BIOGRAPHIES
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Franklin Twp. -
SAMUEL SANDERS,
born in Brooke county, Virginia, in 1816. He is the
son of Louis and Prudence Sanders. In 1824 his
parents came to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he was
married in 1839, to Sarah Kail. He continued to
reside near New Philadelphia until 1868, when he became a
citizen of Licking county. Mr. Sanders has five
children living, and four: Henry, Samuel, rose A. and
Nancy - dead. Julia Ann is the wife of
George D. Kukhn. Mary is married to Alfred
Neighbours. Louis, Sarah (the widow of
John Boyce), and James live at home.
James is married to Drusilla Neighbours, of
Coshocton county, Ohio, and has two children: Virgil
Austin and Ada Estella. Mr. Sanders is a
member of the United Brethren church.
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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 758 |
Bennington
Twp. -
J. R. SANGER,
farmer and fine sheep raiser. James C. Sanger,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and son of
Nathaniel Sanger, was born in Ellington, Connecticut,
June 17, 1786. Achsa Blodget, daughter of
Abner Blodget, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut,
Feb. 4, 1789. They were married Mar. 27, 1807.
Olive, first daughter, was born May 19, 1808;
James, first son, was born May 11, 1810; Barton,
second son, was born Mar. 17, 1817; Sally, second
daughter, was born June 27, 1821; Ralph B., fourth
son, was born Apr. 26, 1824; Ira, fifth son, was born
Dec. 27, 1826; James C. Sanger died July 20, 1832;
Achsa Sanger died July 11, 1872; Ralph B. Sanger
died Mar. 6, 1829; Ira Sanger died Nov. 26, 1828.
Olive was married to John Vanfossen, Apr. 3,
1831. James married Miss Ann Myer,
daughter of John Myer, of Jersey township,
Feb. 2, 1845. James died June 27, 1849, and his
wife died Sept. 24, 1877; Barton is unmarried and
living in this township; Oliver Walcot
Sanger is living in Hamilton county, Indiana. He
is very prominent where he lives. Sally was
married to Luther Stone, of this county, Sept.
12, 1842. James and Ann Sanger
were the parents of two children, Clara C. and _
R. Clara C. was born in 1845; she
married J. W. Coffman, of Liberty township, in 1867.
Mr. Coffman died Feb. 1, 1874. They were the
parents of three children, one dead and two living at
present. Mr. Coffman was a carpenter and
farmer. J. R. Sanger, the subject of this
sketch, was born in 1848, in this township. He has
lived on the farm and given his attention to agriculture.
He held the office of township clerk ten years, viz from
1870 to 1880; he is a justice of the peace at present, and
gives his attention mostly to the breeding and raising of
fine sheep, in which pursuit he is deeply interested.
He is a genial, pleas ant man to deal with, and has the
confidence and respect of all who know him. The
Sanger family came to this county in 1818.
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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 756 |
City of Newark
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SCOTT BROTHERS, furniture dealers,
Scott block, South Third street. W. H. Scott
and George R. Scott, who established the business
here in 1825, and conducted it successfully many years.
About thirty years ago W. H. Scott took charge of the
business and carried it forward with energy and success
until 1871, when George R. became a partner in the
business, joining the present firm. They occupy the
Scott block on Third street, second door north of the
canal, which consists of a building twenty-five by one
hundred, four stories, with an excellent base; the whole
conveniently connected with an elevator. They have a
pleasant and commodious office on the first floor, which is
also occupied as a general salesroom, and contains a fine
display of a variety of goods, consisting in part of
bureaus, book-cases, wardrobes, etc. The second story
is occupied by an elegant display of sitting room, drawing
room, and parlor suits, and broken sets, plain and elegantly
carved and upholstered. The third floor is occupied by
all styles and grades of bed room sets of every material and
of the best workmanship. The fourth floor is the chair
department, in which is kept a large stock of easy rocking,
parlor, nursing, kitchen, and baby chairs of the best
materials and workmanship. They have an excellent
undertaking establishment on Fourth street, near the
Methodist Episcopal church, where they keep a large
assortment of coffins, caskets, trimmings, shrouds, wreaths,
flowers, etc. Also have three elegant hearses, two of
which are for adults and one for children. They keep
their own horse and turn out as fine a funeral cortege as
the best cold desire. Both members of the firm give
their personal attention to both departments of the
business, and th most prompt attention is given to all
orders.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 767 |
Fallsbury Twp. -
DAVID SCOTT, farmer, born in Scotland
in 1815, and emigrated to America in company with his
brother, William, about the year 1834, landing at
Quebec, Canada. From there they came to Licking
county, locating in Fallsbury township, on the farm where he
now resides. On Sept. 9, 1847, he married Lydia
Atwood, a daughter of James and Hannah Atwood.
