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BIOGRAPHIES
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COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of the Counties of
HARRISON AND CARROLL, OHIO
Containing
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, and of Many of the Early
Settled Families.
ILLUSTRATED
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1891
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DAVID McBURNEY, (deceased)
was born in Washington County, Penn., Sept. 25, 1813, and was a son of
John McBurney, a native of Ireland, who immigrated to America when a
young man and located in Pennsylvania, where he afterward married Sarah
Hunter, and they resided in Washington County the remainder of their
lives. Five sons and four daughters were born to them, of whom but
one, Samuel McBurney, of Scroggsfield, is now living.
The seventh child in the order of birth of this family
was David, who grew to maturity in his native county, surrounded by
all the privations and dangers of the pioneer period, and there laid the
foundation for the sturdy character and sterling integrity of his after
life. He inherited a love for justice, and being a man of tender
sympathies, he could not bear to see any one suffer unjustly. An apt
illustration of this virtue is furnished by an anecdote of his boyhood:
He, with other pioneer children, attended school in the little log
schoolhouse, with its puncheon floor, split-log benches, and a large bundle
of birch switches. One day the teacher, who was none other than the
afterward celebrated Dr. John Dixon, of Pittsburgh,
punished one of the younger pupils, as David thought, unnecessarily.
Instantly the boy's blood was aroused, and be remonstrated with the teacher,
who immediately transferred his attention from the younger pupil to David.
A tussel ensued, in which, suffice to say, our young hero did not come out
second best. While a boy and youth he wore the red wampus and linsey
pants, which his mother spun, wove and made, and many a day did he pull and
scutch flax for her. On Jan. 5, 1832, David McBurney was
married to Eliza Lyle, a native of the Keystone State, born in
Washington County, May 16, 1812, and a daughter of James and Mary
(Campbell) Lyle. The Lyle family, who are of Scotch-Irish
extraction, lived in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary War, and
Aaron Lyle, grandfather of Eliza, was for years a member
of Congress from that district. In March following their marriage,
Mr. and Mrs. McBurney migrated to Ohio, the trip being made overland,
Mrs. McBurney riding the entire distance on horseback, while he
drove the team with covered wagon containing a few household effects, all
the wordly possessions of the young couple. They located on a tract of
land in Centre Township, Carroll County, one of the earliest settled places
in this region, and which was partly improved when they came to it, same
having been entered by a man named Pugh. Their first dwelling
in the new country was a small log cabin with puncheon floor and roof, and a
huge fireplace at one end. Mrs. McBurney had one of the
first stoves in that section, and the neighbors came for miles to see the
"new fangled wonder." Many a day has Mrs. McBurney run
her spinning wheel, spinning flax and wool for use in making blankets and
clothing for her family. The dwelling, erected in 1844, was the third
brick house built in Carroll County.
Mr. McBurney died October 27, 1878. He
had for years been a ruling elder in the Scroggsfield United Presbyterian
Church. He gave liberally, but unostentatiously, of his means to all
charitable, benevolent and public movements. Of unimpeachable
character, firm in his convictions, he won for himself the respect and
esteem of his fellow-men. He was one of the early Abolitionists, and voted
that ticket when there were but six Abolitionist ballots cast in Carroll
County. He afterward became a Whig, and later became identified with
the Republican party. He never sought office, choosing retirement
rather than public position. Mr. and Mrs. McBurney's union was
blessed with nine children: Mary Ann, wife of George
Barrick, of Mechanicstown, Carroll Co., Ohio; John, who married
Martha Burson, of Columbiana County, Ohio; Sarah Jane;
Elizabeth; Margaret, deceased wife of Andrew Russell,
of Washington County, Penn.; Esther; Martha; Kate;
Ella, deceased. She and the family reside on the home farm in
Centre Township, where they have a pleasant home, surrounded by the comforts
of life. They are members of the Scroggsfield United Presbyterian
Church, and are respected and esteemed by all.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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STEEN
McINTIRE, a well-to-do farmer of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was
born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1822, a son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Steen) McIntire, former a native of Lancaster County, Penn., born about
1779, latter born about 1789. Peter McIntire, grandfather of
our subject, was also a native of Lancaster County. Samuel
learned the trade of weaver, and when a young man moved to Washington
County, Penn., where he married Miss Sarah Telfer resides in Minerva,
Ohio;
Samuel is deceased; Mrs. Martha Gotshall lives in Lee Township,
Carroll County; Peter, in Jefferson County, Ohio; Mrs. Elizabeth
Donaldson, in Wellsville, Ohio; Steen is the subject proper of
these lines; James resides in Jasper County, Mo. In 1818
Samuel McIntire came to Ohio, locating on a piece of land he had leased
in Salem Township, Jefferson County, till 1825, when he moved to Rock
Township, same county (now Lee Township, Carroll County). Here he
entered eighty acres of land, erected a log cabin, and lived the remainder
of his days; he died about the year 1835, his wife in 1854. They were
members for many years of the Seceder Church, and in politics Mr.
