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JAMES A.
CALDWELL was born in Carthage Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Mar. 9,
1820. His education was received in the district schools. He has
always been a farmer, and now owns 300 acres of fine, well-improved land.
He held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk, School Trustee
and Township Assessor in Carthage Township in the spring of 1862. He
was married Dec. 29, 1843, to Harriet Branch, of Meigs County.
They have one child - Margaret Ann. She was married in 1860 to
E. D. Erwin, who died in 1880, leaving two sons - James and
E. C. Mrs. Caldwell and her daughter are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Caldwell is a member of Guysville
Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Erwin was also a member of
that order. Mr. Caldwell's father Alexander Caldwell,
was born in Ireland in 1797, and came to America in 1808. He was
married in 1824. to Margaret Fesler, of North Carolina. They
had five children - James, Polly, Fesler, Belinda and Margaret.
Polly and Belinda are deceased. Fesler and Margaret
are living in Macon County, Mo. Mr. Caldwell died in 1875.
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EBER GREEN CARPENTER, M. D.,
is a native of New Hampshire, the son of Dr. Ebr and Judith Green
Carpenter. He was born in Alstead, Cheshire County, August, 1808,
and was reared and educated in his native town. His father and brother
being physicians, he studied medicine under them and graduated as M. D. from
the Berkshire Medical College, and adjunct of Williams College, in 1831.
He then practiced at Lempster, N. H., until 1833 when he came to Ohio and
located at Chester, the county seat of Meigs County. On account of
impaired health during 1836 he made a visit to his native State and on
returning to Ohio, permanently located at Athens, where he practiced
continuously until March, 1879, when he had the misfortune to fracture the
neck of his thigh bone, the result of a fall, which not uniting rendered him
a cripple. Not being able to endure the fatigue of practicing, he was
obliged to abandon it. October, 1833, he married Miss Mary
Kellogg Stanley, a daughter of the late Timothy Stanley,
of Marietta, Ohio. They have had five children—Mary P., wife of
B. De Steiger, of Athens; George H., deceased, a physician who
was accidently killed in Missouri in 1861; Helen M., wife of J. L.
Hatfield, recently a Professor in the Ohio University at Athens, but now
of Missouri; Emma, unmarried; and Julia, wife of Dr. K. W.
Erwin, of Bay City, Mich. Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter are
members of the First Presbyterian Church of Athens. He was made a
Master Mason at Alstead, H. H., in 1832.
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F. J.
CARPENTER, farmer, was born in Athens Township, Athens Co., Ohio,
Dec. 10, 1844, on the farm recently bought and called the Children’s Home.
He lived there until the spring of 1856, when he came to Rome Township,
where he has since resided, engaged in farming. His father died in
September, 1848; his mother, Mary Wyatt (Johnson) Carpenter, was born
in Rome Township, Athens County, and is still living. She has been the
mother of six children three now living— Parker, born in 1831;
Louisa, now Mrs. John Bailey, born in 1842, living in Bates
County, Mo., and the subject of this sketch. Our subject was married
Jan. 11, 1866, to Augusta Rowell, a native of Rome Township, born in
1842. They had two children—Mattie, born Oct. 1, 1866, and
Maie, born July 28, 1868. Mrs. Carpenter died Sept. 18,
1875, and Oct. 10, 1877, Mr. Carpenter married Dell Schraden. She was
born in Rome Township, Athens County, March 16, 1855. They have one
child—Bertie, born Sept. 18, 1879. Mr. Carpenter
has a farm of 200 acres, located in Rome Township. he is a member of the
order of Freemasons, Coolville Lodge, No. 337. In August, 1862, he
enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
serving ten months, when he was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, and
returning home re-enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth
Volunteer Infantry; served eleven months, and was mustered out at Columbus,
Ohio. He participated in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and various
skirmishes. John Johnson, the grandfather of Mr.
Carpenter, was born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1779, and died in 1865.
His wife, Sallie (Wyatt) Johnson, was born in Beverly, Mass., Dec.
28, 1777, and died Dec. 30, 1859. They were the parents of seven
children, Mr. Carpenter’s mother being the second child, born in Rome
Township, Athens County, July 10, 1809. Apr. 11, 1829, she married
Frederick Carpenter. He was born in Hartford County, Conn., in
April, 1802, and died Oct. 11, 1818. Mrs. Carpenter and her
husband were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. When Mrs.
