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BIOGRAPHIES
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Washington Twp. -
WILLIAM B. WADSWORTH
was born Apr. 29, 1824, in Maryland, near the Pennsylvania line,
a son of John C. and Margaret (Clinefelter) Wadsworth,
the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maryland.
The Wadsworth family is quite a numerous one in
the East, and originally came from England. The
Clinetelters were of Prussian-German descent. Peter
Clinefelter, grandfather of William Wadsworth,
in early times kept a tavern, and the Pennsylvania and Maryland
State line ran through his house. In 1838 or 1839, John
C. Wadsworth moved to Ohio and settled in Morgan County,
where he lived eleven years, when he moved to Vinton County and
settled between Hamden and Allensville, near where the
Cincinnati iron furnace now stands. He remained here about
six years, and then moved to Iowa, where he died in 1879.
His widow is still living in Decatur County. They reared a
family of eleven children, of whom eight are now living. William
B. is the eldest son now living. He lived with his
father till after he was twenty-one years of age. He was
married Mar. 4, 1851, to Lydia C. Skivington, who was
born in Morgan County, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1828, a daughter of
John Skivington. After his marriage he worked
for other parties two years, and in April, 1853, bought a piece
of land in the woods of Hocking County, with only six or seven
acres cleared. He built a log house and moved into it in
October. He lived there a number of years, and then lived
in Ilesboro a year. In 1863 he bought his present place,
which contains 280 acres. Mr. Wadsworth has
been a member of the Methodist church forty-three years.
He has had a family of five children, only two of whom are
living - Arthur A. and Robert C. Eva May,
Cornelius Shepard and a twin brother of Cornelius
are deceased.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Perry Twp. -
JOHN LEWIS WAGNER,
merchant, South Perry, was born in Muhlhausen, Prussia, Sept.
11, 1824, a son of John Andrew and Susanna (Karschner) Wagner.
His youth was spent in attending the citizens' school of his
native city. At the age of fourteen years he left school
of his native city. At the age of fourteen years he left
school and went to learn the locksmith's trade, serving an
apprenticeship of three years, after which he spent five years
in traveling through the principal cities of Europe as
journeyman. In 1848 he, with his father's family,
emigrated to the United States, and located for a time in
Newark, N. J., where he followed his trade until the fall of
1845, when he came to Ohio and lived in Circleville for one
year. He then came to South Perry, where he has since
resided. He engaged in the grocery business for a year and
a half, and then, in 1858, purchased the dry-goods store of
Steven Grouch. He enlisted in Company C, Eighteenth
Ohio Infantry, Jan. 1, 1862. They first went to Camp
Chase, and after a short stay went to Fort Donelson, where they
were in a four days' engagement; from there they engaged in the
battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Memphis, Tenn. At
the latter place he was taken seriously ill and went to the
hospital, where he remained eleven months, after which he
received his discharge and returned to his home in South Perry
about Oct. 11, 1862, and engaged in his present business in
company with Frank Wagner. He was married in
Newark, N. J., Apr. 7, 1850, to Louise Wagner, who came
to America with his father. She was born June 8, 1823.
They have had three children, who died in infancy. Mr.
Wagner is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Adelphi Lodge, No.
__; also of I. O. O. F., silver Moon, No. 440. He and wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr.
Wagner has been Township Treasurer five years.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Ward Twp. -
ELISHA WATKINS
was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1806, the son of
Jonathan Watkins, who died in that county. He came to
Ward Township in 1846 and was one of the first settlers of this
county. In 1874 he was injured by a fall which ultimately
caused his death in 1876. He was by trade a stone mason.
He married Margaret Philips, daughter of Peter and
Sarah E. Philips. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins were the
parents of eleven children, of whom nine are now living -
Wilson, Adaline, Martha, G. W., Jerome, Sarah E., Elisha, James
and Laura E. Mary J. died at the age of twenty-one
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Ward
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J. S.
WATKINS, a son of Elisha Watkins, was born Sept.
18, 1848. He was in the livery business in Straitsville,
Ohio, ten years, selling out and returning to Murray City, May
18, 1882. He owns ten acres of and in Watkins' addition to
Murray City, valued at $10,000. Mr. Watkins was
married July 8, 1879, to Miss Samantha Hardy, daughter of
Benjamin and Margaret Hardy. They have one child -
Daisy, aged two years. Mrs. Watkins's father died in
April, 1880, aged seventy-five years.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JACOB WEAVER,
County Recorder of Hocking County, was born near Lancaster,
Fairfield Co., Ohio, Oct. 13, 1842, where he was reared
obtaining a good common-school education in both English and
German. HE is the son of Andrew and Anna (Weidner)
Weaver. When nineteen years old he enlisted in Company
A, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
participated in many battles, among them Stone River, Shiloh,
siege and capture of Corinth, Perryville, Hoover's Gap,
Tullahome and Chickamauga, where he was wounded in the right
foot and taken prisoner Sept. 20, 1863. He lay on the
battle field for sixteen days, enduring intense pain, when he
was put in prison at Atlanta, Ga., but after a few days he was
transferred to Libby Prison, being incarcerated there two
months. Nov. 30, 1863, he was transferred to Danville,
Va., where he was imprisoned until Apr. 4, 1864, when he was
taken to Andersonville Prison and held a prisoner till Sept. 9
of the same year. From there he was taken to Charleston
and placed under the fire of the Union guns in the Charleston
jail, during the bombardment of that city, after which he was
taken to Florence, S. C. On Nov. 30, 1864, he was paroled
and received his discharge Jan. 19, 1865, his health being much
impaired after his long imprisonment. From July, 1865,
till January, 1877, he was employed as a brakeman on the B. & O.
