Portrait and biographical album of Greene and Clark counties, Ohio, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county; together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, Part 80

Author: Chapman, firm, publishers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Chapman Bros.
Number of Pages: 918

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The 27th of February, 1879, marked an interest-

ing date in the life of our subject, as on that day he was joined in wedlock with Miss Maggie John- son. This lady was born near New Carlisle and lived there from infancy until the time of her mar- riage. Her parents were John F. and Lydia (Schu- man) Johnson, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania and are now residents of New Car- lisle. The six children born of this union are -- David J., Charles E., Raymond F., John II., George B. and an infant unnamed. When Elnathan Cory settled here there was an Indian camp on an eminence on the land he purchased and it was dubbed Indian Hill, which name it still retains.

AMES HUSTON. The subject of this no- tice occupies a prominent position among the wealthy men of Miami Township, Greene County, who have acquired their possessions solely through their own energy and industry. He began at the foot of the ladder in life and has climed up unaided, so that he is prac- cally independent, sitting under his own vine and fig tree, and has reason to look upon the result of his labors with unalloyed satisfaction. We find him the owner of one of the finest farms of Miami Township, this being located on section 31, and comprises one hundred and fifteen acres of well- tilled land. The fine new residence was completed in the winter of 1889, and with its surroundings forms one of the most attractive pictures in the landscape of this region.

A native of Knox County, this State, Mr. Hus- ton was born February 27, 1824, to Robert and Anna (Lyon) Huston. Robert Huston was born in 1793, in Pennsylvania, and his wife, a native of this State, was born in 1798. The paternal grand- father, Robert Huston, emigrated to Ohio during the War of 1812, and settled on a tract of land in in Knox County, near Martinsburg. There with his estimable wife he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1839, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. He had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Huston learned carpentering in early

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manhood, and also followed farming. He was married about 1820, and purchased a farm in Knox County, upon which he sojourned until 1837. Then selling out he removed to Greene County, settling in what is now New Jasper Town- ship, April 16, of that year. After a residence of twenty years he departed this life in 1857. He became well-to-do, and the owner of three hundred aeres of good land. The mother survived the hus- band for a period of twenty-eight years, dying in 1885. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are living.

The subject of this notice obtained his early ed- ueation in a log schoolhouse, under the subserip- tion plan, and after methods of instruction far inferior to those of the present day. He started out for himself at the age of twenty years, work- ing for a time on a farm, and then learned mill- wrighting, which he followed five or six years: At the expiration of this time, having lived fru- gally and saved what he could of his earnings, he invested his little capital in a stock of merehan- dise, and established himself at Jasper, Greene County. As a millwright he had been in the em- ploy of William Patterson, a schoolmate, with whom he afterward associated himself in partner- ship. Mr. Patterson, during the Civil War, enlisted in an Illinois regiment and died in the army.

After a residence at Jasper of four years, en- gaged in mercantile business, Mr. Huston pur- chased a farm in New Jasper Township, where he lived several years, and later removed to a farm in Xenia Township. In 1876 he changed his res- idenee to Miami Township, locating upon the land which he now owns and oecupics. He put up a fine residence in 1886, which was destroyed by fire in August, 1889. This was soon replaced by the present dwelling, which was completed in De- cember, of the same year.

Mr. Huston was married May 1, 1849, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Mathias W. and Matilda (Moorman) Baker. The parents of Mrs. Huston were natives of Virginia, and Quakers in religion. The Baker family flourished in Kentucky. Mr. Baker came to Ohio, and is now residing in Byron, Greene County. They are the parents of four

children, three of whom are living; Salathiel Eli, Watson Baker, Mary E., and William G. M. Wat- son, during the Civil War, enlisted in the Union service, was promoted to a Lieutenantey, and con- racted a disease while in the army, from which he died at Xenia, in 1866. William C. M., a man of fine abilities, was at one time Auditor of Greene County, and later Secretary of the Home Insurance Company, at Columbus. He invented a short method of book-keeping, and is now engaged as a stock broker in Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. Huston was born, July 9, 1829, ncar Jamestown, Greene County, this State, and lived on a farm with her parents until her marriage. Of this union there have been born four children : Lueretia E. remains under the home roof, and is a very estimable young lady, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and takes an active part in Sunday-school work. She is well educated and has taught school several terms. Robert F. B. died when twelve years old; Mary E., the wife of M. A. Hagler, lives in New Jas- per Township, and is the mother of one child; James W. is unmarried and remains with his par- ents.

