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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Guernsey County, Ohio
by Col. Cyrus P. B. Sarchet
- Illustrated -
Vols. I & 2.
B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana -
1911
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JOHN EMMETT GABLE, M. D. D. O.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 496 |
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HOMER S. GANDER.
Throughout Valley and Spencer townships, Guernsey county, the
Gander family has been well known for many decades, having
been prominently identified with agricultural and other
interests and ever maintaining a high standard of citizenship.
One of the best known of his name is Homer S. Gander, who
was born near Cumberland, Spencer township, this county, March
4, 1877, the son of David and Rhoda (Moore) Gander.
The father was born, reared and educated in the same locality as
his son, Homer S., and he was always known as a
hardworking, honest and worthy citizen.
Homer S. Gander lived on the home farm until he
was twelve years of age, then began coal mining at Byesville in
the old Pioneer mine. He worked in the mines around
Byesville seven or eight years, then went to Pleasant City and
worked in the Walhonding mine. After he was there a few
years he was promoted to a position as boss driver, then was
made pit boss, which position he held about a year, then, having
proven his ability and faithfulness, he was made superintendent
of the Walhonding mine, filling that important position in a
manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the entire
satisfaction of all concerned. From there he went to the
Trail mine No. 2, for the same company, and was there about four
months, then was transferred to the Walhonding mine No. 2, where
he sunk a shaft and was there six or eight months. He then
went with the Ford Collieries Company and was sent to
Pennsylvania, where he sank two shafts, remaining there four or
five months, then came back to Buernsey county, on February 8,
1910, and sank the shaft at the New Buffalo mine in the
northeast part of Valley township. About April 1st
following he took charge of the Hartford mine, of which he is
now superintendent. He has about two hundred men under
him, understanding well not only every phase of mining, but also
how to handle his men so as to get the best results possible,
being popular with them, for they appreciate his good judgment,
fairness and good will. His rise has been steady and sure
since he started as a boy in the mines at seventy-five cents per
day, having, by diligence and faithfulness, risen to the front,
showing that he possesses unusual ability in gaining the loyal
co-operation of his men in the mines.
Mr. Gander was married to Nellie Secrest
on September 22, 1899. She is the daughter of James
Madison and Francis (Young) Secrest, of Pleasant City, a
sketch of whom appears herein. Her paternal grandfather
was Harrison Secrest, an old resident of Valley township,
and a prominent citizen in the early days among his neighbors.
Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gander,
three sons and one daughter, Paul, Edwin, Mildred and
James.
Fraternally, Mr. Gander is a member of the
Masonic Lodge No. 360 at Pleasant City and stands high in the
order.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 767 |
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WILLIAM H. GIBSON.
Prominent among the representative farmers of his community in
William H. Gibson, who has spent his entire life near
Kimbolton and is descended from a family of old settlers.
He was born on December 30, 1837, on a farm near Kimbolton,
Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of James and Matilda
(Morrison) Gibson.
James Gibson was born in St. Clairsville,
Belmont county, Ohio, and his wife of Virginia, near Wheeling.
Great-grandfather Gibson came from Ireland
about 1768, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and
his son William, the grandfather of William H.,
was born there and came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1802.
He remained in Belmont county for five years, and then, in 1807,
came to Cambridge, Guernsey county, carrying his goods on pack
horses and driving his cattle and sheep. The family came
down Wills creek to creek to Cambridge in canoes, driving their
stock to the land near what is now Kimbolton, where they
settled. William Gibson had come the year
before the entered several hundred acres of land, and then
returned to St. Clair county for his family. A log cabin
house was erected by driving forks in the ground, putting up
cross poles, and covering the same with bark. This
constituted the family house until the following February, when
a more pretentious cabin home was erected, which stood until
very recent years. William Gibson was a
prosperous man and active in all matters looking to the good of
the community. He lived to the age of seventy-five, dying
in 1849. His wife, Nancy (Larison) Gibson,
lived to be ninety-eight years old, being born on February 23,
1776, and dying in 1873. Their son, James, the
father of William H., the subject of this sketch, was
born on November 15, 1804, and when the family came to this
county was but about four years of age. He followed
farming, became a large land owner, and was a man active in
public affairs, and a devout member of the United Presbyterian
church. He died on September 4, 1895, in his ninety-second
year. His wife died on April 26, 1900. They were the
parents of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters,
whose names and the dates of whose births are: Angelina,
born Sept. 7, 1834, died on Sept. 6, 1892; Leroy, born
Feb. 8, 1836, died on Sept. 4, 1837; William H., born
Dec. 8, 1837; Naphtali L., born Jan. 7, 1842, died on
April 13, 1886; Porter W., born Jan. 7, 1844; Anderson,
born Nov. 21, 1843, died Nov. 19, 1853; Nancy M., born
Feb. 19, 1845; Thomas D., born Jan. 19, 1848, died on
Nov. 27, 1848; Margaret J., born Nov. 14, 1849; James
M., born Feb. 18, 1852; Milton, born April 11, 1854.
