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BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County
from The Earliest to the Present Date
by H. S. Knapp
Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- 1863 -
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Troy Twp.
ABEL BAILEY immigrated, with
his father's family, consisting of five brothers and
two sisters, to section 16, Green Township, in the
spring of 1816. The family originally
emigrated from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
and, prior to their removal to Green Township, had
resided two years in Jefferson, and seven years in
Columbiana County, Ohio.
From Green Township, the family, in 1818, removed to
the southeast quarter of section 14, Clearcreek
Township, which they purchased at the government
land office. In the fall of 1819, Mr. Abel
Bailey (having in the mean time married) removed
with his wife to the farm now owned by Mr. Stout,
in Vermillion Township, on teh head waters of Honey
Creek. This land (being a quarter section) he
purchased of his brother-in-law, John Murphy;
and after having remained upon it four years, sold
to George Hendrickson, and returned to
Clearcreek Township upon the farm which he and his
father originally purchased, and which he has since
made his home. This land was entered in the
name of John Bailey (father of Abel),
in the fall of 1815, several months prior to the
residence of the family in Green Township.
Mr. Bailey's family, therefore, is identified
with those who composed the very first settlers of
Clearcreek.
When Mr. Bailey first came to the township, the
nearest mill was Shrimplin's, on Owl Creek,
between thirty and forty miles distant, where all
his breadstuffs were obtained. Occasionally
the stock of the neighborhood would become
exhausted, when they would be compelled to boil the
wheat and eat it in milk.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 120 |
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BAPTISTE
JEROME. After he removed from
Jeromeville, Mr. Jerome
and Mr. Palmer were neighbors - the former
being some three years and owner and occupant of the
farm upon which was afterward the mill of Constance
Lake, now better known as "Goudy's Mill." He
represents Mr. Jerome as a well-informed
quiet, and orderly man.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 287 |
GEORGE
W. BASFORD emigrated from Maryland to Mohican Township,
in October, 1824, and established himself in a clothing
establishment in the township of Jeromeville. At this date
his family consisted of his wife and an infant daughter.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - - Page
405 |
HENRY
BAUGHMAN removed with his wife and one child to
Montgomery Township, Apr. 1, 1814, and settled upon the
southwest quarter of section 3, now owned by Michael Myers.
His nearest neighbors at this date were Messrs.
Chandler and Naylor, the former of Perry, and the
latter of Mohican Township. In 1819, he purchased of
Moses Riddle the farm he now occupies in Orange Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
179 |
Ruggles Twp.
DANIEL BEACH immigrated to Ruggles
Township on the 2d of August, 1823. He died in 1862.
His was the first family that settled in the township. He
was born in Connecticut..
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
540 |
Lake Twp. -
GEORGE BENDER immigrated to Lake Township
in 1828, and purchased the land now occupied by his son,
Martin Bender. He continued his residence upon this
land until his death, which occurred in June, 1859.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 386 |
Jackson Twp. -
JACOB BERRY emigrated from Pennsylvania,
in 1819, and resided two years with his brother, Peter Berry,
who had leased the land in section 16, Perry Township now owned
and occupied by Isaac Cahill, Esq. In 1821 he
leased the northwest quarter of section 16, Jackson Township,
and subsequently entered at the Wooster Land Office the land
upon which he now resides. His wife and nine children
composed his family when he removed to Jackson Township.
Of these, all except three are now living in said township -
Jacob and Peter being residents of Illinois, and
Margaret, wife of Eli Fast, being a resident of
Ruggles Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 477 |
PHILLIP
BIDDINGER immigrated, with his family, consisting of his
wife and one child, to Orange Township, in February, 1823.
He had several years previous emigrated from Virginia to
Harrison County. He now resides in Troy Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 505 |
JOHN
BISHOP, in February, 1814, adopted Orange Township as his
future home. He was without wife, children, or money, and
relied solely upon industrious and economical habits, and a
vigorous constitution, for future success in life. In 1817
he had accumulated sufficient to enable him to purchase the
southeast quarter of section 21, now owned by John Finger.
This quarter he improved and occupied seven years, and, in 1824,
purchased the farm now owned by Enos Rowley, and
subsequently the farm upon which he at present resides, being
two hundred acres, formerly owned by the late Daniel
Campbell. In 1819 Mr. Bishop married Miss
Catharine, daughter of the late Jacob Hiffner, Sr.
