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Names of persons residing in the
township who were seventy-six years of age and upwards in
1876: Mrs. Payne, Mary Halley, George Gooderl,
Ann Thomas, Mary Morrison, Mrs. George Gooderl, Robert
Dilley, John Dollison, Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Stiers, Mary A.
Foreacre. Mrs. John Squib, Mrs. Samuel Lent, Jacob
Shafer, Susan Shroyer, Elizabeth Alexander, John Frame,
Henry Ledman, Mrs. A. Laughlin, Mrs. Bennett, Elleanor
Medley, James Buchanan, John Potts, Almira McCleary, James
Hartup, Benjamin Winnett, John Winnett, Laban LaRue, William
G. Keil, Samuel Gibson, James Miller, Mary Baldridge, John
Mosier, John Squib, Samuel Lent, Thomas Hunt, James
Stranahan, Nancy Arndt, Mrs. F. Goodern, Elizabeth Oliver,
William Potts, Lydia Clark, Lucinda Dollison, Margaret
Lowry, Catharine Ledman, Henly Popham, John Laughlin, James
R. Boyd, Tamar Gooden, Tressie Jones, Lydia Lowry, Scott
Emerson, Mary Jackman, Raphael Stiers, Lucretia Buchanan,
Ebenezer Harper, Jeremiah Sergeant, Margaret LaRue.
ALEXANDER
LAUGHLIN
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JOHN LAUGHLIN
PETER DANFORD, the
father of Samuel M. Danford, was born in 1804 in
Belmont county, Ohio, where he remained with his parents
until he was married in 1827. His wife was Rebecca
Joy born in 1808 in Belmont county. They settled
in Noble county, where they lived until his death, which
occurred in 1845. After the death of her husband
Mrs. Danford moved to Morgan county, then to Athens, and
finally to Missouri, where she died in 1881. Their
children were as follows: Robert, John, Michael,
Peter, Benjamin, and Samuel. Samuel M., the
eldest, was born in 1829 in Noble county, Ohio. His
father died when he was quite young. He marmied
Rebecca Finley, who was born in 1834. They were
the parents of six children - Nancy A., wife of
David Stranathan, deceased; Estella J., deceased;
Viola R., Eliza F., Charles F., John H. B., Cora O.,
and Anna L., at home. Mr. Danford owns
one hundred and fifty-five acres of land. He has been
township trustee and school director. Mr. Danford
is a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 89, at Barnesville.
ROBERT LEEPER
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GEORGE W. ROSE
SAMUEL M. DILLEY
JOSEPH DAVIS
JOHN FINLEY
ENOCH THOMAS,
SR.
[ RESIDENCE OF JOHN HEAUME, VALLEY TWP.,
GUERNSEY COUNTY, O. ]
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JAMES
STOCKDALE
RESIDENCE OF JOHN HEAUME, VALLEY
TWP., GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO
ENOCH J. THOMAS,
JR.
EBENEZER FINLEY
JOSEPH STEEL
JAMES GORDON
WILLIAM THOMPSON.
The father of William Thompson was born in
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1783. In 1806 he
married Betsey Finley and removed to Ohio in 1810,
settling in Noble county. On his arrival the senior
Thompson erected a mill on the Government land he had
purchased, and remained there until 1815. In that year
he made his home in what is now called Senecaville, and
engaged in preparing salt and selling merchandise, remaining
there until his death in 1833. Mr. Thompson had
seven children: Ebenezer; James; Jane, wife of
Rev. George Richey; Harriet, wife of H. Taylor;
Betsey, widow of William Houseman; Evans and
William. William was born in this township in
1815. In 1838 he married Margaret Dilley and
settled in Senecaville, but in 1840 moved to their present
home, a short distance from town. He has a family of
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six children: William A., living at Point Pleasnt;
Hester A., wife of John Finley; Leicester K.,
merchant, in Byesville; Jane, wife of George
Kesmer, Senecaville; Lake D., at home;
Eliza, wife of George Conner, of
Byesville. The children of both families are all
living.
BENJAMIN YARNELL
JAMES GIBSON
JOHN FRAME
GEORGE GOODERL
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