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MARY R. SAFFELL
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MARIA SALTSMAN
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BENJAMIN SANDERS,
farmer, Monroe township, Hemlock, Ohio; was born Jan. 5,
1823, in Columbiana county, Ohio; son of Jesse and Epsie
(Batton) Sanders. He was brought up on a farm and
followed agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-three or
twenty-four years of age, when he went to Ringold, Morgan
county, Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business, in
which he remained about five years. Mr. Sander's
father brought him to this county when he was about seven
years of age, and bought forty acres, and entered eighty
acres of land at the same time, but sold out in about six
months afterward and went to Morgan county, Ohio; after
remaining in Morgan county about eighteen months he returned
to this county, and again took possession of the same farm
because of the man who purchased it being unable to meet the
payments. After returning he made this his home as
long as he lived, and increased his possessions to five
hundred acres of land, a part of which is now owned by his
son, Benjamin, who lived with him until he went to
Morgan county, Ohio, where he went into the mercantile
business. Sold out in Morgan county in 1831, and
returned to this county, buying a part of his father's farm;
engaged in agriculture and stock dealing for about twenty
years. He then bought the grist mill at Sulphur
Springs and moved it to Hemlock. Has been a manager of
a store in Hemlock for the past four years, which he owns.
Has also been postmaster in Hemlock for the past five years.
He now owns about three hundred acres in Saltlick and Monroe
townships, and formerly owned about five hundred acres,
selling part of the same to the Ohio Central Coal Company,
that Buckingham is now built upon and where shaft No. 19, is
now being operated. He was married to Susanna
(Wood) Smith, of Belmont county, Ohio, who was a
resident of this county at the time of her marriage.
They are the parents of nine living children, viz.:
William M., C. T., Spencer S., Sarah, Emeline, Elma, Almeda,
Viola and Etta, and three dead, Espie, Cynthia
and Louvina Alice.
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SPENCER SMITH SANDERS,
miller, Saltlick township; poast office, Hemlock, Ohio; was
born Mar. 18, 1847, in Monroe township, this county; son of
Benjamin and Susannah (Smith) Sanders. Mr. Sanders
was brought up on a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits
until about four years ago, when he took charge of the
Hemlock mill, to which he has given his attention up to this
time. In the fall of 1864, Mr. Sanders enlisted
in Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., for one year,
and was in the battle of Honey Hill, where he received a
flesh wound in the arm, which disabled him for three months,
when he was in general hospital. Upon his recovery he
rejoined his regiment, served out his time and was
discharged, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment,
when he returned home and engaged in farming, until as above
stated. He has served his township as trustee about
four years. Mr. Sanders was married Aug. 29,
1867, to Victoria, daughter of Reuben and Hester
Ann (Cannon) Primrose, of this township formerly but was
a resident of Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio, at the time
of her marriage, where she was living with her brother,
Isaac P. Primrose. They are the parents of five
children, viz.: Anna Laura, Franklin Geddis, Edwin
L., Olive Clyde, and Mattie M.
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THOMAS M. SANDERS,
proprietor of dry goods and family grocery store, near
depot, New Lexington, Ohio. Mr. Sanders was
born Feb. 28, 1835, in Pike township; son of John and
Mary (Fealty) Sanders, natives of Pennsylvania.
Thomas M. was brought up on a farm, but followed various
occupations. He railroaded in Wisconsin and Minnesota,
being employed in the latter State when she repudiated her
railroad bonds. Mr. Sanders began his present
business in 1873, at Rehoboth where he remained about four
and one-half years, after which he came to his present
location, where he is doing a good business.
