Biographies

Source: 
History of Morgan County, Ohio
with
Portraits and Biographical Sketches
of some of its
Pioneers and Prominent Men.
By Charles Robertson, M. D.
 - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co.
1886

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James Manly William H. Manly JAMES MANLY.    William H. Manly, the father of the subject of this notice, was born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1804.  His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah D. Walter, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  They married in 1827 and settled in Chester County, where they resided until 1833, when the family removed to Belmont County, Ohio.  Mr. Manley was a miller, and followed that occupation until he came to Ohio, after which he worked at fanning.  In May, 1839, he moved to Homer Township, now in Morgan County, and about four years later to Penn Township, where he resided until his decease in 1879.  His first wife died in 1844, and in the following year he married Rebecca Michener, of Penn Township, who is still living.  Of the first marriage eight children were born, three of whom are dead—James, William, Rachel (deceased), Joseph (deceased), Thomas, Louisa (deceased), Frank B. and Sarah M.  The children of the second marriage were Mary (deceased) and Anna.  Mr. Manly was a Whig and afterward a Republican; a man of decided views and of unblemished character.      James Manly, the oldest son of William H. and Sarah D. Manly, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22, 1829. He came to Ohio with his parents, and until sixteen years of age worked at farming, grubbing, clearing, etc., having the usual experience of farmers’ sons in a new country.  His school education was limited, his attendance being confined to two or three months in the winter season at the inferior schools of that time.  At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to George Williams, of Morganville, a manufacturer of wagons and threshing machines, to learn the trade.  His apprenticeship being completed in three years, in 1848, at the age of nineteen, in partnership with his uncle, James Walter, he opened a shop at Chaneyville.  At the end of four years Mr. Manly purchased his uncle’s interest.  From 1852 to 1860 he carried on the business alone, making wagons, threshing-machines, etc., employing five or six hands and doing a prosperous business.  In 1860 he formed a partnership with his brother, Frank B. Manly, who had learned the trade in his shop.  They continued the business at Chaneyville until 1864, when they removed to Malta, and with W. P. and J. Brown formed a partnership under the style of Brown, Manly & Co. This was the beginning of the important establishment known as the Brown-Manly Blow Works, the history of which appears on another page.  The business, successful from the first, increased rapidly, and in 1870 a joint stock company was formed under the name of the Brown-Manly Plow Company.  In 1882, upon the retirement of Joshua Davis, Mr. Manly succeeded him as president of the company, which position he still holds.      As will be seen from the foregoing, Mr. Manly is a self-made man, his success in life being wholly the result of his own labors and his excellent business qualifications.  He is a gentleman of modest disposition, but of sterling worth of character.  As a citizen he is public-spirited and liberal, and at all times zealous in encouraging every worthy object.  He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic order, in which he has taken the Knight Templar degree.  He was married in 1850 to Lydia Kaylor, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Naylor.  Mrs. Manly was born in Jefferson County and came to Penn Township, Morgan County, when an infant.  This union has been blessed with five children — Mary A. (Brown), Sarah D. (Pickett), Samuel N., Elizabeth E. (Scott) and Capitola S.—all living in Malta. Source:  Chapter  XIX. - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 356   DR. SAMUEL MARTIN was one of the pioneer physicians of the country, coming as early as 1819.  He died in Zanesville May 25, 1873, aged 78 years.  For a short time he was associated in the practice of his profession with Dr. S. A. Barker, at McConnelsville, then, retiring to his farm on the river in Bloom Township, he devoted himself principally to agriculture and saltmaking.  He married Sarah, daughter of William Montgomery, an early settler.  He removed to Zanesville about 1865.  He was a highly educated gentleman, much beloved and respected by those who knew him. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 272 Wm. Massey WILLIAM MASSEY.  The genealogy of the Massey family in America dates back to the advent of William Penn at which time the first of the name is supposed to have come from England.  