HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY

CHAPTER XXVII.

Joseph B. Doughty, druggist, of Chauncey, was born in Gran- ville, Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1846, and is a son of Rev. Richard Doughty, a Methodist Episcopal minister. Mr. Doughty began 747

Thomas Ellis, a prominent farmer of Dover Township, is a na- tive of Lincolnshire, England, and was born in the city of Grant- ham, May 21, 1817. His father, Richard Ellis, was a native of Doddington, England. Mr. Ellis emigrated from his native land to Dover Township in 1842, where he has since lived. He was married March 2, 1846, to Mary A. White, a daughter of John S. White. They had three children, two living---Mary and Sarah. For twenty-two years Mr. Ellis carried on a blacksmith shop in Millfield, when he sold out and bought his present farm on Sun- day Creek, one mile north of Chauncey. It consisted of 510 acres, 160 of which he gave his daughter. He is now engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising. Mr. Ellis still has in his possession a piece of the first carriage that was run in the Sunday Creek Valley. It was built by Mr. Reynolds, from Nova Scotia in 1843. Austin Fuller, deceased, late of Millfield, was born in Dover Township, this county, May 14, 1814, and was a son of Resolved Fuller. He was brought up on the farm, and educated in a sub- scription school. He was always a farmer. Oct. 19, 1835, he married Miss Mary Pratt, of this township. They had twelve chil- dren born to them, of whom eight are living---George, Resolved, Dudley, Carlin L., Abigail, Mary, Eva and Flavins. Abigail is the wife of Rev. Epraim Wayman, of Chillicothe, Ill. Eva is the wife of Elder Samuel W. Brown, of Washington, Pa. One 748

daughter, Mrs. Sarah Fuller Wyatt, died and left four children. A son, Melzer N., was also married, and left two children at his death. Mr. Fuller was a faithful member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Dudley D. Fuller, of Millfield, was born March 4, 1847, son of Austin Fuller. He was reared on a farm, and educated in a com- mon school and Weethee's College. He followed farming for some time. He enlisted in the late war in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and served nine months; was dis- charged and enlisted in the Navy Department, in which he served on the United States steamer Huntress until the close of the war. Mr. Fuller was married Oct. 8, 1876, to Mary J. Wyatt, daughter of George Wyatt. They have had four children, one living---Edith A. Mr. Fuller was appointed Postmaster at Millfield in March, 1879. He keeps a general store, doing an annual business of $8,000. Russell N. Fuller, M. D., was born in this township Jan. 3, 1817. His father, Resolved Fuller, was a native of Connecticut, and came to this county in 1796. He walked the entire distance from Connecticut to this county with another boy. He was born in 1780, and was therefore but sixteen years old at that time. When he reached this then wilderness he had just three shillings, or 37½ cents. He was industrious and economical, worked hard and grew wealthy. He bored the Chauncey salt well, and owned and operated the salt works there for some time. At one time he owned all the land where Chauncey now stands. He had a family of nine children, but two of whom are living---Russell N. and Hi- ram, of Marshfield, this county. The subject of this sketch was married in 1840 to Eliza B. Cooley, daughter of Caleb Cooley. They have eight children---Charles, Mary, Emma, Kate, Esther, John R., Milton and Henry H. The Doctor was Assessor of this township two terms, Township Trustee one term, and Township Treasurer one term. He commenced the practice of medicine in 1845, but has given up most of his practice of late. He owns a farm of 360 acres and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Daniel Fulton, section 29, Dover Township, was born in Alex- ander Township, this county, Aug. 21, 1822. His father, Loam- mia Fulton, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Athens County when about five years old, and settled in the woods among wolves, deer, panthers, wildcats and Indians. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and educated in a subscription school. He commenced to learn. the carpenter's 749

