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FRANK
B. DAILEY, Coshocton, Ohio; carriage wood-worker for V.
O. Jeffer's factory. Mr. Dailey was born in
Lancaster City, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1847; son of John
and Julia (Delano) Dailey). His paternal
ancestors are Irish, and his maternal French. He
enlisted August 2, 1862, Company G, One Hundred and Fifteenth
Pennsylvania V. I., and served until July 3, 1865.
During his service he participated in thirteen general
engagements; among them the battles of Malvern Hill, second
Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Spottsylvania and before Petersburg, besides many skirmishes.
He came out of all these unscathed. When the war was
over, he went to his present trade, at Lancaster City,
Pennsylvania, where he remained until July, 1871, when he came
to Coshocton which has since been his home. Mr.
Dailey was married December 26, 1872, to Miss Annie
M., daughter of Andrew Denic, deceased, formerly of
Roscoe. They are the parents of three children, viz:
Frank, Edward and Mary Agnes.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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AARON
DARLING, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice,
Warsaw, Ohio; son of James Darling; was born in 1832,
in Coshocton county. His father came to this county in
1806 and was one of the old pioneers. Aaron Darling
was married in 1861 to Miss Nancy A. Moore, who was
born June 18, 1839, in Coshocton county. They are the
parents of three children, viz: Florella B., Charles
and William. Florella B. is engaged in teaching
school. Mr. Darling was raised on the farm, and
has always followed that occupation. He owns a good farm
and is esteemed by all his acquaintances.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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ISAAC
DARLING, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice,
Warsaw, Ohio; son of Isaac Darling, Sr.; was born December 7,
1829 in Coshocton county. He was married December 8,
1865 to Miss Almeda Butler, of this county, who was
born August 18, 1843. They are the parents of five
children, three of whom are dead. Jeanette was
born March 21, 1867; Glendora was born October 6, 1878.
Mr. Darling was raised on the farm, and has always
followed the occupation of farmer. He and his wife are
prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Darling has served as trustee and clerk of his
township for several years.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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L. C.
DARLING, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice,
Warsaw, Ohio; son of Jacob and Harriet A. Spurgeon) Darling;
was born January 14, 1849, in this county. His parents
were of Irish descent. His father came from Virginia and
his mother from Knox county, Ohio, Mr. Darling was
raised on the farm and has always followed that occupation.
He was married January 8, 1874, to Miss Mary A. Bantum,
of this county, who was born March 23, 1848. They are
the parents of one child, viz; Cora, who was born September
31, 1874.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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WILSON
DARLING, deceased, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of
James Darling; was born in July, 1830. He was
married in 1850, to Miss Barbara Frederick, of this
county, who was born January 19, 1835. They became the
parents of four children, viz: Mary P., born in
December 1853; Camille L. and Colona, twins,
born July 23, 1858; William F., born August 10, 1860.
Mr. Darling was raised on the farm, and always followed
that occupation. He died very suddenly on October 18,
1880, of apoplexy. Mr. Darling's father was one
of the old pioneers of the county. Mr. Darling
was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mrs. Darling is still a member. Mr. Darling
was esteemed and honored by all who knew him.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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J.
L. DAUGHERTY, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born
in Keene township in this county, in 1829; son of John and
Jane (Mitchell) Daugherty; married in 1851, to Nancy
Karr, daughter of J. W. and Mariah Karr.
Mrs. Daugherty died in 1880. Mr. Daugherty is
the father of seven children, viz: Priscilla A.,
William T., Mariah J., Nancy E., G. C., Emma B., Lula M.
Four are married and living in this county. Mr.
Daugherty enlisted in the army as captain of Company G,
One Hundred and Forty-third Ohio regiment, in 1864 - Army of
the Potomac.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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ROBERT
M. DAUGHERTY, Oxford township; farmer;
postoffice, Plainfield. Mr. Daugherty was born
May 19, 1830, in Harrison county, Ohio. He was raised on
the farm, and had followed that occupation all his life.
In 1839, he went to Tuscarawas county, and remained two years.
He then went to Jefferson county, and lived there two years;
then came to Coshocton county, and has resided here ever
since. Mr. Daugherty was married, April 9, 1859,
to Miss Mary Jones, of this county. They are the
parents of seven children: Seth, Charity J., Willis,
John, Frank, Mary and Clara H., all of whom are
living. One, Charity J., is married.
His oldest son, Seth, is engaged in teaching, having
taught successfully for five years. Mr. Daugherty
has always been esteemed and honored by his own township.
He has served as trustee for twelve years, and has held other
offices.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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ROSS
DAUGHERTY, Oxford township; White Eyes Plains
postoffice; farmer; was born in this township in 1831; son of
James D., a native of Wilmington, Delaware, of Irish
descent. His mother was a native of this township.
Both parents have died. The subject of this sketch
was married to Miss Sarah Wurtsbaugh, of Keene
township, daughter of Harrison W. and Lucinda (Spira)
Wurtsbaugh. They have had six children, as follows:
Martha Ann, Byron, Mack, John, Jennie May. Mr.
Daugherty took part in the war, going out in Company A,
Eighty-eighth Ohio V. I., and served two years and eleven
months. He owns sixty-three acres of good land, and is
honest and well spoken of by all. They are members of
the Baptist Church.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
665 |
SAMUEL
M. DAUGHERTY, Adams Township; farmer; postoffice,
Evansburgh; born in Keene township, July 2, 1826; son of
John and Jane (Mitchell) Daugherty, and grandson of
James and Jane (Lawson) Daugherty, and Samuel and
Nancy (Lyons) Mitchell. His grandparents came
from Ireland to America in 1778. His father was born in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1788, and moved to Keene
township, this county, in 1818, where the subject of this
sketch was born. He began the carpenter trade at the age
of eighteen, and continued until the age of twenty-three; then
moved to his present location, where he worked at the trade
and farmed for about six years. He was then bereft of
his companion, and compelled to quit housekeeping, but worked
at his trade three years; then turned his attention to
farming, and is still following that business. He lives
on a farm of two hundred acres, pleasantly located in the
southern part of the township. He has also a farm of two
hundred and seventy-four acres one and one-half miles east of
the home farm. He was married November 29, 1849, to
Miss Mary Beaver, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Clous)
Beaver, of Irish and English descent. Mrs.