Levi, the father of William Massey, was born in Chester County, near Philadelphia, and learned the saddler's trade, which he followed as his principal occupation through life.  He married Catherine Evason, who was of Welsh descent, but born near Philadelphia.  Seven children were born of this union - George, Thomas, John, Mary, Sarah (Baker), Phebe (Mellon) and William.  The parents were members of the Society of Friends and the children were reared in the faith of that society.      William Massey was not only one of the pioneers, but also one of the best known citizens of Morgan County.  He was born in Chester County, Pa., Nov. 28, 1785.  He learned his father's trade and pursued it until nearly twenty years of age.  He then engaged for a time in mercantile pursuits.  But failing health warned him that he needed employment which would give him more exercise in the open air, and he wisely decided to become a farmer.  As the field of his future labors, eh looked to the new and remote West, and decided upon locating in the "Ohio Country."  Sending on his goods by wagon, he came on horseback, and in the year 1816 arrived in Deerfield Township, Morgan County, where he entered three quarter-sections of land.  He at once entered upon the work of the pioneer settler, erected his cabin and began his dealing on the farm now owned by William Kent.  The following winter he taught school, having pupils who came from far and near, some of them residing as far away as Triadelphia.  Working earnestly at his clearing, he made considerable progress, and each season saw his fields extending wider.  Jan. 14, 1819, he married Miss Sarah Gay.  She was born in the State of Maine and came to Ohio in 1813, settling at Brownsville, Muskingum County.  William Massey and wife led the quiet, uneventful life of pioneer settlers, bravely doing their duty, though oft encountering hardships, but, on the whole, prospering reasonably well.  They had seven children: Levi, Nancy, Mary, Asa, John, Caroline and Sally.  Levi married first.  Harriet Stanberv; second, Abigail Cope; he resides in Malta Township.  Nancy died at nine years of age.  Mary is the wife of Joseph Nixon and resides in Deerfield Township.  Asa was in the army and died at Lake Providence.  He married Abigail Crawford.  John married Mary Crawford and lives in Deerfield Township.  Caroline (West) resides in Worthington, Ohio.  Sally (Cope) is dead.  Mrs. Massey died Nov. 3, 1853.  She was reared in the Society of Friends, but early united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and continued a consistent member of that denomination through life.  Her husband, though reared in the faith of the Friends, did not publicly connect himself with any church until after her decease.  He then joined the Friends, and during the last twenty years of his life he was a faithful and active member of the Hopewell Meeting.  He was one of the early temperance workers of the county, taking a prominent part in the Washingtonian movement.  As is attested by his success in life, William Massey was a man of systematic and methodical habits.  He was charitable and always ready to assist the deserving.  He was hospitable and generous in his treatment of strangers, and jovial, good-natured and courteous toward all.  His mind was strong and active, and he was unusually well-informed upon matters of current interest.  He was a republican in politics and was always warmly interested in the success and welfare of his party.  The last five years of his life were spent in Malta, where, on the 5th of October, 1876, at the age of ninety-one, his earthly journey ceased. Source:  Chapter XVII - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 459 A. McConnell from photograph of a painting made in 1832. GENERAL ALEXANDER M'CONNEL.  Alexander McConnel, brother of Gen. Robert McConnel, was born in Pennsylvania, Mar. 15, 1791.  He came to McConnelsville in 1817, and from that time until his death was one of the most prominent and respected citizens of the county.  In the early years of the town he operated a tannery.  He afterward engaged in farming, and died Oct. 24, 1853, on the Sherwood farm south of the town.  He married Polly Adams and reared a large family, none of whom now remain in the county.  He served as brigadier and major-general of militia, and was an active democratic polititician.  Few men enjoyed more of the esteem and confidence of the community, whether in a public or private capacity.  His political life began early in the history of the county, and in 1820-21 he was a representative to the legislature.  In 1822 he was one of the associate judges of the county, and from 1824 to 1827, inclusive, he served three terms in the legislature.  In 1828-9 he was again a member of the same body; in 1829-30, 1830-31 and 1841-42 he represented this district in the State Senate.  