The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 96

Author: Warner, Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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DR. W. B. LOLLER, physician, Uhrichsville, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., December 14, 1824. He is a son of William and Rachel (Stewart) Loller, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of Pennsylva- nia, of German and Irish descent. His father, a farmer by occupation, was

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killed the same night as the birth of our subject, by the caving in of a bank. The widow supported the family by sewing, and was assisted by W. B. as soon as he was able to teach school. He was the youngest of a family of five chil- dren, and at the age of seventeen commenced the study of medicine, with Dr. J. H. Stephenson, continuing for four years, beginning to practice at Browns- ville, Ohio, at the age of twenty-one years. In 1858, he moved to Nashville, Ohio, where he practiced twelve years. He attended a course of surgery study at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and in the winter of 1862-63, a course of lectures in Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, graduating in the spring of 1863. He came to Uhrichsville in 1870, and has an extensive and successful practice. He is a self-made man, practical and honorable in his business dealings. In 1847, he married Lorinda Duncan, who was born in Ohio, 1825. Five of the family born to them are now living, viz. : Robby P., a practicing physician in Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Vic- toria (deceased), Mary, Ada, May, Thomas, now studying law at Ann Arbor, Mich., in the law school; William E., Clerk in the railroad office, Dennison, Ohio. The Doctor is a member of the Tuscarawas County Medical Society; also of the State Medical Society. Mrs. Loller is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, the Doctor is a Prohibitionist, and deems it his duty, as well as a privilege, to vote this ticket.

STEPHEN H. LOVEJOY, foreman of the railroad shops at West Uhrichs- ville, for the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Company, is a native of Vermont, born March 3, 1832. His parents, Henry and Austin Lovejoy, were natives of New Hampshire; the former was a carpenter and farmer by occupa- tion. Stephen spent his boyhood days on a farm, receiving a common school education, also attended the seminary at Chester, Vt., and when eighteen years of age chose the occupation of railroading. He commenced as fireman on the C. P. & A. Railroad, and eighteen months after acted both as con- ductor and engineer on a construction train. He served in this capacity for twelve years, and then accepted a position on the same road as conductor of a passenger train, remaining as such for six years. In 1872, he went to Canada, and was engaged there in railroading; ran an engine and hauled the material. for 229 miles of railroad. When he returned to the United States, he was en- gaged with the T. V., which is now Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad, as engineer and conductor, and in 1883 was appointed foreman of the shops in West Uhrichsville, which position he still occupies. He is a determined man; seldom fails to accomplish all he undertakes; is faithful to his trust, and enjoys the fullest confidence of his employers. He was married, in 1858, to Minerva Parkhurst, by whom there has been a family of six children, viz., Emma, Etta, Lillie May, Henry L., Dora and one deceased. In politics, he is a Republican. Mrs. Lovejoy is a member of the Disciple Church.

GEORGE LUCAS, of the firm of Lucas & Aiken, proprietors of city mills, dealing in flour, grain and feed, Uhrichsville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 26, 1833. His mother, Mercy (Dowell) Lucas, was a native of Pennsylvania, and of Irish descent; his father, Daniel Lucas, was a native of Maryland, and of German lineage. The latter came to Ohio in 1812, settling in Jefferson County; he was a miller by trade, and owned a mill in Harrison County, our subject working with him, going in the mill at ten years of age, and remaining until he was twenty-six years old, after this spending eleven years in a mill in this county, working on shares. He came to Uhrichsville in 1881, bought a mill formerly owned by C. C. Carroll, which he has remodeled and made into a first-class mill, and is able to compete with any firm in the county. Mr. Lucas was united in marriage in 1855 with Miss Mary, daughter of George Simmons, of German descent. Of a fam-

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ily of four children born to them, only one, Willie M., survives. Mr. Lucas is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Lu- theran. In politics, Mr. Lucas is a Democrat. He is a gentleman of sterling qualities.