Daugherty died February 23, 1856. She was the mother
of one child, Mary, born February 4, 1856. Mr.
Daugherty was married February 3, 1859, to Miss Eliza
Watson, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Munce) Watson,
and granddaughter of John and Mary (Neely) Watson,
and Thomas and Margaret (McKnight) Munce, and
great-granddaughter of Mary Moultrie. Mrs.
Daugherty is of Irish and Scotch parentage. She has
a son, Robert W., born March 25, 1860. Mr.
Daughterty is a gentleman of high standing, and is a
present filling the office of county commissioner.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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JOHN
DAVIED, Franklin township; born Jan. 22, 1815 in
Vittoncourt, Faulguemont Canton, Moselle Department, France;
son of John Davied. In 1847, he emigrated to
America, landing at New Orleans, and coming up to Zanesville,
by water. He had been a stonemason, in France, but
engaged in farming here, the first two years in Muskingum
county; then a year in Fountain county, Indiana; next in
Franklin township. Married, in 1855, to Ann
Grand-Girard, born in Voinehaute, France, January 25,
1825. By a former marriage to John N. Daniel, she
had two children, viz: John N., born January 14,
1854 and Margaret (Burton), born November 30, 1851.
Mr. Davied's children are Ferdinand, born April
23, 1856; Mary (Burton), born April 3, 1858; Anna (Collet),
March 31, 1860, John, November 20, 1861; Leo,
March 14, 1863, and Matilda, March 14, 1866.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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BENTON
DAVIS, Lafayette township; farmer Plainfield
postoffice; only son of John Davis; was born in this
township, in 1846; was married to Miss Blanche Beelsford,
of Linton township, who became the mother of four children,
viz: Beelsford, Stephen, Mary and Blanche.
The subject of this sketch was educated at Vermilion
Institute, Ashland county, and is a progressive young farmer.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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J. T.
DAVIS, Oxford township; physician; Orange,
Evansburgh postoffice; son of Thomas Davis; was born in
1845, in this county, and after receiving a good high school
education, he took up the study of medicine about the year
1865, under Dr. Bates, of Wheeling, and finished under
Dr. Chapman, of Bakersville, and commenced the practice
in 1869, in Harrison county. After prosecuting his
profession in that county about two years, he met with
misfortune, loosing his entire accumulations by fire, and his
next location was at his present place, where, by strict
attention to business, he has had a flattering degree of
success. He has a good practice, and is surrounded by
the comforts of a good home. He was married in 1866, to
Miss R. E. Spurgeon, of Knox county and they have one
child, a boy, Charles H., now in his twelfth year.
The doctor finds time to handle better road horses than any
body in this part of the county, and is a genuine lover of a
good horse, of which is handled a good many.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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JAMES R. DAVIS,
Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; born in
Herefordshire, England, Nov. 4, 1818; son of John and Ann
(Baily) Davis. He came to America in June, 1832,
on the Sarah, of Petersburg, Virginia, landed in New
York, from thence he came to Adams township, Coshocton
county, viz, Hudson river, Erie canal, Lake Erie and Ohio
canal, and has been a resident of this township since.
He was married May 5, 1841, to Miss Rachel J. Kimball,
daughter of Abner and Nancy (Jeffries) Kimball,
daughter of Abner and Nancy (Jeffries) Kimball.
They are parents of eleven children, viz: Emily A.,
born Dec. 20, 1842, died Oct. 19, 1867; Myra J., born
Sept. 29, 1844; Curtis, born Oct. 19, 1846;
Charles W., born Aug. 17, 1848, died Oct. 17, 1875;
John N., born Apr. 26, 1850; Abner T., born Feb.
18, 1852, Ernest J. S., born Dec. 1, 1853; Eleanor
M., born Mar. 28, 1856; Hereford H. C., born Dec.
12, 1858; Horace F. H., born Nov. 8, 1860, and
Laura L., born Aug. 14, 1863. John is
married and living in Adams township; Abner and Ernest
are farming in Kansas; Curtis is in Knoxville, Iowa.
He formerly lived in Idaho and while there was
representative two years. Mr. Davis' father
died in September, 1833, and his mother died September,
1840.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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JOHN N.
DAVIS, Adams township; farmer; postoffice,
Evansburgh; born in Adams township, Coshocton county, Ohio,
April 26, 1850, son of James and Rachel J. (Kimball) Davis,
and grandson of John and Ann Davis and Abner and
Nancy (Jeffries) Kimball. He remained with his
father until twenty-three years of age, when he married and
began farming for himself. The date of his marriage is
September 15, 1874, to Miss Hannah McFarland, daughter
of Ezekiel and Isabella (Corbit) McFarland, and
granddaughter of Robert and Ann McFarland, and
granddaughter of Robert and Susan (Fuller) Corbit.
She was born October 30, 1845. They are the parents of
three children: George C., born July 10, 1875;
Richard G., born January 19, 1877, and Isabell J.,
born July 15, 1878.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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MARCUS DAWSON,
Virginia township; born in East Virginia, in 1808; settled
in Coshocton county in 1829; son of William and Hanna
Dawson. Mr. Dawson has been married three times.
