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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of the Counties of
HARRISON AND CARROLL, OHIO
Containing
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, and of Many of the Early
Settled Families.
ILLUSTRATED
Publ.
CHICAGO:
J. H. Beers & Co.
1891
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SAMUEL
WARD. About the year 1811 one Philip Ward
came with his family from Steubenville, Jefferson Co. (his native county),
Ohio, to a farm in what is now Centre Township, Carroll County, near the
town of Carrollton. This was then part of Stark County, and Carrollton
at that time was a little hamlet known as Centreville. The Ward
family were among the very early pioneers of that part of the county,
and Philip Ward passed the remainder of his life on the farm
where he had settled. He had been twice married, first time in
Jefferson County to Catherine McGuire, a native of Columbiana
County, Ohio, who bore him three children, and died in Carroll County; the
second wife. Catherine (Cassell), bore him two children.
William Ward, the second child by the
first marriage of Philip Ward, was born in Jefferson County,
Ohio, in 1801, and was but a lad when he came with his parents to what is
now Carroll County, where he grew to maturity surrounded by all the dangers
and difficulties incident to pioneer life. In 1820 he was married to
Mary Beatty, daughter of Samuel Beatty, and they
began life for themselves on a farm in Harrison Township, whence, after a
residence of about four years, they removed to Centre Township, Carroll
County, and located on a farm until 1836, in which year they moved to
Augusta Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. They
had born to them ten children - four sons and six daughters - (of whom seven
are now living): Susan, married to Nathan Clark;
John, married to Isabel Downs; Mary C., married to
John S. Clark; Keziah, married to Alfred Rice;
Samuel is the subject of this sketch; Philip; Eliza J.;
Margaret A., married to Moses Davis; William,
married to Jane McClintock, and Nancy, married to
Joseph Price.
Samuel Ward was born in a little log
cabin in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, Feb. 9, 1827, and attended,
in his boyhood, the subscription schools of his day. He was early in life
inducted into the labors of the farm, and many days he worked in the harvest
and hay field for forty or fifty cents per day, becoming an expert in the
use of the "cradle."
On Aug. 25, 1853, Mr. Ward married
Hester Watkins, a native of Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio,
daughter of James and Mary (Lozier) Watkins, early pioneers of
Augusta Township, and who were the parents of eleven children, Mrs.
Ward being the only member of the family now living. She had
two brothers in the Civil War, viz.: James, who enlisted in an
Indiana regiment, and was killed at Jackson, Miss., and John, who
also enlisted in an Indiana regiment, serving three years, when he was
honorably discharged, but soon thereafter died of lung disease contracted in
the service. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins were natives of Western
Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day, marrying in Columbiana
County. Mr. Watkins cleared the ground whereon the
village of Salem now stands, and in 1831 they moved to Augusta Township,
where they passed the remainder of their days.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ward located in
Brown Township in a small log house at the head of Whole Bark Run, their
sole capital being industry, economy and stout hearts. They soon
succeeded in making a nice home, surrounding themselves with a
well-cultivated farm. Mrs. Ward has made many a yard of
"homespun," for which she had hackled and spun the tow. Their farm
contains 110 acres of highly improved land, the products being mainly live
stock and grain; they also own some land in Augusta Township. To our
subject and wife have been born six children, viz.: Mary Jane,
married to Madison Caskey, Oct. 10, 1872, and living in
Augusta Township, Carroll County; John H. (deceased); Nancy L.,
married to John Earnst, Dec. 30, 1880, and living in
Washington Township; Elmer, married Sept. 29, 1887, to Mary
Lebeau, of Brown Township, where they live; Ida M., married to
Benjamin Snook, of Brown Township, Feb. 19, 1885, and died Aug.
29, 18S6; and one that died in infancy. Politically Mr. Ward is
a Republican, and has held various township offices; he and his wife are
members of the Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 958 |
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J. R. WIGGINS.
Among the prominent young farmers of Fox Township none are more conspicuous
than the above named gentleman, who was born in Fox Township, Carroll Co.,
Ohio, Oct. 29, 1845. The Wiggins family are of old
English stock, but the father and grandfather came from Pennsylvania.
The father of J. R. is a farmer in Carroll County, and was one of the
earliest settlers. He came west and located, when the country was new,
on the farm where J. R., the subject of this sketch, was born.
Like many boys, J. R. Wiggins worked on the farm in summer, and
attended the district school in the winter time, but, desirous to obtain a
better education, he entered Harlem College, at the age of fourteen, and
graduated in the spring of 1870. Mr. Wiggins, in connection
with his college course, taught school. After graduation he
married Miss Jennie M. Ault, whose parents lived in Jefferson County,
Ohio, and were old settlers in that part of the State. Her paternal
grandfather came from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania, where her father
was born, lived and reared his family. Mrs. Wiggins was
born Dec. 25, 1849. She also attended Harlem College, where she met
Mr. Wiggins. They are living at present on a large farm, about one
mile south of Scroggsfield, and have a family of eight chldren to make them
happy: Minnie E., born June 17, 1872; Sadie M., born
Dec. 11, 1874; Flora A., orn June 19, 1877; John M., born
Sept. 17, 1879; George W., born Nov. 24, 1881; Maggie L., born
Jan. 30, 1885; Clara A., born Apr. 27, 1887; Wayne, born Dec.
28, 1890; all at home. Mr. Wiggins has a fine stock farm of 210
acres in Fox Township, and 28 acres in Harlem Springs. His farm is
finely adapted to the raising of sheep, in which Mr. Wiggins
takes much pride. He has taken special pains to secure the best
breeds, and spares no pains in keeping them up to the standard. Mr.
