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Bowling Green Twp. -
DR. H. M. WAGNER
- Dr. Wagner is the son of John and Anna
Wagner, and was born Oct. 3, 1852, in Fairfield county,
where he grew to manhood. He received his education at
West Rushville; his professional training was acquired at
the Columbus Medical college, located at Columbus, Ohio,
where he completed two courses of lectures, graduating from
this institution in 1879. He practiced fifteen months
in Champaign and Ford counties, Illinois. Came to
Linnville, December, 1879, where he has built up a yet
growing practice in medicine and surgery, paying particular
attention to obstetrics. He was married Dec. 12, 1876,
to Jessie V. Baker, of Rushville, Fairfield county,
Ohio.
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Hanover Twp. -
BENJAMIN WALKER,
,post office, Clay Lick, a farmer by occupation, living in
the southern and western corner of Hanover township; his
parents came to this county from Muskingum, at an early day,
and settled on the farm now occupied by the subject of this
sketch. Here they reared a family of four children -
two boys and two girls. Benjamin Walker was
born April, 1824, in Muskingum county. He is the son
of Alexander and Susan Walker. He was married
Feb. 7, 1849, to Martha Lake, the daughter of
Edmond and Lydia Lake. She was born Feb. 22, 1822,
in Hopewell township. Her parents came from Virginia
at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have five
children - four boys and one girl: Alexander was
killed by the cars on the night of Mar. 11, 1880, at Newark,
on the Pan Handle railroad; Nathan, Charley G.,
Samuel and Sarah Patience. Mr.
Walker has always voted the Democratic ticket.
His first vote was cast for James K. Polk in 1844.
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City of
Newark -
R. B. WILKIN, son of Daniel and
Barbara Wilkin, was born Sept. 5, 1833, in the city of
Newark, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Wilkin's
father was one of the old settlers in the county, coming
into it in 1815. Mr. Wilkin is a carpenter and
joiner by trade. When he was twenty-two years of age,
he completed his trade with his father. He was married
Oct., 1857, to Miss A. E. Phillips of Newark.
They have seven girls, the oldest of whom is a teacher in
the public schools of Newark. Mr. Wilkin
resides in the house where he was born on Fifty street.
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Monroe
Twp. -
A. WILLIAMS, farmer, Johnstown, was
born Dec. 16, 1828, in the southern part of Munroe township,
in what is commonly termed the David Williams homestead;
here he has spent his entire life, with the exception of
about one year, which he spent in Pennsylvania. He
married Mary Stewart, Jan. 27, 1857. She was
born in Virginia about 1828. They had four children:
Frank, born Dec. 21, 1857; Ida, born July 24,
1859; Sanford, born Dec. 8, 1861; Ella, born
Aug. 25, 1863. Mrs. Williams died May, 1872.
Mr. David Williams and wife, Charlotte,
parents of the subject of this sketch, purchased the present
Williams farm in the unbroken wilderness, and now it
ranks among the best farms in the township. About the
year 1850, he, David with his brother, Thaddeus Williams
started to California, but only reached Panama, where he
sickened with the prevailing fever, and soon after boarding
the vessel for California, died, and was buried in
mid-ocean. Mr. A. Williams is one of those
quiet, pleasant men who make one feel at home in their
presence. Politically, he is a Republican.
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City
of Newark -
A. H. WILLIAMS, proprietor of Licking
county bindery and blank book manufactory, plain and
ornamental binding done in good style, at reasonable rates.
Mr. Williams' bindery is located on West Main street,
in Felt's block, over C. D. Myers' harness
store. He has had twenty-two years experience in the
business, and will warrant satisfaction given on all his
work.
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City
of Newark -
ALDRIDGE WILLIAMS, son of F. & K.
Williams, was born July 22, 1829, in Fauquier county,
Virginia. He, with his parents, came to this county in
1837, and settled in Bowling Green township, where he
resided until he was about twenty years of age, when he
removed to Green county, remaining there about two years,
when he returned to Licking county, and about three years
after, he married Mry Dodd. She was born Oct.