R. R. on the Nashville & Chattanooga R. R., and during the year
1867 he engaged in shinning stock from Lancaster, Ohio, to
Eastern markets. In 1868 he went to Mattoon, Ill.,
remaining there till the end of the year, when he returned to
Ohio and settled in North Bern, Fairfield County, where he
remained till July, 1873, running a portable saw-mill most of
the time. He then removed to Lancaster and was employed as
foreman of the C., H. V. & T. R. R. till December, 1880, when he
was elected to his present office, having removed to Logan in
1876. He was married Aug. 2, 1868, to
Miss Sarah J. Ballenger,
of Mattoon, Ill. They are the parents of five children
whose names are - John A., Mary L., Thomas Ewing, Joseph H.
and William W. Mr. Weaver is a member of James
K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R., of Logan of which he
is Adjutant.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Perry Twp. -
LEVI WEAVER, farmer
and stock-raiser, was born in Perry Township, now Hocking
County, Ohio, in June, 1818, the only son now living of John
Weaver, who came from Northumberland County, Pa., in 1810,
and purchased the farm where our subject now lives, where he
resided until his death, July 25, 1858. Our subject was
reared on the farm and lived with his parents until he reached
his majority. He then worked out until he was married,
Oct. 1, 1846, to Sarah Friese, a daughter of John
Friese, who came from Berks County, Pa., and was among the
first settlers of the county. After his marriage he moved
on the old homestead, where he has since resided, and after the
death of his mother he purchased the interests of the heirs and
now owns a fine farm of 100 acres of improved land. Mr.
and Mrs. Weaver are the parents of twelve children, nine now
living - Mary, John, Caroline, Samuel, George, Martha, Laura,
Sarah E., Ellen. Susan and two twins are deceased.
Mrs. Weaver is a member of the Lutheran church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
RALPH WEBB, deceased, late of Falls-Gore, was born May
14, 1792, in Bridgeport, W. Va. His father, Rev.
Benjamin Webb, a Methodist minister, came to Falls-Gore in
1816, and settled on the northwest quarter of section 29, where
he died in 1827. Our subject came to this county with his
father, and entered 160 acres, or the entire northeast quarter
of section 29, receiving a patent from the United States
Government. The two Webbs settled in a dense forest
of heavy timber, and cut the first road from Logan to their
land. Ralph Webb was married Dec. 25, 1812, to
Martha Scarf, by whom he had three children, but one now
living - Benjamin, a resident of Falls-Gore.
Mrs. Webb died Dec. 13, 1821, and Mr. Webb was
married Feb. 18, 1823, to Mrs. Sarah A. Davis, a daughter
of Daniel Gunder. They had nine children, but two
of whom are living - Thomas and Rebecca (now
Mrs. Hardy). The others were: Mrs. Ann Taylor,
Mrs. Jane Sunderland, Isaac, Daniel G., William J., John J.
and M. M. Davis, now Mrs. Work, of Lancaster,
Ohio. Mrs. Webb resides with her son Thomas.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
THOMAS WEBB is a native of Falls-Gore, and
was born May 27, 1831, a son of Ralph Webb. He was
reared on the farm and was educated in the common schools, and
at Lancaster, Ohio. He remained in Lancaster two years,
working at the tinner's trade in the summer and attending school
in the winter. He resided in Logan from 1866 to 1871,
where he was engaged in buying and shipping cattle. He
engaged in the cattle business when quite young, driving them to
the Eastern markets. From 1855 to 1863 he crossed the
mountains 121 times. From 1863 to 1871 he shipped by rail.
In the fall of 1871 he went to Federal Creek, Ohio, and there
engaged in the oil business until the fall of 1873, when he
returned to Logan, remaining until the following spring, when he
removed to his present farm on the southwest quarter of section
29, Falls-Gore Township, where he now resides, and is engaged in
stock-dealing. Mr. Webb was married Jan. 1, 1860,
to Margaret A., daughter of Jonathan Saffel.
They have had seven children, of whom six are living - Emma,
Cleason G., Charles V., Isaac Willard, Hattie and Thomas
S. At the time of Morgan raid during the late
war Mr. Webb was overtaken at Millertown, Ohio, by
Morgan, and had two horses taken from him. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and his family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
RICHARD SWEEZEY WEITZELL, son of George and Mary (Spurrier)
Weitzell, was born May 1, 1851, in McConnelsville, Ohio,
where he was reared and educated at the common schools. He
was brought up as a stone-cutter and mason, and at the age of
twenty began to work for himself, being engaged as a workman and
contractor till may, 1877, when he was employed in a surveying
corps of the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad on Monday Creek
and Snow Fork branches as rear chainman until the spring of
1878. He was then promoted topographer, being employed in
that department until May, 1879, when he was engaged by the
Columbus & Sunday Creek Valley Railroad as resident engineer,
where he had charge of the construction of a ten-mile section of
the road during the summer of that year. In the following
spring the company changed its name to the Ohio Central, when he
had charge of a construction of a residency of eighteen miles in
Morrow County, Ohio. In June, 1880, he severed his
connection with that company, and was again employed by the C.,
H. V. & T. R. R. Company, as assistant engineer, residing at
Columbus. In July he went to Georgia, and was employed on
a division of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
until the following December, when he returned to Ohio and once
more became assistant engineer on the C. H. V. & T. R. R., which
position he still retains, residing at Logan. He is also
employed as mining engineer by the Columbus & Hocking Coal and
Iron Company, having charge of the survey of the mineral lands.
In 1879 he became associated with his brother, W. H. Weitzell,
as quarriers and strippers of Hocking sandstone, his brother
conducting the business. Apr. 18, 1878, he was married to
Miss Frances, daughter of Dennis McCarty, of
Logan. He is demitted Master Mason.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN WELLMAN, a son of John and
Susannah (Scutt) Wellman, was born near Dorchester, in
Dorsetshire, England, July 10, 1826. His mother dying when
he was three years old, and his father when he was ten, he went
to live with his grandfather, and at the age of thirteen he
began to learn the miller's trade at Lowell, near his
birth-place, where he was employed for nine years. He
afterward followed his trade at Wyke until 1851, when he
emigrated to America, and was employed as a miller at Albion,
Orleans Co., N. Y. In the fall of 1853, he visited
England, but returned the following spring and came to Ohio,
where he worked in a mill near Columbus until the following
August. He then came to Logan, and was employed as a
miller by Rippey, Dewar & James until 1857, when he went
to Lancaster, Ohio, and was employed in the mill of Joseph R.
Parker, and with his successor, John D. Martin, until
1866. He then went to Sugar Grove, Ohio, where he managed
a mill for John Martin until 1869, after which he
returned to Logan, and with Jacob Killer and R. W.
Keyens became proprietor of the steam flouring mill, under
the firm name of J. Killer & Co. In 1875 Mr.
Killer retired from the firm, the name being changed to
Keyens & Wellman, and so continues. In
September, 1863, he was married to Miss Rosannah Andregg,
of Lancaster, Ohio. They are the parents of seven children
- Edward S. an employe in the mill; Anna, Margaret,
Emma, Mary, John A. and Benjamin F.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Good Hope Twp. -
JOHN WELTNER, farmer, was born in Fayette County, Pa., Sept. 13,
1816, and is the son of John and Mary (Blosser) Weltner.
