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Aranda M. Woodford, an old resident of Noble county. They were the parents of eight children: Aranda, Benjamin M., George E., Joseph Wilbur, deceased; Noble, Eddie Otto, Dock, Frank W., all of Olive township. The mother died in 1881. Mr. Davis was again married in June 1888, to Edith Gattrell, of Washington county. Mr. Davis is an ardent temperance man, and practices in private life what he advocates in public.
JOHN W. HUTCHINSON, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Enoch township in 1859. He is a son of John W. Hutchinson and Abagail (Tuttle) Hutchinson, both natives of Noble county. The father was a cooper by trade, but followed farming as an occupation most of the time. He died at South Olive in 1862, and Mrs. Hutch- inson is still living. There was a family of four children, Jane, John W., Jr., and Mary and Amy, deceased. Mr. Hutchinson was reared in Noble county, and given a common school education. He chose as his occupation one that seemed to offer him the most inde- pendent livelihood, that of tilling the soil, and he has been very prosperous in his calling.
FRANCIS R. DUTTON, a farmer of Olive township, was born in Washington county, June 30, 1857, and is a son of Smith W. and Marilla (Ogle) Dutton, the former a native of Washington county, and the latter a native of Noble county. Mr. Dutton was reared and educated in Washington county, and at the age of twenty-three removed to Noble county and engaged in farming. He was married in 1879 to Elizabeth A. Shriver, a daughter of Johnson J. Shriver, an old resident of Olive township. Mr. and Mrs. Dutton are the par- ents of seven children: Mary Luella, wife of Richard Parish, of Bealington, W. Va .; Eliza, wife of Charles Boyd, of Olive; Carrie Marilla, Columbia Ellen, Ruth, Florence (deceased), and Clement C. Mr. Dutton is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Keith, of both the subordinate and the Encampment.
FRANK GLIDDEN .- John Glidden, an carly settler of Noble county, was a native of Maine. He received a fair education, took up the study of medicine and after completing his studies, moved to Ohio, locating at Marietta, then at several places, and finally near Caldwell, where he practiced his profession and taught school, until his death in 1816. He was married to a daughter of Samuel Allen, an old resi- dent of Noble county, who is said to have erected the first water mill in the county. They were the parents of three children, Sidney, James and John. John Glidden, the youngest sou. was born on the day of his father's death, January 16, 1816, the father living just long enough to give him a name. He was reared and educated in
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Noble county, learned the trade of a tailor, which he followed until incapacitated by the amputation of a finger, and then took up farming. John and Matilda (Delong) Glidden, were the parents of ten chil- dren: Sidney, Isaac, Nancy, Mary, and Edwin, deceased; and Emily, widow of J. B. Tilton; Martha, wife of Milo Stevens, of Kansas ; Frank; Ruth, widow of Lafayette Tilton; and William, a resident of Muskingum county. Frank Glidden, the subject of this review, was born in Olive township, in 1850, where he has always lived. He received a common school education there and began farm- ing at an early age, which he continued until 1897, when he engaged in the oil and gas business. Mr. Glidden was married May 4, 1873, to Sarah Murdock, a daughter of James B. Murdock, an old resident of Noble county, who lived to the advanced age of one hundred years, three days. They were the parents of seven children: Samuel, a farmer; Martha, wife of Jacob Wells; William; Edwin, farmer; May, Sidney and James, the last two being deceased. Mr. Glidden is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Dexter City.
TIMOTHY B. KENT .- William Kent, one of the early pioneers of that portion of Monroe county, which is now included in Noble county, was a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio in 1817, and became an extensive land holder, conducting besides, an old country tavern. William and Ann (Neiswanger) Kent were the parents of nine chil- dren, all of whom are dead but Mary Ann. Mr. Kent died in 1856. Josiah Kent, the oldest son of William Kent, was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1813, and was only four years old when his parents moved to Ohio. He received his education there and followed farming as his occupation, until 1852, when he went to California, by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, and engaged in gold mining for seven years. He returned to Noble county and resumed his farming. Mr. Kent was married in 1836, to Lewenna Bates, a daughter of Timothy Bates, one of the early settlers of the county, who died in 1860, having become the mother of four sons. They are: Israel A., a resident of Illinois; Abraham, of Colorado; William T., of Iowa; and Tim- othy B. Two daughters, Ruth and Susan, died in infancy. Mr. Kent was married a second time to Catherine Trenner, of Brookfield. He died in 1866. Timothy B. Kent was born in Seneca township March 12, 1849, and lived in Noble county until he was of age, when a desire to get away from the old environments caused him to cross the continent to California. He remained only a year, engaged in farm- ing and cattle herding, and then returned to Noble county for a short time. For nearly eight years he was engaged in the mining business, in Nevada and Colorado, returning again to Noble county to resume his farming. Mr. Kent was married in 1882 to Rebecca C. Brown, daughter of George W. Brown, an old resident of Noble county, and
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to them was born one child, George Clinton, now deceased. Mr. Kent is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Kent died February 6, 1904.
