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Source:
History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co.
1883 BIOGRAPHIES
SAMUEL
ALBIN was born Aug. 8, 1830, in Guernsey
County; lived there till he was about twenty-one
years old when he removed with his father to
Vinton County, Ohio. He was married April
17, 1856, to Rebecca Reed, a native of
Perry County, and a daughter of Colonel John
Reed. He bought a farm adjoining his
father's place where he has lived ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. Albin have four children -
Thomas B., Ezra, Nanny and Cora,
all living at home except Ezra, who
married Iantha Rinehart and is living in
Jackson township. Politically Mr. Albin
has followed to a certain extent the principles
of his ancestors and adheres to the old
Democratic party.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1310 |
WILLIAM
ALBIN, born in Hardy County, Va., Oct. 4,
1793, was a son of James and Barbara (Hoover)
Albin, his father a native of Virginia, near
Wilmington, and his mother of Maryland.
They had a family of twelve children, four sons
and eight daughters, William being
the fifth child and eldest son. His father
had two sons by a former marriage. When he
was ten years of age his parents moved to
Guernsey County, Ohio, where they both died, his
mother at the age of eighty-six years and his
father at the age of sixty. Mr. Albin
was married in 1814 to Nancy Clark, a
native of Green County, Pa. born Aug. 13, 1799.
April 13, 1852, they came to Vinton County and
located in Swan Township, on the Earnheart
farm, where he still resides. They had
a family of twelve children, six sons and six
daughters, all but one now living: seven
in Ohio - one son in Hocking County, two are in
Ross County, one son and two daughters are in
Vinton County; one son is in Texas, one in
Missouri; a daughter in Iowa, and one daughter,
the eldest child, in Kansas.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1311 |
MORRIS
ALLBAUGH was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, Mar. 20, 1823, the son of Morris and
Elizabeth (Stone) Allbaugh. His father
died in 1855 and his mother in 1857. His
boyhood days were spent on the farm in the
summer an in going to school in the winter until
he was about sixteen years old. He then
moved near Prattsville where he lived until 1873
when he came to Zaleski. He has lived to
be sixty years old and has never voted out of
the township in which he now lives, and has
always voted the Democratic ticket. He has
been Township Trustee twenty-five years, holding
the office for a period of eleven consecutive
years. He held the office of Land
Appraiser one term, and in 1866 was elected to
the office of County Commissioner. In 1844
he was married to Fanny England is yet
living with Mr. Allbaugh at the age of
seventy-nine years. They are the parents
of ten children, seven now living - Sarah E.,
William A., Christiana A., Mary E., Harvey H.,
Homer D. and George J. A
daughter died in infancy. Alsinus M.
died with consumption in the fall of 1870, and
Morris V. was killed in the coal mines in
the spring of 1882. Mr. Allbaugh is
a member of the Masonic order.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1292 |
B.
G. ALLENDER, bookkeeper for Star Furnace
Company, Jackson, Ohio, was born in Washington
County, Pa., Nov. 18, 1832, the sixth of ten
children of William and Sidney (Wilson)
Allender. He is of German descent.