He came with his parents to Wood County, Va., when an infant,
and at the age of sixteen came to Ohio and located in Fairfield
County, engaged in tenching school, which he continued
for about twenty years. He was married Jan. 16, 1840, to
Miss Elizabeth Beery. They have had thirteen
children, nine of whom are living - Christian H., Elizabeth
R., Joseph C., Sarah E., John W., Daniel C., William D., Effie
A. and Clara C. Mahala C., Mary F., Martha J.
and Lydia A. are deceased. Mr. Weltner came
to this township in the spring of 1841 and located on the farm
where he now resides, which contains 600 acres of improved land,
with substantial farm buildings. He has held the office of
Township Clerk for six years, and has been Justice of the Peace
nine years. He is politically a Republican.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
ALEXANDER WHITE
was born in Ross County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1803. His father
was a Virginian by birth, but an early settler of Ohio.
His mother was a native of Kentucky. His early education
was limited, being such as could be picked up by attendance on
leisure days at the country schools; but after attaining manhood
he applied himself to study, and became one of the best informed
men of his day. When a boy his time was spent in working
on the farm in Adelphi and South Perry, his father removing in
an early day to the latter place. From 1837 to 1840 he
worked for General Worthington at the Falls Mils.
In 1840 he was elected County Recorder, serving three years.
In 1845 he was elected Auditor, and re-elected for five
successive terms. In 1858 he was again elected Auditor,
serving two more terms. He was elected and served as a
member of the State Board of Equalization for the district of
which Hocking formed a part in the years 1853, 1859 and 1870.
In 1873-'74 he represented his county in the Constitutional
Convention. For thirty years he was an acting Justice of
the Peace. Soon after coming to Logan he was elected
Mayor, and served one or two terms. His first vote
was for Henry Clay, in 1824. In politics he was an
unfaltering Democrat, and the most influential man in this
county the party ever possessed. In March, 1823, he
married Sarah Friend by whom he had ten children, eight
of whom are still living. His wife died Sept. 4, 1864, and
Dec. 27, 1864, he married Mrs. Sarah Payne. Alexander
White was a good and useful man, and in his sphere a great
man. His long and unprecedented career in public service,
indicates the confidence and trust the people had in his
qualifications and integrity, and although violently and
unsparingly opposed by political rivals, his bitterest enemies
never dared to utter a word or breathe an insinuation against
his honesty as a man and integrity as an officer. As a
neighbor he was generous and kind, always aiming to help the
deserving with such words and works of encouragement as
circumstances demanded or his means permitted. He was a
man of most determined purpose, cool and deliberate in making up
his judgment, but when once satisfied as to what was right and
for the best, he maintained himself against all and every
opposition brought before him. He hated meanness, and
could have no intercourse or association with those he thought
dishonest. He was a steadfast friend in every relation of
life, and when his word was pledged it stood as good for what he
promised as his bond. In 1852 he bought the farm near
Logan, where he resided till his death, in easy circumstances,
surrounded by such comforts and conveniences as his tastes
inclined and his own labors provided for him. He died June
19, 1876, after having lived to the advanced age of
seventy-three years, and been for more than half a century
identified with every public and important interest of his
party, and every useful enterprise of his county; his death was
a loss felt in every part of the county, as well as in the
township in which he lived.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
DARIUS WHITE,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Logan Manufacturing Company, was
born in Perry Township, Hocking (then Fairfield) County, Dec. 9,
1822, a son of Alex. and Sarah (Friend) White. He
received a common school education and commenced life for
himself as a teacher. From 1845 till 1861 he was employed
as Clerk in the Auditor's office of Hocking County, and from
1862 till 1865 was Teller in the State Bank of Logan. In
February, 1867, he with A. Houston, M. Kreig, A. B. Butin
and E. S. Collins formed the present Logan Manufacturing
Company under the firm name of Houston, Kreig & Co.
He has served as Clerk of Logan over ten years, and as Mayor one
year. Mar. 24, 1845, he married Hester A. McBroom,
of Hocking County. They have nine children - Nancy M.,
wife of J. W. Beem, of Indiana; Minerva Jane
of Logan; Alexander, of Illinois; Edward, of
Chicago, Ill; William H. and John of Logan;
Cora, wife of George Junkerman of Sandusky, Ohio;
Howard and Jessie at home.
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
HARLOW WHITE, son of Timothy and Clarissa
(Montgomery) White, was born at Perrysburg, Ohio, Mar.
23,1834. He lived in Belleville, Baltimore and
Circleville, Ohio, till he grew to manhood, going to school in
these places but receiving most of his education at the latter
place. At the age of ten years he began as a driver on the
Ohio Canal, and was so employed until he was fifteen. From
then until he was twenty-one he worked on a boat, when he
purchased a boat, and from then till 1865 he followed canal
boating on the Ohio and Hocking canals. During this time,
however, in the winter of 1861-'62, he was employed as Brigade
Wagon-master under General Nelson, serving in Kentucky.
He was then employed by B. W. Carlisle as a foreman on
the State boats of the Hocking Canal, and in 1878 he was
appointed the successor of Mr. Carlisle as
superintendent. In 1879 he removed to Logan and in
conjunction with his superintendency he engaged in the grocery
business which he still carries on. He has been twice
married, his first wife being Clarissa Jackson, of
Hocking County, whom he married in May, 1862. She died at
Cadiz, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1868. He was again married Sept. 11,
1869, to Catherine Curtis, of Lancaster, who has borne
him one child - Emma. Mr. White is a member
of the German Reformed church and his wife belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church. HE is a member of Logan Lodge,
No. 119, K. of P.
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN FRANKLIN WHITE,
attorney at law and City Solicitor, is the son of Darius and
Hester (McBroom) White. He was born in Logan, Aug. 24,
1859, where he was reared and educated in Union schools and
graduated from the Union High School in the class of '76.
He then began teaching, which he followed till the year 1880,
and while teaching in 1879 he also studied under the
preceptorship of Hon. John S. Friesner and afterward with
S. H. Bright, until he was admitted to the bar by the
Supreme Court at Columbus, Jan. 3, 1882. He then began the
practice of law at Logan, and in April, 1883, he was elected
City Solicitor of Logan, for a term of two years. He is a
Master Mason and member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Starr Twp. -
LEWIS WHITE,
section 2, Starr Township, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Aug.
