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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio
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FREDERICK L. McINTIRE
has resided upon his present well improved farm since 1910
and has been the owner of the property since 1915. He is one of the
resourceful young men who are effectively upholding the prestige of Carroll
County as a center of productive and successful agricultural and livestock
enterprise. and his farm is eligibly situated in Loudon Township. on rural
mail route No. 3 from the City of Carrollton. He was born in Lee
Township, this county. Oct. 31, 1884. and is a son of James H. and
Lydia (Cogsil) McIntire, members of well known families long established
in this section of the Buckeye State.
On the home farm of his parents Frederic L. McIntire
passed the period of his childhood and earlier youth. and he profited fully
by the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native township, the
greater part of his schooling having been received in District No. 9 of Lee
Township. On the 7th of October, 1910, he was united in marriage with
Miss Nellie Guess, who likewise was born and reared in Lee Township.
as were also her parents. Emmett and Ella (George) Guess.
After his marriage Mr. McIntire rented his present farm of 160
acres. and in 1915 he purchased the property, which he continued to make the
stage of vigorous and successful farm enterprise. He is a democrat but
has had no desire to enter the arena of political activity. He and his
wife attend and support the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs and are
popular factors in the social life of their home community. They have
three children - Joseph, Lee and Bert.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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JAMES H. McINTIRE has
found in his native county excellent opportunities for the resourceful
exhibition of his initiative ability and progressive policies, for he has
not only become a prominent representative of agricultural industry but has
also controlled a substantial business in the manufacturing of lumber from
native timber in this section of the state. He owns and resides upon
his father's old home stead farm, of 163 acres, in Lee Township, besides
which he owns also 112 acres in London Township and 175 acres in Perry
Township. He has purchased a goodly amount of timber land in the
county and after felling the trees and manufacturing the same into lumber he
has sold much of the land, though he still retains a large and valuable
landed estate in his native county. He has been actively identified
with the lumber business since 1906, and from the time of his youth to the
present has closely associated with farm industry, in which connection he is
now one of ‘the representative agriculturists and stock-growers of the
county.
Mr. McIntire was born at Harlem Springs, this
county. on the 9th of November, 1859, and is a son of Samuel and Virlinda
(Davis) McIntire, both of whom passed their entire lives in Carroll
County. Within the course of his active career Samuel
McIntire owned several different farms in this county, and he was one of
the well-known and highly esteemed citizens of the county at the time of his
death, Apr. 24, 1900, his widow having survived him by about twelve years
and both having been zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. Of
their children the eldest is Miss Margaret, who resides at
Harlem Springs; Mary became the wife of Frank Osterman
and she is now deceased; James H., of this review, was the next in
order of birth; Emma is the widow of Andrew Tinlin and
resides in the city of Canton, Stark County; and Alice is a resident
of Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
In addition to receiving the advantages of the district
schools of his native county James H. McIntire also attended Harlem
College, at Harlem Springs. He early began to assist his father in
farm operations and in his independent career as a farmer and lumberman he
has shown exceptional energy and administrative ability, with the result
that he has achieved substantial success, the while he has so ordered his
course as to retain secure vantage place in popular confidence and esteem.
He is independent in political matters and he and his wife are active
members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs.
In 1882 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
McIntire to Miss Lydia Cogsll, who likewise was
born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of the late
Oliver Cogsil.
The eldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. McIntire
is Frederick, who is a successful farmer in London Township; May
is the wife of Frederick Simmons, of Lee Township; Ruth
is the widow of William H. Tope and she and her only child, Dean,
reside with her parents; Frank is a progressive farmer in London
Township; Hazel is the wife of William Stenger, of that
township; and Robert. Pauline and Ralph are still
members of the parental home circle.
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ROBERT A.
McLAUGHLIN, whose death occurred July 29, 1909, was a representative
of one of the well-known and highly honored pioneer families of Carroll
County and in his earnest and well-ordered life he well upheld the prestige
of the name which he bore. As a native son of Carroll County and as a
man of sterling character and worthy achievement, he merits a memorial
tribute in this history.
