REV. JOHN GAILEY
is the son of the late Rev. Richard Gailey, of the United
Presbyterian Church.
He was born in Madison, Penn., and when a child came
with his parents to Richland County, Ohio, where he was brought up
He graduated from Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, in June, 1861,
being, it is believed, with one exception, the youngest to graduate
from the college. The following winter he entered the United
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at Allegheny, Penn., from which
he graduated in March, 1866, having in the meantime taught for a
year, and served several months in the army in the summer of 1864.
He was licensed to preach by the United Presbyterian Presbytery of
Monongahela, April 12, 1865. He accepted a call from Butler,
Penn., Dec. 26, 1865, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Butler,
and installed pastor of Butler congregation, Apr. 24, 1866. In
November, 1868, having been granted a vacation by his congregation,
on account of failing health, he went to Nashville, Tenn., and
engaged in work among the Freedman under the direction of the United
Presbyterian Board, returning to his congregation in May, 1869.
In November, 1870, he declined an informal call from the First
Church at Washington, Iowa. He resigned the charge of Butler
congregation December 26, 1871, and accepted a call from the Fourth
United Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Penn., of which he took
charge Jan. 1, 1872, and was formally installed pastor Mar. 26,
1872.
In May, 1872, in connection with the Rev. R. B.
Robertson, he published "The Psalter," the entire book of psalms
set to music for use in the praise service in the churches of his
denomination. It was indorsed by the General Assembly, was the
first and for fifteen years the only complete book of the kind in
the denomination. He declined a call from Butler, Penn., his
former a call from St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 28, 1876; resigned the
charge of the Fourth Church, Pittsburgh, on account of ill health,
Oct. 17, 1877, and was unable to preach for a year. He served
the congregation at Utica, Ohio, as stated supply and pastor, from
June 1, 1879, until June 9, 1885, during which time the congregation
built a beautiful house of worship. He declined a call
from Millersburgh, Ohio, in 1883; also a call from New Lisbon, Ohio,
in September, 1885. He accepted a call from Millersburgh,
Ohio, in September, 1885, and was installed pastor by the Presbytery
of Mansfield, Jan. 9, 1886.
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ANDREW GAMBLE (deceased) was a
native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County, in 1813.
His father, Maj. Gamble, was a prominent farmer in Washington
County, but about the year 1832 came to Holmes County, Ohio, and
purchased 200 acres of land in Hardy Township. The most of
this land was heavily timbered, but assisted by his own sons he
cleared it, and it is now one of the best farms in the township.
He was married in Pennsylvania to Ann Fulton, and to them
were born two sons, James and Andrew. At the
father's death Andrew succeeded him in the ownership of the
farm, which he continued to improve. He was always an
energetic, industrious man, and up to the time of his death
superintended his farm, although for some time unable to do any hard
work. He was one of the well-to-do farmers of the township,
and by his integrity and uprightness had gained the esteem of a
large circle of friends.
He married Rachel Beaty, of Holmes County, and
they had a family of five children, viz.: James, Artimisa, Mary
Ann, Harriet and Melissa the last two named being the
only survivors. The mother died in 1851, aged thirty-seven
years; the father died in 1882. Mr. Gamble was from his
youth a member of the United Presbyterian Church; in politics, a
stanch Republican.
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ROBERT
A. GARRETT, the eldest son of Andrew and Jane (Torbet)
Garrett, was born on the old homestead, in Ripley Township, May
25, 1838, and was there reared, receiving his literary instruction
in the common schools.
When a young man he taught school several years,
subsequently turning his attention to farming and stock raising, and
has prospered in his business transactions. Mr. Garrett has
taken an active interest in the affairs of his township, and has
served as assessor and school director. He is a Republican in
politics, being a stanch supporter of the principles of that party.
He was married in 1862 to Miss Charlotte, daughter of
Jacob Leyenberger. They have no children. Mr. and
Mrs. Garrett are members and liberal supporters of the
Presbyterian Church.
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JACOB J.