The three white families residing in the township,
in 1814, were those of Jacob Young, Amos Norris, and
Vachel Metcalf. There had not been a surveyed road in
the township. He carried the chain for the surveyor who
established the first road, which led from Sheet's
saw-mill, on the east line of Montgomery Township, via of
Jacob Young's and Leidigh's mill to Savannah -
although at that time there was no Sheets's or Leidigh's
mills or town of Savannah. Mr. Bishop was elected,
at the first election held in Orange, constable for the
township. Where the town of Orange now stands, at a
log-rolling he saw a span of horses, which had started for a
runaway, arrested by the end of the chain, which was thrown into
the air, striking a sapling so as instantly to enwrap its body
and bring the team to "a dead halt."
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 505 |
Montgomery Twp. -
JAMES BOOTS emigrated from Delaware, and
located in Montgomery Township, December, 1828. Died 16th
July, 1855.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 180 |
Mifflin Twp. (Formerly
the town of Petersburg)
DAVID BRADEN, an emigrant from Washington
County, Pennsylvania, removed to Mifflin Township in the fall of
1815, and died the year following, at the age of 52. His
son, Solomon Braden, now resides in Green Township.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
534) |
Jackson Twp. -
JOHN BRYAN removed from Fairfield County,
Ohio to Mohican Township, in April, 1815. His family at
this time consisted of his wife and sons, Shadrach, John J.,
Silas A. and Caleb, and daughter Ruth, (the
latter the widow of the late William Millington, Esq., of
Ashland.) In 1824 Mr. Bryan removed his family to
the southeast quarter of section 18, Jackson Township - being
the same land upon which now stands the greater part of the town
of Polk. Mr. Bryan died on the 7th of February,
1848, at the age of seventy years.
Shadrach (eldest son of John Bryan)
married in 1829, and since 1830 has owned and occupied a portion
of the quarter originally entered by his father.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 478 |
Troy Twp.
JOHN BRYTE immigrated to Clearcreek
Township in April, 1819. He was at this time a boy of
nineteen years of age, and had emigrated from Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania. He tarried a few days with his
uncle, Nathaniel Bailey. He worked four years as
a jobber or laborer, and in this time cleared, unaided, one
hundred acres of land, besides accomplishing considerable
other labor. The proceeds of this four years' of toil were
one hundred dollars in cash, and a horse, saddle, and bridle,
valued in those times at about forty dollars. In 1824, he
married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ford.
With his brother-in-law, Elijah Ford, he conducted a
distillery on section 16, and continued in this business two
years, ending April, 1826. This enterprise proved a
failure, and he purchased of Patrick Miller, Washington
County, Pennsylvania, fifty acres in section 26, (forming part
of the farm upon which he now resides,) and in one day erected
his cabin, and on the day following removed with his family into
a house without floor or chimney. Mr. Bryte was the
first clerk of Clearcreek Township, and has since held several
official positions of responsibility derived from his
fellow-citizens, and from the Executive of Ohio, twice receiving
the appointment of Director of the Ohio Central Lunatic Asylum.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
121) |
Perry Twp. -
HENRY BUFFAMYER imigrated to Perry
Township in May 1826, and purchased of Joseph Carr the
half section of land, parts of which are now owned by David
and Matthew Buffamyer. He died on the last day of
March, 1849, aged eighty-six years. His widow is at this
time (January 23d, 1862) residing with her son, David,
and although she has attained the age of eighty-one years, her
health and faculties are but slightly impaired.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 440 |
Troy Twp.
JAMES BURGAN emigrated from Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, and reached Vermillion, Clearcreek Twp.,
on the 12th March, 1826. He was then without a family, and
prosecuted his trade of black-smithing. His prices for
work were about the same, when he found the material, as those
charged at present- but his iron cost him about double the rates
at which it may now be obtained - his iron then costing him 12
1/2 cents and English steel 37 1/2 cents per pound; and his cash
receipts for work were scarcely sufficient to pay for his stock.
Mr. Burgan discontinued his blacksmithing business in the
spring of 1859, and purchased a farm of one hundred and
forty-three acres, two miles south of Savannah, where he at
present resides.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
121 |
Troy Twp.
DAVID BURNS purchased, in the year 1815,
the land upon a portion of which he now resides. This farm
is the southwest quarter of section 23, Clearcreek Township.
