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ject quit the mines and began the work of improv- ing his estate, which he did in a most admirable and profitable manner. In 1886 he inereased his acreage to one hundred and thirty-five acres, which he traded that year for a fine farm of two hundred and twenty-two acres. He is truly a self-made man, and the community finds in him a valued cit- izen.
In 1850 Mr. Meyer was married to Catherine M. Cribbs, a native of Goshen Township, Tusearawas County, who was born June 17, 1830. She was the daughter of Jolin and Anna B. (Kitch) Cribbs, natives of Pennsylvania, whence they emigrated to this state during pioneer days. The father died in 1852, aged sixty years. He was the son of Peter Cribbs, also a Pennsylvanian by birth, who took up his residence in New Philadelphia at a time when the inhabitants were very few. The parents of Mrs. Meyer had two sons and four daughters, of whom Margaret is the widow of Jack Cable, and makes her home in Hardin City, Iowa; Henry is deceased; Catherine M. was the next in order of birth; Susan became the wife of Isaac Ilill, a farm- er and coal miner of Goshen Township, Tuscara- was County; Jacob located at St. Louis, Mo .; Clar- issa is now Mrs. S. Shane, and her husband is fore- man in the mines at Uhrichsville. John Cribbs was a potter by trade, and knowing the advan- tage of a good education, gave his children the best opportunities in his power to become well informed. The entire family were members in excellent stand- ing of the Lutheran Church.
To our subject and his excellent wife there were born three sons and three daughters, as follows: Allen T. is a prominent merchant. engaged in bus- iness at Trenton, this state; Clarida E. is deceased; Charles F. is a general farmer of Warwick Town- ship; Emmet A. is a merchant at Trenton; Mary L., the twin of Emmet, is deceased; and Eleanor is Mrs. Charles A. Shoemaker, wife of a well-to-do agriculturist of this township.
Mr. Meyer often entertains his friends with rem- iniscences of the tune when he worked for fifty cents a day, and is amused at the expressions of wonder which flit over the faces of his young hearers, who breathlessly inquire how he lived on it. Few men have the ability to recount the lead-
ing incidents of their life's history with the truth of detail which Mr. Meyer's hearers are ever able to discern in his stories of long ago. Ile is a de- voted member of the Moravian Church, with which he has been connected for many years. Few men can look back over the vista of years and view a better record than the one enjoyed by our subject, who now, in the autumn of his life, is calmly en- joying the fruits of his arduous labors, surrounded by the esteem of his fellow-men and the sincere affection of those who express their gratitude to him as a friend and counselor.
)ILLIAM B. ROSAMOND, M. D. The city of Milnersville, Guernsey County, is not behind other places of similar size in the number of prominent physicians who reside there, and among those who have become well and favorably known we mention our sub- jeet. Ile was the fourth in order of birth of the family of Edward and Mary A. (Montgomery) Rosamond, and was born in Fairview, this county, November 13, 1846.
The father of our subject, who was a native of Ireland, was born in 1808. About 1835 he crossed the Atlantie, his destination being Canada, and two years later he was married to Miss Montgom- ery, the daughter of William and Catherine (Gra- ham) Montgomery, also natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada the same year in which Mr. Rosamond made the voyage.
In 1842 the parents of our subject located in Fairview County, this state, where the father died in 1876. The mother, who was born in 1816, sur- vived until 1892, when she too passed away. Ed- ward Rosamond was a pharmacist in Ireland, but after coming to America learned the stone-cutter's trade, which vocation he followed through life. Ilis family comprised the following-named chil- dren: Catherine, now deceased; Fanny, Mrs. Sam- uel Shipley, who resides near Fairview; Mary,
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now Mrs. John Craig, a resident of Washington, this state; Sarah, deceased; James R., who married Martha Mckeever, and lives at Hendrysburg, Ohio; Margaret J., the wife of Thomas Slaser, who lives near Fairview; and our subject.
The education of William B. Rosamond was car- ried on in the seliools of his native place, and in the spring of 1866 he began his medical studies in the office of Dr. McConnell, then a noted physician of that locality, remaining with him for several ycars. In 1871 he entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and while there he took a special eourse in surgery, gynecology and optom- ology. After he was graduated from that insti- tution he appeared before a naval board of ex- aminers at Philadelphia, Pa., and after passing his examination, remamed in that eity for four montlis, receiving private instruction from the faculty in one of the hospitals. He afterward re- turned to Fairview, but finding an opening for his profession at Milnersville, eame hither, and has since devoted his energies to carrying on his practiee.
