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History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co.
1883
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THOMAS GARDNER,
farmer and stock-raise, Ames Township, was born in New York City, Feb. 1,
1814, and in the fall of the same year his parents came to Ames Township,
Athens Co., Ohio, and settled on the farm where he has since lived, formerly
known as the Thomas Ewing homestead. He remained with his
parents until he grew to manhood. He remained with his parents until
he grew to manhood. He was married Jan. 28, 1852, to Phebe Beasley,
daughter of the late John Beasley, a native of Virginia. He has
followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer, in which he has been highly
successful, and now ranks among the larger land-owner of Athens County,
having 511 acres of land under a high state of cultivation, on which he in
engaged in raising stock and grain, making a specialty of cattle and sheep
of the higher grades.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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C. W. GLAZIER, merchant, Amesville, is the
youngest son of Abel and Sally (Brown) Glazier, who are among the
early settlers of Athens County. He was born in Ames Township, Sept.
7, 1821, reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. His
father died when he was sixteen years of age, when he was thrown on his own
responsibility. He followed the avocation of farming until 1862, when
he became engaged in the railroad business, which he followed for several
years. He was first married in 1842 to Eliza Cook, a native of
New York. By this union there was one daughter - Frances.
His wife died in September, 1869. He was again married in 1872 to
Mrs. Sarah E. Walker of this county. Mr. Glazier has for
several years been successfully engaged in the mercantile business at
Amesville, and bears an unsullied reputation among his fellow townsmen.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
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EDWIN F. GLAZIER was born in Bern
Township, Athens County, June 30, 1842, where he was reared on a farm and
educated in the common schools. At the breaking out of the late civil
war he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
participated in many hard-fought battles. In 1863 his term of
enlistment expired, and he re-enlisted and served until the close of the
war, and was mustered out of the service; returned to the home of his birth
and for a time attended school, after which he engaged in farming, which he
has since followed. In connection with his farming pursuits in 1875 he
purchased the store at Big Run, Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business
for about four years, when he sold out and returned to his farm. He
was married Oct. 19, 1870, to Hannah N. Greenwalt, of Washington
County. They have three children - Arla M., Effa B. and
William E. F.
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J. W. GLAZIER, son of Walter Glazier,
was born Jan. 4, 1844, in Athens County, Ohio. Aug. 18, 1862, he
enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry; was in the
principal battles of the Shenandoah Valley and around Petersburg and
Richmond; was slightly wounded twice, and was taken prisoner and taken to
Belle Isle. Was paroled and exchanged, and came home for a short
furlough, then rejoined the regiment at Martinsburg, and was with them till
the close of the war, being present at the surrender of Lee's army; was
discharged at Richmond, mustered out at Camp Denison, and returned home.
May 6, 1868, he married Mary M., daughter of Seneca and Irena
Hatch, of Rome Township. They have two children - Frank W.
and Fannie Fern. In 1871 Mr. Glazier moved on his
present farm, where he has ninety-seven acres of good land. He is
engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of Alderny cattle.
Politically Mr. Glazier is a Republican.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 720 - Waterloo Twp. |
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JOHN
HENRY GLAZIER, farmer, section 8, Ames Township, was born in this
township Dec. 13, 1820, and is the son of Loring B. and Jane (Henry)
Glazier grandson of Abel Glazier, and great-grandson of
Captain Benjamin Brown, who was prominently identified for many years
among the early settlers of Athens County. Our subject was reared on a
farm and educated in the schools of Amesville. He lived with his
parents until their death and then succeeded them on the old homestead.
He was married Jan. 1, 1851, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Mathew and
Mary Henry, who settled in Athens County in the year 1839. By this
union were five children, four of whom still live - Alice (deceased),
Edna, Loring H., Emma D. and Louis B. Mr. Glazier has
always stood in the foremost rank to aid every laudable enterprise which
would be of interest and benefit to the community. In the year of 1845
he was elected to the office of Township Clerk. This position was not
at that time a very remunerative one, as he only received $5 per year; yet
by his strict attention to the duties thereof he gained the confidence of
the people and was by them re-elected each year until 1880. He has
also held many offices in the agricultural society, an enterprise in which
he takes great pride. He is physically a man of great personal
strength and courage, and intellectually possesses great common sense and
unusual native mental vigor. In his chosen avocation, that of a
farmer, he has been highly successful and uses his accumulated wealth to the
best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the comforts of
life, and giving to his children a thorough and practical education.
Besides caring well for those of his own household he is not unmindful of
the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributes to
relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his
fellowmen, charitable to the weaknesses of others, generous to the deserving
poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he receives as he
deserves, the considerate respect of his fellow-citizens, and has always the
respectful obedience and affectionate regard of those of his own household.
He has a fine farm containing 400 acres of good land under a high state of
cultivation on which is a large and commodious residence surrounded by
beautiful shade trees and shrubbery.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 525 |
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WALTER
GLAZIER, son of Abel and Sally Glazier, was born July 6, 1807,
in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio. In June, 1831, he married
Elizabeth Bolander, of Ross County, Ohio. Seven children were born
to them - R. B., Mahala, Laura, Lavina, James, Mary Jane and
Elizabeth. Dec. 21, 1850, Mr. Glazier married Mrs. Laura
P. Glazier, daughter of Elijah Hatach, of Athens County.
They have three children - Sybil V., E. P. and Addie Rosella.
