RICHARD K. WALTON
- was born on the farm now known as the Maury Farm, on
Sunfish creek, in Salem township, Monroe county, Ohio, (owned
then by his father, Jeremiah Walton), on the 2d day of
September, A. D. 1836; his family to the town of Clarington, on
the Ohio river, where he engaged in the practice of medicine for
six years, during which time Richard was sent to school
regularly to such teachers as were then to the employed under
the earlier school regime. At the age of thirteen,
Richard was removed by his father back to the farm on which
he was born; and from that time he labored on the farm, under
the direction of his father, who for many years afterwards
continued in his practice, as a successful physician.
Richard however, was sent to school only during the winter
terms, which were short, lasting each winter about four months.
In this way he, by close application, became well versed in the
common branches of English learning, and at the age of nineteen
procured a certificate to teach in the common schools. His
first advent into the school room, armed with his first
certificate, was in the fall of 1855; wages, thirty dollars per
month; length of term, six months. With the proceeds of
his first winter's labor in the school room, he, by the consent
of his father, attended a school at Woodsfield, Ohio, taught by
William Wheeler, the next summer and fall. The
former years labor in the same schoolroom was repeated the
following year, and he again attended two terms of school at
Woodsfield, taught by Professor John Moore, who was an
instructor of great ability and learning; after which, on the
15th day of June, A. D. 1858, he was married to Julia A.
Conger, the youngest daughter of Elias and Margaret
(Atkinson) Conger, of Monroe county, Ohio; taught school for
one year following his marriage, at Cameron, in Adams township,
and afterwards in various districts of Adams and other townships
of the county, when in 1861 he was appointed school examiner by
Probate Judge Sinclair. In the fall of 1862 he was
chosen by the board of education of the Clarington special
school district principal of the Clarington school; resigned the
office of school examiner in the spring of 1863, and thereafter
removed, at the close of one term of school at Clarington, to
his father's farm in Adams township, where he spent the most of
his time for two years following, reading law under the
instruction of the Hon. William F. Hunter, of Monroe
county, Ohio; after which he was again called by the board of
education to labor as principal in the Clarington schools, at
which place he was employed as principal of the school, with the
exception of one term, for ten years. From the time of his
marriage, and during all his period, six children were born in
his family, four of which, two sons and two daughters, to-wit:
William V., Ione, Emma V., and James C.,
are now living. After having been engaged in the profession
of teaching, and meeting with success in this calling for more
than twenty years, and being solicitous for a change from the
school-room, he became a candidate for the office of probate
judge, to which he was elected in the fall of 1878, and
afterward, in the fall of 1881, was reelected to a second
term of said office, of which he is now the incumbent.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 32) |
Salem Twp. -
SETH WARD - His grandfather Ward
came from Maryland, and settled in Belmont county before Monroe
county was organized, and when the whole of south-eastern Ohio
was a wilderness. He settled on Captina creek, above and
near where Armstrong's mill is now located, and resided
there until his death. Mr. Seth Ward's father,
Moses Ward, was raised and resided in Belmont county until
his eighteenth year, when eh went into the war of 1812.
