PERSONAL MEMOIRS
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BIOGRAPHICAL and HISTORICAL
MEMOIRS
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MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
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History of the County and a Record of the Lives of
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1892
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J. W. and O. L. MARTIN
are men who have steadily and surely made their way to the front in
the profession of law, and possess, in a more than ordinary degree,
the natural attributes essential to a successful career at the bar
and in public. They were both born in Perry township,
Muskingum county, Ohio; were reared to the duties of farm life, and
were educated in the public schools near their home. Being
desirous of supplementing this education in some higher institution
of learning, J. W. Martin entered the university of
Rochester, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1870, after which he
studied law with G. L. Phillips, and was admitted to the bar
in 1877. He at once entered upon the practice of his
profession, and continued alone until 1886, when his brother, O.
L. Martin, became his partner. The latter has thoroughly
fitted himself for a professional life by completing a course of
study in Chautauqua college, at Chautauqua, N. Y., having previously
taken a normal school course. Following this he was admitted
as an attorney in all the government departments, but was not
admitted to general practice. Since then he has turned his
attention entirely to pension and notary work, and he and his
brother enjoy a large and lucrative practice and are reckoned among
the leading and most prominent members of the Zanesville bar.
They are logical reasoners, safe counselors, are careful in the
preparation of their cases, and have the ability to present them in
a concise, but logical and forcible manner. They are earnest
and conscientious advocates, and their success has been achieved by
the improvement of opportunities, by untiring diligence, and by
close study and correct judgment of men and motives. O. L.
Martin was born in 1860, is a member and clerk of the First
Baptist church and the Y. M. C. A., and is director and recording
secretary in the the latter. He was married,
in 1888, to Miss Hester L. Perry, daughter of William T.
Perry, of the Seventh ward, of Zanesville. J. W. Martin
was born in 1842, and until the Civil war broke out worked on his
father’s farm and attended school. In May, 1864, he enlisted
in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer infantry in the 100
days’ service, at the expiration of which time he enlisted in the
Sixty-sixth regiment and served until the war closed. He was
married to Miss Emeline J. McCashland, by whom he has two
children, a son and daughter. He is a member of the G. A. R.
post. George Martin, the father of these
gentlemen, was born in Jefferson county, Va., came to this county,
about 1839, as an agent for a threshing-machine company, and brought
the first thresher to Muskingum county. He followed farming
all his life, until 1884, when he ceased its active pursuits, and is
now quite aged. His wife has attained to the age of seventy
years, and has not a grey hair in her head. She is the mother
of eight children, seven of whom are living: J. W.; Mrs.
Lizzie Brown, of Bay Shore, Long Island; Evan H., an
Episcopal minister of Buffalo, N. Y.; Arney C., a Lutheran
minister; Mattie J. Hawn; Charles S. and O. L. The
sons in this family are all professional men, except Charles S.,
who remained on the farm until the spring of 1891, since which he
has been following the occupation of a carpenter.
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JUDGE
WILLIAM THOMSON MASON, Norwich, Ohio, is one
of our old settlers. He is of old colonial stock of English
descent. His grandfather was Peter Mason, who was long
a resident of Hanover county, Va., and passed his later days in
Orange county, Va. His son, James Mason, was the
father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Orange
county, Va., and married Eliza Mason, a second cousin,
of Hanover county, Va. Mr. Mason first settled
in Orange county and lived there ten years, then settled in
Spottsylvania county where he passed the remainder of his life,
dying at the age of thirty-five years. He was a soldier in the
War of 1812. He was the father of three children; one died an
infant, the others were, W. T. and James. His
widow married Jefferson Almond, a farmer of
Spottsylvania county, Va., and by this union became the mother of
three children;—Oscar, George and Susan J. Mrs.
Mason lived to the age of eighty one years. W. T.
Mason, our subject, was born Oct. 17, 1816, in Orange county,
Va. , on his grandfather, Peter Mason’s farm.
He received a common-school education, attending school about four
years in Virginia, and three years in this county. His father
died when he was but ten years of age, and he after this time took
care of himself. When sixteen years of age, Nov. 1, 1832, he
came to Muskingum county, Ohio, with some relatives, who came by
wagon. He worked by the day at farm work, receiving 31 cents
and 37½ cents per day. He
taught school and finally bought eighty acres in Meigs township,
paying $10 per acre. He remained single until twenty-seven
years of age, his home being kept by some maidenaunts, sisters of
his father. He was elected and held all the offices of his
township—treasurer, clerk, township trustee, justice of the peace
and constable. He held the office of justice of the peace for
nine years in Meigs township and was then, in 1857, elected probate
judge in Muskingum county. In 1843 Mr. Mason married
Mary Thornburgh, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Cunningham)
Thornburgh. Mr. Thornburgh was from Pennsylvania and was a
soldier in the War of 1812, and was in several battles and taken
prisoner. He was by profession a land surveyor and a school
teacher. He was the father of four children: Mary,
Ann, and two died young. Mr. Thornburgh was
a respected pioneer citizen. After marriage, Mr.
