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BIOGRAPHIES
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Biographical Record of Fairfield & Perry Counties, Ohio
- Illustrated -
New York and Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1902
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REV.
SAMUEL C. TUSSING. For half a century the Rev.
Samuel Clevenger Tussing has been a potent factor in the
moral development of this portion of the state. His
influence has been of no restricted order. He same to the
county in 1850 locating first in Monday Creek township, and six
years later he entered the ministry of the Baptist church.
Although in recent years he has accepted no regular pastorate he
has continued his active interests in church work and his
efforts have proved most beneficial in augmenting the moral
development of this community.
Mr. Tussing is a native of Franklin county,
Ohio, his birth having occurred in Patterson township, Apr. 28,
1828. He is a son of Nicholas and Margaret Tussing
and the former was born in Pennsylvania in 1779. At the
age of four years he went to Rockingham county, Virginia, with
his parents, the year of their removal being 1783. There
he was reared and about 1812 he went to Franklin county, Ohio.
He had previously entered a quarter section of land there in
1809 and clearing and improving this he transformed it into a
good farm, upon which he reared his family. He was married
in Franklin County, but his wife died six months later and for
his second wife he chose Miss Margaret Switzer, a native
of Switzerland. Nicholas Tussing died at the age of
seventy-two years, wile the mother of our subject passed away at
the age of sixty-four years. They were both consistent
Christian people holding membership in the Baptist church.
In their family were seven children: John, who died in
Lima, Ohio; Jacob, who died near Winchester, Ohio;
George N., who is a Baptist minister and lives at Bullitt
Park, Columbus, Ohio; Christine, who is the wife of
George N. Harris, a resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Samuel,
of this review; Adam, who died in Fairfield county, Ohio;
and Philip C., who made his home in Winchester, this
state, but died in Florida.
Rev. Samuel C. Tussing, whose name introduces
this review, pursued his education in the public schools of his
native county and through reading and study outside of the
schoolroom. In April, 1850, he was united in the holy
bonds of matrimony to Miss Juliet Marlow of Monday Creek
township, Perry county, a daughter of Hanson and Margaret
(Holmes) Marlow. Her parents removed to Monday Creek
township in 1838, when Mrs. Tussing was six years of age,
coming to this state from Warren county, Virginia, although they
lived for a time in West Virginia. Mr. Marlow
became a leading and influential citizen here, and his worth and
ability being recognized by his fellow townsmen, he was called
to public office. He served for six years, covering two
terms, as county commissioner and for some time was township
trustee. He died in 1881 at the age of seventy-eight
years, his birth having occurred on the 4th of July, 1803.
Mrs. Marlow died in 1870 at the age of sixty-four years.
Mr. Marlow was a man of great business capacity, was
frugal and industrious, honorable and reliable and was a man of
strong Christian character. He became one of the five
charter members of the Ebenezer Baptist church. His wife,
who preceded him to the home prepared for the righteous, also
possessed a strong religious nature and was a most ale and
faithful nature and was a most able and faithful assistant to
her husband. Her home was celebrated for its gracious and
sincere hospitality. She found great delight in attending
church service and Sunday after Sunday she heard with the
greatest pleasure the preaching of her son, the Rev. William
W. Marlow, and her son-in-law, the Rev. Samuel C. Tussing.
She was an affectionate wife and mother and the influence of
her life is yet felt by all who knew her.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tussing have been born two
children: Lawson Aquilla, born in Monday Creek township,
Perry county, is now an attorney at law in New Lexington and a
very prominent and influential citizen. He was educated
here, also in Dennison University and in Greeneville, Ohio, and
in 1877 at Zanesville, this state, was admitted to the bar,
since which time he has been an active practitioner in Perry
County, having attained a large and important clientage, which
connects him with much of the litigation tried in the courts of
his district. He is a Democrat in his politics and takes a
very active interest in public affairs, having served as mayor
of New Lexington from 1878 until 1882. In early manhood he
engaged in teaching school for four years, being superintendent
of the Shawnee schools for three years. He married Miss
Augusta Achaner, a daughter of J. J. Achaner of New
Straitsville, who came form Muskingum county, Ohio, to Perry
county. They have two children - Florence Lucile and
Gladys Meredith. Hanson Marlow, the younger son, has
also been mayor of New Lexington, his incumbency in the office
continuing from 1888 until 1892.. He studied law, but
abandoned the profession for a general business life. He
was deputy clerk of the county for six years under his uncle,
John H. Marlow, and was deputy sheriff under Mr. Crosby,
for three years. He was also employed for five years in
indexing the county records and books and for four years he
served as postmaster of New Lexington under President
Cleveland. He has been most faithful, prompt and
reliable in the discharge of his official duties and is regarded
as a valued and loyal citizen of his community. Very
prominent in Masonic circles he has served as district lecturer
and is now worthy master of New Lexington Lodge, No. 250, F. &
A. M. He married Miss Finch, a daughter of Rev.
J. T. Finch, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church.
They have three children: Wiley Edwin, J. Bryant and
Dale Marlow. Mrs. Tussing died in 1888 and for his
second wife Hanson M. Tussing chose Miss Eva Stewart,
of McConnellsville, Morgan county, Ohio. They have two
children - Clara and Wayland.``
It was in the year of his marriage that Rev.
Samuel C. Tussing came to this county. Six years later he
determined to devote his life to work of the Baptist church as a
minister of the gospel and he had done much evangelical work in
Ohio. He has always made his home in Perry county with the
exception of fourteen months spent in Greene county. In
September, 1875, he located in New Lexington, where he has since
year. He has baptized over four hundred converts and has
preached five thousand four hundred and seventy-two sermons
outside of addresses and talks. He has kept an account of
all of these, having a record of when and where he preached.
He has been very closely identified with Sunday-school work and
has put forth every effort in his power to promote the cause of
Christianity. He has also been an active factor in
temperance work and has never lived unto himself alone and has
labored earnestly and effectively for the benefit of his fellow
men, knowing that character is all that there is of value in
this world. His influence has been widely felt and not
only in his own denomination but among all Christian people
Rev. Tussing is held in the highest esteem.
Source: A
Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry
Counties, Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 412 |
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