When he had served his time he returned to Belmont county,
and remained until he was twenty-four years of age, when he
married the daughter of Joseph and Christina Martin, and
came to Monroe county, and settled in Wayne township, which was
then an unbroken wilderness, and full of wild, dangerous
animals. He voted at the first election held in that
township. They resided in Wayne township until 1829, when
they went to Belmont county, where Mr. Ward was engaged
for many years in distilling liquors. He then came to
Salem township, and died May 25, 1861. His wife, Mary
Martin, died Oct. 26, 1874. Mr. Seth Ward was
born in Wayne township, June 4, 1820, married the first time to
Eleanor Dougherty, daughter of Patrick and Rose
Dougherty, and she was born Oct. 22, 1824, and died apr. 7,
1847. By this marriage one child was born, Stephen D.,
Jan. 10, 1847. The second marriage was July 2, 1848, to
Eliza Drum, born in Wayne township, Mar. 26, 1830. Her
parents were Simon Drum, born Oct. 30, 1797, died March
14, 1868, and Lydia Noffsinger, born Feb. 2, 1797, died
July 12, 1866. By this second marriage, fourteen children
were born, namely: James M., born May 3, 1849;
Seth D., Jan. 30, 1851; Alvirah, Dec. 22, 1852;
Mary A., June 12, 1854; Eliza J., Jan. 10, 1856;
Simon, Mar. 26, 1857; Lydia, Feb. 23, 1859; Sarah,
Dec. 24, 1861 - all these died in September, 1861, excepting
Seth D., who died Nov. 7, 1873; Alice (Loebenstein),
born Sept. 15, 1862; Cyrus A., Mar. 24, 1865; Thaddeus
S., Mar. 13, 1867; Amanda, May 13, 1869, died Feb 22,
1870; Charles, Jan. 11, 1871; Albert, Jan. 30,
1873, died Dec. 21, 1873. Mr. Ward has been a
trustee of his township for sixteen years past with the
exception of one year. His brother Stephen served
through the war in the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was
wounded in the service. Mrs. Ward's brother,
James Drum, served three years in the 62d Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Mr. Ward resides in Salem township, and
is engaged in farming, stock-raising and dealing in general
produce. Address, Clarington.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 9) |
Seneca Twp. -
JAMES W. WARNER - a resident of Seneca
township, settled in this county in 1858. His father,
John L. Warner, was born Nov. 27, 1815; his mother,
Charity Wells, May 17, 1819. John L. Warner was
a native of the State of New Jersey, coming, when twenty-two
years old, to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he met and
married Charity Wells, daughter of James and Mary (Scarbry)
Wells, Feb. 2, 1837. He lived there until 1850, when
he settled in the southeastern part of Guernsey county, which is
now in Noble county. In 1871 he came to Monroe county, and
to Seneca township. In 1876 he went to Tyler county, West
Virginia, where he now resides. James W. Warner was
born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16, 1838. Was
married in Noble county, Dec. 24, 1857, to Mary F. Carpenter,
by Rev. Philip Jarvis. Mrs. Warner was daughter of
Richard Carpenter, who died Dec. 29, 1863, and Hannah
McMurray, and she was born in Guernsey county, Oct. 28,
1835. Children: Joanna (Howiler), born Jan. 12,
1859; Letitia J., Apr. 8, 1860; John B. M., Apr.
28, 1862; Bellzora A., May 1, 1864; Alfred S.,
Nov. 5, 1865; Virginia M., May 6, 1867; Sarah F.,
Mar. 13, 1869; Mordicia H., Sept. 5, 1871; James F.,
June 29, 1874; Alva C., July 26, 1876; Mary A.,
Mar. 19, 1878, died Mar. 23, 1878; Shirley E., Sept. 16,
1880. The first named resides in Seneca township, the
others at home. Mr. Warner held the office of
school director, in sub-district No. 3, for nine years in
succession. He was elected justice of the peace in 1874
and has held the office continuously since. Mrs. Warner's
brother, Wilson S. Carpenter, served in the 23d Iowa
Volunteer Infantry during the entire war. Her mother's
father, William McMurray, was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, and lived to be almost 100 years old.
Mr. Warner is a farmer and stock-dealer. Address,
Calais, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
17) |
Bethel Twp. -
MATTHEW WARWICK - was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1832. His father was
Thomas Warwick and his mother Rachel Williams.
They came to Monroe county in April, 1838. His father died
in 1876 and his mother in 1879. Mr. Warwick's wife
was Margaret Flaugh, who was born in Guernsey
county, June 24, 1829. Her parents were John Flaugh and
Margaret McGrugan. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick were married
in Monroe county, Feb. 7, 1856. Their children are:
Mary C., born Jan. 21, 1857, residence, Bethel township;
John T., May 13, 1858, lives in Minnesota; James A.,
Sept. 14, 1860, lives in Minnesota; Rachel J., May 14,
1862, lives at home; Sarah E., Nov. 10, 1865, resides at
home. Mr. Warwick is a justice of the peace for
Bethel township, and has held that office for nine years, having
been elected in 1873. He is a member of the Methodist
Church, a steward of the society, and also the recording steward
of the circuit. Occupation, general blacksmith and wagon
making, and justice of the peace. Address, Masterton,
Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio -
Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo -
1882 - Page 31) |
Centre Twp. -
JAMES WATSON - is an attorney-at-law,
farmer and merchant, of Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
He is a native of Scotland, having been born in Glasgow,
Apr. 28, 1825. His parents, John and Margaret
(Adams), came to this county in 1848, where they both
died. To show the respect in which Mr. Watson
is held in this county, it is only necessary to enumerate
the offices he has filled, viz.: justice of peace,
captain of State militia, captain Company I, 7th Regiment
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, postmaster at Graysville
sixteen years, representative in General Assembly of Ohio
for two terms, from Monroe county, from Jan. _, 1874, to
January 1, 1878, master commissioner and president Monroe
County Agricultural Society. He was in the late war,
first as first lieutenant of Company D, and afterwards
captain of Company I, 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer
Infantry. An ounce ball entered his shoulder at
Fredericksburg, in the slaughter-pen there, under General
Burnside, which wound was the cause of his resignation.
