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HEZEKIAH T. SANDERS, owner and
proprietor of saw and planing mill, Trimble, Ohio, is the oldest son of
Levi and Henrietta (Martin) Sanders. He was born near Augusta,
Carroll Co., Ohio, Nov. 5, 1826, and lived there with his parents, working
on farm until fourteen years of age, and then learned the cooper's trade,
working at it until twenty years of age. He then removed with his
parents to Monroe Township, Perry County, where they lived two years, and he
worked for his uncle in a saw-mill one year. He and his father then
purchased a farm with a water-power sawmill and carried on the mill and farm
five years. They then traded their mill for some wild lands and cash
and rented a farm near Nelsonville, where they lived two years. He
then purchased lands in Ward Township, Hocking County, and improved it and
lived there engaged in farming, cabinet-making and making chairs fourteen
years. In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-first
Ohio National Guards, for 100 days; was stationed at Washington City and was
engaged with Early's forces there in 1864; was discharged at Camp
Chase, Ohio, and returned to his home and business in Hocking County.
In 1869 he removed to Salt Lick Township, Perry County, and purchased
property and carried on the cabinet and undertaking business until November,
1880, when he sold his property and purchased his present mill property.
Apr. 17, 1853, he married Sarah F., daughter of Mrs. Malinda Hines,
of Perry County, Ohio. They have nine children - Byron H.,
Antoinette, Levi H., Horton L., Nora D., Rosa B., Riley S., Arvinie, Bertie
R. Harvey B. died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders
are members of the Disciple church.
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JOEL SANDERS was born in
Columbiana County, Ohio, Mar. 16, 1814. His father, Benjamin
Sanders, a native of Georgia, was a Quaker, but was excommunicated for
marrying Sarah Wilkins. Joel was the third of their sixteen
children, of whom se en are living - Milton, of Boston, Mass.;
Joel; Jesse, in Iowa; Alusha N., of Chicago; Rebecca, of
Wis.; Mrs. Margaret Ellis, of Iowa, and Mrs. Lizzie Donahue,
of Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Sanders was married May 14, 1838, to
Cynthia B., daughter of Ezra Johnson, an early settler of Athens
County, who died here in 1873, in his eighty-fourth year. They have
had five children, four living - Benjamin N., Charles D., Lewis W.
and Chester L. One son, Joseph M., died in 1862 at the
age of sixteen years. Mr. Sanders came to Athens County with
his parents in 1830. He was postmaster at Millfield for seven years;
was Trustee of Dover Township three years, Superintendent of Infirmary eight
years, Township Clerk seven years, and was elected Justice of the Peace in
1882. One son, Charles D., was a soldier in the late war.
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JASPER SECOY,
born in Carthage Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1939, is a son of
David Secoy, a native of New York, and an early settler of Carthage
Township. In the spring of 1861 he came to Alexander Township and the
following August enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio
Infantry, serving till 1865. He was in the battles of the Shenandoah
Valley, Fisher's Hill, etc., following the regiment on all its numerous
marches and campaigns. After his return home, Mar. 26, 1865, he
married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Woodruff. They have
five children - Hattie, Samuel, Franklin, George and Mildred.
In 1878 Mr. Secoy bought the farm where he now resides,
consisting of fifty acres of good land. Mr. and Mrs. Secoy are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is a
Republican.
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WARREN W. SELBY was born in
Washington County, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1822, a son of D. Selby. When
our subject was about twelve years of he came with his parents to Bern
Township, Athens County, and settled on the farm where he has since lived.
He received his education in the common schools. He was married Jan.
1, 1850, to Emily Garratson, a native of Jefferson County, but a
resident of Morgan County. Six children were born to them - Ida E.,
Susan, J. W., F. M., A. D. and Metta A. Mr. Selby's home contains
300 acres of improved land with a fine brick residence erected in 1867,
which with its surroundings has no superior in the township. He has
one of the finest orchards in the county.
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EBENEZER SHANER was born in
Muskingum County, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1812. His father, Adam Shaner,
was born on Little Yah River, Pa., about 1784; and his grandfather,
Matthias Shaner, was a German by birth and a Revolutionary soldier.
Adam Shaner settled in Muskingum, Ohio, in 1805. The subject of
this sketch was brought up on the farm and educated in a subscription
school. He helped to operate the first saw-mill that was built in the
vicinity of Zanesville. He came to this county in December, 1834,
where he has since lived, except a short time spent in Morgan County.
He was married Mar. 18, 1834, to Mary A., daughter of Joseph
Taylor. They have had eleven children, six living - Adam,
Debora H., Lovina E., Samantha R., George and Hattie M. Mr. and
Mrs. Shaner lost three sons in the late war while fighting for their
country. Oliver p. was in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio
Infantry. Davis was in Company A, Sixty-third Ohio Infantry,
and Justice T. was in Company B, Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry.