trade when seventeen years old. He worked on canal-locks on Hocking Canal about eight years, and built bridges several years. He has also carried on the farm until the present time. He was in the employ of the Hocking Valley Iron Company as their agent for three years. Mr. Fulton was married Dec. 24, 1846 to Lucy W., daughter of Josiah True. They have five children--- Harmon, Mary and Emma (twins), Sarah Ida and John A. Mr. Fulton is a member of the Free-Will Baptist church. He owns 361 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock- raising. John Harvey, farmer, section 1, Dover Township, was born in Washington County, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1826. His father, James Harvey, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, born in November, 1802, came to Barlow Township, Washington Co., Ohio in 1818. Mr. Harvey spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and attended a subscription school. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and also learned the wagon-maker's trade. He followed the latter, of winters, for many years. He came to this county in 1853 and located in Dover Township, where he still lives. He en- listed in the late war in Company H, One Hundred and Forty first Ohio Infantry. He was married Feb. 5, 1854, to Sarah, daughter of Jonas Rice. They had six children---James K., John C., Mary, Nettie, J. Henry and Elinor H. Mr. Harvey owns 145 acres of land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He built sev- eral of the houses in this neighborhood, among them that of A. J. Willmarth, Alanson Courtney, Hugh Poston and Captain Phil- lips. James C. Headley, section 12, Dover Township, was born in Monroe County, Ohio, April 3, 1840, son of Isaac Headley, of Morgan County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and educated in a common school, and graduated from the Cincinnati Law School May 25, 1881. He was married April 20, 1865, to Rhoda Lewis, daughter of Jacob Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Headley have had seven children, of whom five are living---Laired J. V., Sabra L.O., Irena L. S., Sitha A. F. and Lucretia J. Mr. Headley came to this county in 1869. For nine and a half years he ran a saw-mill, but at the present time is engaged in general farming. William Henry was born in Wales, Oct. 2, 1836. He was educated in the public schools of Wales, and came to America in 1850, stopping in New York City; thence to Pittsburg and Pome- roy, Ohio, where he lived about a year. He then worked on rail- 750

roads a while, and came to Chauncey in 1856, where he has since resided with the exception of the time he was in the army, and has worked in the coal mines at the Chauncey Salt Works. He enlisted in May, 1862, in Company E, Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Fredericksburg, and was discharged in May, 1864, on account of disability caused by a wound through the large part of the left leg, at the battle of Gettysburg. He was married May 26, 1858, to Lydia A. Birge, daughter of William A. Birge, of this county. They had six children, four of whom are living---Wilford, Will- iam, Winifred and John. Mr. Henry is a member of the Sons of Temperance. William S. Hyde was born in Homer Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1819, and is a son of William Hyde, a native of New York City, who came to Morgan County, Ohio, about 1817. In 1827 he removed to Millfield, this county, where he died Sept. 15, 1846. He owned large tracts of land around Millfield, and was extensively engaged in farming and in the mercantile business. Our subject was educated in a select school. He bought the farm where he now resides in 1860, and has recently sold it to the Buchtel Iron Company, but still resides here and is employed as the com- pany's agent. He was married in the fall of 1843 to Hetta C. Andrews, daughter of Samuel Andrews. They have four chil- dren---Achsa, Emma, William and Maurice. Emma is married to Smith Jennings, of Nelsonville, and William to Adda Conant, and resides in Fairfield County, Ohio. Mr. Hyde was Infirmary Director of this county for nine years, and for many years was Trustee of Dover Township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Norval W. James, shoemaker and farmer, was born in Coshoc- ton, Ohio, March 16, 1833, and is a son of William James, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio about 1832. The family removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1844. Mr. James came to this county in 1847, where he still resides. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company I, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry about five months. He participated in the battle of South Mountain, where he was wounded, on account of which he was discharged. He received a common-school education, and learned the shoemaker's trade in 1863, which he has since followed. He has worked at his trade in Millfield about fifteen years. He also carries on his farm of eighty-five acres on section 3. He was 751