Mr. Huston takes an active interest in polities and votes the straight Democratie ticket. He was a Union man during the Civil War.

W ILLIAM LEONARD HAGLER. The re- sults of industry and wise economy are exhibited in the carcer of the subject of this sketeh, who has accumulated an estate of con- siderable value, and surrounded himself and fam- ily with the comforts of life through his own exertions, seconded by the good management of his wife in household affairs. His farm comprises one hundred and thirty-three acres in Xenia Town- ship, its value being enhanced by its nearness to the county seat, from which it is distant four and a half miles in a southeasterly direction.

Mr. Hagler was born in New Jasper Township, Greene County, one mile east of his present home, his natal day being April 9, 1827. The paternal

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family included ten daughters and five sons, of which but two members died before reaching ma- ture years. All of the daughters are yet living except Harriet, who died in childhood. The sur- vivors are: Elizabeth, wife of Mathew Smith, of Jay County, Ind .; Amanda, wife of Gideon Spahr; Sarah J., wife of Phillip Sutton ; Martha E., wife of Will- iam Sutton; Charlotte C., wife of Austin Long; Clarisa, wife of Durban Long, deceased; Minerva, wife of David Dean; Louisa, wife of John Dean; and Anna S., wife of Jacob Peterson. The sons arc: William L., Henry C. and Moses A., who are yet living; John M., who died in Grant County, Ind .; and Samuel H., who died when four years old.

Samuel Hagler, the father of this household band, came to this county with his parents in an early day, the removal from Hardy County, Va., where he had been born, being made with wagons. The family settled in New Jasper Township, Greene County, where Samuel made his home during his entire life, clearing and improving land and own- ing one hundred and seventy-eight aeres at the time of his death. That event occurred in 1880, when he was seventy-seven years old. In Warren County he had married Anna Fudge, who was born in Augusta County, Va., and whose father, Jacob Fudge, had come to Ohio in a very early day, settling near Springboro. Mrs, Hagler died in 1884 at the age of eighty-one years. The Hag- ler family is of German origin, as is that of our subject's grandmother, Mary Peterson, who mar- ried Leonard Hagler, and reared a large family all of whom came to this county.

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited common-school education, and remaining with his father until his marriage in October, 1851. His savings at that time amounted to $350, which he had earned by day's work, and for several years after his marriage he farmed on rented land. In 1855 he purchased the farm where he now lives, and has since been adding to its value by careful tillage and improvement. After his father's death he received about $1,800 from his father's estate.

The worthy woman who has shared Mr. Hagler's fortunes for nearly forty years, bore the maiden

name of Mary L. Scroggs. She is of Scotch-Irish lineage, was born in Knox County, and is a daugh- ter of Alexander and Mary (Lyons) Scroggs, who came to this county about 1827. She is the mother of seven children-Charlotte J., the first- born, is the wife of the Rev. J. David Livingston, of St. Louis, Mo. The others are: Moses A., Charles F., George M., Emily, William and Anna. Mrs. and Mrs. Hagler and all of their children except George, belong to the United Presbyterian Church.

ANIEL H. CUSHING, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County, was appointed to this position January 1, 1890, to fill a vancancy, having previously served a number of years as Deputy. He was af- terward nominated for the office by the Republican County Convention held February 17, 1890. He is a bachelor approaching his forty-ninth year, having been born November 11, 1841, at Madison, Ind. His father, Courtland Cushing, was born in Warren County, this State, in 1812, and was the son of Daniel Cushing, one of the early settlers of Ohio.

The father of our subject was a lawyer by pro- fession and was admitted to the bar in Warren County. Ile married Sarah, daughter of Phineas Ross of that county and soon after removed to Madison, Ind., where he practiced his profession a number of years. Three children were born to Courtland and Sarah (Ross) Cushing -- Mary, now deceased; Sarah C. and Daniel H., our subject. The mother died when Daniel H. was but two years old and a few years later the father, Courtland Cushing, placing his children under the care of relatives in Ohio, went to South America and later to Central America, where he engaged in business and where he died in 1856.