His first wife was Mary Reed, who bore him four
children. His second wife was the mother of eight
children. His third wife was Katherine Clark,
Post office, Willow Brook.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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WILLIAM DAWSON,
Jackson township; born in this county, in 1833; son of
Marcus and Mary Dawson; married Nov. 2, 1861, to
Augusta M. Adams, daughter of John Q. and Lovina
Adams. Their union was blessed with nine children,
one of whom is dead, viz: J. Q., Murrell E.,
Effie L., Ora B.,. Aba M., Katie L., William M., Clide W.
Postoffice, Roscoe.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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WILLIAM H. DAY,
Tuscarawas township; farmer; Canal Lewisville; born Mar. 15,
1833, in Wayne Co., Pennsylvania; son of Barney
Day, of Irish ancestry; raised on the farm, came
to this county in the spring of 1847, and settled in Jackson
township, near Roscoe, and came to his present residence in
1852, and has followed farming during his entire life.
He at present is living with his brother-in-law.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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ROBERT DEAN, Bedford
township; farmer; post office. Warsaw. Ohio; son of Samuel and
Mary (McCurdy) Dean was born April 5. 1819, in Jefferson
county. Ohio. He came to this county in 1848, and has since
remained. Mr. Dean was raised on the farm, and has always
followed that occupation. He was married April 3. 1851, to
Miss Margaret J. Hamilton, of this county. They are the
parents of five children, viz: Charlotte J., Mary A., John H.,
William L. and Wilbur S , all of whom are living.
Mr. Dean owns a good farm, in Bedford township, and is respected by all
his neighbors, as a man of integrity and business qualities.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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WILLIAM
DEAN, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel
Hill; born in 1823, in Jefferson county, Ohio, and was
married in 1853, to Miss Asmath Starr, of the same
county, who was born in 1836. They came to this county
in 1853. They are the parents of ten children, seven
of whom are living, viz.: George H., deceased,
Mary M., John H., Eliza J., William H., Dennis, Nettie,
Henry H., Lina, deceased, and Ella B., deceased.
Mr. Dean has lived where he now is since 1868.
He is one of the large land owners of the township, having
about 325 acres.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark,
Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page 667 |
CORNELIUS DECIOUS,
Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in Page county,
Virginia, in 1813, settled in this county in 1843; son of
Frederick and Magdaline Decious; married, in 1830, to
Katharine Davis, daughter of William B. and Jane Davis. They
have six children, viz: Charles, John, Frank, Lewis, Howard,
deceased, and William. All are married but two. Those married
are all living in this county.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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WILLIAM
DEAN, Bedford
township; farmer; post office, Tunnel Hill; born in 1823, in
Jefferson county, Ohio, and was married in 1853, to Miss
Asenath Starr, of the same county, who was born in 1836. They
came to this county in 1853. They are the parents of ten
children, seven of whom are living, viz : George H., deceased,
Mary M., John H., Eliza J., William H., Dennis, Nettie, Henry
H., Lina, deceased, and Ella B., deceased Mr.
Dean has lived
where he now is since 1868. He is one of the large land owners
of the township, having about 325 acres.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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ABRAHAM DEEDS, Oxford
township; farmer; postoffice, Plainfield, Ohio; son of John and
Mary (Seabault) Deeds; was born September 23,1802, in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania Mr. Deeds was raised on the
farm, and has followed that occupation all his life. In 1830,
he removed from Pennsylvania, and came to this county,
remaining nine years. He then removed to Athens county, Ohio,
and resided there six years, returning then to this county,
where he has since resided. Mr. Deeds was married September
11, 1823, to Miss Agnes Singson, of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania.
They became the parents of ten children, viz; John, Susannah,
Samuel, deceased, Sarah. Abraham, debased.
Drusyla, Fannie, Josephus, deceased, and
William H., deceased. When Mr. Deeds
came to this county, it was generally a wilderness, the few
settlers living in
cabins, surrounded by a small lot of cleared land. He has by
his own industry acquired a good farm, and is prosperous.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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A. D. DENMAN,
Tuscarawas township; Coshocton post office: of the firm of b &
D. F.
Denman, farmers and stock raisers. A. I. Denman was born in
Springfield. Essex county, New Jersey, son of David and Mary
(Lyon) Denman, of English ancestry, and came to his present
residence in October, 1834. He was married November 16. 1828,
to Miss Eliza A., daughter of Moses and Lydia (Munn) Condit,
of New Jersey. This union was blessed with three children. :
George and Matthias died, and only one is living.
D. F.
Denman, of the above firm. was born April 15, 1830, in Essex
county. New Jersey. He was married October 18, 1855, to Miss
Matilda W., daughter of C. L. and Sophronia (Hamilton)
Whiting. This union has been been blessed with six children,
three deceased, viz: Alfred W., E. Alida and Emma L. Their
three living children are Clara B., Herbert and
Matthias. This
firm is engaged in stock raising and agriculture, succeeding
well in both, having their farm and buildings in first class
repair and raising the breeds of stock. The farm now owned by
this firm was patented to Matthias Denman, grandfather
of the senior member of the firm, April 24, 1816. They also
hold patent for lands granted to said Matthias Denman, March
28, 1800, and signed by President John Adams. Matthias
Denman was, at one time probably, the largest landholder in
the State. He was also one of three partners who founded the
city of Cincinnati.
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ELI DEVORE, Tiverton
township; farmer; postoffice, Gann, Knox county; born in 1844,
in Holmes county, and was married in 1864, to Miss Elizabeth
A. Crider, of Holmes county, who was born in 1847, in Knox
county. They came to this county in 1868. They are the parents
of five children, viz: Mary F., born February 11, 1865;
Nancy
J., born March 23,1867; Lucy, born August 24, 1870;
James R.,
born February 12, 1875, and Lyman, born November 16, 1877.