As a presidential elector in 1832 he cast the vote of the State for President Andrew Jackson.  He was a member of the first State board of public works in 1833-8, and in 1849-50 again served as associate judge.  As is elsewhere stated, his course in the legislature placed General Harrison on the road toward the White House.  His public life was characterized by honesty rather than brilliancy, and the many offices which he filled sufficiently attest his popularity.      Joseph McConnel, brother of Robert and Alexander, was a farmer.  He was born Mar. 14, 1793, and came to McConnelsville among the early sellers.  He married Elizabeth Patterson and reared a family in the town.  He died in 1868.  Agnes McConnel, sister of the above, married James Adams, and about 1840 settled in McConnelsville, where she lived until her decease. Source:  Chapter XVII - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 316   JAMES A. M'CONNEL.  James A. McConnel, only son of General Robert McConnel, was born in Muskingum County, May 12, 1822, and died Nov. 19, 1871.  After the decease of his father he succeeded to the management of the estate and was one of the foremost business men of the county. He built the mill now standing at McConnelsville, and in addition to this business was largely interested in farming, mercantile business, and in other ways was identified with the prosperity of the county.  He was an active, public-spirited citizen, and was always ready to lend his aid to any enterprise that was calculated to promote the welfare of the community.  He took but little part in politics, but was zealously devoted to local interests.  Mr. McConnel died a bachelor. Source:  Chapter XVII - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 316   GEN. ROBERT McCONNEL, - The founder of the town of McConnelsville and in his lifetime one of the foremost citizens of the county of Morgan, was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Chambersburg, Aug. 23, 1776.  He was an Ohio pioneer, coming to the vicinity of Chillicothe among the earliest colonists of that portion of the State, whence he removed to Muskingum County and settled on a farm about five miles from Zanesville.  His sound sense, ability and good judgment brought him into prominence among the sturdy pioneers of the Muskingum Valley, and from 1808 to 1815, inclusive, he served continuously as a State senator from the district in which Muskingum County was included.  In 1816-17 and again in 1819-20 he represented Muskingum County in the lower branch of the general assembly.      He entered the tract of land on which the town of McConnelsville now stands, and on the establishment of the county seat on this tract donated for public purposes, lots for the county buildings and for churches and school buildings, he also held a considerable body of land situated in Morgan Township, near the village.  He induced Jacob Kahler, the first settler of McConnelsville, to make the first improvement in the village. and was always zealously interested in promoting the prosperity of the town and county.  In 1827 he moved from Muskingum County to McConnelsville, where he passed the remainder of his days.  For a time he engaged in the mercantile business in a store on the public square, but chiefly occupied himself in looking after his extensive real estate interests.  He served as one of the associate judges of Morgan County from 1830 to 1840, and was a brigadier-general and for several years a major-general of militia.  He constructed a mill-dam and erected the first mill at McConnelsville, and for his services in building locks and a dam in connection with the river improvement, was granted a valuable water privilege by the State.      General McConnel was a democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in his religious faith.  He was a man of honest purposes, liberal views and upright character, and was widely honored and esteemed.  He died Aug. 3, 1841.  He was married in Muskingum County Sept. 12, 1811, to Mary Adams, a native of Fauquier County, Va., whose father, George Adams, was a pioneer of Muskingum County, and owned an extensive tract of land there.  The children of Robert and Mary McConnel were Lucy, Rebecca, Anna, Elizabeth, Evalina, Martha (who died at the age of two years), Mary, Sarah, Caroline and James A. But three members of this family are now living - Mary, Sarah and Caroline.  Mrs. Robert McConnel, died Sept. 13, 1838. Source:  Chapter XVII - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 315 John McDermott JOHN McDERMOTT.   This gentleman, the oldest merchant of Morgan County, and who for nearly a half century has been prominently identified with its interests, was born in York County, Pa., Dec. 16, 1820.  He was reared by an uncle, Patrick McAleer, a merchant and hotel keeper of that place, with whom he remained until he attained his eighteenth year, when he came to Windsor.  