Dr. Rosamond was married, in 1873, to Miss Mary M., daughter of Huffman and Catherine (Allison) Kimball, and to them have been born four children: Kitty, deceased; Mary C., Fanny A. and George K.
EORGE GECKELER. The native-born citizens of Tusearawas County are coming rapidly to the front in various lines of work, particularly in agriculture, which is pre-em- inently the occupation of the residents here. The gentleman above named is one of the shrewdest and most intelligent young farmers in Fairfield Township, worthily representing an honored an- cestry.
The subject of this sketch was born on section 4, on the estate where he now resides, October 10, 1864. Ilis parents were Lewis and Anna (Grove)
Geckeler. The former was born in Germany, where he lived until reaching mature years. On decid- ing to come to Amneriea, lie embarked on a ves- sel which was over forty days in making the trip. Hle at onee made his way to this state on landing, locating near Bolivar, where he was employed in driving a hack. After his marriage he purchased eighty acres. He was very industrious. and almost everything which he undertook seemed a success. HIe landed on American shores with no capital whatever with which to begin life in a new eoun- try, but being courageous and brave he set to work, and at his death left a valuable estate, comprising two hundred acres in the homestead, besides a traet of one hundred and forty-seven acres in Stark County. He was also the possessor of property at Valley Junction. In 1887 he retired from active business life, and died February 21, 1893. He served two terms as one of the Directors of the Infirmary, and was also Treasurer of the institution for the same length of time. In religious faith he was a Lutheran.
The mother of our subject was born in Bolivar and was the daugliter of George Grove, a well-to- do farmer and an early settler of that seetion. Ile lived to be eighty-two years of age. Mrs. Geck- eler had born to her eleven eluldren, all of whom reached mature years with one exception. Will- iam was the first-born. John was the next in order of birth. Lewis died in Dover, leaving three chil- dren. Fred is a resident of Montgomery County. Kan., where he is engaged in the shoe business. George is the subject of this sketeh. Charles is a citizen of Alliance, and Henry, Emma ( Mrs. Bai- ley), Louisa ( Mrs. Ackerman) and Anna (Mrs. Feil) complete the family. The lady whom Lewis Geekeler married for his second companion was Emeline Grove, a sister of his first wife. Their union resulted in the birth of two children, Mary M. and Lorin.
The subject of this sketch has passed his entire life on the old homestead. He was well educated in the district schools, and on attaining his mm- jority hired ont to his father for $150 per year. After his marriage, however, he farmed on the home place on shares. On the 3d of June, 1886, George Geckeler was married. Of this union three
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children have been born, Clarence, Elmer and Iler- man. Both Mr. and Mrs. Geckeler are members in good standing of the Lutheran Church and take a leading part in religious work.
R EV. THOMAS S. LUCCOCK is now living retired from active life in Liberty Town- ship. For two years he was a local minis- ter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has always taken a very active interest in the work of his denomination. Among his neighbors and fel- low-eitizens he has always been popular and highly esteemed, and in 1875 was chosen by them to rep- resent this district in the Ohio Legislature, where he remained for two years.
A native of Germantown, Pa., our subject was born January 24, 1823, and is a son of Napthali and Jane (Thomson) Luccock. The father was a native of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England, and died July 8, 1878, at the age of seventy years. His parents, Thomas and Rebecca (Stevens) Luc- cock, were natives of the same village, where they passed their entire lives.
Mrs. Jane Luccock was born at Portsea, Eng- land, March 3, 1806, and died November 23. 1828. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Moore) Thomson. The marriage of our subject's parents was celebrated in Wooster, Ohio. January 2, 1822, and of their union the following children were born: Thomas; Benjamin, deceased; Sam- uel W., whose sketch appears in this work; and Elizabeth, who died in infancy. The father, after the carly death of his first wife, married Miss Mary Wiggin, who died in September, 1830. His third wife, Maria Kinkaid, departed this life on the 10th of March, 1832, leaving a daughter, Maria, who is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, and the widow of Dr. Black. The last wife of Napthali Luccock was Rebecca Kile, who died in 1873. It was about 1830 when he removed to this eoun- ty, settling near Kimbolton, where he remamed during the rest of his life, and for many years was
engaged in merchandising. IIe also taught school. and served as Township Clerk and Justice of the Peaee for years. Ile was a member of the First Methodist Church organized at this place, the meetings being held at private homes.
