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Hocking Valley, Ohio -
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1883 BIOGRAPHIES
C.
S. RANNELLS, M. D., was born Apr. 28,
1844, in Guernsey County, Ohio, and is a son of
Samuel J. and Rachel (Hues) Rannells.
Mr. Rannells's parents came in 1850 to what
was then Hocking County but soon afterward
became Vinton County, being an early settler of
this county. His father was a very
prominent lawyer in his time. He practiced
a number of years, but had to give it up on
account of his health. After he gave up
the practice of law he bought a farm where he
lived until his death in 1856. C. S.
Rannells was educated in the Union schools
at McArthur until he was nineteen years old,
when he enlisted in the army in Company L, One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth Cavalry. He
entered the army as a private, but was soon
promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was soon
afterward promoted to the rank of Second
Lieutenant, and after a year was again promoted
to First Lieutenant which position he held until
he was mustered out in November, 1865, at Camp
Chase, Ohio. He was in the battle of Mt.
Sterling, Ky., against John Morgan, and
at Marion, Va. He was in an action against
John C. Breckenridge, and a number of
other battles of less importance. He was
in the company that pursued Jeff Davis
from Charlotte, N. C., to Georgia, where he (Davis)
was captured by Wilson's men. He
began the study of medicine in 1867 and
graduated in Starling Medical University in
1871, and began the practice of his profession
in McArthur, and four yeas later came to
Zaleski, where he has built up a large practice.
He was married June 23, 1875, to Mary L. Hawk,
a daughter of John S. Hawk, who lives in
Hamden, Ohio. They have one child -
Cora F.
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D.
V. RANNELLS, M. D., is a son of Samuel
J. Rannells, a native of Pennsylvania, who
when a young man went to Kentucky with a
flat-boat of provisions, and while there raised
a company of men for the war then in progress,
and was in the battle of New Orleans. He
subsequently drifted to Louisiana and soon after
married Rachel Hughes, a native of
Orangeburg District, S. C., but a resident of
Louisiana. In after years with a family of
four children they came to Ohio and settled on a
farm in what is now Swan Township, Vinton
County, where Mr. Rannells died in
1856, his wife surviving him fourteen years.
While in Louisiana Mr. Rannells
represented East Feliciana Parish District in
the State Legislature two terms, and also
represented his district in the State Senate.
He was Register and Receiver of the land-office
at the time Andrew Jackson took
his seat as President, and on account of his
Whig principles he was removed from the office.
He was always a Whig and Republican, and was an
officer in the election of 1856 when Fremont
ran for the Presidency. D. V. Rannells
is the second of his children and was born
in St. Helena Parish, La., in 1834, but has been
a resident of Ohio since ten years of age and of
Vinton County since 1847. His education
was received in the common school and of his
father. He followed teaching a few years,
and when twenty-one years of age began the study
of medicine with Dr. Wolf, of McArthur.
He graduated from Starling Medical College, of
Columbus, Ohio, in March, 1858, and became a
partner of his preceptor. In August, 1862,
he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of the
Fifth Ohio Cavalry, and in 1864 was promoted to
Surgeon of the regiment, serving till the close
of the war. He was with Sherman and
was captured and confined in Libby Prison.
After the war was ended he returned to McArthur
and resumed his practice. He has been a
student of his profession and has gained an
enviable reputation among the medical men of
Southern Ohio. Dr. Rannells
adheres to the political faith of his father.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has
been Master of his lodge, he married Lydia M.,
youngest daughter of Dr. Andrew Wolf, of
McArthur. They have five children, four
daughters and one son. The eldest
daughter, Eliza H., is a graduate of the
Cleveland Female Seminary and is now a teacher
in the McArthur High School. The second
daughter is a teacher of music and a student of
the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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JOSEPH WATSON
RANNELLS, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Bay) Rannells, was born in Cumberland,
Guernsey Co., Ohio, July 18, 1825. His
mother died in June, 1838, and his father in
July, 1848. In 1839 he came with his
father in July, 1848. In 1839 he came with
his father, brother and sister to Vinton County.
He was married Apr. 10, 1849, to Charlotte,
daughter of David and Maria
Jones. She was born June 16, 1831,
in this county, where Vinton station now stands.
Apr. 25, 1849, they moved to the farm of 360
acres which his father had bought for him.
