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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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ANDREW
SALRIN, Franklin township; farmer; born near Metz,
France, May 10, 1848. His parents, Andrew and
Barbara (Mitchell) Salrin, emigrated with their three
children directly to this township, from France, in 1853.
His two sisters, both older than himself, are now living in
the West, Victorine (David) in Kansas, and Mary (Sherrest)
in Chicago, Illinois. He was married January 10, 1872,
to Martha Jane, oldest daughter of William M.
Clark, of Franklin township. The Mary Ellen,
Andrew William; Barbara Elizabeth; deceased, and Emma
Jane.
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BASIL
SALRIN, Franklin township; farmer; born in France,
June 12, 1839; eldest son of Joseph Salrin.
When seven years old he came with his father to Muskingum
county, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Franklin
township, and has lived there since. He married;
October 7, 1874, Anna Marraine, born in France, in
June, 1860, and emigrated to America August 13, 1874.
Their family consists of three boys, viz: Joseph Basil,
Ernest Alexander and Frank Sherman.
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JOSEPH
SALRIN, Franklin township; born in France, Department
of Moselle, Canton of Foulquemont, Vittoncourt village, April
10, 1812; son of Stephen Salrin. He left his
native land March 5, 1846, for America, and, coming by way of
New Orleans, landed at Zanesville, June 10. He located
at Adamsville, following his trade, cabinet making, until
1852, when he moved to his present home in Franklin township.
He has here engaged in farming and also worked at his trade to
some extent. In 1839 he married Madelaine, Nichols,
and has six children, viz: Basil, Justin Albert, of
Brown county, Illinois; Laura, a sister in St. Francis
hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Madelaine, deceased;
Nicholas, deceased and Joseph. Basil,
Justin and Laura were born in France, the others
here. His wife died February 29, 1876.
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JOSEPH
M. SALRIN, Franklin township, farmer; born September
25, 1849, in Franklin township; married, in 1872, to Mary,
daughter of Charles Schmueser, of Muskingum county.
By this marriage he had two children, viz: Mary Bertha
and Joseph Milton. His wife having died May 9,
1879, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
Moffet, of Guernsey county, March 28, 1880.
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CASPER
SANDEL, Franklin township; farmer; born in Muskingum
county, April 1, 1841; son of Valentine and Saloma
(Sauer) Sandal. His father moved from Muskingum
county to Franklin township and lived there ever since.
He enlisted August 12, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and
Second O. V. I. and was discharged June 30, 1865. He
saw service principally in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama,
was in the battle of Decatur, Alabama. Married Jan.
23, 1868, Harriet Barclay, daughter of Joseph H.
Barclay of Muskingum county. Their children are:
William Howard, John Francis Barclay, Theraby May,
and Chester Valentine.
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COLONEL
CHARLES F. SANGSTER, Lafayette township; farmer;
postoffice, Plainfield, Ohio. Colonel Sangster
was born September 15, 1810, in Fairfax county, Virginia,
sixteen miles from Mount Vernon. He is son of James
and Priscilla (Ford) Sangster. His father was of
Scotch descent; his mother, of English descent, her father
being a minister of the Church of England and her mother a
descendant of the Barry family of Ireland.
Mr. Sangster was raised on a farm. He removed to
Loudon county, Virginia, in 1836, where he remained until
1849. He then came to Linton Township, where he has
since resided. Colonel Sangster was married
February 24, 1845, to Miss Sallie E. Gore, of
Muskingum county, Ohio. They became the parents of
seven children, viz: Ella C., James, Annie, Mollie,
Charles and Laura, twins, and Hattie.
Two, James and Ella C., are married. In
1852, Colonel Sangster was chosen president of the
first agricultural society organized in Coshocton county.
He was re-elected the following year, and again in 1857.
In 1857 Colonel Sangster was elected to the Ohio
legislature, and served two years. He was elected
infirmary director and served six years. In 1880 he
was chosen by the eighteenth senatorial district as member
of decennial board of equalization, running between one and
two hundred head of his state ticket, which shows the esteem
in which he is held by his countrymen. He is at
present engaged in the duties of his office, in 1832,
Colonel Sangster, united with the Methodist Episcopal
church, and has ever since remained an influential and
efficient member. He has always manifested an interest
in educational matters, holding office and otherwise.
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WILLIAM
SAUNDERS, Keene township; farmer; born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, about 1810; son of Joseph Sanders.
At the age of thirty-five he emigrated to this county and
has been a farmer all his life. He was married in
1829, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Catharine (Markley) Miller and granddaughter of John
Miller. His children were John, deceased;
Catherine, Isabelle, Harrison, and Elmira,
deceased.
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R. F.
SAYER, Coshocton; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch
& Co.; was born April 23, 1842, in White Eyes township; son
of Stephen D. Sayer, native of New York, of English
origin. Mr. Sayer remained on the farm until he
was about thirty-four years old. In 1865 he went West
taking a wagon train, and settled in Carroll County,
Missouri, where he remained seven years, after which he
returned to the old homestead and remained three years.
January 10, 1876, he came to this city and engaged in his
present business, which he has closely followed to the
present writing. Mr. Sayer was married April
23, 1865, to Miss M. J. Balch, daughter of John W.
Balch of Lafayette township. This union was
blessed with six children; two deceased - Sadie M.
and Eugene Ellsworth; the four living children are
Laura M., Elmer E., Josephine, and Emma J. Mr.
Sayer is doing a good business in custom and merchant
work.
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STEPHEN
D. SAYER, deceased; born in Orange county, New York,
1814. He came to this county in 1837, and was married
to Sarah A. Morgan, who was a naive of the same
county in New York, and was born in the year 1813.
They had eight children, viz: Lydia, Samuel K., Mary A.,
Robert F., Elizabeth, Thomas, Caron and Willard,
six of whom are living. All those living are married
except Lydia, who is staying with her mother.
Samuel K. lives in Iowa, Elizabeth in
Tuscarawas county, Mary Ann in Indiana, the rest in
this county. Mr. Sayer located on the farm
where his widow now resides, when he first came to this
county. He died March 1879, aged sixty-five years.
Samuel K. enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first O. V. I.,
at Coshocton. He was taken prisoner at Chickamauga,
was confined in Libby prison and endured the hardships of
that place. Thomas Enlisted in the 100-day
service in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth O. N. G.
He took sick and died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and was
buried there.
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FREDERICK SCHLEGEL,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New Bedford; born
September 28, 1846, in Crawford township; son of David
and Elizabeth (Barkley) Schlegel. His father's
nativity was Germany; his mother's, Ohio. Young
Schlegel has been accustomed to farm life from infancy.
He was married March 27, 1874, to Miss Catharine,
daughter of Balthaser and Catharine (Hothem) Precens.
Three children were born to them - Charles Henry,
Herbert Balthaser and Mary Martha. Mr.
Schlegel has made farming his special vocation, and has
been successful.
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MAILEN
SCHOOLEY, Jefferson township; was born in September,
1820, in Belmont county, Ohio. He is the son of
Mailen and Honor (Lafevor) Schooley, and grandson of
Henry Lefevor, who was a native of France. Mr.
Schooley was brought up on a farm, till the age of
eighteen when he began the carpenter trade, under Henry
Schooley, and served seven years; but during this time
he worked at the manufacturing of boots and shoes in the
winter season. Since that time he has devoted his
entire attention to the shoemaker trade. In 1848, he
opened a shop in Knox county, and continued three years;
from there he went to Jefferson township, Coshocton county,
where he yet remains, and is following his trade with good
success. He was married to Miss Mary J. Cullison,
in February 1843, daughter of James and Sarah Cullison.