Mason lived on his farm in Meigs township. To Mr. and
Mrs. Mason were born six children: Susan E., Eliza E., Thomas
E. (died an infant), Maria L. (deceased), Mary S.
(died an infant), and William J. In 1857 Mr. Mason,
being elected probate judge, moved to Zanesville and resided there
six years and then bought the farm on which he now resides
consisting of 320 acres. Judge Mason is a man of
character and honor and was a very popular man in his active days,
standing high in the estimation of the people in his community.
The farm now occupied by Judge Mason was originally
entered by a man by the name of Brown and afterward sold to Mr.
McCloud and then to Moses Morehead, who built a
large old fashioned tavern ten miles east of Zanesville on the
National road. W. J. Mason, son of Judge
Mason, was born Dec. 12, 1850, in Meigs township, on his
father’s farm. He received a common-school education, attended
public school at Zanesville and later Muskingum college, New
Concord, Ohio. He graduated from the Commercial college, at
Zanesville, Ohio, and taught school four years in Salem, Perry and
Union townships. He married in 1874, Maria Hadden,
daughter of Samuel M. Hadden [see sketch.] They have
three children: Ethel L., Anna L., and William H.
After marriage Mr. Mason settled on the home farm in 1876,
engaged in mercantile business in Sonora, continuing until 1878,
when he was burned out. He then returned to the home farm
where he now resides. He, like his father, is a popular man
politically. He is a democrat and has held the office of
clerk, treasurer and school director in his township. Socially he is
a Mason and a member of the Malta lodge No. 118, and has held all
the offices in the gift of the lodge. He is also a member of
the Zanesville lodge of Elks No. 114. In 1890 Mr. Mason
was a member of the State Decennial Board of Equalization,
representing the Fifteenth and Sixteenth districts, and served with
credit to himself and benefit to his district. He received the
nomination three times in succession by his party for clerk of the
county court. He is an active and public spirited young man
and takes an interest in all matters pertaining to the good of the
county. He has been president (except two years), since 1884,
of the Eastern Muskingum Agricultural association of Norwich.
The Mason family descend from the prominent Virginia colonial
family of that time, the first who came from England being
Colonel George Mason, coming about the year 1651.
[See “Mason” in American Cyclopedia, Vol. XI.] Judge
Mason’s mother was the granddaughter of Thomson Mason
of the old Virginia family. Thomson Mason was
the younger brother of George Mason, who was a
prominent member of the convention to form the constitution of the
United States. Thomson Mason was a direct
descendant of Colonel George Mason, a member of
the English parliament in the reign of Charles I, and after
his defeat in Worcester in 1651, escaped to Virginia, losing all his
possessions in England.
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BOGGS McDONALD,
Zanesville, Ohio, is a descendant of one of the prominent families
of Muskingum township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and is of Scotch
descent, his grandfather, Archibald McDonald, having
emigrated from Scotland to America at a period antedating the
Revolutionary war in which he served as body guard for Gen.
Washington. Archibald McDonald settled in
Washington county, Penn., and was married to Miss
Elizabeth Brownlee, of that county, becoming the father
of seven children by this union: Elizabeth, Catherine,
Peggy, Hammie, Christian, James and
John. Mr. McDonald subsequently moved to Ohio
county, W. Va., settled on a farm, and there died at the advanced
age of eighty-four years. He made a visit to Ohio to see his
son prior to his death. His son, John McDonald,
and the father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was born in
Washington county, Penn., in 1795, received but a limited education,
and became familiar with the duties of the farm in early boyhood.
By his marriage, which occurred in Ohio county, W. Va. , to Miss
Margery Boggs, there were born these children: William,
Elizabeth (died when a young woman), Jane, Margery,
Christian, Boggs, Archibald, James and
Margaret. On Oct. 12, 1832, Mr. McDonald came to
Muskingum county, Ohio, making the journey in an old-fashioned
Virginia wagon drawn by four horses. He settled on the land
now occupied by his son James, and bought 200 acres of
Elias Ellis, paying $12 per acre for it. To this he
added as years passed by until he finally owned 800 acres of
excellent land. He also owned 800 acres in Dakota. He
was industrious and frugal and thus accumulated a goodly estate.