He afterward, by his good management and
industry, increased his possessions, and at his
death had 600 acres. He was universally
respected, and was very prominent in political
circles. He was a strong adherent of the
Republican party and none worked harder than he
at the polls. He died Dec. 12, 1877, after
a lingering and at times painful illness.
Mrs. Rannells was the
administratrix and is now manager of the estate.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Rannells - Sarah M., now Mrs. George
Kahler, of Athens; Elizabeth F., now
Mrs. T. E. Knauss, of Nelsonville;
Charlotte E., now Mrs. F. H. Craig,
of McArthur, and Frank Mc., residing at
home.
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THOMAS
RANNELLS, born in Cumberland, Guernsey
County, Ohio, is a son of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Bay) Rannells. His
grandfather, David Rannells, was born in
Virginia not far from Winchester. He was
married in his native State and moved from there
to Washington County, Penn., about 1776, where
both he and his wife died. There were
seven children - William, David, Sallie,
John, Joseph, Jane and Samuel.
William moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, a
short time after Joseph Rannells;
David Rannells went to Kentucky and was a
teacher in the Academy at Washington; Sallie
was also a teacher in the Washington Academy
and died near St. Louis, Mo.; John died
in Washington County, Penn., when he was
eighteen years old; Jane died near
New Plymouth, Ohio; Samuel died in Swan
Township, Vinton County. Joseph
Rannells was born in Washington County,
Penn., July, 1784. He was married there in
Cross Creek Village, in 1812, to Elizabeth
Bay. She was born in Washington
County, Penn. (not more than a mile from her
husband's birthplace), Oct. 27, 1784, a daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Blackburn) Bay.
Both the Blackburn and Bay
families were from Virginia. Thomas
Bay, grandfather of Thomas Rannells,
in his younger days was a hunter and went South
on a hunting expedition and remained seven
years. At one time he was pursued by the
Indians and was obliged to swim a river to get
away from them and lost his gun. His lived
on deer skins thirteen days, all that he could
get to eat as the Indians had his gun. He
moved from Virginia to Washington County, Penn.,
just after his marriage, and about the same time
the Rannells family moved there. In
1812 Thomas Bay and Joseph Rannells
came with their families to Guernsey County,
Ohio. Thomas Bay and his wife died
in Guernsey County. He bought sixteen or
seventeen quarter-sections, a part of it still
in the possession of his heirs. They
reared a family of nine children, all born in
Washington County, Penn. - Benjamin, Robert,
William, Thomas, Elizabeth, Samuel, John, James
and Archibald. They all died in
Guernsey County except John, who died on
the Ohio river twenty miles below Gallipolis,
and James, who died in the eastern part
of Illinois, Aug. 28, 1839. Joseph
Rannells came to Vinton County and bought
land which at that time was in Hocking County.
He died July 1, 1848. His wife died in
Cumberland in June, 1838. They reared five
children - Thomas, Sarah, Samuel, David
and Joseph Watson. Thomas
Rannells was born Apr. 12, 1813. He
was reared in Guernsey County and came with his
father to Vinton County. He was raised to
hard work and commenced helping his father clear
his farm in Guernsey County as soon as he was
old and strong enough to handle an ax. He
was married in Guernsey County, near Concord,
Apr. 6, 1841, to Mahalia McCreary, who
was born near New Concord, Apr. 11, 1820, a
daughter of Alexander and Leah (Hughes)
McCreary. After the death of his
father the homestead farm passed into his hands,
the deed bearing date 1846, two years before his
father died. The place has since been in
his possession until the past few years when
Mr. Rannells's health failing him and not
being able to carry on the duties of the farm it
was transferred to his children. Mr.
and Mrs. Rannells have nine children -
Mary E. (wife of William Vance, of
Kansas), Joseph A., Hylas B., Leah J.
(wife of Vernon Stiers, of Swan Township,
Vinton County), Sarah A. (wife of
Eugene Cable, of Nelsonville, Athens
County), Thomas M., James W., David V.
and William S.