Pulaski Lowry, an enterprising young business man, was born in Dover Township, this county, July 20, 1850. His father Will- iam Lowry, was born in Athens Township in 1801, and was a son of Robert Lowry, a native of Ireland, and one of the first pioneers of Athens County. Our subject received a common-school educa- tion. He is now operating the Chauncey Salt Works, and makes twenty-five barrels of salt daily. This salt is of the purest and best quality. Mr. Lowry was married in June, 1872, to Sarah J. North daughter of Henry North, of Chauncey. They have had six chil- dren, four of whom are living---Alvira, Almira, Alice and Mary Abram Martin, Superintendent of the Athens County Infirmary, was born in Lee Township, this county, Nov. 29, 1824. His father Samuel Martin, was a native of Virginia, and an early settler of Athens County. His mother was Hepsibah Merritt Martin. Our subject was the fourth of nine children, five of them now living--- David, of Vinton County, Ohio; Elijah, of Woodson County Kan sas; Abram; Josephus, of Vinton County, Ohio. and Nancy M., now Mrs. Cottrell, of Chariton County, Mo. Three of the de- ceased were grown---Harriet, Caleb and Thomas. Mr. Martin was reared on the farm and had very limited educational advantages, only having attended school for nine months in all. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company C, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, for three years and one month, and participated in the battles of Louisburg, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and many others. He was married Jan. 6, 1848, to Charlotte, daugh- ter of George Robinette. They had eight children, seven of whom are living---Ettie R., Hattie B., Charles W., George W., David M., John M. and Ella. Mr. Martin has always lived in this county except about six years spent in Vinton County. He has held the present office since 1878. He owns a farm of 100 acres in Water- loo Township. Henry F. McCoy, M. D., physician and surgeon, Millfield, was born in Waterloo Township, Athens Co., Ohio, May 12, 1849, and and is a son of Daniel McCoy (deceased), a native of East Scotland, who settled in Athens County about 1842. Our subject's mother died when he was sixteen years old, and this broke up the family and he was thrown entirely upon his own resources. He educated himself and taught school for seven years. During the last two years of his teaching he read medicine. During the winter of 1877-'78 he took a course of lectures at the Columbus (Ohio) Medi- cal College, and practiced the following season in Nelsonville, Ohio. 754

He then returned to college, and graduated with high honors in the class of 1879. He at once removed to Chauncey, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He received two calls the day he located in Chauncey, and has practiced more or less every day since. He was married March 6, 1879, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Hawk, of Athens Township. They have one child--- E. Maud. The Doctor is a Mason, and a member of the Method- ist Episcopal church. Joseph A. McKee, section 35, Dover Township, was born in Trimble Township, Dec. 26, 1835, and is a son of William McKee, now of Morgan County, Ohio, but a native of Greene County, Pa., who came to Athens County about 1820, and lived here till 1881. He is the father of seven children, four living---George W., Mary A., Sarah and Joseph A. One son, William W., was killed at the battle of Resaca in the late war. Mr. McKee was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Mahala Snyder, a daughter of George Snyder. They had nine children, seven of whom are living---Sarah E., Mary I. Clara, William A., George W., Joseph J. and John A. Mr. Mc- Kee was Clerk of Trimble Township for six years, and was elected Justice of the Peace for Dover Township in 1879, and re-elected in 1882. He has been Clerk of the Board of Education nearly ever since he became of age. He came to this township in February, 1868. He owns eighty acres of land, and is engaged in general farming. James McKitrick, M. D., was born near Morristown, Belmont Co., Ohio, Oct. 1, 1815, and is a son of John McKitrick (de- ceased), a native of Washington County, Pa., and an early settler of Belmont County. James left home when quite small, and early learned the blacksmith's trade. At the age of twenty-one years he left the shop and engaged in the mercantile business in Morganville, Ohio, where he remained five years. He then read medicine under Dr. James Rusk, with whom he practiced six months. In 1844 he came to Millfield, where he built up a large practice and remained until 1865, and then came to Chauncey and practiced until 1881, when failing health compelled him to give up his practice, and he now resides on his farm adjoining Chauncey. His successor, Dr. H. F. McCoy, is a graduate from the Columbus Medical College, and a successful physician. Dr. McKitrick has always been an indus- trious and useful man. He has carried on his farm, and attended to his practice, enduring many privations and hardships. He was married March 29, 1845, to Miss Sarah W. Hyde, daughter of 755

