The historical review of Logan County, Ohio, Part 64

Author: Kennedy, Robert Patterson, 1840-1918
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1586

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Joseph Longbrake had very limited educational privileges. He attended school for only a while. and his education was obtained by study at home during the evenings and on rainy days when it was impossible to work in the fields. He as- sisted in the farm work from early boy- hood until he attained his majority, when he began working by the month as a farm hand. Not long afterward he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Licklider. the wedding taking place on the 24th of November. 1859. The lady is a daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary (Bowers) Lick- lider, who were natives of Virginia, in which state Mrs. Longbrake was also born. In January, 1861, our subject and his wife came to Ohio, and he had about twelve dollars when he reached this state.

Settling in Logan county, he at once begun clearing ground, and he worked at anything that he coukl find to do that would yield him an honest living, until the fall of that year, when he borrowed a team from his uncle. Joseph, and planted a field of wheat. In the spring of 1862 he began farming on shares for Squire Mckinnon, who furnished all needed farm implements, Mr. Longbrake doing the work and re- ceiving one-third of the crops.

danger. and enlisted in Company D, Thir- ty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, un- der Captain Joseph Black and Colonel Jo- seph Haynes. The regiment was mus- tered in for one hundred days' service, and Mr. Longbrake held the rank of corporal. He did not take part in any battles, how- ever, but was engaged in guard duty most of the time along the James river. and when the term of enlistment had expired the regiment was mustered out at Camp Chase, in Columbus. Following his re- turn from the war. Mr. Longbrake engaged in farming on the Bridgeman place for ten years, and then. with the money he had acquired through his own labors, he pur- chased eighty-four acres of land for forty- five dollars per acre, and took up his abode upon the farm which has since been his home. Its splendidly cultivated appear- ance and excellent improvements are the result of his unremitting labor and his progressive methods.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Longbrake have been born six children. but one died in in- farcy. Ann Virginia, born December 24. 1861. was married October 18. 1883. to William Downs, and resides in this coun- ty. Ella Frances, born August 8. 1863. is the wife of Charles Wellman, of Logan county. Marion L., born June 10, 1866, married L. Hampshire, of DeGraff, and is a farmer of this county. Minnie P .. born October 6, 1871, is the wife of Robert Re- nick, an agriculturist of this county. Jo- sie Gwenn, born February 17. 1883, is the wife of Clarence MeLaughlin, who is engaged in the grocery business in Belle- fontaine.

In the spring of 1864. however, he Politically Mr. Longbrake is a Repub- could no longer content himself to re- lican. He was reared in the faith of the main at home while the country was in Democracy, but the kr.Owledge which he

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gained of slavery and its influences in the the wife of Andrew B. Huston, of De south led him to become an advocate of Republican principles. He is a strong temperance man, ardently opposed to the use of intoxicants, and would vote the Pro- hibition ticket if it were possible to elect its candidates. \ devout Christian gen- tleman. he holds membership in the Meth- odist church, and his wife belongs to the Lutheran church. They are people of genuine worth, well known in Washing- ton township. Mr. Longbrake has lived a life of honor, integrity and business ac- tivity, and all that he possesses has come as the reward of his earnest labor.

URIAH HINKLE.

Uriah Hinkle. a farmer and stock raiser, whose home is pleasantly located two miles southeast of DeGraff. in Miami township, Logan county, was born in Union township. this county. September 26, 1856. He is the tenth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, of whom three died in childhood. while the others are still living. The parents were George and Mary M. (Zultzbaugh) Hin- kle. The surviving children are Henriet- ta, who married William H. Horn and

Graff : and Almeda, the wife of James Yo- der. of Harrison township. The parents were both natives of Lancaster county. Pennsylvania. were there married, and some of their children were there born, prior to their removal to Ohio. The fa- ther was a shoemaker by trade. and fol- lowed that pursuit both in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He had but little means when lie came to this state, and he took up his abode in Washington township, while lat- er he removed to Union township, and subsequently he went to Indiana. After a short time. however. he returned to Ohio, and in the fall of 1871 he drove across the country to Carroll county, Mis- souri. being accompanied by his wife and eight children. He had two teams and wagons, and would camp out along the way at night. In the succeeding spring. however. he returned to Ohio because of the homesickness of his wife. The two eldest sons, Milton and Ephraim, however, purchased forty acres of land in Missouri, and there remained for two years, after which they also returned to Ohio. Later Milton again went to Missouri, and after- ward to Arkansas. Mr. Hinkle. the fa- ther. took up his abode north of Belle- fontaine, and afterward removed to the vicinity of Logansville, and later to De Graff, where he died in April. 1899. while the mother passed away the following Au- gust. He voted with the Republican par- ty. but was never an aspirant for office. In the faith of the Evangelical church he was reared, but he afterward became a member of the German Baptist church. In the former he was a local exhorter.