His son, John A., was in the 196th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Watson's first marriage
was to Maria J. Smith, to whom the following children
were born: Maria Jane, Mar. 12, 1859,
deceased; John A., born Apr. 28, 1848, resides in
Graysville; Smith H., Nov. 7, 1849, died Dec.
3, 1863; James Allen, May 10, 1851, resides in
Woodsfield; Mary H., Dec. 28, 1852, resides in
Graysville; Archibald Jefferson, Oct. 30, 1854,
resides in Bloomfield, Washington county, Ohio; Maggie,
Mar. 3, 1857, resides in Graysville. The second wife
of Mr. Watson was Mary S. Devore, and her
children were: Devore, born Feb. 6, 1865,
died Feb. 24, 1865; Katie, June 28, 1863, resides
at Graysville. The third marriage of Mr. Watson
occurred at Graysville, Nov. 22, 1865, his choice being
Esther Ann, daughter of John and Lucinda (Cook)
Latstraw, both of whom were natives of this county, and
are deceased. The children of this union are: Henry
Knox, born Oct. 18, 1867; Olive L., Sept. 22,
1869; Roy Heber, Aug. 2, 1871; David Okey,
Apr. 1, 1873; G. W. W., Feb. 22, 1875; Columbus
Monroe Apr. 17, 1877. The Watson family and
their relatives seem to have a military leaning. One
brother-in-law, Robert Smith, was killed at Mission
Ridge; a brother, William Watson, contracted
consumptions in the service, and gave his life for the
Union; another brother-in-law was in the 116th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry; another, Isaac B. Smith, was in
the 7th West Virginia Infantry; and their cousins, the
Givens, and other families, were unprecedented numbers
into the great rebellion, every one, without exception, on
the Union side. James Allen Watson, at the age
of seventeen, ran away from home and went to Kansas,
where he joined the 19th Kansas Cavalry, Company K, doing
service in the Indian campaign under General Custer
being nearly starved on the plains. When mustered out
he returned and entered college at Mt. Union, graduating in
the scientific course, and is now principal of the
Woodsfield schools. Mr. Watson's address is
Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 5) |
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Washington
Twp. -
JOHN A. WATSON – son of
James A. Watson and Maria J. (Smith)
deceased, was born here Apr. 28, 1848; married Jan. 1, 1868,
Paulina Allen, daughter of David and Paulina (Hill)
Allen. Have had four children
born to them: Mary E., born Nov. 7,
1869; Nora M., Feb. 27, 1873;
Evart H., Jan. 28, 1876, died Dec.
27, 1877; Frank E., June 22, 1878.
Mr. Watson is a merchant and hotel keeper at Graysville, Ohio; is also treasurer
of his township. He served in the
war of the 186th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His brother,
James A., also served in the army, and his father was wounded at Fredericksburg, being a member of the 7th
Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co.,
Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 11)
|
Adams Twp. -
WILLIAM G. WEBB - has been a resident of
Adams township since 1860. He was born in Wheeling, West
Virginia, Aug. 31, 1836. Louisa Atkinson, daughter
of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ross) Atkinson, born Feb. 10,
1836, at Cameron, Monroe county, Ohio, became his wife, Oct. 22,
1861. Their children are: Francis L., born Aug. 13,
1862; Charles C., Feb. 12, 1864; Martha E., Oct.
7, 1865; Clara L., Jun. 2, 1867; William S., Jan.
1, 1879, and all reside in Cameron. Mr. Webb was
elected to the office of township treasurer in 1867, and
reelected in 1868. Business physician and surgeon.
Mr. Webb's father, John A., born in Virginia, died
at Beallsville, this county, Aug., 1863; and his mother, ,Sarah
(Lewis), born in England, died in 1854. Address Mr.
