Portrait and biographical record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 59

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Publication date: 1895
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Mr. Warner and Miss Susanna Anman were mar- ried in 1875. The lady is the daughter of Anan-

ias and Catherine Anman. Mrs. Warner was the eldest of their family of children, her brothers and sisters being Fred, living in New Philadelphia; Lizzie, the wife of Jolin B. Casselman, a resident of Canal Dover; Katie, wife of Mr. Sission, of St. Louis, Mo .; Lottie, now Mrs. McCarthy, of New Philadelphia; and Millie Emma. The wife and mother departed this life in 1878. Ananias An- man is still living, and leading a retired life in Wooster, this state. He served as a soldier during the Civil War, and as an old veteran commands the respect of all who know him.

To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born the following-named three children: Corilla, at home attending school, as are also Will- iam F. and Arthur A. Mr. Warner is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. His prompt and methodical business habits, good financial talent and tact in the management of affairs have brought him success. IIe is a man of much decis- ion of character. and intelligent and pronounced views on all subjects. The Moravian Church finds in him one of its most valued members, and to the support of the congregation at Gnadenhutten he is a liberal contributor.

ACOB SEEMANN comes of the hardy old German stock, and is one of the pioneers of Sandy Township, within the boundaries of which his birth occurred. He owns a well im- proved farm, comprising one hundred and one acres, on which is his residence, and in addition to this lias also an interest in a farm of one hundred and sev- enty-three acres and in his father's estate. which comprises three hundred and fifty acres in Carroll County.

The paternal grandfather of Jacob Scemann, whose Christian name was Adam, was a native of Everdinger, Wurtemberg, Germany. Of his chil- dren who lived to grow to manhood and woman- hood, Adam died in Shelby County, this state; Henry is our subject's father; and five daugliters

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married and settled in various parts of the United States. Adam Seemann, Sr., died in Shelby Coun- ty, Ohio, in the faith of the Lutheran Church. IIe came to the New World with his family in 1833. and for many years was engaged in farming in this township, where his wife was called to her final rest.

Henry Seemann, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in Ger- many in 1807, and died in Rose Township, Carroll County, at the age of seventy-nine years. In 1833 he had settled in Sandy Township, but in 1856 removed to Carroll County, where he passed the remainder of his life. Politically he was a Demo- crat. He was a charter member and official of the Reformed Church in this township. Ile was twiee married, his first union being with a Miss Keise, who bore him three children: Frederick, of Steu- ben County, Ind .; Henry, who hired a substitute during the late war, and is now living in Iroquois County, Ill .; and George A., who enlisted as a member of the Eighty-first Ohio Regiment, and when on his way home disappeared at Cleveland, Ohio, and, it was supposed, was murdered, as he was never heard from. After the death of his first wife, Henry Seemann married Miss Mary Kugler. Their twelve children all lived to maturity and became useful and respected citizens wherever they settled. They were as follows: Jacob; Peter, of Stark County; Daniel; Frank, who is in Carroll County; Mary, Mrs. Riee; Louisa, now deceased: Charles, an attorney of Stark County; Solomon, a minister of the Reformed Church, and now in Columbus, Ohio; Lewis, of Stark County; Calvin, an attorney in Canton, Ohio; Emanuel, who lives in Carroll County; and Alice. The mother of these children, who was a native of France, was a daughter of Peter and Mary (Wanner) Kugler, also of France, who eame to the United States about 1833. The father was a weaver by trade, but after coming to America engaged in farming. IIe first settled in Sandy Township, but passed his last years in Carroll County, where he died in 1872, aged eighty-four years. He served in the French army under the great Napoleon. Po- litically he was a Democrat, and in religion he was identified with the Reformed Church. To himself

and wife were born eleven children. Mrs. Kugler was called to her final rest in the year 1867. Mrs. Mary Seemann died in Canton, this state, in De- eember, 1889, at the age of sixty-three years.

Jacob Seemann was born October 12, 1846, and worked for his father until twenty-one years of age. He then started out to "paddle his own canoe" by working on a rented farm. Ile spent a year in Illinois, and then traveled in the South for a short time. After his marriage he resided for a year in the Prairie State, and then, returning to his na- tive township, purchased one hundred and one aeres, the place where he has sinee lived. As pre- viously stated, he has a part interest in his father's estate and in still another tract of land. The father left five hundred and thirty-five aeres at the time of his demise, and the property has never been divided among the heirs.

