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JAMES
K. CAMPBELL was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1828, a son of
John and Margaret (Bell) Campbell. His father was a
native of Ireland, and was brought to America when a child, by his
parents, who located in Washington County, Penn., where he was
reared. After his marriage, in 1810, he moved to Massillon,
Ohio, where his wife died, and the children were then taken back to
Pennsylvania. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom
lived to maturity: Parker, Duncan, J. B., Reason, Hiram,
Alfred and James K. and Margaret (twins).
The mother died when the twins were but one day old, and they were
taken by an aunt, with whom they lived until manhood and womanhood.
James K. Campbell was married in 1851 to Mary
A., daughter of John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, and to
them were born eight children: Melinda, Mary, Addie, Marshall,
Arthur W., Annie, Maggie and Emma. Mr. Campbell
commenced life a poor man, but was possessed of a superabundance of
energy and perseverance, and became a successful farmer, owning 160
acres of finely improved land. He was public spirited and
enterprising, respected by all who knew him. He died in 1884.
Mrs. Campbell and her children live on the homestead, the
work of the farm being superintended by her son Arthur W., a
promising young man of excellent abilities, and popular in the
community in which he lives. The family are members of the
Disciples Church.
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CAPTAIN
DAVID COLLIER, is a native of Ripley Township, Holmes Co.,
Ohio, born in 1849, the eldest son of H. J. and Letitia (Wells)
Collier. His early life was spent with his father, and he
was given good education advantages, attending first the common
schools, and later the Hayesville Academy. He began working on
the railroad in his youth, became a practical engineer, and for a
time was employed on the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad.
Returning to Holmes County in 1868 he engaged in buying and shipping
grain, which he has since carried on successfully. He has been
prominently identified with the various interests of Plimpton, and
is one of the most highly respected citizens of the town. He
is a member of the Plimpton Guards, of which for two and a half
years he was lieutenant, and for the past two years has been
captain. He has held a number of the township offices, and has
ever been a faithful public servant. He is member of the Royal
Arcanum. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, also Master of
Hanover Lodge, No. 115, F. & A. M., Loudonville, Ohio; in politics
he is a Democrat. Mr. Collier was married in 1874 to
Sophia Tope, of Knox Township, Holmes County, and they
have had eight children, five of whom are living: Clyde,
Wayne, Calvert, Vernon and Charles. Mr. and Mrs.
Collier are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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J. Q. A.
CONNER, a prominent farmer of Monroe Township, was born in
Upper St. Clair Township, Allegheny Co., Penn., in 1827, a son of
John and Sarah Ann (Adams) Conner, both of Allegheny County.
John Conner was a carpenter and school-teacher, and was a
well-to-do citizen. He had a family of twelve children, five
of whom are living: J. Q. A., Eliza, Ann, Hiram and Ellen
(twins).
J. Q. A. Conner was given good
educational advantages, remaining at home until twenty-one years of
age, when he began farming on his own account. In 1877 he
moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and bought 125 acres of land, which
was formerly the Phillips property. Mr. Conner
was married, in 1852, to Margaret, daughter of William and
Catherine (Porter) McMillen, prominent citizens of Allegheny
County. Mrs. Conner is one of a family of twelve
children, the remaining eleven being Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel,
Ann, Williams, James, Alexander, Nancy, Caroline, Thomas and
Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Conner have had died in his
twenty-third year; John Henry, Annie Catherine, who died in
her fifteenth year; Sarah Lizzie, who died in her seventeenth
year; Wilson Lesnett, who died in his fourth year;
Winfield Scott, Elmer and Nora (twins), Thomas,
Clarence and Orland Hartford Six of the family died
in childhood. Mr. Conner enlisted in the War of the
Rebellion, in 1865, a member of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and
served five months. He and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church; in politics he is a Republican.
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EDGAR
COLE, M. D., one of the most successful physicians and
surgeons of Holmesville, Ohio, is a native of Bradford County,
Penn., born Aug. 1, 1842, a son of John and Asenath (Andrews)
Cole, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German and English
descent, the latter a native of Vermont, of Scotch descent.
Our subject was reared on a farm, and followed that vocation until
he was thirty years of age. He began reading medicine when
twenty-five years old, and finally entered the University of
Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1873. He first
located in his native State at West Franklin, but in the fall of
1873 went to Tennessee, following his profession, although his chief
purpose was to regain failing health, and in 1874 he came to
Holmesville, where he has built up a good practice.
Dr. Cole was married in his native county in
1866, to Prudence e., daughter of Gates and Rebecca Wilcox,
the latter of whom is deceased. To Dr. Cole and wife
were born two children: Glenn and Maude. This
wife dying, the Doctor married, Oct. 4, 1877, Mrs. Sadie E.
Starner, widow of Jackson Starner, and a native of
Holmes County, born in 1848. Dr. Cole served in the War
of 1861, and enlisted at Towanda, Bradford Co., Penn., at the age of
nineteen, being the first man to sign the enlistment roll in that
county. He returned to his home at the expiration of five
weeks, and re-enlisted, serving this time five months, although
enlisting for three years, having been discharged on account of
disability. Dr. Cole is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, Millersburgh Lodge; in politics he affiliates with the
Democratic party. In the fifteen years he has lived in
Holmesville he has made many friends, and is now one of the
prominent citizens of the town.
