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Published by Biographical Publishing Company
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Arnold, Treas.
Chicago, Illinois -
1902
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CHARLES T. REED
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1392 |
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DAVID REED
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1455 |
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ISAAC REED
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1446 |
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A. B. REGNIER
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1407 |
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DR. FELIX REGNIER, the second son
of Dr. J. B. Regnier, was born in Otsego County, New York, in
1801. When he was two years old, his parents moved to
Marietta, Ohio, where he received a liberal education and began the
study of medicine under Dr. S. P. Hildreth. He received
a diploma from the Medical Society of Ohio in 1824, and in that year
began the practice of his profession at Galliopolis, Ohio. In
1831 he removed to Jacksonville, Illinois, where he remained two
years and then came to Marietta. He had an office in Harmar
and was regularly engaged in practice here until April, 1866.
During the succeeding 11 years he traveled, in the hope of improving
his wife's health. After her death in 1877, he removed to
Carthage, Illinois.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
471 |
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DR. JOHN BAPTISTE REGNIER -
All the old citizens of the Duck Creek and Muskingum valleys and of
Marietta remember John Baptiste Regnier, and most of them
cherish his memory as a personal friend. Medicine exerts a
greater personal influence over its patients than any other
profession. The patient who recovers from a serious malady is
likely to retain feelings of the profoundest gratitude toward the
man who has rescued him from pain or death.
Dr. Regnier was born in Paris in 1769. His
mother kept a small store for fancy goods and is said to have been a
very handsome and stylish woman.
The family was loyal to the government and to the king,
and as a consequence were sufferers from the convulsions which
revolutionized France. John had acquired a good
education and special attainments in architecture and drawing, which
he intended to follow as a profession. Like all the better
class of French students, he had also attended scientific lectures,
and had paid particular attention to the department of medicine.
In 1790, when the young men were all called upon to enter the ranks
of the revolutionists, the Regnier Brothers, who were
loyalists, decided upon leaving the county. John B.,
who was 20 years old, and Modeste, who was 14, joined the
company of emigrants who had purchased land from Joel Barlow,
and came to the United States. They reached Marietta October
16, 1790. After a few days they embarked on boats, and
proceeded to lands purchased from the Scioto Land Company, and were
among the founders of Gallipolis. Having lost their fortune,
and dreading the Indians, to whom they were unaccustomed, the two
brothers left their forest home and went to New York. On their
way up the Ohio their boat was upset and all their effects thrown
out. Among them was a curiously wrought octagonal cylinder,
which was afterward found in a sand-bar below, and exhibited in an
Eastern museum as a legacy of prehistoric art.
For the next eight or 10 years Dr. Regnier
suffered varying but cruel fortune. But those years of
uncertainty and hardship threw him into the profession for which
nature had intended him. In the year 1802 he entered the
office of Dr. Lemoine, his French medical friend at
Washington, Pennsylvania, and in 1803 came to Marietta for the
purpose of entering the practice. Monsieur Thiery, a
French baker, sold him a lot in Fearing Township, onto which he
moved and made improvements. It soon became known that he was
a "French doctor," and from that time on his practice grew, and his
purse was filled. There was an unusual amount he was
remarkably successful. He also proved himself a skilled
surgeon. One case particularly extended his reputation.
A man had become caught in the branches of a falling tree and was
bruised from head to foot. The pulsations of his heart had
ceased and the body was already cold when the doctor arrived.
He ordered the attendants to kill a sheep and bring him the warm
pelt as quickly as possible. The steaming skin was wrapped
around the bruised and naked body, and a cure, which seemed almost
miraculous, was accomplished.
In 1808, Dr. Regnier removed to Marietta, where
he had frequently been called as counsel, and attending physician.
His practice was extended over a wide range of territory, and drew
heavily on his physical powers. In Marietta he became great
social as well as professional favorite. He was a cheerful and
interesting talker, was full of sympathy and always ready to give
assistance.
He purchased a six-acre lot and laid out the finest
garden in the city. "It was a model from which divers
individuals improved their own and ultimately implanted a permanent
taste for this refining art to the citizens of Marietta."
He was one of the original members of the State Medical
Society, organized in 1812. In 1818 he was elected County
Commissioner. In 1819 he sold his property in Marietta, to
Dr. John Cotton, and purchased 320 acres of land on Duck Creek.
He built a flouring and saw-mill and a brick dwelling house.
Up to that time the country was unimproved, but to that time the
country was unimproved, but in a few years a prosperous settlement
had grown up. He left Marietta with the intention of freeing
himself of his laborious practice, but found if impossible. He
was still called upon by his old patrons, in serious cases, and his
strong humanity did not permit him to refuse. Broken down by
overwork, he died of bilious remittent fever in August, 1821.
