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Names of persons residing in the
townhsp who were seventy years of age and upwards in 1876:
Joseph Gleur, Robert simpson, Samuel Lee, Mrs. S. Lee,
Robert S. Ross, Mrs. Ross, James Sehrrard, Mrs. Sherrard,
John Leech, Andrew Hamilton, Samuel Wells, Mrs. J. Hammond,
John Hammond, Abraham Barnes, Samuel Maxwell, Mrs. Maxwell,
Samuel Patterson, George Estep, Mrs. Estep.
JOSEPH GUTHRIE
is of Washington county, Pennsylvania, birth. His
father, Joseph Guthrie, Sr., was born in1776, and his
mother, Jane, daughter of Thomas Wilson, was
born in 1778. They were married in 1801 and located
here in 1830. Four years later his wife died, and in
1855 he, too, died. They had thirteen children, of
whom five are living, viz.: Thomas; Jane, widow of
Thomas Wilson; Mary Ann, wife of Ebenezer
Burt, all living here; Hannah, wife of John
White, lives in Muskingum county. Joseph
Guthrie, the youngest child, was born in1818 and came
to Ohio with his parents. In 1859 he married Maria
Duff, daughter of John and Martha Duff, of
Muskingum county. Miss Duff was born in
1818. They settled on the homestead where they now
live. He is a farmer and owns two hundred and sixty
acres of land. He has held township offices, and is a
deacon of the United Presbyterian church of Lebanon. - 487
ANDREW
HAMILTON,
the third son of Henry and Francis Hamilton, was born
in1816 in Ireland. His father was born in Ireland in
1781, and married Frances Dunbar. They remained
in Ireland until their death. In 1851 Andrew
married Sarah Leipsic, daughter of Edward
and Mary Leipsic, of Ireland.
they emigrated to America immediately after their marriage
and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they
lived about twelve years. In 1863 they came to Ohio
and settled in Guernsey county, Londonderry township, where
they remained twelve years and removed to Adams township.
There they are now living with a family of five children,
viz.: Sarah, Margaret, Henry E., Elizabeth, and
Jennie. Mr. Hamilton owns two hundred and twenty
acres of land and has a fine home. - 487
THOMAS KNOX was one of the
numerous dwellers in Washington county, Pennsylvania, who
sought an Ohio home. Born at the close of the last
century (1799) he accompanied his parents to Adams township
in 1815, where he married Jane Miller, daughter of
Matthew Miller, of Pennsylvania, in 1832. She was
born in Ireland in 1800. This lady had an eventful
history. She was captured by the British in 1812,
while on her way of America, and kept at Newfoundland for
two years. While there here mother died. This
victim of our second war with Britain on her release settled
with her father in Pennsylvania, but shortly moved to Adams
township where her husband died in 1870, she following him
in1874. Their children were: Margaret Grear,
Mathew, of Knox township; Ann C., and Sarah J.
Matthew M. was born in 1834 and married Mary Jane
Rush in 1861. She is a daughter of Patrick
Rush, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was
born in18935. Of their seven children six are living,
viz: Nettie B., Lizzie M., Jenny M., Sarah A., Thomas,
and Eva E. Anna M. is dead. - 487
WILLIAM ALEXANDER,
the father of M. R., was of
Irish birth, and was born in the old country in 1782.
When two years old his father died, and he emigrated to
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1800. After forty
years' residence there he settled at New Concord, Muskingum
county. In 1805, Elizabeth Lormer, a kins-woman
twenty years of age, became his wife. Their three
children are: Isabella, widow of
James Gibson; Martha, widow of Samuel McGarry,
both residing in Kansas, and M. R. Alexander, the
oldest, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1816, and married
Martha Sawhill in 1836. She was of the same
State, and one year younger. She died in 1859.
Three of her five children live. Neely
fell a sacrifice on the altar of his country at Shiloh, and
Joseph, a valiant soldier, died in camp at Vicksburg
in 1862. Mr. Alexander's second wife, Mary
A. Scott, was born in Pennsylvania in 1830, and
married in her twenty-ninth year. She had eight
children: James B., Samuel M., Andrew, Martha E.,
Charles S., Mary B., Ida May, and Margaret J.
Mr. Alexander settled where he now lives in 1869. - 487
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM,
the father of Annie G. Work,
was born in Pennsylvania in 1783, and in 1810 was
married to Mary Gallagher, who was born in
Pennsylvania in 1789. They remained in their native
State until his death in 1818, Mrs. Cunningham
surviving him three years. Their family consisted of
four children, three of whom are living - James, Anna G.,
and John. Anna G., the subject of this
notice, was born in 1814, and in 1838 married James T.
