Salem Twp. -
RICHARD L. CAIN - is a native of Monroe
county, being born in Centre township, Jan. 19, 1833. His
grandfather, Richard Cain, was one of the earliest
settlers in this county. His father, Alfred, died
Aug. 22, 1854, aged forty-six years. His mother was
Mary Laflen. He was married Jan. 23, 1865, to Mary,
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Roth) Mehl, and she was
born in Switzerland township, this county, Oct. 28, 1843.
Their children are: G. W., born Nov. 4, 1865;
Lizzie M., Aug. 27, 1867; Laura M., born Dec. 2,
1869, died Nov. 27, 1880; Carrie E., Mar. 4, 1872;
Eunice C., Aug. 8, 1874; Ernest E., Mar. 18, 1877;
Nora E., Sept. 6, 1879. Mr. Cain had three
brothers, Matthew, Thomas and John R., in the late
war. Thomas was a member of the 25th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He enlisted at Woodsfield in the spring of 1861.
He was in the battles of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Honey Hill,
and many other hard fought battles through which the regiment
passed, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio. John R.
served in the 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, three years,
and was killed in the battle at Richmond. Matthew
was in the 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company I; was
with Sherman three years, participating in all the
battles the regiment was engaged in. Mrs. Cain's
parents came from Germany about 1840, went into the unbroken
forest, built a cabin, cleared a farm, raised a family of eleven
children, of whom seven are still living, five of them in Monroe
county, one in Wood county, West Virginia and one in Illinois.
Mr. Mehl and wife are still living, and reaping the
reward of their labors in the county in that early day.
Mr. Cain resides in Salem township, and follows farming.
His address is Clarington.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
6) |
Seneca Twp. -
JOSEPH M. CARPENTER - a son of Robert
and Mary (Mury) Carpenter, was born in Guernsey county, in
1828, and settled in Monroe county in 1857. He was married
in Noble county, Dec. 4, 1856, to Matilda Ann Arick,
daughter of John and Sidney (Petty) Arick, of Noble
county. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Guernsey county
in 1833. Children: Eliza Jane, born Sept. 25, 1857;
Francis E., Oct. 26, 1859, died Aug. 6, 1862; John A.,
May 12, 1862; James E., May 10, 1864; Naomi I.,
July 27, 1866; Mary S., Aug. 20, 1872; Martha A.,
Sept. 14, 1876; an infant which died the day of its birth was
born Dec. 26, 1869. Their adopted child, Robert Johnson,
was born Nov. 13, 1869. Henry Arick, a brother of
Mrs. Carpenter, died in the army. Mr. Carpenter
is engaged in farming and stock-raising in Seneca township.
Address, Summerfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 16) |
Centre Twp. -
GEO. W. CARROTHERS - is a native of
Woodsfield, his birth having taken place there Apr. 19, 1817.
He was married at Woodsfield, May 17,1 838, to Mary Dye,
whose birth-lace was Washington county, Ohio, and the date May
7, 1816. The ceremony was performed by Henry Johnson
of Indian fame. He was one of the boys who killed the two
Indians that kidnapped them. Their children are:
Anna, born Aug. 12, 1839, resides at home; Susanna,
May 22, 1842, resides in Monroe county; James H., Jan.
30, 1847, died July 26, 1847; Mary P., Mar. 17, 1857;
Abbie, Sept. 22, 1859 - the two last reside in Monroe
county. Mr. Carrothers has served as sheriff of
this county two terms; he has also served as deputy. The
following history of Mr. Carrothers antecedents will
prove of interest: In the year 1774 George
Carrothers, with his wife Isabella and little infant
James, embarked on board the Mary, bound to Philadelphia,
where they arrived the same year. He had seen for the last
time his only brother and the shores of his native country, even
then as now, poor, troubled Ireland. Soon after their
arrival Isabella died, leaving her husband and little
babe strangers in a strange land. He found a home in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, and some years afterward
married his second wife. Young James learned to be
a careful farmer, and at the age of thirty married Susanna Dye
daughter of Enoch Dye, of Washington county,
Pennsylvania. In 1814 James Carrothers purchased of
government a tract of land in Monroe county, Ohio, one mile west
of Woodsfield, and soon after moved his family to this village
until he could build a log cabin on his land. Woodsfield
containing them only a few log houses. He planted an
orchard in the woods, and then built his log house. While
they lived in Woodsfield, on Apr. 19, 1817, George W.