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WILLIAM DEVORE,
Tiverton township; farmer; postoffice, Gann, Knox county; born
in 1840, in Carroll county. He came to Holmes county with his
parents in 1843, and to this county in 1855. He is unmarried,
and has lived on the same farm since 1855.
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Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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ISAAC
C. DeWITT, Adams township; farmer; postoffice,
Bakersville; born in Adams township, Coshocton county, Oct.
14, 1839; son of Vincent and Eleanor (Cordray) DeWitt,
and grandson of Thomas Cordray. He attended school
until the age of maturity, and has since devoted his time to
farming. He was married September 1, 1864, to Miss
Delila Smith, daughter of Bartholemew and Mary A.
(Reed) Smith, and grand-daughter of George and
Elizabeth (Ellis) Smith. She was born in Bucks
township, Tuscarawas county, July 24, 1845. They are
the parents of three children, Asmer A., born June
20,1865; Francis M. born June 20, 1868, and Ira A.
born June 17, 1872
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Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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SOLOMON
DeWITT, Crawford township; proprietor of hotel, Chili;
born in Adams township, Aug. 23, 1829; son of Vincent
DeWitt and Elenor (Cordray) DeWitt, both of whom were
natives of Maryland. Mr. DeWitt left home in 1853
and followed farming until 1870, when he went into the dry
goods business at Chili, married Miss Nancy Fisher,
Oct. 13, 1863. Her parents, Absolem Fisher and
Harriet (Johnson) Fisher were both native born.
Their family consists of Four children; Lenox, Phebe, John,
Alice and Frank.
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W. W.
DeWITT, Lafayette township; wagon and carriage maker;
West Lafayette; was born in Adams township, this county, Dec.
18, 1849; son of Jonathan and Margaret DeWitt.
W. W. followed carpentering and cabinet making for
about nine years, then engaged in his present business, which
he has been conducting seven years, and in that time has built
up quite an extensive trade. He was married in 1877, to
Miss Angeline McLain, of this township; they have had
one child; Clifford Monroe.
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Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
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JAMES F. DICKERSON,
Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel Hill; born in
1829, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and came to this
county in 1847 with his father, who was born in 1788 in
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1811 to
Elizabeth Doney, of the same county, who was born in
1795. He died in 1874, and she died in 1870.
They were the parents of ten children; the subject of this
sketch being the youngest. He was married in 1845 to
Miss Margie Fisher, of this county, who was born in
1839, in Harrison county, Ohio. They are the parents
of one child, Ida M.
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JOHN DICKERSON,
farmer; Washington township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in
1822, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; came to this county
in 1831, with his father, who was born in 1783, in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania; came to this county in 1831, with his
father, who was born in 1783, in Fayettte county,
Pennsylvania. He was married in 1811, to Miss Jane
Morrison, of the same county, who was born in 1792.
He died in 1857, she died in 1878. They were the
parents of eight children. The subject of this sketch
being the seventh. He was married in 1844, to Miss
Elizabeth Crumley, of this county, who was born in 1828,
in Harrison county. They are the parents of eleven
children, viz: Susan J., Mary C., William,
Melissa; Telma, deceased; Sarah E., Florida; John E.,
Eveline, an infant, deceased and Minerva.
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JOSEPH
DICKERSON, farmer; Washington township; postoffice,
Tunnel Hill; born in 1820, in Harrison County. He came
to this county in 1834, with his grandfather, Levi
Dickerson, his father having died in 1821, in Harrison
county. Joseph was married in 1841, to Miss
Mary Jones, of this county, who was born in 1821, in
Harrison county. They are the parents of eight
children, viz: Elizabeth, deceased; Susan, Lavina,
Sarah J., deceased; Martha, Aaron W., Mary A.,
Emma O.
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JOSHUA DICKERSON,
Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel Hill; born in
1845, in this county. His father was born in 1798, in
in Harrison Conunty, Ohio, and was married in
1820, to Miss Nancy Glasner, of the same county, who
was born in 1796. They came to this county, in 1820,
and he died in 1879. They were the parents of nine
children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh
child.
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LEVI
DICKERSON, farmer; Washington township; postoffice,
Wakatomaka; born in 1827, in this county. His father
was born in 1798, in Pennsylvania. He settled in
Harrison county, and was married there to Miss Nancy
Glasmir, of this county, who was born in 1796, in
Pennsylvania. They came to this county in 1825.
He died in 1879. They were the parents of nine
children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth.
He was married in 1850 to Miss Amy Howell, of
Tuscarawas county, who was born in 1825, in Belmont county.
They are the parents of seven children, viz: Joshua,
Isabelle, Benjamin, David, Nancy, Amy and James.
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LEVI
DICKERSON, farmer; Washington township; Wakatomaka,
born in 1832, in this county, Pennsylvania, and was married
in 1811, to Miss Jane Morrison, of the same county,
who was born in 1792. He died in 1857, she died in
1878. They were the parents of eight children, the
subject of this sketch being the youngest. HE was
married in 1854, to Miss Sarah E. Middleton of this
county, who was born in 1834, in Pennsylvania. They
are the parents of eleven children, viz: Morrison,
Mary E., Hartley, Emma J., Harriet S., John C., Charles H.,
Carrie B., Effie J., Armor and Daniel.
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WILLIAM DICKERSON,
Bedford township; farmer and blacksmith; postoffice, Tunnel
Hill; born in 1827, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; came to
this county in 1847 with his father, who was born in 1788,
in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1811 to
Elizabeth Doney of the same county, who was born in
1795. He died in 1874. She died in 1870.
They were the parents of ten children; the subject of this
sketch being the eighth. He was married in 1850 to
Miss M. J. Eaton, of this county, who was born in 1832
in this county. They are the parents of twelve
children, all living.
