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BIOGRAPHIES
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JAMES M. SCOTT.
In the preceding sketch of the career of his brother, with whom he is
associated in the mercantile business at Harlem Springs, Carroll County, is
given adequate record of the fraternal partnership and also of the family
history, so that this sketch of James M. Scott may permit the
elimination of data already given.
Mr. Scott was born at Kilgore, Carroll County,
on the 2d of December, 1878, and here he was reared and educated.
While a mere lad he became associated with his brother in the running of a
huckstering wagon, as noted in the preceding article, and after the
termination of this juvenile business alliance he went to Nodaway County,
Missouri, where he was employed on a farm for one year. Thereafter he
held a position in the Ohio State Hospital at Cleveland, for six months, and
for five years thereafter he was a street car conductor in the city of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He then returned to Kilgore and became an
assistant in his father's wool business. About a year later the father and
son here established a general store, and of the removal to Harlem Springs
and the upbuilding of the present thriving mercantile business of the
Scott brothers sufficient description is given in the foregoing sketch.
Mr. Scott gives his allegiance to the republican party, he and his
wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, and he is affiliated with
the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 124. Carrollton Township,
while in the Scottish Rite of Masonry he maintains affiliation with the
Carson Lodge of Perfection, at Steubenville.
In November, 1910, Mr. Scott wedded Miss Mary
Blazer, who was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, a daughter of
Joseph and Margaret (Scott) Blazer, both likewise natives of Carroll
County.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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JOHN L. SCOTT
has significantly proved in his independent career as an agriculturist and
stock-grower that he followed the course of wisdom when he decided to remain
on the fine old home farm which was the place of his nativity and which has
afforded him excellent opportunities for successful achievement. This
farm, comprising 162 acres, is eligibly situated in Monroe Township, Carroll
County, on rural mail route No. 4 from Carrollton, the county seat, six
miles distant. On this farm John Loman Scott was born Sept. 6,
1871, a son of Wilson and Elizabeth Anne (McClintock) Scott. On
this same ancestral homestead farm Wilson Scott was born and reared,
and here he passed his entire life, during which he never found it expedient
to sever his allegiance to the basic industry of the farm, in connection
with which he gained substantial success. He was a son of Thomas
and Isabelle (Carlisle) Scott, who were natives of Scotland and
who were numbered among the pioneer settlers of what is now Carroll County,
where they established their home at the time when this county was still a
part of Tuscarawas County, Carroll County having been organized in 1833.
Thomas Scott was born July 28, 1789, and his wife was born on the
18th of the same month and year, their marriage having been solemnized Feb.
13, 1817. Upon coming to America from his native land Thomas
Scott first settled in Brooke County, Virginia, and it was from the
historic Old Dominion state that he came in an early day to Ohio and
numbered himself among the pioneer settlers of the present Carroll County.
The quarter section of land which he here obtained from the Government
constitutes the major portion of the farm now owned by his grandson, John
L.,, of this sketch, who remains in his possession the original
parchment deed to the property, the same bearing the signature of James
Monroe, who was then President of the United States. Thomas
Scott reclaimed his land from the virgin forest and with the passing
years prosperity attended his earnest and well ordered activities as a
pioneer farmer. He and his noble wife were venerable and honored
citizens of Carroll County at the time of their deaths, and remained on the
old home farm from the time they came to Ohio until they passed from the
stage of life's mortal endeavors, Mr. Scott's death having occurred
on Dec. 21, 1870, and that of his wife Apr. 20, 1862. They became the
parents of four sons and three daughters, of whom Wilson, father of
the subject of this review, was the youngest.
After the death of his parents Wilson Scott came
into full possession of the old home farm, he having purchased the interests
of the other heirs, and here he continued his resourceful and successful
activities until his death, which occurred Jan. 16, 1912, his wife having
passed away Aug. 11, 1906. They became the parents of two sons and
three daughters, all of whom are living, and of the number John L. is
the youngest. Wilson Scott, a man of strong mentality and well
fortified opinions, give unqualified allegiance to the republican party, and
his civic loyalty was shown in his effective service in the offices of
trustee and treasurer of Monroe township. Both he and his wife were
earnest members of the Presbyterian Church at Dellroy.