He served one month as a fifer in a light horse regiment during the
War of 1812. Both himself and wife, were members of the
Presbyterian church, and he was one of the founders of the Muskingum
Presbyterian church in this township, also assisting liberally with
his means to build three churches. He was one of the charter
members of the church and served as elder many years. In
politics he was at one time an old line whig, but in later years was
a stanch republican and a strict union man during the war. One
of his sons, James, served three years in a Pennsylvania
Cavalry regiment, Company C, entering August, 1862, while attending
college at Washington, Penn. He participated in the battles:
Antietam; Stone River; Bristol, Tenn.; Holston River and many
skirmishes. John McDonald was a well-known man
in his township, and was one of the prominent and most worthy
citizens of the same. His death occurred on Jan. 21, 1879,
when eighty-four years of age. His son, Boggs
McDonald, the subject of this sketch, owes his nativity to Ohio
county, W. Va., where his birth occurred on June 6, 1830, and was
reared on his father’s farm in that county, being but two years old
when the latter located in Muskingum county, Ohio. He received
but the common-school education of those days, and like his father
and grandfather before him, chose agricultural pursuits as his
occupation in life. He selected as his companion in life
Miss Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Wallace) Stevenson, the former born in County Armaugh, Ireland,
in March, 1800, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr.
Stevenson came with his parents to America in 1820. He was
one of seven children: William, Mary, James,
Archie, Eliza, Jane and Samuel, born to the
marriage of Thomas Stevenson who was a farmer and who
settled in Pennsylvania at an early date. About 1820 or 1825
the latter came to Muskingum county and settled in Union township.
He and wife were members of the Reformed Presbyterian church.
James Stevenson came with his parents to Union
township when twenty-five years of age, and in 1824 married Miss
Elizabeth Wallace, becoming the father of ten
children: Thomas, Margaret, Mary Jane,
Robert, William, Agnes, Elizabeth,
Lora. John and Sarah. Mr.
Stevenson resided in Union township until 1857, when he moved to
Iowa and settled on a fine farm in Delaware county, about thirty-six
miles from Dubuque. There he died in 1871, when seventy-one
years of age. He and wife held membership in the Reformed
Presbyterian church and he was deacon for many years. In politics he
was a republican. His son, Rev. Thomas M. Stevenson,
was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in Company E,
Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry, and raising a company of
which he was made captain, being chaplain of the regiment at the
same time. He was a man of excellent character and was noted
for his sterling worth. Another son, Robert W. Stevenson,
is a noted educator, having worked himself up from the common
schools. He became superintendent of the public schools of
Columbus, Ohio, which position he held for eighteen consecutive
years. He is now superintendent of the public schools of
Wichita, Kas., and is also secretary of the National Teachers’
association. After marriage Mr. McDonald settled in
Muskingum township and resided for two years near the old homestead,
after which he moved to his present farm in the same township. To
his marriage were born six children: James H., Flora B. (who
died after marriage, when twenty-six years of age), Thomas E.,
Robert H., John H. and Harry S. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are
connected with the Presbyterian church and Mr. McDonald
has been elder for many years. In politics he is a stanch
republican. He enjoys the confidence and respect of his
fellowmen and has been township treasurer for four and a half years
and trustee of the township for some time. He is well informed
on all the current topics of the day and is a gentleman whose
pleasant, genial manners, and honorable, upright conduct have won
him many warm friends. His son, Thomas E.,
is a banker at Danbury, Neb., and is doing well. He married
Miss Maud Patmore, and they have one child,
Elizabeth J. Another son, Robert H., is in a hotel
at Lincoln, Neb.; James H. is principal of the public schools
of Negaunee, Mich. He is a graduate of the University of
Wooster, Ohio, and is liberally educated. John H. has
attended school at Dresden and wielded the ferule for several terms
in Muskingum county. Harry S. is at home and attending
school. He is a young man of excellent character.
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E. McDONALD,
merchant, and postmaster of McDonald, Ohio, one of the successful
and popular business men of Muskingum county, and a much esteemed
and. respected citizen, was born in Salt Creek township, Muskingum
county, Ohio, July 26, 1846. His parents, John and Sarah
(Mershon) McDonald, were natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and Virginia, and he was third in order of birth of four children.
His paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland but of Scotch
descent. The latter crossed the ocean to America in 1806,
settled in Pennsylvania, and there made his home until 1816, when he
moved to Muskingum county, Ohio. There he followed
agricultural pursuits and there his death occurred in 1872.
E. McDonald, the subject of this sketch, received his education
in the common schools, and early became familiar with the duties of
the farm, his father having been a successful tiller of the soil.
When twenty-one years of age he started out for himself as a school
teacher, and followed this profession
for seven years, when he embarked in the mercantile business.
This he has continued up to the present time, and has one of the
best country stores in the county. He is an energetic and
honorable business man, who has gained the entire confidence of his
numerous customers in all parts of the country. He was married
in 1871 to Miss Martha A. Cline, daughter of Thomas and
Mary (Ewing) Cline, and four interesting children are the fruits
of this union. Allie, Rosa, Howard, and Harley E.
Mr. McDonald has held the office of justice of the
peace for twelve years, and was elected again for a term of three
years. He has discharged the duties incumbent upon that office
in a creditable and very satisfactory manner. In politics he
affiliates with the republican party. He is a member of the I.
