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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait and Biographical History of
Guernsey County, Ohio
Published: Chicago: C. O. Owen & Co.,
1895
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EDWARD M. BAILEY is a
successful attorney-at-law in New Philadelphia, and is one of
the native sons of Tuscarawas County. In the legal
profession of this vicinity he ranks high, and is considered one
of the able young lawyers, with a promising future before him.
He is a fluent speaker, presenting his arguments in a logical
and forcible manner. Personally he has many warm friends,
who respect him highly for his sterling worth and admirable
qualities.
The parents of our subject are John D. and Matilda
e. (Spaker) Bailey. The former is also a native of
this county, and is a son of John D. Bailey, Sr., who
emigrated from England to the United States with his parents
about 1812. The majority of his life was passed on a farm,
but for a few years he was engaged in merchandising at
Sandyville, where his death occurred in 1880. John D.,
Jr., was reared to mercantile life, and followed this
calling at Bolivar, on the Ohio Canal. For twenty years he
conducted a successful trade, and at the end of that period
retired from active business cares. Politically he is a
Republican, as are all the other members of the family.
Mrs. Matilda Bailey was born in Crawford County, Pa., but
when she was a little girl removed with her parents to this
county, settling in Sandy Township, where her father engaged in
operating a farm. John and Matilda Bailey became
the parents of six children, of whom Edward is the
eldest; Frank M. is a physician in Waynesburg, Ohio;
Horace C. is an attorney of the same place; Hulda is
the wife of James Au, of Chicago; Bertha M. is
attending school in Chicago; and Belle completes the
family.
The birth of Edward M. Bailey occurred December.
8, 1861. His boyhood was passed at Bolivar, where he
received his elementary education. He then taught school
for a time, after which he became a student in Mt. Union
College, Ohio. After three years spent in that institution
he went to Hillsdale, Mich., where he remained for one year.
In 1880 he went into the law office of Grosvenor & Landon,
at Monroe, Mich. After he had spent a year in study, he
entered the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, and in 1884
was graduated from the law department. Soon afterward he
returned to his native county, and, in company with J. T.
O'Donnell, opened a law office in New Philadelphia.
The firm of O'Donnell & Bailey continued for five
years, when the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent.
Since that time Mr. Bailey has conducted his practice
alone, and has succeeded in building up a good business.
Oct. 28, 1888, occurred the wedding of Edward Bailey
and Estelle E. Forbes. The lady's parents,
Andrew and Louisa (Seaman) Forbes, are old and respected
settlers of this county. One child Edward F., has
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, who have many warm
friends in this community.
Though a firm believer in the Republican party.
Mr. Bailey has no aspiration toward serving in public
office, but prefers to give his entire time to his professional
duties. His clients find in him a reliable and safe
authority, as he carefully prepares his eases and familiarizes
himself with both sides of each cause at issue. Though
young in years, he has manifested that ability which warrants
the prediction that in the not far-distant future he will be
considered one of the prominent lawyers of this county.
Source: Portrait and Biographical History of
Guernsey County, Ohio -
Published: Chicago: C. O. Owen & Co., 1895 - Page
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JACOB BAIR is one of the few
pioneers of Franklin Township whose acquaintance with this
locality extends back to the first decade of this century.
His grandfather, Leonard Bair, Sr., spent the earlier
portion of his life in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pa., where
it was supposed he was born. After his marriage he settled
in Penns, Westmoreland County. His son, Leonard,
Jr. assisted in transporting the effects of the family from
Philadelphia to this point. In the parental family there
were seven sons and four daughters, of whom Leonard is
the eldest. On arriving at mature years the children
settled in the vicinity of their father's home, which he had
established in the Ohio wilderness, on the quarter-section
forming the southwest corner of Franklin Township. This
was school land, which had not yet been surveyed, and the title
to the same was not obtained from the Government until fifteen
years later, when the farm was sold at public sale. Mr.
Bair died on his homestead Sept. 24, 1826, aged sixty-two
years and four months, and his wife, who survived him until Dec.
1, 1842, died in her seventy-eighth year.
Leonard Bair, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania, and
was married, in 1809, to Mary Detter. In the fall
of 1817 he removed to Franklin Township, some four or five years
after his father's settlement there. He built a cabin near
the center of lot 17, which lies just north of the
quarter-section taken up by his father. The family of
Leonard and Mary Bair comprised of sixteen children, whom
fifteen reached mature years, namely: Jacob, John, Susannah,
Leonard, Mary, Philip, Elizabeth, Anna, Jonas, Catherine, Sarah,
Keziah, Esther and Leah (twins), and Benjamin.
