The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 105

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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just completed a dwelling which is second to none in the township, and his surroundings substantially demonstrate an accurate knowledge of his calling and the requirements of a first-class farm. September 24, 1864, Mr. Clantz enlisted in Company K, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which joined Gen. Sherman at Atlanta, and was incorporated into Brig. Gen. G. A. Smith's Third Division of Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair's Seventeenth Corps. He participated in the march to the sea, and at the siege of Savannah was wounded in the hand by a rebel sharpshooter. At the time of the surrender of the Con- federate army, our subject's regiment was in the vicinity of Raleigh, N. C., from whence it proceeded to Washington, participated in the grand review, and was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. Our subject then returned to peace- ful pursuits. Although entering the prime of life, he has already been elected Township Trustee three terms, from 1876 to 1878, and from 1880 to 1881, and since December, 1831, has held a commission of Notary Public for the State of Ohio, and is also correspondent for his township to the State Board of Ag- riculture. He is a Mason, a Democrat, and, with his family, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MILTON S. DEARTH, farmer, P. O. Gilmore, was born in Luzerne Township, Fayette Co., Penn., February 23, 1823, one of nine children, and came in 1830 to this township with his father, who was born in Fayette Coun- ty, Penn., March 17, 1793, and became the owner of 448 acres of land in this township, where he died. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, was a County Commissioner, possessed considerable means and more than ordinary intelli- gence, and his advice was often sought by his friends and acquaintances. George Dearth, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Connecticut, re- moved when young to Virginia, was a colonial soldier, fought at Braddock's defeat, and there overheard Col. Washington request the commanding General to fight the Indians in their own way; served as Captain in the Revolutionary war, under Gen. Greene, and was promoted to Major, and at the termination of the war settled in Fayette County, Penn., where he amassed a fortune in trading, often to New Orleans. He served in the General Assembly of Penn- sylvania. His father, Thomas Dearth, the great-grandfather of our subject, emigrated from England to America in pre-Revolutionary days. Milton S. has never aspired to office, but has been Trustee, Land Appraiser and Clerk of his township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic order.

DAVID T. HARDING, farmer, P. O. Gilmore, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 20, 1820, and came from Guernsey to this county in 1846. He is a son of John D. Harding, a native of Loudoun County, Va. The latter was twice married, first to Margaret Thompson, a native of Penn- sylvania, who died February 16, 1824, leaving two children, David, our sub- ject, and Martha. His subsequent union was with Miss Martha Chancy, their issue being eight children, of whom one, Ann, died in August, 1850. The survivors are Charles C., Margaret, Sarah, Melissa, George, Basil and John. He formerly followed shoe-making, but in 1822 turned his attention to agri- culture, and settled in Harrison County, Ohio. He was a prominent pioneer citizen in his day, and died on November 30, 1869. The subject of this sketch was married, November 17, 1842, to Lucy Longsworth, who was born on August 20, 1817, and is a daughter of Basil Longsworth. Her father was born in Maryland on November 13, 1795, and was a son of Solomon and Lucy (Nelson) Longsworth, the former a native of Wales and the latter of English descent. They had a family of nine children, as follows: Nancy, Elizabeth, Catharine, Solomon, Sarah, Mary, Basil, Cordelia and Harriet. Basil mar ried Elizabeth Bozer, a native of Maryland, their union resulting in eleven