Work. After marriage they settled in Harrison
county, where they remained about eighteen years, then
removed to Guernsey county in 1856, where Mr. Work
died in 1872. Mrs. Work is still living on the
old homestead. Their family consisted of eight
children - Mary J., Margaret E., Martha A., Alexander,
Clara, Isabella, Sarah C., George H. - 488
ROBERT BOYD was born in
Ireland in 1798, and came to Pennsylvania in 1820.
While there he married Rachel Frame, who was born in
1805. This couple lived ten years in Highland
township, Muskingum county, and then made their home
permanently in Adams township, where the wife is still
living on the homestead. He died in 1874. They
had nine children - Martha, wife of James Bell;
Thomas; Joseph; Eliza, wife of Mayberry Smith;
William, Robert, James, David, and John. John
L. was born in 1839, and married Mary Ross in
1865. She was born in 1841. They lived on the
homestead eleven years, and in 1877 purchased a farm near by
where they live with their children - Robert W., and
Frank. Mr. Boyd owns eighty acres of land.
He has held various offices, and helped defend the country
in the late war. - Pg. 488
JAMES JOHNSTON
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1795, and
married Jane Mehaffey, who was born in
December, 1797, in Ireland. After six years of married
life in Pennsylvania, they came here in 1824, and he died in
1868. He was a farmer and blacksmith. After his
death in 1881. Her living children are:
Margaret, James, Sarah, Samuel, Jane and Alexander.
Alexander was born in 1821, and married Mary J. Mason
in 1846. She was born in Ireland in 1823. They
remained on the homestead eleven years, and then moved to
the eastern side of the township where they still live.
During the war he was sheriff of Guernsey county, and had
his headquarters in Cambridge. He owns four hundred
and ninety acres, and was for twelve years a blacksmith as
well as a farmer. His children are: Emma,
Annie, Alice, James, Charles, Jenny, Myrtle, Laura, and
Marietta. - 488
SAMUEL MEHAFFEY,
father of John, and grand-father of John Bingham
Mehaffey, was a native of Down, Ireland, where he
married Margaret Bingham. This couple lived in
their native land until 1812, and then took passage for
Philadelphia, via New York city. They landed on the
very day in 1812 that war was declared by this country
against Great Britain, their vessel having been boarded by
the officers of a British war ship while in sight of New
York. Had the declaration of war been known to these
officials at that time the passengers would have been taken
prisoners. After a short stay in Philadelphia, they
moved to Allegheny county, near Pittsburgh, and in 1819
finally settled in this township, and remained here until
they died. John Mehaffey is the only one of
their ten children now living. He married Nancy
Murphy in 1826. John Bingham Mehaffey was
their eighth child, and was born in this township in 1831.
He married Margaret Hutchison, daughter of Nathan
and Mary Hutchison, in 1863. She was born here in
1838. They are childless. Mr. John B.
Mehaffey has held various local offices, and farms one
hundred and sixty acres. He has one of the best farms
here. - 488
JOHN MEHAFFEY
was born in Ireland in 1801, and emigrated to
this country with his parents in 1812. In 1819 they
removed to this county, where they remained until their
death. In 1826 John Mehaffey married Nancy
Murphy, who died here in 1864. Shortly after her
death he removed with his two daughters to Cambridge, where
they still reside. Seven of his ten children are
living. Alexander Mehaffey was born in 1832,
and married Caroline Lee, daughter of Samuel and
Jane Lee of Knox township, in 1861. She was born
in 1835. Since their marriage they have lived in Adams
township. Their six children were: Jenny Lee,
John Russell, Clara Bell, Elizabeth Margaret, Annie Laura
and Samuel Lee. Mr. Mehaffey owns one hundred
and eighty-five acres of land. - 488
WILLIAM SPEER,
the fifth child of Stewart and Jane Speer, was born
in 1818, and married Anna Jane McKinney in 1841.
His wife was born in 1820. After marriage they settled
on the old homestead, where they now live, surrounded by
their family, viz: Margaret L., Alexander Scott,
Mary Wallace, Mattie Wilson, Matthew McKinney, William
Albert, and Clara Bell. Eliza Jane died
Jan. 29, 1871. Mr. Speer owns one hundred and
thirty-seven acres of land. His son Matthew M.
was born in 1854, and married Mary Best in 1875.