An uncle, Arthur Taggart, had settled in the township the previous year and opened a stock of general merchandise a short distance below Hooksburg.  Young McDermott entered the employ of his uncle as clerk in this store and remained with him until 1841, when he came to Stockport, then known as Windsor, where his uncle had another store.  In 1849 he went into business for himself,, and, despite many obstacles, he did a prosperous business.  Merchandising at that time was attended with many difficulties unknown at present, and the record of Mr. McDermott is an exceptional one, in that during the thirty-seven years he has been engaged in business, his paper has never been at a discount nor protested.  This fact is largely attributable to the unlimited confidence placed in him by his trade and those with whom he has had business connections.  The life of Mr. McDermott has been comparatively uneventful, but evidences the result of persistent application and integrity of purpose.  Commencing life as a clerk in a small country place, he has not only secured a well-won competency but a foremost position among the progressive and enterprising citizens of the county.  He is one of those openhearted courteous gentlemen whose identification with any community is always productive of good results.  In 1857 Mr. McDermott was married to Miss Mary J. McGuigan, who was born in York County, Pa.  Five children have been born to them—Thomas J., Charles I., John, Harry E. and Frank.  The eldest son is one of the prominent young lawyers of the Muskingum County bar. Source:  Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 422   THOMAS McDERMOTT, now of the law firm of Hollingsworth & McDermott, Zanesville, was born in Morgan County, read law under Colonel Pond, and attended the Cincinnati Law School.  After a few months' practice of McConnellsville he removed to Muskingum County, where he is now successfully engaged in practice. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 268   JAMES W. McELHINEY was born at Rokeby, in Bloom township, Morgan County, Oct. 9, 1848, and educated in this county.  He was reared on a farm and for several years followed teaching.  He read law with Henderson & Ivers and Crew & Ivers, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1881, and has since practiced in McConnelsville.  He was elected mayor of the village in 1882, and still holds that office.  In politics he is a democrat.  He was married in 1882 to Martha E. Weber, of this county. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 268 Samuel Mellor SAMUEL MELLOR.   Samuel Mellor, one of the pioneers of Ohio, was born in Liverpool, England, in 1704.  In 1802 the family immigrated to Washington County where they resided until 1833, when they removed to Morgan County and settled on a farm in the southern part of Malta Township where he followed farming, and also worked at his trade —coopering, he died in 1880, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.  He was a prominent citizen and served several years as infirmary director.  His first wife, nee Margaret Young, of Washington County, bore six children — George W. (deceased), Almira (Keyser), John Benjamin (deceased), William E. (deceased), and Samuel W.  For his second wife he married Joanna Bacon, of Washington County, by whom he had one child, Henry L.  John Mellor, tinsmith of Malta, is among the old residents of that place.  He learned trade in McConnelsville and opened a shop in Malta in 1845.  With the exception of seven years he has been there ever since. Source:  Chapter XIX - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 357 Wm. V. Mellor WILLIAM V. MELLOR.    Was born in Washington County, July 10, 1824, son of Samuel and Margaret (Young) Mellor.  In 1832 the family removed to Morgan County, settling in Malta township.  W. V. Mellor received a common school education and acted as a teacher for several winters.  In 1849 in company with his brother Benjamin, and Washington McConnel, son of General Alexander McConnel, he doubled Cape Horn—which was considered more of a feat in those days than at present.  After three years in the mining region of the West, during which he accumulated some means, he returned to his old home.  In 1854 they bought the place now owned by his widow and family.  Mr. Mellor was married in 1857 to Mrs. Jane Mellor, nee Massey.  Her father, Matthew Massey, a native of Ireland, settled near Triadelphia in this county in 1816, and died in 1820.  There were born of this union Annie, George S. Perley B. and Clara.  Mr. Mellor was a prominent citizen and a very useful one.  He was active in raising bounties during the war, and was always charitable and kind.  He was always called Billy Mellor, and was on good terms with everybody.  