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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States.
Chicago - Chapman Bros. -
1892
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REUBEN
ROUSH. Many of the old citizens and pioneers of
Stark County will recognize the name quoted above as that of
a former citizen of high standing, a loyal patriot and a
good man, now gone to his long home. Mr. Roush
left an example of the highest and most pronounced purity of
character as a common legacy, not only to his children, but
to the present generation.
Reuben Roush was a native of Pennsylvania, and
was born Nov. 2, 1817. He was a son of Frederick
and Annie M. Roush, both of whom were natives of the
Quaker State, but of German ancestry. When a boy, our
subject emigrated with his parents to Stark County and
settled in Perry Township. They were counted among the
earliest pioneers, experiencing all the vicissitudes and
trials in the various phases of the development of the
country. Both parents died here. Reuben
did his full share in reclaiming the whole farm from its
original wilderness and was interested in all public
enterprises. His educational advantages were small,
but what he lacked in book lore he made up in grit and
"gumption."
For twenty years Mr. Roush ran a sawmill at
Richville, carrying on in connection with this interest
quite an extensive farming business, his tract of land being
about two miles south of Richville. This he developed
from virgin woodland. He might be considered a typical
Ohio pioneer, having all their push and energy, balanced by
intelligence and discretion. Dec. 25, 1840, he was
married to Miss Lydia Jacoby, a native of this
locality and born June 21, 1821. She is a daughter of
David and Mary Jacoby, both of whom were natives of
Pennsylvania and pioneers in Perry Township. The young
married couple settled in a log cabin in the midst of thick
woods, on the farm where she now resides. She was a
model pioneer's wife and made the best of existing
circumstances, calling upon her ingenuity to supplement the
scanty conveniences of that early day.
Mr. and Mrs. Roush had a large family of
children, of whom the following survive: Mary M.,
now Mrs. John Hartzell; John A., who
married Eliza Foltz; Catherine L., now Mrs.
Newton Koontz; Francis M., who married Clara B.
Wingard; Ann M., the wife of George Rutter; Ida M.,
wife of William Rutter; Calving R., who married
Catherine Nay; Laura M., who is the wife of William
Miller; Lincoln A., who married Ora Smith; and
Minnie E., the wife of Edward Jacoby.
Mr. Roush had served as Trustee of Perry Township,
and was a leading and influential citizen. In
politics, he was a Republican and in his church relations,
he was a Methodist. In the city of Massillon, he was
well and favorably known as a business man, one whose word
could always be implicitly relied upon. In domestic
life, he was a model of tenderness, forethought and
forbearance. As a friend and neighbor, his good
qualities were many, and in his death Perry Township lost
one of her most estimable citizens. His widow still
resides on the home farm, which comprises one hundred and
twenty acres of good and arable land. She has at
command a fund of anecdotes and incidents of pioneer days
that would be valuable to the historical societies of the
State.
Source: Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 480 |
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