Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 110

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994

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It is a matter of record that the Base- hores of Lancaster and Berks counties fought for American liberty and independ- ence. A John Basehore was a member of the Revolutionary committee of Bethel township. He belonged to the Fourth Dis- trict Associated Battalion of Militia, and in 1775 was a delegate to the Revolutionary Convention at Lancaster. He was killed by the Indians near the headquarters of the Indian Chief Shekellimy, a short distance below Milton, in 1778.

Peter Basehore was Ensign in Capt. Valentine Shouffler's Company, Colonel Greenawalt, and a George Beasore was Ser- geant in Captain Thomas Koppenheffer's Lancaster County Associators, and in 1777 was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. A George Boeshor settled in Swatara, now Bethel township, Lancaster, now Berks county, at a very early date in the history of the country. On Jan. 3. 1733. he re- ceived a patent for 100 acres of land on a branch of Mill Creek : on March 8, 1734. a patent for 100 acres in Leacock township. Lancaster county, and afterward patents for

several more tracts in Swatara township, where he resided. This George Boeshor was the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Samuel Elmer Basehore, the sub- ject of this sketch. He had a son Michael, who had four sons, viz. : Johannes, Daniel, Johan Michael and Johan Jacob.

Daniel Boeshor. Michael Boeshor's sec- ond son, was born Sept. 16, 1752, in Swatara, now Bethel township, Berks county. In 1772 he married Anna Maria Wolf, who was born March 6. 1749. in Amsterdam, Holland, daughter of Paul Michael Wolf, who immigrated from Hol- land and settled in Bethel township in 1755. Daniel Boeshor owned a farm in Bethel township which he sold to Daniel Bordner, and in the spring of 1791 removed to the part of East Pennsboro that is now Hamp- den township. Cumberland county, where he purchased a farm known as the "Rye Gate Tract." the greater portion of which is included in the farm now (1905) owned by David H. Logan. Here he lived and engaged at farming during the rest of his lifetime. He was a member of the religious sect known as the German Baptists, and one of the first meetings of that denomination in Cumberland county was held at his home. Daniel Boeshor died in East Penns- boro township Dec. 13, 1822. His wife, Anna Maria Wolf, died June 19, 1817, and their remains are interred in the family burying ground on the "Rye Gate Tract." Daniel and Anna Maria (Wolf) Boeshor had four children, viz. : Michael, John, Christina and Elizabeth. Christina, the older of the two daughters, married George Rupp, and became the mother of Isaac Dan- iel Rupp, the noted historian and genealo- gist.

John Boeshor (or Baseliore) second son of Daniel and Anna Maria (Wolf)

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Boeshor. was born in Berks county. Dec. 17. 1776. He married Mary Bricker, of Allen township. Cumberland county, daughter of Peter and Mary ( Barr) Bricker. ( Peter Bricker was born in Lancaster coun- ty, son of Peter Bricker, Sr., a native of Switzerland.) After their marriage John Basehore and wife lived at "Rye Gate," and it was Mrs. Mary ( Bricker) Basehore who gave the alarm to the neighbors when Lewis the Robber. in the spring of 1820, attempted to rob their home, which is referred to at greater length in a history of Lewis the Robber. John Baschore died Jan. 28. 1856: his wife, Mary Bricker Basehore, died Oct. 1. 1853. John and Mary ( Bricker) Basehore had children as follows: John, Polly. Samuel, Peter and Elizabethi.

Samuel Basehore, second son of John and Mary ( Bricker) Basehore and grand- father to the subject of this sketch, was born on the "Rye Gate Tract," in East Penns- boro. Dec. 26. 1805, and he grew to man- hood and always lived in that locality. On Jan. 21, 1830, he married Barbara Moltz, also a native of East Pennsboro, born Oct. 6, 1810, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Olewine) Moltz. Jacob Moltz was born in Manor township, Lancaster county March 4. 1784, and settled in East Penns- boro at an early date. His father, George Moltz, came from near Wurtemberg, Ger- many, and settled in Lancaster county about 1750. Samuel Basehore died Oct. 23, 1876; his wife died July 29, 1879. To Samuel and Barbara (Moltz) Basehore eleven chil- dren were born, four of whom died in in- fancy. Those who grew to maturity were, John L., Jacob A., Catharine E., Samuel Augustus, Mary A., Susan R., and Mar- garet Ellen. John L. removed to Iowa, was a Captain in the Sixth Iowa Cavalry in the Civil war, and was killed in line of duty

Oct. 1, 1864. Jacob A. engaged at farm- ing in Cumberland county; during the Civil war he served as a private in Company B, 147th P. V. I. Catharine E. died unmar- ried, March 20. 1887. Mary A. married Joseph Hursh. Susan R. married Joseph Erb. Margaret Ellen married Simon Eberly.

