The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 92

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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in the Army of the Potomac. He was united in marriage, July 16, 1845, with Eliza Smyth, a native of County Cavan, Ireland, and came with her parents, John and Martha (McQuaid) Smyth, to this county, when five years of age. Her father, who was a stone-mason, is in his ninety-sixth year, and lives in the village of Newport. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Caples have eight children, viz. : Mary I. (wife of William W. Poland, a farmer in Rush Township, parents of five children), Ellen (deceased, wife of Jesse Walton, parents of two children), Alice (wife of Josiah Romig, a blacksmith in Uhrichsville, Ohio, parents of six children), Olive (wife of L. F. Romig, a carpenter in Uhrichsville, Ohio, parents of three children), Jane E. (wife of J. T. Walton, a carpenter in New- port, parents of three children), Robert M. (single, clerking in Newport), Clara M. (single, at home), Charlie G. (at home on the farm). Mr. and Mrs. Caples have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years. Mr. Caples has been Justice of the Peace; is a practical surveyor; has been Su- perintendent of different Sabbath schools; was a local preacher for ten years, and was recently ordained to all the offices in the ministry. In politics, he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. CARMACK, farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville. Prominent among the farmers of Mill Township is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Woodberry, Md., September 9, 1834, and is a son of Jacob and Anna C. (Winnel) Carmack. His parents were natives of Maryland, and of English descent, and settled in Dover, Ohio, in 1835. Jacob Car- mack was a miller by trade. They had a family of six children, two boys and four girls, the subject of this sketch being the fourth child. When George was about eight years of age, he had a narrow escape from instant death. He was standing in the fifth-story doorway of a mill at Dover, Ohio, owned by J. Deardorff, and was attentively watching the militia muster, when there came a sudden gust of wind, which blew the door against him, whirling him out. He fell a distance of sixty feet, but arose entirely uninjured. Our subject is a self-educated man, having received but little schooling. When twelve years of age, he was left an orphan, and obliged to work for his board. He was em- ployed by Dr. Winnel for three years, and then came to Uhrichsville, and worked for Philip Bacur, by the month, until nineteen years old. He was mar- ried, June 11, 1854, to Emily Eleanor Adams. She was born in this county October 12, 1834, and is a daughter of Baldwin and Eleanor (Brocks) Adams, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Ohio, both of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Carinack have been blessed with nine children, their names as follows: Amanda J., the oldest, born May 18, 1856, wife of William A. Brad- shaw, a farmer of this county; Mary E., born July 12, 1856, wife of John Maloney, a farmer of Harrison County; Nancy A., born February 14, 1858, wife of Washburn S. Ely, farmer and dairyman in Mill Township; Sarah E., born January 21, 1860, wife of S. B. Wright, farmer of Harrison County; George A., born May 5, 1862; Isaac W., born April 1, 1864; Nettie L, born May 25, 1870; . Christian S., born April 1, 1873; and Jessie M., born July 10, 1876. The last five named are at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carmack are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican. For fifteen years he has been a member of the School Board of this township. He is a strict temperance man, and is honest and upright in his dealings. Besides farming, he raises stock, consisting of cattle, sheep and hogs. His beautiful farm comprises 286 acres of good land, thoroughly equipped with the most modern farming implements.

JOHN L. CARNAHAN, foreman of the square house for the Pan Handle Railroad Company, Dennison, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, November 23, 1843, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Dickey, natives of County

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Down, Ireland. The former came to America in 1830, locating in New York, and in 1835 settled in Steubenville, Ohio, where he followed farm- ing. John L. attended the graded school, and graduated at the age of eight- een years. He learned the trade of machinist in Steubenville, and worked for William Kenyon, serving a regular apprenticeship of three years. He then went to Wellsville, Obio, and worked for the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company for one year, and in 1866 came to Dennison and commenced to work for the Pan Handle Company. Since 1882, he has occupied his present position. He was married to Susan E. Hamilton May 14, 1867. She was born in Columbiana . County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Charles M. Hamilton. This union has been blessed with four children-Charles T., Herbert H., Viola E. and William Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Carnahan are members of the Epis- copal Church. He was on the Building Committee at the erection of the church. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is the owner of a comfortable res- idence, and has been financially successful since he started for himself.