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children, viz .: Lucy, Mary, Elizabeth, Peter, William, Basil N., Warner, Cor- nelius S., Jesse T., Nancy C. aud Rebecca C., all of whom are now living. Mr. Longsworth followed farming, and for many years was class leader in the Methodist Church. He died in November, 1853; his widow is now a pensioner of the war of 1812, in which he was a soldier in the United States Army. She resides in Perry Township, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. David T. Harding has had a family of eight children, as follows: William H., born September 25, 1843; John Basil, born November 8, 1845; Elizabeth M., born August 27, 1847, died September 10, 1871; Thomas J., born June 29, 1850; Joshua C., born December 1, 1852; Mary M., born March 7, 1855, and died September 20, 1856; Nancy A., born September 20, 1857; and Harriet C., born February 7, 1863. Two members of this family were soldiers in the rebellion-William H., whose biography appears elsewhere in this work, and John Basil. The latter enlisted as a substitute for his father in the Ohio Home Guards, in Capt. Blickensderfer's company of the 100-day men on May 2, 1863. His company was sent to West Virginia, where it passed through considerable hard service, finally reaching Harper's Ferry, Va., and returning to Columbus, Ohio, at the expi- ration of the term of service, and our subject received his discharge in August. On October 26, 1864, he again substituted for his father, who had been drafted for one year's service in the Forty seventh Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, which joined Sherman at Atlanta. With his regiment, he participated in the march to the sea, and was one of the storming column under Gen. Hazen of that valiantly captured fort, McAllister. At the time of the surren- der of the Confederate Gen. J. E. Johnston, the regiment was at Raleigh, N. C .; from thence went to Washington City to the grand review of the army, and at the close of the war it was dispatched to Little Rock, Ark., and August 26, 1865, was mustered out at Columbus. Private Harding returned home, having honorably discharged his duty to his Government and country. D. T. Harding is now a farmer in Perry Township, to which he came when it was quite new, and with energy and frugality has made for himself a comfort- able homestead. He is the owner of 168 acres of excellent farm land, part of which lies in Perry Township. He raises cattle, sheep and swine, and for forty years has been improving his stock of horses by crossing native horses with pure Norman breed. From 1863 to 1864, and again from 1880 to 1881, he filled the office of Township Trustee. He is a Freemason; with his family, a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Republican.

WILLIAM H. HARDING, farmer, P. O. Gilmore, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, September 25, 1843, and is the eldest son of David T. and Lucy (Longsworth) Harding, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He came to Perry Township with his father in 1846, and on October 5, 1865, was married to Sarah Louisa, daughter of George W. and Mary (Carpenter) Parks, of Perry Township. Her mother died on February 10, 1846, and Mr. Parks subsequently married Mary Ann Milliken, of Rush Township, afterward removing to Peoria, Ill., where he died about the year 1855. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Harding has been blessed with four children-William Sher- man, born January 5, 1867; Annie Louisa, born September 12, 1868; Western Jonas, born January 16, 1873; and Lucy Ellen, born April 24, 1875. On the 28th of August, 1862, Mr. Harding enlisted as a private in Company K, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war of the rebellion. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Tennessee, and for two years was detailed for scouting duty and guarding outposts in Tennessee, Missis- sippi, Georgia and Alabama. The first engagement of the regiment was at -Jackson, Tenn., after which it was ordered to Corinth, Miss., where it re

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mained for nine months. It was while on scouting duty here that the desper- ate skirmish of Mud Run occurred, lasting about thirty six hours. The Fifth Ohio took part in that engagement, and Private Harding was promoted to the rank of Second Corporal. In October of 1863, the regiment moved to Chat- tanooga, and Corporal Harding was appointed Orderly to Gen. P. J. Osterhaus' continuing in this capacity during the stirring events succeeding the battle of Chickamauga, and participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Ringgold. His regiment having been dispatched to the relief of Gen. Burnside at Knoxville, Corporal Harding was left behind, but in Janu- ary, 1864, he was sent to Huntsville, Ala., in charge of a lot of army horses and mules. Here he remained until the latter part of May. his regiment hav- ing in the interim been moved to that post. Subsequently, the Fifth Ohio was merged into Gen. J. Kilpatrick's Third (Cavalry) Division of the Fifteenth Corps, Maj. Gen. J. A. Logan commanding; and from that time to the close of the war Corporal Harding followed the fortunes of his regiment in Sher- man's grand march to the sea. At Savannah, he was promoted to the rank of Quartermaster-Sergeant, and at Durham Station, N. C., he personally re- ceived the flag of truce from the rebel officers of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who asked for an armistice to arrange the terms for a surrender to Sherman. Sergt. Harding was mentioned for a Second Lieutenancy while at Newburn, but the great struggle being over, the mission of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry was ended and our soldier subject returned to his home in the full enjoyment of his well-earned honors and the consciousness of having served his country well and faithfully. He was brought up to farming, and on his return home. in company with his father, resumed that occupation, continuing until 1871. He then went to Kansas, where he sojourned for eight years, returning to this township in 1879, and is now residing on the Parks farm.

