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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record
of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and
Representative Citizens of the County
Together with Biographies of all the Presidents of the
United States.
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Chicago:
C. O. Owen & Co.
1895
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SAMUEL
PATTERSON, one of the old and honored
inhabitants of Guernsey County, has long been
numbered among her prosperous agriculturists.
In 1857 he bought out the other heirs to his
father's old homestead and took possession of
the farm, where he has since resided. In
1867 the old residence built by his father was
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $2,000 in
household effects, and the family barely escaped
with their lives. The following year our
subject built a comfortable home, and also
erected barns and other outbuildings. He
keeps nothing but blooded and high-grade cattle
on his farm, and for a time made a specialty of
raising Shorthorn cattle and thoroughbred sheep.
Of the latter he has frequently had a flock
numbering upwards of three hundred, and has
obtained a high as 81 per pound for wood.
The birth of Samuel Patterson occurred Sept. 7,
1816, in Greene County, Pa. His parents
were Mark and Annie (McGregor) Patterson,
the former a native of County Fermanagh, and the
latter of County Cavan, Ireland. They were
married in Greene County, Pa., and there all
their children were born. When well along
in years, about 1832, the parents removed to
Guernsey County, and settled on section 23,
range 2, township 1, on a farm of one hundred
and sixty-six acres, of which about twenty acres
were cleared. They were the parents of the
following children: Rebecca, who became
the wife of Elias G. Conger, of Iowa;
Catherine, who married Benoni
Conger; Arlie, who died in childhood;
Thomas, who married Margaret
Hopkins; John, who wedded Polly
Albin; Samuel, the subject of this
sketch; Elizabeth, who became the wife of
Moses Gaughenbaugh; Nancy,
twin sister of Elizabeth; Mary and
Mark. The latter are unmarried, and
are residents of Appanoose County, Iowa.
The father of this family departed this life
Oct. 15, 1841, aged seventy-seven years, and his
wife was called to her final rest Nov. 1, 1853,
when in her sixty-ninth year.
Samuel Patterson passed his boyhood in
his native state, and after coming to Ohio
assisted in clearing his father’s new farm.
For his wife he chose Elizabeth, daughter
of Jason and Hannah (Truesdell) Payne,
the former a native of County Fermanagh.
Ireland, and the latter of New Jersey.
Mrs. Patterson was born June 24,
1827, and her marriage to our subject took place
Dec. 20, 1843. The young couple went to
housekeeping in Morgan County, on the homestead
belonging to the wife’s father, returning again
to Guernsey County in 1857, where they
have since continuously resided.
The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Patterson: Hannah, who died in
1866; Ailie, who became the wife of
Asbury Webster, and has two children,
Nellie, and Ida, Mrs. George W.
Newton; Rebecca, who is the wife of
Mark Patterson; Mary E.,
who married Samuel Finley, and has
six living children: Edith, John,
Elizabeth R., Samuel C., Ivy
May and Nellie; Ann, who
was called to her final rest in February, 1870;
Samuel, whose first wife was Charity
Tetrick, by whom he had five children:
Willie, Olive, Blanche,
Percy and Nanny, and whose present
wife was formerly Selinda West;
Margaret, who is Mrs. Eli
McLaughlin, and the mother of six children:
Maud, Robert, Mark, Zora
B., Goldie E. and Elizabeth;
Thomas, whose wife, Annie E.
Broom, has borne him one son, James
Carl; Noble G., who wedded Eva
Frame, and now resides in Hutchinson,
Kan., where he has a large real-estate and loan
business, and whose family comprises three
children: George N., Gilbert and a
baby; Emma Alice, who became the
wife of Homer Brokaw by whom she
has had three children, namely: Herman,
Rebecca Grace and Howard;
Melvin, a graduate of the Ada (Ohio)
College, and a teacher of natural
sciences in the public schools of Hutchinson,
Kan.; and Stephen, who died in infancy.