Dr. Hildreth, his contemporary and friend, ahs said of him:
"Close discrimination and accurate observation of all
phases and shades of disease gave him wonderful tact in prognosis,
the base of all successful practice, while his knowledge of
the proper remedies rendered him very successful in their
application. His colloquial powers were unrivaled, and at the
bedside his cheerful conversation, aided by the deep interest he
actually felt in the sick, with his kind, delicate manner of
imparting his instructions, always left his patients better than he
found them, and formed a lasting attachment to his person in all who
fell under his care. His death was lamented as a serious
calamity, and no physician in this region of the country has since
fully filled the place he occupied in the public estimation."
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
463 |
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CAPT. OLIVER RICE, of Rutland,
Massachusetts, was an officer through the Revolution. He
married after the war - lost his wife - came out early, and settled
in Belpre- was afterward a major in the militia - a sterling citizen
and among the best of farmers; his line is extinct in this country.
He was a brave man at Stony Point, and was a lieutenant.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
502 |
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DR. C. T. RILEY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1449 |
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MARTHA RILEY
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1420 |
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GEORGE E. ROBINSON, who is
engaged in farming in Marietta township, Washington County,
Ohio, is a son of George H. Robinson, and grandson of
Ebenezer Robinson.
Ebenezer Robinson came from Rhode island, in 1819,
to Fearing township, Washington County, Ohio, where he ran a
sawmill and grist mill. His death occurred at the age of
ninety years. He left one brother and one sister, namely:
Leonard, deceased; and Esther, who married Dr.
Cleveland, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She died in
1893, leaving an estate valued at $152,000, - George E.
Robinson, being one of the heirs.
George H. Robinson, the father of the subject of
this biographical mention, was born in 1818, and was but one
year old when his father removed to Washington county, Ohio.
In 1857, he erected a grist-mill, on the Little Muskingum River,
which he conducted up to the time of his death, in 1866.
George E. Robinson married Jane Dornan,
who was born on his present farm, and is a daughter of Robert
Dornan, who came to this country from Belfast, Ireland.
They have eight children, namely: Wallace, a rig builder
living in Marietta township; Hattie, who married D. F.
Dufer of Parkersburg, West Virginia; R. R., living in
Sistersville, West Virginia, who married a daughter of Amos
Wright; Arthur, who works in a chair factory in Marietta;
Ida, living at home; Walter and Janie who
attend school; and Marjorie.
Mr. Robinson is a thrifty farmer, owning 40 acres
of land in Marietta township. This is kept well improved,
and on it he carries on general farming and stock raising.
He is well known in the community, and is a man of honor and
integrity. He is a member of the Republican party.
Religiously, the family are Methodists.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1385 |
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S. B. ROBINSON - See
Chapter XIX
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 450 |
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HON. DAVID ROBERT ROOD
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1402 |
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MANNING M. ROSE, who has
efficiently served as postmaster of Marietta, Ohio, since 1898,
was born in Waterford township, Washington County, Ohio, June
30, 1856, and is a son of James H. and Mary (Schafer) Rose.
James H. Rose was born in Virginia, in 1810, and
came to Washington County, Ohio, about 1842, locating in Adams
township, just across the line from Waterford township.
For many years before, during and after the Civil War, he
operated the Cliff Coal Mines. His wife, Mary Schafer,
was born in 1881.
Manning M. Rose attended the common schools of the
county, and was afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits from
1878 to 1884. He was chief deputy sheriff of Washington
County from 1885 to 1889, and during that period was also
chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of the county.
In February, 1890, he was appointed clerk of surveys in the
general land office, and in October, 1891, was made chief clerk
of the bureau. In November, 1892, he became assistant land
commissioner, and had full charge of the land office exhibit at
the World's Columbian Exposition. He returned to Ohio soon
after Cleveland's inauguration and was engaged in the shoe
business with C. W. James, for three years, when he sold
out. He was appointed a member of the state board of
pardons by Governor McKinley, who was his personal
friend, and was chairman of that board for two years. In
May, 1898, he was appointed postmaster of Marietta, and has
since continued in that capacity. He is a man of
recognized ability, and has the good will and hearty support of
his fellow citizens.
Manning M. Rose was united in
marriage with Louisa M. Beish, of Beverly, Ohio, and they
have two children, - C. Beish, who is serving as day-mail
clerk in the post office; and Nellie M., who is at home.
