ISAAC HENRY BASS, a farmer of Center township, was born in Belmont county, near Barnesville, Nov. 24, 1849.  He is a son of Joseph Oxley and Ann (Hayes) Bass, the father a native of England.  There were two children, Malinda Jane, now Mrs. Parker, of Lockwood, Missouri, and Isaac.  The mother died in 1855, and the father in 1877.  After the death of his mother, Isaac Bass went to live with his uncle, Job Johnson, of Belmont county, remaining with him until his twenty-second year.  He received only a limited education and took up the occupation of farming, which he has followed all his life.  In the spring of 1873, he moved to Noble county, going a short time afterward to Colorado, where he engaged for thirteen months in the tinker business, returning at that time to Noble county, where he has followed his old occupation since.  Mr. Bass was married January 16, 1875, to Margaret Carter, daughter of Robert Carter, an old resident of Noble county, and to them have been born two children: Emma Dell now Mrs. Stottsberry, of Byesville, and Herbert Clyde, of Wheeling, W. Va.  Mr. and Mrs. Bass are members of the United Brethren church at Fredericksdale.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 168

DANIEL WEBSTER BATES, a prominent educator of Noble county, was born in Center township, in 1860.  He is a son of ISAAC BATES and Rachel (Brothers) Bates, both natives of Noble county.  The father was born in 1838, educated in the schools of the times, and has followed farming on the old homestead all his life.  Mrs. Bates was of an old family of Noble county, and became the mother of thirteen children:  Daniel Webster; Jacob; John of Pennsylvania; Isaiah, and Mary Moore also fo Pennsylvania; William, Martin, Joseph James Garfield; Isaac Hayes, deceased; Isaac Blaine, and Deborah Jane, deceased; and Deborah Carter.  Mr. and Mrs. Bates are members of the Christian church, and active in its work.  Daniel W. Bates was educated in his native township and through extensive study in private, and at the age of sixteen began teaching school.  He has found this line of work so interesting and so well fitted to him, that he has continued it to the present time.  He finds benefit in mind and body to engage in farming during the summer months, and in this way can lead a quiet life full of study and meditation.  Mr. Bates was married May 30, 1882, to Elizabeth Devolld, daughter of Peter Devolld, of Olive township, and to them have been born four children: Linus, Levi, Bertha, and Earl.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 163 

JAMES BATES, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Seneca township Mar. 6, 1867.  He is a son of Simeon Bates, a grandson of Bethel Bates, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this history.  The father was born in Seneca township in 1836,and always lived in Noble county, following the occupation of a farmer.  Simeon and Mary (Kirkbride) Bates were the parents of fourteen children: Robert, of Guernsey county; Sheridan, of Marion township; James, of Center township; Irvin, of Marion township; William of Center; Frank, of Seneca; Peter, of Seneca; Garfield, of Guernsey; Clyde, of Wayne; Ray, Daisy, Harley, Ella Pearl, and Dock, the two last ones deceased.  Mr. Bates died in 1897, and his wife is still living in Wayne township.  James Bates was reared and educated in Noble county, and has been a farmer since growing to manhood.  He was elected trustee of Center township in 1899, and re-elected in 1902, his second term having not yet expired.  Mr. Bates was married April 20, 1894, to Eva Lou McCarty, daughter of John McCarty of Sarahsville, and they are the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth, Ethel Marie, and John  Sherman.  Mr. Bates is one of the substantial farmers of the county, and a man deeply interested in the good of his fellowmen.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 166