McIntire was a Democrat.
Steen McIntire was three years old when his
parents brought him to what is now Carroll County, and he here attended for
a time the common schools of the district. When a youth he commenced
to learn blacksmithing with William Baxter, of Carrollton, a trade he
followed in various parts of Carroll County up to 1880. In 1850 he
became united in marriage with Miss Lydia Newcomer, a native of
Fayette County, Penn., born in 1833, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Hersey) Newcomer, of Allegheny County, Penn. To our subject and
wife have been born three children, viz: Elizabeth, deceased; Mrs.
Emma Wilson, in Lee Township, Carroll County, and John B.,
residing near the paternal home. In 1865 Mr. McIntire purchased
the farm in London Township, where he now resides, which contains 100 acres
of well cultivated land, and to this he moved in 1872. In religion he
is a member of the Presbyterian Church and in his political connections he
is a stanch Democrat.
JOHN B. McINTIRE, son of Steen, was born
in Carroll County, and obtained his education at the common schools of the
neighborhood. In 1883 he was married to Miss M. E. Lucas, a
native of Loudon Township, Carroll County, daughter of Josiah Lucas,
to which union three children were born: Bessie, Edna and Otto.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN,
another of the native-born, solid and successful farmers of Lee Township,
Carroll Co., Ohio, was born Jan. 12, 1823, on the farm where he has ever
since resided. James McLaughlin, his grandfather, was a
native of Scotland, which country he left, during the religious
persecutions, for Ireland, whence he came to America about the middle of the
eighteenth century, settling in Washington County, Penn., where he died.
He married Margaret Mitchell, who bore him the following named
children: William, John, James, Robert,
Thomas, Samuel, Nancy, Jane and Margaret.
He participated in the French-Indian War, and was with Gen. Braddock
at the latter' s defeat. Robert McLaughlin, father of
William L., was born Feb. 16, 1782, in Washington County, Penn., where
his early life was spent, and where, Jan. 18, 1810, he was married to
Nancy Lindsay, who was born Dec. 19, 1786, and the result of this union
was eleven children, as follows: Martha (deceased), Margaret,
James (deceased), Jane (Mrs. John Crabb),
John, Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Crabb),
Robert, William L., Thomas (deceased), Eliza A.
(Mrs. David Bloody), and Ross (deceased). In 1810
Robert McLaughlin came to what afterward became Carroll County, Ohio,
and here entered land to which he moved his family in the following year.
The place was at that time a wilderness, inhabited for the most part by
panthers and other wild beasts, but by assiduous labor they soon hewed out a
comfortable home. The family were originally members of the Seceder
Church, but later joined the Union or Associate Reformed Church, of which
body Mr. McLaughlin was a consistent and useful member.
In his political proclivities he was first a Whig and then a Republican,
taking an active part in the formation of the latter party, and was well
posted on the troublesome Abolition question. He was justice of the
peace, and also assessor of his township for several years. A
self-made man, he succeeded, by his own industry, in amassing a handsome
competency. His early experiences in the county were one continual
struggle with poverty, the food of the family consisting for a long time
solely of the proceeds of his hunting expeditions. With farming he
united carpentering, and carried on both occupations for many years.
He passed from earth Feb. 5, 1869, his wife Feb. 24, 1870, and they are
buried side by side at Scroggsfield.
William L. McLaughlin, son of Robert
and Nancy (Lindsay) McLaughlin, received his education in
the primitive school-house of the neighborhood, but for the most part he is
selfread, and at the age of twenty-two he commenced to teach school, a
profession he followed for five years. In February, 1854, he married
Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald McAllister, of
Washington Township, Carroll County, and the result of this union was one
child, Ann E., now Mrs. Charles Irvine, of
Columbiana County. This wife dying May 1, 1858, our subject married,
Oct. 13, 1858, Jane, daughter of James Anderson, and by
her had the following named children: Robert A., in Fox Township,
Carroll County; Violet Jane, now Mrs. William
Ramsey, of Fox Township; Ambrose E., in Washington Township,
Carroll County; Ella F., wife of James M. Dennis; William,
deceased; Sheridan B.; Horace G.; James R.; Samuel
C. and William D. The family are members of the United
Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. McLaughlin is a liberal
supporter. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, on
the formation of that body, and takes an active part in the elections; in
1880 he was land appraiser, and has been trustee of his township.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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WILLIAM L. McLAUGHLIN
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LEVI MARSHALL
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ROBERT MARSHALL
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ABRAHAM E. MILLER, one of the most prosperous
farmers of Union Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born in Cumberland County,
Penn., Nov. 12, 1813, and is a son of Jacob and Jane (Thorley) Miller,
who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1823, and settled in Monroe Township,
Carroll County, where Jacob, who was a man of superior education for
those early days, soon became a conspicuous factor in the advancement and
development of the new country, and was particularly active in educational
and religious matters, and was also the first postmaster appointed for
Leavitt. He and his worthy wife passed their remaining days in the
township of their adoption. Of their eight children, six of whom are
still living, the subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth.
