Source:
HISTORY
of the
ASHLAND COUNTY
PIONEER
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
From Its Organization Sept. 10, 1875, to the
Close of the Eleventh Annual Meeting
Aug. 27, 1885, Embracing a Period of Ten Years.
by Dr. S. Riddle
Ashland, Ohio,
The Brethren Publishing House
1888
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NECROLOGY REPORT OF 1883
by S. Riddle, Historian
Names of the pioneers of Ashland County who have
died since our last annual meeting Aug. 18, 1881,
also a few others who haD not been reported.
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP -
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Mrs. Sarah Keffer nee
Dyer was born in the
village of Munheim, Pa., Feb. 26,
1810, died in Petersburg, Feb. 19,
1883, aged 72 years, 11 months and
23 days. |
GREEN TOWNSHIP -
Henry O'Harra, (Vice President),
born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Apr.
6, 1820, came to Perrysville when 16
years of age, died Sept. 28, 1882,
aged 62 years, 5 months and 8 days.
Mrs. Nancy (McElvaine) Humphreys was born in
Fayette county, Pa., Nov. 6, 1821,
came to this county in 1826 at the
age of 5 years, died May 16, 1883,
aged 62 years.
Armstrong C. Bryans, born at Carlisle,
Cumberland county, Pa., Jan. 1,
1815, came to Jackson township
Ashland county, in Nov. 1846, died
at Perrysville, Feb. 1, 1883, aged
68 years and 29 days.
Mrs.
Phoebe Euller, born in Calestown,
New Jersey, was married to Adam
Euller Oct. 10, 1839, died Feb.
2, 1883, aged 61 years, 3 months and
20 days.
Joseph JOnes was born May 13, 1807, came to the
valley of the Black Fork in 1813,
was at the unveiling of the Copus
monument Sept. 15, 1882 and died May
13, 1883, aged, 76 years. |
LAKE TOWNSHIP -
John Norris was born in
Huntingdon, county, Pa., Jan. 25,
1807, came to Ashland county in
1823, and died of paralysis Oct. 29,
1882, aged 75 years.
Hezekiah
Morris was born in Muncy,
Lycuning county, Pa., in 1799, came
to Ohio in 1831, died of paralysis
May 8, 1883, aged 84 years. |
MOHECAN TOWNSHIP -
Elizabeth Harpster, born in 1805
and died Apr. 11, 1883, aged 76
years, 11 months and 4 days.
Daniel
Walker, born in Lancaster
county, Pa., when a youth came to
Wayne county, O., and soon after his
marriage to a Miss Swigart
removed to Ashland county, and died
near Jeromeville Mar. 19, 1883, aged
65 years, 8 months and 2 days.
Samuel
Zimmerman, died at Lakefork Mar.
22, 1882, aged 86 years, 6 months
and 29 days. |
VERMILLION TOWNSHIP -
Mrs. Margaret Schuck whose
maiden name was Smith and
wife of Philip Schuck was
born in Buckenheim, Germany, July
15, 1810, came to America in 1837
and settled in Ashland county where
she remained till the time of her
death which took place May 29, 1883,
aged 72 years, 10 months and 17
dayes. Mr. Schuck
died 4 years ago.
John
Boyd, born in Westmoreland
county, Pa., Apr. 4, 1802, married
Miss Rebecca Karns of Allegheny
county, Pa., Oct. 11, 1831, removed
to AShland county Jan. 1, 1832 (then
Richland county) and died May 4,
1883, aged 81 years and 1 month.
Joseph
Hill born in Vermont, Sept. 25,
1802, moved to Ohio in 1811, settled
on the Carey farm in Green
township. He first married
Sally White second Sally
Taylor third Mary Ann Naylor,
fourt ___ , fifth and lastly to the
widow Hatten. He was
not the father of any children.
He died in Hayesville May 1, 1883,
aged 80 years and 7 months.
Mrs.
Hetta Liston, born in Pa., in
1799 and died at Hayesville in April
1883, aged 84 years.
Mrs.
