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After the death of his first wife, Daniel Stone- brook married Margaret Myers, and by her had ten eliildren, namely: Jane, the wife of Thomas Cordrey, of Salem Township; Sarah, now Mrs. J. Dell, of New Philadelphia; Aliee, Mrs. A. Stew- art, of Blakes Mills; William, Jacob, Rena, Mar- tha, Daniel, Hiram and Emma, the latter three of whom died in infancy.
David Stonebrook, whose name heads this sketeh, continued to live with his father until he had reached his majority. October 22, 1861, he chose for his life companion and helpmate Miss Mar- tha J. Huff. The lady was born in West Chester, this county, March 29, 1841, and is one of the eleven children of James S. and Rosanna (Gromes) Iluff, natives of Ohio. Four sons and one daugh- ter have been born to Mr. and Mrs. David Stone- brook. They are named as follows: David B., Emanuel, Annie L. (now Mrs. G. K. Wheeland), Marshall and Oliver C.
After his marriage, our subjeet went to house- keeping with his young wife in Salem Township. They rented a home and Mr. Stonebrook continued to work for neighbors and friends by the day un- til 1869, when he purchased a farm of twenty-five acres two miles north of Port Washington, this county, where he lived for nine years. He opened a coal mine on this farm, where for three years he mined coal during the winter and worked for
farmers during the summer. He then purchased a team and farming implements, and continued farming until 1886, when he removed to Blakes Mills and bought his pleasant home. For three years he served efficiently as School Director, and two years as a member of the Council of Blakes Mills, but aside from this he has always declined office-holding. Ile and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he uses his franchise in favor of Democracy.
LMER W. HIALL, manager of the Quaker City Grist Mill of Quaker City, is a prae- tieal and successful miller, and has acquired his knowledge of the business by the most studious and searching habits. Ile is a native of Guernsey County, and was born July 10, 1860, in Millwood Township. His parents were Jolin P. and Phiebe A. (Fields) Hall, natives, respectively, of the above township and Belmont County, this state. The father's birth occurred in 1813, and he departed this life when advanced in years, in 1890.
John P. Hall was a farmer by occupation, and in turn the son of John HIall, a native of North Carolina, who eame to this state as early as 1806, and made location in Millwood Township, with whose interests the later generations have been prominently identified. Hle prospered in eultivat- ing the soil, and sueeeeded in building up a good home in this then new state.
There were born to John P. and Phobe Hall five ehildren, of whom Elmer W. was the young- est. Ilis sisters and brother were: Eliza, now de- ceased, but formerly the wife of Thomas Griest, a farmer of Oxford Township; Sarah, who married .J. S. Rownd, a resident of Summerfield, this state; Melissa, living on the old homestead; and Alonzo E., engaged in farming in Millwood Township.
Our subject's knowledge of books was obtained in the schools of Quaker City and Spencer Station,
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and on completing his education he returned to the farm, aiding his father in its cultivation un- til two years after attaining his majority. About that time he obtained a position as fireman on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, following this voca- tion continuously for a period of three years. At the expiration of that time, being tired of this kind of life, and feeling that he was better fitted for mercantile life, he resigned his position, and in the spring of 1887 entered a gristmill with the intention of becoming thoroughly familiar with all its details. This he has done, and is now the competent manager of the mills in Quaker City.
Elmer W. Hall and Miss Emma C., daughter of Isaac and Eliza (Taylor) Griffith, were married on Christmas Day, 1883. To them have been born two children, Clara, who died in infancy, in 1885, and Blanche, whose birth occurred February 15, 1893. Our subject is a stanch Republican in poli- tics, and bears well his part in the affairs of the community. Religiously he is a member of the Society of Friends, and seeks in his every-day life to carry out the teachings of that sect. Socially he is a member of Quaker City Lodge No. 310, ยท K. of P.
OHN D. ROWLAND owns a well improved farm two miles west of Senecaville, in Rich- land Township, Guernsey County. Eighty acres of his place is part of the original home- stead owned by his father before him. The family has long been identified with the development and progress of this portion of the state, and has always borne an enviable reputation for industry, integrity and upright manner of living.
