Biographies

Source: 
History of Morgan County, Ohio
with
Portraits and Biographical Sketches
of some of its
Pioneers and Prominent Men.
By Charles Robertson, M. D.
 - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co.
1886

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JAMES WATKINS, Esq.   Few men are better known to the inhabitants both of town and county than the subject of this notice.  James Watkins was born in Athens County, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1806.  His father, Jonathan Watkins, was among the first settlers of that county.  He was a farmer and blacksmith, and came to Ohio from the vicinity of Philadelphia.  Wilbert Watkins, father of Jonathan, was of Quaker origin, and was killed at the battle of Breed’s Hill.  James passed his boyhood in Athens County, lie is self-educated, excepting a few terms at the Ohio University.  He settled in McConnelsville in 1833, and has since resided here, working at his trade, that of harnessmaking.  He served three years as recorder of Morgan County, being elected in 1838.  He has twice been mayor of the village, and held that office at the time the famous McConnelsville liquor ordinance was passed.  This law he enforced with characteristic earnestness.  Since 1869 he has been justice of the peace.  The Squire has always been a politician, and always a democrat.  He is well read, especially in legal and theological matters.  He has been married four times, and is the father of eight children, of whom six are living. Source:  Chapter XVII - McConnellsville - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 327 ----- SHARON WICK'S NOTE:   James Watkins died Oct. 19, 1890 at McConnelsville, Morgan Co., OH where he resided.  He was married at time of death. (Source:  familysearch.org)   Marriages and births there also   LOUIS J. WEBER, son of Theobald Weber, was born in Bloom Township, Morgan County, Nov. 13, 1857.  He was educated in the county, taught school, and in 1882 began the study of law under Crew & Ivers.  In October, 1884, he was admitted to the senior class of the Law School of the Cincinnati College, and graduating May 27, 1885, was admitted to the bar on the following day. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 269   DR. J. W. WHITE was for many years one of the leading medical practitioners of Morgan County, and one of the most popular and influential citizens.  He was born in Marietta Nov. 3, 1819.  In 1825 his parents settled on Big Bottom, in Windsor Township.  He was educated at Oberlin College, read medicine under Dr. James Bell and graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1848.  He settled at Windsor, where his practice soon became very large, and so continued until 1867, when he retired from active practice.  Dr. White was a prominent member of the Masonic order and a republican in politics.  He died Feb. 2, 1875. Source:  Chapter XVI - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 282   THOMAS J. WILLIAMS was a Quaker and farmer, who lived in Chesterfield.  He was nominally a member of the bar, but had little legal business.  He represented Morgan County in the legislature in 1866-68; afterward went west and died in Oregon in 1885. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 269   HON. FREDERICK W. WOOD, ex-judge of the eighth district, was for many years one of the prominent lawyers of the Morgan County bar.  He passed his early life in Manchester township, this county, where his father, Frederick Wood, settled in 1832.  Judge Wood was educated at Marietta and Granville.  He studied law in McConnelsville under W. T. Bascom, and also attended the Cincinnati law school.  In 1847 he was admitted to the bar and settled at McConnelsville, where he practiced until his removal to Columbus in 1876.  He served as captain in the 86th Regiment O. V. I. in 1862, and was a member of the legislature of 1863-4.  In 1864 he was a presidential elector, and in 1868 a delegate to the Chicago convention.  He was elected judge in 1869 and served upon the bench five years. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 258   DR. NEHEMIAH WRIGHT, one of the rising young physicians of the county, was born at Chesterfield, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1849.  He received a liberal common school education, and a graduated from the Miami Medical College in 1876.  From 1875 to 1876 he served as a resident physician in the Cincinnati Hospital, and shortly after commenced practice in Chesterfield.  In 1880 he removed to Mountville, where he is now located.      Dr. Wright evidences many of the qualifications of the successful practitioner, and is rapidly attaining a foremost position among the physicians of the county.  He has been a member of the Morgan Medical Society since 1876. Source:  Chapter XVI - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 288

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