Sarah McCready (Carter) was born
Oct. 12, 1816, was the second child
born in Montgomery township, her
brother David Carter being
the first, was married to John
McCready when 16 years of age
and lived in Vermilion township till
the time of death, which took place
June 22, 1883, aged 66 years, 8
months and 10 days. |
PERRY TOWNSHIP -
Elizabeth Garnes, with of
Jacob Garnes, born in Berks
county, Pa., Jan. 1, 1816, died May
17, 1883, aged 67 years, 3 months
and 23 days.
Andrew
Jackson, born in Mohecan
township (then Wayne county) Feb.
28, 1825, died Apr. 24, 1883, aged
58 years, 1 month and 26 days.
Mrs.
Ferena Depler was born in
Deggerfelden, Canton, Aragan,
Switzerland, June 7, 1802, was
married to John Jacob Depler
Dec. 5, 1820, died at Rowsburg in
the spring of 1883, aged 80 years, 3
months and 6 days.
Thomas
Devault was born in Jackson
township, Dec. 16, 1828 and died
Dec. 4, 1882, aged 54 years, 11
months and 12 days. Was a
resident of Perry township since a
small boy.
Solomon
Stem was born in Pa., Mar. 16,
1800, came to this county in 1837
and died in Perry township Sept. 24,
1882, aged 82 years, 6 months and 8
days. |
ORANGE TOWNSHIP -
Wesley Richards was born in
London county, West Virginia, Aug.
9, 1793, came to Orange township in
an early day and died Sept. 12,
1882, aged 89 years, 1 month and 3
days.
Valentine Vance, born in
Lancaster county, Pa., Dec. 18,
1797, and in 1814, came with his
father to Canton, Ohio, thence to
Richland county near Mansfield,
thence to Orange township where he
died Nov. 20, 1882, aged 84 years,
11 months and 11 days.
Mrs.
Margaret Heiffner wife of
John Heiffner, and daughter of
Ludwic Cline was born in
Montgomery township Mar. 23, 1818,
was married to John Heiffner
July 7, 1835 and died in Orange
township Dec. 15, 1882, aged 66
years 8 months and 22 days.
John
Richey was born in Virginia in
1801 and 1804 came with his parents
to Columbiana county, Ohio, and in
1833 came to Orange township where
he died Feb. 23, 1883, aged 82
years.
Mrs.
Eliza Thomas, wife of Josiah
Thomas, whose maiden name was
Zimmerman, was born in Union
county, Pa., Dec. 25, 1809, came to
Montgomery township in the spring of
1829 and died in Orange township
Mar. 25, 1883, aged 73 years and 3
months.
Mrs.
Mary Donley, born in America,
her parents came from Ireland in
1776. She lived to be about
104 years old and died in Ashland on
Sunday Oct. 1, 1882 and was buried
at Orange. |
TROY TOWNSHIP -
Mrs. Nancy Deibler wsa born --- and
died Feb. 5, 1883, aged 68 years and 8
months.
Melon Bruce
born Apr. 2, 1819 died May 8, 1883, aged
61 years, 1 month and 5 days. |
CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP -
Mike Bryte, born in Clear Creek
Township, June 25, 1828, and died in
California in June 1882, aged 53 years,
7 mo. and 5 days.
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Mrs. Barbara Huffman wife of
Daniel Huffman deceased, was born in
Somerset Co., Pa., Feb. 18, 1803, and
died Sept. 26, 1882, aged 79 years.
She came to Ohio in the year 1835.
Mrs.
Catharine Ekey, wife of Andrew
Ekey, died Mar. 25, 1883, aged 66
years.
Erastus A.
Stem born in Westmoreland Co., Pa.,
Sept. 30, 1817. Moved with
his parents when a small boy to Indiana
and thence sixteen years after, to
Ashland Co. Married Jane
Freeborn in 1814 died Nov. 20, 1882,
aged 65 years.
Jonathan Cummings, born in the Parish of
Moneymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Nov.
27, 1801. Came to Savannah,
Ashland Co., O., in 1835, died Sept. 6,
1882, aged 81 years.
6. Mattie
McGrath, her maiden name was
Sprott born July 15th, 1810.
