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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.
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1891
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JOHN TAYLOR, a prosperous and
highly respected farmer citizen of Harrison Township, Carroll County, is a
native of England, born June 18, 1821. Robert Taylor, his
father, was a native of Derbyshire, England, where he was apprenticed to a
weaver, with whom he remained until he had fully mastered his trade.
He carried on the business of weaving for many years in his native country,
but judging that there were better chances of bettering himself and his
family in America, he set sail for the New World with his wife and children,
landing in New York, whence they proceeded at once to Troy, N. Y., arriving
early in November, 1827. Here for six years he lived, and then came to
Carroll County, where he purchased a farm in Harrison Township, on which he
lived until the death of his wife, Sept. 26, 1856, when he made his home
with his son, John. The farm on which he settled was very
little improved when he went on it, the dwelling being but a small rough
cabin. Here Mr. Taylor struggled on, and finally
succeeded, by industry, perseverance and economy, in clearing his land.
Of the hardships he and his family endured in those pioneer times the
present generation know but little; of how the days were occupied in the
fields, and of how it took one day to carry their grist to the nearest mill
on horseback - hardships that are read of, but not experienced in these
advanced days of railroads, telegraphs and telephones.
In England, Robert Taylor had married Hannah
Rhodes, also a native of that country, and the names of the children
born to them are as follows: James, Ann, Thomas,
Sarah, John, Mary, Robert and Jane, all born
in England. For the first few years of his residence in America Mr.
Taylor was. in his political convictions, a Democrat, but, his ideas
changing, he united with the Whig party, and anally with the Republican,
always assisting at elections. He and his wife were members of the
Disciples Church many years, in the management of which he took an active
part. Mr. Taylor died Nov. 22, 1869.
John Taylor, the subject proper of this
sketch, has been a resident of Carroll County, ever since he was twelve
years old. His school training was all secured in Troy, N. Y., where
in that respect he had exceptional advantages, and his knowledge of
agriculture was obtained from practical lessons received on his father's
farm. On June 1, 1843, he was united in marriage with Nancy,
daughter of Isaac and Tamar (Robbins) Lewton, an early settler of
Harrison Township, Carroll County, and they then located for a few years in
that township. In 1847 they moved to Illinois, remaining four years,
and returning to Harrison Township Mr. Taylor purchased his
present property in 1855. His farm consists of 160 acres, pleasantly
situated about three miles from Carrollton. The children born to our
subject and wife are named as follows: Eliza Ann (deceased),
Sarah Jane, Caroline, Robert, Harriet E.,
Isaac, James (deceased), John O, Leonard, Lewis, Mary Etta,
and Alvira; those alive are all in Ohio, except John O.,
who is in Denver, Colo., and Leonard, who is in Kansas.
Politically Mr. Taylor is a Republican, and has served his
county as director of the infirmary, as well as in other positions of trust.
In his township he has been honored with election to nearly all the offices,
the various duties of which he has always discharged with ability and
fidelity. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Disciples
Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated -
Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 1125 |
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THOMAS TAYLOR, a member of
one of the oldest families of Carroll County, was born in England, Nov. 11,
1808. Robert Taylor, his father, was a native of
Derbyshire, England, where he learned the weaving trade, which he followed
till after he was married; he then got a hand-loom, and went to the
manufacturing town of Staleybridge, where he was engaged in a cotton-mill,
preparing warps for power-looms. This business he followed for about
eight years, at the end of which time he and his family set sail for
America, Sept. 8, 1827, and arrived at New York some time between the 5th
and 11th of November of the same year. He then proceeded to Troy, N.
Y., where he lived six years, and then moved to the State of Ohio, settling
on a farm in Harrison Township, Carroll County, arriving in the fall of
1833. Robert Taylor was a man of good habits, and being
industrious he settled down to the business of farming, enduring cheerfully
the hardships and privations incident to those pioneer times. Very
little of the farm on which he located had been cleared, but by industry,
perseverance and economy, with the aid of his industrious and willing
children and faithful wife, he succeeded in clearing it up and making a
pleasant home for himself and family. In England Robert
Taylor had married Hannah Rhodes, a native of Derbyshire,
and the names of the children born to them are as follows: James,
Ann, Thomas, Sarah, John, Mary, Robert
and Jane, all of which children were born in England. Robert
Taylor enjoyed his quiet home until the death of his wife, which
occurred Sept. 26, 1856; he passed from earth Nov. 22, 1869, aged eighty-six
years and eleven days. Robert Taylor and his wife were
members of the Disciples Church; in politics he was at first Democrat; but,
changing his views, he united with the Whigs and finally with the
Republicans, always assisting at elections.
Thomas Taylor, the subject proper of this
sketch, was eighteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to America
and to Troy, N. Y., where he was employed in the cotton mills six years.
He then came with the rest of the family to Ohio settling in Harrison
Township, Carroll County, where he has since resided. He assisted his
parents in the improvement of the farm, and aided them in the erection of
the log cabin, which stood till about the year 1885. At the age of
twenty-nine Mr. Taylor was married to Mary A., daughter
of Adam Crosser, of Carrollton, Ohio, and the children born to them
were as follows: Robert, Hannah D., George, Zack, Sarah Ann, Adam,
Caroline, John and Mary Ann, of whom Robert, Adam,
George, John and Mary Ann are all deceased.
George, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth O. V. I.,
Company F, was sent South and died at Bridgeport, Ala., of fever.
Hannah D. was married to Isaac Leyda; Zack was
married to Millie Lewton; Sarah Ann was married
to Emanuel C. McCarty; Caroline was married to William
Gautchie. Thomas Taylor is a well informed man,
and has held several offices of trust. He has traveled extensively,
and has always done with his best energy whatever he has undertaken.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated -
Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 1124 |
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THOMAS R. TAYLOR, one of
the leading merchants in Harlem Springs, Ohio, is a native of County
Fermanagh, Ireland, born Aug. 3, 1845. His grandfather, William
Taylor, had a family of seven children: Richard, Jonathan, Thomas,
Catherine, Bessie, Jane and William, and died in Ireland at the
patriarchal age of one hundred and three years. He and his family were
members of the Episcopal Church. Of his children, Richard, born in
the Emerald Isle in 1798, spent his early life in the land of his birth, and
received his education there, being brought up to agricultural pursuits.