She was born June 11, 1828. They became the parents of
five sons and seven daughters, all of whom are living.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 758 |
Burlington Twp. -
E. W. SCOTT, merchant, born in 1834,
in this county. His father, Samuel Scott, was
born in 1803, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He
came to this county in 1810. He was married in 1824,
to Miss Lydia Mead, of this county; she was born in
1803, in Vermont. HE died in 1877. She is still
living in Kansas City, Missouri. They are the parents
of six children. The subject of this sketch is the
fourth child. He was married in 1856, to Miss Helen
M. Williams, of this county; she was born in 1837, in
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of two
children: Charles and Lulu. Mr. Scott
began business as a clerk, in 1850. In 1873 he
purchased the store he now owns. He was made
postmaster during the war, which office he still retains.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 767 |
Bennington Twp.
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HENRY SHIPLEY, farmer and carpenter,
born in Holmes county, this State, in 1830. His
father, Josiah Shipley, was born in Pennsylvania in
1808. His mother, whose maiden name was Hoglan,
was born in Virginia in 1816. Mr. Shipley, sr.,
on coming to this county in 1832, purchased what was known
as the Parr mill. His wife dying, he was again
married, in 1853, to Miss Rohrick, of this county,
and in 1854 he removed to Iowa, where he now lives. He
is the father of twenty-four children by the two marriages,
thirteen living and eleven dead. Mr. Henry Shipley,
the subject of this sketch, and his brother, Moses,
are the only ones living in the State. Henry
was married in 1856 to Miss Sarah A. Parsons,
daughter of
J. C. Parsons, of this county. Mrs. Shipley
was born in this county in 1839. They are the parents
of seven children living and one dead. The names of
those living are: Willis M., Josiah C., Elmer E.,
Miles M., Martha E., Zoa Z., and Charles H. Mr.
Shipley is a township trustee and also trustee for life
of the trust fund of fifteen hundred dollars left by
George Iles for the benefit of the Bethel Methodist
Episcopal chapel in this township.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 756 |
Bennington Twp.
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MOSES H. SHIPLEY, farmer, born in
1832, in this county. He was married in 1861 to
Miss Susannah L. Hatach, daughter of Seth Hatch,
of this county. She was born in 1844, in this county.
They are the parents of five children - Lewis M.,
Franklin P., Mary E., Barton J., and Seth J.
Mr. Shipley is a carpenter by trade, and is also a
shingle maker.
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 756 |
Grandville Twp.
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JACOB SHOWMAN, deceased, was born in
Washington County, Maryland, July 14, 1783. He was
brought up on a farm, and made farming his special vocation.
He married his first wife in 1802. Their marriage
resulted in twelve children - Margaret, John, David, Mary
M., Catharine, Elizabeth, George, Sarah, Jacob, Fannie,
and a pair of twins, not named. They settled in
Maryland, where they lived a few years, then emigrated to
Tennessee; remained there, near Knoxville, about six years,
then returned to their native State. His companion
deceased in 1823. All of the above named children are
deceased except Elizabeth and Sarah. He married
for his second wife Phebe Morrison, of Maryland.
In 1826, he, with wife and nine children of first wife,
migrated to Licking county, Ohio, reaching Newark Jan. 1,
1827. They moved into a log cabin, and lived there
until the spring of 1827. He leased a piece of land of
Mr. Turner, of Newark township, upon which they
moved, and lived there three years, then moved to a farm
near the Three Mile house, on the Newark and Granville road.
In 1831 he purchased and moved on the farm in Granville
township now owned by his son, William R. Showman,
where he passed the remainder of his days. In 1834,
his wife and three of the children died with the cholera.