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CAPTAIN
WM. J. RANNELLS was born in Washington,
Mason Co., Ky., Jan. 21, 1840. His father,
Samuel J. Rannells, was born in
Washington County, Pa., in 1791, and married
Rachel Hughes, who was born near Columbia,
S. C., in 1806. There resulted from this
marriage ten children five of whom are dead, and
five - Mrs. Mary Taylor, Dr. D. V. Rannells,
Wm. J. Rannells, Dr. C. S. Rannells, and
Mrs. Cora Poston, are living. His
father served his country in the war of 1812 as
a lieutenant in Major Clarkson's battalion of
Kentuckyans, and among other engagements
took part in the battle of New Orleans. He
was also a soldier in our war against the
Seminole Indians. He owned a plantation
near Port Hudson, and served two terms as a
member of the Louisiana Legislature. His
paternal grandfather, David Rannells, was
born in Virginia. His maternal grandfather
was Joseph Hughes, and great-grandfather
was James Hughes, a soldier of the
Revolutionary war, and a member of the gallant
and daring band of Francis Marion.
He was betrayed to the cowboys by one of his
servants, and was killed by them while sitting
with his family at breakfast. His paternal
ancestors are of Scotch-Irish descent, and
emigrated to this country from the north of
Ireland about the close of the Revolutionary
war. His maternal ancestors are of
Huguenot parentage. The exact date at
which they came to America is not known, but it
was a long time before the war of the
Revolution. Captain Rannells's
parents moved from Mason County, Ky., to
Guernsey County, Ohio, when he was one year of
age, and a few years later came to Vinton
County, Ohio, and located on a farm a few miles
north of McArthur. His father died in1856,
at the age of sixty-five. The family
continued to reside on the farm until William
was a boy of sixteen, when they came to
McArthur, Ohio, where his mother died in
February, 1873, at the age of sixty-seven.
His education was received in the common schools
with the exception of a term of six months at
Vermillion Institute, Ashland County, Ohio, just
prior to the breaking out of the war of the
Rebellion. When the dark days of disunion
dawned upon our nation in 1861, he was the first
man, but one, who enlisted in Vinton County in
her defense. When the news of the fall of
Fort Sumter was flashed across our country, the
martial spirit of his ancestors was aroused
within him, and he with the assistance of J.
L. Eakin, Esq., at that time a prominent
attorney of McArthur, prepared a muster-roll,
which each of them signed, and which Captain
Rannells circulated. Two days after
the fall of Sumter, by his efforts, Company D,
Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, first three-months'
service was enlisted. He entered this
regiment and served with it in its campaigns in
West Virginia, throughout his enlistment as a
private. After being mustered out of the
first three months' service he returned home,
where, Nov. 4, 1861, he re-enlisted as a
private, under Lieutenant H. B. Lacy, in
a company that was intended to form a part of
the seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry, which was being
organized at Camp Wood, by Colonel R. A.
Constable. After remaining in Camp
Wood awhile, the four companies were sent to
Camp John McLean, near Cincinnati, and
consolidated with the Seventy-fifth Ohio
Infantry, the company to which he belonged
taking the name of Company I. After about
three months' service as a private in this
regiment, he was promoted to the rank of Second
Lieutenant. Captain Rannells was
with his regiment in the battles of Monterey,
Bull Pasture Mountain, Franklin, W. Va.,
Strasburg, Mt. Jackson, Woodstock, Harrisonburg,
Cross Keys, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain,
Rapidan, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, John's Island,
Jacksonville, Fla., Gainesville, Pocotaligo
Bridge, Three Mile Run, near Jacksonville, Fla.
On the third day of the second battle of Bull
Run he was captured by the rebels, while
endeavoring to save the life of a comrade, and
taken to Libby Prison, from whence, by various
routes, he was taken to Columbus, Ohio, under
parol, where he was exchanged. October of
1862 found him again with his regiment, when he
was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant.
At Gettysburg he was dangerously wounded near
the left hip-joint, his clothes were pierced by
a number of bullets, his sword scabbard bent,
and his sword hanger cut off by the leaden
missiles. His wounds were received on the
first day's fight, July 1, 1863, and he was
captured and taken from the battle-field to the
rebel field hospital. July 4, when the Union
forces had driven the Confederates back, he was
taken to his corps hospital, where, after
few days, his brother, Dr. C. S. Rannells,
came and brought him home. He remained at
home until the 1st of November, 1863, when he
rejoined his regiment at Folly Island, S. C,
where he was mustered as Captain of his company,
for which he had received a commission for
meritorious conduct at Gettysburg. After
the battle of Gainesville, where 150 of the
regiment were surrounded by 1,400 of the enemy,
he with Colonel Morgan and twelve
men cut their way out on one street, others
cutting their way out on other streets, and were
captured by the rebels thirty miles from
Gainesville and taken to Macon, Ga., and from
there to Charleston, S. C. After being in
prison at Charleston awhile, they were started
on their way to the prison at Columbia, S. C,
but while en route for the latter place
he escaped by jumping from the train, but was
recaptured the next day and taken to Columbia.
