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Ashland County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

Source:
HISTORY
of the
ASHLAND COUNTY
PIONEER
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
From Its Organization Sept. 10, 1875, to the
Close of the Eleventh Annual Meeting
Aug. 27, 1885, Embracing a Period of Ten Years.
by Dr. S. Riddle
Ashland, Ohio,
The Brethren Publishing House
1888


NECROLOGY REPORT OF 1883
by S. Riddle, Historian

     Names of the pioneers of Ashland County who have died since our last annual meeting Aug. 18, 1881, also a few others who haD not been reported.

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP -
     Mrs. Sarah Keffer nee Dyer was born in the village of Munheim, Pa., Feb. 26, 1810, died in Petersburg, Feb. 19, 1883, aged 72 years, 11 months and 23 days.

GREEN TOWNSHIP -

     Henry O'Harra, (Vice President), born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Apr. 6, 1820, came to Perrysville when 16 years of age, died Sept. 28, 1882, aged 62 years, 5 months and 8 days.
     Mrs. Nancy (McElvaine) Humphreys was born in Fayette county, Pa., Nov. 6, 1821, came to this county in 1826 at the age of 5 years, died May 16, 1883, aged 62 years. 
     Armstrong C. Bryans, born at Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa., Jan. 1, 1815, came to Jackson township Ashland county, in Nov. 1846, died at Perrysville, Feb. 1, 1883, aged 68 years and 29 days. 
     Mrs. Phoebe Euller, born in Calestown, New Jersey, was married to Adam Euller Oct. 10, 1839, died Feb. 2, 1883, aged 61 years, 3 months and 20 days.
     Joseph JOnes was born May 13, 1807, came to the valley of the Black Fork in 1813, was at the unveiling of the Copus monument Sept. 15, 1882 and died May 13, 1883, aged, 76 years.

LAKE TOWNSHIP -

     John Norris was born in Huntingdon, county, Pa., Jan. 25, 1807, came to Ashland county in 1823, and died of paralysis Oct. 29, 1882, aged 75 years. 
     Hezekiah Morris was born in Muncy, Lycuning county, Pa., in 1799, came to Ohio in 1831, died of paralysis May 8, 1883, aged 84 years.

MOHECAN TOWNSHIP -
 

     Elizabeth Harpster, born in 1805 and died Apr. 11, 1883, aged 76 years, 11 months and 4 days. 
     Daniel Walker, born in Lancaster county, Pa., when a youth came to Wayne county, O., and soon after his marriage to a Miss Swigart removed to Ashland county, and died near Jeromeville Mar. 19, 1883, aged 65 years, 8 months and 2 days.
     Samuel Zimmerman, died at Lakefork Mar. 22, 1882, aged 86 years, 6 months and 29 days.

VERMILLION TOWNSHIP -

     Mrs. Margaret Schuck whose maiden name was Smith and wife of Philip Schuck was born in Buckenheim, Germany, July 15, 1810, came to America in 1837 and settled in Ashland county where she remained till the time of her death which took place May 29, 1883, aged 72 years, 10 months and 17 dayes.   Mr. Schuck died 4 years ago.
     John Boyd, born in Westmoreland county, Pa., Apr. 4, 1802, married Miss Rebecca Karns of Allegheny county, Pa., Oct. 11, 1831, removed to AShland county Jan. 1, 1832 (then Richland county) and died May 4, 1883, aged 81 years and 1 month.
     Joseph Hill born in Vermont, Sept. 25, 1802, moved to Ohio in 1811, settled on the Carey farm in Green township.  He first married Sally White second Sally Taylor third Mary Ann Naylor, fourt ___ , fifth and lastly to the widow Hatten.  He was not the father of any children.  He died in Hayesville May 1, 1883, aged 80 years and 7 months.
     Mrs. Hetta Liston, born in Pa., in 1799 and died at Hayesville in April 1883, aged 84 years.
     Mrs. Sarah McCready (Carter) was born Oct. 12, 1816, was the second child born in Montgomery township, her brother David Carter being the first, was married to John McCready when 16 years of age and lived in Vermilion township till the time of death, which took place June 22, 1883, aged 66 years, 8 months and 10 days.

