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The persons in Knox township of
seventy-six years of age and upwards in 1876, are as
follows: Jared Terrell, Margaret Terrell, Jane
Patrick, George Eckelberry, Mrs. George Eckelberry, William
Young, Jane Yung, James Black, William Scott, Jacob Meriat,
Hugh Dyer, James Cullen, Benjamin Hawthorne, Sarah A. Estep,
George Estep, Edward Beal, and John Zimmerman.
WILLIAM HOSICK was one of
the numerous Irishmen from county Down, Ireland, who helped
build up this mighty nation. He was born in 1785, and
came to America with his mother and sister when only six
years old, and lived in the southwest portion of
Pennsylvania. Some years later the Hosicks
settled in Jefferson township, this county. William
there married Mary, daughter of Judge Leeper,
by whom he had nine children; three are living -
Ebenezer, who married Elizabeth Douglass; Hiram,
living in Cleveland with his second wife, Elizabeth Cook,
and Lot P. The last named learned the
wagon-making trade away from home, and worked at it thirteen
years. He married in 1856 Charlotte Deselins,
and located in Liberty township, where he carried on the
wagon-making business until 1863, and then moved on the farm
in Knox township, where he farmed in the summer and taught
school in winter. They had five children - Corrine,
John H., James R., at home; one dead, and William R.,
living in Coshocton county. Mr. Lot P. Hosick
has been justice of the peace, and held other local offices,
and is now probate judge of Guernsey county.
GEORGE SWAN
was born in Scotland, at the place called Elie, Fifeshire,
in 1784. Although he learned the weaving business
while young, he was a baker for the greater part of his
life. In 1820 he married Annie Oliphant, and
came to this country in 1853. Four of their eight
children are living. Their son of their eight children
are living. Their son John was born in
Scotland, and lived in Cambridge for a while, and then
settled where Barnes' mill now is. Nancy
married Jonathan Ross, of Adams township.
John married Martha Neilly, in 1856, and in 1874
settled on the farm in Knox township where they now live.
They have five children - Thomas K., Nannie N., Annie,
Ellen, and Margaret Jane. They are all at
home with their parents.
JOHN ECKELBERRY
was originally from Pennsylvania, where he married
Catharine Alspaw. He settled in Muskingum county,
about six miles from Zanesville, a little before the War of
1812. At the age of forty-five he enlisted in that
war, and on the conclusion of peace himself and wife
remained on their farm until their death. They had
nine children. Their son George was born in
1801, and lived with his parents until his marriage in 1826.
On taking Martha Coneway to wife he made his home
about one and one-half miles from the family homestead for
five years, and then spent two years at Sims creek, and then
moved to their present home in Knox township. Five of
their children are living - John, married to
Amanda Curtis, and living in Coshocton county;
Washington, married to Hannah Ellson, living in
Illinois; William, married to Martha Jane Benjamin
and living on the old homestead; Margaret, wife of
Madison Shyock; Mary Ann, wife of Johnson
Baker.
JOHN BAIRD
was born in county Down, Ireland, in 1792. By his
wife, Nancy Hanna, he had seven girls and two boys.
His son James Hanna Baird remained under the parental
roof until he and Isabelle Martin were married.
Three years after, in 1850, he made his home in Pittsburgh
for two years. Since 1852 he has lived in Knox
township. In 1854 his parents with their children,
Martha, Mary, and John, settled in Bloomfield,
Muskingum county, where they died, he in 1862 and his wife
in 1881. James is the father of eleven
children: William lives in Illinois, Nancy J.
in Iowa, Annie in Knox, James, Andrew, Samuel,
David, Margaret and Odessa at home. Mr.
Baird owns eighty acres of land, and has worked at
blacksmithing both in the old country and here.
A. ARMSTRONG
A. ARMSTRONG.
The following is a sketch of the history of the
ancestors of Abraham Armstrong, of Jefferson
township, as handed down orally or by tradition.
