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Mr. Herbert is a stanch Democrat, and boldly expresses himself without fear or favor. ITis first vote was cast for James Buchanan. He has been very popular in his community, and for over fif- teen years was Treasurer of his township, and for a period of twenty years served acceptably as a member of the School Board. Ile is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Steward and Trustee for the past twenty years. He has been a very hard worker, and his fine farm proves his industry. Ile and his pleas- ant and entertaining wife are members of the best eircles of society in the county.
INFIELD HARTLINE. From the early history of Tuscarawas County the name of Ilartline has been associ- ated with its rise and progress. The father of our subject, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this book, was one of its most prominent pioneers, and for many years has been active in developing its agricultural resources. His son, our subject, is distinguished not only as being one of its native- born citizens, but for the part which he has taken in its advancement to the front as one of the riehest and best improved farming regions in the state.
The original of this sketch was born on the old
homestead in Franklin Township, October 21, 1853. Ile was given a good education, and when only seventeen years of age taught school with good success. A year later his father gave him his time until reaching his majority, and he con- tinued to teach, being employed six successive winters in the northwestern portion of the county. In 1876, however, having a decided taste for farm life, he began the cultivation of a good tract of land, and has followed this branch of work ever since, with the exception of six years, from 1886 to 1892, when he was engaged in the manufacture of stoves.
The marriage of our subject with Miss Francina Wallick was celebrated July 25, 1875. The lady was the daughter of John and Susan (Mumaugh) Wallick, of Lawrenee Township. Their union has resulted in the birth of one ehild, a son, Curtis, who was born February 9, 1877. Our subject is very pop- ular in his community, and, following in the foot- steps of his honored father, is bound to meet with success in lis labors.
Mrs. Hartline departed this life in February, 1882. The year following her demise our subject took a trip to the Pacific Coast, going by way of the Southern Pacific Railroad to San Francisco. Ilis object being to see the country, he took a slow train, and was two weeks in making the journey. While at Marysville, Cal., he first saw the West- erners' method of harvesting, and having nothing else to do he went into the fields with the laborers and helped to garner the wheat from nearly one thousand acres of land. From that place lie went to Canyonsville, Ore., where he had further expe- rience in the harvest fields and remained until Sep- tember 17. He next visited the city of Portland, whence he returned to the Golden Gate, where lie boarded a train over the Union Pacific Railroad bound for the East. At the expiration of the allotted time he arrived home, after spending six months in the West, and during that time seeing more of its wonders and beauties than most people see in a lifetime.
In 1883 Mr. Hartline purchased the David Knap- penberger Farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty-two acres, pleasantly located one mile south of Strasburg. On the 17th of April, 1883, he mar-
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ried for his second wife Miss Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Leppla) Plingstag, old and prominent residents of this locality. The three children of whom they became the parents are: James B., who died at the age of five years; Harry, a lad of six years; and Nettie.
Mr. Hartline has recently purchased a portion of his father's farm, which is one of the richest and most productive in the Sugar Creek Valley. On it he has erected a handsome residence, to- gether with the necessary barns and outbuildings, and made it one of the attractive spots in the land- scape of the vicinity. The land is finely tilled, and underlying the rich soil are to be found fire- clay, coal and limestone.
In religious matter our subjeet is a sharer of the views of the great Martin Luther. Socially he is a Knight of Pythias, and has filled nearly all the chairs in that order. The Republican party finds in him one of its stanehest adherents and willing workers. Ile is a man of broad mind and en- lightened views, of foreible character and fine bus- iness talents. He is warm hearted and generous, and uses his means for the good of the community.
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LI HALL. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketeh, and who is now deceased, witnessed and materially aided in the growth and development of Gnern- sey County, and more especially of Millwood Township, of which he was a native. He belonged to that class of old residents to whom so large a debt of gratitude is due from the present genera- tion, owing, as it does, all the advantages for a more easy life and a higher degree of culture to the noble hearts who endured privation and hard- ship, and opened the way for civilization through traekless prairies.