She was born in 1855. After living on a part of his
father's farm two years, he purchased the farm formerly
owned by his brother, Alexander, and still lives
there. Mr. Speer is postmaster and merchant at
Gallagher post-office. He has two children, William
Roy and Frank McGiffin. - 489
STEWART SPEER
was born in Pennsylvania Feb. 8, 1783, and
married Jane Scott, of Pennsylvania, a lady four
years his junior. From 1808 to 1812 they kept hotel
and farmed in Adams township. In the War of 1812 he
became a lieutenant, and did a patriot's duty, and
afterwards became an associate judge. In March, 1850,
he died, and his wife followed in 1866. They had eight
children. Abraham S. Speer was a son of
Stewart and Jane Speer, and was born in 1814. He
married Mary, daughter of John and Mary McKinney,
of Westland, in 1836. Their married life has been
spent in Adams township, on or near their present homestead.
Six of their eight children are living, viz.: Rev.
John S., in Pennsylvania; James, William S., and
Anna M., wife of James Lorimer live in Kansas;
Martin and Henry. Four sons fought
in the late war. Mr. Speer owns one hundred and
fifty-six acres of land. - 489
JOHN WORK
was born in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, in 1785, and while there he married Nancy
McDoll, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania,
in 1788. They soon removed to her native county, where
he died in 1850, and his widow in 1873. Three of their
nine children are living, viz; Joseph, John, and
Sarah, widow of Frederick Johnson. John was
born in 1834, and married Mary Morrison in 1860.
In 1867 they settled in Spencer township near Cumberland,
afterwards in Westland, and in 1875 came to Adams township,
and purchased part of the McNutt homestead.
Their children are: Mary, wife of John
Nausett; and William and James, twins, who
live at home. Mr. Work has one hundred acres,
and is a tiller of the soil. - 489
ALEXANDER NEELY
is the second child of Matthew
and Nancy (Woodbury) Neely, natives of Ireland, and was
born in 1828 in the mother country. He and two sisters
and a brother left Ireland in 1849, and settled in Adams
township, where he took unto himself a wife in 1860.
The bride was a daughter of Martin Keeler of Athens
county, and was born in Belmont county in 1839. They
have since lived here and have a family of five children -
William, Mary, Nannie, John and Maggie. Mr.
Neely owns one hundred and thirteen acres of good land,
and has been supervisor and school director. - 489
JOHN SUNNAFRANK
was born on the island of Guernsey, on the
coast of France, in 1777. He was of German parentage,
and left his home for Virginia, where he remained until
1804. In that year he moved to near Cambridge, and
lived eleven years there and at West Cambridge. He
then purchased a fine farm in Adams township, four miles
from Cambridge, on the pike and lived there until his death
in 1850. His wife died in 1852. Jacob,
the oldest of his six children, was born in Virginia in
1801. In 1823 he married Margaret, daughter of
Solomon Adams, of Adams township. She was
born in 1803, and died in 1877. Her children were
John, Absalom (now dead), Eliza J., Levi, and
Livinia. Mr. Sunnafrank cleared the
land where he now lives. He owns five hundred and
ninety-six acres, and leads a retired life, being four score
years old. - 489
MRS. MARY HUTCHINSON
is the daughter of Robert Bell and
Margaret Ferguson. Her father was born in county
Donegal, Ireland, in 1781. He came with his parents to
Pennsylvania, and in 1807 removed to Ohio, and married.
His wife was born in Ireland in 1787. After four years
residence in Jefferson county, and a short stay in
Cambridge, they moved to Adams township, where he died in
1831, and his wife in 1863. Four of their eight
children are living - Agnes, Margaret, James, and
Mary. The latter was born in Jefferson county in
1808, and was married to Nathan Hutchinson in 1830.
Her husband's parents were Joseph and Elizabeth
Hutchinson, and he was born in Loudoun county, Virginia,
in 1805. His father having died his mother went to
Cambridge with her little family. When Nathan
married he located here, and died in 1849. His
children were Robert B., Elizabeth, Joseph W., Margaret
F., David W., Agnes J., Andrew P., and Mary M.
