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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Combination atlas map of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio
Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Print.,
1875
359 pgs. L. H. Everts
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| CAPTAIN
EDWARD A. PARRISH, the present Mayor of the
village of Uhrichsville, was born in Chestertown,
Maryland, Dec. 20, 1824. Came with his parents
to Ohio in 1841. He was married to Miss
Mary Uhrich (already notice) on Oct. 31, 1848.
Has had three sons and two daughters. Served
three years in the late war, entering as First
Lieutenant and coming out as Captain. |
JUDGE
JAMES PATRICK. The subject of this
sketch is the oldest male resident of New
Philadelphia. He was born in the city of
Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1792. After visiting
England, he emigrated from Belfast to the United
States, and landed at Norfolk, Virginia, in the
mouth of March, 1816. Being a printer by
profession, he immediately found employment as such
in the office of the Norfolk Herald, but soon
after changed his residence to New York City, where
he was engaged as a compositor in the
book-publishing house of Van Winkle & Wiley, and in
the office of Mr. John Seymour, until he
removed to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where he was for about two years employed on the
Aurora, then edited and published by
Colonel William Duane.
In the spring of 1819 he settled in New Philadelphia,
where, on the 24th of August, 1819, he issued the
first number of the Tuscarawas Chronicle, the
first paper published in the County, and , with the
exception of two years, during which it was
published by Samuel Douglas, conducted the
paper, under the names of the Tuscarawas
Chronicle and Tuscarawas Advocate, until
April, 1846, when he transferred it to his eldest
son, Andrew. Judge Patrick conducted
the paper with such marked ability as to enable him
to extend its circulation into many other counties
of the State. He held many offices of public
trust, - was for ten years Recorder of the County;
was the agent of the United States to sell what is
known as the Indian Moravian Reservation, and as
such laid out the village of Gnadenhütten;
and was for several years Associate Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas.
In early life he was married to Miss Catherine
Westfall, daughter of Major Abraham Westfall,
an officer in the Revolutionary war, who was served
until the close of the war, and was with General
Anthony Wayne at the storming of Stony Point, on
the night of the 16th of July, 1779.
His family comprises three sons and three daughters.
His eldest son, Andrew Patrick, studied law,
was admitted to practice in 1845, and in the spring
of 1846 became editor and proprietor of the
Advocate, which he edited and published with
great political adroitness - his party being
generally in the ascendancy in the County - and
constantly increasing circulation until July, 1865,
when he retired from editorial life; and soon after,
in company with Mr. Kaldenbaugh, established
the Citizens' Bank, in New Philadelphia. This
bank, in 1872, was changed into the present
Citizens' National Bank, of which he has ever since
its organization been the President. It is the
leading bank of the place, and enjoys the confidence
of the people of the whole County.
His second son, James Patrick, Jr., is a lawyer,
standing high in the legal profession. He,
when younger, served the people four years as Public
Prosecutor. At present he is Director and
Attorney of the Citizens' National Bank.
His third son, Abraham W. Patrick, is also a
lawyer by profession, in which he holds a leading
position. He served four years as Public
Prosecutor of the County; served one term as Judge
of the Probate Court and declined a unanimous
nomination when it was equivalent to an election.
He has also represented the people of the district
in the State Senate, where he had the reputation of
being an able debater and an influential member.
His eldest daughter, Rachel, was married to the
late David McFarlane, of New Philadelphia,
who departed this life in February, 1852.
His second daughter, Catherine, is married to
Hon. Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago
Tribune.
Judge Patrick
was called to mourn the death of his most esteemed
wife when his youngest daughter was but one year
old. He never married. He is now in his
eighty-third year, in a fine state of preservation,
and possessing as he does, a well-cultivated mind,
with life-long habits of reading and study, he
spends the evening of his life in the companionship
of his books and friends.
Source: Combination Atlas Map of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
by L. H. Everts & Co. – Philadelphia
– 1875 ~ Page 13 |
WILLIAM
A. PITTENGER, Editor of Tuscarawas
Chronicle, was born near the present town of
Fairview, Harrison County, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1842.
