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History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Source:
History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884
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EDWARD
B. CAMPBELL, hotel proprietor, Gnadenhutten, was born
in Guernsey County Dec. 15, 18532, son of Abram and
Margaret Campbell, of Scotch and Irish descent.
Abram Campbell was a miller, and followed his trade
until he lost an arm in a mill at Vinton. He then
engaged in stockdealing. At the age of fourteen,
Edward B. went on the Pan Handle Railroad, and
successively served as water carrier, brakeman, wiper and
fireman. At the close of 1874, he left the railroad,
and for nine years was engaged in farming. He then
commenced the hotel business, which he has since followed.
He built the Gnadenhutten Hourse, corner of Main and Cherry
streets. Mr. Campbell was married, May 31,
1873, to Angie Webb, a native of Kanawha, Va.
Her father, Philander Webb, was a native of New
York, and while serving as boss carpenter on the railroad
was killed by a construction train, Oct. 16, 1878. Her
mother, Caroline Webb, is a native of Richland
County, Ohio. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
are Carrie Leoti, Edna Luella, Edward W., Ida M.
and Cecil Muriel.
 Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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ADAM CAPPEL, tanner, Port Washington,
was born in New Bavaria, Germany, June 28, 1828, son of
Abraham and Catherine Cappel, who emigrated in 1853 to
Ohio, where Mrs. Cappel died two years later, her
husband surviving until 1871. Our subject preceded his
parents to America. He emigrated to Syracuse, N. Y.,
in 1848 there learned the tanner's trade, and was married
Oct. 18, 1849, to Louisa Closs, born in New Bavarian,
Germany, Sept. 26, 1828. In 1851, Adam
Cappel came with his family to Port Washington, where he
has resided since. The journey was made on a canal
boat, railroad facilities for traveling having not yet been
developed. In 1862, he opened a tannery for himself,
and has since conducted it successfully. His wife
departed this life Jan. 22, 1882. Of their seven
children, three died in infancy. Those living, are
Charles, Adam, Lizzie and Harvey.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900 |
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LEWIS CARHARTT, tanner, Newcomerstown,
was born in Roscoe, Coshocton Co., Ohio, July 1, 1833, and
is a son of John and Lavina (Purdy) Carhartt, both
natives of Ohio, the former of Muskingum County, of English
descent, and by occupation a tanner. Our subject was
married, in Plainfield, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1855, to Margaret
Burt, a native of Otsego County, N. Y. She was
born Feb. 23, 1835, and is a daughter of J. M. and Mary
Ann Burt, of Newcomerstown. By this union there is
one child, Harriet, born in Plainfield, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in the capacity of a musician, and is a
member of the Masonic order, Lodge, No. 175, Lone Star, at
Newcomerstown. D. L. Williams is a partner with
Mr. Carhartt in the business.
Source:
History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 865 |
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AQUILLA CARR, farmer, P. O. Port
Washington, was born in this county Mar. 17, 1812, and is
consequently one of the oldest pioneers of the county.
His parents, William and Catharine Carr, were married
here and their license was one of the first issued by the
county. William Carr was a native of Maryland
and died in 1829; his wife, a native of Virginia, survived
until 1870. a worked on the canal until he was
thirty-six years of age, at first for his uncle, afterward
in the employ of the State. He has sine given his
attention to farming, and owns 112 acres of land, most of it
improved, near Port Washington. He was married, Aug.
19, 1848, to Elizabeth Bell, born in Maryland Oct.
14, 1821, daughter of Daniel and Susan Bell.
Ten children have been born to them, nine of whom survive -
Mary E., wife of John Warner, Clause E., Calvin
E., Amanda J., Susan E., Isaac G., Adilla E., Daniel A.
and Ida B.; William A. is deceased. Mr. Carr
and wife are members of the Moravian Church. He has
held all the township offices except Treasurer, and his life
has spanned the period of the development of his county.
