BIOGRAPHIES
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Licking Twp. -
D. E. EAGLE, was born Apr. 14, 1851,
in this county; is the son of Hiram and Rebecca Eagle.
D. E. Eagle was married Oct. 1, 1877, to Abby
Moody, of this county, who was born Mar. 14, 1851, and
was the daughter of Buse and Jane Moody, who died
when she was but nine months old. Mr. Eagle has
but one child, Clyde, who was born Oct. 10, 1878.
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
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City of
Newark -
JOHN EATON, telegraph operator, born
near the city of Basle, Switzerland, Dec. 18, 1852.
His father died when he was three years of age. He has
two younger brothers. His mother came with them to
this country in June, 1865, and settled in Newark, Ohio.
He followed different occupations up to 1870, when he
learned telegraphing, and has since that time followed that
business. He was married to Miss Emma Swern,
daughter of Marion Swern of this city, Mar. 28, 1878.
His mother was married again to Mr Jacob Geiger, of
Rose Hill, Darke County, Ohio, where she is now living.
His youngest brother, Jacob, is working on a farm in
that neighborhood; his other brother, Henry, is also
telegraphing, and is stationed at Memphis Junction,
Kentucky.
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1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 666 |
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Perry
Twp. -
JAMES EDIE, farmer, Perryton post
office. James Edie's parents were born in
Pennsylvania; his father in 1812 and his mother in 1803.
His parents came to Ohio at an early day, his grandfather
being one of the first settlers of Tuscarawas county.
James Edie was born in Tuscarawas county in the year
1837, and came to this county in April, 1867. In the
year 1861 he was married to Miss Martha Ewart.
The result of this union has been five children: Anna
Mary, seventeen years; Clark, sixteen years;
Charlie, twelve years; Nanny, eleven years;
Bertie, eight years. Mr. Edie owns some two
hundred and eight acres of fine farm land. He is
treasurer of this township, having been elected the last
time by a majority of seven, a gain of from thirty-five to
forty over the regular ticket. He is now holding it
the second term. He and wife are members of the
Disciple church.
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1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 666 |
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Bennington
Twp. -
H. T. EDWARDS, saw mill owner and
farmer; born in 1846, in this county. His father,
Joshua Edwards, was born in New Jersey in 1809.
His mother was also born in New Jersey in 1809. They
each came with their respective parents at an early age to
this county. They were married about 1830, and were
the parents of six children: Nancy, married to
John Overturf, and living in Knox county; Charity,
married to John Smith, and living near Appleton;
Julia died in infancy; Frances M., married R.
McFarland, of this county, and died in 1878, leaving two
children; Harrison, the subject of this sketch, and
Mary A., who died at the age of nineteen.
Harrison was married in 1870 to Miss Julia A. Parsons,
of this county. She was born in 1846, in this county.
They have three children: Warren H., Arthur and
Hallie.
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
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Franklin
Twp. -
JAPHETH EFFINGER, was born May 12,
1826. His father, William Effinger, came to
Newark from Woodstock, Virginia, about 1825, where he
carried on a tin store in partnership with Richard
Harrison, but quitting this business, he turned his
attention to farming in this township. Mr. Effinger's
mother was Elizabeth Mentzer, a native of this
county. He has one sister, Angeline, wife of
William Quick, living in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and two
brothers, Noble and Washington, died young.
In 1847 he married Jane Murphy, and has three sons
William, who teachers school, and farms in Adams county,
Indiana, and Noah and Jepheth, both young
farmers of this township. He was having died, Mr.
Effinger, in 1873, married Barbara A. Hisey, a
daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Hisey. He began
life with less than one thousand dollars, but, by economy
and industry, has purchased successively sixty-nine,
forty-six, one hundred and twenty-seven, twenty-eight and
fifty acres of land. He has started each of his boys
in life much better than he began it, and at present owns,
besides other valuable property, two hundred and five
fertile acres, situated in this township, the accumulations,
by hard labor, of a well spent 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
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Granville
Twp. -
JOSEPH F. EGGLESTON - In Onondaga
county, New York, Sept. 4, 1815, our subject was born.