23, 1832. In 1859 they removed to Franklin county,
remaining four years, when they returned to Licking county,
and have been here since. They have nine children:
Jennie, born July 16, 1854; Hamline, Sept. 6,
1856; Ella, Sept. 6, 1858; Belle, Sept. 14,
1861; Byron, Mar. 21, 1863; Anna, Oct. 3,
1867; Daisy, Mar. 12, 1869; David, Jan. 27,
1872; JEssie, June 26, 1875; Jennie died Apr.
16, 1873; Hamline died Sept. 3, 1859; Anna
died Jan. 8, 1872; David died when a babe.
Mr. Williams resides on Granville street.
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Burlington
Twp. -
EDWIN WILLIAMS, farmer, born in
Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in 1822; came to this county
in 1842. HE was married in 1850 to Miss Catharine
Searle, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. She was born
in 1827. They are the parents of nine children:
James S., John (deceased), George, Franklin
(deceased), Mary, Clarissa, Ruth, Helen, Elizabeth.
Mrs. Williams was a soldier in the Mexican war under
General Taylor. He was sheriff of Licking county
from 1871 to 1875. He has also held several township
offices.
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Harrison
Twp. -
ELIAS WILLIAMS, deceased, a native of
New Jersey, was born May 9, 1775. He was a shoemaker
by trade, and followed shoemaking as his avocatiodn a number
of years. He then turned his attention to farming,
which he made his business during the remainder of his days.
Dec. 3, 1797, he married Miss Sarah Tomkins, of New
Jersey, who was born Aug. 14, 1778. In 1818 he with
wife and eight children migrated to Ohio, and located in
Jersey township, this county; remained about two years, and
in 1822 they moved to Newark township, near Newark, where
they lived about fifteen years. In 1837 they removed
to the farm in Harrison township, now owned by their son,
Stephen C., where they passed the remainder of their
days. His wife died Sept. 15, 1860. He died
Jan.26, 1871, aged ninety-five years, eight months and
seventeen days. They reared a family of nine children
- Abby, Marcus, Allen, Roslinda, Phebe T., Zophar, Elias,
Stephen C., and Samuel E. Abby, Marcus, and
Rosalinda are dead.
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City
of Newark -
GEORGE WILLIAMS, grocer, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1837; moved to Jacktown in 1850; was married
in Hebron May 15, 1841. They are the parents of eight
children: Lucinda, born Oct. 5, 1861; John,
who died Aug. 16, 1865, aged seven months; Lewis, who
died Mar. 8, 1876, aged ten years and eight months;
Edward, born May 15, 1865; Harry, born Jan. 5,
1870; Daisy M., born Dec. 12, 1872; Katie,
born Dec. 14, 1875; George B., born Dec. 27, 1878.
Mr. Williams moved to Newark in September, 1875.
He is carrying on grocery trade and city meat market.
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City
of Newark -
GEORGE M. WILLIAMS, grocer and dealer
in fresh meats, Woodbridge block, southside of the park.
He was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, June 10,
1835, and in early life learned the carpenter trade, which
he followed in that county until 1854, when he came to Ohio,
locating at West Wheeling, where he worked at his trade
until 1859. He then came to Jacksontown, this county,
where he continued in the carpenter business until 1859,
when he engaged in the butchering, which he conducted until
1864, when he enlisted in company D, Tenth Ohio volunteer
cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war,
after which he returned to Jacksontown and resumed
butchering, which he followed there until 1875. He
then came to Newark, and conducted the business here until
1879, when he engaged in the grocery business in connection
with butchering, since which he has been conducting both
with good success. He occupies commodious rooms,
twenty by eighty feet, with a spacious basement, twenty by
fifty feet, in which he carries a large first-class stock of
staple and fancy groceries, confectionery, queensware, glass
ware, wood and willow ware, stoneware, sugar-cured, smoked
and pickled meats, dried and fresh meats of all kinds.
