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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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J. TAYLOR,
farmer, third son of Charles and Mary A.
(Seymour) Taylor, was born in Hampshire,
England, Jan. 5, 1825. In 1837 he came
with his parents to the United States, and
settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, near
Zanesville, where he lived until 1846,
working on a farm and attending school.
In 1846 he removed to Trimble Township,
Athens County, and purchased wild lands and
cleared a farm, where he has resided and
farmed to this present time. Apr. 7,
1852, he married Abigail, daughter of
Stephen and Abigail (Talbert) Kempton,
of Trimble Township. They have nine
children, five sons and four daughters -
Edward, of Trimble Township; Emily J.,
wife of Richard McKinley, of Trimble
Township; Sarah E., James, Albert M.,
Alfred H., Joseph S, Mary and Flora
F., all at home. Mary F.
died at the age of two years. Mrs.
Taylor is a member of the Disciple
church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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MRS.
MARY (KOOSER) TEDROW was born in
Somerset County, Penn., Sept. 3, 1800.
Sept. 5, 1820, she married Jacob
Tedrow, also a native of Somerset
County, born June 7, 1792. They came
to Ohio in 1836 and settled near where
Mrs. Tedrow now resides. They had
a family of eleven children, nine now
living—Drusilla, born Sept. 30, 1822,
now the widow of George Wyatt;
Harriet, born Feb. 2, 1826, now the
widow of J. McHorten; Noah,
born Feb. 1, 1828; Rebecca, born Dec.
2, 1829, now Mrs. James
Robertson; Jane, born Dec. 3,
1832, now Mrs. Samuel Copeland; Oliver,
born Sept. 16, 1836; Mary Ann, born
Feb. 2, 1838; Effie, born Feb. 1,
1841, now the widow of Henry Norris,
and Charles, born July 3, 1844.
Mrs. Tedrow has 166 acres of fine
land on section 35, Rome Township. She
and her daughter Mary are members of
the Presbyterian church at New England.
Mr. Tedrow died July 1, 1873.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ.
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NOAH TEDROW, born in Somerset County,
Penn., Feb. 1, 1828, is the second child of
Jacob and Mary (Kooser) Tedrow.
He came to Ohio with his parents in 1837,
and, with the exception of six months spent
in Muskingum County , has since that time
resided in Athens County. He was
married Oct. 7, 1855, to Nancy
Yazer, a native of Greene County, Penn.,
born Feb. 2, 1830. They have three
children—Sarah, born Dec. 19, 1857,
now Mrs. G. W. Parker; Mary,
born March 16, 1862, and George, born
Dec. 5, 1868. Mr. Tedrow
has 700 acres of fine land in Pome Township,
his residence being on section 35. He
makes a specialty of stock-raising.
Mr. and Mrs. Tedrow and their daughters
are members of the Presbyterian church.
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MORGAN W. THARP,
farmer, second son of James and Hannah
(Withers) Tharp, was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, Mar. 22, 1831. When he
was six years old his parents moved to
Trimble Township, Athens County. At
the age of eighteen years he began working
for wages on farms. when twenty-five
years of age he rented and farmed four
years. When twenty years of age he
purchased a farm, on which his father lived
until 1855, when he sold the farm, and, in
1860, purchased the one on which he now
resides. Sept. 27, 1856, he married
Mrs. Sarah Post, of Perry County.
They have four children - James D.,
Amanda J., Rebecca E. and John W.
Mrs. Tharp is a member of the Disciple
church.
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THOMAS J. THARP
farmer, fifth son of James and Hannah
(Withers) Tharp, was born in Trimble
Township, Athens County, Aug. 30, 1843, and
lived with his parent until eighteen eyars
of age, working on the farm and attending
the common schools. Sept. 5, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, Seventy-fifty Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, at Trimble, as a
private, for three years; was in the battles
of Monterey, Shaw's Ridge, McDowell,
Franklin, Strasburg, Cross Keys, Cedar
Mountain, Freeman Ford, Sulphur Springs,
Waterloo Ridge, second battle Bull Run,
Aldie, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Hagerstown, Fort Wagner, John's Island, Camp
Baldwin, Gainesville, Pocataligo Bridge, and
Charleston. His regiment was at
Jacksonville, Fla., one year. He was
home after the battle of Gettysburg two
months on special recruiting service.
