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WILLIAM BARNES
was born in Wirt County, W. Va., June 15, 1842, a son of Nathan and Mary
(Cornell) Barnes. When he was an infant his parents came to Ohio,
and settled at Chauncey, Athens County, where he was reared and educated.
In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, for
three months, but served four months, and the following August re-enlisted
in Company A, same regiment, for three years. In January, 1862, his
regiment was consolidated with the Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, his company
retaining the same letter. In January, 1864 he re-enlisted in the same
company and regiment as a veteran to serve till the close of the war.
July 22, 1864, he was taken prisoner at Decatur, Ga., and confined at
Andersonville eight months. He was then taken to a parol camp,
at Vicksburg, and kept a month, and then, April 22, 1865, was released on
parol and taken with 2, 200 released prisoners on board the transport
steamboat Sultana, en route for Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, then a
camp of distribution. When a few mines above the city of Memphis, on
the morning of April 27, the boiler exploded, completely destroying the
vessel and killing 1,600 men. Mr. Barnes was rescued at Memphis
by clinging to a bale of hay. He and 400 or 500 of his comrades lay
three days at Memphis awaiting transportation and recovering from the
effects of the disaster. May 1, 1865, he was taken on board the mail
boat Belle Memphis and arrived at Cairo the following morning, and May 4
arrived at Camp Chase, where he was discharged May 18, the war closing.
He returned to Athens, remaining there till 1871, when he came to
Nelsonville, and a greater part of the time since then has been in the
employ of W. B. Brooks. Apr. 5, 1877, he married Mary A. Shannon,
of Nelsonville. They have one child - Mary F. Mr. Barnes
is an Odd Fellow, a member of Unity Lodge, No. 568, and of Nelsonville
Encampment, No. 121.
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York Twp. -
GEORGE HENRY BARROWS, proprietor of Barrow's
saloon and billiard hall, of Nelsonville, was born in Albany, Maine, July
14, 1833, in which place he lived with his parents, Henry and Hannah
(Beckley) Barrows, until he was eighteen years of age. His school
opportunities were very limited. On leaving home he went to Yarmouth,
Maine, where he was employed in a saw-mill nearly a year, when he went to
Abington, Mass., and drove an express wagon for L. A. Ford for the
same length of time. In 1853, he began to learn the shoemaker's trade
at Abington, at which he worked till Nov. 14, 1854, when he went to New
Bedford, Mass., and embarked on the whaling vessel, Benjamin Cummings,
on which he cruised on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans until June, 1859, a
period of nearly five years. During 1860 he worked as a section hand
on the Grand Trunk Railroad until July when he worked on the farm and in the
saw-mill of Peter C. Fickett at West Paris. In 1861 he was
employed in the same town in a chair factory until the fall of 1862, when he
enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company F, Twenty-third Regiment of
the Ohio Infantry, and at the end of nine months was discharged with his
regiment. While out, he was on duty in guarding Washington City, C. C.
After his discharge he again worked on the Grand Trunk Railroad as section
foreman until the spring of 1864, when he went to Bath, Maine, and was
employed in a saw-mill there until December, 1865. In March, 1866, he
came to Ohio and was engaged as foreman of the switch yard at Piqua for the
C. C. & I. C. R. R. Company until March, 1867, after which he was employed
in the same yard as fireman on a switch engine until the summer of 1869.
He then went to Fairfield County and was employed by Dodge, Case & Co.,
contractors on the C. & H. V. Railroad as foreman of the tract layers
until November. He was then engaged as engine dispatcher by the C.
& H. V. R. R. Company at Nelsonville, after which he was employed at
Athens in the same capacity until June, 1871, when he was placed in charge
of a switch engine at Nelsonville until September, 1872, after which he
engaged in his present business. Dec. 25, 1870, he was married to
Miss Martha A., Peter, George A., John, Charles, Alonzo and James M.
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BISCO BEAN,
born in Hardy County, Va., Jan. 7, 1819, is a son of John G. and Dyanna
Bean, who came to Athens County when Bisco was twelve years of
age, and settled in Canaan Township. He was reared a farmer and
educated in the common schools. He was married June, 17, 1840, to
Orena Catlin. They have four children - Cyrus, J. F., Louisiana
and Alonzo. In 1858 Mr. Bean came to Alexander
Township, locating near Pleasanton. Mrs. Bean died in 1870,
and Mr. Bean afterward married M. E. Cayton, daughter of
William and Malinda Cayton of Ross County. He then went to Ross
County where he lived two and a half years, then returned to Pleasanton and
remained nearly four years. In 1881 he bought his hotel and store in
Hebbardsville, and is now engaged in the general mercantile business, having
a good assortment of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc.
