BIOGRAPHIES
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1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present
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McKean Twp. - MOWRY CADA, was born in 1802 in Rhode Island; was the son of Sylvester and Sadie Cada.  He was married in 1833 to Abigal Barber, of Vermont, who was born in 1815 in Vermont.  They had four children.  A. J. Cada was born in 1834, in Massachusetts, and with his parents came to this county in 1836; located in McKean township on the farm where he now lives.  He was married Sept. 25, 1860, to Mary A. Conard, of this county, who was born Nov. 19, 1840, in this county.  The result of this marriage was three boys; Joel M., born June 15, 1861; Edwin J., born Nov. 29, 1864; Charles G., born Jan. 19, 1872.  Phoebe C. Cada was born Apr. 7, 1837; was married, in 1863, to Frederick Smith, of this county, who is a farmer and lives in McKean township.  Sabra C. Cada was born Jan. 30, 1845; was married Nov. 8,  1874, to Andrew Morgan, of this county, a farmer, Mr. Morgan died and his widow is living in Indiana.  They had one child,  Mary F., Born September 20, 1849; died Jan. 20, 1851.  Mr. Cada's grandfathers were both soldiers of the Revolutionary war; were under General Green. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

Washington Twp. - GEORGE CAMERON, merchant tailor, Utica.  He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1840, and came to America in 1854.  He went to work in a boot and shoe store at No. 174 on the Bowery, New York city; remained there a short time, then went to Patterson, New Jersey, where he remained for a short time and then returned to the old country.  After he came to America the second time he apprenticed himself to a merchant tailor in New York State, and served his time, and in 18663 went to Cleveland, Ohio.  He worked there about a year, when trade slacked up and he went from there to Sandusky.  Trade was better there, for the reason that the rebel officers imprisoned on Johnson's Island, when exchanged, had work done.  He then went to Terre Haute, Indiana, and served a second apprenticeship, and on the fifteenth of April, 1865, he left there and went to Kansas City, Missouri.  After travelling about the country for a long time he came to Licking county, and cut for H. B. Green, of Granville, and then went to Michigan.  He returned to Licking county and started business for himself in Utica.  He was married to Mary Burns - a native of Ireland - of Genesee county, New York.  Her parents came to this country when she was very small.  She was born in 1840.  Since coming to Utica he purchased property on Mechanics street, where he resides, carrying on his business.  He built an addition to the house he lives in, and has just completed a small brick house on the same street.  He is ready at all times to cut or make a suit of clothes for all. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 652

Washington Twp. - JOHN R. CAMPBELL, farmer, post office, Utica.  He was born Mar. 9, 1815, in Washington township.  His parents moved here in 1809, from Pennsylvania.  They settled on the farm in the woods now owned by Coad.  There were of the family Julia, Joseph, Jane, John, Eliza, Mary, Sarah and Samantha, of whom four are living.  He remained at home with his parents until their death.  He then purchased, with his brother James, the homestead.  His father died June 23, 1844, and his mother July 1, 1846.  He was married to Louisa Hughes June 3, 1851.  She was born Nov. 17, 1820, and is the daughter of Jonathan Hughes and granddaughter of Captain Elias Hughes.  After their marriage they remained on this place until 1850, when he sold to John Coad and bought the farm they now live on.  They have had three children.  The first died in infancy.  Romilla O. was born Apr. 20, 1854, and died May 24, 1855.  George S., was born Mar. 24, 1862, and lives at home. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 652

Washington Twp. - JACOB CANNON, farmer, post office, Utica.  He was born in Clay township, Knox county, in 1835.  His parents were from Pennsylvania.  His father died in 1859, fifty-five years old; his mother in 1878 at the age of sixty-seven.  They lived in Knox county about twenty-five years.  There were four boys and five girls of the family.  Jacob remained at home until he was twenty-one years old and then went to Illinois; returned to Ohio and was married to Melinda Painter, of Licking county, in 1855.  She was born June 12, 1836.  They had eleven children, of whom are living, Amanda, Ellen, Mary, Roselia, James M., Ida May, Anzonia, Ethel and Grace.      Mr. Cannon enlisted in the Seventy-sixth regiment, company D, Ohio volunteer infantry, Captain Kibler, in November, 1861, and served three years.  He was discharged a the expiration of his term; was in the campaign of the Southwest under Grant and Sherman; took part in the battles at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, skirmished on the advance to Memphis, had three days' fight at Hayne's Bluff, was in front of Vicksburg; part of the army was engaged in Port Gibson and the balance captured Jackson.  Rebel General Churchill fell back to Vicksburg, and the Seventy-sixth attacked Arkansas Post in the rear, and was the first regiment that entered the fortification.  This command was led by Col. William B. Woods, who took part in the battle at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge.  His regiment was on the right.  After this they fought at Ringgold.  They were cut off at this fight and were placed in Joe Hooker's command.  After this they went into winter quarters at Paint Rock, Alabama.  At this time the entire command reenlisted and came home on the furlough in 1864.  After coming home Mr. Cannon was taken sick, and on being sworn in was rejected on account of disease contracted in the war.  He was sick three years, and has never been entirely well since.  Mr. Cannon is at present an expert in shearing sheep, and during that season shears ore than any one man in his neighborhood.  He makes a specialty of doctoring sheep.  He has invented an attachment to sheep shears which makes the work more rapid and easy, and prevents injuring the sheep Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 652

City of Newark - CHARLES CARROLL, druggist and pharmaceutist, three doors south of American house, west side of the public square.  Mr. Carroll was born in Cincinnati, Apr. 11, 1852, and when about one year old his parents came to Newark.  He received his education at Granville, Ohio, after which he engaged with W. P. Kirkpatrick, druggist at Utica, Ohio, as salesman, who he served four years.  He then went to Philadelphia and entered the Pharmaceutical college, from which he received his diploma in the spring of 1875, after which he entered the employ of French, Richards & Co., wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemists, with whom he remained about five years.  On May 1, 1880, he returned to Newark and bought out the firm of Seymour & co., at the old Fullerton stand, which was established in 1844, three doors south of the American house, on the west side of the public square, where he occupies very pleasant and commodious rooms, eighteen by eighty, as salesroom with prescription case and laboratory, and a ware-room upstairs eighteen by eighty, and cellar eighteen by forty, in which he carries a large first-class stock of pure drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, toilet articles, fancy goods, trusses, shoulder braces, supporters, Whitman's confectionery.  Also special attention given to the compounding of physicians' prescriptions, and the wholesale and retail manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations.  This is a special department, and a leading feature of the business and this is the only drug establishment in the city that employs a night clerk, and is under the immediate direction of a graduate in pharmacy. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 644

Newark Twp. - NANCY CARSON was long a well known citizen of Newark, where she died Nov. 25, 1872, in the seventy-ninth year of her age.  She was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1794, and came with her father's family to Licking county in 1816.  She was a most excellent pioneer, well adapted to life on the frontiers; of rare industry, conscientiousness, and devotion to religious duties.  Nancy Carson became a member of the Presbyterian church of Newark, Nov. 13, 1816, during the ministry of Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Baird, and continued her membership there until her death, a period of fifty-six years, and always, while health permitted, attended its ministrations. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 650

Jersey Twp. - FREDERICK C. CARTER, born in Franklin county, Sept. 30, 1830; his father, Havilah, settled near Newark, on Jasper Sutton's place, about 1819, emigrating from Loudoun county, Virginia; just years after he moved to Franklin county; his mother, Mahala Starkey, was a native of Hampshire county, Virginia.  In 1847 his father's family came to St. Albans township, where he remained till the spring of 1880, when he removed to his present farm home.  His grandfather was a Quaker, and his father, though not a member of this society, possessed its virtues, and was noted for his scrupulous honesty in his dealings with men.  Mr. Carter married Amanda, daughter of Martin and Lucy (Johnson) Brooks, June, 1863.  Her parents were early settlers in this county; her father hailing from Maine, her mother from Vermont.  Frank B. is their only child. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

Bennington Twp. - RANDOLPH CARVER, farmer, Bennington township, was born in 1852, in this county.  His father, J. W. Carver, was born in New Hampshire county, New Jersey, in 1805.  He came to this county in 1812 with his father.  He was married in 1827 to Miss Mary Livingston, daughter of Peter Livingston, of this county.  She was born in 1805.  Mr. Carver died in August, 1879.  Mrs. Carver died in October, 1879.  They were the parents of thirteen children, eight of whom are living.  The subject of this sketch was married in 1874 to Miss Eliza Moore, daughter of V. R. Moore, of this county.  She was born in 1855. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 638

Granville Twp. - GROVE CASE, was born in Connecticut Jan. 20, 1800.  He was brought to Licking county, Ohio in 1807, by his parents, Major Grove and Cinderilla Case, who settled in Granville, where they deceased.  He died in 1836 or '7, aged fifty-six years.  His wife survived him until January, 1867, aged eighty-seven years.  Major Case built the well-known house in Granville, in which he kept hotel from 1810 until 1814 or '15.  He served as major in the War of 1812; was at Fort Meigs when besieged.  He, in company with Silas Wacbell, erected the first grist-mill in Granville township  He was the father of four children - three __s, born in Connecticut, viz:  Grove, Norton and __vis; one daughter, Lucinda, was born in Granville.  __ of the children are living, except Norton, who deceased in March, 1879.  Mr. Case was bred a farmer, and has followed farming and stock-raising, as his vocation.  He married Laura Carpenter, of Delaware county, Ohio, May 15, __21; born Oct. 10, 1897; daughter of Nathan Carpenter, a soldier of the War of 1776.  They settled on North Street, Granville Twp., Licking County, Ohio, on the farm now occupied by his grandson-in-law.  He erected the residence, now in use, in which they lived for fifty-six years.  In October, 1877, they moved on the farm where they are now living, which he had purchased in __76.  Their residence is a fine brick structure.  They reared a family of three children:  Lucius A. married Polly Rose, in 1844, daughter of Levi __se, and he deceased July 3, 1866; Laura J. died the age of seventeen years; Lucy C. married James Sennett, and died two years after her marriage. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 640