He married, in Ireland, Alice Reynolds, and by her had the
following named children: Elizabeth, Mrs. William Taylor,
in Harlem Springs, Ohio; William, a resident of Turney's Station,
Clinton Co., Mo.; Joseph, in Kansas; Mary Ann, Mrs. Elisha Chase,
and Richard W., both in Kansas; Catherine died in 1857, at the
age of sixteen; Alicia D., Mrs. John Patton, in Madison,
Monroe Co., Mo., and Thomas R., in Harlem Springs. In 1852
Richard Taylor came to America with his family, landing in New
York City, where they remained about a year, and then came to Loudon
Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and here he purchased a farm, on which he
remained till 1866, in which year he bought another farm in Lee Township,
whither they removed, settling thereon. The parents died, the father
Feb. 6, 1884, the mother Dec. 1, 1863, and are buried in the cemetery at
Simmonds Ridge. Mr. Taylor was a member and liberal
supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs, and in
politics he was a Democrat, always evincing great interest in the working of
his party.
Thomas R. Taylor was seven years old when he
came with his parents to American soil, and received his primary education
in Carroll County, Ohio, which was supplemented by a few terms at the
college in Harlem Springs. On June 11, 1873, he was married to Emma
E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fawcett) Riley (the former
came to this country with her parents in the year 1816, being eight years
old, and died in 1889 in her eighty-first year), and the young couple
immediately located on a farm in Lee Township, where they remained till
1885, in which year they came to Harlem Springs, where he engaged in
mercantile business, which he still continues in. In 1868 Mr.
Taylor commenced teaching, a profession he followed five successive
winters in Carroll County. The record of the children born to him and
his wife is as follows: Alice H., born Nov. 1, 1874, and died June
16, 1875; John Riley, born Apr. 7, 1876; Mary Edna,
born June 5, 1878; Nellie, born Mar. 16, 1889, died Aug. 13, 1889.
The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs,
of which he is steward and trustee. In politics he is a zealous
Prohibitionist, and has supported the Democratic party.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated -
Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 917 |
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SAMUEL
THOMPSON TELFER (deceased), one of the early settlers of Carroll
County, Ohio, was born Mar. 14, 1816, in Pennsylvania. His
grandfather, Alexander Telfer, a native of Scotland, came to
America about the middle of the eighteenth century, and settled in
Pennsylvania, where he died. His family consisted of three sons and
one daughter, all of whom settled in the Keystone State. Samuel
Telfer, father of Samuel T., was also a native of
Pennsylvania, where he was reared and received his education. In early
manhood he commenced teaching, a profession he followed after coming to Ohio
in 1841; he was also a surveyor, and did much work in that line for the
people of Carroll County. Samuel Telfer was married to
Elizabeth McWilliams, born Sept. 28, 1792, a daughter of
Nathaniel McWilliams, an early settler of Ohio. By this union
there was one child, Samuel Thompson. The parents died,
the father in 1860, and the mother in 1871, and are resting side by side in
the cemetery at Amsterdam, in Jefferson County, They were members of the
Presbyterian Church at Harlem, of which he was one of the organizers and
chief supporters; in politics he was a stanch Democrat, taking an active
interest in the movements of his party.
Samuel Thompson Telfer received a liberal
education in his native State, and was engaged in teaching several years.
He came to Ohio with his parents, in 1841, and here, Aug. 14, 1851, married
Mary Ann, daughter of Nathaniel Fields, who came from
New England to Pennsylvania, and there married Elizabeth Hagerman,
who bore him the following-named children: John, Samuel,
David, Mary Ann, Nancy, Thomas,
Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Emma. Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Fields and family came to Ohio in 1842, and
settled in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he purchased a farm.
The parents died here, the father in 1854. and the mother in 1867, and were
buried in the cemetery at Amsterdam. They were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in his political preferment Mr. Fields
was first a Whig and then a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
T. Telfer after their marriage settled on the farm in Lee Township,
Carroll County, where she and her son, John W., yet reside.
This farm had been originally entered by John McGarran, who
partially cleared it, but the main part was brought under cultivation by the
Telfer family. The children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Telfer were Samuel F. and Nathaniel H., both deceased, and
John W. The father died in 1856, and is buried in the cemetery
at Amsterdam. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem
Springs (as are his widow and son, John W.), and in politics he was a
sound Democrat with Abolition proclivities. He served as clerk and
treasurer of his township several years.
JOHN W. TELFER, the only surviving son of
Samuel T. and Mary Ann (Fields) Telfer, was born in 1856, and received a
liberal education at the common schools of his district. He has
managed the home farm ever since he has been old enough to assume control,
and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He is an active
politician, a member of the Republican party, and was elected a justice of
the peace in 1886, serving one term.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated -
Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 844 |
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THOMPSON FAMILY.
One of the very early settlers of Carroll County, Ohio, was Thomas
Thompson, a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation, who reared
the following named children: Wakeman, James, Thomas, Samuel, Morgan,
Nathan, Nancy, Mary, Elizabeth and Clara. The father bought
a farm in Carroll County, where he died; he was an Old-time Whig, taking an
active part in the workings of the party. Of his children, Morgan
was born Mar. 17, 1809, in Maryland, and came to Carroll county with his
parents. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Matthew
Dunlap, and by her had the following named children: William H.; John
D., who died Dec. 4, 1862, from the effects of exposure while serving
his country in the Civil War, having enlisted in the Eightieth O. V. I.;
Matthew D.; James M.; Ann, now Mrs. Conrad Zutavern, and Ezra.
Some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Thompson
removed to Logan County, same State where they remained four or five years;
they returned to Carroll County, and here purchased the farm in Lee Township
on which they died, the mother May 25, 1879, and the father Feb. 18, 1882.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he was
originally a Whig, and afterward on the formation of th party, a Republican.