GEORGE M. JOHNSTON, hotel proprietor, P. O. Cadwallader, was born in Washington County, Penn., February 8, 1832, and is a son of John and Mary Johnston. His mother, who is now residing with him, has attained the advanced age of eighty-two years. Our subject learned, before his majority. the trade of carriage-making, and in 1852 came to Cambridge, Ohio, near which place be was working at his trade for his uncle, for about two years. In the spring of 1855, he started across the plains, bound for California. On his way there, he heard Brigham Young deliver a speech at Salt Lake City, on July 4, 1855. He remained in California for about two years, and in 1857 returned to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was married, March 8. 1860, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Simon and Jane Brown. Five children have resulted from this union, all of whom are living: Lola M., wife of Christy O. Brown, born February 12, 1861; Harriet C., born January 14, 1864; Homer D., born March 27, 1871; John B., born September 21, 1862; and George F., born November 4, 1875. During the rebellion, our subject took a company of mechanics to Nashville, Tenn., and served in the trenches, at the siege of Nashville. He contracted there typhoid fever, and had a severe sickness. All of his children are members of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal. The family moved to West Chester, Ohio, their present residence, in 1881; Mr. Johnston purchasing the hotel he now occupies. He keeps a comfortable, home-like hotel, which is well patronized.

CORNELIUS S. LONGSWORTH, farmer, P. O. Cadwallader, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 31, 1832. He came with his parents, Basil and Elizabeth Longsworth, to Tuscarawas County, in 1852, and has since resided here. On August 28, 1862, he enlisted in the Fifth Ohio Cav- alry, and was connected with the Army of the Tennessee. His life in the army was similar to that of most soldiers. While in the swamps of Missis-

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sippi, he contracted a fever which wrecked his physical life to a great extent. He was promoted to the rank of Captain for good conduct, but on account of ill health, was unable to take command of his company. He was a soldier on whose services his officers could depend, and was always ready to perform the duties imposed on him. He is now drawing a small pension, which, like that of many of the soldiers, is not nearly sufficient compensation for damages received. Elizabeth Longsworth is also drawing a pension for her father, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. He and his wife are members of the Meth- odist Protestant Church. Mr. Longsworth is heir to 160 acres of land, be- longing to his mother, and on which he and the family are now residing.

GEORGE W. REESE, merchant, Cadwallader, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October 17, 1838, and is a son of Rev. A.T. Reese. His mother died when he was but four years old, and he was cast among strangers without an opportunity of receiving more than two months schooling each year. About 1846, he went to Logan County, Ohio, and remained there four years, after which he came to Tuscarawas County, where he stayed till the war broke out. He was teaching school at the time, but responded to the call of his country in 1861, enlisting in the Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry, and serving with the Army of the Tennessee until September 8, 1864. He was wounded in the left hip at Pittsburg Landing in 1862. He was a the battle of Belmont, Mo .; the capture of Fort Henry; battle of Pittsburg Landing; both sieges of Corinth; the siege of Vicksburg and the battle at Jackson, Miss. He was mustered out of service at Natchez, Miss., where he was employed in the United States Custom House, and returned to this county. He had been en- gaged in farming for about two years, when he was united in marriage to Amanda Bonham, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, by which union there have been six children, viz .: Edwin P., born November 3, 1867; Mary K. and Burt P. (twins), born April 21, 1869; Phillip T., born February 4. 1873; George W., born June 7, 1878, and Wildred C., born August 4, 1881. In 1873, our sub- ject engaged in mercantile pursuits at West Chester, his present place of busi- ness, where he has an extensive custom. He is the Postmaster at that point. He belongs to the Masonic order. He and his wife are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church.

WARNER ROGERS, farmer, P. O. Peoli, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, January 20, 1824. His father, Warner Rogers, was a native of Maryland, and married Eliza Gregory, also a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1816, finally locating in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, in 1846. Their family num- bered eleven children, of whom Pamelia, Nelson and an infant are deceased, and Jane, William, John. Joseph, Warner, Elijah B., Hester A. and Wesley D. still survive. Warner Rogers, the elder, came into the State of Ohio a poor man, but, with the energy characteristic of the times, he settled, and this old pioneer, through honesty and economy, became the owner of 120 acres of as fine a farm as there is in Perry Township. He died in 1853, and his widow followed him on January 28, 1874. The subject of this sketch was married, February 9, 1854, to Miss Comfort A., daughter of Joseph and Jemima Philips, natives of Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parents of eight children, viz .: Alice, born March 24, 1855; Almeda, born February 3, 1857; Alfred P., born December 5, 1859; Arzona L., born August 31, 1861; John W., born July 2, 1863; Forest, born January 13, 1867; Eliza Margaret, born July 18, 1869; Emma M., born January 18, 1874. Mr. Rogers is a successful farmer of Perry Township, owning upward of 400 acres of excel- lent farm Jand. His residence is one of the finest in the township, and his farm buildings are in keeping with the requirements of a first-class farm, a credit

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to the taste of Mr. Rogers as a farmer. In 1879, he was elected Township Trustee, and in 1881 County Infirmary Director; the latter office he still holds. He is also on the State jury ballot for the United States Court at Cleveland. He is a Mason; a Republican in politics; with his family a member of the M. E. Church.