Hartford Twp. - EDWIN S. CASTNER, farmer and sheep breeder, born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1844, came to this county in 1870.  He was married in 1868, to Miss Mary J. Stone, of the same county.  She was born in 1850.  They are the parents of three children, two are dead, and one, Earnest, living.  Mr. Castner lived in this county form 1870 to 1874, when he removed to Knox county, where he resided six years.  He again came to this county in the spring of 1880.  He has been engaged in the breeding and shipping of registered merino sheep for the last five years; he has on hand sixty-five thoroughbred sheep.  Mr. Castner is a member of the board of directors of the Hartford Agricultural society. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

City of Newark - JOHN CAUL - He was born at Dillman's Falls, Muskingum county, Ohio, June 25, 1836.  He came to Newark in 1854.  He was married to Melvina Walker, Oct. 16, 1862; had two children, one of whom died in infancy.  Joseph Benjamin died in March, 1870, in the sixth year of his age.  Mr. Caul moved with his father to the blast furnace, in Mary Ann township, in 1844.  He worked some five years at this furnace.  In 1854 he came to Newark, working at anything he could by the day until in the fall of 1861, when he went on the canal; remained in that business until 1877.  He then engaged in teaming, which is his present occupation; has a comfortable little home on Seventh street in Newark.  He has a sister, Valsory Eastman, living in Hocking county; Clara A., in Hocking county; a brother Henry, living in Illinois.  His father died in the seventy-second year of his age. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 644

City of Newark - MRS. MARY A. CHAMBERLAIN was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aug 16, 1816.  About the age of nine years she moved, with her father, to Cleveland, Ohio.  Her father, Samuel Murdock, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Licking county, Iowa, at the age of ninety years.  She was married to Mr. Austin Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio, July 14, 1838, and was the mother of three children, all dead.  Mr. Chamberlain, in early life followed boating; after moving to Newark, in 1838, he followed carpentering until he died in 1870, aged sixty-one years  Mrs. Chamberlain lives on the corner of Elm and Locust streets, Newark, and has three of her grandchildren living with her. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 645

City of Newark - DR. WILLIAM B. CHAMBERS, surgeon-dentist, Clinton street, two doors from Locust.  Dr. Chambers was born in Marshall county, western Virginia.  He received his preparatory education in the district schools of Marshall and Ohio counties, after which he attended an academy at Alexandria, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and took a course at the Pennsylvania college, Philadelphia.  In 1858 he commenced reading with Alexandria Reed, M. D., physician and surgeon, also a practitioner of dental surgery, of West Virginia.  In 1865 he came to Newark and entered upon the practice of dental profession, to which he devoted his entire attention until 1872, when he returned to Philadelphia and completed his dental studies at the Pennsylvania college of dental surgery, from which he graduated in 1873.  On his return he purchased a lot at his present location, on which he has erected a handsome brick residence, which he has furnished and fitted up with heating, gas and water fixtures of the most modern design and is unexcelled in the __ty.  His office is also of brick, one story high and neat design, in which he has an elegant suite of rooms consisting of a reception room eighteen by twelve and  a half feet, which is fitted up with good taste and everything necessary for the comfort and entertainment of waiting patients, an operating room fourteen by ten feet which he has furnished with all the modern facilities and appliances for the successful operation of his profession, by means of which the usual excruciating operations of dentistry are made comparatively pleasant; __private office and consulting room twelve by twelve feet, a laboratory eighteen by twelve feet  which is furnished with everything necessary for the operating of mechanical dentistry, also a commodious room eighteen by ten feet for the chemical and metalurgical department.  Dr. Chambers has spared no expense to secure everything adopted in the profession.  In the operating department he uses only the safest and purest and most effective __sthetics, and administers almost painless treatment.  He was married Mar. 31, 1870, to Miss Augusta Smucker, youngest daughter of Honorable Isaac Smucker of this city. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 645

City of Newark - GEORGE W. CHASE, photographer.  Mr. Chase was born in Oswego, New York, Mar. 15, 1839, and was educated in Nunda, New York.  He came to Ohio in the fall of 1858, locating at Zanesville, where he took charge of the omnibus and stage lines which he remained in charge of until 1861, when he was the second man in Muskingum county to respond to the first call for troops.  He enlisted in company H, First Ohio volunteer infantry, in which he served several months when he was put on recruiting service and the organizing of regiments and staff duty, during which he was promoted to first lieutenant and was honorably discharged as brevet captain, in 1863, in consequence of expiration of his term of service.  He came to Newark in 1864 and engaged in the photo art in which he has been engaged with good success ever since.  He occupies a large and excellent suit of rooms in the Franklin block, consisting of parlor eighteen by eighteen; two operating rooms sixteen by forty and seventeen  by forty-five; printing room, eleven by twenty; toilet, six by twelve; frame and moulding room, eight by sixteen, where all kinds of photos are produced in a high degree of perfection, also enlarging of photos, etc.  He also keeps a large first class stock of albums, velvet goods, frames mouldings, etc., etc. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 645

Hanover Twp. - ADALINE CHEEK, daughter of William and Elizabeth Priest, was married Oct. 20, 1836, to George Cheek.  She was born Aug. 15, 1812, in Culpepper county, Virginia.  At a very early day she, with her parents, moved to Muskingum county, settling in Hopewell township, where she lived until 1875, when she removed to Licking county and settled in Hanover township.  Mr. Cheek died Sept. 1, 1854, leaving her with nine children - William Elsie, born July 3, 1838; Sarah Elizabeth, born Dec. 11, 1839; George Andrew, born July 18, 1841; James Henry, born Mar. 29, 1844; John Robert, born Nov. 10, 1845; Thomas Jefferson, born Sept. 14, 1847; Franklin Howard, born Feb. 11, 1851; Perry Streeper, born Nov. 25, 1852; Harvey Allen, born Jan. 3, 1855.  Of these, John Robert and Thomas J. are dead, having died while in the late war.  William married Martha Skinner, Nov. 15, 1860.  She died Jan. 10, 1863, leaving Mr. Cheek with one child - Joseph, born Oct. 27, 1861.  About five years after Mrs. Cheek's death Mr. Cheek married his second wife - Elizabeth Loughman.  By this marriage they are the parents of five children - William Henry, Jacob Franklin, John Robert, Sarah Adaline and Harvey Allen.  John McFarland, of Muskingum county, married Sarah Oct. 9, 1866.  They have four children - Adaline, born July 7, 1867; James Henry, born Jan. 30, 1869; Amanda, born Sept. 18, 1870; Perry Milton, born Jan. 9, 1873.  Amanda died Feb. 25, 1871.  Howard was married January, 1880, leaving him with one child - Cecil Celista.   James Henry married Sarah A. Vansikle, Aug. 8, 1878.  They have one child - Mary Etta.  Perry S. and Harvey Allen are not married.  They are living in Hanover township. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 641

Monroe Twp. - HARRIET CHERRY, daughter of Jesse and Isabella Taylor, was born Apr. 4, 1812, in Frederick county, Virginia.  When she was seventeen years old she removed, with her parents, to Lancaster, Ohio, where they remained two years.  Then they removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, and lived there seven years, during which time she was married to James Cherry, of Fairfield.  Two years after their marriage they removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, and remained there for thirty years.  Mr. Cherry was a farmer, and followed this occupation during their stay in Indiana.  In 1865 they returned to Fairfield county, and located in Millersport, Mr. Cherry engaging in the dry goods business until his death, Feb. 7, 1873.  The family remained in Millersport three years after the death of Mr. Cherry, when they removed to Pataskala for a short time, when they removed to Newark, where they have lived ever since.  The family consists of five children - all girls - Belle, born May 1, 1837; Mary E., born June 12, 1840; Hattie, born Apr. 30, 1842; Katy, born Nov. 3, 1846; Emma, born Nov. 26, 1852.   They are all married but Katy, who lives with her mother. cc Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 645

Monroe Twp. - WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, was born Nov. 20, 1857.  He was married to Elizabeth Wharton, of Hebron, Licking county, Nov. 17, 1877, who had one child, which died Nov. 17, 1879. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 645

Hanover Twp. - WILLIAM E. CLAGGETT, farmer was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1837.  In 1859 he was married to Miss Cynthia H. Hillier, of Muskingum county.  They have had ten children - Edmund R., John W., Mayvard B., Charles A., Anna E. Louie Bell, Frank P. Emma J., Ora and Samuel M. (deceased).  His father and mother were born in Virginia in 1810, and came to this State in 1834.  His mother's maiden name was Rector.  The subject of this sketch lives about a quarter of a mile south of Hanover, on the Woodbridge farm. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 641