Was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 23,
1864, when he returned home. In March
1865, he enlisted as a veteran in Company C,
Fifth Regiment, U. S. Troops, and was
stationed at Washington, D. C., three
months; Hartford, Conn., for a short time;
Burlington, Vt.; Staten Island, New York,
six months, where he was discharged, Mar.
25, 1866. He then returned home and
purchased a farm. In 1870 he sold his
farm and rented two years. In 1872 he
purchased where he now resides. May 5,
1866, he married Rebecca E., daughter
of John B. and Adaline S. (Tinker)
Johnson, of Trimble, Ohio. His
wife died Sept. 24, 1866. Sept. 6,
1868, he married Clarissa, daughter
of George W. and Harriet (Shaner)
McDonald, of Trimble Township.
They have four children - Lydia M.,
Georgia A. B., Hannah F. and Harriet
E., all at home. Mrs. Tharp
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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FRANCIS TIBBLES, son of John and Jane
Tibbles, was born in Carthage Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1826.
His youth was spent in assisting his father to improve the farm, receiving
but a limited education in the subscription schools. He now owns a
fine farm of 200 acres, all well improved. May 21, 1856, he married
E. J. Elliot, a native of Ireland, and a daughter of William Elliot,
who settled in Athens County in 1842. They have three children -
Elza G., Sarah Frances and William E. One son, Albert,
died in 1861; another, Addison B., died April 2, 1883, and a daughter,
Nellie, died in 1882. Politically, Mr. Tibbles is a
Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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JOHN TIBBLES, deceased, was born in
Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1796, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hayes)
Tibbles. He was reared in his native State and in 1817 came to
Athens County, Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Francis.
It was wild, heavily timbered land, the nearest house being four miles east
of it. He improved a farm of 130 acres, and, being a brick-maker by
trade, made the brick of which his residence is built. He was married
in 1818 to Jane Caldwell, a native of Ireland, who came to America
when five years of age. They had a family of six children - James,
Alexander, Francis, Elizabeth, John, Joseph. Joseph and
Alexander were members of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry and died in
teh service in 1862 and 1863. Mr. Tibbles died Jan. 4, 1866,
and his wife April 16, 1878.
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CHARLES S. TINKER, farmer, the
second son of Elisha and Lydia (Shepperd) Tinker, was born in
Hampshire County, Mass., May 5, 1804. When a small boy his parents
removed to Canada. At the beginning of the war of 1812 they returned
to the United States and settled at Albany, N. Y., where they lived about
five years. They then removed to Virginia, and lived one year; from
there removed to Zanesville, Ohio, and lived until 1823. In 1823 his
parents moved to Perry County, where they died. At the age of
twenty-one years he began driving a dry goods and notions wagon for his
brother, S. H. Tinker, through the counties of Morgan, Perry,
Washington, Athens, Meigs, Gallia and Lawrence; was employed thus two years.
He then engaged in merchandising at Millfield for two years. He then
removed to Athens and lived there four years, and then rented a farm near
Millfield and farmed three years. In January, 1843, his father-in-law
gave him the farm on which he now resides with his son, R. W.
Dec. 12, 1827, he married Almira, daughter of Resoled and
Elizabeth (Nash) Fuller, of Athens County. They have six children
- Charles H., of
Trimble Township; Eugene A., of Topeka, Kan.; Resolved W., on
home farm; Austin H., in Ross County, Ohio; Roxanna, widow of
Henry Freeman, of Chauncey, Ohio; Francis A., wife of H.
Pierce, lawyer of Alma, Kan. Three children are deceased -
Elisha w., a physician, died May 12, 1879, at the age of
thirty-six years; their second daughter, wife of Christopher Woodworth,
of Dover Township; Lavina A., wife of John Boidenot, died Jan.
5, 1872, in Illinois. Mrs. Tinker died Feb. 16, 1875, in her
sixty-eighth year. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church
for a number of years before her death.
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AUSTIN TRUE, section 18,
Dover Township, was born on the old homestead, where he now resides, Mar. 6,
1818, and was a son of Josiah True (deceased). Mr. True
was brought up on the old homestead, and received but limited educational
advantages. He has always lived on the farm, and formerly was
extensively engaged in dealing in stock, buying and shipping to Baltimore.
He was married Feb. 11, 1844, to Jane, daughter of Resolved Fuller.