SAMUEL C. TITUS, farmer and stock dealer, P. O. Cadwallader, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, February 25, 1819, and is a son of Timothy and Mary Titus, both deceased. He came to Tuscarawas County in 1841, and settled on the farm he is now occupying. On January 25, 1843, he was married to Martha M. Cope, of Harrison County, Ohio, to which union there have been born two children, viz. : William S., the oldest, who died at the age of four years and twenty days, and John J., born June 8, 1850, on which day Mrs. Titus died. Our subject was again married, November 27, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Longsworth, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and their family consists of six children, all living. Their names and dates of birth are as follows: Nel- son C., September 25, 1852: Mary M., February, 1855; Albert T., October 10, 1857; Sigle O., March 30, 1862; Cornelius G., January 22. 1865, and Elizabeth J., February 6, 1867. The entire family are members of a church. Mr. Titus has been engaged in the raising of fine sheep, but is now making a specialty of thoroughbred Clydesdale horses and short-horn cattle, of which latter-named stock he has probably the best herd in Tuscarawas County. He owns 400 acres of well-improved land, with fine farm buildings on same. In politics, he is a Republican, and is an energetic, enterprising business man. He was drafted in the first draft in his county, and, on account of ill health, was honorably discharged by the Governor of Ohio, David Tod. He also aid- ed in supporting his country by his means and words of encouragement.

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ANDREW BARKLEY, deceased, was a resident of Rush Township, Tus- caras Co., Ohio. He was born in Pennsylvania April 7, 1808, and was a son of William and Mary Barkley. The Barkley family emigrated from Penn- sylvania to Ohio about 1830, and settled in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, where both parents died. Andrew, our subject, was united in mar- riage, August 16, 1838, with Rebecca Welch, a daughter of William Welch. She was born December 22, 1809, and departed this life January 26, 1866. After our subject was married, he and his wife settled on the farm where Will- iam Barkley and family now reside, and remained there until his death, which occurred June 4, 1881. He first engaged in farming and stock-raising. a business he followed with success through life. He first owned eighty acres of land, which he entered, afterward adding to that until he owned at one time 547 acres of land. About ten years before his death, he divided his land among his three sons, and gave to his two daughters the equivalent in money. He had a very limited education, and was a faithful member of the Presby- terian church; was Elder in the Uhrichville church for a great many years. and when he died he was filling that office in the church at Lima, Ohio. He filled the office of Trustee of the township several terms, with credit to himself and his constituents. He and his wife were the parents of six children, viz. : William, John W. (deceased), Andrew, James, Sarah I. and Mary R. Mr. Barkley was a man who was loved and respected by all who knew him, and at

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his death Rush Township lost a good citizen, and his family a kind and lov- ing father.

GEORGE BRAINERD, farmer, P. O. Stillwater, was born in Rush Town. ship, this county and State, in November, 1843, and is a son of Ezra and Catharine (Salter) Brainerd, natives of Vermont and Pennsylvania respective- ly. His father went to Georgia when a young man, and, in 1830, came North, settling in Dover, Ohio. In 1838, he came to Stillwater and em- barked in mercantile business, which he pursued for several years. He was married, February 14, 1842, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Taylor) Salter, of Stillwater, and had born to him a family of four children- George, Daniel H., Hannah and Joseph H. He was Postmaster for many years, and was repeatedly elected Justice of the Peace, in which latter office he would seldom let disputing neighbors come to a suit, often effecting com- promises by paying out of his own pocket the price of the object in dispute. He was elected Representative of the county, and served in the State Legis- lature from 1847 to 1849. He was a Whig in his time, and his ancestors be- fore him were among the leading politicians. In business, he was energetic and progressive, and carried on milling and merchandising for years. He purchased of the Talbot Brothers the large mill which still stands on the banks of the Stillwater, it being the oldest mill in Tuscarawas County, al- though in a dilapidated condition. The subject of this sketch now lives near this mill, on the farm on which his father resided. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Susan, daughter of Fleming and Maria Bukey, which union has resulted in seven children, viz .: Ezra, Fannie P., Nelly B., Wilkins, Fleming, Kate and Sue. Mr. Brainerd was a soldier during the rebellion, enlisting in August, 1861, in the Fifty-first Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Atlanta, besides the many battles and skirmishes in which that regiment participated. He was Hospital Steward, and subsquently served on the staff of Gen. Rose, as First Lieu- tenant and Aid-de-Camp. He was a veteran soldier under Stanley Mathews, and was mustered out in 1865. Mr. Brainerd was freight and ticket agent of the P., C. & St. L. Railway at Uhrichsville for a number of years, and is now Railway Postal Clerk on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway.

