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Names of the citizens of the
seventy-six years of age and upward who resided in the
township in 1876: John Hawes, Reuben Stevens, Mary
Shively, Junietta Stone, Rebecca Blackstone, Nancy
Blackstone, Jane Forsythe, Vincent Cockins, Jacob Dennis,
Nancy Conner, Elizabeth Young, Jacob Conkle, Annie Imlay,
Hiram Ingle, Amelia Ingle, Thomas Haney, Catherine Haney,
Samuel Finley, Catherine Finley, E. Daniel, Robert Barton,
Nancy McClelland, Thomas N. Muzzy, Larinda Muzzy, Thomas
Crawford, James Crawford, Michael Cusick,, William Stuart,
Michael Joice, Mary C. Conner, Jane Bay, Elijah Blackstone,
Henry Crosgrove, Jane Bay, Elijah Blackstone, Henry
Crosgrove, William Rabe, William McKelvey, Nancy Harper,
William Shaw, Sarah Rabe, and Martha Bemis, Mary
Johnson.
VINCENT COCKINS, the youngest son of John and
Elizabeth (Longmore) Cockins, was born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, in 1802. His father was born in
Ireland in 1767, and married Elizabeth Longmore.
They afterwards removed to Washington county,
Pennsylvania, where he died in 1837, and she in 1824.
Of their ten children but three came to America with them,
one of whom died shortly after their arrival. At an
early, Vincent left home to work in a fulling mill,
and alternated between his home and the mill until 1826,
when he went to work on a farm. He married Hannah
E. Wright in 1835, and moved to Ohio, and settled in
Spencer township, where they have since remained. They
have had ten children - John, Simeon, William, Vincent,
Alexander, Robert, Frankland (deceased), Thomas,
Sarah Margaret, and Joseph. Simeon, William
and Robert served in the late war in the
Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. Vincent
enlisted in the Ninety-seventh, Ohio volunteer infantry.
Simeon lost an arm in battle, and was captured in the
hospital. Mr. Cockins, is a Republican, and has
held various township offices. He was the first
settler on this half section.
JOSEPH HULIN
was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1780, and lived
with his parents until he married Nancy Saddler,
and moved to Wills township, near Washington. Five
years later they settled on a farm on the present site of
Cumberland, in this township, and raised corn all over the
place. Three years after they moved on to a farm four
miles north of Cumberland. In 1847 Mr. Hullin
died; his wife followed in 1864. Four of their eight
children are living - Mary, Catharine, Joseph and
William. William was born in 1822, married Mary
Jane Cooper and settled on the old home farm. They
had four children - John B., married Mary Stone;
Louis H., Abraham F., and an infant, now dead.
Mr. Hullin owns one hundred and forty-seven acres.
He was in the one hundred days' service in the late war, and
was a trustee of the township seven years.
JOHN M. FRAZIER was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in
1817, and came with his parents to Muskingum county, where
they now live. He married Elizabeth Dilley, who was
born in 1820, and spent his married life in Muskingum
county. Mrs. Frazier is dead. Six of
their eight children are living - Mary Jane, Martin L.,
John W., Sabora E., Caroline and Francis M.
Martin L. was born in 1844, and when seventeen years old
came to Guernsey county, and married Mary M. St. Clair.
After living two years in Muskingum county they moved to
Spencer township permanently. Their children -
Orris B., and Arthur M. - live at home.
Mr. Frazier has been township supervisor, and is a
member of the Presbyterian church.
HUGH MOORE, father of James A. Moore, was born
in Greene county, Pennsylvania. He married
Catharine Wier, and lived for a time in his
native county and in Virginia. In 1836 they moved to
Opossum creek, three miles from Senecaville. Two years
later they moved to Center township, and ten years after to
Belmont county. Mrs. Moore died in 1865,
and Mr. Moore married Nancy Mount.
Both are now dead. Seven of the eleven children by the
first wife are living. James A. Moore,
the first, child, was born in 1818. From 1836 to 1839
he lived in Pennsylvania, and from 1839 to 1842 in Center
township. Since then he has lived here. In 1839
he married Margery McCulley. Ten of their
eleven children are living - Andrew, John, Jane, George,
Bishop, Joseph, Lee, Petty, Mary, and Annie.
Mr. Moore owns two hundred and forty-eight
acres, and is a prosperous and substantial member of the
community.
JOHN CONNER
was born in York county, Pennsylvania in 1793.
From 1800 to 1811 he lived in Fayette county, Ohio, and then
entered land near Claysville, in Westland township, where
his father, John Conner, Sr., died. In
1817, having married Lettie Leedom, he settled on the
farm now owned by his son, John S. Conner. He
has retired from business and is living in Cumberland.
