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DAVID WALLIS,
one of the original pioneers was from Ipswich, Massachusetts, and
was a man of a respectable family and character. A letter
writer says of him: "David Wallis told me that on reaching
Marietta he was attacked by small-pox, and he removed at once from
the camp, and made his bed beside a log in the woods where food was
brought to him until he was cured. He then concluded to return
to Massachusetts, and he and another man crossed over the Ohio river
and walked up to Pittsburg through a wilderness, where hostile
Indians used often to hunt. Mr. Wallis then worked at a
smelting furnace until he earned money to buy food, while he made
the journey on foot to his old home." Another writer states
that he did not long remain there, as the charms of a sister of one
of his late comrades, who in the meantime had emigrated westward,
had made an impression upon his mind that he could not forget; and
so he again shouldered his rifle and a second time visited Marietta,
but only to be rejected; and he returned the way he came, a wiser,
if a sadder man. He settled in Ipswich hamlet, and with his
family about him, would often, in his old age, tell of his long
pedestrian tour to Ohio in search of a wife.
 Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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Source: Past
and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio -
Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 241 |
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JOSEPH WELLS
was one of the forth-eight. His father, James Wells,
with a large family, soon joined him at Marietta, where the parents
and a sister died of small-pox. The family were in Campus
Martius during the war. They all married respectably, and
remained in the country.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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MAJOR HAFFIELD
WHITE was appointed by the
directors of the Ohio Company commissary and conductor of the first
party of pioneers who left Danvers, December 3, 1787, and shared
with them the labor and suffering attending the long march over the
snow-clad mountains of Pennsylvania. He was a soldier of the
revolution, and "served as a Lieutenant in Hutchinson's Regiment;
and as Captain in Putnam's (5th) Regiment, and rendered
distinguished services at the battle of Lexington, at the crossing
of the Delaware, at Trenton, Hubbardton, and at Saratoga," and was
made a Major at the close of the war. He was a member of the
Society of the Cincinnati. Major White owned three shares in
the Ohio Company. He was robust, active, and prompt in the
execution of business. During the first year after his arrival
at Marrietta he continued to act as steward for the company, and
also built for himself a house in Campus Martius. The next
year, with Colonel Robert Oliver and Captain John Dodge,
he erected mills on Wolf Creek, which were the first ever built in
Ohio. On the breaking out of the Indian war, these mills being
in a very exposed situation, were abandoned, the owners taking
refuge at Marietta. On the return of peace he settled on land
he owned near the mills. These also eventually became his
property. Major White was a useful citizen noted for
his industry and integrity. He died December 13, 1817.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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PELETHIA WHITE, son of Major Haffield
White, came to Marietta April 7, 1788. He married Susan
Wells, the sister of Joseph Wells, a fellow-pioneer.
During the latter part of the Indian War Mr. White served as
a ranger or spy. He inherited his father's estate, was an
elder in the Presbyterian church, and a most estimable, Christian
man.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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JOSIAH
WHITRIDGE, a carpenter, was also from Danvers.
He served under Captain Samuel Flint at the battle of
Lexington, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was
one of the forty-eight.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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HERMAN C. WILLIAMS,
publisher and proprietor of the Roseville Review, was born in
Zanesville in 1874 and is a son of John A. Williams, a well
known attorney of Roseville. His education was pursued in the
public schools of the latter place and after putting aside his text
books he entered upon his business career as a clerk in the general
mercantile store of J. W. McCoy. There he continued for
about eight years, after which he went upon the road as a traveling
salesman, representing a tobacco house for two years. On the
18th of March, 1896, he founded the Roseville Review, which is an
eight-page folio weekly paper, published in the interests of the
democratic party and with a circulation of fifteen hundred. It
is the best advertising medium in the county outside of the papers
published in Zanesville and Mr. Williams is now publisher and
proprietor. He also has one of the finest job departments that
can be found in a country town of Ohio, having a stereotyping
outfit, and he does all the job printing for the large pottery
concerns of J. W. McCoy and Ransbottom Brothers
In connection with the printing establishment he also conducts a
book and art store. He is also a director in the Premium
Merchandise Company, of Roseville, and his business affairs thus
closely connect him with the commercial progress of his town.
In 1896 Mr. Williams was married to Miss Ida
Emerine, a daughter of Henry Emerine, who was a farmer by
occupation. Mrs. Williams was born in Perry county,
Ohio, in 1874, and by this marriage there are four children, namely:
Mignon, Mildred, Margaret and Frederick. Mr.
Williams is a member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal society. In his fraternal
relations he is a Knight of Pythias and Mason and in his political
views is a democrat. He has been clerk of the corporation of
Roseville and has always been actively identified with his party
work, doing everything in his power to promote its growth and insure
its success. He is now serving as a member of the county
democratic committee and has been secretary of the county executive
committee. His interest is that of a public-spirited citizen,
alive to the issues of the day, to the needs of the county and the
possibilities of accomplishment and to every movement which he deems
of public benefit he gives tangible support.
