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who survives him and is a resident of New Concord.
John M. Hammond was educated in the common schools of his native state. November 28, 1827, he married Elizabethi Scott, danghter of Francis and Betsey (Hunter) Scott. Mrs. Hammond died June 26, 1883. Her brother, aged ninety-four, is still living in this county. After his marriage our subject purchased the farm where he still resides. After buying a tract of eighty acres, on which were some improvements, he settled in the woods, in 1833. To himself and wife were born eleven children. James, who graduated from Muskingum College, and his brother Francis, who had like ad- vantages, taught school for some time, and in 1851 went to California by the overland route. James married Margaret Mahaffey. Francis returned a year sooner than liis brother, and clerked in the Auditor's office until 1860, when he was elected Auditor, and served for three terms. In 1873 he went to Washington, and was appointed, under Grant, in the auditing department of the Treas- urer's office. Ile married Margaret Tingle, and died in the Capitol City in October, 1886. James engaged in teaching school and in farming for a number of years, and in 1876 became inter- ested in the real-estate and pension business in Olathe, Kan. During the war he was Adjutant of a company of the One Hundred and Seventy- second Infantry. William, the third son, learned the wagon-maker's trade, and is still working at the same in Bloomfield, Muskingum County. Hle en- listed for one hundred days in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Regiment, and served'in Vir- ginia. He married Margaret Little, who died, and he afterward married Esther McConnaha. Eliza- beth, wife of William McClelland, died in 1889. John, born in 1835, learned his brother William's trade and is still following that vocation in Otsego, Muskingum County, this state. He married Mar- tha Guthrie. He was with his brother in the one hundred days' service in Virginia, in the One Hun- dred and Sixtieth Regiment. David, born in 1839, was a member of the Ninety-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served in Kentucky. Owing to sickness, he became almost blind, but later recovered and joined the Ohio National Guards. He married Cassandra Britton, since deceased. After his marriage he re-
moved to Iowa, where he is still engaged in farm- ing. Robert, born in 1838, who is a Justice of the Peace and a leading citizen of Cambridge, mar- ried Ella Simons. Johnson, born in 1840, served for four years and four months in the Fifteenth Ohio Regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Stone River, a ball passing under his heart and one bullet through his thigh. He went on the Atlanta campaign and was present at the battle of Mission Ridge. He received an honorable dis- charge on the 31st of December, 1865. He married Susannah Rankin. His death occurred February 18, 1888. Charles, born in 1842, enlisted in the Fifteenth Ohio Infantry in 1864, and served through the Atlanta campaign and in the battle of Nashville. He is now a farmer of Adams Town- ship, Guernsey County. He married Isabel Mc- Clelland. Mary J. is the wife of David Mackey, of Adams Township. Alexander, born in 1846, has always worked on the old homestead. He married Anna M. Johnston, and by their marriage eight children were born, five now living. In all John Hammond has seventy-two grandchildren.
John M. Hammond in his early life was a Jack- son Democrat and later was a Free Soiler. He was one of the first to csponse the cause of the Republican party in his state. For many years lie has been a Justice of the Peace, and has also held the offices of Township Trustee, Township Treas- urer and Clerk. For about forty years he was an Elder in the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has also served as Deacon. He has many in- teresting reminiscences of pioneer life and the days when hardships and privations were a mat- ter of course.
H IRAM WARNE, father of J. C. Warne, of Cambridge, and one of the prosperous and representative agriculturists of Wash- ington County, Pa., is descended from one of the influential families of the state, originally residents of eastern Pennsylvania, but afterward pioneers of the western part. Maj. James Warne, his fa- ther, was born in Allegheny County, but in youth
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removed to Washington County, where he married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Parkinson. He was a ship-builder and glass-blower, and was also for a time engaged in the general mercan- tile business, in all of which enterprises lie was successful.
The subject of this sketch was born in Monon- gahela, Pa., and was a small boy when the family removed into the country. His education was limited, consisting only of such advantages as the neighboring common schools afforded. On the 2d of December, 1856, he married Miss Elizabetli, daughter of James and Rebecca (Devore) Nichols. After his marriage he settled upon a farm in Som- erset Township, but later removed from there to Nottingham Township, and finally located upon the place where he has since resided. He and his wife are the parents of five sons and two daugli- ters, named as follows: James C., Florence, William W., Allen C., Boyd E., Howard F. and Mary E. M.