John L. found the period of his boyhood and
youth varied by work on the home farm and attending the district schools
during the winter terms. The old farm has continued as the stage of
his independent enterprise in connection with progressive agricultural and
live-stock industry, in connection with which, as in his civic relations, he
is well upholding the high prestige of the family name. He is a
republican in politics and he and his wife are active members of the
Presbyterian Church at Dellroy. He takes a lively interest in
community affairs, is a member of the Grange at Petersburg, and is a
stockholder in the First National Bank of Carrollton.
Sept. 12, 1900, recorded the marriage of Mr.
Scott to Miss Jessie B. Johnston, who was born Feb. 14, 1876, in
Harrison county. The father of Mrs. Scott was a son of
Andrew Johnston, Sr., who was born and reared in the north of Ireland,
and at the time of his arrival in the United States his financial resources
were reduced to the lowest limit, though he was well fortified in energy and
self-reliance. He married Margaret Humphreys, likewise a native
of Ireland, and they became the early settlers in Harrison County, Ohio,
where they passed the remainder of their lives and where Mr.
Johnston was a farmer by vocation. Of the eight children
Andrew, Jr., was the seventh in order of birth, and is the only one of
the number now living. He is one of the substantial farmers and highly
respected citizens of Harrison County, where he and his wife reside on their
excellent arm in Stock Township. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have four
children - Elizabeth, Milton K., Mildred and Mary Smith.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 953 |
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ROBERT C.
SCOTT, JR., who is associated with his brother James M. in the
conducting of a prosperous general merchandise business at Harlem Springs,
Carroll County, has had a diversified and interesting career that has
involved his residence in various states of the Union, but his loyalty to
and appreciation of his native county eventually led to his returning to the
same and identifying himself with his present business enterprise. He
is a scion of a family that was founded in this section of Ohio nearly a
century ago, by Robert G. Scott, Sr., who was born in Washington
County, Pennsylvania, a son of Josiah Scott, who was one of the early
settlers in that county. Two brothers of Robert Scott became
clergyman of the Presbyterian Church. He himself was reared and
educated in the old Keystone State, where, in 1804 was solemnized his
marriage to Elizabeth Munnel, and in 1827 they came to Ohio and
settled in that part of Harrison County that is now included in Carroll
County. Here he remained until his death, in 1830, and his wife
survived him by several years. Their son Robert G., grandfather
of Robert C., of this review, was born in Washington County,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 18, 1813, and he was about fourteen years old at the
time of the family removal to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood under the
conditions marking the pioneer days. In April, 1835, he married
Miss Elizabeth Steeves, who was born in the Province of New Brunswick
Canada, in April, 1814, her parents, Christian and Olive (Lutz) Steeves,
having come to Ohio in 1829 and settled in North Township, Harrison County.
Robert G. Scott followed the trade of carpenter for a number of
years, was a sutler with the Union forces during about one year of the Civil
war, and at the time of his death he was a resident of Germano, Harrison
County, his business having been that of operating a planing mill at that
place. He was one of the leading citizens of Harrison County and one
of its honored and venerable pioneers at the time when his life came to a
close. He was a republican in political adherency and he and his wife
were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their eleven
children Robert C. Jr. was the eighth in order of birth.
Robert C. Scott, Sr., whose death occurred at
Harlem Springs, Carroll County, November 9, 1916, was born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1847. He was five years of age at the time of
the family removal to Carroll County where his early educational advantages
included those of Harlem College. He was employed for some time in his
father's grist mill, and in 1871 he engaged in the buying and shipping of
farm produce, at Kilgore. He became one of the leading wool buyers of
the county, and shipped an average of 75,000 pounds of wool annually for a
number of years. In the autumn of 1912 he removed to Harlem
Springs and became associated with his sons in mercantile business, and here
he remained until his death. He was a man of sterling character and
marked business ability, was a republican in politics and his religious
faith was that of the Presbyterian Church, of which his widow likewise is a
zealous member.
October 30, 1873, recorded the marriage of Robert C.
Scott, Sr., to Miss Almira Shipps, who was born in Loudon
Township, Carroll County, Aug. 30, 1853, a daughter of James and Margaret
(Simmons) Shipps, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of what
is now Carroll County, Ohio, she being now a resident of Carthage, Missouri,
and celebrated in 1921 the ninety-third anniversary of her birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott became the parents of five children, of whom the
first, Maggie O., died at the age of thirteen years; Robert C.,
Jr., and James M. are partners in the mercantile business at
Harlem Springs, as previously noted; and Paul died in infancy.