29, 1834, a son of Delworth White, a native of
Pennsylvania, who came to Morgan County in boyhood and removed
his family to Starr Township in 1848. His wife was Miss
Aley Nickols. They had nine children, but three
now are living - our subject, Henry and Rachel.
The deceased were: Delila (Young), Dilworth (who died in
the late war), Elizabeth and three that died in infancy.
The father died Dec. 2, 1873. Mr. White was married
Sept. 3, 1857, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Hurd,
who came to Hocking County in 1847 and settled in Starr
Township, where he died Apr. 26, 1879. He was born in 1803
in Monroe County, Ohio. Mr. Hurd was the father of
twelve children - Jacob (died in the late war), Mary,
Nancy, Maria, Nathan (deceased), Elizabeth, Losetta,
William, Amanda, Almira, and John, who died in
infancy. Nathan was also a soldier in the
late war. Mr. and Mrs. White have had eight
children, seven of whom are living - Jesse, Henry,
Sarah, James William, John, Minnie B. and Lewis.
Charity is deceased. Mr. White owns 150
acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Mr. White belongs to the I. O. O. F.
fraternity.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Laurel Twp. -
D. B.
WHITCRAFT, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, was born
July 6, 1841, a son of William and Nancy Whitcraft, his
father of Irish parentage. When he was five years of age
his parents came to Laurel Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he
was reared and educated. Aug. 4, 1861, he enlisted in the
Thirty-first Ohio Infantry and participated in the battles of
Chickamauga, Stone River, Mission Ridge and about twenty-two
skirmishes. He was discharged Aug. 10, 1864, and returned
home, but again enlisted Mar. 22, 1865, in Company E,
Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served till Sept. 16, 1865.
He was married July 1, 1866, to Sue W. Kelch. They
have three children - William, Eliza and Jessie.
Mr. Whitcraft has for a number of years been engaged in the
saw-mill business, but at present is farming, owning a good farm
of eighty acres. Politically he is a Republican.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Laurel Twp. -
GEORGE
D. WHITCRAFT, a native of this township, was born Jan.
30, 1842. His father, Thomas Whitcraft, was a
native of Ireland, and came to America in 1801, locating in
Hocking County, Ohio. George D. was reared on a
farm and educated in the common-schools. In the spring of
1864 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio
Infantry, and served four months. He then served eight
months in Company B, of the One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Whitcraft has been in the
employ of Gibson & Wood, merchants, a number of years.
He moved to the farm where he now lives in 1867. He has
227 acres of valuable land. He makes a specialty of
dealing in sheep, and is considered one of the best judges of
that animal in the county. Politically he is a Republican.
He was married in September, 1867, to Jane Hockman, who
died leaving two children, only one now living - Catherine
Jane. Mr. Whitcraft then married Martha Sowers.
They have three children - Estella, Thomas and Effie.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Salt
Creek Twp. -
GEORGE W. WIGGINS,
born Oct. 13, 1836, is a son of Z. D. and Lucinda (Haynes)
Wiggins, the former of English and the latter of German
descent, but both natives of Ohio. In 1862 he was
appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, a position he held till
1864, when he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry. Owing to ill health he was on
the field very little, though he was at Washington when the
Confederates were trying to take the city. He was
discharged in November, 1864, and returned home, and again
served as Assistant Marshal till the close of the war. He
was married Oct. 20, 1859, to Caroline, daughter of
Jesse and Elizabeth (Plank) Ebert, natives of Ohio.
They have seven children - Mary, Jacob, Laura, Ransford,
Sherman, Clara and Otis. Mr. Wiggins is
a member of Lodge No. 114, I. O. O. F., Adelphia, and has taken
the subordinate and camp degrees. He was reared a farmer
and has always followed that occupation, but has recently sold
his farm of 258 acres and intends moving to Illinois this fall.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Perry Twp. -
CHARLES B. WILKINS,
farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Warren County, Va., Jan.
19, 1846, a son of John and Sarah C. (Calvert) Wilkins. He
enlisted Feb. 17, 1864, in Company A, Seventy-third Ohio Veteran
Volunteers, and immediately went South and went into camp at
Lookout Valley, Tenn., where they remained until the first of
May, after which he participated in many battles, some of the
more prominent being Buzzard's Roost, New Hope Church, Kennesaw
Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and with Sherman on
his march to the sea; from there he went to Alexandria, and from
there to Washington, where they remained for a time, then went
to Louisville, Ky., where they were mustered out of the service
and discharged July 26, 1865. He returned home and has
since been engaged in farming. He was married Feb. 4,
1868, to Emma Bushee, daughter of Alvah Bushee, of
Lancaster, Ohio. She was born Aug. 10, 1852. They
have had six children - Alda Z., born July 1, 1869;
Lewis D., Aug. 7, 1870; Mathew V., July 2, 1872;
George E., Sept. 1, 1877; John W., Apr. 9, 1879;
Frank C., Aug. 28, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins
are members of the Cumberland church.
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Perry Twp. -
JACOB M. WILKINS, farmer and stock-raiser,
was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1856, a son of
John and Sarah C. (Calvert) Wilkins, who were among the
pioneers of the county. Our subject was reared on a farm
and received his education in the common schools, residing with
his parents until he grew to manhood. He was married Nov.
20, 1876, to Laura Alice Unger, a daughter of Peter
Unger, of Hocking County. They have two children -
Harry E., born Aug. 30, 1877, and Hattie May, born
May 2, 1879. Since his marriage Mr. Wilkins has
followed farming with marked success.
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JOHN WILKINS,
deceased, was born in Warren County, Va., June 15, 1822, a son
of John and Mary (Brudlow) Wilkins. Mar. 13, 1845,
he married Sarah C. Calvert, daughter of Richard and
Lydia Calvert. In 1845 they came to Hocking County,
Ohio, remaining only a short time. From here they went to
Guernsey County and remained a few months, and then went to
Belmont County and lived three years, returning at the end of
that time to Hocking County, and purchased a farm on Little Pine
Creek. Four years later they moved to South Perry and
lived three years and then purchased the farm where Mrs.
Wilkins and the family still live. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilkins had a family of eleven children - Charles B.,
born Jan. 19, 1846; Mary E., Aug. 27, 1847; Lydia M.,
June 15, 1849; Nancy E., Mar. 12, 1851; John R.,
Mar. 6, 1853; Amanda V., Oct. 2, 1854; Jacob M.,
Oct. 19, 1856; Sarah E., Nov. 3, 1858; Docia D.,
Apr. 9, 1861; Eliza S., Nov. 5, 1863; Thomas B.,
July 28, 1869. Mr. Wilkins died Mar. 4, 1882.
