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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
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JOSEPH L. ZICKAFOOSE was born in
Greenbrier Co., W. Va., June 14, 1816, a son of
George and Catherine Zickafoose, the former of
German and the latter of Scotch and German descent.
He came to Ohio in the fall of 1835, and remained till
the fall of 1836, when he went to Illinois and remained
a year. In the summer of 1837 he went with his
eldest brother and family to the Blackhawk purchase and
remained two weeks and helped him build a cabin,
returning again to Fulton County. In September,
1837, he went to Virginia and remained with his parents
a year. In the fall of 1838 he came to Ohio and
lived in Meigs County eleven years, working at the
wagon-maker's trade the most of the time. In 1851
he went to Iowa and purchased 180 acres of land, and
remained two years; then returned to Ohio and was
engaged in buying and selling land in Meigs County three
years. He then removed to Pike County, and in 1858
or 1859 laid out the town of Buchanan, it being a part
of the farm where he now resides. In 1871 he sold
his farm and went to Indiana, and was engaged in the
dry-goods business about six months. He then sold
his goods at wholesale and returned to Pike County and
bought a farm three miles north of Waverly. Five
years later, on account of poor health, he went to
Colorado and prospected for silver, but not finding it
very lucrative he sold out and returned home. He
was in Colorado when it was adopted into the Union as a
State. In 1879 he exchanged his farm for the one
he first owned in Pike County, and is now residing on
the old home-place. In 1841 he was elected Justice
of the Peace, and in 1862 was again elected to that
office; has served six years as Township Trustee, eight
years a member of the Board of Education, and three
years as Township Treasurer. He was married in
April, 1839, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob
and Nancy Davis, of Meigs County. They have
had six children - Nancy Catharine married
Robert G. Andrew; George Clarke,
married Mary A. McCord; Lewis Walter, married
Elizabeth Marhoover; Harvey Westfall, married
Nancy Glaze; Louisa Angelina, married Dewitt L.
Lockwood; John Carr, died at the age of eleven
years. They have twenty-six grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren living.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 870 |
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LEWIS W. ZICKAFOOSE, wagon-maker,
was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1845, a son of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Davis) Zickafoose. In
February, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-third
Ohio Infantry, and served till August, 1865,
participating in many hard-fought battles, among them
Resaca, Savannah, and was with Sherman to the
sea. After his return home he worked in the shop
with his father two years, and since then has been a
business alone, combining the wagon-maker's, cooper's
and undertaker's trades. He ahs served two terms
as Constable and two terms as Trustee of his township.
He has been Postmaster of Buchanan since 1878.
Aug. 22, 1867, he married Elizabeth, daughter of
Michael and Catherine Marhoover. They have
seven children - Estella May, Lizzie Maud, Harvey,
Annie Myrtle, Katie D., George and Lulu.
Mr. and Mrs. Zickafoose are members of the United
Brethren church.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 870 |
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