ORIN G. TILTON .- Soon after the War of 1812, four brothers, Hebron, Benjamin, Joseph and Davis Tilton, came to Ohio, locating first in Steubenville, and soon after in Noble county. Hebron Til- ton was born of Welsh parentage on Martha's Vineyard and there grew to manhood, following the business of codfishing along the coast. After coming to Ohio, he took up government land and became a farmer for the rest of his life. He was the father of eight children by his first wife, and one by his second. Alden D. Tilton, second son of Hebron Tilton, was born on Martha's Vineyard in 1814, and was five years of age on his arrival in Ohio. He received the usual education of those days, and followed farming as his occupation. He was married to Julia A. Gibbs, a daughter of Dennis S. Gibbs, an old, well remembered, resident of Noble county. Mr. Gibbs erected the first frame house on the west fork of Duck Creek, and it is still standing in good repair, occupied by Orin G. Tilton. He was a native of Maine, a carpenter by trade, and a man of great ambition. He paid for his land by working at his trade thirty-two miles dis- tant, walking it on Saturday nights and Monday mornings, without missing a day's work. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton were the parents of seven children, only two of whom lived to grow up, Orin G., and Mary L., the wife of Columbus McAtee. Mr. Tilton died in 1885, and his wife died in 1904 at the age of eighty-two years. Orin G. Tilton, the only surviving son of Alden Tilton, was born in Olive township, October 20, 1849, where he grew to manhood, engaging in farming most of the time, and conducting a store at Dudley for three years. He was married October 29, 1870, to Adaline Blake, a daughter of Francis Blake, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born four children: Charles E., of Caldwell, Wesley B., of Dudley, Nora M., and Alden D. Mr. Tilton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows, subordinate and Encampment, Rebecca, and the Knights of Pythias.
JOHN K. ANDERSON, a well known farmer of Noble county, was born in Center township April 3, 1837. He is a son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Keller) Anderson, who were the parents of six children, three of whom are living, Matilda and Ezekiel of Illinois, and John K., the only one living in Noble county. The father died in 1842. Mr. Anderson was early thrown upon his own resources and consequently his education was only such as the schools of the com- munity afforded. He adopted farming as the occupation most to his liking, and has always followed it. He was married in 1860 to
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Susanna Casner a daughter of John Casner, an old resident of Noble county, who came from Maryland in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of eight children: William Asbury, deceased ; Mary Catherine, wife of John Morris of Cambridge; John Wesley ; Charles Henry ; Wilbert Ezekiel ; Elizabeth, deceased ; Alice, and George W. Mr. Anderson and family are members of the Meth- odist Protestant church.
DANIEL M. BUCKEY .- George S. Buckey, one of the old residents of Noble county, was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1802. He was reared in Virginia, and was for some time an overseer of slaves in the south, and also a boat man on the Ohio River, running from Steu- benville to St. Louis. He came to what is now Noble county in 1834, purchased a farm and engaged in farming. He also took up govern- ment land on Long Run, near Macksburg, but never occupied that land. He was married to Henrietta Wheeler in 1825. To this union were born eight children: Elizabeth, wife of Captain Rhine- hart, and now deceased; Nancy Ellen, wife of John Lady, deceased ; John V .; William H., who was killed by a horse; Daniel M .; George F., deceased ; Samuel B .; and Sarah Ann, wife of Benjamin Clark, all of Noble county. Daniel M. Buckey was born in Noble county, August 11, 1839, where he was reared and educated, and where he has followed his chosen occupation, that of farming. In 1863 he enlisted in the Ohio State Guards, in which he served a year, being then mustered into the United States service, as a mem- ber of Co. H. of the One Hundred and Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, but never saw service on account of illness. Mr. Buckey was married to Sarah M. Drake, on July 31, 1863, and they are the parents of six children: George B .; Elisha H .; Ulysses H .; Edward F .; Joseph B .; and a daughter who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Buckey are members of the Methodist Church at Ava.
