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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.
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OLIVER D. JACKSON, owner and proprietor
of mines and store, and founder of the town of Jacksonville, is the only son
of Joshua H. and Mary (Bean) Jackson. He was born in York
Township, Athens County, May 18, 1848, and lived there until 1854, when his
parents removed to Ward Township, Hocking County. At the age of
nineteen years he began teaching school, and taught during the winter season
four years. Aug. 25, 1872, he and his father established a hardware
store at New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio, under the firm name of J. H.
Jackson & Son. In September, 1875, he purchased his father's
interest and continued the business alone until May 1, 1877, when he sold a
portion of his business there, and removed a portion of his stock to
Bessemer and established a general mercantile store, and in November
following removed his business to Buchtel, and Apr. 1, 1878, he sold
an interest in the business to the Akron Iron Company. He was then
having full charge of the management of the store and live-stock business of
the company until Sept. 10, 1882, when he sold his interest to the Akron
Iron Company. In April, 1880, he purchased the first lands where he is
now in business, and has added adjoining lands continually to the present
time. He began business at this point Sept. 15, 1882, and is now
shipping coal from his mines, and has a village laid out covering sixty
acres. Sept. 7, 1875, he married Jane, daughter of David and
Tryphena (Judd) Eggleston, of Ward Townshp, Hocking County. they
have four children - Minnie E., William W., Frederick H. and
Edward B.
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NORVAL W. JAMES, shoemaker and
farmer, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Mar. 16, 1833, and is a son of
William James, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio about 1832.
The family removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1814. Mr. James
came to this county in 1847, where he still resides. He was a soldier
in the late war, in Company I, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, about five
months. He participate in the battle South Mountain, where he was
wounded, on account of which he was discharged. He received a
common-school education, and learned the shoemaker's trade in 1863, which he
has since followed. He has worked at his trade in Millfield about
fifteen years. He also carries on his farm of eighty-five acres on
section 3. He was married Sept. 24, 1865, to Ruth, daughter of
William S. Gardner. They have seven children - Jessie,
Minnie, William S., Norval, Robert C., Ruth and an infant daughter.
Mr. James was Postmaster at Millfield for three years.
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J. W. JENKINS, miner, oldest son
of William and Isabel (Roach) Jenkins, was born near Oakhill, Jackson
Co., Ohio, Dec. 23, 1854, and lived there with his parents until sixteen
years old, attending the common-schools. At the age of sixteen years
he was employed as brakesman on the M. & C. R. R. After working there
one year he returned home and attended school two years. He was then
engaged mining ore near Ironton, Ohio, about six months; then was watchman
on steamer Fleetwood, on the Ohio River, one year. In 1873 he went to
the Ozark Iron Works, in Missouri, and was in charge of stone work for three
months, when he went to Illinois and worked on a farm a short time, after
which he returned home and attended school a year. He then taught and
attended school alternately, two years. In 1877 he went to the Buchtel
Furnace, Athens County, and worked there three years. In 1880 he was
at Nelsonville a few months, and then went to Orbiston and worked until the
fall of 1882, when he purchased property at Jacksonville, and is now engaged
in sinking shafts at the mines. He is a member of Lodge No. 541, I. O.
O. F., Haydenville, Ohio. May 7, 1878, he married Mary,
daughter of P. D. and Nancy (Dennis) Conner, of Orbiston, Hocking
County. They have two children - Edward A. and Annie I.
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CHARLES
E. M. JENNINGS was born March 9, 1837, at Catawissa, Columbia
Co., Pa., and was brought by his parents the same year to Ohio.
They located in Fairfield County, where he lived with them on a farm
till the fifteenth year of his age. In 1852 he went into the
office of the Lancaster Gazette to learn the trade of a
printer. In 1857 he went to Logan, and assumed the editorial
control of the Hocking Valley Republican. During the war of
the Rebellion he was Chief Clerk to the Provost Marshal General of
Ohio, serving with Colonel Edward A. Parrott of the First
Ohio Infantry and Colonel Joseph H. Potter of the regular
army. For some time after the war he was the Columbus
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, relinquishing
the position in 1868, when he purchased the Athens Messenger,
of which he has since been editor and proprietor. The
Messenger is the old established Republican paper of the county
and now, under the editorialship of Mr. Jennings, continues
to be one of the most influential papers of Southeastern, Ohio.