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JOSEPH
H. COLE is a prominent farmer, a member of one of the
representative families of Hardy Township, and is a native of
Lancaster County, Penn., born in 1839, a son of Thomas E. and
Barbara (Ackerman) Cole. He was about eight years of
age when his parents came to Ohio, and from that time he has been
identified with Holmes County. Since reaching manhood he has
devoted his energies to farming, and has also dealt extensively in
lumber; has been successful in business, and is now one of the
leading citizens of his township. He is vice-president of the
Holmes County Agricultural Fair Association, and is a trustee of the
Children's Home.
Mr. Cole has always been a loyal citizen of his
country, and when his services were needed freely gave them in her
defense. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and
Second Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war.
He was married July 2, 1867, to Mary, daughter of R. A.
and Susan (Heling) Snyder, natives of Maryland, and early
settlers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, former born in 1803. The
mother died in 1852, aged thirty-seen years, and the father in 1867.
Mrs. Cole is the youngest of their nine children, only three
of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Cole have had two
children: Altha B. and Albert F. Mr. Cole is an
active member of the G. .A. R., an organization in which he is much
interested, and he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
He is a Republican.
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THOMAS
E. COLE was born in Lancaster County, Penn., Sept. 18, 1806.
His paternal grandparents, Conrad and Sarah Cole, were
natives of Germany. His ancestors were long-lived, his
grandmother living to be a hundred years old. John Cole,
the eldest son of the family, and the father of Thomas E.,
was born in Lancaster County, Penn., and made that county his home
as long as he lived. He owned a small tract of land, but his
occupation through life was that of a day laborer, being an expert
in making thatch-roofs. He married Hannah, daughter of
Thomas and Hannah (Miller) Esborn, and to them were born ten
children, nine of whom grew to maturity: Annie, Frederick, John,
Sarah, Thomas E., Eli, Samuel, Henry and Robert.
Four of the family, Sarah, now Mrs. Millhouse, Thomas E.,
Samuel and Robert are now living.
Thomas E. Cole was reared in his native county,
and as his father was poor his early advantages were limited.
He remained under his fathers's control until twenty-one
years old, working by the month until eighteen years of age, and
then hiring out by the year, giving all his earnings to his father
except the necessary expenditures for clothing. After reaching
his majority he continued at farming, and being economical saved
some money; in 1847 he came to Holmes County, Ohio, and made his
first purchase of land. He continued to work for others after
coming to Ohio, and for two years was employed by Jacob Yoder,
of Berlin Township. He then went to Wayne County, where for
one year he was engaged in keeping a hotel. He then returned
to Holmes County and began working on his land in Salt Creek
Township, his first purchase being forty-five acres. This he
improved and made his home until 1873, when he bought the farm where
he now lives in Hardy Township, which contains thirty-three acres.
Mr. Cole was married Nov. 23, 1830, to
Barbara Ackerman, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob
and Barbara (Baer) Ackerman, former of whom died on the sea in
1816, leaving a widow and seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Cole
had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living:
Joseph, John, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Fannie, Mary and
Melissa. Two sons, Jacob and Thomas, were
soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, both members of the Sixteenth
Ohio Infantry - Jacob of Company B, and Thomas of
Company I. Jacob was wounded at Champion Hills, and
died in the hospital at St. Louis, July 9 following, aged twenty-two
years. Thomas died at Young's Point of lung trouble,
Feb. 6, 1862, aged eighteen years. Mrs. Cole died in
1881, aged seventy years and the home is now presided over by three
of the daughters. Mr. Cole is of more than
ordinary intelligence, and is one of the representative men of his
township. The family are members of the Lutheran Church; in
politics, Mr. Cole is a Republican.
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H.
J. COLLIER, one of the leading citizens of Clinton Township,
Wayne County, was born in that county in 1825, a son of James and
Sarah (Ailer) Collier, former of whom was a native of Maryland,
and a descendant of one of the early families of that State.
His people immigrated to Ohio in 1811, and here he became quite
wealthy. He was engaged in the hotel business and distilling,
and owned about 280 acres of land in Wayne County. He married,
first, Miss Sarah Ailer, and to them were born six children:
Latha, Daniel, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah and H. J. His
second wife was Orpha Baird, and they had a family of four
children.
James Collier died in 1836, and thus at the age
of eleven years H. J. was left an orphan. He
subsequently came to Holmes County with his stepmother, remaining
with her until 1841. When sixteen years old, he learned the
carpenter's trade, at which he worked until 1870, when he gave his
entire attention to his farm of 133 acres and selling sewing
machines in Wayne County for a number of years; then retired to a
more quiet life, and has since been engaged in mercantile trade.
He is an upright, honorable gentleman, and is highly esteemed by all
who knew him. He has held several official positions, and has
always attended to the duties devolving upon him in a painstaking
and efficient manner. Mr. Collier was married in 1844
to Letitia, daughter of David Wells, and to them were
born three children: David, Sarah Ellen and Bird.
Mr. Collier died in early womanhood and Mr. Collier
afterward married Caroline, daughter of Charles Golwitz,
who bore him four children: Willis, Charles, James and
Letha. In politics Mr. Collier is a Democrat.
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WILSON
CRAIG is a son of William Craig, who was born in
Washington county, Penn., July 3, 1785. John Craig, the
grandfather of Wilson, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland;
immigrated to America and participated in the War of the Revolution,
after the close of which he settled in Washington County, Penn.
He married Miss Mary Patterson, a resident of that county but
a native of Ireland. In 1817 Mr. Craig came to Ohio,
purchased 500 acres of land in Coshocton County, and moved his
family there in 1818. He was a prominent member of the
Democratic party, and served as justice of the peace for many years.