Until he was sixteen years of age, Rev. Thomas S. Luccock continued to live under the parental roof. Ile then went out into the world to make his own way and, going to Washington, Ohio, learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed for a short time. Ile then returned home and engaged in a general mercantile business with his father and brother for the ten succeeding years. About 1853 the father retired from the firm and the brothers continued to run the same for another decade. In 1868 our subject purchased the broth- er's share and continued alone in business for ten years. In 1878 he turned his interests over to his eldest son, John B., who did not make a financial success of the undertaking. During the years of his commereial life, Mr. Luccock gave more or less of his attention to agricultural pursuits, and was quite successful in this direction, as well as in others.
In 1848 occurred the marriage of our subject with Susan Heslip, who was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, May 11, 1825, being a daughter of Joseph and Ellen ( Wolgenmock) Heslip. Mrs. Luccock was called to the silent land on the 12th of January, 1889. She was greatly loved for her amiable qualities and true worth, and many were the friends who bitterly mourned her loss. Seven sons and a daughter came to bless the home of our subject and his wife, and in order of birthi are as follows: John B., who is now a bookkeeper for a St. Louis firm; Ellen, Mrs. William McConaughy. of Zanesville, Ohio; Napthali. pastor of the Meth- odist Church at Pittsburg, Pa .; JJoseph, who has a pastorate at Malta, Ohio; Benjamin, who was a United States Revenue Collector, and died at Pres- cott, Ariz .; Samuel C., an attorney-at-law at Pitts- bing, Pa .; Henry II., a lawyer of Ascolincha, Mexico; and Charles, who died in infancy.
Rev. Mr. Luccock is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this township. The first regu- lar organization of a congregation in this denomi- nation was effected here in 1831, and one of the
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first few members was Napthali Luecock. The lat- ter was prominent as well in the political circles of Liberty Township, and during the '40s filled the office of Justice of the Peace. In political ques- tions his son Thomas S. is now identified with the Prohibition party.
I EORGE W. COULTAS. The most imper- ishable monuments which can be erected to commemorate the virtues of those who have been removed from earth are not those built of cold marble or granite, but are to be found in the memories of the bereaved ones. In the present instance we have been cheerfully given a few of the leading events in a life which, although now ended, is not forgotten.
George W. Coultas was born in Noble County, this state, November 29, 1847, and departed this life in Quaker City September 21, 1894. He was the son of Robert and Thamer (Dement) Coultas, the former of whom was born in England, and the latter a native of America. The parental house- hold included six children. of whom George W. was the eldest. Ilis brothers and sisters were: Caroline, the wife of Lucius Lovall, residing in Calais, this state; Hannah, who married John Tuttle, and also makes her home in that city; Emily, now the wife of Jasper Eagon, and living in Quaker City; Mary, the widow of William McPherson, formerly a resident of Noble County; and Russell, who is engaged in farming in Monroe County, near Calais.
The subject of this sketch was reared on the old homestead in Monroe County, and secured a fair education in the schools taught in the neighbor- hood. He remained under the parental roof until attaining his majority, when he began working at the carpenter's trade in and around Calais. To this he added that of bridge-contracting, beginning in this department of work in 1874. He became an expert in this line, and was engaged to build many structures throughout this and other coun-
ties of the state. He made many improvements in bridge-building, and secured the patent on an in- vention connected with this work, from the sale of which he derived a handsome ineome.
In 1888 Mr. Coultas retired from contracting, and, in order to be at home with his family, moved to Quaker City, where he purchased a comfortable residence and prepared to take life easy. About this time he fitted out a planing-mill, which is now being operated by his son, Edward D., and began the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, ete. Ile was a thorough business man, and built up a large and profitable patronage in the line of carpenters' supplies.