It was almost an unbroken wilderness when he first saw it,
and has become by the efforts of such men as he a prosperous
and fertile district.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900 |
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JOHN H. CARR (deceased) was a resident
of Port Washington. He was born in this county Feb.
22, 1832, son of Benjamin and Mary Carr, both of whom
were born in Ohio. Benjamin remained a resident
of this county till his death, which occurred in 1879; his
widow survives and resides in Port Washington. John
H. enlisted in Company E, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was taken prisoner while in service, and
after his release, was discharged on account of sickness.
He afterward returned to the army, and remained four months
as wagon-master. After the close of the war, he was
engaged for fourteen years in running a water pump for the
P., C. & St. L. R. R. at Newcomerstown. He was then
engaged in keeping the tanks in repair until a short time
prior to his death, which occurred Dec. 25, 1881. By
his death, Port Washington lost a valuable citizen, and his
family a kind husband and loving father. He owned the
fine town residence where his widow still resides, and
one-half the store now owned by Kline & Co. His widow,
Mrs. Lavina Carr, to whom he was married Dec. 20,
1866, was born near Port Washington July 30, 1843. Her
father, Edward Stocker, died Mar. 30, 1872; her
mother, Mrs. Jane Stocker, is still living. To
Mr. and Mrs. Carr were born five children - Slade,
born Nov. 18, 1867; Lillis; born Aug. 28, 1869;
Leroy, born Aug. 3, 1877; John H. and Vinas H.,
twins, born Aug. 14, 1881.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 900 |
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CYRUS CARSON,
farmer, P. O. New Philadelphia, is a son of David, Jr.,
and Jane (Boorhes) Carson, the former of whom was born
in Washington County, Penn., the latter a native of Ohio.
David Carson, Sr., with his family, came to the West
in 1807 and was among the pioneer families of Wells
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he lived to the
close to his life. His son, David, Jr., removed
to Tuscarawas County in 1865, and settled at first in Goshen
Township, and subsequently on the farm now occupied by his
son, where he died in November, 1882. He was in the
eightieth year of his age, and as a citizen and friend was
warmly esteemed; his wife had preceded him to the better
land in 1877. They were the parents of three children,
all living, viz., Eliza, residing on the homestead;
James, of Jefferson County, Ohio; and David.
Mr. Carson is a member of the Christian Church, and
although he has never entered the wedded state, we take
pleasure in commemorating him and his family upon the pages
of this book.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 741 |
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DAVID CASEBEER, P. O. Canal Dover, was
born in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1813,
and is the second son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Knisely)
Casebeer. His father was a native of Washington
County, Penn., and came to this county at an early day
settling in Goshen Township, where he took up 100 acres and
founded a home. Here he met and married Elizabeth,
a daughter of John Knisely, a Pennsylvanian and a
pioneer of this county. Mr. Casebeer died in
Philadelphia in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He
was a blacksmith by trade, but followed farming, at which he
was very successful; he left to his heirs 500 acres of
land. He was of a quiet, unobtrusive nature, and was
highly esteemed. The subject of this sketch lived on
the homestead until twenty-seven years of age, when he was
united in marriage with Elizabeth Schrock, a native
of this county. The results of this union have been
seven children, five of whom are living, viz., Sarah M.,
Mary (wife of David Swihart, of this county)
Lydia, Joseph and Jacob F. Mr. Casebeer
settled on his present estate in 1848, consisting in its
original purchase of 500 acres of land, all but 100 of which
he has divided among his children. This land he has
acquired mostly by his own industry and perseverance.
His advantages for education were very limited, studying
only when there was no work to be done. He and his
family are connected with the United Brethren Church.
He lost his wife by death in 1877, and in 1883 he was again
married to Mrs. Nancy Shalter, of this county.