January 9, 1870, Mr. Seemann married Matilda HIolshay, who was born in this township, March 17. 1847, and is a daughter of Frederiek and Fronia S. (Brodt) Holshay, natives of Germany. The father came to the United States with his parents when he was nine years old, and his wife became a resident of this country in her twenty-first year. She was born in 1808, and died in 1886, while her husband. who was born in 1807, died in 1873. For a few months after setting foot on the shores of the New World, Mr. Holshay lived in Pennsylvania. Thence he went to Zoar, where he accumulated a farm com- prising two hundred and forty-two acres, and on this place his death oeeurred. His father, whose given name was Gotleib, also died near Zoar, on his farm of one hundred acres, in 1851. In his carly manhood he learned the tailor's trade, which he followed to some extent during his entire life. In the Fatherland he was a member of the Intheran Church, but subsequently became a Zoarite. Mrs. Fronia Holshay was a daughter of Jacob F. and Catherine Brodt, who emigrated to the U'nited States about 1828. They had three sons and two daughters, namely: Fred; Tobias, who died in Cleveland; Gottleib, Fronia D. and Lizzie, Mr -. Sattler.

Mrs. Matilda Seemann is one of seven children, the others being John; Elizabeth; Pauline, Me. Tipps, of Stark County; Eliza, Mrs. Warner. of

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Fairfield Township; Mary, Mrs. Deringer, of Stark County; and Catherine, also Mrs. Deringer, of the same county.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Seemann were born nine children: Daniel F., who is a telegraph operator in Warren, Ohio; Nelson II., Charles E., Elva E., John E., Emerson F., Clark E., Walter R. and Law- rence G. Mr. Seemann has been identified with

the Reformed Church since he was sixteen years of age, and is an able and efficient worker in its va- rious departments of activity. His wife has been connected with that denomination since her nine- teenth year. In politics our subject supports the Democratic party. He is honored and respected by all who know him, and has the entire confidence of a host of friends and well-wishers.

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JOHN LOOR LOCKE.

OHN LOOR LOCKE is one of the most en- terprising members of the Guernsey County Bar, and has his office and home at Cain- bridge. He is also an enthusiastic Republi- can, and in February. 1893, was elected President of the Ohio State Republican League, in a spirited convention in which candidates from Cuyahoga and Hamilton Counties were defeated. In the same year he was tendered the nomination. practi- cally unanimous, for Prosecuting Attorney of this county, and was elected in the fall. He is known in the state and congressional conventions, as a man of force and ability. and his eloquence, strong powers of advocacy, and apt manner of setting forth the merits of the case. make his serv- ices in great demand during campaigns. For the past ten years he has been engaged in legal prac- tiee alone, and his clientage is perhaps not ex- ceeded in this county. As a jury lawyer he has been prominent in the important civil and crim- inal cases, and his clientel embraces many of the insurance companies and corporation and business interests of the community.

For several generations the Locke family were residents of Maryland. The first of the name who came to America from England was one John Locke, who settled in Massachusetts. The family 1 is a notable one in English annals, and has also been prominent in the history of the United States. The first representative of the same in Baltimore was William Locke, who traded between that city and the Barbadoes. William's son, Nathaniel, was born on a ship plying between those points. and in mature life became a citizen and merchant in Baltimore. Ilis son, Nathaniel, a wood-turner ;

by trade, was the next in the line of descent. In 1837 he moved to Pittsburg, Pa., where he estab- lished extensive furniture works for those days. To himself and wife, whose maiden name was Mary Stewart, were born three sons and four daughters. Thomas died in early youth; Rev. William H. is the eldest; Charles E. is city editor of the Pittsburg Press; Mrs. Virginia Goff lives m Allegheny City, Pa .; Mrs. Mary Baker's home is in New York; and Mrs. Sarah Hoffman and Mrs. Belle Semple are inhabitants of Pittsburg.