William H. Thompson, eldest son of Morgan and
Margaret Thompson, was born in 1837, and spent his early life on the
home farm. Dec. 10, 1861, he enlisted in the Eightieth O. V. I.,
serving under Gen. Sherman, and receiving his discharge at Savannah,
G. On Mar. 2, 1869, he was married to Nancy, daughter of
Alexander Fawcett of Lee Township, Carroll County, and she died in 1873,
leaving two children, Anna B. and Harvey M. She is buried at
Maysville, Mo. Mr. Thompson is a Presbyterian in religion, and
a Republican in politics.
Matthew B. Thompson, third son of Morgan
Thompson, was born May 22, 1842, in Logan County, Ohio, but has spent
the most of his life in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he received his
education. He is an enthusiastic Republican, taking a leading part in
the workings of the party, and has held various offices in his township,
such as clerk and treasurer. On Oct. 1, 1889, he was appointed by
President Harrison postmaster at Harlem Springs, which office he fills
most acceptably. He is a member of Lodge No. 491, I. O. O. F. at
Carrollton; of Kilgore Lodge No. 523, F. & A. M.; of Minerva Chapter No.
123, R. A. M.; of Canton Commandery No. 38, K. T., and of Kilgore Lodge No.
342, K. of P.
James M. Thompson, fourth son of Morgan
Thompson, was born Sept. 29, 1845, and received his education at the
common schools and at Harlem College. In August, 1864, he enlisted in
Company D., Sixty-sixth O. V. I., and was assigned to Sherman's army.
On Nov. 12, 1868, he was married to Mary D., daughter of James
Tinlin, a native of Scotland, after which event the young couple
remained on the Thompson home place until 1889, when they moved to
their present residence in Lee Township. They are the parents of the
following named children: William S., Laura M., Mary J. and
John. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church at
Harlem Springs, and in his political predilections Mr. Thompson is
strongly for the Republican party.
EZRA THOMPSON, youngest son of Morgan
Thompson was born Nov. 19, 1852, and has been a life-long resident of
Lee Thompson, where he manages the home farm of the family, on
which he lives; he has also been interested in coal mining. Like his
brothers he takes an active interest in politics, and is one of the stalwart
Republicans of his township. A born Presbyterian, he follows with
fidelity in his religious convictions in the footsteps of his ancestry.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago -
J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 890 |
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E. A. THOMPSON, a well-known
farmer of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born in Stark County, Ohio,
Sept. 5, 1836. He traces his paternal ancestry to Thomas Thompson,
a native of Scotland, who married Rachel Van Fossen, a native of
Ireland, and came to America soon after the close of the Revolutionary War,
settling in Pennsylvania on a farm near Mt. Pleasant. One of his
descendants, also named Thomas Thompson, was the father of our
subject, and was born in Fayette County, Penn., Mar. 20, 1796, and in 1816
was united in marriage with Margery McKinley. In 1817 Thomas
and his bride came to Ohio and entered a farm in Lawrence Township, Stark
County. The children born to this union are as follows: John
and Hugh. In 1821 Margery Thompson died, after which
Thomas Thompson returned to Pennsylvania, and on Dec. 24, 1822, he was
united in marriage with Margaret Smitley, daughter of Casper
Smitley, of Westmoreland County, Penn. During the same year they
removed to the farm formerly occupied by Thomas Thompson, in
Lawrence Township, Stark Co., Ohio, upon which they resided, and he
continued to improve until 1830, when they moved to Sandy Township, whence,
in 1840, they came to Brown Township, Carroll County and purchased the farm
now occupied by our subject. They were parents of the following named
children: Amanda (Mrs. W. A. Nichol), Thomas, Israel, Mathew and
Andrew (twins), Mary L. (Mrs. J. W. Crawford, Caroline (Mrs.
Frances Haughton), E. A. and Emma (Mrs. John Crisman).
The father of this family in early life learned the trade of shoemaking,
which he followed in conjunction with farming. In politics he was a
Whig, and while a resident of Stark County aided in organizing that party.
He was a great friend of all educational movements and was invariably a
liberal contributor, financially, to all beneficial objects. He died
Sept. 24, 1844 , after which event his widow made her home with our subjects
until her decease, which occurred Feb 5, 1881.
E. A. Thompson, with whose life this sketch
chiefly concerns, passed his youthful days in Brown Township where he
continues to reside, and where he has followed his father's calling, meeting
with abundant success. His school attendance, like that of other boys
of that day, was limited to a brief period of each winter season until he
was eighteen years of age, when the farm claimed all his attention and time.
On Dec. 25, 1862, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Susan,
daughter of Frederick Roose. Mr. Roose was a native of
Maryland, and in that State married Elizabeth Watkins, by which
marriage he became the father of the following children: Mary, Margaret,
Barbara, Elizabeth, Susan and Jennie. After their marriage
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thompson settled on the home farm, which they
purchased, still further improved and beautified, and which is conveniently
located near the town of Malvern. The family born to this union are as
follows: Nora (Mrs. Orlando Jennings), Bird (Mrs. Samuel
Totten), Minnie, Lilian (Mrs. J. F. Buel), Wade and Verne. Mr.
Thompson has been a life-long Republican, and has served his party in
many official capacities, always performing his duties faithfully and
satisfactorily. He has ever been recognized as an enterprising
citizen, and has always stood shoulder to shoulder with the representative
men of the township in advancing all its material interests.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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IRWIN W. THOMPSON, one of
the wealthy and well-known farmers of Brown Township, Carroll County, was
born June 12, 1836, and is a son of Robert Thompson. His life
long days have been passed on the farm he at present occupies. He
early began his business career, and his success has been most satisfactory
as well as creditable to himself. Oct. 12, 1887, he married Miss
Corda, daughter of Robert and Mary Ann (Hildreth) Barnes, former
of Iowa, but at one time a resident of Waynesburg, Ohio, latter of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson began their married
life in the house which had been erected by Mr. Thompson's father,
and which is one of the landmarks in the beautiful valley in which it is
located. Mr. Thompson has just completed a large stock and
grain barn, which is a model in its way, and is considered to be one of the
finest in that section of the country. Mr. Thompson has been a
life-long member of the Presbyterian Church, and has ever taken an active
interest in its advancement, and has been a liberal contributor to its
support, of which church Mrs. Thompson is also a member. Mr.