He was a shoemaker by trade, and followed that as his
vocation for twenty years. Then he turned his
attention to farming, and has since made farming and stock
raising his business. In 1844 he migrated to Licking
county, Ohio. In 1855 he married Chloe E. Wells,
born Mar. 5, 1820; daughter of Ezekiel and Mary Wells.
They settled in Hartford, Licking county, Ohio, where he
worked at his trade until 1862. They moved on the
farm, where they are now living in Granville township, one
and a fourth miles west of Granville. They reared a
family of three children - two sons and one daughter.
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
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Lima
Twp. -
W. C. ELLIOTT, Pataskala - W. C.
Elliott was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, Mar. 27,
1824. Samuel Elliott, his father, came to Ohio
in 1845, and settled in Harrison township. W. C.
Elliott came to Lima in September, 1854. He
married Miss Amy Beach in Granville in 1854.
She was the daughter of John Beach, who died in Etna
township. Mr. Elliott was a merchant in
Pataskala three years, since when he has been engaged in
railroading as station agent at Pataskala, and has been
postmaster since 1857.
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
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City
of Newark -
JOHN R. ELLIS, was born in Madison
township, Licking county, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1844; lived on a
farm until he was eighteen years of age. He enlisted
in company F, One Hundred and Thirteenth regiment Ohio
volunteer infantry; was in the western department under
W. T. Sherman; served thirteen months and was
discharged. He was married to Mary A. Palmer,
February, 1868. By this marriage they are the parents
of two children: Charles W., born Dec. 2, 1868;
John H., born Nov. 25, 1870. Mrs. Ellis was
born Aug. 10, 1851, and is the daughter of Washington
Palmer, of Mary Ann township. The subject of this
sketch followed farming until the war broke out, he then
enlisted. After the war closed he went back to farming
and followed that business until within a few years.
He is now in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio and Railroad
Co. He is the son of Thomas Ellis, of Madison
township.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 666 |
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Licking Twp. -
GEORGE E. EMERSON, farmer, was born
Apr. 3, 1819, and was the first white child born in Liberty
township, where he has always remained, and now owns
eighty-one acres of land, making a comfortable home.
He states that he never saw a school house until he was
fourteen years of age. Also that there is a mistake in
regard to the original settlement of the township, published
in a former history, that his parents, Stephen and
Elizabeth Emerson, emigrated to St. Albans township from
Hillsboro Ware township, New Hampshire, in the fall of 1815,
and remained there almost three years. Oct., 1818, the
family moved into Liberty township, and became the first
settlers in that township, remaining there nearly three
years before any other settler came. The subject of
this notice married Mary Foster, Feb. 3, 1851; she
was born in Staffordshire, Marchington parish, Woodlands,
England. She with her parents, William and Susanna
Foster, emigrated to Licking county, arriving in the
month of June, 1836. Mr. Emerson has two
children: Amanda J., born Jan. 28, 1852; Mary
Susannah, born Nov. 28, 1857. The subject of this
sketch is benevolent, genial, and bears his age well; he has
a retentive memory, that is remarkable for one 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
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Bowling
Green Township -
BALTUS EMERY,
was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, during the last
decade of the last century, and had at his death attained to
octogenarian age. He came to Ohio in 1811, was married
in 1817, settled in Bowling Green township in 1821, where he
continued to reside until his death, a period of fifty-seven
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
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Franklin Twp. - Page 664
REUBEN ENO, was born in Simsbury,
Connecticut, Nov. 1789. He was educated in Hartford,
Connecticut. He was a tanner by trade. He
migrated to Granville, Mass., in 1812, and engaged with
William Cooley at his trade. In 1813 he married
Loana B., daughter of William Cooley. He
continued at his trade with Mr. Cooley until 1828.