His father was a native of Pennsylvania and
settled in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1859, where
he died in 1870, his wife dying in October of
the same year. Our subject's early
education was received in the common schools,
and in 1855 he graduated from Duff's Commercial
College, of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1859 he came
to Vinton County and clerked till 1864 when he
went out as assistant sutler in the army under
R. E. Phillips. He returned home in
1865, and in 1866 was engaged by the Zaleski
Furnace Company as bookkeeper, remaining with
them till 1870. Jan. 1, 1871, wholesale
grocers, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was with
them till 1881, the last three years as
traveling salesman. In May, 1881, he
accepted his present position and moved to
Jackson. In 1865 he purchased land in Elk
Township. Mr. Allender married
Sarah, daughter of David Cooper, of
Vinton County. They have one child -
Mary E.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1230 |
J. A.
ANKRAM, born in Vinton County, Ohio, June
18, 1859, is a son of J. P. and Jemima
(Ewing) Ankram, his father a native of
Vinton County, and his mother of Jackson County,
Ohio. He is the eldest of a family of
seven children. He was educated, in the
schools of McArthur. He began his business
life as a clerk in his father's store at
McArthur, and afterward came to the branch store
at New Plymouth, where he clerked till June 1,
1882. At that time he purchased the stock
and is now doing a good business, having a
complete stock of general merchandise,
dry-goods, boots, and shoes, notions,
groceries, etc. May 18, 1882, he married
Abbie Townsend, a native of Meigs County,
Ohio, born Feb. 28, 1860.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1299 |
MILTON
ARBAUGH, a native of Vinton County, was
born Oct. 27, 1845, and was reared and educated
in his native county. He has a farm of
fifty-six acres of good land on section 16,
Vinton Township. Mar. 17, 1868, he married
Caroline Gregory, a native of Meigs
County, Ohio, born Oct. 27, 1849. They
were blessed with the following children -
William, John, Mary and Pinkney.
She died Apr. 17, 1880, and he again married
Sept. 6, 1881, Rachel Gregory born
in Vinton County, June 26, 1848. They have
one child - Pearl. Mr.
Arbaugh was elected Justice of the Peace, in
April, 1879, and still holds that office by
re-election. He has held the office of
Township Assessor two terms and has also been
Township Trustee to terms.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1367 |
ARCHIBALD
ARNOLD, retired merchant, McArthur, is a
son of Levi Arnold, who was born in
Hampshire County, Va., and died at the age of
forty-nine years. His wife, Mary
Elizabeth Booker, native of Maryland, died
in McArthur, Ohio, in 1858, aged about
eighty-two. Of their nine children our
subject is the eighth, and was born in Hampshire
County, Va., in 1814. He in 1833 came to
Ohio, and located in Wesley Township, Washington
County, where he worked at his trade, that of a
blacksmith, and in October, 1839, located in
McArthur, where he continued his trade.
This he followed until the fall of 1858, at
which time he opened the first hardware store of
the town, but, January, 1863, he was succeeded
by George Lantz and Francis Shades.
He bought a farm in Southern Indiana which he
carried on until October, 1879, when he returned
to McArthur and lived a retired life. He
has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church since 1840. He was always willing
to assist in furthering the interest of the
church, and has served as Class-Leader, Steward,
Trustee and Superintendent of Sabbath-school a
number of years. Mr. Arnold was
married in 1834 to Tabitha Emily,
daughter of Captain Thomas Fry. She
died in 1840 leaving three children, two still
living. Mr. Arnold's second wife of
Salome Brandenberry, whose maiden name
was Aultman; she died in 1845. His
third wife was Effie Taylor, whose maiden
name was Aultman, a sister to his second
wife. Her father, William Aultman,
was one of the first settlers of Columbus, Ohio.
She died in 1877 leaving three children, two
living. His present wife is Elizabeth
Throckmorton, who was born and reared in
Scioto County, Ohio.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1230 |
G.
E. ATKINSON was born in Southampton
County, Va., July 9, 1842. He is a son of
James and Margaret (Scharbrough) Atkinson,
now living in Putnam County, W. Va. Mr.
Atkinson moved from Virginia to Belmont
County, Ohio, when he was four years old, and
from there to West Virginia in 1850. In
1852 he moved back to Ohio, Athens County, and
in 1856 came to Vinton County, where he has
since lived. He enlisted Sept. 30, 1864,
and served one year. He was in Sherman's
raid through Georgia and was discharged June 30,
1865, at Louisville, Ky. Jan. 26, 1864, he
was married to Sarah M. Keller, who died
Apr. 1, 1872. They had five children, of
whom four are yet living - Charles E.,
Calvin E., Lydia E. and George.
Nora died at the age of three years and
eight months. Aug 22, 1873, Mr.
Atkinson was married to Acha A. Reynolds.
They have four children - Helas L., Estella,
Homer V. and Jennie V. Mr. Atkinson
joined the Masonic order some time ago and soon
afterward became a Master Mason. He is
also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic,
No. 223, and is Quartermaster of the same.
He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1291 |
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