GEORGE W. GOTSCHALL, owner of a very valuable farm of eighty-eight acres of land in Center Township is one of the representative men of Carroll County.  He was born in Louden Township, this county, June 26, 1862, a son of Eli and Malinda (Yingling) Gotschall, and grandson of George Gotschall, a pioneer of Carroll County, who married a Miss Albaugh, and they had four sons and one daughter, the former all becoming farmers.  The grandfather Yingling came to Carroll County from Tuscarawas County, Ohio, married Mary Burier, and they had five daughters and one son.  Eli Gotschall attended the public schools of Harlem Springs, Ohio, and became a farmer.  His death occurred at Simons Ridge, Carroll County, in 1904, but his widow survives him and is living at Amsterdam, Ohio.  They had ten children, and of them George W. Gotschall was the fourth in order of birth.
     Like the majority of the farmers’ sons of his day and locality George W. Gotschall went to the rural schools during the winter months and worked on the farm in the summer ones, and grew up on the homestead, where he remained until he was twenty-four years of age.  On Dec. 22, 1887, he was married to Essie Ann Brown, a daughter of David and Eliza J. (Long) Brown, of Loudon Township, and of English stock.  The grandfather of Mrs. Gotschall, Henry Brown, came to Loudon Township from Georgetown, Maryland.  He married Sarah Shephard¸who died in 1909, having survived her husband for many years, he having been killed in an accident when only thirty-seven years old.
     After his marriage Mr. Gotschall rented a small farm and was engaged in a teaming business in Lee township, where he remained for a year, and then moved to Louden Township and operated the homestead and continued doing the teaming for a time.  Still later he rented a farm of 140 acres in the same township and conducted it for five years.  He then moved to Center Township, and from 19805 to 1908 rented the Huston farm.  At the expiration of three years he rented 134 acres of land, and after two years bought eighty-eight acres of it, which land constitutes his present farm, upon which he has since made a number of improvements.  He raises a general line of crops, but specializes on dairying and has a herd of twenty-five Jersey cows.
     Mr. and Mrs. Gotschall became the parents of the following children: Laura¸ who is at home; Ola B., who is Mrs. David Smith¸ of Carrollton, and has three children, Pearl, Moine and Maxine; Mary Florence, who is at home; George Frederick, who is assisting his father on the farm, was drafted for service during the great war, but the armistice was signed before he was called; Forrest Herbert and Raymond Clark, both of whom are at home.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Gotschall are strong Republicans, and exercise their right of suffrage.  The Methodist Episcopal Church of Carrollton has in them earnest, purposeful workers and members.  While they have attained success in a material way they have acquired something more important than the mere accumulation of money, the respect and friendship of those with whom they are associated, and are justly numbered among the worth-while people of Carroll County.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 848

JOHN W. GOTSCHALL.  Vigorous and prolific have been the activities of Mr. Gotschall in connection with farm industry in his native county, and he still remains on the farm, adjoining the corporate boundaries of Carrollton, though he sold the property to his only son, in the spring of 1920, and is now virtually retired, his son proving an able successor in the operation of the farm, which comprises eighty acres and is equipped with modern improvements.
     Mr. Gotschall was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Aug. 2, 1860, and is a son of Eli and Malinda (YIngling) Gotschall, the former of whom was born in Lee Township, this county, in March, 1830, and the latter in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1837.  Eli Gotschall  was a son of George and Anna Gotschall, who were pioneer settlers in Lee Township, Carroll County, where they established their home upon immigrating from Pennsylvania to Ohio.  Both passed the closing years of their lives on a farm in Loudon Township, the property being now owned and occupied by their only surviving child, Cyrus.  John Yingling, maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, likewise was a sterling pioneer settler in Carroll County, whither he came from Tuscarawas County.
     Eli Gotschall was reared on the pioneer farm of his father, in Lee Township, and received the advantages of the schools of the locality and period.  During the long years of a signally active and worthy life he never faltered in his allegiance to farm industry, and he gained prestige as one of the substantial and representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of his native county, where, honored by all who knew him, his death occurred Feb. 11, 1904, his venerable widow being one of the revered pioneer women of the county and having celebrated in 1920 the eighty-third anniversary of her birth.  Eli Gotschall was a loyal supporter of the principles of the Republican Party and was a specially zealous and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow.  He was active and liberal in the support of church work and during a period of five years he never failed in attendance at the regular services of the Methodist Church at Simmons Ridge, of which the Rev. Mrs. Gottschalk became the parents of nine children:  Anna (wife of Frank Lowmiller) John W., George, David, Mary (wife of William Beckley), Cora, (wife of Oliver Gotschall), Harvey, Ida (wife of John B. Summers), and Frank.