Mr. McLaughlin was born in Lee Township, Carroll
County, June 22, 1859, and is a son of William L. and Jane (Anderson)
McLaughlin, the former of whom was born on the old homestead farm, in
Lee Township, Jan. 12, 1823, and the latter was also born and reared in
Carroll County. James McLaughlin, grandfather of William L.,
was a native of Scotland and came to America about the middle of the
eighteenth century, the remainder of his life having been passed in
Washington County, Pennsylvania. HE married Margaret Mitchell
and they became the parents of nine children. James McLaughlin
took part in the French and Indian war and also the War of the Revolution.
Robert McLaughlin, father of William L.,
was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Feb. 16, 1782, and there, in
1810, was solemnized his marriage to Nancy Lindsay who was born Dec.
19, 1786. They became the parents of eleven children, all whom were
born in Carroll County, Ohio, where the parents established their home in
1810 - the year of their marriage. Robert McLaughlin reclaimed
a farm from the virgin forest and became one of the honored and influential
citizens of Carroll County, in the organization of which he assisted.
He served in various local offices, united with the republican party at the
time of its organization, and did well his part in the initial stages of
development and progress in this section of Ohio. He was one of the
honored pioneer citizens of Lee Township at the time of his death, Feb. 5,
1869, and his widow passed away on the 24th of February of the following
year.
That William L. McLaughlin profited fully by the
advantages afforded in the primitive pioneer schools is shown by the fact
that at the age of twenty-two years he became a teacher in the local schools
and that he successfully followed the pedagogic profession five years.
He finally came into ownership of the old homestead farm on which he was
born and there he continued his well ordered activities as an agriculturist
and stock-grower during the remainder of his active career. He was of
venerable age at the time of his death, as was also his wife, and of their
ten children, Robert A., of this memoir, was the eldest.
William L. McLaughlin married in 1854, Miss Elizabeth McAllister,
whose death occurred May 1, 1858, and who was survived by one daughter,
Elizabeth. October 13, 1858, recorded the marriage of Mr.
McLaughlin to Miss Jane Anderson and of their children nine are
now living, Robert A., Ambrose E., Sheridan B., Horace T., James R.,
Samuel C., William D., Viola J., Ella F. Both Mr. and Mrs.
McLaughlin were earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church and in
politics Mr. McLaughlin was a staunch republican, he having served in
various local offices, including that of township trustee.
Robert A. McLaughlin passed the period of his
childhood on the old home farm which had originally been owned by his
paternal grandfather, and there he continued to reside until he had attained
to the age of twenty-five years, his educational advantages in the meanwhile
having been those of the public schools of Lee Township. He learned
the carpenter's trade, and to this he gave his attention until he was chosen
manager of the Bergholz Telephone Company at Carrollton, a position of which
he continued the efficient incumbent until his death. His political
allegiance was given to the republican party and he was an earnest member of
the United Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, she having been chief
operator in the Carrollton office of the Bergholz Telephone Company since
October, 1904.
On the 30th of September, 1884, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. McLaughlin to Miss Sarah Jane Scarlott, who
likewise was born in Lee Township and who is a daughter of Stephen
and Letitia (Fawcett) Scarlott, both natives of Lee Township, where
the respective families, settled in the pioneer days. The paternal
grandparents of Mrs. McLaughlin were William and Elizabeth Ellen
Scarlott, and her maternal grandparents, Alexander and Bessie (Riley)
Fawcett, were natives of Ireland, they having been well known pioneer
citizens of Carroll County at the time of their deaths. In conclusion
of this memoir is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and
Mrs. McLaughlin: Lela J. is the wife of Ernest Favri, of
Carroll County, and they have five children - Herman, Harry, Sarah,
Helen, and Robert. Bessie is the wife of Roy George,
and they have two children - Ralph and Leonard. Grace
remains with her widowed mother in their pleasant home at Carrollton.
Harry F., who was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, October 6,
1895, was graduated in the Carrollton High School as a member of the class
of 1913. In the same year he took a position in the offices of the
Cummings Trust Company, of Carrollton, and he was thus engaged until Oct. 6,
1917, when he was called into the nation's service in connection with
American participation in the great World war. He was assigned to the
medical detachment of the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, and was
at Camp Sherman, Ohio, until June, 1918, when he went with his command to
New York City, where, on the 13th of June, he sailed for France. he
landed in France on the 23d of the same month, and previously had received
warrant as a sergeant first class, Medical Department. On the 22d of
November, 1918, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Sanitary
Corps, and he remained in active service in France until July, 1919, the
15th of that month having recorded his arrival in the port of New York City.