ILLIAM E. CASE, one of the most en- terprising and successful business men of New Comerstown, was born in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), this state, April 15, 1840. He is the son of Rev. J. W. and Rachel (Bilgay) Case, the former of whom was born in Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., October 1, 1808, and was in turn the son of Joseph Case, a carpen- ter and contractor. The latter died when his son was only three years of age, leaving besides him a widow and eleven children. The father of our subject began to make his own way in the world at the age of ten years. Four years later he bought a team and found work on the Erie Canal. The fall he reached his fifteenth year he went south to Georgia, and at that early age taught school. Later he returned home, and while visiting in New York City was attracted by the movements of a chimney- sweep at work, and in turn attracted the gaze of several young ladies who were passing, and whio
remarked upon his "greenness." One of the young women afterward became lus wife, when sixteen years of age, and he was but one year older. Their union was solemnized in: 1825, and to them were born two children before he attained his majority. When nearing his twenty-first year he removed to Rochester, and continued teaching school. From that city they afterward removed to Lower San- dusky, in 1837, where he had among his pupils Gen- eral MePherson, ex-President Hayes, the wife of Charles Foster, and many other men and women who became prominent in the history of our coun- try.
In 1842 J. W. Case entered the ministry of the Methodist Protestant Church, and continued to preach that faith until his death. He held charges at various times at Caldwell, McConnelsville, Youngstown and other places, and as a minister was popular and successful. After his decease, whichi occurred in 1877, the President of the Muskingum Conference was written to for his address. His reply was laconic, "Heaven." His wife departed this life in 1873. She was, as her name indicates, of French extraction. The Rev. Mr. Case was a second time married, his union with Miss Mary C. Conning taking place 'in Medina County in 1876, and that year they attended the Centennial Expo- sition at Philadelphia, and visited the scenes of Mr. Case's old home in New York.
To J. W. and Rachel Case there were born six children. Eliza Frances married Fielding MeFee, and died in 1855; Mary Louisa became the wife of llenry H. Woodward, and makes her home in Tusearawas County; Alonzo died in infancy; An- geline Augusta is the wife of Rev. W. M. Wood- ard, of Douglass, Kan .; William E. was the next- born; and Eugene died in infancy. The mother of this family lived with her husband for forty-eight years, and her body is now interred with him in Hartwood Cemetery, Washington Township, this county.
Our subject was given a good education, and taught school prior to attaining his sixteenth year. Ile found this to he a very agreeable vocation and continued to teach until forty years old, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the latter years of his career as a teacher, he num-
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bered among his pupils in the normal school many who are now excellent teachers.
In 1882 our subject removed to Medina County, where he began the publication of the Medina Neus, starting without any subscription list whatever. In four months' time he had twenty-six linndred names, and continued its editor until 1885, when be sold his office and equipments and returned to New Comerstown, and added the lumber business to his mercantile trade. In 1886 he engaged in the wholesale grocery business under the firm name of Case, Mercer & Co., and continued until 1888. Since this time he has devoted his time chiefly to look- ing after his lumber business, his trade extending from Phillipsburg to Marietta.
Mr. Case was married to Miss Lucy A. Robinson, of Brownsville, Licking County, this state, Au- gast 1, 1861. To them were born five children. Bertha, who was born May 25, 1862, is now the wife of Daniel S. Taylor, of the firm of Case & Taylor, of Tiflin, this state; Emma M., born Sep- tember 25, 1864, is the wife of H. R. Gardner, of Medina County, Ohio; Hal E. was born July 7, 1867, and is now engaged in business at Bolivar, this county; Elma E., born April 10, 1869, married Charles Adams, of Allegheny, Pa .; and Mary Fran- ces died at the age of three years. Mr. Case is independent in politics, and belongs to the Metli- odist Protestant Church.
R OBERT SCHWEITZER is one of the most enterprising farmers of Guernsey County, and his interests are centered in Wheeling Township. He is one of the most successful men of his class, and is a fine representative of those men who began life without a cent, and have worked their way to wealth solely through their own efforts, and are' therefore rightly called self- made.