When a small girl came to Ashland County
with her parents. Married first in
1836 to John Pollock, who died in
!855. Married again in 1857 to
Wm. McGrath; died Jan. 5th, 1883,
aged 72 years.
7. George
Coutts, born in Parish of Alford,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Mar. 30th,
1826, came to this County in 1834, died
Jan. 28th, 1883, aged 58 years and 11
months.
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MILTON TOWNSHIP -
1. Mrs. Jane Hunter, McCrelins,
was born in Ireland, Apr. 2nd, 1800,
came to America at the age of 3 years,
removed from Westmoreland County, Pa.,
to Vermillion Township, in 1836, and
died in Milton township Jan. 28th, 1883,
aged 83 years.
2. Joseph Charles, born in Lancaster County,
Pa., Apr. 16th, 1799, came to Ohio in
1826, and settled on the Black Fork,
near where the Hershey Mill stands; died
in Milton township, Mar. 18th, 1883,
aged 83 years and 11 months. |
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP -
1. Joshua Ford was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, Apr. 4th, 1805.
Married Elizabeth Hammond, Dec.,
1828, came to Richland County in 1829,
and to Montgomery township in 1854, died
Friday, June 1st, 1883, aged 78 years, 1
month and 27 days; was one of the first
members of the Ashland County Pioneer
Society.
2. Jacob
Crall was born in Dauphin County,
Pa., in 1811, came to Ashland in 1835,
and died Saturday evening, Jan. 13th,
1883, aged 71 years and 28 days.
3. Aaron Markley was born in Somerset County,
Pa., Oct. 4th, 1801, came to Ashland,
(then Uniontown) in the spring of 1815,
died Oct. 4th, 1882, aged 71 yeas, to
the very day.
4. Elizabeth
Martin, born at Steubenville,
Jefferson County, Ohio, Dec. 7th 1815,
came to Ashland (then Uniontown,) with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Sheets, in 1817, died Oct. 30th,
1882, aged 66 years, 10 months and 23
days.
5. Jacob
Frees was born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., Nov. 22nd, 1808, came to
Wayne County, Ohio, in 1822, to Ashland
County in 1864, and died in Ashland Mar.
12, 1883, aged 74 years, 3 months and 20
days.
6. James
McCrea, born in Northampton County,
Pa., came to Ashland County in May,
1849, died May 6th, 1883, aged 80 years,
9 months and 22 days.
7. Mrs. Mary
Swineford, whose maiden name was
Young, was born in Washington
County, Pa., June 27th, 1803, came to
Orange Township in 1814, and died in
Ashland, Apr. 21st, 1883, aged 79 years,
9 months and 24 days.
8. Andrew
Proudfert was born in York County,
Pa., May 26th, 1809, came with his
parents to Ohio in 1811. They
settled first in Fairfield County, and
about the year 1817 removed to
Montgomery township, then Richland
County, now Ashland, where he remained
until the time of his death, which was
very sudden, and occurred at 10 o'clock
a. m., Feb. 12th, 1883, aged 73 yeas, 8
months and 16 days.
9. Mrs.
Barbara Zigler was born in Milton
township, Mar. 9th, 1818 and died in
Ashland July 9th, 1883, aged 65 years
and 4 months.
10. Charles
Riley, born Jan. 9th 1807. He
had made ten trips to California and
back, and died very suddenly on the
evening of Jan. 125, 1883, aged 76
years, lacking 7 days.
11. Judge John Taylor was born in Bradford County,
Pa., Apr. 19th, 1815, and came with his
father to Richland, now Ashland County,
about the year 1832, and died in Ashland
on Sunday morning, Oct. 1st, 1882, aged
67 years, 5 month and 12 days.
12. Thomas
Smith was born in Washington County,
Pa., Mar. 22nd, 1811; Married Miss
Mary McCready, Dec. 28th, 1831; left
Pennsylvania Mar. 22nd, 1832, moved in
wagons and were 7 days coming; arrived
at his cabin in the South part of
Montgomery township, where he lived ever
since, except the last three years, he
has resided in town. He died very
suddenly on Saturday morning, Dec. 23,
1882, aged 71 years, 8 months and 1 day.
S. RIDDLE. Historian Ashland
County Pioneer Society.
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