He married for his third wife Susan McCaulley, nee
Smith, in 1835, by whom he had three children
- William R., Elias W., and Albert B., who
deceased at the age of fourteen years. His wife
deceased in 1856. He married Mahulda Gilliland
in 1858. He deceased March 15, 1860. His
companion is still surviving him, at the age of sixty-five
years.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 759 |
Bennington Twp. -
J. J. SIMMONS, farmer. - His father,
Van Simmons, was born in Hampshire county, Virginia,
in 1793. He came to this county in 1810. His
mother was born in 1790, and came to this county in 1808.
They were married in 1815. His father died in 1871,
and his mother in 1857. They were the parents of ten
children. The subject of this sketch was born in 1826.
He was married in 1850 to Miss Mary J. Wise, of this
county. She was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, in 1830, and came to this county with her
parents in 1836. Mr. Simmons and wife are the
parents of five children, all living, and one married.
Mr. Simmons is the owner of a first class farm of one
hundred and fifty acres.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 757 |
McKean Twp. -
EDWARD SIMPSON, enlisted in company C,
Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry in 1861.
He was heard from for about fifteen months after going into
service, but from that time he was killed. Mrs. Simson
was married again Sept. 12, 1873, to Calvin Dush of
this county. They have adopted Alice R. Roland.
Eli Alander was born Sept. 21, 1835; died in
1844.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 615 |
Union Twp. -
MISS ADDIE SMITH, post office,
Kirkersville. She is a native of Fairfield county,
Ohio, but came to Licking county in 1874, and engaged in
teaching school. She is a young lady of culture and
refinement, and has been teaching about eight years.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 776 |
Burlington Twp. -
D. A. SMITH, retired farmer, born in
1792, in Rockingham county, Virginia; came to this county in
1814. He was married i n1819, to Miss Maria Cavitt,
of Ross county, Ohio; she was born in 1801, in Pike
county; Ohio; she died in 1827. They were the parents
of four children: Anderson, William, John, and
Maria. He again married in 1828, Miss Elizabeth
Mitchell, of this county. She was born in 1808 in
Green County, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of
eight children: Phoebe A., Mitchell, Mary E., Catharine,
Martha J., Sarah E., Benjamin D., and Esther L.,
all of whom are living with the exception of Mary E.
Mr. Smith has twenty-six living grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. Three sons, William, John
and Benjamin, were in the army in the war of the
Rebellion. Mr. Smith was in the War of 1812,
and receives a pension for the service rendered.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 757 |
McKean Twp. -
GEORGE SMITH, deceased, was born Apr.
10, in 1785, Maryland; was married in 1812, to Elizabeth
Yanglin of Maryland, who was born Jan. 29, 1793.
He enlisted in the War of 1812, and served through to the
end of it; came to this county in 1825; located in Licking
township, where he remained ten years; his family consisted
of eight children; five are at present living. He died
in February, 1835, and his wife, Elizabeth, died
December, 1845. George W. the youngest of the
family, was born in 1815, in Washington county, Maryland,
and came to this county with his parents; he is a
stone-cutter by trade, but of late years has given his
attention to farming and wool growing. He was married,
in 1838, to Liddie Piels of Licking township, who was
born in 1821, in Muskingum county. The results of this
marriage was thirteen children; two are deceased; those
living are William Harrison, born in 1839; Bennett
T. born Nov. 21, 1841. William H. and Bennet T.
enlisted for three years in company B, Seventy-sixth Ohio
volunteer infantry, in 1861, under Captain Scott.
They were in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh
Landing, Arkansas Post, and Chickasaw Bayou, and were taken
prisoners on Yazoo river; were taken to Vicksburgh, then to
Richmond, and were confined in Libby prison two months, then
sent home in the autumn of 1863. William H. was
married to Sarah Tracy, of this county, and is now
living in Stark county, Indiana, and is a farmer. Bennet
T. was married in 1870, to Mary B. Criswell of
this county, and is living in McKean township.
Andrew J. was born in 1843; was married to Lucy
Johnson, of this county; is a farmer, and lives in
Washington township. Mary E. was born in 1845;
was married to Samuel Wayne, a farmer of this county,
and is now living in Nebraska. John L., was
born in 1849; was married to William Howe, a farmer
of this county, and is now living in Iowa. George
W. was born in 1851, and died in 1870.
Asa I. was born in 1853; was married to Rosa Gosnell
of this county, and is now living in Union county.
