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George Richmond, Pres.; S. Harmer Neff, Sec'y.; C. R.
Arnold, Treas.
Chicago, Illinois -
1902
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C. THOMPSON, the genial proprietor of the Green Hotel at
New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, has been located there
only since 1900, but his place has become popular and enjoys a
fair patronage. Mr. Thompson is a native of
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he was born November 8,
1861. He is a son of Captain John A. and Nancy
(Adams) Thompson.
Captain John A. Thompson was born in Tylersburg,
Pennsylvania, in 1823. From 1865 to 1869 he followed a
river life and subsequently engaged in the hotel business, which
occupied his attention for a number of years. He was
located three yeas at Foxburg, Pennsylvania, after which he went
to Clarion County, of the same state, and conducted a general
store for a brief period. Selling out to advantage in
1873, he went to Butler County, Pennsylvania, and again engaged
in the hotel business. He remained there two years, and
afterward followed similar work in Bradford, Pennsylvania, where
he spent the closing years of his life, and died in 1878.
He was a Republican in politics.
Captain Thompson's wife was also born in
Pennsylvania, near Parker's Landing. Their children are as
follows: James; Minerva; Alfred; Cassius M. C., O. C.;
and Alfred. Mr. Thompson was reared in the state of
Pennsylvania and New York. He followed the oil business
for many years, and located in New Matamoras in 1900, as
previously mentioned. In 1885 he was united in marriage
with Minnie Golden, a native of Rochester, New York,
where her birth took place in 1864. Mrs. Thompson
is a daughter of P. Golden, who is now a resident of
Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he follows the oil business.
He and his wife reared six children, namely: Joseph; John;
Walter; Minnie; Anna; and Agnes.
The subject of this sketch and his estimable wife
have seven children, namely: Anna; Mabel; Louis; Agnes; Mary;
Edna; and Helen. The family worship at the
Catholic Church, of which Mrs. Thompson is a member.
Mr. Thompson has liberal ideas on the subject of
religion. In is political action he is an earnest
supporter of the Democratic party.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1244 |
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MRS. BETSEY J. THORNILEY,
widow of the late Caleb S. Thornily, is living on her
farm of 110 acres, which is one of the best in Washington
County, Ohio. She is a daughter of Edward and Delilah (Ryeson)
Sheldon.
Edward Sheldon was born in one of the New England
States, where he followed the trade of carpenter and cabinet
maker. He married Delilah Ryeson in Vinton County,
Ohio, and they reared seven children as follows: Thomas,
a widower, who has seven children, Sarah, who married
Henry Reckard, a farmer; Betsey J., the subject of
this sketch; Hiram, a carpenter, living in Bradford,
Pennsylvania; Lucina and Laura, deceased; and
Eliza, who live« in Marietta, and is the widow of I. H.
Talbot.
Caleb S. Thorniley was born on the old
Thorniley homestead, and his death, which was
sincerely mourned in the community, occurred in January, 1899.
Mr. and Mrs. Thorniley were blessed with two children,—Ella,
who married Charles Perkins, a farmer of Muskingum
County, Ohio; and Bartlett S., who is living at Horton,
West Virginia.
The Thorniley farm of 110 acres, owned by the
subject hereof, contains several valuable oil wells, from which
a good income is derived. Mrs. Thorniley has
competent help to look after the place, and may well be proud of
her home and the appearance which it presents. She is well
known in Marietta township, and is a woman of many admirable
traits of character. She is a member of the Baptist
Church.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1199 |
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FRANK A. THORNILEY, who is a
prosperous farmer of Marietta township, Washington Co., Ohio, is
living on the old Thorniley homestead, which is located six
miles from Marietta City. He was born on that farm, in 1866,
and is a son of William E. Thorniley.
Mr. Thorniley's paternal great-grandfather,
William Thorniley, came from England. His son, Caleb,
was the grandfather of Frank A., and his son, William
Thorniley, was the father of Frank A. William was
born Sept. 1, 1824, and was a prosperous farmer, of Marietta
township. He married Eliza J. Smith, a daughter of
Samuel H. Smith, who came from Connecticut, and located in
Marietta township. They had four children, all of whom are
deceased except Frank A. Mrs. William Thorniley
died Apr. 14, 1866. Mr. Thorniley was married again, in
May, 1867, being united with Mrs. Mary J. Corp, who lives
with the subject of this sketch. William Thorniley died
July 24, 1895.
Frank A Thorniley received his mental training
in Marietta township, where he has lived all of his life. His
farm contains 52 acres of well-improved land, and is considered one
of the best farms in the county. He has a thorough knowledge
of agricultural matters, and is conversant with all modern
improvements in the way of farming implements.