Rev. W. II. Locke, D. D., the father of our sub- ject, was born in Baltimore, Md., and educated in the Allegheny public schools and in Western Uni- versity. In 1840 he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Pittsburg Gazette. Later he be- came a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and had charge of many pastorates according to the itineraney method puisued by that denomina- tion. His wife, Margaret E. Locke, was the daugh- ter of Jonn Loor, of Greensburg, Pa. Mrs. Locke was born in Fayette County, Pa., and by her mar- riage became the mother of five children. namely: Charles E .. a well known minister of the Method- ist Episcopal Church and a Doctor of Divinity, who is located in Portland. Ore .; John L., Kath- erine, Margaret and Elizabeth.

John Loor Locke, whose middle name was given in honor of luis maternal grandfather, was born at Braddocks, a suburb of Pittsburg, September 17, 1860, and in 1878 graduated from the Canton (Ohio) High School. For the three years follow- ing his home was in Youngstown. Ohio, where he learned the printer's trade, and was on the repor- torial staff and in charge of the counting-room of

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the Youngstown News, now known as the Telegram. For a time he attended Allegheny College, of Meadville, Pa., and during his business career at Youngstown made a reputation as a shrewd and energetic young man of more than customary ability.

In 1882 Mr. Locke removed to Cambridge, and entered the law office of Taylor & Anderson as a student. Upon the election of Mr. Taylor to Congress, the latter gave him the position of pri- vate secretary, and the young man accordingly spent the winter of 1882-83 in Washington. He was admitted to the Bar in February, 1884, and at once entered into partnership with Thomas H. Anderson, one of his former preceptors. The firm, which was known as Anderson & Locke, continued in the practice of law until 1888, when the senior member was sent as a minister to Bolivia, South America, since which time Mr. Locke has con- ducted business alone.

In his relations to civic societies. Mr. Locke is a Knight-Templar Mason, and belongs to the Scot- tish Rite and Mystic Shrine Degrees. His mate- rial prosperity has been marked. and among other local concerns in which he is now financially in- terested is the well known Cambridge Foundry Company. He owns the fine old residence known as the Skinner Property in Cambridge. In manner he is polished and courteous, and has the rare ability of making friends wherever he goes.

J OIIN W. CALE has been agent for the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad at Campbell Station since October, 1876. For a number of years he has been a breeder of and dealer in fine live stock. pedigreed Shorthorn and Jersey cat- tle, registered horses and Merino and Shropshire sheep. and has frequently taken premiums on fine animals exhibited at state and county fairs. He ships anumnally from twenty-five to fifty carloads of stock, and handles from one hundred thousand to two Imidred thousand pounds of wool cach

year. In addition to his other enterprises he has been president and business manager of the Birds- eye Pressed Brick Company of Roseville, which plant has been in operation for about a year and daily turns out from forty to sixty thousand brick.

The progenitor of the Cale family in Guernsey County bore the Christian name of George. Ile was born near Rumley, in Hampshire County, Va., and came to Ohio some time during the '30s. Hle died at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Ilis son John, also a native of Hampshire County, followed in his footsteps and was an agriculturist. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. and about the year 1825 eame to this county accompanied by his father and family. He settled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson Township, and began the pioneer work of clearing away the heavy forest. His wife, a native of Virginia. was formerly Miss Rachel Cross, and to them were born two children. Polly and George. The latter was born April 17, 1816. The daughter married ,James La Follett, and settled in Hoeking County on a farm, for which they later received $65,000, as coal mines were discovered thereon. The mother died soon after coming to Ohio, and her husband later married Anna White, by whom he had a daughter, Lydia Ann, who later became the wife of Joseph Rogers.

George Cale, the father of our subject, on ar- riving at man's estate took up a homestead of eighty acres, and became a successful farmer. He frequently hauled wheat to Zanesville, twenty-five bushels in a load, and sold it for fifty cents a bushel. Hle also raised large quantities of tobacco, and one year sold farin products for which he re- ceived $1,000. In his younger days game was very plentiful, and sometimes twenty or more deer could be seen at a time. As the years passed he added to his possessions, until he now owns four farms, which aggregate four hundred and ten aeres. Much of his land is underlaid with coal mines, for which he received a royalty of $20 or more per aere, and at one time he received $6,000 from this source of revenue. The log cabin of former years has been supplanted by a handsome and comme- chons two-story forumne house, which was erceted in

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1886. In February, 1842, George Cale married Margaret Wilson, and to them were born two chil- dren, John W. and Margaret. The latter, whose birth oceurred April 15. 1848, is now the wife of Jolin Ray Secrist, a farmer of Johnston County, Kan.

