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History of Coshocton
County, Ohio :
its past and present, 1740-1881
Newark, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881
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JOHN
M. JACQUET; Coshocton; pastor of St. George
congregation; born August 20, 1817 in France; son of Claude
Jacquet; educated at Lyons, France, and ordained there in
1844; came to America in 1845, and was employed in the diocese
of Nashville, Tennessee, until 1855, in which year he became
pastor of St. Mary's church, at Batesville, Noble county,
Ohio, where he remained till 1869; he then removed to
Coshocton, and has remained here since, officiating as pastor
of the St. George church, in the city, and, in addition,
having charge of five small missions, viz: One in
Franklin, one in Linton, and one in Monroe township, this
county; one in Dresden, and one in Muskingum township,
Muskingum county.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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E. W. JAMES, Coshocton; attorney; born Feb.
11, 1837, in East Union, this county; son of Thomas James,
who was American born, of English ancestry. Young
James spent his early life on a farm and going to public
schools. In 1854, he commenced a more thorough course
of education, during the summers attending successively West
Bedford academy, Oberlin college, Spring Mountain academy
and Meadville college, Pennsylvania, and teaching in the
winters. Aug. 15, 1861, he enlisted as a private in
company K, Thirty-second O. V. I. During the first
year he rose successively to second and first lieutenants.
In February, 1863, he was commissioned captain. He resigned
soon after the fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Captain
James was appointed judge advocate on General
Legget's staff and received several honorable mentions
during his military services. In the spring of 1865,
he entered, as a student, the law office of Messrs.
Nicholas & Williams. During his reading,
he took the law course at Michigan university, and was
graduated in March, 1867, soon after which he commenced the
practice of law, forming the firm of Nicholas & James.
Captain James was married, May 16, 1871, to Miss
Cornelia A. Denver, daughter of Patrick Denver,
of Clinton county, Ohio. The result of this union is
one child, a daughter, Mary.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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THOMAS JAMES,
Bedford township; postoffice West Bedford; born in 1812, in
this county. His father Elias James was
born in 1785 in London county, Virginia, and was married in
1806, to Miss Nancy Fry, of the same county, who was
born in 1785. They came to this county in 1809.
He died in 1860, she died in 1863. They were the
parents of six children, the subject of this sketch being
the third. He was married in 1833, to Miss Sarah O.
Cochran, of this county, who was born in 1815.
They are the parents of eight children, only one of whom is
living. E. W. was a member of the
Thirty-second, O. V. I. He went in as a private and
rose to the rank of captain. The names of the deceased
children are James F., Melvina, Rebecca J.,
Rachel V., Ruth V., Nancy E., and Sarah
K.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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V. O.
JEFFRIES, Coshocton; carriage and wagon manufacturer,
north Second street; born Nov. 22, 1841, in White Eyes
township; son of William Jeffries. Young
Jeffries was raised on the farm, where he remained until
he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to his trade with
E. McDonald, after which he worked with Conrod &
Shepler, of Marysville, Union county; and four years under
instructions at Columbus; also for A. D. Manners, of
this city. In the spring of 1876 he established his
present shop, where he is receiving a full share of the
patronage in his line of business. Mr. J. keeps
eight or ten hands employed at his shop. Mr. Jeffries
was married Dec. 21, 1880, to Miss Ada L., daughter of
George Morgan, of this city.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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ROBERT
D. JELLEY,
Keene township; farmer; born Dec. 1,
1841, in Mill Creek township; son of Samuel and Lydia
Jelley, and grandson of James and Mary (Hazlett) Jelley,
and of Robert and Elizabeth Davidson, natives of
Ireland. He was married October 22, 1867, to Christina,
daughter of Jacob and Susannah Best, and granddaughter of
John and Christina (Revenaugh) Best, and of
Peter and Susannah Miller, of German lineage. They
have one child, Elizabeth M. born Sept. 1, 1869.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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JOSEPH
JENNINGS, Franklin township; farmer; born in Coshocton
county, Sept. 23, 1845; son of Joseph Jennings, Sr., an
early settler of this county; enlisted in Company M, Ninth O.
V. C., Oct. 22, 1863, and remained in service until mustered
out in 1865. Among the engagements he participatedin
were Decatur, Alabama, those about Atlanta, Aiken, Chappel
Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, etc. Sine his return he has
engaged in farming. He was married Sept. 8, 1870, to
Rebecca Simon, born April 27, 1847, daughter of William
Simon, who was born in Fairfield county, and whose parents
emigrated from Germany. His children were, Arminta,
Viola, William Marshall, John Harley, Sara Bell and
Olvy Pearl.
Source: History of Coshocton County,
Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A.
