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The following is a list of the
residents of Westland township seventy-six years of age and
upwards in 1876:
William R. Stewart, Thomas J.
Freeman, Ephraim Barnett, Mary Burnett, Susan Galloway,
Joseph Kelly, Elijah Wycoff, Mary Wycoff, John Hammond,
James Sterling, J. Amspoker, Mrs. Wilson, R. R. Moore,
Thomas E. Conner, W. B. Crawford, Mr. Best, Maria White,
James Lawrence, Mrs. Sterling.
JOHN HARTONG,
son of Christian and Polly Hartong, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1808. In 1l835 he married Ruth
Terril, daughter of Daniel and Jane Terril.
His wife was born in Virginia in 1806, and died in 1875.
In 1836 they removed to Center Township, and afterwards to
Westland, where he still lives. To them were born five
children: Daniel Thompson, Mary Ann, Margaret Jane,
Jeremiah Terril, and William Giffin. All of
them still live to bless their father's heart in his old
age. Margaret Jane married Jane Duff;
and Daniel Thompson married Lizzie Hartong,
and lives in Adams township. Mr. Hartong owns a
good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and is a general
farmer, and one of the substantial men of the township.
His daughter Mary Ann is the wife of John
Forsythe, of this township, and his son, Jeremiah
Terril, is at home.
WILLIAM CRAIG
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania,
Dec. 29, 1809. His father, Robert Craig, and
his mother, Catharine Johnson Craig, came to this
country from Ireland in 1805. In 1823 the Craigs
removed to Richhill township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and
William remained there until 1832. While there he
married Nancy Crawford, who died in 1842, after
giving birth to seven children, viz.: Mary Jane,
Eli, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Sarah Ann, Israel, and
Euphemia, who was born in 1836 and died in 1844.
Mary Jane married James Leadman; Eli
was born in 1831 and died in 1844; Elizabeth married
Andrew Johnson; Sarah Ann was born in 1838 and died
in 1844; Rebecca married Joshua Burns, and
Israel was born and died in 1842. In 1843 Mr.
Craig married Mary Murphy, who was born in 1814.
By his last wife he had ten children, viz: John, Rachel
E., Martha, Margaret, William, Caroline, Anna M., Samantha,
Ava and Morgan who was born in April 1849, and
died in April, 1852. Rachel died in 1851, aged
six. Margaret and Martha, the deceased
twins, were born in 1847. Anna M., Samantha and
Caroline, are dead.
JOSEPH KELLY
was born in Virginia in 1801. His parents, John and
Elizabeth Kelly, moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, in
1815, bringing young Joseph with them. Like all
the early dwellers in the Ohio forest he found it impossible
to keep house without a wife, and therefore married Sarah
Houseman in 1826. Their three children were named:
Ellis, John, and Hannah. Ellis lives
three miles from Columbus; Hannah married the Rev.
John Jackson, now stationed at East Plainfield, and
John lives adjoining his father's house, near
Claysville. In1851 Mr. Kelly married a second
time. His second wife was Mrs. Eleanor
Martin, who was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, in 1817. No children were born to them,
and Mrs. Martin's two children, by her former
husband, are dead. Her maiden name was Gambrill.
Her father's name was Patton Gambrill, and her
mother's name was Martha. Mr. Kelly settled
where he now lives in 1844. He has one hundred and
forty-two acres of land and is a retired farmer.
JONAS AMSPOKER,
the second son of John and Mary Amspoker, was born in
Brooke county, Virginia, in 1807. He lived in his
native State for more than a half century, and in 1859,
being in robust health, concluded that he was not too old to
transplant, so he came to Ohio and settled in Westland
township, where he still lives, healthy and happy, though
past he allotted years of man. He married Mary Ann
Daugherty, a Pennsylvanian, born in 1814. They had
six children, viz: Mrs. Isabel Marshall, in
Westland; William C., Jonas D., and Albert, at
home; James D., at Cambridge, and one now deceased.
Mr. Amspoker owns two hundred and sixty acres, which
are farmed by William C., and Jonas.