Daniel H. Cushing was educated in public and private schools at Springfield, Ohio, and later en- tered Granville College where he remained some time but left without graduating. He was engaged

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in various pursuits until 1878 when he became Deputy Clerk of the Common Pleas Court which position he retained until appointed to that which he now holds.

E BENEZER HATCH. Although many years have elapsed since this gentleman, having reaelied a good old age, passed from the busy scenes of earth, yet lie is still not only affee- tionately remembered by his family, but by all who knew him. For many years he was a leading member of the Primitive Baptist Church, in the faith of which he died. His portrait, which is pre- sented on the opposite page, represents one of the pioneer settlers of the Buckeye State, and one who was as a husband and father, kind and indulgent, and at the same time a good neighbor and a safe friend.

Fortunate is he in the estimation of the more intelligent class of humanity who ean traee his ancestry to the early times, and find them to be worthy of honorable mention. The subject of this notice was proud to record himself as a son of John Hatch, Sr., a sturdy old veteran who made for himself a fine reeord as a man and a eitizen. John Hatch was born in Connecticut, and eame of a race of seafaring men who sprang from New England stock, and who himself was the son of a sea eaptain. IIe was married in Connectieut, in which State lie made his home until he decided to ehange his calling and settle permanently on terra firma. Then emigrating with his family to Oswego County, N. Y., he there with his estimable wife spent his last days. They reared a family of children, one of whom, the eldest son, was Ebene- zer, the subject of this notice.

Ebenezer Hateh was reared to manhood in Os- wego County, N. Y., and married Miss Cynthia Greene, a native of Connecticut, who likewise re- moved with her parents to the Empire State when a child. After the birth of several ehildren they joined a colony which had deeided upon coming to Ohio, and loaded their earthly possessions on a raft on the Ohio River, by which means they pro-

eeeded slowly and laboriously to the vicinity of Madison, Ind. They sojourned two years in the southern part of that State, then resumed their journey with teams overland, and upon arriving in Greene County, this State, settled in what is now Silver Creek Township, upon the land now occu- pied by their son, Orange S.

This was in 1823. Our subject rented land the first year, and then purchased forty aeres of heavy timber, which is now included in the old homestead. Father and sons felled trees, grubbed out the stumps and brought the soil to a state of eultiva- tion. Later, additional land was added to the farm, which became quite valuable, and there Ebenezer Hateh spent his last days, dying January 2, 1874, aged eighty-nine years.

As has been above stated the first wife of our subjeet bore the maiden name of Cynthia Greene. She was born in 1783, and departed this life at the homestead in Silver Creek Township, June 11, 1845. There had been born to her and her hus- band four sons and eight daughters, all of whom, with the exception of one, lived to mature years. There are now living two sons and three daugh- ters of that goodly family-Orange S., who lives in Silver Creek Township, and his brother Stephen, a resident of Logan County, Ill. The daughters are: Mrs. Eliza Chapman, of Richmond, Ind .; Mrs. Emma Tuttle, of Logan County, Ill., and Mrs. Maria Myers, also a resident of Logan County. The mother was a woman of many estimable quali- ties, and a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Ebenezer Hateh was married a second time, his wife being Miss Violet Barber, who is still living. This lady was born April 16, 1812, in what is now Carroll County, W. Va., and is the daughter of Allen and Jane (Haugliey) Barber, who were natives respectively of North Carolina, and what is now West Virginia, and were of Seoteli and Irish deseent. They were married in the latter State, and there spent the remainder of their lives, becoming quite aged. They were most ex- cellent and worthy people, and devoted members of the Methodist Church. Allen Barber distin- guished himself as a gallant soldier during the War of 1812. Mrs. Hatch is thus the wife and daugh- ter of patriots, and is now in the enjoyment of a

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· monthly pension tendered her husband by the Government.

There were born to the parents of Mrs. Violet (Barber) Hatch a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to mature years and were married, while six are yet living. Of these Violet was the eldest. She was reared under the parental roof, and received a fair education in the common school. She came to Greene County with her uncle in 1837, and since that time has resided within its limits. Of ber union with Mr. Hatch there were no children, but she is regarded with great affection by her step-children, with whom she makes her homc. Notwithstanding she is seventy- eight years old (having been born in 1812), she retains all her faculties, and is more than ordinarily bright and active for one of her years.