William Hyde (deceased), an early settler of Athens County. They have one son---William S., who resides in Chauncey,and is a farmer and stock-raiser. The Doctor is a Presbyterian in religious faith, but is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Chauncey. He was always noted for his generosity and liberality, and always visited poor families when called, with or without pay. Jeremiah Morris, deceased, late of Dover Township, was born in Washington County, Penn., April 7, 1797, and was a son of Joseph Morris, a native of New Jersey. He came to this county about 1825. He married Mary A. Southerton, by whom he had five children, two living---Joseph and Dianna; one son, Jeremiah, died at the age of twenty-one years. Mrs. Morris died Jan. 19, 1832. Mr. Morris married, July 14, 1833, Bethany L., daughter of Hamilton Lapham. She was born in New York State, Aug. 21, 1811. Mr. Morris died May 3, 1874. He was a member of the Christian church. John Mourn, merchant, Chauncey, was born in York Township, Athens County, Oct. 14, 1831, and is a son of John Mourn, de- ceased, a native of Ireland, who came from Maryland to this county about 1818, and settled in the woods at Thompson's Ford, on Hocking River. He was the father of nine boys and one girl, of whom our subject was the third child. He was reared on the old homestead and received a common-school education. He started to California in the spring of 1852, overland route, arriving there the following October, and returned by the Nicaraugua steamship route in the fall of 1855, and settled in Dover Township, where he has since resided. He ran a saw-mill near Chauncey for three years, and was foreman of the Chauncey Salt Works for about eight- een years. In 1878 he became established in the mercantile busi- ness in Chauncey. He keeps a full line of everything usually kept in a first-class general store, and is doing a good business. He held the office of Clerk of Dover Township for the past eight years, and for the past five years has held the office of Postmaster at Chauncey. In the fall of 1855 he married Sarah Six, a daughter of Leonard Six, deceased. They had six children, of whom three are living---Addie, John W. and James B. One daughter, Araminta, died at the age of sixteen years, and a son, Saudell S., died at the age of six years. Three of Mr. Mourn's brothers, Patrick, Robert and Thomas, were soldiers in the late war, in the Sixty-third Ohio In- fantry. The two latter were stricken down with the measles while in the service and died soon after returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Mourn are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 756

William Ogg, section 7, Dover Township, farmer, stock-raiser and mechanic, was born in Hocking County, Ohio, May 14, 1833. His father, Andrew Ogg, came to Athens County when a young man and settled in Ames Township, and afterward removed to Hocking County. He returned with his family to Athens County in 1834, where he died in 1865. Our subject learned the carpen- ter's trade when a young man, and followed that avocation con- tinually for twenty-eight years, when he began farming, though he occasionally works at his trade. He was married June 5, 1856, to Eliza Tippe. They have had seven children, three living---Wes- ley, Sarah and Joseph. Mr. Ogg owns 140 acres of valuable land. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. J. Green Potter, section 30; was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1828, and is a son of Jacob Potter, a native of Poultney, Vt., who removed to Jefferson County, N. Y., when a young man, and came with his family to this county in 1836, where the sub- ject of this sketch has since resided. He was brought up on a farm and received a common-school education, but for the most part is a self-made man. He has been a local preacher in the United Brethren church for the past twelve years. Mr. Potter was married Oct. 15, 1855, to Sarah M. Thomas. They have had eight children, seven of whom are living---Henry G., Mary P., Hettie E., Lulu M., Frank, Minnie R. and A. Eugene. One daughter, Ella, died in her seventeenth year. Mr. Potter taught school a few years when a young man. His son, Henry G., is in the employ of the Chicago Stock Publishing Company. Miss Hettie is a prominent teacher of Athens County. Ebenezer Pratt was born in Marietta, Ohio, June 19,1813. His father, Azariah Pratt, was a native of Saybrook, Conn., and a descendant of Lieutenant William Pratt, who came from England to America in 1633, and was an early settler of Hartford. Aza- riah Pratt came to Marietta, Ohio, in the spring of 1788, but soon returned and remained until after the close of the Indian war. His wife, Sarah Nye, was in the fort at Marietta during that war, and saw Indians attempt to kill George Meigs. Our subject came with some of the family to Dover Township in 1821 and did some work on their land, and one or two years later they moved here. He has since lived on the same farm. His educational advantages were very limited. He was married, Dec. 31, 1835, to Susan W. Wells, daughter of Varnam G. Wells. They had six children, 757