Mr. Rose is president of the New Century Historical Society,
and a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to which he belongs.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1365 |
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EDGAR ALLEN ROSS, M. D.,*
one of the successful young physicians of Bartlett, Ohio, was
born in Wesley township, Washington County, in 1870, and is a
son of James and Martha Jane (Heald) Ross, both of whom
were also born in Ohio.
James Ross, who is a resident of Bartlett and an
honored survivor of the Civil War, was born near Chester Hill,
in Morgan County, Ohio, and came in boyhood to Bartlett.
After cocmpleting his education, he adopted the profession of
teaching, and in the meantime made preparations for the practice
of law but in 1861 his personal affairs became of secondary
importance. He enlisted at Chillicothe in Company F, 73rd
Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf., was wounded at Resaca in 1864, was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant, and was mustered out in 1865.
With his regiment he participated in much hard service and took
part in the march to the sea, under General Sherman, and
the Battles of Gettysburg, the Second Bull Run, and Chickamauga.
Immediately after his return from the army. Mr. Ross
was admitted to the bar, at Marietta. Since then, he has
acceptably filled the office of assessor and justice of the
peace.
Mr. Ross was married to
Martha Jane Heald, who was born in Columbiana
County, and died in 1901, at the age of 64 years. Their
children were as follows: Marion, a resident of Wesley
township; William, who also resides in Wesley;
Edgar Allen; Dr. Louis, of Iowa; Caleb,
of Kentucky; Hattie, the wife of Ezra Walker,
of Pittsburg; and Grace, who is at home.
Dr. Ross enjoyed many educational advantages in
his youth. He attended Bartlett Academy, Lebanon College
and Marietta College. When only 15 years of age, he
taught his first term of school and continued in that profession
for about eight years. Finally he entered the office of
Dr. L. W. Peeble and Dr. E. H. Trickle, to prepare
for medical lectures. In 1894, he entered the Kentucky
School of Medicine, at Louisville, and graduated in 1896.
Dr. Ross gave particular attention to obstetrics and the
diseases of children, and in these branches has been very
successful, although his practice covers every field. His
first three years were spent at Little Hocking, but in 1899 he
returned to Bartlett, and here, among his old neighbors and
friends, he has been warmly welcomed.
Dr. Ross was married to Anna Barlow,
who was born in Barlow township, in 1868, and is a daughter of
Joseph and Mary Barlow. Five
children resulted from this union, namely: Lester,
born in 1892; Luther, born in 1894; Milan, born in
1898; and Ruth, born in 1900; and Mary, who is
deceased. Dr. Ross and his wife are members
of the Methodist Church and the former is a popular comrade in
cutler Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1462 |
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CHARLES ROWLAND has for
nearly forty years been one of the prominent agriculturists of
Newport township, Washington County, and is also well known as a
steamboat navigator on the Ohio River. He was reared in
this seciton, having been born in Newport May 29, 1827.
His father, William Rowland, who was born in
1789, was one of the early settlers of Washington County, where
he was engaged in farming for many years. For a
considerable time he also worked at keelboating, making trips
from Nashville to New Orleans. In early manhood he married
Annie E. Clark and they had ten children, as follows:
Eliza, John, William and Robert, deceased;
Virginia, George and Rufus. Mr. Rowland was a
well-informed Whig, and always took a keen interest in politics.
In religious belief he was a Baptist.
Charles Rowland was reared to farm work and
also, through his father, early became familiar with river
boating. Naturally, as a young man, he turned to these
occupations. After considerable preliminary experience in
farming he purchased his present place, - a splendid 125-acre
tract in Newport township. Here he has resided for 38
years, and has made a thorough success of his work, - a fact of
which his well-kept farm bears evidence. For a number of
years during this same period he also materially increased his
income by running a steamboat on the Ohio River.
Mr. Rowland married Jane D. White, who
was born in Watertown township, Washington County, Ohio, Mar. 5,
1842, and is a daughter of Kyes White. From this
union there have been born six children, as follows:
Addie, born May 22, 1869, an now residing at Zanesville,
Ohio, who married George Heslop; Charles, born Dec. 4?,
1861, who is a resident of New Matamoras, and married Tillie
Semon; Lucy, born Apr. 12, 1862, who married
Douglas Dilley; Willard G., who was born Apr. 13, 1864, and
died at the age of 11 months; and Myrtle B. and
William S., both of whom are deceased; the former was born
Feb. 9, 1866, and the latter Jan. 3, 1870. Mr. Rowland
is one of the influential Republicans of the township.
Religiously he is a highly esteemed member of the Baptist
Church.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1268 |
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GEORGE ROWLAND, a farmer of
Palmer township, Washington County, Ohio, raises stock to some
extent, but has leased his farm for four years to parties
interested in the oil business.