Carrothers was born (the first child born in Woodsfield).
They had now five daughters living and one son. When they
moved into their new house the tall forest trees were standing
within a few feet of the door, and at night the hungry wolves
kept up a most disagreeable howling. Long
after this James Carrothers would often rise in the
morning to find his sheep all torn and bleeding by these
prowling pests. G. W. Carrothers helped to catch
the last wolf in Centre township, and he remembers that a herd of
deer came over the hill before the door daily, to go to drink at
a spring that old hunters called the Lick. Owning to
the failing health of the old pioneer, Enoch D. Carruthers,
his youngest child and George W., at ten and twelve years
of age, had to perform men's work, and had to undergo many
privations. They remember going over the snow covered
ground to the pens they built to catch the wild turkey, and of
stopping for a few moments in the running stream to soothe their
aching bare feet. In 1846 James Carrothers died,
and was buried in the cemetery at Woodsfield. Though he
was not a member of any church, yet he was strictly moral and
would often severely reprimand the swearer or Sabbath breaker.
In 1853 his faithful wife was laid by his side. Four of
their daughters sleep there too, and of these daughters''
children some have sought for homes far away, and have traveled
from Lake Erie's shore to Panama bay; form the most distant
Atlantic State to the far away Golden Gate. At the age of
twenty-one, G. W. Carrothers married Mary Dye,
daughter of John R. Dye, a Baptist minister. He,
too, was an old pioneer and came from New Jersey to this county
at an early date. When riding to his appointments there
were no roads not given a path, to lead him through the
wilderness. The marked trees were his only guide.
G. W. Carrothers is now sixty-four years old, and claims no
good deeds for himself, but we known that he has wept with
those that have wept., and hopes in the kindness of Him who hath
the words of eternal life, who would lead our thoughts from
earth's bitter, strife to Happy scenes of peace above, where all
this illumined by Jesus' love.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 1) |
Washington Twp. -
JAMES F. CHRISTY - settled in the county
in the spring of 1855. Is a son of Thomas and Mary
(Reynolds) Christy, both deceased, the former July, 1859,
the latter November, 1879. Mr. Christy was born in
Harrison county, July 11, 1835; married here, Nov. 20, 1859,
Mary A. Cecil, who was also born in Harrison county, Apr. 5,
1839, daughter of Hazael and Sarah (Hevlin) Cecil,
both deceased. Their nine children are: John E.,
born June 7, 1860; James W., May 1, 1862; Thomas
G., Aug. 24, 1864; Arminda J., Sept. 13, 1866,
died Sept. 10, 1867; Clement, June 7, 1868; Mary
E., Mar. 30, 1872; Emma A., Aug. 27, 1874; Annie
J., Oct. 22, 1877; Albert C., Sept. 8, 1880.
Mr. Christy helped to drive John Morgan out of Ohio.
Two brothers of Mrs. Christy served in the later war.
Amon Cecil from 1861 to the close of the war.
Stephen Cecil enlisted in 1865, and on the road home died of
a fever contracted in the service. Occupation, farming.
Postoffice, Graysville.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 10) |
Seneca Twp. -
JOHN CLAUS - resides in Seneca township,
Monroe county, and is engaged in farming and the dairy business.
He is a son of Nicholas Claus and Catherine Remenschneider
(deceased), and was born in the county July 9, 1850.