William H. Gibson grew up on his father's farm
and attended the district schools. He remained with his
parents until his enlistment, in September, 1862, as a member of
Company B, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and served until
the close of the war, being discharged in May, 1865. His
regiment was in the armies of the Ohio and the Cumberland, a
part of General Thomas' corps, and was in the Atlanta campaign,
and saw hard service. Mr. Gibson was never wounded
or taken prisoner, and has a splendid war record, always being
faithful to his duty, and was often detailed for special
services.
After leaving the army Mr. Gibson worked on the
farm with his father until 1870, when he went to Monmouth,
Illinois, and engaged in farm work. He also spent some
time in Kansas. In 1873 he returned to Ohio, and again
engaged in farming with his father, remaining with him until his
marriage, in May, 1889, to Mary Seward, the daughter of
Isaac and Mariah (Marquand) Seward. Mr.
Seward was a prominent citizen of Kimbolton, serving for
many years as postmaster and justice of the peace. The
Marquands were one of the families who came originally from
the island of Guernsey, from whom the county takes its name.
Mr. and Mrs. Seward died some years ago. Mr. and
Mrs. Seward died some years ago. Mr. Gibson has
always been a farmer and actively engaged until recent years,
when he retired. He has always taken a full share of
interest in the affairs of the community. In politics he
is a Republican, and has always been active in party work.
He has served as county assessor, and in 1910 was real estates
appraiser for the village of Kimbolton. He has also been a
member of the village council, and is now one of the county
board of supervisors of the blind. A member of Meaghan
Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, he has filled the
position of quartermaster almost continuously since the
organization of the post. He and his wife are members of
the United Presbyterian church. Both are highly esteemed
and respected in their community.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 619 |
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JOHN ROLAND GRANT.
Back to the picturesque old colonial days is traced the
genealogy of John Roland Grant, an influential citizen of
Byesville, Guernsey county, and from that historic period to the
present day the Grants have figured more or less
prominently in various walks of life.
John Roland Grant is the son of William
Merriman and Catherine Washington (Rogers) Grant. William
M. was the son of John Grant, of Baltimore, Maryland.
John Grant was the son of Capt. John Grant, Sr.,
of the Revolutionary war. John Grant, Jr., of
Baltimore, was an American soldier in the war of 1812, and died
in Canada while on an expedition in pursuit of British forces.
Capt. John Grant, Sr., came from Scotland with his
brother and that brother was the grandfather of Gen. U. S.
Grant. William M. Grant the subject's father,
was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and at the age of nine years he
was left an orphan and went to Pennsylvania in a good farming
district and lived with one of his father's brothers, who reared
him. When he became a young man he learned to be an auger
maker, and became a very skilled workman. When about
twenty-five years old he became an engineer on a vessel plying
between Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans. He made his
home much of the time with his brother, John Grant, who
then lived at Natchez, and who invented the first dredge used in
Baltimore harbor. Later John Grant was taken by the
government to New York harbor to build a dredge there. He
finally became very prosperous, and built the canal around the
city of Natchez that was used by the government during the Civil
war, and he made a great deal of money out of the canal tools.
The subject's mother lived in Hartford county until her
marriage, after which she continued to reside there for some
years.
John R. Grant was born in Harford county, Maryland
in 1849. He was one of the family of nine children, as
follows: Catherine Rogers Grant, widow of
William Hoopman
of Byesville, whose sketch is noted elsewhere; Susannah Ames
Grant, now the wife of John N. Fordyce, living in
Harding county, Ohio; Anna Mary wife of William
Thompson, living near Lore City; John Roland Grant,
subject of this sketch; Lucinda Jane wife of G. S.
Trenner, the banker of Byesville, whose sketch appears
elsewhere; Elizabeth Barrett Grant, of Ashtabula county,
Ohio; Elizabeth Merriman Grant, widow of W. T. Trenner,
deceased, lies in Byesville with Mrs. William H. Hoopman;
Marcieline Roby Grant, wife of Elmer Burt and lives
in Byesville.
It was in April, 1856, that John Roland Grant's
parents came with their children to Guernsey county, Ohio.
They located just east of Byesville on the north side of Wills
creek, where the father, William Grant, bought the old
John Bye homestead. For a time they lived in the old
brick house that is still standing in good condition, but a few
months later moved into the large frame house close by, which
Jonathan Bye had just vacated. There was a store room
in the latter house and there William M. Grant ran a
general store about twenty years.