He is an able and easy writer, fearless of all contemporaries, and
dauntless in advocating the principles of truth and justice.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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ROBERT
MALCOLM JENNINGS was born in Cairo, Ill., Oct. 17, 1861.
His father, Robert M. Jennings, was a son of Junia
Jennings, of Marietta and was well known along the Ohio River,
he having been prominent in steamboat circles for many years.
The mother of the subject of this sketch was a grand-daughter of
Elijah Hayward, who held the office of Commissioner of the Land
Office during Jackson's administration, and who subsequently held
various offices in Ohio. Mr. Jennings received a
grammar-school education and learned the printer's trade at the
Messenger office at Athens Herald, he became a member of
the company publishing that paper and has since connected with it as
Associate Editor.
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SOLOMON H. JOHNSON,
farmer and mill-owner, dealer in grain and stock at Trimble, Ohio, is the
fifth son of John B. and Adaline S. (Tinker) Johnson. He was
born Jan. 23, 1837, in Trimble Township, Athens County, and lived with his
parents until manhood, receiving a common-school education. His father
dying when he was eighteen years of age, he began managing the farm for his
mother, and doing business for himself. In April, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, for three
months, was appointed Corporal, and served as such during the term of his
enlistment. He was in West Virginia and skirmished with the enemy
there. He was discharged at Athens, Ohio, in August, 1861. He
then re-enlisted in Company A, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a
private for three years. At the organization of his company he was
commissioned Second Lieutenant and served as such until May 29, 1862, when
he was promoted to First Lieutenant of same company, and served as such
until the battle of Farmington, Tenn., where he received an injury from a
shell which disabled him to such an extent that he resigned in October,
1862. He was at the battles of New Madrid, Mo., Island No. 10,
Farmington, Iuka, Miss., second battle of Corinth, Miss. After he
returned home in 1862, he resumed farming and stock-dealing for several
years. During the years 1872 and 1873 he built a mill in partnership
with his brother, S. M. Johnson, as half owner, and was thus half
owner, and was thus engaged until February, 1878, when he sold his interest
to his brother, continuing his farm and stock business, dealing in fine
horses. In the spring of 1882 he formed a partnership for the
construction of his present mill interest, the firm of Johnson, Wolf
& Co., he being the senior member. He was elected Township Treasurer
in the spring of 1876 and served David and Sarah (Dickson) Jones, of
Hocking County. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the
Disciples church.
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WILLIAM JOHNSON, section 30,
Dover Township, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Apr. 13, 1828.
His father, James Johnson, a native of Pennsylvania, settled at
Somerset, Ohio, when only a few log cabins were there. The subject of
this sketch was reared on a farm, and educated in a common school. He
was married in March, 1853, to Elizabeth Gallington, daughter of
Chester Gallington, of Helen Furnace, Ohio. They have had five
children, of whom two are living- Lydia and Dow. Lydia
is the wife of Noah Johnson. Mr. Johnson, subject of
this sketch, owns 160 acres of land.
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D. H. JONES, son of H. B. and Susan Jones,
was born July 30, 1844, the second of a family of eight children, also one
of four of the family that served their time out during the war. He
enlisted June 9, 1861, in the war of the Rebellion, in Company C, Third Ohio
Infantry, was mustered in the service at Camp Denison, then sent to Virginia
under. the command of McClellan; was at the battle of Rich Mountain
and through the campaign of Virginia until December, 1861, then transferred
to the Western army under General Mitchell’s command. In
May, 1862, he had his jaw broken in a skirmish near Governor Clay’s
farm in Alabama. He was also in a skirmish in 1862 at
Bridgeport; in the battle of Perryville in 1862, receiving a slight wound,
and in the battle of Stone River was wounded in the right side, from the
effect of which he has never recovered. He, with the rest of the
regiment, was detailed mounted infantry in Streight’s raid through
Georgia; during the time was in some severe skirmishes; was taken prisoner
with the rest of the command and taken to Belle Isle, paroled and returned
to Camp Chase, Ohio; from there engaged in the Morgan raid through
Ohio, then returned to the army, but did only guard duty on account of
commanding officers being prisoners. He was discharged June 20, 1864,
and returned home. Feb. 18, 1865, he married Mary St. Clair,
who died leaving one son, John H. Mar. 25, 1868, he married
Lurena Rogers, daughter of John Rogers, a soldier
in the war of 1812. They have three children —Geneva B., William
C., and Myrtle A. Mr. Jones owns one of the best farms in
the township. He has 100 acres with a two-story residence built in
1882, and a good barn and farm buildings.
