BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
PAST AND PRESENT
OF THE
CITY OF ZANESVILLE
AND
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
By J. Hope Sutor together with
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
of many of its Leading and Prominent Citizens and Illustrious Dead.
ILLUSTRATED
Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
1905
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SILAS W. FICKEL.
Silas W. Fickel, now living retired in a pleasant home in
Taylorville, Ohio, was born Mar. 24, 1847, in Madison township,
Perry county, Ohio and is a son of George and Hannah (Harding)
Fickel. The father was likewise a native of Perry county,
while the mother's birth occurred in Licking county, Ohio. The
paternal grandfather, Joseph Fickel, came from Pennsylvania
to the Buckeye state, settling in Perry county about 1820. He
was of Dutch lineage, while his wife was of Scotch descent.
Becoming the owner of a tract of land of one hundred and sixty
acres, he devoted his remaining days to its cultivation and
improvement. George Fickel also became a farmer and
continuously engaged in the tilling of the soil until Feb. 1, 1864,
when he joined the army, enlisting as a member of Company B,
Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was afterward
transferred to the Twenty-second Veteran Reserve Corps on the
13th of September, 1864, and served until the close of the war,
being mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July 13, 1865. Since
that time he has largely lived retired and now makes his home at
Fultonham at the age of eighty years. His wife died Mar. 25,
1904, at the age of seventy-seven years. In his family were
nine children, of whom six are now living.
Silas W. Fickel pursued his education in the
graded schools of Fultonham and he, too, responded to the country's
call for aid when the south attempted to overthrow the Union.
He was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted on the 4th of
January, 1864, and joined the boys in blue of Company B,
Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry. He participated in the battle of
Peach Tree Creek and a number of skirmishes and was wounded on the
26th of August, 1864, while in action near Atlanta, Georgia.
He was shot above the knee and had his leg amputated, but amputation
was again necessary and the member was cut off about five and a half
inches from the hip. He was in the hospital at Marietta,
Georgia, at Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville, also at Louisville,
Kentucky, and Madison, Indiana, and at length was honorably
discharged at Madison on the 29th day of May, 1865. He now
receives a pension of fifty-five dollars per month, a merited reward
from the government for the sacrifice which he made for his country.
Mr. Fickel was married, Sept. 25, 1870, to
Almeda Erwine who was born Jan. 23, 1853, in Wayne township,
Muskingum county, and was a daughter of Edward and Mary (Bagley)
Erwine, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Fickel was born a daughter, Minnie whos
birth occurred June 23, 1871, and is now the wife of Emil
Waterstraat, a resident of Portland, Oregon. They have
also reared an adopted son and for seven years their granddaughter
has lived with them. The former, Edgar Lear, is a
nephew of Mr. Fickel, and the granddaughter is Maude
Waxler.
Mr. Fickel now has a fine home in Taylorville and
another fine residence and he is living retired, being in
comfortable financial circumstances. He votes with the
republican party, which was the defense of the Union cause at the
time of the Civil war and has always been the advocate of progress,
reform and improvement. His wife is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and both are highly esteemed by a large circle of
warm friends.
Source: Past and Present of the City of
Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 550 |
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GEORGE L. FOLEY,
judge of the police court of Zanesville, is a native of the
village of Norwich, Muskingum county. His father, James
Foley, was born at Malaga, Monroe county, Ohio, May 8, 1826, and
was the youngest in a family of six children. The grandfather,
William Foley, was a native of Ireland and came to the United
States during the war of 1812. Almost immediately afterward he
enlisted in the army. He was married in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, to Barbara Kenney and subsequently removed to
Pittsburg, that state, assisting in building the first bridge of
that city. His wife was a native of Chester county and was a
daughter of Frederick Kenney, who was of German lineage, serving
with the Colonial army in the Revolutionary war. Barbara
(Kenney) Foley died at Norwich, Ohio, in 1880.
James Foley early began earning his own living,
cutting wood in his youth for twenty-five cents per cord. At
the age of twenty-two years he was married to Miss Catherine
Shipman, a native of St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, born
July 4, 1827, and a daughter of Walter Shipman, who was also
one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. James Foley were born the following children: George L.;
Stephen; Josephine, deceased; Mary K.; Jason, deceased;
Elizabeth; Laura; James F.; and Henry S. In his
political views the father was a whig until the formation of the
republican party, when he became a staunch republican, and
fraternally he was a Mason. A public spirited man he took an
active interest in everything pertaining to the general welfare of
his neighborhood and county and did all in his power to promote
educational and religious advancement, serving as a member of the
board of education at Norwich for thirty-five years. He
provided for his family by following the occupation of shoemaking
and during the spring and summer months of farming and was for many
years an enterprising agriculturist of Muskingum county. He
died at Norwich, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1902.