NATHAN CASH, physician and surgeon, Uhrichsville, knows nothing of his parents or relatives, and his first recollections of passing events be- gin at Dover, Ohio. When near the age of five years he was bound out to a farmer five miles west of that place, where he lived until he was nearly seven- teen years old. Up to this time, his schooling was very meager. He then went to Iowa, where he worked by the day or month at whatever came in his way, during the summer, and doing chores on a farm for his board, attending school during the winters. He continued in this way several years in different places; he was in Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, obtaining most of his schooling in the latter State. commencing the study of medicine in Missouri when but a mere lad, and while he was employed as a farm hand, or making rails and cutting cord-wood. Just before the rebellion, he came back to Iowa, where, in 1861, he en- listed as a private in Company A, Third Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and was wounded in battle, May 1, 1863, near Helena, Ark., receiving a gunshot wound in the left knee, and was then sent to the United States General Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa. He was soon transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, on detached service, where he remained until his term of enlistment had expired (three years). He spent the time, while a wounded soldier in the hospital, pursuing his medical studies, and, as soon as able, attended the Medical Depart- ment of the Iowa State University, where he took his degree of Doctor of Med- icine in 1863. He was then employed by the Government as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army. His health failing, he was compelled to resign his position the same year, and went to De Soto, Mo., where he began the practice of his chosen profession, remaining there one year; then going to East St. Louis, Ill., for three years. During this time he attended another course of lectures in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., where he received the ad eundem degree, in March, 1868. Not yet satisfied, he very soon afterward began the study of homoeopathy, and took another course of lectures in the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in that school in February, 1870, and since that time he has been a practitioner of that school. The Doctor has met and con- quered all obstacles in his way, and, though an orphan and friendless, by his pluck and ambition, managed to graduate in medicine at the age of twenty- six, besides giving his country three years of service. Previous to his gradu- ation, he acted as Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Small-pox Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1864 and 1865, and was afterward connected with the United States General Hospitals, which positions enabled him to obtain a thorough practical knowledge in his profession. In 1870, he moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained six years. While he lived there, he frequently

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lectured in the college on Materia Medica. The Doctor came to Uhrichs- ville, Ohio, in the latter part of 1876, and has an extensive practice. He has been twice married, having two children by his first wife, a daughter and son. The former is now the wife of E. C. Sauers, a machinist. His second mar- riage was in 1870, with Mrs. Jane Warford, of Uhrichsville. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CAPT. BARTHOLOMEW COLEMAN, foreman of the Pan Handle Rail- road shops, Dennison, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, January 2, 1829, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Oharrow) Coleman. His parents were natives of Pennsylvannia, and both died young. Our subject never had the tender care of a mother, but was reared to manhood among strangers, receiving but a limited education in the common schools of his native county. On ar- riving at his majority, he learned the gunsmith's trade, and worked at that for eight years; then commenced the trade of a machinist in Zanesville, Ohio, where he was under an instructor for two years. He worked there for fourteen years, being employed during the last seven years as general foreman of the machinery in the shops. In 1873, he came to Dennison, and worked for eight months. In 1863, during the late war, he enlisted in Company C, Ninety- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected First Lieutenant, serving in that capacity for sixteen months, after which he was commissioned Captain. He had charge of the United States Arsenal at Nashville, Tenn., under Cap- tain Towans, of the regular army. He participated in the battles of Perry- ville and Stone River. He returned to Dennison, Ohio, in 1877, and com- menced work in the machine shops of the Pan Handle Railroad Company, and has since continued in their service. Mr. Coleman was married in 1852 to Sarah Ross, who died in 1853, leaving one son-William, who is now em- ployed in the machine shops of Dennison. He was married. for the second time, in 1857, to Laura A. Rice, a native of Virginia and of English descent. They have three children-Alice, wife of Augustus Campbell, a painter in Urichsville; Charles H., an apprentice in the machine shops, and Blanche S., at home. Mr. Coleman and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church in Dennison. He owns a fine residence in Zanesville, Ohio.