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WILLIAM MILES SANDERS,
merchant, Hemlock, Ohio; was born, Feb. 25, 1843, in Perry
county, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Susannah (Smith)
Sanders. Was brought up on a farm, and followed
agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in
Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, O. V. I.; served his term
of enlistment in Virginia, and was honorably discharged at
Zanesville, Ohio. He then re-enlisted in Company D,
Thirty-first Regiment, O. V. I., for three years or during
the war, and served until September, 1862, when he enlisted
at Nashville, Tennessee, in Company M, U. S. Cavalry, for
three years, from which service he was discharged at San
Antonia, Texas, Dec. 18, 1865. While in O. V. I., he
was engaged in the following battles; Mill Springs, Siege of
Corinth, Perryville, Shepherdsville, Cage's Ford, battle of
Stone River. While he was in the cavalry service, he
was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, and was
on Sherman's march to the sea; and fell back to Nashville,
and was in the battle between Hood and Thomas; and in
Wilson's famous cavalry raid. His regiment captured
Andersonville, took Wertz, the commander, prisoner; was
captured April 18, and was held a prisoner at Libby for six
days, when he was paroled, and in about one month rejoined
his company, with which he remained until he was discharged,
excepting one month, when he was put on detached duty as
escort for General Corse, to carry dispatches
from Nashville, Tennessee, to a point three hundred miles up
Red River. Upon his discharge from the service, he
returned home and remained four weeks, when he went to New
Pittsburg, Indiana, where he was married, Aug. 31, 1866, to
Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of Allen Fowler.
They are the parents of four children, viz.: Spencer E.,
Martin L., Rasilla V., and Benjamin A., all born
in Clark county, Iowa. In the fall of 1866, he went to
Clark county, Iowa, where he purchased a farm, upon which he
lived until 1877, when he went to Johnson county, Nebraska.
In the following year he again moved to Rush county, Kansas,
remaining until January, 1880, and returned by wagon to St.
Louis, Missouri; then by boat to Cincinnati; from where he
drove home in a wagon to the old homestead, reaching his
destination August, 1880. In the following September
he purchased his present store. Mr. Sanders was
the Greenback candidate of this county, in the fall of 1881,
for Representative.
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R. C. SANSOM
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CHARLES H. SAWYER
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E. OGDEN SAWYER, M. D.
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THOMAS SCALLON
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WILLIAM HENRY SCHENK, M. D.
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LOUIS SCHNEIDER
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JOHN W. SCOTT, collier,
Shawnee, Ohio; was born Apr. 13, 1860, in Caxhoe, county of
Durham, England; son of George and Isabel (Richison)
Scott. Mr. Scott was raised in his native county,
and remained there until he was nineteen years of age, when
he emigrated to America, landing in New York Oct. 3, 1879,
and came direct to Shawnee, where he mined eight or nine
months, when he went to Straitsville, and mined about one
year, and from thence to Floodwood, remaining a short time,
after which he went to Rendville, where he has been employed
up to the present time, and is now engaged at Beard's shaft.
His parents still live in Crook, county Durham, England.
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MARTIN F. SCOTT
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ALEXANDER SECRIST
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S. F. SELBY,
farmer and stock dealer; post office, New Lexington, Ohio;
born in Pike township, Perry county, in 1837; son of
Thomas and Julia A. (Wright) Selby; grandson of Eli
and Ruth (Shipley) Selby, and Thomas and Margaret (Ankney)
Wright. He was married in 1873, to Miss
Elizabeth Koots, daughter of Ephriam and Eliza (McKeever)
Koots.
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THOMAS SELBY, farmer, Pike
township, P. O. New Lexington, Ohio; was born Nov. 12, 1804,
in Anne Arundel county, Maryland; son Eli and Ruth
(Shipley) Selby. Mr. Selby was raised a farmer,
but learned the blacksmith trade with Jacob Knowls,
of Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, serving four years as an
apprentice, which business he followed for thirty years,
turning by forge many an ax, long before the introduction of
the patent ax. Mr. Selby was united in marriage
with Julia A., daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Ankney)
Wright, February 10, 1831. They are the parents of
the following children, viz.: John N., Eli M.,
Jeremiah B., Joshua F., Eliza Ann, Margaret M., Harriet L.,
Alpheus B., William Cook, and three dying in infancy.
Mr. Selby came to Perry county in March, 1814, when
his father, who settled in Pike township, entering three
quarter-sections of land, the same that is now owned by
Thomas, the subject of thsi sketch, and his heirs, who
own six hundred acres of land. When the settlement was
made, bears and wolves were plenty, and the land a desolate
wilderness. In 1843, Mr. Selby supplanted his
log cabin by a fine, large brick mansion, which he now lives
in . He has been a successful and an enterprising
business man, raising at one time the best sheep that were
ever raised in Perry county, one that sheared thirty-three
pounds of wool at one clipping. He now, in his old
age, takes delight in raising thoroughbred cattle, and at
one time owned a calf ninety-five days old, that weighs
three hundred and eighty-five pounds, gaining a little over
three pounds per day.