Mr. Casebeer numbers among the oldest born pioneers,
representing a branch of distinguished pilgrims.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 741 |
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ALEXANDER CHAPMAN (deceased) was a
farmer of Salem Township, born in Pennsylvania Sept. 5,
1831, son of Richard U. Chapman. Alexander
was married Sept. 3, 1859, to Ruth M. Spencer, born
in Belmont County, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1839, daughter of
Samuel and Isabella Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman
were members of the Disciple Church. She died May 28,
1878, and her husband, Alexander Chapman, followed
her to the grave Mar. 3, 1883. Their two children were
Henry and Isabelle. The latter was born Sept.
26, 1866, died Mar. 23, 1881. Henry was
born Aug. 30, 1860. He was united in marriage, Oct. 4,
1881, with Isolina B. Decker, born in Tuscarawas
County Dec. 27, 1861, daughter of Henry Decker.
They have one child - Florence A., born Sept. 13,
1882. Mr. Henry Chapman and family reside on
the old home farm of 100 acres, where his father had lived
for many years.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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JACOB H. CLANTZ
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TILMAN CLARK (deceased) was born Mar.
15, 1820, in Pennsylvania, where he was married Dec. 12,
1846, to Margaret J., daughter of Abraham Milliken.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and in May, 1851, emigrated to
Ohio and settled at Bolivar. He here pursued his
avocation until the rebellion began. In 1862, he
enlisted in Company D, Fifty second Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and after two years and three months service, fell a
sacrifice to his country. He died from the effects of
a wound at the hospital, Nashville, Tenn. Of his seven
children, five are now living - Mary A., wife of
William Lenhart; Amzi, who is married to Mary Kline;
Leroy W., Rezin and Ida E. Phebe J. died
Oct. 22, 1860, and Cora E. Nov. 9, 1861.
Rezin spent his school days in the village of Bolivar,
and commenced teaching at the age of twenty-one. He
taught for three successive years, and on the 4th of July,
1876, opened a photograph gallery at Bolivar, and has
followed this art at this place since. He is an
excellent artist, and the effects of his skill are
manifested in his successful business.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 783 |
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JOHN D. CLEMENS, farmer, P. O.
Sherodsville, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Jan. 8,
1827, son of William and Catherine Clemens, the
former a native of Maryland, the latter of Ohio. When
John was about eight years old, his father removed
with his family to Carroll County. Here John was
raised and received his education. He was married,
Jan. 31, 1871, to Catherine Pearch, of Carroll
County. Prior to his marriage, Mr. Clemens
traveled a great deal. He has been in thirteen States,
and was aboard the steamer "Nat Holmes" when it collided
with the "David Gibson" on the Ohio River, near Aurora,
Ind., Mar. 27, 1859. Both boats were ruined, and
forty-three human lives were lost. The captain and
pilot of the "David Gibson" were convicted of manslaughter,
and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Mr.
Clemens has been successful and industrious in life, and
owns a farm of 80 acres which he is greatly improving.
He is a Republican in politics.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 960 |
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WILLIAM H. CRAIG (deceased) was born
at Warrenton, Jefferson Co., Ohio, Jan. 2, 1811, and was a
son of Roland and Rosanna (Rabe) Craig, the former a
native of Ireland and a pioneer of Jefferson County.
Our subject was married, Sept. 26, 1832, in Smithfield,
Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Nancy Flemming, born Mar. 13,
1813, in Smithfield, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and
Mary (Mathews) Flemming, the former of whom was a native
of Ireland, and died in 1845, aged seventy-five years.
The latter was born in1783, in Chambersburg, Penn., of
Scotch descent, and died in 1866. They were pioneers
of Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, settling there in 1803,
when there was but one log cabin in the place. They
were buried at Smithfield, Ohio. Mrs. Craig is
the mother of eight children one of whom is living,
Thomas F., born Dec. 29, 1845. Susanna,
born Nov. 21, 1838, was the wife of Peter Saydom,
of Columbus, Ohio. She died in Columbus, July 23,
1875. Thomas F. was married, Nov. 2, 1876, to
Mary Vivian, of Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of
Thomas Vivian, of Cadiz, Ohio. She was the mother
of three children - May, William C. and Maggie.
