4:26
Index.
McColloch, Elizabeth
10
McColloch, Samuel
10
McColloch, Frank
15
McColloch, Noah Zane
15
McColloch, William
15
McColloch, Samuel Jr.
15
McIntire, John
23,
170
McIntire, Sarah
.23,
170
Methodist Society First
34, 35, 252,
63
Merchants Early
44 47
Mechanics, 1810 to 1830
50
Maccracken, S. F
45
Merwin, E. B.
55
Medill, William
59
Methodist E. Church
35, 34,
63
Madison Township
101
McNamee, Job
131
Murphey, Wm
172,
175
McNeill, J. B.
94
Miner, E. L., Dr 124,
125
McCleery, Wm
177
idc Farland, W
178.
McFarland, J. C.
178
McClelland, R
182.
Mc Naghten, Thomas . 182,
184
McNaghten, John
183
McNaghten, Noah
184
McNaghten, Owen
184 193
Murphey Family
253
Murphey. Wm
253
Murphey, Ed
249,
254
Murphey, John
253,255, 237.
249
Matiock, Mrs
142
Murphey, Elizabeth
256
McLean, Alex
268
Mason and Dixon Line
267
McCleery, James
274
McCleery
280
Meason Family 304
McKinley, Mrs
Mechanics Early
i
Index.
427
Moyer, Jacob
411
Pleasant Run Baptist Church. 35
Prosecuting Attorneys
33;
Prehistoric Forts
38
Physicians Early
61
Presbyterian Church
63, 104,
244
Private Schools
64
Public Schools
18, 30,
65.
Professional Men
54
Pleasant Township
100
Phoenix Tavern
139·
Pearse, James W
142'
Pedagogues Early
155 to
165.
Pioneer Preachers
166
Peters, Samuel
183:
Peters Family
183
Peters, S. R.
189.
Peters, Andrew
191,
324-
Peters, Jonathan
.205,
214
Peters, Gershom 205,
214
Pleasantville Academy
210.
Peters, Rev. Tunis
214,
216 215.
Peters Philip
Presbyterians of Rush Creek
244
Pence, David
232
Pence, D., Jr.
233
Pearse, John V
338
Pence, Jacob
362 366.
Pigeon Roost S
391
Quinn, James, Rev
.42, 167,
178 252
Rush Creek Presbyterian
34
Reber & Kutz
37
Ring, George
.50,
38
Richland
101
Rush Creek
101
Rock Mill
103
Royalton
120+
Rushville
130
Ruffner, Michael
132.
Pence, Barbara
Richland Chapel
34,
-428
Index.
Reber, Samuel
145
Ruffner, Eml
229
Ruffner Joseph, Col
231
Ruffner, B., Sr.
237 237
Rowles Family
Rowles, John
237
Rowles, John, Sr.
238 240
Rowles, Wm., Sr
241
Ruffner, Peter
249 250 48
Reese, David
Rodebaugh, Joel
256
Roe, Thos 273,
277 277 320
Reber, Valentine
321 322
Reber, Samuel
323 323
Reber, Henry
329
Ream, George
333
Reed, Wm. James
357
Ream, Rheem Daniel
377
State vs. Pealt
32
Staughter, Judge
31, 54,
357
Saxe Weimar, Duke
68
Sanderson, George
47.
53
Sherman, C. R., Judge
55 87
Sherman, W. T., Gen
91
Stanbery, Henry
57
Sturgeon Family
70
Stuckey, Joseph
100
Shaffer Tavern
139
Snider, A. J
144,
199
Seitz, Enoch Beery
202,
147
School Teachers Early
155 to
165
Stevenson, Daniel
186
Saxton, John and Joshua
193
Saxton, Joseph
194
Rowles, John
Ruffner, Michael
Rank, David
Reber Family
Reber, John
Ream Family
Sherman, John
429
Stukey, W. W.
197
Seitz, Enoch Beery. . 147, 202:
Seitz, Daniel
202 246
Sturgeon, Thos
71
Sterrit, Price
71
Schoch, J. M.
.357,
358
Spangler, Samuel
370
Sharp, Joseph 378, 379
Sharp, R. L.
379
Sharp, R. H.
378
Soldiers of Revolution
406
Turkey Run Church
35
Tallmadge, Darius .37, 60,
141
Tavern Keepers Early
49
Taverns' Old Time
Teachers Early
155 to
Teal, Edward
Turner, John
Tong, Geo.
262 262
Tallman Family
281 316 316
Tallman, George
102
Van Metre Family
335 336
Van Metre, John I
344
Wolf, Ezra
374
Wolf, Salem
375
Wolf, Salem S
374
Wolf, Isaac
376
Wilson, James, Dr 62,
71
Walnut Township
105
Williams, John, Dr 149,
65
Waddle, Rev. Charles
168
Walters, F., Judge.
192
Wiseman, P. S. 417,
210
Work, Charles, Rev
244
Wilson, William
247
Wilson Family, Richland
247
138 165 177 200
Taylor, Henry
Tallman, Wm
Violet Township
Van Metre, Daniel
Index.
Stuart, Thompson
430
Index.
Wilson, David
250
Wilson, Isaac
250
Weatherby, Nathan
381
Wells-Holmes Graveyard
392
Wiseman Family
416
Wiliamson, John, Gen.
48
Wells Family
268
Wells, Richard
270
Wells, Gen. James
270
Wellsville
278
Wells Grave Yard
279
Wilson Family
283
Wilson Nathan
284,
285
Winter Family
310
Wagenhals, Rev. John
333 348
Whitman Judge
353
Wolf, Valentine
374
Young Family
410
Zane, Ebenezer
9
Zane, Silas
13
Zane, Jonathan
14
Zane, Andrew
13
Zane, Isaac ...
14.
16
Zane, Elizabeth
13
Zane, Austin B
13
Zane, Samuel
12
Zane, Daniel
12
Zane, Noah
Zane, John 48
48
Williamson Family
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