lives in Union township: Ephraim: Mil- ton, who went to the west. and when last heard from. nine years ago, was in Arkansas; W. H., a practicing physician of DeGraff: Paulina. the wife of George Hoffner, a resident of Anderson, Indiana ; George W., who married Rachel Jones, and lives in Carroll county, Missouri ; Uriah, of this review; Malinda, the wife During the boyhood of Uriah Hinkle of C. E. Huston, of DeGraff; Margaret, he obtained a good common school educa-

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tion; he worked for his father until he was twenty years of age, and then started out in life on his own account, being em- ployed by the day or month for five years. During this period he saved his money, and at the end of the time he had five hun- dred dollars. He was married in Union township. October 2, 1881, to Miss Mar- tha J. Snyder, who was born in that town- ship, October 18. 1856. and was a school- mate of Mr. Hinkle in District No. 1. Her parents were John and Barbara (Detrick) Snyder, and she was reared upon a farm in Union township, acquiring a common school education.

At the time of his marriage Mr. Hin- kle began farming upon rented land in Union township, and after a year he went to Bloomfield township. where he also rented a farm, remaining thereon for six years. He afterward went to Miami township, and in the fall of 1888 he pur- chased twenty-three and a half acres of land where he now lives. He spent two years upon that property, and then lived in Union township for two years. In 1901, however, he purchased seventy-two and a half acres of his present farm, adding it to the original tract of twenty-three and a half acres. He had also built a good house and made other substantial im- provements upon his property, but in February, 1907 hile the entire family were in bed. the house caught fire. The son discovered the flames at about four o'clock in the morning, and the alarm was given, so that the inmates of the house managed to escape, but the building was entirely destroyed. The same spring Mr. Hinkle erected his present residence, which is a good two-story frame structure.

been born five children: Clyde H., who was born in Union township. March 19. 18SI, obtained a good common school ed- ucation, and afterward made a trip to the state of Washington: Harold and Har- · land. twins. were born February 16, 1885, and died at the age of seven months: Bar- bara Mabel was born in Bloomfield town- ship. . August 25, 1887 : and Hazel M .. was born in Miami township, November 18, 1899. MIrs. Hinkle's father was a native of Rockingham county. Virginia. and was there married to a lady of that county, after which they came to Ohio.

Mr. Hinkle votes with the Republican party, which he has supported since cast- ing his first ballot for James .\. Garfield. Both he and his wife are members of the German Baptist church, and are people of carnest Christian characters, interested in everything pertaining to the general prog- ress of the community along lines of sub- stantial upbuilding.

ROLLA H. VALENTINE.

Rolla H. Valentine, one of the promi- nent merchants of the village of Belle Cen- ter. is a native of Bloomville. Seneca county. Ohio, born December 19. 1844. There he resided until seventeen years of age and in the district schools of the lo- cality obtained his education. His par- ents were Henry and Hannah (Munsell) Valentine. His father was born in Perry county, Ohio, about 1812, and when about seventeen years of age accompanied his parents on their removal to Seneca county, Ohio, where his father engaged in farm-