Mrs. Ferguson's grandfather, John Ferguson, was a
colonel in the rebel army in Ireland, and emigrated to save
his life. - 489
ALEXANDER LEEPER
was born in the State of
Pennsylvania in 1773, and his wife in 1777. In the
year 1831 they made their home on the pike in Adams
township, near Cambridge. In 1853 his good wife died,
and he followed her in 1858. Their children were
Mary, widow of William Ragan, of Illinois;
William of Illinois; Eliza, wife of James
Bradley, of Nebraska; Ellen, wife of Robert
Snodgrass, lives in Nebraska; John James,
lives in Iowa; Samuel, Robert, and Margaret,
dead. Alexander, the eighth child, was born in
1823, and married Isabelle Lathers in 1855,
when she was twenty-eight years old. They have two
children - Sarah and Samuel Thomas.
He farms one hundred and sixty acres. - 490
ISAAC CONDEN
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania,
in 1797, and twenty-four years later married Esther
Nelson, who was two years his junior. They
lived in Washington county until his death, in 1865.
She died in 1877. Their five children were:
Lillie Ann, now Mrs. Robert
Thompson; John, Martha, and Margaret,
in Pennsylvania; and James N., who was born in 1835.
In 1861 Miss Violet, daughter of William
Glass, of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1835, became
Mrs. Conden. The next four years they
resided near Concord and then moved to Adams township.
Their three children are, Martha Lillie,
Bell Nelson, and Willie Patterson,
all at home. Mr. Conden has two hundred
and ninety-seven acres of land. He has served as
township treasurer two years, and also held other township
offices. - 490
WILLIAM CALHOUN
was born in Ireland June 10, 1796, and came
to Green county, Pennsylvania, in 1818. Four years
later he moved to Washington county, and while there married
Ruth Clark, who was born in 1795. In 1845 they
began a five years' residence in Westmoreland county, and in
1850 settled in Adams township, where he died in 1871, and
his wife in 1881. Their eight children were:
John, Maria, Jane, Rebecca, Ruth, Andrew, William, and
Elizabeth. John was born in 1824 and married Mrs.
Matilda J. Morrow in 1875. She was born in 1832.
Her first husband was Daniel B. Morrow, by whom she
had one child - Charles E. They live on the
homestead. Mr. Calhoun owns one hundred and
ninety-three acres; he has held various offices in the
township. - 490
DAVID THOMPSON
and Sarah Gordon, an Irish lad and
lass, were born in the old country - he in 1774 and she in
1780. Six years after their wedding feast they began
an eighteen years residence in Alleghany county,
Pennsylvania. The vicinity of New Concord, Muskingum
county, then became their abiding place, until 1817, when
their final settlement was made in Adams township. In
1847 she passed away and in 1859 he joined the "great
majority." Their children are: Jane, Sarah,
David Glenn, and Andrew. Andrew was born in
Pennsylvania in 1809, and married Nancy, daughter of
Silas and Elizabeth Burt, in 1833. She was born
in 1813. They took charge of the homestead farm until
1840, and then moved to Coshocton county. In 1847 they
returned and purchased the homestead, and Mrs. Thompson
died there in 1881. The children were: Silas,
David, Elizabeth Jane, wife of Joseph Scott, and
Sarah Margaret, wife of John B. Scott; Mary
Ann, wife of Charles Draper; Nancy Ellen, wife of
James Bell; Amanda Walker, wife of John
Trace; and George Mitchell. Mr.
Thompson is a retired farmer and owns one hundred and
sixty acres. - 490
JOHN HANCOCK
was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1780
and sought an American home in 1832. Sarah Launders,
an English lady, thirty-nine years old, became Mrs. John
Hancock in 1833. After a short residence in
Muskingum county they made their permanent home in Westland
township, where he died in 1869, and she in 1874.
Their children were: Francis, Keziah, wife of
E. M. Sigfred, of Cambridge; William, and one
deceased. Francis, born in 1834, married
Elizabeth McNutt in 1863. She was a
daughter of Joseph and Agnes McNutt, of Adams
township, and the same age as her husband. After two
years of life on the McNutt homestead, they
lived in Westland ten years and then moved here. They
are childless. Mr. Hancock owns
sixty-seven acres of good farming land. - 490
BENJAMIN REASONER
is a native of Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1799. When
quite young his parents, John and Elizabeth Reasoner,
moved to Westland township, where Benjamin wooed and
won Anna Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson,
who was born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, in 1807.
They went to housekeeping in Adams township, where the
husband and father died in 1872, having survived his wife
one year. The children are: Elizabeth, wife of
John Hurley; Margaret, William, and Martha.