Orange S. Hatch, the eldest son of our subject, was born August 18, 1826, at the old homestead in Silver Creek Township, and is the youngest child of his father by his first wife. He spent his boyhood days in the manner of pioneer farmers' sons, acquiring a limited education in the primi- tive schools, and becoming familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing and reaping as prosecuted in the early days. He grew up to a healthful and vigor- ous manhood, and when ready to establish a home of his own was married, October 22, 1856, at Har- lem Springs, Jefferson County, to Miss Clara Thomas.

Mrs. Clara (Thomas) Hatch was born in Amster- dam, Jefferson County, this State, June 28, 1837, and is the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Mc- Dowell) Thomas, natives respectively of Pennsyl- vania and Maryland, and of Irish and Scotch des- cent. Early in life Mr. Thomas learned black- smithing, which he followed for many years, and after his marriage, which occurred in Pennsylvania. They lived there until the birth of two children, then deciding to seek what at that time was con- sidered the far West, they emigrated to Ohio, set- tling first in Steubenville, from there going to Springfield, thence to Amsterdam, where the father spent the remainder of his life. Mr. Thomas was for some years a merchant of Springfield, Ohio; he died in 1846, at the age of forty-one years. His wife survived him for a period of forty-four years,

remaining a widow, and died at the advanced age of nearly ninety-one. Both were strong Metho- dists in religions belief, and took an active part in church work. They were possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, and the mother was espe- cially well educated in both German and English. Mr. Thomas served as a soldier in the War of 1812.

Mrs. Orange S. Hatch was carefully trained and educated, and when attaining to womanhood learned the trade of a milliner, which she followed until her marriage. Of her union with Mr. Hatch there have been born four children, one of whom, a son, John, died at the age of four years. The survi- vors are :Emma, the wife of Allen T. Sutton, a far- mer of Silver Creek Township; Minnie, Mrs. George Oldham, living in Xenia, where her hus- band is engaged in the wholesale grocery trade, and Charles, who remains at home with his par- ents. Mr. Hatch, politically, is a sound Repub- lican, and in religious matters coincides with the doctrines of the Missionary Baptist Church, of which he is a leading member.

ACOB BRICKEL. Among the many pleas- ant homes of Jamestown, where numbers of the retired farmers of Greene County have wisely decided to spend their declining years, may be mentioned that of Mr. Brickel, which is pleasantly located on Washington Street, one of the choicest residence portions of the city. He re- moved here from his farm in Jasper Township, in 1882, but still retains ownership of the homestead, which was built up mainly through his industry and perseverance. This comprises one hundred and sixty-six acres of choice land, upon which have been erected good buildings and all the other ac- cessories of the modern country estate.

Mr. Brickel came to this county in 1838, a very poor man, without money and $20 in debt. He lo- cated first in Silver Creek Township, whence he removed to New Jasper Township. Prior to this he had lived in Fostoria, this State, four years, removing to that place from Jefferson County, where

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his parents had settled upon their removal to Ohio from Dauphin County, Pa.

Mr. Brickel was born February 25, 1815, in Dauphin County, Pa., and was the son of Jolin Brickel, also a native of that county, and of Ger- man descent. The paternal grandparents of our subject spent their entire lives in the Keystone State. John Brickel was reared to farm pursuits in his native county, and when reaching manhood was joined in wedlock with Miss Nancy Jones. The latter was born and reared in Pennsylvania, and was, like her husband, of German ancestry. After marriage John Brickel and his wife lived on a farm in Dauphin County, Pa., for a number of years, and then, coming to Ohio, located in Jefferson County. where they sojourned for twenty years. Then, when quite aged, they removed to Greene County, settling near Jamestown, where Mr. Brickel died at the age of sixty-eight years. The mother survived her husband many years, living to the ad- vanced age of eighty-two. Both were prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The subject of this notice was the second of eight children, four sons and four daughters, born to his parents, and was a small boy when they settled in Jefferson County. At the age of eighteen, he started out for himself, and going to Fostoria, Han- cock County, was variously employed, and in the meantime made the acquaintance of Miss Mary Phillips, to whom he was married August 25, 1835. Mrs. Brickel was born February 22, 1818, in Union County, Pa., and removed with her parents to Hancock County, this State, when little more than a child. Her father, Henry Phillips, died in Wayne County, at the age of forty-eight years. The mother lived to be past eighty, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Sliceley, near Jamestown. Iler maiden name was Margaret Becken. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which the latter identified herself when a girl of fourteen years.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brickel lived in Hancock County until after the birth of two children, then removed to Greene County, and Mrs. Brickel died in Jamestown, July 14, 1888. Her age was seventy years, four months, and four-