On the night of Nov. 2, 1864, he with three
others escaped from prison. They traveled
by night and hid in the cane-brakes in day time.
After a perilous journey in an open boat of
sixteen nights, they arrived at the mouth of the
Santee River, and were picked up by the U. S.
sloop of war Canandaigua and sent to Hilton
Head, S. C. There he asked for orders to
rejoin his regiment, where he arrived about the
22d of November, 1864. Five companies of
the regiment were now mustered out of the
service, their term of enlistment having
expired. Those of the regiment who
veteranized were organized
into two companies, A and B, forming what is
known as the Seventy-fifth Ohio Veteran
Battalion, and was placed in command of
Captain Wm. J. Rannells. The Veteran
Battalion did arduous duty about Jacksonville,
Fla., and at one time, while out with forty of
his men, he encountered McCormicks's
(Second Florida) cavalry, 600 strong, and after
a gallant fight were forced back through the
swamps to Jacksonville. In this engagement
he lost twenty men.
July 26, 1865, the Veteran Battalion was
mustered out at Hilton Head, S. C, and were
brought to Columbus, Ohio, by Captain
Rannells, where they were paid off and
disbanded. Captain Rannells
has a record as a soldier that any man might be
proud of; he had the confidence of his superior
officers and the esteem of the men under his
command. He was noted for his courage in
battle, and was in every battle and skirmish in
which his regiment was engaged with the
exception of Fort Wagner, which battle was
fought while he was at home convalescent from
his Gettysburg wounds. Four months after
he was mustered out of the service he with his
brother, Dr. C. S. Rannells, went to
Desha County, Ark., to engage in the lumber
business, which venture was not successful, and
he returned to McArthur. He began
the study of law in the office of Hon. H. C.
Jones, and was admitted to the bar in 1871.
In 1872 and 1873 he was Second Assistant
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ohio Senate. He
was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Vinton
County in 1873, on the Republican ticket, by a
large majority, and has since been engaged in
the practice of his profession at McArthur. June
4, 1874, he was married to Miss Ida Brodt,
daughter of J. F. Brodt, Esq., of
Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio. Two
daughters have been born to them—Rachel L.
and Mary T., seven and five years of age
respectively. Captain Rannells
is a lawyer of high standing at the Vinton
County bar, a man of sterling worth, and
politically a Republican of unquestionable
integrity.
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WILLIAM
RATCLIFF, born in Eagle Township, Vinton
Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1857, son of Jeremiah and
Ruth (Brown) Ratcliff, who were natives of
Ohio. He was reared on a farm and received
a common-school education. Oct. 6, 1878,
he married Mellie Graves, born Apr. 23,
1857, a daughter of Nelson and Marina (Peecher)
Graves, natives of Virginia. They were
blessed with one child - Clifford J.,
born Mar. 9, 1880. Mr. Ratcliff has
followed farming all his life. He has held
several offices of the township and at present
is Road Supervisor. He and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Concord. In politics he is a Republican.
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CATHERINE
REASONER was born in Allegheny County,
Pa., Oct. 11, 1815. At the age of thirteen
she accompanied her father, Wm. C. Tucker,
to Ohio, where she has ever since resided.
In 1839 she was married to John Reasoner,
who was born in Ohio, Sept. 25, 1816, and died
June 25, 1870, and is buried at Plymouth.
To this union have been given seven children, of
whom Peter Craig, Celia Ann and Phoebe
C., now Mrs. Wm. Lillabridge, are
living. Mrs. Reasoner has a fine
farm of 236 acres of land on section 23, Brown
Township, Vinton County, where she raises sheep,
cattle, grain, hay, etc. She is a member
of the Presbyterian church.
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P.