The others, Elizabeth J. and Wm. H., were aged eighteen and
two years respectively. Mr. Shaner was also a soldier in the
late war, in Company A, Sixty-third Ohio Infantry. He was taken sick
and was discharged after being in the hospital about eighteen months.
He now draws a pension. Mr. Shaner has always been a farmer,
and has seen many hardships and privations.
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SETH SHANER, M. D., farmer and
physician near Hartleyville, Ohio, is the oldest son of William and Nancy
(Tharp) Shaner. He was born in Trimble Township, Athens Co., Ohio,
Feb. 15, 1838, where he has lived with his mother to the present time, his
father dying when Seth was a small boy. He began teaching
school in 1858 and taught during winter and farmed in summer for twelve
years, excepting his military term. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in
Company G, One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio National Guards, at Gallipolis,
Ohio, for 100 days and served until September, 1864, when he was discharged
at Gallipolis, Ohio, and returned home. In 1866 he began the study of
medicine. In 1869 and1870 he attended lectures at the Starling Medical
College, Columbus, Ohio, and during the winter of 1873-'74 attended lectures
at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He is now practicing
medicine and farming in Trimble Township.
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WILLIAM SHANER, farmer near
Hartleyville, Ohio, second son of William and Nancy (Tharp) Shaner,
was born near Hartleyville, Athens County, May 5, 1840. Aug. 5, 1861, he
enlisted in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private
for three years. After the battle of Corinth he was appointed Corporal
and served as such until he re-enlisted as a veteran. He was in the
battles of Stone River, Mill Springs, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold,
Dallas, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Marietta. In January, 1864, he
re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company and regiment as a private; was
wounded at the seige of Atlanta, Aug. 7, 1864. He was then in field
hospital for a time, thence to Chattanooga hospital, from there to
Nashville, from there to Jeffersonville, Ind., from there to Camp Denison,
where he furloughed home, to the President's election. On his return
to Denison, He was transferred to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until
March, 1865, when he was transferred to Company H, Sixth Regiment Veteran
Reserve, and on duty on Johnson Island until June 1, 1865, when he was
transferred to Cincinnati and remained one month; then returned to Johnson's
Island, where he was discharged Aug. 5, 1865. He then returned home
and purchased a farm, on which he now resides. He is a Master Mason,
member of Lodge No. 470, A. F. & A. M., Bishopville, Ohio. Sept. 20,
1878, he married Nancy E., daughter of Elijah and Mary (Devore)
Roberts, of Perry County, Ohio. They have one son - Dares A.
Mr. Shaner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his
wife of the Disciple church.
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JEROME S. SHEPARD, druggist,
Nelsonville, was born near McConnelsville, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1849, a son of
Aaron H. and Elizabeth J. (Powell) Shepard. When six or seven
years old he came with his parents to Nelsonville, where he was educated in
the High School. In 1863, when only fourteen years of age, he enlisted
in Company K, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, under Captain
John Hull, to serve as a musician, but by order of the War Department
disallowing men to be mustered in as musicians, he returned home after being
out with the regiment some four months. He enlisted again in 1864, in
Company G, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and was sworn in, but the mustering
officer at Marietta rejected him on account of his youth. He then
returned to Nelsonville and went to work in the mines. In the spring
of 1871 he went to Kansas and stopped with an uncle near Columbus, Cherokee
County, until the following fall, when he returned to Nelsonville, and in
the drug business. Nov. 10, 1878, he married H. Addie Lewis,
daughter of Moses Lewis, of Nelsonville. They have three
children - William Perley, Jerome Blaine and Laura Bernice,
twins. Mr. Shepard is a member of the Christian and his wife of
the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of Philodorean Lodge,
No. 157, A. F. & A. M., of Nelsonville.
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WILLIAM P. SHEPARD, junior member of
the firm of Carnes & Shepard, merchants, Nelsonville, was born
near McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio, May 8, 1847, a son of Aaron and
Elizabeth (Powell) Shepard. When he was seven years of age his
parents came to Nelsonville where he was reared, receiving his education in
the public schools. In 1863 he enlisted in Company G, Eighteenth Ohio
Infantry, and served till the close of the war, being mustered out at
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1865. Although a mere youth he followed the
regiment in all its numerous engagements. At Nashville the regiment
went into battle with 200 men and had seventy-five men killed. After
his discharge he returned to Nelsonville, and in 1868 took a course at
Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburg. In the fall of 1871 he formed
his present partnership with A. H. Carnes in the mercantile business.
In April, 1882, he was elected a member of the City Council of Nelsonville,
still retaining that position. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity;
is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, Nelsonville, and has been
Secretary four years and Junior Warden one year of Logan Chapter, No. 75,
and of Athens Commandery, No. 15, being Sword-bearer in the latter. He
is also a member of Phil Kearney Post, No. 38, G. A. R. March 21,
1869, Mr. Shepard married Sarah L., daughter of A. H.
Carnes. They have four children - Charles J., Grace G., Frank
S. and Florence E.
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JAMES SHEPPARD
was born near Halifax,
Yorkshire Co., England, in 1817. He came to this country in 1841.