He reared two children, of whom William, the father of the
subject of these lines, was the eldest. John Craig died
Mar. 19, 1824, aged about sixty-two years; his widow died Mar. 19,
1828, aged about seventy years, both dying on the same day of the
month.
William Craig received no education whatever,
never going to school but one day. He married Miss Margaret
Davidson, of Jefferson County, Penn., moved to Coshocton County
with his parents, and lived there until his death. He was one
of the prominent farmers of his time and a man well known.
Their house was often used by teamsters between Coshocton and
Wooster, as a stopping place to feed, stay over night, etc.
Mr. Craig started in life poor, but by his own efforts became
well-to-do. He was a member of the Democratic party, and
filled various township offices. He was one of the original
six members of the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, and a prominent
member of the same until his death, which occurred Aug. 17, 1853.
His wife died Oct. 24, 1852. Twelve children were born to
their union, six of whom are still living: John, Charles,
George, Wilson, Margaret (wife of George Murray, of
Coshocton County) and Sarah (wife of Robert Wilson,
also of Coshocton County).
Wilson Craig was born on the homestead farm June
10, 1826. He was educated at the proverbial log schoolhouse of
that period. May 7, 1851, he moved into Holmes County and
purchased his present farm of 170 acres, where he has since resided.
Jan. 16, 1851, he was united in marriage with Miss Sally,
daughter of Jacob Conrad, of Mechanic Township, and they have
eleven living children: Mary M., wife of Levi
Shaffer, of Mechanic Township; William, living at home;
Sarah Catherine, wife of John T. Mitchell, of Decatur
County, Iowa; John, at home; James, of Mechanic
Township, married Miss Rellie Harbaugh; Elizabeth, wife of
William Casey, of Coshocton County; George, of Coshocton
County, married Miss Ruth Miller; Oliver, Emma, Clemena and
Clifford, at home. Mr. Craig is an active worker
in the ranks of the Democratic party. He has served as
township treasurer for several years, and has also held other
township offices.
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ALFRED
W. CRAWFORD, farmer, Hardy Township, is a native of Holmes
County, born in 1838. His father, Alfred Crawford, was
a native of New York, and on coming to Holmes County settled first
in Prairie Township, near Holmesville, where he bought 160 acres of
land, on which he lived until his death; he died June 10, 1851, at
the age of forty-nine years. He was married, in 1824, to
Lydia Andrus, who survived him many years; she died in 1880, at
the age of seventy-two yeas. They had a family of ten
children, viz.: Elmira, born in 1825; Sallie,
born in 1827; Ezra, in 1830; an infant, in 1833; S. A.,
in 1834; Asenath, in 1836; Alfred W., in 1838;
Susan, in 1840; Penthena, if 8143, and Cyrus A.,
in January, 1847.
Alfred W. Crawford was thirteen years old when
his father died, and from that age he had to assist his mother in
the care of the farm, remaining with her until after the breaking
out of the War of the Rebellion. Oct. 14, 1861, he enlisted in
Company H, Twenty-third Ohio Infantry, for three years. He was
a brave and gallant soldier, participating in many of the leading
battles of the war, and was discharged at the close of his term of
enlistment, Oct. 14, 1864, and returned to his home in Holmes
County, where he has since devoted his attention to farming.
He is one of the prominent citizens of the county, and has held
several important official positions. He has been a member of
the board of supervisors and also of the school board. In
politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr.
Crawford was married, in 1862, to Sarah J., daughter of
Peter D. Biggs, and to them were born six children:
Alfaretta, Seth S., Lydia C., Rutherford B., Bessie and Ada.
Mrs. Crawford died in 1876, aged thirty-five years, and Mr.
Crawford was again married, taking for his second wife Alma
S., daughter of Lewis and Delilah (Bates) Crawford.
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C. H.
CRAWFORD is a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Prairie
Township, and a native of Holmes County, born Feb. 28, 1835, a son
of Ezra and Anna (Croco) Crawford, who were among the
pioneers of Holmes County, coming here in 1829. His mother
died in 1839, and thus when about five years old he was deprived of
the care that is so essential to childhood. He was reared in
his native county, remaining with his father till manhood, and in
the latter's old age was privileged, in some measure, to return the
care and attention he had received in his early life.
The father died in 1875, aged seventy-five years. Our subject
has made good use of the lessons learned on his father's farm in his
youth, and has now a valuable one of his own, all under cultivation,
with good building improvements. His residence is a
substantial stone building, and the other adjuncts are commodious
and convenient. His farm, which contains 156 acres of fertile
land, is located in the best part of Prairie Township, convenient to
markets, and is especially adapted to general farming. July
29, 1862, Mr. Crawford enlisted in the defense of his
country, was assigned to Company A, One Hundred and Second Ohio
Infantry, and served till he was wounded, Sept. 24, 1864, by a
gunshot, the ball entering the leg just below the knee joint and
lodging in the instep, having been with his company all that time
without missing a single roll call or turn of duty, and never having
to report or be reported at sick call. After remaining some
time in the hospital he was mustered out June 8, 1865. He was
married in 1861 to Sarah A. Neiswander, a native of Holmes
County, born in 1838. They have had a family of nine children,
six of whom are living: Arthur, Helen, Nora, Elmer, Ella
and Mervin. In politics Mr. Crawford is a
Republican, taking an active interest in the government of the
country he fought to defend.
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WILLIAM
CRISWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 17, Prairie
Township, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Mifflin County, Oct.