Carpenter’s father settled in this county services were held only once
in four weeks, it being in the early days of the church.
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HARVEY CARPENTER, farmer
and stock-raiser, Canaan Twnship, was born in Windham County, Conn., Aug.
11, 1802, and is the son of Parker and Mary Carpenter, who were
prominently identified among the early settlers of Athens County, coming
here in the year 1817, and locating in Canaan Township. Our subject,
at the time of coming here, was fourteen years of age, and has been able to
note the rapid development of the country about his adopted home. He
remained with his parents until he reached his majority, receiving his
education in the common schools. At this time he purchased a farm near
that of his father's, and began life for himself. He was married about
1820 to Abbie Arnold, a daughter of Thomas Arnold, who was
also a pioneer. By this union were five children, two of whom still
survive - Oliver and Mary; John, Adeline and Ann Eliza are
deceased. Mr. Carpenter was bereft of his wife Dec. 18 1880.
He has followed assiduously his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, and by
his industry has been able to accumulate a property sufficient to surround
himself during his remaining days with all the comforts of life.
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OLIVER CARPENTER, the
oldest son of Harvey and Abbie (Arnold) Carpenter, was born in Canaan
Township, Apr. 20, 1827. He was reared on his father's farm and was
educated in the common schools. He was married in 1849 to Laura
Bartlett, a daughter of William D. and Julia (Bingham) Bartlett,
of Athens. By this union are six children - Addie M., William D.
B., John H., Edward D., Percy H. and Elizabeth S. Mr. Carpenter
has been engaged in farming a greater portion of his life and has resided
with his father quite a portion of the time. In 1862 he was employed
by the United States Government as an inspector of horses being stationed at
St. Louis, and in 1863-'4 was engaged as recruiting officer for Canaan
Township; and by his efforts they avoided the draft by keeping their quota
filled.
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PARKER
CARPENTER, son of Frederick and Mary W. (Johnson) Carpenter,
was born in Horne Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Nov. 4, 1831. When he
was four years of age his parents came to Athens Township, where he was
reared and has spent the most of his life, engaged in farming. From
1863 to 1868 he combined tanning with his farm labor. In 1869 he was
elected Assessor of Athens Township, serving a year. In 1872 he was
nominated Sheriff of Athens County on the Republican ticket, but was
defeated. In 1874 he was again nominated by the same party and
elected, and in 1876 was re-elected to the same office, serving continuously
four years. From 1872 to 1874 he served as Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff
N. Warren. In 1882 he was elected Trustee of Athens Township,
still .holding that office. Oct. 12, 1853, he married Elizabeth C.
Knowles, of Alexander Township, who died June 18, 1874. Feb. 26, 1876,
he married Jane D. Cook, of Alexander Township. They have three
children—Frederick, R. F., and Hattie May. Mr. Carpenter
is a member of Sereno Lodge, No. 479, I. O. O. F., Athens.
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JAMES CARTER,
Homer Township, Morgan County, was born in Bedford County, Penn., July 25,
1812, a son of George Carter, who came to Athens County, Ohio, in
1815 and located in Ames Township, where our subject was reared and
educated, living with his parents until he grew to manhood. He was
married in 1836 to Elizabeth McDonnald. By this union there
were nine children, only three of whom are living - Melissa, George
and Elizabeth. He and his wife are members of the Church of the
Disciples. He is an ardent worker in the temperance cause.
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HOSMER CHACE
was born on his father's farm in Alexander Township, Athens County, Oct. 2,
1833. Here among the beautiful hills of his nativity he spent his
boyhood days, received his education and grew to manhood. July 1,
1862, Mr. Chace enlisted in the war for the Union and was mustered in
as Sergeant of Company I, Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and was subsequently
promoted to Lieutenant. Mr. Chace was married to Miss Nancy
Reeves, of Meigs County, Ohio, and to them six children were born -
Elsworth, Ellwood, Annie, Celia, Ella, and Mary Alice. Mr.
Chace married for his second wife Sarah Ellen Robison, Oct. 23,
1877, who was a native of Alexander Township, Athens County. Three
children were born of this union - Bertha, Ada and Ida; the
two latter were twins. Seven of the nine children survive, all living
with their father on the beautiful homestead where they were all born.