JOHN H. LUKENS, boot and shoe manufacturer, Uhrichsville, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, June 16, 1835, and is a son of M. B. and Mary (Hanna) Lukens, natives of Maryland, the latter of German descent. The former was reared to the Quaker faith, by trade a shoe maker, and early in life taught school, but subsequently became a practicing physician in Harrison County. He came to this State when a lad of twelve years and located in Jeffer- son County, removing thence to Harrison County. Our subject was reared in Harrison County and learned shoe making, serving a regular apprenticeship of three years. When nineteen years of age, he opened business in Deersville, Ohio, and carried it on until his enlistment in the army in 1862. He was a member of the Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F; served one year as Second Duty-Sergeant; was then transferred to the Invalid Corps, in the same office, and the year after was appointed Second Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Twenty-first United States Colored Infantry, under Col. S. A. Porter. He served to the close of the war, being discharged in November, 1865. He was married, in 1858, to Sarah E., daughter of William Hanna, a native of Ohio. To this union were born the following-named children: Josephine (wife of William Keepers, a marble-cutter in Uhrichsville), James M. (news dealer), Jessie, Omi and Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. Lukens are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the former has served in the capacity of Class Leader, Trustee, Treasurer and Sabbath School Superintend- ent. In politics, he is a Republican. He has served as Mayor of Leesville and Deersville for one term each.

JOHN W. LYTLE, a prominent farmer on Section 30, Mill Township, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Washington County, Penn., October 17, 1822. His parents, Andrew and Margaret (Petterson) Lytle, were natives of Ireland, the former born in County Donegal, the latter in County Down. They emi- grated to America in 1812. Andrew Lytle was within two or three days of landing, when he was impressed on a British man of war, and made serve as a ma- rine for ten months. He then remained in Ireland for three years, when he started a second time for this country, which he finally reached in safety, and settled in New Jersey. He was a shoe-maker by trade. From New Jersey, he proceeded on foot to Pennsylvania, where he married in 1820. He lived there until the spring of 1823, removing the family to Ohio, and settling in Mill Township, and remaining in the vicinity until 1871, when they removed to New Philadelphia and remained there until his and his wife's decease in 1874. They raised a family of six boys and one girl, viz .: John W., our subject; William L., who died in 1862, a soldier in the Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; David P., farmer; Robert J., who went West to the Indian Territory, and has never since been heard of; Andrew J. and Joseph B., prom- inent proprietors of marble-works in New Philadelphia; and Mary, widow of Jacob Shilling, a merchant of New Philadelphia, where she resides. Our sub- ject received his education in the common schools of his adopted county; also attended, for one term, New Hagerstown Academy, and became a teacher in early life. For five years, he was a merchant in Union Township. He was elected Sheriff in 1855, serving four years and two months. Mr. Lytle has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Anne Creger, who bore him a family of seven children, five living, viz. : L. R., engineer on the Pan Han- dle Railroad; Mary A., wife of Stephen Gatchell, farmer of this township; Cora, wife of George W. Dutton, carpenter; Ruhama and Anna. Mrs. Ly-

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tle died in March, 1860 .. For his second wife, our subject married Lydia Starker, in 1862, and has had three children added to his family -Loren A., John W. and Margaret. Our subject is the owner of a valuable farm, consisting of 140 acres on Section 30, Mill Township, where he is residing. He is a member of the I. O. O. F .; was two terms Justice of the Peace, and Town- ship Clerk three terms, in Union Township, and also one term Justice of the Peace in Mill Township.