O. O. F. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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SYLVESTER McDONALD
is a member of one of the pioneer families of Jackson township,
Muskingum county, Ohio, and is a son of George McDonald, who
was born in Frederick county, Va. , in 1799, his father,
Greenberry McDonald, having been born in Scotland. The
latter came with his father to America and Greenberry and his
brother Edward fought in the American Revolution under Gen.
Marion, and were called the “ young Scotchmen.”
Edward is mentioned in the life of Gen. Marion as
a brave and gallant soldier. He had a famous horse which he
called “Selim” and which he captured from a tory.
Greenberry married a Miss Drum of Virginia, and by
her became the father of seven children; the following of whom
reached mature years: Elizabeth Elsie, Mrs.
Twadel, Mr. Spenser, Berry (who went to New
Orleans at an early day and there died) and George, the
father of the subject of this sketch. In 1811 Greenberry
McDonald came to Ohio, bringing his family with him and
settled on Licking river near the falls in Muskingum county, where
he lived to the advanced age of ninety-five years. He was a
shoemaker by trade, and in early manhood was very powerful and
became noted for his feats of strength. George
McDonald came with his parents to Ohio, and after the death of
his mother, which occurred shortly after their arrival in this
state, he began working for the farmers of Muskingum county.
He received no education, but learned to read and write, and having
a naturally good mind he could make mental calculations more quickly
than most men could figure. He grew up in the rough school of
pioneer life and gained character among the sturdy pioneers of his
day. He married Nancy Lovett, born May 6, 1796, and the daughter of
Daniel and Mary (James) Lovett,
who came from Maryland in 1810 and settled in Jackson township of
this county. The mother was of Welsh descent. M r.
Lovett and his wife became the parents of twelve children:
John, Evan, Jonas, William, Daniel,
Thomas, Nancy, Susan, Mary, Lydia,
Hannah and Sarah. Daniel Lovett
died a few years after he came to Ohio, and left a large family of
children to be cared for by his widow. He died Sept. 27, 1821,
at the age of fifty- three years. His wife was born June 10,
1776, and died May 10, 1841. The father was a minister of the
Baptist church and preached the gospel in both Maryland and Ohio.
After his marriage George McDonald settled in
Jefferson township, worked for some time on the Ohio canal, but in
1830 entered the farm on which Sylvester now lives, where he
spent the rest of his days, dying when seventy-nine years old.
His wife died Jan. 16, 1884, in her eighty-eighth year. He was
always hard working and industrious and became a substantial farmer.
He was an active member of the Christian church, in which he was for
many years treasurer and clerk, and he contributed liberally of his
means to aid in its support. He built almost unaided Mount
Zion church, and for many years assisted in sustaining its
preachers. He was a democrat politically until the election of
James Buchanan to the presidency, when he split on the
slavery question. He died in 1878, having been a man of high
character, and it may be said of him that his word was as good as
his bond. He gave his children good educational advantages,
and was a believer in the nobility of labor, and taught his children
not to fear work. He and his wife were the parents of eight
children, seven boys and one girl: Labon, Evan,
William, Miles, John, Sylvester.
Scott and Minerva. All lived to be grown.
Sylvester McDonald was born in Cass township, this
county, Nov. 16, 1830, and when an infant of six weeks was brought
by his parents to the homestead in Jackson township, where he still
resides. He, like his father before him, early learned to
work, and assisted in clearing off the timber from the old
homestead. He received a common-school education, and on Feb.
27, 1851, he married Emma Gist, daughter of David
and Sarah (Collins) Gist, and their union resulted in the birth
of thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity: Minerva
(died Feb. 10, 1879); Martha (died Apr. 2, 1877); Helen;
Adolphus (died Oct. 1, 1891); Lucy (died Apr. 30,
1884); Labon; Elsie; Scott (died May 31, 1888);
Alma, and Flora. Mrs. McDonald
died May 4, 1881, and Mr. McDonald afterward married Miss
Rebecca J. Drake, daughter of Thomas and Jerushie (Baughman)
Drake. Mr. McDonald has always been
interested in the cause of education, and for twenty-one years
filled the office of school director. He is a member of Mount
Zion Christian church, and has been treasurer of the same since the
death of his father. From an early day the old McDonald
homestead has been a home for the preachers, and its doors are
always open to them. The law of hospitality has always been
observed, and the stranger asking food or shelter has never been
turned from the door. Mr. McDonald inherited from his parents
a love of justice and good conduct, and has always lived a good and
correct life. He has been one of the leaders cf his township
in the furtherance of all good causes, and stands deservedly high as
an honorable citizen. He is a republican politically.
His daughter, Helen, married Jacob Ashcroft of
this township, by whom she has five children: Wheeler,
Mansfield, Robert, Tony and Belle.
Labon married Amanda Moran, is a teacher in the
graded schools and is the father of two children: Roy and
George G. Alma married Leonard Romine and
has one child, Nina. Elsie married James
Baird, a blacksmith, who works in the shops at Newark.