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H. P. SELLERS, farmer and
breeder of thoroughbred Atwood sheep, registered in Vermont
Atwood Club. Post office, New Lexington; Clayton
township, Perry county, Ohio; born in Perry county in 1842;
son of Jacob and Julia E. (Reem) Sellers, grandson of
John and Margaret (McMullen) Sellers. Married
June 29, 1870, to Miss Harriet Roberts, daughter o
H. H. and Carrie Roberts. They have four children,
viz.: Stilla L., Herbert C., W. L. A., and
Whitfield.
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SAMUEL SHEARER
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JOHN H. SHEARER
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JERRY SHEELER
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THOMAS SHEERAN
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PIUS SHEERN
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D. C. SHELLY
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GEORGE W. SHEPPERD
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T. J. SHEPPERD
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JOHN L. SHERIDAN
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GEN. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN
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D. H. SHERMAN
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P. A. SHOUGH
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LEVI SHRIDER
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WILLIAM I. SHRIVER,
Treasurer of Perry county; post office, New Lexington.
(NOTE: There is nothing more stated here)
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A. P. SIMMONS
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P. R. SIMS
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JOHN SINES
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AMOS SKINNER, farmer,
Bearfield township, Portersville post office; born in
Virginia, May 25, 1802; son of Peter and Sarah (Roberts)
Skinner; father of French and mother of English descent.
He emigrated to Ohio in 1835, and settled in Madison
township, this county, lived there a little over a year, and
resided one year in Clayton township before he moved to the
farm where he now resides. In 1825, he married
Margaret A. Murrey, of Virginia, daughter of Thomas
Murrey. They are the parents of the following
named children: Ferdinand F., married to Elizabeth
Hearing. He is deceased. Thomas P.,
married to Julia A. Whiley, and resides in Kansas;
Amos A., deceased; Mary E.; Sarah M., married
George W. Murris, resides in this township; Adaline
V., married Ezekiel Rose; John R. married
Harriet Breece, and resides in Kansas; Julia A.,
who married Lyman Lamb. He is deceased;
Rebecca H., married William Ells of this
township; Elmyra W., married James E. Breece,
of this township.
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P. H. SKINNER, Rendville,
Perry county, Ohio, was born Jan. 5, 1852, in Monroe
township, Perry county, Ohio; son of John and Mary
(Smith) Skinner. At the age of two years his
father died leaving him, his mother and another brother.
They lived on a farm in Union township, Morgan county, Ohio,
and he and his brother James, two years older,
attended the district school until he became of age.
In 1878 he attended school at New Lexington and taught his
first school in Chapel Hill, which profession he has
followed ever since. Was married Jan. 14, 1881, to
Miss Mary Donahoe and located in Rendville in 1881,
where he taught a subscription school, and on May 298, 1882,
was elected Justice of the Peace, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of George Thompson.
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T. P. SKINNER, farmer and
stock raiser, post office Buckeye Cottage, Clayton townshp,
Perry county, Ohio; born in this county in 1834; son of
Lemuel and Lucinda (Birch) Skinner. Grandson of
Peter and Sarah (Roberts) Skinner. Mr. Skinner
was married in 1860 to Miss Harriet Brown, daughter
of Isaac and Ellinor (Chinoth) Brown. They are
the parents of nine children, viz.: Ernest B.,
Charles E., Frank N., William E., Lester R.,
deceased, Beverly O., Lucy E., Homer B. and
Anna M.
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JOHN D. SMITH,
merchant, Shawnee, Ohio, was born Dec. 29, 1846, in
Limerick, Ireland; son of David and Ellen (Burke) Smith.
Mr. Smith was raised a mechanic and emigrated to
America about the age of nine years with his mother, a
brother adn a6 sister, settling in Dunkirk, New York.
His father died while he was yet quite young and for a few
years he was obliged to face the storms of life, but he had
the courage to tell his mother that he could provided for
himself and assist her. He was first employed upon a
steamboat plying on Lake Erie from Dunkirk to Toledo,
Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo, where he remained nine
months, and then went to Pennsylvania "to strike oil," but
not being successful, he was employed in a brick yard at
three dollars per day, in the fall of 1865, remaining during
the brick making season of that year, when he returned to
Corry, New York, and was employed at the A. & G. W. railroad
shops. After remaining with them in the yards for some
time, he learned upholstering with them and remained in this
place until the fall of 1866, when the shops were moved to
Franklin Mills, Portage county, now known as Kent, and where
he remained until 1868; at this time he became a journeyman,
went to Pittsburgh, failed to get employment and there
became a peddler, continuing three months. From
Pittsburgh he went to Steubenville, Ohio, and was employed
with Thomas Denmead, master mechanic of the P.