City of Newark - HON. A. B. CLARK - Mr. A. B. Clark is the son of Anson Clark, and was born in Granville township July 11, 1825.  He is essentially of New England origin, his father and mother both being born there, the former in Granville, Massachusetts, and the latter in Burlington, Vermont.  In 1835 his father removed to Hartford township, and there gradually opened up a farm aided by the subject of this sketch, until he reached maturity, meanwhile enjoying the benefits of such schools as then existed in the remote township of this county.  To these limited advantages were superadded, during the closing years of his minority, the privileges of a select school in the village of Hartford.  In the meantime he constantly received valuable moral instruction from his father, who impressed upon his mind the infinite importance of a life of purity, honor and virtue, and of faith in Christianity.  His father was not unmindful of the importance of the current periodical literature of the times, and furnished his household weekly with the reading of the Oberlin Evangelist, the New York Tribune and the National Era.  The library of the family was rather limited, and confined chiefly to the style of __ of which "Baxter's Saints' Rest,"  "ilgrims __gress,"  "Hervey's Meditations among the Tools and "Allein's Call to Unconverted Sinners" __ fair representatives.  This was a style of literature to which an ambitious youth and still less a __ grown, young man could scarcely expect __ confine himself, and the subject of this sketch found his remedy in the free use of a tolerable extensive library owned by a neighbor and friend __ whose generosity and kindness he was indebted __ the opportunities it afforded of acquiring a wide range of information than were afforded by the home library and it will probably be conceded by those who have made the acquaintance of the then young man of Hartford that he did not permit its opportunities to go unimproved.   The desire __ mental improvement and the acquisition of knowledge, thus early indulged and cherished, soon became a habit which he has not sought to change but which has "grown with his growth, and strengthened with his strength" with each passing year.  Mr. Clark entered Oct. 1, 1846, into __ life partnership with Miss Mary E. Durant, then a young lady fresh from the green hills of Vermont, whose father had settled in Hartford township.  After his marriage he engaged in mercantile pursuits as well as in farming, and served for some years as a justice of the peace, signalizing his official term more as a neighborhood pacificator than his endeavors to mutliply the cases on his docket.  He was trained in the school of the early Abolitionists and was always ready to advocate their peculiar views, and more than willing to assist in giving force and effect, and if possible, success to their measures.  Until 1848 he acted with the Abolitionists politically, then and until 1856 with the Free-soil party, and in 1856 and ever since with the Republican party.  With a taste for literature, and a natural bent for literary labor, he early fell into the habit of writing for the press; it was therefore the most natural thing in the world that he should drift into the editorial chair.  Accordingly, in the spring of 1868, he purchased an interest in the Newark American, and since that time, has done the principal editorial work on that paper; and that he is a writer of "pith and point," all who are familiar with the American, will admit.  Mr. Clark was a postmaster of Newark for eight years, serving from 1869 to 1877; he was also the chosen standard bearer in 1880, of the Republican party, by unanimous nomination, in the Thirteenth Congressional district of Ohio, and was supported by the full vote of his party.  Mr. Clark is not only a writer of force and elegance, but also a public speaker of ability and power, and his contributions to the poetical literature of the day possess more than ordinary merit.   And, most of all, it can be __ aid of his literary productions, whether poetry or prose, and whether on political topics, temperance, or whatever subject, that their tendency is to edification, to instruction, to enlightment, to mental improvement, to moral elevation.  And no less true is this of his elocutionary efforts or public speeches and addresses. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 646

McKean Twp. - ABSALOM CLARK, was born Dec. 10, 1819, in McKean township; was the son of Fleetwood and Sarah Clark, who came to this county in 1814, from Huntington county, Pennsylvania.  The journey being made by wagon.  They located in Newtown township, and came to McKean in 1815, where they remained until death.  They were the parents of eight boys and one girl.  Absalom, John, William, and Jesse are yet living.  Fleetwood Clark died in 1851, aged sixty-one; Sarah, his wife, died in 1835, aged forty-five years.  Absalom, the subject of this sketch, went to California in 1853, by way of the isthmus; was there about twenty months.  He married Matilda Walker, of Delaware county, who was born in 1835.  The result of this marriage was nine children.  Those living are George W., Caroline L., Absalom, Mary, Sarah, Charles, Eunice, John B., and Emma.  George was married to Christenia Stevens, of this county, in 1879, and lives in this township.  Caroline was married to Samuel S. Fry, of Newark, and is  now living in Westerville.  The others are single and live at home.  Mr. Clark has always had his home in McKean township, on the old homestead where his father first located, when the country was all woods.  Mr. Clark has always been a well-to-do farmer, and is esteemed by all his acquaintances. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

City of Newark - ANSON CLARK - The subject of this sketch was a native of Granville, Massachusetts, where he was born Dec. 29, 1796, and came with his father's family to Granville (then in Fairfield county), Ohio, Nov. 18, 1807, after a weary journey of forty-seven days, performed with ox-teams, that being one of the methods of crossing the Alleghanies in "the days of the pioneers."  Mr. Clark acted well his part as a pioneer, as a citizen of the  Commonwealth, as a Christian.  He was a friend of freedom, of emancipation, of human liberty.  Mr. Clark was theoretically and practically an ardent, zealous, consistent advocate of temperance, all his life, having joined the first temperance society organized west of the mountains, more than fifty years ago, and was always faithful to the pledge then taken.  His church membership dates back to 1828, and he ever afterwards to the close of his life, sustained honorable church relations.  Mr. Clark was an upright, intelligent, industrious, honest man, and had endeared to him many sympathizing friends.  He was distinguished for integrity of purpose, and for devotion to the interests of the poor, the oppressed, and especially to the down-trodden, the crushed slaves.  His influence was always exerted in behalf of what he esteemed to be truth, justice, right and good morals.  The aim of his life was to make his conduct harmonize with the golden rule.  The venerable pioneer died July 19, 1877, and was gathered to his fathers at the ripe age of eighty years, six months and twenty-two days. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 646

St. Albans Twp. - MRS. E. S. CLEMONS was born in Granville township June 12, 1837.  She attended school at Granville about four or five years, and began teaching school when she was sixteen years of age.  She was married to William H. Clemons Jan. 15, 1857, by Rev. W. S. Burton, and emigrated to Washington, Washington county, Iowa, in Mar. of same year, where they engaged in shipping cattle; also purchased a farm of eighty acres.  They remained in Iowa about three years, and then returned to Granville township and purchased the old Clemons homestead.  They have five children:  Bell Rose, born July 8, 1861; Frederick Levi, born Mar. 23, 1865; Charles C., born June 28, 1869; Johnnie Leclaire, born Apr. 2, 1871;  Maud S., Aug. 6, 1873.  Levi and Sophronia Rose, parents of the subject of this sketch, were pioneers of Granville township.  The former was a son of Levi and Polly Rose who were among the first settlers of Granville, having moved there in 1805, and was one of the active, energetic families of the county.  Levi Rose died in Granville, May 16, 1879.  Mrs. E. S. Clemons is now living in Alexandria maintaining her family. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 652

Granville Twp. - REV. NOAH CLOUSE - The parentage of Mr. Clouse was on the father's side, High Dutch, and the mother's side, English, who settled in New England in very early times.  One of his grandfathers served seven years in the Revolutionary war, the place of their nativity was Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they lived to an advanced age.  The subject of this sketch, Mr. N. Clouse, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the __st of October, 1813.  He received a moderate _lect school education while young - good for those days.  Having attained his majority, he moved to Ohio, and located in Tuscarawas county in the spring of 1835.  On the twenty-third of October, 1835, he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Ashbrook, whose parents came of the __d English and Dutch nationalities, and settled on the borders of the States of Virginia and Pennsylvania, where her parents were born.  From thence they removed to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they were blessed with a family of two sons and four daughters.  Mrs. Rebecca Clouse nee Ashbrook was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1806, and is still living, enjoying an active old age.  The religious life of Mr. Clouse began at the time of his conversion at the age of fourteen years, and continued in a special call to the ministry of the Baptist denomination in the year 1841, when he was licensed to preach by the Dover Baptist church, and was subsequently ordained in the same church in the year 1843.  During these calls to preach, the exercise of his _ind led him to seek the means of a better education for the duties involved.  He studied as the means of qualification, the Latin, German and Greek languages, with other essential helps under private tutors.  For several years he served Sugar Creek, Magnolia, New Jefferson and White-eye-plains churches.  In the fall of 1847, he removed to Licking county, Ohio, under a call from the Newark Baptist church, with whom he labored about sixteen months.  Following this pastoral he supplied and was the pastor of the following churches, viz:  Alexandria, Union, Homer, Liberty, Johnstown, Fredonia and Welsh Hills, aggregating a period of ministerial labors equal to and over thirty-six years.  The close of this record leaves him in possession of much vigor of life and good prospects of future usefulness in the ministerial function for many years to come. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 641