Webb at Cameron, Monroe county, Ohio
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 24) |
Perry Twp. -
ALBERT H. WEBER - the subject of this
sketch was born in Lewisville, Summit township, Monroe county,
Ohio. Was in the employ of C. G. Oblinger & Brothers,
of Lewisville, for eight years. He then came to Antioch,
Perry township, Jan. 25, 1880, and was one year in the employ of
F. M. Ames, in the mercantile business. He then
traveled for H. Childs & Co., of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, for six months, but not liking the business he
withdrew, and formed a partnership, July 4, 1881, with W. T.
H. Koontz, of Antioch, for general merchandise. The
name of the firm is Koontz & Weber.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 23) |
Summit Twp. -
PHILIP WEBER - is a native of Germany,
born there Mar. 6, 1825, and settled in Monroe county in
1850. His parents, Leonard and Margaret Weber,
both died in Germany. He married in Wayne township,
Aug. 5, 1850, Christina Stoffel, born in Germany,
Aug. 24, 1831, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stoffel.
Children: Lena K. (Graff), born Sept. 29, 1851,
resides in Belmont county; Elizabeth, Aug. 18, 1853,
lives in Baden, Pennsylvania; Albert W., Dec. 18,
1855; George W., May 9, 1858, was drowned July 8,
1880; Fred L., Aug. 17, 1860; Henry J., Mar.
30, 1863, resides at Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio,
is a barber; Louisa, Jan. 18, 1866; Mary Matilda,
May 7, 1869; Charles E., Feb. 15, 1874. Al
those not otherwise mentioned live at Lewisville.
Mr. Weber resides in Summit township; occupation,
tailoring. Address, Lewisville.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
29) |
Seneca Twp. -
JAMES WELLS - son of William and
Nancy (Stephens) Wells, was born in Greene county,
Pennsylvania, Mar. 7, 1818, and came to this county in 1820.
He was married near Miltonsburg, in this county, by
Esquire Willard, Sept. 20, 1840, to Julitta Stephens,
born in this county, Apr. 18, 1822, daughter of Elijah
and Majora (Dearth) Stephens, both deceased.
Mrs. Wells' parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and
settled in Seneca township when the country was a
wilderness, and there were only a few cabins in the
township. They had to house the sheep every night to
keep them from the wolves. Elijah Stephens was
a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Wells, when a
boy, attended some of the first schools taught in the
county. They had greased paper for windows, and the
seats were made of saplings split in two, and legs put in
from the round side, with no backs to them. The
writing-desks were made by boring holes in the wall, putting
pegs in and laying planks on them. Elijah Stephens
and wife were among the very first settlers in this part of
the county. They raised eleven children to maturity,
who have scattered to different parts of the United States.
Mr. Wells' mother, died Mar. 4, 1882. Mr.
and Mrs. Wells' children are: William S.,
born May 13, 1841, deceased; Louisa (Carpenter), June
19, 1843; Priscilla, Mar. 23, 1845, deceased;
John, Feb. 20, 1846; Nancy S., Apr. 7, 1848;
Julitta J. (Gilmore), Mar. 25, 1850; Elizabeth J.
(Carpenter), Feb. 2, 1852; James A., Apr. 25,
1855; Bird (Stephen), Dec. 25, 1856; Elijah S.,
Feb. 2, 1859; Lana E. (Brownfield), July 12, 1861.
Elijah and Nancy live at home; Elijah married
Emeline Mercer. All the others who are living,
reside in this township. The eldest son, William,
lost his life in the war. He enlisted, in the fall of
1862, in the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served until the
following March, when he took the measles, and died at
Savannah, Tennessee. Mr. Wells is a farmer.
Address, Calais, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
17) |
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Benton
Twp. –
DR. G. B. WEST – is a native of Marshall
county, West Virginia,
where he was born June 5, 1852; his parents were
John B. West and Mary E. Alexander, both now dead. He
was married at Cochransville,
Ohio, Oct. 3, 1876, to Miss Adda S. Kountz, who was born in Monroe
county, Ohio,
June 19, 1855. Her parents were
Peter F. Kountz and Ann Speck,
neither of whom are now living.
Doctor and Mrs. West have two
children: Earl, born Oct. 23, 1877,
and Meta R., Aug. 13, 1879. The doctor’s grandfather,
Charles West, was engaged in the war
of 1812, and received a wound which afterward produced his death. Dr.
West is engaged in the practice of medicine.
