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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Ashland County, Ohio
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by George William Hill, M.D. -
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-1880 -
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DR.
GUSTAVUS OESTERLEN. Dr. Oesterlen was born
in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, November 20, 1804.
He attended a Latin and German school until he was sixteen years
of age, and then entered a gymnasium at Stuttgardt, the capital
of state, where he remained four years, and was examined in the
languages and admitted into the university of Tubingen, to study
the different branches of medicine, and remained there five
years. In 1829 he attended the Queen Catharine hospital,
at Stuttgardt; was examined in the spring of 1830, and received
his diploma. In the spring of 1830 he was appointed
assistant surgeon in the army of Wurtemberg, and resistant
surgeon in the army of Wurtemberg, and remained in said position
until the fall of 1833. In the spring of 1834 he took
passage for America, and in July arrived at Mansfield, Richland
county, where he remained until about the first of October, and
then located in Ashland, where he has been in practice nearly
forty-one years. In size, the doctor is below the medium,
his height being about five feet seven inches, and his weight
about one hundred and twenty pounds. He is quite active,
and in the full possession of all his faculties. He is
very courteous and kind in his bearing towards the members of
this profession. In the languages he is, perhaps, the best
scholar of the medical profession of this region. He has
had a good German practice for many years, and has met with
excellent success. As a surgeon, he has had a good
reputation, and in his prime was the best operator in the
country. Of late years, from failing vision and
nervousness, he has performed few operations. The doctor
is a fine specimen of the old school German gentleman; and still
adheres to many of the customs of the fatherland. As a
citizen, he is law-abiding, quiet and exemplary. As a
business man, his integrity ahs never been disputed. Among
the members of his profession he is much respected. He was
among the first to aid in the formation of a medical society in
this county, that courtesy, fraternity and professional zeal
might be disseminated among his brethren.
For a period of nearly thirty years the doctor has been
an active member of the Masonic order, and has been almost
continuously the treasurer of the lodge. This speaks well
for his fidelity and masonic bearing among his associates.
Among the members of the lodge, as among the medical fraternity,
he ahs been noted for his genial and unselfish disposition. He
has always a kind word for the encouragement of the younger
members of his profession. He is now the Nestor of his
profession in the county. Learned, courteous, and proud of
his profession, he hails every advancement in medical science as
the harbinger of good to the race.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 169 |
JAMES
A. OFFINEER. Mr. Offineer was born near Yellow
Creek lake, in Kosciusko county, Indiana, June 23, 1849. His
parents were of French and German descent. His father followed
carpentering and saw-milling until the war of the Rebellion, and
in 1864 was drafted, at which time the family was scattered, a
sister and brother going to Ashland county to live with their
grandfather, James Offineer, sr., until the return of
their father from the army. James A. and his mother lived
in Indiana until the spring of 1865, and then went to Michigan,
where his mother was employed as chief cook by John B.
Dumont, the owner of a large mill and lumbering
establishment at Allegan, and he worked as chore boy and
shingle-edger, and at the latter occupation he became quite
expert, having at one time edged twelve thousand five hundred
shingles in five hours. In November, 1865, they met his father
in Allegan, Michigan, and a few days later, returned to Ashland
county, and, with his brother who had remained there, settled in
Mohicanville, where his father worked at carpentering and
shingle-making until James became of age. He then
attended school three and one-half terms, when his health became
impaired and he was obliged to give up study for the time being.
On the fifth of November, 1871, he was married to Anna B.
Carmack, of Perrysville, James Monroe and Mary
Esterbrook being married at the same time. The ceremony
was performed at the house of J. S. Carmack, by Rev.
O. Webster, of the Methodist Episcopal church of West Salem.
The winter following his marriage he went to Fulton county,
Indiana, accompanied by his wife, where he taught one term of
school with good success. In the spring they returned to New
Salem, Ohio, where he engaged as book-keeper and superintendent
for J. S. Carmack, who conducted a brickyard, a farm, and
did plastering. It did not prove a good move as his employer
failed and he lost the amount due him for nearly six months
labor. January 1, 1873, they removed to Jeromeville, where he
attended a select school, and in the spring engaged in carpenter
work and shingle-making. In October, 1875, he again attended
school for a year, in order to prepare himself for teaching. At
the close of a year he again commenced teaching, attending
select school during vacations, and now makes school teaching
his business. In 1870 he joined the Disciple church at
Jeromeville, and in 1872 his wife was transferred to the same
church from the Baptist church at Perrysville, which she had
joined in 1870. They have three children: Mary Orrilla,
born January 1, 1873; Theresa Laura, born December 27,
1874; and George Arthur, born September 18, 1878.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 383 |
ALLEN
OLIVER was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1760;
came to Ohio in 1810, and first settled on the Black fork, in
Ashland county, on the farm now owned by Lewis Oliver.