Monroe Twp. - SUSAN CLOUSE, farmer, postoffice, Johnstown, Ohio, was born in the extreme northern part of Fairfield county, Oct. 18, 1828; is a daughter of William and Sarah Hendrickson.  Mr. W. Hendrickson was born Aug. 30, 1791, in New Jersey, and died Aug. 30, 1859, in Monroe township, Licking county, Ohio.  He married Sarah McClain, about 1820, and had eight children: John, born about 1821, and died when about two years of age; Catharine, born Apr. 13, 1823, and died Aug. 20, 1855; William, born Oct. 15, 1826, and served in the Mexican war about two years.  When civil war was declared in the United States, he enlisted in an Illinois regiment, served out his time went home only to veteran.  During one of the sieges was shot through the lungs, from the effects of which he is a constant sufferer at the present time.  The next in order is the subject of this sketch, Susan.  Elizabeth, born Aug. 4, 1830; Elenor, born Mar. 21, 1832; Jacob, born June 21, 1834.  Mrs. Clouse came to this county with her parents about 1832, where they have remained.  She married Jacob Clouse, Dec. 8, 1849, and moved to where she now lives March, 1850.  She had six children: Leuzerne, born Sept. 29, 1850, died May 3, 1869; Ellen, born Aug. 7, 1852; John, born Oct. 16, 1855; Amanda, born Feb. 18, 1858, Lincoln, born Feb. 25, 1861; Frederick, born Aug. 6, 1864.  Jacob Clouse was born Apr. 13, 1828, within a quarter mile of where they now live, and where he died Feb. 19, 1879.  Mrs. Clouse says he never was further from home than Brownsville, Bowling Green township, this county, not to exceed thirty miles, and she has been to Gibsonville, Hocking county, Ohio, a distance not to exceed sixty miles, and made the trip on horseback, to attend the funeral of a relative; that neither of them rode a mile in the cars.  They began life with but a very few dollars, and by frugality and hard work have made for themselves a comfortable home. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 644

City of Newark - THOMAS COCKRAN, son of Joseph and Susan Cockran, was born Apr. 22, 181, in Coshocton county.  He left his home when but sixteen years of age, and went to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, and there learned the plastering trade.  He remained there about nine years, then removed to Delaware, Ohio, then to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, then to Bloomington, Illinois, then to Iowa City, then to Kansas, then to Arkansas, from here he went into Texas, hence to Florida, then back to Kansas City, and moved about from place to place fifteen years, and finally settled in Newark in 1875, where he has been living ever since.  In 1862 he volunteered in the service of his country's welfare in company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, under Colonel Reed, of Delaware.  He received his discharge Sept. 16, 1863.  Mr. Cockran was married Feb. 22, 1857, to Angeline Wilcox, of Marysville, Union county.  By this marriage they have seven children, six of whom are living.  After Mr. Cockran left his home he did not return until he was forty years of age,  and since that time he has been to see his folks only three times. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 647

City of Newark - DAVID T. COFFMAN, contractor and building was born in Newark, Licking county, Sept. 14, 1836; commenced to learn his trade with his father in 1851.  His father, Joseph, came to Newark in 1807; is still living, and one of the pioneer settlers of this county.  The subject of this sketch was married to Harriet A. Pease, Dec. 19, 1858.  They have eight children: Thomas P., born October, 1859; William J., Sep. 29, 1861; Elnora L., Nov. 13, 1863; Harry J., June 25, 1866; Annie M., Sept. 21, 1868; Charles R., May 4, 1871; Mary S., Aug. 25, 1873; Ella D., Feb. 19, 1878.  Mrs. Coffman's father was justice of the peace in McKean township, and was elected county treasurer, which office he held four years, and died at the age of fifty-two; her mother is still living, and resides with Mr. Coffman.  She was born in 1819.  Mr. Coffman remained in Newark, carrying on the business of building, until the spring of 1865, when he moved to Marshaltown, Marshall county, Iowa; remained there until spring of 1867, when he returned to Newark; remained in Newark until the spring of 1872, and moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, remaining there until 1875, when he returned to Newark, where he now resides, on the corner of West Main and Pine streets, West Newark.  He built the foundation for the Licking county court house. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 647

City of Newark - JOSEPH COFFMAN, retired, learned the brick mason trade when about twenty years of age, and has made that the principal occupation of his life.  He was born in Page county, Virginia, May 11, 1803, and came to Licking county in September, 1807.  He says "the trip was made on horseback, and that he cried frequently during the route."  After coming to the county, his father rented a farm and set him, in company with his brothers, to work.  Mr. Coffman was married, Dec. 25, 1825, to Maggie Connell, who lived until 1872.  They had twelve children.  Mr. Coffman married his present wife, Dorcas S. Youse, July 1, 1875. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 647

Licking Twp. - REUBEN COFFMAN, was born July 6, 1824, in Page county, Virginia.  He was the son of Peter and Rebecca Coffman.  Peter came to this county in 1809; remained here till 1818; then returned to Virginia again, and was married to Rebecca Lanum, of Page county, Virginia.  Returned to this county in 1828, and located in Newton township.  He was the father of eight children - four living at present: Wesley, Reuben, Mary and Philip are married, and living in this county.  Reuben, the subject of this sketch, was married Mar, 1846. to Susanna Bullock, of this county, the daughter of Samuel and Nancy Bullock.  They have had seven children - six are living, Mary Jane was born Jan. 1, 1847.  She was married to John Grove, of this county, a farmer.  Julia Ann, was born Mar, 1848; died Apr., 1848.  Lewis was born Feb. 2, 1849; is single, and lives at home; is a farmer.  William was born June, 1851; is single, and lives at home; is a farmer.  P. A. was born Feb., 1853; is single, and, at present, is a law student in John D. Jones' office at Newark.  Isaac was born Aug, 1855; is single, and lives at home; is a farmer.  Rebecca V. was born Nov., 1857; married George Swartz, of this county, a farmer, and lives south of Jacksontown.  Peter Coffman died Jan., 1867, aged sixty-eight years.  He was a farmer and carpenter.  Rebecca Coffman died June, 1873, in Newton township.  She was a member of the Old School Baptist church of Lost run.  Reuben Coffman located in Licking township in 1853, on the farm where he now lives, having some five hundred and forty-five acres of land in Licking township, and ninety-two in Newark township.  He is an extensive farmer and wool grower; is a very influential and highly respected man in Licking township.  He is a natural mechanic, which is characteristic of the family. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

City of Newark - THOMAS C. COFFMAN, carpenter, was born Oct. 7, 1828, in Newark.  His father, Michael Coffman, came to Licking county, with his parents, from Shenandoah county, Virginia, in 1809.  He was born in 1806.  He remained in Newark, following the millwright and carpenter business, and was married to Sarah Raymer.  There were five children, of whom three died.  Hiram H. was born Oct. 7, 1831, Thomas C., Oct. 7, 1838.  His wife died, and Feb. 14, 1849, he married the second time, Sarah Strous, who was born Oct. 30, 1806, and had one child, Abram, who was born Apr. 17, 1850, and died Apr. 1863.  His mother is still living.  The subject of this sketch at the age of thirteen went to Indiana, remained about a year, and returned to Newark; remained in Newark some time, and went to Indiana and learned his trade, came home and enlisted in the Third Ohio volunteer Infantry for three months.  He was the third man that enlisted in company H.  He was taken sick and sent to the hospital and mustered out of service at Columbus.  He returned to Newark and re-enlisted in company G, Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry for three years;  was mustered out after two years, came home, and soon after he went to Illinois.  He was married to Susan M. Summers, Jul. 27, 1863, and by this marriage had seven children.  Genere F., was born Jun. 17, 1864; Freddie E. was born Mar. 14, 1867, died Feb. 15, 1870; Wilbert H. was born Feb. 26, 1871, died Apr. 12, 1872; Ruby L. was born Mar. 4, 1873, died in infancy; Jessie L. was born Jun. 20, 1874; Arthur A. G. F. was born Sept. 11, 1877; George W., born Feb. 22, 1880.  Mr. Coffman remained in Dallas City, Illinois, until 1869, when he returned to Newark where he has since resided. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 647

Hartford Twp. - JOSEPH COLEMAN, hotel keeper, born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1825; removed to Knox county while a child, and at the age of eighteen he came to this county, living at Johnstown two or three years, when he removed to Hartford, where he has since lived.  He was married, in 1847, to Miss Sarah E. Williams, of this county; she was born in 1826 in this county; she died in 1875.  They were the parents of three children, one of whom, Charley, is living.  He again married, in 1879, Miss Sarah A. Warner, of Essex Junction, Vermont.  She was born in 1842 in Paw Paw, Michigan.  Mr. Coleman has held several positions of trust and profit, having been township treasurer ten or twelve years, and trustee two terms.  He is at present a member of the town council and a member of the Hartford Agricultural society. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