Flora is at home unmarried.
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DANIEL McGINNIS
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DANIEL D. MCGINNIS
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HENRY A. MONTGOMERY,
farmer, Perryton, Ohio. Among the prominent pioneer families
of Ohio, the Montgomery family takes a prominent
place, and the members of the same have ever been people of
substantial worth and uprightness. The remote ancestors of
this family were members of the famous Highland clan of
Montgomery. William Montgomery, the grandfather of
Henry A., emigrated from Scotland and settled in the north of
Ireland, County Tyrone, when a young man. He was married here
and became the father of one son, John. The mother of
this child died and he subsequently married a Miss Lynn,
who bore him four children: Samuel, Henry, Margaret
and William, all of whom were born in the Emerald Isle.
In 1803 William Montgomery emigrated to America and
settled, first, near Stanton, Va. In 1810 he came to Ohio and
made his home with his son, William, until his death which
occurred when seventy-two years of age, and a short time after he
came to Ohio. His son, William, father of the subject
of this sketch was born about 1794, and was a soldier in the War of
1812. He married Miss Margaret Grimes, of Pocahontas county,
W. Va. , and their union was blessed by the birth of eight children:
Samuel, Charles, William C., Henry A., John F., Nancy, Emily C.
and Amanda, all born in Licking county, Ohio. Mr.
Montgomery became quite wealthy as a farmer, owned 400 acres
of good land, and was universally liked. He died at the age of
fifty-six years in Madison township, Licking county. His
brother, Samuel, was a clergyman in the Methodist church and
was stationed at Baltimore, Md., when a young man twenty-three years
of age. He then went as a missionary to Quebec, but later
returned to Virginia, and finally, in 1820, came to Licking county,
Ohio. His death occurred in Madison township, that county, at
the age of eighty years. He was a prominent Methodist minister
in his day. Henry Montgomery, the remaining brother,
was born in Ireland and was fourteen years of age when he came to
America with his parents. He came to the Buckeye state in
1810, settled in Perry township, Licking county, and there resided
until he reached the goodly age of eighty-two. He was a
substantial farmer and was an active member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, holding the office of steward, class-leader and
clerk. He was a well-known pioneer citizen, and held the
office of magistrate for some time. He reared a family of ten
children. The sister, Margaret, married in Virginia,
Joseph Irvin, and about 1815 they moved to Madison
county, Ohio, settled on a farm and reared a family of six children.
Three brothers of the original family, Henry, William
and John, came to Licking county, Ohio, together, became
substantial farmers, and there passed the remainder of their days.
Henry A. Montgomery, son of William Montgomery,
the second, and the subject of this sketch, was born Apr. 24, 1824,
and was fairly educated in the old log schoolhouse of pioneer days.
At an early age he began assisting to clear the land of the heavy
timber, and when a young man of twenty-one he embarked in
merchandising at Elizabethtown, Licking county, and followed this
for five years. After this he followed farming, and Jan. 12,
1847, he married Miss Mary E. Lemert, daughter of Beverly
and Margaret (Fleming) Lemert. The Lemerts were an
old pioneer family and one well respected. Beverly Lemert was
born in Fauquier county, Va., Dec. 13, 1798, but came to Muskingum
county, Ohio, and settled in Dresden, where he was one of the first
merchants. His father, Lewis Lemert, was a merchant of
Fauquier county, Va., and there resided all his life. After
his death the widow came with five children, two of her children,
Laban, and Thaddeus, having located in Ohio two years
previous and followed merchandising in Dresden. The children
that came with the mother were: Beverly, Leroy,
Ferdinand, Minerva Abner. Beverly
Lemert remained in Dresden many years, and in 1827 bought the
farm now occupied by Henry A. Montgomery and which was in
part entered by Laban Lemert. Mr.
Lemert remained here a few months and then went to Irville,
where he engaged in merchandising and where he remained about five
years. He then returned to his farm and there passed the
remainder of his days. He accumulated a handsome competence
and enjoyed the respect of the people. He was county
commissioner and township trustee for some time, also an elder in
the Disciple church. He was the father of eight children:
Mary, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Nathan,
Julia, Edward, and Harriet. Mrs.
Lemert is still living and is in her eighty-third year.
Their son, John, was first lieutenant in Company A, Ohio
Volunteer infantry, and enlisted for three years. He was
serving his second year when he was shot through the thigh at the
battle of Ringgold, Ga. He was acting as major of his regiment
at the time he received his wound. He was taken across the
mountains in an ambulance to Chickamauga, a distance of twenty
miles, and there died of his wound. He first enlisted as a
private, was promoted to sergeant, then first lieutenant. He
was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg,
etc. Nathan enlisted while attending school at
Granville, Ohio, in Company B, Seventeenth regiment, Ohio Volunteer
infantry, and served three months. He then reenlisted in
Fremont’s guards, which were classed in a Missiouri regiment.
