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History of Coshocton County, Ohio :
its past and present, 1740-1881

Newark, Ohio:  A.A. Graham & Co.,  1881
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JOHN M. JACQUET; Coshocton; pastor of St. George congregation; born August 20, 1817 in France; son of Claude Jacquet; educated at Lyons, France, and ordained there in 1844; came to America in 1845, and was employed in the diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, until 1855, in which year he became pastor of St. Mary's church, at Batesville, Noble county, Ohio, where he remained till 1869; he then removed to Coshocton, and has remained here since, officiating as pastor of the St. George church, in the city, and, in addition, having charge of five small missions, viz:  One in Franklin, one in Linton, and one in Monroe township, this county; one in Dresden, and one in Muskingum township, Muskingum county.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
E. W. JAMES, Coshocton; attorney; born Feb. 11, 1837, in East Union, this county; son of Thomas James, who was American born, of English ancestry.  Young James spent his early life on a farm and going to public schools.  In 1854, he commenced a more thorough course of education, during the summers attending successively West Bedford academy, Oberlin college, Spring Mountain academy and Meadville college, Pennsylvania, and teaching in the winters.  Aug. 15, 1861, he enlisted as a private in company K, Thirty-second O. V. I.  During the first year he rose successively to second and first lieutenants.  In February, 1863, he was commissioned captain. He resigned soon after the fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Captain James was appointed judge advocate on General Legget's staff and received several honorable mentions during his military services.  In the spring of 1865, he entered, as a student, the law office of Messrs. Nicholas & Williams.  During his reading, he took the law course at Michigan university, and was graduated in March, 1867, soon after which he commenced the practice of law, forming the firm of Nicholas & James.  Captain James was married, May 16, 1871, to Miss Cornelia A. Denver, daughter of Patrick Denver, of Clinton county, Ohio.  The result of this union is one child, a daughter, Mary.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
THOMAS JAMES, Bedford township; postoffice West Bedford; born in 1812, in this county.  His father Elias James was born in 1785 in London county, Virginia, and was married in 1806, to Miss Nancy Fry, of the same county, who was born in 1785.  They came to this county in 1809.  He died in 1860, she died in 1863.   They were the parents of six children, the subject of this sketch being the third.  He was married in 1833, to Miss Sarah O. Cochran, of this county, who was born in 1815.  They are the parents of eight children, only one of whom is living.  E. W. was a member of the Thirty-second, O. V. I.  He went in as a private and rose to the rank of captain.  The names of the deceased children are James F., Melvina, Rebecca J., Rachel V., Ruth V., Nancy E., and Sarah K.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
V. O. JEFFRIES, Coshocton; carriage and wagon manufacturer, north Second street; born Nov. 22, 1841, in White Eyes township; son of William Jeffries.  Young Jeffries was raised on the farm, where he remained until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to his trade with E. McDonald, after which he worked with Conrod & Shepler, of Marysville, Union county; and four years under instructions at Columbus; also for A. D. Manners, of this city.  In the spring of 1876 he established his present shop, where he is receiving a full share of the patronage in his line of business.  Mr. J. keeps eight or ten hands employed at his shop.  Mr. Jeffries was married Dec. 21, 1880, to Miss Ada L., daughter of George Morgan, of this city.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
ROBERT D. JELLEY, Keene township; farmer; born Dec. 1, 1841, in Mill Creek township; son of Samuel and Lydia Jelley, and grandson of James and Mary (Hazlett) Jelley, and of Robert and Elizabeth Davidson, natives of Ireland.  He was married October 22, 1867, to Christina, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Best, and granddaughter of John and Christina (Revenaugh) Best, and of Peter and Susannah Miller, of German lineage.  They have one child, Elizabeth M. born Sept. 1, 1869.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