One child, Thomas O., born November 8, 1844, is
the issue of this marriage. Postoffice, Mohawk
Village.
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M. J. SCHOTT
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JOHN SCHUMACHER,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili; born December
15, 1821, in Bavaria, Germany; son of Frederick and
Elizabeth (Klide) Schumacher. Quitting school at
fourteen, he came to America in 1836, and stopped in New
Jersey for nine months, then located in Bucks township.
Tuscarawas county, where he remained until the fall of 1871,
when he came to his present residence. Mr.
Schumacher was married, in December, 1844, to Miss
Catharine, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Smith)
Stilgenbaner. Twelve children blessed their union,
four of who died in infancy and eight are living, viz:
Caroline, Frederick, Catharine, Mary, Philip, Charles, John
and Magdalena. Mr. Schumacher began
business for himself without any capital but hardy hands and
an honest good will. In 1846, he bought a small piece
of timber land in Adams county6 and moved to it with his
young wife; but the only shelter they had was a log house
with only a bed quilt to close the doorway. But now he
has an abundance for himself and family, also for his
mother, who is eighty-one years old and lives with her
devoted son.
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FRANK SCHUTZBACH,
Crawford township; painter; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio;
was born February 5, 1847, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of
Xavier and Anna Mary (Dilger) Schutzbach; came to
America in 1866, and located at Washington City, D. C.,
where he remained about one year, working at his trade; also
worked in Philadelphia. He came to New Bedford about
1868. Mr. S. was married October 18, 1868, to
Miss Rachel, daughter of John and Mary (Seidel)
Halterbaum. They have one child, John Charles.
Mr. S. is considered a first-class workman in graining
and house painting.
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GOTTLEIB SCHWEIKERT,
Crawford township; wagonmaker; postoffice, New Bedford,
Ohio; was born March 16, 1849, in Wurtemberge, Germany.
At the age of fourteen he left school and went to his trade,
which he has followed to the present time. He came to
America in July, 1866, and located at New Bedford.
Mr. Schweikert was married June 14, 1873, to Miss
Mary, daughter of Frederick A. and Elizabeth (Magenan)
Baad. By this union he had three children, viz:
Maggie E.; Annie L., deceased, and Mary Annie.
Mr. Schweikert is considered a first-class workman.
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JOHN L. SCOTT,
farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Keene
township, in 1854, and was married, in 1876, to Mary
Catherine McCary, who was born in White Eyes township,
in 1857. They have three children, viz: William R.,
John E. and Oda. He is engaged in farming.
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JOHN W. SCOTT,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili; born in Brooke
county, West Virginia, February 20, 1830; son of James V.
and Ellen (Tumbleson) Scott, of Pennsylvania; was
brought to Ohio when about seven years of age, and to his
present residence in 1878. Mr. Scott was
married, first, October 31, 1851, to Miss Lavina,
daughter of Vincent and Eleanor (Cordery) DeWitt.
They have had six children: Vincent, deceased;
James; Osee, deceased; Marion, Mary C., and
Rebecca Jane, deceased. Mrs. Scott died
January 21, 1871. Mr. Scott has acceptably
served three terms as township assessor. He married
Miss Sarah Everhart for his second wife.
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Residence, Livery, Feed, Sale Stable and Stock of
Captain B. F. Sells,
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CAPT. B. F. SELLS,
Coshocton, Ohio; livery man, west Main street. Mr.
Sells was born November 12, 1824, in Coshocton, Ohio;
son of Abraham and Phebe (Hart) Sells. Mr.
Sells chose the cabinetmaking business, which he
followed until June, 1846, when he enlisted in Company B,
Third O. V. I., for the Mexican war. The company left
Coshocton in canal boats June 5, 1846. He served one
year in General Taylor's command. After his
discharge he came home and followed his trade until the fall
of 1852, when he was elected county auditor. At the
expiration of his term of office he again resumed the
furniture business, which he followed until September 30,
1862, when he recruited Company D, One Hundred and
Twenty-second O. V. I., and was commissioned its captain,
and served until March, 1864, when he was honorably
discharged. After his discharge he was, for some time,
engaged in furnishing horses for the government, which was
merged into his present livery business. Captain
Sells was married February 6, 1849, to Miss Eliza,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ludington) Shaw.
They are the parents of eight children, viz: William,
Howard A., Joseph B., Emma Adelia, Clara E., B. F., Charles
and John.
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CHARLES
SENFT, Jefferson township; postoffice,
Warsaw; born in Baden, Germany; son of George A. and
Elizabeth (Danner) Senft, and grandson of George
Albright. His father was born April 11, 1790.
He attended the public schools until the age of 15, then
went to Baden to learn the saddler's trade with Wilhelm
Isenholdt, and served an apprenticeship of three years.
He then traveled as a journeyman, and worked one year in the
city of Charles-rest, in Baden, then one year in Zurich,
Switzerland. He then came to America landing in the
city of New York on the 10th of May, 1845. From there
he went to Buffalo and worked at his trade about eighteen
months, then to Uricksville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and
engaged with Christopher Middaugh, and worked for him
six months; from thence to Canal Dover, in the same county,
and worked with Simpson Shandler eighteen months;
thence to Rogersville and engaged for three months with
John Groft; then to New Bedford, Coshocton county, and
worked two years with John Gard; then came to Warsaw
and began business on his own responsibility, and has been
thereabout thirty years. He was married February 25,
1849, to Miss Barbara Baad, daughter of Adam and
Barbara (Erb) Baad, and granddaughter of Christian
Frederick and Agnes (Shriver) Ott. Their children
are as follows: Margaret, born October 11,
1850, deceased; Christianna, born February 11, 1855;
William, born January 28, 1857; Louis, born
July 24, 1859; George A., born January 27, 1862;
Charles J., born May 10, 1866; Jacob G., born
December 6, 1868; Nettie, born October 6, 1872,
deceased, and Agnes, born June 24, 1876.
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JACOB SEVERNS,
Coshocton; sheriff of Coshocton county; was born April 16,
1832, in New Castle township, Coshocton county, and raised
on the farm; married September, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth
Dillin, daughter of William Dillin, of Perry
township. In the fall of 1856, Mr. Severns
moved with his wife to Schuyler county, Illinois.
During their stay there a son was born to them, but died at
the age of sixteen months. In 1858, Mr. and Mrs.
Severns returned to their native county, but Mrs.
Severns survived their return only a few weeks, having
contracted consumption in their western home. Mr.
Severns was married to Miss Eliza Dillin of Perry
township, in 1860. The result of this union was one
daughter and two sons, viz: Eva, William E. and
John L. Mr. Severns was elected in 1879.
Sheriff Severns is a very efficient and competent public
officer.
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G. W. SEWARD,
proprietor of Arlington House, corner of Main and Railroad
streets, Coshocton, Ohio; was born March 5, 1837, in
Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Albert
Seward, Esq.; mother's maiden name was A. Cranes;
was raised on the farm; enlisted in 1861, in Company K,
Thirty-second O. V. I., and served eighteen months in that
regiment, in Virginia, and surrendered to the enemy at
Harper's Ferry, and after being exchanged, went down the
Mississippi and ran the blockade at Vicksburg. After
the surrender of Vicksburg, he was transferred to the Signal
Corps, and served for the Seventeenth Army Corps until the
surrender of Atlanta, George, when he was honorably
discharged. Mr. Seward was married August 30,
1877, to Miss Sadie M. Richeson, daughter of James
Richeson; mother's maiden name was Maria Highland.
