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EZEKIEL W.
ALBERY, a veteran of the Civil war, who is well known
as an agriculturist in Lima township was born in Jefferson
township, Franklin county, a half mile west of his present
house, Feb. 28, 1832. His grandfather, John Albery,
was born in this country of English lineage and at the age
of sixteen years, as a soldier in the Revolutionary war,
participated in the siege against Cornwallis. The
parents of E. W. Albery were Peter and Esther
(Brown) Albery, the father a native of Allegany county,
Maryland, where his birth occurred in October, 1796, and the
mother of Columbiana, Pennsylvania, where she was born Sept.
2, 1798. They were united in marriage near Wooster,
Wayne county, Ohio, and about 1827 went to Jefferson
township, Franklin county, this state, where they spent the
remainder of their lives, the father passing away in his
eighty-first year and the mother at the age of eighty-seven.
He had one hundred acres of land which he cleared and
brought under a high state of cultivation, spending his life
in the pursuit of agriculture. In their family were
ten children, namely: Mary, who wedded Jesse
Baughman; Annie, wife of William
Lotta; Esther, who became the wife of Aaron E.
Woodruff; John, who died in his tenth year;
Herman B., who resides in Columbus, Ohio; Henry M.,
of Jefferson township; Ezekiel; Thomas W.,
deceased; B. M., of New Albany, Franklin county; and
Jerusha, wife of Matthew Cherry.
Ezekiel W. Albery spent his boyhood days on his
father's farm where he assisted in the general routine of
agricultural life, at the same time acquiring his education
in the district schools. Remaining on the home place
until the year 1860, he then went to Miami county, Indiana,
working there on a farm by the month until May 4, 1864, when
he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the one hundred days'
service, under Captain Joseph R. Silvers. He
was discharged September 2, 1864, and subsequently enlisted
again in Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, being honorably discharged in September,
1865. During his military career and under his first
enlistment he marched three times across the state of
Kentucky and while serving under his second enlistment he
was for the greater part of the time on guard duty near
Nashville, Tennessee. After the war he returned to
Indiana, where he remained for two years and then came to
Licking county, where he worked on a farm by the month until
he was married. At that period of his life he
purchased his present farm which contains thirty-three acres
and is located on the Columbus and Granville road, two miles
west of Jersey. For a few years he engaged in the
sawmill business but subsequently gave up the enterprise and
has since been devoting his attention to general farming.
In 1870 Mr. Albery was united in marriage to
Juliana Foster, who was born in England, November 23,
1838. When she was two years of age her parents,
George and Mary (Thomas) Foster, started for America,
but Mrs. Foster passed away on board ship while
enroute. The family settled near Johnstown and Mr.
Foster carried on farming in this county until his
death. By his first wife he had two daughters:
Mrs. Sarah Gosnel, of Concord, this county; and
Juliana. He married again and to that union ten children
were born. Mr. and Mrs. Albery have two
daughters. Carrie Elvie is the wife of
George Hewitt, of Jersey township, and they have eight
children, namely: Samuel C., Charles, Mary, John, Mentzer,
who resided in St. Albans township, and their children are
Eva May, Bertha T., Roe A. and Herman A.
Mr. Albery has always been devoted to the
republican party and through his long years of observation
and experience as to the merits of the various political
parties he sees in the principles of the republican platform
those policies which to his mind are adequate to develop the
country's natural resources and consequently has used both
his vote and influence toward the election of its
candidates. He has always taken an interest in local
affairs and has served as school director and also as
township road supervisor. He belongs to the Methodist
church and measures up to the full standard of manhood in
all requirements.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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THOMAS ALGEO,
deceased, was for a long period an active and honorable
representative of the farming interests of Licking county.
He was widely known as an energetic and active
representative of agriculture life and in his business
dealings was ever found reliable and trustworthy. His
birth occurred in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Mar. 15,
1831, his parents being Robert and Sarah (Cockins) Algeo.
The father spent his entire life in Pennsylvania but the
mother afterward came to Ohio and passed her last days in
this state, living among her children. In the family
were four sons and three daughters: John, Elizabeth,
Vincent, Margaret, Sarah and Robert, twins, and
Thomas.
The last named spent the days of his boyhood and
youth in the state of his nativity and pursued his education
in the public schools there. When fourteen years of
age he began learning the cabinet maker's trade, which he
followed until he took up his abode upon the farm that is
now the property of his widow. He was only a year old
when his father died and at an early age was thrown upon his
own relatives in Muskingum and Guernsey counties and
when about twenty years of age he joined his brothers,
John, Vincent and Robert, in this state, and last
named being a physician who for many years practiced
medicine in Kirkersville, Ohio. On coming to Ohio
Thomas Algeo secured a tract of land and for nearly a
half century remained on the farm which he developed and
improved. He began with only ninety-one acres of land
but prospered in his undertakings and later purchased three
other farms for his children. He always retained
possession of his original ninety-one acres and at his death
left this to his widow. His brother John was
the first of the family to come to Licking county, at which
time he bought two hundred acres of timberland and
subsequently he sold one hundred acres of this to Thomas
Algeo. John Algeo also established and
operated a sawmill and admitted his brother Thomas to
a partnership so that for a number of years they operated
the sawmill together. In his farm work Mr. Algeo
of this review made a specialty of raising sheep and always
had good flocks upon this place. He was energetic and
persevering and manifested a progressive spirit in all that
he undertook to do.