Newton Twp. - J. H. COLVILLE, farmer, post office, Chatham.  He was born Aug. 8, 180, near St. Louisville, Licking county.  The following April his parents moved to Newark, where they lived till their death in May, 1848.  His father, mother and brother died within a few days of each other, with a disease that was then known as erysipelas fever.  The entire family was afflicted.  It was considered contagious and very dangerous, and, at the time of his parents' death, none of the neighbors or friends would come to the house but one uncle.  An aunt did the baking and cooking for the family, and would take it so far as the door and leave it.  His parents were buried, but the funeral service was not held until the following June.  His father was one of nine children.  His grandfather, father and two uncles served in the War of 1812; his grandfather was major, his father lieutenant, his uncle Samuel was captain, and his uncle James a lieutenant.  The youngest uncle, at the age of sixty years, enlisted and served in the late civil war, from Oskaloosa, Iowa.  His father was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, in 1788, and came to Licking county in 1826.  His uncle James was eighty-three when he died.  Samuel was eighty-eight, and his uncle John is past eighty, and is living in Iowa.  The subject of this sketch is one of nine children, and is the only one at present living.  At his father's death his oldest brother returned to the farm, having been absent, and the children remained together, and worked the place in common until one of his sisters' marriage, when he and his brother-in-law took the place and worked it together.  He remained there about three years when the farm was sold and the proceeds divided among the heirs.  He married Sophia Bline Aug. 24, 1854.  He rented the old homestead of the party that purchased it, and lived there three years, when he moved to a farm near the "Goose Pond," lived there eight years, when he bought the farm near Chatham, where he now resides.  Mr. and Mrs. Colville have nine children:  William, born Jan. 3, 1856; Jacob B., born Apr. 26, 1858; Flora, born July 18, 1859, married to Frank B. Preston, Jan. 30, 1879, and lives in Chatham; Jennie, born Apr. 14, 1865; Mary Bell, born Mar. 29, 1868; Rachel Ann, born Jan. 8, 1871; Ella, born Sept. 17, 1875; J. H. Bastine, born Apr. 16, 1876; Merlie, born Feb. 14, 1879.  Mr. Colville, besides his farming, makes a specialty of raising fine wool sheep.  At present he has a fine flock of blooded Merino sheep. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 651

Fallsbury Twp. - JAMES COLVILLE, ESQ., son of James W. Colville, esq., was born in Eden township, Licking county, Ohio, June 29, 1836.  He intermarried with Eleanor, youngest daughter of the late Jordan Hall, esq., Nov. 8, 1866  He now lives in Fallsbury township, where he has lived thirteen years, having served as justice of the peace for six years.  Squire Colville has devoted himself industriously and successfully to agricultural pursuits and stock raising; he has also been engaged, more or less, for sixteen yeas at school teaching and filling positions in his township involving more or less, for sixteen years at school teaching, and filling positions in his township involving more or less responsibility.  His ancestors, paternal and maternal were immigrants to Licking county from the Shenandoah valley, in Virginia, where his grandfather, Major John Colville, was a prominent man for many years, being a representative in the Virginia legislature, and occupied other positions of prominence.  His relatives of old were also active in the Revolutionary war.  He is a grandson of Aaron Baker, one of the veteran pioneers of Licking, who moved to this county from Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1803, and settled two miles north of Newark.  His mother, Leah Baker, was then only three years old, and is still living in this county, at the age of eighty years.  She was one of the hardy, vigorous race of pioneer women who courageously encountered the toils, hardships and privations, incident to life on the frontiers, and who is now, after a life of great activity, energy and industry, calmly and resignedly near its close. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 639

Eden Twp. - JAMES W. COLVILLE was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, Apr. 30, 1795.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and came to this county in 1826; was married to Leah Baker in 1827, and __on thereafter settled on the farm in Eden township, where he lived fifty-one years, and where he died after a protracted illness, Nov. 7, 1878, in his eighty-fourth year.  He was a son of Major Colville, who, in the valley of Virginia, had attained some distinction by his military and civil services, and by his integrity and intelligence as a magistrate and legislator.  Rev. Peter Schmucker, who was also from Virginia, was the officiating clergyman on the occasion of Mr. Colville's marriage, July 26, 1827.  Mr. Colville's marriage, July 26, 1827.  Mr. Colville was an acting justice of the peace of Eden township upwards of ___enty years, and was highly esteemed by his neighbors, and by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, which was not by any means a lim__ed number.  He was a man of considerable in __rmation, a patriotic man, a useful, industrious citizen, an accommodating neighbor, an upright, __st magistrate, a kind husband, an affectionate father, an honest man, a warm-hearted friend. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 639

Burlington Twp. - C. M. CONARD, farmer and stock-dealer, Burlington township, was born in 1823, in this township.  His father's name is Nathan Conard.  C. M. Conard was married in 1846 to Miss Phoebe Long.  she was born in 1826, in this county.  She died Apr. 4, 1859.  They were the parents of three children.  He again married, in 1860, Miss Sarah Kinsey, of Knox county.  She was born in Coshocton county in 1830.  They are the parents of nine children. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 638

Burlington Twp. - MRS. HANNAH CONARD, - Mrs. Conard was born in the State of Virginia, in 1779, while the Revolutionary war was in progress; became wife of Nathan Conard, and settled in Licking county in 1806, while it was yet a part of Fairfield county, and died Jan. 28, 1871, at the great age of ninety-two years.  Mrs. Conard knew from experience what it was to live in the wilderness, and to endure the toils and, to some extent at least, __ privations incident to life on the frontiers.  She was highly esteemed as a wife and mother, and as one of the oldest and best of the pioneers of Licking. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 638

Washington Twp. - JOSEPH CONARD (deceased), was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, and came to Licking valley in 1805.  In 1808 he purchased a farm near the present village of Utica, where he lived and died, his death occurring Feb. 14, 1873, at the ripe age of eighty-eight years. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 653

Burlington Twp. - JOSEPH CONARD, farmer and stock-dealer, was born in 1819, in this county.  His father, Nathan Conard, was born June 5, 1779, in Loudoun county, Virginia.  He was married in 1800 to Miss Hannah Butscher, of Hampshire county, Virginia.  She was born Jan. 7, 1779, in Hampshire county.  They came to Fairfield county, now Knox county, in 1805.  They came to what is now Licking county in 1807.  He died Sept. 20, 1854.  She died Jan. 28, 1871.  They were the parents of ten children: John, born June 28, 1801, died Aug. 28, 1861; Jonah, born Jan. 1, 1804, died Apr. 20, 1866; Sarah, born Dec. 24, 1805, died Sept. 20, 1877; Mahlon, born Feb. 28, 1808; Amos, born Apr. 20, 1810; Elizabeth, born Feb. 16, 1812; Anna, born July 18, 1814; Nathan born July 21, 1817, died July 6, 1880; Joseph, born Aug. 7, 1819; Cyrus M., born Feb. 18, 1823. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 638

Harrison Twp. - ISAAC CONDIT, deceased, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, Nov, 1798.  He was a carpenter by trade, and followed that business for a number of years.  He then turned his attention to farming, which he made his principal vocation, after his settlement in this county.  In 1822, he married Miss Jane R. Dobbin, of Essex county, New Jersey, born in 1802.   They settled in Essex county, remained until 1835, when he, with wife and five children migrated to this county and located in Harrison township, on the farm now owned by their son, Joseph B. Condit, where they passed the remainder of their days.  His companion died Jan. 3, 1878.  He died May 10, 1878.   They reared a family of nine children:  Mary, George, Matthias, William D., Joseph B., Sarah, Frances, Pheba, and Theodore.  Two of the above named children are deceased, Pheba and Theodore. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

Harrison Twp. - WILLIAM D. CONDIT, son of the aforesaid Isaac Condit, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, Feb. 7, 1831, and came with his parents to this county in 1835.  He is a carpenter by trade, and followed that as his vocation a few years, when he turned his attention to farming, in which business he has since been engaged.  Dec. 28, 1854, he married Miss Martha Charles daughter of Jesse and Nancy Charles.  Miss Charles was born in Harrison township, this county, Mar. 10, 1834.  They moved on the farm in Harrison township, where they now reside, in April, 1856.  They have a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

Etna Twp. - JACOB F. CONINE, ESQ. - The death of the subject of this sketch took place at his residence in Etna township June 6, 1880, at the age of seventy-seven years.  Squire Conine was born in Morris county, New Jersey, July 10, 1803, came to this county in 1840, served a year as a soldier in the Mexican war, doing duty as a member of Captain John R. Duncan's company of rangers on the Rio Grange line.  He was a gentleman of extensive information, conscientious, patriotic, intelligent, and always exerted a favorable moral influence.  Squire Conine had acquired a good degree of scholarship, and had written some acceptable historical papers for the Pioneer society. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – 639

Lima Twp. - RICHARD CONINE, farmer, post office, Pataskala, was born in this county, Oct. 28, 1852, a son of Richard and Hester Conine, the former of whom came from New Jersey with his parents and settled on the farm on which the subject of this sketch now lives.  He was born near Newark.  He remained at home until he was twenty-two years old, when he went to Fairfield county, and from thence to Franklin county; and in 1876 he came to this county and settled on his present farm.  He was married in the winter of 1873 to M. E. Valentine, of this county.  His father, Richard Conine, was among the first that ever came in the county and took an active part in the settlement of the same. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

City of Newark - RICHARD CONLEY, railroader, was born in Newark, Feb. 12, 1843.  When eighteen years of age he enlisted in company E, Twelfth Ohio volunteer infantry, under Captain Legg, of Newark.  He received his discharge July 18, 1864, after serving his term of enlistment - three years.  After his discharge he served a term in the Ohio State prison as a guard.  When his term expired at Columbus he returned to Newark and engaged in the railroad business.  This occupation has consumed the greater part of his time ever since.  He received severe injuries in 1869, occasioned by a collision of a train and engine.  Mr. Conley was married July 7, 1868, to Margaret S. Horn, of Newark.  They have three children: Mary, Christian M., and William M. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

Franklin Twp. - JOHN CONNEL - Mr. Connel was born in Madison township, Apr. 2, 1830.  When he was six or seven years old his parents moved to Newark.  He there learned the carpenter trade and worked at it in Newark until 1878, when he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, and removed to the country.  Mr. Connel was married to Mary E. Goodwin, of Newark, Jan. 10, 1856.  Their children are Ada E., George W., Nettie B., and Stella May. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 639