On the 24th of April, 1877, he was married by Rev. F. Reeler
to Kate Bauman, daughter of Henry Bauman
(deceased) and his wife. They have three children:
Albert, born Feb. 26, 1878; Willie J., Nov. 9, 1879;
Elizabeth C., Feb. 8, 1881. Postoffice address,
Calais, Monroe county, Ohio.|
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 15 ) |
Malaga Twp. -
NICHOLAS CLAUS - born in Helerfield,
Germany, July 6, 1812, emigrated to this country in 1836,
landing at Baltimore, Maryland. He went at once to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he remained four years. He
then came to Monroe county, in 1840, settled in Malaga township,
where he now resides, and on his present farm. He cleared
a farm and raised a family amid all the inconveniences of
pioneer life. He was twice married, first at Pittsburgh,
Dec. 25, 1836, to Catharine Reimenschneider, by whom he
had ten children, five of them boys: William,
deceased; William, 2d, deceased,
John, Adolph and Charlie. Daughters:
Elizabeth, deceased, Mary, Margaret, Kate,
deceased. The first wife died Feb. 2, 1869, aged
fifty-three years. The second marriage was at Wheeling,
West Virginia, Oct. 7, 1869, to Rosena, daughter of
Michael and Hannah (Koehler) Fritchie. he was born in
Saxonburg, Germany, Sept. 9, 1819. Mr. Clause'
parents, John Claus and Catherine Coleman, both
died in Germany. He had one son-in-law, Jacob Walters,
who served through the late war, and was once taken prisoner.
Mr. Claus is enjoying an advanced age, with a sufficiency
of this world's goods, acquired by industry and economy.
Business, farming and dairy. Postoffice, Miltonsburg,
Monroe county. Besides in Malaga township.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 25 ) |
Greene Twp. -
JOHN CLEGG, JUNIOR - a merchant of Greene
township, Round Bottom. He was born in Seneca township,
Monroe county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1844. His parents were
Samuel Clegg and Catherine Griener who came to this county
in the year 1831. Mr. Clegg was married in Greene
township, April 11, 1867, to Margaret Sawyers, a daughter
of Andrew Sawyers and Elizabeth Fulton, now deceased.
Mrs. Clegg was born in Greene township Oct. 24, 1850.
Their children are: Clement L. born Feb. 2, 1868;
Charles F., July 29, 1870; Emma O., Aug. 11, 1872;
Laura B., Dec. 3, 1875. Mr. Clegg has held the
office of trustee for two years in this township. He was a
member of the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the late war.
He enlisted at Cameron, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1862, was mustered into
the service at Gallipolis, Ohio, September 18, 1862.
He was a member of Company E, which was organized at Clarington,
Ohio, by Captain John Varlely. He encamped five
days at Marietta, Ohio, and then went to Parkersburg, West
Virginia, where they remained until Dec. 19, 1862. They
went from there by rail to Clarksburg, thence to Buchanan,
thence to Beverly, and from there to Webster, and then to
Martinsburg, where they joined the army of the Shenandoah
valley; fought under General Milroy at Winchester, and
General Siegel at the battle of Rood's Hill. They were
then transferred to the command of General Hunter, and
fought their first battle under him at Piedmont, Virginia.
They went from there to Staunton, Virginia, and from there they
went on the Lynchburg raid, which is famous in the annals of the
rebellion. At Lynchburg many lives were lost, and on the
retreat a vast amount of government property was sacrificed.
Many of their men starved on that trip, as they had no rations,
and the country was so devastated that they could not forage
any. Mr. Clegg, the subject of this sketch, lost
fifty pounds in weight while on said retreat. The regiment
was reorganized near Charleston, Virginia, and then fell back to
Point Pleasant on the Ohio river. From there they returned
to Parkersburg, West Virginia, and went by rail from there to
Martinsburg, and were then put under the command of General
Philip Sheridan. They then fought the battles of
Berrysville, Sept. 3, 1864, Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, Fisher's
Hill, Sept.. 22, 1864. This was one of the hard fought
battles, and one that crippled the Confederacy badly.
Mr. Clegg was honorably discharged May 29, 1865.
Mr. Clegg's address is Round Bottom, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 19) |
Washington Twp. -
ISAAC CLINE - son of William and Mary
(Linn) Cline, who settled here in 1780, was born in Benton
township, Oct. 14, 1806. He married in his native
township, Aug. 7, 1828, Elizabeth Beaver, whose parents,
John and Nancy (Gill) Beaver, came into the county in
1821. Mrs. Cline was born on the Ohio river, Apr.
8, 1810. Ten children have been the fruit of their union:
Nelson, born Feb. 27, 1831, of Perry township; Andrew,
Sept. 28, 1832, Graysville; W., June 18, 1835; Lewis,
June 30, 1837; David, May 10, 1839; Hannah J.