On the 28th of February, 1856, Mr. Algeo was
married to Miss Margaret Jane Moore, who was born in
Guernsey county, Ohio, Mar. 9, 1831, and came to Licking
county, when about twenty years of age with her parents,
Thomas and Mary (Elliott) Moore. The mother was a
native of Ireland and was brought to the new world when ten
years of age. The father was born in this country of
Irish parentage and their last days were spent on their farm
on the Columbus road in Harrison township. They had
five children: John, now deceased; Mrs. Katharine
Patten; Mrs. Algeo; James and Robert, who are
both deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Algeo were
born three children: Robert, who married Nora
Thomas and is now living in Harrison township near his
mother's home; Flora, who died at the age of
twenty-five years; and Thomas Elton who wedded
Armina Belle Thomas, and has also a farm near his
mother's place. He has one son, Charles.
In his political Thomas
Algeo was a stalwart republican but never sought office
as a reward for party fealty. During the greater part
of his life he held membership in the Christian church,
which he joined in early manhood. His religious faith
was a guiding principle throughout all his years and as an
upright and honorable man, he was known to his fellow
townsmen, who appreciated his sterling worth and gave to him
high esteem.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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ROBERT B. ALSDORF. For
almost the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and
ten has Robert B. Alsdorf been a resident of this
county. Great changes have occurred during this
period. At the time of his arrival here in his early
childhood there were still many log cabins in the county,
the native forest trees were in places uncut and while the
work of improvement was being steadily carried forward,
there was a vast amount to be done ere the county would take
on its present evidence of an advanced and progressive
civilization. Many changes have been made inthe manner
of living and in the way that business is conducted.
In his youthful days the old time farm machinery was eyt in
vogue and it is within his memory when the modern riding
plow, thresher, cultivator and mowing machine were
introduced. In his home community he has borne an
active part in t he work of general improvement and has long
figured here as an influential citizen. The birth of
Mr. Alsdorf occurred in Schenectady county, New York,
July 26, 1837. The ancestry is traced back to
Lawrence Alsdorf, who came to America in 1760 from the
north of Germany, near Holland, and settled on the Hudson,
near Newburg, New York. He served under General
Washington in the Revolutionary war and came of a family
of patriots that rendered much assistance to the new
republic. After the war he took up his abode on a farm
in Schenectady county, New York, where he died at the age of
ninety years. He held membership in the Presbyterian
church and donated land for the site of the church and
cemetery. He was married twice and both wives preceded
him in death. He left two sons, Sylvester and
Seaman.
Sylvester Alsdorf was a soldier of the war
of 1812. He married Lydia Brown of
Saratoga county, New York, and later followed farming near
Schenectady. He and his wife were Presbyterians in
belief although identified with the Methodist church for a
number of years while living at Clifton Park. In
politics he was a democrat in early life, but afterward
became independent, supporting for office only the men best
qualified for the services required. He died at the
Glenville homestead, in New York, at the age of more than
four score and ten years while his wife passed away only a
few months previous. They were the parents of eleven
children, eight of whom attained adult age: Sarah,
who became the wife of John Huffman and died
at Glenville, New York; Jacob, a farmer who died in
Schenectady county, New York; Elias T. who passed
away in the same county; Elizabeth, who became the
wife of Nelson Cole and died in Saratoga county, New
York; Maria, who wedded William Hayes and died
in Saratoga county, New York; Valentine, a farmer and
grain dealer, who died in Utica, Ohio, in 1861; Lawrence,
who died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1897, and William
Alsdorf, who died at Utica in 1899.
William Alsdorf,
son of Sylvester Alsdorf, was born in
Schenectady county, New York, Sept. 17, 1814 - spent his
early years on the home farm and acquired his education in
the pioneer schoolhouses of that day. He married
Sarah Reed, a native of Ireland, who had come to America
from County Donegal in 1834 in company with her widowed
mother, Mrs. Susanna Buchanan Reed,
three sisters and a brother, John Reed. Her
father, James Reed, died in County Donegal, where he
spent his entire life. Sarah Reed was born in
1815 and in 1836 became the wife of William Alsdorf.