PERRY TOWNSHIP -

     Elizabeth Garnes, with of Jacob Garnes, born in Berks county, Pa., Jan. 1, 1816, died May 17, 1883, aged 67 years, 3 months and 23 days. 
     Andrew Jackson, born in Mohecan township (then Wayne county) Feb. 28, 1825, died Apr. 24, 1883, aged 58 years, 1 month and 26 days.
     Mrs. Ferena Depler was born in Deggerfelden, Canton, Aragan, Switzerland, June 7, 1802, was married to John Jacob Depler Dec. 5, 1820, died at Rowsburg in the spring of 1883, aged 80 years, 3 months and 6 days.
     Thomas Devault was born in Jackson township, Dec. 16, 1828 and died Dec. 4, 1882, aged 54 years, 11 months and 12 days.  Was a resident of Perry township since a small boy.
     Solomon Stem was born in Pa., Mar. 16, 1800, came to this county in 1837 and died in Perry township Sept. 24, 1882, aged 82 years, 6 months and 8 days.

ORANGE TOWNSHIP -

     Wesley Richards was born in London county, West Virginia, Aug. 9, 1793, came to Orange township in an early day and died Sept. 12, 1882, aged 89 years, 1 month and 3 days.
     Valentine Vance, born in Lancaster county, Pa., Dec. 18, 1797, and in 1814, came with his father to Canton, Ohio, thence to Richland county near Mansfield, thence to Orange township where he died Nov. 20, 1882, aged 84 years, 11 months and 11 days. 
     Mrs. Margaret Heiffner wife of John Heiffner, and daughter of Ludwic Cline was born in Montgomery township Mar. 23, 1818, was married to John Heiffner July 7, 1835 and died in Orange township Dec. 15, 1882, aged 66 years 8 months and 22 days.
     John Richey was born in Virginia in 1801 and 1804 came with his parents to Columbiana county, Ohio, and in 1833 came to Orange township where he died Feb. 23, 1883, aged 82 years.
     Mrs. Eliza Thomas, wife of Josiah Thomas, whose maiden name was Zimmerman, was born in Union county, Pa., Dec. 25, 1809, came to Montgomery township in the spring of 1829 and died in Orange township Mar. 25, 1883, aged 73 years and 3 months.
     Mrs. Mary Donley, born in America, her parents came from Ireland in 1776.  She lived to be about 104 years old and died in Ashland on Sunday Oct. 1, 1882 and was buried at Orange.

TROY TOWNSHIP -
 

     Mrs. Nancy Deibler wsa born --- and died Feb. 5, 1883, aged 68 years and 8 months.
     Melon Bruce born Apr. 2, 1819 died May 8, 1883, aged 61 years, 1 month and 5 days.

CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP -

     Mike Bryte, born in Clear Creek Township, June 25, 1828, and died in California in June 1882, aged 53 years, 7 mo. and 5 days.
 

 

     Mrs. Barbara Huffman wife of Daniel Huffman deceased, was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Feb. 18, 1803, and died Sept. 26, 1882, aged 79 years.  She came to Ohio in the year 1835.
     Mrs. Catharine Ekey, wife of Andrew Ekey, died Mar. 25, 1883, aged 66 years.
     Erastus A. Stem born in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Sept. 30, 1817.  Moved with his parents when a small boy to Indiana and thence sixteen years after, to Ashland Co.  Married Jane Freeborn in 1814 died Nov. 20, 1882, aged 65 years.
     Jonathan Cummings, born in the Parish of Moneymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Nov. 27, 1801.  Came to Savannah, Ashland Co., O., in 1835, died Sept. 6, 1882, aged 81 years.
     6. Mattie McGrath, her maiden name was Sprott born July 15th, 1810.  When a small girl came to Ashland County with her parents.  Married first in 1836 to John Pollock, who died in !855.  Married again in 1857 to Wm. McGrath; died Jan. 5th, 1883, aged 72 years.
     7. George Coutts, born in Parish of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Mar. 30th, 1826, came to this County in 1834, died Jan. 28th, 1883, aged 58 years and 11 months.
 