Wiggins is a Democrat, and is among the best known and highly
respected citizens of Carroll County; he and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 892 |
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EDWARD WILSON,
for thirty-eight years an honored resident and successful agriculturist of
Lee Township, Carroll County, was born Mar. 1, 1819, in Fayette County,
Penn., a son of William and Elizabeth (Pegg) Wilson, former a native
of Maryland and latter of Pennsylvania. Edward Wilson,
grandfather of our subject, and a Marylander by birth, married in his native
State, and had born to him the following named children: Thomas,
William, Peter, Alexander, George, Samuel,
Mary, Malinda and Eliza. In 1825 the parents of
this family came with them to Ohio, locating in Jefferson County until the
year 1839. The grandfather then moved to Mount Vernon, same State,
where he died. William Wilson, father of our subject,
lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, from the time of his coming, in 1825, till
his removal, in 1839, to Meigs County, same State, where he died in 1884.
In politics he was a Whig and afterward a Republican. While a resident
of Pennsylvania he had married Elizabeth Pegg, who bore him children
as follows: Edward, Martha, Agnes and John.
The mother of the family dying, Mr. Wilson soon thereafter
married Jane Winn, and by her had seven children, viz.:
Dawson, Alice, Elizabeth, Mary, Emanuel,
Barbara and William.
Edward Wilson, the subject proper of this
biographical sketch, accompanied his parents to Ohio and remained in
Jefferson County till after his marriage, in 1840, with Ann Maple,
when they moved to the village of Hopedale, in Harrison County, same State,
where he carried on a tannery (having learned the trade in his youth), and
in 1841 came to Richmond. Jefferson County, then, four years later, to
Amsterdam, same county. Here for live years he was engaged in his
business, at the end of which time he removed with his family to Salem
(Jefferson County), where they remained until 1852; in April, same year, he
removed with his family to Dr. Moody's farm, in Lee
Township, Carroll County, where he worked at his trade (tanning) under the
employ of David Moody until 1861, in which year Mr.
Wilson purchased the farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he yet
resides. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Chestnut Ridge, and in politics he has always been a firm
Republican, preferring to support men and measures, however, rather than
party. Save his native energy and good business qualifications Mr.
Wilson had little to commence life on, but perseverance, industry and
economy have placed him in the ranks of the most successful men of the
county, well known and universally respected. The children born to him
and his wife are four in number, viz.: Margaret, James H., John A.
and Sarah.
William Maple, father of Mrs. Wilson, was
horn in Maryland, moved with his father to Pennsylvania, where he married
Rebecca Brown in the year 1801; in 1806 he came to Ohio, where he reared a
family of fourteen children four sons, ten daughters. He settled on a
wild tract of land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, which he
cleared with his own industrious hands. In his religious
convictions he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his
political proclivities he was a sound Democrat.
James H. Wilson, eldest son of Edward and Ann
(Maple) Wilson, was born on Nov. 25, 1847, in Springfield Township,
Jefferson Co., Ohio, and was brought when but a boy to Carroll County.
On March 12, 1865, when seventeen years and five months old, he enlisted in
Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Regiment, O. V. I., serving until
the close of the war, when lie was honorably discharged. His education
was secured at the common schools and at Harlem Springs College, at the end
of which curriculum be began, at the age of twenty to teach school, a
profession he followed twenty-one consecutive years in Carroll County.
On Aug. 24, 1871, Mr. Wilson was married to Mary A., a
daughter of Samuel Dumbleton, of Augusta, Carroll Co., Ohio,
and after this event they located on the home place in Lee Township five
years; then moved into Augusta Township, same county, where they remained
until 1887, in which year they came to their present residence in Lee
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family - Ollie A., Wilber
S., Thomas E. and Minnie L. - are members of the Presbyterian Church at
Harlem Springs, and in politics he is a Republican. He is engaged in
general farming and stock-raising, and ranks among the leading
agriculturists in his section.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 812 |
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HUGH WILSON,
is a native of Ireland, and is the son of Richard Wilson, a
gamekeeper, who died in Ireland. Mrs. Wilson, mother of
our subject, came to this country at the age of seventy -five, and lived
until she was ninety years old. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were the
parents of eleven children.
Hugh Wilson, the subject of this
biographical sketch, was born in July, 1833. He spent his early days
in Ireland, attending school there until twelve years of age, when he, with
his uncle, came to America, and in 1845 settled in Columbiana County, Ohio,
where Hugh attended the winter school, and worked on the farm for his
uncle, summers. At the age of seventeen he began work on the river,
followed it for a few years, and soon after married Miss Lewis,
who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, of which he r parents were old
settlers. Mr. Wilson soon moved to Salineville, Ohio,
where he encaged in the butchering business, and kept market for ten years;
he then bought his present farm, and carried on his meat business in Fox
Township, Carroll County, in connection with his farming interests about
thirteen years. Mrs. Wilson died in 1874, the mother of
seven children, viz.: Maryetta, Willis, Janorah,
Christena L., Pheby A., William E. and Ella M.
In 1875 Mr. Wilson married Miss Andrews, and of this
union eight children were born: Hugh G., Loydie L., Mattie
B., Ada B., Nellie V., Frank A., John M. and
Samuel L. Loydie L., Mattie B. and Samuel L.
are dead. Mr. Wilson has a stock farm of 160 acres,
which is well improved with fine buildings, etc.; his farm is well watered,
and is provided with two orchards. Starting as he did, without
anything, Mr. Wilson has succeeded in gathering a good deal of
earthly wealth, and among the prominent men of Fox Township he holds a
conspicuous place.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 898 |
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