He held some local offices, and was a member of Webb Lodge (Masonic).  He died in August, 1885.  His oldest son, George S., is a graduate of Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, and the other children have taken regular courses at good schools. Source:  Chapter XIX - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 357   FRANK F. METCALF, an able young lawyer, was born in Morgan County in the year 1854.  He was educated in the schools of McConnellsville and read law under William Foulke; was admitted to the bar, and from 1877 to 1885 was a member of the firm of Stewart & Metcalf.  For five years he held the position of prosecuting attorney.  He is at this time practicing his profession in McConnellsville in company with Geo. W. Berry, under the firm name of Metcalf & Berry. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 268   DR. GEORGE MICHENER, a member of the religious Society of Friends, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in the year 1812.  In early life he was engaged in farming and teaching.  He studied medicine under Dr. Barack Michener, of Massillon, Ohio, and located at Chesterfield about the year 1840, where for some twenty years he was extensively and reputably engaged in the practice of his profession.  He removed to Cedar County, Iowa, in the year 1861, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine about three years.  He died in the year 1864.  Dr. George Michener was well esteemed as a citizen and member of society, and as a physician he had the confidence of the community in which he practiced. Source:  Chapter XVI - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 285   EDWARD MILLER Source:  Chapter - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 358 John Miller JOHN MILLER.   Edward Miller, Sen., a native of England, came to America at the age of nineteen and with his parents, settled on Wolf Creek about three miles north of Beverly.  Thence, about 1806, he came to what is now the Sherwood farm in Malta Township in Morgan County, which he purchased and began improving.  A small clearing, consisting of about sixteen acres, had previously been made upon the place by John Lockhart.  Mr. Miller was among the earliest of the pioneers of Morgan County and encountered all the hardships and difficulties incident to life in the new and unsettled country.  In 1816 he sold out and moved to Wolf Creek in the present township of Union where he resided the remainder of his life.  He was a successful farmer and a worthy citizen.  He died June 23, 1838, in the sixty-third year of his age.  His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Nulton, he married in Washington County.  They reared a family of ten children: Mary, the oldest, was the wife of Thomas Byers, and is now deceased; Edward is now living in Malta, at an advanced age; John resides in Malta Township; Samuel is dead; William and George live in Iowa; Elizabeth (deceased), married William Spurrier; Melissa, the widow of William Graham, resides in Tuscarawas County; Matilda (deceased) married Isaac Dye; Sally married William Spurrier and lives in Union Township.  John Miller, the immediate subject of this sketch, was born on the present Sherwood farm in Morgan County, June 13, 1810, and is therefore among the oldest residents of the county.  He passed his earlier years at home upon the farm, having but limited opportunities for obtaining an education.  When about twenty-one years of age, he began work for himself, following farming for a short time.  He next engaged for about nine years in building salt-boats upon the Muskingum River, and freighting salt and other products to Cincinnati and other Southern points.  In 1840 he married Elizabeth McComas, daughter of Nicholas McComas, of this county, and soon afterward settled upon a farm.  He has since been engaged very successfully in farming, and is now considered one of the best farmers in the county.  He has resided on his present farm since 1847.  His home farm consists of 430 acres of good and finely improved land, pleasantly situated upon the river a short distance above the village of Malta.  Mr. Miller has dealt considerably in real estate, and has always been an active business man.  He was one of the incorporators of the Malta National Bank, and has been one of the directors since its organization.  He was also a director of the McConnelsville National Bank for several years.  Mr. Miller was formerly a whig and is now a republican.  He was an anti-slavery man; is a friend of temperance and other good work.  His character and standing are two well known to the people of Morgan County to require commendation here; in all his dealings he has been honorable and just.      Mr. Miller’s first wife died in 1855, having borne two children, Kate M. (Stanbery) and Hiel D.  