He and his wife were both members of the Baptist church.
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Perry Twp. -
JOHN R. WILKINS was
born in Warren County, Va., on Mar. 6, 1853; the second son of
John and Sarah C. (Calvet) Wilkins, who came to Hocking
County in the fall of 1854. Our subject was reared on a
farm and received his education in the common schools, living
with his parents until his education in the common-schools,
living with his parents until he grew to manhood. He was
married Dec. 27, 1877, to Sarah M. Johnson, born May 19,
1852, daughter of the Hon. George Johnson of Perry
Township. They have two children - Earnest Leroy,
born Nov. 22, 1878, and Marvin, born July 16, 1881.
Since his marriage Mr. Wilkins followed farming three
years, and in 1882 engaged in the wire-fence business.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Silver Moon Lodge, No. 440.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Starr Twp. -
RICHASON
WILLIAMS, section 20, Starr Township, was born in
Bradford County, Penn., Feb. 23, 1818, a son of Chester
Williams, a native of Vermont and of English descent.
Our subject came to Hocking County in 1841. He was married
in June, 1842, to Charity E., daughter of Benjamin
Eggleston. They had six children - Marcus D. L.,
Obadiah P., W. Scott (deceased), David Wesley, Bruce
D., and Mary M. Obadiah's son,
Abraham l., and Scott's son, Thomas W., are
living with their Uncle Richason. Abraham is a
promising young man. In 1859 Mr. Williams was
elected Constable, which office he has since held with the
exception of one year. Soon after he came to this county
the bank failed and left him but $2 to start on.
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Starr Twp. -
JOSEPH D. WOLF,
deceased was born on Wolf's Plains, Athens Co., Ohio, Jan. 7,
1832, a son of Christopher C. and Rhoda (Dorr) Wolf,
among the earlier settlers of Athens. Christopher C.
was a live business man - owned and ran a grist and saw mill and
dealt largely in stock. He and wife had seven sons and
three daughters. Joseph D., the subject of this
sketch, was the sixth son. He was reared on his father's
farm on Wolf's Plains until seventeen, when he came with his
parents to what is now Hocking County, and settled on the farm
where his wife still resides, in Starr Township. He was
married to Mary V. Price in Logan, May 22, 1844.
She was born in Dover Township, Athens County, a daughter of
Jonas and Tamar (Culver) Rice. Her father was one of
the early settlers of Athens County. He was a colonel in
the war of 1812. When a young man he went among the
Chickasaw Indians and lived with them some years. He and
his brother Ambrose were afterward sent by the Government
to survey lands in Ohio. Jonas Culver sent one of
the first mills in Athens County, and also assisted in building
the Ohio University at Athens. He died with yellow fever
at Memphis, Tenn., in June, 829, while returning from New
Orleans, where he had taken a boat-load of provisions, he being
Captain of the boat. He and wife had five daughters; four
daughters lived to be grown. Mr. Joseph Wolf (now
Mrs. Jonathan Stirling) was the eldest. Mr. and
Mrs. Wolf have eight children, seven now living - Sarah
M. wife of George Fry; Louis H., farmer
of Green Township; Mary M., wife of William N.
England; Helena T., wife of Samuel England
(deceased); Andrew J., residing with their mother.
Mr. Wolf died Aug. 10, 1858. Mrs. Wolf
married Mr. Jonathan Stirling Mar. 26, 1865. He was
born in Hocking County and is one of the leading farmers and
coal men of Hocking Valley.
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Starr Twp. -
LAFAYETTE W. WOLF,
son of Mathew D. Wolf, of Starr Township, was born in
this township May 23, 1853. He was reared on his father's
farm and attended the common district school. He engaged a
short time in mining but has given the most of his attention to
farming. He was married Sept. 3, 1874, to Harriet L.
Paffenbarger, daughter of George Paffenbarger.
She was born in Vinton Count, Ohio, and died Apr. 20, 1875.
Mar. 7, 1878, Mr. Wolf married Florence, daughter
of Elias Boudinot, of Ward Township. She was born
in Dover Township, Athens County, and was a prominent school
teacher. They had one child born to them - Willis D.
Mrs. Wolf died June 25, 1882. Mr. Wolf is now
engaged in selling fruit trees with B. A. Hosom, well
known in the Hocking Valley.
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Green Twp. -
LEWIS H. WOLF,
son of Joseph Wolf, deceased, was born at Haydenville,
Hocking County, Mar. 27, 1848. He was reared a farmer and
received a common school education. He now resides on
section 3, Green Township, where he is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. He is the owner of 177 acres of land.
He was married in 1868 to Alma E., daughter of
Nathan R. England, deceased. Their children are -
Flora A., (deceased), Charley, Edward, Walter, Mary
M. and Joseph H.
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Starr Twp. -
MATHEW D. WOLF,
section 4, Starr Township, was born in Athens County, Ohio, Dec.
17, 1812, a son of Chritopher Wolf, who came to
Ohio from Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1797, and located in
Marietta, removing the next year to Ames Township, Athens
County, where he helped Judge Ephraim Cutler clear his
first land. He was married in 1803 to Rhoda,
daughter of Mathew Dorr, who came from New York to Athens
County in 1798. They reared nine of their children to
manhood and womanhood. Mr. Wolf died in September,
1846. Mathew D. bought the farm now owned by
Peter Hayden, in 1837, and in 1850 bought the one where he
now lives, which at that time had not an acre cleared. He
now owns 324 1/2 acres of valuable land. He was married
Jan. 1, 1839, to Chloe G. Brown, daughter of Perley
Brown. Of the fifteen children born to them, thirteen
are living- Edmond D., Rhoda, Lydia M., Perley B., Joseph W.,
John L., Lafayette W., Corrinda A., Christopher C., Phedora F.,
Andrew F., Charles P. and Finley H. A daughter,
Loraine L., the twin sister of John L., died in
Nelsonville, Ohio, May 31, 1878. She was the wife of W.
G. Hickman.
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Perry Twp. -
SAMUEL J. WOLF,
farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Perry Township, on the farm
where he now lives, Aug. 23, 1856, the oldest of the Hon. S.