The nearest neighbors were three miles distant, and the nearest
mill was at Frederick, about twenty miles away. When he
entered the farm, in 1809, it looked like a wilderness, and the
Indians were quite numerous. Turly, he can be called one
of the pioneers of the county. Though he had very little
money, he accumulated a fair fortune and a comfortable home.
During the Revolution, he manufactured salt for the soldiers;
not as we manufacture it now, but by boiling down ocean water.
Elizabeth Kinney, of Pennsylvania, became his wife.
She died in October, 1828, at the age of sixty-seven years.
Although not a member of any church, he contributed liberally to
the support of the Gospel. In politics, he was a Democrat.
In September, 1823, he died, the father of seven children, of
whom only two are living: Daniel, who married Sarah
Quick, and lives in Ashland county; and Lewis, Sarah
Quick, and lives in Ashland county; and Lewis, who
married Nancy Ravenscroft.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 283 |
ALLEN OLIVER
was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1757, and in 1810
removed from Beaver county to the Clear fork of the Mohican, now
in Ashland county, and, in February of the same year, located on
the farm upon which his son, Lewis Oliver, now resides, on
the Black fork, about one mile east of the present site of
Perrysville. His family consisted of three sons - John,
Daniel, and Lewis - and four daughters - Mrs. Mary
Tannehill, Mrs. Sarah Tannehill, Mrs. Elizabeth McMahan, and
Mrs. Margaret Quick.
He forted in his double log cabin in 1812, during
the Indian excitement, and remained undisturbed until the close of
the war. The Greentown Indians, Thomas Lyons, Billy
Dowdee, James Armstrong, Jonacake, and others, often visited
him after the war.
Mr. Oliver died in 1823, aged about sixty-four
years. His wife died in 1827, aged sixty-seven years.
Mrs. Mary Tannehill, jr., still survives, aged about
seventy-four years; Mrs. Elizabeth McMahan and Mrs.
Margaret Quick, died in 1872, aged, respectively, seventy-six
and seventy-one years. Daniel Oliver resides one mile
northeast of Loudonville, and is about eighty-four years of age;
John Deceased on his homestead, three miles below
Perrysville, in 1854, aged sixty-four years.
John Chapman had a nursery of fruit trees on the
farm of John Oliver, from which sprang nearly all the early
orchards of Green township.
Mr. Oliver was an agreeable conversationalist,
and a steadfast friend. His family continue to reside on the
old homestead. We have given a sketch of Lewis Oliver
elsewhere.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 183 |
LEWIS
OLIVER. In the early settlement of the south part
of this county, the pioneers were considerably embarrassed for a
marker for their surplus grain and other farm products.
The ports on Lake Erie, Pittsburgh, and New Orleans were the
principal markets. To reach the lake by teams, over the
rough, new-cut roads, was toilsome and difficult, as well as
quite expensive; while wheat, flour, and corn commanded a low
price. In consequence of the inferior markets on the lake,
at Zanesville and Pittsburgh several enterprising pioneers had
boats constructed, which were loaded and conveyed to New
Orleans.
In the spring of 1823, Lewis Oliver and John
Davis, of Green township, purchased of Nathan Dehaven,
a flat-bottomed boat, which had been built at the mouth of Honey
creek on the Black fork, by Mr. Dehaven, near the modern
site of his saw-mill. The boat was fifty-five feet long and
fifteen feet wide, with rounded bows and a steering apparatus,
and cabin. It was so covered as to protect its lading. This boat
was conveyed up the Black fork to near the residence of Mr.
Oliver, where it was partly loaded with wheat, flour, pork,
whiskey, and chickens.