The paternal grandparents of our subject were Thomas and Mary Rowland, natives of Pennsylva- nia. The former was a tailor by trade, but mainly followed the profession of teaching. Being espec- ially well versed in mathematics, he prepared the manuscript for an arithmetic, which, however, was never published; but the material is now in the possession of his grandson, James S. The date of
his birth is not accurately known, but he died about 1879, while his wife, Mary, died February 8, 1867. Of their children, James Percival was born December 24, 1807; John Baker, August 25. 1809; Simeon M., July 9, 1811; Hannah, May 24, 1813; Benjamin V., April 2, 1815; Eliza Jane, May 10, 1817; William B., May 20, 1819; and Mary, June 5,1821.
Our subject's father, James P., is a native of Fayette County, Pa., and there grew to manhood. Ile succeeded in acquiring more than an ordinary education, and specimens of his penmanship show his skill in that direction. Some time about 1834 he removed to Belmont County, Ohio, with his family, and two or three years later took up his abode in this county, becoming the possessor of land now occupied by his sons John and James. August 19, 1841, he married Miss Mary Dollison, a native of Washington County, Pa., where her birth occurred July 3, 1822. The children of this union were: Martin V. B., born July 5, 1842; Will- iam Erastus, February 2, 1844; James S., June 9, 1845; John Dollison, October 9, 1846; and Mary Elizabeth, February 18, 1848. For many years the father of these children was a successful school teacher, and among other places he occupied with credit was that of Principal of the Senecaville school. He was an honest, conscientious and up- right man in all his relations to his fellows. Ile was called from this life September 5, 1886, but his wife survived him until January 3, 1890. She was the daughter of John Dollison, who was called to his final rest in December, 1877. Our subject's eldest brother, William E., married Eva M. Brown. February 18, 1884, and is now foreman of a plan- ing-mill at Quaker City, this county. James S .. the next younger brother, enlisted in Company E. Eighty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served from July 5, 1863, until July 3, 1865, being mainly sta- tioned at Camp Chase, Ohio, but a portion of the time was employed escorting troops to the front. and in guarding prisoners on their way to places of detention. James S. is unmarried and resides on the old homestead, where he owns a tract of forty acres.
In his boyhood days John D. Rowland received a fair education, and was initiated into the various
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duties pertaining to farm life. He has always made his home on the farm where his birth occurred. March 28, 1867, he was united in marriage with Sarah Catherine Rose, fifth child of William and Mary Ann (Thompson) Rose, the latter of whom is still living, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The Thompsons come from one of the old- est families in this part of Ohio, being descended from one Robert, who was born in Fayette County, - Pa., in 1780, and his wife, Susan, nee Torrence, to whom he was married about 1802. Robert Thomp- son, speaking of the state of the country at the time when his father, Robert, came to Ohio, says in the Richland Monitor, March 16, 1886: "They came to Ohio about 1811, and settled on the farm now known as the Madison Gregg Farm, only three acres of it then being cleared. Few settlers were then on Opossum Creek, and they coun ted as neigh- bors all from Sarahsville to Leatherwood. Paths through the woods were the only routes of travel,
and our pasture-field included much of what is now Guernsey and Noble Counties, but it was then without a fence. Every evening the settler belled his stock and turned it loose, and in the morning he started with his gun to hunt it, going perhaps one or two miles."
To Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rowland were born two children, namely: Bellzora, wife of Ernest Sechrist, of Rieliland Township; and Francis Shan- non, who is at home. Our subject has ever been an honest, hardworking man, and is the architect of his own fortunes. He keeps everything about his place in a thrifty condition, and gives his per- sonal supervision to all the departments of farm work. Ile is slow to contract and prompt to pay a debt, and his word is considered as good as his bond in the community where he is so well known, and has long been considered one of the promi- nent citizens.
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JUDGE JAMES WALTER CAMPBEI
J UDGE JAMES WALTER CAMPBELL, a leading member of the Bar of Guernsey County, is one of the most respected citizens of Cambridge. In 1883 he was elected to serve as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and four years later was re-elected to that position. It is now over two decades since his admission to the Bar, and during this time he has built up for him- self an enjoyable reputation as a jurist of superior ability, keen perception and accurate judgment. He is Vice-President and next to the largest stock- holder in the Old National Bank of Cambridge, one of the oldest concerns of the kind in the United States.