His great-grandfather, Adam Armstrong, lived in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he raised a large
family. Some of his children moved to Green
county, Pennsylvania, in early times. His son
Abraham Armstrong, was born on June 27, 1747, and
married Florence McLean. They had fourteen
children, including a daughter born to his wife by her
first husband - seven sons and seven daughters - all of
whom reached maturity. John their eldest
son and father of Abraham Armstrong, was born May
6, 1781, and married Susannah Henderson, who was
born in Miflin county, Pennsylvania, May 20,
1788. they were married in 1809, and in the autumn
of 1813 moved to the pleasant site occupied by the
subject of this sketch. Their children according
to age are: Abraham, Amelia, John, Thomas,
McLean, Elizabeth, Margaret, Alexander McCoy, and
Susannah Jane. The father died in 1852 and the
mother in 1870. Abraham was born Mar. 2,
1810, and succeeded his father in the milling and
farming business. The grist-mill was first built
in 1815 and was twice rebuilt. When six months old
Mr. Armstrong lost the use of his right leg from
sickness, and has used a crutch through life. Like
many young men in this locality he taught school during
the winter season.
In 1840 he ran on the Whig ticket for county treasurer,
but was defeated by Newell Kennon by one hundred
and eleven votes. In 1842, in a similar race,
Mr. Kennon was elected by eleven votes. Mr.
Armstrong was township clerk from April, 1842, until
elected county auditor in October, 1844. In 1846
he missed a re-election by a few votes, and in 1871 was
elected to represent the county in the State
Legislature. In 1852 he was elected justice of the
peace, and again in 1863, and held the office until
1871, and also from 1875 to 1878. He was also
township treasurer for seventeen years. His wife
was Elizabeth W. Walker, who died Feb. 7, 1847,
in the twenty-seventh year of her age, leaving an infant
son twenty-five days old, now know as John W.
Armstrong. His second wife was Mary C.
Patterson, who was born in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania. By her he had two sons, Jeremiah
Patterson, born Feb. 28, 1850, and James McLean,
born Oct. 19, 1853. John W. Armstrong, the
oldest son was born Jan. 13, 1847; he married Martha
Clark. Jeremiah P. married Agnes McConnell,
who died in 1876.
JAMES BLACK,
though
born in county Down, Ireland, in 1764, was the son of a
Scotch linen-weaver, with whom he lived until his
marriage with Jane Morrow, in 1794. His
father died at an early age and James and his wife took
care of the homestead and of his mother and sister until
1818, when he emigrated to America. They reared
four of their six children. Their son Andrew
was a clergyman of the United Presbyterian church, and a
professor in several colleges. James Black, Jr.,
was born in 1808 and remained with his parents until
1832, when he married Eliza Atcheson, daughter of
Robert Atcheson, and located where he now lives.
His wife died in 1867. Seven of their eleven
children are now living, viz: Mary Ann; Lizzie,
wife of Andrew Scott; Margaret Ellen, wife
of Ryan L. Sibley, all in Cambridge; Martha
Jane; James, husband of Lizzie Sims; Nancy,
wife of James Pollock, all in this township, and
Amanda, wife of John Thompson, lives in
Hamilton. Mr. Black owns one hundred and
forty-eight acres and follows farming.
TIMOTHY
STARKEY, father of Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence,
was a Virginian whose birth was in 1789. In 1810
he provided a home of his own and chose Margaret
Larmore to preside over it. Mr. Starkey
was a carpenter by trade, but while running a mill in
1817 he was killed. His wife moved to Muskingum
county, and a few years later married John Johnson.
She had four children by Mr. Starkey, one of
whom, Elizabeth, married Jacob Lawrence in
1828. They lived with the elder Lawrence five
years and then settled on a farm four miles off, where
he died. Mrs. Lawrence still lives there.
They had thirteen children, of whom Philo married
Martha Wilson, and is living near Jacobsport;
Stephen married Mary Robinson; Gilbert
married Sarah Ross; Rachel married
Samuel A. Young; Rebecca married Ambrose Sloper;
Albert married Maria Duff; Alonzo lives in
Kansas; James in Illinois; Spencer married
Mary M. Banker, and Newton married
Elizabeth J. Jones.