M. REASONER, farmer, was born in
Westmoreland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio,
Nov. 27, 1844, and when four years of age came
to Vinton County, where he was reared and
educated. He owns a fine farm of 143 acres
on section 30, Brown Township. He also ahs
a steam saw-mill at New Plymouth, where he does
a good business. June 17, 1868, he married
Rachel M. Weed, a native of Vinton
County, born May 31, 1844. They have a
family of seven children - Mary T., Maggie
E., Laura M., Eugene F., Sela A., Ada E., Myrta
A. Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner are members
of the Presbyterian church.
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J.
H. REISINGER, wagon-maker, a native of
Ohio, was born in Columbiana County, Apr. 30,
1829. At the age of ten years he left his
native place and came to Gallia County, living
there till 1871. He then moved to Pike
County, lived there five years when he went to
Gallia, staying till 1878. He next moved
to Wilkesville, Vinton County, where he still
resides, engaged in the manufacture of wagons
and buggies. On Jan. 16, 1851, he was
married to Helena Bord, who was born in
Columbiana County, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1827.
They have been blessed with nine children whose
names are - Sarah E., Lydia M., Henry A.,
Thomas M., John C., George S., Luther D.,
Lucinda E. and William J. Mr.
Reisinger is a member of the Christian
church. His father, Peter Reisinger,
a native of Pennsylvania, died in 1851.
His mother, Barbara (Shaner) Reisinger,
was also a native of Pennsylvania. She
died April, 1848. They had thirteen
children, eleven of whom are living.
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BENJAMIN
REYNOLDS was born at Martinsburg, in
Virginia, Aug. 22, 1790. In the year 1811
he was married to Susan Shriver, who was
born in the year 1793. Mr. Reynolds,
with his family, started West in 1817, and in
December of that year settled in Perry County,
Ohio. After living in that county thirteen
years, he removed with his family to Swan
Township, which then formed a part of Hocking
County. Mr. Reynolds had,
since that time, lived on the same farm, and had
seen a tract of country changed from a
wilderness to fruitful fields and pleasant
homes. McArthurstown was at that time
about fifteen years of age. Mt. Pleasant
and Ilesboro were not; and the "Puritan Fathers"
looked upon New Plymouth as a sickly plant.
Much of the land in the northern part of the
county had not been "entered," and roads across
the country were few and unworked. Mr.
Reynolds lived to see almost all his
old neighbors pass away, nearly two generations
having come and gone since he moved to the farm
on which he died. The most remarkable
feature in the history of this family is its
longevity. Mr. Reynolds was in his
ninety-third year at the time of his death, in
June 1883. Mr. Reynolds is now in
her ninetieth. They had fourteen children,
all of whom were living up to 1882. In
that year a daughter, Rachel, died, being
the first death in the family. Henry
Reynolds, of McArthur, is the oldest son,
being now in his seventy-first year.
George, the second son, is a citizen of Swan
Township; Samuel, the third son is now
living in Iowa; Isaac, the fourth of whom
are married. Elizabeth is the
relict of Silas Wilson, and mother of
George W. and Dennison Wilson, of
Zaleski; Sarah is the relict of
Harrison Foster, and lives in Iowa; Lydia
is the relict of the late H. H. Swain,
of Elk Township; Mary Ann is the wife of
Henry Schlotterback, of Swan Township;
Maria is the wife of Charles M. Sidman,
living near Nelsonville, in Athens County;
Lucinda is the wife of Presley Wright,
who lives in Iowa; Cordelia is the
wife of E. H. Waller, of Swan Township.
Anna and Susan live with their
mother in Swan Township. The youngest
child is now forty-five years old, and the
average age of parents and children at the death
of the first member of the family, in 1882, was
sixty-two years.
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HENRY
REYNOLDS, ex-County Treasurer and
ex-County Auditor, is a son of Benjamin
and grandson of James Reynolds.
The family was originally of Scotch-Irish
descent, but James was a native of
Maryland, where he married Nancy Harrison.
In 1819 they emigrated to Ohio and settled in
Perry County, where they died. Of their
eight children four became residents of Ohio,
viz: Benjamin, Jane, Nancy and
Nellie, all decreased save Benjamin.
He was born of Maryland, Aug. 22, 1790.
Apr. 23, 1811, he married Susan Shriver,
who was born in Maryland, June 2, 1793.