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Grant lived at Byesville
the rest of their days. Mr. Grant was a Democrat,
took an interest in the life of the community and held various
township offices. Both he and his wife belonged to the
Methodist Protestant church. Mrs. Grant died Mar.
18, 1878, and he died May 30, 1885.
John Roland Grant grew up at Byesville to which
he came with his parents in 1856. In May, 1873, Mr.
Grant married Sadie L. Orr, daughter of Sanford
and Phoebe (Burt) Orr. She was born and reared near
Byesville. After his marriage he built a house on Gomber
street in Cambridge and took position as baggagemaster and
freight man for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He
continued there about two years, then moved to the east part of
the county and raised a crop of tobacco. The next spring
in the year 1877, he moved back to the home place east of
Byesville and moved into the brick house on his father's farm,
and it was there that Mrs. Davis was born, after which
they remained there about two years, then removed to Byesville,
engaged in various enterprises, chiefly running a compressed air
machine at Old Akron mine. He continued there till the big
shut down in the coal mine about 1888. He quit the miens
at the expiration of that time and he and his brother, E. B.
Grant, bought the store of Oscar Holberg and dealt in
groceries and provisions under the name of Grant Brothers.
They continued about three yeas and then, on account of hard
times, sold out to L. S. Reasoner.
After that Mr. Grant and his brother and two
others established a labor paper at Byesville called The
Industrial World. They published it about six
months at Byesville, then moved it to Jackson county, Ohio,
where they continued about six months longer, and was there
about three years longer, most of the time in the coal mines.
At the expiration of this time Mr. Grant moved to
Leesville, Carroll county, Ohio, and worked in the mines near
Sherrodsville. Was there about two years, then moved to
Canal Dover and started to work building the new Reeves
tin mill. When it was completed he was made night foreman
and worked at that for about seven years, until the mill was
closed down and removed from the town. He then went to
Newcomerstown to take a place as night foreman at the new sheet
mill there, but as the prospects there for a successful mill
were discouraging he remained only three months then removed to
Canton, Ohio, where he took a job as night foreman of the Trust
Mills about four years. Then he came to Byesville, and
took a position laying the pipe line at Derwent, and then got to
running the electric pump at the Ideal mine and has been there
ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant have five children: John
Roland, Jr., who married Margaret McClintock, of
Ulrichsville, lives at Strutha, Ohio; Adora May married
Andrew Tinker, of Conneaut, where they reside; Maude
is the wife of William H. Davis, Jr., whose
sketch appears elsewhere in these gray pages; Sanford O.
Grant who married Jane Smith and lives at Cambridge,
is a roller in the sheet mill; Myrtle married Charles
Brand and lives in Byesville. Mr. and Mrs. Grant
are both of Spiritualist faith.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vol. I. B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 961 |
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ELMER ELLSWORTH GREEN.
Among the well-known and influential residents of Byesville is
Elmer Ellsworth Green, a man who has given much thought
to the problems of the present day, and who is well fitted for
leadership among his fellows. He was born in Jackson
township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on Feb. 15, 1871, the son of
James and Agnes (Finley) Green, whose sketch appears herein.
His boyhood was spent in Byesville, where he attended the public
schools and graduated from high school. Since that time he
has en engaged in coal mining, and is thoroughly familiar with
all of its phases.
In politics Mr. Green is a Democrat. In
1892 he was elected city clerk of Byesville, and was twice
re-elected, serving for three terms of two years each. For
the next five years he was township clerk for Jackson township,
and ever since he has been clerk of the township board of
education. In 1906 he was elected mayor of Byesville, but,
because of lack of time to devote to the office, resigned it.
A few years he made the race for county treasurer and came as
near being elected as any Democrat could have been in this
strongly Republican county, he having run nearly a thousand
votes ahead of his ticket. In his fraternal relations he
is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was for many years
the keeper of records and seal in his lodge. He is a
member of the American Mechanics and one of its strongest
supporters, and for fifteen years was secretary of the local
organization. Recently he was appointed by the secretary
of state to be local registrar of Jackson township and
Byesville, which form District No. 220.
In 1907 Mr. Green wrote a history of Byesville,
which work was highly creditable, both from a historical and a
literary point of view. He has also written many articles
for various newspapers, chiefly on topics concerning labor and
politics. He is very popular and is one of the best
informed residents of the county on local and county matters.