In 1845 Abraham E. Miller married Isabelle
Stewart, who was born in Union Township, Carroll County, Aug. 17, 1819.
Her parents were Thomas and Delilah (Thomas) Stewart, natives
respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and early settled in Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Miller, immediately after marriage, located on a farm in Monroe
Township, and Mrs. Miller has in her possession to day a pair of
blankets which she spun and wove from flax raised on the ground where the
village of Dell Roy now stands. In 1849 Mr. and Mrs. Miller
removed to their present farm in Union Township, and are now the parents of
four children. Both the parents have been for over forty years members
of the Reformed Lutheran Church, and here led lives consistent with the
teaching. In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat, and for over
thirty years has served as justice of the peace.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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JOHN MILLER, the oldest
living male resident of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born Mar. 10,
1807, in West Bethlehem, Washington Co., Penn. His father, Isaac
Miller also a native of Pennsylvania, was married there to Susanna
McGuire, and they had the following named children: Elizabeth,
Mrs. Edward Jackman; Mary, Mrs. Adam Jackman; Sarah,
Mrs. George Downs; Susanna and John.
In the spring of 1809 the family came to Lee Township, Carroll County, where
Isaac Miller purchased the farm now occupied by A. C. Jackman.
The land was wild, and had to be cleared of trees and stumps, Mr.
Miller and his family doing all the work with their own hands. He
participated in the War of 1812, and died from the effects of exposures.
The early life of the subject of these lines was spent
in Lee and adjoining townships, securing the best education he could at the
district schools. In 1835 he was married to Sarah, daughter of
James Gibson, of Loudon Township, Carroll County, and after
that event they settled on a farm in Lee Township, where they remained about
fifteen years, and then moved to their present residence in the same
township. Here they carved out for themselves, by industry,
perseverance and economy, a comfortable home. In 1875 Mrs.
Miller was stricken with paralysis, and was faithfully cared for by her
husband; she died June 25, 1879, and was buried in the cemetery at Simmonds
Church.
Mr. Miller and family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also Mrs. Miller, who was
the means of bringing about many conversions. In politics Mr.
Miller is a sound Democrat, though he east his first vote for Gen.
Harrison. He is enterprising and progressive, and now at the
age of eighty-four years he calmly awaits the summons that will call him
hence.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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LEVI MILLER, one of the
oldest living native-born residents of Carroll County, first saw the light
in what is now Monroe Township, Nov. 11, 1808, and is a son of Henry and
Elizabeth (Reader) Miller.
Henry Miller was a native of Germany, whence, when
he was eighteen years old he emigrated to this country, locating at first in
Pennsylvania, where he married Elizabeth Reader, a native of
Washington County, that State. They then removed to Ohio, and here,
probably about the year 1807, settled in that part of the State which
afterward became Carroll County, being among the early pioneers of these
parts. At that time the dense woods were teeming with wild animals,
and our subject well remembers his mother piling up wood against the frail
door of their small log cabin, in order to keep out the savage wolves that
prowled around the dwelling, "making night hideous" with their howls.
Henry Miller served in the War of 1812, leaving his family
alone while he went to the front, and until his return home. He was
the father of six children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the
eldest.
Levi Miller was born and reared in
the old log cabin above referred to, and in his boyhood and early manhood
experienced all the hardships and trials of pioneer farming life. He
attended the subscription schools, such as they were in those early times,
and often encountered some of the denizens of the forest, such as wolves,
deer, etc. He remained under the paternal roof until his marriage Apr.
18, 1830, with Julia A. Riley, a native of Cadiz, Ohio, and then
commenced farming on a place of his own in Washington Township, Carroll
County. To this union were born five children, only one of whom
survives, Henry W., now residing on his father's old farm in
Washington Township. Mrs. Miller died May 23, 1853, and in
October, 1875, Mr. Miller married, for his second wife, Mrs.
Mary Buck, a native of Germany, born Aug. 1, 1818, and who
came to America with her parents, Andrew and Peggy
Houck, early settlers of Carroll County. Since their marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have resided in Carrollton, where he carried on a
grocery business. She was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church
at Carrollton, May 16, 1840, and has been a consistent member thereof ever
since. Mr. Miller has been a member of the same church
for the past fifty -five years.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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REV.
M. A. MILLER.
In the year 1812 there came to Columbiana County, Ohio, from Greensburg,
Penn., Peter and Christina (Aultman) Miller, who settled in New
Lisbon where the former carried on blacksmithing, later following farming in
that county. To this old pioneer couple were born ten children, of
whom but three are now living, the subject of this sketch being the seventh
in order of birth. His boyhood and early manhood days were passed
under the parental roof, the father employing a tutor or teacher, and
converting one room in the house into a family school room, the German
language being taught. When about eighteen years of age, our subject
went to live with a brother in order to learn the trade of edge-tool making,
remaining with him two years. Having formed a determination, however,
to enter the ministry, he began, while working at his trade, to study for
that service, and ere long was sent out as a home missionary by the
Evangelical Association, his labors being in the western part of Ohio.