The father of these children died Nov. 23, 1859, aged fifty-five
years, six months and eight days. His wife died when
nearly eighty-two years of age, Jan. 11, 1874.
John Bair, whose name heads this sketch, was
born in Pennsylvania in 1810, and has spent seventy-seven years
on the farm he now owns and occupies. In the manner common
to boys who lived on the frontier before railroads and other
essentials to modern life had been brought into operation, his
life was pawed until he had reached his majority. He well
remembers when matches, heating stoves, street cars, percussion
locks and breech-loading arms, iron bridges, etc., had not yet
been thought of. In spite of all these things lacking, and
many others which now seem necessary to comfort, life was
pleasant, though many difficulties and privations fell to their
lot. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Bair married
Miss Mary, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Houk) Sliffe,
who came to this county and settled in Sugar Creek Township
before the advent of our subject's grandfather Bair.
Eleven children of this marriage lived to grow up, and one died
in infancy. Benjamin, married Minerva Cieley
They have three children, Ella, Mary and Nina.
Simon, who married Sarah Rosenbury became the wife
of John T. Showalter, of Shanesville. Jacob,
a soldier in the Union army, offered up his life for the cause
of freedom. Lydia is now Mrs. John J. Dorsey,
of Davis County, Ind. George, whose home is in
Mansfield (as is also that of his eldest brother), has three
children, Ralph W., Dwight and Nola, by his
marriage with Mary Foutz. William wedded
Mary Baumgartner, and has three children, Clark, Clarence
and Mary Blanche; he is now a resident of Clinton County,
Mich. Franklin chose for his wife Miss Annie
daughter of Isaac Kurtz, of this township, and they have
three sons, Ross, Louis and Ray. Leah
is Mrs. Lafayette Myers, of Dover Township.
Sarah E. because the wife of Henry Bowers a well
known attorney of New Philadelphia, and they have the following
children: Roy, Charles, Jessie, Leah and
Russell. Jerome married Alice, daughter of
John and Jane (Adams) Cummins, old settlers of Tuscarawas
County. The two brothers, Franklin and Jerome,
with their families, are living on the old homestead. The
wife of our subject was called from this life Apr. 23, 1886, at
the age of sixty-nine years, eleven months and twenty-two days.
The home of Jacob Bair was erected by himself,
as were also his barns and other farm buildings, which now stand
on the south side of the farm. The soil is rich, and
yields abundant crops each year to the fortunate owner.
Though now eighty-four years of age, Jacob Bair is strong
and active, his figure is erect, his sight and hearing are
almost perfect, and his fourscore years rest lightly upon him.
In conversation he is very interesting, and has entertaining
anecdotes to relate of his early experiences as a pioneer.
His life has always been upright and honorable, and he has many
true friends.
Source: Portrait and Biographical History of
Guernsey County, Ohio -
Published: Chicago: C. O. Owen & Co., 1895 - Page
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MICHAEL BAIR is
one of the old and prominent farmers of Dover Township, within
the boundaries of which his home has been made since 1845.
In past years he was the owner of several large and valuable
farms, but has sold or disposed of a portion of his land, though
he still retains the old homestead and two hundred and twelve
acres. He adheres to the Republican party, and had the
honor of casting his first Presidential vote for the hero of
Tippecanoe, William Henry Harrison.
The birth of our subject occurred in Harrison
County, Ohio, Apr. 6, 1816. His father, Christian Bair,
was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in an early day
in its history, settling upon the farm where his son Michael's
birth subsequently occurred. Before leaving the Keystone
State, Christian Bair wedded Mary Harman,
also a native of that state, and of their union were born five
children: Michael; Jacob, deceased; David,
now of Iowa City, Iowa; Samuel, deceased; and Sarah,
the widow of Daniel Long, of Lagrange County, Ind.
When Michael Bair was only ten years of
age, his parents removed to Holmes County, this state, and in
the primitive log schoolhouses of that locality he received his
rudimentary education. The building used for a school was
furnished with a puncheon floor and seats made of slabs without
backs to them. Young Michael, however, only
attended school for a short time, and when he was seventeen
years of age he began serving an apprenticeship to the
blacksmith's trade. At the end of two years he was
thoroughly versed in the details of the business, and for one
winter he worked at a place in Holmes County. Going to
Shanesville, he entered the employ of Andrew Berkey,
a blacksmith, who was to pay him $5 per month. This was in
the summer of 1834, and during the following winter he went to
school in the county, and received more benefit from this brief
term than he had ever before gained in his educational
experience. Continuing in the line of his trade, he next
became an employe of a man by the name of Ream, who was
to give him $10 per month for three months. At the end of
this time a partnership was instituted between Messrs.