Robert C. Scott, Jr., elder of the two surviving
children of Robert C. and Almira (Shipps) Scott, was born at Kilgore,
Carroll County, on the 18th of October, 1876. He received the
advantages of the public schools and also attended college at Harlem
Springs. When he was but fifteen years old he and his younger brother,
James M., began the operation of a huckster's wagon from Kilgore, and
they continued the enterprise about two years, in the handling of farm
produce. Mr. Scott became a street car conductor in the city of
Cleveland, and after thus serving one year he followed the same vocation at
St. Louis, Missouri, for three years. For the ensuing three years he
held a position in the auditing department of the Wabash Railroad, at
Detroit, Michigan, and his next change took him to Texas, where he was for
three years in the auditing department of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad, with headquarters at Dallas. Finally he returned to Kilgore,
Ohio, where he was for one year associated with his father and brother in
the conducting of a general store. Removal was then made to Harlem
Springs, where he and his brother purchased a substantial business block and
in the same opened the general store which they have here successfully
conducted since that time. The brothers are wide-awake, progressive
and reliable business men and have developed a substantial enterprise, based
alike on their personal popularity and on the effective service given.
Mr. Scott is aligned in the ranks of the republican party, is
affiliated with Union Lodge No. 3, Free and Accepted Masons, in the city of
Detroit, Michigan, and is identified also with the Scottish Rite branch of
the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife hold membership in the
Presbyterian Church in their home village.
In June, 1905, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Scott to Miss Monica Phillips, who was born at Kilgore, this
county, and who is a daughter of Andrew ands Mary (Seaton) Phillips,
both likewise natives of Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Scott
have one child, Lucile Mary, born July 23, 1906, in Dennison, Texas.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 833 |
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JAMES DANIEL SLATES.
The Slates family was founded in America in the colonial period of
our nation's history, Frederick Slates having immigrated to this
country from his native Germany and having established his home in Virginia,
where he passed the remainder of his life. His son Adam was
born and reared in Loudon County, that state, and there he married Miss
Savilla Winner, their children having been five in number: George,
William, Mary (Mrs. Walters). Elizabeth (Mrs. Sawvel), and
Solomon. Adam Slates died when his son William was still a
boy, and his widow later became the wife of John Snow. William
was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, Dec. 29, 1823,
and was there reared to the age of sixteen years. He then came to
Ohio, where he found employment at common labor, and after returning to his
native state he was employed one year by his stepfather. He
finally left the Old Dominion state and came again in Ohio, where, in 1847,
he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County, the
place having been land that had been obtained from the government by
Jacob Gotschall. Jan. 15, 1814, Mr. Slates coming into
possession of the original deed or warrant, which ears the signature of
President James Madison, this document being now in possession of his
son Nelson E., who owns and resides upon the old homestead form which
now comprises 146 acres and is one of the valuable properties of Carroll
County. to his original homestead William Slates added, with
increasing prosperity, until he was the owner of a fine landed estate of 363
acres. He remained on the home place until his death, August, 1894,
and was one of the reliable, upright and honored pioneer citizens of the
county at the time when his long and useful life came to a close. His
widow survived him by fourteen years and passed to the life eternal n
November 1912, both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church
and Mr. Slates having been a loyal republican in political
allegiance. He was a thoroughgoing farmer and made the best of
improvements on his property, the while he stood forth as one of the
successful and representative agriculturists and stock-raisers of Loudon
Township.
On the 1st of June, 1847, as solemnized the marriage of
William Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born at Kilgore,
Carroll County, Nov. 1, 1827, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell)
Hosterman, sterling pioneer settlers of this county. William
and Mary Slates became the parents of nine children; Franklin,
who was born July 23, 1848, was a representative farmer of Loudon Township
at the time of his death; Minerva was born Oct. 2, 1850, and died in
childhood; the next two children died in infancy; Samantha was born
Mar. 4, 1855, died young, as did also Arminthia, who was born Mar. 5,
1858, and died at the age of six years; Lenaeus was born Dec. 21,
1860, and resides upon his excellent farm, in Perry Township; Nelson E.,
whose name introduces this article, was the next in order of birth; and
Laura, who was born June 18, 1866, is the wife of Henry Steves,
of Loudon Townships.