Judge Campbell was born in Middletown, Guern- sey County, September 20, 1847, and is a son of Dr. James and Sarah (Brown) Campbell, natives of Belmont County, Ohio, and Allegheny County. Pa., respectively. The ancestors of the Campbell family were Seoteh-Irish. For a number of years Dr. Campbell was engaged in practice in the eastern part of this county, but died in the prime of life, on the 25th of February, 1852, at the age of thir- ty-five years. ITis untimely demise was occasioned by the exercise of his native generosity and kind- ness of heart. A citizen of this county had con- tracted "Panama fever" on the way home from California, and the local physicians were afraid to undertake the case. Dr. Campbell not only ad- ministered to him the remedies which he decmed best, but took care of the patient and nursed him until he himself was smitten with the fever. His
wife died December 29, 1882, aged sixty-two years. Of their children, two are deceased, Orlando dy- ing in infancy, and Amanda M., wife of James II. Rosemond, August 18, 1872. William A. is en- gaged in zine and lead mining in Joplin, Mo. Alice V. is the wife of E. J. Williams, a groeer in Washington, D. C. Charles M. is a retired capi- talist and journalist of Washington.
After a public-school education, James W. Camp- bell entered Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio. He became acquainted with James A. Gar- field, who induced him to enter Williams College. in Massachusetts, and he still has in his possession a letter written by the great statesman, in which he sets forth his reasons for desiring his friend to at- tend his favorite college. In 1869 Mr. Campbell was graduated from that well known institution. and at once returned to his native county. He be- came associated with Captain Farrar in the man- agement of the Cambridge News, which was first issued September 2, 1869, and the name of which has since been changed to the Herald. During the five years of his journalistic work our subject read law with Captain Farrar and Joseph W. White. and was admitted to the Bar in 1874. Hle then entered into partnership with his former preceptor. Mr. White, who subsequently retired from the firm, after which Mr. Campbell became a partner of Fred L. Rosemond.
At the age of fifteen years Mr. Campbell enlisted in defense of the Stars and Stripes, in Company E. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry.
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This was his third attempt to enlist, and to aeeom- plish his purpose he was obliged to run away from home. Ile was first assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and later to the Army of the Ten- nessee, and took part in every engagement from the time he reached the front until the close of the war. For bravery he was made Corporal, and with his comrades was obliged to bear unusual hard- ships, as the men practically lived for some time on a diet of parched corn. Mr. Campbell has been frequently honored with positions on committees connected with his Alma Mater, and he is also a Trustee of Muskingum College. His political alle- giance has been given by him since he reached his majority to the Republican party.
February 13, 1873, Mr. Campbell married Mar- tha, daughter of Hon. J. W. White, who at one time was a Member of Congress from this district, and who was a leading member of the county Bar (see his sketch elsewhere in this volume). One son, Joseph W., now a student in the University of Chicago, is the only child of the Judge and his estimable wife. They are members of the Method- ist Episcopal Church.
J OIIN RAY FINLEY is one of the worthy representative pioneers of Guernsey County, and few, if any, inhabitants of this section have more sincere friends among their ac- quaintanees. He is one of the substantial farmers of Richland Township, where he owns a portion of his father's old homestead, situated in township 1, range 2, one and one-half iniles west of Senecaville.
An ancestor of our subject, the Rev. James Fin- ley, was the first Presbyterian minister to cross the Alleghany Mountains into the western part of Pennsylvania. There he ministered to the spirit- ual needs of the carly settlers for many years. One of his sons, Ebenezer, born about 1754, lived in Fayette County, Pa. The latter, who was a plo- neer in a locality where Indian atrocities were
common, had many adventures with them, and also suffered many other vicissitudes of frontier life. On one occasion, he and a companion were at- tacked by three Indians. One of the redmen pur- sued Mr. Finley with a tomahawk around a big tree, after his unfortunate comrade had already fallen into the hands of the other two Indians. The latter, noticing that his captors' attention was momentarily diverted, seized a gun and shot the pursuing Indian, then wrenched the knife from the grasp of one of the other Indians and stabbed him to death. He then, with the assistance of Mr. Finley, made short work of the remaining Indian. Ebenezer Finley was married four times, and had an exceedingly large family, even for those days. Ile owned an extensive farm, and was an honored citizen of the community where he lived.
