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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Rev. Daniel Shepardson, D. D. |
REV. DANIEL SHEPARDSON, D. D.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
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SILAS W. SHERMAN,
who is now living in retirement at his pleasant rural abode
in Hartford Township, was born in Clarendon Township,
Rutland County, Vt., Aug. 15, 1819. He is the son of
Shubel and Phoebe (Rudd) Sherman, both natives of
Rutland County. His paternal grandfather was a native
of Connecticut, but early in life became a resident of the
Green mountain State. This family traces its lineage
to the same forefathers as do General and Senator Sherman,
whose eminent abilities have rendered their names familiar
in every household.
In 1839 the parents of our subject came to Licking
County and settled on a farm near Alexandria, in St. Alban's
Township, where they died well advanced in years. They
had a family of seven children, of whom Silas W. is
the youngest and the only living representative. The
others were, Harry, who died in Vermont at the age of
twenty-three years; Lorenzo, who died in Indiana in
September of 1892; Beaman, who died before the war;
Deborah, who married and died in Illinois; Lavona,
Mrs. Hageman, who died in New York, and Sophronia
(twin of Lavona), who married and passed away in
Topeka, Kan., in March, 1893.
After completing the studies of the common schools our
subject entered Blendon College, near Westerville, of which
he was one of the first students enrolled. Before
going to college Mr. Sherman taught school for
a time, and after attending college at Westerville he taught
a few terms in Shelby County. In 1848 he was united in
marriage with Miss Almeda Kasson, a
sister of Royal Kasson, whose sketch appears
in this work. She was educated in the common schools,
and is a lady of refined tastes and amiable disposition.
To their union six children were born, of whom four are now
living. Elias D. died of consumption at the age
of twenty-two years; Rosetta resides with her
parents; Chloe died at the age of twenty-three years;
Sophronia, residing on an adjoining farm, married
George W. Disbennette and has two children, Harvey
and Gracia; Wealthy became the wife of
Clarke Evans, and they with their child,
Sylvia, reside on a farm in Bennington Township.
Sylvia is the wife of Emmett Stirdevant,
a mechanic of Hartford, and they have one child, Forest.
During his early manhood, Mr. Sherman was
for some time employed as a traveling salesman, and in that
way laid the foundation of his present prosperity. His
farm consists of one hundred and eleven acres of land, a
portion of which is in Hartford, and the remainder in Monroe
Township. The land is level and the soil fertile, the
place being admirably adapted for farming purposes.
Mr. Sherman does not actively engage in its
cultivation, but still superintends its management.
Being in rather poor health, and having accumulated a
comfortable fortune, he no longer labors without relaxation
from cares, but in the enjoyment of domestic intercourse,
and in visiting his friends, passes his time pleasantly.
As a Republican Mr. Sherman has been
earnest and active in the advocacy of his political views,
and is one of the few men now living who voted for the two
Harrisons. During the famous campaign of 1840,
he accompanied the noted log cabin, drawn by thirty-six pair
of oxen, which was taken to Newark. For about
thirty-two years he has been identified with the Masonic
order. Liberal in his religious views, he is not at
present connected with any religious organization. The
members of the Sherman family have usually
been professional men, generally medium in stature, and with
decided preferences for literary pursuits. He is
an honor to the worthy name he bears, and by his upright
life has added lustre unto it. He is justly held to be
one of the best citizens of Hartford Township, both as
regards his private life, which is irreproachable, and in
every public position that he has occupied.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page 301 |
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BANNING N. SIGLER,
who is successfully conducting an extensive mercantile
establishment at Homer, was born in Newark, Ohio, June 5,
1859. He is the son of Samuel Sigler, a native
of Franklin Township, Licking County, born in 1808.
The latter was twice married, his first union being with
Elizabeth Hull, who was born Apr. 13, 1812, and became
his wife June 24, 1830. She died Dec. 5, 1852, after
having become the mother of the following named children:
Sarah, Rebecca, Solomon S., Rachel S., Phoebe, James H.,
Anna, Mattie and Rhoda E.