HE located at West Point, N. Y., and was engaged as a master workman in
making the pipes for, and laying the foundation of, the Croton River
waterworks. He worked on them two years, until they were completed.
He was married in 1841 to Miss Margaret Taylor, who was also born in
England, near Manchester, in 1819; she came to this country in 1839, and
settled near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. They removed to Nelsonville, Athens
County, in 1850, and bought property and started an iron foundry. He
carried on an able and successful business until his death, in 1862.
He left a wife and two children - Thomas and Ellen.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
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THOMAS SHEPPARD, Superintendent of the
coal works, Buchtel Coal and Iron Company, Floodwood, was born near West
Point, N. Y., Apr. 14, 1842, a son of James and Margaret (Taylor)
Sheppard. He came to Nelsonville with his parents of 1850 and was
here reared and educated. When he was fourteen years of age he began
to work in his father's foundry, remaining there two years, and then worked
for L. D. Poston two years. In October, 1861, he enlisted in
Company G, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, for three years. Six months after
enlistment he was promoted to duty Sergeant and served as Ensign during his
term of service. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Davis
Cross Roads, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. He was mustered out of
service in the fall of 1864, and returned to Nelsonville and entered the
employ of W. B. Brooks, remaining with him till 1873, when he was
given the charge of the New York & Ohio Coal Works, in the vicinity of
Nelsonville. In 1875 he was employed by Poston & Pendleton as
overseer of their mines, and remained with them till 1881, when, in August,
he accepted his present position. Jan. 1, 1866, he married Maria,
daughter of C. R. Smith, of Chauncey, Ohio. They have four
children - Margaret Ellen, James Taylor, Gertrude Esther and
Charles Grosvenor. Mr. Sheppard is a member of Hockhocking Lodge,
No. 339, I. O. O. F., and of Phil Kearney Post, No. 38, G. A. R.
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MRS. AMY SHRADER, daughter of Samuel
and Almira (Tracy) McCune, was born in Athens County, Jan. 26, 1826.
Her father is a native of Canaan Township, this county, and was born Aug. 9,
1798. Her mother is a native of New York, born June 7, 1808.
They have twelve children, all married—Amy, Henry, Jane, G-eorge, Susan,
Levi, Charles, William, Eliza, Sarah, Lucy and Samuel R. The subject of
this sketch was married in February, 1845, to David Shrader, a native
of Washington County, Ohio, born July 21, 1825. Six children were born
to them, only four now living — Henry, born June 23, 1850; Jennie,
born April 14, 1859; Maggie E., born March 15, 1861; D. M.
born Sept. 5, 1863. Maggie E. has been teaching school since
fourteen years of age in Athens and Vinton counties. Mrs.
Shrader has been a member of the United Brethren church thirty-four
years.
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JAMES SICKELS was born in Waterloo
Township, Athens Co., Ohio, May 5, 1835. In 1854 he was employed by
the M. & C. R. R. contractors in getting out timber for the road; worked 200
days for one man. In 1855 he went to Illinois and remained fourteen
months. He then returned to Ohio, and in Chillicothe met his
father who had started for Kansas, and wanted James to accompany him.
When they reached St. Louis they found that the Missouri River was frozen
over, so turned their course downward and went to Louisiana. From
there they went to Hatchez and Vicksburg, Miss. When they arrived at
Paducah, Ky., on their way home, the Ohio River was frozen over and they had
to abandon the boat, the captain returning the money for the remainder of
the trip. Mr. Sickels then went to Tennessee, from there
to St. Louis, Peoria and Galesburg, Ill., and returned to Ohio in April,
1858. Since 1868 he has been engaged in the lumber business,
furnishing large quantities of lumber and timber to the railroad as well as
to the general public. He was married Oct. 29, 1858, to Sarah Ann
Hawk, a native of New Jersey, born in 1836. They have nine
children —Albert L., J. E., William L., George E., Julietta, Anna
E., Jane, Mary and James H. Mr. and Mrs. Sickels are members of
the Protestant Methodist church.
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WILLIAM O. SILVEY, agent of the
Hocking Valley Railroad Company, express agent and Postmaster at Salina,
Athens County, was born in Marietta, Ohio, May 24, 1845, a son of John
Silvey, a native of Pennsylvania, who resides in Middleport, Ohio.