He also conducts a meat market on the corner of Fourth and
Main streets, where he keeps a large stock of all kinds of
fresh and dried meats.
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Burlington
Twp. -
J. J. WILLIAMS, farmer and
school-teacher, born in 1837, in this township. His
father, J. Williams, was orn in 1802, in Huntington
county. He was married in 1831 to Miss Rachel
Friendk of Fairfield county. She was born in 1811,
in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. They came to this
county in 1833. He died in 1860. They are the
parents of ten children, six of whom are living. The
subject of this sketch is the third child. He was
married in 1863 to Miss Mary E. Wilson, of Knox
county, Ohio. She was born in 1843, in this county.
They are the parents of three children: Elizabeth
A., John W., William B. Mr. Williams held the
office of land appraiser for the year 1880.
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Jersey
Twp. -
J. N. WILLIAMS, born July 14, 1813, in
Caldwell, New Jersey, the son of Swain and Frances (McFarlan)
Williams. His mother emigrated from Ireland when
seven years old. His father having died when he was
yet an infant, he was adopted by his uncle, Samuel
Williams, with whom he came to this township in 1816,
when but three years old. At ten years of age he began
an apprenticeship of four years with a carpenter and has
followed his trade in connection with farming during his
past life. He married, Apr. 27, 1836, Martha,
daughter of Amos and Sarah Park; she was born Feb.
27, 1816, in Hampshire county, Virginia, and came to this
county when six months old. Eight children were born
to them: Samuel, Sarah (deceased), Rebecca,
Amos (deceased), George, John Bertram
and Henry Willie. Amos enlisted
in the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, company H,
winning laurels in all its hard fought battles by his
bravery, until he received his death wound at Ringgold,
Georgia, dying at Chattanooga hospital. George
and Samuel both served in the one hundred days
service; George in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio
national guards, and Samuel, as Captain in the One
Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio national guards, organized in
Columbus.
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Harrison Twp. -
JOHN WILLIAMS was born in Shire
Bativie, South Wales, on the twenty-sixth of November, 1801.
Mary Williams was born in the parish of Handysul,
Cardiganshire, South Wales, June 11, 1797. They left
their home (near Flanddervie brefi) on the tenth day of
April, 1832; left Liverpool May and; landed in America near
New York May 23rdd; arrived in Newark July 4th, and camped
on the commons of Granville the same night; came to Harrison
township on the fifth of July, 1832. Evan William,
their oldest child, was born June 16, 1824; David D.
born Mar. 25, 1826; Jane E., born May 19, 1828;
Thomas and Benjamin died in infancy (no record);
Margaret P., born Aug. 3, 1833; Benjamin E.,
born Jan. 29, 1835; Mary R., born Oct. 5, 1837;
Ann S., born Jan. 2, 1839; John Y., born Sept.
16, 1841. Mary, the wife of John Williams,
died on the seventeenth day of December, 1868; aged
seventy-one years, six months and one day. John Y.
Williams, and was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A.
Elliott, of Harrison township, on the thirteenth day of
February, 1858. Miss S. A. Elliott was born on
the fifth day of July, 1849. Elias S. Williams,
the eldest child of J. Y. and S. A. Williams, was
born on the first day of January, 1870. Mary J.
Williams was born on the fifth of August, 1872.
Margaret A. Williams was born on the tenth of September,
1875.
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Newton
Twp. -
JOHN WILLIAMS, farmer, was born in
North Wales, Apr. 15, 1820, emigrated to America at the age
of twenty-one, landing in Philadelphia; came to Newark in
1849, and worked as a day laborer. Apr. 6, 1855, he
married Elizabeth Jones, who was born in Wales in
1826. They had three children - David, born
Mar. 14, 1856; Catharine born Nov. 15, 1858, and
Edwin J., born Apr. 4, 1860, the latter being the only
one living. In 1847 he purchased forty-nine acres of
land in this township, upon which he erected a house and
barn, and now has a comfortable home.
