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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Stark County:
with an outline sketch of
Ohio
Chicago: Baskin & Battey,
1881
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Osnaburg Twp. -
JACOB DAGER, sheep-raiser; P. O.
Osnaburg; was born in Washington Co., Pa., Aug. 9, 1814.
His parents were Jacob and Catharine (Hewitt) Dager,
of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Martin Dager,
was a native of Germany. Mr. Dager was bereaved
of his father in 1826; four years later his mother married
Henry Everhard, now of Stark Co. The subject of
this sketch made his home upon the farm of his nativity
until his 28th year. His intellect and energy soon
gave him a position at home as a teacher, at which he was
engaged over five years. Between his terms of teaching
he prosecuted an English course of study at Washington
College, Pennsylvania. Among some of his pupils that
have attained high positions, may be mentioned Revs.
Thos. and Samuel Wilson; also, Chief Justice of
Ohio, McIlvain. He came to Carroll Co. in 1840,
teaching in winters and clearing his newly-purchased farm in
the other seasons. In the spring of 1853 he purchased
a part of his present homestead, to which he has annexed
adjoining farms until he is the owner of r280 well-improved
acres. This locality being well adapted to combine
stock-raising with farming, led Mr. Dager into the
sheep business, in which he has justly gained an enviable
reputation. His enterprise ranks him as the very first, both
as introducer and breeder of Merino sheep, in Osnaburg Twp.;
and judging from the county fair records, he is entitled to
the front rank in his business in Stark Co. His flock
consists of the pedigreed Atwood importation. In 1877,
himself, his son and his son-in-law, John B. Criswell,
purchased four ewes and two lambs of S. S. Campbell,
of Harrison Co. In 1881, the firm made a purchase of
Campbell and Law of a ram for $400. In
the herd--book he ranks as No. 95 (Glengary). On Nov.
8, 1838, Mr. Dager and Miss Eleanor Hastings
were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, which union has
been blest by three children, the eldest, Mrs. John B.
Criswell, joining farms; Isaac N. is
also a farmer and stock-dealer; John H. is yet at
home, associated in business with his venerable sire.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline
sketch of Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
839 |
City of Alliance -
L. J.
DALES, M. D., physician; Alliance; was born
in Brownsville, Pa., Aug. 26, 1827. He is of English
descent; his grandfather, Henry Dales, emigrated from
Bath, England, to the United States, with his family of
several children, and located at Brownsville, Fayette Co.,
Pa. He was a practical tanner, and established an
industry of that kind in Brownsville shortly after his
arrival. One of the family, John, removed to
the West, and located at St. Louis, Mo., and was engaged as
Cashier of the first Bank ever established in that city.
William was about 16 years of age when they came to
this country; he married Mary Stewart in Brownsville;
they were parents of fourteen children, of whom our subject
is a fifth son; eleven lived to years of maturity.
William Dales, with his family, removed to Ohio, in
1838, and settled in Columbiana Co., where he engaged in
farming; and amid the various duties of the farm and pioneer
life, and with all diligence as to their education, the
youths arrived at maturity. Early in life Dr. Dales
united himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
prepared for the work of the ministry. His first
charge was the church at Hanover, Ohio, and from the
Pittsburg Conference he was appointed to the Central Ohio
Conference. Fifteen years of his life was spent in
active, earnest work in behalf of the church, when, on
account of impaired health, he was obliged to withdraw from
ministerial labor. During these years of ministerial
work he applied himself studiously, acquiring a through
knowledge of medicine, and when his voice became affected
through preaching, he entered upon the practice of medicine
near Limaville, this county, in 1863. For a time he
was also deeply interested in the development of excellent
coal mines, in which his farm proves to be quite valuable.