S. Wolf, who has for many years been identified with
the political interests of Hocking County. Our subject was
reared on a farm and received his education in the common
schools, residing with his parents until he grew to manhood.
He was married May 5, 1881, to Miss Minerva J. McBrook, a
daughter of J. C. McBroom, of Laurel Township.
They have one child - Herman S., born Apr. 16, 1882.
Mr. Wolf resides on the old homestead which contains 136
acres; his residence and stable and other out buildings are the
finest in the township. His residence was erected in 1869
by his father. His stable outbuildings are large and
commodious, furnishing shelter for his stock and machinery.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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THOMAS B. WOLF,
farmer and stock-raiser, section 20, Perry Township, was born in
this township Apr. 14, 1858, the youngest son of the Hon. S.
S. Wolf. He was reared on a farm and received his
education in the common schools. He was married Sept. 1,
1881, to Miss Martha E. Drum, daughter of George and
Matilda Drum, of Hocking County. They have one child -
Ethel May, born Aug. 1, 1882. Apr. 25, 1882, they
moved on his present farm, which contains 163 acres of improved
land, on which he has fine two-story residence which he erected
in 1882. Mrs. Wolf is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
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Starr Twp. -
WILLIAM WOLF, JR.,
section 10, Starr Township, was born in this township, Nov. 3,
1838, a son of William Wolf, of Athens County. Our
subject was reared on a farm, and attended the common
schools. He married Mary Jane Parker, Dec. 5, 1865.
At that time he had $13 in money and two horses, and worked for
50 cents a day and his dinner. During the construction of
the Hocking Valley Railroad he was employed as foreman on the
grading of one of the divisions, and received $2.00 a day, a day
afterward advanced to $2.50 and board, then to $65 a month and
expenses. During the panic his salary was reduced to $55 a
month, and afterward advanced to $60, then to $70. He was
one of the contractors who built the grade for the Lick Run
branch of the Hocking Valley Railroad, in 1869. He then
engaged in lumbering for one season in Vinton county, for Gould,
and afterward for W. W. Brooks, a short time, when he was
hurt by a falling tree. He then built the grade for
Peter Payden's narrow gauge railroad which extends from his
hoppers to his mines in Green Township, and then was foreman for
Mr. Hayden over ten yeas, when, on account of failing
health, he resigned his situation. During the spring and
summer of 1883 he erected a neat two-story frame dwelling on his
farm, at a cost of $1,000. It is 34x28 feet, with a
drop-roof kitchen. Mr. Wolf now owns 199 acres of
land, with good farm buildings. He is the father of six
children - Dora B. (deceased), Albert P.,
Fannie P., James C., Robert V. and Lillie M. Mr.
Wolf has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church
twenty-four years, a member in good standing of the Odd Fellows
fraternity over twenty years, and a member of the Masonic
fraternity three yeas. Mrs. Wolf is also a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Benton Twp. -
FREDERICK WOLFE,
son of Daniel and Joanna (Bench) Wolfe, was born in Surry
County, N. C., Sept. 24, 1814, and came with his parents to Ohio
in 1825, settling in what was then Ross County, but is now
Vinton. His father not being able to buy a half section,
the least that could be bought at that time, was obliged to
settle on Congress land. Mr. Wolfe remained with
his father in Ross County ten years and then came to Hocking
County and entered forty acres of land. In 1835 he married
Rebecca, daughter of John and Hester Chilcote.
About the time of his marriage he traded his land for what is
now known as the Eby farm. He by industry added to
his possessions till at one time he owned 262 acres of fine
land. He now has 105 acres. Mr. Wolfe is the
oldest resident in Benton Township. When he first came
here he had to go twenty-four miles on horse-back to mill.
Their salt was brought from the Kanawha Salt Works, Va., also on
horse-back. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe have had eight
children, of whom the following grew to maturity - John
(married twice, Mary and Rachel Davis), Hester A.
(now Mrs. T. J. Allison,) Daniel, Joshua (married
Jane Turner). Mr. Wolfe has been a member of
hte Methodist church since 1840.
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Starr Twp. -
ICHABOD WOODARD, deceased, late of Starr
Township, was born in Delhi County, N.Y., Aug. 18, 1812, and was
son of Ichabod Woodard, Sr. Our subject was brought
to Zanesville, Ohio, by his parents in 1812, and to Fairfield
County in 1813, where they remained until 1824, then removed to
McArthur, Ohio. He and his brothers William and David
came to Starr Township, in December, 1824, to build a cabin and
prepare for the family by the following spring. Mr.
Woodard was always characterized by his industry and
integrity. When a mere boy of sixteen summers he did the
work of a man on the public works near Lancaster, Ohio. He
sometimes worked all day and half of the night. The money
he earned by working at night he kept, but the rest he gave to
his father. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church in 1831. He was married Apr. 21, 1836, to
Eleanor Nelson, daughter of Hon. Daniel Nelson, the
founder of Nelsonville. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard had
eleven children born to them. - Sarah (Mrs. Parker),
Mary, (Mrs. Moore), Ward, James, H. Clay (
deceased), Clinton, Ella (deceased), Ida
(deceased), H. Leroy and two that died in infancy.
Clay was married to Huldah Tomlinson and left one
child - James V. Our subject died Mar. 16, 1868.
He was a kind husband and affectionate father, an obliging and
agreeable neighbor. His life was marked by acts of charity
and benevolence. His purse was ever open to assist the
poor and in building up churches, schools and benevolent and
charitable institutions. Mr. Woodard and family
removed to their farm on section 16, Starr Township, in 1837,
where Mrs. Woodard and the youngest son, Leroy,
still reside. The latter was born Mar. 1, 1854.
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Starr Twp. -
ICHABOD WOODARD, SR., deceased, was born
in Essex County, N. J., Oct. 12, 1782, and was a son of
William Woodard, a Revolutionary soldier, who lost his life
in that great struggle for liberty. At the age of twenty
years our subject went to New York State, and ran rafts of logs
to Pennsylvania. He afterward owned a mill on the
Delaware River, which was destroyed by a freshet. Then, in
1812, he placed his wife and children and effects in a one-horse
wagon and came to Zanesville, Ohio, where he stopped to rest a
day or two, turning his horse into a pasture field. There
was one tree (or stub) in the field, and when the horse was
grazing near by it fell on him, killing him instantly.
Mr. Woodard was completely broken down by this misfortune,
for he was left with a family, a wagon, and only $6 in money.