He died of typhoid fever in a hospital at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11,
1861, at the age of nineteen years and two months, and was buried
with military honors at Perrytown. His remains were
subsequently brought home by his mother. Thomas
enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment, Ohio
Volunteer infantry, May 2, 1864, in the 100 days’ service, and was
on guard duty on Baltimore and Ohio railroad at North Mount, near
Martinsburg, Va., and was captured by the confederates. He was taken
to Andersonville July 4, 1864, and died from starvation and exposure
Sept. 14, 1864. Edward, the remaining son, was also in
the war, enlisting at the age of sixteen, while attending Hiram
college. He served three years, was in many battles, and was
wounded and taken prisoner at Champion’s Hill. Later he was
exchanged and sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he was returned to his
regiment and served out his time. He is now living on his farm in
Iowa. Thus it may be seen that all the Lemert brothers were
patriots and gallant soldiers. Their mother, now a venerable
lady, was loyal to her country and instilled into the hearts of her
sons fidelity to the government. At one time every male member
of her family was fighting in defense of the Union. The
Lemert family descended from good old colonial stock and
have been patriots, pioneers and soldiers for many generations.
Lewis Lemert, grandfather of Mrs. Montgomery,
was a contemporary of Gen. Washington, was personally
acquainted with him, and was his trusted agent, having his power as
attorney to attend to his estate in Fauquier county, Va. Lewis
Lemert possessed a goodly property and was an honest citizen
of that county. The following is a copy of a curious document
in the handwriting of Gen. Washington, now in the
possession of the Lemert family and handed down as a
precious heirloom. It is a power of attorney from Gen.
Washington to Lewis Lemert to collect rents in
Fauquier county, Va., and reads as follows: “I hereby empower Mr.
Lewis Lemert to receive such rents as are due to me on the tract
on which he himself lives, and which lies partly in the county of
Fauquier and partly in Loudoun. I give him the same power with
respect to my other tract on Goose creek near Mr. Robert Ashby’s,
and I authorize him to make distress for the annual or transfer
rents which are reserved to me by the leases, and this he is in a
more especial manner to do from such persons as are about to move
from off the laud. He will see by the leases (for I have it
not in my power at this moment to make out the accounts, for each
man individually) for many years they have been subject to the
payment of rent, and he will make no allowances save such as appear
by receipt from myself, Mr. Lewis Lemert, or
any public officer, by way of deduction without any further
authority from me. He is not to detain any money which he
receives under this power, in his hands longer than can well be
avoided, but shall transmit the same to me with an account of the
same from whom and when received, as soon as possible. For his
trouble in all these acts and doings, and in full compensation for
all his expenses, I hereby agree to allow him five per cent for all
moneys which he shall actually pay into my hands or any other person
by my order. This power to remain in force until revoked by
me. Given under my hand at Mount Vernon, this 10th day of
April, 1784. - Go Washington."
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REV.
JOSEPH G. MOORE, (deceased). On the 17th of
August 1864, there died one of those great and noble characters
whose life’s work was to minister to the spiritual wants of his
fellow-man. Joseph G. Moore was of sturdy Virginia
stock and his father, Jonathan Moore, who was
originally from Loudoun county, Va., was one of the pioneer settlers
of Muskingum county, Ohio, settling there as early as 1820 or 1825.
The latter, with his wife and two children, first located in
Coshocton county, Pike township, but a few years later moved to
Jackson township, Muskingum county, where he passed the remainder of
his days. He was a stanch republican in his political views,
and was a strong Union man during the war. He lived to be
seventy-five years of age and died in full communion with the
Baptist church. Mr. Moore was a man of excellent
character, thoroughly upright and honorable, and his career in life
was above reproach. He was married in Loudoun county, Va., to
Miss Nancy Keys, who bore him four children:
Francis M., James T., John M. and Joseph G.
The Keys family was originally from Virginia, and Mrs.
Moore had an uncle in the Revolutionary war. Joseph G.
Moore, the youngest child of the above mentioned family, and the
subject of this sketch, was born in Coshocton county, Pike township,
Nov. 11, 1831, and moved to Jackson township when a small boy, where
he spent the remainder of his life, and supplemented the usual
common-school education by attending the academy at Martinsburg.
He was an excellent scholar, studious and persevering, and he made
the best of his opportunities. He began teaching at the age of
nineteen and continued this work until he entered the army. He
was one of the foremost educators in Muskingum and Coshocton
counties, and although an excellent disciplinarian, he was greatly
beloved by his pupils. On the 6th of December, 1855, he
married Miss Elizabeth McKee, daughter of Patrick and
Elizabeth (Ashcraft) McKee. Mr. McKee was born in
County Donegal, Ireland and of Scotch-Irish descent. He was
fairly educated and taught school for some time. When
seventeen years of age he came to America, and was here married to
Miss Elizabeth Ashcraft, daughter of Daniel
Ashcraft, and they became the parents of twelve children:
Daniel, Sarah A., John, James, Rachel, Egbert, Elizabeth, Jane, John
R., William, and two who died in infancy. Mr.