GETZ, marble-cutter, Millersburgh, was born in Paint
Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, in March, 1851, a son of Jacob and
Christine (Schindler) Getz. His parents were natives of
Germany, and emigrated to America in 1847, locating in Holmes
County, Ohio, where they spent the latter years of their lives.
The mother died in 1856, aged thirty-six years, and the father in
1875, aged fifty-seven years. They were the parents of ten
children, but three of whom are now living. The father was a
stone-mason and stone-cutter by trade, and also carried on his farm,
owning at one time 196 acres of good land.
Jacob J. Getz spent the first years of his life
on his father's farm, and until twenty-one years of age assisted his
father in its cultivation. He then, in 1872, came to
Millersburgh to learn the marble-cutter's trade, serving an
apprenticeship, and as soon as his trade was mastered, opened, in
1878, a shop of his own. In 1883 a partnership was formed with
Mr. Lang, the business was increased, and they now carry
on the most extensive works of the kind in the town and county.
Mr. Getz was married in 1879 to Ross, daughter of
Frederick and Elizabeth Lang, of this county. Mrs. Getz
died leaving three children: Lizette, Esther and
Bertha. Mr. Getz was again married, taking for his second
wife Miss Lizze Shaffer, and they have one child. In
politics Mr. Getz is a supporter of the principles of the
Republican party.
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WILLIAM GILSON,
one of the prominent pioneers of Holmes county, was born in
Wayne County, Ohio, in 1816, a son of William and Margaret (McClanan)
Gilson, former a native of Pennsylvania, and by occupation
in early life a farmer; later he engaged in teaming, hauling
freight over the mountains, and then for a number of years
worked at the weaver's trade. In an early day he came to
Ohio, and bought eighty acres of woodland in Wayne County, where
he lived a number of years, then sold, and bought eighty acres
of woodland in Holmes County, in 1826, which he cleared, and on
which he lived until his death, which occurred when he was aged
sixty years. He had a family of eight children, five sons
and three daughters: Hugh, Richard, Nancy, Rachel, Ann,
William, James and David.
William Gilson, Jr., was reared in Holmes County on
the farm bought by his father in 1826, and has always followed
agricultural pursuits. He was married in 1839 to Rachel
Craighead, and to them were born eleven children, only one
of whom is living, Margaret Ann, now Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Gilson dying, Mr. Gilson married Miss Maggie
Etella daughter of Jeremiah Speck, and they have had
five children, four of whom are living: William, Lambert,
Quimby and Etta Belle. Mr. Gilson is a
Republican in politics, and he and his family are members of the
Presbyterian Church.
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JOSIAH GIVEN*
was born in August, 1828, of Irish parents, in Westmoreland
County, Penn., where he was reared until ten years of age at
which time the family emigrated to Holmes County, Ohio.
Here young Given was employed on the farm and in the
blacksmith shop carried on by his father and elder brothers,
until 1846, when eh entered the military service, serving for a
time as drummer boy to a recruiting squad of the Fifteenth
United States Army Infantry, and later to the close of the
Mexican War as private and corporal in Company G, fourth Ohio
Infantry. After returning from Mexico, he entered the
office of Given & Bancroft, where he studied law and was
admitted to practice in the court at Canton, Ohio, in 1851,
Edwin M. Stanton being chairman of the examining committee.
The next year Mr. Given was elected prosecuting attorney
of his county, which position he filled for two terms, acquiring
some notoriety by pursuing and capturing the county treasurer,
who had fled with the public moneys. the capture was made
in Switzerland, and the treasurer was brought back to Ohio and
prosecuted to conviction. Mr. Given was married in
September, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Armor, and has seven
children living.
In 1856 Mr. Given removed to Coshocton County,
Ohio, where he continued to practice law until the firing on
Fort Sumter. On receipt of the news he left the
court-house, and did not return to it until after the War of the
Rebellion. During that struggle he served as captain of
Company K, Twenty-fourth Ohio, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of
the Eighteenth Ohio, colonel of the Seventy-fourth Ohio, and was
in the command of a brigade for a time on the Atlantic Campaign.