Our subject received his education in Wheelersburg, Ohio, working on a farm
near by in summer, and attending school winters. He enlisted in the
late war, in Company E, Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, for three yeas, and
participated in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Resaca. He
was then taken sick and sent to Hospital No. 3, Nashville, but in a few days
was detailed one of General Rosecrans's clerks, in which capacity he
served until he was discharged in October, 1864. He worked at feeding
horses for the Government a short time after returning from the war, then
went to Racine, Ohio, where he engaged in the silversmith trade, but soon
after abandoned it and engaged in the boot and shoe business. He went
to Vincent Station on the M. & C. R. R. in 1868, where he learned
telegraphy. He came to Salina in 1869, and clerked in the Salt
Company's store, and had charge of the telegraph office here at the same
time. As soon as the railroad was completed to Salina he entered into
the employ of the company at Nelsonville, and about a month later took
charge of the office at Salina, where he still remains. Mr. Silvey
was married Oct. 26, 1871, to Aurelia Chamberlin, by whom he has one
child - William H. Mrs. Silvey died Oct. 26, 1874, and
he again married, May 1, 1877, Ruth Barker, daughter of Joseph
Barker, and early settler of Athens County. This union has been
blessed with two children - Effie May and Annie Aurelia, the
former five years and the latter three years old. Mr. Silvey is
a Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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G. B. SIMMS, hotel-keeper, farmer and
Postmaster, Hockingport, is a son of Oliver and Mary (Simpson) Simms,
natives of Virginia, and Corinth, Penobscot Co., Maine. They moved to
Meigs County, Ohio, in 1817, where they lived till 1852, when they moved to
Athens County, where Mr. Simms died in 1863. G. B. was
born in Meigs County, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1838. He was educated in this
State and remained on the farm till twenty-six years of age. In 1861
he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-ninth Ohio, and served four years. He
was discharged at Camp Denison, in July, 1865; he was train-master and
several times shouldered his musket and did duty as a soldier also.
After the war he went to the Western Territories— Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota,
Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico— spending some two years, then returned to
Hockingport, where he has since resided. In 1875 he married Sarah
E., daughter of Joshua and Mary (Morrison) Safreed, natives of
Chester County, Pa., and Jefferson County, Ohio, now living in Hockingport.
Mrs. Simms was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 25, 1837.
They have one child— Delmer Frank, born Feb. 26, 1878. Mr.
Simms is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity and votes the Republican
ticket. He has held several of the township offices; was appointed
Postmaster in 1874 and still holds the office.
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CHARLES R.
SMITH was born in Rhode Island, Dec. 12, 1817. His father,
Stephen Smith, was a sea captain for many years, sometimes being
absent from home two years at a time. Our subject received his early
education at Providence and Newport, R. I., and in the Manual Labor School
at Pawtucket. At the latter place he prepared for college and entered
Brown University in 1835, but left at the close of the Sophomore year, on
leave of absence, and finally drifted to Hocking Valley, Ohio, and never
returned. When he came West he had no definite object in view, but
came merely to see the world west of the mountains. His route here was
via Long Island Sound, Hudson River, New York Central R. R. (then
terminating at Utica), Erie Canal, Lake Erie, to Ashtabula; thence by stage
to Steubenville; thence by Ohio River to Marietta; thence on horseback to
Athens, arriving at the latter place in August, 1839. He clerked for
ten months in Norman Root’s store, when he was homesick and started home,
but his finances gave out at Pittsburg, and he went to work to obtain money
to complete his journey. While there he met Frederick
Harbach, a young surveyor from Massachusetts, who was also homesick and
without money. They talked matters over and concluded to go West,
whereupon they put their scanty means together and bought a skiff and some
provisions and floated down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Hocking,
where our subject stopped off temporarily, while Harbach went to St.
Louis, intending to send for Smith as soon as he should find a
position for him; but he never sent for him. Mr. Smith
then came to Chauncey, which was then just building up. After a short
time as bookkeeper, he became clerk for Ewing, Vinton & Co.,
the original salt company, and afterward became superintendent of their
business. The first coal that was shipped from Hocking Valley into the
market was done under Mr. Smith’s supervision. By his
scientific system of bookkeeping and calculation, he showed to the Hocking
Valley Coal and Salt Company that they were making no money on the salt
produced, and they abandoned its manufacture in 1881. Our subject was
appointed Postmaster of Chauncey in 1842, and the same year was elected to
the office of Justice of the Peace. He filled both offices with credit
to himself and satisfaction to the people for many years. For six
years he was Infirmary Director, and for many years Treasurer of Dover
Township. The Esquire was a prominent candidate before the Republican
nominating convention in 1876, and in 1879 he left the party and now votes
with the Democrats. He was married in December, 1842, to Eliza
Everett, of Ames Township, a daughter of George Everett
(deceased), an early settler of that township. They had four children,
two of whom are living— Maria (now Mrs. Thomas
Sheppard, of Nelsonville), and Charles R., Jr., of
Chicago. One son, Frederick H., died in Missouri, May 15, 1873,
at the age of twenty-six years. Mrs. Smith died July 17,
1849, and he again married, Apr. 7, 1851, Rachel Haning, a
daughter of Isaac Haning, by whom he has had four children,
two living—George H., a merchant of Chauncey, and Mary A., now
Mrs. Geo. H. Knight, of Providence, R. I. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
are members of the Presbyterian church in Athens.
