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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago:
by Inter-State Publishing Co.
1883
Pg. 813
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
NICHOLAS
EBERST, head keeper at Gore Furnace, was born near Logan,
Ohio, Oct. 22, 1843, a son of Gottleib Eberst, of
Lancaster, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared on
a farm. He worked at Logan Furnace ten years and at Winona
Furnace two years, and in 1880 came to his present place of
residence. June 22, 1865, he was united in marriage to
Catherine Miser. They have had a family of nine
children, six of whom are still living, whose names are Kate,
George, John, Loretta, Edward and Frank. They
belong to the Catholic denomination.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - page 947 |
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Green Twp. -
SAMUEL B. ENGLAND,
deceased, late of Green Township, was born in this county, Apr.
1, 1843, a son of Nathan R. England, deceased. He
was reared on a farm and received his education at the Logan
Union schools, after which he taught school several terms.
He was superintendent at Craft's Furnace in this township
nearly three years. Sept. 29, 1869, he was married to
Helena T., daughter of Joseph Wolf, deceased.
They have been blessed with six children, four of whom are
deceased. Those surviving are: Alice and
William R.; the deceased are: Mary M., Effie E., Waldo W.
and Joseph. Mr. England died June 18, 1880, he and
his children being buried in the Logan cemetery. He and
three of the children died of typhoid fever within two or three
months, and the first died April 5, 1880. He was a member
of the Masonic fraternity.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - page 1031 |
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
WILLIAM
NELSON ENGLAND, son of Abner G. and Matilda (Nelson)
England, was born Feb. 11, 1845, in Falls Township, Hocking
County. He lived there till he was four years old, when
his parents removed to Green Township of the same county, in
1849, his mother dying in August of the same year. His
father died in January, 1858, when our subject was but thirteen
years of age, and he lived with his uncle, Nathan R. England,
until he was seventeen years old, attending the common schools
until then. In June, 1862, he went to Newton, Iowa, and
attended the High School of that city for three months, when he,
on Sept. 13, of that year, enlisted in Company E, Eighth Iowa
Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years as a private, but while
out was promoted to Corporal. He served until Aug. 13,
1865, when he was mustered out at Macon, Ga., after
participating in the number of battles and skirmishes, the most
important of which being the siege and capture of Atlanta.
After his discharge he returned to Hocking County and engaged in
teaching school during the winters, and in summer seasons he
farmed on his farm in Green Township. In 1868-'69 he
superintended the building of part of the C.& H. V. R. R.,
between Nelsonville and Athens, and from that time pursued
farming in Starr, McArthur and Green townships at different
intervals until the winter of 1876. He then sold his last
farm, in Green Township, to the Craft's Iron Co., and removed to
Ward Township, where he operated a saw and grist mill till the
fall of 1877. In April, 1876, he was elected Justice of
the Peace of Ward Township, retiring from that position to
accept the Auditorship of Hocking County in 1877. He was
re-elected on the Democratic ticket in the fall of 1880, his
term of office expiring in November, 1883. He was married
Feb. 22, 1868, to Miss Mary M. Wolf, of Haydensville,
Hocking County. Mr. England is a Master Mason, of
Philodorean Lodge, No. 167, of Nelsonville. He is a member
of the Odd Fellows lodge at Logan, and is also a Knight of
Pythias of lodge at Logan.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - page 947 |
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN S.
ENGLE, farmer, son of William and Sarah (Vough) Engle,
was born in Good Hope Township, Hocking County, May 16, 1838,
and lived with his parents until manhood. At teh age of
twenty-one years he rented lands and farmed until 1866. He
then purchased a farm where he lived until 1876, when he sold
and purchased and removed to a farm where he now resides.
He was Township Assessor for the years 1873 and 1874. Dec.
17, 1861, he married Barbara C., daughter of John D.
and Margaret (Eckhart) Loomis, of Hocking County.
They had six children - William E., a teacher; John
F., Miretta M., Lucius B., Charles A. and a son
unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Engle are members of the
United Brethren church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - page 948 |
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Starr Twp. -
NATHAN
H. ESSEX, deceased, late of Starr Township, was born in
Jackson Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, a son of Nathan Essex,
a native of Maryland. He was reared on a farm and received
a common-school education. He was married in January,
1849, to Elizabeth Jane Morris, daughter of John
Morris, born in Morgan County, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1829.
They have had eleven children, of whom ten are living -
Charity A. (now Mrs. Rogers), Calvin, E. Almira
(now Mrs. Cook), Winfield S., Zelda V. (now
Mrs. Wolf), Amne (now Mrs. Wolf), Hannibal
H., Sherman S. and Nelson S. Mr. Essex removed
to Hocking County in April, 1863, and settled on section 3,
Starr Township, where he resided and was engaged in farming and
clearing his land until his death, Mar. 21, 1873. He was a
member of the Christian church at Mt. Zion. Mrs. Essex
afterward married P. C. Blackburn, of Athens County.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - page 1050 |
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