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History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884

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EDWARD B. CAMPBELL, hotel proprietor, Gnadenhutten, was born in Guernsey County Dec. 15, 18532, son of Abram and Margaret Campbell, of Scotch and Irish descent.  Abram Campbell was a miller, and followed his trade until he lost an arm in a mill at Vinton.  He then engaged in stockdealing.  At the age of fourteen, Edward B. went on the Pan Handle Railroad, and successively served as water carrier, brakeman, wiper and fireman.  At the close of 1874, he left the railroad, and for nine years was engaged in farming.  He then commenced the hotel business, which he has since followed.  He built the Gnadenhutten Hourse, corner of Main and Cherry streets.  Mr. Campbell was married, May 31, 1873, to Angie Webb, a native of Kanawha, Va.  Her father, Philander Webb, was a native of New York, and while serving as boss carpenter on the railroad was killed by a construction train, Oct. 16, 1878.  Her mother, Caroline Webb, is a native of Richland County, Ohio.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are  Carrie Leoti, Edna Luella, Edward W., Ida M. and Cecil Muriel.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 734

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ADAM CAPPEL, tanner, Port Washington, was born in New Bavaria, Germany, June 28, 1828, son of Abraham and Catherine Cappel, who emigrated in 1853 to Ohio, where Mrs. Cappel died two years later, her husband surviving until 1871.  Our subject preceded his parents to America.  He emigrated to Syracuse, N. Y., in 1848 there learned the tanner's trade, and was married Oct. 18, 1849, to Louisa Closs, born in New Bavarian, Germany, Sept. 26, 1828.  In 1851, Adam Cappel came with his family to Port Washington, where he has resided since.  The journey was made on a canal boat, railroad facilities for traveling having not yet been developed.  In 1862, he opened a tannery for himself, and has since conducted it successfully.  His wife departed this life Jan. 22, 1882.  Of their seven children, three died in infancy.  Those living, are Charles, Adam, Lizzie and Harvey.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900
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LEWIS CARHARTT, tanner, Newcomerstown, was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 1, 1833, and is a son of John and Lavina (Purdy) Carhartt, both natives of Ohio, the former of Muskingum County, of English descent, and by occupation a tanner.  Our subject was married, in Plainfield, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1855, to Margaret Burt, a native of Otsego County, N. Y.  She was born Feb. 23, 1835, and is a daughter of J. M. and Mary Ann Burt, of Newcomerstown.  By this union there is one child, Harriet, born in Plainfield, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the capacity of a musician, and is a member of the Masonic order, Lodge, No. 175, Lone Star, at Newcomerstown.  D. L. Williams is a partner with Mr. Carhartt in the business.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 865
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AQUILLA CARR, farmer, P. O. Port Washington, was born in this county Mar. 17, 1812, and is consequently one of the oldest pioneers of the county.  His parents, William and Catharine Carr, were married here and their license was one of the first issued by the county.  William Carr was a native of Maryland and died in 1829; his wife, a native of Virginia, survived until 1870.  a worked on the canal until he was thirty-six years of age, at first for his uncle, afterward in the employ of the State.  He has sine given his attention to farming, and owns 112 acres of land, most of it improved, near Port Washington.  He was married, Aug. 19, 1848, to Elizabeth Bell, born in Maryland Oct. 14, 1821, daughter of Daniel and Susan Bell.  Ten children have been born to them, nine of whom survive - Mary E., wife of John Warner, Clause E., Calvin E., Amanda J., Susan E., Isaac G., Adilla E., Daniel A. and Ida B.; William A. is deceased.  Mr. Carr and wife are members of the Moravian Church.  He has held all the township offices except Treasurer, and his life has spanned the period of the development of his county.  It was almost an unbroken wilderness when he first saw it, and has become by the efforts of such men as he a prosperous and fertile district.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900