E. S. COLLIER, hardware merchant, Urichsville, was born in Hagers. town, Md., September 20, 1833, and is a son of Mathias and Rebecca (Adams) Collier, both natives of Maryland. His father came to Ohio in 1834, locating in Clark County, in 1835, and came to Tuscarawas County, in 1845, settling in Uhrichsville. As the family were early settlers in this county, we will give a slight history of them. Early in the annals of this family, three brothers- Daniel, William and John Collier-emigrated from England to America shortly before the Revolutionary war, landing in New York. William went to Phila- delphia, Daniel remained in New York City. and John proceeded to Virginia, but subsequently to North Carolina, where he raised a family, and spent the remainder of his life. After their separation in New York, the brothers lost all definite traces of each other, and have never since been able to make a satisfactory connection in their genealogical links, though in Clark County, Ohio, there is a community of Colliers who trace themselves back to John Collier, of North Carolina. E. S. Collier is a lineal descendant of William Collier, who settled in Pennsylvania, marrying a French lady, who came to America during the Revolutionary war, about the time Lafayette came over. They had four children, the eldest of whom, William, was the grandfather of our subject; he married a German lady, brought to America when quite young, a daughter of Mathias Heckman; this marriage took place in Hagerstown, Md., and they there raised a family of eleven children, Mathias, the father of our subject being the third son; he was born January 3. 1806, and was

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reared in the Sunny South, spending his youth upon a plantation, assisted in his work by slaves. He raised a family of four children, Edward S. being the oldest. Mathias was a hatter by trade, but after he came to Uhrichsville, for fifteen years he was engaged in a tin shop, part of the time with his brother- in-law, Samuel H. Adams, who is now a prominent merchant in Uhrichsville. Mathias Collier has held several positions of trust in Uhrichsville. For nine years he was Justice of the Peace, during which period there was no lawyer in Uhrichsville, and he often acted as attorney in matters of litigation. In the spring of 1861, he was appointed U. S. Mail Agent on the railroad; in 1870, was elected Mayor of Uhrichsville, serving two years, and was afterward Trustee of Mill Township. E. S. Collier received his education at the com- mon schools of Uhrichsville, and worked in his father's hardware store and tin shop till he entered the army. He served three years during the war as Ser- geant in the Sixth Ohio Independent Light Artillery. He is now established in the hardware business on Third and Water streets, Uhrichsville, and is also agent for grain threshers, Peerless reapers, mowers, wagons, buggies, phaetons, Paxton engines and saw mills. He was united in marriage, April 26, 1856, with Melinda S., daughter of Isaiah Thompson, of Uhrichsville. She was born in Carroll County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Collier have four children - Laura J .; William D., head clerk in his father's store; Mary Alice, and Edward R. Mr. and Mrs. Collier are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is Republican; has been Township Clerk and Corporation Treasurer; a member of the School Board, and has been Treasurer of the Agricultural Society. He is also a prominent member of the Masonic order, Mystic Tie Lodge, Uhrichsville.

THOMAS COX (deceased) was a native of the State of Ohio, and died in 1864, aged about forty years. He died in the service of his country, having enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was literally starved to death in Libby Prison. His occupation was that of farming. In 1851, he was married in this township to Samantha, daughter of Sylvanus Wright, whose, biography is given elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Cox has seven children, their names as follows: Clarinda, John William, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel M., Rebecca J., Sylvanus and Thomas Jefferson. Five of the children, three girls and two boys, are married and reside in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Cox were members of the Disciple Church, and in politics he was a Republican. Mrs. Cox lives on the farm left her by her husband, which is managed by her son.