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Mr. Schweitzer is a native of Ohio, and was born October 25, 1847, in Tuscarawas County. His par-
ents were John and Eliza (Anderson) Schweitzer, the former of whom was born in Switzerland, and died in this country, November 28, 1877, aged fifty years. Ile in turn was the son of Morris and Anna (Hannekrat) Schweitzer, also born in Switz- erland, whence they crossed the Atlantic in 1827, and became residents of Tuscarawas County. There they procured a farm, and from that time until their death were employed in its cultivation.
Eliza (Anderson) Schweitzer, mother of our sub- ject, was born in County Down, Ireland, to Robert and Masy ( McClane) Anderson, and departed this life in America, in April, 1861, at the age of thirty- three years. Her parents came to America in an early day, and located in Tuscarawas County, where they spent the rest of their life. Robert Anderson was the proprietor of a hotel in his na- tive land, but after coming to his new home fol- lowed farming with good success.
The parents of our subject were united in mar- riage in Tuscarawas County in 1846, and as the years passed there came into their home seven children, of whom Robert was the eldest. John F. and Mary I. are deceased; Alexander N. is a farm- er and fruit-grower in Kansas; Eliza E. is the wife of James Harstine, engaged in agricultural pur- suits in Coshocton County; Thomas H. is a farmer of this township; and Charlotte is deceased.
John Schweitzer was a second time married, the lady on this occasion being Annie Kardley, born in Switzerland, and who died in Coshocton Coun- ty, this state, in 1883, aged forty-five years. She became the mother of eight children, viz .: William T., deceased; Mary, the wife of Edward Van Leen, who is a miner in Tuscarawas County; Jennie, liv- ing in Coshocton County; Alice, the wife of C. E. Van Sickle, a carpenter and school teacher, living in Summit County, Ohio; Ida, now the wife of F. Channey, a carpenter of Coshocton County; Fred- erick, a farmer of this section, which is also the home of John and Emma, the latter of whom is unmarried. The father of this family was for many years a Trustee of his township, and in many other ways took a prominent part in its advance- ment.
Our subject remained on the home farm until nineteen years of age, when he went to Coshocton
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County and worked the estate of his father on shares. He continued in this way for eight years, and in 1870 went on a visit to Kansas, where he remained for a monthi. At the expiration of that time he was quite ready to return home, and again taking charge of the farm, superintended its oper- ation until the fall of 1876, when he married and established a home of his own.
The lady whom Mr. Schweitzer chose as liis life companion was Miss Margaret Keast, and to them have been born six children, four girls and two boys, viz .: Pearle, Zella, Charley, Nettie, Jesse , and Mary, all of whom are living. Mrs. Schweit- zer, whose birth occurred in Coshocton County, on the 3d of August, 1854, was the daughter of Jolin and Elizabeth (Thretewie) Keast. Her - father was born in Truro, England, July 5, 1816, and died in 1888, when seventy-two years old. He was the son of Edward and Mary Keast, also , natives of the British Isles, where the mother died. The father came to America in 1870, and made his home here until his deccase. Elizabeth Keast was born in England to John and Mary Thretewie, and died in 1862, at the age of thirty-six years. Her parents spent the latter years of their life in Australia, where they became very wealthy.
The parents of Mrs. Schweitzer were married in England, and reared a family of eight daughters and two sons, of whom Mary J. became the wife of Daniel Dussenberry, a farmer of Wheeling Township, this county; Martha married William Van Sickle, also a farmer of this township; Julia is now Mrs. Peter Hamersley, engaged in farming in Coshocton County; Edward is deceased; Sarah is the wife of John Little; Hester married Jasper Uinstott, whose sketch the reader will find on an- other page in this work; Harriet is the wife of Samuel Mercer, Secretary of the Building and Loan Association of Indianapolis, Ind .; Susan is now Mrs. Thomas Schweitzer, and makes her home in this township; and John, Jr., is a telegraphi oper- ator in Flushing, Ohio.
The father of our subject was an honored mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which denomination he contributed liberally. He was a Republican after the formation of the party, and the incorruptible integrity of his character, and
his many fine qualities of head and heart, placed him high in the regard of his fellow-citizens.
When beginning life as a benedict, our subject rented land one year in Coshocton County, after which he purchased a farm in the same county, and resided on it for a period of eleven years. At the end of that time we find him living on his present estate, which comprises a quarter-section of fertile farming land, through which runs a stream of living water. Ile erected a large and comfortable residence in 1893, and is prepared to spend the rest of his life in ease and comfort. In politics he is independent, always casting his vote for the best man, regardless of party principles.