MILTON TOWNSHIP -

     1. Mrs. Jane Hunter, McCrelins, was born in Ireland, Apr. 2nd, 1800, came to America at the age of 3 years, removed from Westmoreland County, Pa., to Vermillion Township, in 1836, and died in Milton township Jan. 28th, 1883, aged 83 years.
     2. Joseph Charles, born in Lancaster County, Pa., Apr. 16th, 1799, came to Ohio in 1826, and settled on the Black Fork, near where the Hershey Mill stands; died in Milton township, Mar. 18th, 1883, aged 83 years and 11 months.

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP -
 

     1. Joshua Ford was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Apr. 4th, 1805.  Married Elizabeth Hammond, Dec., 1828, came to Richland County in 1829, and to Montgomery township in 1854, died Friday, June 1st, 1883, aged 78 years, 1 month and 27 days; was one of the first members of the Ashland County Pioneer Society.
     2. Jacob Crall was born in Dauphin County, Pa., in 1811, came to Ashland in 1835, and died Saturday evening, Jan. 13th, 1883, aged 71 years and 28 days.
     3. Aaron Markley was born in Somerset County, Pa., Oct. 4th, 1801, came to Ashland, (then Uniontown) in the spring of 1815, died Oct. 4th, 1882, aged 71 yeas, to the very day.
     4. Elizabeth Martin, born at Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, Dec. 7th 1815, came to Ashland (then Uniontown,) with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sheets, in 1817, died Oct. 30th, 1882, aged 66 years, 10 months and 23 days.
     5. Jacob Frees was born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., Nov. 22nd, 1808, came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1822, to Ashland County in 1864, and died in Ashland Mar. 12, 1883, aged 74 years, 3 months and 20 days.
     6. James McCrea, born in Northampton County, Pa., came to Ashland County in May, 1849, died May 6th, 1883, aged 80 years, 9 months and 22 days.
     7. Mrs. Mary Swineford, whose maiden name was Young, was born in Washington County, Pa., June 27th, 1803, came to Orange Township in 1814, and died in Ashland, Apr. 21st, 1883, aged 79 years, 9 months and 24 days.
     8. Andrew Proudfert was born in York County, Pa., May 26th, 1809, came with his parents to Ohio in 1811.  They settled first in Fairfield County, and about the year 1817 removed to Montgomery township, then Richland County, now Ashland, where he remained until the time of his death, which was very sudden, and occurred at 10 o'clock a. m., Feb. 12th, 1883, aged 73 yeas, 8 months and 16 days.
     9. Mrs. Barbara Zigler was born in Milton township, Mar. 9th, 1818 and died in Ashland July 9th, 1883, aged 65 years and 4 months.
     10. Charles Riley, born Jan. 9th 1807.  He had made ten trips to California and back, and died very suddenly on the evening of Jan. 125, 1883, aged 76 years, lacking 7 days.
     11. Judge John Taylor was born in Bradford County, Pa., Apr. 19th, 1815, and came with his father to Richland, now Ashland County, about the year 1832, and died in Ashland on Sunday morning, Oct. 1st, 1882, aged 67 years, 5 month and 12 days.
     12. Thomas Smith was born in Washington County, Pa., Mar. 22nd, 1811; Married Miss Mary McCready, Dec. 28th, 1831; left Pennsylvania Mar. 22nd, 1832, moved in wagons and were 7 days coming; arrived at his cabin in the South part of Montgomery township, where he lived ever since, except the last three years, he has resided in town.  He died very suddenly on Saturday morning, Dec. 23, 1882, aged 71 years, 8 months and 1 day.
                                                                      S. RIDDLE.  Historian Ashland County Pioneer Society.
 

 

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