Mr. Hall was born June 7, 1819, and was the son of John and Phobe ( Webster) Ilall. His edu- cation was very limited, being confined to the sub-
seription schools of that early day. He lived in a double log cabin with his parents when a boy, and it was no unusual thing in the winter to awaken in the morning to find the snow had sifted through the shingles on the roof, and was scattered over the bedding. He helped to elear most of the land in the vicinity of his home, and was a hardy front- iersman. IIe endured patiently the hardships and privations of those early days in the Buckeye State, finding much to enjoy in those pioneer times, and was most of the time kept busy aiding in clearing and preparing the soil for cultivation. Working out often in the coldest days of winter, he, with his brother Thomas, frequently found it necessary to build a wood fire in order to thaw their dinner. Possessing a benevolent disposition, he was ever ready to help those in need, and gave liberally of his means to every worthy cause.
The marriage of Eli Hall and Priseilla, daugh- ter of William and Rebecca (Outland) Thomas, was celebrated September 24, 1857. The parents were natives, respectively, of Georgia and North Caro- lina, whenee they emigrated to Belmont County, this state, as early as 1805, and when young in years located with their parents near Barnesville, where they were married and spent the remaining years of their life. William Thomas was the son of Camm and Elizabeth Thomas, natives of Georgia, who came to this state in 1805. The grand- father of Mrs. Hall was the son of William and Rebecca (Camm) Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania. William Thomas was a cousin of Anthony Wayne, and it is supposed that his father was a native of Wales. Rebecca Camm was the daughter of Bar- tholomew and Margaret Copie, who in turn was the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Minshall, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Marshall, who came to America from England with Will- iam Penn's colony.
Mrs. Rebecca Thomas, the mother of Mrs. Hall, was the daughter of William and Margaret ( Peel) Outland, who emigrated from North Carolina to Belmont County, this state, about the year 1806. William Outland was the son of Thomas and Eliza- beth (White) Outland, and his father, Thomas, came to the United States from his native Holland early in the eighteenth century. Margaret Peel was
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the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Josie) Peel, of North Carolina, and a relative of Sir Robert Peel, of England. So far as is known, the ances. tors of both the IIall and Thomas families have been Friends since the foundation of that religious sect.
To our subject and his wife there were born four daughters, all of whom are at home with their mother, and bear the respective names of Hannah A., Elma M., R. Elvira and Margaret. They all have birthrights in the Friends' Society. Eli Hall departed this life August 1, 1891, and in his death the community lost one of its most valued and honored citizens. Ile followed farm pursuits dur- ing all his active years, and left to his family a good estate in Millwood Township. He was in early life a Wliig, and cast his first vote for Will- iam Henry Harrison in 1840. After the organiza- tion of the Republican party, however, he joined its ranks, and was always interested in its success. He was never an aspirant for office, but performed well his part as a model American citizen.
1 OHN A. BUCHANAN, who is one of the leading attorneys in New Philadelphia, is a native of this state, and was born in Bel- mont County, March 9, 1852. Ile is the son of John T. and Anna (Anderson) Buchanan, also natives of Ohio. The former is a son of James Buchanan, who hailed from Pennsylvania and was of Scotchi ancestry. The mother was the daughter of John Anderson, and her birth occurred in this state. John T. Buchanan followed the occupation of a farmer for many years, but is now living in Chicago. By his union with Miss Anderson he be- caine the father of two children, the brother of our subject being Robert B., who also makes his home in Chicago.
The subject of this sketch remained on the farm with his parents until a lad of twelve years, when the family removed to Fairview, Guernsey Coun-
ty. Ile was then given an opportunity to attend the academy in that place, and on completing his studies there began reading law under the in- struction . of William Barton. After passing a thorough examination in 1873, he was admitted to the Bar, and immediately opened an office and be- gan the practice of his profession at Barnesville, which was located near his old home. Mr. Bu- chanan continued there about a year, when he re- moved to New Comerstown, this county, and there built up a good clientage. In the spring of 1881, however, we find him located in New Philadelphia, among whose professional men he takes a leading place. -
While living in New Comerstown our subject, in addition to his practice, started a paper called the New Comerstown Argus. This he considers a very successful venture, as the plant was all paid for. and netted him a good income. Ilis career as an editor was cut short in 1877, when the office was destroyed by fire. Mr. Buchanan has always been an active politician, and in 1889 was nominated by the Democratic party for State Senator from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Districts. Being very popular, he was elected, and while in the Senate served as a member of the following committees: the Judiciary, Municipal, Corporations, Mines and Mining, Revision of Laws (of which he was Chair- man) and Industrial Schools. While a member of that body he introduced a bill providing for the election of Presidential Electors by congressional districts. Although this bill failed to pass the Leg- islature, a similar document was accepted by the Michigan Legislature, but was considered uncon- stitutional by the Supreme Court of that state. It was afterward taken to the United States Supreme Court and there sustained. This was the first in- troduction of a bill providing for the election of electors by that system.