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E. M. BEAN, M. D.,
born in Hardy County, Va., Apr. 28, 1820, is a son of Thomas and Sarah
(Hill) Bean. He received his education at Savannah Seminary,
and commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Hill and Rice;
was with them two yeas, then went to Dr. George Bean, remaining with
him four years. He afterward attended the Physio-Medical College, at
Cincinnati, where he graduated, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1871.
In 1839 he came to Athens County, locating first in Rome Township.
After his graduation he came to Pleasanton, Alexander Township, where he has
since resided. He has a very extensive practice, frequently being
called from a distance of seventy-five miles, and having letters from and
sending medicine to patients in most of the States. A number of the
prominent physicians now located in different States received their
instruction from Dr. Bean. His library is one of the best in
the county, both in a professional and literary point of view. Dr.
Bean was married in December, 1845, to Adeline Culver, daughter
of James Culver, of Athens County. They have three children -
Emma Jane, Curnce Ann and Ida May. Dr. Bean and family
are members of the Methodist church.
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MRS. LORANA BEAN
was born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1829. June 7, 1849, she
married Robert Bean, a native of Hardy County, Va., born July 12,
1825. Five children were born to them - Samantha, born Aug. 17,
1851; Matilda Jane, July 20, 1859; Louis Franklin, Jan. 25,
1863; Rosa Alice, July 29, 1868; Ervine Hebert, born May 15,
1871. Samantha married Daniel M. Cole, Oct. 4, 1867.
Matilda J. married M. Baker, Nov. 3, 1877; she has one child -
Robert E., born Feb. 5, 1879. Mr. Bean died Oct. 26, 1876.
Mrs. Bean was 104 acres of well-improved land on section 25.
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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DAVID BEASLEY,
son of George Beasley, a pioneer of Athens County, was born Mar. 12,
1838. During his early life he resided at home, attending the farm of
his father. Nov. 12, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-third Ohio
Infantry; was wounded in the battle of Pittsburg Landing and discharged on
account of disability. Regaining his health, he re-enlisted in the
same regiment, Feb. 13, 1864. He was captured while on a foraging
expedition and remained a prisoner forty-two days. He was discharged
June 19, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio. After his return home he settled
in Bern Township; then lived in Dover Township two settled in Bern Township;
then lived in Dover Township two years, in Ames Township two years, and on a
farm in Alexander Township nine years. He then went to Hebbardsville
and engaged in merchandising and keeping a hotel two and a half years, when
he traded his property there for the place he now owns in Pleasanton.
Nov. 8, 1857, he married Nancy, daughter of Aaron Evans, of
Ames Township. They have three children - L. D., Florence and
G. E. Their eldest daughter, Rachel Malvina, died at the
age of three and a half years. Politically, Mr. Beasley is a
Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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W. P. BEEBE,
proprietor of the Beebe House, was born in Rome Township, Dec. 5,
1819. His father, Peter Beebe, was a native of Washington
County, N. Y., born Oct. 15, 1792. His mother, Melissa (Cook) Beebe,
born in Connecticut in 1801, and died March 6, 1821. His father
then married Betsy Vaughn, who died leaving four children -
Louisa, Harriet, Villa and Mary. Mr. Beebe then married
Ann Eliza Kincade. They had five children - Elmira, Melissa,
Helen, Henry and Henrietta. Mr. Beebe died May 10, 1849.
W. P. Beebe was married Aug. 9, 1853, to Louisa Davis, a
native of Rome Township, born Feb. 7, 1837. They have nine children -
Edwin, born Oct. 22, 1854; Peter, born Apr. 22, 1856; Owen,
July 20, 1858; Emerson, Dec. 14, 1860; Hanley, Mar. 27, 1863;
Fannie, Apr. 30, 1866; Augusta, Aug. 27, 1868; Bessie,
Dec. 27, 1872; Millie, Sept. 13, 1876. Mr. Beebe now
owns the farm of 175 acres once owned by his father and grandfather.
He also owns the hotel and other town property in Stewart.
