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Source:
History of
Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio
Under the Editorial Supervision of
Judge H. H. Eckley, for Carroll County
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Judge Wm. T. Perry, for Harrison County
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1921
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ALLEN L. ADAMS. It is said
of Allen L. Adams, the Cadiz insurance man, that when he was treasurer of
Harrison County he was the youngest man to be elected to that office. He
was elected in 1910 and re-elected in 1912, showing that the people of Harrison
County had confidence in his executive ability, notwithstanding his
youthfulness. Before his election as county treasurer Mr. Adams had
served six years as postmaster at Laceyville. He was born Nov. 5, 1879, in
Nottingham Township, and has always lived in Harrison county.
Allen L. Adams is a son of Albert B. and
Emily J. (Crawford) Adams, the father a native of Stock and the mother of
Franklin townships. She is a daughter of Edward Crawford, of
Franklin. Percival Adams the grandfather, was born September 10,
1820, in Harrison County, but his father, Thomas Adams, was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1790, and always lived near Pittsburgh until 1815, when he
located in Harrison County. Thomas Adams married Charity Blair,
and that was the beginning of the Adams family in Ohio. On March
27, 1845, Percival Adams married Mary J. Downs, a daughter of
Richard and Elizabeth (McKinney) Downs. Mr. Downs was a native of
Carroll County, while his wife came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Their children are John F., Albert B., Richard W., Thomas B., James B., Eliza
J. and Margaret B. Adams.
In its early history the Adams family were
Methodists, and they were given the educational advantages of the day.
Albert B. Adams spent his entire life as a farmer of Stock Township.
His children are: Harry E., Allen L., Mary J. (wife of Joseph
Walker) and Cloyde P. Adams. A. L. Adams supplemented
his common school education with five years of study in Scio College, and for a
few years was a teacher in public schools. In the meantime he completed a
course of study in a business college, and was employed for some time in
Pittsburgh.
Since completing his service as treasurer of Harrison
County Mr. Adams has remained in Cadiz, where he conducts a general
insurance business dealing in stocks and bonds and doing something with real
estate. His experience as county treasurer gave him a wide acquaintance
with the citizens of Harrison County. On September 10, 1913, Mr. Adams
married Rosa Belle Pettay, a daughter of Elihu and Mary Jane
(Rowland) Pettay. Their children are Allen Leslie and Sterling
Pettay. They are members of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.
Source: History of
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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
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FRANK W. ADAMS Source:
History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
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HALFRED J. ADAMS Source:
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JOSEPH W. ADAMS Source:
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DAVID ALLISON. The
name of the late David Allison, of Green Township, is commemorated in
the annals of the community by his son, Howard S. Allison, who is in
charge of affairs at the old Allison family homestead in Green
Township. Mr. Allison died there in 1894, after a long and
useful life in the community.
David Allison was a native of Starke County,
Ohio. Since his death Mrs. Allison and her sons have continued
in possession of the family homestead near Hopedale. The mother and
one son, Howard S., still live there. H. S. Allison has
managed the Allison homestead farm for twenty-five years.
The Allisons are among the most highly respected
people of the community. There are three sons. Harry F.
Allison married Myrtle Baxter, and after she died he married
Myrtle Baxter, and after she died he married Jeannette Shultz.
Willard R. Allison married Clara Snively. Howard S. Allison
is unmarried and lives in the old Allison homestead with his mother.
Source: History of
Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921~
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CHRISTOPHER E. ARNOLD, the
proprietor of a valuable farm of eighty-seven and one-half acres in Freeport
Township, Harrison County, and a farmer and citizen of substantial standing,
still in the prime of a useful life, is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio,
and was born July 29, 1864, a son of David and Delilah (Decker) Arnold.
William Arnold, the paternal grandfather
of Christopher E., was an agriculturist of Guernsey County, and there
married Caroline Haden, by whom he had eight children:
Henry, David, Azriah, Samuel, Lewis, Leander, Sarah Jane, and Isabel.
David Arnold was born in Guernsey County, where he followed the
pursuits of the soil until about 1881, in that year removing to Freeport
Township, Harrison County. He remained there only two years, however,
subsequently moving to Nottingham Township, where he passed nineteen years
in farming and raising stock, and finally located in Smyrna, Guernsey
County, where his death occurred. He married Delilah Decker,
who was also a native of Guernsey County, daughter of Joseph and
Catherine Decker, farming people of that county, and the youngest in a
family of six children, the others being: John, Lewis, Henry, Sarah
and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. David Arnold were members of the
Methodist Church and the parents of eight children: Retta, Anna,
Ross W., C. E., Margaret, David H., Mary and Ida, of whom
Margaret died when small.
Christopher E. Arnold attended the public
schools of Guernsey and Harrison counties and was reared as an
agriculturist, residing on the home farm until his marriage, January 30,
1890, to Miss Susan Sears, daughter of David and Margaret (Morton)
Sears. Following his marriage Mr. Arnold commenced farming
in Nottingham Township, but after one year removed to Guernsey County, which
was his home and the scene of his agricultural activities for twelve years.