JOSEPH BUKEY, farmer, P. O. Tracy, was born in Ohio County, W. Va., February 10, 1810, and is a son of John and Agnes (McMahon) Bukey, na- tives of Virginia. His mother came to Ohio in 1833, being at the time a widow, and was followed by Joseph some time afterward. She had a family of thirteen children, of whom our subject and William survive. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage in 1835 to Miss Theresa, daughter of Thomas and Dorcas Brock, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Bukey was a member of a family of sixteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Bukey have been blessed with thirteen children, nine of whom are living-Agnes M., wife of H. Morgan, of Illinois; Anna M., now Mrs. David Patterson, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; John B., and Thomas B., of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; William McB., of Holt County, Neb .; James P. B., of Newark, Licking County, Ohio; Virginia Hunkins, widow, residing in Holt County, Mo .; Matilda, wife of P. Bouk; Eudora, wife of Alexander S. Clemens, and James B. a practicing physician in Ohio, having studied under the preceptorship of D. Myers, of Uhrichs- ville, Ohio, and a graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. Bukey and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is now in his seventy - fourth year, and is one of the oldest pioneers and citizens of Rush Township.

JAMES GALBRAITH, farmer, P. O. Tippecanoe, Harrison County, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 28, 1825. His parents, Joseph and Eliz- abeth (Vanhorn) Galbraith, were natives of Ohio and Maryland respectively.

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His father was of Scotch descent, and came to Tuscarawas County in 1835, settling in Perry Township, and there lived and died. He had a family of twelve children, of whom ten are now living-Hannah, Washington, James. Wesley, Samuel, Harriet, Matilda, William, Benjamin, Angelina. James, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1850 to Miss Margaret Stout, by which union there were five children, of whom four are living-Mary, Francis M., Margaret and Winfield S. Mary, now Mrs. J. Davis, has three children- Marian M., Elizabeth B. and William C. Mrs. Galbraith died June 6, 1865, and in June, 1866, Mr. Galbraith married Miss Mary Jane, daughter of William Ross, of Monroe County, Ohio. Four children have blessed this union -- William T. S., Emily R. and Phebe H. being the surviving members. Mr. Galbraith has been Justice of the Peace for three years, School Director for a number of years, and is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. His farm comprises ninety-two and a half acres of good land, and is located ten miles southeast from Uhrichsville. He is a member of the Disciple Church, and is a man of ability.

PETER GIBBENS, farmer, P. O. Gnadenhutten, was born in Hartford, Guernsey Co., Ohio March 19, 1838. He is a son of John W. and Maria (Hart) Gibbens, natives of Virginia. His father came to Ohio about 1824, settled in Guernsey County, and reared a family of eight children, of whom there survive four-Daniel, Marian N., George W. and Peter. The subject of this sketch was married, September 27, 1876, to Miss Eliza J., daughter of John B. Wyandt, of Salem Township. To this union have been born four chil- dren -Charles, Cora J., Harry and Frank, all at home. Mr. Gibbens was among the "Squirrel Hunters" at Morgan's raid in Cincinnati. His brother John died in the army. For a number of years, Mr. Gibbens has been on the railroad. He owns 140 acres of land, which abound in coal, and a good part of which is under cultivation. He has served as School Director for several years. His grandfather was related to Lewis Whitzell, the great Indian scout. and died at the age of one hundred and five years. He was of the Old Vir- ginian stock.

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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 105

Author: Warner, Beers & Co. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1017

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1017