The lady to whom our subject was married De- cember 25, 1869, was Miss Lydia J. Johnston. She was the daughter of James and Nancy (Steele) Johnston, and was born in Monroe County No- vember 25, 1850. To them were born three ehil- dren, of whom we make the following mention: Mary A. is the wife of C. W. Eberle, of Quaker City, and to them have come two children, May and Lew, the latter deceased. Edward D. Coultas married Anise Webster, and they have a daughter, Thora. Shirley T. is at home.
In politics our subject was a stanch Republi- can, but in no sense of the term could be consid- ered an office-sceker. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belonged to Quaker City Lodge; also Lodge No. 310, K. of P. Mrs. Coultas is still residing in Quaker City, in an elegant home in the west end, and isone of the devont and con- sistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is domestic in her tastes, devoted to the inter- ests of her children, and during her entire life has manifested her ability as a helpmate, her consid- eration as a parent, and her value as a friend.
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R OBERT T. SCOTT is one of the leading members of the Bar in Guernsey County. Hle was born December 3, 1858, on a farm two and one-half miles east of Cambridge, the son of George S. and Caroline A. ( Black) Scott. His early education, which was begun in the district
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schools near his home, was continued in the graded. schools of Cambridge. Afterward, entering Musk- ingum College, he pursued a course of study, and was graduated from that institution in 1879. IIe read law two years with Messrs. Taylor & Ander- son, and was admitted to the law department at Ann Arbor, Mich., where he completed the speei- fied course, graduating in 1882. Ile at onee re- turned to Guernsey County, and was admitted to the Bar the same year, on the recommendation of Hon. T. M. Cooley, since which time he, has been
actively engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Cambridge, with marked ability and success.
On the 20th of October, 1886, Mr. Seott married Jennie L. MeCartney. Three children have come to bless their home, two sons and a daughter, namely: Robert Ellsworth, Byron and Gerlinda. The parents are members of the United Preshy- terian Church, and enjoy the friendship of a large circle of acquaintances. Politieally Mr. Scott is affiliated with the Democratie party.
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YRUS PARKINSON BEATTY SARCHET was born in the house formerly owned by his grandfather, Thomas, this structure having been the third one erected in Cambridge, and, with the exception of three years in his early 'manhood, his entire life has been spent in this vi- cinity. He is the eldest son of Moses and Martha (Bichard) Sarchet, and was born November 17, 1828. Ilis ancestors were French Huguenots, who at an early day took up their residence on the Island of Guernsey. The original spelling of the name, it is supposed, was Suchet, the French form of which would be De Sarcha, and some of the family have taken that name.
About 1670 one Thomas Sarchet, a zealous Catholic, obtained a French Bible, which he per- sisted in reading against the protests of his parents and the parish priest, and at length he was obliged to flee from his home to the Island of Jersey, and from there to Guernsey. The Bible is still a precious relie owned by one of his descendants. He married and had one son, and this son married and had two sons, Thomas and Peter, who became the heads of the two families in Guernsey of their name. The five sons of Thomas all emigrated to Guernsey County, Ohio. Thomas Sarchet, the pa- ternal grandfather of our subject, was born in 1770, and married Anne Bichard, by whom he had six children: Thomas, David, Peter B., Moses, Nancy and Rachel, all born on the Isle of Guern- sey. They set sail for America in 1806, and pro- ceeded overland from Baltimore to Ohio. Arriv-
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ing in Cambridge on the 14th of August, they found the town was just being laid out, and after some consultation they decided to locate here. The father bought a lot, which is now on the corner of Seventh Street and Wheeling Avenue, and at onee began the construction of a hewed-log house, a part of which is still standing. Within its walls he resided until his death, which occurred April 21, 1837, and there his wife also died about twelve years later. Ilis children all hved to be fourscore years of age or over.
Moses Sarchet, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born April 17, 1803, and died in this eity September 10, 1890. At the age of sixteen lie entered the office of his brother- in-law, C. P. Beatty, as Assistant Clerk of the Court of Guernsey County, and held the office until his marriage, which took place in Mareli, 1827, when he removed to Ins farm four miles north of here. For a long period he was engaged in the manufacture of salt, at the old Sarchet Salt Works, four miles north of this place. This salt well was the first one bored in the county, it being constructed as early as 1815, and kept in active use until 1840. After the death of Mr. Beatty, he returned to fill his unexpired term, and from September, 1828, to September, 1812, was Clerk of the Supreme and Common Pleas Court of the county, during which time he was also Township Clerk, County School Examiner, and Overseer of the Township Poor. In 1847 he was the Whig candidate for Representative, but was defeated.
