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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Fairfield and Perry Counties
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1883
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JOSEPH JACKSON
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COL. LYMAN J. JACKSON
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CYRUS MATSON JAMES
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H. C. JAMES, farmer
and stock raiser; post office, McLuney, Ohio; born in Muskingum
county, Ohio, in 1833; settled in this county in 1876; son of
Isaac and Mary (Hollow) James. Married in 1855, to
Miss Hannah, daughter of William and Abigail (Search)
Barrell. They are the parents of nine children, viz.:
Milton J., Alice, Edmund, Cornelia, deceased; Mary C., Linna
B., Cora, Curtis, Matilda. Two are married, one living
in this county and one in Morgan County.
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THOMAS P. JAMES
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JOHN JENKINS
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A. D. JOHNSON,
farmer, Madison township, Mount Perry post office. He was
born Nov. 22, 1838, in Shelby county, Ohio, and is a son of
John H. and Christenia (Rhinehart) Johnson; has always
followed farming, now owning an excellent home. Mr.
Johnson was married Aug. 23, 1863, to Caroline Fullerton,
daughter of Samuel Fullerton; they have four
children, Louisa L., Samuel S., Emma B. and Anna F.
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GEORGE M. JOHNSON,
trader, Corning, Ohio; born Apr. 29, 1848, on Malta Hill, in
Morgan county, Ohio; son of Stephen and Catharine (O'Leary)
Johnson. His father was a native of Maryland, and his
mother of Morgan county, Ohio; her parents were natives of
Ireland. Her mother was first married to William
Townsend, by whom she had two children, Mary and William;
her second husband's name was Morgan O'Leary, by whom she
had one child, Catharine, named above. George M.
Johnson was brought up on a farm, and has followed
agriculture and dealing in stock up to the present time.
In 1862, he came to Monroe township, this county, and located on
a farm adjoining the town of Corning, which he held until the
spring of 1882. Mr. Johnson was married Feb. 15,
1872, to Lucy A., daughter of William and Delilah
(Miller) Fisher, of Monroe township, who entered and owned
the land where Corning now stands. The present site of
Corning, was once a sugar camp. They are the parents of
one child, George M.
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JACOB J. JOHNSON,
President Perry County Bank, New Lexington, Ohio; was born Aug.
28th, 1821, in Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania; son of
Jacob (who died in Pennsylvania), and Sarah (Gorden)
Johnson. His ancestors came from New Jersey.
When Jacob J. was about nine years of age, his mother
located on a farm in Reading township, where he was brought up
and remained until eighteen, when he began teaching school, and
taught several terms. In 1850, Mr. Johnson was
elected Sheriff of Perry county, and served eight years in all.
In 1870, Sheriff Johnson was elected Treasurer of Perry
county, and served four years. In 1880, he was elected
member of the State Board of Equalization. In January,
1879, he was elected President of the Perry County Bank - the
last two offices named he now holds. Mr. Johnson
was married in April, 1847, to Miss Permelia, daughter of
John and Nancy (Greene) Tutwiler. They are the
parents of ten children, viz.: Susan, deceased; Mary,
deceased; Lucretia, Albert V., Francis J., Victoria,
William, Jacob, Martina, and Sarah, deceased.
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JOHN JOHNSON,
superintendent of laborers at XX Furnace, Shawnee, Ohio; was
born Apr. 10, 1827, in the county of Durham, in the northern
part of England; son of Adam and Ann (Ayer) Johnson.
Mr. Johnson came to America at the early age of thirteen
years, landing in New York, July 3, 1840, and has been engaged
at the following places and busines: At Sackage's Iron
Works, North River, New York, about six months; Troy, New York,
in rolling mill, fifteen months; White Hall, New York, two
months; St. John's Lake Champlain, New York, about five months;
Albany, New York, worked on levee, about seven months; Saratoga
Springs, on fish pond, six months; Buffalo, New York, on
streets, six months; Erie, Pennsylvania, on docks, six months;
Brady's Bend Iron Works at Blast Furnace, two years; Guitanquin
Iron Works, in rolling mill, one year; Pittsburg, in rolling
mill, (before any blast furnace was built in Pittsburgh), six
months; Cincinnati, a day laborer; Cleveland, Ohio, on canal
docks; Sandusky, Ohio, in lumber yard; Detroit, Michigan, two
months; Port Huron, two or three months in lumberyard;
from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland, driving cattle;
fisheries on Bush River, South Carolina, hauling seine for
herring, six weeks; Baltimore, Maryland, engaging as fireman and
strokeman on a steamer, sailing to ports of St. Petersburg,
Russia; Konstadt, Prussia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Elsinore,
Denmark; Rochelle, France; Cadiz, Spain; Gibraltar, Spain;
Malaga, Spain; Carthagena, Spain, for two years and six months,
returning to Baltimore, Maryland; Mt. Savage iron works,
Alleghany county, Maryland; at furnace one year; Cleveland,
Ohio, at furnace; Detroit, Michigan, at furnace; Ann Arber, at
furnace; Flint, Michigan, walked across Indian Reserve to
Saginaw City, about 100 miles distant; took berth of firing on
steamer, one year and six months; Cleveland and Portsmouth, on
Ohio canal; Hanging Rock furnace region, among furnaces, five or
six years; Easton, Pennsylvania, about five months; at Cooper's
iron works, Jerseytown, Pennsylvania; again in Mount Savage; at
Isesferry, Virginia; in Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion
and Taylor counties, Virginia, digging iron ore and working at
furnaces for twenty-one years; at Zanesville, Ohio, on court
house, six weeks; at Frazeyburg, Ohio, digging iron ore four
months for Zanesville furnace; Glenford, Perry county, Ohio, and
opened limestone quarry for Fannie Furnace, while it was in
Newark, Ohio working about eight months. Came to Shawnee
in 1875, and by his advice as to the paying quality of iron ore
at Iron Point, the Fannie Furnace was moved to this place, where
he has remained up to this time; he is now overseer of laboring
hands at XX Furnace in this place. Was married June 12,
1854, to Mary, daughter of Henry and Sarah
Frankinville. They are the parents of two children,
Henry and Mary, both deceased.