In 1839 they removed to Licking county, Ohio, in company
with Valentine and Susanna (Reed) Alsdorf, the latter
a sister of Mrs. Sarah Alsdorf. The journey was
made by way of the Erie canal, Lake Erie and the Ohio canal.
William Alsdorf settled on a farm of one hundred and
fifty acres in Washington township and, after living for
five years in a log cabin, erected a substantial residence
which is still standing. He also built a sawmill which
he operated for about eight years. For a time he was
in partnership with his brother-in-law, John Reed,
but eventually purchased his interests. In 1858 he
decided to remove his family to Utica and, on the death of
his brother, Valentine, in the spring of 1861, took
charge of the warehouse and elevator business on a lease.
A year later he bought the property and conducted a general
grain and livestock business, also acting as station master
for the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad, which later
passed into the control of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company. His youngest son, Wylie C., succeeded
him in the railroad business, while his three elder sons,
Robert B., John R. and William A., took charge of
the shipping business, which they conducted under the firm
name of Alsdorf Brothers for more than thirty years.
Mr. and Mrs. William Alsdorf were parents of
eight children, seven of whom lived to maturity, Robert
being the eldest. The others are: John Reed,
of Johnstown, Ohio; Fannie C., who became the wife of
Levi Knowlton and died in Utica in 1900; Charlotte
Collin, who married William McClelland and died
in Utica in 1869; William A., who is associated with
his brother, Robert, in the grain business and who,
in 1887, married Lilian Miller, at Utica; and
Nannie, wife of Frank R. Simmons, of Erie,
Pennsylvania. The father, William Alsdorf, was
a man of strong temperance views and he and his wife were
members of the Presbyterian church, as are their immediate
descendants. He served as president of the Licking
County Agricultural Society for many years, laid the present
racing track on the grounds, was a member of the board
fourteen years and did much for the advancement of its work.
He lost his wife Nov. 1, 1894, when she was seventy-nine
years of age and he died in 1899, aged eighty-five years,
greatly honored and respected by all because of his sterling
integrity of character, excellent judgment and upright
principles.
Robert B. Alsdorf was a little child of but
three years when brought by his parents to Ohio in 1839.
The family home was established on a farm about two miles
south of Utica on Lake Fork, the father having there one
hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated, and
also a sawmill, operated by him for a number of years.
Robert B. Alsdorf there remained until about twenty
years of age, when the family removed to Utica, the father
afterward purchasing the warehouse and conducting the
warehouse and the railroad station until he turned over the
business to his sons, - Robert B., John R. and
William A., taking charge of the shipping business while
Wylie C. became station master. Robert B.
Alsdorf has remained in Utica since 1858 and since his
marriage has lived continuously in one house. He
engaged in the grain business with his brothers here, buying
and shipping grain, stock and wool. The three
brothers, Robert B., John R. and William A.,
were partners in business for about thirty years,, when
John R. withdrew and is now a business man of Johnstown.
A few years later the other two brothers divided their
interests, William A. continuing to deal in wool and
grain while Mr. Alsdorf, of this review, took his
share the real-estate interests of their business. He
has continued, however, with his brother, William, in
the hay trade and their sales return to them a gratifying
annual income. As an operator in real estate he has
handled considerable valuable property and has enjoyed well
merited success. He now owns sixty two acres of land
near the town of Utica, upon which the first gas well in the
vicinity was sunk. He likewise has a nice residence
property in the town, and other valuable property.
In 1864 Robert B. Alsdorf enlisted in the one
hundred days' service and was mustered out with the rank of
sergeant, after having served four months in Company A, One
hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry. He was also
one of the "squirrel hunters," who aided the state in 1861.
He participated in two engagements, in which a number of his
comrades were taken prisoner and sent to Anderson prison.
On the 30th of January, 1868, at Utica, Mr. Alsdorf
was married to Miss Allie R. Stevens, who was born in
Utica, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1848, a daughter of James S. and
Julia (Penn) Stevens. The father was born at
Utica, Aug. 25, 1821. His parents, Uzziel and
Almary (Bacon) Stevens, came to Utica in the early part
of the nineteenth century from New York state. They
had five sons and a daughter: John, who died in
California; Lemuel, of Utica; Uzziel, of Mount
Vernon, Ohio; Elijah, of Logansport, Indiana;
James S., who died at Mansfield, Ohio; and Maria,
who became the wife of E. McConnell and after his
death married the Rev. Samuel Collins, of Pittsburg,
where she later passed away.
James Smith Stevens, father
of Mrs. Alsdorf, was born at Utica in 1821 and was
married Nov. 2, 1843, in Utica, Ohio, to Miss Julia Ann
Penn. The ancestry of the Penn family is
traced back to Joseph Penn, who was born in
1781 in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, to which place his
parents had emigrated from England early in the century.