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Nelsonville -
ALBERT SLATER BETHEL, merchant and farmer, Nelsonville, was born in
Guernsey County, Ohio, near Cambridge, June 19, 1846. When about nine
years of age he came with his parents, Lemuel T. and Rebecca (Slater)
Bethel, to Athens County, settling in Trimble Township, where he lived
with them until his twenty-second year, and received a common-school
education. Being reared a farmer he followed that avocation until
1874, when, selling his farm, he was employed in the store of John W.
Scott, a coal operator at Lick Run, Athens County, and was in his employ
until 1878, when he came to Nelsonville and engaged in the mercantile
business with his brother, J. C. Bethel, "under the firm name of
Bethel Brothers. In April, 1882, his brother retired from the
firm. In connection with his mercantile business he also carried on
farming to some extent. He has been twice married. His first
wife was Miss Hannah Ann Anderson, of Athens County, whom he married
Nov. 22, 1866, and who died in Trimble Township, Aug. 17, 1870, leaving him
two children—George Lemuel and William J. June 6, 1876, he
married Miss Sarah Luetta Anderson, of Ames Township, Athens County.
They have three children—Charles Sherman, Lucy May
and Webster Garfield. Mr. Bethel is a
Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, and member of
Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, Nelsonville, and the chapter and council at
Logan, and Commandery No. 15, at Athens.
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JOHN S. BLACK, was born at
Greenock, Scotland, June 5, 1826, and when quite young came to America
alone. He landed in New York and remained there two years; then went
to Canada West and lived four years; then spent a year in Pontiac, Mich.,
and from there went to Sheboygan, Wis. He learned the carriage-maker’s
trade, and worked at it a year in Wisconsin. In 1855 he came to Athens
County, and located in Albany, where he has since been engaged in
manufacturing carriages. In 1877, in company with D. A. R. McKinsley
and J. P. Wood, he started the Echo. In 1878 Mr. Wood
sold his interest, and two years later Mr. Black sold out. Mr.
McKinstry is now managing the paper. He has been a member of the
Board of Education for the past nine years. He has been Clerk of the
corporation four years, and is at present a member of the Town Council. July
14, 1858, he married Rhoda E. Bissell, a native of Meigs County, born
May 25, 1828. They have two children—Agnes S., born Dec. 17,
1859, and Elizabeth A., born Dec. 26, 1864.
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JAMES BLACKSTONE
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SAMUEL B. BLAKE,
born Mar. 2, 1817, in Alexander Township, was a son of S. L. Blake, a
native of Connecticut, who came to this township in 1816, and resided here
till his death, Mar. 15, 1859. He resided at home till his death, Mar.
15, 1859. He resided at home till twenty-six years of age, receiving
his education in the common schools. He was married Mar. 25, 1845, to
Polly C., a daughter of John Camp, and a native of
Connecticut. They have six children - William H., Henry C.,
Hattie, Mary, John and Charles. Mr. Blake has a farm of 157
acres where he has lived since 1848. He has a large two-story frame
house and good farm buildings. Politically he is a Republican.
He has held the office of Township Trustee for fifteen years. Mr.
and. Mrs. Blake are members of the Free-Will Baptist church.
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G.
W. BLAKELEY, M. D., son of Harvey and Susan Blakeley, was born
in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1851. His father was born in
Pennsylvania, June 19, 1803, and came to Ohio in 1844, and is now living on
a farm near Athens. His mother was born in New York in 1807, and died
in December, 1854. G. W. was the youngest of eleven children.
He was educated in this county, and read medicine with Dr. H. M. Lash
at Athens, graduating from Columbus Medical College in 1878. He
located in Guysville, where he now has a large practice. He was
married Sept. 15, 1880, to Ollie M. Pruden, a native of Athens
County, born Jan. 18, 1862. Dr. Blakeley is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to Savannah Lodge, No. 466, A.
F. & A. M., and has been W. M. four years.
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Waterloo Twp. -
JOHN BODEN, station agent, M. & C. R. R., Marshfield,
was born in Morgan County, Ohio, March 21, 1837. and is the son of Hugh
and Ellen (Elliot) Boden, who came to Athens County in 1840 and located
on a farm about one mile from Marshfield, where they remained until 1856.
Mr. Boden was at this time appointed station agent for the M.