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JOHN K. JOHNSON,
millwright, Shawnee, Ohio; was born Feb. 13, 1817, in Adams
county, Pennsylvania; son of John and Mary (Koon) Johnson.
Was raised a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until he
was eighteen years of age, when he went to the millwright trade,
which business he followed until 1872, building flouring mills
at Tuscarora, Mt. Union mill in Maryland, and rebuilt some in
Pennsylvania; one near Cumberland, Muskingum county, Ohio, for
James McClurg; one on Meigs Creek, Morgan county, Ohio;
one in Sharon, Morgan county, Ohio, now in Noble county; two at
Sulphur Springs, Perry county, Ohio, on same foundation, one
burning down; one in West Virginia, on Twelve Pole River, nine
miles from Guyandott; one for John Dickerson, in Meigs
township, Morgan county, Ohio; and remodeled quite a number in
different places; also built a steam tannery in Perry county,
Pennsylvania, for John McFarland, that is calculated to
tan thirty thousand hides per year. In 1854 he bought a
farm of seventy-eight acres in Saltlick township, Perry county,
Ohio, for $1,000, which he sold to the Smith Mining Company of
Shawnee, for $7,800, in 1873, since which he has been living a
retired life. Was married Jan. 16, 1845, to Margaret,
daughter of James and Nancy McClerg, of Muskingum county,
Ohio. Mrs. Johnson died Apr. 30, 1873.
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THOMAS JOHNSON,
was born in 1829, in Washington county, Pennsylvania; he is a
son of the late venerable Aaron Johnson The maiden
name of his mother, who is still living at the age of eighty-six
years, was Sarah Law, a daughter of Robert Law, of
Scotch descent. His father was of English and Irish
parentage, and both his parents were of Quaker extraction; both
became Baptists, of which church Aaron Johnson died a
member in full fellowship, in 1879, at the age of eighty-eight
years. He was tall and athletic, and in his younger days
complained very much, and often of ill health. Ten
children were born to this marriage, all of whom grew to be men
and women; the wife of John Skinner being the eldest; two
brothers live in Iowa, and one, Aaron, in Kansas.
One uncle, Nimrod Johnson, died in Van Wert, Ohio,
without children. Thomas sold the farm he had
bought of his father for $2,000, after adding twenty acres to it
for the sum of $4,100, and embarked in mercantile life in
Somerset, and is one of the very few who have been successful
after such a change. In religion he is a Methodist, while
his present wife, who was Miss Lizzie Levitt, is a
Lutheran. His father brought the first fine sheep to Perry
county, and on account of his success and devotion to sheep
husbandry was often called "Shepherd Johnson." He
was elected to the Senate of Ohio, about the year 1843, on the
Democratic ticket, and remained a firm supporter of that party
to the time of his death, and sank to his grave respected for
his sterling honesty and sincerity through a long life.
The first tax paid by Thomas Johnson did not exceed ten
dollars, which rose afterward to $300. One hundred and
seventy one acres of land in sight of Somerset, stocked with
cattle and sheep, a large stock of dry goods, and valuable town
property, are the witness of that excellent judgment of what the
market demands, and how and when to supply it, which testify to
his solid success, while he indulged the utmost hospitality, and
his purse was ever open to the demands of want.
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JAMES E. JOHNSTON,
of the firm of Johnston & Bryan, attorneys at law and
notaries public, New Lexington, Ohio; was born Feb. 1, 1851, in
Brownsville, Licking county, Ohio; son of Seth R. and Isabell
(Miner) Johnston. James E. Johnston was brought
up at Glenford, this county, and assisted in his father's store
until 1874, when he began reading law with W. E. Finck.