Address, Jolly, Monroe
county, Ohio
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 28)
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Centre Twp. -
HENRY R. WEST - was born in Jefferson
county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1839. Removed with his
parents, Thomas and Sophia J. West to Woodsfield,
Monroe county, Ohio, in 1842. Purchased a half
interest in The Spirit of Democracy, Oct. 1st, 1858;
entered the army a second lieutenant, Oct. 3d, 1861;
promoted to first lieutenant, Dec. 18th, 1861; to captain,
Sept. 18, 1862; to lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 13th, 1864; to
colonel, Dec. 20th, 1864; breveted colonel by President
Andrew Johnson, to date Apr. 2d, 1865, for "gallant
President Johnson, to date from April 2d, 1865, for
"gallant and meritorious services during the war."
Both brevets were confirmed by the United States Senate.
Mastered out of service, Dec. 15, 1865, at City Point,
Virginia. Became owner of The Spirit of Democracy,
January 1st, 1867, by purchase of half interest controlled
by Jere. Williams; married to Mary C. Okey,
daughter of William and Lucinda Okey, May 13,
1868. Has since resided in Woodsfield, and been
engaged exclusively as editor and publisher of The Spirit
of Democracy.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio -
Publ. by H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and
Toledo - 1882 - Page 5) |
Centre Twp. -
NATHANIEL WILEY, JR. - is a farmer of
Centre township, and was born in Hartford county, Maryland,
Oct. 4, 1826. He settled in Monroe county, in 1836.
His parents were John Wiley, who died Apr. 18, 1880,
and Sarah Moore Wiley, who died Oct. 20, 1874.
They both came to Monroe county in 1836. Mr.
Nathaniel Wiley, Jr., was married to Greene county,
Pennsylvania, Jan. 3, 1850, by the Reverend E. Hood
Fordice to Elizabeth Montgomery, a native of that
county, where she was born Mar. 2, 1826. Her parents
were John Montgomery, who died Dec. 28, 1843, in
Pennsylvania, and Sarah Whitloch, who died in Ohio,
Aug. 4, 1853. The children of Nathaniel and
Elizabeth Wiley are: John L., born Mar. 10, 1851,
lives in Centre township; Sarah Ann, born May 15,
1853, lives in Belmont county, Ohio; William Franklin,
born Nov. 29, 1855, lives in Malaga township; Mary C.,
born Feb. 24, 1857, lives in Woodsfield, Flavious J.,
born May 26, 1859; Joseph, born Mar. 23, 1861;
Nancy M., born Mar. 10, 1863, died Oct. 31, 1865;
Benjamin R., born Mar. 21, 1866; (no name) infant,
born Mar. 21, 1866, died Apr. 13, same year;
Clement A., born Sept. 15, 1868. The four younger
children who are living at home. Mr. Wiley is
the owner of sixty acres of land situated in Centre
township, town 5, section 20, range 5. Postoffice
address, Jerusalem, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
5) |
Malaga Twp. -
WILLIAM J. WILEY - was born in Monroe
county, Nov. 29, 1838, and is a teacher and farmer residing
in Malaga township. He was born in Sunsbury township;
was married Apr. 20, 1865, to Sarah Alvira Meek.
She was born in Sunsbury township, Sept. 3, 1847.
Mr. Wiley's parents were John Wiley, born Oct
17, 1801, died Apr. 18, 1880, and Sarah Moore, born
Aug. 3, 1801, died Oct. 20, 1873. They came to this
county in November, 1835, from York county, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Wiley's parents were Henry Meek, born in
Pennsylvania in 1812, and Jane Turkiel, born in
Ireland. The children of William and Sarah Wiley
are: Meyrte, born Oct. 8, 1871, lives at
Jerusalem; William Harrold, Jan. 9, 1880; Clyde,
Feb. 26, 1882. As to Mr. Wiley's recollections
of the early settlers of this county, he states that in the
vicinity of Ozark, in the school district number 16, there
remains at present but one surviving male citizen who was a
citizen at the time of his first recollection, forty years
ago, Jephtha Duvall and his wife, and one other lady,
being the only persons who are survivors of forty years ago.
Elihu Tipton, Isaac Brown, and Robert Gatchell
were among the first business men that settled in our
village of Jerusalem, and Mr. Robert L. Morris is its
most venerable school teacher. Mr. Wiley's
impression is that the progress made by the citizens of our
county, was a rule, has been proportional with our sister
counties, comparing our natural advantages and resources,
and that with her present outlook and future prospects for
internal improvements, she bids fair to rival other and more
highly favored counties of the State. Address,
Jerusalem, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
26) |
Greene Twp. -
JOHN H. WILLIAMS was born in
Wellsburg, Brook county, West Virginia, July 10, 1805, and
is the son of Ephraim and Mary Cougleton Williams.
