BIOGRAPHIES
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Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio
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DAVID ADAMS. Among
the successful and enterprising farmers of Freeport Township, Harrison
County, none are more favorably known than the gentleman whose name
stands at the head of hits sketch. His father, William
Adams, was born in Fayette County, Penn., Sept. 5, 1799. When
William was about ten years of age he lost his father, and
his time afterward was chiefly denoted to the care and maintenance of
the family, of which he was the eldest. Soon after arriving at
manhood's estate he was married to Elizabeth, a daughter of
Joshua Clark, and after marriage they located in Short Creek
Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, whence, in 1834, he removed to Nottingham,
where he remained until 1880, when he came to Freeport Township.
His children were the following named: David; James, in
Kansas; Amos, who served as a soldier, now deceased; John and
Eliza Jane, both also deceased. On Jan. 8,1881, William
Adams died and was buried in Green Mountain Cemetery by the side of
his wife, who died December 10, 1809. A self-made man, frank and
fearless in the expression of his convictions, he was esteemed by all.
The youth of David Adams was that of the
ordinary farmer boy, and was spent in Short Creek and Nottingham
Townships, he being nine years old when he came to the latter. His
educational advantages were limtied, but his native genius and keen
observation largely supplied the deficiency in training. Nov. 10,
1855, he was united in marriage to Lucinda Marsh, of Iowa, who
died Dec. 9, 1865, and Mar. 14, 1867, Mr. Adams was married to
Mary Ann Moore, who ore him the following children: An infant
that died unnamed, William Moore and Robert C.
The Adams family have ever been identified with the Republican
party, and have always lent their aid in its support. They have
been Quakers and Presbyterians in religious belief, have always been
engaged in farming, and have invariably been successful. They have
taken a prominent part in the county's progress, and are always found in
the front rank of the progressive element.
Source: Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 465 |
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JAMES ALEXANDER, a most
successful agriculturist, was born Mar. 18, 1829, on the farm on which
he still resides, in Freeport Township, Harrison Co., Ohio. His
father, John Alexander, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, where
his early life was spent in securing the rudiments of an education, and
in his "teens" learning the weaver's trade, which he combined with
farming. While yet a resident of Ireland he was married to Mary
Allen, a resident of his native county. There the young couple
remained form some time, but finally concluded to do as so many of their
race had done - come to America. Accordingly, in 1826, they
embarked in a sailing vessel, and after a tedious voyage of nine weeks
married in Philadelphia. They remained in Pennsylvania till 1828,
when, with their family, they came to Freeport Township, Harrison Co.,
Ohio, where Mr. Alexander entered eighty acres of the farm at
present owned by our subject. On this he erected the ordinary log
cabin, of small dimensions and not very elaborate in the finishings, and
he and his faithful wife struggled with the difficulties which the
pioneers all had to endure, uncomplainingly toiling on to improve and
beautify the home. The children born to their marriage were as
follows: Eleanor (deceased), Thomas (in Jacobsport),
Jesse (deceased), Mary Ann (deceased), John (in
Kansas), James (our subject), Hannah J. (deceased) and
Elizabeth (in Kansas). For many years Mr. Alexander was
one of the active political leaders in his section, and firmly believed
in and advocated the principles of the Whig party. He, however,
was not an office seeker, and would never accept political preferment.
A leading member of the United Presbyterian Church at Londonderry, he
was also one of its founders. In June, 1869, he died, and was laid
beside his wife, who had departed this life in 1838, and they now sleep
in the cemetery at Londonderry.
James Alexander was early taught the advantages
of industrious and economical habits, which have been such important
factors in his after success. While having no other advantages
than those afforded by the common schools, he has, by subsequent reading
and study, added much to his store of knowledge. He has always
been engaged in farming and stock-raising, in which he has been
uniformly successful. On the death of his father he purchased the
interests of the other heirs to the home place, and has by subsequent
additions increased his holdings until now he possesses 360 acres of
excellent land with many valuable buildings. His success has been
of his own making, he having commenced with no pecuniary assistance.
Like his father he has always voted the Republican ticket, and while he
would accept no nominations, still lent his aid to he success of the
party. From early youth he has been a member of the United
Presbyterian Church, in which he and his family at present worship.
On May 27, 1852, he was married to Margaret, a daughter of
Matthew Forsythe, of Freeport, and she has borne him the following
named children: Matthew, Mary, John and Maggie E.
On Nov. 28, 1888, Matthew Alexander was married to Nancy
Harbison, and commenced his married life on the parental farm, on
which he still resides.
Source: Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 565 |
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SAMUEL COURTNEY ALLBAUGH,
for over forty years a respected resident of North Township, Harrison
County, is a native of Carroll County, born Jan. 31, 18131, in Loudon
Township. The family are of German descent, the grandparents having
come from the Fatherland to this country at an early day. In his
boyhood our subject assisted his father on the farm, attending for a few
weeks during the winter season the common schools of the district.