On the 5th of the following month he received his honorable discharge, and
on the 1st of September, 1919, he was made secretary of the Cummings Trust
Company, in which position he served up to September, 1920, when he was
elected cashier of The First National Bank of Carrollton, which is rapidly
growing with success. He is independent in politics and is affiliated
with the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. July 28, 1917, recorded
the marriage of Harry F. McLaughlin to Miss Florence E. McCully,
daughter of P. O. McCully, of whom mention is made on other pages.
Of this union two children were born, Harry, Jr., who was born
September 1, 1918, while his father was in service in France, and whose life
shall constitute a memorial to the loyalty and patriotism of his youthful
sire, and Retha Virginia, born August 7, 1920.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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EDWARD
MAPLE. After having
long been numbered among the successful representatives of farm industry in
his native county, Mr. Maple
sold his farm and in the spring of 1920 removed to Carrollton, the
county seat, where he is now living retired and finds merited surcrease from
the industrial labors and responsibilities that were formerly his portion.
Mr. Maple was born in Center Township, Carroll County, on
the 31st of May, 1851, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Dray)
Maple, the former of whom likewise was a native of Center Township,
where he was born in the year 1821, and the latter of whom was born in
Trumbull County, this state. David Maple, who came
from Pennsylvania to Carroll County in the early pioneer era, before the
organization of the county, and who settled in Center Township, where the
father obtained a tract of land and reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds.
On this old homestead he and his wife passed the remainder of their portion
to the civic and material development of the county. David
Maple early began to assist in the arduous work of the pioneer farm
which was the place of his birth, and his educational advantages were those
afforded in the primitive schools of the locality and period. He
eventually became the owner of a valuable landed estate of 600 acres, and
was one of the substantial farmers and honored citizens of Center Township
at the time of his death in 1888, his wife having passed away in 1886.
He was a republican in politics and his wife was a member of the Christian
Church. They became the parents of six children - Edward,
Jacob, Mary Elizabeth, Susan, Anna Theresa and
George Washington.
The old
homestead farm gave its benignant influence and discipline to the childhood
and youth of Edward Maple, and his alert mind broadened its
ken through his application to study in the public schools of the locality.
He learned all details of farm industry while yet a youth, and when the
father made provision for his children by giving to each a farm
Edward received as his allotment an excellent place of 160 acres in
Center Township. This farm, upon which he made many improvements of
modern order, continued as the stage of his successful activities as an
agriculturist and stock-grower until 1920, when he sold the valuable
property and in April established his home at Carrollton, where he purchased
the attractive residence in which he and wife delight to extend welcome to
their host of friends in the county. In politics Mr. Maple
has never deviated from the line of staunch allegiance to the republican
party, and while he has had no ambition for public office he gave effective
service during his incumbency of the position of assessor of his native
township. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church.
On the 27th of September, 1887, Mr. Maple was united in
marriage to Miss Eliza Barnhouse, who was born in Perry
Township, Carroll Co., Aug. 26, 1853, a daughter of Samuel and
Susannah (Stewart) Barnhouse, both natives of Carroll County, where
the respective families were founded in the early pioneer days.
Mrs. Barnhouse was a daughter of Mahlon Stewart,
a prominent and influential pioneer of whom more specific mention will be
found in connection with other personal sketches appearing in this work, he
having been the founder of the village of Perrysville, this county.
Mr. Barnhouse died in 1894.
Mr. and Mrs. Maple have four children: Howard is
married and resides in the city of Canton, Stark County, he having served
two years during the nation's participation in the World war and having
passed about one year in France, where he was assigned to the mail
department of the service of the American Expeditionary Forces:
Ralph E., of Carrollton, married Miss Bessie Noble,
and they have two children, Marion and Joseph; and
Oma and Curtis remain at the parental home.