Her father, Henry Shriver, was a native
of Germany. In 1817 they with four
children emigrated to Ohio and settled in Perry
County, but in 1830 came to Hocking (now Vinton)
County, and settled in 1831 where they now
reside, in Swan Township, aged respectively
ninety-three and ninety years. They have
had fourteen children, thirteen still living -
Henry, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel
(deceased), George, Lucinda, Isaac, Sarah,
Susan, Maria, Cordelia, Lydia, Samuel.
Lucinda, Sarah and Samuel live in
Iowa. Isaac lives in Kansas, and
the rest live in Ohio. Henry, the
subject of this sketch, was born in Berkley
County, Va., Mar. 14, 1812, but since 1817 has
been a resident of Ohio and since 1830 of what
is now Vinton County. He has voted fifty
consecutive years in the vicinity of McArthur,
almost universally Democratic. His
judgment and ability here given him rank among
the leading citizens and in 1859 he was elected
County Treasurer; was re-elected serving two
terms. In 1869 he was elected Auditor.
He was married to Belinda Wilson, who
died in 1875, the mother of seven children six
of whom are living. He married for his
second wife Savilla Patterson, and again
he married Sarah, widow of John Red,
who was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, but reared in
Vinton County.
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Page 1262 - Elk Twp. |
GEORGE W. RICKEY,
was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1836,
a son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Morgan)
Rickey. He is the second son of a
family of nine children. When he was six
months old his father moved to Athens County,
where he still resides, at an advanced age. Mr.
Rickey's early life was spent on the farm,
and his education was received at the district
schools, also at the Atwood Institute, Albany,
Athens County. His intentions were to fit
himself for a teacher, and during the time he
was attending school he taught three winter
terms in the district. At the close of his
studies he was given a school, and for the next
nine years he taught winter schools, and during
the summer months worked for his father on the
farm. Mr. Rickey was married
Jan. 23, 1870, to Susan R. Bray, a
daughter of John Bray, and a woman
of many estimable qualities. Mrs.
Rickey was born Jan. 31, 1842, in Hocking
County, now Vinton County. A short time
after his marriage Mr. Rickey
purchased eighty acres of land in Swan Township,
and afterward made additions to it, having at
present 131 acres. June 9, 1862, he enlisted in
Company H, Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, for
three months, and was discharged at Camp
Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1862. He
participated in the battle of Harper's Ferry and
in that battle was taken prisoner. The
brigade was endeavoring to hold the ferry but
were surrounded by the enemy and cut off from
recruits. The conditions of the surrender
were that they receive three days' rations and
set back in their own lines. Aug. 9, 1863,
he enlisted in the Ohio National Guards for five
years and was assigned to Company H,
Thirty-sixth Regiment. In May, 1864, when
the call was made for 100-days' men, he was
transferred from the National Guards and
mustered into the United States service, through
which he served, and was discharged Sept. 3,
1864, and from the "Ohio National Guards" in
May, 1866. In 1860 he united with the
Protestant Methodist church at Albany, Athens
County, and upon his removal to Vinton County
transferred his membership to the Methodist
Episcopal church, situated near his residence.
His wife is also connected with, and in her
religious faith was reared in, this church.
Politically he has associated himself with the
Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Rickey
have five children—John A., born Oct. 15,
1871; Harley F., born Jan. 17, 1875;
Lester, born May 23, 1877; Mary C.,
born Apr. 24, 1879, and Orra A., born
Dec. 10, 1880.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 1325 - Swan Twp. |
DR.
GEORGE RINEHEART was born in Greene
County, Penn., Jan. 1, 1832, a son of Stephen
and Sarah (Wyscarver) Rineheart, who were
natives of Pennsylvania. He came to Noble
County, Ohio, in the fall of 1841. He was
reared a farmer and educated in the common
schools. He was married Aug. 14, 1854, to
Miss Annie Bishop, born June 6, 1837, a
daughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Batstone)
Bishop, who were natives of England and came
to the United States in 1832. They have
had five children - Samuel (deceased,
Feb. 14, 1880), Enson, Iantha (married
Israel Albin), George and Lolo.
He bought a farm of 160 acres in Vinton
county, and by adding to it is at the present
time owner of 418 acres of excellent land.