The latter is now cashier of the Malta National Bank.  In 1857 Mr. Miller married Nancy A. Wright, daughter of John Wright, of this county.  Their children are Harry E., J. Emmet and Blanche. Source:  Chapter - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 358 J. J. Montgomery JOAB J. MONTGOMERY.   Joab J. Montgomery, a prominent business man of Roxbury, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1829.  His parents were William and Lydia Ann (Jones) Montgomery.  His father was a farmer, and for a time was engaged in the manufacture of salt on the Muskingum, and died at the residence of his son June 2, 1880.  When our subject was about four years of age, the family moved to Illinois with an ox team, and lived in Waynesville, DeWitt County.  When J. J. Montgomery was about ten years old, they went to Iowa, and resided in that State until the mother’s death.  At the age of about 17 he returned to Illinois and for two years lived on a farm.  He next came to Ohio for the purpose of attending the high school at McConnelsville.  Here he was greatly assisted in his efforts to obtain an education by his uncle, Eli Shepard.  At the age of twenty, being then without funds and $30 in debt, he began life for himself, entering the employ of James A. McConnel.  His salary for the first year was $60.  Mr. Montgomery entered upon his duties in September, 1848, and for nineteen years remained in Mr. McConnel’s employ, never losing any time in all those years.  For the first six months he worked in the mill office at McConnelsville, and afterwards in the store at Roxbury.  On the death of the superintendent he was given the entire charge of Mr. McConnel’s business at that place, and continued in that capacity until 1868.  He then moved to a farm in Palmer Township, Washington County, where he remained until 1878.  Not finding farming congenial to his taste, he quit the work, and soon after sold his farm.  He then engaged in the mercantile business at Roxbury, which he has continued up to the present time.  He has been moderately successful, and is popular with his wide circle of customers, and much respected as a neighbor and a citizen.  Mr. Montgomery has gained all that he has through his own individual efforts.      He was married Dec. 22, 1853, to Miss Frances A. Salmon, of Cambridge, Guernsey County.  Of this union six children were born, four of whom are living.  Lelia is the wife of Francis S. Dickey, of Chillicothe.  William Edwards, who married Miss Belle Harrison, is engaged in the jewelry business in Beverly.  Carrie B. lives with her aunt in Cambridge, O.  Milton F. is at home, assisting his father in business.  The two children who are deceased were Oella D., who died when about two years of age, and an infant son.  Mrs. Montgomery died Dec. 19, 1869.  Apr. 13, 1872, Mr. Montgomery married Miss Sarah Pugh of Harlow Township, Washington County, who is still living.  They have had two children, both of whom died in infancy.  In politics Mr. Montgomery was bred a whig, early became opposed to the slavery system and was a strong abolitionist.  Since the formation of the republican party he has acted with it.  During the Civil War he contributed liberally of his time and means to the work of raising troops and assisting in their support.  He has never held any public office.  He was a candidate for county treasurer, and came within one vote of being nominated in the convention— a nomination being equivalent to an election.  He was among the heavy losers in Morgan County by the river flood in 1884. Source:  Chapter XXI - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 424   FRED W. MOORE was a young lawyer who practiced in McConnellsville a short time, about 1872.  He removed to Caldwell, where he died. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 269 C. C. Morgan CAPTAIN CARLETON C. MORGAN.  Carleton C. Morgan, one of the pioneer steamboatmen of the Muskingum River, was born at Preston, Chenango County, N. Y., July 17, 1810.  His father, Diodate Morgan, was of Welsh descent, and was born in New London, Conn., Jan. 23, 1785.  He was married in 1809 to Miss Lucy Church, and to their care was given a family of ten children, eight daughters and two sons, the subject of this biography being the eldest.  From Connecticut he emigrated with his family to New York, and from thence to Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, September, 1825, where he resided the greater part of his time until his decease, which occurred May 24, 1881, at the remarkable age of ninety-six years.  He was a man of powerful physique, and possessed of a generous amount of sterling good sense.  He gave his children all the educational advantages within his power, and all received good educations.  