Source: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and
Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co. - 1905 - Page 838 |
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BROTHER DAVID C. WINEGARNER, 33°, was
born in Gratiot, Muskingum County, Ohio, November 6, 1833. His
paternal ancestors were Germans; his great-grandfather, Henry
Winegarner, having immigrated to America at an early period.
His father, the Hon. Samuel Winegarner, was a
native of London County, Virginia, who went to Ohio in 1816, and
finally settled in Licking County.
For a number of years he served as a Justice of the
Peace, and from 1846 to 1848 represented his district in the State
Senate. The subject of this sketch availed himself of the advantages
of the village school for a few years and subsequently attended
Granville College, now (1892) the Dennison University.
After leaving College his time for a few years was
divided between school teaching, working on a farm, and clerking in
a store. Feeling an inclination to see more of the world, he went
west in the spring of 1857 and spent three successful years in
business divided between Keokuk, Iowa, and St. Louis, Missouri. He
returned to Newark, Ohio, and in 1860 engaged in the hardware trade,
in which he continued successfully for about sixteen years.
His next venture brought him into a business for which
he appears to have a singular adaptation-that of banking. A private
banking house was organized in 1860 under the firm name of Robbins,
Wing & Warner, of which he became a partner in 1876, the style of
the firm being changed to that of Robbins, Winegarner,
Wing & Co. BROTHER WINEGARNER was elected a
member of the Board of Education as early as 1869, and was retained
therein, with the exception of a short term till 1886. During his
term he served as President of the Board prior to, and from 1878, as
Treasurer. To his energy, perseverance and excellent business
qualifications, the city of Newark is indebted for having one of the
finest school buildings in the State. He was also a member of the
original Board of Trustees of the Licking County Children's Home, an
institution of which every member of that community is justly proud.
In the spring of 1874 he was solicited by his friends
to accept a place on the ticket as a candidate for the Mayoralty of
the city of Newark. The result was the election of BROTHER
WINEGARNER. How well he succeeded may be inferred from the fact
that at the end of his first term he received the unprecedented
compliment of a unanimous re-election.
BROTHER WINEGARNER was made a Mason in
Newark Lodge, No. 97, October 18, 1878, and at the first election
held thereafter was elected Treasurer of the Lodge. In 1880 he
became Senior Warden, and in 1881 Worshipful Master. He received the
Royal Arch degree in Warren Chapter, No. 6, of Newark, on February
3, 1879; was elected King of the Chapter at the ensuing election,
and after having faithfully served in that office for three years,
was, in 1882, elected High Priest. The order of High Priesthood was
conferred upon him in October 1883. On March 5, 1879, he was made a
Royal and Select Master in Bigelow Council, No. 7, of Newark, and in
1880 was elected Principal Conductor of the work, which office he
filled for three years. He was then chosen Thrice Ill. Master, and
served for two years. In 1885 he was elected to the third office in
the Grand Council; two years later was promoted to the second; and
in 1889 was elevated to the honorable station of Grand Master, and
re-elected in 1890. He was created a Knight Templar in Newark
Commandery. No. 34, April 22, 1879, and in 1880-81 served as Junior
Warden, in 1882-3 as Prelate, and in 1884 became Eminent Commander,
serving two years. On the organization of St. Luke's Commandery in
November 1886, he was appointed its first Eminent Commander, and at
the next election was chosen its Prelate. He received the Ineffable
Grades, 4th to the 18th inclusive, in Enoch Lodge of Perfection,
Franklin Council of Princes of Jerusalem and Columbus Chapter of
Rose-Croix, May 18-19, 1882, and the Consistorial degrees in Ohio
Consistory, March 15, 1883. At the Session of the Supreme Council N.
M. J., held at Boston, Mass., September 15, 1885, he was created a
Sovereign Grand Inspector General (33°), and elected an Honorary
Member of that body.
BROTHER WINEGARNER has at all times
exercised an active interest in the several organizations, and has
very acceptably filled not only many of the subordinate stations
therein, but has also occupied the most exalted offices throughout
the higher grades. In the Grand Lodge of Ohio, he served as Junior
Grand Deacon in 1886, and since 1888 has served as Lecturer in the
7th Masonic District. For a number of years he was chairman of the
Standing Committee on Charters and Dispensations, and has also
served with distinction upon Committees in all the Grand bodies. He
is the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire near
the Grand Lodge of Ohio; also of the Grand Chapter of Minnesota and
the Grand Council of Oregon near the corresponding bodies in Ohio.
He is the treasurer at present (1892) of Newark Lodge, No. 97;
Warren Chapter No. 6, and of Bigelow Council, No. 7, and the Prelate
of St. Luke's Commandery, No. 34.
BROTHER WINEGARNER was married March 12,
1861, to Miss Mary E. Haver, of Fairfield County,
Ohio. They have one child, a daughter, Katharine Haver,
a young lady of rare intelligence and a graduate of Abbott Academy,
Andover, Massachusetts.
 Source: A Masonic history of 1892.
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