(Lawrence), Mar. 20, 1841; Peter, Mar. 2, 1843 -
(last five, and Nancy, deceased;) Charlotte J.
(Keller), Nov. 17, 1844, at home; Sarah A., June 4,
1850, lives in Benton township. Nelson entered the
service in the late war, Company A, 116th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and reenlisted in a Massachusetts regiment. He
was wounded in the left side. Mr. Cline's father
was in the war of 1812. Mr. Cline was a pioneer in
his township; settled in the unbroken forest; no public schools;
his farm one of the first cleared here. He helped to
organize the first church, Methodist Episcopal; was appointed
class-leader; his family are members of the same.
Occupation farmer. Postoffice, Graysville, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 10) |
Benton Twp. -
ROSEBERRY M. CLINE -
is the son of John Cline, who was born Sept. 28, 1799,
and died Sept. 7, 1868, and Alvira McVey, born Jan. 9,
1803. They came into the county, the former in 1805, and
the latter in 1817. Mr. Cline was born in Monroe
county, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1840. He was married in Perry was
born in Monroe county, Ohio, May 23, 1867, to Sarah L.
States, who was born in Monroe county, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1846.
Mrs. Cline's father was Samuel States, born
Jan. 3, 1824, and her mother was Frances Drum, born Sept.
4, 1820. Mr. States came into this county in the
year 1841. The children of Roseberry M. and Sarah L.
Cline are: Oliver H., born Oct. 31, 1863; Ida F.,
Oct. 21, 1871; Samuel A. June 7, 1875; David L.,
Jan. 25, 1876; John G. H., Jan. 6, 1880; Winnonia,
Oct. 5, 1881, died Oct. 5, 1881. All of the children,
except the last, live at home. Mr. Cline enlisted
in the army for the suppression of the rebellion in July, 1861,
in the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. He was
discharged on the 13th day of March, 1862, on account of disease
contracted in the army, the beginning of which was the measles.
Mr. Clines has been justice of the peace for Benton
township since 1874, and was also trustee of the same township
for five terms in succession; was assessor of Benton township
four terms at different times. Occupation, farming.
Address, Jolly, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 27) |
Centre Twp. -
ROBERT CLINGAN - is engaged in milling in
Centre township. He was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on
Pipe Creek, Apr. 8, 1817. His father, John Clingan,
died Dec. 1, 1858. His mother, Mary (Armstrong) Clingan,
came from Ireland with her parents at a very early date, they
removed to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1806, and to this township
in 1819. Robert was married in Malaga township,
Monroe county, Ohio, May 7, 1840, to Elizabeth Ann.,
daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret (Rinedollar)
Vanhorn, who settled in this county in Nov., 1821; they are
both deceased. The following children have blessed the
union of Mr. and Mrs. Clingan: George B.,
born Apr. 2, 1841, resides at home; Louisa A. (Powell),
Feb. 12, 1842, resides in Illinois; Sarah H. (Kerr),
Feb. 7, 1845, died Nov. 19, 1876; Mary E. (Foulke) Nov.
10, 1847, resides in Raymore, Cass county, Missouri; Lorett J.,
Jan. 28, 1849, died Sept. 21, 1852; Margaret V. (Jones),
Dec. 10, 1854, resides in Centre township. Mrs. Clingan
was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4, 1820.
Address, Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 1) |
Salem Twp. -
WILLIAM M. COCHRAN - His father,
William Cochran, was married in in Wetzel county, Virginia,
to Frances Williams, (who died Mar. 15, 1872), daughter
of Jeremiah Williams. He located at Woodsfield, in
Monroe county, Ohio, when that town was but a hamlet. Here
he followed tanning, and was in the mercantile business.
From there he moved to the present residence of William M.,
on Sunfish creek, about two miles above Clarington. He
raised a family of five sons and three daughters here. In
1878 he moved back to the farm he was married on in Wetzel
county, and is still living at the ripe old age of 86. He
was one of the enterprising pioneers of this county, taking
great interest in all public improvements, schools, etc.
