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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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Montgomery Twp. -
HENRY MAIZE, formerly of Union County,
Pennsylvania, removed to Uniontown, 23d June, 1828. Mr.
Maize purchased of Alanson Walker a lot upon Main
Street, and erected thereon during the same year the building
now occupied by Abram C. Swineford. He was married
on the 25th December, 1828, to Mary N., daughter and
gunsmith shop, being of logs, upon the lot now occupied by the
family of J. A. F. Miller, and prosecuted the business of
gunsmithing at that place for several years. Mr. Maize
gives the following as the current prices of produce and stock
in 1828: -
Wheat, 25 cents per bushel, in trade - (refused at that
rate by John P. Reznor, merchant, in exchange for
"crockery ware.") Pork and beef, $2.00 per hundred pounds.
Potatoes, corn, and cats, 8 @ 10 cents per bushel. Eggs, 2
@ 4 cents per dozen. Butter, 3 @ 5 cents per pound.
Good milch cows, $10 per head. Wood, 50 cents per cord.
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 197 |
PHILIP
MANG, in 1816, entered seven quarters of land in Perry
Township. Upon one of these quarters resides his son Samuel, upon another Peter.
He was an emigrant from Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, and when he visited the county he made his home
with Jerome.
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 467 |
MARK
MAPES removed to Hanover Township in the spring of 1822.
He had previously resided in Muskingum County. When he
commenced improvement upon the land he now occupies, his nearest
neighbors on the north were Edward S. Hibbard and Gilbert Pell, two miles distant; on the east, his nearest
neighbor was about four miles distant; on the south, John
Fifer, four miles; and on the west, William Dorland,
about five miles.
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 378 |
Montgomery Twp. -
JOSEPH MARKLEY emigrated from Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, to Montgomery Township, in March, 1815,
and settled upon the land which he had the previous October
purchased of the widow Trickle- said land being the east
half of section 17, and now adjoining the town of Ashland, on
the east. Those members of his family who accompanied him
to the country consisted of his wife and seven sons and two
daughters - five sons remaining in Pennsylvania. Aaron
Markley, who now resides upon the land above mentioned, is
the only survivor of the original emigrating party now living in
the county - the others being deceased or removed. Joseph Markley died in September, 1831, at the age of sixty
years. David Markley, (now a resident of Stark
County, Illinois,) was a man of considerable influence during
his residence in Uniontown. He was six feet two inches in
height, of fine physical development, and proportionate
strength. He owned a distillery, and would grasp a full
barrel of whisky, and raise it from the ground and place it in a
wagon without making extraordinary effort. He appeared to
possess the concentrated strength of two or three ordinary men.
Since his residence in Illinois, he has been repeatedly elected
a member of the legislature of that State, and has held other
official positions, in all of which he appears to have
discharged his duties satisfactorily.
"Hard Times."
During the first season of their residence in the country, the
Markley family endured privations such as they had never
before known. None of the family were skilled in the use
of the rifle, and consequently could not supply themselves with
wild game. The family having nearly consumed their stock
of corn meal, two of the boys (Jonathan and Horatio) were
dispatched with jack-horses to Shrimplin's mill for a new
supply. The journey occupied three days, and their route
was on an Indian trail there being no roads which had been
traversed by wagons. One dollar and twenty-five cents per
bushel was the price paid at the mill for corn. During the
spring, the family had made a considerable quantity of sugar -
the family had made a considerable quantity of sugar - and corn
bread and sweetened water, without a pound of butter or meat,
formed the only food for the family during the period of several
weeks.
Their Neighbors in 1815.
These were the families of William Montgomery (whose
cabin occupied the place in South Ashland where Gilbert
and John Miller now reside) and Conrad Kline, (who
then resided upon the farm now occupied by John Mason.)
When the town was laid out by
Mr. Montgomery,
there was not a cabin or family upon the town plot. Henry Gamble and
John Smith settled in the
neighborhood during the same spring that Mr. Markley came
to the country.
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 198 |
Lake Twp. -
GEORGE MARKS removed to Lake Township from
Washington County, Pennsylvania, in June, 1819. His family
then consisted of his wife and four children, namely: Mary, Ephraim, William, and
George.
The citizens then residing in Lake Township, according
to his best recollection were Wm. Green, Wm. Greenlee, Asahel
Webster, Joshua Oram, Jabez Smith, James Loudon Priest, and
John Wetherbee.
Mr. Marks entered the tract of land upon
which his sons, Robert and George, now reside in Lake
Township.
Mary married Benjamin Finley, and died in
1854; Ephraim is a resident of Loudonville; William
died in 1842, and George, as before stated, resides
with his younger brother upon the old homestead.