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In 1848 lie was appointed Resident Engineer of the National Road, and held the office for three years. In 1851, when the Central Ohio Railroad was being projected, he was active in the move- ment for having it pass through this city, being the largest stockholder here and a contractor on its construction. This contract he completed, but a failure of the company crippled him financially during the remainder of his life. When the War of the Rebellion came on, he was appointed a member of the Military Commission of this coun- ty, and was also a Draft Commissioner during the war. For twelve years he was Justice of the Peace, and during this period was also Township Trustee, was two terms Mayor of Cambridge, and was Mas- ter Commissioner of this county. In religious faitli lie was a devout Methodist. To himself and wife were born five sons and three daughters.
The early years of our subject were passed in an uneventful manner, his time being given to farm- ing and to attendance at the district schools of the period. For a short time he also went to what was known as the Cambridge Academy. For a few years he was a clerk in local stores, but in 1855, in company with his father, began publishing the Guernsey Times, with which he was connected for some years. About forty years of his life were given to industrious tilling of the fields and management of the farm, and during this time he held a number of offices, in which he gave botli time and labor for the public good, without reward or the hope thereof. No one, perhaps, in the his- tory of the county has given as much time to the history of men and events connected with its growth and development, or has given as much to answering general and statistical inquiries relat- ing both to state and national affairs. During the war Mr. Sarchet performed much provost duty, looking after soldiers who were away on furloughs, and was appointed as an Enrolling Officer. In 1863 Governor Todd commissioned him Captain, and instructed him to organize the militia of this county into three regiments. After he had effected this, he was elected Colonel of the First Regiment, a title by which he has since been known. Ile took an active part in the John Morgan raid, was at Chillicothe, and later at Eagleport, where he
crossed the Muskingum River and followed the enemy until the latter were captured near Saline. ville, Ohio. For many years Mr. Sarchet was con- nected with the Guernsey County Agricultural Society, and is now President of the Farmers' In- stitute of this county. In politics he has been suc- cessively a Whig, Republican and Democrat.
The residence of our subject being just outside the corporate limits of Cambridge, to which he walks to and fro each day, he has for the last twenty years covered a distance of twelve hundred miles yearly. A ready writer, he has contributed much to the literature of this region. At one time he wrote a history of the "Cambridge of Fifty Years Ago," which was published in several num- bers of the Jeffersonian. On political questions he contributed a history of the Whig campaign of 1840 in this county, and of the thirty-three Whigs of the County Central Committee. His article on the subject of the Morgan raid was very interest- ing, and pertained to the events of eight days and nights in the saddle, during which he passed through the counties of Morgan, Noble, Guernsey, Harrison, Belmont, Jefferson and Columbiana.
April 24, 1855, our subject married Margaret M., daughter of Andrew Moore. Their surviving chil- dren are Andrew M .; Inez L., wife of Cyrus F. Wilson; and Martha Blanche. Frank M., the eld- est child, is deceased. Mr. Sarchet is now Secre- tary of the Guernsey County Soldiers' Relief Com- inission, a benevolent organization. Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Church of Cam- bridge, and Treasurer of the congregation.
E DWARD O. BLACKBURN, President of the Quaker Glass Company, is one of the prominent and substantial citizens of Guernsey County. In January, 1894, he organ- ized a stock company to operate the window-glass works in this city, and the first fire was put in their furnaces on the 20th of that month, since
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which time they have been running with full capacity. The capital of the company, which is op- erated on the co-operative plan, aggregates about $11.000. Directors are chosen from the workingmen -two from the blowing department, one from the fattening, one from the cutting, and one from the box and packing department. Our subject was chosen the first President of the enterprise, which position he still holds. Henry Boedecker is Sec- rotary, John Lawrence, Treasurer. and Louis Reitz Manager. They do a very large business, amount- ing to 81,000 per week, and the product of their factory is sold throughout the United States.
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