Mr. Glazier came to Carthage Township in 1837, and now owns a farm of
262 acres of fine land.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 720 |
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W. R. GODDARD
was born in
Washington County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1849. He was reared on a farm, and
received his early education in the common schools, and spent three years at
the Marietta College, after which he engaged in teaching school about three
years. In the latter year he was elected to the office of County
Treasurer of Washington County. He was first married, May 8, 1878, to
Annie Black, of Washington County. They had two children
Blanche and Charles. His wife died Feb. 23, 1881.
He was again married, Sept. 14, 1882, to Fanny E. Henry, a daughter
of Charles and Fanny (Dean) Henry of Bern Township, Athens County,
Ohio. He has a fine farm of 232 acres of good land on Federal Creek.
His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church at Amesville. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F., Palmer Lodge, No. 351.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
Inter-State Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 707 |
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GEORGE T. GOULD,
of Athens, was born at Kennebunk Port, a coast town in the State of Maine,
Nov. 24, 1825. His father, Thomas F. Gould, of Scotch ancestry,
was a sea captain and finally lost at sea. His mother, Lyntha
Miller, was of English descent. George T. Gould was
educated in the public schools at Lewiston, Maine, where the family moved
when he was yet a child. He came to Ohio in November, 1852, brought
hither by the construction of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, on which
he was a contractor. After the completion of this road, he, in
connection with M. M. Green, of Columbus, engaged in business at
Salina, where they invested a large amount of capital and carried on various
businesses, including salt-making, coal-mining, pork-packing, and dealing in
grain, wool and general merchandise. After a residence at Salina of
twelve or fourteen years he removed to Lancaster when the Columbus & Hocking
Valley Railroad was being built, and on which he had a contract for the
construction from Lancaster to Athens. A number of years previous to
the close of business at Salina, Mr. Green had withdrawn and Mr.
Gould was alone. In 1878 he went to South America, where he was,
for a time, superintendent of the mines of the Telimbia Mining Company, of
which he was a member. For a few years following this he was in
California superintending mines, a part of the time having as many as four
different mines under his control. For the last few years he has been
engaged in various pursuits. Few men have had so wide an experience in
business pursuits as Mr. Gould. To mention in detail all
of his business relations would, in his own language, "make a book of
itself.” In this short sketch we have only noticed those pursuits in
which he was more permanently established. More than as many more in
which he has been to a great or less extent engaged, might be mentioned.
In his business pursuits he has traveled through more than two thirds of the
States and Territories of the Union, and through a greater part of both
Upper and Lower Canada and parts of South America. He was married Oct.
24, 1855, to Miss Minerva Brown, daughter of the late John B.
Brown, of Ames Township. They have six children, five daughters
and one son, all living.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 344 |
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ELIAS GRAHAM,
born in Albany, May 8, 1825, was a son of William and Haney (Cassel)
Graham. His father was born July 2, 1783, and died May 31, 1854.
His mother was born Feb. 14, 1788, and died March 26, 1851. They had a
family of twelve children —Henry (the second male child born in Lee
Township), Elizabeth, Sophia, Ivy, William,
James, Samuel, Hannah, Elias, Martha,
Wilson and Haney. Elias was married April 24, 1838,
to Diantha Martin, a native of this township. Four children
were born to them, only three now living—Rebecca J. . Martha and William
T. Mr. Graham has 190 acres of good land and is
engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of the latter.
He is a member of Lee Grange. His father built the first hotel in
Athens in 1800.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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FINLEY PERRY GRAHAM
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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JESSE GREEN, farmer, postoffice Coolville,
son of Benjamin and Martha (La Rew) Green, natives of Indian Creek,
Va., is the sixth of eleven children. He was born in Virginia, and
came to Ohio in 1859. His father died in 1862. After coming to
Ohio Mr. Green bought a farm of thirty-five acres, where he now
lives. In 1853 he married Martha A., daughter of Shelton and
Rachel (Heflin) Smith, natives of Virginia. By this union, there
are six children, four living - Elijah M., born Nov. 7, 1854, lives
in Union County, Ohio; Roxa L., born Nov. 17, 1856, wife of
William Cooper, living in Virginia; Ella J., born Mar. 24, 1862,
wife of Carson Lewis, living in Troy Township; Ida M., born
July 18, 1865, wife of Luther Tiffany, of Meigs County, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the United Brethren church.
Politically he is a Republican. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, One
Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and serviced three years.
He was in several of the severe battles of the war - Winchester, Piedmont,
Lynchburg, Richmond and several others; was at Richmond when General Lee
surrendered, and was discharged at Richmond.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 670 |
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JOHN HENRY GREEN was born on the farm
where he now lives in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Mar. 18, 1842.
His father, Steven W. Green, was born on the same farm Mar. 2, 1814.
His grandfather, Ezra Green, was born in Worchester County, Mass.,
Oct. 8, 18776, and married Sally Proctor, Oct. 2, 1805, and soon
after came to Ohio and settled on the above-mentioned farm, where he lived
till after the death of his wife, Nov. 25, 1819. He then went to
Washington County, where he married Mrs. Dodge and passed the
remainder of his days. His death occurred Sept. 21, 1822.
Steven W. Green went with his father to Washington County and resided
until after his death. He was married Sept. 1, 1836, to Miss Lucy
Green, a native of Washington County. After his marriage he
returned to the old homestead in Ames Township, Athens County, where he
followed the avocation of farming until his death. They were the
parents of eleven children, five of whom are living. Mr. Green
died Mar. 26, 1864. Mrs. Green still resides with our subject.
She is a member of the Presbyterian church. Our subject was reared on
a farm and educated in the common schools, and has always lived on the old
homestead. He was married Nov. 24, 1870, to Miss Mattie Hatfield,
a native of Wabash County, Ind. They have two children - Frank O.,
and Charles W. Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the
Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 526 |
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JOHN GRIFFIN
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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