Elmer E. Green is a solid and substantial
citizen, and an able representative of a well-known and honored
family of the county. With all the sentiments of a true
and worthy character, he unites a keen appreciation of the
humorous side of life in a way to make himself at once an able
and conscientious adviser and a jolly good fellow.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 932 |
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FRED FINLEY GREEN. Among
the highly respected and progressive citizens of Byesville,
Guernsey county, is Fred Finley Green. For many reasons he
is deserving of special mention in a work of this character, for
his life has been one of consecutive endeavor along such lines
as the public is glad to sanction and approve, and he is at all
times honorable and straight forward in his dealings with his
fellow men.
Mr. Green was born northeast of
Byesville, on April 13, 1878, and he is the son of James and
Agnes (Finley) Green, who are given proper mention in a
separate sketch in this work. When Fred F. was
about five or six years of age the family moved into Byesville
and this has been the home of the subject nearly ever since.
He attended the local schools and graduated in the first
graduating class in 1897, and in 1900 he graduated from the
college at Ada, Ohio, taking the civil engineering course, and
in 1901 he was graduated from the same institution in electrical
engineering. Thus well equipped for his life work, he
returned to Byesville and took up civil engineering in the coal
mines of the James W. Ellsworth Coal Company. When
that firm sold out to the Wills Creek Coal Mining Company, he
went with other companies, giving his usual satisfaction.
He is at present doing the engineering for the Imperial Mining
Company, the Puritan Coal Company, the Cambridge Valley Coal
Company and the Guernsey Valley Coal & Mining Company, with
headquarters at Byesville. He is regarded as an expert in
his line and his services are in great demand.
Mr. Green was married on Jan. 25, 1902, to
Jennie Tuck, daughter of John and Mary Tuck; she was
born in England near South Church, and she emigrated with her
parents to America when she was not quite five years of age and
located at Delroy, Carroll county, Ohio, and lived there until
1900, when the family moved to Byesville, where they now reside.
She graduated at Delroy high school in 1899. Six children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Green, named as follows:
Esther Marie, Ernest Everett, Wendell Graham, Lucile
Evelyn, Mildred Margaret and Herbert J.
Mr. and Mrs. Green belong to the Methodist
Episcopal church, and are faithful in their attendance and
support of the same.
John Tuck, father of Mrs. Green, was born
in England, not far from London, probably in Essex, on Nov. 9,
1859, and he is the son of James and Emily (Thurlow) Tuck.
In his youth he was a fireman at the coal mines, in England,
later becoming an engineer. He married Mary Jane
Matthews of Durham county, England, the daughter of
Richard and Jane (Graham) Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Tuck
came to America in May, 1886, locating in Carroll county, Ohio,
but in 1888 they moved to Byesville. Remaining there a
short time, he returned to Carroll county and made that his home
until 1900, then moved back to Byesville where the family now
reside. Mr. Tuck belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife
both belong to the Order of the Eastern Star and also the
Rebekahs. Both the Tuck and Green families
are highly respected and popular in their communities.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 867 |
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JAMES GREEN. The president
sketch is concerned with the life of one of the most worthy
citizens of Guernsey county, a man who in his lifetime was
prominent among his fellows, James Green. He was
born about two miles north of Byesville, Guernsey county, Ohio,
on Jan. 22, 1847, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Foraker)
Green. Jacob Green was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent,
and his wife, who was a distant relative of Senator Foraker,
was born at Sandusky, Ohio, on Feb. 15, 1816, while the Indians
were still there. When Jacob Green and wife came to
Guernsey county they had to cut their way through the woods.
Deer and other game were then abundant. He bought a farm
near the present location of the Ideal mines, north of
Byesville, getting his land from the government, some of the
deeds being signed by President Jackson. Here he and his
wife made a home and spent the remainder of their lives.
They were the parents of ten children, all of whom grew to
maturity, namely: Obadiah, deceased, who was a soldier;
Mrs. Mary Ann Cole, now of Abingdon, Illinois; Isaac
Green, deceased, who was a soldier; Mrs. Rhoda A. Slay,
of Byesville, the widow of David M. Slay; Mrs. Lavina
Brown deceased; Hugh, of Linton Mills, Coshocton
county, Ohio; George of Noble county, Ohio; James,
deceased, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Charity Clippinger,
deceased; and John, of Cambridge, Ohio
James Green grew up on the old farm north of
Byesville. In 1870 he married Agnes Finley, a
daughter of David and Elizabeth (Graham) Finley who was
born in Ohio county, West Virginia. David Finley
was born near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth
Graham was a native of West Virginia, a daughter of James
and Agnes (Finley) Graham. James Graham was a native
of Ireland, and in all probability was descended from the Scotch
Covenanters, and through a long line of dukes, earls and
marquises in England.