About the sixteenth of March, the new vessel passed
slowly down the Black fork to Dehaven's, and the
Loudonville mills, where a large amount of sawed cherry lumber
and other articles were placed on board, to be conveyed to a
southern market. The Black fork was a slow, tortuous stream,
though the water was quite deep. Navigation was considerably
impeded in consequence of the lodgment of driftwood in its
winding course to the Walhonding. These difficulties were
overcome by moving slowly and guarding the boat against
accident.
The crew of the boat consisted of Lewis Oliver
and John Davis, proprietors, and Amos Harbaugh and
Timothy Wilson, as hands. On the seventeenth, "all
hands aboard," the boat was floated leisurely down the Black
fork to its junction with the Lake fork; then down the
Walhonding to its junction with the Tuscarawas at the town of
Coshocton; thence down the Muskingum to the city of Zanesville.
There were on board, two skiffs, so that if the boat should be
snagged, or otherwise injured by driftwood, the proprietors and
hands could have means of escape. When the stream was sluggish
and current slow, the boat was urged forward by setting-poles.
Upon their arrival at Zanesville, a formidable obstacle
to their further advance was presented. The dam across the
Muskingum at that place, was difficult to pass. It was seen at a
glance, that it would require an experienced pilot to conduct
the boat over it in safety. Mr. Oliver went ashore
to procure the services of a suitable guide. An individual
representing the craft, presented himself and offered to conduct
the boat safely over the dam. On being asked his price for the
job, he blandly informed Mr. Oliver it would be
cheap at ten dollars. Mr. Oliver thought the
charge rather extravagant. The valorous pilot feeling certain
that he would ultimately get the job, declined to take a cent
less.
Here was a quandary. Mr. Oliver returned to the boat
and reported the result of his mission. After some consultation,
Mr. Davis concluded they could conduct the craft
over the dam without the aid of a . professional pilot. By this
time a large crowd of spectators had assembled on the river bank
to see the fun. The fall over the dam was about ten feet, and
the current was very rapid. Some fifteen or twenty rods below
the dam, the Buckingham bridge, since the bridge of the national
turnpike, supported by large stone piers, spanned the Muskingum
river. If the boat moved straight forward,' it would pitch upon
its prow and be crushed or capsized; and if it escaped such a
disaster, might strike a pier.
In this crisis Jersey wit and ingenuity triumphed.
Mr. Oliver placed himself as steersman, at the stern,
while Mr. Davis and the hands, by united efforts,,
swung the boat around so that it would pass obliquely over the
dam, and strike and rise on the rolling current below, without
stoving or capsizing. They held its course steadily, until
it reached the dam, when it shot over like an arrow, rose and
floated on the current, and narrowly escaped the pier. At this
achievement, the large assemblage on shore, gave a tremendous
shout, and declared a "Jersey Yankee," was equal to any
emergency, and capable of any daring.
The boat floated slowly down to Duncan's falls, nine
miles below Zanesville, where it was again compelled to
encounter new dangers. They were less formidable, however, than
the dam over which the boat had just passed. A point where the
channel was deepest, was selected, and the little vessel cleared
the falls in safety, and moved onward to Marietta, and entered
the Ohio river. The hills and bluffs along its banks, covered
with pine and other timber, rendered the voyage novel and
interesting. The buds of the trees were just opening into leaf,
and the banks of the river were lined with spring vegetation and
flowers. Thus they glided toward the far south, where they were
to find new and strange scenery.
They passed Cincinnati, now the queen city of the west.
How great has been the growth of that beautiful city since 1823!
Its markets were then easily glutted. Messrs. Oliver
and Davis were compelled to go further south to dispose
of their produce. Their little boat was shoved from the wharf
into the main current of the Ohio, where it moved rapidly toward
the falls at Louisville. On their way they overtook a stranded
emigrant boat which was unable to move, in consequence of the
driftwood. There were several families, with their goods on it,
en route to southern Illinois and Iowa. Seeing the situation,
the owners of the boat from the Black fork volunteered their aid
to relieve the emigrants.