This union was blessed with one child, a son, Clyde L.,
born October 23, 1879, in Coshocton, Ohio.
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EMANUEL
SHAEFFER, Coshocton; general smithing
shop; was born October 1, 1822, in Columbiana county; son of
Nathaniel Shaeffer, a native of York County,
Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Young Shaeffer
spent his childhood at New Lisbon, Ohio, and in youth worked
at different employments. At eighteen commenced his
trade at New Lisbon with Hiltabiddle; also worked in
carriage shop of Polland & Wells of same place.
He then formed a partnership with David Kisinger,
which continued one year; then established a shop, which he
conducted until 1851, when he began traveling, and worked in
several different States for four years. In 1855 he
settled in this city, and ahs remained to the present time.
Mr. Shaeffer recruited Company I, Ninety-seventy O.
V. I., and was commissioned its captain, but owing to
sickness resigned in 1863. Capt. Shaeffer was
first married December 18, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Baxter
of Washington County, Pennsylvania, who became the mother of
three children, viz: Charles, deceased;
Samuel L., and Mary Lettitia. The mother of
these children died in October, 1851. Captain
Shaeffer was afterward married, August 16, 1855, to
Susannah, daughter of John Miller of this county,
who became the mother of eight children, viz: Almeda,
John W., Sarah E., Louis C., Charles, Roberta, Leonara,
and Hattie. The captain and his son, Samuel
L., are doing a very active business in general smithing
and machine repairing.
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A.
SHAFER, Lafayette township; farmer;
postoffice, Jacobsport; was born in Albany county, New York
in 1809, and came to this township, in 1836; and is one of
the oldest residents of this township. He was married
to Miss Maria Davis, of Schnectady county, New York,
in 1836. They have had six children; Steven,
deceased; Elizabeth A., Peter, Catharine, Baxter
and Alonzo. Mr. S. was county
commissioner one term, township trustee two terms, and
supervisor numerous times. His parents were New
Yorkers of German descent. He owns 240 acres of land
and although at an advanced age, is industrious, and
regarded as one of the prominent men of the township.
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EDMUND
SHAFER; farmer; postoffice,
Plainfield; was born in this township in 1847, and was
married in 1870, to Jennie Scott, who was born in
Oxford township in 1851. They have three children:
Samuel, Steward and Emma. He is engaged in
farming the home farm.
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GEORGE
SHAFER; farmer; Lafayette township;
postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Albany county, New
York, in 1822, and came to Ohio when quite small; was
married in 1847, to Miss Margaret Smith, a native of
Pennsylvania. Their children were: Jacob,
deceased; George W., Martha E., John F., Mary C., William
W., Benjamin, Edward; Lizzie S., deceased, and
Jennie. George, the eldest son, was out in the
three months service and was a member of Company H,
Eighty-eighth O. V. I. The subject of this sketch owns
116 acres of good land in this township, and is regarded as
an honest, industrious citizen.
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ELIJAH
SHANAMAN, Mill Creek township; farmer;
postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio; was born in Holmes county,
April 6, 1860, and is the son of Jonathan and Barbara
Shanaman.
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CYRUS
W. SHANNON, Monroe township; born April, 1855, in
Clark township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Jeremiah
and Sophia (Buckmaster) Shannon, and grandson of
Isaac and Sarah (Stone) Shannon, and Richard and
Elizabeth (Mattock) Buckmaster He has spent the
most of his life thus far in educating himself. He was
married, October, 1880, to Miss Mary Brillhart
daughter of John and Jane Billhart.
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J. J. SHANNON,
Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice, Keene; born in
1847, in this county. His father, J. M. Shannon,
was born in 1800, in Pennsylvania. He came to this
county, in 1828, and was married the same year, to Miss
Jane Johnson, who was born in 1810, and died in 1863.
They were the parents of eleven children. The subject
of this sketch is the eighth. He was married, in 1880,
to Miss M. A. Foster of this county, who was born in
1849, in this county. Wm. B., brother of the
subject of this article, was killed at the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, June 27, 1864. He was a member of the
Fifty-first O. V. I.
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NATHAN R. SHANNON,
Mill Creek; postoffice, Keene; born in 1851, in this county.
His grandfather, Nathan Shannon, was born in 1796, in
Washington county, Pennsylvania. He came to Harrison
county in 1805. He was married twice. His first
wife dying, he married, in 1818, Miss Mary Endsly of
Harrison county, who was born in 1799, in Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eleven
children. John P., the father of the subject of
this sketch, is the third child. He was born in 1825,
in Jefferson county, Ohio; came to this county in 1826, with
his father, and was married, in 1850, to Miss Sarah A.
McConnell, of this county, who was born in 1830 in
county Donegal, Ireland. They are the parents of one
child, the subject of this sketch. He was married, in
1877, to Miss Emma A. Clark, of this county, who was
born in 1856, in this county. They are the parents of
one child, John Earl.
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WILLIAM
SHANNON, Bedford township; farmer;
postoffice, Tyrone; born in 1835, in this county. His
father was born, in 1804, in Fayette county Pennsylvania,
and came to Harrison county when a child. He was
married, in 1826, to Miss Sarah Stone, of Harrison
county, who was born in 1806, in Jefferson county.
They came to this county in 1831. She died in 1877.
They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this
sketch being the fourth. He was married, in 1859, to
Miss Elenora McCluggage, of this county,
Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children,
three of whom are living, viz: Sarah E., Lulu B. and
Bertie F.
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JAMES SHARPLES,
Bedford township; P. O. Warsaw; born in 1823 in Jefferson
county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1833 with his
father, who was born in 1778 in England. He was
married twice. His second wife's maiden name was
Miss Elizabeth Marsdow She was born in 1788.
They came to Jefferson county, Ohio in 1819 or '30.
She died in this county in 1850. He went back to
Jefferson county in 1856 and died there in 1861. They
were the parents of six children. James being the
fifth. He was married in 1847 to Miss Ann E.
Gelsthorpe, of this county, who was born in 1826 in
England. They are the parents of eleven children, viz:
Sarah E., deceased; James B., Mary E.; Alice E.,
deceased, an infant, deceased; Nannie R., and Ida
M.
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RUSSELL
SHARPLES, Bedford township; farmer; P.
O. Tunnel Hill; born in 1853 in this county, and was married
in 1877 to Miss Clara Tredway, of this county, who
was born in 1857. They are the parents of two
children, namely; Etta and an infant daughter.
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D. R. SHAW,
queensware and glassware dealer, Second street, Coshocton.
Mr. Shaw is a native of this city, and was born March
1, 1836; son of Hon. B. R. Shaw, American born, of
English ancestry. At fifteen years of age he entered
the dry goods store as clerk; at eighteen was appointed
deputy postmaster. At twenty-one he bought a farm and
managed it eights years; at twenty-nine returned to the city
and engaged in the hardware business; at forty changed his
business from the hardware to that named above, in which he
has almost the exclusive trade of the place and vicinity.
Mr. Shaw served as quartermaster sergeant of the One
Hundred and Forty-third O. N. G. for five months. He
has very acceptably filled the office of township clerk and
as member of city council, and is at present president of
the board of directors of the M. E. church, of this city.
Mr. Shaw was married December 23, 1856, to Miss
Alpha J. Benson, daughter of John Benson, of
Perry township and cousin to James A. Garfield.
This union was blessed with four children, one of whom died
in infancy, and three are living, viz: Emma Frances,
William Walter, and Benjamin Lewis.