James Green was a farmer, but also engaged in
coal mining. In 1881 he moved to Byesville, built a house
at the corner of Mill and Seneca streets, and lived there the
balance of his days. There were six children in his
family: William S.; Elmer E., for whom see his sketch;
Daisy, now Mrs. Charles Sleders; Fred F., for whom
see his sketch: Mrs. Elizabeth McAuley, and Harry,
all married save Elmer and Harry. William
is business manager of the Byesville Enterprise;
Mrs. Selders lives at Byesville, her husband being an
engineer at the Ideal mines; Mrs. McAuley lives at
Christopher, Illinois; Harry is a clerk in the Ogara Coal
Company's offices at Derwent, Ohio.
James Green died on Dec. 11, 1904. He was
a kind husband and father and a good citizen, trusted and
respected by all who knew him. In his dealings with
mankind he was honest and straightforward, and tried to practice
the Golden Rule and to treat every one in a manner worthy of a
good American citizen. Being of a quiet and reserved
disposition, his circle of friends may not have been as broad as
that of many others, yet those who truly knew him never doubted
his integrity, honesty and friendship. He was greatly
missed by many whom he had befriended in their adversities.
He and all his family were members of the Methodist church.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 931 |
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WILLOUGHBY
B. GREEN. One of the most progressive and
influential business men of Cambridge and one of the
representative citizens of Guernsey county is Willoughby B.
Green, who was born Aug. 15, 1853, in Noble county, Ohio,
on a farm, the son of Edward F. and Isabelle (Spooner) Green.
Both parents were born in Noble county, Ohio, both the Greens
came from Worcester, Massachusetts. The Spooners
were also a New England family and both parents were active in
the early pioneer life. Edward F. wa a farmer
and a large land owner in Noble county. He served through
the Civil war in the signal service, stationed mostly in the Red
River district, serving till the close of the war. After
his discharge he bought a farm in the northwestern part of
Missouri, where he located, engaging in the grain buying and
shipping business, carrying on an exclusive business for the
Chicago and St. Louis markets. After a number of years of
successful business he sold his interests in Missouri and came
to Cumberland, Guernsey county, where he entered the general
mercantile business and in 1875 he sold out in Cumberland and
moved to Cambridge, where he engaged in the mercantile business,
buying property and continuing until January, 1903, when he
retired from active business live. He has attained the
advanced age of eighty-six years, hale and hearty, and is yet
greatly interested in all current and public matters. He
was originally a Whig and since the organization of the
Republican party he has been an ardent Republican.
Although always interested in public matters, he was never an
office seeker. He has been a member of the Baptist church
since childhood and always active in church and Sunday school
work. He is a man of strong convictions and very
methodical and conscientious in all his business matters, a
sincere Christian man. Mr. Green, mother of W.
B., died about 1862, and Edward F. Green married
Eliza M. Graham, of an old established family of this
county. She is living
Willoughby B. Green is the only child of his
parents. He spent his early youth on the farm on Noble
county and was educated in the public schools of the home
locality and also attended the Central high school at
Williamsburg, Missouri, after the family moved to that place.
He assisted his father in his farming and grain business and
attended school until about twenty years of age, when he came to
Cambridge from Missouri and learned telegraphy in the Western
Union office at Cambridge and soon became the manager of that
office, which position he held for eight yeas, when he was made
manager in the Western Union office at Circleville, for one
year, then, going to Mexico, was with the Santa Fe railroad and
the Wells Fargo Express Company at Los Lunas, New Mexico,
where he remained only part of a year. He then returned to
Cambridge, from where he was sent to Charleston, West Virginia,
as a manager of the Western Union office for one year in an
important and very busy office. Resigning at the close of
a year at Charleston, he returned to Cambridge and entered the
mercantile business with his father, remaining here until Jan.
1, 1903, doing a very large and successful business at the
corner of Wheeling avenue and Fifth street, which property they
still own. After retiring from the mercantile business he
engaged in the general insurance and real estate business,
purchasing the old established business of Thomas G. Kerr,
deceased, which consisted of some of the oldest and best
companies doing business and Mr. Kerr had represented
these companies for about thirty years, the best of the
companies including the Ohio Farmers, the Continental of New
York the Connecticut of Hartford, the American of New Jersey,
the Fire Associations of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the
Fidelity Underwriters of New York and some twenty-five other
companies, all strong and reliable. The business has grown
under Mr. Green and he now has a larger line than
any other agency in the county, having a business of over ten
million dollars in force, by far the largest of any agency in
the county, Mr. Green writes fire, life, accident,
explosion, plate-glass, windstorms, security bonds, employes'
liability, steam boilers and live stock insurance. He also
handles real estate and makes loans. Mr. Green is a
very busy and, in addition to his extensive business interests,
he is a director of the Cambridge Loan and Building Company, and
is active in the management, the company having a capital of one
million dollars.