McKee had three brothers and two sisters: Thomas,
Gilbert, James, Jane and Isabelle. He
owned a good farm in Pike township, Coshocton county, 640 acres, and
on this he received his final summons, his death occurring when
nearly ninety years of age. He was hardworking and
industrious, and became one of the wealthy citizens. In
politics he was a democrat. Mrs. McKee died at the age
of sixty years. After marriage Rev. Joseph G. Moore settled
in Muskingum county, Jackson township, and in May, 1864, he
volunteered in the service of his country. He was elected
chaplain of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth regiment, Ohio
Volunteer infantry, and was on guard duty. After serving about two
months he was attacked with typhoid fever and died five weeks later,
his death occurring on the day that his enlistment expired, Aug. 17,
1864. His faithful and devoted wife, learning of his severe
illness, hastened to his bedside and carefully nursed him to the
end. She bore this cross with the patience and resignation of
a true Christian. Mr. Moore was a man of great
natural talent and ability which he exhibited in his chosen calling,
and as an orator he was gifted and eloquent. In his death the
church lost one of its most earnest advocates and Mrs. Moore
a loving and devoted husband. To Rev. and Mrs. Moore
were born four children: Sarah J. , Flora, Mary E. and Pactrick
H. Sarah J. married a farmer of Jackson township, and they
have four children: Flora, married Josiah Oden, also a
farmer of Jackson township, and died when twenty-nine years of age
leaving one child. Mary E., married B. A. McGinnis,
a traveling salesman, and they have one child, Patrick H.,
married to Miss Pauline Dunn, and is engaged in farming in
Jackson township. They have one child. Mrs. Moore
is pleasantly situated with her son-in-law, B. A. McGinnis,
and is a lady of more than ordinary ability. She is president
of the W. C. T. U. of Frazeysburg.
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MRS.
NANCY MOORE was the wife of Robert Moore
(deceased). He was born in this county in 1813, and was a son
of James and Margaret (McNeal) Moore, the parents of seven
children: Thomas Mary, James, Nancy, John, Margaret and Robert.
James Moore and wife were both natives of County Antrim,
Ireland, and of Scotch descent. Coming to this country they
first settled in Pennsylvania, and at an early day they came to
Muskingum county, Ohio, settling on a farm where they both died.
They were among the prosperous pioneer farmers of the county.
Their children are all deceased, Robert being the last of the
family. Robert was reared in this county, and here
attended the subscription schools. He married Nancy
McClure in 1843, and settled near Claysville, Guernsey county,
Ohio, on a farm which he continued to cultivate up to within three
years of his death, the last three years of his life living in New
Concord. He was a very prosperous farmer and owned good
property. He was a lifelong church member, and entered the
United Presbyterian church when that was former here. In
politics he was a democrat, was a man interested in the affairs of
the county, and held many offices of trust in neighborhood.
When he died in 1876 Muskingum county, Ohio, lost one of its most
representative and intelligent men. Mrs. Moore,
his wife, was a daughter of John and Mary (Ferguson) McClure.
The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of John and
Nancy (Hutchison) McClure. The McClures are of
Scotch-Irish descent, and probably came to this country at an early
date. John Jr. was one of three children: John Jr.,
Sarah (who married a Mr. Moore) and James.
He grew to maturity and married in his native state, when he
emigrated to Ohio, entered a farm here and became very well to do.
His wife was the daughter of William Ferguson, and
died in this county in 1864, he having died in 1820, at the age of
fifty years. Mrs. Moore was the third of eight
children: William, John (deceased), Nancy,
Thomas, Margaret, Mary, James and Sarah.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore were married in 1834,
and lived on a farm in Guernsey county for thirty-six years.
Mrs. Moore attends the United Presbyterian church, of
which she has been a member for the past forty or fifty years.
She is a cultured and refined lady, and an active worker for the
church.
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S. R. MOORE
is a native of Champaign county Ohio, born Jan. 8,
1840, and the son of David W. and Hannah (Heckman) Moore,
natives of the Keystone state. The Moore and Heckman
families were of Scotch and German origin respectively and were
early emigrants to America. The paternal grandfather,
Elijah Moore, was a native of Pennsylvania also, and one
of the defenders of Baltimore. He was a successful farmer and
followed that occupation in his native state until his death.
His marriage resulted in the birth of a large family of children of
whom there were seven sons, David W. (father of subject)
being the eldest. The latter attained his growth in
Pennsylvania, assisted on the farm and came to Ohio in the spring of
1839, locating in Champaign county. He made the journey in a
one-horse wagon and brought his wife and her mother. There he
resided until his death which occurred in the summer of 1851.