Our subject, as a merchant, sold goods in Cadiz, Ohio, for
ten years, and for eighteen years in Newcomerstown. He
was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife
was a member, and died Aug. 16, 1879, in the sixty-eighth
year of his age.
Source:
History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page 865 |
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URIAH T. CROSS, farmer, P. O. Port
Washington, was born in Maryland Nov. 20, 1813, son of
Richard and Delila Cross, who emigrated from Maryland,
their native State, to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1814, and
twenty-one years later to Tuscarawas County, where
Richard died Nov. 1, 1848, his widow surviving until
Mar. 4, 1867. Uriah T. was married Mar. 14,
1843, to Margaret Barnhouse, born in Carroll County,
Ohio, June 24, 1822, daughter of Jacob and Sarah
Barnhouse both deceased. Mr. Cross and wife
are members of the Protestant Methodist Church. He has
filled the offices of Township Trustee, Justice of the Peace
and School Director. To Mr. and Mrs. Cross nine
children were born, of whom four survive - Hester r.
(wife of Henry Blous), Delila H., Ovid A.
(married to Emma Lyon) and Clinton C. (married
to Maria Kittsmiller). The deceased are
Othello B. (who died in service at Huntsville, Ala.),
Mary J., William S. and two infants. Mr. Cross
was bred a farmer, and has always followed his pursuit.
He began life with nothing, and now owns a place of 174
acres. He has resided on his present farm since 1835,
and has changed it from its primitive forest condition to a
well-improved farm.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 901 |
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THEODORE F. CRATER, merchant,
Newcomerstown, was born Jan. 8, 1846, in Newcomerstown, and
is a son of Isaiah G. and Jane (Rogers) Crater, the
former a native of New Jersey, and of German descent; the
latter a native of Ohio, and of English descent. Our
subject's father came to this county in 1840, and was a
merchant by occupation. He died Nov. 29, 1882, aged
sixty-seven years. Mr. Theodore F. Crater was
married, Dec. 18, 1872, to Emma C. McFadden, who was
born Aug. 18, 1850, in Newcomerstown, and is a daughter of
William and Margaret J. (Herring) McFadden, who came
to this county in 1850, where Mr. McFadden died.
His widow is a resident of Newcomerstown. Mr. and
Mrs. Crater are the parents of two children - Cecil
A., born Dec. 2, 1873, and Roy C., born Jan. 15,
1876. Mrs. Crater is a member of the Lutheran
Church, and her husband is a member of the I. O. O. F.,
Newcomerstown Lodge, No. 445. He was a member of
Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted September 19, 1864.
He participated in the battle of Kingston, in the spring of
1865, besides numerous skirmishes, and received his
discharge July 11, 1865. He has acted as Township
Trustee three terms, and was for three yeas a member of the
City Council. He owns considerable real estate.
Clifford Crater, a brother of our subject, was killed
at Newcomerstown about the year 1868, by jumping from a
freight car while the latter was in motion.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866 |
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THOMAS CRAWFORD, proprietor of brick
yard and manufacturer of bricks, Newcomerstown, was born in
Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1848, and is a son of Hillory
and Esah (Hale) Crawford. He was married, in1876,
to Martha Jacobs, born in 1852, and a daughter of
David Jacobs. By this union three children were
born, two boys and one girl - Emma, William and
Edward. Our subject's father died in the army.
He was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, and died in
Texas at the close of the war in 1865. He was a native
of Ohio, of Irish descent, his wife being of German lineage.
They were early settlers of Jefferson County. Our
subject's maternal grandfather, Henry Hale, was a
shoe maker by trade. Mr. Thomas Crawford has
been in the brick-making business for himself for six years,
and four years for W. H. Mabery in the city of
Newcomerstown.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866 |
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MORRIS CRETER, Newcomerstown, is a
native of Morris County, N. J., and a son of Morris and
Anna (Stephens) Creter, also natives of Morris County.