Mr. Rowland is a son of Mordecai and Rachel
(Maxwell) Rowland, the latter being of Irish descent.
He was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1859. His
grandparents were Elisha and Phoebe (Adrian) Rowland.
The Rowlands went to Jefferson County from their home
in the east, and later, moved to Morgan county, where they
resided many years. Mordecai Rowland chose
Rachel Maxwell, of Guernsey County, Ohio, for his bride, and
they made their home in Morgan County. Previous to her
marriage Mrs. Rowland was a teacher, and taught school in
Wesley township. She was well educated, having received
her training in the schools of Marietta, and made a success of
her profession. Her mother is now sixty-five years of age,
and makes her home with Mr. Rowland's mother.
On Sept. 25, 1879, George Rowland was united in
marriage with Sidney Ann Chadwick, a daughter of
Simeon and Lucinda (Bolen) Chawick. Her mother was a
daughter of Enoch Bolen and spent her youthful days in
Green County, Ohio, where the birth of Sidney Ann Chadwick
took place Mar. 15, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland
had seven children, namely: Everett B.; Locia C.;
Harley E.; Sydnia; Clarence E.; Sylvia
May; and Matie. Everett B., born July
30, 1880, was united in marriage with Myrtie E. Smith,
Jan. 28, 1900. She was a daughter of Rolfe Smith,
and has two children,—Sarah Hazel and Gertrude,
the latter born July 14, 1902.
Everett B. Rowland accidentally shot himself Aug. 13,
1902, and although every effort was made to save him, he died
August 15. Locia C., born Oct. 10, 1883, is still
single and resides at home. Harley E. was born Dec.
26, 1885; Sydnia was born Apr. 26, 1889; Clarence E.
was born Aug. 6, 1891; Sylvia May was born Apr. 2,
1895; and Matie was born Jan. 17, 1897.
The home farm consists of 80 acres of land, and it is
well supplied by producing wells. Five wells, four of them
producers, are now in operation, and the output is 180 barrels
per day, yielding a handsome income. Mr. Rowland's
attention is entirely devoted to the interests of his business,
and he enjoys the well merited consideration which is due to a
fair-minded upright citizen.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1214 |
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DR.
R. B. ROWLES, a rising young physician and surgeon of New
Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, has a profitable practice
extending far into the surrounding country, and makes a
specialty of treating nose, throat, and chest diseases, having
taken special courses on such ailments.
Dr. Rowles was born in Monroe County, Ohio, Oct
30, 1865, and is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Colvin)
Rowles, and grandson of John and Mary Rowles.
Jacob Rowles was also an Ohioan by birth and in
1841 accompanied his parents to Monroe County. His wife
was born in that county on May 3, 1835. In 1894 he located
in New Matamoras, where he is spending his declining years.
In politics he is a Democrat. He and his wife reared four
children, viz.: Addie, deceased; Charles; Benton,
who is successfully engaged in teaching; and R. B., the
subject of the writing.
R. B. Rowles attended the public schools of both
Monroe and Washington counties, and took a supplementary course
at Ada, Hardin County, Ohio, where he received the degree
of B. S. He then entered the Baltimore Medical College,
from which he graduated in 1899. He took special courses
in nose, throat and chest ailments and has met with unqualified
success in the treatment of those diseases.
Dr. Rowles located in New Matamoras in 1899,
soon after his graduation, and is looked upon as one of the most
successful physicians in that locality. Apr. 21, 1898, he
was joined in matrimony with M. Marie Walter, and two
children bless their home. These children are twins, and
their names are Everett and Emmett. Mrs.
Rowles was born in Monroe County, Ohio1, Dec. 1,
1873, but was reared and educated principally in Washington
County. She is a daughter of Israel and Catherine
Walter, of New Matamoras. She is a member of the M. E.
Church.
Politically Dr. Rowles is allied with the
Democratic party, and fraternally is a member of the I. O. O. F.
and K. of P. He is a good and useful citizen of his
community, and has hosts of friends, who predict a prosperous
future for him.
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio - Published
by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois - 1902 - Page
1242
NOTES:
1. M. Marie Walter's birth record can be found in
Vol. 1, pg. 156 - No. 50 on Dec. 1, 1878 at Benton Twp., Monroe
Co., Ohio - Daughter of Israel Walter and Catharine A. Corda who
resided in Benton Twp., Monroe Co., OH (the birth year was
definitely 1878 in the birth record) |
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HARLEY RUMMER
Source: History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- 1902 - Page 1439 |
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