R. A. BUCKEY .- John V. Buckey, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Brook county, Virginia, on December 12, 1833, and at four years of age came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Noble county, where he has always lived. He has been a farmer for many years, and has been also very successful in all his undertakings. He enlisted in 1864 in Company H of the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Buckey was married in 1863 to Sarah E. Clark, a daughter of William Clark, an old resident of Noble county and they are the parents of five chil- dren : Mary H., wife of John Fowler, of Noble township; Will- iam S., married Jennie Kackley; Robert A., married Iona Knight, living in Noble township; Lucy A., wife of John Hamilton of Byes- ville ; and Clara Emma, wife of Jacob Webber, of Byesville.
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WILLIAM BRIDGEMAN, one of the older citizens of Noble county, was born in Lancaster county, Virginia, October 15, 1833. His parents died before he was ten years old, and the children, six in all, came to Ohio, where two uncles lived in Barnesville, Belmont county. Mr. Bridgeman was reared and educated there, and on reaching manhood, went to Monroe county, and engaged in the occupation of a tobacco pacer, for ten years. After that he was a tiller of the soil in Marion township for twenty years, and in 1892 removed to Noble township, where he has since resided. Mr. Bridgeman was married in 1857, to Mary Ann Herrell, of Morgan county, and to them have been born nine children: Nancy Jane, deceased ; John W., of Noble township ; Rachel L., wife of James H. Danford. of Whigville ; Anna, wife of William Danford, of Marion township; Samuel, a resident of Pennsylvania ; Lena G., wife of Will Erton, of Pennsylvania ; Martha Frances, wife of J. W. Bond, of Noble township; Charles R., of Mon- tana ; Emma R., wife of William Perry, of Center township. Mr. Bridgeman is a member of the Christian church.
HERMAN BATES .- Ephraim Bates was the progenitor of the large Bates family which reside in the southern portion of Ohio. He was a native of England; being born there in May, 1744. In early man- hood he came to America, locating in New Jersey, where he remained until 1815, when he went to Ohio, and settled at Sarahsville. Mr. Bates and his son entered one hundred acres of government land in Center township, and built upon it the first grist mill to be erected in the county. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving, it is thought, in a New Jersey regiment. He was the father of nine children, among whom was Timothy Bates, who was probably a native of New Jersey, and who located in Seneca township in an early day, taking up government land, and engaging in farming. Mr. Bates was twice married, first to Ruth Moore, who became the mother of fourteen children, only one of whom, Timothy, is now living. The second marriage was to Mrs. Anna Hughes. Mr. Bates died in 1867. Bethel Bates, the second son, was born in Seneca township March 12, 1809. He received only thirteen days of school, but was energetic enough to educate himself. He took up farming, and followed that occupation all his life. At the election in 1869, he was chosen to rep- resent Noble county in the Ohio Legislature, and served one term. During this session the XVth Amendment to the United States Con- stitution came up for ratification, and Mr. Bates took an active part in its behalf. The contest was exciting and close but the Amendment. was ratified. He refused a re-election on account of ill health. Bethel and Mary Ann (Meighen ) Bates, were the parents of thirteen children : Abram, of Indiana ; Hughey, deceased ; Rebecca, now Mrs. McNutt ; Harriet, now Mrs. Moore; Simeon, deceased; Lewis,
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deceased ; Patrick ; Rosaline, now Mrs. Snode ; Herman ; Luanna, now Mrs. Groves; Susanna, now Mrs. Christopher; Bethel; and Levi, deceased. Mr. Bates died November 2, 1899, and his wife is still living on the old homestead, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Herman Bates was born at the old homestead on April 10, 1845, received a common school education, and grew to manhood there. He chose farming as his occupation as did his father. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, of the Seventy-Eighth Ohio volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was in the following engagements : Siege of Vicksburg, Resaca, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, July 22 and 28, Jonesboro, Sherman's March to the Sea, Siege of Savannah, and Bentonville. After the war he lived in Illinois until 1895, except for one year spent in Ohio, then returned to Noble county. Mr. Bates was married in 1870, to Emaline Stewart, and to them have been born six children : Robert B., of Douglas county, Illinois ; Simeon O., of Paris, Illinois ; Samuel R., of Redman, Ill. ; Cora D., wife of Clifford Harris, of Columbus; Myrtle and Will- iam F. Mr. Bates is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
ROBERT F. LOWE .- Robert Lowe, one of the early residents of Noble county, was a farmer in those pioneer days, and was the first to bring the name into Noble county. James Lowe, his son, was born in Sharon township, in 1829, was a school teacher for a time, but followed farming the most of his time. His wife was Catherine O. Donovan, a native of London, England, who came to America with a neighbor family when she was eighteen years of age, and lived with that family in Sharon until her marriage. They were the parents of eight children : Arclisa Ann, widow of Charles Morrison ; Robert F. ; Mary, Rosa, and William, deceased ; Andrew J .; Minnie and Linnie, (twins). Mrs. Lowe died in 1896, and Mr. Lowe, in 1898. Rob- ert F. Lowe was born at the old homestead in Sharon township in 1856, and has followed the plow most of the time as his occupation. He was married in 1882 to Isaphene Walters, a daughter of Harvey Walters, an old resident of Noble county. They are the parents of five children, Earle D. ; Pearl, deceased ; Murley Myrtle, Mott Morton, and Erie Otella. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are members of the Methodist Protestant church.