September, 1850, he married Cynthia A. Kemble, of
Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have had five children,
viz. - Kemble B., of Wellsville; Wilbur F.,
a conductor on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R.; Oscar L.,
a practicing physician of Bryan, Ohio; and Carrie B.;
Ora D., deceased in childhood. They removed
from the farm to Alliance in 1879, where the doctor continues
to practice his profession.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 723 |
Lawrence Twp. -
JOHN DAVIS, Postmaster, Canal Fulton;
is one of the early settlers of Canal Fulton, and has been
prominent in business associations since his first location
there. Mr. Davis is a native of York
Co., Penn., where he was born in 1818; he learned, when
young, the hatter's trade in Adams County, where he remained
for two years; in the fall of 1836, he came to Ohio, and in
the spring of 1837, located at Canal Fulton, where he
commenced the manufacture of hats; this business he followed
for some time, and finally drifted into the hat trade,
keeping a store of manufactured goods; this business he
continued at until 1860, when he received the appointment of
Postmaster, which office he has faithfully administered up
to the present time. Mr. Davis was
married, in 1848, to Miss Martha Miller; she
died in 1853, leaving one child Melissa; he was
united to a second wife, Mrs. Mobley, widow of
William Mobley, in 1854; she died in 1877,
leaving a son, W. Emerson, and two daughters by her
former marriage, Missouri and Virginia.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 769 |
City of Canton -
Z. M. DAVIS, of B. M. Davis & Co., millers,
Canton; is a native of Chester Co., Penn., and was born Aug. 2,
1817. His father, Zaccheus Davis, was a miller, and
Z. M. was brought up to the same business, living in his native
county until 1852. From 1843 to 1852. he was on the
Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad (now Pennsylvania Central) as
fireman and engineer. In 1852, he came to Canton, Ohio, and
run on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (now P., Ft. W. & C.
Railroad) for five years. In 1857, he rented a mill seven
miles north of Canton, and operated it for four years, after which
he removed to Canton, and run a mill just south of the city for
James A. Saxton two years, when, in company with David
Lind, he built the Buckeye Mills of Canton. They continued
in the business about three years, when Mr. D. sold out and
built his present mill, known as the "Snow-flake Mills," having five
run of buhrs, and has continued in the business ever since, his son
Zeb. being his partner. Mr. Davis has
served on the Canton School Board for six years. He was
married in January, 1841, to Miss Sarah Essick,
a native of Chester Co.. Penn. They have five children, viz.:
Ann E. (now Mrs. B. F. Raff, of Canton), Zebula
(a miller). Annetta, Lillie G. (a teacher), and
Cora, also a teacher. Mr. Davis is a
Democrat in politics.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 606 |
Lake Twp. -
DR. J. E. DOUGHERTY, physician, Greentown.
In a family of four children born to John and Elizabeth (Crail)
Dougherty, our subject is the oldest, his birth occurring Mar.
13, 1820, in Beaver Co., Pa. At the age of 11 years he was
left an orphan, and went to live with his grandfather, who, one year
after, put young Dougherty on the bench to learn the
shoemaker's trade. He worked at this until he was 17 years of
age, with the exception of a few months of each year, when he
attended school. He taught school for some time, and afterward
attended the Richmond Classical Institute. He began the study
of medicine under Dr. E. M. Pyle, of Richmond, and after
remaining there four years, began to practice in Beaver Co., Pa., in
1843. After remaining there five years he located in Jefferson
Co., Ohio; from thence went to Summit Co., and in May, 1819, he
located in Greentown, and has remained there ever since. He
has had an extensive practice, and in 1879 he took his son, L. E.,
in as partner, and although a young man he is a master of his
profession. At the organization of the 162d O. N. G., he was
elected Lieutenant Colonel of the fame, and in 1864 was called into
active service. In 1844 he was united in marriage to Phoebe
Thompson, of Carroll Co., Ohio, who died in 1847, leaving one
son — William T. In 1849 he married for his second wife
Angeline, daughter of Thomas Gorgas, of
Greentown. From that marriage there have been eight children,
six of whom are living, viz.—Charles A., L. E., J. E., J. F.,
Mary E., and Sarah A. Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Greentown.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 935 |
Osnaburg Twp. -
GEORGE DOLL,
Osnaburg, P. O., is a native of Pennsylvania, having been
born in York Co. He moved with his parents, John
and Elizabeth (Kith) Doll to Stark Co. in his early
youth. He remained on the farm until he was 15 years
of age, and afterward was stage-driver for seven years on
the Lisbon and Canton road, at the meager wages of $10 per
month and expenses paid. He was afterward employed by
the National Stage Route Co., having the honor of driving
the first stage over the new National Road. In 1840 he
hired to Linn & Murry, proprietors of a
traveling circus of considerable note in that day. Two
years afterward, he returned to Osnaburg, and "took until
himself a wife," making the happy choice of Miss Susan
Meiser, of Osnaburg, in 1843. Miss Meiser
came formerly from Lebanon Co., Pa. Mr. Doll
followed the mason's trade for several years, leaving many
lasting monuments of his work, in the walls and battlements
of this locality. With his hard-earned accumulations
he purchased a farm, which he afterward sold and bought the
American House, and was landlord at this stand for eight
years. Mr. Doll cared for his aged parents, and
furnished them rooms at this hotel until their death.