Carleton C. being the eldest of the family he began to assume the responsibilities of life at a very early age. In a letter to a cousin written when he was in his fourteenth year, and while his father was suffering from reverse of fortune, he says: “We live in a world of disappointment, and I must bear my part.  Once there were many flattering prospects, but they have passed by, and though everything now looks dark I hope we may live to see better times.”  A year later he was at work on the excavation of the Ohio Canal at Newark at eight dollars per month, and in another letter he says:  “I am cold, wet and sleepy.  My head aches so that I am almost insensible to everything around me.  My clothes are worn, and I have no money to obtain more.”      Such were his youthful experiences, and perhaps the hardships of his youth made him better fitted for the work which came to him in after life.  The time for several succeeding years was spent upon his father’s farm, where the summer’s work was alternated by a term at the district school in winter.  An active mind and a retentive memory enabled him to lay by a fund of information to which he continued to make additions as long as he lived.  In 1830 he found employment as a stage driver from Sunbury to Delaware, and in the latter part of this year lie writes his parents that “ he was at work on a canal boat.”  This was the initial effort in the business in which he was afterward so successfully engaged.  Two years later he was in command of a boat.  His perseverance and integrity had met with deserved success, and for a time his affairs were in a very prosperous condition; but through the perfidy of an associate the results of his patient industry and frugality were lost.  To him, however, “defeat was not conquest.”      He came to Zanesville and engaged in the shipping house of Allen, Cadawallader & Co.  He devoted his leisure time to perfecting his business education, and in a short time he was doing business on the Muskingum.  His devotion to the interests of his employers, and his strict attention to all his duties, soon gave him prominence and promotion, and in a little time he acquired a working interest in two or three boats that plied between Zanesville and Dresden.  At the latter place he was married in 1850 to Miss Charlotte A. Kellogg.  The union was blessed with two children, Nettie (Mell) and Diodate, the present captain of the steamer “Mink.”  Captain Morgan resided in Dresden until the upper trade of the river was abandoned, when he moved to McConnelsville, and to the time of his decease, Mar. 9, 1884, he was the commander of the “Mink.”  No man on the river was more extensively or favorably known than Captain Morgan.  He was a steadfast friend, a kind father and an indulgent husband.  As a brother he fulfilled faithfully a trust committed to him by his mother, and to his sisters he was a father, always ready to minister to their wants or to counsel them when required.  One of the leading dailies of Zanesville, in a biography published at the time of his death, said:  “Captain Morgan was a public benefactor. His manner of life was plain and unostentatious as were his liberal charities.  He was noted for his general intelligence and genial disposition, and was a true type of the American gentleman.” Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 331   GEORGE P. MORRIS.    George P. Morris, one of the pioneer merchants and prominent citizens of McConnelsville, was born in 1798 in Trowbridge, a manufacturing village of Wiltshire, England.  His father, Joseph Morris, was a well-to-do merchant and a man of some prominence in his native town.  He reared a family of six children, three sons and three daughters.  In those days it was the custom in well regulated English families to educate one of the sons for some profession.  Young George evidencing an inclination for books was given an academical education and fitted for the profession of a teacher.  The plans of the parents, however, were doomed to disappointment, the glowing accounts of the new country and the opportunities offered for the acquirement of property and position, excited his youthful mind and in 1817 in company with an elder brother Edward he came to Marietta, Ohio, where the former found employment as a teacher and the latter at his trade, that of a coppersmith.  The expectations they had formed of the new Elderado were fully realized, and in a short time Edward returned to England for the family.      Previous to his departure, however, the boys had come up the Muskingum to where Rokeby Lock now is, and negotiated for the purchase of a large tract of land in Bloom Township.  In 1819 the entire family took passage for their new home, and after an uneventful but tedious voyage arrived safely and began the development of their property.  The clearing of the land and the production of crops was to them a new enterprise, and their inexperienced efforts resulted in a signal failure; they therefore leased their lands and betook themselves to other avocations.  