He purchased the tannery of Mr. Cooley and operated
it himself until 1844. He gave up his business in that
place, and with his wife and two daughters, Amelia and
Charlotte C., migrated to Homer, Licking county, Ohio,
leaving two sons, William F. and Frederick A.,
in Mass., who came to Licking county a few years later.
He, is company with Dr. J. B. Cooley, erected a
tannery at Homer, which he operated three years, and
in 1847, moved on a farm in Granville township, same county;
remained six years; then moved to Granville where he
deceased May 24, 1864. His companion survived him
until 1868, aged eighty-nine 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 -
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Franklin Twp. -
FREDERICK A. ENO,
son of the aforesaid Reugen and Loana Eno, was born
in Granville, Mass., Mar. 22, 1822. He is a carriage
and wagon maker by trade; served his apprenticeship in
Westfield, Mass. In 1846 he married for his first
wife, Rebecca Loomis, of Westfield, Mass. They
settled in North Becket, of same State; remained two years,
and in 1848 they migrated to Granville, Licking county,
Ohio; remained two and a half years; then on account of his
wife's bad health, they removed to Springfield, Mass., where
they removed to Springfield, Mass., where she deceased Dec.
1, 1853, leaving to his care three small daughters. He
married for his second wife, Mary E. Davey, of
Westfield, Mass., August, 1854. They migrated to
Granville, Licking county, Ohio, where they are now living.
Their union resulted in three children - two sons and one
daughters. He has made carriage and wagon
manufacturing his business. In 1856 he purchased the
old stand of John L. Huggin's carriage shops, which
he operated successfully until 1868. He sold his
shops, and purchased a farm in Granville township, and
followed farming as his vocation for three years, and in
1871 he re-purchased the old stand, which he is operating at
present, but not so extensively as in years gone by.
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 664 |
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Hanover Twp. -
D. T. ENYART, post-office, Hanover, a
farmer - He is the son of Rufus and Sally (Thompson)
Enyart, and was born in 1812, in the house in which he
now lives. He has always lived here and has never
known any other place as home. His father came to Ohio
from New Jersey in 1800, and in 1804 he came to Hanover and
built the house (it being a log cabin) in which Mr.
Enyart was born. Here a family of seven children
was reared consisting of four sons and three daughters, all
of whom are dead except D. T. and Sarah, the
youngest daughter. She lives within a half mile of her
place of birth. Mr. Enyart well remembers the
hardships of pioneer times. He was married June 3,
1843, to Martha Denman, the daughter of Matthias
and Jane Denman; she was born in 1825, in Perry
township. Her father came to this county from New
Jersey, and her mother from Virginia. Her
grandfather's folks were among the earliest settlers of
Licking county, coming here about the same time Mr.
Enyart settled. Raising grain and stock has been
the principal occupation of Mr. Enyart through life.
In politics he has always been a Democrat, his father
and grandfather also belonged to this political party.
The farm Mr. Enyart occupies is a portion given his
grandfather for services rendered in teh Revolutionary war,
the deed being signed by Thomas Jefferson.
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
665 |
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McKean
Twp. -
MARTIN ESHELMAN, Farmer, was born
September, 1827, in this county. He is the son of
David and Margaret Eshelman, who came to this county at
an early date. He was married in 1849 to Sarah Fry,
of this county, who was born in 1833. The results of
this marriage were three children - Mary E., born in
1852, was married in 1871 to William Fulton, of this
county, a farmer, and is now living at Chatham; George A.,
born in 1860, and Charles T., born in 1868; both
living at home. Mr. Eshelman is a well-to-do
farmer, and is esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 666 |
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Licking Twp. -
SIMEON ETNIER, was born in
Pennsylvania; he was the son of David and Hannah Etnier.
He came to this county and located with his parents on a
farm in Licking township. David Etnier was born
in the year 1787; was married to Hannah Smalley of
the same county; Simeon was married to Emily
McCleery Oct. 2, 1840. They had five children:
Corlesta, Lewis, John W., Marinda and Amelia Jane.