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Franklin
Twp. -
JONAS WILLIAMS, was born in Fauquier
county, Virginia, Apr. 22, 1834, and moved to this county in
1836, with his parents, Fielding and Kezia Williams.
He has two brothers, Redman and Aldridge,
living, the eldest, Armstead, died in the Mexican
war. Mr. Williams enlisted in company F, One
Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, Aug. 18,
1862. He was engaged in the battles of Chickamauga and
Nashville. In the former he was wounded, in
consequence of which he was transferred to the invalid corps
at Nashville, where he remained until his muster out June
30, 1865. He is a farmer.
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Harrison
Twp. -
STEPHEN C. WILLIAMS, farmer, son of
the aforesaid Elias Williams, deceased, was born in
New Jersey, June 5, 1817, and was brought to this county by
his parents in 1818. In 144 he married Miss Eleanor
Evans, daughter of Thomas Evans. Miss
Evans was born in Wales, Sept. 26, 1820, and came to
this county in 1831, with her father. Mr. and Mrs.
Williams settled on the farm in Harrison township, where
he now resides. His wife died Sept. 24, 1872.
They reared a family of nine children, five sons and four
daughters. He served as infirmary director about six
years. In 1873 he was elected justice of the peace of
Harrison township, and has since been filling the office.
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Granville
Twp. -
THOMAS D. WILLIAMS (deceased), was
born in Wales, Mar. 9, 1803; he was a cooper by trade.
He married Hannah Jonesin 1830, who was born in
Wales, Feb. 28, 1810. They migrated to America in
1832, located in Utica, New York, where he worked at his
trade until, in 1836, they came to Licking county, Ohio,
located on a farm on the Welsh Hills, Granville township,
where he remained until his death. After his
settlement in Licking, he engaged in farming in connection
with his trade as his vocation. He marriage to Miss
Jones resulted in seven children, viz.: Thomas
D., Morgan J., William D., Cyrus S., Ruth, Eva E., and
Mark. only four of the above named are now
living. He wife deceased Dec. 2, 1849. He
married for his second wife Mary J. Davis, in 1852,
who deceased May 24, 1879. He survived her until July
5, 1880.
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St.
Albans Twp. -
WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS, farmer and stock
grower, born in New York city, Jan. 27, 1835, the son of
William and Glen Williams, who emigrated to the United
States about 1823. His parents cme to his present home
in October, 1837, at which time the land was wholly
uncleared. He received a common school education, and
during the years 1856 and 1857, he travelled through
Illinois and Kansas. He enlisted in the Twenty-second
Ohio volunteer infantry, company D, organized at Alexandria,
September, 1861, and participated in the following
engagements: Siege of Fort Donelson, Feb. 13, 14, and
15, 1862; battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6 and 7; siege of Corinth
April 29 to May 30, 1862; battle of Corinth, Oct. 3, and 4,
1862; skirmish at Yorkville, Tennessee, Jan. 28, 1863; siege
of Vicksburgh, June 4, and July 27, 1863; capture of Little
Rock, Arkansas, Sept. 10, 1863; from which date to Nov. 18,
1864, he was engaged in guarding railroads and scouting
after guerillas. He was discharged at Camp Dennison,
and returned to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.
He was married June 5, 1866, to Mary Nichols by whom
he has three children: Jessie, Frank, and
Crissie, all living. His father died about
1852, and his mother still lives in Pataskala, at the ripe
age of seventy-three years.
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Franklin Twp. -
JOHN WOLFE,
farmer, was born in Franklin township Sept. 4, 1824.
His father, George Wolfe, emigrated to this county
from Pennsylvania, in early life; was married in 1848, to
Margaret Crawford, a native of this township, whose
father, Parker Wolfe, a blacksmith, moved here in
1818, from near Baltimore, Maryland; her mother was from
Washington county, Pennsylvania. After their marriage
they lived fifteen yeas in Hopewell township, and have lived
in this township since. They have four children:
Martha Ann, wife of W. P. Neibarger, of Madison
township; Mary Elizabeth, Albert C. and
Parker Lee.