Mr. William M. Cochran is the only one of the Cochran
family left; in this county, three of them being dead, and
the others having sought homes elsewhere. He was born at
Woodsfield, Mar. 22, 1833; married June 29, 1876, to Sarah
Blattler, a native of this county, and daughter of
Christopher and Susan Blattler, both deceased.
Children: J. Clifford, born July 24, 1877, and William,
May 31, 1880. Mr. Cochran had one brother,
Thomas J., in the war of 1861. He first went out in
the three months' service in the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and afterwards into the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as
adjutant of the regiment. Mr. C. is a farmer of
Salem township. Address, Clarington, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
6) |
Greene Twp. -
JOSEPH CONNOR - is a son of Jeremiah
Connor and Elizabeth Dennis, the latter now deceased.
He was born in Greene township, Monroe county, Nov. 9, 1836, and
is now engaged in the business of farming and dairying.
His wife was Barbara A Kassermann. She was born in
Switzerland, Jan. 15, 1836. They were married in Ohio
township, Monroe county, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1860. Their
children are: Stephen A., born Nov. 11, 1860, lives at
home; Rebecca J., June 2, 1871, lives at home; John W.,
June 6, 1872. Mrs. Connor's parents were Stephen
Kassermann and Elizabeth Kassermann. They came
to Monroe county in 1841. Mr. Connor was a member
of the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war. He
enlisted at Clarington, Aug. 22, 1862, was mustered in at
Gallipolis, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1862. His company E, was
organized at Clarington, Ohio, under Captain John Varley,
and encamped at Marietta, Ohio, five days with the regiment, and
then left for Parkersburg, West Virginia, by rail; they remained
there until Dec. 19, 1862. While in West Virginia he took
part in the Lynchburg raid under General Hunter, fighting
three battles, and marching six hundred miles, during which time
the command had no rations, and had to forage to procure food,
and on the return engaged the enemy at Winchester, Cedar Creek
and Fisher Hill, in which the regiment charged for five miles,
carrying all before them. After leaving West Virginia they
came to the Army of the James by transport and encamped, Feb.
18, 1865. Mr. Connor was wounded at Lynchburg,
Virginia, June 19, 1865. He was in the following battles;
Moorefield, Jan. 3, 1863; Winchester, June 15, 1863; New Market,
May 15, 1864; Piedmont, June 5,1864; Lynchburg, June 18
and 19, 1864; Snicker's Ferry, July 18, 1864; Winchester, July
24, 1864; Berrysville, Sept. 3, 1864; Winchester, Sept. 19,
1864; Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, ,Oct. 19,
1864. Engagements: Strausburg, May 15 and 25, 1863;
Tomahawk, Virginia, Oct. 15, 1863; Lexington, June 11, 1864;
Martinsburg, July 25, 1864; Cedar Creek, Oct. 13, 1864.
They were afterwards in the battles of Richmond and Appomattox
Court house. Mr. Connor was mustered out at
Richmond, Virginia, June 14, 1865. He is one of the
present trustees of this township. Address, Morton
postoffice, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 19) |
Malaga Twp. -
ARCHIBALD COOPER - son of Archibald and
Lydia (Wilson) Cooper, was born in this county, Oct. 8,
1846, and married in this township, January 18, 1872, to Mary
F. Jones, also born here, daughter of John Jones and
Margaret E. Long. They have two children: Lydia O.,
born Nov. 14, 1872; and Maggie L., Apr. 11, 1874.
Francis Cooper, a native of Pennsylvania, and of Irish
extraction, came across the Allegheny mountains and settled in
Colerain township, Belmont county, Ohio. He was then a
young married man, having a wife and two children. He
bought a tract of land on the head spring of Glen's run, and
went into the woods and built a cabin. Belmont county was
very sparsely settled at that date. He raised a family of
six sons and one daughter the two oldest of whom, Robert
and Archibald, settled in Malaga township, at a very
early date, when there was only a cabin here and there through
the woods. They were but two school houses in the township
at that time, and only one church part of the township, and
located about 900 acres of land. Robert married to
Lydia Wilson, daughter of James and Mary
Wilson, in Oct. 7, 1829, and came to Monroe county the same
fall. He raised eight sons and four daughters, of whom
Archibald junior is the sixth. He lived to his
fifty-eighth year, and died Dec. 27, 1858. The Coopers
have been among the enterprising farmers of the township.