F. W. M'CAULEY, physician and surgeon, office and residence on Third street, Uhrichsville, Ohio, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 11, 1822. His father, Hugh M'Cauley, was born in Ireland in 1795; was brought when a child to America, and served in the war of 1812. Our .sub- ject's mother's maiden name was Patience Cooney. She was born in 1794 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The subject of this sketch obtained his schooling in the subscription schools of Pennsylvania; then attended the Frankfort Springs Schools in Beaver County, Penn., and afterward entered Morrison College at Lexington, Ky., graduating in 1840 with degree of A. M. He then took up the study of medicine as his chosen profession, and commenced in the office of Dr. James Robertson, at Hanoverton, Ohio, where he re- mained for two years, and then attended Transylvania Medical University of Lexington, Ky., and graduated in 1844. He began his practice in Uhrichs- ville, and soon stood at the head of his profession, and now has a well-estab- lished practice. He was one of the organizers of the Tuscarawas County Medical Association, and frequently attends the State Medical Association. He has always practiced in Uhrichsville, with the exception of three years given to the service of his country, and one year spent at his native home. During the late civil war, on the organization of the Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was elected Quartermaster, and served with that regi- ment for three years; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and acted as Assistant Surgeon wherever the regiment was engaged, thereby gaining in. formation which eminently qualified him for the practice of surgery. At the close of the war, he came to Uhrichsville, and resumed the practice of medi- cine. He was married, in 1860, to Anna E., daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Hagie) Lister. Her parents were among the pioneers of this county, and are both living. Her father was born in 1804. Our subject has had a family of three children, viz. : Anna P., wife of T. E. Edson, train dispatcher, in Den- nison, for the Pan Handle Railroad; Frank L., at school, and Alfred Rolland. Mrs. M'Cauley is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. The Doctor was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican, and has been from the organiza- tion of that party. He has served as Councilman of Uhrichsville, and is a member of the School Board. He took an active part in the building of the new schoolhouse. He is a member of the I. O. O. F .; has been through all the chairs, both in the encampment and subordinate lodge, and is Past Chief Patriarch.

WILLIAM McCAULEY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Station Fifteen, Har- rison Co., Ohio, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, August 12, 1830. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Smith) McCauley, also natives of Ireland. They emigrated to America when our subject was a small child, and settled in Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where the father farmed during the re- mainder of his life. Our subject was reared on a farm, and has made farm- ing his occupation. His education was limited to the common schools in Mon- roe Township. For many years he has been an extensive dealer in live stock, making horses a specialty, buying and selling. He has a fine farm of 300 acres of good land, which has the neat and tidy appearance that at once pro- nounces it the property of a thrifty owner. He was united in marriage in

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1851 with Susan McMillian. She was born in Harrison County, Ohio, and her parents were natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. McCauley have had the following - named children: John R., a farmer; Jane, deceased; Mary E., Howard. Martha Ann, Elmore Elsworth, Amanda and Idella. Mr. McCauley and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been Trustee. He has served as School Director for eleven years. He is a Master Mason. In 1864, during the civil war, he was drafted, but hired a substitute for $1,100. As a farmer, he has been very successful. He went into debt for his first eighty acres, to which he has since added, and is now the owner of one of the finest farms in Harrison County.

ALEXANDER MCCULLOUGH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born May 12, 1816, in Virginia, and is a son of Alexander and Jane (Les- lie) Mccullough, natives of Ireland and Ohio respectively. The latter was also of Irish descent, and a daughter of Charles Leslie, a soldier of the war of 1812. Our subject's father followed farming through life, and came to Ohio in 1820, settling in Jefferson County, where he raised a family of nine children, of whom Alexander is the fourth. Our subject came, in 1850, to Mill Town- ship, where he has since resided, and has always been engaged in farming. His education was secured at the common schools of Jefferson County. He at one time owned 203 acres of land in this township, earned by his own unaided exertions. In 1841, he was married to Drusilla, daughter of Joseph Thomp- son, which union resulted in two children-Susanna, wife of John Nevin, a machinist in Uhrichsville; and Elizabeth J., wife of Andrew Underwood, a farmer in this township. Mrs. McCullough died in 1849. In 1850. our sub- ject formed a second union, marrying Catherine, daughter of Peter Kriger, of German descent. The five children born to this union are Mary Ann, wife of George Koonce, a carpenter in Dennison, Ohio; Eleanor, David, Ida and another. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former has been a Class Leader and Trustee. In politics, he is a Republican, and has served Mill Township for five years as Trustee.

DR. S. L. McCURDY, physician, Dennison, was born in Bowerston, Harrison County, Ohio, July 15, 1859. He is a son of Peter and Mary Ann (Bowers) Mc- Curdy, natives of Ohio. The village of Bowerston took its name from the latter's grandfather. Peter McCurdy was formerly a farmer, but is now work. ing in the Dennison railroad shops. Our subject was reared on a farm until he was eleven years of age. He received his education in the Dennison Schools. and in 1877 commenced the study of medicine with T. H. Wilson, of Denni- son. He afterward studied with Dr. J. F. Baldwin, in Columbus, Ohio, grad- uating and receiving his diploma in 1881. He was the youngest of a class of sixty-one students. He practiced in Uhrichsville for eight months, then a short time in Lorain, coming in 1882 to Dennison, opening his office on Grant street, where he is still residing. He has a splendid practice for a young practitioner. He is the surgeon of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Company, and also for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Com- pany. Heis a member and Trustee of the Presbyterian Church.