Bair and Ream, and this connection existed for two
and a-half years. When the partnership was dissolved, our
subject returned to Holmes County where he worked at his trade
for the next two years.
In 1842 our subject purchased a farm of thirty-five
acres in the above county. He erected buildings, improved
the place, and resided there for three and a-half years.
He then sold the farm for $1,400, getting the best price per
acre ever paid in that county up to that time. In 1845
Mr. Bair removed to Tuscarawas County, and took up
his residence upon a farm of sixty-five acres in Dover Township.
In 1849 he bought ninety acres adjoining this property, and two
years later purchased thirty acres joining his land on the east.
Subsequently he bought another ninety-acre tract, next to the
thirty Just mentioned, and to this he afterward added
twenty-five acres adjoining the eastern sixty-four acres, where
his residence now stands. Ten acres lying in Franklin
Township, and five acres in the same township, which he bought
from Frank Rice, he afterward sold for $500.
Oct. 16, 1836, Mr. Bair married
Catherine Wimer. They commenced their married life on
a most economical scale, as they only possessed at the time
about 140 in silver. Mrs. Bair proved a true
helpmate, and by her good management, industry and thrift, was
of valuable assistance to her husband. They became the
parents of ten children, as follows: William H., who is
deceased; Nathan, of Fayette County, Ill.; Benjamin,
deceased; Drucilla, Mrs. Joseph Brookens,
of Grant County, Wis.; Michael, Jr., a farmer of
Dover Township; Frank, who is also engaged in farming in
this township; Sarah, who lives at home; one who died in
infancy; Emma J., Mrs. C. C. Fernsell, of this
county; and John Wesley, who is still under the
parental roof. Mrs. Bair, who was a worthy
member of the United Brethren Church, died Jan. 22, 1878.
Since 1846 our subject has been a member and faithful worker of
this same denomination, and in all his dealings with his fellows
has been strictly honorable and upright.
Source: Portrait and Biographical History of
Guernsey County, Ohio -
Published: Chicago: C. O. Owen & Co., 1895 - Page
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JOHN S. BLACK, a leading young
attorney of Cambridge, by close application to his profession is
steadily moving forward to success and prosperity. He is
very popular among his fellow-citizens, who elected him City
Clerk in 1890. He is a Democrat in politics, and
consequently, when placed by his party on the ticket as a
candidate for the Mayoralty in 1892 was defeated, as the county
and vicinity and are known to be Republican by an overwhelming
majority.
Born in Centre Township, Guernsey County, Feb. 13,
1863, Mr. Black is a son of one of the old settlers and
pioneers of that locality, James Black, who was born
there on the 3d of March, 1843, and in early manhood was a
farmer. In 1864 he went to California. He passed his
time in mining until his death, which occurred in Helena, Mont.,
May 5, 1887. To himself and wife, Lucinda, nee
English, were born two children, our subject and Margaret
E., who is the wife of a Mr. Maudlin of Tekamah, Neb.
Mrs. Lucinda Black died in Delavan, Ill., Oct. 28, 1873,
when in her twenty-eighth year. Samuel, the father
of James Black, was a native of Ireland. He came to
the United States in 1838, first locating in Baltimore, Md., but
two years later brought his wife and four children to Guernsey
County. He died on his farm in 1866. His eldest son,
John, died in Nebraska, in October, 1892; William
died in Cincinnati, in July, 1894; David is a farmer in
this county; Samuel resides in Montana; Jane and
Margaret were the daughters; and three children died in
infancy.
John S. Black, whose name heads this sketch,
lived on the farm until he was twelve or thirteen years of age,
when he came to make his home with his uncle, James Stewart,
in Cambridge. He attended the local schools, and in
1881 gradated from the high schools, and in 1881 graduated from
the high school, and in 1881 graduated from the high
school. During the vacations he
clerked frequently in stores, and after completing his education
taught school for three or four terms with success. Being
desirous of adopting some profession, he entered the law office
of J. B. Ferguson, and after a course of study was
admitted to the Bar, in October, 1892, since which time he ahs
been engaged in general practice.
On the 9th of December, 1886, Mr. Black married
Laura Moore by whom he has one child living, Ellis.
Mrs. Black is a daughter of Ellis P. and Elizabeth Moore,
of Middlebourne, Guernsey County. The young couple are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoy the esteem
of a large circle of friends. Mr. Black possesses
those sterling qualities of mind and heart that entitle him to
the good-will and consideration of all who have the pleasure of
his acquaintance.
Source: Portrait and Biographical History of
Guernsey County, Ohio -
Published: Chicago: C. O. Owen & Co., 1895 - Page
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