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DAVID SMITH was born in Ward Township,
Hocking Co., Ohio, June 19, 1849, a son of Robert H. Smith, of
Missouri. Mr. Smith spent his boyhood days on the farm, and
attended the common schools. At the age of twenty he came to Chauncey,
and has since been engaged in mining coal. For the past two years he
has worked in the mine at the Chauncey Salt Works. He was married Mar.
19, 1872, to Anna, daughter of Nathan Pickett, an old settler
of this county, but now a resident of Kansas. They had three children,
two of whom are living— Nettie and Robert. He is a
member of I. O. O. F.
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HARVEY J.
SMITH established his present place of business in Stewart in 1880.
He has a good stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, and general merchandise. He
was born May 3, 1849, in Plymouth, Washington Co., Ohio, where he was
educated and lived till 1873, when he went to Colton, Ohio. He
remained there till 1879, engaged in the mercantile business. He was
married Oct. 1, 1873, to Leonora Jarvis, a native of Athens,
born in 1852. They have two children—Leonard H., born in June,
1875, and Daisy V., born in November, 1879. Mr. Smith is
now serving his second term as Township Treasurer. His father,
Harvey Smith, was a native of New York, and came to Ohio about sixty
years ago. He died in 1877. His mother, Eliza (Dixon) Smith,
was born in Pennsylvania about 1809. She is now living in Athens.
There was a family of nine children, six now living— Columbus C., L. D.,
Adaliza, Lucina, C. D. and Harvey J.
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HENRY SMITH, carpenter, Marshfield, was born in
Washington County, Pa., Nov. 16, 1800, the son of William and Catherine
Smith. His parents came to Ohio in 1812, and located in what is
now Morgan County, it being at that time unorganized and in its natural
state—a dense wilderness. Here they remained until their death.
Our subject was reared on the farm and at the age of nine- teen became
apprenticed to a carpenter, and spent two years in learning the trade.
After this he went to work on his own account, and has followed his trade
the greater part of his life. He was married in 1818 to Miss
Mary Collins. They had five children — Louisa,
Jackson M., Leander, William (deceased), and John. His wife
died in 1863, and he was again married March 1, 1865, to Mrs.
Catherine Pierce, widow of Andrew M. C. Pierce. She
had a family of eight children, three of whom are now living—Sarah V.
(deceased), William S., Georgiana M. C., Susan J. (deceased),
Manfred (deceased), M. Olivia, Sarah P. (deceased), Andrew
M. (deceased). Mr. Smith came to Athens County in
1847 and located in Bern Township, where he resided till 1866, when he moved
to Amesville and was engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued
until 1881. He then came to Marshfield, and is now keeping the
Swaim Hotel. Mrs. Smith is a member of the
Presbyterian church.
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JOHN SMITH, farmer, was born in Ames Township
in 1825, and is the son of Nicholas Smith, who was one of the
pioneers of Athens County. Our subject remained with his parents until
he reached his majority, and then purchased the farm on which he now
resides, which contains 700 acres of well improved land. He was
married in 1847 to Miss Rosanna Weis, daughter of Jacob Weis.
They have had seven children, four of whom are living—Mary E., Peter W.,
John L., Hiram B.; Jacob W., Lydia A. and Betsy are deceased.
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JOSEPH SMITH, grocer, Nelsonville, was born
in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Sept. 7, 1848, a son of Peter and Mary
(Blackburn) Smith. When he was six months old his parents came to
the United States, landing in New York, where they remained about a year,
and then came to Nelsonville, where he was reared and educated. When
he was nine years of age he went to work with his father in the coal mine of
M. M. Butt and J. Smith. He afterward worked in the
mines and attended school alternately till sixteen years of age. He
then was employed by W. B. Brooks till 1873, and from that time till
1882 engaged in different kinds of business with varied success. In
the latter year he became established in his present business. In
January, 1881, he was appointed Constable of York Township. Nov. 18, 1869,
he married Mary Coulter, of Logan, Hocking County. They have
five children — Jessie A., William A., Florence A., Joseph L. and Mary H.
Mr. Smith is a member of York Lodge, No. 75, K. of P., of which he is
Past Chancellor. In 1875 he represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge
of Ohio, at Cleveland. He is also an Odd Fellow, a member of Unity
Lodge, No. 568, and of Nelsonville Encampment, No. 121, of which he is Past
Worthy Patriarch.
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V. SMITH, son of Frederick and Elizabeth
Smith, was born Nov. 16, 1813, in Germany. He learned the weaver’s
trade in his native country and worked at it till 1843, when, wages being
low, he determined to come to America. He landed in New York after a
voyage of thirty-two days, and came to Athens County, settling in Lodi
Township, where he now has a good farm of 150 acres. He has a store of
general merchandise, having a good stock of dry goods, boots and shoes,
etc., where he has a goad trade. He was married in Germany to Miss
P. Richport. They have eleven children—Anthony, Peter, John,
Fred, George, Jacob, Phoebe, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary and Michael.
Politically. Mr. Smith is a Democrat. He is a member of the
Catholic church.