Nelson E. Slates was born Jan. 5, 1864, on the
old homestead farm which is his present place of residence, in Loudon
Township, and to the public schools of his native county he is indebted for
his youthful education. He continued his association with the
activities of the old home farm until his marriage, in 1890, and for the
ensuing three years he lived on the farm of his father-in-law, near
Amsterdam, this county. He then returned to the old home place, and he
now owns 146 acres of the landed estate accumulated by his honored father.
Here he has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the progressive and
successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the county, special attention
being given to the raising of registered short-horn cattle. He has not
been self-centered but has shown a loyal interest in all things touching the
communal welfare, the while he has high place in popular confidence, and
esteem, as indicated by the fact that he has served two terms as trustee of
his native township and is now a member of the board of county
commissioners, in which he is serving his second term, by re-election in the
autumn of 1920. He is a stalwart republican, is an active and valued
member of the Kilgore Grange, and he and his wife hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore, he being a member of its board of
trustees.
Oct. 13, 1890, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates to
Miss Oella B. McGary, who was born in Loudon Township, a daughter of
James and Dorinda (Scott) McGary, the former likewise a native of that
township and the latter of Jefferson County, this state. Mrs.
Slates passed to the life eternal on the 3d of August, 1900, and is
survived by five children: Pearl is the wife of Thomas E. Chambers,
of Scio, Harrison County; Dora is the wife of Harvey D. Chase,
of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Thomas and Robert remain at the paternal home and
are associated with their father in the activities of the farm; and Mary
is the wife of William Patterson, of Canton, Stark County.
In October, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Slates to Miss Josephine Waggoner, who was born in Perry
Township, a daughter of Hiram Waggoner and a representative of an old
and honored family of Carroll County. No children have been born of
the second marriage.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page
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LINAEUS SLATES was born in
Loudon Township, Carroll County, Dec. 21, 1860, and is to-day numbered among
the substantial farmers of Perry Township, this county, with secure standing
as one of the prosperous, progressive and highly esteemed citizens of his
native county. His father, the late William Slates, who became
one of the substantial farmers of Loudon Township, was born in Loudoun
County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, Dec. 29, 1823, a son of Adam and
Savilla (Winner) Slates, both native of the Old Dominion state, where
were born their five children, of whom William was the second son.
After the death of her first husband Mrs. Savilla Slates, became the
wife of John Snow, and they remained in Virginia until their deaths.
William Slates, who was a boy at the time of his father's death,
remained in Virginia until he was sixteen years old, when he returned to
Virginia. About a year later, however, he returned to Ohio, and in
1847 he purchased a farm in 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County.
He eventually became the owner of a valuable farm property of 363 acres, in
this county, and here he remained until his death. He was a staunch
republican and both he and his wife were earnest communicants of the
Lutheran Church.
June 1, 1847, recorded the marriage of William
Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born in the immediate
vicinity of Kilgore, Carroll County, on the 1st of November, 1827, a
daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hosterman, sterling pioneer
settlers of this county. Her children were nine in number, namely:
Franklin, Minerva, two who died in infancy; Samantha, Arminthia,
Linaeus of this sketch, Nelson E. and Laura.
Reared on the old home farm which was the place
of his birth, Linaeus Slates profited by the advantages offered in
the village schools at Kilgore. In 1881 he married, and thereafter he
and his wife resided at Kilgore for a period of six months. He then
removed to one of his father's farms, in Perry Township, and later he
purchased this place, which comprises 166 acres, twenty-five acres of the
tract being still covered with a fine growth of native timber, and the
remainder of the farm being given over to well ordered agriculture and
stock-raising, in which Mr. Slates has achieved distinctive success.
He has had no desire for political activity but is a loyal supporter of the
causes of the republican party and takes consistent interest in all things
touching the communal welfare. Both he and his wife are active
communicants of the Lutheran Church.
In July, 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Slates to Miss Lydia Shawber, the former a native of Loudon
Township, Carroll County, and the latter of Jefferson County, this state.