Jolin W. Cale was born April 17, 1843, and from boyhood has been familiar with farm duties. He carly manifested a fondness for trading and com- mercial pursuits. He attended the distriet schools. and later those of Cambridge for two years, there preparing himself for teaching. The war com- ing on, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, in the summer of 1863. This regiment was afterward consolidated with the Forty-seventh Ohio, and its field of opera- tions extended over a large portion of the South. For seven winters after his return from the service Mr. Cale taught school, and thereby saved a sum sufficient to enable him to attend Muskingum Col- lege, where he took a elassieal course and graduat- ed in Junc, 1871.

December 28, 1865, occurred the marriage of J. W. Cale and Harriet J. Rose, who was born June 1, 1843. Her parents were Abraham and Eliza (Wells) Rose. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Cale crected the first mill on Wills Creek, and also owned a part interest in a sawmill. Five sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cale, the eld- est surviving being Wilham, who is now agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Campbell's. His wife, Gladdy, is the daughter of A. J. David- son, and they have one son. George. a bright lit- tle lad of five years. Charles H., the other son of our subject, is a young man of about eighteen years, and is still engaged in acquiring an edu- cation.

Jolin W. Cale became a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, and three months later was licensed to preach in what is known as the Seneca- ville Circuit. For four years he gave his entire attention to ministerial duties, in the mean time pursuing theological studies and passing the pre- scribed examination. The next three years his field of work was in the Stafford Cirenit in Monroe County. Since 1879 he has been devoted to com- mercial pursuits for the most part. He has been a

member of the Protestant Methodist Church since 1889, and has occupied the pulpit on Sunday at Stockport and Zanesville. It would be hard to lind any one whose time is more thoroughly oc- cupied than that of our subject. He is ambitious, energetic and apparently tireless. His business activity gives employment to many others, and his fellow-citizens take great interest in his numerons enterprises. He is a man of his word, broad in his views, genial in disposition, and is liberal and charitable to the poor.

H AMILTON PARRISII. There is some- thing in the experience of a pioneer in any new country vastly interesting. but at the same time it is doubtless fraught with many hardships and privations. To see on every side a long, unbroken stretch of land, covered with heavy timber or a carpet of wild grass, is not a charm- ing sight when one must perforce dwell in the midst of such a wilderness. But there is little doubt about the fact that such a scene develops all one's energies. inspiring one with undaunted courage in clearing up the land and cultivating it. Such was the experience of Hamilton Parrish, who was numbered among the first pioneers of Clay Township, and has been largely instrumental in bringing about its present prosperity and making it truly a pleasant dwelling-place. Ile is now liv- ing retired from the active duties of life, and en- joying those comforts which years of arduous la- bor have made available.

Mr. Parrish was born in Belmont County, this state, April 13, 1818. and is the son of Joshua and Sarah ( Rowland) Parrish. The father, who was a native of Maryland, emigrated to this state in the year 1830, and at once took up land in Tuscara- was County, which he set himself about cultivat- ing. and made his home until bis decease. This event occurred in 1828, when he was sixty years of age. His good wife survived him twenty year -. dying m 1848, when threescore years and ten.

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Iler parents were also natives of Maryland. whence they came to Harrison County, this state, and fol- lowed agriculture the remainder of their lives.

Joshua and Sarah Parrish were married in Penn- sylvania, and to them were born thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, of whom four are living, namely: Samuel, a retired farmer, living in Kansas; Hamilton, of this sketch; Solomon, a farm- er of Logan County, Ill .; and Clarissa, the widow of G. Shanesfield, of Iowa. Those deceased are: William, Elizabeth, Polly, Rachel, Benjamin, Sarah, Elza, Jolin and Joshua. The father of these chil- dren was very prominent in his community, and in his death the county lost one of its best citizens. He left a good property at his death, which had been accumulated through years of struggle and economy. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, and religiously a consistent member of the Metli- odist Episcopal Church.

The subject of this sketch was reared to mature years in this township, where he was given as good an education as could be obtained in the district. He remained at home caring for his mother until three years prior to her decease, when he left her in the home of her daughter in Gilmore, this state, where her death occurred.