& C. R. R. at this point, being the first agent after the completion of the
road. He held several offices of trust—County Commissioner, Township
Treasurer and Justice of the Peace for several years each. He was a
member of the A. F. & A. M., Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25. He and his wife
were both members of the Protestant Methodist church. Our subject was
reared on the farm and remained with his parents until he was twenty-seven
years of age. In 1864 he came to Marshfield and became engaged in the
mercantile business, in which he continued for four years meeting with fair
success, and on his father leaving he was appointed to his position as
station agent. He was married Sept. 28, 1858, to Miss
Malvina Gabriel, daughter of Elias Gabriel, one of
the early pioneers of the township. By this union there were five
children, four of whom still survive—Orland G., Elza E. (deceased),
Mary E., George and Lafayette O. As he deserves, the people have
confidence in him and have given him several offices of trust. He has
been Township Treasurer four years and Justice of the Peace eight years.
In 1881, on the opening of the Children’s Home of this county, he was
appointed one of its Trustees. His performance of these duties have
given credit to himself and honor to his constituents. He is a member
of Constitution Lodge, No. 426, A. F. & A. M.; Athens Chapter, No. 39, and
Commandery No. 15. He is at present Master of his lodge, which office
he has held for six years. Mr. Boden is unassuming in
his manners, gentlemanly and courteous in his connection with others, and is
highly respected by all. Mrs. Boden is a member of the
Protestant Methodist church.
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Athens Twp. -
JAMES CRAWFORD BOWER was born Jan. 30, 1835, near
Pittsburg, Pa., where he was reared and received a common-school education.
He was the third of seven sons of Alexander and Martha (Couch) Bower,
with whom he lived till fifteen years of age when he was apprenticed to
learn the blacksmith's trade, serving three years and seven months.
After working as a journeyman about a year, he, in March, 1855, came to
Athens County, Ohio, and established himself in a shop at Pleasanton, where
he remained till 1862, being at the same time engaged in farming. In
1862 he was commissioned a recruiting officer with the rank of First
Lieutenant, and recruited Company I, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, going into
the service with them as First Lieutenant. He served about nine months
when he resigned on account of sickness. In April, 1864, he went to
Montana; worked at his trade there till October, 1866, and then returned to
Athens County, locating in Albany, where he opened a shop. In 1877 he
moved on to a farm ] in the vicinity of Albany and carried on the farm in
connection with blacksmithing. In 1880 he came to Athens, where he is
now engaged in the dairy business. Aug. 15, 1855, he married Louisa
Cooley, of Pleasanton. They have five children—Loduska, Emma,
William, Charles, and Hattie. Mr. Bower
has been Coroner of Athens County since the fall of 1878. He is a
Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, and a member of lodge,
chapter, council and commandery at Athens. He has served as Junior
Warden of his lodge. He is also a member of Athenian Lodge, No. 497,
K. of P., and Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R.
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JOHN BRANDEBURG
was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1845, and when two years of age
removed with his parents to Washington County. Nov. 21, 1863, he
enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry; was in
the battles of Mission Ridge, Dandridge, Buzzard's Roost and Resaca.
He was wounded at Resaca, Saturday, May 14, 1864, and lay on the field until
nine o'clock Sunday morning. He was then taken to the hospital where
he remained nine months. He rejoined his regiment in February, 1865,
at Blue Springs, E. Tenn., and was then in the battles of Franklin and
Nashville. He was discharged June 5, 1865, and returned home and has
since been engaged in farming. He now owns thirty-eight acres of good
land on section 32, Rome Township. Dec. 25, 1872, Mr. Brandeburg
married Nancy Jewell, a native of Athens County, born Sept. 22, 1851.
They have four children - Elmer Ellsworth, born Apr. 24, 1874;
Effie Jane, Oct. 25, 1875; Nettie Leota, Oct. 24, 1877;
William Eugene, Dec. 25, 1882. Politically Mr. Brandeburg
is a Republican.