29, 1822, a son of James and Elizabeth Criswell, natives also
of the Keystone State, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. In 1824 they
moved to Ohio and settled in Wayne County, where the father died in
1860, aged seventy years, and the mother in 1873. They reared
a family of nine children, six of whom are living, William
being the fourth.
William Criswell was reared a farmer, and has
made that occupation his life-work. He has been industrious
and thus far successful. When he started in life for himself
he bought sixty acres of land, paying for half of it. He was
ambitious, and went bravely to work to improve his land and make for
himself a home; and how well he has succeeded is evidenced by the
fact that he now has a fine farm of 775 acres. His residence
was erected in 1858, and in 1882 he built an addition, making it one
of the most convenient and comfortable farmhouses in the township.
His bar was built in 1863 at a cost of $2,500. Mr. Criswell
was married May 6, 1847, to Elizabeth, daughter of
John and Margaret (Dizer) Harrison, her father being a distant
relative of President Harrison, and is still living at
the advanced age of ninety-three years. Mr. and Mrs.
Criswell have one child, Isabel, wife of James A.
Smith, who has three children: William A., James C.
and Ettie H. Mr. Criswell has served his fellow
townsmen as trustee nine years, and as justice of the peace six
years. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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THE CRITCHFIELD FAMILY.
Since its first settlement near Danville, Knox Co., Ohio, some
eighty years ago, this family has grown to large proportions, and
spread into many States and Territories. The ancestor
immediately involved here, Nathaniel Critchfield, with ten or
twelve brothers and sisters, Virginians, came from Washington
County, Penn., to Ohio in 1806. He resided and died near
Howard, Knox Co., Ohio. He was married to Polly Welker,
of a numerous family, of whom Judge Martin Welker, of the
United States Court, is a relative. Nathaniel and his
wife Polly had a large family, of whom William Critchfield,
a son, located and lived and died near Danville, above mentioned.
William was married to Elizabeth Troutman, who was of
a family of German descent, residing in Maryland, and which family
carried on the milling business on the Potomac river. She
conversed in German. The sons and daughters of William and
Elizabeth were Charles, Reuben T., Samuel, Hiram,
Jesse, Enoch, Solomon, Jackson, Matilda, Delilah, Lucinda and
Catherine. The first two and the last four are still
living.
REUBEN TROUTMAN
CRITCHFIELD is the
father of the subject proper of this sketch. Nathaniel
Critchfield and Polly Welker are understood to have been
of English extraction. He was a tall, large man; she was a
small, dark-eyed and dark-complexioned woman. The race of
which they are the ancestors are of medium size. He was a
farmer by profession, but somewhat addicted to fast horses and
Virginia sports. His gray eye and aquiline nose indicated
healthful intellectual power and great force of character. He
is represented as a man of superb appearance, and Polly is a
beautiful, courageous little woman. Their progeny are, to day,
superior in all the vocations of life, whether as farmers,
tradesmen, mechanics, doctors or lawyers. Of the children of
William, Jackson became a lawyer of great promise, but
died on the threshold of his career. Solomon, educated
in the medical profession, became a successful practitioner,
extended his researches far into every philosophy, was a great
orator and great man; he died while acting as post surgeon during
the war, at Nashville, Tenn. Reuben T. was a great
orator and great man; he died while acting as post surgeon during
the war, at Nashville, Tenn. Reuben T. was a skillful
cabinet maker and mechanic. All the descendants of
Nathaniel have been of strong physical and intellectual
power, and noted for integrity and a high sense of honor. The
educated and eloquent lawyer, John Dawson Critchfield, the
two able lawyers and probate judges, John M. and C. Edward
Critchfield, and the very brilliant Harry D. Critchfield,
just starting on his legal career, all of Knox County, illustrate
the fine material of old Nathaniel and Polly.
About the same time the Critchfields emigrated to Ohio,
Joseph Matheny and Elizabeth, his wife, left their old
home in Maryland and settled at Danville, Knox Co., Ohio.
Joseph and Elizabeth were of the strictest sect of Quakers.
From Maryland also came Henry Hardesty, who had married the
Quaker daughter of Joseph Matheny, and he settled in Brown
County, Ohio, where Eagle Creek empties into the Ohio River.
Henry Hardesty was a man of large brain, of nervous
temperament, of strong convictions and quick perceptions. His
wife, Elizabeth, was as mild as a summer's morning and as
warm; she was all love and sympathy. He was good but hasty; she
was a Quaker, he a nervy Marylander. Henry Bascom,
afterward the great Methodist orator, the protégé
of Henry Clay, taught school and boarded with Henry
Hardesty at Eagle Creek, and Henry Clay often skiffed it
down the Ohio River to see Bascom. Henry Hardesty
was a life-long friend of Clay's, voted for him and was a Whig, and
had no love for Jackson. Old Nathaniel and
Joseph Matheny, however, were Democrats. Joseph
Matheny was of English ancestry, and Henry Hardesty of
Scotch-Irish extraction.
Henry Hardesty and his wife, Elizabeth,
had a large family of sons and daughters, viz.: Asa,
Elijah, Mahala, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary, Effie and Nancy.
He left Eagle Creek, going up to Danville to take charge of the farm
of Joseph Matheny. Nancy was there married to
Reuben Troutman Critchfield, and they had two sons:
Leander J. and Lyman R. Critchfield. After remaining in
Danville until Lyman R. was four years old, they removed to
Millersburgh, Ohio, about 1834-35, where they have resided ever
since. Reuben and Nancy lived by daily toil, saving and
self-denial. These are the simple annals of the poor.
