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BIOGRAPHIES
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The County of Noble, Ohio
A History of Noble County Ohio from the Earliest Days
with Special Chapter on Military Affairs and Special Attention Given
to Resources,
By Hon. Frank M. Martin
1904
For Reference: Noble County was formed in 1851
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 -
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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 -
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