WILLIAM N. CORNS, of Noble township, is a native of Muskingum county where he was born July 24, 1851. When a boy of fourteen, he lived with his parents in Allen county for two years, but returned to the old home where he lived until he was nineteen. At that time he went to Caldwell to work at the carpenter's trade, and remained there for about six years, when he decided that following the plow was preferable, and so purchased a farm near Caldwell, making that his
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home since. He was married in April 1871, to Martha Jane Nessel- road, daughter of John Nesselroad, an old resident of Noble county. She died in March, 1895, leaving three sons: Arthur Elwood, of Pittsburg, Pa. ; John N., also of Pennsylvania ; and Archibald Wiley. Mr. Corns was married a second time to Mrs. Mary Ellen Hutchins, a daughter of Thomas Wiley, an old resident of Noble county, and to them one daughter has been born, Gaynell G.
HARVEY BARNHOUSE .- The first of the Barnhouse family to settle in Noble county were four brothers: Jacob, George, Benjamin and Sampson ; all natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Noble county in 1839 and entered and purchased land. Thirty-two years later Benjamin removed to Muskingum county where he died. George went to Missouri a few years later and never returned ; the remaining members of his family are living there still. Sampson moved to Morgan county, where his descendants live. Jacob remained in Noble county, following farming as an occupation until his death in 1845. He was married soon after locating in Ohio to Mrs. Elizabeth Hull, also a native of Pennsylvania, and to this union were born four chil- dren : Susanna, deceased ; Abner, of Sharon township; Jacob, a resi- dent of Nebraska; and Harvey. Mrs. Barnhouse died in 1895. Harvey Barnhouse, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead where he now lives, in 1843. He was educated in the common schools of the time ; he chose farming as an occupation and has followed it ever since. He has served his township in the capacity of trustee and now holds that position, having been elected for three years in 1902. Mr. Barnhouse was married in 1873 to Anna Martha Pearson, of Muskingum county, and their union has been blessed with nine children: Oliver, deceased; Silas Seymour, who married Anna E. Lomley in 1898, they having three children, and residing in Noble township; Abner Clyde, who married Rebecca Dudley in 189S. residing in Brookfield township and having two children ; Lizzie, the wife of Ellis Fogle, whom she married in 1900, they having two chil- dren and living in Noble township ; William D. ; Cora ; Jacob Wilber : George Clement; and Charles Ivan, still at home. Mr. Barnhouse has been a member of the Masonic order since 1871, and is also a member of the Grange.
ANDREW J. BROWN .- Dexter Brown, an early resident of Noble county, was a native of Providence, Rhode Island. He learned the carpenter trade and engaged in that business until he came west in the early part of the last century. He first located at Worthington, Franklin county, where he remained three years, and then entered 166 acres of land from the government in section nineteen, in Noble town- ship, and there lived the remainder of his life, a tiller of the soil. He
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was not politically ambitious, but served the county as commissioner for a short time. Dexter and Mahala (Hicks) Brown were the par- ents of eight children : Edmund, Lydia, and Charles deceased ; Caro- line, widow of Jacob Lyons; James D., of Perryopolis; John, of Kansas; Andrew J .; and Sarah, widow of A. Lyons. Andrew J. Brown was born on the old homestead in Noble township, in 1832. He was reared and educated in his native county, and has followed the occupation of a farmer there all his life. He was married in 1870 to Martha J. Cozzens, daughter of Albin E. Cozzens, a native of England, who came to Noble county in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of eight children: Mahala, Rebecca, now Mrs. Smith ; Etta and John Andrew, deceased ; Viella Vista, wife of E. W. Ray- ley, of Marietta; Inez Arizona, Joseph, and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Protestant church of Hoskins- ville.