He sold his tavern to Jacob Reece in 1858, living a
private life until the breaking out of the war, at which
time he not only gave his sons to the cause, but enlisted
himself, under Capt. Gotschsell, as company farrier.
The regiment proceeded to Nashville, witnessing the first
engagement at the battle of Shiloh. At Murfreesboro he
was made veterinary surgeon of the regiment. The next
engagement was at Lookout Mountain. Mr. Doll
was with the army in their march to the sea, under Gen.
Sherman, this trip being the most agreeable in his army
experience. One incident that his profession called
his especial attention to was the severity of a trailing
brier that did great injury to the limbs of the horses, the
thorns being so severe that they would make great incisions
in the horses' legs like knives. After their return to
Nashville, Mr. Doll was started down to the
Mississippi river with two steamers of broken-down mules,
which were intercepted a few miles below Nashville, and the
men captured. Mr. Doll, in company with two
negroes, escaped again to the steamers, and were rescued by
the timely arrival of a Federal iron-clad. Mr. Doll
received but one injury during his military career; that was
caused by the slipping of his horse, severely injuring one
of his limbs. Mr. Doll is at present a citizen
of Osnaburg, and interested in the Osnaburg Coal Co., and he
has had considerable experience in the coal-mining business.
He is a Republican in politics, casting his first vote for
Henry Clay. Mr. and Mrs. Doll are
communicants in the German Reformed Church.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 839 |
Osnaburg Twp. -
HIRAM DOLL, merchant; Osnaburg is one
of the younger business men of the town of Osnaburg, being
born in 1834, in this township; descendant of John Doll,
who came originally from York Co., Penn. His father
was Geo. Doll, whose life is noticed elsewhere in
this work. Mr. Doll spent his boyhood days in
Osnaburg Village, where he attended the public schools.
In the spring of 1860 he removed to Perry Tp. A year
from the following fall, at the breaking-out of the war, he
enlisted in company I, 19th Ohio, under Capt. Wm.
Rakestraw, and Col. Sam. Beaty, going first to
camp Dennison, then the Louisville, Ky. During his
term of service he was in the battle of Shiloh, at the Siege
of Corinth, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Perryville, Ky., and
Chickamauga, and at the latter place was among the
unfortunates, being taken prisoner the last evening of the
engagement. He was removed to Richmond, afterward to
Danville, Andersonville and Savannah, also to Millen.
At Andersonville he served a term of six months,
experiencing all the hardships of Confederate prison-life
scurvy being one of the afflictions at that place. At
Danville he was incarcerated for a period of five months, at
which place he was sorely afflicted with the small-pox.
He was imprisoned in all fourteen months. Mr. Doll
having served over three years, received an honorable
discharge, Jan. 13, 1865. The following May he was
united in the holy bonds of wedlock, with Miss Lydia
Newman, of Osnaburg. Of this union there are three
children living - Charley H., Nettie and Maggie.
One child, James R., was buried in the winter of
1872. After the war he was engaged in coal mining and
painting, until 1876, in which year he began general
merchandising in Osnaburg, at which business he is at
present employed. His prison-life and army career has
made him a Stalwart Republican. Has held local office
in the township, serving as Township Clerk, also Treasurer
for one year; in spring of 1881 was elected again to that
office, and is the present incumbent. Mr. and Mrs.
Doll are members of the German Reformed Church.
Has held the position of Deacon in same for fourteen years.
He takes great interest in Sunday-school was held the
position of Superintendent for several terms. At other
times has been a constant teacher of a class. Mr.
Doll lives in one of the finest dwellings in the village
- a neat, brick edifice, upon Nassau street, opposite his
store-room.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 840 |
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