They were the possessors of a large estate. Their
family numbered six children, of whom Joseph was the
eldest. Having arrived at mature years he married
Rachel Jones, and with their two children,
Rebecca and William, they arrived in Licking
county in November, 1811, as members of a party of
twenty-five adults, including his brother, Joshua,
and four sisters, Rachel, Sallie, Mary and
Margaret Penn, with their families. The second
wedding ceremony performed in Washington township was a
double one when two of Mr. Penn's sisters were
married - Mary, to Joshua Barry, and
Margaret, to Elijah Ryan. Mrs. Rachel
Penn's brothers, Erasmus and Lemuel Jones,
came from Maryland to Ohio in 1813 and settled on farms near
Utica. Joseph and Rachel Penn had ten children,
of whom two died in infancy. The others were as
follows: Rebecca, born in Maryland in 1808,
became the wife of Henry Marriott and removed to
Union county, Ohio. William, born in Maryland
in 1810, and Joshua, in Utica, both lived to an
advanced age, and died on the old homestead. Mary,
born in 1818, died at the age of fourteen. Julia
Ann, born in 1820, married James S. Stevens and
passed away on the 12th of April, 1909. Rachel,
born in 1823, and Marion Barry, born in 1826, never
married but devoted their lives to the care of their aged
mother and blind brother, William. Eliza, born
in 1831, became the wife of William Gourley and died
at their home near Utica. Joseph Penn, the
father of this family, died in 1859 while his wife passed
away in 1873, aged eighty-six years. She was the last
survivor of the colony of twenty-five persons who emigrated
to Ohio over the mountains from Maryland in 1811.
Joseph Penn was a man of sterling integrity and strong
Christian principles. His sympathies went out to the
friendless and the suffering and his house was one of the
underground stations, where exscaping slaves were given aid
and sent on their way northward. He was noted for his
judicial fairness and was often called upon to settle
neighborhood disputes. He and his wife held membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church and a memorial window has
been recently placed in the new church to their memory by
their only living daughter, Mrs. Julia A. Stevens.
As stated, James Smith Stevens and Julia
Penn were married at Utica Nov. 2, 1843, and soon
afterward removed to Roundhead, Ohio, where their eldest
daughter, Maria, was born in 1844, her death
occurring in Utica in 1847. Their second daughter,
Louise, born in Roundhead in 1846, is the wife of
Charles Augustus Berlt, of Utica. Allie R.,
born in Utica in 1848, is now Mrs. Alsdorf.
Clara Ellen died in Utica in 1869, at the age of twenty
years. George Walter was born in 1851.
Ida May, born in 1854, married Oscar Cary Mehurin,
of Newark, Ohio, now deceased. James Penn, born
in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1857, died in Utica in 1860. Of
this family, George W. Stevens has attained to more
than local fame, being now president of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway System. In February, 1864 he entered the
service of the Baltimore & Ohio at Utica as messenger boy
and later became agent's clerk and operator. In 1870
he entered the service of the Pittsburg, Columbus,
Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway, acting as agent, later
as train dispatcher's assistant and then train dispatcher.
Ini 1873 he became dispatcher for the Wabash, St. Louis &
Pacific Railway Company, was later chief dispatcher and then
was made superintendent of the Ohio & Indiana division,
while two years later he became superintendent of the
eastern division of the same road. The excellent
executive ability which he displayed resulted in his being
made assistant general superintendent of the Wabash Road in
1887. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was appointed general
superintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and in
July, 1891, became general manager. He stands today as
one of the foremost representatives of the railway interests
in the country, having since January, 1900, been president
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. He has been greatly
interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian
Association, promoting it through personal means and
influence as well as by securing the powerful influence of
the road in the establishment of no less than eight
organizations, the management of the road paying the
salaries of the association secretaries at these points,
realizing the great benefits accruing in many ways from this
work for their employes. George W. Stevens
married Miss Virginia Wilson, of Logansport, Indiana,
in 1881, and they have four children. the mother died
at their county home, Virginia Manor, near Glasgow,
Virginia, in August, 1904. James S. Stevens,
the father of this family, died in Mansfield, Ohio, Jan. 24,
1859, aged thirty-seven and a half years - a brief life
surely, but one of the great honor among his fellowmen
because of his genial, kindly ways; unselfish practice of
the golden rule, and earnest Christian character which made
him universally liked and respected by all. His loss
was mourned not only by his family and many friends at
Utica, Mansfield and elsewhere, but also by the Methodist
Sabbath school of Mansfield, of which he was superintendent,
and which testified their appreciation of his worth by
marching in a body to the station when the train conveyed
his remains to Utica for burial. He was the organizer
of the First Methodist Episcopal church Sabbath school in
Utica, was its first superintendent and was ever active in
the work of the church. Following her husband's death,
Mrs. Stevens remained in Utica until she, too, was
called to the home beyond. On the 26th of March, 1909,
she celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday at Utica, in
company with three of her children, and two grandchildren.