     John W. Gotschall was reared to the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the home farm, received the advantages of the public schools of his native county, and in Lee Township he initiated his independent activities as a farmer.  He followed the same line of enterprise in Loudon Township, and in 1895 he purchased and established his home on a farm of eighty acres in Center Township, adjacent to Carrollton.  Here he has since maintained his residence, but, as previously noted, the farm is now owned and operated by his only son, with whom he and his wife maintain their home.
     The Republican Party receives the loyal allegiance of Mr. Gotschall, but he has had no ambition for public office of any kind.  He and his wife are earnest and active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton.
     In 1886 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Gotschall to Miss Anna M. Gotschall, who was born in Lee Township, in 1862, a daughter of William Gotschall.  Mr. and Mrs. Gotschall have two children.  Bernice is the wife of Anson Brooks, a successful farmer in Carroll County, and they have six children – Mary, Wilson, Pauline, Neva, Robert and Dorothy.  John Gotschall, the only son, was born Jan. 1, 1891, and is indebted to the public schools of Carroll County from his educational training as a youth.  He is making an admirable record as one of the progressive young farmers of Center Township and is loyal and public-spirited as a citizen, his political support being given to the Republican Party and he and his wife being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton.  On the 15^th of August, 1912, Mr. Gotshall wedded Miss Bertha Rinder, of Martins Ferry, Belmont County, and they have three fine little sons – John Ray, born Oct. 13, 1914; Jack Orrin, born Mar. 1, 1916; and Leland Edward, born Jan. 22, 1920.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page  834

WILLIAM GOTSCHALL, as a citizen of sterling character and as a successful exponent of farm industry, left a benignant impress in the county which represented his home during his entire life and in which he was a scion of an honored pioneer family whose name has been most worthily linked with the civic and material development and upbuilding of Carroll County.  He was born in this county in the year 1822, a date that clearly denotes that his parents, John and Mary (Polen) Gotschall, were numbered among the very early settlers of the county, where the mother remained until her death, the father, when venerable in years, having gone to California, where his death occurred.  They became the parents of a fine family of ten sons and three daughters.  William Gotschall was reared under the conditions and influences that marked the pioneer era in Carroll County, where he gave a due part of his youth to pursuing his studies in the primitive log schoolhouse.  As a youth he had ample experience in connection with the work of clearing and reclaiming new land, and it was his portion to have split many fence rails, at the rate of one dollar a hundred.  Eventually he became the owner of a farm of forty acres, in Lee Township, and he passed the closing days of his life in the home of one of his daughters, Mrs. Sadie Gantz, in Center township, where he died Nov. 30, 1907, at the venerable age of eighty-five years.  The maiden name of his wife was Rebecca Drake and she was born in Lee Township, this county, in 1843, a daughter of Simeon and Annie (Scarlett) Drake, pioneers of that township, where they remained during the rest of their lives, their children having been six in number – John, William, Oliver, Anna, Rebecca and Catherine.
     William Gotschall was always ready to support measures and enterprises tending to advance the welfare of his home community and native county, was a staunch democrat in politics and was an earnest member of the United Brethren Church,, as was also his wife, whom he survived by more than thirty years, her death having occurred in 1873.  they became the parents of seven children:  Alvina is the wife of Elmer Dickerhoff, of Canton, and they have no children.  Anna Mary became the wife of John W. Gotschall.  Harry Sherman, who was born in Lee Township, Mar. 18, 1865, will be more definitely mentioned in a subjoining paragraph.  Margaret Belle and Sarah Elizabeth, twins, were born July 21, 1868, the former being the wife of Frank Lotz, and their four children being Foster, Raymond, Mary and Martha.  Sarah Elizabeth was united in marriage on the 25^th of January, 1895, to Maurice Gantz, who was born in Union township, Carroll County, May 21, 1866, a son of John and Mary Ann (Moody) Gantz, who were pioneer citizens of this county at the time of their death.  Maurice Gantz was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Carroll County,, and is a youth he was for some time employed at the butcher’s trade in the City of Cleveland.  Later he conducted a meat market at Carrollton for several years, and here his death occurred on the 11^th of November, 1915.  He was a republican, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as does also his widow.  They became the parents of three children: Paul W., who was born in the City of Cleveland, June 17, 1896, and who completed his studies in the Carrollton High School, is a tire-builder by vocation and resides at Carrollton, he having entered the nation’s military service Sept. 6, 1918, at Camp Sherman, and having their remained until the signing of the armistice brought the war to a close, his honorable discharge having been received in December; Ariel Margaret, born Apr. 26, 1900, has been given the advantages of the public schools of Carrollton, where she remains with her widowed mother; and Mary Ann, born Nov. 23, 1902, is a member of the class of 1923 in the Carrollton High School.