Mr. Buchanan was elected a member of the City Council in 1888, serving until taking his seat in the Senate. He has been connected with many in- portant cases, among them that of Joli J. Spear- man es. Mrs. Lizzie Ward, which was tried in Pitts- burg, Pa. The case grew out of the fact that the defendant had failed in her business in Ohio and owned property in Pennsylvania, upon which the
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creditors undertook to get judgment. Mr. Bu- chanan took the ground that in case of a married woman thre indebtedness was not a personal obliga- tion, and did not follow Mrs. Ward to Pennsylva- nia and become a liability against the property situated in that state. The case involved a large amount of money, and was decided in behalf of Mrs. Ward. It was later carried to the Supreme Court by the plaintiff, and it sustained the decision of the Common Pleas. After the settlement of this case Mr. Buchanan was taken ill and for one year was not able to carry on the business.
September 1, 1872, our subject was married to Miss Anna Barber, daughter of Matthew and Tab- itha Barber. To them were born two daughters, Jessie and Ella. Mrs. Buchanan departed this life September 29, 1890, firm in the faith of the Pres- byterian Church.
In social affairs Mr. Buchanan is a Knight of Pythias. In 1893 he was again nominated by his party for re-election to the Senate, but was de- feated on account of the failure of the judges of elections in a precinet of Coshocton County to make returns of. the vote cast for State Senator. This district gave Mckinley one hundred and forty majority, and he ran one hundred and eighty-one ahead of his ticket. Mill Creek Town- ship, the precinct in which the vote was not re- turned, gave our subjeet one hundred and seven votes and his opponent thirty-eight, and the latter was declared elected.
Mr. Buchanan is Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, also the county com- mittee. Ile is a sound lawyer and a good advo- cate, always commanding the respect of the Court and the attention of the jury.
W ILLIAM KALEY, proprietor of a fine meat-market in the city of Cambridge, has been engaged in this line of busi- ness since the fall of 1894. Ile has a well stocked establishment, complete in all its appointments, and from the beginning his trade has constantly
been on the increase, so that now he has an excel- lent patronage. Ile is courteous and fair in his dealings with all, and ranks among the successful business men of the city.
A native of this state, our subject was born in Trumbull County, July 16, 1863. ITis parents were Jolin and Ella (Kennedy) Kaley, natives of County Kilkenny and Tipperary, Ireland, respec- tively, the former of whom was born in 1820. They were greatly respected in the neighborhood in which they lived, and reared twelve children: Martin, a resident of Girard, this state; Michael, living in Newburg, Ohio; William, of this sketcli; Ellen, the wife of Flori Gard; Julia, deceased, formerly Mrs. Patrick Coad; Katie, who married Thomas Loftes, and is also deceased; Agnes, resid- ing in Mineral Ridge, this state; and Tracy, John, James and Edward, at home.
Jolin Kaley emigrated to the United States in 1841, and found his first employment working on the Alleghany Mountain Railroad, being in the employ of one company for four years. He then removed to New Castle, Pa., where he lived for five years, engaged as a teamster. His next move found him a resident of Niles, this state, where he liauled coal from Mineral Ridge to Niles, working his own teams. He made his home in that place for four years, when he removed to Mineral Ridge and became the owner of a farm. Ile still con- tinues teaming in the winter time. Miss Ella Ken- nedy emigrated to America in the year 1844, and some years later was joined in marriage with the father of our subject. She was a most estimable lady, and active in all good works in the vicinity of her liome.