Samuel Augustus Basehore, son of Sam- uel and Barbara (Moltz) Basehore, was born on the homestead in East Pennsboro, now Hampden, township, March 22, 1839. He was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools, and in the academies at Newville and White Hall. In September, 1862, he responded to the Governor's call, and did service in the Antietam campaign in the First Regiment, Pennsylvania State Militia. Like all his ancestors he engaged . at farming. which he followed until the spring of 1897, when he quit and removed to Mechanicsburg, where he has since been living, retired from the active duties of life. He was twice married. On Dec. 3, 1861, he married Ella Barbara Gleim, who bore him the following children : Frank G., An- nie B., Wilmer A., Edgar E., and John G. Ella Barbara (Gleim) Basehore died April 24, 1872. Samuel Augustus Basehore mar- ried for his second wife, Emma L. Gleim, sister to his first wife. She was born on May 25, 1849, in Monroe township, Cuni- berland county, and was the youngest daughter of John and Anna (Stambaugh) Gleim. The ancestors of both the Base- hores and the Gleims came from adjoining countries in Europe. Rev. Jolin Godfried Gleim, the great-grandfather of John Glein, came to America from Wiesbaden, Ger- many, in 1754, and settled at Germantown, I'a., where he died Oct. 20, 1757. The Gleims were people of great prominence and influence in their native country. Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, born at Ermsle-

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ben, near Halberstadt, Germany, April 2, 1719, was one of the most eminent German poets of his time, and helped to inaugurate the golden age of German literature. George Christian Gleim, son of Rev. John Godfried Gleim, was born April 7, 1736, and came to America with his father. He was an active participant on the side of the Colonies in the Revolution, and in the Battle of Ger- mantown was severely wounded in the head and face by the sabre of a British dragoon. George Christian Gleim married Elizabeth Opple, of Germantown, who died in 1772. To this marriage two children were born, the older of whom was named Frederick. George Christian Gleim afterward married Anna Maria Matthias, daughter of Benja- min Matthias, by whom, among other chil- dren, he had a son Christian. Christian was Ensign in Capt. Thomas Walker's Company in the War of 1812, and in 1821 was elected sheriff of Dauphin county. Fred- erick Gleim was born Aug. 16, 1762. He married Elizabeth Keller, who was born Oct. 24, 1773, daughter of Jacob and Bar- bara (Landes) Keller, and of Swiss ances- try. Jacob Keller's father was Jacob Keller. who was born in Rhodenflue, Canton of Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 14, 1706; and his mother, Elizabeth Inhofen, was born in Wintersinger, Canton of Basel, Feb. 2. 1708. They married in their native coun- try, and sometime between the years 1725 and 1730 came to America and settled near Ephrata, Lancaster county. They were members of the religious sect known as the Seventh Day Baptists. Jacob Keller, the elder, died March 10, 1794; his wife died May 24, 1787, and their remains are buried in the Cloister cemetery at Ephrata. Fred- erick and Elizabeth ( Keller) Gleim were the parents of Jolin Gleim, the maternal grandfather of Samuel E. Basehore, whose

name introduces this sketch. Jolin Gleim was born Oct. 6, 1803. in Lancaster county. When he was five years old his parents moved to Cumberland county, where he grew to manhood, and on May 17, 1829, married Anna Stambaugh, who was born Jan. 15, 1811, in York county. He died March 31, 1878, and his wife Anna March 27, 1892. Samuel Augustus and Emma (Gleim) Basehore had three children, viz : Samuel Elmer, Bessie Irene, and a daugh- ter who died in infancy. Bessie Irene is at present a student at The Woman's College at Frederick, Maryland.

Samuel Elmer Basehore, the only son of Samuel Augustus and Emma (Gleim ) Base- hore, and the special subject of this biographical sketch, was born on the old homestead in Hampden township. Oct. 3, 1875. He attended the public schools of his native township until he was ten years of age; then the public schools of York for two years, after which he attended the pub- lic schools of Mechanicsburg. graduating from the High School of that town June I. 1893. On leaving the public schools, he entered Franklin and Marshall Academy, at Lancaster, and in September, 1894, Franklin and Marshall College, from which institution he was graduated on June 9, 1898, with the degree of A. B. Having completed his college course, he now en- tered upon a three-years' course in the Dick- inson School of Law, at Carlisle, and grad- uated from that institution in June. 1901, with the degree of LL. B. While in the Law School he was business manager of The Forum. the legal magazine published by the school, and a member of the Dickin- son Chapter of the Delta Chi Fraternity. On the completion of his studies at the law school the degree of A. M., in course. was conferred upon him by both Dickinson and