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LYMAN C. CHASE, A.
M., Principal of Atwood Institute, was born Oct. 2, 1839, at Rutland,
Meigs Co., Ohio. He was a son of Charles Chase, the latter
being a son of Abel Chase, who emigrated from Bangor, Me., in
1807; his mother, before marriage was Miss Mary Holt, daughter
of Rev. Aaron Holt, a Baptist minister, who emigrated
from Hew Haven, Conn., in 1802, each being among the first settlers in that
part of Ohio. Lyman resided at Rutland and attended the
district school at Side Hill till the spring of his fifteenth year.
Early in the spring of this year he went to Prestonsburg, Ky., to visit his
brother, Dr. O. G. Chase, who at the time was a practicing physician
in that town, and while there he engaged to teach his first school.
Mr. Chase at this time rather hesitatingly assumed the control of
the village school as he was only fifteen years old and some of the pupils,
of whom there were about sixty, were several years older than himself.
He, however, in early summer assumed the responsibilities of the school,
entering upon his work with a determination to succeed. He finished
his term and returned to Ohio in the fall. He attended the district
school at home through the winter of 1856-’7, and the following summer
taught in the same district. After this he attended school for a year
and a half at Albany University, now known as Atwood Institute, and after
several years of teaching and going to school, in February, 1860, being then
twenty years old, he entered Hillsdale College. Dependent upon his own
efforts in securing an education, he graduated with honors in 1866. In
the month of June of that year he returned to his home in Rutland, and soon
after, through the solicitations of Rev. I. Z. Haning, of
Albany, he consented to take charge of Atwood Institute. This was a
change in the plans of Mr. Chase somewhat, as he had
contemplated the taking of a Theological course. However, Jan. 3,
1869, he was set apart to the work of the Christian ministry, according to
the usages of the Free-Will Baptist denomination, and in June following he
tendered his resignation as Principal of Atwood Institute. For some
years subsequent to this he was engaged in the ministry. He held
pastorates at Conneaut, Ohio, Cromwell, Iowa, and preached several years in
Illinois. In the fall of ’81 he resumed the Principalship of Atwood
Institute, and on the 9th of March, 1882, he was married to Miss
Hattie Lawson who, for two years, had formerly been a student of
Mr. Chase’s in the Institute. This marriage took place
in the church in which Mr. Chase was ordained to the gospel
ministry about fourteen years before. At this writing Mr.
Chase is still an occupant of Atwood Institute, is pastor of a church,
but will shortly retire, for a time, from the duties of the institution, as
health demands a change.
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S. T. CLINE,
born in Athens County, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1841, is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Townsend) Cline, natives of Virginia, his father born March,
1818, and his mother Aug. 9, 1821. His parents had a family of seven
children—S. T., Ruth and Rachel (twins), George, James, Arclisse
and John E. When he was quite small his parents moved to Meigs
County, and he lived there till 1879. He then came to Albany and
bought a stock of drugs, boots and shoes, and has since added dry goods and
groceries. He married, April 14, 1862, Lydia M. Gillogly, a
native of Meigs County, born April 5, 1844. They have two children—Anna
E., born Jan. 6, 1865, and John H., born May 31, 1872.
Mr. and Mrs. Cline are members of the Methodist
church. Mr. Cline is a member of Lodge Ho. 156, A. F. &
A. M.
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MRS. SAMANTHA
CLINE, born in Lee Township, May 11,
1830, is a daughter of Nimrod and Mary (Cottrill)
Dailey. Her father was born in Virginia in 1800, and her mother
in 1803. They have five children—Emily, Haney,
Samantha, Thomas and Andrew. Mrs. Cline
was married Feb. 15, 1849, to Lemuel Cline, a native of
Virginia, born July 10, 1827. They had a family of six children—Mary
R., born Dec. 5, 1849; Sarah J., born Dec. 27, 1852; Haney E.,
born Oct. 13, 1854; William W., born Aug. 24, 1856; Nimrod
D., born March 11, 1859; Flora, born Jan. 10, 1863, and Howard,
born April 12, 1869. Mr. Cline died in 1872.