Thompson also takes a lively interest in all movements looking to the
improvement of his locality, and to the enhancement of the comfort and
happiness of his neighbors. His farm comprises 430 acres, and is very
productive under his careful supervision and management.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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JAMES D. THOMPSON, one of the well-known,
prosperous and prominent farmers of Brown Township, Carroll County, is a
native of the same, having been born Aug. 3, 1827. His grandfather,
William Thompson, who was a native of Ireland, and by occupation a
farmer, was married at an early age to Margery McCamey, to which
union were born seven children, viz.: Robert, Brown, John, Margery,
Elizabeth, Mary and Jane. Owing to the tyrannical form of
government, and the oppression received at the hands of the lords, he found
it difficult to maintain his large family on the meager allowance granted
him by the Government; so on account of these oppressions he decided to
leave Ireland for America, where he and his family could have land of their
own. It was on a bright May morning when they bade farewell to "Old
Ireland," threw off the yoke of oppression, and set sail for this great home
of the free. After being tossed about on the angry Atlantic nine long,
weary weeks, they arrived at Philadelphia in August, 1789. At first
they located at McKeesport, Westmoreland County, Penn., where the
grandfather of our subject purchased a farm. He remained on the same
place until 1808, in which year he sold his farm and moved to Ohio, where he
bought a farm in that section of the country which afterward became Brown
Township, Carroll County. This farm is now known as "the Thompson
Homestead." Here he remained until his death, which
occurred in the year 1821, soon to be followed by that of his loving
companion who died in 1829; their remains are quietly resting in a family
graveyard on the McElhaney Farm, near Pekin, Ohio. The
girls of this family, who all married, lived and died in Carroll County,
excepting Margery, who died in Stark County. The two boys,
Brown and John, died in the War of 1812.
Robert Thompson, the father of the subject of
this sketch, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787, and was but an
infant when brought to America. He received his education in
Westmoreland County, Penn., and came with his father's family to Ohio, in
1808. In 1818 he was married to Sarah Downing, daughter of
James and Sarah Downing, who were of Scotch decent. Mr. and
Mrs. Downing had a family of seven children, viz.: James, Hugh,
Adam, Drusilla, Susan, Margaret and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Downing
came from Viginia to Ohio in 1806, and settled on a farm in Sandy Township,
Stark County. This family was noted for bravery and fortitude.
The following is an account of one of Downing's scouting
expeditions; James Downing, the grandfather of James D. Thompson,
was appointed by the Government captain of a body of Indian scouts, whose
duty it was to protect the frontier and inform the soldiers as to the
movements of the Indians. On one of these scouting expeditions he and
four others, named Miller, Cuppy, Foltz and Dillo, were
attacked while in camp by a body of armed Indians, their camp being situated
south of the present site of Minerva. While two of the party were
preparing breakfast, two were standing guard, and Downing was
graining a deer skin. the two who were left on guard, discovering two
Indians stealing up the bank, gave the cry of alarm "Indians!" at the same
time fired their trusty rifles, and the two Indians bit the dust. The
cry of alarm and the report of rifles caused the others to drop their work,
seize their rifles and rush down the bank. When they reached the brown
of the hill they discovered a body of about twenty-five Indians, and
Foltz and Dillo, who had been previously captured, and feared
torture if again made prisoners, at once broke and ran. Their running
off left no alternative for Cuppy and Downing but to follow
their example, so all four ran toward where Minerva now stands.
Foltz, in an effort to unloose a handkerchief
form around his neck, drew the knot tighter, which produced strangulation,
causing the blood to flow from his nostrils. He called out "Oh
Downing!" and Downing, turning and discovering the trouble, tore
the handkerchief from Foltz's neck; he then rejoined Cuppy,
and the two fled on four their lives. In the meantime Foltz and
Dillo had bid in a hazel thicket, which was afterward searched over
and over again by the Indians. As they lay there they could catch
glimpses of the cruel, horribly painted savages, as they cunningly stole
through the brush as a tiger hunts his prey. After Foltz and
Dillo had lain there quite a while, the Indians gave up the search,
turned back and plundered the camp.
While some of the Indians were searching for Foltz
and Dillo, Downing and Cuppy were pursued by a large
Indian, who, every time Downing would turn to look back, would stop
and pat his breast as an invitation for Downing to shoot; but before
he could take aim the Indian would drop in the grass, and as soon as
Downing would start again, would rise up and follow him.
Downing, growing tired of such business, and thinking he could reload
his gun before the Indian could overtake him, suddenly turned, took a quick
aim, fired, and the brave but cruel Indian fell to rise no more.
In the meantime Miller was having a race for life across the prairie.
Just as he came up the bank of the stream (now called the Stillfork) another
of the Indians, feeling sure of a scalp, threw down his gun and, taking his
tomahawk, gave the scalp whoop. Then the race began, and, as Dillo
and Foltz afterward said, it was the finest they had ever seen.
But Miller, being the swifter runner, soon left the Indian far
behind, and that night he slept in a hollow chestnut tree, near where the
village of New Harrisburg now stands. It was two days after this when
they all reached the settlement in West Virginia, having had nothing to eat
but berries and nuts gathered in the woods, as all their supply of food had
been left in the camp.
At the death of his father, Robert Thompson came
into possession of the old homestead, and he and his wife resided there the
remainder of their lives. To their union were born eight children,
viz.: Margery McCamey, deceased; a son who died in infancy;
Lavinia; James Downing; John; Nancy Ann; William Irvin and Arminta
Vienna. The family were all married, and settled near the old
homestead, excepting Arminta who resides in McPherson, Kas. The
father of this family was one of the prominent farmers of his time, and was
very successful during his life, having accumulated 1,000 acres of fine,
fertile land in the Big Sandy Valley of Carroll County. He held
several township offices, and on account of his soundness of judgment his
advice was always solicited in business pertaining to township affairs.