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EVAN J.
JONES, of the law firm of Brosvenor & Jones, Athens,
was born near Centerville, Gallia Co., Ohio, Oct. 3, 1849. His
mother dying when he was about eight years old, he remained in his
father's family until his sixteenth year, when he went to Ewington
and attended the Ewington Academy one year, he defraying the
expenses by teaching district school at Portland and Madison
Furnace, Jackson Co., Ohio. In the spring of 1869 he went to
Lebanon, Ohio, and attended the National Normal School for four
months, when he came to Athens and entered the Ohio University and
graduated in the class of 1873, in the mean time having in 1872 and
1873 taught at Burlington, Ohio. Immediately after his
graduation he accepted the Principalship of the grammar School at
Norwalk, Ohio, where he taught one year, at the same time privately
studying law. In December, 1874, he was admitted to the bar by
the Supreme Court, at Columbus, and in August, 1875, became
associated with Hon. Charles Townsend, forming the law firm
of Townsend & Jones, at Athens. In 1878 he became
associated with Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor and formed the
present law firm of Grosvenor & Jones. In 1878 he was
elected City Solicitor of Athens, and by subsequent election held
the position for four years. In the fall of 1881 he was
appointed to fill a vacancy in the School Board of Athens and was
elected to the same position in 1882. Dec. 17, 1879, he
married Miss Lucy Johnson, of Pennsylvania. They have
one child - Helen. Mr. Jones is a member of Sereno
Lodge No. 479, I. O. O. F., of Athens, and of the Delta Tau Delta
Society, a fraternity of Ohio University. He is a member of
the Baptist church at Norwalk, Ohio.
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GEORGE JONES was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, Jan. 19, 1821. When ten years old he went to Morgan County, and
in 1846 came to Athens County, where he has since resided. He has
eighty-eight acres of good land on section 33, Lee Township. He was
married June, 1846, to Hannah Jackson, a native of Delaware
County, Ohio, born in 1814. They have six children—James H., Jesse
(now in Washington Territory), George W., Eliza J., Sarah and Libbie.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones and three of their children are members of the
Christian church.
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HOMER C. JONES, attorney at law, McArthur,
was born Oct. 17,1834, a son of David and Maria (Bothwell) Jones.
His father was the son of Moses Jones, and was born in Ross County,
Ohio, May 10, 1804. He came to McArthur in 1823. In 1832 he
bought eighty acres near what is now Vinton Station. He added to his
first purchase until in 1855 he had 500 acres. He was extensively
engaged in stockraising, and was one of the first in the county to take an
interest in improved stock. In 1855 he sold his farm and purchased the
Bothwell homestead. He at one time owned one-fourth of
the Cincinnati (now Richland) Furnace, and superintended the building of it.
He and Dr. A. Wolf were afterward in partnership in the raising of
fine sheep, and were the first men to bring Vermont merino sheep to Vinton
County. David Jones was at one time quite a local politician,
and in 1836-'37 represented Athens and Meigs counties in the State
Legislature. He died in 1866, and his wife died the following year,
leaving a family of seven children— Charlotte, now Mrs. J. W.
Rannells; Homer C.; James K., a Captain in the Ninetieth
Ohio Infantry, now living in Missouri; Eliza A., now Mrs. J. A.