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DANIEL
SHAW, Bedford township; farmer;
postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1821, in this county. His
father, James Shaw, was born in 1790, in Harford
county, Maryland, and was married in 1820, to Miss Sarah
Tredway, of the same county, who was born in 1798.
They came to this county in 1820. He died in 1862, and
she died in 1870. They were the parents of twelve
children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest.
He was married in 1848, to Miss Athalia Wright, of
this county, who was born in 1823. They are the
parents of eleven children, viz: Viola, James W.,
William H., Sarah L., Lewis C., Mary M., Meda,
(deceased), Libby, Nathan E., Sabina and an
infant, (deceased).
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J. W. SHAW,
Coshocton; sewing machine agent; was born September 14,
1838, in the County of Sligo, Ireland. His father,
William Shaw, is yet living in Ireland. J. W.
worked on the farm until he came to America and settled in
this city, in 1867. He farmed two years, then engaged
in his present business, which he has followed up to the
present time. Mr. Shaw is doing a good share of
the trade in his line in this place and vicinity. He
was married November 19, 1863, to Miss Martha Morrow,
daughter of Thomas Morrow, of the County of Sligo,
Ireland. This union was blessed with five children,
one deceased, viz: Thomas, and four are living, viz:
William, James, Sarah and Mariah.
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JAMES SHAW,
Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in this county in
1828; son of James and Sarah Shaw, and grandson of
Joshua Shaw; married in 1859, to Mary Courtwright,
daughter of Jacob and Susan Courtwright. Mr.
Shaw is the father of six children, viz: Frank,
Sarah, Charles, Lewis, James M., Eward E.
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WILLIAM SHAW,
Newcastle township; farmer; was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, Oct. 22, 1831; son of John and Catharine
(Price) Sheafer, and grandson of John and Elizabeth
Sheafer, and of William and Jane Price.
He spent his boyhood days attending public school and
working at farm work. He went to Knox county in the
year 1834, and in1836 moved to Newcastle, where he now
resides. He is an enterprising farmer and an obliging
neighbor. Mr. Sheafer was married to
Miss Pauline Lewis, daughter of Henry
and Mary McVey. Her father was of Welsh and her
mother of Irish descent. She was born in East Union,
Coshocton county, Dec. 7, 1843. They have been blessed
with one child, viz: John, born May 9, 1875.
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WILLIAM SHEAFER,
Newcastle township, farmer; was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, October 22, 1831 son of John and Catharine
(Price) Sheafer, and grandson of John and Elizabeth
Sheafer, and of William and Jane Price. He
spent his boyhood days attending public school and working
at farm work. He went to Knox county in the year 1834,
and in 1836 moved to Newcastle, where he now resides.
He is an enterprising farmer and an obliging neighbor.
Mr. Sheafer was married to Miss Pauline Lewis,
daughter of Henry and Mary McVey. Her father
was of Welsh and her mother of Irish descent. She was
born in East Union, Coshocton county, December 7, 1843.
They have been blessed with one child, viz: John,
born May 9, 1875.
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WILLIAM
SHEARN, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in
South Wales, in 1826; settled in this county in 1851; son of
Henry and Hannah (Gulifer) Shearn, married in 1854,
to Zillah Stubbs. Mr. Shearn is the
father of seven children, viz: Jonah, deceased;
William, deceased; Bettie H., born Feb. 18, 1859;
Sarah E., born Oct. 28, 1860; Ester, born Aug.
21, 1863; Susannaha, born October 5, 1865; Joseph
B., born Oct. 30, 1867. Elizabeth H. was
married in 1877, to Martin H. Carter.
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A.
J. SHEPLER, of Coshocton, photographer, west Locust
street; was born in Coshocton county, August 22, 1842; son
of Peter Shepler, of German and French extraction;
was brought up on the farm until the age of seventeen, when
he began to learn photography at Millersburg, Ohio. He
has traveled extensively, working in most of the principal
cities of the West. By special request, in
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, he describes the
process by which he produced pictures exhibited at the
Chicago exposition in 1874. Also, in the Philadelphia
Photographer, Mr. Shepler's improved method of
working a tank for washing prints, is given. He is
very successful in his art. Mr. Shepler was
married September, 1860, to Miss Nancy, daughter of
James and Mary A. Gray, of Holmes county. Their
children are named Laura E., Eddie L., James P. and
Henry V.
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JOHN
SHIELDS, Bedford township; blacksmith; postoffice,
West Bedford; born in 1819, in Harrison county; came to this
county in 1844, and was married in 1844 to Miss Jane
Harrison, came to this county in 1844, and was married
in 1844 to Miss Jane Harrison, of this county, who
was born in 1820, and died in 1860. They were the
parents of six children, viz: Thomas H., William J.,
Margret J., Minerva A., S. P. and Mary E.
He , in 1867, married Miss Mary Hillary, of this
county, who was born in 1834, in Licking county.
Mr. Shields, besides being a blacksmith, also makes
hayrakes and wagons.
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GEORGE J.
SHRIGLEY
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C. A. SHROYER
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ALEXANDER
SHULTZ, Adams township; farmer; postoffice,
Evansburgh; born in Jefferson county, Sept. 24, 1841; son of
Jacob and Eliza J. (Cook) Shultz, and grandson of
Henry Shultz and Jesse Cook. He enlisted Jan. 1,
1862, in Company G, Eightieth O.V.I., under Capt.
Marshall, wet into camp at camp Meigs, thence to camp
Chase at Columbus, Ohio, thence to camp Joe Holt,
thence to Paducah, Kentucky, and from there to Hamburg,
Tennessee, thence to camp Clear Creek, Mississippi, and from
there was sent to Evansville hospital, Indiana, where he
remained seven months, and from there came home, having
received his discharge on the 8th of February, 1863, on
account of disability. He has devoted most of his time
since then to farming; was also proprietor of Shultz
House in Chili for eight years. He lived one and a
half years in Tuscarawas county. From there he moved
to Adams township, this county, where he is at present
living, in very prosperous condition. He was married
Jan. 20, 1867, to Miss Catharine E. Geese, daughter
of Samuel and Lydia (Killian) Geese, and
granddaughter of Catharine Geese, and John and Elizabeth
(Long) Killian. Mrs. Shultz was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 1848, and came to
Ohio in May of the same year. They have two children -
Edgar G., born June 4, 1868, and Lydia J.,
born Jan. 3, 1870.
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JACOB SHULTZ, farmer; White
Eyes township; a native of Belmont county, and was born
February, 1819. In 1840 he married Miss Eliza J.
Cook, of Jefferson county. They have four children
living: Alex, born 1841, is married and lives in
Adams township; Elizabeth, born January 1848, is
married and lives in Davis county, Indiana; Laura B.,
born Aug. 28, 1863, and Agnes C., born Jan. 21,
1866, are unmarried and live in Chili. Mr. Shultz
enlisted in 1861 in Co. C., Seventy-seventy Pennsylvania
Regiment. He was in the battles of Liberty, Hoovers'
Gap, Pittsburg Landing, Chickamauga, and a number of
skirmishes. HE was in the service over three years.
HE is now living on a farm of eighty acres south of Chili. ~
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JOHN H. SICKER
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ABRAHAM SIMMONS
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CALVIN SIMMONS
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WILLIAM
SINDEN, Lafayette township; farmer; was born in
Sussex county, Parish Penhurst, England, in 1849; came to
America and to this county in 1855. He was married in
1874 to Miss Margaret Shirer, of Muskingum county.