The mother, however, had caught the inspiration of something better;
she pondered over many things. Of large brain and comprehension, of
fine memory and wit, an inimitable story teller, and of poetic
immigration, she did not fail to see the conditions of the future.
She loved her children to idolatry, and with her hands labored and
saved small things and accumulated, and had the joy of seeing both
her sons educated and graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at
Delaware, Ohio. She saw them both successful lawyers, and
realized her dream of life; she died at the age of seventy-five
years, Sept. 14, 1884. And of the father, through less
enthusiastic in the cause of education, it is due to him to say that
his industry and daily toil furnished his full share of means to
accomplish the mother's inflexible purpose. He is yet living
at the venerable age of eighty-four years in well-deserved quiet and
comfort.
Hon. Leander J. Critchfield left the Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1850, was admitted to the bar shortly
thereafter, was in partnership with the late Judge Finch of
Delaware for a short time, when, being appointed reporter to the
supreme court of Ohio, he removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he held
the office of reporter for fifteen years, and practiced his profesfor
a time, in partnership with the late Noah H. Swayne,
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
He is yet in active practice, and is an able, brilliant lawyer,
conceded to be fit for the highest judicial position, either State
or National, and had often been named in Millersburgh, he acted as
deputy clerk in the clerk's office of Holmes County, then filled by
the late Robert K. Enos. It is supposed he received his
political bias from the strong partisan influence of Mr. Enos,
as a Whig and has since been a Republican. He still maintains
the methodical beauty of his handwriting, his studious habits, and
his exemplary character which distinguished him as a boy.
About the year 1852, he was married to Sarah Manser, a lady
of quiet manners and even temper. Of their children, Clara
and Willie, amiable and beautiful children, are
deceased; Ella, widow of John Short, an eminent
divine, professor and historian, with her three children, and
George M. are at home with their father, who resides at a
country residence near Worthington, Ohio. In religion he was a
Methodist, and was a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan University for
many years, but now he and his family are members of the
Episcopal Church.
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LYMAN R. CRITCHFIELD
(continued from The Critchfield Family, above here).
Lyman R. Critchfield grew up as a boy in Millersburgh, and at
the age of eighteen years, having attended to common schools and
recited latin to Hon. William Reed, he commenced attending
the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1852, when he
entered the office of the attorney-general at Columbus, Ohio, then
filled by the Hon. George E. Pugh of Cincinnati. From
this eminent lawyer and orator, who was Ohio's United States Senator
and celebrated as the ablest Democratic expounder of the
constitution, the subject of this sketch received impressions as a
Democrat, lawyer and speaker, which have affected him during life.
Being admitted to the bar in the supreme court, he returned to
Millersburgh in 1854. In 1858 he was elected prosecuting
attorney of Holmes county, and was re-elected in 1860. While
serving his second term he was nominated by the Democratic State
Convention, in 1862, as its candidate for attorney-general of the
State, and together with Hon. W. W. Armstrong of Tiffin,
Ohio, and Hon. Rufus P. Rainey and other State officers, was
elected and sworn in as attorney-general, in January, 1863, which
office he filled for two years. He was re-nominated for a
second term at the Democratic State Convention of 1864, but was
defeated with the rest of the ticket. In 1865 he was nominated
without his knowledge, and elected, with Hon. Frank Hurd of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, Democratic Senator from the senatorial district
composed of Knox, Morrow, Wayne and Holmes Counties, and served in
the State senate during the session of 1865 as the only Democrat on
the judiciary committee, where his labors were arduous, but
faithfully performed. having a growing family and little
income as a Senator, and believing the bad ventilation in the State
house was impairing his health, he resigned that position to Gov.
Cox, and Hon. Robert Justice, of Holmes
County, was elected to fill his unexpired term. He believed,
as a Senator, there was small opportunity to accomplish any reforms
in a Republican Senate, but he opposed with persistency every
extravert expenditure; opposed with all his ability the first
attempt to take the government of the cities out of the hands of the
people; advocated in an able speech, without success, the eight-hour
law for operatives in manufacturing, and opposed every proposed
measure not warranted by strict construction of the State
constitution. In 1868 he was nominated by acclamation, "as the
Democratic candidate for Congress in the district composed of
Holmes, Wayne, Ashland, Medina and Lorain Counties, having a
Republican majority of 2200. Believing that the ill
impressions engendered by the war in Medina and Lorain Counties
might be removed by a personal canvass, he addressed meetings in
every township in those two counties. He was received
and treated with great kindness by the republicans of the district,
and although Hon. Martin Welker, the most popular man in the
district, was his opponent, he was defeated by less than 500
majority, and that result, in his opinion, was probably largely
affected by the presidential excitement of that year. The
congressional canvass of this year, as is claimed by the subject of
this sketch, involved the discussion of the public extravagance and
private jobbery of officials of the Republican lands to private
corporations, and the suspected conspiracy to pay the 5.20 bonds in
gold, and, had the action of the district would doubtless have gone
Democratic. As an indorsement of the effective canvass made by
him in this contest, the democracy of the district again nominated
him as their candidate for Congress in 1875, but he was again
defeated by a small majority by Prof. James Monroe, C. F. Vorhes,
Hon. William Reed and Hon. D. S. Uhl, but mostly with the
latter, a gentleman whose untimely death, in 1884, has left many
noble qualities to be remembered. For ten years he has been
associated with John Huston, Jr., in the practice which has
been both profitable and pleasant. The agent for this work
reported upon personal injury, that "he has, as a result of hard
work, attained an enviable place in his profession, standing at the
head of the list of attorneys of Holmes County, and has also gained
a reputation throughout the State as an able legislator and
attorney." Among the students who have been admitted to the
bar from his office are Hon. Moses Hoagland, Hon. E. S. Dowell,
Hon. W. Stilwell, Hon. M. L. Smyser, John Van Nostran, John K.