JOSEPH JENNINGS, Franklin township; farmer; born in Coshocton county, Sept. 23, 1845; son of Joseph Jennings, Sr., an early settler of this county; enlisted in Company M, Ninth O. V. C., Oct. 22, 1863, and remained in service until mustered out in 1865.  Among the engagements he participatedin were Decatur, Alabama, those about Atlanta, Aiken, Chappel Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, etc.  Sine his return he has engaged in farming.  He was married Sept. 8, 1870, to Rebecca Simon, born April 27, 1847, daughter of William Simon, who was born in Fairfield county, and whose parents emigrated from Germany.  His children were, Arminta, Viola, William Marshall, John Harley, Sara Bell and Olvy Pearl.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
E. Y. JOHN, deceased, Tiverton township; born Mar. 1, 1821, in this county, and was married in 1848, to Miss Hannah Spurgeon, of this county, who was born in November, 1824. He died Mar. 12, 1875. They were the parents of four children, only one of whom, Polantes, is living.  Mr. John followed the business of salesman, selling goods in Walhonding and Warsaw.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 712
C. B. JOHNSON, New Castle township; postoffice, New Castle; was born in Tompkins county, New York, Apr. 30, 1840; son of Henry L. and Ocee Ann (Brown) Johnson, and grandson of Robert and Mary (Carney) Brown.  He worked on the farm and attended school until the age of eighteen, at which time he came to West Bedford, this county, and learned the harness-maker trade with Philips, and from there he came to New Castle, and worked with William Lyons.  In June, 1861, he volunteered in the United States service in Company D, Twenty-fourth O. V. I., under Captain Givens, and remained in the service until January, 1863.  His first encampment was at Camp Chase, four miles west of Columbus, and in July, 1861, was removed from there to Bellaire; thence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; thence to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he was taken ill and was sent to the hospital, and was there several days.  He then, with three comrades, followed the command to Cheat Mountain, a distance of 104 miles, camping each night among the enemy.
     From Cheat Mountain he went to Greenbrier, and there took part in the fight, then came back with his regiment to Cheat Mountain, and from there was ordered to Clarksburg, and thence to Louisville, Kentucky, under General Wilson.  From Louisville he went into winter quarters at Camp Wickliffe, and, in February, 1862, was ordered to West Point, Kentucky, and down the Ohio to Paducah, thence up the Cumberland to Fort Donelson, expecting to assist in the fight at that place, but didn't reach there until the morning of the surrender. From there he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was taken sick and sent to the hospital, and afterward detailed to hospital No. 14 as hospital clerk, and remained nine months and twenty-seven days, when he received his discharge and went home.  He was never wounded.
     He then went to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and worked at his trade with with George Hawk for nine months, and in 1861 moved to Bladensburgh, Knox county, and from there to Roscoe and carried on a shop for two years, and in the fall of 1867 moved to New Castle, where he has resided ever since.  In 1874 he patented the diamond trace buckle, for which he received about $1,000.  He has served three terms as justice of the peace in New Castle township, and is at present proprietor of Union Hotel, doing a fair business. He has been twice married.  His first wife was Miss Martha Baltzall, to whom, he was married Mar. 7, 1863.  She was the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Baltzall, and died July 12, 1865.  He married his second wife, Miss Charity E. Fulkerson, July 7, 1867, daughter of Thomas and Lydia Fulkerson, who is the mother of four children, three of whom are living viz: Blanche, born July 6, 1868; George, born Oct. 10, 1879; Robert, born Feb. 21, 1877.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 714
JAMES JOHNSON, Franklin township; born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mar. 10, 1815; son of John and Rebecca Johnson.  In 1818, his father, a weaver, moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and seven years later to Utica, New York.  James remained here till he was twelve years old, then worked on the Erie canal till he was twenty-five, when he learned the cooper trade, working at it, in Newark, Wayne county, and Phelps, Ontario county, New York, till the fall of 1848.  He then moved to Roscoe, this county, and followed his trade till the spring of 1852, when he moved to Franklin township.  He built a cooper-shop at Conesville, doing me cooper work for the distillery, and also shipping his barrels.  About I868, he quit coopering and engaged exclusively in farming.  He was married, in 1841, to Matilda Cornell, daughter of John Cornell.  His two children were named John and Sarah Minerva.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713