He traded his wagon for a horse, and managed to get his family
to Fairfield County in the fall of 1813. He there engaged
in farming until 1824, when he removed to McArthur, in what is
now Vinton County, Ohio. In February, 1825, he removed to
the old Woodard homestead, in Starr Township, on section
15. The house he had built there in the fall of 1824 is
still standing, and is occupied by his grandson.
Webster Woodard. He was married Dec. 16, 1804, to
Sarah Bennett. She was born on Long Island in 1785, on
a place given to her mother, Mary Beers, by Mrs.
Woodard's Grandfather Beers. It is situated
where a part of Brooklyn now stands. The deed was lost and
other parties unjustly own the land. Mr. and Mrs.
Woodard were the parents of twelve children, eight now
living - Martha, Nancy, David and William (twins),
Nathan B., James G., Ephraim and Isaac. Mr.
Woodard was for many years a Methodist, and was the father
of the class at Woodard's (now called Morris) Chapel.
His house was for many years the home of the itinerant minister.
June 2, 1868, he read a few chapters as usual in the Bible, laid
in a chair near the bed, and expired in a few minutes.
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Starr Twp. -
NATHAN B. WOODARD
was born near Lancaster, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1815, and is a son of
Ichabod Woodard, Sr., deceased. He was brought up on a
farm and received his education in a subscription school.
He was married Apr. 21, 1836, to Sarah M. Nelson,
daughter of David Nelson, the founder of Nelsonville,
Ohio' They have had eight children - Silas, in San
Francisco, Cal.; Daniel, who was killed at the battle of
Chickamauga during the late war; Lizzie, Supervisor of
the female department at the new insane asylum at Athens, Ohio;
Lydia A., now Mrs. Milton Parker, of Nelsonville;
Lucy, Mrs. Thompson, now deceased; Amos F., of
Union County, Ohio, Iowa; Nathan Webster, of Starr
Township; and Ephraim R., at home. For the past
eighteen years Mr. Woodard has been a licensed local
preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been
a member fifty-two years. He has filled appointments
nearly all over the New Plymouth circuit, and has been
successful in winning souls to Christ. He has always given
of his means largely to support the gospel, and for other
philanthropic and charitable institutions. He was a
Class-leader in the church for seven years, and an exhorter
seven years. He was Justice of the Peace for Starr
Township six years, and had, during his term of office, nearly
all of the business of that office in the township. He was
also Clerk of the township for some time but resigned.
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Laurel Twp. -
T. D. WOODS, son of Edward and Arminta
Woods, is a native of Hocking County, born Oct. 27, 1842.
He lost his father when quite young, and upon his mother
marrying again went to live with Joel Gibison, remaining
with him till Aug. 4, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B,
Thirty-first Ohio Infantry. His regiment participated in
some of the most noted battles of the war, among them
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. Mr. Woods was
detached from the regiment and assigned to duty in the
Quartermaster’s department, where he remained several months.
After the war he became established in the mercantile business
in Gibisonville, where he still has a large stock of general
merchandise, and by honesty and fair dealing has secured a
liberal patronage. He was married Apr. 11, 1866, to
Sallie E. Whitcraft. They have one daughter -
Nevada J. Politically Mr. Woods is a
Republican. He has held most of the township offices,
serving as Justice of the Peace five years. He is a member
of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. He has a farm of 125 acres
near the village of Gibisonville.
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Falls Twp. - including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN WRIGHT WORK
was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1823, the eldest of three
sons of Joseph and Nancy (Work) Work. He was
educated in his native town. His father being a boot and
shoe manufacturer he also learned the business, and when
twenty-one years of age, in 1844, became associated with his
father and uncle under the firm name of Work, Son &
Work. In 1853 he came to Logan to take charge of a
branch of the Lancaster house, under the firm name of John W.
Work & Co. His uncle dying in 1862, the house in
Lancaster was known as Work & Son. and the one in Logan
as J. & J. W. Work His father died in 1864,
and he became sole proprietor of the store in Logan, and his
brother, James M., was associated with him in the store
at Lancaster, the name being Work & Brother.
In 1878 he sold his interest in Lancaster to his brother.
Mr. Work was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue of the third sub-division of the Twelfth Collectoral
District of Ohio, during Johnson's administration and
served three years. He was married Dec. 28, 1847, to
Miss Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth
(Whitaker) Fielding. Mr. Fielding was a pioneer of
Lancaster, having settled there in 1833. Mr. and Mrs.
Work have four children - Clara Maria, wife of R.
D. McManigal; Annie E., wife of J. P. Henderson;
Mary Ellen wife of Dr. B. C. McManigal and Edgar
Whitaker, a student at Wooster University, Ohio. Four
children died in infancy, and one son, William Fielding,
died May 1, 1872, aged fifteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Work
are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Logan. He
is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, a
member of the lodge, chapter and council at Logan, and the
commandery at Lancaster. He is also a member of the Odd
Fellows lodge and encampment at Logan, and is Past Grand and
Past High Priest.
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
ROBERT REED WORK, son of Joseph and
Nancy (Work) Work, was born at Lancaster, Ohio, Sept. 25,
1832, where he lived till he was sixteen years old, being
educated in the public schools of his native place. On
leaving home he was apprenticed to his uncle, John Work,
to learn the tinner's trade, and served until becoming of age.
He then worked at his trade as a journeyman at Lancaster and
other places till 1857 when he came to Logan and established his
present hardware business, being associated with G. M. Webb,
under the firm name of G. M. Webb & Co. In March,
1865, Thomas E. Baker became Mr. Webb's successor,
changing the firm name to Work & Baker He has
served as Chief Engineer of the fire department of Logan for ten
years. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred
and Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio National Guards, to serve 100
days as a private. He served on guard duty in the
fortifications at Washington, D. C., and was discharged in
September, 1864. Dec. 6, 1859, he married Miss Ann V.
Cushing, of Logan. They have seven children, viz.:
Ella S., Charles Sumner, George Pullen, Robert Cushing, Lottie
Rochester, Frank and Julia Meredith. Mr. Work
and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Logan,
of which he is Ruling Elder. He is an Odd Fellow, and
member of Charity Lodge, No. 7, at Lancaster.
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Washington
Twp. -
HIRAM K. WRIGHT was born Sept. 1, 1832, in
Washington Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, a son of Joseph
Wright, a native of Green Township, born Sept. 17, 1806.