NEHEMIAH COX, butcher, Uhrichsville, was born in Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, January 10, 1855. He is a son of Elijah and Julia Ann (Mull) Cox, natives of Maryland, the former of Irish and the latter of German an- cestry. Our subject received his education at the common schools of his na- tive county, and has made his own way in the world ever since he was nine years old. At that early age, he went to work on a farm, and continued for five years, receiving, during the first three years, board and clothing, and was per- mitted to attend the district schools a short time in the winter. The fourth year he received $6 per month, which was finally increased to $20. In 1873, he came to this county, and worked for R. A. Allen in his butcher shop for nine years. During the last three of those years, he had almost the entire control of the shop. In 1882, he embarked in the business for himself on Third street, which he still carries on. In politics, he is a Republican. He has never desired or held office. He owns a farm in Warwick Township, and a butcher shop in Dennison. He was married in 1879 to Emma E., daughter of James and Catherine (Gunther) Anothy. They have two children-Robert Allen, namesake of Mr. Cox's former employer, and an unnamed infant.

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Mrs. Cox is a member of the Christian Union Church. Mr. Cox is a Master Mason, and a member of the Mystic Tie Lodge of Uhrichsville,

McKENDREE CRABTREE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 19, 1824, and is a son of Thomas L. and Eleanore (Davis) Crabtree, natives of Maryland, the former of English, and the latter! of Scotch descent. The former was a successful farmer by occupation. He died in 1865. The family consisted of four chil- dren, three living, of whom two are residents of this county, and the other of Jasper County, Iowa. Our subject was the oldest son and third child, and received his education in a log schoolhouse. He served a regular apprentice- ship at carpentering, and worked at the trade for seventeen years. In 1856, he bought 100 acres of land, and by close attention to business succeeded in accumulating 204 acres of land. In 1848, he was married to Mary, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (McElvane) Stahl, the former of German and the latter of Irish lineage. This union has been blessed with five chil- dren, four boys and one girl. Mrs. Crabtree died February 7, 1883. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her thirteenth year. Mr. Crabtree has one of the finest farms in Mill Township, well stocked with thoroughbred cattle and Spanish merino sheep, and as a farmer has been very successful. In politics, he is a Republican; is a member of the School Board.

Mc. CRITES, merchant on Fourth street, Dennison, was born in Washing- ton County, Penn., August 9, 1856. He is a son of William and Rebecca (McKelvey) Crites, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. The former was a farmer and drover. He came to Ohio about 1862, and settled in Stark County. They were the parents of thirteen children, our subject being the twelfth. He received his education in the common schools of his native township, and at the graded schools of Carrollton, Ohio. He was employed as a salesman until 1882, when he opened for himself in the grocery business in Dennison, present location. He was united in marriage with Anna, daughter of William Bidwell, a boatman on the Ohio River. She is of English descent. This union has been blessed with one child-Bertie Orvil. In politics, Mr. Crites is a Democrat. He is a temperate man, well respected by the citizens of Dennison, where he has resided since 1878.

ALEXANDRIA DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born near Lee's Run, Ohio, July 20, 1844, and is a son of Guyon and Priscilla (West). Davis, both natives of Harrison County, Ohio, the former a farmer and stock dealer. Our subject was the oldest of a family of nine children, and was reared on a farm, receiving the ordinary education from the common schools. He was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in 1862 in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, under Capt. Cordy, and was a non-commissioned officer. He was engaged in the battle of Cedar Run, where he received a severe wound in the head, but was not seriously hurt. In 1868, he was united in marriage with Margaret Ann, daughter of Thomas Moore. Her mother's maiden name was Catherine Welch. Mrs. Davis was born in Mill Township. The four children born to this union are Thomas C., Charles Scott, Samuel E. and Belle Jane. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which the former has been Trust- ee for six years. In politics, he is a Republican. He owns a neat and sub. stantial residence, and a small piece of land joining his father-in-law's farm.

WILLIAM H. DEMPSTER, proprietor of the United States Hotel, Uhrichsville, was born in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, April 25, 1815, and is a son of Peregrine and Ella (Lamastres) Dempster, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Pennsylvania, both of Scotch ancestry; his father

