BIOGRAPHIES Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio
containing Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the
County
together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
CHICAGO
RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
1894
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WILLIAM
B. CHAMBERS, D. D. S., enjoys the distinction of
being, in point of years of practice, the oldest dentist in
Newark, his residence in this city dating from the year
1866. The son of Joseph H. and Rebecca (Beall)
Chambers, he was born in Marshall County, W. Va., Aug.
8, 1839. His paternal grandfather, James H.,
was born in the North of Ireland, there grew to manhood,
married and engaged in the manufacture of linens.
Emigrating to the United States, he sojourned for a time
upon a farm in Lancaster County, Pa., whence he moved to
Pittsburg and engaged in the boot and shoe business.
In 1817 he removed to that part of the Old Dominion now
included in West Virginia and there he continued to reside
until the time of his death. At the age of
seventy-eight he was killed by the kick of a horse.
In Grandfather Chambers' family there were four
sons and two daughters, viz.: James, John, Samuel,
Joseph H., Mrs. Jane Patterson, and Isabella who
married Robert Hay, of Pittsburg. Of these
children Joseph H. was reared a farmer and
manufacturer. After his marriage, which took place in
West Virginia, he resided near Wheeling until his demise, at
the age of eighty-five. His wife passed away when
seventy-eight. In religious connections they were
identified with the Presbyterian Church. Eight
children comprised their family, of whom the following
survive: James, a farmer and builder of West
Alexandria, Washington County, Pa.; John, a resident
of Washington, Pa., who is a dealer in supplies for oil
wells, Joseph, a farmer of Ohio County, W. Va., and
William B. of this sketch.
Upon the home farm our subject was reared to manhood,
but he never tilled the soil, as his time in youth was spent
in the school room. After completing the studies of
the common schools, he attended the West Alexandria Academy,
under the tutelage of Rev. William H. Lester, and
later was a student of the Pennsylvania Dental and the
Jefferson College of Pennsylvania. He was graduated
from the Pennsylvania Dental College and located at Newark,
where he has since followed his profession with success.
The lady who became the wife of Dr. Chambers in
1870 was Miss Augusta, daughter of the late Hon.
Isaac Smucker of Newark. One child was born to
them, but it died in infancy.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking Co., Ohio -
Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page 399 |
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JESSE M. CLARK.
In addition to general agricultural pursuits in McKean
Township, this gentleman also owns and operates a general
store at Sylvania. He is a native of this township and
was born Feb. 5, 1828. His parents, Fleetwood and
Elizabeth Clark, were both natives of Pennsylvania and
were there reared and married. In 1814 they came to
Licking County, and settled upon the land now occupied by
the village of Sylvania. At that time there were but
few settlers in McKean Township, and there nearest neighbor
was three miles distant.
In the family of Fleetwood Clark thee were
eleven children, nine of whom attained years of maturity,
but only three are known to be living. The father died
in 1850. His first wife, the mother of our subject,
died in 1838. Jesse M. is the only
representative of the family now in Licking County, and is
one of the oldest native-born citizens of McKean Township.
In his boyhood years public schools had not come in vogue,
and such educational advantages as were offered the children
could be secured only in subscription schools. In one
of these our subject was a student whenever it was possible
for him to leave home. Farming has been his life work
to a great extent, and he was engaged exclusively at this
occupation until 1876, when he embarked in the mercantile
business at Sylvania.
Formerlly a Republican, Mr. Clark has of late
years voted the Democratic ticket on national issues, but in
local matters supports the man best qualified for office,
irrespective of political views. Twice married, he has
no children living of his first union. In 1854 he
married Sarah Bishop, who was born in the Empire
State, and they are the parents of two children, Frank
and Orpha
Source: Memorial Record
of Licking Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894
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CYRUS M. CONARD,
a prominent farmer of Burlington Township, is a native of
Licking County, having been born Feb. 18, 1823, upon the
farm now owned by his brother Joseph. He is the
youngest of ten children born to Nathan and Hannah
(Butcher) Coanrd, of whom further mention is made in the
sketch of Joseph Conard on another page. His
education was gained in the primitive log school-houses of
pioneer times and was somewhat meager, but has since been
supplemented by thoughtful reading and observation.
The life occupation of Mr. Conard has been that
of agriculture, although for a number of years he combined
therewith the buying and selling of all kinds of stock, and
during the late war he bought and sold a great many horses
for the Government. His first marriage took place Oct.
5, 1846, uniting him with Miss Phoebe Long, a native
of Licking County, Ohio. They became the parents of
three daughters: Mary M., who is unmarried and lives
at home; Caroline A., wife of William Johnson,
a farmer living in Macon County, Ill., and Amanda A.,
a dressmaker in Newark. The mother of these children
passed from earth Apr. 4, 1859.
The present wife of Mr. Conard, whom he married
in October, 1860, was Miss Sarah Kinsey, a native of
Coshocton County, Ohio, and daughter of Ingham and Eliza
Kinsey of that county. Eight children blessed this
union, as follows: Phoebe Alice, who married
Charles Weaver, a farmer of Licking County, and they
have one child, Hiram D., who is interested in
agricultural pursuits and in the buying and selling of
horses; Charles K., who married Eva Jackson
and resides in Mt. Vernon, where he conducts a lucrative
practice as a physician; Sarah Elizabeth, a teacher
in the public schools of Homer, Ohio; John W., who
has lived in Illinois for a few years; Joseph M., a
talented young man, recently connected with the Columbus
Building & Loan Association, but at Present in poor health;
Dora E., George W., and Clinton G., who are
home, the boys assisting in the cultivation of the farm.