     HARRY SHERMAN GOTSCHALL received his youthful education in the public schools and after learning the trade of blacksmith he continued to follow the same, in Lee township, until 1916, since which time he has lived retired in the home of his sister, Mrs. Sadie Gantz, at Carrollton.  The maiden name of his first wife was Margaret Palmer, and they became the parents of three children, Roy, Z. Ralph, and Archie McKinley, of whom only the second is living.  As his second wife Mr. Gotschall married Miss Lura Harolet, and no children were born of this union.  The political allegiance of Mr. Gotschall is given to the republican party and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page  1007

CLEMENT W. GOTSHALL, one of the solid, sensible and reliable men and steady and industrious farmers of Rumley Township, is a man who stands very well with his neighbors.  He was born in Rumley Township Feb. 10, 1864, a son of Daniel and Amanda (Wortman) Gotshall, and a grandson of Jonas Gotshall.  Jonas Gotshall was one of the pioneer farmers of Rumley Township, coming to Harrison County from Pennsylvania, and here he continued to live the rest of his life.  He married Pollie Lacer, and their children were:   Anna, Matilda, Elizabeth, John, Jerry, Jacob, Daniel and Samuel.  In their religious convictions they were all Lutherans except Samuel, who was a Methodist.
     Daniel Gotshall was born in Rumley Township, and was here engaged in farming all his life, with the exception of seven years when he lived in Carroll County, and at the time of his death he owned 160 acres of land.  His wife was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and she bore her husband the following children: Mary, who married Samuel Arbaugh and Clement w., whose name heads this review.  Daniel Gotshall was married the second time, wedding Eliza Ann Wood, of Loudon Township, Carroll County, and they had one daughter, Margaret.  Mr. and Mrs. Gotshall also belonged to the Lutheran Church.
     Clement W. Gotshall attended the Rumley Township schools and those of Carroll County.  His first experience in farming on his own account was gained in Rumley Township, and he has continued to be interested in the agricultural matters of this township, where he owns 160 acres, and he also owns eighty-seven acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County.  These two farms join each other, so that he has 247 acres in one piece.  On this land he is carrying on general farming and stock-raising, with very gratifying results.
     On November 11, 1890, he was married to Miriam Cunningham, a daughter of Thomas H. and Elizabeth (McGavran) Cunningham, residents of New Rumley, where Mr. Cunningham, residents of New Rumley, where Mr. Cunningham was a merchant for many years.  He is deceased, but is still survived by his widow.  The Cunningham family was established in Harrison County6 by Mrs. Gotshall’s grandfather, Dr. William Cunningham, who came to New Rumley from Pennsylvania, and for some years was the only physician of the county.  She was born in the house her grandfather built for his family residence.  Mrs. Gotshall was one in a family of seven children, of which she was next to the youngest, the others being as follows:  John, who lives at Kansas City, Missouri; William E., who lives at Scio, Ohio; Ellsworth, who is deceased; George A., who is a painter and decorator of New Rumley; Thomas H., who is a farmer of New Rumley; and Finley, who is deceased.
     Mr. and Mrs. Gotshall have the following children:  Elizabeth Marie, who was graduated from the Jewett High School and Oberlin College, is now a teacher of Hubbard, Ohio; and Pearl, who married Waldo Thompson, and has one son, Kenneth Waldo.  Mr. and Mrs. Thompson live in Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio.  For the past five years Mr. Gotshall has been a director in the Jewett State Bank.  The Lutheran Church of New Rumley holds the membership of Mr. and Mrs. Gotshall.  They are very fine people in every sense of the word, and it would be difficult to find any who are more representative of the best elements of the county and state.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 779