The War of 1812 between our nation and England, and consequent hostilities
of the Indians, greatly retarded the settlement of not only Brown Township,
but of all this section of the country. When the first call for troops
was made, James Reed, Robert Thompson, Samuel Knapp and John
Creighton volunteered and marched toward Detroit, which was the general
rendezvous; but Hull having surrendered they were discharged, and
returned home after having gone as far as Sandusky.
In religion Mr. Thompson was not a member of
church, but attended the Baptist Church, of which his wife was a member, and
he always gave liberally toward the support of the good cause. He and
his family contributed toward the erection of the following churches:
Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian, all in Malvern, Ohio.
Politically he was a Whig, and was an ardent believer in the principles
advocated by that party. One day, while at work in the field, he was
suddenly taken ill, and in spite of the bet medical aid called in he died
after an illness of only a few days, his death occurring Jane 14, 1844.
He left a widow and seven children, the oldest son, James, being only
sixteen years of age. The great responsibilities of the widowed mother
can only be realized by those having large farms to superintend, and the are
of large families. She was a woman of great native ability, one who
trusted in Him who is a husband to the widow and a father to fatherless.
With this assurance she was able to carry her work on successfully.
The estate remained as it was at the death of her husband until their
youngest child became of age, when the family divided the estate amicably
among themselves, the mother taking the old homestead, the balance of the
estate being evenly divided among her children. Here, amid her
children, did this loving and devoted mother pass the remainder of her days,
until Apr. 28, 1882, surrounded by her six children, she calmly passed to
rest at the age of eighty-two years. Her remains, with those of her
husband, are peacefully resting in Bethlehem Cemetery. After her death
the heirs sold the old homestead to the youngest son, William Irvin,
who now resides on the same.
James Downing Thompson, whose name appears at
the beginning of this sketch, had but limited educational advantages, his
years for schooling having been shortened because of his father's death.
Being the eldest son he was compelled to leave school and assist his mother
in superintending the farm; but the education he received was of the kind
gained by experience, which is lasting and far more valuable than years of
schooling which can scarcely ever be applied to a practical business life.
With the aid of his mother and brothers he conduced the business connected
with the farm until the youngest child became of age, at which time he
received the farm on which he now resides as his share of the estate.
He was married, in 1865, to Margaret Matilda Haines, daughter of
Joseph and Hannah Haines, whose genealogy appears in a sketch of the
Haines family elsewhere in this volume. To this union were born
the following named children: Margaret Joette, Robert, Hannah
Maude, Albert Haines, James Harvey, Tottie (deceased), Sarah Downing,
Ethel Lucile, and an infant daughter (latter deceased). He gave
his children a liberal education, the two eldest having attended school at
Hiram College, where Maude is at present taking the classical course,
the other children being too young to enter college. Mr. Thompson is
a prosperous farmer, and through their mutual economy he and his wife have
increased their farm from 130 to 560 acres. Mr. Thompson has
made farming a specialty and he believes that greater progress would be
achieved if every farmer would adopt a complete system instead of going on
in a hap-hazard way. He is a man of his own mind, being a good
thinker, and in his business transactions he is honest and honorable; he has
never had in his business any serious trouble, and has never had occasion to
seek justice by litigation. Mr. Thompson has traveled
extensively throughout the United States. In politics he is a
Republican, has held several offices in the name of his party, and he
believes that the greatest care should be taken in executing the trust of
the people. Mr. Thompson and his family are active members of
the Christian Church at Malvern, he being an elder in the same.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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JOHN THOMPSON, one of
the self-made men of Orange Township, Carroll County, and a prominent,
progressive agriculturist, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1838.
His father, George W. Thompson, a native of Ireland, came to American
when a young man, and took up his residence in Harrison County, Ohio, where
he carried on his trade, blacksmithing, which he had learned in his native
country. Soon after his arrival in Harrison County he was married to
Elizabeth Hoffman of that county, who bore him the following named
children: John, Mary, Rebecca, Jane and Elizabeth. In
1840 he came to Carroll County with his family, remaining but a short time,
however, when they moved into Tuscarawas County, where the parents passed
the remaining days of their lives. They were earnest Christian people,
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their memory is held in deep
respect by all who knew them.
John Thompson, of whom this sketch is written,
was reared under the parental roof, receiving his education at the common
schools of the district, until he was eighteen years of age, when he
commenced to learn the mason's trade, at which he worked exclusively until
he was twenty-six years old, when he purchased a farm in Orange Township,
Carroll County. Mr. Thompson has since that time been largely
engaged in farming, as well as in buying and selling stock and following his
trade. He has succeeded in accumulating, by industry and perseverance,
a large tract of land, and is now recognized as one of the solid financial
men of his section. It is but just to say that his efforts throughout
have been very materially aided by his amiable and diligent wife.
Mr. Thompson was married, Mar. 4, 1862, to Elizabeth (born Mar.
24, 1842, in Union County, Ohio, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Seran)
Price (the latter born in Gloucester County, N. J., Oct. 11, 1806), of
Orange Township, and the children born to them were as follows: Eva B.
(deceased) Benjamin F. (deceased), Cora E. (deceased),
Benjamin F. (deceased), Cora E. (deceased), John M., Lorin C.,
Etta P. and Thomas J. Mrs. Thompson is a devoted Christian
and a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which they are liberal
supporters; in politics Mr. Thompson has always been a strong
Republican.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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JOHN THOMPSON
(deceased) was born at Bargettstown, Penn., July 3, 1813, and was baptized
into the Presbyterian faith, but later in life he united with the Lutheran
Church. In 1835 he came to Carrollton, where, for over fifty years, he
carried on the business of cabinet-maker, and, in connection, that of
undertaker and funeral director, having officiated during his lifetime at
over 1,000 funerals. He was of a most kind, sympathetic and obliging
disposition, liberal and charitable, and mindful of the circumstances of the
poor and needy in the hour of their bereavement. On Nov. 29, 1837, he
was married to Margaret E. Geiger, and for fifty-one years they lived
in the house where he passed from earth. To this union were born four
children, as follows: Mrs. Samantha A. Rukenbrod, Oscar E. (who
died Apr. 6, 1843), Edwin S. (living in Canton, Ohio), and
Caroline L. Rue (who died Nov. 25, 1886). Mr. Thompson died
from a general dissolution of the whole system, and he was buried with
Masonic honors by the lodge of which he was a member of high standing.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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JOHN A. THOMPSON, one of
the progressive young native-born agriculturists of Loudon Township, Carroll
County, was born Nov. 24, 1860, on the farm where he has ever since lived.