As before stated, William Kaley, our subject, was born in Trumbull County, this state, July 16, 1863. Hle was educated in the common schools of his dis- trict, and lived at home until nineteen years of age, but at the age of fifteen commenced working in the rolling-mills at Niles, Ohio. On leaving home he proceeded to New Philadelphia, and worked in the rolling-mills at that place, and when the roll- ing-mills at Cambridge started up in 1891 he came to this city and engaged his services to the Cambridge Iron and Steel Company, continuing therein until the latter part of 1894, when he
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started his present meat-market, engaging a skill- ful manager to run it.
William Kaley, when ready to establish a home of his own, was married, December 14, 1883, to Miss Nettie Ellis, a native of New Philadelphia, this state. Her parents were Johnson and Julia Ann (Hensel) Ellis. Her grandfather on the pa- ternal side was a native of England, and her grand- mother a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kaley was given a fair education, and belongs to the Catholic Church, to which our subject also belongs, and is a regular attendant. In politics he is a supporter of Republican principles.
DWARD H. McGREW. For the past thir- teen or fourteen years, this worthy old citizen of Tuscarawas County has been partially retired from active labors, and during this period has made his home in the village of Sandyville. For the main portion of his life he was identified with agricultural pursuits, and im- proved several good farms. Through his indus- try, economy and well directed efforts, he made a competence amply sufficient to provide the com- forts and necessities of life for his remaining years.
Nathan McGrew, the father of E. II., was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and was one of five children who grew to mature years. Samuel is now deceased; Stephen died in Iowa; James passed away in Sandusky, Ohio; and Martha is still liv- ing. In 1804 Nathan McGrew came to this coun- ty, and settled in New Philadelphia. Hle served in the War of 1812 as an officer, and recruited a company of patriots. Up to the time of his death he was County Surveyor, an office he had held for several years, and also for a long period he was Justice of the Peace. Ilis death occurred while he was yet in the prime of life, in Fairfield Town- ship, January 12, 1834, at the age of forty-eight years. In politics he was a Whig. Ilis widow survived him for about half a century, dying in
Clay County, Ind., in the fall of 1883, aged eighty- four years. Iler seven children are as follows: Martha, who became the wife of Sam M. Martin; Eliza; Edward H., our subject; Deborah, who be- came the wife of Alfred Davis; Sarah A., wife of Markus Dolls, now of Meeker County, Minn .; Nathan, whose home is in Iowa; and David, now of Sullivan County, Ind. The mother of these children was Mary, daughter of Edward and Sarah (McCluitice) Huston, natives of Ireland and Vir- ginia, respectively. The father was one of the pioneers of this county, but died in the East. His calling in life was that of manufacturing mill burrs. "Their two children were Mary and Eliza, the latter of whom married a Mr. Bears. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Sarah Huston, became the wife of a Mr. Pritchard, and bore him two children: Jane, who became the wife of David Bacon; and Sarah, wife of George Ilowe. Mr. Pritchard was a leading farmer, and represented his county in the State Legislature. Ilis death occurred in Jefferson County, and his widow then came to make ber home in this locality, but died while visiting in Medina County, Ohio. Mrs. Mary McGrew was born in the eastern part of Pennsylvania or Virginia, and from the time she was eight years of age was an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her last years were spent with her daughter in Indiana, in whose home her death occurred.
Edward HI. McGrew was born near New Phila- delphia, April 27, 1822. He obtained his educa- tion in the primitive log schoolhouse of that day, and worked for his mother on the farm until lie was twenty-one years of age. For the next seven years he operated a homestead, after which he bought a farm for himself. This, his first pur- chase of land, comprised ninety aeres, situated north of Zoar Station, and for this farm he paid at the rate of 823 per acre. After improving the place, he traded it for one hundred and forty-two acres west of Sandyville. In the spring of 1859 he removed to this homestead, which in time was increased to two hundred and fifty-six acres by purchase. He continued to dwell thereon for some twenty-two years, but finally, in the spring of 1881, came to reside in Sandyville. He received
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$500 from his father's estate, but with this excep- tion has had to make his own way in the world by his individual efforts.