JOHN WILLIAM BEEBOUT, M. D., a regular practicing physician and surgeon of Dexter City, is a native of Washington county, and was born near Newport, June 10, 1871.  He is a son of Prof. Leander J. and Rachel (O'bleness) Beebout, the father of a native Jefferson county, the mother of Washington county, and both are now living on the place where the subject of this sketch was born.  The father was a teacher by vocation, and spent thirty-six years in Washington county, teaching forty-three terms in one school.  The Beebout family is descended from Holland ancestors, and the O'Bleness from the same, who settled at Kingsbridge, New York, before the Revolution, and were driven out by the British, losing all their possessions.  The families came west before the birth of either of the subject's parents, and settled in Washington and Jefferson counties.  Dr. Beebout is the only son of Leander and Rachel Beebout, and has one sister living, Miss Bertha, who is at home.  Dr. Beebout was educated largely under his father's tuition, attended Scio College, and completed his medical education at Starling Medical College, Columbus, with the class of '96.  He received his preliminary professional training under the tuition of Dr. E. W. Hill of Marietta, and began practice at Dexter City, Sept. 29, 1902.  Dr. Beebout has already established a lucrative practice and attained a prominent social and professional position.  He was Coroner for Noble county four years, during his practice at Hiramsburg, and Caldwell.  Dr. Beebout was married June 29, 1897, to Addie Gibson, a native of Washington county, but a resident of Caldwell, and to them has been born one son, Howard E., born May 19, 1901.  In political views, Dr. Beebout is a Republican.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias in Dexter City, and has twice passed the official stations in his lodge.  He is also a member of Dexter City Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Dr. Beebout and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 221

WILLIAM BRIDGEMAN, one of the older citizens of Noble county, was born in Lancaster county, Virginia, Oct. 15, 1833.  His parents died before he was ten years old, and the children, six in all, came to Ohio, where two uncles lived in Barnesville, Belmont county.  Mr. Bridgeman was reared and educated there, and on reaching manhood, went to Monroe county, and engaged in the occupation of a tobacco pacer, for ten years.  After that he was a tiller of the soil in Marion township for twenty years, and in 1892 removed to Noble township, where he has since resided.  Mr. Bridgeman was married in 1857, to Mary Ann Herrell of Morgan county, and to them have been born nine children:  Nancy Jane, deceased; John W., of Noble township; Rachel L., wife of James H. Danford, of Whigville; Anna, wife of William Danford, of Marion township; Samuel, a resident of Pennsylvania; Lena G., wife of Will Erton of Pennsylvania; Martha Frances, wife of J. W. Bond, of Noble township; Charles R., of Montana; Emma R., wife of William Perry, of Center township.  Mr. Bridgeman is a member of the Christian church.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 159

DANIEL M. BUCKEY - GEORGE S. BUCKEY, one of the old residents of Noble county, was bornin Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1802.  He was reared in Virginia, and was for some time an overseer of slaves in the south, and also a boat man on the Ohio River, running from Steubenville to St. Louis.  He came to what is now Noble county in 1834, purchased a farm and engaged in farming.  He also took up government land on Long Run, near Macksburg, but never occupied that land.  He was married to Henrietta Wheeler in 1825.  To this union were born eight children: Elizabeth, wife of Captain Rhinehart, and now deceased; Nancy Ellen, wife of John Lady, deceased; John V.; William H., who was killed by a horse; Daniel M.; George F., deceased; Samuel B.; and Sarah Ann, wife of Benjamin Clark, all of Noble county.  Daniel M. Buckey was born in Noble county, Aug. 11, 1839, where he was reared and educated, and where he has followed his chosen occupation, that of farming.  In 1863 he enlisted in the Ohio State Guards, in which he served a year, being then mustered into the United States service, as a member of Co. H. of the One Hundred and Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, but never saw service on account of illness.  Mr. Buckey was married to Sarah M. Drake on July 31, 1863, and they are the parents of six children:  George B.; Elisha H.; Ullysses H.; Edward F.; Joseph B.; and a daughter who died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Buckey are members of the Methodist Church at Ava.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 158

R. A. BUCKEY - JOHN V. BUCKEY, a farmer of Noble county, was born in Brook county, Virginia, on Dec. 12, 1833, and at four years of age came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Noble county, where he has always lived.   He has been a farmer for many years, and has been also very successful in all his undertakings.  He enlisted in 1864 in Company H of the One Hundred Sixty-First Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war.  Mr. Buckey was married in 1863 to Sarah E. Clark, a daughter of William Clark, an old resident of Noble county and they are the parents of five children: Mary H., wife of John Fowler, of Noble township; William S., married Jennie Kackley; Robert A., married Iona Knight, living in Noble township; Lucy A., wife of John Hamiltonof Byesville; and Clara Emma, wife of Jacob Webber, of Byesville.
Source:  The County of Noble, Ohio - By Hon. Frank M. Martin - 1904 - Page 158