McBride and Benjamin Eason, Sr., all of whom here
attained distinction at the bar. He has been a Democrat from
his boyhood, and every year he has not only acted influentially on
the committees but made speeches on political issues, which have
been widely published in the Democratic papers of the State.
At the inception of the late Rebellion, he made, on July 4, 1861,
the first speech in his county, in favor of the Union, and of the
war to save it. He assisted by speeches to raise recruits for
the volunteer forces, and remained true to the Democratic party as
the conservative force to preserve the Union and the constitution.
Indeed, he believes that the teachings of the Democratic fathers,
and the administration of Democratic presidents, and the Democratic
theory of constitutional construction, involve everything of value
in theory and practice in the history of the American people.
And, while he rejoices in the preservation of the Union, it is as
the constitutional Union, and he regrets that, under cover of the
confusion of war, systems of jobbery and extravagance have grown up
under the fostering conspiracy of the Republican party, the most
dangerous of which is the tariff law, protecting private
associations to amass millions as a bribe for political purposes,
and transforming the revenue system from a financial to a mere
political purposes, and transforming the revenue system from a
financial to a mere political scheme, at the vast expenses of the
people. He has also delivered many addresses, among which was
a brief one on the death of Garfield, and one on the Fourth of July,
1887, on the dedication of Holmes County's new court-house, all of
which have been widely read. The people of Holmes County, whom
he admires for their democracy, independence and intelligence, have
done much to bring him into prominence. They have presented
his name to the convention for nomination for circuit judge, which
met at Mt. Vernon in 1883. At the Democratic State Convention
which met at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887, his name was presented for
nomination for judge of the supreme court of Ohio, and he was
nominated for that position by acclamation; again, in 188, he was
nominated by the Democratic State Convention, by acclamation, which
met at Dayton, Ohio, for the same position; and, although defeated
with the rest of the ticket, he rose, as he always did, ahead of the
general vote, especially in Holmes County, where many persons of
every party gave him their support.
Mr. Critchfield is now fifty-eight years of age,
being born May 22, 1831, and is in the full vigor of his strength,
mental and physical. On Oct. 2, 1854, he was married to
Miss Adelaide M., daughter of Dr. Moses Shaffer, a
distinguished physician of Wooster, Ohio, lately deceased. By
this marriage there came a large family of children: Edith
C. (wife of Wilbur F. Cleveland, of Minneapolis, Minn.);
Grace L. (wife of William H. Shoup, of Millersburgh,
Ohio); Henry Hardesty Critchfield, a physician of Cass
County, Dak.; Mary E. (wife of Wilfred E. Palmer,
Millersburgh, Ohio); Blanche C. Anderson, Adelaide F., Lyman R.
Critchfield, Jr., and Nelly C. The grandchildren
are Wilbur Henry Cleveland, Walter S. Shoup, Lyman Ray and
Burke, sons of Dr. Henry H., Mabel Adelaide, and
Lyman Warren Palmer, and Harry Critchfield Anderson.
He wishes said in relation to his home, and to rescue a faithful wife from the
ordinary oblivion of domestic life that to her unfailing kindness,
good nature, patience, industry, prosperity and success. As a
citizen of Millersburgh, he has taken a lively interest in the
welfare of the town. As mayor he assisted to make the fire
department efficient, having purchased the first serviceable engine;
as secretary of the cemetery association he drafted the certificate
of incorporation, and helped to organize it; as a member of the
council he prepared many ordnances; as a school director he
originated and helped to erect the fine school building on the
elevation east of town. He was one of the potent influences in
obtaining the magnificent court-house on the public square. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He also takes an
interest in the Methodist Church, of which he and his family are
members. He has some years yet ahead in which to accomplish
the object of his life.
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WILLIAM
P. CRITCHFIELD is a representative of one of the leading and
most enterprising families of Holmes County, where he was born Apr.
17, 1841. His grandfather, John Critchfield, was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War. His father, Lorenzo D.
Critchfield, was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, and when eleven
years old accompanied his parents to Ohio, remaining with them and
working on the farm until he was twenty-two years old, when he
married and began life for himself. He was an active energetic
man, and was a successful farmer, which he made his business of his
life. He was a taking an interest in all that was of benefit
to his township. He held every office in the township, and for
twenty-one years was a justice of the peace. He was a Democrat
in early life, but being a Democrat in early life, but being a
strong anti-slavery man voted for John C. Fremont for
president, and soon after voted the Republican ticket. He
married Julia, daughter of Adam Humberger, and they
had a family of eight children, five of whom are living: Rachel
(Mrs. Correll), Even (Mrs. D. F. Jones), Lewis, Eliza
(Mrs. John Boles) and William P. Elizabeth died at
the age of thirteen yeas, and two died in infancy; the mother died
June 3, 1869, and the father, May 21, 1877.
William P. Critchfield resides on the homestead
farm, where he was reared. His education was obtained in the
schools of the township, and he was taught twenty-five terms of
school, all but two being in the schools of Ripley Township.