Archibald was a trustee for many years. Robert
is still living, in his eighty-third year, and is the author
of this sketch.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 25) |
Washington Twp. -
BENJAMIN COSS - a farmer of this township.
Postoffice, Graysville. Born in Monongahela county, West
Virginia, Jan. 2, 1817; settled in this county in the spring of
1838; son of John and Elizabeth (Ridenower) Coss, (both
decreased), who came into the county in 1827. Married in
his native county, and State, Dec. 28, 1837, to Elizabeth A.
Rice, who was born in Maryland, July 25, 1806, and is
daughter of William and Eva (Valentine) Rice, both
deceased. Children: William, born Oct. 30, 1842,
resides in this township; John, July 12, 1843, died
in the army Sept. 17, 1862; Henry, Oct. 23, 1849, lives
in Washington township; Mary M. C. (Hayes), June 14,
1852, lives in Perry township. Mr. Coss was
one of the heroes of the late war of the Rebellion. He
served in Company D, 7th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, entered in
August, 1861, came out in December, 1862; discharged Nov. 28,
1862; was in the battles of Romney and Antietam; in the latter
he was wounded, losing the two middles fingers of his right
hand. William served in Company F, 196th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, from Mar. 7, to the close of the war.
John was in Company D, 7th Virginia Volunteer infantry.
Enlisted in 1861, fought at Romney, and in the battle of
Antietam was shot in the head and instantly killed. Mr.
Coss cleared the farm on which he lives, helped build the
first school-house and first church on the ridge: and helped to
organize the first church here, Methodist Episcopal, of which
himself and his wife were and are members.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 9) |
Seneca Twp. -
GEORGE W. COULTAS, - son of Robert
Coultas, born Jan. 11, 1823, and Thamar Dement, born
Mar. 22, 1825, was born in Monroe county, Nov. 29, 1847.
He married at Miltonsburg, in this county, Dec. 24, 1869,
Lydia J., daughter of James and Nancy Steele) Johnson,
and she was born in this county, Nov. 25, 1850. Children:
Mary A., born Oct. 8, 1870; Edward D., July 16,
1872; Shirley T., Dec. 20, 1880. Mr. Coultas
is a contractor and builder, and lives in Calais, Seneca
township, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 15) |
Perry Twp. -
ABRAHAM B. COVERT - Post office address,
Antioch, Ohio. The Coverts were of Saxon
extraction; came to the United States from England in 1620, and
settled near Hagerstown, Maryland. The Manns (on
the grandmother's side) were of German origin, and came to
America the same year as the Coverts, and located at the
same place. In 1776 Morris Covert, grandfather of
the subject of this sketch, and Mary Mann were married at
Hagerstown, where Joseph (father of Abraham B.)
was born in 1777. Thence they moved to Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, near Uniontown, where they spent the remainder of
their days in peace, raising a family of ten children.
Joseph Covert and his brother Abraham came west in
1806, and Joseph located near New Athens, Harrison
county, and here he entered into marriage relations with
Nancy Beauyer, in 1811. He here raised a family of
seven children, among them the subject of this sketch.
Abraham B. Covert was born at New Athens, July 4, 1817.
He received a liberal education at Franklin College at Athens.
Leaving there at the age of twenty-four, he became a medical
student under Dr. Hewitt, at Port Washington, in the
Tuscarawas valley, where he spent three years in hard study and
practiced one year. Here he was united in marriage with
Phebe Maria Webb, Aug. 6, 1844. He practiced medicine
in Port Washington until the following spring. On July 31,
1845, he moved to his present location, Antioch, Monroe county.