The first sale of lots in Loudonville was made on the
14th of September, 1814. The land upon which the town is
situated was originally entered by James Loudon Priest,
who subsequently sold an undivided interest to Stephen Butler,
and they jointly executed titles to purchasers.
Mr. Marks died on the 2d of October, 1861,
having attained the age of 74 years.
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 388 |
Vermillion Twp. -
GEORGE MARSHALL
immigrated to Vermillion
Township, and purchased of James Lawhead the land upon
which a part of his family now reside, in April, 1822. He
emigrated from Pennsylvania, with his wife - all his children
having been born in Vermillion Township. Mr. Marshall
died on the 6th of January, 1852, in his fifty-third year.
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 282 |
NICHOLAS
MASTERS immigrated, with his wife, to Clearcreek
Township, southeast quarter of section 34, from Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, in May, 1830, and improved the land, and has made
it his residence since.
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 162
- Clearcreek Twp. |
Jackson Twp. -
JESSE MATTHEWS immigrated
to Jackson Township, from Trumbull County, in March, 1818. His
wife
and six children then constituted his family. He purchased of Joseph
Alexander the
west part of the southwest quarter of section 21, upon which he
has continued to reside.
Mr. Matthews was
chosen captain of the first military company that was organized
in the 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 495 |
JOHN
MAURER removed to Plain Township, Wayne County, in
November, 1821. He was an emigrant from Pennsylvania.
In April, 1825, he purchased and removed to the land in Perry
Township, now occupied by William Adams. His
family, at this time, consisted of his wife and eight children,
the only survivors of whom, now residing in Perry Township, are
his widow, his son William, and widowed daughter, Mrs.
Ann Jackson. Mrs. Maurer if she lives until the 18th
of August, 1862, will be eighty-seven years of age. Mr.
Maurer died Jan . 13th, 1860, aged eighty-three years and
eight months.
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 467 |
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JOHN McCONNELL - See
SOLOMON URIE |
Montgomery Twp. -
HUGH
McGUIRE visited Montgomery Township in the year 1810, on
a hunting and exploring excursion. There were no white
inhabitants in the township at that date. Robert Newell
removed to the township the succeeding year, (1811,) from White
Eyes Plains, (Newcomerstown,) Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. McGuire is the present owner and occupant of a farm
which was among the original entries of Mr. Newell.
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 200 |
Clearcreek Twp. -
HUGH
B. McKIBBEN immigrated to Clearcreek Township, and
settled upon the farm he has since improved and now occupies, on
teh 31st of May, 1828. Mr. McKibben emigrated from
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a place about two miles east of the
State line. His family at that time consisted of wife and
son, William C.
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 163 |
Clearcreek
Twp. -
JACOB McLAIN
emigrated from Pennsylvania, with his wife,
to the village of Vermillion, (Savannah,) on the 1st of
October, 1822. Mr. McLain's trade
was that of a hatter, in which business he engaged in
1823, and continued to conduct it until within a few
years. Of those who were citizens and voters in
the village when he first made it his residence, he is
the only survivor.
Mr. McLain manufactured the first brick
that was made in Clearcreek 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 162 |
Orange Twp. -
JAMES
McLAUGHLIN, a Pennsylvanian by birth, adopted Milton
Township as his home in 1816. He subsequently resided in
Montgomery, and, in 1830, having in the mean time married,
repaired to his present residence 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 518 |
Clearcreek Twp. -
JOHN
McMURRAY emigrated from Mecklenberg County, North
Carolina, to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1816; from the latter
place he immigrated to the township which subsequently became
Clearcreek, in the fall of 1819. His family at this time
consisted of his wife and the following children, namely: Mary, James, Robert, Margaret, and
William. Mr.
McMurray died on the 20th February, 1843, in the sixty
second year of his age. Robert McMurray, Esq.,
at present a resident of the town of Ashland, is the only
survivor of the family now living within Ashland County.
Death of James McMurray.
On the 19th of August, 1830,
while engaged with his father, brother William, and Daniel
Huffman, in digging a well upon the place of
his father, (being the farm now owned by David Shriver,)
he came to a painful death under the following circumstances:
The younger brother, William, had been in the well, and,
being oppressed with a feeling of suffocation, asked to be drawn
up by those who had charge of the windless above; which request
being accomplished, James, the elder brother, under the
impression that it was an idle fancy that had afflicted the
younger brother, determined to descend the well himself.
He accordingly, after having thrown down his implements for the
purpose of spiking the well, was lowered in the tub, and, after
descending about midway, (twenty feet,) those in charge of the
windless discovered, by the instant lessening of weight, that
the occupant of the tub had fallen! The fall, (twenty
feet,) aside from "the damps," would have doubtless produced
immediate death; and those above fully realized the fate of
their companion. It was with much difficulty that Mr.