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JOHN DICKEY,
Jackson township; born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in
1810; son of William and Elizabeth Dickey; settled in
this county in 1839; married in 1845, to Miss Jane
Thompson, daughter of John and Mary Thompson.
Mr. Dickey is the father of five children, two of whom
are dead, and two are married. The names of those
living are as follows: William, J., A. W., J. F.
Postoffice, Tyrone.
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WILLIAM DICKEY,
deceased, Bedford township; born in 1771, in county Tyrone,
Ireland; came to this country in 1785, and was married to
Miss Elizabeth Graham, who was born in 1781, and died in
1832, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mr. Dickey came to
this county in 1840, and died in 1848. They were the
parents of eleven children, only three of whom are living;
one in Cincinnati, one the wife of Park Wheeler,
of this county, and Fanny, who lives on the old
homestead.
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WILLIAM
DICKEY, Keene township, farmer; born July 28, 1857,
in Mill Creek township; son of Hiram and Jane (Ling)
Dickey, and grandson of John Dickey. At the
age of twenty Mr. Dickey left home and traveled
through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana; then came home, but soon
returned to Indiana, where he was married July, 1, 1877 to
Jennie J. Belser, born June 23, 1860, in Decatur
county, Indiana, daughter of Augustus and Catharine (Hazelrigg)
Belser, and grand-daughter of Godfrey and Abbie (Dupee)
Belser. Her grandmother, Abbie, was a
native of Boston, of French descent. Her maternal
grandparents were Charles and Caroline (McCoy) Hazelrigg.
Karl F., born Dec. 17, 1879, was their only child.
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A.
A. DIEFENBACH, Crawford township; boot and shoe
manufacture; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio; was born Dec.
10, 1855, in Tuscarawas county; son of Adam and Louise (Greeannabold).
He remained with his parents on the farm until eighteen
years of age, when he went to his trade and, in 1874,
established business in New Bedford with Simon P. Sprenke,
and continued the partnership until Oct. 1, 1879, when
Mr. Diefenbach became sole proprietor. He is doing
a first-class business for a country town. He and two other
good workmen being constantly employed.
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AMOS
DILLON, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford;
born in this county, in 1841; son of Israel and Elizabeth
(Fitch) Dillon, grandson of William and Deborah M.
(Meredith) Dillon, also of William and Mary Meredith.
Mr. Dillon's great-grandfather was a revolutionary
soldier. Mr. Dillon, in 1865, married
Susannah Casteel, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bottomfield)
Casteel. They have eight children, viz:
Sarah E., Israel T., William J., Howard T., Ettie J.,
Rachael A., Bertha L. and John C. Mr. Dillon
was engaged in the merchandise business some three
years; followed farming since.
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F. J. DILLON,
Tuscarawas township; Coshocton postoffice; farmer; born Feb.
10, 1845, in Knox county; son of Thomas and Eliza Jane
(Buxton) Dillon. His maternal grandfather was
Francis Buxton. Young Dillon was brought up
on the farm. when about twelve years of age he located
in New Castle township. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in
Company A, One Hundred and forty-second O. V. I. (100-days
men); re-enlisted in Company I, O. V. I. for one year.
At the close of the war he visited Missouri and soon
returned; then went to Illinois and taught one term of
school, and again visited Missouri; then home again, and
back to Illinois, where he taught school. He again
visited Missouri and returned to Iowa; then went to
Minnesota and remained during the cold winter, and in the
spring returned to Iowa, and from there went to the Pacific
coast, visiting California and Oregon, remaining one year;
then returned, in 1876, to Ohio, where he has remained to
the present time. Mr. Dillon was married first
Aug. 18, 1868, to Miss Susan Clark, daughter of
John Clark. They had four children, three of whom
died in infancy. Willis Clide is their only
living child. His second marriage was on Oct. 22,
1879, to Miss Carrie E. Wood, daughter of Andrew
Wood, deceased, formerly of Tuscarawas township.
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ISRAEL DILLON,
Coshocton; clerk of the courts of common pleas; born June
17, 1819, in Perry township and spent his entire life on the
farm until elected to the above office in 1875 and
re-elected in 1878, his entire tenure of office being six
years. Mr. Dillon was elected a justice of the
peace in 1853, and served three consecutive terms, and after
an interval of two years again served three consecutive
terms, making in all eighteen years of service as justice of
the peace. Esquire Dillon has taken an active
part in educational matters, having served for a number of
years on the board of education of the county. Mr.
Dillon was married Oct. 18, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth
Jane Fitch, daughter of William and Mary Fitch,
of Perry township. This union has been blessed with
twelve children, two deceased, viz.: Rebecca Jane
and William Catharine, Eliza, Leora, Deborah Anne,
Josiah, Samuel, Israel Buchanan, Elizabeth, Emma and Sarah
Frances. Mrs. Dillon, consort of Esquire Dillin,
died in March, 1870, and is buried at New Guilford, Perry
township. Mr. Dillon's second marriage
was to Mrs. Isabelle Barrett, of Mohawk
village, Sept. 24, 1874. The result of this marriage
was one child, a daughter, Ida Belle. The
grandfather of Esquire Dillon was a native of Ireland
but came to America and served in the revolutionary war for
the independence of the United States.
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SEBASTIAN
DINGLEDINE, Adams township; saddler; postoffice,
Bakersville; born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 18,
1822; son of Belthazer and Amea C. Dingledine, and
grandson of John Dingledine. He left his native
country for America in 1830, landing in Baltimore after a
voyage of sixty-four days, then cam to Pennsylvania, where
he remained about four years. and from there came to
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he resided about thirty-seven
years, being the second postmaster of that village. He
then moved to Illinois, and after remaining there about
three years, he again moved to Ohio, and settled in
Bakersville, where he has resided since, engaged at his
trade, doing a fair business. He is at present serving
fourth term as justice of the peace of Adams township.