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Franklin and Marshall Colleges. He was admitted to the Cumberland county Bar June 5. 1901, and to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania June 2. 1902. Immediately upon his admission to the Bar he began the practice of his pro- fession at Mechanicsburg, where he has con- tinned ever since. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association ; of the Penn- sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. and of the Cumberland County Historical Association. Fraternally he is a thirty-sec- ond-degree Mason, being secretary of Eureka Lodge, No. 302, F. & A. M., Me- chanicsburg; M. E. H. P. in Samuel C. Perkins Chapter, No. 209, R. A. M., Me- chanicsburg : and a member of the Harris- burg Council, No. 7, R. and S. M .: Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar. Harrisburg: a member of the Harrisburg Consistory. S. P. R. S. ; and a charter mem- ber of Zembo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .. Harrisburg. He has held the position of secretary of the borough of Mechanicsburg for several years. He is a member of the Reformed Church, is unmarried. and re- sides with his parents.

HUGH SILAS STUART, EsQ. On June 23. 1758, there was born in County Antrim, Ireland, a Hugh Stuart, who in 1784 came to America and settled in Cum- berland county. He married Ruth Patter- son and for many years lived at the head of the Letort Spring, on a farm known as the Patterson tract, in what is now South Middleton township. Ruth Patterson was born in Scotland in 1783. To Hugh and Ruth ( Patterson) Stuart were born five sons, viz. : Hugh, William, John, James and Joseph. Hugh and William died early in life, and in 1821 the father and two other . sons, James and Joseph, removed to Bucy-

rus, Ohio, and were some of the first set- tlers of that section. Hugh Stuart, Sr., died at Bucyrus in 1854, at the age of nine- ty-six years. The sons James and Joseph are also dead, the latter having died at a comparatively recent date and at a great age.

Jolin Stuart, the third son of Hugh and Ruth ( Patterson ) Stuart, was born on Oct. 26, 1794, at the head of Letort Spring in Middleton (now South Middleton) town- ship. On Jan. 4, 1816, he married Barbara Steen, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cairnes) Steen, who also were natives of county Antrim, Ireland. His brother James married Elizabeth Steen and his brother Joseph married Jane Steen. Eliza- beth and Jane Steen were sisters to Bar- bara Steen, so three Stuart brothers mar- ried three Steen sisters. To John and Bar- bara (Steen) Stuart ten children were born, eight of whom lived to maturity. Of these eight, five were sons, viz .; Hugh, John, Jo- seph A., James T. and William Patterson; and three were daughters, viz. : Amelia, who married Thompson Weakley ; Elizabeth, who married William Wherry, and Martha A., who married George P. Searight.

After his marriage John Stuart, the father, lived in Carlisle, and engaged at mill- ing until 1827, when he moved to his farm in South Middleton, where he resided dur- ing the rest of his lifetime. In politics le was a Democrat and took great interest in public affairs, local, State and national, and in 1835 was appointed associate judge, which office, by appointment and afterward by election, he held continuously until 1857. Afterward his oldest son, Hugh Stuart, was associate judge by election on the same Bench from 1861 to 1871. Jolin Stuart was a progressive, active and enterprising citizen, well and favorably known through- out the county, and was frequently men-

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tioned for office higher than that which he so long held.

Joseph A. Stuart, the third son of John and Barbara (Steen) Stuart, was born July 9, 1826, in Carlisle. He grew to man- hood on his father's farm in South Middle- ton township and received his education in the public schools of his vicinity and at Burns' Academy in West Pennsboro town- ship. He followed the avocation of farm- ing in South Middleton, at which he is still engaged, notwithstanding his weight of years. Along with his farming he has done much at settling up estates and acting as trustee and guardian of estates and is de- servedly rated high as a business man. On May 28, 1850, he was married to Mary Ann McCune, at the hands of Rev. James Harper, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Shippensburg. Mary Ann McCune was a daughter of Thomas and ---- (Fulton) McCune, of near Shippensburg. Her Scotch-Irish grandparents settled in that part of Cumberland county at an early date and the farm they first owned is still in possession of their lineal descendants. Mrs. Stuart died on May 24, 1902, and her re- mains are buried in the old graveyard at Carlisle.