When qualified he commenced teaching school, a profession he has followed
for thirty-five years. In 1849 he moved with his father's family to
North Township, Harrison County, settling about a mile west of Scio.
His parents had eleven children, viz.: Joseph Tripp; Elizabeth, in
Iowa; Basil, in Kansas; Morris, died Oct. 31, 1887; Samuel
C.; James in East Springfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio; William, in
Scio, Ohio; Catherine, in Kansas; Andrew, died in November,
1882; Robert Patton, in Kansas; Martha Ann, died in Kansas
about the year 1884.
On Oct. 8, 1857, Samuel C. Allbaugh was married
to Ann Maria May, of near Conotton, Harrison County, whose parents
had eight children - four sons and four daughters - viz.: David,
Catherine, John, Margaret, Nancy Jane, Alexander, Ann Maria and
George Kincaid. To Mr. and Mrs. Allbaugh have been born
seven children, of whom the following is a short record: John, born
May 25, 1859, is living in Steubenville, Ohio; Andrew, born Oct. 1,
1860, lives in Bowerston, Harrison County; Mary Melissa, born Mar. 1,
1861, died when two years and twenty-six days old; Jennie M., born
Dec. 6, 1863; Elveda, born Mar. 8, 1866; Roland Everett, born
Sept. 23, 1872, died eleven years ago; Beatty A., born Oct. 29, 1875.
Source: Biographical Record of the
Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. -
1891 - Page 682 |
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ISAAC ALLEN. In every
hamlet we find those hardy old settlers who have from their earliest age
been engaged in the improvement of the section in which they have lived, and
have, after many years of toil, removed to the town that they might enjoy
the pleasures and comforts of life. Isaac Allen was born in
Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1813. His father,
Reuben, was born in 1783 in Maryland, where for many generations the
family had resided. James Allen, father of Reuben, was a
farmer, and in his early life married Rebecca Miller, by whom he had
nine children, all of whom reached adult age. In 1792 James Allen
died, and Reuben Allen remained in Maryland many years after the
death of his father; in 1812 he removed to Cadiz Township, Harrison Co.,
Ohio, thence to Belmont County, and finally again came to Harrison County,
where he remained until his death. In 1812 he was married to
Johanna, daughter of John McMillan, a resident of Harrison
County, and the issue of their marriage was the following named children:
Isaac (our subject), Rebecca (deceased), Esther
(deceased), Amos (deceased), Mary Jane (deceased), Ruthann,
Johanna (deceased) and James. In his politics Mr. Allen
was a firm and strong supporter of the Republican party, and was earnest in
the advancement of its interests. He died July 8, 1875, a member of
the Society of Friends, and was laid to rest by the side of his wife, who
had preceded him to the grave in 1869. An honest, industrious man, he
won his way unaided, save by his wife, to an enviable portion in this
financial and social circles of his county.
Isaac Allen, the subject proper of this memoir,
attended the common schools of his section, and there acquired much valuable
knowledge of the fundamental principles. On June 24, 1841, he
was married to Sarah, daughter of David Barrett, of Cadiz
Township, and they immediately settled in Freeport Township, where they
spent years of toil and sorrow and pleasure together, until 1888, when they
removed to the town of Freeport. Their children are Reuben, Rebecca
J. (Mrs. R. M. Black), Albert and Winifred. Like his
ancestry, Mr. Allen has supported the Republican party, and has ever
been numbered among the workers for its advancement. He and
family are well and favorably known, and have always been among the
progressive of the county.
Source: Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll,
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 434 |
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T. H. ARNOLD, merchant, Means, Harrison Co., Ohio, is one of hte most
prosperous business men in German Township. He owes his success to
being honest and upright with all men, and has made himself what he is.
He graduated in 1888 from the Buchanan Business College of Hopedale, where
he educated himself, having no parents to help him, and same year embarked
in business where he is now located.
Mr. Arnold was born in German Township, Harrison
Co., Ohio, May 31, 1865, and is a son of W. W. and Catherine (Burrier)
Arnold; His mother died in 1868 and his father in 1882. W. W.
Arnold was a sold of J. W. and Elizabeth (Davis) Arnold; J. W.
Arnold was a son of David, a native of West Virginia, and
David's father was a Dunkard preacher, who came to Ohio in 1790.
J. W. Arnold reared a family of eight children, W. W. being
the first son. Mrs. Elizabeth (Davis) Arnold was a daughter of
John and Polly (Welling) Davis, former of whom served all through the
Revolutionary War. They were among the early settlers of Maryland.
In 1888 T. H. Arnold was appointed postmaster at Means, and he enjoys
the respect and confidence of the entire community.