Of these children we not the
following: Solomon is associated with the
wholesale mercantile establishment of Miles, Bancroft,
Sheldon & Co., of Columbus, Ohio, and is regarded as the
best informed man in the notion department in Ohio; James
H., who has been a traveling salesman for twenty-five
years, is with Clarke's Mile End Thread Company;
Sarah is the wife of Lee Dunning, of Columbus,
Ohio; Rebecca married William Rutledge, a
well-to-do farmer of Franklin Township, Licking County;
Rachel is the wife of John Smith, an
agriculturist of Appleton; Phoebe, who is unmarried,
resides with her brother in Columbus; Anna is the
wife of Rev. Edwin S. Dunham, a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, now located at Delaware, Ohio;
Mattie, the widow of H. Harmer, lives in
Columbus; Rhoda E., a Conference Deaconess of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, now employed in Knoxville,
Tenn., is devoted to the spiritual welfare of mankind, her
duties being to look after the interests of the church,
inducing children of indifferent parents to come to Sunday
school, visiting the sick and distressed, distributing
church charities, assisting in conducting revivals, etc.
She is a noble woman engaged in a work of love, without hope
of reward this side the grave.
The second marriage of Samuel Siglcr
occurred Feb. 13, 1855, his wife being Elizabeth Andrews,
a native of Homer, born Aug. 6, 1822. She died on the
30th of January, 1875; her husband survived some years,
passing away Mar. 29, 1886. Their union resulted in
the birth of two sons, of whom our subject is the younger.
Wellington, the older son, is clerk in a dry-goods
store at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; he married Miss Nettie,
daughter of S.
L. Blue (of whom see sketch on an other page) and
they have two children.
When our subject was eight years old he removed with
his parents from Newark to Homer, where he was educated in
the public schools. His business experience commenced
with his acceptance of a position as clerk in the mercantile
house of E. W. Scott, where he remained a short time.
Then with his brother he bought a stock of goods and
operated a general store in the building where Banning N.
now conducts business. After five years thus spent the
goods were sold to J. J. Yoakam, and our subject
remained in the capacity of clerk for five years, after
which he bought a half-interest in the business as it is now
conducted. The firm style is Fulton & Sigler,
the senior partner being R. S. Fulton, of whom
mention is made on another page. They handle a general
line of merchandise, including dry goods, groceries,
notions, hardware, farm implements, etc.
Oct. 27, 1880, Mr. Sigler was united in
marriage with Miss Lucretia, daughter of
James and Elizabeth Oldaker, of
Miller Township, Knox County, Ohio. She was educated in the
public schools of the district and in Utica Normal.
The three children born of this union are, Jessie,
Ethel and Fred, now students in the Homer
schools. Mrs. Sigler is identified with
the Christian Church, while Mr. Sigler is a
Methodist in religious belief. Socially, he is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also
affiliates with the Knights of Pythias. Politically he
is a strong Republican, and votes and talks his sentiments.
As a business man he is far-seeing and possesses keen
discernment. From his German ancestry he has inherited
qualities of thrift and perseverance, which, united with the
American characteristic of pluck, cannot fail of success.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
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RICHARD S. SIGLER,
the owner and occupant of a well improved farm in Franklin
Township, was born in this precinct two miles from his
present residence, Jan. 16, 1836. His parents,
Jacob and Jane A. (Inlow) Sigler, were natives of
Licking County, the former born Nov. 5, 1814, and the latter
Aug. 9, 1815. The paternal grandfather, John Sigler,
was the son of a German who emigrated to America prior to
the Revolutionary War. He came with his family to
Licking County, Ohio, about 1812, and in the midst of the
wilderness opened, cleared and improved a farm. The
surrounding country was almost in the primeval condition of
nature, and the settlement of Franklin Township had not yet
fully commenced.
The subject of this sketch was the eldest of a family
of three sons and two daughters. The others are:
Lovina, who is married and resides in Boone County,
Iowa; Jesse, who died in Iowa at the age of about
forty years, leaving a wife and two children; John,
who died at about fourteen years; and Emma J., who
married David Griffy and resides in
Jacksontown, Licking County. In the neighboring
schools our subject acquired a fair English education, and
having been a student during his whole life, he is
exceptionally well in formed on the current topics of the
day, as well as in the history of the country.
Learning the trade of a wagon-maker, Mr.
