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1883 BIOGRAPHIES
JAMES
BARNES, farmer, was born Nov. 1, 1829, in
Columbiana County, Penn. He came to what
is now Gallia County, Ohio, in 1848, where he
remained a short time, when he came to where he
now resides in 1858. He has between 700
and 800 acres of good land and a residence, on
section 14, Wilkesville Township. He was
married Sept. 3, 1857, to Cynthia Curry,
born in Vinton County, Dec. 31, 1831. They have
four living children - Mary, Alice, John
Curry and George. Mrs. Barnes's
father was born in Greenbrier County in 1803,
and died 1882. Her mother was born in
Pennsylvania in 1805, and is still living.
They were the parents of nine children, seven of
whom are living, Mrs. Barnes being the
third child.
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PROF.
M. R. BARNES, Superintendent of Public
Schools, McArthur, was born in Barnesville,
Belmont Co., Ohio, June 12, 1839. He
received his early education in the Lafayette
Academy, and later entered the Ohio University
at Athens, and would have later entered the Ohio
University at Athens, and would have completed
his collegiate course, but many of the students
were from the South, and the approaching of the
war in 1860 left the school almost studentless,
and had quite an effect upon its operations.
During his collegiate life teaching at intervals
was necessary to accomplish his desired end.
In the midst of the late Rebellion he offered
his services as a volunteer, but was rejected
and soon after took up the study of medicine,
but from dislike of the profession, in 1866 he
withdrew and resumed teaching the following
year, by taking charge of the schools in
McArthur, where he has ever since been
successfully engaged as Superintendent.
The schools are in good condition, and he has
now six assistants. When he took charge of
the schools they were poorly arranged, but he
has gradually graded them and established a
course that is creditable to the school and
profitable to this community. Since here
he has served about twelve years as County
Examiner.
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SYLVANUS
BARTLETT, carpenter, was born in Atlanta,
Ohio, Jan. 9, 1827, but was reared in New
Plymouth, Vinton County, and early learned the
carpenter's trade. Mar. 7, 1850, he
married Mahala Withrow, a native of Ross
County, Ohio, born Jan. 17, 1834. Ten
children have been born to them, only six now
living - Elizabeth, Alvin, Catherine,
Harriet, Ruth, and John. Aug.
12, 1861, Mr. Bartlett enlisted in
Company B, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served
one year as private. He was then promoted
to First Lieutenant. At the expiration of
his term of service he enlisted in the First
United States Veteran Engineers and served over
a year, being discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in
November, 1865. He has held the offices of
Township Trustee and Township Assessor. He
is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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WILLIAM L. BARTLETT, farmer and
stock-raiser, was born in the house where he now
lives, on section 26, Brown Township, Feb. 4,
1839. His father, Sylvanus Bartlett, was
born in Plymouth, Mass, in1799, and died Sept.
29, 1849. His mother, Amanda (Bingham)
Bartlett, was born near Athens Ohio, July
10, 1798, and died Dec. 2, 1881. Mr.
Bartlett is one of the family of nine children,
five now leaving, four of whom were in the late
war. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1861, in Company
B, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and served
three years. At the battle of Chickamauga
he was wounded, a minie ball hitting him in the
right breast and coming out of the left breast,
breaking the breast bone. After his
recovery he was placed in the Veteran Reserve
Corps., and was in Washington the greater part
of the time till his discharge. Upon his
return home he resumed his former occupation,
and at present is making a specialty of merino
sheep, having 185 head. He has 320 acres
of land, residing on section 36. Oct. 24,
1866, he married Mary M. Graham, of
Washington County, Ohio, born Oct. 24, 1846.
They have five children - Ella, Henry, Mary,
Jane and Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett
are members of the Presbyterian church.
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HON.
THOMAS M. BAY, farmer and stock-raiser,
was born July 5, 1820, in Guernsey County, Ohio.
His early life was principally spent on the
farm, and he obtained only such education as the
subscription schools afforded. In this
fall of 1852 he located in Vinton County on his
present place of residence, where he is engaged
in farming and stock-raising. Altogether
he owns 900 acres of land, the home farm
consisting of 483 acres. In 1849 he
married Rachel, daughter of John and
Lucinda (Graham) Buskirk. Mrs. Bay
is a native of Ohio. Five children have
been sent to bless this union - Irenus W.,
Josephine, Frank H., Sanford H. and Cora.