ARCHIBALD McKEE (deceased) was born near Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, February 22, 1809, and died in this township in 1863. He was a son of Robert and Rachel (Wells) McKee, both of whom were natives of Maryland and of Scotch ancestry. Robert McKee was a farmer, and came to Mill Town- ship in 1837. The subject of this sketch was married in 1837 to Hester, daughter of Hugh and Catherine (Graham) Strong. Her parents were natives of this State and were of Irish parentage. Mr. and Mrs. McKee had a family of eight children, all but two living, viz., James, born April 8, 1838, a soldier in the late war, member of the Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A,

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and who died in Andersonville Prison, having been captured at Chattanooga; and first confined in Libby Prison; Robert, also of the Fifty-first Regiment, serving for three years; John, who resides with his mother, and works at the Dennison shops; George, chief clerk in the Nickel Railroad office at Cleve- land, Ohio; Leonidas, an engineer at Chicago, Ill .; Rachel (deceased), wife of Joseph I. Mccullough, of New Philadelphia; Archibald, a lawyer in Kan- sas City, Mo .; and Thomas F., a medical student in the office of Homersfield & Groves. Mrs. McKee is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which her husband also belonged, and was Trustee for a number of years. He was a farmer by occupation, and at one time owned 340 acres of land. He vis- ited his sons in the army, took cold and died two weeks after his return home. His son George was in the hundred-day service. The war broke up the fam- ily. Mr. McKee encouraged [his sons to go. He was a quiet, unassuming man, greatly esteemed by his friends. He was a Republican in politics.

JAMES J. MAZURIE, manufacturer, Uhrichsville, is the senior member of the firm of J. J. & F. A. Mazurie, manufacturers of tile, brick and piping. He was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., April 3, 1857, and is a son of James A. and Margaret (McGinnis) Mazurie, the former of whom was a manufacturer and dealer of tobacco in Pittsburgh for over forty years. He also carried on other speculations, and was the most successful business man of that city. He died in 1872, leaving an estate valued at $300,000. He was twice married, and had one child by the first union, and five by the second, our subject being the oldest by the last marriage. Mr. Mazurie, Sr., owned and carried on for several years the planing mill now owned by Everetts & Thompson. James J. was raised in Pittsburgh, attending several boarding schools, and for a year and a half a school in Canada. He chose the profession of an architect, in which he became very proficient, working at it for three years; he worked on the draft of the Exchange Building in Detroit, Mich., also on the Crawford House, Windsor, Canada, doing most of the work on the last building. In 1874, he came to Uhrichsville, where his father owned the planing mills, and was mar- ried in 1881 to Christi bell B. Hoover, born in Delaware County, Ohio, and a daughter of Isaac M. Hoover. In politics, Mr. Mazurie is a Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, taking great interest in the same.

FRANK A. MAZURIE, manufacturer, Uhrichsville, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., October 14, 1859, and is a son of J. A. and Margaret (Mc- Ginnis) Mazurie, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish and French descent. The former was a wealthy and influential business man, and succeeded in ac- cumulating a handsome fortune. He died in 1873. Frank received his edu- cation at Thiel College, and only lacked two months of graduating when he was called away from school. He has since been doing business for himself, and is the junior member of the firm of J. J. & F. A. Mazurie, manufacturers of brick, tile and piping, near Uhrichsville. Our subject was united in mar- riage in 1882 with Cora Z., a daughter of D. J. Thompson, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Mazurie are members of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM MOORE, retired blacksmith, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Wells Township, Bradford County, Penn., October 16, 1806, and is a son of John and Debora (Brown) Moore, natives of New Jersey and New York re- spectively. The former was of Dutch, and the latter of English descent. John Moore was a cloth dresser, and worked at that business most of his life- time. William was the second of a family of eight children. His parents moved from New York to Virginia in 1815. William was put out to learn the blacksmith's trade when he was eleven years old, and in 1837 came to Tusca rawas County, Ohio. His schooling was obtained in the district schools, in