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City
of Newark -
GENERAL CHARLES R. WOODS
is the second
son of the late Ezekiel S. Woods, esq., of Newark,
Ohio, of which place he is a native. His boyhood was
passed upon his father's farm. When about seventeen
years of age, he was placed under the instruction of Rev.
R. K. Nash of Worthington. At the age of nineteen,
he entered the West Point military academy as a cadet, where
he graduated in June, 1852. Since that time to the
latter part of 1874 Mr. Woods has been engaged in the
United States military service. He began as second
lieutenant in First infantry regular service, in 1852, was
promoted to captain of the Ninth on Apr. 1, 1861, and to
major of the Eighteenth on Apr. 20, 1864, to lieutenant
colonel of the Thirty-third July 28, 1866, and to colonel of
the Second on Feb. 18, 1874. Brevetted lieutenant
colonel on the fourth of July, 1863, for gallant and
meritorious services at the capture of Vicksburgh,
Mississippi; colonel Nov. 24, 1863, for gallant and
meritorious services at the battle of Chattanooga,
Tennessee; brigadier general Mar. 13, 1865, for
gallant and meritorious services in battles before Atlanta,
Georgia; and major-general Mar. 13, 1865, for gallant and
meritorious services at the battle of Bentonville, North
Carolina. He was mustered into services as colonel of
the Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, on Oct. 13, 1861,
and as brigadier-general of volunteers Aug. 22, 1863.
Brevetted major-general Nov. 22, 1864, for long-continued
services, and for special gallantry at Griswoldville,
Georgia. Mustered out of volunteer service Sept. 1,
1866. Retired from regular service Dec. 14, 1874.
On the second of August, 1860, General Woods was
married to Miss Cecelia Impey, eldest daughter of
Robert and Frances Impey, of Newark, Ohio. She was
born Mar. 1, 1842. Her mother was a daughter of
Hon. William Stanbery of Newark. General Woods
has had a family of three sons and one daughter:
William E., born in Philadelphia May 5, 1861; Robert
I., born in Newark, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1862; George H.,
born in Newport, Kentucky, May 28, 1866; Frances B.,
born at Fort Wallace, Kansas, Mar. 13, 1870.
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City
of Newark -
EZEKIEL S. WOODS, was among the oldest
citizens of Licking county. He was born in Washington
county, Kentucky, Dec. 25, 1791. At that early day
schools were very few and young Woods grew up
deprived of the educational privileges of the present more
favored period. The greater part of his life was spent
in the avocation of a farmer. In May, 1818, he came by
himself to Newark, Ohio, where he engaged in general
merchandise, which business he followed for some eighteen
years. On Sept. 11, 1823, he married Sarah J.
Burnham, of Zanesville, Ohio, who was born Nov. 20,
1800. By this marriage he had four children -
William B., Charles R., Mary B., and Eliza W.
Mrs. Woods died Apr. 17, 1841. She was devotedly
attached to the church of her choice - the Second
Presbyterian of Newark - of which she was a faithful member.
She was distinguished for her benevolent nature, for her
kind attentions in the sick chamber, and for her charities
toward the poor. Her loss was deeply felt in her
family circle, which comprised four children, the oldest
being only seventeen. In 1836 Mr. Woods closed
out his mercantile business, and was employed in
superintending him farming interest and in dealing in real
estate. For quite a number of years he paid
considerable attention to the raising of blooded stock,
which was always with him a favorite employment. In
May, 184_, Mr. Woods' second companion was Mrs.
Harriet Munson of Granville, whose maiden name was
Warner. She was a native of Vermont. Mary
B., the oldest daughter, married George W. Manypenny
of Zanesville, and is now a resident of Columbus. He
was for many years one of the Ohio canal commissioners.