Mrs. Cline has a fine farm of 164 acres on section 19, Lee
Township. She is a member of the Methodist church.
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J. J. COE, born in
Knox County, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1829, is a son of John K. and Isabella Coe,
natives of Washington County, Pa. He was the fourth of a family of
seven children, and when five years of age his parents came to Athens
County, locating at Chauncey, where they lived five yeas and then removed to
Meigs County. When twenty years of age Mr. Coe came to
Hebbardsville and worked at the shoemaker's trade a year with J. G.
Wilson He then went to work for himself, and by his fair dealing
has gained a good custom, both in shoe and harness making. He has been
Postmaster of Hebbardsville twenty years, and has been Township Trustee
three terms. In May, 1856, he married S. W., daughter of
John Calvert, of Meigs County. They have nine children - Anna,
Lizzie, Estella, Edith, John, Mary, Maggie, Daisy and Earl. Mr.
Coe is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 156, Albany.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 557 |
JEFFERSON COLE,
merchant, P. O. Coolville, son of Nathan and Lavina
(Bryan) Cole, natives of New York and Virginia respectively. They
came to Ohio about 1800, when this State was settled principally by Indians
and wild animals, locating in Washington County, where they lived some
years. Then came to Athens County, where they died, aged eighty-six
and eighty-one respectively, Jefferson born in Ohio, Oct. 30, 1826; in early
life he followed farming. In 1848 he began a mercantile life, and in
1853 went into business for himself; he has been prosperous and has a fine
trade in dry goods, groceries, and everything pertaining to a well-stocked
store. During the war Mr. Cole was in the Quartermaster's
Department, and after the war resumed his present business. In 1855 he
married Phoebe W., daughter of Reuben Davis. By this
union there are three children two living— Eva L., born June 12, 1857
(deceased); Elmer, born Mar. 25, 1863; Minnie, born May 17,
1877. Mrs. Cole is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Cole votes the Republican ticket and has held the office
of Assessor two years. Has been Corporation Treasurer, and he is now
Township Treasurer, which office he has held several years. He is one
of the well-to-do and much respected citizens of the county.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 667 |
WILLIAM CONE, farmer, born
in Ames Township, Sept. 11, 1822, is the oldest son of Albert B. and
Sarah Cone, who were among the early settlers of Athens County.
His young days were spent on a farm, and at the age of twenty he began
learning the trade of a blacksmith, at which he worked for several years.
In 1856 he purchased the farm on which he now resides, and has since devoted
his time to farming and stock-raising. He was first married Dec. 25,
1846, to Miss Mary Ketler. They were the parents of two
children—Augustus W. and Mary E. Mrs. Cone died Jan. 17,
1854. Mr. Cone was again married Aug. 29, 1856, to
Ruth McCune. To them were born two children—Julien and
Charles. His wife died Oct. 15, 1871, and he was married Apr. 15,
1873, to Mrs. A. P. Lamb, of Marietta. They have one child—Frank
W. Mr. Cone is a self-made man and has accumulated his property by
his own exertions.
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THOMAS ANDREW COOPER,
carpenter and joiner, was born near Chestnut Flat, Walker Co., Ga., Sept.
16, 1838, the eldest of twelve children of Andrew and Nancy (White)
Cooper. He received a limited education in the common schools of
that country, and worked on the farm with his father until he was nineteen
years old. He continued farming for himself until March, 1862, when
circumstances forced him into the service of the Confederate States, and he
was assigned as a private to the Army of Virginia under Jackson, and
participated in the battles of Bristow Station, second Bull Run,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania Court-house, Monocacy, Md.,
Lynchburg, Va., and in the several engagements in the Shenandoah Valley
during the campaign of 1864. In September, 1864, he came to
Parkersburg, W. Va., and engaged to work at gardening for T. T. Davidson,
near that place, until January, 1865, when he was employed by the New York
Oil Company as carpenter, in Wood County, W. Va., until March of the same
year. He then came to Marietta, O., and entered the employ of the
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Company as bridge carpenter under S. M.
Wright, foreman. In February, 1868, he entered the employ of
Gould & Smith, contractors, on the Columbus & Hocking Valley
Railroad, as bridge carpenter, and worked for them until November, 1868.