He was elected in 1861 and served one term
on the Board of Commissioners. He was
elected Representative in 1871 on the Republican
ticket, and in 1873 re-elected to the same
office. His parents, Robert and Phoeba
(Lindley) Bay, were natives of Pennsylvania,
and he was the second white child born in
Washington County. His father, Thomas
Bay, was of Irish descent and served in the
war of the Revolution. Zia Lindley,
father of Phoeba, was of Scotch descent,
and his wife of French origin. Robert
Bay served in the war of 1812 as a Colonel
under General William H. Harrison, and
after its close located in Guernsey County,
Ohio, where he lived till 1852. He then
removed to Vinton County, locating near Zaleski,
where he died in 1855 aged seventy-seven years.
He was the father of seven children -
Harrison, Eliza, Lindley, Cynthia, Thomas M.,
Irenus and Ann. His wife died
when our subject was a child.
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W. W.
BELFORD, merchant and Postmaster, was
born in 1839, in Marshall County, Virginia.
He received a good practical education, and
began teaching when almost twenty-one years of
age, in which he has achieved success. In
1861 he enlisted in Company D, Eighteenth Ohio
Infantry, and served as a private during his
term of enlistment. He was married in 1864
to Anna, daughter of Daniel Cozad,
by whom he had three children - William R.,
Franklin F. and Martha A. Mrs.
Belford died in 1869, aged twenty-three
years. He was again married in 1870, to
Mary L. Cozad, his first wife's sister.
This union was blessed with two children -
Matilda M. and Alice A., deceased.
Mr. Belford commenced his present
business in 1875, and carries a full line of
goods. He does a business of $7,000 per
annum. In 1864 he was elected Clerk of
Richland Township, and served nearly seven
years. He was elected Auditor in 1871, and
re-elected in 1873. In 1876 he was elected
Treasurer of the township, and in April, 1880 he
was appointed to his present position as
Postmaster. His parents, Benjamin and
Mary Belford, were natives of Pennsylvania.
They located in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1846,
and in this county in 1848, where they died.
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HOLLIS
P. BEERY, was born in Benton Township,
Hocking Co., Ohio. His father, Emanuel
Beery, was a native of Fairfield County,
Ohio. His father, Emanuel Beery,
was a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born
Sept. 19, 1823. His grandfather,
Abraham Beery, is an old settler of Hocking
County, is now a resident of Logan where he has
for many years served as Vice-President of the
Peoples Bank. When Emanuel Beery
was a small boy his father moved to Hocking
County. He was married about the age of
twenty-one years to Malinda Harsh, a
native of Hocking County, born April 20, 1825, a
daughter of John and Elizabeth Harsh who
were Pennsylvanians and came from there to
Hocking County at an early date. At the
time of Emanuel's marriage his father
moved to Logan, while he remained on the old
home a farm in Benton Township, and there spent
the remainder of his life. He had 270
acres of land which is now in the possession of
his widow. He was a member of the Old
School Baptist church. His death occurred
Aug. 12, 1867, after a long and painful illness.
To himself and wife ten children were born -
Caroline, wife of John Shotwell, of
Jackson Township, Vinton County; Elizabeth,
widow of Joseph Engle, residing on the
homestead; Ezra D., deceased;
Lafayette W., residing at home; Mary,
wife of David Rose, of Jackson Township;
Hollis P., William S., Eden J., Harriet
(deceased), and Amanda J., wife of
Charles Barclay, of Washington Township,
Hocking County. Hollis P. Beery was
born Sept. 20, 1853. He remained at home
till he was twenty he was twenty-one years of
age, and during this time attended the district
schools of his neighborhood. He was
married Nov. 26, 1874, to Maria Fee, who
was born in Brown Township, Vinton County, April
20, 1854, a daughter of William and Mary
(Cline) Fee. After his marriage Mr.
Beery lived in Swan Township, where he is
now residing. Mr. and Mrs. Beery
have two daughters - Mary F. born October
4, 1876, and Leotia born Feb 28, 1879.
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ERASTUS
H. BENNETT was born in Morgan County,
Ohio, Feb. 21, 1838, the son of John
and Sarah (Beaver) Bennett, his father a
native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Ohio.
He was reared on a farm, receiving his education
in the common schools, and for the past sixteen
years has taught during the winter. He
enlisted Feb. 22, 1865, in Company D,
Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served till
September of the same year. He was married
Mar. 10, 1859, to Sarah M Burgoon.
They were the parents of five children, three
now deceased. Mrs. Bennett died in
1866. May 30, 1868, Mr. Bennett
married Mary Ellen Poling. They
have had a family of four children. Mr.
Bennett was elected Justice of the Peace
Jan. 26, 1883. He has held the same office
two terms in Hocking County. He owns three
acres in this and seventy-five in Hocking
County. He has a store of general
merchandise and is Postmaster at Pine Run.