teen days. She had from childhood been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of her marriage with our subject, there was born a family of eleven children, three of whom died young. The survivors are recorded as follows: Margaret is the wife of Thomas Fields, a farmer of Silver Creek Township; Amanda J. married John S. Bales, and they live on a farm in Xenia Township; Louisa is the wife of Henry Althens, and they live in Xenia; Katic married Daniel Zortman, and they are resi- dents of Jamestown; Emma married John Land- ers, and they are living on a farm near Jamestown ; Daniel A. married Miss Belle Gideon, and is farm- ing in New Jasper Township; John H. married Katie Clemens, and is farming in Cæsar's Creek Township; G. Frank married Miss Belle Smith, and is farming in Ross Township.

Mr. Brickel cast his first Presidential vote for Van Buren, and is a stanch supporter of the Demo- cratic party. He has been for many years a con- sistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoys in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of the people around him.

W ILSON COMPTON. This gentleman bears the distinction of owning and occupying the highest point of land in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. He is recognized as one of its leading farmers, and has spent his entire life within its limits, having been born at his father's old homestead, September 7, 1841. The place lies a little over a mile east of Spring Valley, and forms one of the old landmarks which was built up from the wilderness by one of the earliest pioneers of this region, The family has been long and favorably known in this county, and has contributed its full quota toward its growth and development.

The subject of this notice is the son of Henry and Catherine (Mock) Compton. Henry Comp- ton was born about 1798, in North Carolina. In 1804 he came with his parents to Greene County, the journey being made overland with a wagon, and young Compton traveled on foot a large por-

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tion of the way. The family settled near New Burlington -- a half mile northwest of the place-and after his marriage Henry Compton and his young wife located a half-mile further West. A few years later they moved to the one hundred-acre farm where their son Wilson was born. The fatlier proceeded with the improvement and cul- tivation of his land, clearing the timber and adding thereto until he became the owner of two hundred and two acres, and gave each of his children a farm.

The father of our subject in his early manhood belonged to the old Whig party, and after its abandonment identified himself with the Repub- licans. He, however, never aspired to office, being content to live the life of a private citizen. He was first married to Miss Mary Horner, by whom he became the fatlier of three sons-Stephen, the first-born, died in Fayette County, where in com- pany with his brother he purchased a large tract of land, they finally owning two hundred acres each; Ezra is now a resident of Fayette County, this State; the third son was Martin, who resides in the vicinity of Earlliam, Iowa. His second wife was Catherine Mock, who was born December 29, 1810, on a farm adjoining that where her husband lived. She was the daughter of Jolin and Mary (Horney) Mock, and of this union there were born three sons and one daughter, viz .: Eber, Amos M .; Cynthia, now the widow of James H. Daugherty, of Xenia, and who was a manufacturer of linsced oil; and our subject. Henry Compton departed this life November 20, 1879, at the old homestead in Spring Valley Township. He was the son of Stephen and Dinah ( Millhouse) Compton, who were natives of North Carolina. Grandfather Compton was a farmer, and came to this State in 1804, secur- ing three hundred acres of land in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. IIc was a Whig, politically, and lived to be over eighty years old. His wife was of Scotch and Irish extrac- tion.

The subject of this notice was reared a farmer's boy and attended the district school, remaining under the parental roof until removing to the farm which he now owns and occupies, this removal being made in November, 1889. He is owner of

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Portrait and biographical album of Greene and Clark counties, Ohio, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county; together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, Part 80

Author: Chapman, firm, publishers Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago : Chapman Bros. Number of Pages: 918

Author: Chapman, firm, publishers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Chapman Bros.
Number of Pages: 918