At that time the country was all a wilderness, and he had to travel on
horseback along the paths through the dense woods, often riding fifty miles,
and then without eating anything, go at once into the pulpit and preach a
long sermon. For this hard and self-denying labor the highest salary
he ever received was forty-seven dollars and fifty cents per year.
About the year 1834 he was ordained to the ministry, and began officiating
in Columbiana and Stark Counties, Ohio, being one of the pioneer preachers.
His parents were members of the Reformed Church of the old type, believing
in baptism and confirmation and a good standing in the church as the only
necessary means of grace; but the father, awakening to the truth through the
preaching of two ministers from the East, began holding family worship.
This was something so strange and unknown in the little town of New Lisbon,
that the people would gather in crowds to see and hear him pray. As a
result, Peter Miller and his family were turned out of the
church.
About 1850 Rev. M. A. Miller went to Alliance,
Ohio, where he and his brothers built a dam across Mahoning Creek, where for
years they operated two saw-mills and a grist-mill, our subject still
continuing at the same time in the ministry. Alliance was then but a
small village, and he held forth in a carpenter's shop. After this he
preached the gospel two years in Jefferson County, and in 1870 he was called
to the charge of the Evangelical Church at Carrollton, whither he at once
came. This church at that time was in a very weak state, having but
about thirty members, and some twenty-five Sunday school attendants, and
during his pastorage of twelve years the membership was increased to 217,
and the Sunday-school attendance to over 200. In 1883 Mr. Miller
was compelled through failing health to retire from the ministry, and he has
since lived a retired life in Carrollton.
Our subject has been twice married, first time to
Lydia Hankey, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1850, leaving
his children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Samuel, George,
Annie and Sarah. On May 10, 1852, he was married to
Annie Whistler, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1831,
by which union four children were born, two of whom are yet living,
William Albert, a minister in the Reformed Church, and Perry
E.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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DAVID MOODY, one of the well
known, progressive farmers of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born Sept.
28, 1825, in what is now Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. His
grandfather, James Moody, was a native of Ireland, whence he
came to America while young. In Philadelphia he married Elizabeth
Reed, also a native of Ireland, and the children born to this union
were David, John, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth;
for his second wife he wedded Mary Herron, who bore him the
following named children: James, Margaret, Alexander
and Samuel. Mr. Moody followed farming in
Pennsylvania, and in 1812 he came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he
entered land near Bergholz, near the Carroll County line, clearing it with
his own hands. He was among the earliest members of the Seceder Church, and
in politics he took a prominent part in the ranks of the Whig party.
He died in 1847; his wife having gone to Iowa, she followed him to the grave
in 1850.
David Moody, a son by the first marriage
of James Moody, and who became the father of the subject of
this sketch, was a native of Washington County, Penn., born Oct. 19, 1781.
He spent his early life in his native State, attending the common schools,
and learning the trade of a tanner, which he followed through life. In 1809
he was married in the Keystone State to Mary, daughter of John
Boyd, a native of Ireland and a Revolutionary soldier. In 1816
Mr. Moody came to Ohio and settled in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he
died Apr. 5, 1850, his wife having preceded him to the grave Jan. 17, 1836;
they lie buried at Carrollton. She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church at that place; in politics he was a Whig, serving his township as
trustee. Mr. and Mrs. Moody were the parents of the
following named children: John B., Eliza, Martha (Mrs. James Brown),
deceased; Nancy, Mrs. John McLaughlin; James,
deceased; Sarah, deceased wife of George Wiggins; and
David, whose name heads this sketch.
David Moody was reared on a farm, and received a
good common-school education. Early in life he entered his father's
tannery, where he learned the trade, which he continued for some years after
the death of his father. On Oct. 23, 1856, he was married to Eliza
A. McLaughlin, of Lee Township, daughter of Robert and Nancy
(Lindsay) McLaughlin, of Washington County, Penn., and the children born
to this union were named as follows: Mary E., now Mrs. Thomas
McFadden, of Fox Township; Nancy M., now Mrs. John A. France,
of Harlem, Ohio: Lillian G, now Mrs. Charles G. Fawcett, of
Uniontown, Ohio; Martha J. and John Ross, latter of whom died
Feb. 16, 1876. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church at
Harlem Springs, of which Mr. Moody has been an elder for
several years past. In politics he has always been a supporter of the
Republican party, since its organization, having previously been a Whig.
He is in disposition kind, generous and enterprising, by his amiability and
courtesy has won for himself a place in the affections of the people.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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JOHN MOODY.