They have had two children, Harriet, aged three years
and Clare, one year. Mr. Sinden has
lived on what is known as Miller farm for the past
eight years, and is honest and industrious. He visited
his native country during the war.
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PERRY
SISLEY, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel
Hill; born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and came to this
county in 1859, with his mother, his father, Jacob,
having died in 1827, in Pennsylvania. His mother died
in 1865. They were the parents of seven children, the
subject of this sketch being the sixth. HE was married
in 1870, to Miss Eliza A. Ogle, of this county, who
was born in 1853, in this county. They are the parents
of four children: Lora J., William K., Silas T., and
Charlie N.
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C.
SKINNER, Coshocton; soap manufacturer, junction of
Second and Water streets; born April 25, 1832, in Madison
county; son of Madison Skinner, deceased, a native of
Virginia, of German descent. Young Skinner was
raised on a farm, which he left, in 1864, and followed sawing,
with a portable mill, when he established his present
business, and has continued till the present time. He
was married, Oct. 4, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Robison,
daughter of W. H. Robison, of this city. They
have had four children, viz: William M.,
deceased; Sarah Ella, Callie, Frances and
Alfred Luther. Starting business with a very limited
capital, he has, by honest industry, accumulated some of this
world's goods, represented by three valuable residences in
this city.
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WILLIAM
T. SKINNER, Keene Township; farmer, born February 6,
1800, in Hartford, Connecticut; son of Nathaniel Skinner,
a revolutionary soldier, born July 28, 1745, and Margaret
(Hunt) Skinner, born Sept. 14, 1757. By a previous
marriage to Rebecca Bigelow, born Jan. 10, 1750, his
father had two children - Rhoda and Mary.
His two grand fathers were John Skinner and
Alexander Hunt. He was married May, 1831, to
Mary, daughter of Timothy and Polly (Trowbridge)
Emerson, born in 1806. Their children are:
Julia, born Mar. 22, 1832; Adeline P., Oct. 28,
1836; Timothy, deceased, born in 1843, and Mary E.,
in the fall of 1854. Mrs. Skinner died in February,
1860.
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S. H. SMAILES
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J. S. SMITH
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CHRISTIAN
SMITH, Adams township; tinner; postoffice,
Bakersville; born near Berne, in Switzerland, May 3, 1844;
son of Peter and Mary (Cower) Smith. He came to
America with his parents when he was but four years of age,
landing in New York after a voyage of eight weeks.
From there he went to Starke county, Ohio, where he remained
about fourteen years. He enlisted in Company A, One
Hundred and Fourth O. V. I., under Captain Sterl, and
served three years. After coming home he worked at his
trade, which he had learned with his father before the war.
He spent several years in Missouri, and, in 1872, came to
Bakersville, where he established himself in business.
He was marriedin May, 1874, to Miss Mary Shannon,
daughter of Isaac Shannon, and granddaughter of
William Shannon. They have one child, Peter,
born May 3, 1875.
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MISS
EMILY SMITH, Adams township; teacher; postoffice,
Avondale; was born in Adams township; daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Funk) Smith, and granddaughter of Edward
and Hannah (Morris) Smith, and of Michael and Savina
(Slusher) Funk; also great granddaughter of Edward
and Elizabeth (Davison) Smith, and of Bazel and
Margaret Morris, Peter Funk, and Frederick and
Margaret (Huntsiker) Slusher. Her father was born
in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 29, 1803, and came
to Clark township in 1836. Her mother was also born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1803. They
were married June 16, 1833. Emily has one
brother, Edward, and one sister, Melinda. She
is a teacher of common schools, and, as such has always met
with success.
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GEORGE
SMITH, Coshocton; blacksmith; born Nov. 8, 1851, in
Lafayette township; son of John Smith, born in
Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. Young Smith was
raised on the farm. At the age of twenty he went into
his father's shop to learn his trade. In 1868, he,
with his father, moved to Illinois, but only remained eight
months, when all came back to the old homestead in
Lafayette. On returning, George worked at
Jacobsport, from which place he came to this city and
established a shop on Second street, where he is doing a
fair business in smithing and shoeing. Mr. Smith
was married in April, 1878, to Miss Mary Duffey of
Lafayette. The result of this marriage is a son, named
Charley.
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HENRY
M. SMITH, Bethlehem township, farmer; was born May
20, 1838, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He was
married Jan. 10, 1861, to Miss Isabella Golden, of
Washington county. They had one child, J. Alva,
born in 1862. Mr. Smith's wife died Apr. 10,
1864. Mr. Smith enlisted as a private in the
Eighty-first O. V. I. of Washington county, and served
eighteen months. He came to Coshocton county in 1862.
He was married Oct. 22, 1866 to Miss Martha J. Milligan,
of Coshocton county, who was born Dec. 4, 1842. They
are the parents of seven children, viz.: Jesse P.,
Sarah E., Cecilia J., Mary L., James H., John H. and
an infant. Mr. Smith always always followed the
occupation of a farmer, and has accumulated some property.
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MRS.
ISABELLA E. SMITH, Keene township; widow of James
F. Smith; born in Rhode Island, Sept. 25, 1811; son of
William C. and Hannah (Richmond) Smith. She was
born Mar. 5, 1815, near Adams, New York. The daughter
of Samuel and Lucinda Crowell, and granddaughter of
Solomon Crowell, and Phineas and Sybil
Leonard. When a year old she moved to Sackett's
Harbor and there lived till about twenty-two years of age,
when she came to New Haven, Holmes county, Ohio, where she
married Mr. Smith, a dry goods merchant of this
place, Nov. 14, 1838. In 1842 they moved to St. Louis,
where Mr. Smith died of throat disease, Apr. 3, 1863.
In 1868 she returned to this county. Their children
were: Alice Gertrude, born Oct. 1, 1840, and
married Jan. 24, 1860, to Francis C. Sprague, and
resides in St. Louis; Charles F., born Oct. 20, 1842;
Frances R., born Aug. 12, 1848; Carrie B.,
born July 8, 1855, and married to H. Bell, of St.
Louis; and William C., born July 24, 1852.
Mrs. Smith has one grandchild, Lulu B. Sprague,
born Sept. 10, 1866.
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JOSEPH
SMITH, Christian; barber; born June 7, 1857, in
Zanesville; son of Joseph Smith, born in Germany.
When eight years old he came to this city with his father,
and attended the public schools here until he was thirteen
years old, when he went into the Coshocton iron and steel
factory to work, and continued there until June, 1876, when
he began his trade, and finished it in two years, since
which time he has been employed in the same shop, on a
salary.
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JOSEPH
SMITH, Jackson township; postoffice, Tyrone; born in
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1803; son of James and
Mary Smith, and grandson of Thomas and Mary Smith;
married, in 1827, to Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of
James and Martha Hastings; settled in Jackson
township in 1834. Mr. Smith is an old and much
respected citizen of Jackson township, and is widely known
as "Uncle Jo Smith." He is the father of twelve
children, seven of whom are dead and five living. He
had one son, George W., who gave up his life for his
country. He was a member of Company H, Ninety-seventh
O. V. I.
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M. S.
SMITH, grocer and confectioner, corner Second and
Chestnut streets, Coshocton; ____ Smith, business
manager and salesman. This firm was established July
1, 1879, and occupies pleasant and commodious rooms in J.
Gundisheimer's building, twenty-two by forty feet, where
they carry a good stock of staple and fancy family
groceries, confectioneries, stoneware, woodenware,
sugar-cured and pickled meats, river and Dover salt, flour,
salt fish, oysters in season, tobaccos and cigars; also,
pays cash for all kinds of country produce.