George L. Foley, was reared under the parental
roof and obtained his education in the public schools of Norwich his
education in the public schools of Norwich, Ohio. Early in
life he became deeply interested in political questions and has held
many positions of public trust in his native township and county.
He was first clerk of Union township, to which position he was
appointed in 1875 and was elected to that office in the spring
election of 1876. At the same election he was chosen justice
of the peace and held both positions until Feb. 8, 1882, when he
resigned in order to accept the office of probate judge, to which he
had been elected in October, 1881. He held that position until
Feb. 8, 1894, covering a period of more than twelve years and
following his retirement he was engaged in the insurance business
for several years. He was then appointed deputy internal
revenue collector for the eleventh district on the 1st of October,
1898, and served in that capacity until Apr. 1, 1901, when he
resigned. He was elected judge of the police court in 1903,
and entered upon the duties of that office on the 4th of May
following. He has since served in that office and as in other
official positions he has filled he has proved most capable,
faithful and trustworthy.
On the 19th of November, 1885, occurred the marriage of
George L. Foley and Miss Flora Buchanan, a daughter of
Robert and Margaret H. Buchanan, the former a farmer by
occupation. She was born near the old National road, two miles
west of Norwich, Muskingum county, Nov. 22, 1858, was a devoted
member of the First Presbyterian church, which church she joined on
letter from the Presbyterian church of Norwich, and died Jan. 30,
1901, leaving a son spent his entire life in Muskingum county and by
reason of his activity in political circles has a very wide
acquaintance, having long been recognized as one of the leaders of
the republican party in this portion of the state.
Source: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and
Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co. - 1905 - Page 294 |
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O. D. FRANCIS, who is
conducting a store at Nashport, was borning in Licking
county, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1863, and is descended from Virginian
ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Francis,
came from the Old Dominion to Ohio when the state was largely a
pioneer district and in the midst of its forest he began farming and
continued to follow agricultural pursuits until his death. His
son, William H. H. Francis, was born in Licking county, Ohio,
in 1841, and was reared to manhood upon the old homestead farm,
assisting in its cultivation and development until eighteen years of
age, when, thinking that he would find another pursuit more
congenial he abandoned the plow and began working in a general store
at Toboso, Licking county. He was afterward employed in a
similar capacity at Cottage Hill and subsequently he worked for
N. F. Claypool at Nashport. In 1871 he embarked in general
merchandising on his own account at Nashport and has continued in
this business to the present time, assisted by his sons. They
have a well equipped store, carrying on a large line of general
merchandise, and the business is constantly growing. Mr.
Francis also owns a farm of sixty-five acres near Irville.
He is a member of the old school Baptist church and has been active
and influential in public affairs. He served on the school
board of his district for a number of years, was trustee for several
years and for sometime held the office of township treasurer,
discharging the duties of these various positions with promptness
and fidelity. In the year 1862 he was united in marriage to
Miss Margaret Evaline Drum, and they have three children:
Charles E., the younger son, born in Nashport, in 1868, married
Miss Mary E. McKnight, and they have four children: Ella
C., Cora R., Carlton A., and Minnie. Ella May Francis,
daughter of William H. H. Francis, is now the wife of
Frank M. Fleming.
O. D. Francis, whose name introduces this record,
was reared under the parental roof and acquired his education in the
public schools of Nashport. He also pursued a business course
in Zanesville and being thus well equipped for the practical duties
of a commercial career he entered his father's store and has since
been identified with him in business, having the management of the
store at the present time. He also conducts a hotel in
Nashport, called the Francis Hotel, and he likewise owns
property in Zanesville.
In 1885 Mr. Francis was united in marriage to
Miss Frances Curtic, a daughter of Enoch Curtic, and unto
them have been born five children, but one died in infancy.
The others are: Eugene C., Eva Florence, William H. H.
and Helen Gertrude.
Mr. Francis had followed in his father's political
footsteps, giving his support to the republican party and he keeps
well informed on the questions and issues of the day, thus being
able to support his position by intelligent argument. He
belongs to Durban Lodge, No. 487, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
in which he is a past grand and he enjoys in full measure the
confidence and fellowship of his brethren of the fraternity.