His father, Samuel Thompson, was born Jan. 1, 1812, in Ireland,
whence, when in his "teens," he emigrated to this country. He first
located at Pittsburgh, Penn., where he was a drayman four years; then
proceeded to Washington County, same State, and here married, in March,
1837, Miss Jane Palmer, also a native of Emerald Isle, born about the
year 1811. Soon after marriage they came to Ohio, where he purchased
the farm of 120 acres, in Loudon Township, now owned by his son, John A.
There was a small cabin standing on this land, in which they lived till
1842, when he put up the building which stands near the present fine
residence, erected in 1874. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thompson
were born four children, viz.: Mary P., living at the paternal home;
Mrs. Sarah Frazier, in Kansas; Mrs. Martha J. Waggoner, in
Loudon Township, and Rachel, who died Apr. 7, 1871. Mrs.
Thompson dying in 1844, Mr. Thompson married for his second wife,
Nov. 12, 1845, Miss Mary J. Scott, born in Washington County, Penn.,
May 29, 1823, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McCurdy) Scott,
natives of Ireland. Six children were the result of this union, a
record of whom is as follows: Joseph S., lives in Loudon Township;
Margaret M., Samuel G. and Hans are deceased; John A.
is the subject of these lines; Eliza is deceased. The father
died Aug. 25, 1885, the mother, Apr. 22, 1886, both members of the United
Presbyterian Church, which he had joined at the time of the union in 1858,
having been for years previously an adherent of the Seceder Church. At
his death he was owner of 427½ acres of land.
John A. Thompson, whose name opens this
biographical memoir, was brought up to farm life, and received a liberal
education at the common schools. On Dec. 25, 1890, he was
united in marriage with Miss Maggie O. A. McNary, of Germano, Ohio.
He and his half-sister, Mary P., are the only members of the two
families who live on the old homestead.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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ROBERT THOMPSON, one of
the solid, wide-awake farmers of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born
on the farm he now owns Jan. 17, 1846. His father, Andrew Thompson,
was born in County Armagh, Ireland, Mar. 7, 1799, where he grew to manhood
and received a country-school education. When yet a young man he
immigrated to the United States, coming to Ohio, where he followed his
trade, that of shoe-maker, for some time in New Rumley, Harrison County.
On Mar. 17, 1832, he was married to Miss Jane Sloane, after
which event he purchased a part of the farm now owned by his son Robert,
where he erected a log cabin, and spent the balance of his life in clearing
the land. He died July 12, 1881, his widow Dec. 22, 1889. They
were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr.
Thompson was a Republican. Their children were seven in number,
viz.: George, in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Mary Waggoner,
in Jefferson County, Ohio; Sarah, who died Aug. 17, 1845;
Elizabeth Barr, a resident of North Township, Harrison County;
William, residing with the subject of this sketch; Robert, and
Andrew, who died Oct. 24, 1870.
Robert Thompson grew to manhood on the farm
where he now resides, and received a good practical business education at
the common school in his own district, Carroll County, Ohio. On Jan.
4, 187, he married Miss Sarah J. Palmer, daughter of James Palmer,
and born Oct. 9, 1848, which union has been blessed with seven children, as
follows: Mary, Jesse P., Andrew L., Harvey G., Charles S., Helen
L., and Esther R. In 1882 Mr. Thompson erected his
present fine brick residence. Both he and his wife are members of the
United Presbyterian Church of Jefferson, Harrison County; in politics Mr.
Thompson is an earnest Prohibitionist.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago -
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ROBERT G. THOMPSON,
dealer in household improvements and other specialties, Salineville,
Columbiana Co., Ohio, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Oct. 31, 1827.
His father, William Thompson, was a native of Ireland, born Aug. 6,
1771, and emigrated to this country at an early age, locating in Pittsburgh,
Penn. On Sept. 11, 1821, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret
George, of Washington County, Penn., belonging to one of the families of
the old Scotch Covenanters, by which union four children were born. On
Nov. 22, 1832, the father and husband peacefully passed away at the age of
sixty-one years, and in 1836 his widow united in marriage with Mr. John
Slater, of Fayette Township, Allegheny Co., Penn., to whose country home
the family moved in due time. Here Robert G. Thompson, the
subject of this sketch, was reared, attending the district school near his
step-father's farm. At the age of sixteen he was indentured to learn
the wagon-making trade near Pittsburgh, Penn., but, becoming
dissatisfied with the treatment he received in his new home, he
concluded to learn the boot and shoe making under more congenial
surroundings. After an apprenticeship of nearly three years, in the
spring of 1847, this young man, with a full kit of tools and a well-packed
trunk, took passage in a steamboat from the city of his birth to fight the
battle of life at Moore's Salt Works, Jefferson Co., Ohio. In 1848 he
was united in marriage with Miss Jane Hutson, of Jefferson County,
Ohio, and in April, 1851, he moved with his family to Wattsville, Carroll
County, same State, in which village he worked at his trade until the
breaking out of the war in 1861, when, like many other brave "boys" he
responded to his country's call for troops to suppress the Rebellion.
On Aug. 15, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the United States and
assigned to Company A, Thirty-second O. V. I., for three years, or during the
war. After participating in many battles and skirmishes - such as
Greenbrier, Monterey and Bull Pasture Mountain (or McDowell), Va., he was
transferred to the Invalid Corps, and assigned to duty in the general
hospital at Cumberland, Md., as hospital steward, whence he was transferred
to Washington City Hospital for treatment; was finally discharged Oct. 16,
1863, and, returning to his family, settled on a farm in Fox Township,
Carroll County, where he followed farming and stock-raising for over twenty
years. In October, 1889, he was placed upon the pension roll of the
United States. In the fall of 1889 he moved to Salineville, Columbiana
Co., Ohio, and has been a resident of that town since. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson are the parents of ten children - six born before the war:
Martha G., John S., Margaret J., William A., George P. (deceased in
1881), and Robert E. (died in April, 1862), and four born after the
war: Flora B., Anna E., Ida M. and Jessie M. - in all six
girls and four days, and at this writing there are eighteen grandchildren.