Our subject married, Sept. 8, 1829, Lanoh, a daughter
of John P. Voorhies. She was born in Middlesex
County, N. J., Feb. 14, 1808, died June 7, 1838. She
was the mother of five children, four living. Mr.
Creter took for his second wife, May 19, 1839, Mrs.
Jane Clark widow of Dr. H. G. Clark She was
born on the Isle of Wight, and was a daughter of James
Abraham. By this union there were six children,
three living. Our subject's third marriage was Jan.
20, 1860, with Mrs. Eliza H. Wolf, widow of Perry
C. Wolf, born Mar. 2, 1823, in Coshocton County.
Mr. Creter had but $44 in cash, and his wife and
child when he cam to Ohio. In 1838, he bought five and
three-fourths acres of land that is now part of
Newcomerstown, and he is now owner of 330 acres. Our
subject was engaged in trucking, then in the grocery and
grain business for four years, extensively, until 1842.
The house he lives in he has inhabited since 1843, and there
he desires to end his days. Mr. Creter is the
father of ten children, and has six grandchildren. He
is in his seventy-fifth year, and is hale and hearty.
He moved into Ohio in November, 1830; where the spot
Newcomerstown now stands on what was a wild forest.
Only two houses stood on the town plat proper; one was of
brick occupied by Judge J. Neighbor and Jacob
Overholtz, the other by Baron Schenk.
Mr. Creter was a Justice of the Peace from 1842 to 1845,
and Associate Judge from 1845 to 1852. In 1870, he was
elected Justice of the Peace for three years, and afterward
re-elected serving in all twelve years. He was always
a Whig and Republican. Activity, energy and
perseverance have placed Mr. Creter in the
comfortable circumstances he now enjoys, and his love for
labor is well illustrated in his own words - "I will retire
when I die."
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 867 |
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SARAH P. CRETER, Newcomerstown, was
born June 25, 1800, in Morris County, N. J., three miles
from Chester and Schooley's Mountain, and six miles from
Mineral Springs. She is a daughter of Morris and Anna
(Stephens) Creter, both of New Jersey, the former of German
extraction. Our subject is the sixth child and third
daughter of a family of twelve children, viz., David,
Andrew, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Sarah P., Barbara, Ann
Delano, Sophia Bowman, Morris, Anna Maria and John
Gilbert (twins). All are deceased except Sarah
P. and Morris. Andrew, brother of our
subject, was born Nov. 17, 1791, died Nov. 26, 1861.
He cam to Ohio in the fall of 1817; was married soon after
to Elizabeth Neighbor, and was the parent of
five children, viz., Clark (deceased), Catharine,
Ann, Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson, living.
His family are residents of Newcomerstown, and their aunt,
Sarah P., makes her home with them, but has ample
means of her own for her support as long as she lives.
She was presented by her brother Andrew, on his
deathbed, with some part compensation for taking charge of
his household and bringing up his children. She came
to Ohio in the last week of September, 1830, when she was
thirty years of age.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 866 |
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GEORGE W. CRITES
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 742
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WILLIAM CRITES, farmer, P. O. New
Philadelphia, was born in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County,
Ohio, in 1840, and is a son of John and Mary Crites,
both natives of Pennsylvania. They were among the
early settlers of this county, John Crites entering
eighty acres of the land now occupied by our subject, which
farm now consists of 143 acres. Both parents died on
the homestead. They reared a family of ten children,
of whom nine have survived. The subject of this sketch
was married in Dover Township in 1854, to Mary Foney,
who was born in this county. The nine children living
of ten born to this union are as follows: Daniel
L., Joseph H., Jesse E., Emanuel, Alphy, Wyola, Perley, Ruby
and Bertha. Mr. Crites will rank
among the native born children of Tuscarawas County,
springing from the original stock of English settlers; he
has always retained and lived upon the home his father
selected from the wilds of this county. As a citizen
and a man, he is highly respected from the wilds of this
county. As a citizen and a man, he is highly
respected.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 742 |
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SAMUEL W. CROXTON
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 743 |
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