Edward Dray, maternal grandfather of Mr. Maple,
was one of the men associated with pioneer ore mining and other kindred
operations near Niles, Trumbull County, and he also served as a soldier in
the War of 1812. He finally established his residence on a pioneer
farm in East Township, where his wife died, and he passed the closing period
of his life in the home of his daughter Elizabeth, mother
of the subject of this review, where he died when about ninety years of age.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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HARRY
W. MAPLE, whose fine farm of 160 acres is situated in Lee Township,
Carroll County, is a native of this township and a popular representative of
a family whose name has been long and worthily identified with the history
of this favored section of the Buckeye state.
Harry Winters Maple was born Mar. 3, 1866, and is a son of
James and Henrietta (Lotts) Maple, the former of whom was
likewise born in Lee township and the latter in Union Township, a daughter
of Henry and Phoebe (Johnson) Lotts, her father having been
a native of Germany and a pioneer settler in Carroll County.
Mrs. Mary (Moody) Maple's parents were among the very first
settlers in Lee Township, and both the Maple and
Johnson families have been prominent factors in the civic and
industrial development and progress of Carroll County, with pioneer honors
like those of the Moody and Lotts
families. James Maple became one of the
successful farmers of Carroll County, where he originally had a farm in Lee
Township, whence he removed to a farm in Union Township, where his son
Harry W. of this sketch passed the major part of his
childhood and youth, his early education having been obtained mainly in the
district school known as the Foot school. James Maple
was one of the sterling and influential men of the county and served many
years as a member of the board of directors of the county infirmary.
He was a republican in politics and was an active member of the United
Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow, who now resides at Carrollton.
Of the children the first born was Edwin, who is deceased;
J. W. is a farmer in Lee Township; Harry W.,
of this review, was the next in order of birth; Flora is
the wife of George Ray, of Carrollton; Anna
is the wife of Jacob Allen, of Alliance, Stark
County; Ella is the wife of Stewart Hess,
of Union Township; John is a resident of the City of
Alliance; Gertrude is the wife of Martin Southern,
of Carrollton; and Perry maintains his home at Alliance.
Harry W. Maple continued to be associated with the
activities of his father's farm until the time of his marriage, in 1891, and
he then rented a farm in Center Township. One year later he removed to
a farm in Lee Township, where he continued his activities six years, the
following year having been passed on a farm in Loudon Township. He
then, in 1900, purchased his present farm, upon which he has made excellent
improvements, including the partial remodeling of the substantial old brick
house that has long stood on the place. He is numbered among the
vigorous and successful exponents of agricultural and live-stock industry in
his native county. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party and while he has had no ambition for public office his civic loyalty
has been shown in his effective service as a member of the school board of
his district. He is affiliated with the local Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry and holds membership in the United Presbyterian Church, as did
also his wife, who passed to the life eternal on the 28th of October, 1912.
The year 1891 recorded the marriage of Mr. Maple to
Miss Rena Maude George, who was born and reared in Lee Township and
who was a daughter of James L. George, a representative of
another of the sterling pioneer families of Carroll County.
Mrs. Maple is survived by five children: Mearle
is the wife of Albert R. Rutledge, of Lee Township; Martha
is the wife of James Ohler, of East Palestine, Columbiana
County; Nellie is the wife of Oscar Ohler,
of Fox Township, Carroll County; and James Harry, and
Wilda remain at the paternal home.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 525 |
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JESSE MARSHALL,
who for many years has been well known in business and the public life of
Carroll County, was born in Washington Township, Oct. 14, 1853.
This branch of the Marshall family lives for
several generations in West Virginia. His grandfather Joshua
Marshall came from West Virginia to Carroll County at a very early day,
spending the rest of his active life on a farm in Washington Township Eli
Marshall, father of Jesse Marshall, was born in Washington
Township in 1830. He married Sarah Jane Roudebush, who was born
in Carroll County in 1835. The Roudebush family is one of long
and honorable distinction in this section of Ohio. The ancestry goes
back to two brothers, Abraham Jacob, who came form Holland to New
Amsterdam in 1650, the early colonial period. Later the family was
established in Maryland, 1666, and also in Pennsylvania and they became
people of large resources and many business enterprises. The first of
the family came to Carroll County in 1816, and other followed in subsequent
years, and the history of Carroll County makes frequent reference to many of
the name. The father of Sarah Jane Roudebush was Jesse
Roudebush who was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1795. He
died at Carrollton in 1868. He and his brothers and other members of
the family founded the Church of Christ at Mount Olive in Carroll County.