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MRS.
NANCY SMITH, Bedford township; postoffice, New
Bedford; born in 1802, in Jefferson county, Ohio; was
married, in 1822, to Mr. William Smith, of the same
county. He was born in 1801, in Virginia; came to this
county in 1834, and died in 1864. They were the
parents of eight children, viz.: Mary A.; Ruth,
deceased; Matilda, James L.; Richard M., deceased;
Nathaniel, deceased; Susan, deceased, and
Alfred L. Richard and Nathaniel were in the
Fifty-first O. V. I. Immediately upon the death of
Mr. Smith, she purchased the property where she now
lives.
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T. J.
SMITH, M. D., Tuscarawas township; postoffice, Canal
Lewisville; was born Nov. 30, 1846, in Washington Township;
son of James M. Smith, a native of Ohio.
James M. Smith was raised on the farm until about 17
years of age, when he began teaching school, and taught two
terms, and in the meantime attended school until reading of
medicine with Dr. Edwards, of West Carlisle, and
attended lectures at the Cincinnati college of medicine and
susrgery, and was graduated Feb. 16, 1879, with the title of
M. D. Dr. Smith first practiced his profession
at Plainfield, where he remained five years, then located in
Coshocton and practiced there a short time, and then went to
his present location, where he has an extensive practice.
Dr. Smith was married Apr. 14, 1870 to Miss Olivia
Ingraham, daughter of Dr. Ingraham, of Coshocton.
This union has been blessed with one child, Stella J.
In connection with his general practice, Dr. Smith
has been physician to the county infirmary two years.
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THOMAS
SMITH, Bedford county, farmer; P. O. Warsaw; born in
1846 in this county. His father, George W. Smith,
was born in 1810, in Virginia, and was married in 1838 to
Miss Lucinda Bricker, of this county, who was born in
1814 in Pennsylvania. He died in 1850. They were
the parents of six children, Thomas being the fifth.
He was married in 1868 to Miss Elizabeth J. Carrell,
of this county, who was born in 1848. They are the
parents of six children, viz.: David C.,
infant, deceased; Perry F., Charley G.; John N.,
deceased, and Nelly. Mr. Smith enlisted
in February, 1864, in Company F, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Col. Wood commanding. He was mustered
out in November, 1865.
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THOMAS
F. SMITH, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice,
Newcomerstown; was born in England, and was married in 1857,
to Miss Everall, daughter of John Everall, of
this township, who came from England in 1830. Their
children are as follows: Lawrence Wellington, Laura
V.; Mary A., deceased; Harriet E., John T., M. E. A.,
George W. W. and Lotta. He has been trustee
for two years in this township, and school director.
He owns a farm of 230 acres in this county, and is a
representative citizen. He and his wife are members of
the United Brethren church.
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WILLIAM
SMITH, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice,
Evansburgh; son of George Smith, deceased; was born
in England, in 1834. His father was born in England in
1810, and came to this country in 1844, and died in 1873.
His mother was born in 1806, and died in 1880. He was
married to Miss Ann Taylor, of this county, daughter
of Joseph Taylor, in 1859. The children are as
follows: John Wesley, born in 1860; George
Clifford, born in 1862; Joseph Sherman, born in
1864; William, born in 1867; Emma, born in
1868; Sarah Catherine, born in 1870; Franklin,
born in 1872; Burt, born in 1875, and Richard,
born in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both
members of the M. E. church, and are respected citizens of
this township. He was supervisor one year in this
township; owns some 336 acres of land, in a high state of
cultivation, etc.
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WILLIAM
SMITH, M. D., Pike township; born in 1825, in this
county. His father, Edward was born in Ireland,
in 1792. He came to this country in 1812, and to this
county in 1815. He married Miss Jane Richardson,
of this county, who was born in Virginia. He died in
1872. She died in 1876. They were the parents of
seven children. William Smith began to read
medicine in 1848, under Dr. Simmons, of Bedford, this
county. He practiced under an act of the State
Legislature, it granting a diploma after ten years reputable
practice. He was married in 1855 to Miss Mary J.
McKee, of this county, who was born in 1836, in this
county. They are the parents of one child, Maria A.,
deceased.
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G. P.
SNEDIKER, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born
in Ohio county, West Virginia, in 1823, settled in this
county in 1846; son of Jacob and Eleanor Snediker,
and grandson of Garrett and Elizabeth Snediker, and
of Joshua and Margaret Porter. He was married
in 1856 to Rutha McCoy. His second wife was
Edith Ingraham. Mr. Snediker is the father of
eleven children. The names of those living are:
William, Sarah A., Martha J., Margret, James, Joseph,
Laura Laverna and Charles K.
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J. T.
SNIDER, Keene Township; physician; born in Knox county,
Ohio, Dec. 2, 1851; son of J. F. and Mary (Dean) Snider, both
born in Germany. His father enlisted Nov., 1861, in
Company K, Forty-third O. V. I., and re-enlisted in the same
company in 1863; served to the close of the war, but, broken
down in health, he died soon after his return. Dr.
Snider attended school at New Castle from twelve to seventeen,
then taught school five years in Ohio, and two, in Illinois.
He then began the study of medicine under Dr. McElwee, and
graduated at the medical department of the Wooster university,
in 1877, and began practicing at Mohawk in March, 1877, and in
October, 1878, came to Keene.
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DARIUS SNOW,
Monroe township; was born in May, 1840, in Monroe township,
Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Alonzo and Catharine (McBride)
Snow, and grandson of Darius Snow. He was
brought up on a farm and educated in the district school.
His father died while he was quite young, and the
responsibility of taking care of his mother and sister was a
duty which he performed faithfully. He married Miss
Elizabeth Blubaugh in January, 1860, who was born in
March, 1842, daughter of Benjamin S. and Charlotte
(Heckle) Blubaugh, and granddaughter of John and
Elizabeth (Sapp) Blubaugh. Their children were:
Mary F., born Apr. 23, 1861; Eliza B., born Dec.
23, 1862; Alonzo B., born Dc. 22, 1864; Nancy Jane,
born June 31, 1869; Martha, born July 13, 1873;
John, born July 2, 1875, and one not yet named, born
July 20, 1877.
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B. M.
SNYDER, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New
Bedford; born October 31, 1844, in German township, Holmes
county; was brought up on the farm, where he remained until
1865, when he engaged in oil producing in Noble county one
year, and was subsequently engaged one year each in the mill
business and ware-house at Millersburg, Holmes county, then
with a portable saw-mill, until 1878, since which time he has
given his entire attention to farming. Mr. Snyder
was elected justice of the peace of Crawford township in 1877,
and re-elected in 1880. "Squire Snyder was
married June, 14, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of
Ferdinand and Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. Snyder was
born on the farm where they now reside. They are the
parents of two children - Edwin F. and Mary
Elizabeth.
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DANIEL
SNYDER, Coshocton; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch
& Co.; was born Oct. 26, 1843, in Tuscarawas county; son of
Peter Snyder, a native of Switzerland. Young Snyder was
brought up on the farm, where he remained until twenty-one
years of age, when he went West and stopped in Indiana, where
he remained about two years, then removed, suffering from a
bad case of fever and ague. On recovering his health he
went to Starke county and remained one year. At
twenty-four years of age he began the carpenter trade.