C. & St. L. Ry. remaining until the next spring, when
he was sent to Dennison, Ohio, where he stayed until fall
and returned to Steubenville, upholstering until 1870, and
was ten sent to Lancaster, Ohio, to take charge of the
upholstering department of the C. & M. V. R'y. shops in that
place, from where he went, in1872, to the diamond fields of
Africa. In April of 1872 he received a letter from a
Mr. Stickney, a former shop mate of that place, asking him
how he would like to go on an adventure to Africa, when he
replied, "I'm your Moses," and on Apr. 27, left
Lancaster to join him with a Mr. Hall, of Zanesville.
This party, on May 3, left for New York and passed over the
Alleghenies at night, losing sight of those horse shoe bend,
thinking they had lost a great piece of a naturally scenery,
but it could not vie with what came in their way afterward,
in the form of mountains. Arrived at New York May 4,
where they took the steamer Angeline, of the Anchor Line,
for Glasgow, Scotland, where they arrived May 21. A
few days previous to their arrival, President Grant
had made a demand on the British Government for the Alabama
Indemnity, which gave them some trouble to get through the
Kingdom. They remained in this city, Glasgow, two
days, visiting the Cathedral and other places of note.
From here they went to Melrose on the Tweed, where they
visited Sir Walter Scott's residence, Dryburg and Abbey,
where this noted bard of romance sleeps his last sleep;
also, other places of interest. The next day they
arrived at Carlisle and stayed one night, and thence to
London, the greatest city of the world, arriving May 29, and
the next day booked for South America on the steamer
Norseman, and sailed from Southampton, June 10, having
remained here for rest and recuperation, as they had been
wonderfully sea sick from New York to Glasgow, sailing with
high winds and rough sea. The first evening out from
Southampton they again were all sick and all the way across
the Bay of Biscay and until they reached Madeira Island on
Sunday, June 18, which they all hailed with gladness after
eight days sailing in bad weather. Smith says
it is the most beautiful place in the world. Funchal
City is the cdapital, and here they remained until seven
o'clock P. M., visiting churches and objects of interest.
The island is so very steep that sledges are the only mode
of conveyance, many of which are models of convenience and
beauty, drawn by oxen. At eight o'clock they weighed
anchor in good spirits from indulgence in wine cellars.
The next sight of land was the Canary Islands and the peak
of Teneriffe; from Teneriffe they sailed seventeen days to
the Island of St. Helena, where they dropped anchor in
Jamestown Bay and landed on July 4. Here they went up
Main street, a shabby affair too, where they found the
Consul building, where all the foreign consuls were to be
found, each one represented by the flag of his country,
which in one common breeze floated aloft, adn all are equal.
Among them there were nine Americans, who, when they came to
the Stars and Stripes, dropped their hats and gave three
cheers for the Emblem of Liberty. They were W. C.
Stickney, of Steubenville, Ohio; Ed. Hall, of
Zanesville, Ohio; William A. Walsh and W. H. Wiley,
of Richmond, Virginia; John Osborne, of Montana
Territory; William Battenhouse, of New York City, and
the subject of this sketch. Next they visited the
former residence and the tomb of Napoleon, the First, where
they were permitted to pluck a few geranium leaves in
remembrance of the great warrior, and drank refreshing
draughts from the very spring that once quenched the thirst
of the sleeping warrior, whose deeds of valor has nerved the
arm of many a soldier since. To this place from
Jamestown it was six miles, but they returned ready to
continue the voyage at about sunset from the mountainous
journey. At eight o'clock they were again sailing,
this time for the cape. Their visit at this place was
on July 4, and having asked the cabin privilege of
Captain Coxwell, they, the Americans, had pre-arranged
to celebrate it by a dinner. This project met with
some difficulty upon a British steamer, as the English
aboard opposed it and began to ridicule America and its
celebration of that memorable day. They would sing
"Rule Britannia" and other songs. At length the
Americans armed themselves, being determined not to be
thwarted by such opposition, and then warned the British
that if it was necessary it would come to the worst.