William Reasoner was born in Adams township in 1840, and
married Ellen Hurley in 1865. His wife
is six years younger than himself. They have since
lived on the homestead, where their children - Wilson,
Annie Mary, Ida Bell, and Charles Henry, receive
their personal affection. Mr. Reasoner is a
general farmer. His wife is a daughter of Cornelius
and Mary Hurley, of Cambridge township. - 491
VALENTINE SHIRER,
the father of Lydia E. Shirer,
was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1797. In 1805
he came to Ohio with his parents, they settling in Muskingum
county, where they remained until their death. In 1823
he was united in marriage to Esther Gaumer,
who was born in Muskingum county in 1807. They
remained on the old homestead until his death, which
occurred in 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Shirer were
born eleven children, of whom nine are living, viz: Nettie,
widow of John Lacy; Lydia E.; Eliza Jane,
wife of Josiah Vincent; Winnie A., wife of William
Leydig, of Kansas; Daniel G. living in
Muskingum county; Hannah A. and Green R., at
home; Kate M., wife of Samuel W. Sutton; and
Sydney. Lydia E. was born in 1832, and in 1857 was
married to William P. Bell, who was born in
1832 and died in the civil war in 1864. To Mr.
and Mrs. Bell were born four children,
viz.: Harley W., deceased; Mary E. and
Ellsworth T., living in Muskingum county; and
Annie E. wife of Benjamin H. Kerr. After
the death of her husband, Mrs. Bell married Watson
Kerr, in the year 1878, who was born in 1813. In
1881 he was killed by the cars. They had five
children, viz.: Isaac W., the oldest, deceased;
Robert H., living in Belmont county; Martha, wife
of G. J. Dorrell, at Cambridge; Thomas,
living at Cambridge; and Benjamin H., who is living
in the old homestead.- 491
WILLIAM McCULLEY was
born in 1800. His parents came to this country when
William was quite young, and settled in Pennsylvania,
where they remained until their family was almost grown.
They then came to this State and lived in Noble, and
Muskingum, finally settling in Guernsey county, Knox
township, where they died. Their family consisted of
seven children: William, who married Jane
Corden, she being born in the year 1805. After
their marriage they settled in Noble county, where they
remained but a short time, then removed to Guernsey county,
Knox township. They then removed to Muskingum county,
where Mr. McCulley died in the year 1845.
Mrs. McCulley is still living with her son Matthew.
Their family consisted of six children: John;
Samuel who lives in Muskingum county; Maria, wife
of John Reynolds who lives in Knox township; and
Martha, living on the old homestead. John,
the oldest child, was born in 1844. In 1867 he was
united in marriage to Nancy Wells, she being the only
living child of Samuel and Emily Wells. To
Mr. and Mrs. McCulley were born five children:
Emily, Jennie, Anna Laura, William Wells, and Jessie
May. Mrs. McCulley's father, Samuel Wells,
was born in 1801, and her mother, Emily (Stoddard) Wells
was born in 1803. After their marriage they settled in
Guernsey county, Adams township, where they remained until
their death, he dying in 1879 and she in 1865. Their
family consisted of two children: Emily, wife
of William Condon, deceased;
and Nancy, who, with her husband,
lives on her father's homestead. - 491
ELLIS KELLEY's father,
Joseph, was born in Virginia in 1797, and was brought by
his parents to Muskingum county in 1809. He there
married Sarah Houseman, and had a family of three
children, viz.: John, living in Westland township;
Hannah wife of Rev. J. J. Jackson, of Iowa; and
Ellis. Ellis was born in 1827, and married
Martha Smith, in 1852. His wife was born in 1828
and died in 1864. In 1875 he married Jenny
Finsley, daughter of Samuel Finsley, of
Richland township, who was born in 1828. They removed
from Westland township to the pike in Adams, near Cambridge,
where they now live. Their children are: William,
James, Frank, Lyman, Effie,
Ettie, and John. Mr. Kelly
owns two hundred and thirty-five acres and is an extensive
farmer. - 491
ANN MILLIGAN
is the daughter of James Milligan, who
was born in Pennsylvania in 1790. Her mother, Ellen
Grimes, was born in Pennsylvania. Her mother,
Ellen Grimes, was born in Pennsylvania in 1774.
In 1834 Mr. and Mrs. Milligan moved to Muskingum
county, Ohio, where they died. In life they were
united, and in death were not divided, for both died in
1850. Of their eleven children, Jerva is in
Indiana; Ellen is the wife of Andrew Hurl; Susan
is the wife of James Scott, of Muskingum county;
James lives in Indiana, and Ann lives on the
farm formerly occupied by John Ross. Ann
Milligan was born in 1820. - 491
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