Here he practiced very successfully, until, in 1866, he was
compelled by ill-health to abandon his profession. For the
benefit of outdoor exercise he turned his attention to farming
and stock-raising, in which he has continued to the present
time, meeting with success. Doctor Covert has been
positively and officially connected with the Monroe County
Agricultural Society since 1872, and this connected him with the
State Board of Agriculture. He was elected to the
directorship of the B. & S. W. Railroad, and holds that position
at the present time. Mrs. Covert was born at Oak
Hill village, Greene county, New York, July 11, 1817.
Their children are: S. N., born Oct. 26, 1845, resides in
Centre township; Mary J. (Davidson), Sept. 30,
1847, lives in Perry township; M. A., Aug. 3, 1852, lives
at Antioch; Catherine C., Aug. 1, 1855, lives at Antioch;
Nancy M. (Ward), Nov. 16, 1857, lives at Marietta.
Abraham B. Covert was born at Antioch, and was raised on
the farm of his father, where he showed superior ability as a
manager. As a boy he was prudent, energetic and ambitious;
even his walk told more than people were willing to admit.
He early exhibited an aptitude for natural history and when not
engaged at hard labor on the farm his leisure moments were spent
in earnest study and research. He chose the medical
profession, and entered Sterling Medical College at Columbus,
Ohio, where he received his degree as a medical doctor. He
commenced the practice of medicine in Antioch in 1881, where he
controls at the present time about three-fourths of the
practice.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
22) |
Centre Twp. -
SAMUEL N. COVERT - is a resident of Centre
township, was born in Antioch, this county, in 1845, and married
Lydia A., daughter of Thomas and Sarah Pennington.
She was born May 14, 1843, in this county. They were
united in marriage, Aug. 23, 1870, in Centre township, and have
the following children: Alice G., born Aug. 8, 1871;
Charles A., Jan. 1, 1873; Oliver W., Apr. 14, 1875.
Mr. Covert's parents are Morris A. and Pheby M. Covert,
settlers of this county in 1844. Thomas Pennington
and wife settled in this county in the fall of 1842.
Mr. Covert's mother's grandfather was a soldier in the
revolutionary war. When Morris A. Covert settled in
the county, there were but three or four houses at Antioch.
Address S. N. Covert, at Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 1) |
Bethel Twp. -
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD - was born in Guernsey
county, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1830. His parents were James
Crawford and Sarah Adudell, the former of whom still
survives. Mr. Crawford was married in Lebanon,
Monroe county, June 27, 1857, by Thomas Miller, to
Jane Morgan, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Nov 20,
1824. Her father was George Morgan and her mother
was Margaret Pierce of Washington county, Ohio. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are: Margaret E.,
born Apr. 26, 1859, lives in Bethel township; George D. P.,
Jan. 23, 1861, lives in Iowa. Mr. Crawford was a
member of the 63d Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His first wife
was Nancy Ellen Meredith, daughter of David Meredith,
by whom he had one child, Sary Ramantha, born Oct. 19,
1854; is at this time in the State of Iowa. Mr.
Crawford is engaged in the undertaking business and is also
a cabinet maker, and always ready to do all kinds of work in his
line. Address, Masterton, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page30) |
Adams Twp. -
THOMAS G. CULBERTSON - is a resident of
Adams township, where he located in 1859. He is a native
of Guernsey county, Ohio, born Mar. 20, 1839, and married in
Adams township, Monroe County, Feb. 21, 1872, Isabella Fulton,
born in the same county, Dec. 4, 1845. Three children has
been the result of this union: David C., born Feb.
7, 1873; Andrew G., Aug. 8, 1875; William A.,
Jan. 26, 1880. Mrs. Culbertson is a son of
Thomas Culbertson, deceased, and Margaret (Gillespie)
Culbertson. His grandfather, Robert Culbertson,
was one of the very early settlers in southeastern, Ohio,
Harrison county, near the present site of New Athens, when this
whole portion of the country was a wilderness. Mrs.
Culbertson's parents were also among the early settlers,
coming when the country was new and wild. William
Fulton, brother of Mrs. Culbertson, took part in the
late civil war, a member of Company E, 116th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; was in all the battles his regiment was engaged in,
served three years and was honorably discharged at the close of
the war. Mr. Culbertson's business in farming.
Address, Irish Ridge, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 23) |
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