JOSEPH SCHWYHART
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1786.
His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Henry
Zimmerman. The following are the names of
their living children: John, Joseph, Jacob,
William, Susan, Sally, and Barbara; three
others are dead. Joseph Z. Schwyhart, Jr.,
left home on marrying Rachel A., daughter of
James and Maria Mercer, and lived in Wheeling
township for sixteen years, but since then Knox township
has been his home. He has had eleven children,
eight living - Maria, wife of John
Dawson of Liberty; James, Sarah E.,
Eliza, Martha S., Barbara Ann, Mary Jane, and
Corda Bell. All live at home. Mr.
Schwyhart has held various township offices.
CORNELIUS KENWORTHY
was born at Mosly, England, in 1790. His
occupation was that of a cotton spinner. His
wife's maiden name was Ann Worstnep, Four
of their seven children are living. Their son
William came to America in 1841, and worked for ten
years in a cotton factory at Chester creek, Delaware
county, Pennsylvania. since 1851 he has lived in
Knox township, where he cleared most of the land of the
family homestead. His first wife was Annie
Greeves, of England. She died in Pennsylvania,
leaving four children. His second wife was Mary
Wombie, who died a few years later. He then
married Mary Ann, daughter of James and Mary
Mason. Four of their children are living,
viz.: Albert, Charles, Benjamin and Thomas.
Mr. Kenworthy owns one hundred and twenty acres of
fine land.
JOHN CLARK
was born in county Down, Ireland, and married Jane
Clark. He worked on his blacksmith shop for
many years, and emigrated to the New World in 1819,
bringing his wife and six little ones with him.
His son, William Hamilton, was only four years
old then, and did not have a home of his own until 1840,
when he married Margaret Morrison, daughter of
Samuel and Margaret Morrison, and settled near the
old homestead. Nine of their eleven children are
living: John N., married Luanna McGugan; Jane,
married Andrew Duff; Samuel M., married
Mary E. McDonald; Margaret Ann, married John B.
Leeper; George, married Parmelia
McGonnigal; Mary; Agnes E., married John Hurrell;
William, and James H. Hugh and Jane
are dead. the latter was the wife of Hamilton
Bell, of Cambridge township. Mr. Clark
owns seven hundred and twenty acres of land. He
has a school director many years.
JAMES LOWRY
was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and came to Ohio with
his parents to their new home in Richland township, this
county. His father, James Lowry, Sr., and
his mother, Lydia Emerson Lowry,
died in that township. Five of their nine children
yet live, viz.: Emerson, who married
Esther Haynes; Elijah, who married
Rhoda Winters; Castaline, now Mrs.
William Law; James and Nannie.
James lived at home until he married Adaline
Eaton. Eight of their nine children are
living, viz.: Nannie, wife of Thomas
McMullen; Hattie, wife of William La
Page; Bell, Jenny, Lydia, Birdie, Ida, and Joseph.
Mr. Lowry's farm of one hundred and fifty-two
acres is one of Knox's best cultivated fields.
WILLIAM
SCOTT
was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, in 1801, and lived there until his
marriage with Nancy Britton, daughter of
James Britton, and removal to Guernsey county, Ohio.
At a later period they lived in Illinois for seventeen
years, and then returned to Guernsey county, and passed
their last days with their son-in-law. They had
ten children, one of whom, Charles H., lived with
his parents until his marriage, with the exception of a
two years trip to California. His wife was
Catharine, daughter of Samuel and Mary Brown.
They lived in Cambridge five years, then moved to Knox
township, their present home. Nine of their ten
children are living: Samuel, married
Ella Porter; Nancy Jane, married Thomas
Thompson; Mary E., William, Robert, Hannah, Jnae,
Esther, Alice and Charles live at home.
FRANCIS
KILPATRICK was born in 1791 in county Antrim,
Ireland. He married a Miss Anderson
and landed in America in 1850. The younger
Kilpatricks, William John, and Robert Henry,
accompanied them, but James, the eldest, remained in
Ireland, being employed in the dry goods business.