Henry P. was born in 1855; was married to Nancy Welsh,
of this county, and lives in this township. Richard
G. was born in1858; is single, and is a school teacher
by profession. Lidia S. was born in 1860; was
married to Mitchel Willard, of this county,
and lives in McKean township. Emma U. was born
in 1862, is single and lives at home. Charles L.,
was born in 1865, and lives at home. Mr. Smith
located in McKean township in 1854, and has lived there ever
since. He is a well-to-do farmer and is respected by
all his acquaintances.
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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 765 |
Newark Twp. -
ISAAC SMITH - He was born in Page
county, Virginia, Mar. 15, 1828. He came to Licking
county with his widowed mother, in the fall of 1835, and
located in Union township. He was the youngest of the
family of seven children; his mother died when he was
fourteen eyars of age; she was fifty-five years of age.
He was married Feb. 1, 1855, to Margaret A. Roop, of
Knox county, Ohio, daughter of John Roop, deceased;
she was born Mar. 31, 1834. They are the parents of
eight children: Mary C., born Jan. 22, 1857;
Isabel and Martha Belle, May 23, 1859; John W.,
June 14, 1861; David W., Feb. 14, 1863; Isaac N.,
July 10, 1868, died when six weeks old; Margaret Ann
May 18, 1870; Eli J. D., born Apr. 12, 1872, died
Feb. 26, 1877. At the age of thirteen years the
subject of this sketch was bitten by some poisonous reptile
which caused his right leg to be amputated in 1865.
His entire family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 767 |
City of Newark -
JAMES K. SMITH, railroad conductor,
was born in West Virginia, Nov. 11, 1844. He was
reared on a farm. He enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, in
company D, West Virginia infantry, and was discharged Dec.
26, 1863. He again enlisted in company I, Sixth West
Virginia infantry Dec. 27, 1863, and was discharged June 10,
1864. He has seen many hardships during his army
service. After the war closed he went to Volcanoe,
West Virginia, and worked in the oil business some three
years, then to Mineral Point, Pennsylvania, and engaged with
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., as common laborer;
something like a year afterward he went to breaking on the
road. In 1871 he was promoted to conductor, this he
continued at this place until 1875. He then moved to
to Newark and went to breaking for the Baltimore & Ohio
Co., and after serving in this capacity for six months was
promoted to conductor; this he has followed ever since.
In February, 1869, he was married to Columbia Nutter, of
Marietta, Ohio. They had one child which died in
infancy.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 769 |
Bennington Twp. -
JOHN SMITH, farmer, born in Sussex
county, New Jersey, in 1817. Lived at home until the
age of twenty-one, when he married Miss Eliza Simpson,
of the same county and State. Mr. Smith came to
this township in 1841; purchased a farm soon after coming
here, and farmed until 1865, when, after disposing of a part
of his farm, he turned his attention to the mercantile line,
and sold general merchandise for six years, when he returned
to farming, which business he has followed ever since.
His wife died in October, 1869, and he again married in
September, 1870, his second wife being Mrs. Charity E.
Parsons, daughter of J. D. Edwards, of this
county. He is the father of five children by his first
wife and three by the second. In October, 1854, Mr.
Smith was elected justice of the peace, and remained in
that office twenty-one years in succession, once receiving
every vote cast. He ahs been in office as trustee,
treasurer, and justice of the peace, ever since 1847.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 757 |
Monroe Twp. -
JOHN SMITH, Sr., Green post office,
was born Oct. 10, 1806, in Northampton county, Pennsylvania.
In 1830 he went to Tennessee and engaged in driving stage
and carrying United States mail from Nashville to Memphis, a
distance of two hundred and fifty miles. He worked on
the road for about two years; from there he went on the
Nashville and Huntsville, Alabama route, in the same
service; later he carried mail from Nashville to Tuscumbia,
Alabama; in 1834, drove on the Louisville, Kentucky route,
and continued carrying United States mail until the spring
of 1859. Going up into Texas he there contracted to
carry Confederate mail, on the Nachdoches and Waco mail
line. At the close of the war he went to Louisiana,
where he engaged in the United States mail line until 1873.
December, 1874, he returned to Ohio. Mr. Smith
is now permanently settled, retired from actice
service, and spending his last years in peace and
prosperity. Though in his seventy-fifty year he is
hale and hearty.