Felton; Mordecai B., of Missouri; Cidna M., now Mrs.
Elijah Rockhold, of Bainbridge; and David Warren, an attorney of
Gallipolis. Homer C. Jones was educated in the Ohio University
at Athens. In 1858 he was elected County Surveyor of Vinton County,
and served till 1860. While holding that office he read law with the
late Judge J. P. Plyley. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B,
Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant.
While in camp at Athens he was admitted to the bar by the District Court of
Athens County. In the spring of 1862 he was detailed for duty in the
signal corps, and having attended camp of instruction was assigned to duty
on the staff of Brigadier-General T. J. Wood, Sixth Division, Army of
Ohio, and with this command was at Shiloh. In September, 1862,
Colonel Stanley had him return to the regiment to serve as Adjutant, but
a few weeks later General Negley selected him as Aid-de-Camp.
He retained this position till after the reorganization of the army under
General Rosecrans, when he was assigned to duty on the field-staff of
General George H. Thomas. He acted as Aid-de-Camp to General
Thomas at the battle of Stone River, and was then assigned to duty as
Inspector General of the Fourteenth Army Corps, during the illness of
Colonel Yon Schrader. General Thomas presented him with the
Brigadier-General shoulder straps worn by him at Mill Springs, Shiloh and
Stone River, which he now values very highly as a souvenir of General
Thomas and the late war. He remained in the signal service on the
staff of General John M. Palmer, who succeeded General Thomas,
until the reorganization of his regiment as veterans in 1863, when, at the
earnest solicitation of Colonel Stanley and the men of his company,
he returned to his regiment and took command of the company. He was
mustered out Nov, 9, 1864. On returning home he opened an office and has
since been engaged in the practice of law. Captain Jones has
always taken an interest in political matters. He was an alternate
delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated
General Grant to the Presidency, and was an Elector for the Eleventh
District on the Republican ticket that year. In 1876 he was a delegate
to the National Convention at Cincinnati that nominated President Hayes.
In 1877 he was elected to represent the district composed of Meigs,
Lawrence, Gallia and Vinton counties in the State Senate. His majority
was only ten, and his seat was contested by Mr. Onderdonk upon the
ground that he had received more colored votes than his majority, and the
Senate being largely Democratic, Mr. Onderdonk won the day. In
1879 he was elected to the Senate by over 1,900 majority. He is now a
member of the Republican State Central Committee. Captain Jones
was married in 1861 to Lou F. Hawk, daughter of John S. Hawk,
of McArthur. They have five sons.
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J. H. JONES, farmer, second son of David and
Sarah (Dickson) Jones, was born in Ward Township, Hocking Co., Ohio,
Apr. 1, 1840. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Nelsonville, Ohio, as a private for three
months, and was discharged at Athens, Ohio, in August, 1861. He then
returned home and resumed farming until the spring of 1864, when he was
called out 100 days in the Ohio National Guards. Served four months
and was discharged at Camp Chase in the fall of 1864. His regiment was
on duty at Washington, D. C., when Early invaded Maryland. When
discharged he returned home and resumed farming. In March, 1868, he
purchased the farm where he now resides. He has served as Township
Trustee for six years. Oct. 7, 1869, he married Nancy M.,
daughter of David and Mary (Morrow) Spencer, of Perry County, Ohio.
They have five children —Edgar C., Carlos P., Oscar D., Orpha M. and
Hannah E. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Disciple church.
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J. W. JONES, farmer and
dealer in real estate, oldest son of David and Sarah (Dixon) Jones,
was born in York Township, Athens County, Mar. 8, 1836, where he lived with
his parents until ten years of age. Dec. 23, 1846, his father was
drowned in Hocking River, near Nelsonville. His mother then removed to
Homer Township, Morgan County, where he lived with her one year. He
then lived with Jonathan Nesmith in Dover Township until fourteen
years of age, when his mother removed to York Township and he lived with her
and attended school during the winter. At the age of fifteen years he
began hauling coal in Nelsonville, and worked during the summer and went to
school during the winter for several years. In 1855 he was apprenticed
to William Weller, of Nelsonville, to learn the boot and shoe trade
and worked six months. The following year he worked at boot and shoe
making for S. H. Tinker, of Nelsonville. He then had charge of
a canal boat three months and dealt in stock. He then rented a farm
until 1861. Sept. 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixty-third
Regiment Ohio Infantry, at Trimble, Ohio, as a private for three years; was
in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, Farmington, first
and second battles at Corinth, and was one of a number who hauled two
thirty-two pound Parrot guns by hand from New Madrid to Tiptonville,
eighteen miles; also at Iuka and with his regiment to Eastport, Tenn., where
he was detailed as Hospital Steward and served as such until discharged.