He and his wife are both members of the
Methodist church at Mt. Carmel, Hocking County.
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DR. H.
H. BISHOP was born Apr. 1, 1818, in
Harrison County, Ohio, where he lived till he
was twenty-four years of age. At the age
of twenty he commenced the study of medicine
with Dr. Jacob Hannon, and at twenty-four
commenced to practice. After practicing
four years he graduated at the Starling Medical
College, Columbus, Ohio, and in 1864 graduated
at the Nashville, Tenn.., Medical College.
The same year he returned to Ohio, where he has
been engaged in the practice of his profession.
In 1863 he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in
the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, but
failing to be mustered in he went in acting as
Assistant Surgeon in Hospital No. 2, first at
Louisville, Ky., and later at Nashville, where
he graduated a second time. He left there
Mar. 16, 1865, and returned to his home in
Wilkesville Township, where he has 111 acres of
good land, well improved. He was married
Jan. 31, 1841, to Mary Ann Cutshall, who
was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 7, 1819.
They have been blessed with four children -
John C., born Feb. 18, 1843; Naomi C.,
May 19, 1846; Mary, July 2, 1848;
Fannie L., Dec. 28, 1860.
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HARRY
BISHOP was born in England, Feb. 18,
1832, and the same year he came to America with
his parents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Balstone)
Bishop, also natives of England, who settled
in Beaver Township, Noble Co., Ohio.
Harry was reared on a farm and educated in
the common schools. July 4, 1854, he
married his first wife, Elizabeth A. Mercer,
daughter of Joshua and Ann (Burr) Mercer.
They were the parents of eleven children; of
these the following are living - George W.,
Amanda E., Samuel J., Mary A., Margaret E.,
Julia C., David F. and Annie E.
His wife died Feb. 22, 1880, and he was married
to Susan J. Dolison, daughter of James
and Mary Dolison. One child, Josie
B., has been sent to bless this union.
Mr. Bishop is a prominent farmer of
Vinton County and possesses 160 acres of good
land. He and his wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and also four of his
children. Politically he is a Republican.
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JOHN
BLORE, born Sept. 3, 1841, in Harrison
County, Va., where he lived till he was sixteen
years old. In 1857 he came to Ohio and
settled in Vinton County, where he has since
resided. He now owns 290 acres of good
land and a residence on section 13, Vinton
Township. April 4, 1867, he was married to
Isabell Trainer, born in Meigs County,
Ohio, Mar. 27, 1842. Their children are_
Leslie, born Jan. 7, 1870, and John,
Dec. 17, 1879. Mr. Blore is a
member of the Freemason Lodge No. 275,
Wilkesville, Ohio. His father, Jonathan
Blore, was born in England, Feb. 14, 1790,
and died in April, 1874. His mother,
Catherine (Domony) Blore, was born May 1,
1800, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and died Oct. 10,
1871. Seven children were born to them,
John being the youngest child.
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JOHN
BOOTH, farmer, a native of Randolph, Va.,
born Feb. 21, 1804. He left his native
place in 1831 and came to Ohio, where he settled
on section 19, in what is now Vinton County.
Here he remained till 1833, when he settled on
his present homestead on fraction 25, in Vinton
Township. He was married Mar. 2, 1828, in
Virginia, to Elizabeth Radcliff, a native
of Harrison County, Va., born May 15, 1805.
They have six children - Jonathan, Houston,
William, Stephen, Daniel and Jasper.
Mr. Booth has 260 acres of well-improved
land which is farmed by his son William.
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EZRA
P. BOTHWELL, McArthur, is a son of
James and grandson of Alexander Bothwell.
The latter was born in Scotland, but prior to
his majority settled in Ireland, where he
married, and where James was born in
1785. Near the close of the eighteenth
century Alexander, with a small family,
came to America. He died near Winchester,
Va. James, when a young man, made
his home in Pennsylvania, where he married
Charlotte, daughter of John Potter,
of Fayette County, who was born Jan. 22, 1788.
In 1810, soon after this marriage, they settled
in Alleghany County, Md., but in 1814 came to
Ohio, locating in what was then Athens (now
Vinton County. When they came to Ohio they
had two children, and nine were afterward born
to them. Mrs. Bothwell in early
life learned the tailor's trade under Thomas
William, of Geneva, Penn., and after coming
to Ohio did much work in that line for the few
who chanced to want an extra job of tailoring
done in a new colony. She was a zealous
Christian, noble-hearted, always ready to assist
in case of sickness, and was known for miles
around for the outgrowth of her benevolence.