He learned his trade with Sampson Shalter, of Canal
Dover, in 1838. Mr. Dingledine was married May
7, 1846, to Miss Julia A. Gard, daughter of John
and Susannah C. (Oswalt) Gard. She died in
November, 1867, from injuries received by being thrown from
a buggy. By this marriage he became the father of one
child, James, born July 5, 1860. He was married
September 16, 1868, to Miss Delila Carnahan, daughter
of David and Eliza T. (McCune) Carnahan, and
granddaughter of James and Margaret Carnahan, and
James and Margaret McCune. She was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 1837. They
have three children, viz: Agnes C., born Sept. 12,
1869; Charles M., born May 25, 1871; Howard S.,
born Dec. 2, 1877.
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T. E.
DIVAN, Perry township; farmer; post-office, West
Carlisle; born in this county in 1850; son of Adolphus
and Mary (Hardenbrook) Divan, and grandson of Henry
and Mary Divan; married in 1869, to Miss Harriet
Cochran, who died in 1872. He married, in the same
year, Anna A. Board, daughter of Thomas H. and
Elizabeth A. Board They are the parents of four
children, viz: Ola M., Walter M., Floyd and
Arazota.
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A. J. DOAK,
Clark township; dry goods merchant; postoffice, Clark's;
born in Crawford township, Coshocton county, Dec. 1, 1837;
son of William and Evaline (Gardener) Doak. He
attended school, and taught until twenty-five years of age,
when he began the mercantile business in New Bedford, in the
spring of 1862, where he remained until the fall of 1864,
when he came to Bloomfield and engaged in the same business,
and has continued here ever since. He has a
flourishing trade, and carries a fine assortment of dry
goods, groceries and ready made clothing, hats, caps, boots
and shoes, and everything usually found in a general
merchandising establishment. He was married Feb. 29,
1860, to Miss Louisa M. Pocock, sister of Colonel
Pocock, of Coshocton, and daughter of Joshua and
Catharine (Wilson Pocock). She was born in Keene
township May 19, 1835. They are blessed with three
children - Edgar A., born Apr. 28, 1862; William
C., born Aug. 13, 1863; Ella C., born Dec. 23,
1870.
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ROBERT
DOAK, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili,
Ohio; born Mar. 9, 1826, in Amwell township, Washington
county, Pennsylvania; son of William Doak, of
Crawford township. In 1832 he located with his father
about two miles east of Chili. He was married May 20,
1847, to Miss Mary Anne, daughter of Thomas M. and
Sarah (Hughes) McCollum. She was born Aug. 17,
1826, in Amity, Washington county, Pennsylvania. This
union was blessed with four children, viz: William R.,
Thomas M., deceased; Adam J. and Sarah E.
Mr. Doak has succeeded well, being blessed with a good
family and a comfortable home.
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WILLIAM DOAK,
Crawford township; retired farmer; postoffice, Chili, Ohio;
born Dec. 5, 1804, in South Strabane township, Washington
county, Pennsylvania. His father and he were both born
on the farm, patented to William's father.
William is son of William and Nancy (Dill) Doak,
of Irish ancestry. Mr. Doak came to his present
residence in 1832. The entire country was new then,
his farm being nearly all timbered land, but was lived to
enjoy the fruits of his toil. The cabin has changed to
a comfortable frame, and the forest to fields of pasture,
grain and orchards. Mr. Doak was married about
the year 1824, to Miss Evaline, daughter of Adam
and Elizabeth (Mason) Gardner. They are the
parents of seven children, viz.: Robert, Adam,
deceased, Mary Anne, deceased, Nancy Jane,
married to David Ewing; Elizabeth, married to
Thomas Wilson; Andrew, married to Louisa
Pocock; and William, married to Sallie E.
McNary. Mr. Doak started to provide for
himself, without wealth, but has now a competency for
himself and wife, who still lives to share the comforts of
their united toil in early life.
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CHARLES B. DONAGHY,
Coshocton; railroad contractor and plasterer; born Jan. 8,
1849, in Wellsville, Columbiana county; son of William
Donaghy, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, of
Irish ancestors. Young Donaghy was raised in
Steubenville, Ohio, attending public school until seventeen,
when he entered Fairfield academy, and remained two and a
half years, then attended Reynoldsville academy, under
instruction of D. J. Snyder, two years.
Messrs Donaghy, Sr. and Jr., have been
remarkable railroad builders, having completed large
contracts on the Pan Handle, New Salem, Cincinnati and
Louisville Short Line, Chesapeak and Ohio, Atlantic and Lake
Erie; Springfield, Dayton and Cincinnati Short Line;
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Columbus; Pittsburgh, Merietta
and Cleveland, and Sciota railroads; also built eight miles
of Lancaster and New Salem turnpike. Charles B.
first came to this city in November, 1873, and remained two
years, and after an absence of a few years, building
railroads, returned, and is now a contractor for plastering,
doing a first class business.
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CLEMENT DORSEY,
Coshocton; proprietor barber shop, corner Main and Fourth
streets; born Dec. 25, 1839, in Washington county, Maryland;
worked on a farm and canal boating until 24 years of age,
when he came to Parkersburg, West Virginia, with I.
Cuthberson, a government agent. In June, 1867, he
went to Stubenville, Ohio, and followed steamboating; was on
the C. E. Hillman when she collided with the
Nannie Byers, which sunk at Madison, Indiana, and
forty-five lives lost. In September, 1867, he went to
Newark and worked in a barber shop and attended school until
Dec. 1, 1868, when he came to this city and established a
shop, and continued his business to the present.