Source:
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 445 |
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W. H. ARNOLD, editor and
proprietor of the Cadiz Sentinel, is a descendant of one of the
pioneer families of Harrison County, Ohio. In 1810 Comfort Arnold,
a widow with two sons and four daughters, came from Pennsylvania and settled
north of Cadiz in the woods, but died in Archer Township in 1856, at the age
of ninety-eight, the mother of the following named children: William,
born in 1798; Comfort, wife of Jonathan West; Aneka, wife of
James Mehollen; Frances, married to Charles Conaway; ____ wife of
____ Ross, of Richland. William Arnold, father of our
subject, was about twelve years of age when brought from Pennsylvania by his
mother, and when fourteen years old engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder
for the soldiers in the War of 1812, making 500 to 600 pounds each winter,
which he conveyed by night to Steubenville. He cared for the farm
while his brother and brothers-in-law were in the army, he being too young
to serve. He received his education in the log school-house of his
day, but was an apt scholar and for thirty-six years after reaching maturity
served as justice of the peace; he also became colonel of the State militia,
as well as quartermaster-general, and was very popular in his section.
In 1833 or 1834 he chose for his wife Miss Jane C. Hoyt, a daughter
of Jesse and Sarah Hoyt, and a native of New York. The Hoyts
trace their ancestry to Simon Hoyt, who came from England to
Massachusetts in 1638. The death of William Arnold took place
in 1874, in Cadiz, at the age of seventy-six years, he having been preceded
by his faithful wife in 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. To this
couple have been born seven children, viz.: John Hoyt, who died in
Kansas in 1855, while in the employ of the Government as a surveyor; Mary
A., wife of John Simmons; Sarah, who married James Knox,
of Cadiz, and died in 1869, in Washington, Guernsey County; Jesse,
employed in the second auditor's office at Washington, D. C.; William H.,
the subject of this sketch; George, at Columbus, and Jennie, a
public school teacher in Portland, Oregon.
The following sketch is from the pen of Maj. H. B.
Lacey, a prominent citizen of the county:
"WILLIAM ARNOLD. The subject of this paper
was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1798. Early in the present
century his father died, and the widowed mother, in 1810, removed with her
children to Ohio, and settled about one mile north of Cadiz. When war
with England began in 1812, the elder sons of Mrs. Arnold entered the
army, leaving William, now fourteen years of age, her main
dependence. While the war lasted he was busied with farm work during
the season suitable for the same, but in the winter engaged in making powder
which he disposed of to the Government. A few years later his deputy;
he served also in the same capacity with some of Rezin's successors.
With his deputyship, under his brother Rezin, began his residence in
Cadiz, which continued to the date of his death. He died in 1874.
"It was while thus acting as deputy sheriff he acquired
his extensive and exact topographical knowledge of this county, and laid the
foundation of that knowledge of the law in the administering of which he
afterward gained honorable distinction. He was elected justice of the
peace for Cadiz Township, and continuously re-elected till he had served
thirty-three consecutive years.
"His genial and courteous demeanor seemed especially
attractive to those seeking union through the marriage ceremony, and it is
probable he united in wedlock a greater number of persons than were so
united by any other person resident of the county.
"He owed his chief distinction to his numerous legal
decisions. So well was his legal acumen known and favorably
recognized, that it was but seldom an action was commenced in the Common
Pleas Court, when the cause of action came within his jurisdiction.
Thomas L. Jewett, known in his time as one of the ablest lawyers of
Eastern Ohio, declared that the legal decisions of Justice Arnold, so
farm as they pertained to his office, could not be bettered by one of the
highest attainments in the law. This high position he attained by
cool, unbiased judgment and conscientious recognition of the demands of law
and justice. His decisions were rendered without fear or favor.
Official restraints removed, however, he became the benevolent, obliging,
public-spirited citizen.
"No measure proposed for the benefit of Harrison County
or the town of his residence was too insignificant to gain from him a
respectful hearing, and having examined and approved it, thenceforth it had
active and valuable support.
"No man ever came to him for advice, and they were many
who came, who did not get the benefit of his best judgment. The legal
opinions he rendered officially for the statutory fees were not a tithe of
the equally valuable ones he freely gave without reward. He was not a
capitalist, but capital, whether in real or personal estate was always
indebted to his wise counsel and public spirit."
William H. Arnold was born in Cadiz, Ohio and
was educated in the common school. While yet a boy he entered the
office of the Sentinel, then owned by Charles N. Allen, and
served an apprenticeship at the printing business. At the age of
twenty-two he became associate editor of the paper, and three years later,
in 1865, bought the Journal, of which he had since been the main
owner and editor, having largely increased its circulation and influence.
In 1866 Mr. Arnold married Lydia,
daughter of Hon. Joseph R. Hunter, of Cadiz. The Hunters
came to Cadiz about 1830, and here they died. Mrs. Lydia Arnold
passed away Feb. 28, 1886, leaving four children, viz.: Hunter, a
student at the National University, Washington, D. C.; Mary, a
student at the University of Pennsylvania; Grace, who died at the age
of four months, and Louise, attending school in Cadiz. In 1888
Mr. Arnold took, for his second wife, Caroline, daughter of
James Thompson, and to this union has been born one child, Edwin.
Source:
Biographical Record of the Counties of
Harrison and Carroll, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891 - Page 15 |
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