To Joseph A. and Mary Ann (McCune) Stuart two sons were born : John Thomas and Hugh Silas. There was also a daugh- ter who died when four years old. Each of the sons was born on the farm in South Middleton, the former on May 23, 1851, and the latter on Dec. 25. 1855. Until sev- enteen years of age John T. Stuart at- tended the public schools of his native dis- trict and during vacations worked on the farm. He then left home and prepared for college, first for a short time at the Susque- hanna Collegiate Institute under Prof. S. F. Colt, and later in the West Nottingham

Academy, in Cecil county, Md., under Prof. S. A. Galey. In 1870 he entered Princeton College from which he graduated in 1874 with honors. On returning from college ne registered as a student-at-law with John Hays, Esq., of Carlisle, and after two years' study was admitted to the Bar of Cumberland county. He then began the practice of his profession in Carlisle and has continued in active practice ever since, having had numerous cases in the supreme court. In politics he is a Democrat and in 1883 he was his party's nominee for district attorney, was elected and for three years very ably and successfully performed the duties of that office. After the admission of his brother to the Bar the two were as- sociated with each other in the practice of the law.

Hugh Silas Stuart, the younger son of Joseph A. and Mary Ann (McCune) Stuart, spent his childhood and youth upon his father's farm, and in attending the district school near his home. Being naturally of a bright mind he from the very first stood well in all his classes. On completing the course of the common school he went to West Nottingham Academy, Eastern Shore, Md., where under Prof. Bechtel he pre- pared for college. He completed his academic course in one year and then en- tered Princeton College, from which he graduated in 1877 in the regular classical course, standing eighth in a class of one hundred students. Besides this honor of high rank in class he also took the Linde honor in debate, a prize of one hundred and twenty dollars. After graduating from col- lege he visited Europe and there rounded out his education with a two years' course in general literature and travel, spending much of that time in the study of Roman law and jurisprudence under Prof. Muir-

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head at the University of Edinburgh, and in the German university at Leipsic. He re- turned from Europe in 1879 and immed- iately began preparing for the Bar with his brother John T. Stuart as his preceptor. He was admitted to practice in the courts of Cumberland county in 1881, and in due time also to practice in the Supreme court of Pennsylvania. He rapidly rose to promi- nence in the ranks of his profession, his name and reputation grew and spread and he was soon in the enjoyment of a large practice. The thorough and systematic training he had received specially qualified him to teach the principles of his learned profession and on the establishment of the Dickinson Law School he was selected as one of its lecturers and proved himself an efficient and popular instructor.

On June 17, 1890, he was married to Miss Mary Leaming Baird, of Reading, and to them the following children were born: Joseph A., William Baird, Harriet Holmes and Christine Biddle.

Hugh Silas Stuart, Esq., took sick with pneumonia in June, 1899, and died on Sat- urday. the 17th of that month. The follow. ing Monday evening his remains were laid to rest in the family plot in Ashland ceme- tery at Carlisle. At a meeting of the Cum- berland County Bar, held on Monday morn- ing, June 19th, and presided over by Judge E. W. Biddle, many of his professional brethren spoke feelingly of his generous qualities and paid high tribute to his mem- ory. Formal resolutions, expressive of the sense of the Bar, were passed, from which the following paragraphs are taken :

"His death was a shock to his brother lawyers, to the community and above all to his stricken family and friends. Learned and scholarly, with an acute analytical mind, he quickly grasped legal principles and ap-

plied them to acts. He was honest in his reasoning and firmly held to his conclu- sions. Working no evil, he was without guilt in dealing with those around him. His warm heart and quiet bearing endeared him to all who knew him and his truthful- ness commanded their confidence. True to his clients, considerate to his opponents and respectful to the Court, his example in the conduct of professional work helped to maintain the high standing of the Bar. In the community he was a public spirited citi- zen. To his friends he was loyal, and to his family he was loving and lovable."

THE OGILBY FAMILY. The Ogil- bys of Pennsylvania are of Quaker an- cestry and of English nationality. On com- ing to America they located near Phila- delphia and lived there through several gen- erations. In that part of the State, on Feb. 3. 1775, a Joseph Ogilby married a Susannah Martin, and they as parents furnish a starting point for this biography. This Joseph Ogilby was a member of the Carpenter's Hall Association of Philadel- phia, and his name is found among the list of members that hangs in the main room of this very historic building. He was elected as a member of said association in 1773 and remained in same until his death.

Joseph and Susannah ( Martin) Ogilby had issue as follows: Justinian, born Dec. 10, 1776; John, born Dec. 16, 1778; Joseph, born Nov. 28, 1780; Joshua, born July 27, 1782, and Rebecca, born July 18, 1785. This Ogilby progenitor died on July 12, 1809, presumably near Philadelphia. His wife, Susannah ( Martin) Ogilby, died at the home of her son, Joseph Ogilby, at Lan- caster, Pa., on Sept. 27, 1823, aged nearly eighty-six years.