Night was never made too hideous by the howling
of the wild denizens, or dreadful by storm or
cold, for her to bridle her old horse and ride
almost any distance to perform a good deed for
the sick or afflicted. On coming to this
vicinity they settled just west of the present
site of McArthur. At the raising of their
cabin all the neighbors for six miles around
were invited, and all told were thirteen,
including Mr. Bothwell. James
Bothwell lived a life of usefulness to his
family and to Southern Ohio when the Great State
was in her infancy, but death released him in
1863. Of their family Ezra P. is
the ninth and was born near McArthur, Ohio, Nov.
3, 1825. He has always resided in this
vicinity and has been extensively engaged in the
agricultural pursuit, wine growing, and
furniture manufacturing. He now lives in
McArthur and has a family of wife and several
children.
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JOHN
BRAY was born in Perry County, Ohio, in
the little town of Hobeth, July 28, 1820, son of
John and Rebecca (Kelley) Bray, both
natives of Delaware. They were married in
that State and about 1819 moved to Ohio and
settled in Perry County, making the entire
journey overland in wagons. In 1837 the
family came to Hocking (now Vinton) County and
located in Swan Township, on a farm containing
240 acres. This land was almost an
unbroken wilderness, only a small clearing cut,
in which stood a small log-cabin, which they
called home. With strong hearts and a firm
purpose they began clearing the land and
preparing it for farming. John Bray
died April 30, 1868, in the eighty-first year of
his age. His wife died Jan. 6, 1871, in
the eightieth year of her age. they reared
a family of seven children - Mary and
Henry, deceased; John; Susan,
deceased; William, residing in Colwell
County, Mo.; James, in Pawnee County;
David, deceased. The latter son served
three years in the late war, in the
Seventy-fifth Ohio Regiment. John Bray
remained with his father till he was past
twenty-one years of age, and Jan. 16, 1841, was
married to Catharine Byerly. Mrs. Bray
was born in Swan Township, Vinton County, Oct.
18, 1824, a daughter of Jacob Byerly, one
of the first settlers of the township, coming
here about 1820. After his marriage Mr.
Bray moved to his farm, adjoining that of
his father, where he has since made his home.
He first moved into a hewed-log house with a
shingle roof, and after living in this rude
structure seventeen years built his present
residence in December, 1858. Politically
he is a Republican, as was his father. He
served three years during the war as Township
Trustee, while his father, during his life-time,
for several years held the office of Justice of
the Peace. In October, 1846, he and his
wife united with the Methodist church, and for
three years before any church building was
erected religious services were held in his
house. Mr. and Mrs. Bray have six
living children, and one deceased - Susan R.,
born Jan. 31, 1842; Jacob, born Dec. 21,
1844, died Oct. 31, 1870, leaving a wife and two
children; Nancy, born Feb. 6, 1847;
Daniel, Oct. 22, 1855; Mary A., Oct.
1, 1857; John M., Oct. 28, 1859;
Purley, Oct. 23, 1867. Mr. Bray's
father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
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Page 1312 - Swan Twp. |
I. V.
BREWER was born June 30, 1837, in Vinton
County, Ohio, and is the son of Nathan and
Sarah (Fee) Brewer, who were residents of
Vinton County. His father came from North
Carolina and was one of the old pioneers of this
county. Jan. 2, 1865, Mr. Brewer
was married to Nancy Brison, a daughter
of Abraham and Nancy (McKee) Brison, who
were among the old settlers of Vinton County.
Mr. and Mrs. Brewer are the parents of
eight children - Nancy E., Nathan G., Sarah
J., Thomas J., Mary L., Abraham F., Elizabeth J.
and Harrison Tilden. Mr. Brewer was
reared on a farm and only received a common
education in the public schools. He had a
hard struggle to get a start in the world, but
being a man of good business talent was induced
through the persuasion of his friends to offer
himself as a public man. In 1882 he was
elected to the office of County Commissioner by
a handsome majority over his competitor.
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JAMES
BRIGGS was born in Tioga County, Pa.,
Sept. 11, 1817, and when four years of age came
with his parents to Ohio, locating near his
present residence. His father, Simeon
Briggs, was born in Freetown, Mass., in
1777, and died in 1859. His mother,
Rebecca (Pitts) Briggs, was born in Taunton,
Mass., in 1787, and died July 30, 1869.
James was the youngest of nine children.
He received his education in this county, being
reared to the life of a farmer. He has 318
acres of good land, residing on section 33,
Brown Township. He makes a specialty of
stock-raising. He was married in June,
1842, to Lucinda Tinkham, a native of
Massachusetts, born in 1814. She died in
1869, leaving a family of seven children, five
now living - Simeon, now living in Macon
County, Mo.; Volney, in Montana;
Deborah, in Nebraska; Mary A. and
William James, in Kansas. Feb. 15,
1871, Mr. Briggs married Mrs. Permelia
Gould, a native of Edmonson County, Ky.,
seven miles from the Mammoth Cave.