He passed his boyhood days at home, working on his
father's farm in the summer and attending district
school in the winter, until about the age of
fifteen. He subsequently attended the
McNeely Normal School and Mount Union College,
by which he acquired a thorough practical education,
and having in view the newspaper business as his
profession, Mr. Pittenger entered the office
of the Cadiz Republican Oct. 1, 1859, as an
apprentice. The Republican was then
owned and edited by Richard Hatton, Esq., an
old and experienced editor and publisher, under
whose instruction the young typo and editor received
his first lessons in the "art preservative of all
arts." Pittenger soon showed an aptness
for newspaper writing, and at an early day in his
apprenticeship began writing for the local columns
of the Republicans, and in the course
of time was promoted by Mr. Hutton to the
position of local editor of the paper. He
served out the three years of his apprenticeship in
the Republican office, after which he went to
Wheeling, West Virginia, and worked in the office of
the Dailey Intelligencer as a compositor for
about six months. About this time Mr. John
Fogee, the foreman of the Cadiz Republican
office during Mr. Pittenger's apprenticeship,
resigned that position to volunteer in the 30th Ohio
Regiment in the war of the Rebellion, and Mr.
Pittenger was called to fill the vacant place.
He remained this time in the Republican
office until the summer of 1862, when he volunteered
as a member of the Company C, 98th O. V. I., and
left his occupation for that of a soldier on the
"tented field." He served for nearly one year
in the 98th Regiment, when he was discharged from
the service on account of sickness. He
afterwards entered the army in a hundred-day
regiment, and saw some active service around
Washington City and in the Shenandoah Valley.
Returning home at the expiration of the one hundred
days, he began to look around for an opportunity to
again engage in the newspaper business, and in
November, 1864, entered the office of the
Tuscarawas Advocate at New Philadelphia, then
owned and edited by Andrew Patrick, Esq.,
as foreman and assistant editor. He continued
in this capacity until July 17, 1865, when he
entered upon the newspaper life in reality, having,
in connection with J. L. McIlvaine, Esq,
present editor and proprietor of the Advocate,
purchased the office from Mr. Patrick.
The paper flourished in their hands, and by his
genial and companionable disposition, and his
ability and talent as a newspaper man and editorial
writer, Mr. Pittenger soon gained hosts of
friends and a large acquaintance in Tuscarawas
County. On the 13th day of September, 1865, he
was married to Miss Anna E. Getzman youngest
daughter of Philip Getzman, Esq., of
New Philadelphia. He remained a partner in the
Advocate until December, 1868, when he sold
his interest in the paper to his partner and
purchased the Tuscarawas Chronicle, a paper
established in September, 1865, by V. P. Wilson,
Esq. Mr. Pittenger purchased the
Chronicle with the express purpose of moving it
to Uhrichsville and Dennison, but continued its
publication in New Philadelphia until in March,
1869, when it was moved to its present location; the
first issue of the paper here being dated Mar. 18,1
869. This change in the location of the paper
was at that time regarded as an experiment, but
Mr. Pittenger had faith in the editorship the
paper prospered and increased in business and
influence, keeping up with the rapid growth of the
community. What in 1869 was considered by many
a mere experiment or newspaper venture is now a
permanent and well established feature of
Uhrichsville and Dennison, and it is acknowledged on
all hands that no place of the size in Ohio has a
better or more prosperous newspaper establishment.
Mr. Pittenger is a Republican in politics, but
as an editor is fearless and unprejudiced in his
views and utterances, and his paper is emphatically
what it claims to be - an Independent Republican
Journal.
Mr. Pittenger resides in Dennison, and is
regarded as one of the leading citizens of the town.
He received his religious training under the
influence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to
which denomination his parents and most of his
relatives belong; but when the Dennison Chapel
Railway was built and a Presbyterian congregation
organized, being naturally desirous of aiding in the
Christian advancement of his own town, he gave of
his means and influence towards the chapel.
Especially was he led to this through the influence
of the pastor of the chapel, Reva. C. J. Hunter,
who was one of his early friends and associates.
In time Mr. Pittinger and his wife united in
membership with this church. Mr. Pittenger
also takes great interest in the public schools of
the village, and is a member of the Board of
Directors.
Source: Combination Atlas Map of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio by L. H. Everts & Co. – Philadelphia – 1875 ~ Page 15 |
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