City of Newark - JAMES CONROY, engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at present, but has served in the same capacity on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, and has given entire satisfaction to both companies.  He has been engaged as an engineer for twelve years.  He was born in Brooklyn, New York, Aug. 31, 1847, at 58 Sand street, and came to this county in 1869, settling in Newark, and has lived here since.  He was married in 1872 to Margaret S. O'Hare.   They have four children; three living and one dead; two boys and two girls.  He resides on Canal street. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

City of Newark - WILLIAM COOK, cabinet-maker, was born in Germany, in February, 1843.  At the age of two years he came with his father and mother to Buffalo, New York, and afterwards moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then to Zanesville, Ohio, at which place they are now living.  His father, Henry C. F. Cook, was born in Germany, May 30, 1814.  His mother, Hannah C. L., was born in Germany May 10, 1818.  Mr. Cook, when about fourteen years of age, learned the cabinet-makers' trade, and has followed this ever since, and is now in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company.  In 1875 he came to Newark.  He married to Miss Ida Victora Sessor, daughter of the late Thomas F. Sessor, who was a soldier of the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and died Dec. 17, 1863, aged thirty-five years, from the effects of a soldier's life.  His wife is yet living in Newark at the age of forty-six years.  Mrs. Cook was born in Newark, May 7, 1853.  She has three brothers and one sister living in Newark. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 647

Perry Twp. - JAMES O. COOKSEY, farmer, post office, Cooksey, was born Apr. 21, 1841, and was married to Miss C. J. Huffman, of Tuscarawas county, in 1867.  They have had three children:  Laura Nellie, aged twelve; Lillian Leonia, ten; Sadie Vioria, nine.  Mr. Cooksey lives near Denman's cross roads, and is a rising young farmer.  He has been township clerk for several years, and the office never was in better hands.  His father, John Cooksey, was born in Virginia in 1800, and is living in this township.  His mother was also a native of Virginia.  Cooksey post office was named in honor of his father in 1880. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 651

Liberty Twp. - ELI COOPER, farmer, New Way, was born Sept. 7, 1830.  August, 1847, he came to Bennington township, this county.  In the spring of 1877 he moved into this township, locating in the village of New Way, where he now lives.  He married Elizabeth Fulk, Mar. 1858.  They have two children:  Sarah M., born Nov. 29, 1859; Leroy, born Oct. 27, 1861.  He owns one hundred and twenty-five acres in one body, and thirty acres in another.  He is a successful farmer. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

Franklin Twp. - JAMES COOPER - Mr. Cooper, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Cooper, was born in Marshall county, West Virginia, Jan. 15, 1820.  His parents were farmers, and James adopted this as his avocation, following it in his native place until 1868, when he came to this county, living six years near Brownville, then removing to this township, where he has since resided.  He was elected justice of the peace for Franklin township in April, 1879, and is a member of the orders of Odd Fellows and Masons.  Mr. Cooper has been twice married.  His first wife was Drusilla Linville, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, whom he married Apr. 20, 1848, and by whom he had five children.  His wife died Dec. 31, 1859.  His second marriage was with Jane Buchanan, of Marshall county, Virginia, solemnized May 15, 1860  Of his eight children by this marriage, five are living:  Flotilla Ann, Ella Jane, Carrie Spencer, John Henry, and James Buchanan. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 639

City of Newark - MRS. SARAH COOPER, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Apr. 2, 1834.  She is the daughter of Eliza Brown, now living in Zanesville.  She was married to Daniel H. Cooper, Nov. 19, 1857.  He was born in Zanesville, July 23, 1833; by occupation he was a railroad engineer - this he learned when quite young and followed up to the day of his death Dec. 14, 1873; he was killed by explosion of an engine at Columbus, Ohio.   He was the father of four children:  Harry C., born Nov. 13, 1858; Fred, born Dec. 29, 1860; Nellie, born Apr. 20, 1867; Cora, born Mar. 9, 1873.  Mr. Cooper was a soldier in the late war, but on account of ill health was discharged after serving only one year.  Mrs. cooper is one of a family of four sisters and one brother, all living; her mother is also living in Zanesville, Ohio.  Harry is a time-keeper in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad office; Fred is learning the trade of machinist. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

Bowling Green Twp. - GEORGE COOPERIDER, Bowling Green township.  John Cooperider emigrated to Licking county from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1815.  He had twelve children:  John, Andrew, Emanuel, Peter, David, William, Jacob, Philip, George, Lewis, Abraham and Anna Margaret, settled in Licking, Perry and Fairfield counties.  His son, Emanuel, preceded his arrival here by one year, having previously married Elizabeth Shelly, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.  Six children resulted from this union, three of whom died in early life.  The remaining three, Anna Margaret, wife of George Bixler, John, and George, the subject of this sketch, reside in this township.  George was born Feb. 25, 1818, in this township, is a farmer by occupation, and has always lived here.  He married Margaret Trout of Perry county, Apr. 10, 1845.  They are the parents of ten children: Sarah E. (died); Emanuel W., living in Perry county; Joel, a physician in Petersburg, Mahoning county, Ohio; George, a Lutheran minister in Baltimore, Maryland; Martha, Martha L., John H., Charles, Noah and Herman. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 638

Newark Twp. - JOSEPH COPLEY - He was born in Madison township, Jan. 16, 1845; he is the son of John and Mary Copley.  Mr. Copley was born Dec. 25, 1798, in Yorkshire, England; he came to Licking county in 1842, and located in Madison township; he was married Jan. 18, 1843; his first occupation was farming; he afterwards moved to Perry county and engaged in the woollen manufacturing business; moved back Sept. 1, 1862, and died Oct. 11, 1864.  His wife was born in Madison township, Mar. 15, 1810.  She is living with her son in Union township; they are the parents of only one child, the subject of this sketch.  He was married May 29, 1870, to Miss Viola Hancock, daughter of Nathan Hancock, Harrison township.  She was born in Union township, Mar. 8, 1851; they are the parents of Mary E., born Aug. 11, 1871; John W., who died Aug. 8, 1873, aged five months; George, who died Feb. 2, 1877, aged four years; Mattie, who died Jan. 21, 1877, aged eighteen months, and Lucy Perl, who was born Nov. 11, 1878.  Joseph Copley is a farmer; has taught school during the winter since 1864. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 650

City of Newark - R. B. COUCH, carpenter and joiner, was born in Linnville, Apr. 15, 1847.  He was the son of Eli Couch, of that place.  His father died in 1849, in the fortieth year of his age, and his mother died in 1848 at the age of forty years.  After his father's death he made his home with J. H. Hupp, with whom he lived until he was thirteen years of age; he then made his home with Jerry Grove, south of Newark.  In 1876 he came to Newark.  He was married to Ida B. Barber, Oct. 23, 1878.  She was born Sept. 20, 1860.   They have one child, Jesse, born Aug. 24, 1874.  Mr. Couch worked on a farm until 1876; he then learned the carpenter trade and now takes contracts for building.  He owns the steam saw-mill on West Mill street. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

Franklin Twp. - PRESTON F COULTER - Mr. Coulter was born in Franklin township, Oct. 21, 1827.  His father, John Coulter, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he was born, Dec. 19, 1796, and when only one or two years old his parents moved to Butler county, Ohio, and afterwards, in 1810, to Licking county.  His mother, Matilda Pumphrey, was a Virginian by birth.  He was married May 30,1851, to Lydia E. Dodd, of Belmont county, Ohio, who is one year and seven days his junior.  His children are, Horace M., born July 3, 1852; Eva M., born July 13, 1854; Mary A., born May 1, 1857; John C., born Mar. 18, 1859, and died Feb. 28, 1862; Lorin, born Sept. 8, 1861; May, born Oct. 14, 1863; Rollin, born May 30, 1866; Edwin Stanton, born June 9, 1858; Frank H., born Mar. 20, 1870, and Howard E., born Aug. 29, 1875.  Since his marriage Mr. Coulter has resided in Madison, Bowling Green and Franklin townships successively.  His occupation is farming and stock raising, also makes a specialty of raising and selling fine sheep. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 640

Franklin Twp. - W. C. COULTER, son of John Coulter, one of the early settlers of this county, was born in this township Mar. 13, 1832.  His early life was active and varied.  He taught school at seventeen and the next year attended school at the Ohio Wesleyan anniversary, Delaware, Ohio.  He was then employed about eighteen months in building telegraph roads in the State and in Indiana. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 640

Franklin Twp.- JAMES S. COURSON was born Aug. 24, 1843, in Bowling Green township.  His father, Alexander and his grandparents, Isaac and Jane Courson, came from Pennsylvania.   He was born and bred a farmer, but during the last seven or eight years, has followed stone masonry as a trade.  Until within a few months he has resided in his native township.  His brothers and sisters living, are: Ananias, of this county; Cornelius, living in Memphis, Tennessee; Charles W., who resides in Missouri; Mary Ann, wife of John Abraham, of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Nancy, married to Harvey Dusthimer, of this township, and Martha J., the wife of Abram Eby, living in Bowling Green township.  Mr. Courson was married Nov. 27, 1879, to Rachel Irwin, daughter of Hamilton and Catharine Irwin.  Mr. and Mrs. Courson are members of the Methodist church. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 640