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was a shoe-maker by trade, but spent the latter part of his life in keeping hotel, and in manufacturing cigars; his parents came to Ohio in 1814, and settled in Jefferson County, where our subject was reared and educated, re- maining at home until his fourteenth year, when he served a four years appren- ticeship at tailoring, and when twenty years of age went to Washington County, to which place his parents had previously moved, and worked at his trade two years; thence proceeded to West Virginia, returning to his native State in 1839, where he followed merchant tailoring for fourteen years; then came to Tuscarawas County in 1852, engaging in the same business in Fair- field Township the three ensuing years; then be kept hotel in Leesburg three years more. Mr. Dempster came to Uhrichsville in 1860, opening in that year the United States Hotel, which he has since carried on; this house has been greatly enlarged, possesses excellent accomodations, and is well patronized by the traveling public. Mr. Dempster is a high-minded, honorable gentleman, highly spoken of by those who know him. He was united in marriage, August 23, 1835, with Miss Violetta Strowbridge, who was born in Brooke County, W. Va., September, 1814. She is the daughter of Jesse Strowbridge; her grand- father was Rev. Robert Strowbridge, a Methodist divine, sent to America by Rev. John Wesley, being the second Methodist to come to this country; his name and fame may be found in the history of Methodism. Mr. and Mrs. Dempster have had eleven children, eight of whom are now living-Amanda, Peregrine, Ann Eliza, Jesse, William, Bobert A., Maria L. and Scott, all married. Three of the sons were in the late rebellion-Jesse, Peregrine and William. Peregrine served for four and one-half years in the United States Regular Army. Mr. Dempster is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was formerly a Whig in politics, now votes with the Repub- Jicans.

JOHN B. DUTTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 3, 1837, and is a son of William and Christena (Burris) Dutton, natives of this State, the former of English and the latter of Irish descent. William Dutton was reared in the Quaker faith, and was a farmer by occupation. The subject of this sketch was brought up to farm life, and educated at the common schools of Mill Township. From 1850 to 1858, he lived in this county; was then a resident of Harrison County until 1871, when he came to Mill Township. He owns a good farm of seventy acres, and makes potatoes his chief production, raising about three acres annually. During the late war, he enlisted in 1862, in Company H, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served six months. being discharged for disability. In 1865, he was married to Mary E., daughter of George Snider. She is a native of Ohio, and of German parentage. Three children were born to this union-Andrew Newton, Sarah Annetta and Thomas S. Mr. and Mrs. Dutton are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Dutton is a Republican. He is a good business man and is an industrious, thrifty farmer.

WESLEY ECKFELD, jeweler, Dennison, was born near Marion, Grant County, Ind., and is a son of George and Sarah M. (Fankboner) Eckfeld. The former was a native of Germany, and the latter was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. George Eckfeld was a carriage-maker by trade, but in later life was a jeweler, which trade our subject naturally enough learned, and has pursued since. He received his education in the graded schools of Fairmount, Ind., and New Philadelphia, Ohio, and in 1870 came to Dennison, starting in business at the early age of sixteen. He has never had a business failure in his life. He established a job printing office, which he carried on for three years, and out of it sprung the Paragraph. He is an energetic young man; besides

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his extensive jewelry store, he is engaged in the manufacture of brick, and has a steam tile manufactory, under the firm name of Eckfeld & Brook. With the exception of this latter business, and the jewelry store, Wesley Eckfeld and his brothers Alvin and Elmer are full partners in everything. They now own eight acres of land, within the corporation of Dennison, besides other property; they have this season (1883) built a fine brick business block. Our subject was married in 1881 to Ernie, daughter of William Stone, who is an extensive land-owner in Steubenville, Ohio. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Eckfeld; her name is Edith. Our subject and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which the former is Trustee. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. Eckfeld is a first-class jeweler and is a natural mechanic. He devotes many spare minutes to the study of chemistry. He is of a social, congenial nature, which wins him a good share of Dennison's patronage.

ALEXANDER EDIE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Stillwater, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., January 9, 1813. His parents, A. and Eliza- beth (Wagstaff) Edie, were also natives of that State, the former of English and the latter of Scotch and Irish descent. His maternal grandfather, Will- iam Wagstaff, was in the Revolutionary war when twenty-one years old. Our subject started in life with forty acres of land given him by his father, and now owns a fine, well-cultivated farm of eighty acres. He has been twice married. His first wife, Nancy, was a daughter of William Barkley. She

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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 92

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

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