The former died Apr. 3, 1839, at the age of 64 years; the
latter died Apr. 5, 1849, aged 75. They settled in
this county in 1812. Mr. Williams' parents were
Samuel and Catharine (Moser) Landis. They
settled in this county about 1830. The children of
John H. and Sarah Williams are: Daniel S., born
Sept. 16, 1835, resides at Belleville, Wood county, West
Virginia; Melissa, Mar. 15, 1837, died Feb.
24, 1864; Luvina, Mar. 28, 1839, died Aug. 29,
1861; Leander, Dec. 27, 1841, lives at Round Bottom,
Monroe county, Ohio; Eliza Jane, Oct. 23, 1843,
postoffice Irish Ridge, Monroe county; Mary J., Mar.
12, 1847, Laings postoffice, Monroe county; Isabel,
Apr. 10, 1850, Belleville, Wood county, West Virginia;
Emily, May 3, 1854, died June 14, 1875;
William M., Apr. 19, 1856, Round Bottom, Monroe county.
John H. and Sarah were married at Clarington,
Ohio, Oct. 2, 1834. Mrs. Williams was born at
Washington, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1818. Mr.
Williams is a carpenter and farmer in Greene township.
His oldest son, David S., enlisted in the late civil
war, under Captain W. E. Stephens, at Marietta, Ohio,
Nov. 9, 1861; at Camp Texas. Reenlisted at Little
Rock, Arkansas, Dec. 20, 1863. The whole brigade was
captured at Mark's Mills, Arkansas, April 25, 1864.
Regiment was commanded by A. W. McCormick, and was in eleven
engagements. William M., son of the subject of
this sketch, is a school-teacher, has taught twenty terms,
and his object in subscribing for this revised history of
Monroe county, is his anxious desire for knowledge. He
married Mary E. Sawyers, at Chapel Hill church, Dec.
26, 1877. They have one child: Fred L. born
June 13, 1881. Address Mr. William M. Williams
at Round Bottom, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 21) |
Sunsbury Twp. -
J. T. WILLIAMSON - is a son of
Samuel Williamson and Elizabeth Ackeltree. He was
born Jan. 14, 1812; came to this county in 1840. He
was married in Woodsfield, Apr. 29, 1841, to Irza R.
Driggs. She was born in Woodsfield, her parents
being Ezra Driggs and Mary Ruggles. Mr.
Williamson has been treasurer of Centre township one
term, and also director of the infirmary one term. His
postoffice address is Ozark, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
15) |
Franklin Twp. -
THOMAS WILSON - is a farmer and dealer
in stock. Postoffice, Stafford. His father, William
Wilson, settled in this county in 1817; his mother was
Mary Hupp. He was born in Franklin township,
Dec. 11, 1836; was married here, Apr. 30, 1858, to Rachel
Hannah, born in Guernsey county, Apr. 1, 1836, daughter
of John and Elizabeth (Pierce) Hannah. Mr.
Wilson has held several offices in this township, and
has been a justice of the peace for fifteen years. In
the late war he enlisted as second lieutenant, was mustered
as captain of Company K, 92d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in
1862; mustered out by reason of disability, July, 1863.
His brother, William B., was a member of Company D,
92d Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was in the battle of Resaca and
all the service to finish of the war. Mr. Wilsons
grandfather, William Wilson, settled on the clear
fork of the Little Muskingum river, in 1817, then a
wilderness. He and a few others organized a church,
Methodist Episcopal, and built a log meeting-house, on the
site of the present beautiful edifice known as the
Southerland church. William Wilson (father of
the subject of this sketch) and his brother Thomas,
still live on the lands their father settled upon nearly
seventy years ago. Both are hearty old gentlemen, true
types of the earlier settlers of this country. Mr.
Thomas Wilson has been for six years a local minister in
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H. Hardesty &
Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 18) |
Centre Twp. -
HENRY WINLAND - is son of John and
Catherine (Snyder) Winland, who settled in this county
in 1812; they came from Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna,
settling on section 13, Centre township. About a down
families comprised the residents of the township at that
date, their nearest neighbor being three miles away; the
site of Woodsfield was a dense forest. Barnesville,
Belmont county, was the nearest trading point. His
father helped to organize the township, and he also built
the first mill on Sunfish creek in the Fall of 1821, it
being the second mill in this part of the county.