When ready to begin the battle of life at the foot of the ladder, our subject purchased eighty acres of raw land, which he developed into a good farm. This he increased from time to time as his means would allow, until to-day he is the proud possessor of a fine estate embracing two hundred and seventy fertile and well cultivated acres, which have been accumulated entirely through his own unaided efforts.

In 1842 Hamilton Parrish and Miss Isabel Me- Coy were united in marriage. The lady was born in Pennsylvania. and was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Bunting) McCoy. At her decease, which occurred in February, 1890, at the age of sixty years, she left five living children. but had been the mother of ten, as follows: Samuel, who is now deceased; Elsie, the widow of William Hamilton, Squire of Clay Township; Solomon. a farmer living in lowa; Robert J., engaged in till- ing the soil in Clay Township; Girsham W .. en- The parental household included two sons be- gaged in working the home farm; Merriman, de- | sides our subject: the eldest, John, a well-to-do

ceased; Maryetta, the wife of Joseph Haven. also a farmer of Clay Township; Alvira, Amanda and Jennie, deceased.

Our subject has been potent in elevating the re- ligious and moral status of his community. be- sides being influential in forwarding its educa- tional interests; and as a practical, intelligent farmer he has contributed his quota in upbuilding its material prosperity. He is a prominent mem- ber of the Methodist Church, in which he has been Class-leader and Steward for the past twenty years. In political belief he is a Republican, and although not in any sense an office-seeker, will always be found to aid in any enterprise set on foot for the good of the community.

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ACOB WISE, one of the old veterans of the late war, is a fine representative of the seif- made and self-educated men. He is at pres- ent residing in New Philadelphia, where he is well known as the proprietor of a thriving gro- cery store. He is a native of Switzerland, having been born in the canton of Berne, June 18. 1840. His parents. Jacob and Anna ( Keiser) Wise. were also natives of that country. The father came to Tuscarawas County in the year of our subject's birth. He engaged as a coal miner, and also fol- lowed the trade of a carpenter.

After landing in New York City with his fam- ily, the father came directly to Ohio, taking up land in this county, where he was fairly prosper- ous in agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Wise came to Ohio in the year 1849. bringing with her her sons. Jacob and John. The parents made their home here until their decease. the father dying in 1875. and the mother in February, 1888. They were both members of the German Reformed Church. to the support of which they were regular and hb- eral contributors. In his political relations JJacob Wise, Sr., was a Democrat.

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farmer of Monroe County, this state; and God- frey, who was drowned in the Ohio Canal when a lad of ten years. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, and when old enough worked in the coal mines, and also boated on the Ohio Canal. His education, like that of all youths of that period, was carried on in the district school of the neighborhood.

In 1861 young Wise responded to the call of his adopted country for soldiers, and September 17 of that year enlisted as a private at New Philadelphia, and was mustered in as a member of Company A, Fifty-first Ohio Infantry. He was rapidly pro- moted to be First Lieutenant, and at the time of his discharge was in command of his company. With his regiment he went from Camp Meigs to Camp Dennison, and from there they were ordered to Louisville, Ky., going into camp soon after at Jenkins. They remained there for about a month, when the command was ordered to Camp Wickliffe and from there, February 14, 1862, moved to West Point and Ft. Donelson. On their arrival, finding that the fort had already been captured, the sol- diers passed on to Nashville, making that place their headquarters until July 10. Shortly after- ward, under the command of General Nelson, the regiment moved out through Tennessee. and, when transferred to the leadership of General Buell, re- turned to Kentucky. The battle of Perryville soon afterward being fought, they went to the field, but arrived soon after the conflict was over.

The regiment in which our subject was mustered was about this time ordered to follow the rebel general, Bragg, as far as Wild Cat Mountain. On their return, they crossed the Cumberland River, and marched to Lebanon, Tenn .. then back to Nashville, where they joined the main division of the army. Remaining in that vicinity for a time, engaged in numerous skirmishes, the command went to the front and participated in the battle of Stone River, January 2, 1863, in which memor- able conflict the Fifty-first Regiment lo-t one hun- dred and ninety-six ont of its four hundred men. They next served in the Tullahoma campaign. which was followed by the fight at Chattanooga, and later that at Chickamauga. After this cam- paign the regiment fell back to Chattanooga, and

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Portrait and biographical record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 59

Author: Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Chicago : C.O. Owen Number of Pages: 934

Author:
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago : C.O. Owen
Number of Pages: 934