Mr. Green has been twice married, first, in November, 1880,
to Anna Simons, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simons
early residents of Cambridge. One son, Edward L.
was born to this union, who is now the special state agent for
the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut,
his home being with his father in Cambridge. He is a
bright, successful young man. Mr. Green died in the
summer of 1885, soon after the return from New Mexico, where
Mr. Green had gone because of the failing health of his
wife. He was married on Oct. 14, 1900, to Lyda D. Scott,
daughter of Elza M. and Mary Scott. Mr. Scott being
a prominent coal operator and salt producer in Guernsey county.
The Scotts were an early family in the county and Mr.
Scott was among the best business men of the county.
He was a very successful coal operator, doing business as the
Scott Coal and Salt Company, four miles east of Cambridge on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Mr. Scott died a few
years prior to 1900 and his widow about 1899.
Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Green is an elder and
trustee of the church, which positions he has held for several
years. They are both active in church work and in the
Sunday school, he being superintendent of the Sunday school for
many years.
Mr. Green is a member of the Masonic order, also
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both the subordinate
body and the encampment, and he has been a member of the board
of trustees for many yeas and chairman of the board for fifteen
years. He was a member of the building committee when the
fine I. O. O. F. Temple was built in 1896 and he is active in
the work of both the Masons and the Odd Fellows, having passed
all the chairs in the latter fraternity. He has
represented the district at the grand encampment. He is a
Republican in politics and has been active in the affairs of the
party. He has served as a member of the city council for
some years and was a member of the body when the saloons were
first put out of Cambridge by a vote of six to four, in a
council membership of ten. This was in 1901. He has
always been a temperance advocate and worker in the county.
Mr. Green has never been an office seeker, but has always
maintained a lively interest in public matters and keeps himself
well informed.
Mr. Green is an ardent church worker and devoted
to her home and family. The family home, which is among
the most attractive in the city, is located at No. 317 North
Seventh street and everything about it indicates refined taste,
culture and comfort.
Mr. Green is a splendid citizen and, like his
father, much can be said of him as a loyal and upright citizen.
Willoughby B. Green's son, Edward L., was
graduated from the Cambridge high school, then entered the Ohio
State University at Columbus, remaining for two years when he
entered business with his father, fitting himself for special
insurance work. In Jan., 1909, he became, as before
stated, special state agent of Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, of Hartford, over a large class of applicants, and has
made good, standing well in the insurance business. A fine
young man in character, habits and business ability.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 937 |
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JOHN B. GREGG. Although
yet a man young in years, the life of John B. Gregg, one
of the best known citizens of Cambridge, Guernsey county, has
indeed been a busy and successful one and the following record
of the same is eminently worthy of perusal by the student who
would learn the intrinsic essence of individuality and its
influence in molding public opinion and in giving character and
stability to a community. He has successfully met and
overcome the usual obstacles that lie in the pathway of every
ambitious man in his efforts to reach the goal sought.
Mr. Gregg was born on Apr. 5, 1879, near
Senecaville, in Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of
James M. and Cynthia (Finley) Gregg, both parents
also natives of Noble county. Both these families were
among the earliest pioneers in this section of the state, and
they were prominent in both business and social life.
James M. Gregg is a successful farmer and prominent in the
affairs of his county, and he and his wife have a host of warm
personal friends there.
John B. Gregg spent his youth on the home farm
and engaged in the usual farm work. He obtained his early
education in the country schools and was graduated form the high
school at Senecaville. He subsequently entered the
university at Lebanon, Ohio, and received the degree of Master
of Science; he also obtained the degree of Civil Engineer from
the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and a year later he took a
special course in mathematics at Cornell University at Ithaca,
New York. During the years of his college course he taught
school for some time, and after leaving college he taught for
one year in the high school at Cambridge in the department of
mathematics, and one year prior to that he taught mathematics
and physical science in the high school at Franklin, Ohio.
He was among the most popular educators of the county and his
services were in great demand. He was popular with both
pupil and patron and was both an instructor and entertainer in
the school room, and no doubt had he continued in this line of
endeavor he would have ranked with the leading educators of the
state. Since leaving Cambridge high school in 1902 he has
been devoting his time and attention to civil engineering of a
general character, and during the year 1907 he was employed by
the city of Zanesville as city engineer, during which time some
very important city improvements were under construction.
Since 1907 he has been associated with his brother, James E.
Gregg, in the lumber business, operating in Guernsey,
Tuscarawas and Noble counties, Ohio.