Eli Marshall spent his active life on a farm in
Washington Township where he died in 1883, and his wife is still living at
the age of eighty-six. She was the mother of three children:
Jesse, Levi and Anna M. who is the wife of James N. Lawrence
of Carrollton.
Jesse Marshall attended the country schools and
made good use of his opportunities. For fifteen years he was a
successful teacher, and in 1888 removed to Carrollton where for thirteen
years he was engaged in the wool and grain business. He was elected
county treasurer on the republican ticket and served two terms. For
the last fourteen yeas he has been in the monument business.
In 1878 he married Miss Catherine A. Dennis, a
native of Jefferson County, Ohio. Her father Christian Dennis
spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Marshall home
and died at the age of ninety-one. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall who
are members of the Church of Christ have three sons: Elmer G.; Clayton L.
who lives at Canton, Ohio, and married Hazel Hines; and Cecil
Dwight who married Exa Mills on June 18, 1919.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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WILLIAM H.
MILLER, who maintains his residence and business
headquarters at Carrollton, judicial center of Carroll County, has become
one of the representative buyers and shippers of live stock in his native
county, and is a scion of one of its well known pioneer families. He
was born in Center Township. this county, June 19, 1858, and is a son of
John and Susanna (Cox) Miller, the former being a native of Union
Township and the latter of Center Township. Jonas Miller,
grandfather of William H., was born and reared in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. and from the old Keystone State he and his wife came in an
early day to Carroll County and settled on a pioneer farm in Union Township,
he having taken up a tract of Government land there and having reclaimed the
same from the forest into a productive farm. Both he and his wife
passed the remainder of their lives on this old homestead.
William H. Miller was reared on the home farm
which was the place of his birth and is indebted to the public schools of
Carroll County for his early educational discipline. As a young man he
was engaged in independent farm enterprise about eight years, and since 1886
he has been engaged successfully in the buying and shipping of live stock,
with residence in the city of Carrollton, where he occupies the handsome and
modern residence which he erected in 1915, on West Main Street. He is
a stockholder in the Cummings Trust Company, of Carrollton, and also in the
First National Bank of this city. Though never manifesting might of
ambition for political activity or preferment, Mr. Miller is a
loyal supporter of the cause of the republican party and is liberal and
progressive in his civic attitude. He is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mr. Miller is still actively associated
with the basic industry of agriculture, as the owner of two well improved
farms, in Washington Township, and in addition to his substantial business
as a shipper of live stock he also buys and ships wool each successive
season. His reputation is that of a vigorous, resourceful and
successful business man. His maternal grandparents, Henry and
Hannah (Price) Cox, the latter a native of Scotland, were early settlers
in Center Township, where Mr. Cox developed a good farm, though he
was a young man at the time of his death, his wife having survived him by
many years.
In September. 1881, was recorded the marriage of Mr.
Miller to Miss Lucinda Adams, who likewise was born and reared
in Carroll County and whose death occurred in 1888, she having been a devout
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is survived by her only
child, Grace, who is the wife of Robert E. Cameron, of Carroll
County, they having become the parents of five children - Helen,
Miller (deceased), Margaret, Robert and Dorothy.
In 1891 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Miller to Miss Maude Florence Stewart, who
was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, June 23, 1865. The one
child of this union is John Stewart Miller, who is engaged in the
electrical business, and resides at Lorain, Ohio. He married Miss
Ruby Moore, and they have one child, Lois Adrianna.
Mrs. Miller is a daughter of Edward and Martha Ann (Davis)
Stewart, the former of whom was born in Perry Township, Harrison County,
a daughter of William Davis, a pioneer of that county.