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WM. SMITH, farmer and stock-raiser, Canaan
Township, Athens County, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Sept. 25,
1831, and is the son of Michael and Rebecca Smith,
who came to this county in 1852, and located in Canaan Township, on the farm
where they resided until their death. Our subject was reared on the
farm and received his early education in the common schools. He was married
Apr. 16, 1857, to Ruth Smith, daughter of Nicholas
Smith, a resident of Athens County. By this union there were six
children, only five of whom are still living—Elenora, James,
May, Ezra and Aida. After his marriage he went to
Missouri and lived eleven years; then returned to the old homestead where he
now resides. He has a fine farm of 280 acres of well-improved land, on
which is a very pleasant residence and substantial farm buildings. He
has followed his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, very successfully.
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WILLIAM SMITH was born in this township
June 18, 1845, and is a son of John Smith, a native of Athens County.
His grandfather, Samuel Smith, was a native of Virginia, and an early
settler in Athens County. Mr. Smith was a soldier in the late
war, in Company A, Sixty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
accompanied Sherman to the sea. He was married Jan. 1, 1866, to
Dorcas, daughter of John Shannon. She was born in
Waterloo Township, this county. Her father came with his parents to
this county when a small boy. Mr. Smith’s parents had
fourteen children, nine of whom are now living— Isaac, Samuel,
William, John, Elisha, Ezra, Mary,
Elizabeth and Belle. The father died in 1873, at the age of
sixty-nine. Mrs. Smith’s parents had nine children, six
of whom are living— Jackson, Sarah, Eleanor, Nancy, John and
Dorcas.
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WILLIAM A. SMITH
was born in Beaver
County, Penn., Feb. 7, 1844. He worked on the farm with his father and
attended school till twenty years of age. He then taught every winter
for ten years, and in the spring of 1874 attended the commercial college at
Pittsburg. In the fall of 1874 he came to Ohio, and Nov. 1 located in
Wilkesville, Vinton County. He was employed as clerk in the mercantile
house of John Wilson, afterward changed to J. & H. S.
Wilson, four years. In 1879 he opened a store of his own in Wilkesville,
and in 1882 moved his stock of goods to Albany, where he is now doing a good
business. He was married March 2, 1876, to Susan E. Riggs, a .
native of Washington County, Ohio, born March 16, 1846. They have two
children—Ira Dwight, born Aug. 20, 1878, and Norma A.,
born Sept. 24, 1881. Mr. Smith was reared in the United
Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Smith in the Methodist church,
but since coming to Albany have joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mr. Smith’s father, Jacob Smith, was born
in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1818 and his mother, Sophia (Alexander)
Smith, in Lawrence County, Penn., in 1818. They are now living in
Beaver County, his father being Postmaster at Rome. They had three
children, only two now living—William A. and Calvin A.
Mrs. Smith’s parents, Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Moreland) Riggs,
were natives of Pleasant County, W. Va., and Washington County, Ohio.
They have had nine children, only five living—James W., Mary R., Susan
E., Ellen and Perlina E.
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CHARLES W. SOUTHERTON, Sunday
Creek Valley, one and a half miles north of Chauncey, was born in Dover
Township, where he now lives, May 22, 1831. His father, James
Southerton, came to Athens County from England in 1820, and settled
where our subject now resides. He married Harriet Renment, and
they had eight children, four now living - James P., Harriet (Mansfield),
Rhoda A. (White), and Charles W., who was brought up on the
old homestead and received a common-school education. He owns 520
acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
He was married Dec. 9, 1857, to Lydia Deshler, daughter of
Christopher Deshler. They had four children, but one of whom is
living - Cora C. One son, Hiram W., died at the age of
eight years. Mr. Southerton's father died in 1840.
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JAMES P. SOUTHERTON was born in
parish of Sussex, England, Dec. 17, 1811, and is a son of James
Southerton, a native of the same place, who brought his family to this
county in 1821, and settled in Dover Township. Our subject was
educated in the select, or subscription, schools of the pioneer days.
There was a log cabin where the family settled, and one acre slashed.
Mr. Southerton has helped clear two farms. When he settled
where he now lives it was in the woods. He was married in June,
1836, to Elizabeth H., daughter of James Musgrave, a
native of Virginia. She was born in Tyler County, Va., and came to
Muskingum County with her parents in 1833, and to this county in 1835.
They have had thirteen children, of whom eight are living - Sarah A.,
William B., Clark N., L. Horton, Hiram, Maria, Edwin and Alice.
Mr. Southerton has worked at the cooper's trade winters for
the past thirty or more years. He owns 223 acres of valuable land, and
is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mrs. Southerton
is a member of the Methodist church.