SILAS WILLEY .- William P. Willey, the grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch, was the first of the name to settle in Noble county. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born there in 1785, and in early manhood came to Ohio, entering two 160-acre tracts of land in what is now Section seventeen of Noble township. With the excep- tion of a few years, he spent the rest of his life on the new farm. Mr. Willey was a very religious man, and was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant church at Hoskinsville. His first wife was Miss Dye, who became the mother of thirteen children only one of whom is living, Rebecca, wife of Nathaniel Cain, of Olive township. The other children lived to raise families, the mother dying in 1840, and the father in 1859. William Willey, the youngest son of Will- iam P. Willey, was born at the old homestead in Noble township February 22, 1823, where he received a limited education, and adopted farming as an occupation. He was married in March, 1848, to Ruth Belford, a daughter of Daniel Belford, one of the earliest settlers of Noble county, and to them were born five children: Almilda, wife of David Ayers, of Marietta; Silas ; Abigail, wife of John Mclaughlin, Lewis Walter, and a baby unnamed, all deceased. Mr. Willey died February 24, 1896, and his wife is still living on the old home place. Silas Willey was born near Belle Valley April 11, 1855, and was reared and educated there. He taught school for seven winters and then took up farming as his occupation, being also inter- ested in the grist mill at Belle Valley. He has served his township as clerk for some time, and takes an active interest in political affairs. Mr. Willey was married February 24, 1881. to Eliza MeCune, dangh- ter of William McCune, an old resident of Noble county, and have three children to bless their union : Albert, Miriam, and Oclo. Mr. Willey is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Caldwell; Knights of Pythias of Hiramsville, and of the Patrons of Industry.
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CHRIS McKEE, a prominent farmer of Noble county, was born near Caldwell December 13, 1840, and is a son of Ezra and Alma (Wes- cott) McKee. The father was born near Stanleyville, Washington county, in 1802, and has lived at Caldwell since he was seven years old. He was a very prominent man in his time, served his city as Justice of the Peace for twenty-one years, and served his state in the Legislature in 1836-7, and again in 1850-51, and was the author of the bill cre- ating the new county of Noble. He built the house in which the first court was held in Caldwell. Mr. McKee, the father, was twice married, first to Abagail Wescott, who became the mother of five children ; and for his second wife, Alma Wescott, a cousin of his first wife, and a native of Rhode Island, who became the mother of four children : Mary, Manley, both deceased; Chris, and another child also named Manley. Mr. McKee died in 1875, and his wife in 1899. Chris McKee grew to manhood in Noble county and received a limited education, and at the age of twenty-two, being of an adven- turous disposition, went to Oregon across the plains, where he was engaged in gold mining for a time. He was engaged in the same occupation for a few years in Idaho, and then gave it up to return to farming in his native connty. Mr. McKee was also in the lumber business for about twenty years, and has been interested in the oil and gas industry and somewhat in coal mining. In 1889, Mr. McKee was elected on the Democratic ticket to the state legislature when his county was four hundred Republican, and again ten years later, when the Republicans were even stronger, showing how highly he was esteemed by his fellow-men. Mr. McKee was married in December. 1865, to Martha A. Scott, of Belmont county, and to them have been born four children : Louis, deceased ; Irvel, Cora B., now Mrs. Con- nor; and Myerly T.
DANIEL WEBSTER BATES, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born in Center township, in 1860. He is a son of Isaac Bates and Rachel (Brothers) Bates, both natives of Noble county. The father was born in 1838, educated in the schools of the times, and has followed farming on the old homestead all his life. Mrs. Bates was of an old family of Noble county, and became the mother of thirteen children : Daniel Webster: Jacob; John, of Pennsylvania ; Isaiah, and Mary Moore, also of Pennsylvania ; William. Martin, Joseph, James Garfield ; Isaac Hayes, deceased ; Isaac Blaine, and Deborah Jane, deceased ; and Deborah Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Bates are mem- bers of the Christian church, and active in its work. Daniel W. Bates was educated in his native township and through extensive study in private. and at the age of sixteen beran teaching school. He has found this line of work so interesting and so well fitted to him, that he has continued it to the present time. He finds benefit in mind and
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