William John married Sarah Owens and lives
in Wisconsin; Robert Henry married Jane Warden
and resides in Liberty township. The elder
Kilpatrick settled in Knox township and remained there
until his death. His son, James Anderson,
left Ireland in 1859 and lived in Center township six
years and then moved here. He married Sarah,
daughter of David Brown of Revolutionary fame,
and lives near Hopewell. Martha Jane
is the only child. He is a general farmer.
JAMES
CUNNINGHAM, father of Mrs. Susan Wilson,
came from his native Ireland to America with his
father's family, and lived in Wills township, where his
parents died. James married Eleanor
Scott and took charge of the home farm where both he
and his wife died. Six of their twelve children
are living. Their daughter Susan married
Preston Wilson, son of Henry and Cynthia
Wilson. They lived at first in Bridgeville and
then moved to the farm where Mr. Wilson died in 1880.
They had seven children, all of whom are living, viz.:
Charles S., James H., George E., John C., Hattie B.,
Alexander, and Cynthia Eleanor. The
widow lives on the farm of one hundred and ninety acres.
John Clark, father of
ELIZABETH WEIR, was a native
of Ireland and a blacksmith by trade. Though his
wife's name was Jane Clark, she was not a
relative. Ten years after their marriage they
emigrated to America. their seven children were:
Ellen, Elizabeth, Jane, William, Agnes, Mary, and
George. After five years residence in
Pittsburgh they located in Knox township in 1824, and
finally ended their career there. Their daughter
Elizabeth married Thomas Weir, and
settled in the northern part of Knox township in 1831.
Mr. Weir died there in 1857. Mrs.
Weir still lives there. Her five living
children are: John, Jane, Eliza, Mary and
Agnes. Mr. Weir was a general farmer.
JAMES ROSS
was born
in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1767.
His wife, Mary White, was born near Cannonsburg,
Pennsylvania. They had twelve children, of whom
William P. lived with his parents until he married
Annie Bell, and settled at Miller's run,
Washington county, Pennsylvania. Five years later
he removed to Knox township, where Mrs. Ross
died. Three of their six children are living,
viz.: Walter, who married Margaret
Henderson; Mary, wife of John Boyd,
and Sarah Ann, wife of John Duff. Mr.
Ross afterwards married Amelia, widow of
John Bell, and now lives on the old homestead.
He owns one hundred and eighty-four acres, and was a
school director for twenty years. His farm is
called the "Old Still House" farm, because the former
owner built a still there.
MATTHEW McCULLEY,
father of Mrs. Ann Jane Hawthorne, was born in
county Down, Ireland, in 1774. He farmed land
there and married Elizabeth McCartney in
1812. Six of their eleven children yet live:
Ann Jane, our subject; Samuel, who married
Maria Hubbert; Matthew; Sarah, now Mrs. Alex
Wilson; John; and Ellen, living with
John, in British Columbia. In 1842 Ann Jane
was married to John Hawthorn. They settled on a
farm in Knox township, where Mr. Hawthorn died in
1879, and where his wife still lives. Six of their
seven children are still living viz: Samuel,
who married Maggie Duff, lives in Missouri;
James, remains at home; Isabelle, wife of
Andrew Duff; John, in Muskingum
county; Elizabeth, and Fanny, at home.
JACOB MARLATT
was born in Maryland in 1803, and moved near Jacobsport,
where he married Louisa Addy. Five
years later they settled in Knox township, where they
still remain. Eight of their thirteen children are
living, viz: Luanza, wife of Robert
Brown, and residing in Iowa; Ellen, widow of
James C. Pyles; Ruia, wife of Louis
Starts; Sarah, now Mrs. David Miller; Josephus,
William, Weltha Ann, and Seth. Josephus,
was a soldier three years during the civil war, and was
badly wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness. He
was a sergeant of company B, One Hundred and
Twenty-second Ohio volunteer infantry. He married
Martha Jane Robison, daughter of William and Jane
Robison. They settled at Flat Ridge until they
built near the old homestead. They have six
children: Frances Arabella, Almeda Myrtle, Mary Etta,
Martha Jane, Clyde Alvin, and Downard Frame.