The dinner was served on President Steven's private
care, which had been brought here for that purpose.
One week later, however, she was taken ill and died at her
home on the 12th of April, crowned with years and honored by
all. She was laid to rest, with the loved ones gone
before, on Apr. 14, 1909, in the beautiful village cemetery.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Alsdorf has been
blessed by the presence of six sons and one daughter:
Fannie Louise, who died of diphtheria in 1880, when
about three years of age; Albert S., who also fell a
victim to that dread disease and passed away in 1879, when a
little over five years old; Frederick C., who is
engaged in important copper mining transactions in Arizona;
Percy R., who is proprietor of the Standard assaying
office of Central City, Colorado; Robert Clyde, who
is employed as draughtsman with the Standard Steel Car Works
of Butler, Pennsylvania; Arthur K., clerk at the
Baltimore & Ohio station at Utica; and George W., who
is in his second year at the Ohio State University.
Such in brief is the life history of Robert B.
Alsdorf, who for seventy years has lived in this county
and is widely and favorably known. For more than forty
years he and his wife have been members of the Presbyterian
church and its teachings have constituted the guide and rule
of his life. He has ever been an honorable,
upright man and no history of Utica would be complete
without the record of his life.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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FRANK M. ALWARD
who married Alice, daughter of Joseph
Messenger, was born May 18, 1846, on the farm where his
widow now resides. His parents were James A. and
Katherine (Doty) Alward. The former was born near
Morristown, New Jersey, Dec. 8, 1808, and in 1815 was
brought by his parents to this county, the family home being
established in Granville on the Columbus road near
Pataskala. On the 21st of February, 1836, James A.
Alward wedded Mary Nichol, but she lived only a
short time. On the 9th of June, 1839, he wedded
Katharine Doty and removed to the old home farm
in Union township, upon which he spent his remaining days,
passing away here after a residence of forty-seven years
upon the place. He was a man of good business ability,
of keen discrimination and unfaltering enterprise and as the
years passed he prospered in his undertakings, becoming the
owner of between seven and eight hundred acres of valuable
land, which at the time it came into his possession was a
forest tract, but his labors transformed it into rich and
productive fields. In 1837 he became a member of the
Granville Presbyterian church, with which he was associated
until his death as one of its devoted and faithful members.
His wife passed away about 1886, at the age of seventy-four
years. In their family were four sons and six
daughters, of whom two sons and four daughters are now
living.
On the home farm Frank M. Alward spent his
entire life, giving his attention to general agricultural
pursuits. He had one hundred and ninety acres of land
that responded readily to the care and labor which he
bestowed upon it. It was a part of the old family
homestead, which originally contained five hundred acres.
Year after year he tilled his fields and tended his stock
and in all of his business affairs displayed the sound
judgment which brought him a creditable and gratifying
measure of prosperity.
On the 28th of October, 1896, Mr. Alward
was married to Miss Alice Messenger,
who was born in Union township, July 13, 1859.
Unto them was born a son, James Francis, now
eleven yearn of age. The death of Mr. Alward
occurred Jan. 25, 1901, and occasioned deep and widespread
regret throughout the county and came as an irreparable loss
to his family. In politics he had always been a
democrat and had held some local offices, in which he had
ever been most faithful. He belonged to the
Presbyterian church of Granville and had builded for himself
an upright, honorable character that made his worth wider
acknowledged. He was progressive in citizenship and
loyal in friendship, but his best traits of character were
ever reserved for his own home and fireside.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909
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H. B. ANDERSON,
M. D. Among the prominent, energetic and
successful business and professional men of Newark, Dr.
H. B. Anderson is numbered, and he enjoys the high
regard of his fellow townsmen in this city, where his entire
life has been passed. Here he first opened his eyes to
the light of day on the 23d of February, 1878. His
father, William A. Anderson, was a native of
Zanesville, Ohio, and became an engineer of the Baltimore &
Ohio railway, acting in that capacity for many years.
He ran the first engine over the Shawnee division of the
road, and at length died as the result of an accident which
he met while performing his duties on the 14th day of
November, 1881, when thirty-six years of age. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Rachel A. Armstrong,
was a native of Franklin township, Licking county, and a
daughter of John and Margaret Armstrong, pioneer
settlers of Licking county, while her uncle was Squire
Armstrong, who figured prominently here at an early
date.
H. B. Anderson was educated in the Newark high
school, completing the course by graduation with the class
of 1897. He studied medicine in the Ohio Medical
University, and is numbered among its alumni of 1902.