He was the father of five children—four sons and a daughter, three
sons and a daughter yet surviving: Samuel R., E. Hunter, James H.
, William J. (deceased) and Mrs. John Duncan. S. R.
Moore was reared and educated in the common schools of his
native county and early became familiar with the routine of farm
life. On Apr. 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth
regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry and served four months. On
Aug. 8, 1862 he re-enlisted in Company G, Ninety-fifth regiment,
Ohio Volunteer infantry, and served faithfully for three years.
He was in the battle of Richmond, Ky., and was captured Aug. 30,
1862, but was paroled shortly afterward; at the siege of Vicksburg,
Jackson, Spanish Fort, battle of Nashville and a number of smart
skirmishes. He returned to his old home at the close of the
war, but in October, 1865, came to Zanesville, where he commenced
gardening and growing small fruit, subsequently branching out into a
large nursery. He deals principally in fruit and shade trees,
and has had the experience of many years in this business, being
classed as a practical and successful nurseryman. He has been
secretary of the Muskingum County Horticultural society for a number
of years, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lafayette lodge No.
79, and has been secretary of the same for five years. He is
also a member of the Hazlet post No. 81, G. A. R. and past officer.
He was junior and senior vice-commander of the post and served one
term in each. Mr. Moore was married on June 8,
1871. to Miss Clara McCarty, a native of
Zanesville, by whom he has two children: Lida E. and
Daniel D. The family belong to the ___ church.
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WILLIAM H. MOORE,
a prominent business man of Norwich, Ohio, and an esteemed resident
of the same, was born Sept. 19, 1851. He is a son of Robert
M. and Anna (Cherry) Moore, and the grandson of John and
Hannah (Paxton) Moore. The grandfather was twice married,
first to Sarah Minteer, who died in Virginia and who bore him
one child, William Moore (deceased), and then to our
subject’s grandmother, the latter union resulting in the birth of
these children: Mary Ann, Paxton, Sarah,
Elizabeth, John, Cynthia and Robert M.
In 1816 Mr. and Mrs. Moore emigrated to
Muskingum county and settled in Union township, near Norwich, on a
farm now owned by Vincent Flegal. There they
passed the closing scenes of their lives. John Moore
was a prominent man in the whig party and took a deep interest in
all political matters. He and family were members of the
United Presbyterian church. His son, Robert M. Moore,
was born in Augusta county, Va. , Apr. 2, 1808, and when but eight
years of age, came with his parents to Muskingum county. His
early life was spent on the farm opened up in Union township, by his
father, and he attended the district schools of the neighborhood.
After reaching mature years he began farming for himself (for he and
his brother had conducted his father’s farm, the latter following
his trade, that of stone mason), and subsequently bought the estate
from the other heirs. On Feb. 11, 1835, he married Miss
Anna Cherry, a native of Cherry Valley, Mount Pleasant township,
Washington county, Penn., and the daughter of Moses and Jane
(Atchinson) Cherry, the former a native of Virginia and the
latter of Phildelphia, Penn. Mrs. Cherry was the
daughter of Matthew and Jane (Reed) Atchinson. To Mr.
and Mrs. Moore were born seven children: John,
residing in Bloomfield, Muskingum county, is a traveling salesman;
Moses (deceased); Mary Jane (deceased);
Adaline (died when about thirty years of age); Martha J.,
at home; Anna E., at home and William H. Robert M. Moore
is now a resident of Norwich and has retired from the active duties
of life, having reached his eighty-fourth year. He has ever
been prominently identified with the progress and development of the
county, and is one of its honest, whole-souled citizens. In
politics he has advocated the principles of the republican party for
many years, although formerly a whig, and he takes much interest
still in the political issues of the day. He has been engaged
in a number of business enterprises, but has made farming his life’s
occupation. A worthy member of the United Presbyterian church,
he gives liberally of his means to further all laudable enterprises,
and is particularly interested in church affairs. Mrs.
Moore is also an active member of the United Presbyterian
church. Of the seven children born to this worthy couple only
four are now living. Their son, William H. Moore,
remained on the home farm until thirteen years of age; he then moved
to the village of Norwich, there attending school until he was
twenty years of age, when he went, on the railroad and continued on
the same for about fifteen years. He started as brakeman
and reached the position of conductor on the B. & O. and on the P. &
L. E. He left the road about 1886 and settled in Norwich,
since which time he has been salesman in the store of Caldwell
& Wilson of that town. Socially he is a member of the
K. of P. lodge and a member of the B. of L. F. Like his
father, Mr. Moore is a stanch republican and takes an
active interest in politics. He is treasurer of the Eastern
Muskingum Fair association, and is clerk of the Norwich Union School
board. At present he is clerk of the city council, and clerk
of Union township. He is a public spirited young man and is
interested in all movements of a worthy nature.
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