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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 766 |
Franklin Twp. -
JOHN A. SMITH, farmer, born in
Franklin township. His father, James Smith, was
born Dec. 25, 1792, and came to his township in 1831, from
Wheeling, West Virginia. His grandparents, Henry
and Mary Smith, were early residents of Wheeling, his
grandfather keeping the first grocery in that city, bringing
his goods from Philadelphia. Henry's children
were as follows: Harriet Beall, Nancy Clark, James,
Nathaniel, Louisa Clark, William and Caroline
Carnihan. James was married Oct. 23, 1817, to
Sarah Masters, daughter of Henry and Sarah Masters,
of Virginia. Henry and Sarah Masters' other
children were: Mary Dickson, Rachel Hagans, Nancy
Widie, Rebecca Adair, Jennie Brown, Hannah Fry, Mrs.
Morrison and Henry. The children of
James and Sarah Smith are: William H., born
May 4, 1818; Rebecca I., Oct. 31, 1819; Robert C.
Oct. 29, 1821; James, Mar. 15, 1824; a son in 1827;
Mary, June 7, 1825; Caroline, July 27, 1828;
Harriet, Feb. 14, 1830; Elizabeth A., Aug. 15,
1832; Nathaniel, Oct. 26, 1834; Sarah L., Oct.
10, 1837; John A., July 26, 1839; Matilda J.
Oct. 30, 1843; Oscar J., in 1845. John A.
moved to Dover Hill, Indiana, in 1859, and Dec. 9, 1860,
married Matilda Sanders, born Oct. 12, 1846, spending
a year in this county; he returned to Dover Hill, and farmed
for five years; then returned to his old home. In
Oct., 1867, he bought a farm in Guernsey county, and lived
there till 1874, when he came to his present home, the old
homestead. His wife died Apr. 4, 1871. By her he
had three children: Louis Edwin (deceased),
Marietta F., born Mar. 5, 1866, and James W.
(deceased). In 1872 he married Lavinia Boyd,
daughter of Joseph and Mary Boyd, of Guernsey, Ohio.
Joseph Boyd emigrated to Ohio from Ireland, and his
children are: Lydia, Elizabeth J., John, Margaret,
Sarah, Lavinia, Mary E., Margery, Moses, Joseph
and Amanda C. By his second marriage Mr.
Smith has three children: Lydia M., born Nov. 28,
1872; Joseph A. July 20, 1876, and Sarah L.,
June 14, 1878.
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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
758 |
Mary Ann Twp. -
JOHN C. SMITH, farmer, was born in
Orange county, New York, Aug. 14, 1835, and was brought to
Licking county not long afterwards, his father locating in
Mary Ann township, where he was reared and still remains.
On Jan. 1, 1861, he married Charlotte A. Bebout
daughter of Solomon and Mary Bebout, of Eden
township. She was born May 17, 1842. They have
two children: Oliver A. born Nov. 1862, and Virgil
C. born November, 1867. After his marriage he
purchased a farm of his father, where he now resides.
He and his wife are consistent members of the Disciple
church of Eden township.
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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 764 |
Licking Twp. -
RICHARD SMITH was born Feb. 1810, in
Licking county. He was married to Christina Bowman
of this county, April, 1829. They had seven children:
Martha, born January, 1830, died seven months
afterwards; Samuel born November, 1831, died six
weeks afterwards; Andrew, born November, 1837, was
married to Mary Jane Padgett, of this county, died
March, 1872, aged thirty-five years; Mary Jane born
January, 1840; married to A. Carlisle, of this
county; died March, 1868, in her twenty-eighth year;
Henry C., born May, 1843; married Amanda Stotler
of this county, and resides in West Jefferson, Madison
county; John A., born in 1849; married Minerva
Marvin, of Franklin county, and lives on the old
homestead with his mother; Solomon, born Sept. 18,
1845; married Elizabeth E. Odel of this county, Oct.
10, 1869; his wife was the daughter of John and Clarinda
Odel of Fairfield county. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Jacksontown. They have no children and live on the
farm bordering the lakes of Licking township.
Richard Smith located on the farm known as the Island
farm, near Summit reservoir. He lived on this farm
about forty years, and helped to build the Ohio canal and
reservoir. He died May 10, 1871, and his remains are
entombed in the cemetery near by his late residence.