SCAR E. IIUNT, a well known contractor and builder of Uhrichsville, Ohio, is a na- tive of Belmont County, this state, his birthplace being Barnesville, and the date of liis birth April 9, 1845. 'He is a son of William B. and Julia Ann Mott (Fletcher) Hunt, natives of Virginia, but of English origin. William B. Hunt was a tailor by trade, and a minister of the Church of Christ (Disciples). He resides in Hopedale, Harrison County. Emigrating from Virginia to Ohio in 1840, he settled in Barnesville, where the present generation was born.
Our subject received a common-school education in his native county, and afterward attended for four years the McNeely Normal, at Hopedale, Ohio. On completing his education he served a three-years apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until 1862, when he responded to his country's call and enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth Ohio Infantry. After serving for twen- ty-three months he was honorably discharged, on accountof disability. During his service he partic. ipated in five hard-fought battles, of which Antie- tam was one, and also in many skirmislies.
On returning home from the war, Mr. Hunt again took up his trade, at, which he worked until
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1872, when he came to Uhrichsville, and was em- ployed as foreman in the planing-mills of George W. Dawson, which were afterward owned by Everett & Johnson. His residence in Uhriebsville has been a success in a business point of view, and he is esteemed by all on account of his sterling worth.
In 1865 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. IIunt and Amelia, daughter of John and Catherine (Deems) Hunt. The lady is of English descent and a native of Ohio. To this union have been born the following children: Cora L., Dallas B., Julia Lena, Orville, Frank W., Anna and William. Mrs. Hunt is a member of the Christian Church.
Politically Mr. Hunt is a stalwart and stanch Republican. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been through all the chairs. This year (1894) he is Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Uhrichsville.
D ANIEL W. BENDER, whose home has been for years in Lawrence Township, is a descendant of a pioneer family who assist- ed in laying the foundations of the prosperity and wealth which Tuscarawas County now enjoys. The farm which he owns and operates is a valu- able one, situated only two miles southwest of Bol- ivar, on the Strasburg road. There are few citi- zens of this vicinity who are more sincerely re- spected and well thought of by friends and neigh- bors than our subject. His earnest aim in life has always been to advance the public good and to promote all measures beneficial to the locality in which he dwells.
Mr. Bender's paternal grandfather was born in Franklin County, Pa., before the close of the last century. There he grew to manhood, and death called him from his labors when he was about six- ty-seven years of age. The maternal grandfather, Jacob Mack, was a native of Ireland, who settled in
York, Pa., prior to the War of the Revolution, and served faithfully on the side of the Colonists dur- ing that struggle. lIc was wounded in the hand, and suffered during the remainder of his hife from the effects of this injury. IIis son, Jolin Mack, was born in Little York, Pa., there married Eliza- beth Smith, and became the father of six children. They removed to Ohio and located two miles and a-half southwest of Bolivar in 1817, being the ninth family to permanently settle in Lawrence Township. A brother, George Mack, had preceded them and built a house in the virgin forest, which was afterwards cleared for farming. This place has been for years the home of J. C. Zuterwaus. Subsequently the family of John Mack removed to Kosciusko County, Ind., where his death occurred. Ile had ten children, of whom our subject's motli- er, born December 18, 1820, was the ninth in or- der of birth, and most of them settled in Indiana. The eldest of the family, Nancy, born June 2, 1806, the widow of John Tomer, is still living in Bol- ivar and is now in her eighty-ninth year.
The neighbors of John Mack at the time of his carly settlement here were his brother George, who located in 1815; Jolin Engel, his brother-in- law; John Streby, Mr. Himes, William Hill, Abra- liam Mosser and John and William Fashbaugh. The primitive log cabin of the Mack family, which in after years was weather-hoarded and painted, is still standing, and is occupied by John O. Lash. Mrs. Sarah Bender well remembers the time when this county was nearly covered with heavy timber, the only exception to this being the land lying along the river bottom, which was kept clear by the Indians, who annually burned off the brush. Deer and turkeys were plentiful, and venison formed part of the diet of every family. On one occasion John Mack traded a horse for twenty sheep, one half of which were soon afterwards killed by the wolves. John Engel killed a large bear, the last one ever seen in these parts. On ac- count of the superior healthfulness of land upon the hills, and owing to the presence of fine springs and the absence of brush, settlers chose to occupy the higher ground in preference to that known as the plains, which was covered with undergrowth and difficult to clear. In addition to this obstacle,
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malaria was very prevalent along the bottom lands, Before the construction of the Ohio Canal, there being no market for grain, it was sold at ten cents per bushel.