He has been very largely connected with the public affairs of the
county. He was justice of the peace three terms, township
clerk, and was a candidate for probate judge and county auditor, but
although he reduced the majority of his opponent, was defeated, as
his party is largely in the minority in this county. He has
been for a number of years engaged in farming, owning 250 acres of
highly cultivated land, his improvements being among the best in the
township. Mr. Critchfield married Levina,
daughter of Allen and Nancy (Job) Ross, and they had eight
children: Ammon B., Reno H., Schuyler Colfax, Lois B., Maud,
Fred, Jessie and Pearl (twins), the latter of whom died
at the age of two years. In 1864 Mr. Critchfield
enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry,
and served his country valiantly. He is now a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and the International Progressive Association. He
and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
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LAWRENCE
CROW is a son of Lawrence and Britanna (Caldwell) Crow,
of Washington County, Penn., where Lawrence was born Oct. 31,
1802. About 1816 or 1817 they migrated to Holmes County, Ohio,
and entered a quarter-section of land in Salt Creek Township, where
they lived the remainder of their lives. They were natives of
Ireland, and were Protestants. Eight children were born to
them, only two of whom are living: Lawrence, and Thomas,
the youngest, living on the homestead in Salt Creek Township.
Lawrence Crow came to Holmes County when about
fourteen or fifteen years of age, where he attended the schools of
that period, and assisted his parents in clearing the homestead.
In 1844 he was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca, daughter
of Henry Leisy, a native of Lancaster county, Penn., but an
early settler of Holmes County, Ohio. Eleven children were
born to them, eight of whom are living: Henry, of
Nebraska; Azariah, Gilbert and William, at home;
Nancy, wife of William Royce, of Michigan; Sophia,
Ellen, Rebecca and Emma L. at home. Mr. Crow
first voted for Gen. Jackson for President, but has since
been a supporter of the Republican party, and has served in various
township offices. He and family are members of the German
Baptist Church.
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DR. A. A.
CRUMP, SR., physician and surgeon, of Millersburgh, Ohio, was
born in Maryland, near Baltimore, Sept. 13, 1821, the third of nine
children born to Alfred and Margaret (Walter) Crump.
His father was a carriage maker, and about the year 1833 he became
identified with the State of Ohio, which he made his home until his
death, which occurred when he was ninety-two years of age. He
was a soldier in the War of 1812. The early life of Dr.
Crump was spent with his parents in Baltimore, West Virginia and
Ohio, and he was given good educational advantages, learning to
speak and write the German as well as the English language. At
the age of twenty he began the study of medicine with Dr. John
Dellenbaugh, with whom he read three years, practicing with him
for one year. After completing his studies he located at
Millersburgh (though previouly practicing two years at
Wooster, Ohio), where for forty-five years he has been prominently
identified with the medical fraternity, his practice extending
throughout Holmes and into adjoining counties. He is the
oldest practicing physician in Holmes County, and so much is his
opinion valued by the younger members of the profession that he is
often called upon by them for counsel, and his advice and assistance
are always freely and gladly given to aid his young brethren in the
fraternity. Dr. Crump was appointed, under Gov.
Mordecai Bartley, as surgeon for the examining of soldiers in
the Mexican War, First Rifle Regiment, and Fourth Brigade, Ninth
Division, of the State Militia of Ohio; his appointment was to
continue six years, and bears date Jan. 8, 1846.
Dr. Crump has been twice married. His
first wife was Miss Sarah Kelly, by whom was born one son,
Dr. A. A. Crump, Jr., a physician of Millersburgh; his
second wife was Miss Nancy Venausdal, and they have six
children: Sarah, Kate, Alfred, Bert, Stephen and Armanon.
Dr. Crump is a valued member of Holmes County Medical Society;
is a member of the I. O. O. F. Politically he is a stanch
supporter of the Democratic party, has served twice as a member of
the town council, and has also held other positions of trust.
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HUGH
M. CUNNINGHAM, one of the leading merchants of Millersburgh,
was born in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1839, a son of
Thomas and Mary Cunningham, who were among the early settlers of
Wayne County. His early life was spent on a farm, and
for some years he devoted his attention to the agriculture and
school teaching, having had the benefits to be derived from the
common schools and the academy at Hayesville, Ohio, and, being of a
studious disposition, he made good use of the advantages he had.
He was successful in both these callings, but in 1871, concluding to
enter mercantile business, he removed to Millersburgh, where he has
since lived. The first five years he was engaged as clerk in
the postoffice. He has met with success in mercantile life,
and is now one of the substantial business men of the town.
Public spirited and liberal, he has been a contributor, both of his
time and means, toward the development of Millersburgh, and in all
enterprises his influence has been felt in a substantial way, and
many evidences may be seen of his interest in the welfare of the
town.
Mr. Cunningham was married in 1865 to Esther,
daughter of Joseph Mitchell, of Beaver County, Penn.