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JONATHAN SPAULDING, section 1,
Dover Township, was born in Hillsboro County, N. H., Mar. 29, 1805, a
son of A. Spaulding. He went with his parents to Windham
County, Vt., in 1816, where the father died. Our subject went to
Massachusetts in 1822, to Maryland in January, 1829, and Philadelphia in
1830. He helped build the first railroad that was built in the United
States, between Quincy and Milton, Mass., in about 1824. It was only
four miles long. Mr. Spaulding worked at granite-stone cutting
twelve years. From 1834 to 1836 he superintended the building of the
first railroad that crossed the Allegheny Mountains. He helped build
the first railroad out of Baltimore, and the first one out of Philadelphia.
He also helped to run the first railroad engine ever run in the United
States. In 1836 he helped build the limestone bridge on the turnpike
across Will Creek, at Cumberland, Md., and in 1837 he came to Zanesville,
Ohio, where he cut stone three years. He came to Athens County in
1840, where he has been farming and working at his trade until the last few
years. He was married in March, 1836, to Malinda Parr, a native
of Adams County, Pa. They had eight children, five living, - Jonas
R., William A., John M., Susan R. and Mary A. One son,
Eli, died at the age of twenty-one years. Mrs. Spaulding
died in January, 1870, and Mr. Spaulding was married in July, 1872,
to Mrs. Sidney Bay, who died in January, 1873. His son,
William A., lives on the old homestead with his father and runs the
farm. He married Mary Hoisington, by whom he has two children -
Lizzie and Bertie. The family are Methodists.
John H. Spaulding married Charlotte Richmond nad has two children
- Harrie and Nellie. He lives adjoining the old
homestead in Dover Township.
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JOHN A. STEPHENSON was born in
Newark, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1835, and is a son of James A. Stephenson, who
brought his family to Athens County in 1839. Our subject was reared on
a farm and educated in Nelsonville. He farmed from 1857 to 1861, when
he enlisted in the late war in Company H, Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, and
served four years. He was in detached service all the time in the
commissary department, under supervision of Colonel G. W. Baker.
He wa present at the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg,
Brandon, Nashville, Iuka and others. He came to Chauncey in 1866.
Ocvt. 29, 1857, he married Clara Birge, daughter of William A.
Birge. They have four children - Ollie L. (now Mrs. J.
K. Brown), James K. P. Stephenson, was killed at the battle of
Bull-Run, while in defense of his country. Mrs. Stephenson
has been a miner for the past seventeen years, and has worked all that time
in the mine of the Chauncey Salt Works. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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D. B. Stewart |
D. B. STEWART, Jr., miller,
was born in Stewart, Rome Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1859. He
lived here nine years, then moved with his parents to Athens, remaining
there about twelve years, when he went to Colorado, in 1880, where he
remained until July, 1882. He then returned to Athens and thence came
to Stewart, where he is now engaged in running the flouring mill
known as Byron's mill, and is doing a good business. He father,
D. B. Stewart, now living in Athens, was the founder of the town of
Stewart. His mother, Sarah (Carter) Stewart, died in Athens
eight or nine years ago. Our subject is the only son now living.
He has five sisters - Matilda, now Mrs. D. M. Birchfield; Ruth S.,
who married C. Byron, deceased; Julia, now Mrs. J. M. Case,
and Frank now Mrs. S. B. Pickering. Our subject bids
fair to be, as was his father, one of Stewart's best business men.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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SAMUEL D STILES, a native of
Pennsylvania, was born Nov. 26, 1835, the son of Enos and Mary Stiles.
When he was five years old he came to Ohio with his parents and located
in Alexander Township, Athens County, and three years after moved to
Portsmouth, Ohio. His parents died when he was fourteen years of age
and he was thrown upon his own resources. He became engaged in the
fruit business which he followed for six years, meeting with good success.
During the late civil war he was engaged as a teamster in the
Quartermaster's department. He was married July 10, 1865, to Miss
Susan E. Frisby. They have had nine children, six of whom are
living - Martha A., Nathan C., Joseph E., Clarence W., Cary C. and
Franklin W. Mr. Stiles has labored under many disadvantages
through life yet has been enabled to raise a large family of children, and
has given each of them a good education. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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MRS. EMMA M. STIMSON was
born in Washington County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1852, and when four years of age
came to Lee Township, where she was reared and educated. She taught
twenty-seven terms of school in Athens and Vinton counties. She
was married Oct. 24, 1877, to Dr. Stephen H. Stimson, a native of
Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio, born in 1849. He was a son of Dr. B.
C. Stimson, of Alexandria. Dr. Stimson was killed
Oct. 15, 1879, by falling from a pile of lumber in Athens, where he had gone
to rejoice with thousands of others over the election of Oct. 14.
Dr. Stimson was a skillful physician, a sympathetic, pleasant
counselor at the sick-bed, and his services have been sadly missed. He
was young and his prospects were bright for a brilliant future. His
friends were legion, and many were the sad hearts that followed him to his
last resting place. Mrs. Stimson has two sons—Chauncey
M., born Nov. 4, 1878, and Stephen H., born Jan. 15, 1880.