William C. married Mary M. Swank, of Muskingum.
Their children are: Carlos Lee, Wilbur Odell
(deceased), Mary Bessie, and Harry B.
A shower of meteoric stones fell on this farm in 1860, four
of which were found.
NATHANIEL HINES
was born in Virginia in 1809. In 1823
young Hines and his mother began a residence of
twenty-four years in Coshocton county, Ohio. There he
was married to Delilah Belford in 1830. She was
born in 1806. They had six children, viz:
William, Mrs. Israel Bell, of Muskingum county; John
born in 1836, died in 1857; Mrs. Gilbert Gear, in
Muskingum county; Mrs. J. Jacob Galligher, who lives
at Sandusky. Mr. Hines is engaged in farming
and raising sheep.
BENJAMIN MARSHALL.
Benjamin,
son of Robert and Polly (Reasoner) Marshall, was born
in Guernsey county in 1837. His parents were natives
of Pennsylvania, his father being born there in 1792, and
his mother in 1801. This couple were married here in
1818, one year after the senior Marshall came to this
townships. Nine children were born to them, viz:
Elilzabeth Reasoner, now in Illinois; Martha,
wife of Samuel Marshall, of Illinois; Nancy,
wife of W. M. Galbreath, and living in Illinois;
Jane, wife of John McKinney, of Pennsylvania;
John Reasoner, in Iowa. Robert Wilson, Joseph,
Benjamin, Nancy, John, and Joseph are dead.
Benjamin married Bell P. Amspoker in 1865.
He was then twenty-eight years old, and Mrs. Amspoker
was born in Pennsylvania twenty-four years previous.
Their five children were named: Mary, Bell, Joseph,
Lulu Augusta, and Lillian Eva. Mr.
Marshall owns two hundred acres, and has greatly
improved his place. He was township trustee for twelve
years.
MICHAEL ARCHER,
the father of Andrew, was born in Pennsylvania in
1798. By his wife, Margaret Collins, who
died in 1826, he had seven children, three of whom are still
living, viz.: Nancy, wife of Caleb Lincicum,
who lives in Indiana; Hannah, wife of Andrew
Burchett; and Andrew, who was born in this county
in 1824. In 1850 Andrew married Sarah,
daughter of William and Jane Smith. This lady
was born in Muskingum county in 1828. By her he had
three children, viz: Chalmer, now living in
Muskingum county, two miles north of Concord; Margaret
Jane, and William live at home. Mr.
Archer is a tiller of the soil, and at present rents and
is farming the Quinn farm of one hundred and
seventy-seven acres.
WILLIAM GALLIGHER,
a stalwart son of Ireland, died in 1869, having just reached
the three score years and ten allotted for man's existence.
He was a son of John and Mary Galligher, and married
Nancy McKiney in 1829. This lady was born in
Westland in 1808 and died in 1880. Their children
were; Mary Wilson, born in 1830 and died in
1835; Rachel Ann wife of Samuel Hines, died in
1873; John McKinney, who resides in Xenia; Hannah
Jane, wife of Robert Wilson Marshall; Mattie,
at home; and William Alexander. The
latter was born in this township in 1845, and married
Irene Stewart in 1874. Miss Stewart was
born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1855. To this couple
were born two children: Wilber Demott, born in
1876; and Homer Clare, born in 1878. Mr.
Galligher's homestead fronts on the National road near
the Muskingum county line.
LEWIS CAIUS
McDONALD was one of the first
children born in Westland township, for his birth in 1871
was in the infancy of the settlement. In 1842 he
married Melissa Boyd, and had five children, viz.:
John W., who lives at Concord; Mira L., and
Rachel A., at home; Samantha J., wife of
Nathan Conner, lives at Claysville, Ohio; and William
L., at home. Mr. McDonald has held the
office of supervisor several terms. His wife was born
in 1822, and died in 1869.