The family are members in good standing in the United Presbyterian Church,
and in politics all are stanch Republican.
John S. Thompson was born at Wattsville,
Ohio, Aug. 21, 1851,where he grew to manhood. He attended the schools
there in winter time and worked on his father's farm summers, until he was
married to Miss Jesse B. Haverfield, Jan. 31, 1880. She was
reared in Harrison County, Ohio, where her parents were substantial farmers
and old settlers. After living about six years in Harrison County, he
removed to his present home near Wattsville, on his father's farm,
where he is engaged in agriculture. Three children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson, named as follows: Paul (deceased),
Fannie (deceased) and Robert E.
The Thompson family is well and favorably
known. Mr. R. G. Thompson, who was a resident for many years of
Fox Township, is looked upon as one of her representative citizens and
substantial farmers, and although he is at present located in Salineville,
Columbiana County, still his many friends in Carroll County regard him as a
fellow-citizen and know him to be a substantial, upright man. For a
number of ears he filled the offices of township clerk and assessor and
constable in a satisfactory manner.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago -
J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 1024 |
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THOMAS THOMPSON
(deceased), who in his lifetime was one of the best known and most
enterprising of the leading agriculturists of Brown Township, Carroll
County, was born Oct. 25, 1825, in Wayne County, Ohio. When he was
five years old his parents moved into Stark County, Ohio, where his early
life was spent and where he was taught those principles of honesty and
economy that became such prominent factors in the making of his success in
after life. Mr. Thompson was a son of Thomas and Margaret
Thompson. Mrs. Thompson, whose maiden name was Smitley,
was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., she being from a sturdy race of
people, noted for longevity. When our subject was yet a boy his father
died, leaving him nothing but a good constitution and a sound judgment,
which proved to be the essential things to his success. After his
father's death he remained with his mother until 1847 when he went to
Pittsburgh, staying there until 1848, on May 16 of which year he was married
to Miss Susannah Finefrock, daughter of John Finefrock.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
settled in Brown Township, at Thompson's mills, which he operated being a
miller by trade. Subsequently they moved to various places until 1855,
when they purchased a farm in Brown Township, known as the Hudlemyer
place consisting of ninety-eight acres to which they moved and on which
they made all improvements at the expense of much labor, time and means.
During the Civil War he purchased of David Eakin sixty-two acres;
afterward, in 1876, he bought of John Finefrock land consisting of
114 acres, generally known as the Still Fork Farm; again, on Jan. 1, 1880,
he purchased his last piece of land, consisting of seventeen acres adjoining
the farm on which he lived; at his death he was the possessor of nearly 300
acres of land. Mr. Thompson passed from earth Jan. 28, 1889.
He was (as is Mrs. Thompson) a member of the Presbyterian Church,
many years one of its most liberal supporters, and was highly respected in
the community. Politically he was a leading Republican in his section,
but, although often solicited, he could never be prevailed upon to accept
office. His life had been a busy one, and he made a success of it,
always employing his own characteristic methods in his undertakings.
The nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson were as
follows: Calista, Mrs. A. V. Westfall, and residing in Brown
Township; Hammon, residing in Newton, Kas.; Susan, Mrs. John
Gearhart, in Minerva, Carroll County, Ohio; Newton, at home;
John, residing on Still Fork Farm in Brown Township; Olive C. and
Lester Thomas, both deceased; Nettie, Mrs. Charles Wain,
living in Malvern, Carroll County, and Ulysses G., at home.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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ASBERY TOBAN, who represents
one of the well-known and highly respected families of Fox Township, Carroll
County, was born Oct. 14, 1817, in Cecil County, Md., in which State his
father, Asbery Toban, was also born. The Toban family
can be traced back to the grandparents, who came to America at a very early
period from Ireland, and occupied a farm in Maryland. The paternal
grandmother of our subject was brought to this country and sold as a chattel
to a Mr. Dillon, but was finally liberated and married Mr. Toban.
Asbery Toban, Sr. father of our subject, was reared in Maryland, where
he attended the old subscription school, and laid for himself the foundation
of that success which marked his later life. At the age of maturity he
met and married Miss Mary Leason, who was a native of the same State,
and who was reared and educated in the same vicinity as was Mr. Toban.
As well as can be ascertained the Leasons were of old English
descent. After living in Maryland for fifteen years, during which time
he was engaged as a charcoal burner, Mr. and Mrs. Toban moved to
Chester County, Penn., where Mr. Toban followed his old occupation.
They then moved to Washington County, Penn., where Mr. Toban died
about the year 1860, the father of eleven children, five of whom are still
living, our subject being the second child.
Asbery Toban, Jr.,
whose name leads this article, until the age of ten lived in Maryland.
Then his father moved to Pennsylvania, where Asbery obtained his
education by attending the subscription school about three months in the
winter of each year; the remainder of the time was occupied by hard work,
either on his father's farm or by working for the farmers in the
neighborhood. At that time wages were small, and he worked many months
for three dollars per month. At the age of nineteen Asbery
married Miss Rachel Donaldson, who was a native of Washington County,
Penn. After working his father-i-law's farm for three years Mr.
Toban in 1836, settled in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and bought a
farm of eighty acres. Here in the midst of the wilderness he and his
wife commenced life together in earnest; a log hut was their refuge, and
here were born to bless their home a family of five children, named as
follows: Elijah, William, Thomas,, Rachel A. and David.