On arriving at the falls, the boat passed through
without accident, and the light-hearted owners pushed onward to
the Mississippi, and down its dark-rolling current to New
Orleans, the great southern market of that period. Here they
found a ready market for their cherry lumber, at two dollars and
twenty-five cents per hundred feet, and thirty-seven and
one-half cents per gallon for their whiskey—a better article
than now sells for five dollars per gallon in the same city.
Times change, men change, and prices necessarily fluctuate. Our
country and its wealth are much more potent now than they were
fifty-two years ago, and hence a greater value is attached to
"fire-water." The pioneers are pretty generally of the opinion
that the article manufactured fifty years ago was much purer and
less harmful in its effects than modern "fire-water."
Finding no demand for their wheat, flour, and pork,
they concluded to transfer those articles to a schooner and
proceed to Richmond, Virginia, for a market. This transfer was
made, and, as soon as completed, the "wharf rats" of New Orleans
captured and concealed the boat. It was never seen again by its
owners. About the first of April they sailed for Richmond. Their
voyage was a pleasant one. They coasted around to the Chesapeake
bay, and passed up the James river to Richmond. They arrived
there about the seventeenth of April. The grand outline of the
southern coast, with its attractive scenery, was constantly
under their gaze, and was the subject of many remarks and much
admiration. As they passed up the James river, the ancient homes
of the colonists frequently hove in view and excited comment.
Along the banks of that now classic stream, nearly three hundred
years before, the colonists contended with the "fierce red man,"
for a home.
On reaching the market, they obtained one dollar and
thirty cents per bushel for their wheat, and eight dollars per
barrel for salt pork. These prices were such as would reward
them fairly for their toil and perseverance. They felt amply
compensated.
After spending a few days in Richmond, they prepared
for returning to the wilds of the Black fork. They had separated
from their hands at New Orleans. Their route, from Richmond, was
through Goochland, Louisa, and Albemarle counties, and over the
Blue Ridge mountains to Harrisonburgh, in Rockingham county;
thence across the Great North mountain, to Moorefield, in Hardy
county; thence to the Old Fort Redstone, in Pennsylvania; thence
to Wheeling, West Virginia; thence by Zanesville, Newark, and
Mount Vernon, to the Black fork, making a journey of about nine
hundred miles on foot. They met with no accident or incivility
on their way, and arrived at home about the first of July.
Mr. Oliver is now about eighty-seven
years of age, is quite active, and in the possession of all his
faculties. He looks younger than many men of sixty-five. He
informs me, that during the haying season of 1874 he drove a
team and rode on the mowing-machine several days, and felt none
the worse for it. Very few men, at his age, would think of
performing any labor. He has always been noted for his
integrity, industry, and uprightness, and says "he feels better
to keep moving." He owns and resides upon the old homestead of
his father, Allen Oliver, and has resided in the same locality
sixty-four years.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 160 |
LEWIS OLIVER
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 26, 1793, and
came to Ohio with his father. May 6, 1824, he married
Nancy Ravenscroft. In 1814, he entered the farm now
owned by Mrs. Hill, in Loudonville. For two years
he has been township treasurer, and is respected by all who know
him. In politics, he is a Democrat. Jan. 2, 1873,
his wife died, at the age of seventy-seven years, leaving seven
children, viz: William A., Paul, John; Rebecca J.,
wife of Amos A. Burwell, of Indiana; Elizabeth,
wife of W. W. Martin, of Wisconsin; Malcolm
deceased; Margaret, wife of J. Rice, of Ashland
county.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 283 |
CEPHAS
PARKER was born in Sangerfield, New York, in 1807, and
came to Ohio with his father in 1816. They settled in
Holmes county, on the farm now owned by John Priest; he
was always engaged in farming, and was one of the most
systematic farmers of his time. For one year he was
constable in Washington township, Holmes county. A member
of the Baptist church, he was an honorable and upright man.
In politics, he was an old line Whig. In 1867 he died, at
the age of sixty years; his wife died in 1864, at the age of
fifty-seven. Eight of his nine children are living, viz:
Silas C., who married Christie N. Gibbon; Alonzo P.,
who married in Kansas; Calvin C., who married
Catharine Traverse; William P., who married in
Philadelphia; Eleanora, wife of Harrison Fisher;
Clemetine D., wife of Wilson Norris; Isaac D., who
married Miss Mocherman; and James L. who lives in
Sacramento, California.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 283 |
| REV. JOSEPH SEELEY PARKER
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page |
SILAS C.