Corlesta died Jan. 18, 1843; Lewis died May 18,
1843; John W. married Martha Handly, of
Licking county, and is living with his father at the old
home and is a practical farmer; Marinda died Oct. 1,
1865; Amelia Jane married John W. Hupp, a
farmer, and is living in Jacksontown. The result of
this marriage is four children. Simeon's first
wife died Mar. 11, 1853, in her thirty-first year He
was married again Feb. 28, 1857, to Rachel Sigler, of
Licking county. The result of this marriage was one
child, William E., who was born Mar. 3, 1860, and is
single and living with his father. Mr. Etnier's
second wife died Mar. 23, 1861. He was married again,
to Elizabeth Nayler, Nov. 16, 1865, of Jefferson
county, Ohio, who was born Nov. 20, 1833, in the same
county. Mr. Etnier has followed farming all his
life on the same farm that he and his father settled on -
some two hundred and sixty acres of land. He is also a
practical wool grower; has voted the Whig and Republican
tickets all 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
665 |
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Perry
Twp. -
JAMES H. EVANS, farmer, post office,
Perryton, was born in March, 1829; was married to Miss
Adams in 1853. The fruit of this marriage was two
children, Anthaline and Alice. In 1862
his wife died, and in 1866 he ws married to Miss Sarah
Patterson. He is at present a justice of the
peace, having been elected in 1877. Mr. Evans
is one of the solid and respected men of this township.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 667 |
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Perry
Twp. -
JOHN EVANS, farmer, post office,
Perry. Mr. Evans was born in Virginia in 1805.
His father was born in Wales, his mother in Virginia, and is
a German descent. When Mr. Evans was three
years old his father came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and in
1826 the subject of this sketch was located in this
township. In 1826 he was married to Miss Deborah
Campbell; after a married life of twenty-four years his
wife died. They had twelve children: Jesse,
born in1827, died in 1828; James H., born in 1829;
David B., born in 1830, died in 1858; Minerva,
born in 1832, died in 1834; Lafayette, born in 1835;
Josiah, born in 1837; Mary Ann, born 1839;
Zebulon P., born in 1841, died in 1870; Elizabeth
Ellen, born in 1844; Deborah Nancy, born in 1850;
John P., born in 1852; William, born in 1854.
In 1851 Mr. Evans was married to Miss Mary Patton,
of Coshocton county, and two boys resulted from this union.
Death again entered Mr. Evan's household, and his
second wife passed away in 1861. In 1864, Mr. Evans
was united in marriage with his present wife, a Miss
Mildred Reed. They have one child. Mr.
Evans is possessor of two hundred and forty-eight acres
of land, besides a pleasant town property in Elizabethtown.
He is one of the first settlers in this township. He
has hauled wheat to Zanesville, getting fifteen cents a
bushel for it, and paying five dollars a bushel for salt
during the War of 1812. Within his memory there was a
large camp of Indians on the property he now owns.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 667 |
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City of
Newark -
JOHN EVANS, formerly a dealer in
groceries and provisions, but for the last year he has
engaged in the patent combination flour and meal chest.
Mr. Evans owns the half interest in the patent for
the United States. He was born Dec. 8, 1846, in this
county. He has always resided here. He was
married to Lizzie A. Jones, of Licking county, Mar.
31, 1870. Mrs. Evans died August, 1874, and in
August, 1876, Mr. Evans married his second wife,
Maria Jones. They have two children: Minnie
Belle, born Aug. 24, 1877, and Carl Ellsworth,
born Aug. 9, 1879. Mr. Evans resides on Pearl
street.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 666 |
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Perry
Twp. -
JOSEPH EVANS, farmer, post office,
Black Run, Muskingum county, was born in Fauquier county,
Virginia, in April, 1838; he came to Ohio when young.
He was married in this township in 1861, to Miss Rebecca
Jane Wallcott; they had eleven children, all living.