Amos Shawber was a son of Jonathan and Lydia (Roser) Shawber,
both likewise natives of Ohio, within whose borders the respective families
were founded in the early pioneer period. Mr. and Mrs. Slates
have three children: William Roy married Miss May Carles and
they now reside in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Jesse Lloyd
married Miss Nellie Lotz, their home being in Harrison Township,
Carroll County, and their two children being Loren Lotz and Harold
Linaeus; J. Donald, the youngest of the three children, remains at the
parental home.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page
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NELSON E. SLATES.
The Slates family was founded in America in the colonial period of
our nation's history. Frederick Slates have immigrated to this
country from his native Germany and having established his home in Virginia,
where he passed the remainder of his life. His son Adam was
born and reared in Loudon County, that state, and there he married Miss
Savilla Winner, their children having been five in number: George,
William, Mary (Mrs. Walters). Elizabeth (Mrs. Sawvel), and
Solomon. Adam Slates died when his son William was
still a boy, and his widow later became the wife of John Snow.
William was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, Dec.
29, 1823, and was there reared to the age of sixteen years. He then
came to Ohio, where he found employment at common labor, and after returning
to his native state he was employed one year by his stepfather. He
finally left the old Dominion state and came again to Ohio, where, in 1847,
he purchased a farm of 150 acres in Loudon Township, Carroll County, the
place having been land that had been obtained from the government by
Jacob Gotschall. Jan. 15, 1814, Mr. Slates coming into
possession of the original deed or warrant, which bears the signature of
President James Madison of his son Nelson E., who owns and
resides upon the old homestead farm, which now comprises 146 acres and is
one of the valuable properties of Carroll County. To his original
homestead William Slates added, with increasing prosperity, until he
was the owner of a fine landed estate of 363 acres. He remained on the
home place until his death, August, 1894, and was one of the reliable,
upright and honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time when his long
and useful life came to a close. His widow survived him by fourteen
eyas and passed to the life eternal in November, 1912, both having been
zealous communicants of the Lutheran Church and Mr. Slates having
been a loyal republican in political allegiance. He was a
thoroughgoing farmer and made the best of improvements on his property, the
while he stood forth as one of the successful and representative
agriculturists and stock-raisers of Loudon Township.
On the 1st of June, 1847, was solemnized the marriage
of William Slates to Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born at
Kilgore, Carroll County, Nov. 1, 1827, a daughter of Peter and Catherine
(Shell) Hosterman, sterling pioneer settlers of this county.
William and Mary Slates became the parents of nine children: Franklin,
who was born July 23, 1848, was a representative farmer of Loudon Township
at the time of his death; Minerva was born Oct. 2, 18550, and died in
childhood; the next two children died in infancy; Samantha was born
Mar. 4, 1855, died young, as did also Arminthia, who was born Mar. 5,
1858, and died at the age of six years; Lenaeus was born Dec. 21,
1860, and resides upon his excellent farm, in Perry Township; Nelson E.,
whose name introduces this article, was the next in order of birth; and
Laura, who was born June 18, 1866, is the wife of Henry Steves,
of Loudon Township.
Nelson E. Slates was born Jan. 5, 1864, on
the old homestead farm which is his present place of residence, in Loudon
Township, and to the public schools of his native county he is indebted for
his youthful education. He continued his association with the
activities of the old home farm until his marriage, in 1890, and for the
ensuing three years he lived on the farm of his father-in-law, near
Amsterdam, this county. He then returned to the old home place, and he
now owns 146 acres of the landed estate accumulated by his honored father.
Here he has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the progressive and
successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the county, special attention
being given to the raising of registered short-horn cattle. He has not
been self-centered but has shown a loyal interest in all things touching the
communal welfare, the while he has high lace in popular confidence and
esteem, as indicated by the fact that he has served two terms as trustee of
his native township and is now a member of the board of county
commissioners, in which he is serving his second term, by re-election in the
autumn of 1920. He is a stalwart republican is an active and valued
member of the Kilgore Grange, and he and his wife hold membership in the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Kilgore, he being a member of its board of
trustees.
Oct. 13, 1890, recorded the marriage of Mr. Slates
to Miss Oella B. McGary, who was born in Loudon Township, a daughter of
James and Dorinda (Scott) McGary, the former likewise a native of
that township and the latter of Jefferson County, this state.
Mrs. Slates passed to the life eternal on the 3d of August, 1900, and
is survived by five children: Pearl is the wife of Thomas E.