Graham & Co., 1881 Page 712 |
E. Y. JOHN,
deceased, Tiverton township; born Mar. 1, 1821, in this
county, and was married in 1848, to Miss Hannah
Spurgeon, of this county, who was born in November,
1824. He died Mar. 12, 1875. They were the parents of four
children, only one of whom, Polantes, is living.
Mr. John followed the business of salesman,
selling goods in Walhonding and Warsaw.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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C. B. JOHNSON,
New Castle township; postoffice, New Castle; was born in
Tompkins county, New York, Apr. 30, 1840; son of Henry L.
and Ocee Ann (Brown) Johnson, and grandson of Robert
and Mary (Carney) Brown. He worked on the farm and
attended school until the age of eighteen, at which time he
came to West Bedford, this county, and learned the
harness-maker trade with Philips, and from there he
came to New Castle, and worked with William Lyons.
In June, 1861, he volunteered in the United States service
in Company D, Twenty-fourth O. V. I., under Captain
Givens, and remained in the service until January,
1863. His first encampment was at Camp Chase, four
miles west of Columbus, and in July, 1861, was removed from
there to Bellaire; thence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
thence to Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he was taken ill
and was sent to the hospital, and was there several days.
He then, with three comrades, followed the command to Cheat
Mountain, a distance of 104 miles, camping each night among
the enemy.
From Cheat Mountain he went to Greenbrier, and there
took part in the fight, then came back with his regiment to
Cheat Mountain, and from there was ordered to Clarksburg,
and thence to Louisville, Kentucky, under General
Wilson. From Louisville he went into winter
quarters at Camp Wickliffe, and, in February, 1862, was
ordered to West Point, Kentucky, and down the Ohio to
Paducah, thence up the Cumberland to Fort Donelson,
expecting to assist in the fight at that place, but didn't
reach there until the morning of the surrender. From there
he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was taken sick and
sent to the hospital, and afterward detailed to hospital No.
14 as hospital clerk, and remained nine months and
twenty-seven days, when he received his discharge and went
home. He was never wounded.
He then went to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and
worked at his trade with with George Hawk for
nine months, and in 1861 moved to Bladensburgh, Knox county,
and from there to Roscoe and carried on a shop for two
years, and in the fall of 1867 moved to New Castle, where he
has resided ever since. In 1874 he patented the
diamond trace buckle, for which he received about $1,000.
He has served three terms as justice of the peace in New
Castle township, and is at present proprietor of Union
Hotel, doing a fair business. He has been twice married.
His first wife was Miss Martha Baltzall, to whom, he
was married Mar. 7, 1863. She was the daughter of
Joseph and Lydia Baltzall, and died July 12, 1865.
He married his second wife, Miss Charity E. Fulkerson,
July 7, 1867, daughter of Thomas and Lydia Fulkerson,
who is the mother of four children, three of whom are living
viz: Blanche, born July 6, 1868; George, born
Oct. 10, 1879; Robert, born Feb. 21, 1877.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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JAMES JOHNSON,
Franklin township; born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mar. 10,
1815; son of John and Rebecca Johnson. In 1818,
his father, a weaver, moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and
seven years later to Utica, New York. James
remained here till he was twelve years old, then worked on
the Erie canal till he was twenty-five, when he learned the
cooper trade, working at it, in Newark, Wayne county, and
Phelps, Ontario county, New York, till the fall of 1848.
He then moved to Roscoe, this county, and followed his trade
till the spring of 1852, when he moved to Franklin township.
He built a cooper-shop at Conesville, doing me cooper work
for the distillery, and also shipping his barrels.
About I868, he quit coopering and engaged exclusively in
farming. He was married, in 1841, to Matilda
Cornell, daughter of John Cornell.
His two children were named John and Sarah
Minerva.
Source: History of Coshocton County,
Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A.
Graham & Co., 1881 Page 713 |
JESSE
JOHNSON,
White Eyes township; farmer; born in
Jefferson county about 1847, an was the son of Derrick
Johnson. Jesse was married in 1841 to Miss
M. J. Dennison of Jefferson county; she was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had nine children,
all of whom have deceased except the three youngest, two boys
and one girl - Charles, Ernst and Grace. Grace
is married to John Adams, a stock dealer of Coshocton,
and resides at that place. Charles lives at home
with his mother, and farms the place. Ernst has been
attending school at Coshocton for the last three years.
Mr. Johnson came to this township in the spring of 1861,
and located on the farm where his widow resides. He died
September 15, 1868, aged 62 years, and was interred at Kimbles.
They lost four of their children within two weeks.
Source: History of Coshocton County,
Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A.