He then formed a partnership with T. T. Davidson, near Parkersburg,
W. Va., for the purpose of market gardening, the firm name being Davidson
& Cooper. In September of same year they dissolved partnership,
and Mr. Cooper came to Athens, O., and again entered the
employ of Gould & Smith and worked for them until the Hocking
Valley Road was completed. In July, 1870, he was employed by Gould &
Wright as bridge carpenter in the construction of the Hope Furnace
branch of the M. & C. R. R.; and also the Straitsville branch of the
Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad. In November, 1870, he was employed
by the Salina Salt and Coal Company, until July, 1871; then by the Columbus
& Hocking Valley Railroad Company until May, 1872; then by Joseph Herrold
until January, 1873; then by S. M. Wright at Hamley Run Coal Works
till January, 1874; then by G. T. Gould at Salina until January,
1877; and by the Hocking Valley Coal and Salt Company at Chauncey, Ohio,
until January, 1878. During the years of 1878, 1879 and 1880 he was
variously engaged at the trade in Athens, and in the spring was employed by
the C. & H. V. Railroad Company at Columbus, where he worked until April,
1882. He was then employed by William Gladfelter, of
Springfield, O., contractor and builder, and worked for him until Oct. 9,
1882, when he returned to Athens. Aug. 9, 1857, he was married to
Miss Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Sexton and Martha Ann (Williams)
Humphres. They have five living children—Annie; Lizzie,
wife of W. H. McGill, Columbus, O.; Carrie May, Alfred Mintun and
Leola Rosalie. Mr. Cooper is a Master Mason and member of
Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25. He has filled the office of Senior Deacon two
years, 1880 and 1881.
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DANIEL COOTS, (originally
spelled Kutz) was born in Somerset County, Pa., Mar. 29, 1827, and is
a son of David Coots, deceased, a native of Bedford County,
Pa., who brought his family to Athens County in 1837. They witnessed the
building of the Hocking Canal, and saw some of the Irish rows among the
hands employed on that work. Mr. Coots was reared on the
farm, and for eighteen years was one of the most extensive farmers of the
county. For the past four years he has had the mail route between
Chauncey and Salina. He was married Feb. 14, 1855, to Frances R.
Nye, daughter of Thedorus Nye, deceased. She was
born in Chester, Meigs Co., Ohio. They have had eight children, four
living — Ella M., Mary M., Frank T. and Emma B. The
family are all members of the Methodist church.
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MRS. ESTHER COPELAND,
daughter of James and Jane Milligan, was married Mar. 19, 1828, to
William Copeland, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born June 25,
1798. He died Aug. 15, 1875. They had a family of eleven children, seven now
living— Josiah, Samuel, Thomas, Clark, Aikin,
David and Carr. Six sons were in the late war, and three
were in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Their eldest son, Robert C.,
was killed by being caught in the machinery of a saw-mill at Taylor’s
Station. David S. was married Mar. 29, 1877, to Emma
Biggins, a native of Washington County, born in 1856. They have
two children — Ervilla, born Dec. 21, 1877, and Fred, born
Apr. 22, 1879. Mrs. Copeland’s father was a native of
New York. he was a soldier in the war of 1812, under General
Harrison. He died in 1815. Her mother was a native of
Ireland. She died in Ohio in 1862.
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JOHN COPELAND, farmer and
stock-raiser, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 28, 1839. He came
with his parents to Athens County when a year old, and settled on a farm
where he has lived ever since. His father, John Copeland,
was born in Pennsylvania, July 2, 1795, and died in Athens County, Ohio,
Dec. 20, 1855. His mother, Jane (Dick) Copeland, was born in
Pennsylvania, May 5, 1800, and died in Athens County, Nov. 29, 1881.
They have had nine children—William, Ellen, Jane, Jonathan, Susannah,
Samuel, Mary, John and Ann. John, the subject of this
sketch, is next to the youngest child. He was married Apr. 26, 1864,
to Sarah Jane Marquis. She was born in Noble County, Ohio, in
1848. They have five children— David A., Eliza A., Clara V.,
William A. and Addie J. Mr. Copeland owns 180 acres of good
land in Rome Township. He is a member of the New School Presbyterian
church. He enlisted in Company H, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, Oct. 7,
1861, and served three years; was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 27,
1863. He was in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., and a great many
skirmishes.
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