He has practiced medicine during his life but to
no great extent. He has a large tobacco
warehouse and a well-stocked farm, and has about
400 head of sheep. He is a member of the
Masonic order and a Republican in politics.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 1332 - Jackson Twp. |
JAMES
L. ROBB, farmer, section 5, located upon
his present farm in 1873, purchasing at the time
240 acres of land - 200 acres in Elk Township
and forty adjoining in Swan Township. His
land with the exception of about forty acres is
well improved. He is engaged in farming
and stock-raising. He was born in
Washington County, Pa., in 1809, and is a son of
Samuel and Dorcas (Ried) Robb, natives of
Pennsylvania, who settled in Muskingum County,
Ohio, in about 1819. She died in the
latter place, after which he went to Hardin
County, Ohio, where he died. Our subject
was reared on the farm and lived in Muskingum,
Guernsey and Perry until his removal to his
present place. He was married in 1837 to
Nancy Leach, of Guernsey County, by whom
he has had nine children, seven of whom are
living. Harriet, Samuel, Nancy, Odessa,
Sarah, William and James; the
deceased were Matthew and Dorcas.
Matthew was a soldier in the late war,
enlisting from Perry County in 1862 in the
Sixty-second Regiment, Company H, and served
until his death in 1863. Samuel
enlisted in 1863 in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio
Infantry, from Perry County, and served until
the close of the war, passing through a number
of hard-fought battles. He was disabled by
sickness contracted by exposure.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1263 - Elk Twp. |
EPHRAIM
ROBBINS, farmer, is a son of Charles
and Nancy (Pratt) Robbins. His father
was born in Orange County, N. Y., Feb. 13, a
daughter of Ephraim Pratt, a native of
Massachusetts, who came from Pennsylvania to
Athens County, Ohio, where he lived till his
deaths. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and served under General Prescott. Charles
Robbins settled in 1819 where our subject at
present lives. He entered 160 acres of
land from the Government, on which he lived till
his death. He held the office of Township
Clerk many years. He was a prominent
member of the United Brethren church and took
much interest in religious matters. He was
twice married, first to a Miss Sarah Nevil,
near Circleville, Ohio, by which he had six
children who grew to maturity - John, James,
Job, Henry, Jonas and Sarah.
His second marriage was to Nancy Pratt in
1826, by whom he had four children - Ephraim,
Charles, Alanson and Lura J. He
died in 1867, aged upward of eighty years.
His wife is living at the age of ninety years.
He was successful in his business and
accumulated a good property. Our subject
was born where he now lives in 1827. His
boyhood was passed in a manner common with
pioneer boys. He attended the subscription
and public schools in which he obtained a
practical education. He was married in
1852 to Nancy, daughter of James Ozier,
an old settler. Their children are -
Mary F., Martha V., Alanson F., William E.,
Elmer E., Emma E., Charles H. and Thomas
L. Mr. Robbins has always lived upon
the farm where he was born. He owns 130
acres of excellent land, well improved.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 1376 - Clinton Twp. |
JOHN
ROBBINS, deceased, was a son of
Charles and Sarah (Nevel) Robbins. He
settled here in 1819, when nine years of age.
He was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 810.
His boyhood was passed upon the farm, and his
education though meager, was obtained in
subscription schools. He worked on the
construction of the Chillicothe canal at $9 per
month, saving his earnings and judiciously
investing in land, which is now owned by
William Craig, where he lived until 1840,
when he removed to the farm now owned by his
son, H. C. He was a self-made man,
having begun life with no capital save his hands
and a willingness to work. His
accumulations at his death consisted of 774
acres of land in this township, and about 500
acres in Pike County, Ohio, besides large
personal effects. He possessed good
executive and financial ability, in recognition
of which he was elected Commissioner of the
County, and was a candidate for Representative.
He was also one of the originators of the
Cincinnati Furnace - now Richland. He was
married to Betsey, daughter of Thomas
W. White. They had four children,
three of whom are living - T. W., H. C.
and D. W. Jane died, aged three
years. Mr. Robbins died at Kansas
City, Mo., Apr. 19, 1865. Henry C.
was born in Clinton Township, in 1857.
His early life was passed upon the farm, and his
education was received at the Athens University.