Mr. Dorsey was the first colored juror of this county,
also the first colored citizen to be nominated for a county
office. Mr. Dorsey was married, Oct. 14, 1869
to Mrs. Martha Lucas, of Janesville, Wisconsin.
This union was blessed with five children, viz.:
Mildred Effie, Isham C., Jesse C., Gertrude Hayes and
Clement G. Mr. Dorsey came to this city
with but $48, but now owns real estate and a good home.
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ELMOS DORSEY,
Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock
raiser; born in Muskingum county, in 1842; settled in this
county in 1880; son of John and Prudence Dorsey.
His father settled in Muskingum county in 1812, and died in
1877. His mother died in 1878. The subject of
this sketch is the youngest of a family of three children,
one living in Missouri and one in Licking county, Ohio.
He was married in November, 1870, to Miss Lizzie Magruder,
daughter of George and Margera Magruder.
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SAMUEL H. DRAPER,
Tiverton township; farmer; postoffice, Yankee Ridge, Ohio;
born Sept. 8, 1808, in Knox county. He came to this
county in 1830, and was married in 1837, to Miss
Elizabeth Smith, of this county, who was born in
November, 1818, in Pennsylvania. She died in 1844.
They were the parents of three children. He was
married in 1845, to Miss Catharine Horton of this
county, who was born in 1823 and died in 1852. They
were the parents of three children. He was married in
1852, to Miss Elizabeth Huey, of this county, who was
born in 1828 and died in 1871. He married, in 1871,
Miss Isabella Lockard of this county, who was born in
1825.
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JACOB DRESHER,
Crawford township; postoffice, New Bedford; blacksmith; born
May 24, 1842 in Hesse-Homburg, Germany; son of Frederick
and Margaret (Kline) Dresher; came to America in 1855
and first located in Adams county, next in Crawford
township, went to his trade in 1858, and has followed it to
the present time. He came to his present residence in
1876. Was married June 22, 1866, to Miss Louisa,
daughter of John and Catharine (Lyman) Kesler.
They have five children: John Frederick,
deceased, Emily M., Caroline R., Karl H. and
Augustus Jacob.
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WILLIAM DUGAN,
Linton township; farmer; born in January, 1833, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; son of Francis and Ann
(Smith) Dugan, who emigrated from county Down, Ireland,
in 1833, remained in Philadelphia a few years, then came out
to Harrison county, lived there about ten years, then came
out to Harrison county, lived there about ten years, and
moved to Guernsey county. There Mr. Dugan
remained till he came to Linton township, in 1875. He
enlisted in January, 1862, in Company I, Eightieth O. V. I.
and served three years in the army. He was under fire
at the siege of Corinth, battle of Corinth, Iuka, siege of
Vicksburg, Jackson, Champion Hill, etc. He was married
in 1855, to Hannah Walgamot, daughter of David and
Sophia Walgamot, of Guernsey county. Their
children are Jemima Ellen, Jane, Mary, Lincoln, William,
David, Sophia, Alva and Samuel.
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DAVID DULING,
Linton township; saddler; postoffice, Plainfield; born Oct.
18, 1845, in Lafayette township; son of William and
Rebecca P. Duling. His grandfather, Edmund
Duling, came to this county in 1815. His maternal
grandparents, David and Lucy Richardson were early
settlers in the county, coming from Vermont. His
father, a Protestant Methodist minister, died at
Steubenville, in 1854. He lived in Linton township
from that time until October, 1861, when he enlisted in
Company F, Fifty-first O. V. I., and remained in the army
four years, seeing active service at Stone river,
Chickamauga, the numerous battles in the Atlanta campaign,
Franklin, Nashville, etc. After his return he kept a
grocery in Plainfield one year, then, in 1867, enlisted in
the regular army for three years, and was stationed at
Atlanta, Georgia, Huntsville, Alabama, Jacksonville,
Alabama, Columbia, South Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina,
and Wilmington, North Carolina. After his discharge he
owned a saddler shop in Coshocton till 1875, then moved to
Plainfield, and has been running a shop here since. He
was married in 1872, to Christina Weisser daughter of
Jacob Weisser, of Coshocton. His children are
Lizzie, deceased, and Maud.
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HIRAM W. DULING,
Linton township; farmer; born Apr. 4, 1829, at his present
home in Linton township; son of Edmund and Mary (Dean)
Duling, and grandson of William Duling and of
Thomas and Jane (Gilmore) Dean His father
emigrated from Hampshire county, Virginia, to Linton
township, in 1815. Mr. Duling has always lived
in this township. He was married Feb. 18, 1869, to
Sarah Catharine Lawrey, daughter of Joseph and Jane
(Platt) Lowrey. Their children are, Uriella,
Joseph L., James Edmund, and Lowel Mason.
He was a member of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second
O. N. G., and was in service about four months in Virginia.
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JONAS DUNCAN,
Keene township; farmer; born June 27, 1843, in Mill Creek
township; son of John and Elizabeth (Long) Duncan.
He was married Apr. 30, 1868, to Amanda Shannon,
whose ancestry is as follows: Parents, Nathan and
Mary (Endsley) Shannon; grandparents, Isaac and Jane
(Porter) Shannon; grandparents, Isaac and Jane
(Porter) Shannon, and John and (Blane) Endsley;
great-grandfathers, Robert Shannon, born in Ireland,
Thomas Porter and Thomas Blane. Mr. Duncan's
family consists of five children: Mary E., born Aug.
4, 1869; Joseph A., Jan. 9, 1871; Sophia L.,
Oct. 18, 1872; Cynthia Grace, September, 1874, and
Martha, Jan. 11, 1878.