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JOHN H. CARR (deceased) was a resident of Port Washington.  He was born in this county Feb. 22, 1832, son of Benjamin and Mary Carr, both of whom were born in Ohio.  Benjamin remained a resident of this county till his death, which occurred in 1879; his widow survives and resides in Port Washington.  John H. enlisted in Company E, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was taken prisoner while in service, and after his release, was discharged on account of sickness.  He afterward returned to the army, and remained four months as wagon-master.  After the close of the war, he was engaged for fourteen years in running a water pump for the P., C. & St. L. R. R. at Newcomerstown.  He was then engaged in keeping the tanks in repair until a short time prior to his death, which occurred Dec. 25, 1881.  By his death, Port Washington lost a valuable citizen, and his family a kind husband and loving father.  He owned the fine town residence where his widow still resides, and one-half the store now owned by Kline & Co.  His widow, Mrs. Lavina Carr, to whom he was married Dec. 20, 1866, was born near Port Washington July 30, 1843.  Her father, Edward Stocker, died Mar. 30, 1872; her mother, Mrs. Jane Stocker, is still living.  To Mr. and Mrs. Carr were born five children - Slade, born Nov. 18, 1867; Lillis; born Aug. 28, 1869; Leroy, born Aug. 3, 1877; John H. and Vinas H., twins, born Aug. 14, 1881.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900
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CYRUS CARSON, farmer, P. O. New Philadelphia, is a son of David, Jr., and Jane (Boorhes) Carson, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Penn., the latter a native of Ohio.  David Carson, Sr., with his family, came to the West in 1807 and was among the pioneer families of Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived to the close to his life.  His son, David, Jr., removed to Tuscarawas County in 1865, and settled at first in Goshen Township, and subsequently on the farm now occupied by his son, where he died in November, 1882.  He was in the eightieth year of his age, and as a citizen and friend was warmly esteemed; his wife had preceded him to the better land in 1877.  They were the parents of three children, all living, viz., Eliza, residing on the homestead; James, of Jefferson County, Ohio; and David.  Mr. Carson is a member of the Christian Church, and although he has never entered the wedded state, we take pleasure in commemorating him and his family upon the pages of this book.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 741
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DAVID CASEBEER, P. O. Canal Dover, was born in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1813, and is the second son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Knisely) Casebeer.  His father was a native of Washington County, Penn., and came to this county at an early day settling in Goshen Township, where he took up 100 acres and founded a home.  Here he met and married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Knisely, a Pennsylvanian and a pioneer of this county.  Mr. Casebeer died in Philadelphia in the eighty-fourth year of his age.  He was a blacksmith by trade, but followed farming, at which he was very successful;  he left to his heirs 500 acres of land.  He was of a quiet, unobtrusive nature, and was highly esteemed.  The subject of this sketch lived on the homestead until twenty-seven years of age, when he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Schrock, a native of this county.  The results of this union have been seven children, five of whom are living, viz., Sarah M., Mary (wife of David Swihart, of this county) Lydia, Joseph and Jacob F.  Mr. Casebeer settled on his present estate in 1848, consisting in its original purchase of 500 acres of land, all but 100 of which he has divided among his children.  This land he has acquired mostly by his own industry and perseverance.  His advantages for education were very limited, studying only when there was no work to be done.  He and his family are connected with the United Brethren Church.  He lost his wife by death in 1877, and in 1883 he was again married to Mrs. Nancy Shalter, of this county.  Mr. Casebeer numbers among the oldest born pioneers, representing a branch of distinguished pilgrims.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 741
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ALEXANDER CHAPMAN (deceased) was a farmer of Salem Township, born in Pennsylvania Sept. 5, 1831, son of Richard U. ChapmanAlexander was married Sept. 3, 1859, to Ruth M. Spencer, born in Belmont County, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1839, daughter of Samuel and Isabella Spencer.  Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were members of the Disciple Church.  She died May 28, 1878, and her husband, Alexander Chapman, followed her to the grave Mar. 3, 1883.  Their two children were Henry and Isabelle.  The latter was born Sept. 26, 1866, died Mar. 23, 1881.  Henry  was born Aug. 30, 1860.  He was united in marriage, Oct. 4, 1881, with Isolina B. Decker, born in Tuscarawas County Dec. 27, 1861, daughter of Henry Decker.  They have one child - Florence A., born Sept. 13, 1882.  Mr. Henry Chapman and family reside on the old home farm of 100 acres, where his father had lived for many years.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 901

Jacob H. Clantz
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JACOB H. CLANTZ

Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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TILMAN CLARK (deceased) was born Mar. 15, 1820, in Pennsylvania, where he was married Dec. 12, 1846, to Margaret J., daughter of Abraham Milliken.  He was a blacksmith by trade, and in May, 1851, emigrated to Ohio and settled at Bolivar.  He here pursued his avocation until the rebellion began.  In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Fifty second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after two years and three months service, fell a sacrifice to his country.  He died from the effects of a wound at the hospital, Nashville, Tenn.  Of his seven children, five are now living - Mary A., wife of William Lenhart; Amzi, who is married to Mary Kline; Leroy W., Rezin and Ida E.  Phebe J. died Oct. 22, 1860, and Cora E. Nov. 9, 1861.  Rezin spent his school days in the village of Bolivar, and commenced teaching at the age of twenty-one.  He taught for three successive years, and on the 4th of July, 1876, opened a photograph gallery at Bolivar, and has followed this art at this place since.  He is an excellent artist, and the effects of his skill are manifested in his successful business.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 783
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JOHN D. CLEMENS, farmer, P. O. Sherodsville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1827, son of William and Catherine Clemens, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of Ohio.  When John was about eight years old, his father removed with his family to Carroll County.  Here John was raised and received his education.  He was married, Jan. 31, 1871, to Catherine Pearch, of Carroll County.  Prior to his marriage, Mr. Clemens traveled a great deal.  He has been in thirteen States, and was aboard the steamer "Nat Holmes" when it collided with the "David Gibson" on the Ohio River, near Aurora, Ind., Mar. 27, 1859.  Both boats were ruined, and forty-three human lives were lost.  The captain and pilot of the "David Gibson" were convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.  Mr. Clemens has been successful and industrious in life, and owns a farm of 80 acres which he is greatly improving.  He is a Republican in politics.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 960
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WILLIAM H. CRAIG (deceased) was born at Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, Jan. 2, 1811, and was a son of Roland and Rosanna (Rabe) Craig, the former a native of Ireland and a pioneer of Jefferson County.  Our subject was married, Sept. 26, 1832, in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Nancy Flemming, born Mar. 13, 1813, in Smithfield, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Mathews) Flemming, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and died in 1845, aged seventy-five years.  The latter was born in1783, in Chambersburg, Penn., of Scotch descent, and died in 1866.  They were pioneers of Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, settling there in 1803, when there was but one log cabin in the place.  They were buried at Smithfield, Ohio.  Mrs. Craig is the mother of eight children one of whom is living, Thomas F., born Dec. 29, 1845.  Susanna, born Nov. 21, 1838, was the wife of Peter Saydom, of Columbus, Ohio.  She died in Columbus, July 23, 1875.  Thomas F. was married, Nov. 2, 1876, to Mary Vivian, of Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Vivian, of Cadiz, Ohio.  She was the mother of three children - May, William C. and Maggie.  Our subject, as a merchant, sold goods in Cadiz, Ohio, for ten years, and for eighteen years in Newcomerstown.  He was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member, and died Aug. 16, 1879, in the sixty-eighth year of his age.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 865
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URIAH T. CROSS, farmer, P. O. Port Washington, was born in Maryland Nov. 20, 1813, son of Richard and Delila Cross, who emigrated from Maryland, their native State, to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1814, and twenty-one years later to Tuscarawas County, where Richard died Nov. 1, 1848, his widow surviving until Mar. 4, 1867.  Uriah T. was married Mar. 14, 1843, to Margaret Barnhouse, born in Carroll County, Ohio, June 24, 1822, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Barnhouse both deceased.  Mr. Cross and wife are members of the Protestant Methodist Church.  He has filled the offices of Township Trustee, Justice of the Peace and School Director.  To Mr. and Mrs. Cross nine children were born, of whom four survive - Hester r. (wife of Henry Blous), Delila H., Ovid A. (married to Emma Lyon) and Clinton C.  (married to Maria Kittsmiller).  The deceased are Othello B. (who died in service at Huntsville, Ala.), Mary J., William S. and two infants.  Mr. Cross was bred a farmer, and has always followed his pursuit.  He began life with nothing, and now owns a place of 174 acres.  He has resided on his present farm since 1835, and has changed it from its primitive forest condition to a well-improved farm.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 901
   