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HENRY B. BRAWLEY
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A. W. BROWN, born in Ames
Township, Aug. 21, 1814, was a son of William and Polly L. Brown,
natives of Massachusetts, his father born Feb. 22, 1779, and his mother
Sept. 14, 1782. His father died Feb. 18, 1859, and his mother Feb. 7,
1849. They had a family of nine children, five now lining —Elizabeth,
now Mrs. B. S. Williams; Lydia A., a resident of Woodbury, N. J.;
A. W.; Leonard, now living in Woodbury, N. J., and
Daniel T., of Fort Madison, Iowa. Mr. Brown was married
April 19, 1838, to Almira Van Vorhes, a native of Washington County,
Penn., born May 3, 1818. They had four children, only one now living—Edwin
A., born Oct. 5, 1839. He was married in 1871 to Phoebe
Brownlee, a native of Athens County, born Dec. 25, 1843. They have
three children—Harry L., born in May, 1873; Kellie, in June,
1876, and Minnie M., in October, 1879. Edwin A. enlisted June
24, 1861, and served nearly four years; was in the battles of Lewisburg
(where he was wounded), second Bull Pun and Antietam. He was
transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and was in the battles of Mission
Ridge, and Chickamauga. Edwin A. is living on the home farm
with his father. They have fifty acres of land on section 8, Lee
Township, within the corporation of Albany. Mr. Brown’s
son, William V., was born Feb. 12, 1842. He learned the
printer’s trade and was foreman in the Athens Messenger office. He
enlisted in Company D, Fourth Virginia Infantry, and died of small-pox at
Vicksburg, Miss., March 9, 1863. Another son, D. N., born March
23, 1844, enlisted in 1863, and served one year in Virginia. After his
return home he studied medicine, and graduated from the Cincinnati Medical
College in 1869. He married, Oct. 11, 1870, Laura Graham.
He died Feb. 10, 1873, leaving one child — Myra, born Feb. 7, 1872.
A daughter, Emma J., born May 20, 1847, married Dr. W. A. Adair,
Oct. 22, 1871, and died March 16, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and
their daughter-in-law are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Brown’s father, Abraham Van Vorhes,
was born in Washington County, Penn., in December, 1793, and came to Ohio in
1831. He was the first editor of the Hocking Valley Gazette, now the
Athens Messenger. He was appointed by President Taylor
Register of the first land office in Minnesota, and the last years of his
life were spent in that State. In 1840 he was elected to the Lower
House of the Ohio Legislature, and afterward was sent to the Senate four
terms. He was County Surveyor of Athens County six years and County
Treasurer one year. He was appointed Territorial Auditor by Governor
Ramsey, and in 1860 was a Commissioner to locate the capitol and university
lands appropriated by Congress. He was Postmaster at Stillwater
several years. Major Van Vorhes’s wife was Mary W.
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ABRAHAM T. BUCK
was born in New York, June 9, 1810, and came to Ohio at the age of six.
He has always made Athens County his home. He has a farm of 160 acres
of fine land on section 15, Carthage Township, Athens County. He has
held the office of School Director in Carthage Township several terms.
Mr. Buck came to Guysville in 1880, where he still resides. In
1833 he married Miss L. Davis, a native of Ohio, born in 1818.
They have had nine children - Alden, who was wounded in the battle of
Gettysburg, and died in the hospital; Rachel M., now Mrs. John
Weatherly; Alonzo, Wesley, George, James, Charles, Dow, and John A.,
who died when quite small. Mr. Buck and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
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MRS. RUTH S.
(STEWART) BYRON was born in what is now the town of Stewart, Rome
Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 14, 1842. Her father, D. B.
Stewart, born in the same township, Nov. 26, 1812, has always lived in
this county. He has carried on farming, milling, woolen manufacturing,
etc., all his life. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Sarah (Carter)
Stewart, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1820. She was
married Apr. 7, 1836, and died Oct. 16, 1874. She was the mother of
nine children, six of whom are living - Ruth, Hannah, Matilda, Juliette,
Frank C. and D. B., Jr. Her husband C. Byron
(deceased), was born in Yorkshire, England, Apr. 14, 1832, and was brought
to America in 1833. During the gold excitement he went to California,
and remained there until 1859 he returned to Stewart, and went into business
with his father, buying and selling wool and making cloth in the factory at
Stewart. Apr. 9, 1861, he enlisted as private in the Third Ohio
Infantry. On the 27th of the same month he was married. He
served his country three years and eight months. He was first
commissioned Lieutenant, and afterward, in 1863, Captain of his company.
He was selected by Colonel Streight to command 100 picked men in
making a raid upon Rome, Ga., for the purpose of destroying a Confederate
armory. While on this raid he was taken prisoner and confined in Libby
Prison one year and eight months. November, 1864, he escaped, and was
thirty-one days in reaching the Union lines. In crossing the Savannah
River, one mile wide, and full of ice, he was obliged to wade, which
permanently impaired his health. Five months after reaching home he
was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. In the spring he bought the
Stewart woolen mills, and was engaged in the manufacturing business at the
time of his death, which occurred Dec. 25, 1878. There were present at
the funeral nearly 100 members of the Freemason lodges at Guysville, Athens,
Amesville and Coolville.
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