His second wife was Mary Lockhart. Five of
their eight children are living, viz: Thomas, Eliza
Jane, Robert Stevenson, John S., and Martha.
Thomas Conner lives on his fine farm on the dividing
ridge which runs from Point Pleasant to Cumberland.
His dwelling stands on the back-bone of the ridge which
divides the headwaters of Wills creek from those of Duck
creek. He was born Dec. 20, 1816, and married Mary
Ann McCreary in 1840. They lived for five years on
the home farm, and then moved a half mile south.
Fourteen years later they moved to Iowa, and after a four
years' residence there permanently located on his present
farm near Cumberland. They have had nine children, of
whom Minerva Jane, Hilas, Eliza, Mary, John, and
Carrie are living. Mr. Conner is a tall,
well-built, and well preserved man, and is sixty-six years
of age. He has held local offices and is a Republican
in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief.
She is a daughter of Alexander and Leah (Hughes)
McCreary, of Concord. her parents were from old
Virginia.
ELI HALL
ELI HALL was born in Millwood
township at the old home place of his father*, June 7, 1819.
On Sept. 24, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss
Priscilla Thomas, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio,
Nov 3, 1831. She was the daughter of William and
Rebecca (Outland) Thomas. Her father was born near
Milledgeville, in the State of Georgia, Aug. 28, 1791, from
whence he removed to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1804 or 1805.
His death occurred Dec. 21, 1867. His wife Rebecca
was born Dec. 1, 1798, in North Carolina, whence she removed
to Ohio with her parents in 1805. They were married
the 12th of October, 1815. She died Nov. 20, 1867.
To them eleven children were born, as follow:
PRISCILLA F. HALL
Catharine; Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth S.;
Harriett; Robert P..; Aquilla, who lives in Missouri;
Priscilla; William, living; Rebecca
deceased; Lucinda, living, and Josiah,
deceased. Canaan Thomas and Elizabeth
Johnson were the grandparents of Mrs. Eli Hall,
and William Outland and Margaret Peele were
Mrs. Hall's grandparents on her mother's side.
Eli Hall and his wife Priscilla had
born to them four children, namely: Hannah Ann,
born on Sept. 25, 1858; Elma Mariah, born Aug.
14, 1860; Rebecca Elvina, born Dec. 24, 1862;
Margaret, born Oct. 22, 1867. These children
are living at home.
JOHN HALL
JOHN HALL was born in
Perquimmons county, North Carolina, on the 24th of October,
1784, and removed to Ohio in company with his parents Isaac
and Ann White), in the year 1805. This was
during his minority. He lacked four months of being
twenty-one years of age when they arrived at their new home
in Ohio. He remained ten months with his father's
family after he became of age, assisting to clear land and
to erect buildings necessary for the comforts of life.
They were all members of the Society of Friends, and
preferred to endure the privations incident to an untamed
wilderness, rather than live in the midst of all the
abominations pertaining to the slavery of the South at that
time.
On the 4th day of August, 1806, John Hall took
up the first grubs preparatory to erecting a cabin on his
own land, it being the northwest quarter of section thirteen
in what is now Millwood township, Guernsey county, Ohio.
After the cabin was built he lived alone one year before he
was married, clearing land, putting in a crop of his own,
and assisting other settlers to build, during which time he
did his own cooking.
He was married to Phebe Webster on the 26th day
of August, 1807, at Stillwater meeting of Friends, held near
Barnesville, Belmont county, Ohio. She was born in
Little Britain township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on
the 27th of November, 1786, and removed to this part of Ohio
in October, 1806, with her parents, John and Hannah Webster,
together with a large family.
In the person of John Hall all the
charact3eristics of the man were strongly marked, in point
of energy, perseverance, fixedness of purpose and endurance
to the end in what he aimed to accomplish. In the
government of his actions through the several relations of
life, he never jumped at his conclusions, but
deliberately matured his plans; he consulted the dictates of
his better judgment as an inward guide to direct in the ways
of truth and the right. Where the impulses of the mind
are thus directed through pure motives it is but reasonable
to hope for success in all the laudable avocations of life.
He was slow to promise before he could see his way open to
perform, regarding a promise as something that should be
kept inviolate. He allotted sufficient time for
himself and family to attend both first day and mid-week
meetings, and regarded it as a precious privilege not to be
neglected.
Eight children were born to John and Phebe Hall
as follows: Cyrus, Isaac W., Jonas, John P., Hannah
N., who is deceased; Eli, Jesse, deceased, and
Eliza W. Hall. All are living but Hannah N.
and Jesse.
JOHN ST. CLAIR was born
in Harford county, Maryland, in 1760, six months before his
father's death. His mother died in 1778. He
married Jane Davis and located on a farm in his
native county. His wife died leaving five children -
Mary, Benjamin, David, John, and William.