He owns seventy-four and one-half acres of land here, and
gives considerable of his time to the culture of fruit,
having a good peach orchard.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 667 |
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Bennington
Twp. -
LEWIS EVANS, Jr., farmer ,born in
1832, in this county. His father, Lewis Evans,
sr., was born in Loudoun county, with his parents in 1807;
was married in 1822 to Miss E. Shaffer, who came from
New York in 1819. Mrs. Evans died in 1854.
They were the parents of eight children, of whom five are
living. Mr. Evans was again married in 1856. to
Miss Mary Shaffer, and is still enjoying good health
and is as active as some men at forty, although living at an
advanced age. He helped to clear the timber from the
square in Newark. Lewis Evans, jr., the
subject of this sketch was the fifth child, and married
Miss Margaret J. Conard, daughter of Mahlon Conard,
of this county. She was born in 1834, in this county.
They are the parents of four children: Emma E., Clark M.,
Henry A., and Mary A. Mrs. Evans has a fine
farm of two hundred and thirty acres in this township, and
is a genial, sociable gentleman, enjoying life with his
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 663 |
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Perry
Twp.
THOMAS EVANS, post office, Hanover,
was born in this county in 1816; his parents came to this
county at a very early day from Virginia; his mother came
here when eleven years of age, when there were but three
houses in Zanesville. His uncle, James Evans,
grubbed the first stump out of the square in Newark, where
the court house how stands. The subject of this
sketch was married in 1837 to Miss Susanna Sterman;
they had two children, John Z. and Laura A.
She died in 1843. IN 1844 he was married to Miss
Sallie Summers, of Muskingum county. They had
seven children. She died the tenth of April, very
suddenly, going to bed in as good health as usual,
apparently, and dying in the night, which fact was not
discovered till next morning.
Source:
1798 -
History of Licking Co., Ohio -
It's Past and Present -
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr. -
Illustrated -
Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 - Page 667 |
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Hartford Twp. -
REVEL EVERETT, was born in
Massachusetts in 1794, came with his father to this county
in 1807, settling in Granville. During the last fifty
years of his life he was an honored citizen of Hartford
township. He died Mar. 22, 1880, at the ripe age of
eighty-six.
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
665 |
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Granville Twp. -
SAMUEL H. EVERETT, was born i
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1792. He was brought up on a
farm, and made farming his principal business through life.
He migrated to Licking county, Ohio, in 1807, with his
parents, Samuel and Agnes Everett, who purchased and
moved on the farm in Granville township, now owned by
Samuel J. Everett, where they passed the remainder of
their days. Samuel deceased in 1809, aged forty
years. His companion survived him until Jan. 11, 1853,
aged eighty-one years. His father, Samuel Everett,
sr., died in Granville township in 1812, aged
eighty-three years. Samuel H. Everett married
Miss Dorsey Warner in 1814, who was born near
Granville, Massachusetts, in 1790, and emigrated to
Granville, Licking county, in 1807. They settled on
the Everett homestead two miles west of Granville, on
the Alexandria road, where they remained until their death.
He died Mar. 20, 1845. His companion died Oct. 5,
1852. They reared a family of five children:
Lodama, born Sept. 2, 1815; Horace, born May 20,
1820; Samuel J., born Apr. 20, 1826, Emily A.,
born Aug. 24, 1828; Jeremiah F., born Oct. 15, 1831.
All are now living, married, and have families.
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
665 |
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Bowling Green Twp. -
WILLIAM EWING, born in Muskingum
county, April 1, 1818; son of Alexander Ewing;
learned and worked at the wagon making trade in Zanesville,
and a short time in Gratiot. In 1839 he came to
Brownsville and has conducted a wagon shop here since.
Married May 4, 1836, to Martha Huff, who came to Ohio
when young from Maryland. Of their ten children six
now survive: Charlie, William, Henry, Albert, Frank
and Abram.
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 –
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