Soon after the close of the war he was elected postmaster of the
House of Representatives XXXIXth Congress, and at the close of
his term, in consummation of a purpose, entertained before the
war, he started for Iowa, stopping for a few months at Wooster,
Ohio, to settle the affairs of his deceased brother, Judge
William Given, who had died from disabilities contracted in
the service. Mr. Given arrived in Des Moines, May
1, 1868, and has continued to reside there ever since, except an
absence of three years while serving in the treasurer's
Department in Washington, D. C., as deputy commissioner of
internal revenue under Gen. Grant's first
administration.
Being nominated by the Republicans of his district
for district attorney, he resigned his deputyship and returned
to Des Moines. After serving a term as district attorney,
he declined re-election and resumed the private practice until
called to the circuit bench, Jan. 1, 1880, having in the
meantime served one term as member of the Iowa House of
Representatives. After four years' service on the circuit
court bench, he was re-elected, and, when the circuit court was
legislated out of existence, he was elected district judge Ninth
Judicial District, in which capacity he continued to serve until
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Hon. Joseph B. Reed, chief justice of the Supreme Court of
Iowa, which office he now holds.
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JOHN W. GRAHAM
was born in County Donegal, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1820, son of
Thomas and Mary (Wilkinson) Graham. His father died in
Ireland, and in 1839 his mother and her family of five sons and
two daughters immigrated to America, and located in Coshocton
County, Ohio. the mother died in 1852. The children
who are living are Robert and Thomas in Coshocton County,
and John W.
The subject of our sketch was married in 1849 to
Miss Nancy, daughter of John Beer, a native of
Pennsylvania. In 1850 they came to Holmes County, and
located on their present home in Killbuck Township. To
them have been born seven children living: Anthony
Wilkinson, a practicing physician in Missouri, married to
Miss Hannah Smith, of Cincinnati, and has one child,
Nancy; Alvin Wilford residing with his parents, married to
Miss Susan, daughter of Charles Casey, of Killbuck
Township, and has two children, Harry Clayton and
Sadie Missouri; William Beer, a practicing
physician in Missouri, married to Miss Ella Morrell, of
Illinois; Phiro Mead, living with his parents married to
Miss Ida F., daughter of William Anderson of Hardy
Township; Mary A.; Robert Emmett and Martha Jane.
Mr. Graham is one of the representative farmers of the
township. He has served as justice of the peace and
township trustee, and in other positions of trust and
responsibility. His family are members of the Presbyterian
Church.
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JOHN GRAVEN was barn in Prairie
Township Feb. 2, 1840, a son of Thomas and Eliza (McKelvy) Graven,
natives of Trumbull County, Ohio, and a grandson of John Graven,
a pioneer of Holmes County. Thomas Graven, who was
prominent citizens and a successful farmer, owned 185 acres of land,
which was under a high state of cultivation. He died in 1871,
aged sixty-six years; his widow is now seventy-one years; his widow
is now seventy-one years of age. Their family consisted of
nine children, seven of whom lived to maturity: John, Amy A.,
Clark, Sarah, Marion, William and Amos.
John Graven was reared and educated in his native
township, and has devoted his time to the occupation of farming.
He now owns 127 acres of land, and his improvements are among the
best in the township. He takes an active interest in anything
that is of benefit to the community, and has served as a member of
the school board. In politics he is a Republican. He was
married in 1863 to Lydia, daughter of Isaac Buckingham,
of this county, and they have had four children, three of whom are
living: Della L., Osie A. and Cora O.
Mr. and Mrs. Graven are members of the Presbyterian.
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WILLIAM H. GRAVEN, was born in
Prairie Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, July 12, 1833, a son of John
and Margaret (Shreve) Graven. John Graven, grandfather of
William H., and by occupation a carriage trimmer, was born in
1759, and was a resident of Philadelphia until 1815, in which year
he came to what is now Holmes (then Coshocton) county, and bought
1,120 acres of land, to which the following year he moved his
family, the children being five in number. The farm was then
all woodland which they set to work to clear, and the nearest
neighbor was five miles distant. John Graven, Sr., was
married to a daughter of Nicholas Randels, named Rebecca,
born in 1762, and died Mar. 17, 1848. The old couple passed
bravely through the Revolution and the War of 1812.