Edward Stewart became one of the most substantial farmers and
influential citizens of his native township and also operated a tannery for
a number of years. He owned a fine farm of 464 acres, was a republican
in politics, and served with marked ability as a member of the board of
county commissioners, both he and his wife having been zealous members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and both having been venerable in years at
the time of their death. Their marriage was solemnized in 1847, and
they became the parents of eleven children. Edward Stewart
was a son of Mahlon and Elizabeth (Park) Stewart, natives of
Maryland, and in 1804 they became pioneer settlers in Jefferson County,
Ohio, whence they came in 1820, to what is now Carroll County, where be
reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds and where he remained until his
death, in 1879, when nearly ninety-two years of age, his wife having passed
away in 187l, at the age of eighty-four years. Mahlon
Stewart became a resident of Carroll County more than a decade prior to
its organization, and in 1835, on his land, he laid out the village of
Perrysville. He was first a whig and later a republican in politics
and he and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
though she was a birthright member of the Society of Friends. They
became the parents of seven children, all of whom are now deceased.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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IRA S.
MOODY. A broad-minded, public spirited citizen of Carrollton,
Carroll Co., Ira S. Moody, a prominent coal operator and merchant, ahs long
been associated with the higher and better interests of this section of the
state, ever advocating and working for those ideas and measures that will be
of lasting good to the community. A native of Carroll County, he was
born, Apr. 12, 1874, in Center Township, on the farm which his
Grandfather Moody hewed from the wilderness. On the paternal
side he is of Irish ancestry, being a lineal descendant in the fifty
generation of James Moody, the immigrant, the lineage being
thus traced; James, John, John, Frank B. and Ira S.
Born and reared in Ireland, James Moody came as a young man
to the United States, making his way directly into Ohio. Locating in
Fox Township, in that part of Columbiana Co. that is now included in Carroll
County, he took up land near Scroggsfield, and began to clear from the dense
wilderness a home for himself and family.
His
son John Moody was born and brought up on the parental
homestead, in Fox Township, and there spent his entire life, being engaged
during his active career in agricultural pursuits. He married
Phoebe Pugh, and to them seven children were born, three sons and
four daughters.
John Moody, son
of the foregoing John Moody, was born Jan. 14, 1818, in
Carroll Co., where he acquired his early education. At the age of
fourteen years, he went to Harrisburg, Carroll Co., and there served with
his brother-in-law, David Need, an apprenticeship at the
wagon maker's trade. Returning to his home at the end of three years, he
subsequently entered the employ of Elisha McG__ the pioneer
wagon and plow manufacturer of Carrollton. Embarking in business on
his own account in 1839, he continued at his trade for a number of years,
building up a large business. Subsequently buying on to it, and in
addition to carrying on general farming and sheep raising operated a coal
mine, being the pioneer in that branch of industry. He was a
republican in politics, influential in party ranks, and served two terms as
county treasurer. He married, Mar. 28, 1839, Lena, daughter of
John and Mary (Reed) Pugh, of Virginia, and they became the
parents of the following named children; Mary Ann, who became the wife of
John Gratz; John married Areal Amos,
daughter of William Amos, of Carroll County; Frank
P., father of Ira S.; William married
Susie, daughter of W. F. Brecker, of Carrollton;
William Harrison died in 1841; Phoebe Ellen
died in 1843; Maurice died in 1857; and Samantha
Jane died in 1888. Both parents were members of the
Presbyterian Church. Neither are now living. It is well here to
say that John Moody, the pioneer coal dealer of Carroll
County, operated a mine situated on the farm now owned by Honorable
D. O. Return, conducting the business for a quarter of a century.
He was succeeded by his son Frank and his grandson, Ira S., who operated on
a much more extensive scale, the Moodys having supplied the people of this
part of Ohio for a full half century.
Frank P.
Moody was born in Carrollton, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1853, and acquired his
education in the public schools Growing to manhood on the farm he became
familiar with coal mining, and having succeeded to the business established
by his father operated the mine located on the farm now owned by
Mrs. Emma Fawcett for a number of years. He married, Oct. 16,
1873, Catherine C. Smeltz, who was born Jan. 26, 1854, in
Union Township, Carroll Co., where her father, Peter Smeltz,
was a pioneer settler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Moody,
who are now living on a farm just west of Carrollton, have but one child,
Ira S.