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T. D. DUNCAN,
Keene township; born July 9, 1846, in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; son of Robert C. and Nancy (Patterson)
Duncan, of Scotch and English descent. His
childhood and early youth was spent on a farm in Beaver
county, Pennsylvania; from seventeen to nineteen he attended
the academy at Beaver, then took a course at Washington and
Jefferson college, Washington, Pennsylvania, graduating in
1869. The following two years he spent at the Western
Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, and after a year spent
as principal of Callensburg academy, Clarion county,
Pennsylvania, he returned and completed theological studies,
graduating in the spring of 1874. The next year he was
engaged as principal of the Verona academy, Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, then in the spring of 1875, he
received a call from Clark Presbyterian church, Bloomfield,
which he accepted and was ordained in May. He remained
there as pastor until April, 1879. After traveling for
some time he accepted a position in August, 1880, as
principal of the public schools and academy at Keene.
He was married in June, 1876, to Miss Ella, daughter
of George and Jane (Douglas) Craig. They have
one child - Robert C., born July 5, 1877.
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JOHN DUNLAP,
Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel Hill; born in
1839 in this county. His father, James Dunlap,
was born in 1796, in Pennsylvania, and came to this
county while yet unmarried, and was married to Miss
Hannah Baker, of this county. He died in 1879.
She died in 1839. They were the parents of eight
children; the subject of this sketch being the youngest.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Rachel H. Philips, of
this county, who was born in 1844. They are the
parents of four children, viz: Samuel L.,
deceased, Charlie, Sarah E., and John.
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JOHN DUSENBERRY,
Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel Hill; born in
1850 in this county. His father was born in 1799 in
eastern Pennsylvania, and came to this county in 1832.
He was married in 1835 to Miss Rebecca Stevens of
this county, who was born in 1810. He died in 1879,
and she died in 1880. They were the parents of seven
children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest.
He is unmarried, and lives on the old farm.
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JOSEPH W. DWYER,
Tuscarawas township; was born in Coshocton, Ohio, Oct. 6,
1832; married Emma A., daughter of John G. and
Emma (Denman) Titus, Oct. 21, 1858. Has one child
living, named David G. Commenced life as a
merchant. Owned and published the Coshocton Age
from 1856 to 1866. Appointed postmaster of Coshocton,
Ohio, by President Lincoln in March, 1861, declined, and was
appointed Clerk in treasury department at Washington City in
same month., and for a while was assistant private secretary
to Secretary Chase, subsequently, being promoted through the
various grades to be chief in charge of commissary accounts
in the treasury department. Resigned this office to
accept the office of pension agent for the Columbus, Ohio,
pension district. It being a new district, he entered
upon the new duties and organized the office in September,
1864, which office he continued to hold until June, 1869,
with the exception of an interim of six months
during President Johnson's swing around the circle.
His successor failing of confirmation by the Senate,
Dwyer was reappointed by President Johnson.
At the close of his second and last term as pension
agent at Columbus, he received notice from the chief
accounting officer of the treasury department at Washington,
that his accounts were closed on the books of the
department, and that "during his last term of office, he
disbursed nearly two millions of dollars to
Pensioners, with promptness and efficiency that meets the
entire approbation of this department."
Allen Rutherford third auditory of treasury
department, on closing up his accounts and turning over the
office to his successor, was appointed: by President
Grant, chief of supervisors and detective in the
internal revenue service, head-quarters at Washington.
Holding this office until December, 1869, when a vacancy
occurred by the death of Charles Hedges, of
Mansfield. Dwyer was appointed supervisor of
internal revenue for Ohio and Indiana, with headquarters at
Coshocton, Ohio, holding this office until July 1, 1872,
when his resignation was accepted by Hon. John W.
Douglass, commissioner of internal revenue, in the
following words: "I regret that you feel compelled to
take this step, not only on account of the pleasant personal
relations which do now and ever have existed between us, but
chiefly because the Government is about to lose the services
of an intelligent, courageous and incorruptible officer."
On retiring from the foregoing office he was appointed
one of the three United States commissioners to visit,
inspect and accept, if completed in accordance with the law,
the Central Pacific railroad. He met Messrs.
Sullivan and Brown, his fellow commissioners, at
San Francisco, California, from whence they made a minute
inspection of the whole road and all its branches, culverts,
bridges, grades, etc., and upon their report the government
accepted the road as finished, and gave to its company the
subsidy of bonds and lands voted by congress.
This ended his services in official position. He
accepted employment with the Atlantic and Pacific railroad
company and was their agent at Washington, and among other
duties, endeavored to induce congress to organize the
Territory of Oklahoma out of the present Indian Territory
and open it up to white settlement, and to this end invited
both houses of congress to visit the Territory. Over
two hundred members accepted the invitation and made a trip
to that country, extending their visit to Galveston, Texas
and to New Orleans. Nothing came of the organization
of the Territory, but the building of the Eads' jetties
below New Orleans at the mouth of the gulf was the outcome
and result of this excursion.
During his official career he found time to devote to
farming and stock raising, and for a time, when pension
agent at Columbus, published the Farmer's Chronicle.
He engaged actively in whatever would improve and interest
the farming community, and to this end was one of the
promoters of the "Patrons of Husbandry" in its infancy, and
has now in his possession the third charter, issued
by the originators of the institution, authorizing the late
secretary Klippart, of the State Board of
Agriculture, Dugan and others, to organize a grange
at Coshocton. He is now a farmer and stock raiser near
Coshocton and ranchman of New Mexico. He, with his
partner, Mr. John S. Delano of Denver, have upon
their New Mexico ranch over 1,400 cattle, 6,000 sheep, and
200 horses.
Source: History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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