In April, 1903, he moved to his present farm in Freeport Township, where he
has eighty-seven and one-half acres of land, all under a high state of
cultivation and devoted to general farming and dairying. Mr. Arnold
had a most modernly equipped estate in every particular, and his buildings
are equipped with electric lights and other conveniences. He is an
intelligent, systematic and progressive farmer, and has made an excellent
record as a worthy representative of the best agricultural element of
Harrison County.
Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold:
Veda, who married Marshall Huston and resides on the Arnold
farm, and they have a daughter, Helen Louise; Ethel, who married
Kenneth Smith and resides at Canton; Ralph, who married
Dora Morris, and lives at Canton, with one son, Wayne; Wade W.,
who entered the United States service September 19, 1918, was stationed at
Cincinnati in the General Mechanics' School, received his honorable
discharge December 20, 1919, and now resides at Canton, married Hallie
Clark and has one son, Robert Leon; Kelly, who lives at Canton;
and one son who died in infancy unnamed. Mrs. Arnold is a
member of the Methodist Church at Smyrna. Mr. Arnold takes a
good citizen's interest to public affairs, and creditably fulfills his
obligations as a member of the community. He is a republican.
Source: History of
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ALBERT Q. ARBAUGH, the
present postmaster of the village of Jewett, Harrison County, has been long
and prominently identified with business affairs in this village, is a
native son of the county and has the distinction of being a representative
of one of its sterling pioneer families.
Mr. Arbaugh was born in Rumley Township,
Harrison County, on the 24th of December, 1859, and is a son of Levi and
Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh. Levi Arbaugh likewise was born and
reared in Rumley Township the date of his nativity having been Oct. 28,
1825. He received the advantages of the pioneer schools, assisted in
the reclaiming and improving of his father's farm and eventually became one
of the successful and representative farmers of his native township, where
he remained until his death, at the venerable age of seventy-four years.
He was a son of John and Rosanna (Wentz) Arbaugh, both of whom were
born and reared in Maryland, where their marriage was solemnized.
John Arbaugh's father was William Arbaugh, who likewise was a
native of Maryland, was of German lineage and served as a patriot soldier in
the War of the Revolution. John Arbaugh and his wife continued
their residence in Maryland until about the year 1820, when they came to
Harrison County, Ohio. where he purchased a pioneer farm of 160 acres in
Rumley Township. He reclaimed this land, in section 6, into a
productive farm, and was one of the substantial and honored pioneer citizens
of Rumley Township at the time of his death, both he and his wife having
been earnest communicants of the Lutheran Church. Their children were
nine in number: Sarah, Margaret, Lovina, Lydian, John, James, Adam, Levi
and Catherine.
On the 23d of December, 1858, was solemnized the
marriage of Levi Arbaugh to Miss Elizabeth Reid, daughter of
Hugh and Margaret (Fulton) Reid, who were pioneer settlers in Archer
Township, Harrison County. Hugh Reid was born and reared in
Pennsylvania, where his marriage to Margaret Fulton was solemnized on
the 6th of June, 1830. His father, John Reid, was a native of
Ireland, whence he immigrated to America when a young man, and he was a
resident of the old Keystone State at the time of his death. Hugh
Reid and his wife continued their residence in Archer Township until
their deaths, and their names merit preservation on the roll of the honored
pioneers of Harrison County. They became the parents of six children,
whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded: Elizabeth,
June 4, 1831; William, Mar. 30, 1834; John, May 16, 1836;
David A., June 16, 1838; and Hugh Nelson and Mary, twins,
Apr. 21, 1841.
Levi and Elizabeth (Reid) Arbaugh became the
parents of three children: Albert Q., the immediate subject of this
sketch; William R., likewise a resident of Jewett; and Henry N.,
a prosperous farmer in Rumley Township. Mrs. Elizabeth Arbaugh,
a devoted communicant of the Lutheran Church, was summoned to eternal rest
in 1885, and in April, 1889, Levi Arbaugh contracted a second
marriage, when Miss Louisa Hilbert, of Defiance County, became his
wife. No children were born of this union.
Albert Q. Arbaugh was reared on the old home
farm and gained his early education in the district schools of Rumley
Township. Later he completed a course in the Duff Business College in
the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and on the 1st of January, 1885, he
purchased the general merchandise stock and store of B. N. Winings at
Jewett, and also became postmaster, serving five years. In 1889 he
received his second appointment, serving over four years. In 1887 he
erected a substantial building for the accommodation of his large and
prosperous mercantile business, and about the year 1894 he sold the stock
and business and turned his attention to the insurance business, in which he
has since continued, though the major part of his time and attention is
required in connection with his effective service as postmaster at Jewett, a
position to which he was appointed in August, 1915, and of which he has
since continued the incumbent. In 1913 he was appointed county
superintendent of taxes, in which office he served sixteen months, with
characteristic efficiency and acceptability. He owns a 100-acre farm
adjoining the village on the south, and qualifies as a farmer and fruit
grower. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and
both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church in their
home village.
On Christmas day of the year 1883 was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Arbaugh to Miss Margaret A. Spence, who was
born at Germano, this county, In July, 1862, a daughter of Henry and
Martha (Aiken) Spence, of whom incidental mention of more specific order
is made in connection with other personal sketches appearing in this work.