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HON. H.
S. BUNDY, Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, is
a son of Nathan and Adah M. (Nichelson) Bundy,
his father a native of Hartford, Conn., and his
mother of Dutchess County, N. Y., where they
were married, but soon after, in 1816, settled
in Marietta, Ohio. Two years later settled
near Athens where he leased college land, and
took it from a dense wilderness to a good degree
of improvement, and then learned that the title
was worthless. He was one of the pioneers
of Athens County, coming here in 1818. He
was killed in 1832 by the falling of a tree.
His wife died in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1880,
aged eighty years, three months and nine days.
Of their three children H. S. is the eldest and
the only one who reached maturity, the others
dying in infancy. He was born Aug. 15,
1817, in Marietta, Ohio. In 1834 he came
to McArthur and soon after went to Wilkesville,
where, in 1837, he married Lucinda,
daughter of Zamri Wells. In 1839
they moved to McArthur, where Mrs. Bundy
died in December, 1842, leaving three children -
William E., Sarah A., wife of
Major B. F. Stevenson, of Washington, D. C.,
and Lucy J. now Mrs. J. C. H. Cobb,
of Jackson County, Ohio. From 1839 to 1846
he was engaged in the mercantile trade in
McArthur. In 1844 he married Caroline,
daughter of Judge Paine, of Jackson
County, and in 1846 moved on the Judge's farm,
which he afterward bought and still owns, being
his present beautiful residence. His
second wife died in 1868 leaving two daughters -
Julia P., wife of Judge J. B. Foraker,
of Cincinnati, Republican candidate for Governor
of Ohio, and Eliza M., wife of Harvey
Wells. Mr. Bundy was married in
1876 to Mary M. Miller. In early
life Mr. Bundy attended a short term of
private school under the tutorship of David
Pratt, of Athens, but his educational
privileges caused when he was fourteen years of
age. His natural talent and home study
combined with his uprightness of principles and
enterprise have given him a place among the
eminent men of Southern Ohio. Soon after
locating on the October, 1850, was admitted to
the bar. In 1848 he was elected to the
State Legislature to represent the counties of
Gallia and Jackson; during the term voted to
repeal the "Black Laws." In 1850 he was a
candidate to represent the counties of Gallia
and Jackson; during the term voted to repeal the
"Black Laws." In 1850 he was a candidate
to represent the counties of Jackson, Gallia,
Athens and Meigs, and was elected by an
overwhelming majority. In 1855 he was
elected to the State Senate from the District
composed of Jackson, Pike, Scioto and Adams
counties, where the Democratic majority of his
predecessor was 1,800 and Buchanan's majority in
1856 was 2,500, and Mr. Bundy as a
Republican was favored with a majority of 376.
In 1860 he was a Presidential elector from his
congressional district, and stumped the entire
district. In 1862 he was a candidate for
Congress, but was defeated by the Hon. W. A.
Hutchins by a majority of 1,900. Two
years later they were both again candidates in
the same district, and Bundy received a
majority of 4,000 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.
During this Congress he voted for colored
suffrage of the "District of Columbia" and the
reconstruction measure adopted by that Congress
which seemed to make it improper to be a
candidate for re-election. In 1872 he was
again a candidate from the same district for the
Forty-third Congress, against the Hon. Samuel
A. Nash, and received a large majority;
while in this Congress he supported and voted
for the "Civil Rights Bill," and was unanimously
renominated for the Forty-fourth Congress, and
was defeated by a majority of 1,900 by
Colonel Vance. In 1842 he
became a member of the Methodist church, and in
1872 was one of the first two lay delegates for
the Ohio Annual Conference that convened at
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was again a delegate to
the General Conference that met at Cincinnati,
Ohio. In 1848 he bought his present farm
and has since been extensively engaged in the
furnace and mineral interest of his county, now
owning the Latrobe and Keystone Charcoal Furnace
with 10,000 acres of land; also owns the Eliza
Furnace with over 300 acres of the best of coal
and ore lands. His son William E.
first served three months in the late war; then
in 1862 re-enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry,
and on Dec. 14, 1863, was severely wounded near
Bean's Station, Tenn. In January, 1864, he
returned home, and after a severe illness he
rallied and married. He became engaged in
business, but Jan. 4, 1867, he died leaving a
wife and one child. The former was killed
by being thrown from a horse in 1868, and the
child, William E., is now a bright
student at Athens.
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