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THEODORE F. CRATER, merchant, Newcomerstown, was born Jan. 8, 1846, in Newcomerstown, and is a son of Isaiah G. and Jane (Rogers) Crater, the former a native of New Jersey, and of German descent; the latter a native of Ohio, and of English descent.  Our subject's father came to this county in 1840, and was a merchant by occupation.  He died Nov. 29, 1882, aged sixty-seven years.  Mr. Theodore F. Crater was married, Dec. 18, 1872, to Emma C. McFadden, who was born Aug. 18, 1850, in Newcomerstown, and is a daughter of William and Margaret J. (Herring) McFadden, who came to this county in 1850, where Mr. McFadden died.  His widow is a resident of Newcomerstown.  Mr. and Mrs. Crater are the parents of two children - Cecil A., born Dec. 2, 1873, and Roy C., born Jan. 15, 1876.  Mrs. Crater is a member of the Lutheran Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. O. F., Newcomerstown Lodge, No. 445.  He was a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted September 19, 1864.  He participated in the battle of Kingston, in the spring of 1865, besides numerous skirmishes, and received his discharge July 11, 1865.  He has acted as Township Trustee three terms, and was for three yeas a member of the City Council.  He owns considerable real estate.  Clifford Crater, a brother of our subject, was killed at Newcomerstown about the year 1868, by jumping from a freight car while the latter was in motion.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866
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THOMAS CRAWFORD, proprietor of brick yard and manufacturer of bricks, Newcomerstown, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Hillory and Esah (Hale) Crawford.  He was married, in1876, to Martha Jacobs, born in 1852, and a daughter of David Jacobs.  By this union three children were born, two boys and one girl - Emma, William and Edward.  Our subject's father died in the army.  He was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, and died in Texas at the close of the war in 1865.  He was a native of Ohio, of Irish descent, his wife being of German lineage.  They were early settlers of Jefferson County.  Our subject's maternal grandfather, Henry Hale, was a shoe maker by trade.  Mr. Thomas Crawford has been in the brick-making business for himself for six years, and four years for W. H. Mabery in the city of Newcomerstown.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866
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MORRIS CRETER, Newcomerstown, is a native of Morris County, N. J., and a son of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter, also natives of Morris County.  Our subject married, Sept. 8, 1829, Lanoh, a daughter of John P. Voorhies.  She was born in Middlesex County, N. J., Feb. 14, 1808, died June 7, 1838.  She was the mother of five children, four living.  Mr. Creter took for his second wife, May 19, 1839, Mrs. Jane Clark widow of Dr. H. G. Clark  She was born on the Isle of Wight, and was a daughter of James Abraham.  By this union there were six children, three living.  Our subject's third marriage was Jan. 20, 1860, with Mrs. Eliza H. Wolf, widow of Perry C. Wolf, born Mar. 2, 1823, in Coshocton County.  Mr. Creter had but $44 in cash, and his wife and child when he cam to Ohio.  In 1838, he bought five and three-fourths acres of land that is now part of Newcomerstown, and he is now owner of 330 acres.  Our subject was engaged in trucking, then in the grocery and grain business for four years, extensively, until 1842.  The house he lives in he has inhabited since 1843, and there he desires to end his days.  Mr. Creter is the father of ten children, and has six grandchildren.  He is in his seventy-fifth year, and is hale and hearty.  He moved into Ohio in November, 1830; where the spot Newcomerstown now stands on what was a wild forest.  Only two houses stood on the town plat proper; one was of brick occupied by Judge J. Neighbor and Jacob Overholtz, the other by Baron Schenk Mr. Creter was a Justice of the Peace from 1842 to 1845, and Associate Judge from 1845 to 1852.  In 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace for three years, and afterward re-elected serving in all twelve years.  He was always a Whig and Republican.  Activity, energy and perseverance have placed Mr. Creter in the comfortable circumstances he now enjoys, and his love for labor is well illustrated in his own words - "I will retire when I die."
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 867
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SARAH P. CRETER, Newcomerstown, was born June 25, 1800, in Morris County, N. J., three miles from Chester and Schooley's Mountain, and six miles from Mineral Springs.  She is a daughter of Morris and Anna (Stephens) Creter, both of New Jersey, the former of German extraction.  Our subject is the sixth child and third daughter of a family of twelve children, viz., David, Andrew, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Sarah P., Barbara, Ann Delano, Sophia Bowman, Morris, Anna Maria and John Gilbert (twins).  All are deceased except Sarah P. and Morris.  Andrew, brother of our subject, was born Nov. 17, 1791, died Nov. 26, 1861.  He cam to Ohio in the fall of 1817; was married soon after to Elizabeth Neighbor, and was the parent of five children, viz., Clark (deceased), Catharine, Ann, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson, living.  His family are residents of Newcomerstown, and their aunt, Sarah P., makes her home with them, but has ample means of her own for her support as long as she lives.  She was presented by her brother Andrew, on his deathbed, with some part compensation for taking charge of his household and bringing up his children.  She came to Ohio in the last week of September, 1830, when she was thirty years of age.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866
  Dover Twp. -
GEORGE W. CRITES


Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 742

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WILLIAM CRITES, farmer, P. O. New Philadelphia, was born in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1840, and is a son of John and Mary Crites, both natives of Pennsylvania.  They were among the early settlers of this county, John Crites entering eighty acres of the land now occupied by our subject, which farm now consists of 143 acres.  Both parents died on the homestead.  They reared a family of ten children, of whom nine have survived.  The subject of this sketch was married in Dover Township in 1854, to Mary Foney, who was born in this county.  The nine children living of ten born to this union are as follows:  Daniel L., Joseph H., Jesse E., Emanuel, Alphy, Wyola, Perley, Ruby and BerthaMr. Crites will rank among the native born children of Tuscarawas County, springing from the original stock of English settlers; he has always retained and lived upon the home his father selected from the wilds of this county.  As a citizen and a man, he is highly respected from the wilds of this county.  As a citizen and a man, he is highly respected. Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 742
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SAMUEL W. CROXTON

Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 743

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