PARKER, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1831, and
took a course in the Loudonville academy and at Delaware
university. He taught school twenty years, and was
superintendent of the Perrysville union school two years, and of
the union school in Lucas one year. He studied law with
R. M. Campbell, of Ashland, and was admitted to the bar in
Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, in 1876. In 1854 he went over the
plains to California, and remained there four years, engaged in
mining with fair success. In 1858 he returned to Ashland
county, and engaged in farming and teaching until 1861. In
1862 he enlisted in the Thirty-second Ohio volunteer infantry,
where he remained until he remained until the end of the war.
He was a non-commissioned officer and division commissary
sergeant, and color-bearer, and took part in the battles of Port
Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, where he was wounded;
Vicksburgh, with Sherman on his Meridian expedition, at Atlanta,
Peach Tree creek, Decatur, and took part in every action that
took place with Sherman on his march to the sea, up to the the
time of Johnson's surrender; he then returned to Big
Prairie, Wayne county, where he engaged in teh mercantile
business, and remained there until March, 1868, when he removed
to Perrysville, where he is engaged in the practice of law.
In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace of Green township,
which office he now holds. He is a member of the Baptist
church; and in politics is a Democrat. In 1860 he married
Christie N. Gibbon, of Wayne county, Ohio, and is the
father of seven children: Sallie L., deceased; Essa
M., Edie J., Amasa C., Frank A., Lib. C., and Kary G.
(Source: History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 283) |
Z. T.
PAULLIN was born in Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, August 24,
1822, and emigrated with his father's family, in 1823, to Wayne
county, and in 1824 to Vermillion township, now Ashland county.
They located near Daniel Porter on Beall's trail.
Mr. Isaac Paullin, sr. had a description of the country
from Mr. Porter, who passed up the trail in 1812.
Isaac Paullin was a shoemaker, and the first practical workman
in that part of the township. He was also the first
gunsmith. His sons Z. T. and Daniel learned
the shoemaking business of their father, and continued to
manufacture shoes. In 1835 Isaac Paullin and family
settled on the present site of the village of Mohicanville.
Here he deceased. Z. T. Paullin is the only son
remaining in Mohican township. He has accumulated a
comfortable property, and has a pleasant family. We obtained
many valuable reminiscences from him concerning the early
settlement of Vermillion and Mohican townships.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 176 |
Vermillion Twp. -
LAFAYETTE PAXTON was born in Vermillion township,
Feb. 21, 1849. His father, Hugh Paxton, was
born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in
1819, and located in Wayne county. In 1833 he moved to
Vermillion township, and purchased a tract of land, one mile
west of the village of Hayesville, Ohio. Here he
remained the balance of his life. He was a very
industrious and energetic man. To the breaking out of
the Rebellion he was a Democrat, but he at that time changed
to a strong Republican, which principles he adhered to until
his death, which occurred Jan. 23, 1878. Lafayette,
the subject of this sketch, is the only heir, and has charge
of his invalid mother, who is a great care. Sept. 28,
1873, he married Miss Ellen Himes, of Richland
county, Ohio. They have one child, Hugh, born
May 19, 1876. Mr. Paxton is a Democrat in
politics.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. -
Published by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 299 |
|
HOMER PECK was
born at Kent, Litchfield county,
Connecticut,
Mar. 3, 1820. In April, 1826, his
father, Taylor Peck, and family,
consisting of his wife and four children, started in a wagon for
Ohio; on arriving at Albany,
New York, they took boat passage on the canal, to
Buffalo. They found the route pleasant and
cheap. At
Buffalo
they took passage on a schooner, and, after enduring a rough and tempestuous
journey, arriving safely at
Sandusky
City.
At that point Taylor Peck hired a team to remove his family and goods to Ruggles township, Huron, now
Ashland
county. The trip occupied three
days. The streams were full, and had
to be forded at some risk. The road,
a mere path cut through the forest, was rough and full of chuck holes. Upon reaching the center
Mr. Peck and family were kindly received and sheltered under the hospitable roof of
Daniel Beach, who had preceded him
some three years on Ruggles township.
When Mr. Peck arrived, there
were about eight families in the township.