City of Newark - CRANE BROTHERS, No. 119, west side of public square, Newark, dealers in millinery, notions, and dress goods.  this firm was established Sept. 1, 1873, by F. A. and O. W. Crane who have since been conducting the business with success.  Their business room is eighteen feet wide by one hundred feet deep, which is stocked to repletion with a variety of attractions that in elegance defy the descriptive genius of the veriest fashion critic.  The notions and fancy goods departments occupies about one-half of their extensive room, where is to be seen an array of goods simply immense.  Hosiery, gloves, ties, sets, collars, cuffs, buttons, lace work, while black dress goods, black colored or fringed silks, fine kid gloves, zephyrs, and Germantown wools seemed to be made a leading specialty.  The other half is the millinery department, where are a large stock of hats, trimmed and untrimmed, neat, rich, elegant and beautiful.  Bibbons of all kinds and colors.  Delicately tinted tips, feathers, plumes, flowers, ornaments, and trimmings by the thousands of all kinds used in a millinery store.  Miss F. Ball, a lady of wide experience and excellent taste has charge of the trimming department, conducted in a room thirty-two by ten feet, where they employ from six to ten ladies.  They also employ six efficient salesmen, who are always willing and ready to wait on and accommodate their many customers, while both members of the firm give the business their undivided attention. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

Perry Twp. - JAMES M. CRAWFORD, farmer, post office, Perryton, was born in Coshocton county in 1840, and came to this county in 1866; was married to Miss Sarah E. Beckham of this county, in 1861; they have had seven children: Ella J. (deceased); Ida (deceased); Eva, fifteen; infant; Anna, twelve; Carl ten; Stella two.  J. M.'s father was born in Ireland in 1806 and died in 1850; his mother was born in Virginia in 1807, and has lived in Coshocton county seventy-two years; his mother's maiden name was Rebecca J. McCann.  J. M. Crawford was elected justice of the peace in 1867, and held the office twelve consecutive years; has been trustee, and has held other offices of trust in this township; owns three hundred and sixty-three acres of good land and one of the nicest houses in the township; he is the eldest of four living brothers, all over six feet in height, and he has never been sick a ay in his life. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 651

Lima Twp. - FRANCIS CROMPTON, post office, Pataskala, was born in King's county, Ireland, Jan. 14, 1821.  In 1848 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Licking county.  I n1876 he went past settling in Putnam county, but remained only one year, returning to Licking, where he has since resided.  Mr. Compton has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary Wickliff,  who lived but a few years, he afterwards marrying Mrs. Roberts, the widow of Samuel Roberts, who died while in the army. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 643

City of Newark - JAMES B. CRUM, carpenter.  He was born in Frederick, Maryland, Aug. 27, 1837; went to Baltimore where he learned his trade.  Was married to Margaret C. Creager, June 22, 1858.  they lived in Baltimore until Apr. 27, 1874, when they moved to Newark.  By this marriage they had three children, Ida, born May 17, 1859; Kate, Jan. 18, 1861; James G., Oct. 10, 1865.  Since coming to Newark, Mr. Crum has followed railroading as locomotive engineer. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 648

Perry Twp. - Z. B. CULLISON, physician, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, June 7, 1837.  He has been practicing medicine in this county eighteen years, moving to Elizabethtown in 1863; he graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1857; practiced a short time in Mansfield before the war in which he took an active part, going out in company E, Forty-third Ohio volunteer infantry.  Since locating here he has given his entire attention to the practice of his profession, and has built up an extensive practice.  He was married in 1862 to Miss Rebecca Ann Pigman, of Coshocton county; they have had nine children; two deceased.  He and his wife's parents came from Maryland, and are of English descent; their grandfathers were among the first Methodist preachers in Ohio, and he and his wife are children of Methodist preachers. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 651 SEE NOTE #1 BELOW

Franklin Twp. - MRS. SARAH A. CUMMINS was born Dec. 8, 1821, in Guernsey county.  She married John Cummins, Nov. 28, 1841, who was born in Rockingham, Virginia, Aug. 30, 1814, and was the son of Thomas Cummins and Mary Bowers.  Mr. Cummins was a farmer and a member of the United Brethren church.  He died Sept. 4, 1858.  Mrs. Cummins' parents are from Cumberland valley, Pennsylvania.  Her father, William McVicker, was born Apr. 5, 1778; her mother, Sarah A. Lisney, was born Mar. 18, 1786; her brothers and sisters are Jonathan C.,  born Apr. 11, 1802; James, born Aug. 21, 1803;  William, born Mar. 3, 1806; Alexander, born Dec. 25, 1809; Aaron, born Aug. 11, 1812; Achor, born Dec. 2, 1813; Samuel F., born Apr. 3, 1816; Rebecca, born Feb. 21, 1819; John C. born Feb. 13, 1824; Stephen, born Mar. 4, 1827; Mary, born May 3, 1829.  Her children are Mary Jane, wife of Harrison Moore, of Kansas; Sarah T. (deceased); Lora H., wife of William Griffith, of Lima township; John, William T. (deceased), David, Martha Ann (deceased), Sylvester and Rena May.  Mrs. Cummins is a member of the Presbyterian church. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 650

Hartford Twp.  - J. ROSS CUNNINGHAM, farmer born in Jefferson county, Ohio, June 16, 1835; married Emily M. Ross of the same county.  Mr. Ross was born in 1839.  Mr. Ross came to this county in 1870, purchased a fine farm of two hundred acres in the northwest part of the township, and now has one of the finest farms in the township.  He is essentially a self-made man, and is one of the substantial citizens of the county. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

City of Newark - JOHN CUNNINGHAM, JR., son of William and grandson of Patrick, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1800, and came to Newark with his parents in 1811, both of whom dying in 1814, he was left an orphan at the age of fourteen.  Among the pioneer teachers to whom he was indebted for his early education were the names of Everson Blackburn, Amos H. Chaffee, Rev. Thomas D. Baird, Hosmer Curtis and others, whose names grace the annals of the pioneer history of Newark and of Licking county.  Among those with whom he attended school were Henry B. Curtis, of Mt. Vernon, and Enoch Wilson, of Newark, A few others, perhaps, of Rev. Thomas D. Baird, Hosmer Curtis and others, whose names grace the annals of the pioneer history of Newark and of Licking county.  Among those with whom he attended school were Henry B. Curtis, of Mt. Vernon, and Enoch Wilson, of Newark.  A few others, perhaps, of Rev. Thomas D. Baird's scholars still survive.  He learned the trade of tanner and currier, was for many years deputy sheriff and deputy auditor, and subsequently worked at his trade until ill health compelled him to give it up.  Apr. 2, 1826, he married Ann, daughter of David and Martha Lewis, and granddaughter of Deacon Theophilus Rees, who was born in Newark Oct. 28, 1803, in a cabin on a hill upon the site of which the Park house now stands.  Ill health compelling him to give up business since 1855, these pioneers have resided with their only son, W. M.  For thirty-nine years, the annual enumeration of youths has been made by Mr. John Cunningham, and from these annual visitations no one is probably better known to the citizens of Newark than the subject of this sketch. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

City of Newark - JOHN CUNNINGHAM, SR., a son of Patrick by his second wife (nee Isabell Rainey), married Mary Elliott, a niece of Captain Elliott, of pioneer fame.  He served as sheriff and auditor of Licking county, and justice of the peace for many years.  Subsequently his son, John R., served a term as auditor.  His family, consisting of his wife, two sons and two daughters and himself, have been dead for many years.  The other children of Patrick Cunningham having migrated west, but little is known as to their history. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

City of Newark - PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, AND OTHERS - Patrick Cunningham was a Scotch-Irishman, born in the Province of Ulster.  When quite a young man he emigrated to Maryland, and espousing the cause of his adopted country he served in the Revolutionary war.  A few years before his death, having met with reverses in fortune, he succeeded in obtaining a pension from the United States government.  He was an educated gentleman of the old school, very reticent in his disposition, particularly neat in his dress, and person, and from his persistence in wearing gloves, knee breeches, and buckels, was considered very eccentric by his pioneer neighbors.  He was married three times, and died about the year 1835, and was, at the time of his death, supposed to be over eighty years of age.  His first wife was killed by the upsetting of a sleigh.  By her he had but two children, viz.:  William and Thomas Cunningham.  From his second marriage there were four children, viz: John, sr., Joseph, Ann and Polly.  After the death of his second wife he again married, from which marriage there were no children. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

City of Newark - THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, settled in Zanesville, where he reared a large family of children. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

City of Newark - WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, son of Patrick and father of John, jr., married Elizabeth Moore and with his family, consisting of his wife and one child (John, jr.), removed from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to Newark in 1811.  He enlisted in Captain Spencer's rifle company and served in the War of 1812; was present at Hull's surrender, and subsequently re-enlisting, died in camp at Franklinton, Franklin county, Ohio, in March, 1814.  A letter written by this pioneer soldier upon a drum-head, by the light of a camp-fire, at the time of the surrender, and yet in the possession of his son, John Cunningham (who is now eighty years of age), is a fine specimen of composition and penmanship. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