Mr. Thorniley was united in marriage with Ida
M. Hudkins, a daughter of Eli and Mary Hudkins. Eli
Hudkins is living a retired life in Marietta. He came from
West Virginia, and has reared eight children, namely:
William, who married Hattie Cisler; Ida M.; Carrie,
who married Robert Wellspring; Laura, who married Charles
Hall, and has one child, - Grace; Addie, who married
Lawrence Thorniley, and has one child, - Edith; Hettie;
who is living with her parents, in Marietta; Estella, who
married William Patton; and Ethel who marred Louis
Fosse.
Mr. Thorniley is a Republican, in politics.
Religiously, he is an attendant of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Thorniley belongs to the Baptist Church. the subject
of this sketch is well known in the community as an upright and
honorable citizen, and is held in the highest esteem by all who come
in contact with him.
Source:
History of Marietta
and
Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company,
Chicago, Illinois -
1902 - Page 1097 |
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CAPT.
JOHN THORNILEY was born in England, July 17, 1781, and
came to this country April, 1795. The means of conveyance
were at that early day limited, especially through the western
wilds and over the Alleghanies. He, with his father and
the family, walked to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they built
boats, and came down the Ohio River to Marietta, after being six
mouths on the way. They settled near the Little Muskingum
in Marietta township of this county. When the war with
Great Britain broke out in 1812, Captain Thornily
commanded a company of militia, and was assigned to the command
of a company of drafted men, called in the fall of 1813.
His company was in the second battalion of the First Regiment of
the First Brigade, Third Division Ohio, militia, and was
stationed at Fort Stephenson, Captain Thorniley,
commandant, Lower Sandusky.
Captain Thorniley was married July 12, 1810, to
Mary Compton. He died August, 1844. The names
of his children are as follows: William, Mary, Ann,
Thomas, John, James, George, Caleb, Elizabeth, Harriet, and
Adaline Thorniley.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 563 |
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NEWTON N. THORNILEY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1456 |
D. B. Torpy |
D. B. TORPY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 957 |
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DR. HUGH TREVOR, a descendant of
Sir Hugh Trevor, was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1806.
He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the College of
Surgeons, Dublin. He afterwards spent nine years in the
hospitals of Paris. He came to Marietta in 1834, and began the
practice of medicine. His medical knowledge was of a high
order, and he had the confidence of a large class of people.
While in Marietta he married Maria Holden, daughter of
Joseph Holden. In 1858 he removed to St. Joseph, Missouri,
and in 1881 located at Quincy, Illinois, where he died in April of
that year.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
471 |
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JABEZ TRUE, son of Rev. Henry
True, was born in Hampstead, New Hampshire, in 1876. It
was the practice of the time for clergymen to instruct the youth and
prepare young men for college. Rev. Mr. True had a
class of this kind under his instruction. His son, Jabez,
acquired sufficient knowledge of the languages to enable him to
pursue a course of medicine with advantage. He read medicine
in his native town, and completed his course near the close of the
Revolution. He volunteered his services as surgeon of a
privateer and sailed for Europe. Soon after commencing the
cruise, the vessel was wrecked on the coast of Holland, and the
marines thrown on the mercy of the Hollanders. Dr. True
remained in Europe until the cessation of hostilities, when he
returned to America and began to practice his profession in New
Hampshire.
Dr. True became a member of the Ohio Company in
1787, and came to Marietta in the spring of 1788. He built a
small log office on Muskingum street. The new country did not
afford a lucrative practice, but it was a fortunate circumstance
that skilled physicians were present. He was employed at the
opening of the Indian war as surgeon's mate for the troops and
rangers, at a salary of $22 per month. During this time he
also taught school a part of the time in one of the block-houses of
the garrison at "the Point."
Smallpox and scarlet fever broke out in 1790 and made
it necessary for the doctors to visit the settlements, which, during
the Indian war, could only be done by water, as none but trained
rangers trusted themselves to enter the roadless forest; visits at
that time even by water were extremely hazardous, but the sick
required attention and Dr. True frequently risked his life to
respond to the calls of duty.
Dr. True was celebrated for his kindness and
sympathy. So far as it was possible he patronized the
prejudices of his patient and never resorted to radical remedies,
except in cases of absolute necessity. "The result of his
calm, deliberative judgment was generally correct, and his treatment
of diseases remarkably successful, which was doubtless owning to its
simplicity, for it is a lamentable fat that too many die from too
many and improper remedies as well as from disease itself."
After the close of the Indian war, he improved a farm
on the Ohio about a mile from Marietta, and took an interest in
agricultural pursuits. His practice extended over a large area
of territory, sometimes requiring him to ride 20 miles through
forests and over bridgeless streams.
