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Published by Biographical Publishing Company
George Richmond, Pres.; S. Harmer Neff, Sec'y.; C. R.
Arnold, Treas.
Chicago, Illinois -
1902
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DR. THOMAS FARLEY came to Marietta
in the summer of 1788 as the attending physician of General Venum,
who died of consumption in January, 1789. He was a son of
General Farley, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and studied medicine
at Salem, under Dr. Holyoke, in 1782. Colonel Barker
says of him: " He was a modest, amiable young man, always ready to
obey the calls of humanity, and had the good will and confidence of
all who knew him" He soon became discouraged with the new
country and returned in the fall of 1790 to Massachusetts.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
462 |
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GEORGE FELTON
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1453 |
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WILLIAM W. FINCH
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1416 |
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THOMAS FLEMING
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1419 |
Jacob Fox
Mrs. Rosa R. Fox |
JACOB FOX, one of the
representative citizens of Grand View township, Washington
County, Ohio, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 8, 1846, an is
a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Snyder) Fox.
Nicholas Fox was born in Germany in 1816, and was a
farmer by occupation. He came to the United States with
his family in 1847, landing at New York. He went from
there to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he followed mining for
two years, and then went to Bellaire, Ohio. After residing
there for three years, he went to Monroe County, Ohio, where he
bought land and farmed near Clarington. He next moved to
Grand View township, Washington County, and located upon the
farm now owned and occupied by his son, Jacob. He
lived there until his death, May 4, 1889. His wife,
Elizabeth Snyder, who was born in Germany, Aug. 3, 1809,
died Aug. 17, 1888. They reared two children, namely:
Jacob, and Margaret, who was born in Germany Oct.
31, 1835, and married Henry Ressieger. The father
was a Democrat in politics. Religiously, he was a member
of the German Lutheran Church.
Jacob Fox received his mental training in the
schools of Monroe County, after which he engaged in teaching in
that county, and in Grand View township, Washington County.
He began teaching at the age of 17 and continued until he was 40
years old. From 1878 until 1882, he was successfully
engaged in the general merchandise business in Grand View.
He has since been engaged in general farming, and has 135 acres
of land, all under a high state of cultivation.
In 1870 Mr. Fox married Rosa Roth, who
was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 23, 1851, and is a daughter
of John W. Roth. Her father was born in
Switzerland, in 1825, and came to the United States in 1834.
He spent most of his life in Monroe County, Ohio, engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He died Apr. 1, 1878, aged 53
years, one month and 17 days, having been born in 1825. He
married Rosena R. Rabel, who was born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, in 1827, and died May 9, 1889. They reared the
following children: Mary (Kocher), of Monroe
County; Rosa, wife of Mr. Fox; Lizzie (Zink),
of Monroe County; Caroline; wife of Isaac Kocher
of Monroe County; Edward of Monroe County; and Matilda,
who married George Berentz, of Washington County.
Mr. and Mrs. Fox became the parents of 14 children, as
follows: Mary I., who was born Nov. 13, 1870, and
married F. J. Lantz, of Grand View township; Charles
W., born Apr. 27, 1872, who lives in Pittsburg; George E.,
of Pittsburg, who was born Nov. 21, 1873, and married
Minnie Adamson; Cora A., born Mar. 25, 1876;
Arthur, born July 1, 1877, at St. Louis, Missouri; Rosa
S., who was born Apr. 7, 1879, and died Aug. 3, 1880;
Edward E., born Oct. 16, 1880; Clara V., born Apr.
29, 1883; Jacob W., born Mar. 12, 1885; Clarence E.,
born Feb. 25, 1887; Buna V., born Mar. 28, 1889;
Truman B. who was born June 19, 1891, and died Jan. 18,
1892; Raymond T., born June 19, 1891; and Chester U.
r., born Feb. 26, 1894. Truman B. and
Raymond T. were twins. The subject of this sketch is a
Democrat in politics, and served as township clerk four terms,
as assessor 12 terms, as land appraiser two terms, as road
supervisor, and is now a member of the School Board.
Mr. Fox and his family are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1047 |
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JOHN W. FRYE
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1452 |
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O. J. FULLER. The gentleman
whose name heads this sketch is a funeral director in Marietta,
Washington County, Ohio. He was born in that city in 1861,
and is a son of Samuel A. and Eliza Z. (Judd) Fuller, and
can trace his lineage back to the days of the landing of the
Pilgrims from the Mayflower. His ancestors subsequently
removed to New York and located at Whitehall.
Samuel A. Fuller was a native of Washington
County, Ohio, where his birth took place in 1821, on the old
"Bishop" farm. His father, John Fuller, settled
in Washington County during the early part of the nineteenth
century. He married and had several children the last of
whom passed away in 1902.
Samuel A. Fuller was a cabinet-maker by trade,
and divided his attention between this and undertaking.
Prior to the establishment of the chair factory at Marietta, he
made furniture quite extensively. Then, too, he and his
brother, Aaron Fuller, were partners in the
undertaking business. This partnership lasted until the
latter accepted the position of foreman in the chair factory.
Some years later he removed from the city and is now deceased.
Samuel A. Fuller was united in marriage with a daughter
of Chauncey T. Judd, a gentleman who served efficiently
as postmaster at Harmar, Washington County, for many years, and
died in January, 1863, or 1864. To this union were born
four children as follows: Albert a resident of
Portsmouth, Ohio, where he and his brother Andrew J., are
partners in the furniture and undertaking business; O. J.;
and Clara S., now residing with Andrew J., her
twin brother.
The subject of this sketch attended school at Marietta,
and at the age of sixteen years, started to work in the chair
factory, where he continued for the following six years, and
meantime devoted all spare time to learning the wood-turner's
trade. He chose for his wife, Nellie H. Sayre.
Since 1884, Mr. Fuller has
been sole proprietor of the undertaking and embalming business
established by his father in 1840. Although the patronage
of his father was by no means small, Mr. Fuller has
nevertheless increased his trade, and to him belongs the credit
of bringing the business to his present high standard in
Marietta. His place of business is at Nos. 142 and 144
Front street, and consists of a well-furnished office, large and
commodious show-rooms, well stocked with a most complete line of
funeral supplies, and a dormitory. He is said to have the
most complete line of equipments in the state. Three
funeral cars, one white, one black, and one for country use, are
owned by Mr. Fuller, and he also operates the only
ambulance wagon in the city, taking special care of bodies
intended form consignment to foreign points. The residence
and office of Mr. Fuller are adjoining, and calls are
there by answered easily, both day and night. Being a
graduate of Clarke & Sullivan's Oriental School of
Embalming. Mr. Fuller is fully acquainted with
every detail of this branch of the work, and is an expert
embalmer. For his straightforwardness and integrity, as
well as for the attention and care he gives to all his duties,
he is widely known throughout the surrounding country, and has a
steadily increasing business. He is a valued member of the
Undertaker's Association of Ohio.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1130 |
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DR. SHUBEL FULLER was born in
Canada in 1866. In 1818 his parents came to Marietta.
After passing through the schools of that period, he began the study
of medicine in the office of Dr. John Cotton. He
attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and
opened an office in Marietta in 1835. Dr. Fuller was a
successful physician, and conducted a large practice until the
sickness which terminated in his death, Feb. 17, 1857. Dr.
Fuller was a descendant of the Plymouth Rock family of that
name.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
471 |
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