He was a member of the Campbellite church for a number of
years. He was a very unfortunate man in this life.
He was at one time burnt out and left almost penniless and
without any help. He was a man of energetic,
industrious charter, honest in all his transactions, and by
judicious management was able to leave his children a home.
He was never known to use any profane language; was a man of
good judgment; always voted the Whig and Republican ticket.
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
762 |
Licking Twp. -
SEYMORE SMITH, farmer, post office
Pataskala - He was born in Seneca county, Ohio, in November,
1848. He is a son of William and Mary Smith,
who removed from Franklin county about 1844, and in 1866
they moved to Fairfield. He is the second of a family
of four children. He remained at home until he was
married, in the fall of 1872, to Grace A. Price, of
Fairfield county. After his marriage he settled in
Franklin county; in 1873 he moved to Fairfield county, and
in the spring of 1876 he bought and moved to his present
farm.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking
Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Publ. - Newark, Ohio -
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 - Page 764 |
Burlington Twp. -
W. A. SMITH, physician, born in
Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1851; came to this county in
1869. He began his medical education in Dr.
Coleman's office, in Homer, reading there two years and
a half, when he went to the Cincinnati Collage of Medicine
and Surgery, graduating from there in the spring of 1877.
May, 1877, he began to practice in Lock, this county, living
there three years. He removed to Homer in June, 1880,
retaining the practice he had built up in Lock, and has
succeeded in building up a fine practice here.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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City of Newark -
WALTER A. SMITH, photographer, No. 125
North Third street, Newark, Ohio. Mr. Smith was
born in Huron county, Ohio, Mar. 14, 1839. He was
educated in the common schools of his native county and the
graded school of Norwalk, Ohio. In 1859 he commenced
with P. N. Benham as an apprentice at the photograph
business, with whom he remained about two years. In
1861 he engaged in the profession at Plymouth, Ohio, where
he conducted the business eight years. Then, in 1868,
he returned to Norwalk, continued in his business about two
years in that city, and in 1870 he came to Newark, where he
has since been carrying on the business successfully.
He does all kinds of work in the line of photographing in
the latest and best styles, also copying and enlarging
pictures in crayon, oil and pastelle, all of which are of
superior quality. He carried a large assortment of
picture-frames, albums and passeportaut, which he
sales at small profit. By energy and close application
to business, he has gained a widespread reputation as an
artist.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Washington
Twp. -
ELI SMOOTS,
farmer and stock raiser, post office, Utica, Ohio, was born
in Shenandoah county, Virginia, Oct. 11, 1814; came to
Washington township with his parents when he was two years
of age; worked with his father until Dec. 20, 1838, when he
married Caroline Moore. They had ten children,
eight of whom are living: Sarah, born Apr. 20,
1842; Huldah, Mar. 22, 1844; Philip W., Oct.
22, 1848; J. Frank, Oct. 23, 1850; Eli S.,
July 20, 1853; Margie E., Oct. 29, 1855; Albert M.,
Dec. 19, 1859; Oscar A., Nov. 23, 1862. Mr.
Smoots is one of the pioneer farmers of this county.
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Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Washington
Twp. -
WILLIAM M. SMOOTS.,
farmer, post office, Utica, Ohio, was born in Washington
township, Mar. 13, 1839; married Miss Orlean Wilson
Jan. 2, 1879. Owns a good farm of one hundred and
twenty-five acres, two and a half miles south of Utica.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Washington
Twp. -
JACOB SPERRY, a
resident of Washington township, died at his home near
Utica, in July, 1873, at the advanced age of eighty-four
years. Sixty-five years, or more, of his life had been
spent in that vicinity. He was a member of the Baptist
church and a good citizen.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 777 |
Jersey Twp. -
WILLIAM SPRINKLE, farmer, post office
address, Jersey, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
in 1830, the son of John and Barbara Sprinkle.
In 1833 his father's family emigrated to Bowling Green
township, this county, where William remained until
1869, when he moved to Jersey township. HE is the
fourth of seven children, namely: Maria (Roley), of
Licking township; Henry, a farmer, of Allen county,
Ohio; Peter, a farmer, of Johnson county, Missouri;
William; Catharine (Snyder), Johnson County,
Missouri; Mary E. (Poundstone), Newark, Ohio; and
Margaret (Orr), of Bowling Green township.