MRS. JANE BEST,
the third child of James and Nancy Irwin, old
residents of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born in
1826. In 1845 she became the wife of John Best,
who was born in her native county - Washington county,
Pennsylvania, in 1820. In 1850 the Bests
emigrated to Westland township, where Mr. Best died
in 1880. Their children were: James Irwin,
William C., Nancy Martha, wife of George W. McEwen;
Samuel, John Marcus, Benjamin Weddle, Sarissa Jane, Alice
Bell, Mary Ann, and Adaline. The two last
are deceased. Mrs. Best's farm of one hundred
and ninety acres is well managed by her sons, William,
John and Benjamin.
ROBERT R. MOORE
is the son of William Moore, who was
born in Ireland in 1791. When but four years of age
the parents of William Moore emigrated to this
country. After twenty-four years' residence in
Pennsylvania he made his home in Wills township for eighteen
months, and then moved to Perry county, where he spent his
last days dying in 1856. His wife, Isabella Rodgers,
a Pennsylvania lady, was born in 1793. Nine children
call them mother and father - Martha, wife of
Robert N. Moore; Margaret, now John McBroom's
widow; Susannah, widow of John Musterd;
Sarah, wife of Levi Longstreth; Mary J., widow of
McCoucy Moore; James and Isabelle, twins now
deceased; William and Robert R. The
last-named was born in Pennsylvania in 1810. IN 1843
he moved from Perry county to Westland, his present home.
Miss Ellen McClary became his wife in 1840. She
was born in Perry county in 1818. Their seven children
were: Isabella, now Mrs. David Yan;
Margaret, now Mrs. Cyrus McKee; Jane now Mrs.
Samuel Harper; Mary Ellen, William, Catharine, and
Rev. Samuel J. Mr. Moore possesses one hundred and
fifty-two acres, and is a general farmer.
WILLIAM BENNETT
was born in Ireland in 1801, and emigrated to
Pennsylvania when eighteen years of age. He married
Christina Miller, daughter of Henry Miller, and
spent the first four years of his wedded life in Union
township, Muskingum county, Ohio. In 1838 he made his
final home in Westland township, and died there in 1842.
His wife remained a widow for thirty-four years, and died in
1876. They had eleven children - John, Henry, James
Dunlap, Eliza Ann, Matilda Jane, William, Mary, Matthew,
Johnston Miller, David Campbell, and Margaret.
John Bennet was born in Pennsylvania, in 1821. He
came to Ohio with his parents, and in 1852 married
Elizabeth Boyd. She died in the year 1869.
In 1870 he married Sarah Anderson of Muskingum
county, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1837. He has
had no children. He owns one hundred and thirty-seven
acres, and raises sheep. He has lived in his present
home since 1840.
McCREARY GEORGE
was born on his present farm in Westland township in 1825.
His father, George McCreary, Sr., was born in
Ireland in 1790, and emigrated to America in 1812. In
1823 he married Sarah Mills, daughter of John
Mills, of Wheeling. His wife's father was a
soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. McCreary was
born in 1793. This couple settled in Westland
township, where they passed their lives. Mrs.
McCreary died in 1847, and her husband in 1873.
Their seven children were: Johnb, Jane, Elizabeth, Henry,
and George, living; Andrew and Mitchell
dead. Elizabeth S. Rankin, now Mrs. George
McCreary, was born in Westland township in 1832, and
became his wife in 1861.
EPHRAIM BARNETT
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and
married Sarah Bell in 1829, who was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1808. They came to
Ohio and settled in Westland township in April, 1839.
Mr. Barnett died in the fall of 1879, at the old home
farm where his widow is still living with her son Ephraim
They had eleven children, but three of whom are now living.
James Knox, their eldest child, was born on
Jan. 10, 1830, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and
married Elizabeth Henderson who was born in Harrison
County, Ohio, on Jan. 21, 1828. They have six children
- Mary A., Walter B., William H., Sarah, Robert G.,
and James Knox, Jr. who is living in Cambridge, Ohio,
where he is doing a general blacksmithing business.
John Bell Barnett was born in 1841, in this county, and
is living in Bradiwood1, Illinois.
Ephraim Ross Barnett was born in Guernsey county in
1849, and in 1873 married Margaret Johnson.
This lady was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1852.