JESSE JOHNSON, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Jefferson county about 1847, an was the son of Derrick JohnsonJesse was married in 1841 to Miss M. J. Dennison of Jefferson county; she was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania.  They had nine children, all of whom have deceased except the three youngest, two boys and one girl - Charles, Ernst and Grace.  Grace is married to John Adams, a stock dealer of Coshocton, and resides at that place.  Charles lives at home with his mother, and farms the place. Ernst has been attending school at Coshocton for the last three years.  Mr. Johnson came to this township in the spring of 1861, and located on the farm where his widow resides.  He died September 15, 1868, aged 62 years, and was interred at Kimbles.  They lost four of their children within two weeks.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 714
HENRY JOHNSON, deceased; Lafayette township; was born in Orange county, NewYork, in 1800, and came to Ohio in 1837; previous to coming here, he run a dairy in Orange county, noted the world over for its butter and buttermakers. He was married Oct. 23. 1822, to Miss Clarinda Burt, of Orange county, New York.  They had three children, viz: Sarah, Catherine and Clara.  Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1873, and Mr. Johnson in 1879, his death resulting from being struck in the breast by a horse which was scared at a steam thresher.  Mrs. Johnson was a cripple the best part of her life from rheumatism, caused principally by the hard work incident to an early settler's life.  Clara, the youngest daughter, owns the home farm of 200 acres, which is the one first settled upon by her father, and owns 240 acres south of the home farm.  The house where she is at present living is the oldest frame house in the valley, at one time a tavern, in the early days of this county, and was the place for holding elections for some time.  Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were both leading members of the Baptist church here, in fact, Mr. Johnson may truthfully be said to have built the Baptist church in this place, and his home was sometimes called the "preacher's home," on account of the hospitality extended to them.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713
JOHN JOHNSON, Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock raiser; born in this county in 1846; son of John and Mary Johnson, and grandson of John Johnson, and of Joseph and Mary Hawker.  He was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth Frampton, daughter of Garrettson and Eliza A. Frampton.  They are the parents of two children, viz:  Clarence G. and Stephen D.  Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1864, in Company F, Ninety-seventh O. V. I., Capt. Lemmert, Army of Cumberland.  Mr. Johnson participated in the following battles, to wit: Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 14, and 15, 1864; Adairsville, May 17, 1864; Burnt Hickory, May 27, 1864; Muddy Creek, June 18, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; Atlanta, Georgia, July 22 and 23, 1864; Jonesborough, Sept. 1, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Sept. 2, 1864; Spring Hill, Nov. 29, 1864; Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864; Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864; Missionary Ridge, Stone River, and Chicamauga.  He was wounded at Nashville Dec. 16, 1864; and was mustered out at Powder Horn, Texas, Oct. 21, 1865.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 715
DR. MARO JOHNSON, Roscoe, Ohio.  Dr. Johnson was born Mar. 14, 1810, in Cheshire county, New Hampshire; son of Adam andMartha (Breed) Johnson, who were of English ancestors.  The doctor's grandfather was a soldier in the French and English wars of 1754-55, andalso in the revolutionary war.  Young Johnson was brought up on a farm, where he remained until he was twenty years of age, when he began reading medicine with Dr. Samuel Lee, the first physician in Coshocton, Ohio.  After three years'study he attended a course of lectures at the Ohio medical college at Cincinnati.  On his return from the lectures he became a partner with his preceptor, with whom he remained six years, and since which time he has practiced medicine at his present place, Roscoe.  Dr. Johnson was married November 15, 1838, to Miss Eliza L., daughter of Thomas L. Rue, of Coshocton, but formerly of Pennington, New Jersey.  They became the parents of four children, viz: Sarah L., Jane, married to John M. Adams, of Jackson township; Elizabeth, deceased, aged 19 years; Guy, married to Miss Lone, now residing in Iowa.  Mrs. Johnson died in 1854, and is buried in the old cemetery at Roscoe.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 714
ROBERT L. JOHNSON

Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 714

WILLIAM JOHNSON, Pike township; post office, Fallsburgh; farmer and stockraiser; born in England in 1819; came to the United States in 1852, and settled in this county in 1870; son of Daniel and Mary (Topps) Johnson, an grandson of William and Mary Johnson, and of Thomas and ____ Topps.  He was married in 1858 to Miss Levina Lane, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Lane.  They are the parents of six children, viz: Mary and Sarah, both deceased; Margaret, John, Terrissa, George E., Harriett, and Elizabeth.  The father of the subject of this sketch died in 1867.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 716

WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, clerk; Coshoeton; was born June 28, 1823, in this city; son of Adam and Sarah Williams, daughter of Colonel Williams (he pioneer settler of this city. Johnson, Sr., was a native of Maryland.  At the ago of thirteen young Johnson began the printing business in the Coshocton Democrat, and in 1845 he became owner of half the office, which he held about one year.  In 1846 he became editor and proprietor of the Crawfordsville Review, in Indiana, and conducted it one year, then removed to Iowa and located at Ottumwa, Wapello county.  He afterwards purchased the Des Moines Republican, and conducted it nearly two years. Then returned to his native city a wiser if not wealthier man, and became foreman of the Coshocton Age, which position beheld under Burt, Hillyer, Dwyer & Harris.  He was appointed postmaster by President Lincoln, but was victimized by President Johnson.  In 1861 he enlisted as musician of Fifty-first regimental band, but was discharged by act of congress in 1862.  He also served under the government as assistant assessor, also as assessor, then again assistant assessor of internal revenue, also deputy provost marshal of this county, after which he retired to private life.   Mr. Johnson was married in April, 1845, to Miss Doratha, daughter of John and Susannah (Jennings) Ostler.  This union was blessed with eleven children; three died in infancy, not named; Louisa, Mary V., Luella, William A.. Jr., George W., Charles M.; Adah, deceased; Mary A. and Paul B.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 714

J. H. JOHNSTON, Jefferson township; was born Sept. 10, 1834, in Scotland, and while yet an infant, he was brought by his parents to Canada, where he was brought up on a farm, and educated in a Canadian free school.  At the age of twenty, he came to the United States, and settled in Hancock county, West Virginia, where he learned the blacksmith trade, under John Dixon, and followed it, in Virginia, about seven years; then went to California, worked at his trade about sixteen months; then returned to Coshocton county, Ohio, worked at his trade until 1875, when he went to Texas, to look for a location; remained there about fifteen months, and followed farming; then returned to Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he is now pursuing his old occupation of blacksmithing.  He was married to Miss Rebecca J. Neptune, September, 1857, who was born June 3, 1834; daughter of Davis and Elizabeth (Hull) Neptune, and granddaughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hull.  Their children were, Elizabeth, deceased; John T., born Jan. 2, 1862; George D., Aug. 2, 1863; Alice M., Sept. 28, 1865; James H., Sept. 2, 1868; Charles G., Feb. 2, 1871; Samuel A., Sept. 7, 1862, and Sarah J., May 20, 1876, born in Texas.  Mr. Johnston enlistedin Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second O. N. G., and served his country 100 days.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713
REV. A. P. JONES, Virginia township.  The subject of this sketch was born at Westfield, Medina county, Ohio; son of Sylvanus and Alvira JonesMr. Johns was brought up on a farm till the age of eighteen years.  He then went to school at Baldwin university, at Berea, Ohio, he also spent two years at the Wesleyan university, at Delaware, where he graduated.  He then entered the North Ohio Conference, of which he remained a member until 1863, when he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment O. V. I., Army of the Cumberland, served about eighteen months as a private.  He afterward served in various capacities: first as clerk, then in the executive department of the hospital, then as chaplain till he was mustered out of the service.  On his return he again entered the conference, and is still a member of it.  He married Miss Cordelia Thatcher, in August, 1859.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713
SAMUEL L. JONES, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio; son of David P. and Margaret (Hunt) Jones; was born Apr. 20, 1842, in England.  He came to this country in 1845, and located in Linton township, this county.  He was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation.  Mr. Jones was married June 29, 1865, to Miss Debby J. Wiggins, of this county.  They are the parents of six children, viz: Rosella, born June 29, 1866; Ida M., born Aug. 23, 1867; Charles H., born Aug. 26, 1869; Samuel H., born Jan. 19, 1872; David P., born Dec. 9, 1877, died Mar. 8, 1878, and Debby P., born Jan. 21, 1876.  Mr. Jones served four months as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second O. V. I., under General Butler.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713
SMITH JONES, Oxford township; farmer; White Eyes Plains postoffice; son of Wesley and Mille A. (Medley) Jones, both natives of Ohio.  The subject of this sketch was born in Belmont county, in 1841, and came to this county when about three years of age.  He was married to Miss Margaret Ann Wolf, daughter of Samuel Wolf, deceased.  They have not been blessed with any children.  He is at present township trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket, although the township is Democratic, which shows his popularity.  He took part in the late war, going out in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth O. V. I., and serving twenty months, going out as a private and discharged as a sergeant.  Mr. Jones and wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church of this township, and are both highly esteemed by their neighbors.  He owns fifty-three acres of good land in this township.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881  Page 713

 


 

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