He then commenced the practice of medicine in Newark, and
has remained here in the active prosecution of his
profession to the present time, his office being within one
hundred yards of his birthplace. The true measure of
success is determined by what one has accomplished, and, as
taken in contradistinction to the old adage that "a prophet
is not without honor save in his own country," there is
peculiar interest attached to the career of the subject of
this review, since he is a native son of the state where he
has passed his entire life, and through his ability and
efforts he has gained recognition as one of the
representative physicians of Newark. He is a member of
the Licking County, and Ohio state Medical Associations and
the American Medical Association, and in addition to his
private practice has served as surgeon for the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad for the past three years.
On the 25th of September, 1907, Dr. Anderson was
married to Miss Amy Carew Franklin, a daughter of
Edward H. Franklin, of Newark. The young couple
are well known in the social circles of the city and enjoy
in large measure the esteem of an extensive circle of warm
friends. Dr. Anderson belongs to the Acme
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to the Royal Arcanum. His
life history is as an open book to his fellow townsmen, and
the respect which is uniformly tendered him is an indication
of his fidelity to the principles which govern upright and
honorable manhood.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909 – Page
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J. B. ANDERSON
is the owner of eighty-three acres of land in Perry township
and his entire time and attention are given to the
cultivation of this tract. He is a native son of the
Buckeye state, his birth having occurred in Coshocton
county, July 12, 1841, he being the sixth in order of birth
in the family of seven children born of the marriage of
William and Maria (Riley) Anderson, who were likewise
natives of Ohio. Both died in Coshocton county.
The record of their family is as follows: George,
who resides in Muskingum county, Ohio; Mary J.,
deceased; Isaac, who makes his home in Coshocton;
John, who has departed this life; William, also a
resident of Coshocton county; J. B., of this review;
and Sarah, the wife of John Crawford.
J. B. Anderson spent the period of his boyhood and
youth in much the usual manner of his associates of that
period. He assisted his father in the work of the home
farm in the spring and summer months, while a few months in
the winter were devoted to the acquirement of an education
in the district schools. He remained under the
parental roof until he attained his majority, which was
about the time of the Civil war, and in 1862 he enlisted for
service, becoming a member of Company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of
hostilities. During this interim he took part in many
of the most important and hard fought battles of the war,
including Vicksburg, Ringgold and Arkansas Post and he was
also with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea.
During his long service he was fortunate in that he was
never wounded. He was discharged at Louisville,
Kentucky, after which he returned to his home in Coshocton
county and worked for his father on the farm during
succeeding two years.
On the expiration of that period Mr. Anderson
established a home of his own by his marriage to Miss
Margaret E. Philips, who was born in Coshocton county,
in 1852, one of eight children, whose parents were Isaac
and Charlotta (Moore) Philips, both of whom are now
deceased.
Following his marriage Mr. Anderson located on a
rented farm, which he operated for four years, subsequent to
which time he purchased a tract of land in Coshocton county,
on which he made his home for a similar period. He
then disposed of that property and invested his money in his
present tract, comprising eighty-three acres in Perry
township, Licking county. He has made some
improvements on the place, thereby making it a valuable farm
property, while the fields annually yield rich harvests,
owing to the care and labor he gives to the soil.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson has been
blessed with a daughter and son: Corn the wife of
r. Rhyme, a resident of Coshocton county, this state;
and Willilam, who makes his home in Newark.
Mr. Anderson advocates the principles of the republican
party and has served as township trustee and as a member of
the school board. His religious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Disciples church, while his wife
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Both are
people of the highest respectability and worth in their home
locality, where they have many friends.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909 – Page
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JACOB
ANDERSON, a veteran of the Civil war, who for a
number of years has been interested in farming pursuits in
Lima township, is a native of the Keystone state, his birth
having occurred in Washington county, Aug. 18, 1842.
His parents, James and Sarah (Allison) Anderson, are
also natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in 1854
located in Lima township, Licking county, Ohio, where his
mother departed this life three years later, his father
surviving her by five years. They resided on a farm,
in the duties of which they spent their lives. In
their family were fourteen children, namely: Benjamin,
deceased, who enlisted in this county for military service
during the Civil War; Joseph, deceased, who enlisted
in Adams county, Indiana; Mrs. Margaret Crooks,
deceased; Samuel, who resided in Franklin county,
Ohio and died March, 1909; John, Mrs. Jane Palmer and
Mrs. Sarah Hoffman who have passed away; Mrs. Anne
Lloyd, who resides in Columbus, this state; James
and Isaac, deceased; Jacob; Andrew, deceased,
who served in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry from this
county; Mary Combs, of Columbus, this state; and one
who died in infancy.