Among the prominent early families of Carroll County, the Moodys are
deserving of especial notice. At an early day James Moody,
an Irishman, by birth, located in what is now Fox Township, Carroll County
(at that time a portion of Columbiana County, Ohio), near Scroggsfield, and
he and his family resided there when the country was in its pioneer period,
presenting an almost unbroken wilderness. Among the children of this
early settler was a son, John, who was born on the original
settlement in Fox Township, where he grew to maturity and married Phoebe
Pugh, and they here passed the rest of their lives. Three sons
and four daughters were born to them, of whom the youngest but one is the
subject of these lines; David died in
Indiana, and James is also deceased; of the daughters, Katie
married John Gregory, Jane married James
Gregory, Polly married John Maple, Betsy
married David Need; Polly and Betsy are yet
living.
John Moody was born in Carroll County,
Ohio, Jan. 14, 1818, and his younger days were spent at home with his
parents upon the farm, attending also the early subscription schools, and
experiencing the privations incident to the pioneer times. At the age
of fourteen he went to New Harrisburg, same county, where he served an
apprenticeship with his brother-in-law, David Need, the
village wagonmaker. After remaining with him three years he followed
his trade as a journeyman, and moved to Carrollton, where he engaged with
Elisha McGuire, the pioneer wagon and plow maker of the place.
On Mar. 28, 1839, Mr. Moody was married to Lena Pugh,
who was born February IS, 1817, a daughter of John and Mary (Reed) Pugh,
both of Virginia, and same year established himself in business in
Carrollton. After following his trade for many years he purchased his
present farm near the town and moved thereon, which farm contains 160 acres.
He has operated a coal bank and dealt in sheep. Mr. Moody
has always been active in public enterprises and improvements. He is a
hearty supporter of the Republican party, has twice served as treasurer of
Carroll County and has held various township positions of trust.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody have had nine children, four of whom are yet living,
viz.: Mary Ann, wife of John Gantz, of
Carrollton, Ohio; John, married Nov. 26, 1868, to Areal
Amos, daughter of William Amos, of Carroll County;
Frank, married Oct. 16, 1873, to Sarah Smeltz, daughter of
Peter Smeltz, of Carroll County, and William, born in 1855,
married in 1879 to Susie A., daughter of W. F. Bricker, of
Carrollton, and now living on the home farm. Those deceased are
William Harrison, died in 1841; Phoebe Ellen, died in 1843;
Maurice, died in 1857; Hannah N., died in 1875, and Samantha
Jane, died in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Moody are worthy members
of the Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected and esteemed by all.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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John B. Moody |
JOHN B. MOODY
physician and farmer, one of the best known and most enterprising citizens
of Lee Township, Carroll County, is a native of Beaver County, Penn., born,
July, 1810. His grandfather, James Moody, was a native of
Ireland, whence he came to this country when a lad. In Philadelphia,
Penn., he married Elizabeth Reed, also a native of the Emerald Isle,
and the children born to this union were David, John, Joseph, Jane
and Mary Herron, who bore him the following named children: James,
Margaret, Alexander and Samuel. Mr. Moody followed
farming in Pennsylvania, and in 1812 came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where
he entered land, clearing it with his own hands. He was among the
earliest members of the Seceder Church, and in politics he took a prominent
part in the ranks of the Whig party. He died in 1847, his widow
following him to the grave not long thereafter.
David Moody, a son of James by his first
marriage, and who became the father of John B., was a native of
Washington County, Penn. He spent his early life in his native State,
attending the common schools and learning the tanner's trade, which he
followed through life. He was married in Pennsylvania to Mary
daughter of John Boyd, a native of Ireland, and a Revolutionary
soldier. In April, 1817, Mr. Moody came to Ohio, and settled in
what was then Rock Township, Harrison County, but what on the formation of
Carroll County* became Lee Township, Carroll County, the township being so
named for the first settler therein. At the time of Mr. Moody's
coming wolves, deer and wild turkeys were numerous, and here he had a cabin
built and four or five acres of land cleared. He died Apr. 5, 1850,
his wife having preceded him to the grave Jan. 17, 1835, and they sleep
their last sleep in the cemetery at Carrollton. They were members of
the Presbyterian Church at that place; in politics he was a Whig, and served
his township as trustee, and assessor. Mr. and Mrs. Moody were
the parents of the following named children: John B., M. D.,
the subject proper of this sketch; Eliza; Martha, deceased; Nancy,
Mrs. John McLaughlin; James and Sarah, both deceased, and
David, in Lee Township, Carroll County.