He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1864. In February, 1865,
he purchased a farm in Trimble Township and farmed and worked at the boot
and shoe trade for two years. He then added more lands and farmed in
partnership with his brother James until 1872 when he purchased his
brother’s interest. He sold his farm February, 1873. He was then
employed by Thomas Ewing buying lands and prospecting until
1879. August, 1879, he purchased the Allen farm and has been
engaged in farming arid dealing in real estate and stock to the present
time. He filled the office of Township Clerk, 1855 and 1856; Trustee,
1868, and Special Trustee nine years; was Land Appraiser in 1880, and is at
present Justice of Peace. He is a Master Mason, member of Lodge No.
470, A. F. & A. M., Bishopville, Morgan County. Dec. 8, 1864, he
married Martha E., daughter of George S. and Sarah (Smith)
Anderson, of Hocking County. They had seven children —Sarah L.,
Ella L., James S., Joseph E., Elmer L., Alice B. and Silas H. His
wife died Jan. 10, 1881, aged forty-two years. July 12, 1881, he
married Laura, daughter of Jacob L. and Rebecca (Miller) Wyatt,
of Trimble Township. They have one child— Frederick L.
His wife is a member of the Disciple
church.
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ROBERT WILMETH JONES
was born in Belmont County, O., June 17, 1826. On his father’s side he
was of Welsh extraction, and on the maternal side a lineal descendant of
that brave sailor, Rear-Admiral Carter, who, with Admiral Russell,
commanded the English and Dutch fleets in the battle of La Hogue, and who,
being mortally wounded in the engagement, gave his last command in the
memorable -words, “Fight the ship while she can swim." Colonel
Jones was the third child of Wilmeth Jones and
Sarah, his wife, nee Carter, and one of seven children.
At the age of fourteen years he began to learn the mysteries of “the art
preservative of all arts,” serving seven years as apprentice and foreman
with John Irons, of Uniontown, Pa., in the office of the
Genius of Liberty, which paper he edited for about two years of that
time. On the 2d of March, 1847, he was united in marriage with Anna
M. Sturgis, of Uniontown, who survives him after a wedded life of
thirty-four years. To them were born six children, two of whom only
are now living.
In 1847 Colonel Jones began the
publication of the Cumberland Presbyterian, the organ of the church
whose name it bore, at Uniontown, and continued it at Brownsville and
afterward at Waynesburg, Pa., with a short interval, till 1865. He
began the publication of the Messenger, a political paper, at the
latter place in 1861, but in 1865 abandoned all newspaper work for more
active business pursuits, which he continued at Philadelphia and other
points with varying success till he came to Athens, and assumed editorial
and business control of the Journal. He took an active part for many
years in all business and political questions, often occupying responsible
positions in the counsels of his party, and at one time holding a military
commission as aid to Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania.
He was of a social and genial disposition, with a host of friends, and best
beloved by those who knew him best. As a journalist he was a pleasing
writer, wielding a facile and often trenchant pen; clear, sparkling and
direct in style; accurate in facts and convincing in deductions and
argument. To all these qualities be united a high sense of justice,
great industry and line
business capacity. He amassed a handsome fortune, but financial losses
came to him with railway and other investments. During the days of his
greatest prosperity his friends shared in all his good fortune. In the
season of adversity he bore with philosophical equanimity his reverses, and
took up anew all the labors of life, with a serene determination to extract
the largest measure of comfort for self and family from his surroundings;
and with temper unsoured and disposition as genial and sunshiny as ever, he
worked on till death, with no unkind hand, without lingering or great
conscious suffering, and in the midst of his activity and labors, called him
to rest.