John Graven, father of our subject, was born in
Philadelphia, Penn., Oct. 20, 1800, and came with his father to what
is now Holmes County, in 1816, since when the Gravens have
been one of the prominent and most highly respected families of the
county. John Graven, Jr., died in the spring of
1879, wealthy, owning at time of his death 400 acres of land and
considerable personal property. His wife, Margaret (Shreve)
died Mar. 2, 1880, aged sixty-five years six months and
twenty-five days. They had a family of fifteen children, all
of whom became well-known citizens of the county.
William H. Graven, whose name heads this sketch,
was reared on the old homestead, and like his antecedents has been a
successful farmer, now owning 87-68/100? acres of valuable land, the
same being one medium in Ripley Township. He was married Jan.
20, 1858, to Cordelia, daughter of Samuel Jones, and
born in 1834 on the farm where she and her husband now reside.
To this union have been born three children: Ohio K., James
P. and John A. all of whom reside in Ripley Township.
Mr. Graven has been prominently identified with all the
public affairs of the county, and has held various official
positions - as treasurer of his township, school director and member
of the county board of supervisors. He and his sons affiliate
with the Democratic party.
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HENRY B.
GRAY was born Mar. 8, 1827, a son of Eli and ___ (Bates)
Gray, former a native of Massachusetts, born in 1799. They
had a family of seven children: George K., Laura Ann, Sabina K.,
Henry B., Abigail B., Herman C. and Hiram P., all living
but George K. Eli Gray came to Ohio and settled in 1837
on the farm now owned by his son, Henry B., where he died in
1852. His wife survived him a few years, making her home with
Henry B.
After the death of his father the latter bought the
homestead of the heirs, and has added thereto 100 acres, having now
a fine farm of 230 acres. He was married Mar. 16, 1852, the
Barbara Donald, and to them were born six children: Arvilla,
Rachel S., Sallie L., John M., William S. and George V.
Mrs. Gray died i 1864, and in 1866 Mr. Gray married
Rachel Torrh and they have had seven children: Estella,
Luella D., Herman E., Channing, Wade H., Walter and Henry B.,
Jr. Mr. Gray has been one of the active and enterprising
citizens of the county, and is one of her prosperous farmers; in
politics he is a Democrat.
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| DAVID GRAY -
See JOHN F. GRAY |
JOHN
C. GRAY, son of John and Henrietta (Scott) Gray, was
born in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1833, and came
to Holmes County with his parents in 1835. He received a
common-school education, and, like his brother, Robert F.,
learned the plasterer's trade, which he followed for several years.
Dec. 21, 1861, he married Miss Susan McKee, daughter of
Lenox T. and Mary (Bairne) McKee, of Mechanic Township.
They have five children, who are yet living at home: Alvin R.,
Ermenia, Herbert, Eddie and Clara. Mr. Gray is a strong
Democrat, and has filled the office of township trustee for a number
of years, and various other offices of responsibility. He is a
member of the Holmes County Agricultural Society. He and his
wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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JOHN F. GRAY
us a son of DAVID GRAY, and a grandson of David Gray, Sr.,
who was born in Scotland, emigrated to America and settled in
Pennsylvania, where he followed the occupation of a weaver. He
moved from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County, Ohio, and thence to
Holmes County, where he settled on a farm of 160 acres, in Mechanic
Township. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and a strong supporter of the Democratic party. He
died in Mechanic Township in 1847. Four of the eight children
born to him are yet living: James in Killbuck township;
Samuel, in Iowa; Elizabeth (wife of George F.
Newton), in Millersburgh, Ohio, and Jane (widow of
James Gray), in Coshocton County. David Gray, the
father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1804. He
was married in Jefferson County, Ohio, to Margery, daughter
of George Irvine, a native of Ireland, and a settler of that
county. In 1832 they came to Holmes County and purchased a
tract of land in Mechanic Township, where they lived until 1850,
when they bought the farm now owned by our subject, in Killbuck
Township. Mr. Gray started in life poor, and by his own
efforts and industry made it a success, financially. He was a
stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and is
one of the present trustees of the townships. He has also
filled various other township offices. His wife is a member of
the Disciples Church.