They have had four children, three of whom are living—Hiram, Sarah
and John. The first married - Julia Weethee, and had
one child— Marcus W. His wife died, and he then married
Helen Moore. They have two children—Evelyn and
Augusta. Sarah True married Levi Sprague, and
has had five children—Florence L. (deceased), Wiley T.,
Warren V., Myra G. and Jennie E. John True
married Mattie Maxwell, and has three children—Effie J.,
Laura E. and Lydia. Hiram was in the late war about nine
months. He is now a physician in McConnelsville, Ohio. Mr.
True owns about 1,000 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming
and stockraising. Mrs. True died in October, 1853. Mr.
True never seeks for office or public favors.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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JOSIAH TRUE, deceased, a
companion and friend of Daniel Weethee, and one of the
pioneers of the county, was born in New Hampshire, Oct. 25, 1776. He
came to Marietta in 1793, and to Dover Township in 1800. He held the
office of Justice of the Peace in Dover from 1815 till 1851, and was
respected and popular. He died Sept. 16, 1855. Mr.
True was one of the founders of the “Coonskin Library” of Ames Township,
and always a leader in pioneer improvements. One of the first spinning
wheels introduced into Dover was bought by him in 1803. Having
accumulated a few bear and deer skins he carried them on his back to
Zanesville, forty miles distant, purchased the wheel with the proceeds of
the skins, and brought it home on his back. He walked all the way, and
made the round trip of eighty miles in two days. Mr. True at a
very early day bought some choice apples at Marietta and sowed the seeds
from them, from which he established the first nursery attempted in the
county. Most of the old orchards on Sunday and Monday Creeks were
planted from this nursery, and some of the trees are still bearing.
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AARON TUCKERSOURCE:
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C. G. TUCKER, was born in
Athens County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1847. He was married April 19, 1879, to
Margaret A. Jackson, a native of Athens County, born in 1851. They have
two children —Jessie M., born Jan. 25, 1880, and Charles Guy,
born Dec. 2, 1882. Mr. Tucker has been Constable of RoNme
Township twelve or fifteen years, and Township Assessor seven years.
He has sixty-five acres of land where be resides, on fraction 24, and an
interest in other land in this county, and also owns land in Iowa. He
is now dealing in sewing-machines, and is special collector for Southern
Ohio. Mrs. Tucker is a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Tucker’s father, Nathan Tucker, was
born in Maryland in 1814, and is now living on fraction 33, Rome Township.
His mother, Barbara A. Tucker, was born in Somerset County, Penn., in
1805. She first married Joseph Tedrow. He died in
1833, leaving six children—Henry, Silas, Aaron, Joseph, Freeman
and Susan. Aaron died in 1865. Freeman is a
resident of Ohio; the others are living in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Tucker are members of the Methodist church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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JOHN
A. TULLIS, editor of the Nelsonville News, was born Nov. 11, 1836,
near Donnellville, Clarke Co., O. His father was a farmer in the
moderate circumstances, keeping his son on the farm with him. In 1844
the family removed to Champaign County, O., still remaining on a farm.
His father being unable to send him to college, young Tullis obtained
what education he could at the public schools. He afterward attended a
seminary in Clarke County, but was not able to continue until completing the
course. When he became a man, his health being delicate he
decided to go into a life of business. He consequently engaged in the
followed for a number of years, as long as his health permitted, wholesale
produce shipping to New York and Philadelphia markets. The last four
years he was in this business he was located at St. Paris, O., where he was
also engaged in the printing business. When he retired from business
there, he came to Nelsonville and established his paper, on which he has
worked faithfully ever since. Great credit is due to his perseverance
and good management, as he is the first man who succeeded in permanently
establishing a newspaper in Nelsonville, although numerous attempts had been
made. He has well maintained the reputation of his profession, by
endeavoring to infuse new and animated life in his fellow citizens. He
has advocated public and private improvements, and it is not at all
improbably that some of this seed has fallen in good soil, since at no time
in the town's history has the progress of improvement been so great as at
the present time.
He was married to Miss Susan E. Deaton, of
Addison, Champaign County, Mar. 31, 1859. Of this union there are
three children, all daughters and all living - Addie A. was born Feb.
5, 1860; Anna V., Apr. 23, 1875, and Mabel, Apr. 5, 1878.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
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