Graham & Co., 1881 Page 714 |
HENRY JOHNSON,
deceased; Lafayette township; was born in Orange county,
NewYork, in 1800, and came to Ohio in 1837; previous to
coming here, he run a dairy in Orange county, noted the
world over for its butter and buttermakers. He was married
Oct. 23. 1822, to Miss Clarinda Burt, of Orange
county, New York. They had three children, viz:
Sarah, Catherine and Clara. Mrs.
Johnson passed away in 1873, and Mr. Johnson in
1879, his death resulting from being struck in the breast by
a horse which was scared at a steam thresher. Mrs.
Johnson was a cripple the best part of her life from
rheumatism, caused principally by the hard work incident to
an early settler's life. Clara, the youngest
daughter, owns the home farm of 200 acres, which is the one
first settled upon by her father, and owns 240 acres south
of the home farm. The house where she is at present
living is the oldest frame house in the valley, at one time
a tavern, in the early days of this county, and was the
place for holding elections for some time. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson were both leading members of the Baptist
church here, in fact, Mr. Johnson may truthfully be
said to have built the Baptist church in this place, and his
home was sometimes called the "preacher's home," on account
of the hospitality extended to them.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
Page 713 |
JOHN JOHNSON,
Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock
raiser; born in this county in 1846; son of John and Mary
Johnson, and grandson of John Johnson, and of
Joseph and Mary Hawker. He was married in 1868 to
Miss Elizabeth Frampton, daughter of Garrettson
and Eliza A. Frampton. They are the parents of two
children, viz: Clarence G. and Stephen D.
Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1864, in Company F,
Ninety-seventh O. V. I., Capt. Lemmert, Army of
Cumberland. Mr. Johnson participated in the
following battles, to wit: Rocky Face Ridge, May 9,
1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 14, and 15, 1864;
Adairsville, May 17, 1864; Burnt Hickory, May 27, 1864;
Muddy Creek, June 18, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864;
peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; Atlanta, Georgia, July 22
and 23, 1864; Jonesborough, Sept. 1, 1864; Lovejoy Station,
Sept. 2, 1864; Spring Hill, Nov. 29, 1864; Franklin, Nov.
30, 1864; Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864; Missionary Ridge,
Stone River, and Chicamauga. He was wounded at
Nashville Dec. 16, 1864; and was mustered out at Powder
Horn, Texas, Oct. 21, 1865.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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DR. MARO JOHNSON,
Roscoe, Ohio. Dr. Johnson was born Mar. 14,
1810, in Cheshire county, New Hampshire; son of Adam
andMartha (Breed) Johnson, who were of English
ancestors. The doctor's grandfather was a soldier in
the French and English wars of 1754-55, andalso in the
revolutionary war. Young Johnson was brought up
on a farm, where he remained until he was twenty years of
age, when he began reading medicine with Dr.
Samuel Lee, the first physician in Coshocton,
Ohio. After three years'study he attended a course of
lectures at the Ohio medical college at Cincinnati. On
his return from the lectures he became a partner with his
preceptor, with whom he remained six years, and since which
time he has practiced medicine at his present place, Roscoe.
Dr. Johnson was married November 15, 1838, to
Miss Eliza L., daughter of Thomas L. Rue,
of Coshocton, but formerly of Pennington, New Jersey.
They became the parents of four children, viz: Sarah L.,
Jane, married to John M. Adams, of Jackson
township; Elizabeth, deceased, aged 19 years; Guy,
married to Miss Lone, now residing in Iowa.
Mrs. Johnson died in 1854, and is buried in the
old cemetery at Roscoe.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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ROBERT L. JOHNSON
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WILLIAM
JOHNSON, Pike township; post office, Fallsburgh;
farmer and stockraiser; born in England in 1819; came to the
United States in 1852, and settled in this county in 1870; son
of Daniel and Mary (Topps) Johnson, an grandson of
William and Mary Johnson, and of Thomas and ____ Topps.
He was married in 1858 to Miss Levina Lane,
daughter of Joshua and Sarah Lane. They are the
parents of six children, viz: Mary and Sarah,
both deceased; Margaret, John, Terrissa, George E.,
Harriett, and Elizabeth. The father of the
subject of this sketch died in 1867.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, clerk;
Coshoeton; was born June 28, 1823, in this city; son of
Adam and Sarah Williams, daughter of
Colonel Williams (he pioneer settler of this
city. Johnson, Sr., was a native of Maryland.