Being a firm believer in the benefits of a good
education, Mr. Conard has given all his children the
best advantages possible. His son, Dr. Charles K.,
is a graduate of the Cleveland Homeopathic College and has
been engaged in practice about five years. The
daughters, who have engaged in teaching, were educated at
the Utica Normal Schools and have been very successful in
their Chosen profession, Miss Sarah E., employed at
Homer, having been again appointed to that position for the
ensuing year (1894-95).
While Mr. Conard is not actively
identified with any denomination, he is a believer in
religion and his family attends the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In politics he is a stanch Republican and has
held various official positions in his township, including
those of Assessor and Trustee. He is engaged in the
raising of stock and grain upon his home farm of two hundred
and five acres. This property has been placed under a
high state of cultivation and bers all the improvements of a
model estate.
Source: Memorial Record
of Licking Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894
- Page 513 |
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JOSEPH CONARD,
a wealthy retired farmer of Burlington Township, Licking
County, was born Aug. 7, 1819, on the farm where he now
lives, and is therefore at the present writing (Aug. 7,
1894) seventy-five years of age. His parents,
Nathan ad Hannah (Butcher) Conard, were born, reared and
married in Loudoun County, Va., whence in 1805 they removed
to Knox County, Ohio, and about two years later located on
the farm where Joseph now lives. Here
they died, the father at the age of seventy-five years and
six months, and the mother when almost ninety-three.
The Conard family originated in Germany.
Ten children were born to Nathan and Hannah Conard,
only four of whom are now living. John, the
oldest, died near Dayton, Ohio, when about sixty-two;
Jonah died near St. Louisville, Licking County, at the
age of about sixty-one; Sarah, Mrs. David Duke, died
near Johnstown, Ohio, aged seventy years; Mahlon, now
eighty-five years old, lives near Fredonia, Ohio; Amos,
who in four-score and three years old, makes his home in
Monticello, Ill.; Elizabeth, who never married, died
at seventy-four years of age; Annie, who married
Enoch Selby, died at our subject's home, aged
seventy-four; Nathan departed this life in Missouri
when sixty-eight; our subject is the next in order of birth;
and Cyrus, who lives on an adjoining farm, is now
seventy-one.
When Nathan Conard came to Licking County, this
was the extreme western frontier. He settled in the
timber among the Indians and wild animals. At the time
of his "cabin raising," all the men that could be mustered
in the whole community numbered nine. He witnessed the
hardships incident to the War of 1812, also the devastation
that followed the Indian troubles in the early part of the
century, and also lived to see the Mexican War. His
death occurred in 1854, at an advanced age.
In boyhood the subject of this sketch attended the
subscription schools, which were usually conducted in an
abandoned cabin by some man having a knowledge of the
elements of the three R's. The "master" boarded around
and usually received about $12 per month; the greater the
number of pupils, the less the expense per capita. A
student was graduated when he reached the "rule of three;"
there was then no need of more learning. Grammar was
taught only to girls and "tenderfoot" young men who desired
a professional education.
Beginning active life as a farmer, Mr. Conard
has always followed that occupation. He was
thirty-five when his father died, and had at that time a
snug little property, the result of his own industry and
frugality. He inherited a portion of the estate, and
has continued to accumulate until he is now very well-to-do.
A life-long Republican, Mr. Conard enjoys the
distinction of having voted for both William Henry
and Benjamin Harrison, and says he will continue to
vote the Republican ticket if he lives to be a hundred.
In his religious views he is liberal, never having been
connected with any church, but has given liberally of his
means to the support of the Gospel.
A genial, companionable old gentleman, Mr. Conard
is living at peace with all the world. While he has
never married, the voices of children have been heard about
his house. At present his nephew's family reside with
him. Two of his nephews, sons of Amos Conard,
were soldiers during the late Rebellion, Hiram
serving more than three years, and David a somewhat
shorter term. His maternal grandfather, Joseph
Butcher, was killed by the Indians during the
Revolution. Nathan Conard was one of the
frontier guards during the War of 1812, at which time
married men with families on the frontier were constituted
the frontier guard to protect the settlements from Indian
incursions. He gave one of the volunteers a horse to
ride in the war, and the animal was returned to him in
safety after the war was over. Many a pleasant ride
did our subject in boyhood take upon the old warrior.
There was a large block house built in the neighborhood for
protection against the Indians, and this stood as a relic
for many years after the last Indian had been removed.
It is both interesting and instructive to hear Mr.
Conard recount incidents connected with the pioneer
history of Licking County, and none of his stories are more
entertaining than those connected with the old log
schoolhouse where he was "educated." Could such a
building be reproduced at present, it would astonish this
generation. Imagine a crude structure of logs, a
clapboard roof held on by weight poles, floors of puncheon,
chimney built of sticks and mud, fireplace large enough to
admit a seven-foot log, and for windows aperture between
logs covered with greased paper. Seats were made of
puncheons or logs split into wide strips resembling boards,
and these were placed high enough from the floor to
accommodate the longest-legged boy, but the little fellows
sat with feet dangling in mid-air. The master ruled
with power of superior physical strength. His whips
were birch or hickory gads, thoroughly seasoned and
toughened by being run into the fire and twisted into
withes. As may be supposed, a whipping was a
punishment to be dreaded and long remembered. Looking
back upon those days and recalling the many wonderful
changes the century has wrought, Mr. Conard
may feel a just pride in the part he has taken in the work
of developing the county and its resources.
Source: Memorial Record
of Licking Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894
- Page 290 |
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