Buffalo, elk and all kinds of wild animals were very
plentiful. His father died Apr. 14, 1867, and his
mother, Mar. 9, 1871. Henry's first wife was
Anna, daughter of William and Rebecca (Simpson)
Hutcheson. Their marriage took place in Centre
township, Oct. 1, 1840. Their children are: John H.,
born July 12, 1841; Catherine M. (Florence), Apr. 17,
1843, resides in Wood county, West Virginia; William D.,
Mar. 12, 1845, resides in Mitchel county, Kansas; James
M., Dec. 25, 1846, resides in Colorado; Rebecca E.,
Nov. 15, 1848, died Oct. 17, 1869; Eliza J.
(Morris), Oct. 17, 1850, resides in Wood county, West
Virginia; Robert C., Sept. 15, 1853, died Dec.
19, 1862; Elizabeth A. (Shear), Nov. 19, 1855,
resides in Vermillion county, Illinois. John H.,
the oldest son, was in the late war, in Company D, 116th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Woodsfield in August,
1863. He was in the battle of Winchester and all in
which his regiment took part; he died of typhoid fever at
Claryville, Maryland, Dec. 6, 1864. Mr. Winland's
second wife was Catherine Hansell who was born in
this county, Mar. 8, 1833; the date of the ceremony was July
25, 1867. Their family are; Samuel J., born
Aug. 18, 1858, resides at home; Phillip H., Dec. 31,
1859, resides at home; George C., Feb. 17, 1863,
resides at home; Ruey A., May 2, 1866, at home;
Martha, June 18, 1870, died Apr. 19, 1872;
Harvey, May 5, 1873, at home. Samuel and Ruey
Ann (Keck) Hensell, were the parents of Mrs. Winland,
the latter deceased Sept. 1, 1877. Mr. Winland
is a farmer and stock-raiser. Address, Ozark, Monroe
county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
6) |
Greene Twp.-
MICAJAH G. WOOD - was born in Centre
township, Monroe county, Ohio, and is the son of Thomas
Wood and Mary A. Strosnider, who came to this
county in the year 1826. Mr. Wood is a resident
of Greene township. His wife was Lucy Lantz,
who was born in Perry township, Monroe county, July 1, 1836.
They were married in Perry township, Monroe county, Ohio,
Aug. 31, 1856. Mr. Wood's parents were
Alexander Lantz, deceased Sept. 24, 1876, and Elcy
Shriver. They came to Monroe county in 1836.
The child of Micajah and Lucy Wood is Thomas A.,
born May 25, 1857. Mr. Wood had one brother,
Simon, in the late war. Mr. Wood's father,
Thomas Wood, came from Greene county Pennsylvania,
when a young man, and located at Woodsfield, Ohio, and there
followed the occupation of a wheelwright. In 1830 he
went back to Greene county, Pennsylvania, and married his
wife. He afterwards came back to Monroe county, and
located in Jackson township. He lived there one year,
and then went to Centre township, remained there two years,
and came to Greene township, and to his present residence.
He was among the early school teachers of the county, and
taught many a term at ten dollars per month. Mrs.
Wood's parents were married in Virginia, and removed
from there to Greene township, Monroe county. This
portion of Monroe county was very wild at that date.
They cleared up a farm, and went through all the
inconveniences incident to a settlement in a new country.
Mr. Wood's occupation is farming. Address,
Antioch, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 21) |
Greene Twp. -
SIMON P. WOOD - a son of Thomas and
Mary A. Wood, is a resident of Greene township. He
was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1832.
Simon P. Wood and Mahala Matthews were joined
in the holy bonds of matrimony in Greene township, Monroe
county, Ohio, on the 25th day of October, 1877. Mr.
Wood's parents are Abraham and Priscilla Matthews.
She was born July 1, 1844, in Monroe county, Ohio.
They have one child, Simon S., born Oct. 27, 1881.
Mr. Wood's parents were among the earliest settlers
of the county, coming here when the whole country was a
wilderness. Mr. Wood has been married twice.