In the Keystone state Jacob Anderson spent his
boyhood days and was reared on the home farm where he
learned to till the soil, in the meantime acquiring his
education in the district schools. In 1854 he came to
this county with his parents, settling in Harrison township,
where he remained but a short time and then removed to
Fairfield county where he spent two years, at the expiration
of which period he came to Lima township, where he has since
resided. He was pursuing his occupation as a farmer
when the war broke out and at the first call for soldiers he
enlisted in July, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-seventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served under General
Sherman from the battle of Chattanooga until the close
of the war, remaining throughout the conflict in the same
company and regiment. His entire military career from
1861 until the termination of war was a private and during
that time he served on many occasions as a courier and was
out of the ranks only once and that for a short period to
attend the funeral of his father. Following the war he
returned to his farm, which he has since actively
cultivated. He has one hundred and fifty-five acres in
two adjoining farms, both of which are supplied with
dwellings and other buildings and are located one and
one-half miles nor of Pataskala on the Jersey road.
General agriculture and stock raising has commanded his
attention and although he does not engage in the latter on a
large scale he raises annually a number of head of the best
breeds of cattle and sheep, in which he does a remunerative
shipping business to various parts of the state.
In 1865 Mr. Anderson wedded Miss Martha
Moreland, a native of Lima township, where her birth
occurred Sept. 14, 1846, and where she has always resided.
She is a daughter of Nimrod and Sarah (Moon) Moreland,
her father having been a native of Virginia, and her mother
of Fairfield county. When ten years of age Mr.
Moreland came to this county with his parents and here
resided until his death, in 1888, having attained the ripe
old age of eighty years, having survived his wife, who
departed this life in 1881, by seven years, she having been
sixty-nine years old at the time of her death. In
their family were nine children, three of whom passed away
in infancy, the others being: Mrs. Mary Headley, of
Indiana; Sarah Ann and Hannah Bessie,
deceased; Martha; Mrs. Rosetta Peters; and William,
deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been
born three children: Ida, who passed away in her
nineteenth year; Dora, the wife of Charles Alword,
residing in Columbus, Ohio, with their three children;
Albert, Russell and Helen; and Mabel; who
became the wife of Burr Harris, an agriculturist of
Jersey township. Their children are Lora, Nelson
and Mary.
The democratic party has always received the
support of Mr. Anderson because its free trade and
other policies have always appealed to him as best adapted
to preserve the original character of the country's free
institutions and at the same time to inspire competition by
which trade, commerce and industry is made healthy and
prosperity distributed, and consequently he is enthusiastic
during campaigns in striving for the election of its
candidates. In local affairs he has taken quite an
interest; served as postmaster of Pataskala under the first
administration of Grover Cleveland; was for six years
a director of the county infirmary; served as township
assessor; and also in a number of other local political
offices. In the midst of his business affairs he has
never neglected his religious duties, and is regular in his
attendance at the Methodist Episcopal church where the
members of his family also attend and in the various
departments of the work he takes a lively interest.
Mr. Anderson is favorably known throughout the township
as an honorable, upright and industrious man whose manly
spirit and activity make him one of its most valued
citizens.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister -
Vol. II - Publ. Chicago - Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co., 1909 – Page
643 |
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CHARLES
V. ARMSTRONG is cashier of the Johnstown Bank, which
is the oldest banking institution of this city, and
throughout the entire period of his connection with
financial interests here he has borne an unsullied
reputation while his concentration of purpose, his close
application and his unwearied industry have carried the bank
forward to its present commendable place in the business
world, bearing important relation to the public interest.
Honored and respected by all who know him, and most of all
where he is best known, Charles V. Armstrong may
justly be classed with the representative residents of
Licking county. He is one of Ohio's native sons, his
birth having occurred in Cardington on the 5th of June,
1852. His parents were John and Caroline (Van Dorn)
Armstrong. The father was a prominent farmer and
the son was reared upon the homestead farm, assisting in the
various tasks that fall to the lot of the agriculturist,
from the time of early spring planting until crops are
gathered in the late autumn. His preliminary education
was acquired in the district schools and supplemented by two
years' study in the Columbus high school. He also
attended a commercial school in Cleveland, and was thus
trained in business methods, afterward becoming a bookkeeper
in the Central Bank of Columbus, where he remained five
years. He resigned his position in the bank to engage
in farming, and for five years devoted his energies to
general agricultural pursuits. The need of a bank in
Johnstown became apparent and in November, 1883, Mr.
Armstrong became associated with Messrs. Derthick,
Buxton & Kasson in the organization of the Johnstown
Bank. He was then chosen cashier and has continuously
filled this position, the success of the institution being
attributable in large measure to his efforts and industry.
This was the pioneer bank of Johnstown and as such has had
much to do with the education of the people in the matter
and methods of banking business. One year after the
organization of the bank Mr. Armstrong became a
partner and following the retirement of Mr. Kasson
the firm name became Derthick, Buxton & Mr. Armstrong
remained as partners, conducting the bank under the original
name. It is today one of the strong financial
institutions of the county and the broad experience of
Mr. Armstrong combined with his reliability and
enterprise have been leading factors in its success.