In the spring of 1850 Mr. McGrew married Mary J. Bailey, who was born in Sandyville, Jan- uary 4, 1831, and is a daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Dickson) Bailey. The former was born Jan- uary 8, 1806, and died in 1882. Mrs. Bailey, who was born January 17, 1806, died in March, 1885. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom were reared to manhood and womanhood, namely: James, John, Alfred, Mary J. and Martha. The father was a Whig, subsequently a Republican, and served as Justice of the Peace, and in lesser offices. His father, James Bailey, who came from Pennsylvania, was one of the early pioneers of this county, and a full account of his life may be found in the sketch of John D. Bailey, which ap- pears elsewhere in this volume.
Mr. and Mrs. McGrew have not been blessed with children of their own, but many years ago adopted a little girl, whom they cared for and loved as though she had been their own child. This lady, whose given name is Rose, is now the wife of Napoleon Shott. For forty-three years Mr. McGrew and wife have been members of the Lutheran Church, and for thirty-eight years of this period the former has been an Elder in the congregation. Fraternally he has been a Mason for twenty years. In all matters of politieal mo- ment in his locality he takes an active part, and at all times manifests a patriotic spirit.
ACOB R. LEBOLD. The old saying that "industry brings reward as surely as does virtue" is proven in the life of the gentle- man whose name opens this sketch. Al- though given a start in life by his honored father, he has invested his means in such a manner as to bring him handsome profit, and is now considered one of the largest land-owners and a financial pillar 20
of Tuscarawas County. His possessions aggregate over eight hundred aeres of as fine farming land as is to be found in this section, and the cultivation of his farm occupies the greater part of his time and attention.
The original of this sketch was born at Bolivar, this county, August 18, 1847, and is the son of John and Catharine Lebold. The first-mentioned was born October 28, 1816, in Wurtemberg, Ger- many, and was the seventh in order of birth of a family of nine children comprised in the house- hold of Conrad and Iledwig Lebold. The emigra- tion to America occurred when John was a lad of fourteen years, and he well remembered the long and tedious voyage of six months across the At- lantic. The family located in 1830 in Zoar, this state, where the father worked at his trade as a cooper during his stay there of about eighteen months. At the end of that time, deciding to fol- low the life of an agriculturist, he purchased the land known as the Moser Farm, and, moving upon it, was engaged in its cultivation, at the same time working, off and on, at his trade. He was stricken with paralysis in 1860, and died when in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The mother preceded him to the better land by ten years, pass- ing away at the age of seventy-four.
According to the old German custom, the elder sons of the family were educated to follow the trade of their father, and consequently were coopers. George lived in Sandy Hook a number of years prior to his removal to Alton, Ill., where he worked at his trade. John Conrad, the second son, made his home in Zoar for seven years, after which he took up his abode in Seneca County, this state, where he entered land, and was engaged in its cul- tivation until his decease, in 1889, at the age of eighty-five years. Hedwig, the eldest daughter, married Jacob Shutz, of Massillon, Ohio, and after a residence there of a few years removed to Illi- nois. Mrs. Shutz on the death of her husband married a Mr. Hammel, and in 1852 they returned to Guernsey County and lived in Bolivar until her death, which occurred in 1891, aged eighty- five. Christiana Lebold became the wife of Mar- tin Smeltz, and in 1835 removed to Seneca Coun- ty, where she died in the year 1858. Jacob, the
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third son and fifthi child, also removed to the above county about the time his sister Christiana made the journey, and is now living in Attica. Barbara, now Mrs. Jacob Smeltz, makes her home in Williams County, this state.
John, the father of our subjeet, remained under the parental roof, working for his father, until at- taining his twenty-fifth year, when he started out to make his own way in the world, and married Miss Catharine Mayrer, a native of the Father- land. The lady eame to this country with her parents in 1841, and the year after was married to Mr. Lebold. The young couple began life with a very moderate amount of this world's goods, but possessing an unusual amount of energy and push, coupled with good judgment, they began to save at the start. Their first land consisted of one hundred and ten acres of the old homestead, for wlneh our subjeet paid the other heirs $1,350, and in addition to this gave one-third of the grain eul- tivated to his father during the eighteen years that he lived.
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