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ROBERT F. GRAY is a son of JOHN GRAY, who was born
in Cumberland Co., Penn., Mar. 26, 1800.
David Gray, the grandfather of Robert F.,
was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to America when a young man,
first locating in Pennsylvania, where he married and about 1814
migrated to Jefferson County, Ohio, from there coming to
Holmes County in 1835. They engaged in farming in Mechanic
Township, and lived there until their death. Their family
consisted of eight children, three of whom are still living:
Samuel, of Des Moines, Iowa; James, of Killbuck Township,
and Eliza, wife of George F. Newton, of Millersburgh.
John Gray married, in Jefferson County, Ohio,
Miss Henrietta Scott, and they came to Holmes County with his
parents. He was a plasterer by trade, and principally followed
that occupation. They reared a family of ten children, (seven
of whom are still living): Robert F.; Ann E., wife of
William McKee, of Mechanic Township, both deceased; John C.,
of Mechanic Township; H. B., of Iowa; Mary Jane, widow
of Jacob A. Merchant, of Wooster; Eliza, wife of
Jacob Sheran of Allen County, Ohio; Susan, deceased wife
of Ephraim Purdy, of Van Wert County, Ohio; Margery,
wife of John C. Purdy, of Killbuck Township; James M.,
who was a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died
at Vicksburg, Miss.; and Minerva, who is unmarried, of
Killbuck Township. He was a prominent worker for the
Democratic party, and served as justice of the peace for many years.
He died in 1885, and his wife in 1884.
Robert F. Gray was born in Jefferson County,
Ohio, June 20, 1823, and came to Holmes County, Ohio, when about
twelve years of age. He was educated at the township schools,
and learned the trade of a plasterer, of his father which he
followed for twenty years. Since then he has been engaged in
farming. In 1847 he married Miss Mary Ann daughter of
Lenox T. and Mary (Baine) McKee, of Mechanic Township.
In 1849 they settled on their present farm, where they have since
been engaged in general farming and stock raising. They have
eight children, viz.: Mary Jane, wife of Dr. A. E. Van
Buskirk, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has five children: Minnie
Belle, Etta Myrtle, Bertha, Robert and Harry; Franklin, a
farmer of Iowa, married Miss Celia, daughter of David
Finley, of Hardy Township, has two children: Etta and
Bertha; Henrietta, wife of Jeremiah Shaffer, of Mechanic
Township, has one child: Franklin; William H., farmer
of Iowa, married Miss Chippy, daughter of Alfred Calhoun,
of Hardy Township; Laura Ann, wife of Calvin Finley of
Hardy Township, has three children: William, Robert and
Earl; Ida Ellen, wife of Jonathan Kline, of Mechanic
Township; Lizzie May, wife of Joseph Arnold, of
Prairie Township, and Albert at home.
Mr. Gray was formerly a Democrat, but of late
years has supported the Republican party. He has filled
various township offices. He is a member of the Holmes County
Agricultural Society, in which he has served as president,
vice-president and director.
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A.
M. GUITTARD, M. D., one of the rising young physicians of
Killbuck, Ohio, is a native of Holmes County, born Dec. 9, 1860.
His father, Dr. F. J. Guittard, is a native of France, and
came to America in 1847. He graduated from the Cleveland,
Ohio, Medical College, and then located in New Bedford, where he has
since resided, and is now one of hte largest practitioners of the
county. He married Miss Lydia Myers, a native of Holmes
County.
A. M. Guittard, after leaving the common
schools, attended Millersburgh Normal School and Oberlin College.
He then began the study of medicine with his father, taking his
course of lectures at the medical department of Wooster University,
from which he graduated in 1885. He first located at Mount
Hope, but in 1886 removed to Killbuck, where he has built up a good
practice. Dr. Guittard, although a young man, already
stands high in his profession. He is a member of the State and
county medical societies. He was married in 1885 to Miss
Lavina, daughter of William Hinkle, of Mount Hope, and
they have two children: Blanche and Violet. Dr. and
Mrs. Guittard are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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