After working at the trade two years, he again visited the
West, stopping in Indiana one year, then going to Kansas City
where he did the carpenter work of several buildings in that
city. In January, 1871, he returned to the city and
stopped at Chili a short time, then came to this city and
followed his trade until August 1880, when the above firm was
formed. Mr. Snyder was married March 28, 1875, to
Miss Catharine Madison, daughter of Joseph Madison,
of Chili. This union has been blessed with two sons,
Charles C. and Frank Snyder.
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NOAH
SNYDER, Crawford township; jeweler; postoffice, New
Bedford, Ohio; born Apr. 16, 1855, in German township, Holmes
county. He was brought up on the farm. At the age
of twenty he began teaching school and taught three terms,
after which he farmed three years. In the spring of
1880, he took a prospecting trip to the West, visiting the
States of Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, and returned in the
same year, satisfied to "let well enough alone" for the
present. In December, 1880, he established his present
business, in which he is having good success.
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S. W.
SNYDER, dealer in pelts, hides, furs, tallow, dried
fruits, etc. Mr. Snyder is a native of this
county, and was born June 23, 1840. He received his
education in the district schools, and learned the harness
making business. After serving his time he embarked in
business for himself at Roscoe, in 1866. He also
commenced at the same time to t deal in hides, pelts, furs,
etc., in connection with the harness business, which he
continued for twelve years, when, in 1873, he relinquished the
harness business and has given his entire attention to the
present department, in which he does a business of about
$35,000 per year. He also has a half interest in the
firm of Snyder & Andrews, in the livery business, and
in which they have a stock of eleven head of horses and eleven
vehicles, consisting of single and double carriages, buggies
and barouches, all of which are in good condition, and afford
first-class accommodations for the traveling public.
Mr. Snyder is a self made man in the strictest sense of
the word, having always been dependent on his own efforts, and
in commencing life his only capital was his energy,
perseverance and integrity, and at present he owns valuable
real estate, besides doing a successful business.
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E. T.
SPANGLER, Coshocton; attorney of the firm of
Spangler & Pomerene; was born Jan. 26, 1832, in Zanesville,
Ohio; son of Hon. David Spangler, who was American
born, of German ancestry. When E. T. was but one
year old, he was brought to this place by his parents.
Young Spangler spent his childhood and early youth
attending school. AT the age of sixteen years, he
entered Kenyon college, at Gambier, and was graduated in 1852.
On his return home he entered, as a student, the law office of
his father, and was admitted to the barn in 1854. He
first practiced with his father, until his decease, in
October, 1856. He then formed a partnership with his
brother, A. H., the firm name being E. T. & A. H.
Spangler, which firm continued about two years. From
its close, E. T. continued his practice alone, until
1868, when the present firm was formed. Attorney
Spear was married, in May, 1868, to Miss Helen King,
daughter of Attorney Samuel D. King, of Newark,
Ohio. They are the parents of one child, Charles E.,
born in June 1869.
Source: History of
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JOSEPH
SPECK, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw;
born in Baden, Germany, November 7, 1808; son of Starnus
and Avon Speck. AT the age of seventeen he began the
blacksmith trade with Ignatius Storts, and served three
years, then worked as a journeyman one year. He then
served six years in the German army; then sold clocks two
years; then embarked for America, and after a voyage of eight
months landed in New York, and from there he came to Jefferson
township, Coshocton county, where he has remained a resident
ever since. After coming to this country he sold clocks
one year, and sine then has been farming. He was married
in May, 1837, to Miss Caroline Gamertsfelder, who died
Jan. 6, 1844. They had two children, viz: Christian
and John. He married in June, 1844, Miss
Margaret Straum, They had seven children, viz:
Gotlieb, Joseph; Caroline, deceased; David, William,
Daniel and George.
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JOHN
SPECKMAN, Jefferson township; shoemaker; postoffice,
Warsaw; was born in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, May
15, 1846; son of John and Rose A. (Frederick) Speckman,
and the grandson of George and Christina Frederick,
natives of Canstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany. He lived on
the farm until the age of seventeen, at which time he enlisted
in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., and served twenty months.
He was engaged in the battles of the Atlanta campaign, under
Gen. Sherman; then, under Gen. Thomas,
was in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee; was afterwards sent
to Texas, and was among the last troops discharged at the
close of the war. He was married July 1, 1869, to
Miss Matilda McPeek, daughter of James and Margaret
(Boyd) McPeek, in Harrison county. They have three
children, viz: J. M., born November 7, 1871; George
W., born July 19, 1874; and Dora A., born October
31, 1875. Mr. Speckman began the shoemaker's
trade in 1867 with F. Seal, and served seven months
apprenticeship. He then began business for himself in
Princeton, and worked there about eight years. Then came
to Warsaw and opened a shop, where he is doing a good
business in shoemaking.
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W. K.
SPENCER, Bedford township; teacher; postoffice,
West Bedford; born in 1843 in Muskingum county, Ohio; came to
this county in 1852, with his mother, his father having died
in 1845 in Muskingum county. W. K. Spencer was
married in 1873, to Miss Ada Thompson, of this county,
who was born in 1855. They are the parents of four
children, viz:: Maud, Amos P., Charlie C., and
Blanche D. Mr. Spencer began teaching in 1867
and has made it a business, always teaching in this county,
and principally in town. He entered the army November
15, 1861, as a member of the General McLaughlin's Independent
Cavalry, and was in the service for four years, being
honorably discharged November 15, 1865. He participated
in forty-five battles and skirmishes.
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HENRY
SPRAGG, Linton township; farmer; born in Green county,
Pennsylvania, in 1814; son of Benajah and Nancy (Barkheimer)
Spragg. His grandfather, David Spragg, a
sailor, was a native of England; his grandfather,
Barkheimer, a native of Germany. Then he was twelve
years old, he came with his father to Muskingum county, and
remained there till 1868, when he moved to Linton township.
He was married, in 1839, to Maria C. Johnson, daughter
of Richard Johnson, of Muskingum county. Their
children are: Harriet (Miller), Nancy J. (Morris),
Eliza A. (Hagan), Richard, Rachel, Hiram and Harrison.
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ABRAHAM
SPURR, Virginia township; born in Coshocton
county, in 1840; son of John and Jane Spurr. He
was married, in 1839 to Mary A. Ervine. Mr.
Spurr has had fourteen children, seven living and
seven dead. One son died while in the United States
service at Nashville. Postoffice, Adams' Mills.
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J. S.
SQUIRE, Jackson township; farmer; postoffice, Roscoe;
born Oct. 24, 1846, on the farm on which he now resides.
When about eighteen he went into a drug store as clerk, at
Worthington, Indiana, where he remained two years. In
May, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and
Fortieth O. N. G., and served four months. He was
elected justice of the peace of Jackson township in the
spring of 1880, which office he now holds. In 1876 he
was elected a member of the board of education for his
township, and held the office three years. He was
married Jan. 19, 1869, to Miss Sarah Anne, daughter
of Garret Snedecker, of Jackson township, but a
native of Knox county. They became the parents of four
children, viz.: Emma E., Nora, James William
and Lucretia.
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SAMUEL
SQUIRE, SR., died on the 24th of November, 1874, at
his residence in Jackson township, in the sixty-eighth year
of his age. He was brought as a child to Coshocton
county, in 1814, being then eight years of age. His
parents came from Rutland county, Vermont. He
took possession of the place where he died, in 1832.