James, son of Ebenezer Finley, and grandfather of our subject, was born in 1784, and died in Au- gust, 1861. In 1805 he married Elizabeth Fulton, eldest child of John and Rachel Fulton, of Penn- sylvania. After their marriage the young couple settled on a part of Mr. Finley's father's farm, liv- ing there for seven years. In 1814 they came to Ohio, and from that time until his death he was a resident of Richland Township. His nine children were John F .; Eliza, Mrs. Jolin Atwell; Jane. Mrs. Daniel Riggs; Rachael, Mrs. Wesley Dennison; William; James; Mary, Mrs. Robert MeCune; Re- becca, Mrs. John Sawyer; and Ebenezer, the father of our subject.
Ebenezer Finley was born July 31, 1813, in Pennsylvania. and with his parents came to Ohio when quite young. His father had entered four hundred and eighty acres or more of land in this county, and at his death had three hundred and twenty acres left after giving to his sons. William. John and Ebenezer, a quarter-section eachi. The portion that came to the latter was the original homestead, the same now occupied by John Ray, of this sketch. The remainder of Ebenezer Fin- ley's life was passed on the farm where he located just after his marriage, and in addition to agricult- ural pursuits he made large sums from dealing in live stock. Ile often bouglit large herds, which he drove to Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Buffalo mar- kets. At one time he owned five hundred and
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forty acres in Iowa and one thousand acres in Kansas. In early life he was a Whig, but later be- came a Republican. For years he held the office of Township Trustee, and was an Infirmary Di- rector for nine years. A Deacon in the Presbyte- rian Church, he was well known for his upright- ness and genial disposition. Ile was called to his final rest December 4, 1890, and his wife, who was a most worthy and lovable woman, died in less two years afterward, May 27, 1892. They were the parents of four children: John R .; Levi L., who was born August 16, 1842; Mary E., Mrs. M. Mill- hone, born September 7, 1850, and who died April 11, 1877; and Margaret, Mrs. JohnThomas, of Iowa, born May 9, 1854.
John Ray Finley was born February 26, 1839, and received a good common-school education. In 1860 he desired to see the West, and in com- pany with several acquaintances from this part of the state he went to Ottumwa, Iowa, and from there crossed the plains, by way of Plattsmouth and Ft. Kearney, to Denver. The trip consumed about two months, and at that time the routes swarmed with westbound trains. Though the Indians were numerous, they did not attack the party of which Mr. Finley was a member. After visiting the Gregory Mines, and engaging in placer-mining and prospecting for one season, he returned home on account of poor health.
February 21, 1861, occurred the marriage of our subject and Hester Ann, daughter of William and Margaret (Dilley) Thompson. Her grandfather, William Thompson, Sr., born in 1783, in Fayette County, Pa., moved to Guernsey County, which is now a part of Noble County, Ohio, in 1810, and in September, 1814, laid out the town of Senecaville in the woods. He was the first or second mer- chant in that place, in the early history of which he was prominent as farmer, merchant, legislator .and judge. The parents of Mrs. Finley were mar- ried in 1838, and seven children were born to their union, of whom our subject's wife was see- ond, her birth having occurred December 20, 1810.
Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fin- ley, William T., a civil engineer, who since 1886 has been in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad, and is now an assistant engineer at Boone, lowa,
graduated as a civil engineer, and afterwards took a scientific course at Ada College, from which he graduated in 1885. Mary E. and Charles J. are both at home; Benjamin E., who graduated from the classical department of Ada College in 1893, is now engaged in teaching, and makes his headquarters under the parental roof; and John HI., who is also engaged in teaching, is still at home.
After his marriage our subject removed to a farm located in the southwest quarter of section 23, where he built a good house and made many other substantial improvements. In 1886 he removed to his present residence, locating on the old home- stead, and now has some three hundred and twenty acres of fine farming and pasture land upon which he has been very successful. In politics he is a Republican, but does not seek for official distinc- tion, though he filled the office of Township Trus- tee for many years. finally declining to serve longer. His interest in good schools has led him to serve as School Director for more than twenty years. A man of intelligence and practical sense, he also possesses thrifty and energetic qualities. which have led to his success. In manner he is genial, kindly and warm-hearted, and enjoys the friendship of all who have any dealings with him.