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which he was a diligent pupil. He taught schools in the winter, and worked at his trade in the summer. He worked for six summers at Wheeling, and twenty-two years of his life were passed in this work. His first school was taught in the woods, where the town of West Uhrichsville now stands. He also taught one term in this township, where he had ninety-eight pupils. Mr. Moore says nothing in his life has given him more pleasure than having been able to teach a little girl to read, who, all her life, had been deprived of the power of speech. She has now grown up, and is one of Mr. Moore's neigh- bors. Mr. Moore has been a great reader. He was considered a genius and a first-class mechanic; often did jobs that other blacksmiths had given up. He owns eighty acres of land in Mill Township. He was married, in 1835, to Anna Bella, daughter of John and Mary Jane (Holmes) McClure. Her father was of Irish, and her mother of Dutch descent. They have raised five chil- dren, their names as follows: Ella Annabella, wife of T. R. Evans, coal-miner : Elizabeth Victoria, wife of Hiram Staneart, farmer; Marion S., wife of James Henry, farmer; Loretta L .. wife of Thomas Henry, of Uhrichsville, and Willemma, wife of George Lytle, farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are mem. bers of the Disciple Church. Mr. Moore is not a strict party man. He votes for the man and not for the office. He has been a powerful man, both physically and mentally, but his health is now fast declining. He calculates to live until 1886, and then will "shuffle off this mortal coil." He bases this event on a dream, in which he and his wife fully believe. She expects him to die at the very time he dreamed of. He also dreamt of the precise time of his mother's death, although be was away from home and did not know at the time that she was sick.

THOMAS MOORE, farmer, P. O. Uhrichsville, was born in Washington County, Penn., December 27, 1814. His parents were John and Nancy (Sloop) Moore, natives of Pennsylvania, the latter of Dutch descent. John Moore was in the war of 1812, going as a substitute. In early life, he was a river man, and made nine trips to New Orleans before steamboats were intro- duced. In later life, he was a farmer, and in 1828 removed from Pennsylvania to Mill Township (then known as Dorman Township), this county. He raised a family of seven children-James, deceased, who, with his family emigrated to Iowa, about 1865; Anna, residing with our subject; Thomas. our subject; John; Joseph, who enlisted during the late war, and died in hospital; Mar- garet, widow of David Guthrie, and residing in Iowa; and Aaron, who was married, and raised a family; died in Nebraska. Our subject was reared on a farm; received instruction in the rudimentary branches at the common schools, and chose carpentering for his trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years. He subsequently worked on a farm in Pennsylvania; for three years near Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio; then came to this county in April, 1841, and was mar- ried in 1842 to Catherine Welch. She is the daughter of George and Joanna (Price) Welch, who were born in Jefferson County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are the parents of six children, two boys and four girls-Margaret Ann, wife of Alex Davis, a farmer in this township; Sarah Jane, at home; Joanna; Nancy Ellen, wife of Johnson Scott, farmer in Nebraska; John W., at home, farmer; and George Patterson, attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are connected with the Presbyterian Church, of which the former has been Deacon for about twenty-five years, also Trustee, and was a member of the building committee on the erection of that church. He has been Township Trustee for three years in Mill Township; member of the Board of Education during that time, and was a delegate to the County Convention. As a farmer, he has been successful, and owns 230 acres of land.

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F. W. MOORE, plasterer and contractor, Uhrichsville, was born near Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, September 30, 1849. His parents, S. R. and Elizabeth (Cameron) Moore, were also natives of Ohio; the former was reared to the Quaker faith. Our subject was educated at the graded schools of Hanoverton, Ohio, and learned the trade of his father, that of plastering; then went to Mansfield, where he completed his apprenticeship. He subse- quently, in 1871, came to Uhrichsville, where he has since remained, working as plasterer and contractor. He owns three houses and five town lots. In 1872, he was married to Clara J., daughter of Theodore A. Packer, of Uh- richsville. His wife is an affable and intelligent lady, and he attributes his success to her prudent management, as well as to his own strict attention to business. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been born a family of three children -James P., Arthur Cameron and Alvin Greenlee. Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the Town Council of Uhrichsville; is also a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F.

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The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Part 96

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

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