His second wife was Margaret St. Clair, who was born
in 1782. This couple sometime after moved here and
remained until death took them away. He died in 1822
and she in 1844. Their children were: Jane D.,
Rebecca, and Leser. The latter was born
in 1819, and married Rebecca A. West. Miss West
was born in 1826. They settled on the homestead, and
Mrs. St. Clair died there in 1865. They had
twelve children: Mary A., John M., Jane, William
F., George W., David B., Henry T., Hannah E., Charles
C., and three who died in infancy. Charles C.
married Priscilla Fox..
JOHN WHITE was
born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and married Mary
May. They removed to Belmont, where they lived two
years, and then returned to Pennsylvania and died there.
They had ten children, of whom six are living, viz.:
Ann, John, Mary, Nancy, Samuel, and James.
James White was born in 1825, and married Rachel
Shipley, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he
taught school one year, and then settled in Spencer township
in 1848, where they now live. Their eleven children
were named: John, Benjamin, Nancy Jane, Samuel C.,
Charles, Mary, Grace Anna, Richard, Albert, Harry, and
Fred. Mr. White owns two hundred acres of land,
and has held various local offices. He has taught
school nearly all his life.
THOMAS BAY, JR.,
came here with his father, Thomas Bay, Sr., from
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1812, and entered a
large portion of the land in the vicinity of the present
town of Cumberland. Thomas Bay, Jr., was born
in 1782, and married Rebecca Conner, who was born in
1787. He died in 1859 and his wife in 1854. They
had nine children, of whom John, Davison, Benjamin,
and Rebecca survived. Rebecca married
Reuben Conner, and is living in Muskingum county.
Davison Bay was born on the farm where he has since
lived, on Sept. 4, 1828, and on Mar. 16, 1865, was united in
marriage with Mercy Jane white, who was born Oct. 29,
1832. His wife's parents were Edward White, who
was born in 1804 and died in 1855, and Margaret Robinson
White, who was born in 1811 and died in 1873. He
was of Irish descent and she of German. They had eight
children. They were married in Richhill township, in
Muskingum county, Dec. 8, 1831, and moved here the same
year. The five children of Davison Bay were:
Edward W., Charles T., Lonella M., Margaret Estella,
and a nameless son who died in infancy.
WILLIAM M. DOLMAN was born in 1808 in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio with his father, John
Dolman, when ten years old. He lived with his
parents in this township until he went to work at his trade
in Zanesville. He married Eliza Fleming.
They settled in Cumberland until 1838, when they moved to
Washington county, ten miles above Marietta. He was
overseer at the building of the lock in the Muskingum river,
and then returned permanently to Cumberland. They had
nine children. Samuel was born in 1833 and
lived with his parents until married. He was a soldier
in the civil war - of Company I, Eighty-fifth Ohio volunteer
infantry - and after the war made a lengthy trip across the
plains, living for a time in Salt Lake city. On his
return he married Emma Grow, and settled permanently
on a farm one mile from Cumberland.
JOHN BAY,
the oldest child living of Thomas and Rebecca (Conner) Bay,
was born in this township Dec. 2, 1814. In 1839 he
married Mildred Rennels, who was born in 1820.
Five of their ten children are living, viz.: Sarah
A., wife of S. A. Frisbee; Velma Irene, wife of
William M. Hayes; John C.; Robert S., and William
B. All reside in this township. the parents
of Mrs. John Bay were William and Rhoda Burt
Rennels. He was a native of Washington county,
Pennsylvania, and his wife of New York State. Their
living children are: Sarah A., Samuel F., Joseph,
and Mildred. Both died in the eighty-fifth year
of their age. Mr. Rennels raised the first
wheat ever grown in this township. The grandchildren
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bay are: Otto B.,
Frederick M., and Edward S., children of their
daughter Sarah A., wife of S. A. Frisbee.
Jennie W., Annie M., children of Velma Irene,
wife of William M. Hayes.
DAVID ST. CLAIR was born in Maryland in 1797, and
during the War of 1812 went to Baltimore to sell produce,
and was there while the engagement with the British was
being fought. He came to Ohio with his parents
and settled in this township, where they had entered land.
David married Elizabeth Bay, and settled on a
farm three miles from Cumberland, remaining there until his
death. His wife survives, living with her children, of
whom there are five: John, in the Westland
township; William B., in Muskingum county; Grace
J., wife of Joseph L,. Reasoner; Mary,
wife of Wilson White; and David. David C.
St. Clair lived with his parents until he married
Louisa Dennis, and permanently settled on the old home
farm. Their eight children are: Mary J., David A.,
Lizzie M., Laura E., Louisa D., Elias D., Cora A., and
Etta J., all at home. Mr. St. Clair owns
seventy-five acres of land. He has been school
director and supervisor.
