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George Richmond, Pres.; S. Harmer Neff, Sec'y.; C. R. Arnold, Treas.
Chicago, Illinois -
1902

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  DR. THOMAS FARLEY came to Marietta in the summer of 1788 as the attending physician of General Venum, who died of consumption in January, 1789.  He was a son of General Farley, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and studied medicine at Salem, under Dr. Holyoke, in 1782.  Colonel Barker says of him: " He was a modest, amiable young man, always ready to obey the calls of humanity, and had the good will and confidence of all who knew him"  He soon became discouraged with the new country and returned in the fall of 1790 to Massachusetts.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 462
  GEORGE FELTON

Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1453

  WILLIAM W. FINCH

Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1416

  THOMAS FLEMING

Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1419


Jacob Fox


Mrs. Rosa R. Fox

JACOB FOX, one of the representative citizens of Grand View township, Washington County, Ohio, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 8, 1846, an is a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Snyder) Fox.
     Nicholas Fox
was born in Germany in 1816, and was a farmer by occupation.  He came to the United States with his family in 1847, landing at New York.  He went from there to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he followed mining for two years, and then went to Bellaire, Ohio.  After residing there for three years, he went to Monroe County, Ohio, where he bought land and farmed near Clarington.  He next moved to Grand View township, Washington County, and located upon the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Jacob.  He lived there until his death, May 4, 1889.  His wife, Elizabeth Snyder, who was born in Germany, Aug. 3, 1809, died Aug. 17, 1888.  They reared two children, namely:  Jacob, and Margaret, who was born in Germany Oct. 31, 1835, and married Henry Ressieger.  The father was a Democrat in politics.  Religiously, he was a member of the German Lutheran Church.
     Jacob Fox received his mental training in the schools of Monroe County, after which he engaged in teaching in that county, and in Grand View township, Washington County.  He began teaching at the age of 17 and continued until he was 40 years old.  From 1878 until 1882, he was successfully engaged in the general merchandise business in Grand View.  He has since been engaged in general farming, and has 135 acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation.
     In 1870 Mr. Fox married Rosa Roth, who was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 23, 1851, and is a daughter of John W. Roth.  Her father was born in Switzerland, in 1825, and came to the United States in 1834.  He spent most of his life in Monroe County, Ohio, engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He died Apr. 1, 1878, aged 53 years, one month and 17 days, having been born in 1825.  He married Rosena R. Rabel, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1827, and died May 9, 1889.  They reared the following children:  Mary (Kocher), of Monroe County; Rosa, wife of Mr. Fox; Lizzie (Zink), of Monroe County; Caroline; wife of Isaac Kocher of Monroe County; Edward of Monroe County; and Matilda, who married George Berentz, of Washington County.  Mr. and Mrs. Fox became the parents of 14 children, as follows:  Mary I., who was born Nov. 13, 1870, and married F. J. Lantz, of Grand View township; Charles W., born Apr. 27, 1872, who lives in Pittsburg; George E., of Pittsburg,  who was born Nov. 21, 1873, and married Minnie Adamson; Cora A., born Mar. 25, 1876; Arthur, born July 1, 1877, at St. Louis, Missouri; Rosa S., who was born Apr. 7, 1879, and died Aug. 3, 1880; Edward E., born Oct. 16, 1880; Clara V., born Apr. 29, 1883; Jacob W., born Mar. 12, 1885; Clarence E., born Feb. 25, 1887; Buna V., born Mar. 28, 1889; Truman B. who was born June 19, 1891, and died Jan. 18, 1892; Raymond T., born June 19, 1891; and Chester U. r., born Feb. 26, 1894.  Truman B. and Raymond T. were twins.  The subject of this sketch is a Democrat in politics, and served as township clerk four terms, as assessor 12 terms, as land appraiser two terms, as road supervisor, and is now a member of the School Board.  Mr. Fox and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1047
  JOHN W. FRYE

Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1452

  O. J. FULLER.  The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a funeral director in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.  He was born in that city in 1861, and is a son of Samuel A. and Eliza Z. (Judd) Fuller, and can trace his lineage back to the days of the landing of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower.  His ancestors subsequently removed to New York and located at Whitehall.
     Samuel A. Fuller was a native of Washington County, Ohio, where his birth took place in 1821, on the old "Bishop" farm.  His father, John Fuller, settled in Washington County during the early part of the nineteenth century.  He married and had several children the last of whom passed away in 1902.
     Samuel A. Fuller was a cabinet-maker by trade, and divided his attention between this and undertaking.  Prior to the establishment of the chair factory at Marietta, he made furniture quite extensively.  Then, too, he and his brother, Aaron Fuller, were partners in the undertaking business.  This partnership lasted until the latter accepted the position of foreman in the chair factory.  Some years later he removed from the city and is now deceased.  Samuel A. Fuller was united in marriage with a daughter of Chauncey T. Judd, a gentleman who served efficiently as postmaster at Harmar, Washington County, for many years, and died in January, 1863, or 1864.  To this union were born four children as follows:  Albert a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, where he and his brother Andrew J., are partners in the furniture and undertaking business; O. J.; and Clara S., now residing with Andrew J., her twin brother.
     The subject of this sketch attended school at Marietta, and at the age of sixteen years, started to work in the chair factory, where he continued for the following six years, and meantime devoted all spare time to learning the wood-turner's trade.  He chose for his wife, Nellie H. Sayre.
     Since 1884, Mr. Fuller has been sole proprietor of the undertaking and embalming business established by his father in 1840.  Although the patronage of his father was by no means small, Mr. Fuller has nevertheless increased his trade, and to him belongs the credit of bringing the business to his present high standard in Marietta.  His place of business is at Nos. 142 and 144 Front street, and consists of a well-furnished office, large and commodious show-rooms, well stocked with a most complete line of funeral supplies, and a dormitory.  He is said to have the most complete line of equipments in the state.  Three funeral cars, one white, one black, and one for country use, are owned by Mr. Fuller, and he also operates the only ambulance wagon in the city, taking special care of bodies intended form consignment to foreign points.  The residence and office of Mr. Fuller are adjoining, and calls are there by answered easily, both day and night.  Being a graduate of Clarke & Sullivan's Oriental School of Embalming.  Mr. Fuller is fully acquainted with every detail of this branch of the work, and is an expert embalmer.  For his straightforwardness and integrity, as well as for the attention and care he gives to all his duties, he is widely known throughout the surrounding country, and has a steadily increasing business.  He is a valued member of the Undertaker's Association of Ohio.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 1130
  DR. SHUBEL FULLER was born in Canada in 1866.  In 1818 his parents came to Marietta.  After passing through the schools of that period, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. John Cotton.  He attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and opened an office in Marietta in 1835.  Dr. Fuller was a successful physician, and conducted a large practice until the sickness which terminated in his death, Feb. 17, 1857.  Dr. Fuller was a descendant of the Plymouth Rock family of that name.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page 471

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