His grandfather, Thomas Wright, was one of the earliest
settlers along the Hocking River. The Wrights were
of Irish descent, and the wife of Thomas was a German
lady. Joseph Wright was married at the age of
twenty-one years to Levina Carver, a native of
Washington County, Ohio. Shortly after his marriage he
built a hewed-log house, a portion of which is still standing.
He died June 17, 1860, and his wife Nov. 23, 1882. They
had a family of thirteen children, rearing ten to maturity -
Lucinda, wife of J. D. Sain of Coles County, Ill.;
Albert C., of Benton Township; Presley O., of
Cromwell, Iowa; Hiram K., subject of this sketch; Mary,
wife of George Bond, of Crawfordsville, Ind.; Robert
W. S., of Coles County, Ill.; Ann Maria; Barbara,
wife of Samuel Johnson, of Coles County, Ill.; Irwin
C., a physician of Haydenville; Emily L. wife of
Daniel Moore, of Coles County, Ill. Hiram K. Wright
was married Sept. 5, 1858, to Susan Trout, a native of
Washington Township, and a daughter of Paul Trout.
She was born Aug. 17, 1837. They have four children -
Clara A., Charles V., Stella L. and Bertha Bell.
They have lost four - Mary L., aged three years;
Eugenia F., aged eighteen months; Frank H., aged
seventeen years, and Irvin D., aged twenty-one years.
Mr. Wright attended the common schools of Washington
Township and the Ohio University at Athens. He then taught
school at intervals for eighteen terms. After his marriage
he moved on a farm that he had previously bought, in Benton
Township, and resided there three years, when he purchased
the farm where he now resides in Washington Township.
Mr. Wright was for eighteen years a member of the Methodist
church, but in 1876 joined the Presbyterian church, and was
shortly after elected Treasurer and Deacon. Politically he
is a Democrat. He has served two terms as Justice of the
Peace, two terms as Township Trustee, and School Director and
Supervisor, and has been President of the Board of Education.
He has been the executor of one estate and administrator of
another. He was guardian of a brother and sister, having
the care of them from the ages of ten and fourteen till they
were of age.
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Falls Twp. - including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
OLIVER W. H. WRIGHT,
attorney at law at Logan and junior member of the firm of Bright
& Wright, is the son of William C. and Rachel (Dollison)
Wright He was born near Somerset Perry Co., Ohio, Apr.
10, 1856, where he lived six years, when he moved with his
parents to Hocking County. At the age of eight years,
being thrown upon his own resources, he worked on different
farms till he was fifteen years old, when he was employed by
Dr. James Little on whose farm he worked until he became of
age, at the same time attending the High School at Logan, from
which he graduated in the class of 1876. He then taught in
Hocking County, and at the same time began the study of law
privately. After teaching three years he commenced to
study under the preceptorship of S. H. Bright,
teaching during the winter months. He was admitted to the
bar Apr. 1, 1879, by the Supreme Court at Columbus, and at once
formed a co-partnership with his preceptor, forming the present
law firm of Bright & Wright. Dec. 2, 1879, he was married
to Miss Lelia, daughter of James E. Houston, of
Logan. They have been blessed with one child - Anna.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Logan. In the spring of 1880 he was elected City
Clerk of Logan, and was re-elected in1882, his term of office
expiring in April, 1884. He was elected a member of the
Board of Education in April, 1883, for a term of three years.
Mr. Wright is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight
Templar Mason, and member of Mingo Lodge, No. 171; Logan
Chapter, No. 75; Hocking Council, No. 39, and Lancaster
Commandery, No. 2, of Lancaster. He is also a Knight of
Pythias, and member of Logan Lodge, No. 119.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. - including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
ROBERT WRIGHT,
manufacturer, was born in Portage County, Ohio, June 2, 1809.
His parents were residents of Pennsylvania, whence his father, a
farmer, removed to Ohio in 1800. His early education was
received at the country school, in Hocking County, attending the
winter sessions until he reached his eighteenth year.
During the summer months of those years he was engaged in farm
labor. Later, he also taught school for two or three terms
in the winter season. He was thus employed as a farm hand
until 1835, but during the latter years of that time was engaged
in agricultural pursuits on his own account. From 1835
until 1842 he was interested in the construction of the Hocking
Valley Canal, having secured a contract to finish five miles of
this enterprise, partly in Athens and partly in Hocking County.
From 1842 until 1855 he was employed entirely in agricultural
pursuits, and in the latter year purchase the larger portion of
hte Hocking Falls Mills, securing the balance of the property in
1862. This mill was built by Governor Worthington,
of Ohio, about the year 1818, and remained in the possession of
his family until 1855. Since its sale the present owner
has continued to conduct its affairs, and in connection with it
is extensively interest in farming an stock-raising. The
fall operated by him at the present time has been in his
possession since 1829. In 1844 he was elected a Justice of
the Peace, but resigned this office in 1846. He also
served two terms of three years each as County Commissioner.
In 1850 he was appointed by the Legislature of Ohio, Associate
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served in such capacity
until the adoption of the new constitution abolishing the
office. In 1852 he was appointed also by the Legislature
one of the Trustees of the Ohio University, at Athens, Ohio, a
position which he still holds. He was for several years a
Director in the Logan branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and
Director in the First National Bank of Logan during its
existence, and also a stockholder in the Columbus & Hocking
Valley Railroad until it was sold. He is interested in the
building development of Logan, and in its several improvements.
His present residence on Main street is the handsomest place of
its kind in Logan, and was completed in 1873. He was
married in October, 1840, to Elmira Hamblin, by whom he
has had four children, three boys and one girl. Of the
former, two are lawyers and the third a farmer.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Green Twp. -
HON. WILLIAM A. WRIGHT,
section 21, Green Township, was born here, on the old homestead,
Dec. 18, 1841, his father, John Wright, (deceased), being
also a native of this township. He was reared on a farm
and educated at the Logan Union School and at the Ohio
University. He possesses 347 acres of land, and is engaged
in farming and stock-raising. He has held the office of
Justice of the Peace three years and served in the Ohio
Legislature in 1882 and '83, and while in the Legislature he was
interested in several bills, one being in regard to the leasing
of the Hocking Cana. He was married Mar. 26, 1868, to
Margaret, daughter of Samuel Wilhelm, of Fairfield
County. They are the parents of six children, whose names
are - Thomas S., Lottie A., James W., George L., Edward A.
and Frederick W. Mr. Wright belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal church, and is a member of the I. O. O. F.
society.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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