Dr. John B. Moody spent his early life in Lee
Township, Carroll County, receiving his education in the common schools,
which he afterward supplemented by an extended course of reading under a
private instructor. At the age of eighteen he commenced his medical studies
with Dr. McElroy, who possessed an excellent library. He then
placed himself under the preceptorship of Dr. Keeler, a German
physician, for about three years, at the end of which time he was licensed
to practice, and has so continued with unqualified success for the past
thirty-five years, at the same time carrying on his farm, where he resides,
in the vicinity of Harlem Springs, in Lee Township. The Doctor is one
of the leading supporters of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, of
which he has been an elder for twenty-five years. In politics he was
originally a Whig, casting his first vote for Gen. Harrison, and
since the formation of the Republican party he has stood in its front rank,
second to none among its leaders in his part of the county. For over
twenty years he served as a justice of the peace, and has held other
positions of trust in Lee Township, which he has always filled faithfully
and conscientiously. Dr. Moody may be justly classed among the
representative self-made men of Carroll County, and among the most
successful, being now the possessor of over 1,000 acres of fine farm land,
all accumulated by his own individual labors.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 856
* Carroll County was erected out of Columbiana, Stark, Tuscarawas, Harrison
and Jefferson Counties, by Act passed Dec. 25, 1832, to take effect Jan. 1,
1833. |
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GEORGE H. MOORE, proprietor
of the popular drug store in Leesville, Orange Townships, Carroll County,
was born in that township Feb. 28, 1829. His grandfather, Elijah
Moore, was a native of England, and when young came to this country with
his parents, who settled in Maryland, where they followed agricultural
pursuits. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm, and soon after
attaining his majority he was married to Eda Harris, by whom he had
the following named children: James Horatio, Mary, Elizabeth
and Adeline. In 1815 Elijah Moore came to Ohio, and
entered land on which a portion of the village of Leesville is now located.
Here he died Nov. 25, 1835 and the eighty-second year of his age, his wife,
Eda, on Aug. 25, 1848, aged ninety years, six months and six
days, and both are interred in the cemetery at Leesville. They were
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was one of the
organizers in his section; in politics he was a Whig.
James Moore, father of our subject, first saw
the light in Maryland in 1797, and was eighteen years of age when he came to
Ohio with his parents. He was married, when a young man, to
Precious Ann, daughter of Leslie Roby, a native of
Maryland, and to this unionwere born seven children, viz.: Ellen J.
Attoway, CalebP., William H., ThomasJ., Mary J. and George H.
During his residence in Ohio Mr. Moore was engaged exclusively in
farming and stock-raising, and in 1837 he passed from earth, being followed
to the grave by his faithful wife in 1878. They were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was an uncompromising Whig,
as were all his sons.
George H. Moore, whose name opens this sketch,
was reared in his native township, attending the common schools of the
district, and early in life learned the milling trade, which he followed for
some time. In 1882 he opened a drug store in Leesville, which he still
carries on with success. In 1850 Mr. Moore was married to
Mary A., daughter of Abraham and Mary (Spencer) Johnson, of
Leesville, and one son, Roland O., has been born to them. On Oct. 1,
1861, in response to the call of his country, Mr. Moore
enlisted in the Eightieth O. V. I., which was attached to the Army of the
West, and he participated in all the movements and engagements of the
regiment until 1863, when he was discharged on account of disease incurred
through exposure while in the service. Returning home, Mr.
Moore, after a few months, recovered thoroughly, and was once more
enabled to attend to business. Mrs. Mary A. Moore died Dec. 24,
1886, aged fifty-seven years, and Mr. Moore was afterward
married to Mary Jane Newell, daughter of Benoni Roby.
He has always been a zealous Republican, and a hard worker in the party,
though declining to accept office.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 1070 |
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JACOB
MOORE, one of the oldest and most prosperous farmers of Washington
Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, is a native of Washington County, Penn., and
was born Sept. 25, 1812. Jacob Moore, the father of our
subject, was also born in Washington County, Penn., in 1774, and was a son
of John Moore, who was born in Germany in 1744, and came to the
United States when a young man, settling in Washington County, Penn., where
he married Annie Settaker, who bore him one son, Jacob,
alluded to above. John later took part as a private in the
Revolutionary war, and did his duty well and faithfully. In 1814 he
came to Ohio and purchased of Daniel Marshall, a tract of land in
Centre Township, Carroll County, which tract he cleared and resided upon
until his death, about 1845, being then over one hundred years of age.
His widow followed him in 1858, at the age of ninety-eight years. Both
were members of the Lutheran Church.
Jacob Moore the father of the gentleman whose
name heads this sketch, was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and there
married Miss Catherine Monninger, who was born in Washington County,
that State, in 1774, a daughter of John Monninger, also a native of
Pennsylvania. To this union were born six children, in Washington
County, and in the following order: Mary (deceased), Nancy
(deceased), John (residing in Carrollton, Ohio), George
(deceased), Jacob (our subject), and Peter (deceased).
In 1818 Jacob Moore, sr., came to Ohio and entered a tract of land in
Centre Township, Carroll County, on which he resided until 1873, having
cleared the land and made all the necessary improvements to render it
productive and habitable. In the year last named he removed to
Hanover, Ohio, where he died in 1875, a member of the Lutheran Church, his
wife having departed in 1830, a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Moore had gallantly served his country as a private in the War of
1812.