At this they British kept mute. Just previous to
serving the meal, a Flag Lieutenant of Rear
Admiral Campbell, who was bound for he cape,
looked into the cabin and espied that the Stars and Stripes
was above the Union Jack in the display arranged, and raised
objection, complained to Captain Coxwell, that as he was
carrying English mail it should not be permitted and to save
trouble, by the Captain's request, they changed the
arrangement and hung all the ensigns on a line in equal
height. Supper was served and a good time was enjoyed
with three invited guests, officers of the steamer.
The next day a draft of resolutions were drawn, thanking the
Captain for his kindness, which were handed him. On
July 13, they landed at Capetown. The first land seen
upon its approach was Table Mountain, a distance of one
hundred and eighty miles away. The mountain stands
4,600 feet above the sea. The voyage was made in
thirty-three days and a half. Upon landing they found
business brisk and the streets filled with groups of
Kaffirs, Malays, Hindoos, half breeds, etc., many of whom
were drunk on Cape Smoke whisky. The first night came
on and they slept upon the vessel and the next morning arose
at four o'clock to witness one of the grandest of sunrises,
which they often saw, even in more grandeur than that,
during their four years stay in Africa.
Notwithstanding the beauty mentioned, the barren waste of
Africa, for four long years left nothing to be remembered
with pleasure, only the monotony of a waste desert and
Karroo remains. The reflections of home and the
fertile soil of America kept a spirit of hope alive in the
breast of again, through the kindness of Providence,
enjoying its scenery and dying amidst its luxuries. On
July 19, they started for the diamond fields; traveled by
rail eighty miles to Wellington, arriving at noon.
This is near Bains Kloot, or mountain. After dinner
they took stage and at sun set they reached the summit of
the mountain. Took a supper at Constable, a poor
substitute for American luxuries. Constable is a relay
station. There were now thirteen passengers for the
diamond fields. Horses were changed every three or
four hours. Traveled for six consecutive days by
stage, by way of Buffalo River, passing river beds every
mile or two, but only two had any water, those of the Orange
and Moder. Next they reached Worcester at twelve
o'clock at night. July 24, they reached Victoria West;
here they slept five hours, having only two hour's sleep
previous to that since they started for the fields. At
this place they saw the first ostriches in Africa. The
next place was Queenstown, one of the best towns upon the
way. They next arrived at Jacobs Noll, on the Moder
River, and on July 27, arrived upon the fields, having
traveled about one thousand miles by stage in seven days and
a half. Upon the way the first curious thing that
attracted attention was the cape sheep. Its tail was
so large that it was supported upon a small wagon to enable
it to go about. The sheep would weigh about
seventy-five pounds and its tail about thirty-five pounds.
The tail of his sheep is used instead of butter for
their bread, and is the much more valuable part of the
mutton, which is quite sweet. At one place they took
breakfast with a Kaffir who lived in a long log house with a
cane thatched roof, and built the fire in the middle of the
floor with no stove or fire place or chimney. They
seemed to live in keeping with their filthy life. July
is a winter month there, and during their journey they had
heavy frosts. The sight of the fields was something
new. Europeans in their native attire and
Kaffirs in their nudeness standing about in groups.
With difficulty they obtained lodging for the night.
Upon the next morning they struck for the American camp,
where they found Mr. Flynn, Mr. Lancaster and
a Mr. Seiber, all from Chicago, Illinois, of whom
they obtained the use of a small tent, in which eight of the
party slept upon a small litter of straw for one week, when
they purchased tents for themselves. At that time they
procured tools for diamond digging. The business
proved unprofitable for two months, after which they met
with some success, but what they endured upon the diamond
fields was an experience worth years of life in some quiet
work. The heat, the dust storm, the fleas and many
pests, would test the hearts of the bravest. Smith
found some valuable diamonds. Of the party John
Osborne died at Pilgrims Rest, in the Transvoal.
Mr. Stickney died in May, 1873, on the Bay of Biscay,
on his way home. Walsh and Wiley
returned to Richmond Virginia, in 1874. Smith
returned in June of 1876, starting on Good Friday in April.