He purchased one hundred and fifty-seven acres of land, in lots twenty
and twenty-seven, section three, and went to work to clear the same; and by the
aid of his neighbors soon had comfortable buildings and other improvements.
Mrs. Jerusha Peck died in 1835, and
Taylor Peck, the husband, died Sept.
24, 1855.
Homer Peck, a son, and subject of this sketch, married in 1845. His family consisted of four
daughters, three of whom survive.
Mr Peck has lived to see the last of
the pioneers pass away – being Harvey
Sacket, who died Aug. 11, 1875.
He has been justice of the peace five terms.
He is a member of the Congregational church, a Republican, and a
reputable citizen.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. -
Published by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page
236
|
JAMES POAG
removed into Ruggles from Clearcreek in 1827. He died
April 9, 1854. He was twice married, and left by the two
marriages some seven or eight children, part of whom reside in the
township.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 180 |
| JOHN PORTER
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 212 |
WILLIAM
H. H. POTTER, the subject of this sketch, was born in
Columbia township, Lorain county, Ohio, May 7, 1816. When an
infant his parents removed to Medina county, Ohio, where he
resided until eight years of age, when his father died, and he
went to live with Franklin Wells, where he
remained until the age of twenty-one years. Until he was fifteen
years old he followed farming as his vocation, but from that
time until he was of age he worked in a store, and at the trade
of cabinet making. From that time until the year 1849 or '50 he
carried on the cabinet making business himself in Lorain and
Ashland counties. After that date he engaged in the book and
drug business at this place, Ashland, until 1867, since which
time he has carried on and owned the gas works and has furnished
Ashland with gas. He was married October 27, 1841, to Miss
Catharine Peabody, who was born in New York State,
July 21, 1819. By this union have been born nine children, five
of whom are still living and named respectively, Emma F.,
who was born July 11, 1844; William H., born January 20,
1851; Charles W. H., born July 13, 1853; George E.,
born September 1, 1855; and Edgar A., born June 20, 1858.
The ones deceased were Nancy Alice, born August
11, 1842, and died November 12, 1873; Mary Florence, born
June 9, 1847, and died June 21, 1849; William C., born
July 29, 1849, and died March 20, 1851; Frank Irwin, born
July 2, 1861, and died October 8, 1862. William H. was
married September 16, 1878, to Miss Julia Young.
Samuel Y. Potter, our subject's father, was born in New
Haven, Connecticut, about the year 1795, and he together with
his brother, came to this State at an early day, and located in
Lorain county. From thence he removed to Medina county, where he
died. At the time of his death he was sheriff of the county. He
was married to Miss Sallie Pritchard, who died in 1849.
She was also born in Connecticut, and removed with her parents
to Ohio at an early day. Mr. Potter used to hear his
parents recall the many hardships and privations that they
together with their pioneer associates had to contend with,
incident to pioneer life, that the present as well as the future
generations will never know nor experience. Mr. Potter
has, by industry and good management, made for himself and
family a good home. He and his family enjoy the respect and
esteem of all in the community where they reside or where they
are known.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 394 |
JAMES
LOUDON PRIEST, from Crawford county, Pennsylvania, settled
on the banks of the Lake fork, in what was then Wayne county, as
early as 1810. At that period the Coshocton county line joined
Wayne on the south and included the county of Holmes. At the
erection of Holmes county, in 1824, the part of Lake township
where Mr. Priest located became a part of Washington
township, in Holmes county; and at the erection of Ashland county,
in 1846, another slice, on the east side of the township, was
annexed to Clinton township, Wayne county, leaving Lake one of the
smallest townships in Ashland county. Mr. Priest,
with his family, located in the spring of the year, and by the aid
of Thomas Jelloway, and several other friendly
Delaware Indians, put up a plain log cabin and moved into it. His
nearest neighbor was Alexander Finley, who had
located six miles further up the Lake fork, at a point now known
as Tylertown, in 1809. Mr. Priest was indebted to
Mr. Finley for his seed corn for his first crop, and
many other favors. His next neighbor was Nathan Odell,
who arrived in the spring of 1811, and located in that part of
Lake township which is now known as Clinton township, Wayne
county.
James Loudon Priest
died about 1822, at an advanced age.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 161 |
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