ILLIAM K. BOLAN, M. D., a well known and respected practitioner of Cumberland, Ohio, has been located here since the spring of 1879, and is a graduate of the Columbus Medical College. He is thoroughly a master of his profession and has never ceased his study and research in the field of the healing art.
On the maternal side the Doctor is of German ori- gin, while on his father's side he is of Irish descent. His paternal grandfather emigrated to Loudoun County, Va., in early manhood, and there passed the remainder of his life. Ile and his brothers were slaveholders, the former freeing his slaves, how- ever before he died, while the latter, as a rule,
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held theirs until the emancipation aet went into effect. He left five children: Joseph, William, Silas, Stephen and Naomi, all of whom, with the exception of the last-named, are now deceased. The daughter was twice married. Iler first union was with Mr. Lingo, whom she bore a large family of children.
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William, father of Dr. Bolan, was born in Lou- doun County, Va., in February, 1817, and moved to Ohio in 1858. He settled on a farm in Goshen Township, Belmont County, where he accumulated a good estate. He was a member of the Baptist Church and active in all good works. Politically he was a Republican. He was called to his final rest March 6, 1890, and his loss was sincerely mourned by his many friends. His uncle was the owner of the farm on which John Wilkes Booth was shot. The wife of William Bolan was Miss Mary Davis; she was born in Jefferson County and is still living, though now in her seventy-sixth year. Four of her six children grew to maturity, namely: Emmet D., of Missouri; Mrs. Amanda Burns, who lives in this state; Mrs. Anne E. Burns, of Nebraska; William K .; and John, who died at the age of seventeen years.
The birth of Dr. Bolan occurred in Loudoun County, Va., November 5, 1857. He was reared to farm duties and received a district-school edu- cation near the old homestead. Later he entered Bethany College and Hopedale Normal. At the age of sixteen lie began teaching, and successfully conducted schools for four terms. Ile was eighteen years of age when he began his medieal studies under the instruction of Dr. J. W. Hamilton, of Columbus, Ohio, and in 1879, after a course of lectures, he was duly graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Columbus Medical College.
September 16, 1886, oceurred the marriage of the Doctor and Miss Anna Hall, of Delaware, Ohio. Her parents were John and Susan Hall, re- spected residents of Delaware, the former being a banker. Mrs. Bolan died August 12, 1893, aged thirty-five years. She was a member of the Methi- odist Episcopal Church in her carly life, but after her marriage became identified with the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, to which the Doctor
still belongs. Their only child, Audley II., was born in Delaware, Ohio, December 17, 1887, and is still living with his father.
In personal character Dr. Bolan is a man whom to know is to esteem. He is upright and strictly honorable in all his business relations, and makes his chief end in life everything which tends to ele- vate and uplift his fellows. Politically he depos- its a ballot in favor of the Republican party nom- inees.
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T HOMAS J. MILLER, M. D., is Mayor of Kimbolton. For four years he was engaged in general merchandising, under the firmn name of MeConaughey & Miller, but for the last year under the firm name of Miller & Pollock. IIe was obliged to give up the practice of his profes- sion in 1889 on account of poor health, but was formerly very successful in his chosen work.
The parents of Dr. Miller were David L. and Mary C. (Reed) Miller. The father was a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born November 27, 1809, to Mathew and Jane (Long) Miller, who were na- tives of Maryland and Ohio, respectively, and in 1835 removed from Belmont County to the village of Antrim, in this county. They cleared a farm, on which they resided until April, 1860, when they became residents of Wheeling Township. David L. Miller died March 31, 1880. His wife, Mary, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. January 9, 1819, and died in July, 1894. Her parents, Robert and Mary (Cromey) Reed, were natives of Ohio and Ireland, respectively. They took up their abode in this county in 1841, where Robert Reed passed the remainder of his life, his wife's death occurring in Jefferson County. David Miller was a cooper by trade and taught school for a few years. but made farming his chief occupation. For a number of years he was Trustee of Madison Town- ship, and also served for a number of terms as School Director.
Dr. T. J. Miller, who was born at Antrim, Madi- son Township, March 15, 1819, is one of eight chil-
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dren. Five of the number are deceased: Robert R., Mathew T., Hannah J., Sarah and William H. Jennie I. is unmarried and lives in Cambridge, as does also her sister, Mary W., a school teacher, the widow of Lawson J. Seott,
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