Ira S. Moody became
associated with his father in business when a young man, and has operated on
an extensive scale. For a long time he and his father supplied the
local brick yard with coal, also carrying on a large domestic business, and
their mine, with the exception of the brick yard, giving employment to more
men than any other concern in Carrollton. When the mine was
practically worked out father and son gave up operating it. In 1912
Ira S. Moody established what is now one of the most modern
and convenient coal yards in this section, it being located along the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, south side of Carrollton, and there he is
carrying on a large and substantial business, handling the Pennsylvania and
Ohio coal, and furnishing most of the coal consumed by the people of
Carrollton. Mr. Moody founded his business on the
principles elucidated by the honest coal dealers, his motto, to which he is
ever faithful, being "No short weights, and no long waits." As a youth
Mr. Moody worked for awhile on the old "Carrollton
Republican," learning the printer's trade, and later held cases for
awhile on that paper's successor, the "Republican Standard."
Mr. Moody is a find musician, his favorite instrument being
the double BB bass on which he has become very proficient. He has had
a wide experience in the band business, covering a period of over twenty
years, playing with many good organizations. He was one of the leading
spirits in the famous Carrollton Band, and was its manager for a number of
years. This organization was made up from the best families of
Carrollton and would have been a credit to many towns of a much larger
population, for it attracted considerable attention, wherever it went.
Mr. Moody served a five-year enlistment with the Fifth
Regiment Band. When this organization was engaged to play at St.
Louis Exposition in 1905 Mr. Moody was with them on this engagement.
Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons,
belonging to lodge, chapter, council and commandery.
Mr. Moody married, Nov. 7, 1903, Miss Josephine
Campbell, and they have an attractive home, in which they
hospitably entertain their many friends and acquaintances. Mr.
and Mrs. Moody have no children. both are active and valued
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 940 |
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CASPER MOTTER, a prosperous
farmer of Rose Township, has spent a large share of his life on the farm of
eighty acres he now owns, having been engaged in agricultural pursuits since
he was old enough to take any active part in helping to carry on his
father's work, and at the same time he has been engaged in carpentering.
He was born in Rose Township, on a farm of 30 acres, Mar. 2, 1860. a son of
Michael and Catherine (Brankle) Motter. Michael
Motter was born in Wiersheim, Alsace, France, and was twenty-two years
old when he came to the United States. By trade a cabinetmaker, he
learned this trade in his native land. He was the youngest of eleven
children, and when his father died in Alsace, he returned to his old home
for his mother, whom he brought back to a farm in Harrison Township. Carroll
County. When he was twenty-eight years old he was married to
Catherine Brankle. of Rose Township, and then moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for a year. For the
next year he continued working at his trade at Cape Girardeaux, Missouri,
and then moved to Waynesburg, Stark County, Ohio. but after a short period
returned to Carroll County, and settled on a thirty-acre farm in. Rose
Township. This continued the family home for eleven years, when
removal was made to another thirty-acre farm in another part of the same
township. At the expiration of ten years and ten months he bought
eighty acres in Rose Township, now occupied by his son, and here he died in
May, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, his wife having passed away in
November, 1896. They had eleven children, namely: Casper,
who was the seventh: Clara Catherine, the youngest, who was
born Jan. 8, 1868, has never married and keeps house for her brother,
Casper, who has also never married; and William Henry, who
was born May 24, 1864, is a farmer and school-teacher of Rose Township.
Casper Motter attended the local schools
of Rose Township during the winter terms until he was nineteen years old.
and then learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked until 1894, at
which time he located permanently upon the homestead and began to put to
practical use the lessons in farming his father had taught him during his
boyhood and youth. His farm is one of the well improved ones of the
township, and he takes a pride in keeping his buildings in good condition
and modern in every respect. He has been very successful in his
operations and is a man of ample means.
Miss Clara Catherine Motter
attended the school in District No. 3, Rose Township, until she was
twenty-one years of age. She learned to weave carpet and manufactures
all of the carpet for the house, all of them being marvels in workmanship.
She is a very industrious person, and is noted for her housekeeping.
Mr. Motter is a democrat. He belongs to the Church of the
Immaculate Conception at Morges, and his sister is a member of the Altar
Society of that church. They are held in the highest esteem in their
neighborhood, where they have a number of warm, personal friends.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 996 |
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