Huffman restrained the younger brother from an attempt to
rescue the one in the well. The alarm soon spread, and Thomas Brink, together with
Robert McMurray, Elias
Ford, and others, who were at work in gathering the timber
for the Ford meeting house, assembled about the scene of
the disaster. Within about two hours after he had fallen,
his body, in the presence of some fifty people, was drawn from
the well, after numerous other efforts had failed, by means of
the hooks of strong steelyards, which had been lowered into the
well, and obtained fastening to his clothes.
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 163 |
Montgomery Twp. - |
JOHN
McNAULL, removed to the land he how occupies, being a
quarter on the southeast section of Montgomery Township, in the
spring of 1815. Mr. McNaull was born in Ireland,
but had resided in Lancaster Co., Penn., six years, and in
Frederick Co., Md., the same length of time; and from the latter
place he removed to the place above described. His nearest
neighbor was William Reed, of Vermillion Township.
He had no family other than his wife; all his children having
been born in this county.
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 200 |
Green Twp.
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WILLIAM McNAULL
immigrated to
Montgomery Township in June, 1815, and in 1828 removed
to Perrysville, and engaged in the mercantile business,
in which he continued until 1856, a period of
twenty-eight consecutive years. He is the oldest
merchant in the county, and has lost by "the credit
system" an amount sufficient to secure a life long
competence to the poorest family in the county.
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 332 |
Orange Twp. -
JAMES
MEDOWELL removed to Orange Township from Stark County, in
November, 1823. His son, William, entered in his
name the southwest quarter of section 26. It had been
previously entered by Michael Koontz, and forfeited by
him for nonpayment. The family of James Medowell at
this time consisted of his wife and five children, namely,
William, Harriet, (now Mrs. Speekman, of Stark
County,) John, James, and Henry. OF these,
William and John continue to reside in Orange
Township - the former being the owner of the old homestead.
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 517 |
Montgomery Twp. -
CHRISTIAN
MILLER immigrated to Uniontown, Montgomery Twp., from
Pennsylvania, in 1829. Now resides one-half mile north of
Ashland.
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 200 |
Troy Twp -
BENJAMIN MOORE
emigrated from Monroe County, New York, and settled in Troy
Township in 1833. At the first electin, in 1835, he was
chosen justice of the peace. At this election twelve or
fourteen votes were given.
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 543 |
EDWARD
MURRAY immigrated to Orange Township, with his family, in
1820. He died on the 4th of November, 1862, at the age of
seventy-three years. He was the last male survivor of the
family of the late Patrick Murray, who, with his wife,
and ten children, removed to Orange Township in the year 1815.
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 517 |
JACOB
MYERS immigrated to Clearcreek Township, 23d April, 1829.
His native State was Pennsylvania, Green County, where he was
ordained as a clergyman of the Baptist church. He
purchased and entered and land which forms the tract upon which
he has since resided, on sections 3 and 4, Clearcreek Township.
His family at this time consisted of his wife and daughter Charlotte, (who subsequently married
James Clark;)
his son Cephas, his daughter Eliza, (who married
Daniel Taylor;) Minerva, (now the wife of
James
Dunlap;) and Julia Ann (now the wife of John
Gribben.)
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 164 |
Montgomery Twp. -
CHRISTOPHER
MYKRANTS settled in Uniontown, in April, 1823. At
that time the only church in the neighborhood was the old
Hopewell, about one mile west of the town. The school
building was a small log cabin, standing on a lot west of the
residence of Hugh Davis. The chimney, according to
the general custom of the time, being the lath and clay, took
fire, and the building was consumed. The inhabitants were
generally rude in their habits and dress, but kind and
hospitable. Upon public occasions, ardent spirits were
used very freely - fights were frequent, and at times involved
nearly the whole crowd; but enmities were not lasting, and peace
and reconciliation always returned with a disappearance of the
effects of the liquor.
Wheat would command about 25 cents, and corn from 9 to
12½ cents per bushel. In
1828, Luther M. Pratt effected an arrangement in
Rochester, New York, by which he was enabled to offer 37½ per
bushel for wheat - a price then unprecedented in the history of
the country since a surplus of that grain had been produced.
The first vehicle in the form of a carriage which made
its appearance in this town or township was brought by Dr.
Luther from Connecticut, in 1821. Its springs were of
wood, and, excepting the tires upon the wheels, there had not
been twenty pounds of iron used in its manufacture. It was
made in Connecticut, and a novelty in this country.
Applications for its use were so pressing and frequent, that the
doctor sold it for eighteen dollars.
The family of
Mr. Mykrants at this time
consisted of his wife and daughter Elizabeth and sons John
and Jacob. The first named became the wife
of the late Dr. Joel Luther, and now resides with her
son-in-law, Dr. J. B. F. Sampsel. John is a
resident of Orange and Jacob of Clearcreek 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 200 |
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