Mr. Smith's heart gave thanks to Providence for his
health and success through the rough and hard trials of the
diamond fields and set out for his native land, which he now
fully realized was the land of corn and wine, but twelve
hundred miles distant. The journey he was
permitted to make in safety by an overland route to Algoa
Bay, from where he took a steamer; stopping at Capetown two
days, he sailed for England, via the Island of Madeira;
landed in South Hampson, May 21, 1876, and took a railroad
train for London, May 31, and set sail from Liverpool for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arriving in thirteen days and a
half by the steamer Lord. Here he remained six days
visiting the Centennial Exposition, and on his way back
visited Baltimore, Washington and Richmond, Virginia, and
landed at Lancaster, from whence he started. After his
return he married Mary Jane Bougher, daughter of
Peter and Mary Jane (Burke) Bougher; soon after which he
went to Texas. After he had been gone four months his
wife, whom he had left at her father's, died, May 13, 1877,
after seven day's illness, leaving a new born babe which
also died six weeks after. From this sad scene in life
he returned to Lancaster and worked there until the spring
of 1878, when he came to Shawnee and opened a business, and
in May, 1879, was married to Alice, daughter of
Neil and Ann (Fealty) Coyle, of Perry county, Ohio. To
them was born one child, viz.: Nellie Ann.
Mr. Smith's mother, who was born in Limerick,
Ireland, and his brother and sister are living in Preston,
Iowa.
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LEONARD C. SMITH, editor,
Weekly Banner, Shawnee, Ohio; was born Dec. 3, 1861,
in Licking county, Ohio; son of Sidney and Annie
(Lawrence) Smith. His father was a soldier in the
late war, and died in the service, soon after Leonard C.
was born. The father and son never saw each other.
Young Smith began the printer's trade when thirteen,
and at sixteen was editor. He assumed his present
charge in January, 1881. The paper in his management
was rapidly increased in popularity, and bids fair to be a
success.
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MAJOR THOMAS J. SMITH,
provision grocer, east side of Main street, New Lexington,
Ohio. Major Smith was born Mar. 16, 1846, in
this place; son of James and Eliza Smith. In
March, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Sixty-first O. V. I.,
and veteranized in March, 1864. The second week after
his return from the war he entered school and attended about
seven months. In April, 1866, established his present
business, in which he has been successful. Major
Smith was married Feb. 22, 1870, to Miss Madglin,
daughter of John and Catharine (Shorr) Fox.
They are the parents of three children, viz.: Mary
Frances, Thomas J. and Catharine.
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JOHN M. SMOCK
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JOHN SMOOT
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SAMUEL SNYDER, was born in
1843, in Clayton township, Perry county, Ohio; a son of
Peter Snyder. His mother's maiden name was
Ellen Dean. He was married in 1865, to Miss
Margaret, daughter of Michael Reynolds. The
children are: Mary, Ellen, Catharine, Mattie, Dora,
Maggie and Stephen A. The brothers of
Samuel are: Jacob, William, Joseph, Austin, Alfred,
Thomas and Nicholas. In 1881, Samuel
Snyder became a successful candidate for county
commissioner, and his hotly contested nomination against a
field of worthy and formidable competitors, was ratified at
the following election, and he is now serving the people of
his native county with great devotion to the general
welfare. He is a working man, and in partnership with
his brothers, carries on three portable saws and one planing
mill. The hands with these mills often camp near the
saw, do their own cooking, and thus reduce the expenses to
the minimum, while the profits are kept up to the maximum.
by judicious purchases of timber, by large contracts of
lumber to the trade abroad, and the conversion of much
suitable material into floring and other forms for building,
for bridges, and so on. The extortionate rates of
freight charged by the B. & O. Railroad, is assigned as
sufficient reason for removing the planing mill from
Somerset to some other point, where competition for freight
is likely to insure better terms.
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J. H. SOPHER
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ISAAC SOUSLIN
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LEROY B. SPARKS
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THOMAS SPENCE
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HENRY W. SPENCER
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DAVID SPIECE
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PHILIP SPIECE, born in
Prussia, came to America when young and settled in
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and there married
Susannah Merchant. His sons, Peter and
David, were born in Pennsylvania, and Adam in
Reading township; the latter married Miss Odlin, and
has one son living in Dayton. Philip came to
Ohio in 1809, and settled where David now lives.