JOSEPH HAWS was born in
Maryland in 1781, and married Ann Galloway.
They settled in Montgomery county, Maryland, where he died
in 1809. Three of their five children are living.
John, the first child, was born in 1803. He and
the other children went with their mother to Belmont county,
Ohio, where they lived eighteen years. In 1822 he
married Hester Perkins, and eight years later
they moved to Spencer township. The wife died Oct. 15,
1864, aged sixty-two years. They had eleven children:
Melinda, Mary Ann, Michael, Joseph, Catharine, John,
Benjamin F., Fletcher A., James Austin, Lemuel, and
Melinda. Mr. Haws has four hundred and three
acres. Four of his sons were school teachers;
Fletcher was killed by the Indians while herding cattle
in the Rocky mountains.
JOHN FORSYTHE was born
in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1810. His father was a
Welshman, and his mother was of Irish descent. John
remained with his parents until his marriage. - Aug. 20,
1840 - to Maria Lormer, who was born in
Muskingum county in 1820. She was a daughter of
Andrew Lormer, of Muskingum county. They
settled in Wetland township, and there he died in August,
1854, and his wife in January, 1864. They had seven
children - Jane, Andrew E.., William H., Belle,
James L., Emma, and David W. The latter was born
in 1843 in this county, and when only eighteen years of age,
enlisted in the Seventy-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, and
served three years and nine months. After living on a
farm a year, he opened a grocery and hardware store in
Cumberland, which business he still conducts; he is also
postmaster, to which position he was appointed in 1869.
The same year he married Carrie A. Dolman, and by her
had three children: Harry, deceased; William B.,
and Louis J., living.
WILLIAM COSGROVE, a native of Mifflin county,
Pennsylvania, was born Aug. 12, 1812. In 1827 he came
to Ohio with his parents, and lived near Freeport, Harrison
county, Ohio, for three years, and then came to Cambridge,
and learned the trade of cabinet maker. In 1833 he
moved to Cumberland, and followed the business of chair
maker until 1868, since which time he has been proprietor of
the Eagle hotel in that place. His first wife was
Rachel Allen Greene, who was born May 19, 1818.
Four of their ten children are living, viz: Almina, Lee,
Augusta, and John. In 1858, four years
after his wife's death, he married Ruth Gay,
who was born in 1828. Three of their five children are
living, viz: Charles C., Celina B., and Lizzie M.
All the living children are in this township but Lee,
who lives in Missouri. He has three children -
Cora, Frank, and Wilson. Mr.
Crosgrove is a man of regular habits, and since 1850 has
never failed to take a nap in the middle of the day, which
he claims has done much to keep him fresh in his old age.
CHARLES BALDWIN STEVENS,
son of William Foster Stevens, was born
in Spencer township Jan. 2, 1845, and remained on the farm
until 1866. He then, with his brother William
Henry, owned and ran a portable saw-mill which is
still in use in "Stevens factory." In 1874 he
became assistant superintendent of the Eastern Ohio
railroad, and yet holds that position. The railroad is
known as the "Calico road," and is owned by the Stevens
brothers. On Oct. 24, 1871, he was married by
Rev. A. B. Hale, of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, to Elizabeth H., daughter of John
and Nancy (Hardesty) Johnson, of Morgan county.
She was born on Dec. 30, 1851, in Meigs township, Muskingum
county. Their children are William Park,
born Sept. 22, 1872, and Charles Robert, born
Apr. 5, 1878.
WILLIAM STEVENS, of
Boston, Massachusetts, and his wife, Sophronia (Foster)
Stevens, of Rhode Island, settled two miles west of
Cumberland in 1816. He died there in December, 1862,
and his widow in September, 1872. Their son,
William Foster Stevens, was born on the farm Nov. and
1818, and remained there until his death, on Mar. 2, 1881.
His wife, Elizabeth Font Leroy (Leland)
Stevens, was born in Northumberland county, Virginia,
in 1821. In 1829 she and her eldest sister came here,
their parents being dead. She was married in 1841, and
still lives on the homestead. Their children are:
William Henry, Charles Baldwin, and
Sophronia. The latter is a teacher in the
Cambridge union schools. William Henry
was born Jan. 2, 1843, and has always lived in this
township. He was educated at Ann Arbor university,
Michigan, finishing in 1862, and then taught school.
In 1869 he engaged in his present business, and owns a sash,
door, and blind factory. On April 3, 1864, he married
Annie, daughter of Albert Gallatin
and Mary (Jordan) Squier, of Green
county, who moved here in 1834. She was born Feb. 22,
1843 in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Their
children are: Roberta, born Feb. 3, 1854;
Persis, Jan. 23, 1867; Annie, July 3, 1870;
Henry Foster, Feb. 8, 1874; and Mary, Dec.
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