December 11, 1857 was married to Miranda, daughter of
Robert and Cornelia (Howell) Reed, of Fairfield
county. They have five children - John, Lora E. (Traxler),
William Arthur, Walter and Charlie.
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Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Madison Twp. -
BYRON STANBERY, farmer. - He was born
in Madison township, Oct. 16, 1824, and is the youngest son
of William Stanbery deceased. He served
eighteen months in the Mexican war. Mr. Stanbery
is a single man and follows farming. He lives about
two miles east of Newark in Madison township. His
father died in 1872, aged eighty-four years; his mother died
the same year at the same age.
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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 764 |
City of Newark
-
HON. JAMES R. STANBERY
- Mr.
Stanbery is at present the senior resident member of the
licking county bar, having been a practicing lawyer here
nearly fifty years. He is the oldest son of the late
Hon. William Stanbery, and was born in New York city,
Mar. 24, 1810, and brought to Newark the same year, seventy
years ago. Mr. Stanbery enjoyed the
opportunities of instruction afforded by the early time
schools of Newark. He was also a pupil in the grammar
and Latin school taught by Rev. Thomas D. Baird,
about the year 1818, and earlier. Subsequently he
attended for a time, the classical school of Professor
McMullen, in Granville, and of a similar school in
Zanesville, taught by Professor Cahse son of the
bishop. Afterwards he attended the school at
Worthington, taught by the late Bishop Chase, were,
among others, he had for his fellow student Salmon P. Chase,
late had for his fellow student Salmon P. Chase, late
Chief Justice of the United States. For the completion
of his education his father placed him in the Ohio
university, at Athens, of which institution he is a
graduate, having attained to a good rank in scholarship.
After obtaining his diploma he entered the law office of
Ewing & Hunter, of Lancaster, as a law student,
and afterwards the office of Irwin & Stanbery,
of the same place, where he remained until he had completed
his last studies. He was admitted to the bar in 1831.
It has always been conceded that James R. Stanbery
possessed intellectual endowments of the first order, and,
as he had ample educational opportunities, and also enjoyed
the benefit of the legal instruction of some of the ablest
lawyers of Ohio, to say nothing of the legal knowledge
obtained incidentally from his father, who held rank with
the best old-time lawyers of the State, it is not at all
surprising that he should have become a good lawyer, and
have early taken a good position as a member of the legal
fraternity of the county, and, indeed, of the State.
For nearly fifty years Mr. Stanbery has been a
practicing lawyer, and he has been little else than that,
although engaged, more or less, in politics, and sometimes a
candidate for office. In 1863 he was elected a member
of the senate of Ohio, by the district, composed of the
counties of Licking and Delaware, and served two years as
such. He was also elected a Presidential elector in
1864, and cast the vote of this district for Abraham
Lincoln for President of the United States. After
this statement it is scarcely necessary to say that the
subject of this sketch was patriotic, loyal to the
government during all the dreary years of the "great
Rebellion," and no less the friend of freedom. Mr.
Stanbery has much vigor and originality as a public
speaker, and as a writer, is distinguished for elegance and
point. He was postmaster of Newark form 1867 to 1869.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Bowling Green
Twp. -
JAMES STERRETT, born in Berkeley
county, Virginia, Apr. 4, 1803, and emigrated with his
father Adam, to Ohio, in the fall of 1806, and first
settled in Muskingum county, near Uniontown, but shortly
after his father entered a quarter section of land in Perry
county, near the Muskingum line. James's school
privileges were very limited, but when fourteen years old,
the community in which he lived bought a circulating
library, by reading which a taste for literature was
cultivated in himself and others. He learned the
cabinet making trade and followed it over forty years,
living in Lancaster, Lurray and other places. He moved
to Brownsville in 1849, where he has resided ever since,
except a year, 18727-3, spent in Newark. For
twenty-one years he kept hotel in Brownsville, during which
time he did not sell one gill of intoxicating drink.
On Feb. 8, 1825, he married Amy Park, who came to
Union township, Licking county, from Hampshire county,
Virginia, with her father, Amos Park, in 1810, at the
age of two years. Mr. Sterrett is the father of
twelve children, three of whom died in infancy. Of his
five daughters, Josephine and Virginia live in
Kansas; Jane Eliza in Savannah, Missouri;
Clarinda B. at home, and Mary Euphemia, wife of
Robert Cowan, in Ashland, Ohio. Their oldest
son, James Milton, is at present in California; their
youngest, Charles P., in Dayton, Ohio.