At this time the production of salt was the leading industry of the Muskingum Valley, and George became engaged in its manufacture, a business he followed very successfully for many years.  In 1837 became to McConnelsville and engaged in the manufacture of tinwain, and in 1849 in the hardware trade with the same success that had characterized his other business ventures.  Up to the time that he became incapacitated by age for active business life, no one was more prominently identified with the commercial interests of the county or did more for its development than he.      In 1870, despite his age and infirmities he began the erection of the Morris Block, which is a monument to his industry and energy, the building of which undoubtedly hastened his death, | which occurred June 3, 1873.  Mr. Morris was a man of sterling character, the personification of integrity, and a man of more than ordinary ability.  In his demise McConnelsville lost one of its most valuable citizens.      In 1822 Mr. Morris was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of John Hammond, one of the pioneers of Bloom.  The Hammonds are of Welsh descent and came to this country before the revolutionary war and settled in Baltimore, Md., where many of the family now reside and where Mrs. Morris was born on Oct. 18, 1799.  To them were born five children, Mary J., Sebasto E., Maria (Scott), Robert L. and William.  The mother, a venerable lady of eighty-seven years, Maria and Robert L. are the only survivors of the family.  The latter was born in Bloom Township in 1830, and continues the business established by his father.      In his religious views the elder Morris was a Methodist, and did much for the advancement of the religious interests of the village.  He was a prominent and zealous member of the Corinthian Lodge F. and A. M. of McConnelsville.  Politically he was a republican, but his extensive business interests prevented him from taking a prominent part in political matters, even had he been desirous of political preferment. Source:  Chapter __ - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 324 Jackson C. Murduck JACKSON C. MURDUCK.    Jackson C. Murduck was born Aug. 21, 1829, in Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio.  His parents, Edmund and Lydia (Murphy) Murduck were early settlers of that township and are mentioned in the chapter devoted to the history of Bristol.  The subject of this notice was reared on his father’s farm and received a good common school education.  He followed farming until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company C, 122d Regiment, O. V. I.  On the organization of the company he was made a corporal.  He participated in forty-five battles and skirmishes, among the most noted engagements being those of Winchester, Locust Grove, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania C. H., Cold Harbor, North Ann, Monocacy, etc.  In the last named battle he was severely wounded in the right forearm, causing a permanent disability.  After spending several months in the hospital, he was discharged in February, 1865, and returned to his home.  In July of the same year he had the misfortune to lose his house by fire, causing a serious loss.      In 1866, Mr. Murduck was elected sheriff of Morgan County, and at the expiration of his term of office he was re-elected.  At the conclusion of his second term, he bought the farm in Malta Township upon which he has since resided.  Mr. Murduck is a man of excellent character and is highly esteemed.  He is a member of the Christian church and an earnest friend of temperance and every other good cause.  He is also a prominent member of Hughes Post, No. 285, D. A. R.      Mr. Murduck has been married three times. The maiden name of his first wife was Miss Elizabeth Adams, of Bristol Township.  She died in 1870.  In 1872 he married Miss Albina Carman, who died in 1878.  In 1880 he married Mrs. Martha J. Pickett, who died in the same year.  Of the first marriage eight children were born — Willie and Edmund W., deceased; and Samuel A., Frank E. (Scott), Myrtle C. (Thompson), Clarence W., Rose and Edgar L., living.  Three children were born of the second marriage; two of them died in infancy, and one, Nettie A., is living. Source:  Chapter - Malta Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 372   R. W. P. MUSE was a young lawyer of moderate ability who came to McConnelsville about 1846, and practiced in the county about ten years.  During this period he was prosecuting attorney for one term.  He then removed to Zanesville, where he was afterward elected probate judge.  He was in the West at last accounts. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 269

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