Both these gentlemen are Republicans in politics, but
they are not active in party affairs, though always interested
in public matters and all movements having in view the
betterment of conditions affecting the general public have their
hearty support. On Jan. 1, 1910, James B. Gregg
was appointed director of public safety for the city of
Cambridge, which important trust he is filling to the
satisfaction of all concerned. Although a Republican, he
was appointed by a Democratic mayor, because of his eminent
fitness for the position. He is a thirty-second-degree
Mason and is prominent in this time-honored order. He has
never married. He is a gentleman of pleasing personality,
unassuming, refined and cultured, profoundly educated, courteous
in his relations with his fellow men and he retained the warm
and abiding friendship of all with whom he associates. His
individuality, which is very distinct, is impressed upon any
work with which he is connected, and in the accomplishment of a
purpose he is willing to assume any amount of labor required for
any measure of responsibility incurred. In brief, he is a
broad-minded, genial young man without pretense, whom to know is
to respect and honor.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 537 |
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WILLIAM DENNISON GREGG.
The history of Valley township, Guernsey county, would be
incomplete without mention of a man of excellent family and wide
acquaintance, an able farmer and efficient miner, whose worthy
character has gained for him many friends - William
Dennison Gregg. HE was born in Buffalo township, Noble
county, Ohio, on Oct. 4, 1859, the son of Col. William J. and
Mary Ellen (Ball) Gregg.
Col. WILLIAM JACKSON GREGG
was born in Buffalo township, Noble county, Ohio, on Sept. 2,
1830, the son of Jacob and Nancy (Heel) Gregg, both of
whom were natives of Wales. William J. grew to
manhood in the township of his birth. In 1855 he married
Mary Ellen Ball, the daughter of Jonas and Amy
(Archer) Ball, who was born at Sarahsville, Noble county,
and lived there until her marriage. Her father was from
Wales and her mother was born in Noble county. After their
marriage, William J. Gregg and his wife lived on a farm
in Buffalo township. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I,
Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served about a year,
when he received a discharge because of sickness. After
his return he joined the state militia, and became a colonel in
that organization after the war. He spent his life in
farming, and was one of the prominent agriculturists of his
county. In politics he was a Republican, and for six years
was commissioner of Noble county, besides holding other offices.
In August, 1887, Colonel Gregg moved to what has ever
since been the Gregg home, along the north line of Noble
county, about two and one-half miles southeast of Hartford,
Guernsey county. Colonel Gregg and his wife were both
members of the Methodist Protestant church. He died on
Jan. 3, 1905, and his wife is still living on the home place in
Noble county, which is just across the county line from the
Walhonding mine No. 2 in Valley township, Guernsey county.
Colonel Gregg was a man of much influence in his
neighborhood, and highly respected.
Colonel and Mrs. Gregg became the parents of
eight children: Jonas Homer, of Missouri; Mrs. Amy Ann
Secrest, deceased; William Dennison; Mrs. Alice
Pearl Secrest, deceased; Mary Emily; now Mrs.
Simon Isaac Dudley; Martha Jane, the wife of Charles
Sherman Dotts, of Pleasant City; Louisa Belle, widow
of Martin V. Cale; Carrie, wife of Samuel Clark
Groves, whose sketch see elsewhere.
William Dennison Gregg grew to manhood on his
father's farm in Noble county. On March 1, 1887, he was
married to Leah Birdilin Drake, the daughter of John
W. and Mary (Larrick) Drake. She was born near Mt.
Zion in Buffalo township, Noble county, on March 14, 1865.
Her father, John Wesley Drake, was born on February 2,
1837, and died on Dec. 26, 1904. He was the son of
Elisha and Rebecca (Clark) Drake. Through Rebecca
Clark, the family traces back it ancestry to a soldier in
the American Revolution. Rebecca was the daughter
of Benjamin and _____ (Gregory) Clark. Benjamin Clark,
who lived from 1790 to 1872, was the son of a Revolutionary
soldier.
The Drake ancestry can be traced back as
follows: John Wesley was the son of Elisha,
who was the son of John and ____ (Kackly) Drake. John
Drake's mother was a White before marriage, and the
mother of ______ Kackly, his wife, was a Whitman
before marrying his father.
Mrs. Gregg's mother was from an
old pioneer family in Guernsey and Noble counties. She was
the daughter of James Hall Larrick and Margaret (Dudley)
Larrick. James Hall Larrick was the son of
Jacob Larrick (born on June 30, 1773) and Catherine (Spillman)
Larrick (born on April 2, 1875). Jacob Larrick
was a son of Frederick Larrick.