Adrian C. joined the United States navy in 1853, and
was in Perry's cruise to Japan to open the ports to foreign
intercourse. During the war he was ordnance officer of
the Gulf fleet, a position which he filled with signal
ability and bravery, resigning his commission in 1865, he
entered the cotton trade extensively in Alabama, and died
Oct. 26, 1865, on the boat Ben Stickney, on the Mississippi
river. William Wirt entered the naval service
as master's mate on the gunboat Champion, Apr. 6, 1863, and
died at Paducah hospital June 3, 1863.
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Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Burlington Twp. -
CHARLES STINSON, farmer, born in1827,
in Morris county, New Jersey, came to this county in 1834,
with his father, Joseph Stinson. He was born in
1795, in Morris county, New Jersey. He was married in
1819 to Miss Mary Larason, of the same county; she
was born in 1794. He died in1843, she died in 1870.
They were the parents of four children. The subject or
this sketch is the third child. He was married in
1855, to Miss Phœba
A. Montanye, of this county; she was born in 1834.
They are the parents of five children.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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Bennington Twp. -
CALVIN STOUT, farmer, born in
1833, in this county. His father, John Stout,
was born in 1809, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
He was married in 1830. Mrs. Stout, was of
John Stout, died in August, 1868. They were the
parents of eight children. The subject of this sketch
was the second child. He was married in 1855 to
Miss Mary A. McDaniel, daughter of Robert McDaniel,
of this county. She was born in Essex county, New
Jersey, in 1840. They are the parents of four children
- Charles, married and living in this township;
Millard D., married and living in this township;
Harry E., and Sarah E.
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Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
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City of Newark
-
MRS. BARBARA SUTTON
resides on teh
corner of Third and Baker streets. She was born in
Green county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 17, 1816, and was married
to Job Sutton, Feb. 14, 1836. Came to this
county soon after her marriage, and then removed to Knox
county, Ohio. From there they went to Warren county,
Iowa, remaining there two years, when they removed to St.
Joe, Missouri, and, after three years, came to Licking
county. Her husband died Feb. 27, 1875. They had
but one child, John B., born Nov. 4, 1838, and died
July 30, 1860.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 774 |
Burlington
Twp. -
REV. WARREN SWIFT,
Congregational minister, deceased, born in 1800, in
Virginia. He came to this county in 1851. He was
married in 1864, to Mrs. Sergeant, of this county;
she was born in 1827, in Bedfordshire, England. She
was married in England, to James Sergeant; he
was horn in 1822. They came to this country in 1850,
and to this county in 1852. He died in 1862. They were
the parents of one child, Bessie. Mrs.
Sergeant was married in 1862, to Warren
Swift, the subject of this sketch. He died in
1872. He preached for thirty years. Bessie
was married in 1874, to George Welch; he was
born in 1853, in Erie county, Pennsylvania. They are
the parents of two children: Harry B., and Charlie.
Mr. Welch is a school teacher and surveyor.
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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 758 |
Franklin Twp. -
ALVEY SWISHER,
is the son of Abram Swisher, an early resident of the
county, and was born Dec. 26, 1826, in Licking township.
In 1830 his parents came to the township, where he has lived
ever since, except a few years spent in Licking township.
He has one brother, David, and two sisters, Sarah
A., the wife of Samuel Motherspaw, and
Catharine, wife of Sylvester Reason, also a half
sister, the wife of Brook Rutledge. His father
was accidently killed while unloading some heavy timber from
a wagon, in 1830. His mother married John Emory
in 1841, and by a singular fatality, he also met his death
accidentally, by being drowned in the South fork of the
Licking river. In 1846 he married Sarah Frank,
of Perry county, by whom he had six children-
Margaret, widow of William Boring; Allen; Naomi,
wife of Elmer Dusthimer, of Licking township;
Elizabeth Louisa; Ella, wife of Amos Patterson,
and Vara. Mr. Swisher's ancestors were
Virginians. He has always followed farming, and is a
member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
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Co., Ohio - It's Past and Present - Compiled by N. N. Hill,
Jr. - Illustrated - Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co.,
Publishers - 1881 - Page 759 |
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