On the 22d of February, 1882, Mr. Armstrong was
married to Miss Mary M. Beattie, a daughter of
John and Lamatta (Van Dorn) Beattie, of Shippensburg,
Pennsylvania, and they are well known in Johnstown,
occupying an enviable place in the social circles of the
city. Mr. Armstrong is a public-spirited man
manifesting deep interest in community affairs and is now
serving as a member of the town board, while for a number of
years he was a member of the board of education. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party, which
finds in him a stalwart champion. Few men are more
prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of
Johnstown than Mr. Armstrong. He has been an
important factor in its business circles and his prosperity
is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics
of an unbending integrity, unabating industry and energy
that never flags. Efforts to promote the moral,
intellectual and material welfare of the community receive
his endorsement and his hearty cooperation.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago -
Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909
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HON.
HERBERT ATHERTON, mayor of Newark, is leaving the
impress of his individuality upon democratic activity in
Licking county. With firm belief in the principles of
the party, he has labored earnestly for their adoption and
his efforts have been effective factors in democratic
success. He has also filled various offices and, as
mayor of the city, is giving a business-like administration
in which he has introduced many needed improvements and
reforms.
One of Licking county's native sons, Mr. Atherton
was born Aug. 9, 1846, upon the home farm in Madison
township, his parents being Augustus W. and Cynthia M.
(Taft) Atherton. The father was a native of Newark
township, this county, born Feb. 22, 1824, while the mother
was born in Knox county, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1825. At the
pioneer epoch of the history of this part of the state the
family was founded here by the grandfather, John Atherton,
who came from Pennsylvania and settled in Licking county
when the land was largely uncultivated, the forests uncut
and the streams unbridged. He took up the task of
farming amidst pioneer environments and assisted largely in
the early development of the county. He served as
prosecuting attorney and gained distinction as a noted
criminal lawyer. Called to public office, he has
represented his district in congress for four years and was
appointed judge of the supreme court to fill a vacancy,
serving on the bench for about a year. He was also one
of the first mayors of Newark after the incorporation of the
city, being elected in 186t0. He served for four years
as chief executive here and was afterward for several terms
a member of the city council. He was well fitted for
leadership, for in addition to his thorough mastery of the
questions and issues of the day, he is greatly interested in
matters pertaining to the general good of the community and
possess much of that quality which, for want of a better
term, has been called personal magnetism. He thus
gained a large following and his official record shows that
the confidence reposed in him is well placed. His
brother, Augustus W. Atherton the father of Newark's
present mayor, was a farmer by occupation and devoted his
entire life to tilling the soil. He was, however, a
man of genuine worth, respected by all who knew him.
He died on the old homestead in 1889.
No event of especial importance occurred to vary the
routine of farm life for Herbert Atherton in his
boyhood and youth. He assisted in the work of the
fields through the summer months and in the winter seasons
attended the public schools. After putting aside his
text-books he followed farming until 1885, when he removed
to the city of Newark, where he engaged in the real estate
and coal business. IN 1890 he was elected real estate
appraiser for the city of Newark and the same year was
chosen county commissioner by popular suffrage, filling the
latter position for six years. In 1898 he was elected
mayor of Newark, and that the public endorsed his
administration is indicated in the fact that he was
reelected in 1900, serving for four years. He then
became connected with the city police department as station
house keeper of the city prison, resigning that position on
the 1st of September, 1907, to again become the democratic
nominee for mayor. In the month of November he was
elected, having a majority of ten hundred and sixteen, the
largest majority ever given to any candidate for the office
in Newark, a fact which is highly complimentary, indicating
his personal popularity, the confidence reposed in him by
his fellow citizens and their recognition of his good
service while formerly an incumbent in that office. He
has studied closely the needs of the city, the possibilities
for progressive development and the demands of the city in
the municipal business. While he is careful to avoid
expenditure of public funds, he nevertheless advocates
substantial progress and his influence is always given to
the side of advancement.
On the 6th of April, 1902, Mr. Atherton was
united in marriage to Miss Mary Keenan of Newark.
Mr. Atherton has two sons by a former marriage,
William and Agustus. The first named is
secretary to the general manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton railroad and the Pere Marquette railroad.
Mr. Atherton is a member of the fraternal order of
Eagles, the Modern Woodmen and the German Benevolent
Society. He has made an excellent official and in the
unremunerated offices of private friendship he has been
loyal and faithful. In tern his friends believe in him
and feel that their faith has never been misplaced.
Sincerity, loyalty, trustworthiness - these are qualities
that stand as salient elements in the character of
Herbert Atherton.
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago -
Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909
– Page 145 |
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Atkinson |
JOSEPH ATKINSON
Source: Centennial History of City of Newark and Licking County,
Ohio by E. M. P. Brister - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago -
Columbus: by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909
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