Unto our subject and his wife have ing, Henry rendering him assistance com-

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mensurate with his age and strength. He was stationed at Defiance, Ohio, being afterward began farming on his own ac- there at the time of the capture of the fort. He died in Seneca county, Ohio. His father. George Valentine, a native of Germany, came to this country prior to the Revolutionary war and settled in Frederick City, Maryland, where the grandfather of our subject was born. The great-grandfather served for four years and six months in the Revolutionary war and afterward came to Ohio, his remains being interred in the cemetery at Bloom- ville. this state. He died at the age of eighty-seven years. count and remained in that county until 1869. when he removed to Barry county. Michigan, where he was engaged in farm- ing and fruit-raising for some years. He resided upon one farm until 1895. when he passed away at the age of eighty-two years. He was a progressive and pros- perous man of his day-a worthy repre- sentative of the agricultural interests of the community in which he resided. In his political views in early life he was a Whig and later he became a Republican. Sixty years he held membership with the Rolla H. Valentine remained upon the home farm and at school until after the breaking out of the Civil war. He en- listed in 1863. as a member of Company G. Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of hostilities. taking part in some of the important bat- tles which contributed to the triumph of the Union arms, including the engage- ments of Resaca. Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta campaign and the cam- paign through the Carolinas up to the close of the war. He yet maintains pleas- ant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in W. W. Simp- son Post. G. A. R. Methodist Episcopal church. shaping his life by its teachings, and at different times he served as an officer in the church. He never sought or Jesired political honors. however, preferring to perform his duties as a private citizen. His wife survived him three years and was also eighty-two years of age at the time of her demise. She was born in St. Albans, Vermont, and when twenty years of age came to Ohio and prior to her marriage engaged in teaching school in Seneca county. She was also a member of the Methodist church and was president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of her lo- cality. . \ devoted and loving wife and mother. her loss was deeply regretted by her three children, all of whom survive her. These are Rolla ; John Roswell. who is a painter by trade and resides in Wood- land, Michigan ; and Sarah Josephine. the wife of John Kidd, an attorney residing in Owasso, Michigan.

The paternal grandfather of our sub- ject was John Valentine, who was born in Maryland and came to Ohio at an early day. He served in the war of 1812 and

At the close of the war Mr. Valentine returned home, but after a short time went to Michigan and Illinois and in 1869 he accepted a clerkship in a drug store in La Grange, Indiana. He has continued in the drug business ever since, having been for some time in Orleans, Nebraska. In the fall of 1882 he came to Belle Center and opened the drug store, which he has since conducted. He has a well appointed establishment, neat and attractive, and supplied with a large line of drugs and

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other commodities, and the fact that his trade is continually increasing is proof of his reliable and creditable business methods.

In March. 1875. Mr. Valentine was married in LaGrange, Indiana, to Miss Cora J. Drake. a daughter of Colonel James L. Drake, who went to the south in the Civil war as captain of Company H. Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers. He was born October 31, 1817. in Holmes county, Ohio, a son of David and Rachel Drake, natives of Maryland and Virginia. In 1839 he married Susan Hayward. a na- tive of Cattaraugus county, New York, born February 17. 1818. At the age of eighteen she accompanied her parents to Holmes county, Ohio, where she was mar- ried. In 1849 Colonel Drake, with a party of twelve, made an overland trip to the gold fields of California, being en route one hundred and five days. For a time he engaged in mining but soon established a trading post and in three months cleared eight thousand dollars. In the winter of 1850 he started home by way of Panama and eventually reached Holmes county. Ohio, and purchased the old homestead. Soon after the repeal of the Missouri Com- promise he became an outspoken and fearless Republican and on the Ist of June. 1861, enlisted as a defender of the Union cause. He organized the first company of three years volunteers and was com- missioned captain. Captain Drake re- mained with the regiment and participated in all of its battles until after the battle of Antietam, where he was wounded. his left side being partially paralyzed with a piece of shell. Being thus disabled he resigned. September 24. 1862, and received an honorable discharge. He continued his

labors in behalf of the Union cause by helping to suppress insurrection at home and was appointed provost marshal of the fourteenth congressional district of Ohio, with headquarters at Wooster and thus served until the close of the war. On the 26th of September, 1863. he was ap- pointed and commissioned colonel of the Fifty-second Regiment of Ohio Infantry for a period of five years, by Governor Tod. On the 22d of May. 1867. he was brevetted major of United States Volun- teers by President Johnson, to rank as such from the 13th of March, 1865. for meritorious service during the war. Col- onel James L. Drake had a brother Levi. who was commander of the Forty-ninth Ohio Regiment and was killed in the bat- tle of Stone River. Francis M. Drake, a brother of Mrs. Valentine, served with his father in the Twenty-third Ohio Regi- ment, and after three years and three months was discharged. After a year he became a member of the Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry and was wounded in North Caro- lina. Levi Drake, another brother of Mrs. Valentine, was in the cavalry service and was captured and died at Annapolis. Alto- gether there were twelve children in the family of Colonel and Mrs. Drake. The others are: James S., an attorney of Goshen, Indiana, who has served as state senator; Fremont B., a farmer residing near Bellefontaine; Jackson C., a travel- ing salesman living in Denver, Colorado: Ellen. the wife of Lewis D. Hughes, of Lagrange, Indiana: Emma, the widow of Clark Bennett, who was a lieutenant in the Thirtieth Indiana Infantry; Mfary, the wife of David A. Trimble. a commis- sion merchant of Kansas City. The mother of these children died April 23.