At the ago of thirteen young Johnson began the
printing business in the Coshocton Democrat, and in 1845 he
became owner of half the office, which he held about one
year. In 1846 he became editor and proprietor of the
Crawfordsville Review, in Indiana, and conducted it
one year, then removed to Iowa and located at Ottumwa,
Wapello county. He afterwards purchased the Des Moines
Republican, and conducted it nearly two years. Then
returned to his native city a wiser if not wealthier man,
and became foreman of the Coshocton Age, which
position beheld under Burt, Hillyer, Dwyer &
Harris. He was appointed postmaster by
President Lincoln, but was victimized by
President Johnson. In 1861 he enlisted as
musician of Fifty-first regimental band, but was discharged
by act of congress in 1862. He also served under the
government as assistant assessor, also as assessor, then
again assistant assessor of internal revenue, also deputy
provost marshal of this county, after which he retired to
private life. Mr. Johnson was married
in April, 1845, to Miss Doratha, daughter of
John and Susannah (Jennings)
Ostler. This union was blessed with eleven
children; three died in infancy, not named; Louisa, Mary
V., Luella, William A.. Jr., George W.,
Charles M.; Adah, deceased; Mary A. and
Paul B.
Source: History of Coshocton
County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 Page 714 |
J. H. JOHNSTON,
Jefferson township; was born Sept. 10, 1834, in Scotland,
and while yet an infant, he was brought by his parents to
Canada, where he was brought up on a farm, and educated in a
Canadian free school. At the age of twenty, he came to
the United States, and settled in Hancock county, West
Virginia, where he learned the blacksmith trade, under
John Dixon, and followed it, in Virginia, about seven
years; then went to California, worked at his trade about
sixteen months; then returned to Coshocton county, Ohio,
worked at his trade until 1875, when he went to Texas, to
look for a location; remained there about fifteen months,
and followed farming; then returned to Jefferson township,
Coshocton county, where he is now pursuing his old
occupation of blacksmithing. He was married to Miss
Rebecca J. Neptune, September, 1857, who was born June
3, 1834; daughter of Davis and Elizabeth (Hull) Neptune,
and granddaughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hull.
Their children were, Elizabeth, deceased; John T.,
born Jan. 2, 1862; George D., Aug. 2, 1863; Alice
M., Sept. 28, 1865; James H., Sept. 2, 1868;
Charles G., Feb. 2, 1871; Samuel A., Sept. 7,
1862, and Sarah J., May 20, 1876, born in Texas.
Mr. Johnston enlistedin Company E, One Hundred and
Forty-second O. N. G., and served his country 100 days.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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REV. A. P. JONES,
Virginia township. The subject of this
sketch was born at Westfield, Medina county, Ohio; son of
Sylvanus and Alvira Jones. Mr. Johns was
brought up on a farm till the age of eighteen years.
He then went to school at Baldwin university, at Berea,
Ohio, he also spent two years at the Wesleyan university, at
Delaware, where he graduated. He then entered the
North Ohio Conference, of which he remained a member until
1863, when he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment O. V.
I., Army of the Cumberland, served about eighteen months as
a private. He afterward served in various capacities:
first as clerk, then in the executive department of the
hospital, then as chaplain till he was mustered out of the
service. On his return he again entered the
conference, and is still a member of it. He married
Miss Cordelia Thatcher, in August, 1859.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
Page 713 |
SAMUEL L. JONES,
Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette,
Ohio; son of David P. and Margaret (Hunt) Jones; was
born Apr. 20, 1842, in England. He came to this
country in 1845, and located in Linton township, this
county. He was raised on the farm, and has always
followed that occupation. Mr. Jones was
married June 29, 1865, to Miss Debby J. Wiggins, of
this county. They are the parents of six children,
viz: Rosella, born June 29, 1866; Ida M., born
Aug. 23, 1867; Charles H., born Aug. 26, 1869;
Samuel H., born Jan. 19, 1872; David P., born
Dec. 9, 1877, died Mar. 8, 1878, and Debby P., born
Jan. 21, 1876. Mr. Jones served four months as
a private in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-second O. V.
I., under General Butler.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
Page 713 |
SMITH JONES,
Oxford township; farmer; White Eyes Plains postoffice; son
of Wesley and Mille A. (Medley) Jones, both natives
of Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in
Belmont county, in 1841, and came to this county when about
three years of age. He was married to Miss Margaret
Ann Wolf, daughter of Samuel Wolf, deceased.
They have not been blessed with any children. He is at
present township trustee, being elected on the Republican
ticket, although the township is Democratic, which shows his
popularity. He took part in the late war, going out in
Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth O. V. I., and
serving twenty months, going out as a private and discharged
as a sergeant. Mr. Jones and wife are members
of the Protestant Methodist church of this township, and are
both highly esteemed by their neighbors. He owns
fifty-three acres of good land in this township.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and
present, 1740-1881 - Newark Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881
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