They have four children, all living- Francis E., Charles
J., Gertrude, and Walter B. Barnett.4
Residence of Oliver Barnett, Westland Twp., Guernsey Co.,
Ohio.
OLIVER BARNETT's
father and mother, John and Mary Thompson Barnett,
were born in Pennsylvania in 1796. In 1847 they came
to Ohio and settled in Westland township, where he engaged
in farming until his death in 1858. His wife survived
until 1877. They had seven children, viz.: Ephraim,
Jane, William, John, Josiah, Oliver, and Joseph A.
Josiah is dead; Oliver was born in 1834, and
married Maggie E. Boyd in 1856. She was a
daughter of Samuel Boyd of Westland township, and
born in 1834. He farmed here and in Muskingum county
until 1861. From that year until 1865 he helped defend
the country, and then lived in Pittsburgh until 1878, when
he returned here. His only child was a daughter named
Bertha M., who was born in 1872, and died in 1874. Mr.
Barnett owns two hundred and
twenty-five acres of land and is profitably engaged in
raising stock and tilling the soil.
WILLIAM B. STEWART,
an only son, is one of the hardy natives of Ireland who have
given their best years to America, the land of their
adoption. Oct. 26, 1804, was his birthday. In
1830 he landed at Baltimore and immediately proceeded to
Pennsylvania. There he remained until 1832, when he
moved to Oxford townships, Guernsey county. From 1835
5o 1872 he led a wandering life, and then permanently
located where he now lives in Westland township, at the
county line, just off the National road. He was
married three times; first in 1826 to Allice Jameson,
who died on April 6, 1842, leaving him three children, viz.:
Jane, wife of John C. Wier; Mary, wife of
Adam Clark and Sarah Ellen, wife of John R.
Forsythe. In 1843 he married Jane Bingham
who was born in his native land in 1801, and died on Sept.
29, 1865. In 1866 he married his present wife,
Isabella Isaac, then the widow of William R.
Isaac. This lady was born in Ireland in 1818.
By her he had two children, viz: Sarah Jane, at home,
and William A., who died. Mr. Stewart
owns three hundred acres and is a retired farmer.
JOSEPH MORSE
THOMPSON was born in Jefferson
county, Ohio, in 1808. When seventeen years old he
went to Columbiana county, Ohio, and remained there three
years. After a year spent in wandering he, in 1829,
married Margaret Vandermark, who was born in
1812, in this County. The seven children of this
couple were: Joshua Redding,
living in Westland; Henry Safford, in Morgan county;
Christina, wife of John Ritchey; Esther Maria,
wife of Henry Holland, of Franklin county; John
Bernard, married to Lucinda Gregory, and now in
Muskingum county; Joseph, in Perry county; and
Jonathan, at home. These children are all living.
Mr. Thompson is a farmer and mason. His father was
Joshua Thompson, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and
his mother was Sarah Morse, of the same county.
HORATIO GRUMMAN,
was the son of Isaac Grumman, who settled in
Westland township when the adjacent territory was so thinly
populated that each settler almost led the life of a hermit.
Isaac Grumman was born in New Jersey in 1777.
those were troublous times typical of his coming struggles
in the Western wilds. When he had reached manhood's
estate, in 1798, he married Jemima Price, born
at Newark, New Jersey, in 1775. In 1804 they removed
near Fort Henry, now Wheeling, West Virginia, and in 1806
they came to Westland township, where they remained until
the sun of their life slowly sank among old Guernsey's
hills. The husband died in 1845, and his wife in 1858.
Three of their nine children live, viz.: Phoebe;
Mary, wife of James McDonald; and Horatio.
Horatio was born in 1812, in Westland township, and
virtually on the very spot where he is now spending the
shady side of his life. In 1853 he and Mary J.
McClurg were made man and wife. Miss McClurg
was born in full view of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, in
1821. This couple have spent their wedded life in
Westland township. Their children were named:
Charles H., Horace E., Victor W., and Jessie B.
The senior Grumman represented this district in the
Legislature.
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1. Could be Braidwood, Illinois. (may be typo)
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