Sigler was thus engaged until the introduction of
machinery rendered the trade unprofitable. He still,
however, continues to do odd jobs for himself or neighbors
as occasion demands. At the age of twenty-six years,
he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth A.,
daughter of James B. and Mary (Swern) Irwin, natives
respectively of Maryland and Germany. Her paternal
grandparents were born in Maryland in 1775, the grandmother
bearing the maiden name of Charity Murray.
The grandfather came to Licking County in 1817, and entered
from the Government a tract of land comprising our subject’s
present farm. There are now in possession of the
family the patents signed by President Madison.
The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Sigler,
John and Christina (Weaver) Swern,
emigrated from Germany to America in 1814. They
suffered greatly in crossing the Atlantic, their boat being
driven out of her course, thus prolonging the voyage, and
those on board were almost starved when land was reached.
They remained for a short time in Shenandoah County, Va.,
and from there came to Licking County, Ohio. Mrs.
Sigler was the eldest child of her parents, the
others being Caroline Virginia, who died in
1855; John P., who married Matilda Lake,
and lives in Newark, Ohio; and George W., residing
near Alexandria, and a farmer by occupation.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sigler four children have been
born, of whom three are living. James F., who
was born Nov. 21, 1863, married Miss Anna Turner, of
Lebanon, Ohio, and they have one child. He is a young
man of fine attainments, a graduate of the scientific and
classical departments of Lebanon University, and now holds
the position of Superintendent of the city schools of
Wichita Falls, Tex. Jay E., born Sept. 13,
1866, learned telegraphy, but at present is engaged in
farming in Newark Township; he married Miss Sadie Wade.
Owen E. was born Feb. 8, 1883, and is now in
school. Rosa May, who was born Feb. 14, 1865,
died at the age of six weeks. The children have
received excellent educational advantages, and Jay
was at one time a teacher.
In religious affairs Mr. Sigler is active
and zealous. He and his wife are earnest, consistent
members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Frank
is actively connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and being a talented musician and excellent singer, his
services are in great demand both in church and social
gatherings. Jay and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church. The Sigler homestead
consists of one hundred and sixty-five acres of well
improved land, upon which our subject engages in mixed
farming. In addition to grain, he also raises stock,
and gives considerable attention to fruit culture, having a
fine orchard of apple, peach, cherry and pear trees,
together with many small fruits. He has sold as many
as a hundred bushels of blackberries in a single year.
A life-long Democrat, he has held several offices within the
gift of the people of this locality. For fifteen years
he held the office of Township Clerk, and for ten years
served as Township Trustee.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page
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JAMES A. STEWART.
In passing through Licking County, the visitor is impressed
by the prosperous and attractive appearance of many of the
rural homes. Among those that are conspicuous for fine
improvements may be mentioned the estate of Mr. Stewart,
pleasantly situated in Newton Township, and comprising about
two hundred and fifty acres. Here may be observed a
commodious residence of modern design, accompanied by a
substantial barn and other structures needful to the
successful management of a model farm.
Of immediate Scotch descent, the subject of this sketch
is the son of the late Alexander Stewart, a native of
Glasgow, Scotland, who was brought to America by his parents
at the age of three years. At the time of coming to
Licking County, he was a mere boy, and here the days of
youth were passed upon a farm. In Newton Township he
was united in marriage with Miss Fannie
Evans, who was born in Pennsylvania. Agriculture
was his life calling, and as he was a man of perseverance,
prudence and energy, he gained a competence. His death
occurred upon his farm in Newark Township, in November,
1865, at the age of sixty-nine years. His widow is
still living, though now (1894) at an advanced age.
The parental family consisted of ten children, of whom
the fifth in order of birth is James A. He was
born in Newark Township, this county, on New Year’s Day of
1831, and was reared to manhood upon his father’s farm,
gaining a practical education in the district schools.
Farming has been his life occupation, and early in life he
be came familiar with the details connected with the
improvement of a farm. About 1859 he settled in Jersey
Township, where for four years he engaged in tilling the
soil. Thence in 1863 he came to Newton Township and
settled upon the farm where he has since resided.
Miss Martha, daughter of Jesse
and Belona Williams. was born near
Zanesville, Ohio, May 16, 1838, and became the wife of
Mr. Stewart in Muskingum County, Nov. 5, 1859.