Chambers, of Scio, Harrison County; Dora is the wife of Harvey
D. Chase, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Thomas and Robert remain at
the paternal home and are associated with their father in the activities of
the farm; and Mary is the wife of William Patterson, of
Canton, Stark County.
In October, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Slates to Miss Josephine Waggoner, who was born in Perry
Township, a daughter of Hiram Waggoner and a representative of an old
and honored family of Carroll County. No children have been born of
the second marriage.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page
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CHARLES C. SMITH - See
JAMES VANCE SMITH (below) |
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JAMES VANCE SMITH and
CHARLES C. SMITH. James
Vance Smith and his son, Charles C. Smith, are numbered among the
leading farmers of Harrison Township. The former owns land in both
Harrison and Center townships, but lives in Harrison Township. He was
born in Union Township, this county, Feb. 13, 1856, a son of David Smith
and Margaret Ann (McElderry) Smith, and grandson of David Smith,
who married Elinore Hanna and had four children of whom David
Smith, Jr., was the eldest.
At an early day the younger David Smith drove
overland from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County, Ohio, and
became a farmer of Washington Township. He died at the age of
seventy-nine years, and his wife is also deceased. Of their five
children James Vance Smith was the first born.
During his boyhood and youth James Vance Smith
attended the rural school at Cold Spring Run for three of the winter months,
and the remainder of each year assisted his father in operating the farm he
had bought in Harrison Township, remaining at home until he was twenty-one
eyars old. He was married to Mary C. Hemming, a daughter of
Richard Hemming, and they became the parents of five children namely:
Grace Leyda, who married Edgar Orin, of Elbert, Colorado, and has
one child. Morris Edgar; Charles C., who is mentioned at length
further on; George Milton, who was killed at Alliance, Nebraska, in a
railroad accident in 1908, when twenty-five years old; David Edward,
who married Ola Gotschall, of Carrollton, Ohio, and has three
children, Pearl E., Moyne E. and Maxine V.; and Richard D.,
who married May Davis, a daughter of Robert Davis.
Following his marriage Mr. Smith moved
on part of his present farm, the original purchase being of thirty-three
acres, to which he later added thirty acres. For a number of years he
has been engaged in saw-milling, and be operates a thresher in season.
In his farming he raises a general line of diversified crops. In
politics he is an independent democrat. The Presbyterian Church holds
his membership, and he is generous in his donations to it. For some
time he has been a stockholder in the Farmers Exchange at Carrollton.
Mr. Smith practically adopted a young man named Homer Lutz,
who works on the farm and lives with the family. He is a fine young
man, a credit to his foster parents, who have given him the same care and
affection they bestowed on their own children. He was drafted into the
service and called to the colors Sept. 1, 1917. From Sept. 5, 1917, to
July 8, 1918, he was at Camp Sherman, as a member of Company Three, Three
Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, Eighty-third Division. On July 8,
1918, the unit sailed from New York and landed at Liverpool, England, from
whence after five days they were transferred to Havre, France, and four days
later to Longues and placed in the reserves. For nine weeks he was in
the offensive at and about Chateau Thierry, and was then sent to Italy and
was in the trenches for two weeks. His ability and bravery earned him
promotion and he was first made a corporal and then a sergeant. Mr.
Lutz saw action on the Piave River. Following that drive he was
sent to Venice and sailed on the Adriatic to Dalmatia at Zelenco, where he
was one of the Army of Occupation for five weeks. The command was then
ordered home, and he landed in New York City in April, 1919, and
participated in the big parade of that metropolis. Sent to Cleveland,
Ohio, Mr. Lutz after some time in Camp Merritt and Camp Sherman
mustered out of the service May 2, 1919, and then returned to the home
welcome awaiting him. His father was Rev. John Herbert Lutz,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of Carrollton at one time. He came to
Carrollton from Charlotte, North Carolina, and married Lillian Wilson,
who died Aug. 9, 1915. Homer Lutz is the second in a family of
nine children, and was born in 1894. Until he was eighteen years old
he attended school at North Woodstock, Virginia.
Charles C. Smith, son of James Vance Smith,
married Gertrude Hendricks, a daughter of Armstrong and Mary (Swinehart)
Hendricks, on Feb. 22, 1910, and they have two children, Dennis D.
and Teddy dale. Mrs. Smith owns a farm of 128 acres
adjoining that of his father, and is one of the capable agriculturists of
this region.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago:
Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 951 |
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THOMAS M. SMITH.