Was of the Reformed Church, and a farmer.
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DANIEL SPIRER
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BENJAMIN F. SPRINGER,
farmer, Saltlick township, post office, Hemlock, Ohio, was
born in this township; son of Ezekiah and Elizabeth
(Condon) Springer. Was brought up on a farm, and
has followed agricultural pursuits to the present time.
When twenty-one years of age, he went to Union county, Ohio,
and worked upon a farm three years, when he returned home
and was married, Sept. 1, 1877, to Almira J.,
daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth J. (Storer) Sanders,
of what is now Coal township. They are the parents of
two children, vi.: Alton J., and Effie B.
In about one year after his marriage he moved to Clark
county, Iowa, where he remained about three years and six
months, when he returned and located on his present farm
near Hemlock, Ohio.
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EZEKIAH SPRINGER,
farmer, Saltlick township, post office, Hemlock, Ohio, son
of Daniel and Jane (Jones) Springer was born Mar. 29,
1823, in Harrison county, Ohio. Mr. Springer
was raised a farmer, and has followed agricultural pursuits
to the present time. Lived in his native county until
he was thirteen years of age, when, with his father, he came
to the farm of one hundred and sixty acres, upon which he
now resides. His father entered this land, paying
$1.25 per acre. He built his cabin, cleared the farm,
and lived upon it until 1846, when he sold it to his sons
Ezekiah and Rezin. Mr. E. Springer
has added twenty acres to his eighty acres and much improved
the farm, having erected a fine farm residence. He
also assisted in cutting the lots and building the first
cabin upon the farm. Mr. Springer has been
deacon of the Christian or Disciple Church about twenty-five
years. Was married Oct. 3, 1853, to Catharine,
daughter of John and Rebecca (Avery) Condon, of Salt
Lick township, this county. They are the parents of
ten children, viz.: Benjamin F., MAry, William, Rebecca,
John, Alice, Lewis, Granville, Lillie and Annie.
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JOHN S. STALLSMITH
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JOSEPH STALTER
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JAMES STEVENSON,
engineer, Rendville, Ohio; was born Aug. 19, 1838, in
Clarion county, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Susan
(Kissinger) Stevenson. When a child his parents
moved to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, where he made his
home until he became a man, after which he made his home in
Ohio and Pennsylvania. He came to his present
residence in 1879. Mr. Stevenson was married
July 7, 1860, to Miss Eva E., daughter of David
and Catharine Kennedy, of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania.
They are the parents of two children, viz.: George
M., married Anne I. George, of Perry county,
Ohio, and Laura, who died in infancy.
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JAMES STEWART, miner, New
Straitsville; he was born in Tyrone county, Ireland, Sept.
16, 1842; is a son of Hugh and Jane Stewart, natives
of Ireland. He came to America in 1859, and settled in
Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until
1851; he then came to Athens county, Ohio. In 1864, he
married Mary Duffey, whose parents were natives of
Ireland. Mr. Stewart came to New Straitsville
in 1871, and began mining coal for the Straitsville Mining
Company, by whom he is yet employed. He has, by his
industry, accumulated the home where he now resides.
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JOHN STEWART, born in 1836,
in county Donegal, Ireland; came to America in 1852;
revisited Ireland, England, the isle of Man and Scotland in
1865. His marriage is referred to in the Hammond
biography. His brothers are James, George, Hugh,
Thomas and Gilbreth. His sisters are
Ann, Jane, Mary and Lucy all in Ireland.
His mother's maiden name was Nancy Meldrem.
After learning the blacksmith trade, and visiting different
parts of the United States, and meeting with some thrilling
adventures on the frontier, Mr. Stewart
married and settled on the Hammond homestead, to
which his industry and thrift have added manyh acres and
much improvement. He ranks among the foremost farmers
in enterprise and intelligence, and is the founder of a new
American house of Stewart.
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CHARLES STICKEL
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T. SPENCER STILLMAN
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JOHN STITH
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CATHBERT STOBBS
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LEWIS STOLTZ, JR.
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JOSIAH STONEBURNER
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N. H. STONEBERNER
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JAMES L. STORER, M. D.
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S. F. STROUSE
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FRANK SULLIVAN
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GEORGE SWARTZ
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JOHN SWEENY
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PETER SWINEHART
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L. B. SWINGLE
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