His first wife was Mary A. Agin, born Oct. 3, 1855,
died Jan. 9, 1875. The children by this union are:
William T., born Feb. 7, 1855, resides at
home; Sarah J., Mary 30, 1857, lives at home;
James F., Dec. 6, 1860, lives in Greene county,
Pennsylvania; Micajah E., Jan. 23, 1864, lives at
home; Lucy C., July 29, 1866, died Mar. 5,
1867; J. L., Dec. 17, 1868; Asher M., June 12,
1870; Mary A., Dec. 31, 1875. Jacob and
Phoebia Agin were among the first settlers of this
county. They settled near Antioch about the year 1825.
Simon P. Wood has held the office of justice of the
peace for five years and resigned; was assessor four terms.
Address, Laings Postoffice, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 21) |
Green Twp. -
THOMAS WOOD - is a son of Micajah
Wood, who died at eighty-one years of age, and
Jane Mason, who died at the age of seventy-eight
years. They both died in Greene county, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Wood settled in the county in 1826, having
been born in Green county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15, 1806.
His wife's name was Mary A. Strosnider, who was born
in Greene county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1809. They
were married in Greene county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9, 1830.
Mrs. Wood's parents were Jasper Strosnider,
now dead, and Sarah Cypher, also now dead. They
died in Green county, Pennsylvania. The children of
Thomas and Mary Wood are: Simon P.,
born July 16, 1831, living in Green township, Monroe county,
Ohio; Micajah G., Mary 18, 1833, living in Greene
township; William M., Jan. 17, 1835, died Dec.
19, 1865; Michael S., Aug. 27, 1836, living in
Green township; Francis M., Jan. 27, 1838, died
Nov. 15, 1855; Thomas J., June 18, 1841.
Mr. Wood has been justice of the peace in this
township for three years, also clerk of the township for a
number of years, and trustee for several years. He had
one son, Simon, in the late war. Enlisted at Antioch,
Ohio, got crippled from a cut such as to unfit him for duty,
and was discharged in consequence, Oct. 16, 1852.
Mr. Wood's father was a native of Maryland, going
when a young man to Greene county, Pennsylvania, where he
met and married Jane Mason, daughter of William
and Mary Mason, and who emigrated from Tyrone county,
Ireland, to Pennsylvania, and took up land in the vicinity
of Waynesburg. They went into the woods and cleared up
a farm, and reared a family of four sons and five daughters,
of whom Thomas Wood, the subject of this sketch, was
the third child. He came from Greene county when a
young man, and located at Woodsfield, and there followed the
occupation of a wheelwright. In 1830 he went back to
Greene county, Pennsylvania, married his wife and came back
to Monroe county, lived in Jackson one year, and removed to
Centre township, remaining there two years, then came to
Greene township, where he has resided ever since,
forty-eight years. Mr. Wood was one of the
early school teachers of this county, and has taught many of
month for ten dollars and boarded himself. He has been
one of the useful men of the county, spending a large
portion of his life instructing the young. His
occupation in farming. Address, Laings, Monroe county,
Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page 21) |
Adams Twp. -
AMOS WORKMAN - deceased, was a native
of Belmont county, Ohio, born Apr. 15, 1825, and settled in
Monroe county in 1854, died Apr. 27, 1860. Hannah
T. Ernshaw became his wife on Feb. 23, 1858, in Belmont
county. They remained there about six years, when they
removed to the present residence of Mrs. Workman in
Adams township, Monroe county. Mrs. Workman was
left with a large family of children to rear and care for,
which, undergoing all the trials and inconveniences
pertaining thereto, she has successfully done. Her
third son, David R., is a clergyman of the
Presbyterian church at New Loudon, Pennsylvania. Her
mother, Mary (Lee) Ernshaw, was born Dec. 10, 1798,
died Dec. 4, 1826. Her father's second wife was
Elizabeth Devenport; married Feb. 14, 1828.
Mrs. Workman was born in Philadelphia county,
Pennsylvania, May 1, 1824. Her children were born as
follows: Joseph M., born Dec. 6, 1848, resides
at home; William B., Mar. 9, 1850, died Sept. 27,
1875; David R., Sept. 13, 1851, resides at New
Loudon, Pennsylvania; James L. June 22, 1853, resides
at home; Robert A., Apr. 31, 1855, resides in Adams
township; George W., Jan. 21, 1857, died Aug. 31,
1865; Mary I., Mar. 4, 1859, died Aug. 27, 1865.
Mr. Workman held the office of trustees for several
years in Adams township. Address Mrs. Workman
at Ozark, Monroe county, Ohio.
(Source: History of Monroe Co., Ohio - Publ. by H. H.
Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo - 1882 - Page
24) |
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