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1877. In 1866 the family had removed to ing a retired life, was born in this county LaGrange. Indiana, where the parents spent their remaining days. In October, 1879. Colonel Drake married Mrs. Harriet A. Filson, who survives him. His death occurred March 10. 1886, when he was sixty-eight years of age. He was a man held in the highest regard and his record as a man, a soldier. citizen, friend, husband and father is one well worthy of emulation.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Valentine have been born two children. Jessie L. is now the wife of James Pergin, a hardware mer- chant of Columbus, Ohio. by whom she has two children-Cora Alice and Max Valentine. Francis Roswell. the son. is engaged in the drug business at Lake View. Logan county. He is a graduate of the Ada College of Pharmacy and is reg- istered in Ohio. He married Florence Gale Townsend, of Rushsylvania. Decem- ber 12, 1900. and they had one son that died unnamed.

Mr. Valentine votes with the Republi- can party and is connected through mem- bership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonie fraternity. Ilis business interests have been capably controlled, his duties of citi- zenship promptly performed and his alle- giance to the general good is at all times recognized. For twenty-one years he has been a resident of Belle Center and is justly regarded as one of its representative men.

JAMES W. SHUFFELTON.

near the city which is still his home. Feb- ruary 24. 1840. his parents being Josiah and Nancy M. (Shepherd) Shuffelton. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and with his parents came to Ohio when a small child. the family locating in Logan county at an early day. He remained a resident of the city of Bellefontaine, or in its vicinity. until his death, which occurred February 25. 1902. when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. In early life he learned and followed the car- penter's trade, and subsequently he car- ried on business as a carriagemaker. be- ing known in that capacity throughout this section of Logan county. In his bus- iness undertakings he prospered. for he was industrious and capable, and his busi- ness integrity was above question. In fact, his entire life was worthy of commen- dation and of emulation, for he lived in consistent harmony with his principles as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a Republican. but he never cared for or sought public office. His wife, a native of Virginia. came to Ohio during her early girlhood. and died August 3. 1901, at the age of eighty-six years, in the faith of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, of which she was also a loyal member. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, five of whom are still living. namely: James W .. of this review: Margaret F., who is the widow of Captain E. L. Baird. and resides at the old home place in Belle- fontaine: Robert A., who is engaged in merchandising in Greenville. Ohio: Lida J .. the widow of Captain Frank A. Mc- Ginnis, and a resident of Bellefontaine, her

James W. Shuffelton, one of the highly respected citizens of Logan county, now residing in Bellefontaine, where he is liv- home being on Auburn street ; and Lucius

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W., who is conducting a novelty repair shop and resides on East Columbus street in Bellefontaine. One son. Charles, died at the age of three years.

James W. Shuffelton pursued his edu- cation in the public schools of Bellefon- taine, and afterward entered his father's carriage shop, where he was employed un- til the breaking out of the Civil war. when he felt that his first duty was to his coun- try, and enlisted in Company H. Fifty- fourth Ohio Infantry. With that com- mand he then went to the front. and at the battle of Shiloh he was wounded, on the 6th of April. 1862. Because of the injuries he sustained he was discharged on the 12th of July following. but on the 27th of September. 1863. he re-enlisted, having in the meantime recovered from his injuries, and was commissioned a sec- ond lieutenant of the Twenty-seventh Reg- iment of United States colored troops. He served in the Union cause until the close of the war, and was promoted from time to time, so that when he left the ser- vice he held the rank of first lieutenant of Company E. Twenty-seventh Regi- ment. He participated in the battles of Petersburg. Fort Fisher, and a number of skirmishes, and was always fourd at his post of duty, whether it called him to the lonely picket line or into the very thickest of the battle, and to-day he maintains pleasant relations with his old army com- rades through his membership in Eugene Reynolds Post No. 441. G. A. R., of Belle- fontaine. of which he has been quarter- master.