Joseph Ogilby, the third son of Joseph

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and Susannah (Martin) Ogilby, was born on Nov. 28, 1780, at Winchester, Va. The fact of his having been born at Winchester was due to the following circumstances : His father and mother were sojourning in that vicinity for the benefit of the latter's health and while doing so Joseph Ogilby became interested in some important im- provements-according to a certain tradi- tion he was architect of the first Winches- ter court house-which required his re- maining there for a time. It was while his parents were residing there temporarily that the second Joseph Ogilby was born. Soon afterward the family returned to Philadel- phia, or rather its suburbs, where the senior Ogilby had a country place. On March 13. 1804, the second Joseph Ogilby married Margaret Comly, a member of a promi- nent Quaker family. She was a daughter of Joseph and Catharine (Willet ) Comly. and was born near Philadelphia, Ang. 15, 1780, and died in that city Dec. 4. 1857. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ed- wards. After his marriage Joseph Ogilby settled at Lancaster, where he became promi- nent in business affairs and for more than thirty years was cashier of a branch of the United States Bank located in that city, at the corner of Prince and Orange streets. During the war of 1812 the treasure of the United States was secreted in the vaults of this bank, being hauled there in wagons from Washington, D. C. The second Jo- seph Ogilby died on Feb. 17, 1840, and is buried at Lancaster.

Joseph and Margaret (Comly) Ogilby had issue as follows : Willet, Charles, Susan, Joshua, Joseph, Mary, Samuel and Edward Franklin. Besides these there were four sons who died in infancy.

CHARLES OGILBY was the second child of Joseph and Margaret Comly, his wife.

He was born at Lancaster on June 16. 1806, and attended the public schools of Lancas- ter until he reached his sixteenth year. tak- ing the entire prescribed course and study- ing Latin and other higher branches besides. In 1822 he came to Carlisle, where he se- cured a clerkship with Thomas C. Lane, who kept a store where the Farmers' Trust Company is now located. He continued in the employ of Mr. Lane for about ten years, when he and a man named George Cart, under the firm name of Ogilby & Cart, em- barked in the mercantile business in Carlisle for themselves. In a short time the busi- ness became vested in Mr. Ogilby alone and under his careful management rapidly grew to large proportions. His place of business originally was upon the site of the present Henderson block, on East Main street, and old citizens, to whom it was a familiar sight in youth, recall that in size and variety it was somewhat like the modern department store. He for many years was one of the largest merchants in this part of the State, owning and conducting a number of branch stores in Cumberland and adjoining coun- ties. Besides being extensively engaged in merchandising he owned real estate. also stock in various enterprises and at one time was president of the Carlisle Deposit Bank. After being in business a long time on East Main street he removed to the corner of West Main and Pitt streets, where he con- tinued until 1875. when the growing in- firmities of age compelled him to retire. He was a man of excellent business qualities, genial, polite, active and enterprising. In 1863 he had a long and severe spell of sick- ness which so lamed him that he always afterward had to use crutches. He was a Republican, but was not particularly active in politics. He, however, never evaded the duties and responsibilities of citizenship and

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served one term as chief burgess of Carlisle. He was a member of the I. O. O. F.

On March 14. 1833. Charles Ogilby was married to Rebecca Miller, of Carlisle, by the Rev. George Duffield, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Rebecca Miller was a daughter of William and Mary (Mitchell) Miller, who were from York county, but at the time of her birth lived in Carlisle. She was born Aug. 10, 1809. and had the following sisters : Mary, Elizabeth, Emily, Sarah, Ellen and Ann. Mary mar- ried Alexander C. Gregg and died at Mon- mouth, Ill. Elizabeth, Emily. Sarah, Ellen and Ann died unmarried at Carlisle. There was also one brother, named William, who removed to Baltimore, where he died in 1859. In church work Charles Ogilby al- ways took a deep interest. He united with the First Presbyterian Church soon after locating at Carlisle and remained an active inember of that church down to his death. On May 11, 1845, he was elected an elder and held that honored place for nearly all the rest of his lifetime. His wife united with the same church as early as 1827 and was also a member throughout her lifetime. The couple celebrated their golden wedding in 1883. Charles Ogilby died on April 1, 1885; his wife, Rebecca ( Miller) Ogilby, died on Feb. 26, 1886, and their remains are buried in the Old Grave Yard at Carlisle.

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Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Part 110

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 994

Author: Genealogical Publishing Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Genealogical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994