He was married to Rebecca, daughter of
William Ogier. They have had five
children, three of whom are living - Homer
B., Anta M. and Earl C. Mr. Robbins
has 774 acres of excellent land, which comprises
his father's original farm, inherited from his
father. Activity in business, sound
judgment and good executive and financial
ability make Mr. Robbins a truly
representative and enterprising man. In
1875 he erected a large commodious brick
residence at a cost of $5,000, which for style
of finish and convenience has no equal in the
county. He is a worthy and acceptable
member of Mineral Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, No. 259.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1377 - Clinton Twp. |
EZEKIEL
ROBINETT, farmer, was born Mar. 25, 1823,
in Waterloo, Athens Co., Ohio, a son of
Nathan and Drusilla robinett, natives of
Athens County. He was married to Sarah
J. Brown, who has borne him six children,
five of whom are living - Sylvester, Lydia,
Samantha, William C. and Mary. Levi
is deceased. He owns eighty-three
acres of well-cultivated land. Mrs.
Robinett died Feb. 20, 1874.
Ezekiel and Kathe Robinett, grandparents of
our subject came from Pennsylvania to Athens
County, Ohio, previous to 1800. They
located in Waterloo Township where he bought a
large tract of land near Marshfield. After
a residence of many years they removed to
Hocking County, where they spent the remainder
of their life and died at an advanced age.
They were the parents of fifteen sons, of whom
the following grew to maturity - Lemuel,
Moses, George, Stephen, Lewis and Israel.
Nathan Robinett was married to Drusilla,
a daughter of Jeremiah Robinett.
After his marriage he made his home in Lee
Township, remaining there many years, after
which he located in Elk Township, where he died
at the home of his son Ezekiel, Jan. 24,
1865. His wife died Dec. 25, 1866.
To them were born twelve children - Ezekiel,
Mary Ann, Mercy, Jeremiah, Lydia, Susannah,
Nathaniel and Levi, and four who died
in childhood.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1264 - Elk Twp. |
LEVI
ROBINETT was born Aug. 4, 1835, in Athens
County, Ohio, and is a son of Amos and Sarah
Robinett, who were born and reared in that
county. His father died in the army of
Huttonsville, Va., in 1862, at the age of
fifty-one years. His mother died Feb. 4,
1883, at the age of seventy-five years.
His mother died Feb. 4, 1883, at the age of
seventy-five years. His mother died Feb.
4, 1883, at the age of seventy-five years.
Mr. Robinett was reared on a farm, and
like most other boys received only a common
education in the public schools. He lived
in Athens County until he was thirty-three yeas
old, when he came to Vinton County, where he now
lives. Nov. 9, 1856, he was married to
Julia A. Cottrill, born Apr. 2, 1837, a
daughter of Andrew and Eliza Cottrill,
who were residents of Athens County.
Mr. Cottrill died Apr. 1, 1870, at the age
of sixty-six. Mrs. Cottrill is yet
living, at the age of seventy-five. Mr.
and Mrs. Robinett are the parents of three
children - F. M., Roda J. (who is the
wife of Henry Sockel), and Mary V.
Mrs. Robinett belongs to the Masonic order,
Lodge No. 156, at Albany, Ohio, and is a Master
Mason. His son, F. M. Robinett, is
also a Master Mason. Mr. Robinett
is a man that takes a great pride in fine stock,
and has some of the best Durham cattle, Chester
hogs, merino Sheep, Lexington Horses and
shepherd dogs in teh county. He owns 448
acres of fine land. He has served five
years as Township Treasurer.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 1295 - |
ALLEN
ROBINSON was born in Scott County, Ky.,
Nov. 27, 1845, a son of Alfred Robinson,
who is a farmer and stock-raiser, and is yet
living at the age of seventy-seven. Mr.
Robinson moved from Virginia, where he was
engaged in the oil business, to Ohio, in 1870,
and is now engaged in the mercantile business.
He was educated in Frankfort, Ky., until he was
about fourteen years old. He is one of the
leading business men of Zaleski, a partner in
the firm of Robinson & Hubbert.
They carry a full line of goods and have an
average sale of about $35,000 a year.
Mr. Robinson was married Oct. 14, 1866, to
Amanda C. Day, by whom he has three
children - Wirt, Buenavista and Homer.
Mr. Robinson is one of the best business
men in the town. In addition to his
interest in the mercantile business he is
engaged in milling, being the proprietor of the
Zaleski Steam Flouring Mills. He has been
Justice of the Peace nine years.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
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