Jacob Moore, the subject proper of this sketch, was but six
years of age when he was brought to Ohio, and walked all the way from
Pennsylvania, the greater part barefooted and through snow; of such stuff
were the early pioneers made. He was reared and educated in Carroll
County, receiving a practical business education. On Mar. 17, 1832, he
married Miss Elizabeth Sunneckder, who was born in 1810, in
Washington County, Penn., where the marriage took place. To this union
were born Mary Strayer, of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio;
Catherine Essic, of Columbiana County, Ohio; Jonathan, of
Salineville, Ohio; Absalom, deceased; Maria Devoe, of Centre
Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and Rebecca J. King, of Saline City,
Ind. After his marriage Mr. Moore remained in Washington
County, Penn., until 1841, engaged in farming; then came to Ohio and
purchased eighty acres in Union Township, where he remained a few years;
then removed to Centre Township and purchased a farm of 230 acres, a portion
of the farm lying in Washington Township, his residence being in the latter
township, located about two and a half miles north of Carrollton. On
Jan. 3, 1886, Mr. Moore had the misfortune to lose the companionship
of his beloved wife, since when he has remained single. Politically he
is a Democrat, and in religion adheres to the tenets of the German Reformed
Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 889 |
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JASON MOORE, is among the
youngest of the prominent farmers in Fox Township, Carroll County, and
justly deserves a place among the successful and energetic citizens.
He was born Oct. 13, 1859, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where his father,
G. L. Moore, was also born. William Moore, his
grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, and soon left his old home to
enter and locate on the farm where our subject was born. G. L.
Moore was reared in Jefferson County, and attended Hopedale and Hiram
Colleges, where he obtained an education to fit him for future usefulness.
After reaching manhood he married Miss Lister, who was a
native of Pennsylvania, and seven children were born to them, named as
follows: Emma, Jason, Frank S., Maggie A., John, Belle and
Mary. G. L. Moore has been a farmer all his life, and has always
been identified with the progress of the county. Mrs. G. L. Moore
died Feb. 14, 1881.
Jason Moore spent his early days on his
father's farm, where he grew to manhood. After attending the district
school in the neighborhood, he attended Hopedale College. At the age
of twenty-three, Mar. 15, 1883, he married Miss Maggie
Smith, who was reared in Jefferson County, her parents being of Scotch
descent. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved to their
present farm in Fox Township, and two children were born to bless their
home, viz.: Lister S., born Mar. 14, 1884, and Bessie M., born
Aug. 9, 1888. Mr. Moore has a well-improved farm of 186
acres, which is provided with a large barn, 56x36 feet in length and
breadth, and twenty feet high - the highest barn in Fox Township - and which
was constructed in the summer of 1890. Mr. Moore is a
stock-raiser, and takes much interest in the raising of Shorthorn cattle.
In religion Mr. and Mrs. Moore are Presbyterians, and attend the
Cornith Church at Mechanicstown; in politics he is a Democrat "to the
backbone." Mr. and Mrs. Moore have many friends who wish them
many years of happiness and success.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 1067 |
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JOHN H.
MOORE, one of the most progressive and prosperous agriculturists of
Centre Township, Carroll County, deserves a prominent place in this volume.
In 1818 Thomas and Sarah (Lindsey) Moore came
with their family from Washington County, Penn., to Ohio, and located in the
northeast corner of what is now Centre Township, Carroll County, but at that
time part of Columbiana County, where they took up Government land, on which
they passed the remainder of their lives. They were both natives of
Ireland, where they married and lived until about the year 1796, when they
immigrated to America, and after a short stay in Maryland proceeded to
Washington County, Penn., thence in course of time, as above related, to
Ohio. Mrs. Moore died in Ohio, the mother of eight children,
and Mr. Moore married a second time, having, by this last union, five
children. The eldest child but one, by the first marriage, was John,
born Aug. 19, 1797, in Maryland. He grew up to maturity under the
parental roof, and was well schooled in all the privations and hardships
incident to early times. They lived near Patterson's Mills, in
Pennsylvania, and during his early manhood he worked in these mills,
receiving seven dollars per month. When a young man he and his brother
walked all the way from their home in Pennsylvania to Centre Township,
Carroll County, a distance of forty-five miles, making the journey in one
day, and carrying their axes with them. The land they set to work to
clear had been entered by their father the previous year, and here they
opened out a small tract, where they erected a little cabin, in which the
family lived when they came out. In the fall of 1822 John Moore
returned to Washington County, Penn., and there, Oct. 30, married Nancy
Hunter, a native of Ireland, who had come with her parents to this
country, when a child. The young couple came at once to their new home
in the wilds of Ohio, taking up their residence in a small log cabin which
is still standing, all their capital in their start in life being a liberal
supply of pluck, determination and indomitable perseverance. Mrs.