Their only son, J. M. Cunningham, was born in Wooster in
1866. He was educated and graduated in 1866. He was
educated and graduated in the schools of Millersburgh, and in 1884
began the study of dentistry, graduating from the Ohio Dental
College, at Cincinnati. Locating at Syracuse, N. Y., he has
now there a lucrative practice, and for a young man has already
attained distinction in his profession. Mr. Cunningham
and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he
is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
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THOMAS
BEER CUNNINGHAM, of the firm of White & Cunningham,
editors and proprietors of the Holmes County Republican, was
born in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, November 11, 1837, a son
of Thomas and Mary Cunningham. His grandparents,
David and Mary Cunningham, were natives of Ireland, of
Scotch-Irish descent, both born in Strabane in 1762 and were married
April 18, 1786. They came to the United States in 1800, and
entered land in Chester Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1816, being
among the early settlers; having previously lived ten yeas in
Pennsylvania, and six near Canton, Ohio. They had a family of
seven children: Margaret, Elizabeth, Martha, Thomas, David,
Mary and Hugh, all of whom married and had families, and
all are now deceased, Elizabeth having died recently, at the
age of ninety-four years. The family were all long lived, none
dying in early life. Thomas Cunningham was born in
Ireland, Nov. 2, 1798, and was married Apr. 9, 1829, to Mary
Ayers, whose parents came to Wayne County in 1811, from
Cumberland County, Md., where she was born Oct. 19, 1810.
Thomas Cunningham and wife settled on the old Cunningham
homestead, where they brought up a family of ten children, five of
whom are living: David A., Thomas B., Hugh Milton, Lizzie S.
and Melvin O.
Thomas B. Cunningham received his academic
education at Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, and in 1861 entered
Jefferson College, Cannonsburgh, Penn., where he graduated in 1863.
He taught school in Philadelphia, Penn., Wooster, Ohio, and
elsewhere for several years, both before and after his graduation.
While living in Wooster, he married in 1868, Miss Maria Louisa
Mitchell, of Beaver, Beaver Co., Penn. In 1870 he moved to
Millersburgh, where he has since lived engaged in the newspaper
business. He was postmaster at Millersburgh four years, and since
1870, with three years' exception, has been chairman of the
Republican County Central and Executive Committees. He was an
Alternate delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1876,
and also in 1880. In 1882 he was the Republican candidate for
State Senator for the Seventeenth and Twenty-eighth districts, and
cut down the Democratic majority from 2,200 to 1,200. He has
been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for several years, and in
1880 was a delegate to the General Assembly of that body, at
Madison, Wis. He has paid considerable attention to music; has
published several pieces of sheet music, and also a couple of
Sunday-school music books, entitled "Song Buds, Nos. 1, and 2."
He was the organizer and leader of the Philharmonic Club, of
Millersburgh, which is one of the favorite organizations of the
town, and which has quite a reputation in this part of the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have no children.
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A. B. CUTTER,
one of the well-known farmers of Salt Creek Township, is a son of
John Cutter, a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., who about
1814 came to Holmes County and engaged as a day laborer, walking
from Pennsylvania to Holmes County. He married Miss Hannah
Peterman, of Huntingdon County, Penn., who died in 1873.
He afterward entered a tract of land in Franklin Township,
Wayne County, where he died in 1886. In his political views he
was a Democrat, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. His family consisted of seven children, three of whom
are living: Elizabeth, A. B., and John W., on
the homestead in Wayne County.
A. B. Cutter was born on the farm in Franklin
Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, Mar. 19, 1832, and was the first child
born on that farm. He was educated in the township schools,
and learned the carpenter's trade in his youth, at which he worked
for several years. In 1858 he was united in marriage with
Miss Susan B., daughter of Robert Armstrong, of Salt
Creek Township, and have since resided on his present farm.
Six children were born to their union: Hadessa M., wife of
William Bupp, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County (have two
children: Parris Roy and Mary E.); Robert, at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ira, Charles, Joseph and Harvey,
at home. Mr. Cutter was drafted in the Civil War, but
was honorably discharged on account of disability. He is an
active supporter of the Democratic party, and has filled the offices
of school director, supervisor and trustee. For five years he
has been one of the managers of the Millersburgh Agricultural
Society. He and family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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S. J. CUTTER, of Prairie Township,
resides on the old homestead on which his father settled in 1821.
His paternal ancestors came from England to America about 1600, and
his maternal ancestors were Scotch and Irish. His father
settled, as before stated, on the farm where our subject now lives,
in 1821. It was at that time a tract of uncultivated timber
land, and required years of hard work to bring it under the high
state of cultivation in which it now is. The parents of our subject
made this farm their home as long as they lived, the father's death
occurring May 16, 1877, when he was aged seventy-two years, and the
mother's in 1878.
S. J. Cutter is a son of Ezekiel and Martha
(Charlton) Cutter, and spent his early life like the majority of
pioneer boys, assisting in the work of clearing the farm and
attending to the numerous "chores" that usually fell to the lot of
the boys of the family. His education was necessarily limited,
as the schools of his day were not up to the standard of the present
public schools, and his parents, being in meager circumstances,
could not afford to pay the amount required to send their children
to the better schools of that period. He remained at home
until manhood, and then began the battle of life for himself.
Thinking that life was the better worth living with some one to
share its joys and sorrows, he married Nov. 13, 1860, Christina
Stucker, a native of Holmes County, daughter of Abraham and
Elizabeth (More) Stucker, who settled in this county in 1818,
although her grand-parents were here still earlier than that, being
among the first of the pioneer settlers. Mr. and Mrs.
Cutter have nine children, viz.: Ezekiel A., of
Nebraska; Harry M., Charles C., Mary E., Finley D.,
Samuel, John, Frank and William C. Mr. Cutter now
owns the homestead farm which contains 280 acres of land, and is
engaged in general farming and stock raising. He makes a
specialty of buying and shipping cattle, hogs and sheep, and also
raises some graded stock, having on his farm about fifteen,
thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, seven of which are registered.
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