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AARON STOUT, JR., was born in Meigs
County, Ohio, July 6, 1810. When four years of age he came to Carthage
Township, where he was reared and educated. He was married Mar. 23,
1833, to Martha McIntyre, a native of Pennsylvania, born May 11,
1808. They had a family of six children - Lizzie, Ruth Ann, Sophia,
Harrison, J. M. and Sarah Jane. Mr. Stout was a member of
the Children church. He died May 5, 1866.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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AARON STOUT, SR.,
was born near Trenton,
N. J., June 22, 1768. He came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Meigs
County. In 1814 he came to Athens County and settled on section 19,
Carthage Township. He married Sarah Praull, and to them were
born nine children - Letitia, George, Abner, Fanny, Mary, Ruth, Charles,
Aaron and John.
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CHARLES STOUT, son of George and Eliza
Stout, was born on the farm where he now resides Apr. 24, 1827.
November, 1854, he was married to Ellen Gregory of Carthage Township.
Mrs. Stout died Nov. 11, 1868, leaving one child - Addie.
Nov. 20, 1870, Mr. Stout married Louise Wiley, daughter of
James Wiley of Meigs County. They have one daughter - Mary
Belle, born Oct. 19, 1876. Mr. Stout has 402 acres of
well-improved land with a fine dwelling, well furnished, and surrounded by
shade and ornamental trees. Politically he is a Republican.
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CYRENUS STOUT, son of George and Eliza
Stout, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, and came to Carthage Township,
Athens County, when four years of age, where he was reared and educated.
Nov. 18, 1841, he married Mary Childs, daughter of Seth and Dinah
Frost Childs. They had three children - Leander Elmedia and
George W. In 1841 Mr. Stout settled on the farm where he
now resides. He has 640 acres of good land which he had brought from a
wild state to its present highly cultivated condition. He has a good
residence, well furnished, where he family have all the comforts of a good
home. Mr. Stout's present wife was Sarah M., daughter of
Moses Elliott. They were married Nov. 3, 1859, and have three
children - Horace, John and Jerome. Politically Mr.
Stout is a Republican. He has held the offices of Township Trustee
and Treasurer, and Assessor.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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GEORGE STOUT,, deceased, son of Aaron
Stout, Sr., was born near Trenton, N. J., Mar. 17, 1792. When
fourteen years of age he came wit his parents to Ohio. He was married
in 1820 to Eliza Buzzard, a daughter of Peter Buzzard.
In 1825 he came to Athens County and settled on section 19, Carthage
Township, which at that time was wild timbered land, but he went bravely to
work and brought it under a good state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs.
Stout had a family of three children - Cyrenus, Charles and
Fannie (Mrs. Hecox). Mr. Stout was a member of the Christian
church for over thirty years. He died April 21, 1875, aged
eighty-three years. Mrs. Stout died Aug. 17, 1869.
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J. M. STOUT, son
of Aaron and Martha Stout, was born in Carthage Township, Sept. 19,
1842, where he was reared and educated. Aug. 12, 1862, he enlisted in
Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and was in all the
regiment's engagements except the fight round Petersburg, when he was
detailed at headquarters. He enlisted as private, and was discharged
as Duty Sergeant June 23, 1865. July 4, 1867, he married Lulinda
Hecox, daughter of Trumen Hecox, of Meigs County. They have
five children - Adelia Moselle, Emerson, Elmont, Myrtie Jeanette and
Elmy. Mr. Stout has a good farm of 182 acres, and is engaged in
general farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Christian
church. Politically, he is a Republican. He has never been an
aspirant for office, though frequently urged by his friends to accept one.
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SELDEN C. STOUT
was born in Carthage Township, July 7, 1833. He received a good
education in the common schools and at Coolville Seminary. When
twenty-six years of age he married Mary Jane, daughter of J. Davis,
of Meigs County. He first settled on section 25, where he lived seven
years. He then bought a farm on section32 where he still resides.
He has 460 acres of good land, well improved, and is engaged in general
farming and stock-raising. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Company E,
One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged at the
close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Stout have four children -
Anna S., Ida Rosilla, Elmer C. and Dora Aurilla. Mr.
Stout's father Charles Stout, came to Carthage Township in 1814
and lived here till his death, July 2, 1856. He married Roxy Childs,
and to them were born three children - Selden C., Marinda and
Samantha.
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W. O. STOUT
was born in Meigs County, Ohio,
Dec. 15, 1851, a son of Aaron and Mary (Hoffman) Stout. His
education was received in the common district schools and at Tupper's Plains
Seminary. When twenty years of age he embarked in the mercantile
business at Osage, and five years later came to Carthage. In 1879 he
moved to his brother-in-law's farm, which contains 260 acres of land under a
good state of cultivation, with good buildings, and is engaged in general
farming and stock-raising. Oct. 1, 1873, he married Mary A.,
daughter of John Lawrence. They have two children - Nora May
and Charles Leslie. Politically, Mr. Stout is a
Republican, and is a present Clerk at Carthage Township. He is a
member of the Methodist church.
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