After a few years of happiness, mingled with the hardships which are
incident to pioneer life, death entered the little family and took away the
wife and mother. Mr. Toban married, for his second wife,
Sarah Ann Burgett, a native of Fox Township, whose parents were of
English descent, and the results of this union were children as follows:
George, John, Robert, Charlie, Tipton, Samuel, Mary, Joseph, and to who
died in infancy. Mr. Toban has a fine farm of 160 acres, which
is well improved with a fine new residence and other buildings. In
politics he is a Republican, and has been honored by his party with several
township offices. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist
Church. Mr. Toban, by his energy and honesty, has won for
himself a position among the representative citizens and prosperous
agriculturists of Carroll County.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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HIRAM G. TOPE ranks among the
influential citizens of Carroll County, and is one of the most popular and
successful medical practitioners. A resident of Perrysville, Perry
Township, Carroll County, for over a quarter of a century, he has succeeded
in surrounding himself with a large circle of friends and patrons.
The first of his family on the paternal side came from
Germany to America at a very early period, and settled in Maryland, where
was born George Tope, great-grandfather of the subject of this
memoir. Some time in the last century George Tope left
his native State for that portion of the then "Far West" afterward formed
into the great State of Ohio, and settled on a piece of wild land in what is
now Carroll County, where he built the first grist-mill (called Tope's
Mill) in that part now known as Union Township.
George Tope, Dr. Tope's grandfather, was born in
(1782) and reared and died in (1832) in what is now Carroll County, Ohio,
having been one of the first pioneers of Eastern Ohio; he was the father of
four sons and two daughters, of whom John lives in Jackson County,
Ohio, where he follows carpentering; George W. is a farmer in Gallia
County, same State, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson also lives in Ohio,
where her husband is a farmer.
Henry Tope, father of our subject, and by
trade a gunsmith, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1813, and died at
Peru, Ill., in 1849. He was married in June, 1836, to Catharine
Croghan, a native of Carroll County, born in 1818 and died in 1849, and
they had four children, viz.: William A., who was born in 1837, and
died at Nashville, Tenn., Apr. 24, 1862, aged twenty-five years, while
serving as a member of Company C, Sixty-ninth O. V. I.; Hiram G.;
John H., born in 1841, now in the lumber business in Michigan, and
Catherine M., born in 1844, and married to Craton McCoy, a
stock-dealer in Van Wert County, Ohio. The parents both died of
cholera in Peru, Ill., in July, 1849, just two days apart. The
maternal grandmother died at the patriarchal age of one hundred years, and
in her long life had seen many changes in the world; she had met Gen.
Washington frequently, had shaken hands with him and was present at
his funeral; she was of English descent, as was her husband.
Hiram G. Tope, whose name appears at the opening
of this sketch, was born July 1, 1839, in Carroll County, Ohio, and when
four years of age went with his father to Peru, Ill., where he lived six
years. On the death of his parents, as above stated, young Hiram
was left to the care of his grandparents, who moved to New Hagerstown,
Carroll Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood, attending the public schools
and academy of the place. At the age of nineteen, having decided on
the medical profession as his life work, he proceeded to Columbus, Ohio,
where he studied four years at college, teaching school at intervals in
order to help out the expense of his education. After his graduation
and receipt of his diploma, Dr. Tope went to the western part of
Ohio, where he practiced one year; but not being satisfied with the
locality, he moved to Perrysville. Carroll County, which has since been his
home. Toward the breaking out of the Civil War, the Doctor, in
response to his country's call, volunteered into the army, joining, in 1862,
the Eightieth O. V. I., of which he was hospital steward about two years,
and then assistant surgeon to the close of the war, receiving his discharge
Aug. 13, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark. His regiment participated in many of the
most important engagements of the war, including Iuka, Corinth, siege of
Vicksburg, Atlanta, Jackson, Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, Raymond and
many others, being also with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea.
Returning to Perrysville, the Doctor renewed the practice of his profession,
having in connection a flourishing drug store.
In 1862 Dr. Tope was married to Mary
A. Shultz, daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Knouf) Shultz, who
were of Dutch descent and were reared in Jefferson County, Ohio, but in 1832
moved to Harrison County, same State, where Mary A. was born.
Her father died at the age of eighty-one and her mother when eighty-four
years old; they were both members of the Lutheran Church. To the union
of Dr. and Mrs. Tope have been born two children: Cadmus A.
(a teacher in the public schools of Carrollton, Ohio, also a member of the
common council of that place) and Ulysses I., now aged twenty years
(at present at home, reading medicine under the instruction of his father.)
Dr. Tope, politically, has always been a Republican, and socially is
a Royal Arch Mason.
Source: Commemorative Biographical
Records of the counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated -
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WILLIAM
S. TOPE, one of the young and rising young business men of Dell lf[
Roy, was born in Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1857.
His father, Jacob Tope, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, where his entire
life was spent. He early devoted himself to study and assisting in the
duties of the farm. Soon after coming of age he married Ann
Jane, daughter of Robert Parker, one of the early settlers of
Monroe Township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tope settled
on a farm in Union Township, where they lived a short time, and then moved
to Monroe Township, where they lived until the husband's death, Jan. 24,
1803. His family consisted of three children: William S., Robert J.
and Joseph V., all of whom are now living. In politics
Mr. Tope was a Democrat, and took an active and leading part in the
party's welfare. A member of the Lutheran Church, he did much for its
advancement and development. While engaged in farming, still Mr.
Tope was one of the well-posted men of his section, and one who was
always enterprising and progressive.
The early life of William S. Tope was spent on
the home place, where his life alternated between farm duties and attendance
at the common schools. Mr. Tope's education, however,
did not cease with his leaving school, but has been added much to by study
and reading during his leisure. Feb. 6, 1879, he was united in
marriage to Dane, daughter of James Campbell, of
Harrison Township, and three children have been born to add to the felicity
of this union, as follows: Oliver, Apr. 10, 1880; Jackson,
Mar. 26, 1882; and Anna, May 9, 1884. In 1885 Mr.
Tope, in connection with his brother, opened a hardware store in Dell
Roy, which he has since conducted in a business-like and satisfactory
manner. In politics Mr. Tope has always been a member of
the Republican party, and has served as township treasurer for five
consecutive years, and at present is in that position. In church
matters Mr. Tope and family are members of the Presbyterian
Church. As one of the leading and energetic men of his town Mr.
Tope holds an enviable position, and is highly respected and esteemed
by all.
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Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 839 |
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JOHN H. TRIPP
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Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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WILLIAM TRIPP
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Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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