DAVID AUSTIN,
a Scotchman, having moved to county Antrim, Ireland, was
there married to Margaret Curren, an Irish lass.
Their three children were: Martha, Mary,
and Jane. Mary married Samuel
Robinson, and Jane married James B. Lusk.
Mr. Austin having died, his wife came with the
Robinsons and Lusks to Cambridge, Ohio.
Mr. Robinson afterwards moved to Wheeling
and died on his farm there in 1863. Mrs.
Austin also died there. Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson had four children, viz: Elizabeth,
wife of James Chambers, and residing in Liberty
township; John, married Alice Keets; Jane,
wife of John Ratcliffe; and Margaret.
Mrs. Robinson is now living with her son-in-law,
John Ratcliffe.
WILLIAM
BARNES, the father of Mary A. McCleron,
was born in Ireland and married to Agnes Martin.
They crossed the great ocean and died in a foreign land.
Their last years were spent in Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania. They had six children, viz.:
Mary Ann, John, and Jane, are living; and
William, James, and David, are
dead. Mary Ann married William
McCoy, who shortly died, and their only child soon
followed him. She afterwards married Joseph
McElheron and settled in Knox township, where he
died leaving a twice widowed wife, in 1875.
Mrs. McEleron is living on her farm in Knox.
She had no children by her last husband.
John Brown, father
of ELIZABETH WOODBURN, was
born in Ireland in 1792, and on coming to this country
made his home in Pennsylvania, where he married Mary
Stoddard and moving to Adams county died there
some time afterwards. His wife has since died.
Two of their five children are living - James who
married Ellen Stoddard, lives in
Cambridge; and Elizabeth, who married
Alexander Woodburn. The last named
couple settled in Indian Camp, and then moved on their
farm here, where the husband died in1869. Three of
their seven children are dead. Albert,
Alice, and Nettie live at home. Mary
C. married T. F. Castor and lives here.
Mrs. Woodburn owns two hundred and
seventy-two acres.
WILLIAM ADDY
was born in Delaware in 1781, and went to Loudoun
county, Virginia, where he and Wealtha Ann Jones
were married in 1805. He settled for four years in
the romantic region near Harper's Ferry, and then lived
in Ohio one year. He returned to Virginia, and
seven years later moved to Linton township, Coshocton
county, and in 1826 made his home in Knox township until
his death in 1858. His wife died in 1848.
Seven of their twelve children are now living.
Their son Hugh was born in 1822. He learned
the blacksmith trade in Liberty, and when twenty years
old left home, and worked at various places for the next
quarter of a century. His wife was Margaret
Warden, a daughter of Isaac and Jane Warden.
They now live on a farm of two hundred and fifteen acres
near the center of Knox townships. He was justice
of the peace fifteen years. They had eleven
children, ten living - Nancy Jane, wife of
Robert Thompson, of Mantua; Robert H.,
married Ellen Duff; Sarah E., Ervin C., John R.,
Thomas K., Martha M., Anna Mary, William, Isaac, and
Amanda E.
JOHN KENNEDY,
an Irish weaver, was born in 1779. In the year
1800 he and his brother emigrated to Butler county,
Pennsylvania. John married Jane
Watt, by whom he had one child in 1811. Mrs.
Kennedy died in 1813, and her husband spent the
next ten years near West Alexander, in the "Pan Handle."
In 1823 he married Jennie Perry, and made
his home near Zanesville for ten years, and then moved
to Belmont county, which he left eight years after for
Adams township. After a six years' residence there
he moved to Cambridge, and shortly thereafter died.
His son Andrew, and Jane, daughter of
James and Mary Stewart, having become man and wife,
after six years' residence in Adams and Liberty
townships, moved to Knox township, where they still
live. They have had eleven children, of whom five
are living - Jenny, wife of William P. Gibson;
John, James, William, and George. Mr.
Kennedy owns one hundred and sixty acres, which he
cleared himself.
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