When the war was over, and the coun- try no longer needed his aid. Mr. Shuffel- ton returned to his native city, and here engaged in the grocery business with his

brother-in-law. Captain Baird. the asso- ciation being maintained for six years, when he sold out to his partner and re- moved to Greenville. Ohio, where he con- chucted a hardware store for three years. He next lived in Muncie. Indiana, where he was engaged in the grocery trade for four or five years, and upon the expiration of that period he returned to Bellefontaine. where he has since lived in honorable re- tirement from labor.

The Captain was married in 1864 in Sidney, Ohio, to Miss Caroline M. Coy. a daughter of Isaac and Sarah ( Watt) Coy. Her father was a carpenter by trade, and died several years ago at the advanced age of eighty-four years. A native of Pennsylvania, he had been brought to Ohio when about five years of age, and in early life he learned the trade of a millwright and of a carpenter. He was one of the argonauts who sought the golden fleece in California in 1849. and for five years he remained upon the Pacific slope, but the greater part of his life was passed in Sid- ney, Ohio. His wife died at the age of sixty-two years, and three of her four children are yet living, namely: Mary E .. the wife of John A. McCune. of Sidney. Ohio: Mrs. Shuffelton, and Edward T .. who is manager of the Union telegraph office in Muncie, Indiana. The third child William, died at Camp King. Kentucky. while serving in the Union army in the fall of 1861. He was a member of Com- pany F. Twentieth Ohio Regiment.

The marriage of the Captain and his wife has been blessed with four children : Nettie. the wife of E. Roy Thompson. an engineer of the Big Four Railroad Com- pany, living in Bellefontaine, by whom she lias one son, Edward William ; Owen W.,

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an electrician in the telephone business, residing in Chicago, who married Georgia Brady, of that city: Frank A., a physician of St. Mary's, Ohio, who is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago; and Segner, who died at the age of four and one-half months. The Captain and his wife have a pleasast home at 316 Detroit street in Bellefontaine, noted for its hospitality and its good cheer. Both are well known in this city and have a large circle of friends who esteem them for their sterling traits of character.

JOHN W. HEADINGS.

The subject of this review is one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of Union township, where he owns and oper- ates a well improved and valuable farm of one hundred and three acres, located between seven and eight miles from Belle- fontaine. He was born on an adjoining farm. January 7. 1860. his parents being Samuel and Nancy (Hartzler) Headings. His father was a native of Pennsylvania. born in Mifflin county. June 6, 1826. and was a son of Philip and (Glick) Headings. In early life Samuel Headings learned the miller's trade with his father and on com- was a son of Philip Headings. In early life Samuel Headings learned the milliner's trade with his father and on coming to Ohio in 1856. he located at what is now Kingston. Champaign county, where he worked in a mill until the spring of 1858. In the meantime his father had also removed to Ohio and together they rented a mill in Bellefontaine with the intention of operating the same but as they were

unable to obtain a suitable residence. they gave up the milling business and removed to the farm on which our subject was born, it having been purchased by Samuel Headings that spring. He was a single man on coming to this state, but on the 12th of February, 1857. in Union town- ship. Logan county, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Nancy Hartzler. After lo- cating on the farm he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and prospering in his new field of labor he at length be- came the owner of two hundred acres of land. Politically he affiliated with the - Republican party. He was reared in the Amish Mennonite church, to the faith of which he always adhered. and was chosen a minister by the congregation which met in Liberty township. being ordained July 7. 1867. After a long and useful life he passed away on the 5th of April, 1902. and was laid to rest in Alexander cemetery. Union township, where the remains of his first wife were also interred. He was twice married and by the first union had six children but our subject is now the only one living and was the second in or- der of birth. The others were Sarah, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-two years : Amos H., who married Susie Peter- sheim and died in Union township. August 26, 1900: Jacob. who died at the age of eight years ; Samuel, who died at the age of seventeen; and one who died in in- fancy.

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The historical review of Logan County, Ohio, Part 64

Author: Kennedy, Robert Patterson, 1840-1918 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1586

Author: Kennedy, Robert Patterson, 1840-1918
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1586