Moore, who was a woman possessed of much energy as well as skill in all
household duties, died Feb. 12, 1875, in the eighty-fourth year of her age,
Mr. Moore surviving her until Apr. 1, 1884, both being consistent
members of the Presbyterian Church. They were the parents of six
children, of whom four are yet living, viz.: Eliza J., now the widow
of John R. Buck, and a resident of Brown Township, Carroll County;
Thomas A., on the old homestead; Mattie, widow of Robert N.
Graham, who died in the Civil War (she is now a resident of Malvern,
Carroll County), and John H.
John H. Moore, whose name appears at the opening of
this sketch, was born on the old Moore homestead in Centre Township,
Carroll County, Mar. 23, 1833, and his boyhood was passed in assisting his
parents on the farm, and attending the common schools of the neighborhood.
On Nov. 7, 1865, he was married to Caroline M. McCaskey, a native of
Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of Robert and Sarah (McCausland)
McCaskey, former a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and latter of
Carroll County, born of one of the earliest pioneer families of the county.
Robert McCaskey immigrated to America with his parents when eighteen
years of age, locating near Salem, Jefferson County, and about the year 1838
settled in Rose Township, Carroll County. After marriage our subject
and wife resided on the Moore homestead in Centre Township until
October, 1880, when they moved to their present farm in the same township,
comprising 160 acres in two divisions, all well improved, and on which in
the summer of 1884 they erected their handsome and commodious residence.
To them have been born four children, as follows: Cora Alice,
who died Dec. 20, 1878, at the age of twelve years; Robert Nelson,
William A., and Nettie M., at home. The entire family are
members of the United Presbyterian Church at Scroggsfield. Politically
Mr. Moore is a Republican; for the past six years he has served as
township trustee, and for nine years as a member of the school board.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 811 |
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JOHN H. MOORE, produce
dealer and grain merchant, Leesville, Carroll County, is a native of the
county, born Apr. 24, 1835, in Orange Township. His great-grandfather,
Elijah Moore, was a native of England, and when young came to
this country with his parents who settled in Maryland, where they followed
agricultural pursuits. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm,
and soon after attaining his majority he was married to Ede Harris,
by whom he had the following named children: James, Horatio, Mary,
Elizabeth and Adeline. In 1815 Elijah Moore
came to Ohio and entered land on which a portion of the village of Leesville
now stands. He here died at an advanced age, and was soon followed to
the grave by his wife, both being interred in the cemetery at Leesville.
They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was one of
the organizers in this section, and in politics he was a Whig.
James Moore, grandfather of our subject
was born in Maryland in 1797, and was eighteen years old when he came to
Ohio with his parents. He was married when quite a youth to
Precious Ann, daughter of Leslie Roby, a native of
Maryland (a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work*), and to
this union were born seven children, viz.: Ellen J., Attoway,
Caleb P., William H., Thomas J., Mary J. and George
H. During his residence in Ohio Mr. Moore was
engaged exclusively in farming and stock-raising, and in 1837 he passed from
earth, followed by his faithful wife in 1877. They were consistent
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was a straight
Whig.
Caleb P. Moore, father of John H., was
born in Maryland, where he learned the building trade, which he followed
through life. He came to Ohio about the same time as his father's
family, and settled near the village of Leesville, where he was a well-known
and progressive citizen, held in much esteem by all. On Mar. 12, 1834,
he was married at Leesville, Ohio, to Sarah A., daughter of John
Gidley, and by her had the following named children: John H.,
Louisa J., Mary M., William D. and James M.
The father died in 1848; the mother is still living at an advanced age.
John H. Moore, of whom this sketch more
particularly treats, received his school training in his native township.
He then learned the blacksmith and iron-molder trades, and worked in the
Leesville Foundry, part of the time as proprietor of the same, up to the
year 1878, excepting the year 1870, when he was one of the proprietors of
the Sherrodsville Flouring-mills, and from 1871 to 1875 he was owner and
manager of the coopering interests at Leesville, which up to that time still
retained some importance as a business. Since 1878 he has been engaged
in his present business, that of dealer in grain and feed, etc., in which he
has met with a reasonable degree of success; and among the producers
resident in a large area of the surrounding country Mr. Moore
is widely and favorably known for his recognized honesty and fairness in his
many dealings, and has made hosts of friends.
He was married Oct. 29, 1857, to Lindred,
daughter of Fendel B. and Nancy Roby, of near Chillicothe,
Ross Co., Ohio. The children born to this union were Caleb and
John (deceased), Ida M. (Mrs. Edgar Adair) and Lulu
(at home). In the political affairs of the country Mr. Moore
takes an active interest, and has always been an earnest Republican;
socially he has been a leading member of Orange Lodge, No. 406, F. & A. M.,
for the past twenty years, and for a number of years he rendered the lodge
valuable and efficient service as master.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 940
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*Sharon Wick's Note: A short sketch of Leslie
Roby can be found in the Biography of George H.
Moore on page 1070-1071 |
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