He is regarded as an enterprising young business man, of laudable
ambition of the indications of the times in the commercial world and
utilizes every opportunity that comes to him to the best advantage.
It is not hard to predict for him a successful career and Mr.
Francis well merits the prosperity that he is already enjoying.
Source: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and
Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co. - 1905 - Page 250SHARON WICK'S NOTES:
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ALFRED ASHWELL
FRAZIER. Born a good Scotch-American stock Alfred
Ashwell Frazier was naturally endowed with a hardy earnestness
and a large-souled common sense which have made him popular as a
citizen and have gained him success at the bar. David
Frazier, the progenitor of the American branch of the family,
came to the new world in the early part of the eighteenth century,
settling in Virginia when the Old Dominion as numbered among the
colonial possessions of New England. His descendants took part
in the struggle for independence and representatives of the name
have ever active in the development and upbuilding of the various
sections of the country in which they have lived. Samuel
Franzier, the grandfather of our subject, removed from Ohio
county, Virginia, to Belmont county, Ohio, about 1825, and ten years
afterward came to Muskingum county, taking up his abode on a large
tract of land in Licking township. Stockton Frazier,
father of Alfred A. Frazier, was reared upon the old home
farm, and is still numbered among the agriculturists of Muskingum
township. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth
McCann, was of Scotch-Irish lineage, and her ancestors also came
to America in colonial times, settling in Pennsylvania, whence they
removed to Ohio early in the nineteenth century.
Alfred Ashwell Frazier was born
Oct. 19, 1854, and spent the days of his boyhood and youth on the
old homestead. His early education was obtained in the public
schools of Muskingum township and supplemented by a course in the
Dresden high school. In 1872 he entered Denison University,
where he remained for three years and he completed his college
course at Wooster University, entering the sophomore class of 1876.
He was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1879, and
also won second honors of the class. In the fall of that same
year he entered the law department of Cincinnati College from which
he was graduated in 1881, again winning second honors and receiving
the degree of Bachelor of Law. In 1882 his alma mater
conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts.
Mr. Frazier began practice in 1881, at
Zanesville, in partnership with H. C. Van Voorhis, long a
representative in congress for the fifteenth district. This
association continued until 1885, when Mr. Van Voorhis
withdrew in order to accept the presidency of the Citizens' National
Bank and Mr. Frazier has since been alone in practice.
During the nineteen years in which he has devoted his attention to
the law he has confined his energies strictly to the profession and
has secured a large and important clientage. Referring to his
standing and ability as a lawyer one of the well known attorneys of
the Muskingum county bar said: "A. A. Frazier must be classed
with the successful practitioners at this bar. He entered the
profession well equipped for the practice of law and has ever since
been a conscientious worker and consequently is well grounded in the
principles of law. He has always attended strictly to business
has had no political ambitions has not dabbled in outside
speculation, but has, in short, been purely a lawyer and has met
with success. His standing as a member of the bar is
irreproachable. He is of strict integrity, has been fair in
his practice and upright in his dealings with all men. He is
respected by the community and esteemed by the profession.
Mr. Frazier is a republican and has taken an
active part in the advancement of his party's welfare and success.
He served as chairman of the executive committee and aside form
office has done effective service in behalf of the local
organization. He has appointed a member of the examining board
for admission to the bar in 1889 and in 1898 he received the
nomination and was elected to the common pleas bench to succeed
Judge Munson, having been chosen to the office without
opposition. In August, 1899, he took his seat on the bench and
in 1903 he was again nominated and elected without opposition, a
fact which stands in incontrovertible evidence of his popularity and
his high position of the lawyers of Muskingum county bar is equally
favorable and his record as a jurist is in harmony with his record
as a man and lawyer, having been characterized by unswerving
fidelity to duty and a masterful grasp of every problem which has
come up for solution in his court.
In 1881, Judge Frazier was married to Miss
Emma L. Clark, a daughter of James and Anna (Wilson) Clark,
of Van Wert, Ohio, and a descendant of Revolutionary ancestry.
They have a son and daughter, Florein and Florence.
Judge and Mrs. Frazier are members of the Putnam Presbyterian
church and are prominent socially, while the judge is equally well
known in local political circles. He has not feared that laborious
application that his profession requires of all its successful
members, and, combined with industrious habits, he possesses a mind
which constant application has stored with a knowledge of the law
and its adaptation to the young law student and should induce him to
exert himself to his fullest capacity and endeavor to emulate the
example furnished.
Source: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and
Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co. - 1905 - Page 352 |
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