No better farm land can be found anywhere in Ohio than that of Carroll
County, and the fine agricultural properties in this region show that the
person owning them are developing the natural resources to the utmost and
realizing from their industry a fair income and excellent living conditions.
One of these enterprising citizens is Thomas M. Smith, owner of
seventy acres of valuable land in Harrison Township. He was born in
Union Township, Carroll County, Mar. 23, 1859, a son of David and
Margaret Ann (McElderry) Smith and grandson of David Smith, who
moved from Washington County, Pennsylvania,, and there was engaged in
farming until his demise. He and his wife had three sons and one
daughter, and of all their children David Smith was the eldest.
After his marriage the younger David Smith moved to Center Township
and there passed his life. His widow survived him, but she, too, is
now deceased. They had five children, of whom Thomas M. Smith
was the second in order of birth.
Growing up in his native county, Thomas M. Smith
attended the Cold Spring School until he was eighteen years old, during the
winter months, and the remainder of the year made himself useful under his
father's watchful supervision, in this way learning farming in all of its
details and laying the foundation for his future prosperity. At the
age of twenty-one years he was married to Luella J. Orin, a daughter
of John and Amelia (McCully) Orin, of Harrison Township.
Following his marriage Mr. Smith was engaged in farming in Center
Township for one year, and then moved on his present farm, where he has
since carried on general farming with profitable results. He has
always given a sincere support to the principles and candidates of the
democratic party. The Presbyterian Church at New Harrisburg, Ohio
affords him expression for his religious faith, and he is one of the most
active members of the congregation. In every respect he measures up to
the best conception of American manhood, and he and his wife are held in
great esteem by their neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one son, Todd
Orin Smith, who is now state chemist of the State of New Hampshire, with
headquarters at Durham, New Hampshire, which important position he has held
for eleven years. He was graduated from the Ohio Northern University
at Ada, Ohio, following which he took a course in the Bloomington, Indiana,
College, and also graduated from the Valparaiso, Indiana, University.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page
950 |
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WINFIELD SCOTT SMITH.
Prominently associated with the representative farmers of Carroll County,
Winfield Scott Smith owns 138 acres of land in Center Township and
220 acres in Harrison Township, 160 of which is owned in partnership with
his son, and he is a man of ample means and flourishing interests. He
was born in Union Township, Carroll County, May 15, 1865, a son of Perry
Andrew and Mary (Parker) Smith. The paternal grandfather married a
Miss Gartrell, and they had six children, of whom Perry A. Smith
was the only son. The latter was always engaged in farming, and died
on his farm in 1897, but his widow survived him until 1916, when she, too,
passed away. Of their four children Winfield Scott Smith was
the youngest.
After attending the country schools in Orange Township
and that held in what was known as Smith's schoolhouse during the
winter terms until he was eighteen years old Winfield Scott Smith,
worked on the home farm until his marriage, when he bought fifty-seven acres
of land in Orange Township and operated it for five years. Moving to
Harrison Township at the end of five years, he rented 177 acres for eighteen
months, and then came to his present farm in Center Township, which then
comprised sixty-five acres. Having faith in the farm land in Carroll
County he bought sixty-two acres in Harrison Township, to which he added
more land, and is now kept busy operating all his acreage, doing general
farming and stock-raisin upon his land.
A republican, he was elected on his party ticket
supervisor of Center Township, and was re-elected several times. Mr.
Smith was married to Lucinda M. Cogan, a daughter of Henry
and Mary (Easterday) Cogan, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs.
Cogan is dead, but Mr. Cogan survives. Mrs.
Smith was the second children born to her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Smith became the parents of three children, namely: Clenton A.,
who is the eldest; Virgil Lewis, who was drafted into the United
States Army during the great war; and Mary Vivian, who is the
youngest. While Mr. Smith has attained to a large measure of
prosperity, he has not made this progress without working very hard,
practicing thrift and using good judgment in making investments. When
he served on the county board it was his constant endeavor to act and induce
his colleagues to do likewise, just as though he were carrying out a private
investment so as to give the taxpayers the benefit of the same sound
principles which had proven so valuable to him. As a result his
services were requested for the same office by his fellow citizens at the
polls. He is a member of the Grange.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page
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