In politics Mr. Patterson is a
Republican, and religiously he and his wife are
Wesleyan Methodists.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Tuscarawas Co., OH, Publ. 1895 - Page 309 |
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JOSEPH
PENIX, a well-to-do and enterprising
farmer of Franklin Township, has owned his well
improved homestead for the past thirteen years.
This farm, known as the Jonas Bair Place,
contains ninety-one acres of land, well adapted
for general agricultural purposes. The
name which our subject bears is variously
spelled by other members of the family, the
usual form being Pennick, and the founder
of this branch in America was a native of
Ireland.
The earliest ancestors of whom our subject has
authentic record are his grandparents, James
and Matilda Penix. Their son
william was born in 1827, in Navarre, Stark
County, this state. In his early days he
drove a team, and later learned the carpenter's
trade. Soon after reaching his majority he
turned his attention to farming, in which he
made a distinct success. At the age of
twenty-three years he married Sophia King
daughter of Michael King who was one of
the early settlers in the vicinity of Beach
City. Soon after his marriage William
Penix leased a farm south of Sugar Creek
Falls, on the Strasburg Road. There he
lived for five years and then for eleven years
resided near Winesburg. For some time he
was a resident of Wayne Township, but finally
removed to Franklin Township, settling on lot
16, range 3, and here he spent the remainder of
his life. He owned one hundred and
twenty-nine acres in his home place and sixt-eight
acres in Wayne Township. At his early
clays he drove a team, and later learned the
carpenter’s trade. Soon after reaching his
majority he turned his attention to farming, in
which he made a distinct success. At the
age of twenty-three years he married Sophia
King, daughter of Michael King,
who was one of the early settlers in the
vicinity of Beach City. Soon after his
marriage William Penix leased a
farm south of Sugar Creek Falls, on the
Strasburg Road. There he lived for five
years and then for eleven years resided near
Winesburg. For some time he was a resident
of Wayne Township, but finally removed to
Franklin Township, settling on lot 16, range 3,
and here he spent the remainder of his life.
He owned one hundred and twenty-nine acres in
his home place and sixty-eight acres in Wayne
Township. At his demise, which occurred
Feb. 4, 1892, he was nearly sixty-five years of
age. His son Harvey now owns the
old homestead. The house was built in 1840
and was rebuilt by the late owner.
William and Sophia Penix had ten children.
Franklin died at the age of twenty-two
years; Lucinda is a resident of Winfield
Township; Alfred lives with his brother
Harvey; Joseph is the next in
order of birth, and the others are Charles
and William. Wesley, a son
of William Penix by his second
marriage, is now living in Clinton County,
Mich., and married Lovina Stephens.
The other children of this union were Sarah,
Watson and Francis, all of whom
died in infancy. Harvey married
Ollie, a daughter of Elijah and
Susan
(Shutt) Gurber, and has one
daughter, Gertrude
Della, who is now the wife of William
Hurst, of New Philadelphia.
William Penix was a Republican in
politics, but was not interested as an
office-holder. Religiously he was a member
of the United Brethren Church. He enjoyed
the friendship and respect of his neighbors,
among whom he bore an enviable reputation for
honesty and uprightness of character.
Joseph Penix in his boyhood received
common-school advantages, and during the same
period became intimately acquainted with
agricultural pursuits. After reaching his
majority he continued for some years to live
with his father. In 1882 he purchased his
present farm, on which he has made substantial
improvements. His large barn was destroyed
by lightning, and in its place the owner has
erected a handsome and well arranged structure
on modern plans. It is 38x68 feet in
dimensions- and supplied with all conveniences.
In politics Mr. Penix is an ally
of the Republican party, and to the best of his
ability endeavors to discharge the duties of
citizenship.
Nov. 20, 1881, Joseph Penix married
Mary E. Smith, a daughter of John P. and
Catherine (Shroy) Smith, old residents of
Wayne Township. Mr. and Mrs. Penix
are members of the United Brethren Church, and
are active in all benevolent enterprises.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Tuscarawas Co., OH, Publ. 1895 - Page 503 |
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