Four children blessed the union, of whom we note the
following: Fannie E. is the wife of Amon
Coad; Jesse M. married Elizabeth Hollar;
William M. chose as his wife Miss Nora
Stumm; Mary C. resides with her parents.
The family occupies a position of prominence in the social
circles of the community, and its various members enjoy the
esteem of all their acquaintances.
To the great issues of the age Mr. Stewart
devotes the attention which every patriotic citizen should
give, and having carefully studied the principles of both
great political organizations, he gives his active support
and ballot to the Democratic party. He has at various
times been chosen by his fellow-citizens to serve in
official capacities, and has always rendered efficient and
satisfactory service to all concerned. In several of
the town ship offices he has assisted in promoting the
welfare of the community of which he is a resident.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page
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LEONARD STUMP.
Retired from active business cares, this well known citizen
of Hanover Township occupies his comfortable and substantial
brick residence, where his declining years he is surrounded
by the comforts of life and many of its luxuries as well.
He is a native of Ohio, and was born near Nashport,
Muskingum County, Dec. 27, 1826. Upon the farm where
he was born his father, James Stump, settled
in 1807, although three years prior to that time he had
purchased one thousand acres of land in that locality.
He was a Virginian, born in the Old Dominion, Ap. 6, 1800.
The first to establish the family name in America was
our subject’s great-grandfather, a native of Germany, who
crossing the ocean settled in Hardy County, Va., in the
early part of the seventeenth century. Grandfather
Stump was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died Oct.
8, 1847. Our subject’s mother bore the maiden name of
Susan Randall, and both she and her husband
died in Muskingum County, in the house where Leonard
was born. The mother passed away May 17, 1831, after
having had three children, two of whom died in early
childhood. After her death the father again married,
and by that union there were four children, two sons and two
daughters. The sons are both deceased. The
father passed from earth Dec. 17, 1886.
Our subject is a graduate of the log school house,
where he spent three months each year under the tutorship of
the backwoods “master,” as the teacher was familiarly known.
This rudimentary education has been supplemented by constant
reading of current events and by careful observation.
For a man of his years he has a wonderfully retentive
memory. Every event of his long and useful life
considered worthy of preservation has been carefully
recorded, and he has also kept a complete family genealogy.
June 14, 1849, Mr. Stump was united in
marriage with Miss Catherine Claypool, daughter of
Levi Claypool, formerly a resident of Muskingum
County. The latter was of German ancestry and was a
successful farmer, accumulating a fine property which was
equally divided among his children. His wife,
Catherine Claypool, was of English de scent, and
their marriage, which was solemnized in Hardy County, Va.,
Dec. 13,1821, resulted in the birth of twelve children.
Mrs. Stump was born in Hardy County, Va., Apr.
11, 1831, and is the mother of seven daughters. The
eldest, Susan Savannah, born June 6, 1852, is
now the wife of D. V. Randall, of Frazeysburg,
Muskingum County, this state, and they have three children.
Mary Catherine is now at home; Sarah M.
was born Dec. 15, 1856, and died Dec. 7, 1872; Lou
Ann, born Mar. 11,1859, married John Fleming,
a farmer of Jackson Township, Muskingum County; Fannie E.
is the wife of J. W. Edwards, a farmer and grain
buyer of Edward, Franklin County, this state; Emma
Jane married E. C. Hamilton, a physician of
Emington, Ill.; Leonora is the wife of R. P.
McCann, a farmer by occupation, and the son of Dr.
McCann, of Elizabethtown.
Mr. Stump gave his daughters excellent
advantages, and money was not spared in adding to their many
accomplishments. A fine grand piano adorns the parlor,
and they were given the best musical instruction possible.
All have left the parental roof except one, who devotedly
cares for her parents and ministers to their comfort.
Notwithstanding the fact that he has given very liberally to
his daughters, Mr. Stump still retains about
five hundred acres of land, the greater part of which has
been accumulated by his own exertions and intelligent
management. The land is now rented, mostly on shares.
Politically Mr. Stump is a Democrat, but
liberal in his views. He favors the income tax
features advocated by the Democracy of to-day. Though
he has never identified himself with any church
organization, his life has been strictly upright and
honorable, and he has been a law-abiding citizen.
Source: Memorial Record of Licking
Co., Ohio - Chicago - Record Publishing Co., 1894 - Page
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