Henry, father of D. W. Bender, came to this township when a youth of seventeen years, and learned the carpenter's trade with his unele, Dan- iel Bender. Ile worked for five or six years at that vocation and then gave himself mainly to ag- ricultural pursuits. However, he took contracts and erected a number of houses and buildings in Bolivar and the adjoining country, among these being the German Baptist Church in Pike Town- ship, Stark County, which was put up in 1869, and in company with Mr. Lamb, he built the Ger- man Lutheran Church of Bolivar.
Just before he had arrived at his majority, llen- ry Bender married Sarah Mack, and the young couple settled on a place comprising twenty-five acres two miles southwest of Bolivar, on the Stras- burg road. They continued to there reside for three years, at the end of which time they re- moved to Kosciusko County, Ind., where they spent a year. Then returning to Lawrence Town- ship, Mr. Bender bought eighty acres of land, now the property of George Grove, and later bought one hundred and sixty acres of land from his fa- ther. This place, upon which his uncle Daniel had settled on first coming to this locality, is sit- uated a mile north of Wilmor. About 1856 he located upon what is known as the Eberly Farm, and there he lived until his death, which occurred October 30, 1877. llis wife is still living upon the farm which was purchased by Mr. Bender soon aft- er her marriage.
To Henry and Sarah ( Mack) Bender were born three children, who grew to maturity: Mary E., who is the wife of John Liebold, of Sandy Town- ship; Nancy Charlotte, the wife of Franklin Liebold, of Lawrence Township; and our sub- ject. In politics Henry Bender was a Republican and held several township offices. Ile joined the Baptist Church when about forty years of age and was for many years a minister in that denomina- tion. He was an upright man, a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and popular with a large circle of friends.
Daniel W. Bender received his elementary edu- eation in the common schools near the old home- stead. As hisadvantages were necessarily limited, he has supplemented them with a well selected course of reading and by general observation, thus becoming well informed on matters of the day. Ile made Ins home under the parental roof until 1865, when he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Kahler, of Stark County, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of Virginia.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bender has been blessed with four children, to whom they have giv- en good educational advantages and a fair start in life. William L., the eldest, is now in the general offices of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. With his worthy wife, formerly Miss Flora Koken- our, he resides at Norwalk, Ohio. James E., who is still living at the old home, married Miss Della Belknap. Della M. is the wife of Silas W. Swank, of Barberton, this state. Conrad C., the young- est of the family, is now attending school.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Bender began man- aging his father's farm on shares, and continued this work until 1872. At that time he removed to the farm which he now owns and cultivates. It is a place of one hundred and forty-eight acres, and has been greatly improved since it came into our subject's possession. Good buildings and fences are to be found on the homestead, which is kept up in an able and thrifty manner. For fifteen years Mr. Bender has been a member of the Ger- man Baptist Church and is active in advancing its interests. In political questions he uses his right of franchise in favor of the Republican party.
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J OIIN DAVIS, the subject of this sketch, is an expert sheet-iron roller, and is one of the most efficient employes of the Cambridge Sheet Iron and Steel Company in Cambridge. His father before him was engaged in that business during the active years'of his life, and John was
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trained to a thorough understanding of this in- dustry.
The parents of our subject, Jolin and Sarah (Davis) Davis, were natives of Wales, and became the parents of a large family of children. The eldest, Benjamin I., born in Wales, came with his parents to the United States in 1863. David, Hannalı and John died when young and were buried in Wales. Our subject, John, was born in Cleveland. Margaret, George, David, Frances and William are living in this state. When the family landed in America they made their way immediately to South Cleveland, where the father obtained work in the rolling-mills. Ile worked for the Cleveland Company for twenty years, and is now living retired from the active duties of life in a pleasant home in Bridgeport, where he has the respect and good wishes of a wide circle of friends.
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