The Journal has been continued by his daughter,
Jennie Jones, who undertook to carry out all the plans of her
father. She was born at Brownsville, Pa., and was educated at
Philadelphia, graduating from the High School there in the spring of 1872.
When her father began his connection with the Journal, she went into the
office as his bookkeeper and took charge of the mailing department, holding
that connection until his death, when she became the sole editor and
publisher, and has so continued to the present time.
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CONRAD
JOSTEN, of the firm of Laird, Josten & Co.,
manufacturers of wagons and carriages, and dealers in agricultural
implements at Athens, was born in Wheeling, Va., July 1, 1850.
When eight years of age he came to Athens County with his parents,
MAtthias and Elizabeth (Bricker) Josten, settling in Lodi
Township, where he lived with them until he was sixteen years old,
when he went to Gallipolis and learned the blacksmith trade with
Louis Munzt, being with him four years. He then worked at
blacksmithing at various places until 1878, when he became
associated with Armstrong Laird at Athens, the firm being
Laird & Josten and engaged in manufacturing carriages and
general repairing. In 1882 his father became associated with
them, changing the firm to Laird, Josten & Co. In 1882
he was elected a member of the Council of Athens. May 3, 1880,
he married Miss Maggie Shay, of Athens. They have one
child - James M. Mr. Josten is a member of St. Paul's
Catholic Church at Athens.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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MATHIAS
JOSTEN, of the firm of Laird & Josten & Co., was born
in Prussia, Oct. 1, 1820. At the age of sixteen he was
apprenticed to learn the trade of calico printer at Mettlock.
He afterward worked in print factories in Austria, Bavaria and
Prussia until 1846, excepting two years he served in the Prussian
army. In 1846 he came to America and settled in Pottsville,
Pa., where he was variously employed until 1849, when he removed to
Wheeling, W. Va.; thence to Athens County, Ohio, in 1857, where he
settled on a farm in Lodi Township, and pursued farming for
twenty-five years. In 1882 he sold his farm and came to Athens
and became associated with A. Laird, and his son,
Conrad Josten in manufacturing wagons and carriages and dealing
in farming implements. Feb. 17, 1848, he married
Elizabeth Bricker, of Armstrong, Pa. They have
four children - Conrad, Peter, Mary and Lizzie. Mr.
and Mrs. Josten are members of St. Paul's Catholic Church of
Athens.
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FREDERICK
LEWIS JUNOD was born in Canaan Township, Athens Co., Ohio,
Jan. 30, 1832. When he was an infant his parents, Frederick
Lewis and Ursula (Stalder) Junod, removed to Ames Township,
where he was reared. His father died June, 1852, and he
remained on the homestead farm with his mother till 1867, when he
bought the farm in Dover Township, where he now resides.
Mr. Junod was Trustee and Justice of the Peace in Ames Township
several years. He has been a member of the Board of Education
in Ames and Dover townships the most of the time since 1854, and has
also been a Trustee in Dover Township. In 1880 he was elected
one of the Directors of the Athens County Infirmary. Nov. 30,
1852, he married Lydia Ann Stephenson. They have
ten children, seven sons and three daughters. Mr. and Mrs.
Junod are members of the Sugar Creek Methodist Episcopal Church.
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HERBERT
AUGUSTUS JUNOD, son of Frederick L. and Lydia (Stephenson)
Junod, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Sept. 17,
1854. When he was thirteen years old his parents removed to
Dover Township. He was educated in the district schools of the
county, and at the Ohio University, Athens, after which he taught
school two years. He then was a salesman for the Singer
Manufacturing Company a year, and then was employed by F. M.
Koons, lumber dealer, two years. In 1883 he accepted the
situation as salesman for O. D. Jackson, proprietor of the
coal mines at Jacksonville, Athens County. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church at Sugar Creek, and of Sereno Lodge,
No. 479, I. O. O. F., Athens.
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