At the same time, however, he entered the quarter which he
subsequently sold to Thomas Carr, and which is now owned
and occupied by David Shriver.
During the war of 1812, Mr. Burns served
under Captain Abraham Martin, for a term of about six
weeks, and was stationed at the Block House near Beam's
Mill, on the Rocky Fork, abut three and a half miles east of
Mansfield. Having served the period above named, he was
relieved by his brother Samuel, and David returned
to his home in Guernsey County.
In the spring of 1816, Mr. Burns, accompanied by
his mother and sister, performed the journey on horseback fro
Guernsey County to the land above described. Here, in a
small camp-house, one side being open, they made it their abode
until after harvest. On the morning following their first
night's rest, the family, on rising, were greeted by an immense
Indian near their door-way, who had apparently been waiting to
make the acquaintance of his new neighbors. The dogs, on
discovering the strange man, assailed him with savage ferocity,
and it was with difficulty that the united efforts of the family
could restrain them from the palpably "overt act" upon the
person of the visitor.
When Mr. Burns removed hither, he had buried a wife
and two children in Guernsey County - the three having died
within eighteen months of each other. In November, 1818,
he was again united in marriage to Miss Mary Buchanan, by
whom he has had four sons, namely: John, Denny, William,
and James. This family are all living, except
John and Denny.
The nearest mill, from which he could obtain supplies
of ground grain, was Odell's in Wayne County - a distance
of thirty miles, which was performed on horseback, and the grain
and flour being conveyed on pack-horses. Some years later
he was accommodated at Mason's (Leidigh's) mill.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page
122 |
Montgomery
Twp. -
SAMUEL BURNS removed from Franklin County,
Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, Virginia, in 1797, being at this time
twenty-one years of age. In 1798, he became a resident of
what is now Belmont County, on the Ohio side of the river.
He was impaneled and served on the first grand jury at Pultney,
Belmont County, which was held in Ohio after its organization as
a State. He was also on the first jury held at Mansfield,
after Richland became a county; and also a member of the first
grand jury convened at Ashland after the organization of this
county, at the May Term, 1846.
He entered the quarter section upon which he now
resides, and removed to it in the spring of 1814. He came
from Guernsey County, and removed his family on the pirogues -
embarking at Will's Creek, and coming up the Muskingum, White
Woman, Mohican, and Jerome Fork, and landed at Finley's Bridge.
His family were fourteen days on the water - an unusually
tedious voyage. His land adjoined that of Esq. Newell.
When he removed to the county, his family consisted of his
wife and four children. The former died on 28th December,
1860, at the age of seventy-seven. Mr. Burns is now
eight-five years of age, having been born in 1776.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 180 |
Vermillion
Twp. -
STERLING G. BUSHNELL immigrated to the
farm now occupied by his son Thomas, one mile east of
Hayesville, May 20, 1821. The family of sons and daughters
then consisted of William, Sedelia, Collins, Jotham, Huldah,
Rosella, Homer, Olive, and Thomas.
At this date (1821) the place now occupied by the
original town of Hayesville was an entire wilderness, without a
dwelling or family. Linus Hayes dwelt in a log
cabin on the site now occupied by his widow on the main street,
and which was subsequently embraced in addition to the town.
About 1823 or 1824 a very small cabin and
blacksmith-shop were erected on the lot now owned by Dr.
Armstrong, on the northwest corner of the principal streets.
These buildings (if they could be dignified with the name) were
the first erected within what was the original town. The
first building in which goods were sold was upon the same lot,
erected by Mr. John Cox, who filled it with the first
stock of goods that were brought to the town.
The first wheat, within the recollection of Mr.
Bushnell, offered for cash, was about 1822 or 1823, at the
mill built by Lake and Bentley, and at the time
referred to owned by Lake and Larwill, and which
mill was better known in recent times as Goudy's mill, in
the southeast part of Vermillion Township. One hundred
bushels were offered on this occasion for twenty-five dollars,
but Mr. Bushnell is not positive whether the offer was
accepted.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 274 |
Green Twp.
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JAMES BYERS, wife, and child
emigrated from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Green
Township, in the spring of 1821. He had two years
previously entered the southeast quarter of section 23, and
erected thereon a cabin, and made some other improvement.
He yet resides upon his land.
Source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland
County from The Earliest to the Present Date, by H. S. Knapp, Publ.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. - 1863 - Page 307 |
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