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

Newark, Ohio:  A.A. Graham & Co.,  1881
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

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WILLIAM VALENTINE, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Andrew Valentine; was born in 1806, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania.  He was raised on the farm and has always followed that occupation.  He was married to Miss Polly Baker, of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, who was born in 1808.  They came to this county in 1830, and have since resided here They became the parents of six children, viz: Jacob, Elizabeth, Martha, Margaret, Rachel and Hiram, all of whom are married except Rachel.  Mrs. Valentine afterward married Miss Abigail Griffen, of Coshocton county, who was born in 1815.  They are the parents of six children, viz: Daniel, Benjamin, Rebecca J., Steward, Margaret and Samuel, all of whom are married and living in this county.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
ISAAC VANCE, Lafayette township; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, the 16th of January, 1845, and came to this county in 1852; was married to Sarah Angeline Shoyer, April 2, 1872.  They have had three children; Luella, age seven years; Thurman Allen, deceased, and Nancy Elizabeth, aged two years.  He lives two miles west of West Lafayette; owns fifty acres of land; believes in education, and gives his children all the advantages offered in that direction; is honest and well spoken of by his neighbors.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
SYLVESTER R. VANDUSEN, butcher; post-office, West Lafayette; was born in this county.  He was a soldier in the late war, enlisted in November, 1861, a member of Company G Eightieth O. V. I., and was in the following engagements: Corinth, Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and in Sherman's march to the sea; and was honorably discharged.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
GEORGE VAN SICKLE, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Harrison county, in 1840; and was married to Miss Anna Wiggins, in 1871.  Their children were Harry, Thomas, Magnolia, Ella and George E.  Mr. Van Sickle took an active part in the late war, going out in Company H, Fifty-first O. V. I. and served two years and over.  Mr. Van Sickle lives on a farm of his father-in-law, T. M. Wiggins.  Mrs. Van Sickle belongs to the Baptist Church.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
L. VICKERS, farmer; Washington township; P. O. Dresden; born in 1819 in Fauquier county, Virginia, and came to this county in 1827 with his father who was born in 1790 in Prince William county, Virginia.  He married Miss Henrietta Romine, of the same county, who was born in 1792.  He died in 1863.  She died in 1873.  They were the parents of six children, the subject of this sketch being the second.  He was married in 1844 to Miss Mahala McKee, of this county, who was born in 1821.  They are the parents of six children.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
ABRAHAM C. VOORHES, Coshocton; law student; born in Scio, Harrison county, Apr. 9, 1856; son of George Voorhes, a native of this State.  Abraham C. was raised on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he came to this city; in 1877 and 1878 he attended Hopedale college, Harrison county, then entered the law office of Campbell & Voorhes, of this city, as law student, with whom he is still reading.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881
CAPTAIN RICHARD MARION VOORHES, attorney at law, Coshocton, Ohio; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1838; youngest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Goshill) Voorhes, educated at Hopedale, Harrison county, Ohio; studied law with his brother, Hon. C. F. Voorhes, then of the law firm of Barcroft & Voorhes, Millersburgh, Holmes county, Ohio; admitted to the bar July 6, 1860, locating immediately thereafter at Coshocton, Ohio, where he is still actively engaged in the practice of law.  He was one of the first men of volunteer from Coshocton county in the three months' service, in the war of 1861; perhaps was the first signer of the volunteer roll from Coshocton county, his company (Company A) going out with the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving through the term of enlistment in the campaign of West Virginia.  After the muster out of the three months' men, Captain Voorhes re-enlisted in the service as a private in Company F, Sixty-fifth O. V. I., on  the 28th of October, 1861, joining the company at Millersburgh.  He was promoted to captain of said company on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1861.  He, with his company and regiment, participated in the battles of Pittsburgh Landing, siege of Corinth, Perrysville and Stone river.  He was severely wounded in the latter engagement, on the 31st day of December, 1862, while engaged in the thickest of the fight.  Being disabled from active service by reason of his wound, he was afterward transferred to the veteran reserve corps, and commissioned, by the president of the United States, a captain in said corps, which position he held until Nov. 18, 1865, when he resigned and returned to his home at Coshocton, Ohio, where he has resided ever since, engaged in the practice of the law.  He was married on the 27th day of November, 1862, to Miss Geogianna, daughter of Washington and Georgia (Fisk) Burt.  They have three children, two boys and one girl viz; Marion Campbell, Burt Fisk and Georgianna.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio:  A. A. Graham & Co.,  1881

 


 

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