Mr. and Mrs. Arbaugh have four children: Clara E. is the
wife of Frank B. Groves, an attorney of Cadiz, Ohio, and they have
one child, John F. Martha E. is the wife of Harry M.
Mansfield, Assistant Real Estate and Claim Agent of the W. & L. E.
Railway at Canton, Ohio, and their one child is a daughter,
Margaret E. Albert Byron is an attorney, in practice in
association with the well-known law firm of Herbruck & Black
of Canton, Ohio. He was educated in the Jewett High School and at Ohio
State University. Arthur H. is with the Labell Iron Company of
Steubenville.
~ Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co., 1921 - page 695 |
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JEREMIAH J. ARBAUGH
made an enviable record of successful achievement in connection with farm
industry in North Township, Harrison County, where he remained on his well
improved farm of 120 acres until the spring of 1920. He then removed
to the village of Scio, where he is now living virtually retired, although
still regaining ownership of his farm, the excellent buildings and other
improvements of which were installed by him.
Mr. Arbaugh was born in Rumley Township, this
county, July 15, 1850, and is a son of William and Anna (Gotschall)
Arbaugh, the former of whom was born in North Township and the latter in
Rumley Township, both families having settled in Harrison County in the
early pioneer days. Mrs. Anna Arbaugh was a sister of the
father of C. W. Gotschall, in whose personal sketch, on other pages,
is given adequate record concerning the family. Daniel Arbaugh,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, became one of the pioneer farmers
and substantial citizens of North Township, where he remained until his
death, both he and his wife having been earnest communicants of the Lutheran
Church. They became the parents of nine children, namely: Edward,
David, Jacob, William, Daniel, John, Rachel, Malinda and Elizabeth.
William Arbaugh became a skilled workman at the trade of stone-mason,
and he likewise became one of the successful farmers of Rumley township,
where he and his wife maintained their home until their deaths, when well
advanced in years, both having been zealous communicants of the Lutheran
Church. They became the parents of ten children: Joshua, Christina,
Jeremiah J., Mary Matilda, William S., Samuel, Margaret, Emma, Anna and
Oscar M.
Jeremiah J. Arbaugh gained his early education in
the schools of Rumley Township, where he continued to aid in the work of the
old home farm until he married and initiated his independent career as a
farmer in Rumley Township in 1872. There he remained eight years, at
the expiration of which he established his home on the farm which he now
owns in North Township, and on which he continued his vigorous and
successful enterprise as an agriculturist and stock-grower until his removal
to Scio in the spring of 1920. He is a republican in politics, and he
and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
April 18, 1872, recorded the marriage of Mr. Arbaugh
to Miss Mary E. Markley, who was born in Rumley Township, and is a
representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Harrison
County. She is a daughter of Mathias and Rebecca (Stevens) Markley,
both of whom were born and reared in this county, where the father became
one of the substantial farmers of Rumley Township, which continued his place
of residence until his death. The names of the children of his first
marriage are here recorded: Catherine Elizabeth, Mary Ellen, Eliza
Ann and Henrietta Jane. After the death of his first wife
he married Sarah Jane Shambaugh, and they became the parents of seven
children: George, Clara, William, Margaret, Daisy, Sadie, and
Myrtle. Mr. Markley and both his first and his second wives were
consistent communicants of the Lutheran Church.
Mathias Markley was a son of Daniel and
Catherine (Everhart) Markley, and a grandson of Mathias and Catherine
(Arnold) Markley, who were born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and
who came from the old Keystone State to Ohio and settled in German Township,
Harrison County, in 1806. Mr. Markley obtained from the
government 320 acres of wild land, and in the passing years he here
developed a productive farm. Finally he removed to Holmes County, and
there his death occurred about 1845. Daniel Markley was born in
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, and thus was a lad of about ten
years at the time of the family removal to Ohio where he was reared on the
pioneer farm in Harrison County. He became a prosperous farmer in
Rumley Township, where his death occurred in 1842. His children were:
David, John, Mathias, Mary, Eva A., Sarah and Elizabeth.
To Mr. and Mrs. Arbaugh have been born six
children: Samuel E., who resides on the old farm in North Township,
married Miss Anna Hilbert, and they have four children, Hilbert,
Raymond J., Ralph, and Dwight L. Linwood M. wedded Miss
Nannie Hammill, and they reside in the city of Passaic, New Jersey.
Winnetta Adella is the wife of Edward Finnicum, of Harrison
County, and they have two children, Mildred May and Mary Margaret.
Anna Blanche is the wife of Ralph English, a farmer in North
Township, and they have two children, Pearl and Nannie
Adella. Jesse W., who resides in the village of Scio. Harrison County,
married Miss Carrie Hammill, and their four children
are William Merle, Mabel Ellen, Dorothy and Sarah June.
Roy, the youngest of the children, of J. J. Arbaugh and wife,
died at the age of four years.
~ Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co., 1921 - page 698 |
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ROBERT T. ARROWSMITH Source:
History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921~ |
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