For four years after marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg lived in Noble county, but in 1892 he
bought a farm bordering on the south line of the eastern portion
of the Valley township, and has ever since been a resident of
Guernsey county. His residence is large, well built
and well kept, situated on high ground overlooking the valley
near the Walhonding mine No. 2. Besides farming, he has
engaged in coal mining for many years.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gregg: Roy
Raymond, born on Jan. 26, 1888; Lora Lenore, born May
9, 1890, and Byron, born on Nov. 16, 1901. Mrs.
Gregg died on Nov. 23, 1901. She was a true helpmate,
a loving mother, and a consistent Christian, both she and Mr.
Gregg being members of the Methodist Protestant church.
Mr. Gregg is a Republican in politics. He is a
reckoned among the solid and substantial citizens of his
community.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 589 |
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SAMUEL CLARK GROVES.
Descended from ancestors who took a prominent part in the
affairs of their community, himself a young man of high standing
and honorable career, the records of Valley township would be
incomplete without mention of Samuel Clark Groves.
He was born near Cumberland, Guernsey county, Ohio, on November
4, 1871, the son of David and Rebecca Elizabeth (Clark)
Groves.
The Groves family has a tradition to the
effect that the family was originally that of Von Graf in
Germany, that the ancestors were expelled for political reasons,
and later came to Maryland with Lord John Calvert, first
Earl C., was born in Maryland, and was, with a brother
and sister, brought to Noble county, Ohio, by his parents,
locating in the neighborhood of Mt. Ephraim descendants are
still well known residents of that locality, in which David
Groves was born. Rebecca E. Clark was born a
short distance northwest of Pleasant City and was the daughter
of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longsworth) Clark, for whom
see sketch of Robert I. Shepler. After marriage
David Groves and his wife lived for about a year in Noble
county, then moved to near Cumberland, Guernsey county, where
they lived for about ten years, on a farm of eighty acres, which
in 1880 he sold and then bought a farm in the western portion of
Valley township, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres,
where he made his home until his death. Two children were
born to his first marriage. Mary Edith and
Samuel Clark. Mary Edith married Lawrence Garber,
an attorney, and died on the first Monday of September, 1907 (or
1997). She left four children, Anson, Ethel, Ruth
and Martha, while her fourth child in order of birth died
in infancy. Mrs. David Groves died in February,
1896, and in 1899 David Groves married Mrs. Martha J.
Heinlein, and thereafter made his home in Pleasant City,
though still supervising his farm. His second wife was a
sister to his first wife. David Groves died in
1902. In politics he was a life-long Republican.
During the Civil war he served in the One Hundred and
Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, and was wounded in the leg while in
action in Maryland, and it was from trouble caused by his old
would that his death was occasioned. David Groves was
a man of strong character and considerable influence in the
communities in which he resided.
Samuel C. Groves grew to manhood on the
home farm in Valley township. He attended college at New
Concord, and also took civil engineering at Ada, Ohio,
graduating in 1894. For two terms before attending Ada he
taught school, and after leaving college he engaged in civil
engineering in connection with farming. For three years he
was civil engineer for the National Coal Company, and did their
engineering work at the Little Kate, Little Kate No. 2 and
Minnehaha mines, also making out their pay rolls and performing
other services. He has also done engineering work at a
number of other places. For some years he has had charge
of the old far, and now owns the entire place, having bought out
the other heirs. In politics he is a Republican, and has
often been urged by his friends as a candidate for county
offices.
In 1898 Samuel C. Groves was married to
Carrie D. Gregg, who was born near Chaseville, Noble county,
Ohio, the daughter of Col. William J. and Mary (Ball) Gregg.
Her father was a soldier in the Civil war, and was nearly
blinded in the service at Charlestown, South Carolina. Her
mother was descended from the famous Ball family of
Virginia, of whom George Washington's mother, Betty
Ball, was a member. Mrs. Groves attended normal
school at Cambridge, and taught for six years. When
Mrs. Groves was teaching school she gained a great
reputation for cleanliness, not only in the school room, but in
the grounds and general surroundings. She required the
children to keep clean and keep their books clean and to always
put their books away in their proper place. She is a
strong advocate of better sanitary conditions in our schools, a
matter which she believes every mother should become interested
in. Her home and home surroundings are a fine example of
her idea of cleanliness. Mr. and Mrs. Groves are
the parents of three interesting little daughters, Ellen
Jane, Elizabeth and Marjorie. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Groves are members of the Bethel Methodist church, as
were his parents. They live in an unusually comfortable
and well improved country residence. Mr. Groves is
reckoned as one of the solid and substantial citizens of the
county, and has by his true worth made many friends.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 773 |
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