He graduated in the Cincinnati Law School in 1878. Began
practice at Shawnee, where he remained one year, then came to
this place and continued the practice of his profession alone
until March, 1881, when the present firm was formed.
Mr. Johnston was married in October, 1878, to Miss Lydia
L., daughter of James Brown, then of Bowling Green
township, Licking county, Ohio.
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HENRY JONES, of the
firm of Jones Brothers, dealers in lumber, contractors,
undertakers, and dealers in real estate, Corning, Ohio; was born
Jan. 29, 1851, in Liverpool, England; son of James E. and
Rosanna (Henry) Jones. Henry came in 1871, and
located in Shawnee, Ohio, in 1872. In 1873, went ot
Columbus, Ohio, and remained about three years; then returned to
Shawnee, where he remained until he came to his present
residence in 1881. Mr. Jones was married in
November, 1875, to Miss Jane, daughter of Richard and
Ellen (Jones) Richison, natives of North Wales. They
are the parents of two children, viz.: Edith Madaline
and Ellen. This firm is doing an active business,
having quite an extensive trade.
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JEHU B. JONES, was
born in 1813, in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and was but two
years old when his parents, Jehu Jones, Sr., and Jane
(Kilpatrick), settled on the farm now held by the heirs of
S. C. Dick. This farm had then about fifteen acres
partly cleared; here these pioneers lived until 1844, when
mother Jones, and, ten years later, father
Jones, were called to rest. The sons, who grew to
manhood, are: David, who married Miss Jane Pugh,
and who died in Pike township, leaving three sons and two
daughters; John, who lives in Warren county, Illinois,
and who married Miss Elizabeth Rush, having five sons and
four daughters; Jehu B., who married Miss Rebecca
Goodin, March, 1846, and still resides on the farm adjoining
the ancestral homestead - his wife died in 1866, leaving two
sons; David, who resides in Blackford county, Indiana,
and who is married to Miss Addie Shull, now the mother of
two daughters, and George M., who is single, and remains
with his father. There are two daughters, Phidelia,
the wife of Charles Stickel a successful tanner and
currier, near Somerset, blessed with four sons and one daughter,
and Miss Mary, who shares with her brother, George,
and her father, the comforts and the cares of the homestead.
Jehu B. Jones is worthy of the beautiful home he enjoys,
and the broad acres he has transformed from a forest waste to
fruitful fields. He has held several offices of trust and
profit in his township, and never yet was a candidate when he
did not show strength beyond the lines of his party. True
to his convictions of right and duty he has not always remained
loyal to party, but while acting within party lines, no man is
more faithful to hi ticket, or more zealous for the right.
He possesses brave impulses, is true to his friends, generous to
his foes, benevolent to the poor, sympathizes with the suffering
and hates the oppressor, while he defends the victim.
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LEWIS JONES,
collier, Shawnee, Ohio; was born May 10, 1845, in Tredegar,
Monmouthshire, Wales; son of John and Elizabeth (Richards)
Jones. Mr. Jones was employed in the coaleries in
Wales at eight years of age, and followed that business until
1869, when he emigrated to America, leaving Liverpool in
October, and lending in New York on the 25th of October, 1869;
from there he went to Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, mining about
two years, and soon after reaching Pomeroy, his family, whom he
had left in Wales, joined him and have remained with him up this
time. He has been engaged as follows: Syracuse,
Ohio, remaining over two years: New Straitsville, Ohio, one
year, when he came to Shawnee, Ohio, where he has since made his
home and been employed as a miner. Mr. Jones was
married Sept. 1, 1867, to Sarah, daughter of John and
Ann (Byron) Reese, of Tredegar, Wales. They are the
parents of eight children, viz.: Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah
Jane, John William, Caroline, Anna, Lewis and Elizabeth,
deceased.
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WILLIAM J. JONES,
collier, Shawnee, Ohio; was born Mar. 19, 1840, in Falkirk,
Stirlingshire, Scotland; son of John and Sarah (Leaky)
Jones; was raised in town to the age of seven years, and
then in the country to manhood, and has worked in mines
since he was nine years old. Was married Mar. 12,
1861, to Jane, daughter of John and Susan (Paul)
Cowie, of Stenhouseneuir, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
They are the parents of six living children: Sarah,
Jennie, Susanna, Willie, Robert
and Emma, and four dead: Susan, John,
James and Jno. Mr. Jones came to
this country, landing in New York, Aug. 6, 1872, but left
his family in Scotland. He came direct from New York
to Shawnee, Ohio, and soon after sent for his family, who
landed in New York Jan. 2, 1873, from whence they came
direct to Shawnee, where they have lived to the present
time, and where he has been engaged in mining, and at this
time is with the New York and Straitsville Coal and Iron
Company.
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