Eliza W. became the wife of Mr. Willard Warner
of Newark. Mr. Warner was once a member of the
United States Senate. Mrs. Warner is now
deceased. In the late war Mr. Woods was
represented by his two sons, William B. and
Charles R. and also by one son-in-law, Mr. Warner,
the three families of whom he took care of while the
husbands were in the army. He died Feb. 7, 1880.
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City
of Newark -
JUDGE
WILLIAM B. WOODS, was born in Newark, Ohio, graduated
at Yale college in 1845, was admitted to the bar in Ohio on
Nov. 3, 1847, and commenced the practice of law at Newark
with S. D. King, esq., under the firm of King &
Woods. Was elected mayor of Newark in April 1856,
and re-elected in 1857. In October, 1857, was elected
to the Ohio house of representatives from Licking county.
On the assembling of the legislature, in January, 1858, was
elected speaker of the house, and served as such during two
sessions. In October, 1859, was re-elected to the
house of representatives, and served to the final
adjournment of the legislature, in May, 1861. In
September, 1861, was appointed lieutenant colonel
Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, taking rank from Nov.
4, 1861. On Aug. 22, 1863, was commissioned colonel
Seventy-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry. Brevetted
brigadier general, to date from Jan. 12, 1865, for faithful
and continued service as an officer in the Atlanta and
Savannah campaigns. Promoted to full rank of brigadier
general May 3, 1865. Brevetted a major general, to
rank from Mar. 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious
services during the war. During the war he served at
the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Arkansas Post, the
sieges of Vicksburgh and Jackson Mississippi; was engaged in
the campaign against Atlanta, marched with Sherman to
the sea, and from Savannah, through South Carolina, to
Raleigh, North Carolina, when the surrender of Lee
and Johnston put an end to the war. MArched
with General Sherman to Washington, and commanded the
advance brigade of his army in the great review in May,
1865. Soon after was ordered to Mobile on military
duty. Remained there until Feb. 17, 1866, when he was
honorably mustered out of service. In 1868 he was
elected chancellor of the middle chancery division at
Alabama; served as chancellor until Dec. 22, 1869, when he
was appointed United States circuit judge for the fifth
circuit, comprising the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, which position he has held
with marked ability; and it is generally conceded that no
better appointment could have been made. As an
officer, he commanded the respect and confidence of his
regiment, and was brave and fearless in the defence of the
Union. Judge Woods is now in his prime.
He is a man of marked ability, of the strictest integrity,
of courteous manners, and is an honor to the county which
claims his birth. He was appointed in 185o one of the
associate judges of the supreme court of the United States.
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* From the Licking county Atlas
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 811 |
City
of Newark -
ALEXANDER WYLIE is the proprietor of
the popular dry goods store located on the south side of the
public square, well known to the trading public as the
"county dry goods store." The place may be easily
found from the fact that a neatly executed model of the
court house is elevated upon a post in front of the
building. Mr. Wylie's main salesroom on the
first floor is one hundred and thirty-five feet deep and
full of goods from floor to ceiling. He has succeeded
in building up a large trade, and devotes all his time and
energies in trying to please and supply his customers.
Everything in the line of fancy and staple dry goods is kept
here at prices that defy competition. The second
floor, one hundred feet in length, is used as a carpet room,
where carpets of all kinds and styles are kept, from the
cheapest hemp to the best brussels. The establishment
is first class in every particular.
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 812 |
Union Twp. -
EPHRAIM WYLIE,
dry goods, post office Hebron, was born in this township in
1850. His father was born in Virginia in 1803, and
died in Licking township in 1866; his mother was born in
Ireland, county of Armagh, in 1807, and came to America in
1811. E. Wylie came to Hebron in January, 1866,
and engaged in the dry goods business on the north side of
Main street, where he has, by square-dealing, gained public
confidence and a large patronage. He is one of the
representative business men of the place; he is the second
lieutenant of the "Atherton guards," his commission bearing
date Dec. 7, 1877.
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 814 |
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