The practice of medicine at that time was by no means
lucrative. The general poverty of the people necessitated low
charges and in many cases no charges at all, neither for medicines
nor professional services.
Dr. True's devotion to the church cannot
be omitted from any sketch of his life, however brief. He
joined the Congregational Church at an early period of its
organization and was for many years a deacon. His house was a
home for itinerant preachers, and his purse always open to needy
charities. Dr. True, for several of the last years of
his life, served as county treasurer, a position which afforded him
ease and a moderate income.
In 1806 Dr. True married Mrs. Mills, the
widow of Capt. Charles Mills, an amiable and excellent women.
He had no children, but the children of his wife were treated with
all the love and affection of a real father. He died during
the epidemic of 1823.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
461 |
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OLIVER TUCKER,
one of Beverly's most prominent and progressive businessmen, is
engaged in mercantile pursuits, and is also president of the
Citizens' Bank. He was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, in May, 1832, and is a son of Alexander and
Delilah (Hughes) Tucker.
Alexander Tucker was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, and died in 1850, at the age of forty-three years.
He was a hatter by trade but after coming to Waterford township,
Washington County, Ohio, engaged in farming owning a tract of 8
acres of land. He was a Whig in politics. He married
Delilah Hughes, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
in 1813, and died in 1898. She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church. They had eight children, as follows:
Oliver; Thomas S., deceased, who was adjutant general in
the army and was located eight years at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where he died; Lycurgus, who died in 1869; John, a
manufacturer of steel-sheet goods, at Newark, Ohio; Julia E.,
who married Dr. L. P. Cuver, of Unionville, Morgan count,
Ohio; Lily, a widow of W. C. Townsend of
Zanesville; William Rufus, a merchant at Beverly; and
Alice, who died in 1899.
Oliver Tucker was seven years of age when he
accompanied his parents to Waterford township, Washington
County, Ohio, two miles north of Beverly. He received his
mental training in the district schools and Beverly High School,
after which he worked for two years in the store of J. B.
Bane, as clerk. Then, in connection with Andrew
Denny, he bought out Mr. Bane, and he has since
continued as a merchant. He also owns a tract of 375 acres
one half mile south of Waterford, and is extensively engaged in
farming. He has, besides, a valuable farm of 240 acres in
Wayne County, Illinois, and owns in all, about twelve acres in
the town of Beverly, all of which is valuable land. Mr.
Tucker was in the Home militia during the Civil War, and was
mustered out fifteen days after the Morgan raid. He
has served as president of the Citizens' Bank for a number of
years, and has been identified with a number of years, and has
been identified with other enterprises of the city.
In October, 857, Mr. Tucker was joined in matrimony
with Jane Buck, who was born in Washington County, Ohio,
in 84, and is a daughter of James and Esther Buck.
They have two children - Alice R., who is at home; and
Mary J., who married Edwin O. Townsend, of Mansfield,
Ohio, at present a wholesale merchant in New York City.
The subject is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He
belongs to Mount Moriah Lodge, A F. & A. M.; Rufus Putnam
Chapter, R. A. M., in which he has served a number of years as
high priest; and Marietta Commandery, No. 50. In politics
he is a strong supporter of Democratic principles.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens, publ 1902 - Page 1048 |
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BENJAMIN TUPPER.
Youngest son of General Tupper, was born in Chesterfield,
Massachusetts. He came to Marietta with his father in
1788. In 1802 he married Martha Putnam, daughter of
Gen. Rufus Putnam. For several years, he was
receiver of the United States Land Office at Marietta. In
1806 he removed to Springfield, afterwards Putnam, Ohio, and
entered into mercantile business with his brother-in-law,
Ichabod Nye. He afterward formed another partnership
which continued until his death, in 1814. Of his children,
but one is now (1881) living. Mrs. Catharine Munam,
of Zanesville, Ohio. His only son, Benjamin, died
some years since. His youngest grandson, Theodore
Tupper, died on the battlefield at Shiloh, at the age of 19.
His body was not recovered. In his death the name of
Tupper became extinct in the family line of Gen. Benjamin
Tupper.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 881 |
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D. F. TURNER
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1415 |
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DEAN TYLER, a native of Haverhill,
Massachusetts, came out very early. He had been liberally
educated. He possessed abilities, but his genius was
eccentric; he had been exclusively confined to handling books and
found it difficult to became accustomed to the ax-handle and the
hoe, and without the means to live without, there were few
implements which offered the means to keep the pot boiling, and
instead of growing up with the settlement and becoming a guide and
benefactor, he became worse than indolent, buried his talents and
his errors should not be remembered.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
504 |
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