He was a deacon in the Regular Baptist church. He left
children and a large circle of relatives.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
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GEORGE
STROUSE, SR., farmer; Tiverton township; postoffice,
Gann, Knox county; born in 1819, in Pennsylvania. He
came to this county with his father in 1834, who died in
1872. His mother also died in 1872. They were
the parents of ten children, the subject of this sketch
being the oldest. He was married in 1844 to Miss
Lavina Camp, of Holmes county, who was born in 1821, in
Columbiana county. They are the parents of nine
children, viz.: Uretta M., Anna C., Mary J.,
Elmira, James K., Charles A., George L. Johnson and
Taurus E., deceased.
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JOHN
STROUSE, farmer; Tiverton township; postoffice,
Walhonding, Ohio; born Dec. 13, 1829, in Berks county,
Pennsylvania. He came to this county in 1834, with his
parents. His father died in January, 1872. His
mother also died in 1872. They were the parents of
nine children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh.
He was married in 1848 to Miss Uretta Brown, of
Holmes county, who was born in 1827, in Columbiana county,
Ohio. They were the parents of six children, three of
whom are living, viz.: Northana C., Sarah E. and
Lydia. He was married in June, 1862, to Miss
Barbara Brown, sister of his first wife, who was born in
1835. They are the parents of eight children, six of
whom are living, viz: Aaron, William L., Edward, Uriah
W., Lola M. and Arrilla.
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MRS.
EDY STUART, Bethlehem township; was born in May,
1802, in Belmont county, Ohio. Her father, Robert
Giffen, was of Scotch descent, and came to this country
in 1807, and located in New Castle township. His
daughter Edy was married in 1824, to Mr. Matthew
Stuart, who was born in 1802, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith; came to this county
in 1825, and was engaged to superintend the construction of
the Ohio canal. He also assisted in the construction
of the Milan and Huron canal, and built several divisions of
the Walhonding canal. He was engaged extensively in
the United States Government improvements of the Ohio river.
He constructed the levee at Cairo, Illinois, now an
important military post. He also aided in the
construction of several railroads. Mr. Stuart
emigrated overland to California in 1849, leaving his family
in Coshocton. After spending a few years in that
State, he returned home, and located near Columbus, Ohio.
He died Oct. 5, 1862, aged sixty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart became the parents of five
children, viz.: Robert, born May 12, 1825;
Caroline, born May 6, 1826; Carmelia, born July
28, 1832; Ewing, born in 1838, died Jan. 3, 1841, and
Columa E., born Jan. 5, 1844. Robert Stuart
was employed as a receiver of public moneys in the general
land office at Olympia, Washington Territory. He was
married to Miss Abby H. Hunt, of Boston,
Massachusetts. She was of Puritan ancestry and a
graduate of Tremont college. After graduation, she
accepted a position as bookkeeper in a large manufacturing
establishment. The firm failed and she went to
Springfield, Massachusetts, and engaged in business.
In 1855, she sailed to San Francisco, California, to take
charge of the office business of a relative, which position
she held for five years, when, on account of failing health,
she was compelled to go north. She went to Washington
Territory, and became acquainted with Hon. Robert G. Stuart,
and was married to him.
After marriage, she volunteered to reply to all letters
of inquiry received in regard to the territory and its
advantages. During the summer of 1875, she wrote a
pamphlet of sixty pages, describing the territory. The
Legislature published 5000 copies of the pamphlet for
gratuitous distribution. Caroline Stuart was
married Apr. 8, 1851, to Samuel Denman, who was born
in New Jersey, and came to this county in 1832. They
became the parents of two children, viz.: Mary Stuart
Denman, born May 17, 1852; and Charles Lyon Denmon,
born in 1854. Carmelia Stuart was married July
28, 1832, to Mr. Francis Wolf, of this county.
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JOHN
STUDOR, Franklin township. Mr. Studor's
parents, Jacob and Catharine (Erhart), emigrated from
Alsace, France, near Strausburg, to this township, in 1835.
His father, born in 1806, had served in the French army
seven years John is the sixth child of a family of
seven, as follows; Magdalene (Trottman), of Linton
township; Elizabeth (Beck) deceased; Jacob, of
Muskingum county; Catharine B. (Mayer), of Coshocton;
Caroline, John and Mary Ann (Hohn), of
Muskingum county. He is a farmer, and was married Apr.
9, 1869, to Elizabeth Hershman, by which marriage he
has four children, viz.: Jacob Edward, Milton Elmer,
Plenna Allen and Estella Vern.
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C. L.
STURGEON, Coshocton, Ohio; of the firm of Sturgeon
& Selby, merchants, 424 Main street. Mr.
Sturgeon was born Oct. 21, 1855, in Mount Holly, Knox
county, Ohio; son of William Sturgeon, who was born
in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22, 1824, and
Mary (Baker) Sturgeon, born near Danville, Knox county,
Ohio, Nov. 2, 1868. Her grandmother was a Talbot,
and was in the direct line from the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Her immediate parents were Pennsylvania Germans.
William Sturgeon's parents were natives of Pennsylvania,
of English and Scotch ancestry. His father died at the
age of eighty-two years, and his mother at sixty-six.
William Sturgeon and Mary Baker were married Oct. 17,
1854, and became the parents of seven children, viz.: Clifford
L., Melville S., Clara Victoria, Ada E., Elmer E., Lizzie I.
and Charles W. Clifford L. attended the
public schools until nineteen, when he entered, as a
student, in 1876, toe Ohio Wesleyan university, and remained
one year. In 1877 he formed a partnership with his
brother, Melville S, and his present partner, firm
name, Sturgeon Brothers & Co. In the spring of
1881 the above firm was formed, Melville S.,
withdrawing.
E. O. Selby, of the above firm, was born in Knox
county, Ohio, May 30, 1857; son of Professor J. B. and
Isabel (Sturgeon) Selby, who were the parents of eight
children, viz.: Milton, Clifford and Charles,
deceased, and Walter L., E. O., Mina B., Lillie M.
and Oscar E., living. The five were born in
Knox county, and the others at Spring Mountain, Coshocton
county, where their father was principal of the Spring
Mountain academy for a number of years prior to his going
West, where he died in 1871. His widow and children,
excepting E. O., are now on the farm which he
purchased there. E. O. was clerk in a store and
bank in the West prior to his locating in Coshocton.
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JOHN
SUMERS (or SUMMERS), Lafayette township; farmer;
postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio, son of John and
Margaret (Mitchel) Sumers; was born Apr. 8, 1852, in
Zanesville, Ohio. His parents are of German descent.
He came from Zanesville when four years old and located in
Coshocton, remaining two years. He then removed eight
years; then removed to Oxford township, remaining five
years. His parents then returned to Zanesville, and he
has since remained in Lafayette township. Mr.
Summers was married, Sept. 13, 1872, to Miss Melissa
Loos, of this county. They are the parents of
three children, viz.: William deceased; Asa,
deceased, and Leona.
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JAMES
H. SWIGART, farmer; White Eyes township; born in
Harrison county in 1824; son of John Swigart, who was
the father of three children; James is the only one
living, and he was left fatherless at the age of three year.
In 1846 he married Miss Rozena Hamilton, of
Tuscarawas County. She was a native of that county and
was born in 1829. They have five children:
Mary E., born 1848, and is married to Henry Swigart;
Elisha A., born in 1850, is married to Althea Ewing
the daughter of Daniel Ewing, of this township;
Margaret, born in 1854, and Wesley born in 1861,
are both single and live at home. Mr. Swigart
lived in Harrison county until he was twenty years of age.
In 1844 he moved to Tuscarawas county, and came to White
Eyes in 1852 and he is now the largest land holder in the
township.
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