City of Newark - WILLIAM M. CUNNINGHAM - The following regarding this gentleman appears in teh Masonic Newspaper printed in New York in February, 1879:      [The following sketch is from the pen of Brother Bob Morris, who has intimately known the subject of these remarks for a quarter of a century].      "Brother Cunningham, now going through his second term of grand mastership, was born at Newark, Ohio, Mar. 9, 1829, and is just completing his semi-centennial.  Few of the craft have filled their fifty years of life in a more honorable and yet quiet and unobtrusive manner.  Amongst masons, outside of his own jurisdiction he is best known as the writer of reports on foreign correspondence, a position which more than all other best develops the wisdom, strength, and beauty in the man.  Many a man has worthily filled the highest grades of office, and filled them well who could not write a readable report on foreign correspondence.  Of those due to the fecund and facile pen of Brother Cunningham, we find the best were composed for the grand lodge, but those for the grand chapter, grand council, and grand commandery, are well worthy of perusal.  Were all gather into a volume they would make a resume of the history of the order for the years that they cover.      "Brother Cunningham was initiated into Masonry in 1850, in Newark Lodge, No. 97, Newark, Ohio, and received the second and third grades the same year.  Those of the chapter and council followed four years later; the orders of the commandery in 1855.  The almost interminable series of the Scotch rite occupied his time at intervals from 1856 to May 19, 1865, when he received the honorary guide of sovereign grand inspector general.      "The writer, in 1856, was the guest of Brother Cunningham, then a merchant in Newark, and, over an interval of several days, enjoyed the confidential chat of the young and studious brother, whose well filed library, and well filled mind and easy tongue, afforded all that could be desired of such an occasion.  He predicted then (an easy task), the brilliant career which awaited Brother Cunningham, and he esteems it a special favor, twenty-three years later, to act as historian of his own (fulfilled) prophecy.  Let us see it in a synopsis:      "Worshipful Master, of Newark Lodge, No. 7; High Priest of Warren Chapter, No. 6, Thrice Potent of Enoch Lodge of Perfection (Columbus); Deputy Puissiant Grand Master, 1863, and Puissiant Grand Master of the Grand Council R. and S. M., Ohio, 1864-5-6; District Grand Lecturer Grand Lodge, 1864-77; Grand Orator of Grand Lodge, 1874; Deputy Grand Master Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1875 and 1876.  Finally he arrived at the highest honors known to Free Masonry, viz.:  Grand Master of Ohio, in October, 1877, and re-elected in October, 1878.  It is of record that his vote for the first term was seven-eighths, and for the second term, nine-tenths of the eight hundred votes of the delegation.  His first annual address, Oct., 1878, is a masterpiece, and model for documents of the perspicacious yet forcible, brief yet comprehensive.  In 1876 he had appealed from the decision of the Grand Master upon a constitutional question, which appeal was sustained by the Grand Lodge, and thus the question of recognizing the legality of colored Masons in Ohio was settled adversely to the advocates of recognition.      But Brother Cunningham is equally known as Masonic author and compiler.  In 1865 he wrote a Funeral Book of Free Masonry, giving a complete set of forms for lodge, church, and cemetery service, and full instructions for Sorrow Lodges.  This is the first work ever published upon that plan, and subsequent writers have borrowed from it so freely as almost to forfeit its identity, yet the evidences exist.      As author and compiler, the following list of works are accredited to our industrious friend:      " 'The Manual of the Ancient and Accepted Rite,' 12mo, pp. 272, Philadelphia, 1853, perhaps the first complete separate manual put forth in the Northern jursidiction; 'Cross' Masonic Text Book;' 'Cross' Masonic Chart;' 'Cross' Templars' Chart; all revised and published in 1854, with handsome and appropriate illustrations, and taken very extensively with the trade.  In 1874 he gave forth 'Craft Masonry, or Part First of the Ancient York Rite,' 12mo. pp. 210.  (The second part, 'Capitular Masonry;' third part, 'Cryptic Masonry,' and fourth part 'Templar Masonry,' are now in press.      "The writer has seen in Newark, what is rarely exhibited in these degenerate days, three generations of Masons in the Cunningham family, viz., the aged father, the subject of this sketch and his son.  May the three limbs long stand unbroken, and afterwards be indissolubly united in the Celestial lodge above.      "Our sketch would be imperfect were not some references made to the secular life of Brother Cunniningham.  The book trade has occupied the greater part of his life.  This was followed by the insurance business, as agent, and in 1877 he received the appointment as statistician to the Ohio department of State, to which laborious charge he was reappointed in 1879.  The volume of Ohio statistics issued for 1877, which has received commendatory remarks everywhere, was of his compilation.  A similar volume for 1878 is in press.  As a handle of literary merit he received the grade of magister artium.      "But my space is exhausted.  Were a page of 'the Masonic newspaper' left for friendship, a eulogy would follow, both in prose and verse, that would demonstrate how much we all love William M. Cunningham who know him.'"      Sanford Cunningham, son of William M., died Nov. 8, 1880, of consumption.  He was an only child and much beloved.  One of Newark's papers thus speaks of him:      "Few young men were more generally or more justly respected and beloved than was Sanford Cunningham, and the memory of his broken, and yet in a true sense, complete life, will cling around his early tomb with a sweet fragrance.  He was a young man of unusual energy, ability, and ambition, and had been endowed with a physical constitution in proportion to his mentality, he would have accomplished that distinguished career in life, of which his energy and ability gave such abundant promise.  The heroism  with which he battled for years with the insidious disease that was sapping his life was greater than the heroism of battlefields, and yet he bore his sufferings with a patience and a resignation born of the calm, serene faith that never failed him.  Chords of sympathy, deep and heartfelt, thrill unbidden for the bereaved parents, and yet only the God of all consolidation can comfort such sorrow." Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 650

Hartford Twp. - GEORGE CURRY, farmer and breeder of thoroughbred sheep.  He is a breeder and shipper of Spanish merino sheep, which are registered in the Vermont and United States registries.  He has a fine flock of eighty head at present. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 642

CHRISTOPHER C. CURTIS, deceased, son of William and Sally Curtis, was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 27, 1809, and was brought to Licking county, Ohio, by his parents when but a few weeks old.  In 1829 he commenced at the carriage and wagon making trade in Granville, with Joseph Blanchard, and served about two and a half years as an apprentice.  Dec. 13, 1832, he married Miss Charlotte, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Blanchard.  Miss Blanchard was born on the island of Grand Manan, province of New Brunswick, July 27, 1809, and came with her parents to Licking county, Ohio, in 1818.  Mr. and Mrs. Curtis went to Mt. Vernon, where she now resides.  After their settlement in Mt. Vernon, Mr. Curtis continued at his trade and carried on a carriage and wagon shop about twenty-one years.  In 1854 he engaged in the hardware business, dealing in general hardware until 1864, when he retired from the business.  He deceased June 9, 1876.  He was the father of two children: Lucien B., and Rollin C.  Rollin C. was born in Mt. Vernon July 1, 1837.  In 1856 he commenced in his father's store and remained as such six years.  July, 1862, he entered the Knox County Branch bank, which afterwards became the Knox County National bank, as teller; in 1865 he became assistant cashier, and in 1870, cashier of the bank, which position he filled until 1875.  After leaving the bank he engaged in the merchant tailoring business one year.  In 1877 he entered the county clerk's office as deputy clerk, and from thence to clerk in the auditor's office for some time.  In December, 1879, he was appointed National examiner for nine of the southern States, which position he is now filing.  He served about four months in the late war in the Ohio national guards.  In 1858 he married Miss Cornelia A. Pyle, daughter of Adam and Mary Pyle, of Mt. Vernon.  By this union they had six children, five of whom are now living, two sons and three daughters. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 817

City of Newark - GENERAL SAMUEL R. CURTIS - Samuel R. Curtis lived in Licking county from 1807, the year of his birth, until 1826, when he was admitted as a cadet to West Point military academy.  He had been for some time a clerk in the office of the clerk of the court.  In 1831, he graduated; was appointed a lieutenant, but resigned his position in the army in 1832, and studied law and practiced his profession for some time.  He was chief engineer in the construction of the dams and public works of Muskingum, from 1837 to 1840, and afterwards superintended public works in Iowa and Missouri, and served under General Taylor in the Mexican war as a regimental commander and also acted as military governor of a number of towns in the valley of the Rio Grande.  General Curtis was elected three times a member of Congress from Iowa; but on the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, he resigned his seat in Congress and became a major general in the Union army, in which he served with credit and honor.  General Curtis was also chosen a member of the Peace congress, and held other honorable positions.  He died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 25, 1866 in the sixtieth year of his age. Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page 649

NOTES:

NOTE #1 -
1860 Census - Perrytownship, Licking Co., Ohio on June 17, 1880 - Dwelling 201  Family 209
Cullison, Z. B. - W M 43 - M - Doctor - b. OH  Fath. b. MD  Moth. b. MD
Cullison, Rebecca - W F 45 - M - Wife - b. OH  Fath. b. MD  Moth. b. MD
Cullison, Milton - W M 17 - Son - S - Farm labor - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Nettie - W F 15 - Dau - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Cary - W M 14 - Son - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Wilber - W M 12 - Son - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Rebecca - W F 9 - Dau - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Jerry - W M 6 - Son - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH - (family picture at www.findagrave.com in Perryton Cem.)
Cullison, Nelly - W F 4 - Dau - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
Cullison, Earl - W M 1 - Son - S - b. OH  Fath. b. OH  Moth. b. OH
- Source: NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1040 - sheet 337C
Z. B. & Rebecca Ann (Pigman) Cullison are buried in Perryton Cemetery, Licking Co., OH - See Find A Grave Memorials 37311835 &37312478
Z. B.'s name is Zephaniah Beal Cullison

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