county when a small boy. Mr. Smith's parents had fourteen chil- dren, nine of whom are now living---Isaac, Samuel, William John, Elisha, Ezra, Mary, Elizabeth and Belle. The father died in 1873, at the age of sixty-nine. Mrs. Smith's parents had nine children, six of whom are living---Jackson, Sarah, Eleanor, Nancy John and Dorcas. Charles W. Southerton, Sunday Creek Valley, one and a half miles north of Chauncey, was born in Dover Township where he now lives, May 22, 1831. His father, James Southerton, came to Athens County from England in 1820, and settled where our sub- ject now resides. He married Harriet Renment, and they had eight children, four now living---James P., Harriet (Mansfield), Rhoda A. (White), and Charles W., who was brought up on the old homestead and received a common-school education. He owns 520 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock- raising. He was married Dec. 9, 1857, to Lydia Deshler, daughter of Christopher Deshler. They had four children, but one of whom is living---Cora C. One son, Hiram W., died at the age of eight years. Mr. Southerton's father died in 1840. James P. Southerton was born in the parish of Sussex, England, Dec. 17, 1811, and is a son of James Southerton, a native of the same place, who brought his family to this county in 1821, and settled in Dover Township. Our subject was educated in the select, or subscription, schools of the pioneer days. There was a log cabin where the family settled, and one acre slashed. Mr. Southerton has helped clear two farms. When he settled where he now lives it was in the woods. He was married in June, 1836, to Elizabeth H., daughter of James Musgrave, a native of Virginia. She was born in Tyler County, Va., and came to Muskingum County with her parents in 1833, and to this county in 1835. They have had thirteen children, of whom eight are living---Sarah A., William B., Clark N., L. Horton, Hiram, Maria, Edwin and Alice. Mr. Southerton has worked at the cooper's trade winters for the past thirty or more years. He owns 223 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mrs. Southerton is a member of the Methodist church. Jonathan Spaulding, section 1, Dover Township, was born in Hillsboro County, N. H., March 29,1805, a son of A. Spaul- ding. He went with his parents to Windham County, Vt., in 1816, where the father died. Our subject went to Massachusetts in 1822, to Maryland in January, 1829, and Philadelphia in 1830. 762

He helped build the first railroad that was built in the United States, between Quincy and Milton, Mass., in about 1824. It was only four miles long. Mr. Spaulding worked at granite-stone cut- ting twelve years. From 1834 to 1836 he superintended the build- ing of the first railroad that crossed the Allegheny Mountains. He helped build the first railroad out of Baltimore, and the first one out of Philadelphia. He also helped to run the first railroad en- gine ever run in the United States. In 1836 he helped build the limestone bridge on the turnpike across Will Creek, at Cumber- land, Md., and in 1837 he came to Zanesville, Ohio, where he cut stone three years. He came to Athens County in 1840, where he has been farming and working at his trade until the last few years. He was married in March, 1836, to Melinda Parr, a native of Ad- ams County, Pa. They had eight children, five living---Jonas R., William A., John M., Susan R. and Mary A. One son, Eli, died at the ago of twenty-one years. Mrs. Spaulding died in January, 1870, and Mr. Spaulding was married in July, 1872, to Mrs. Sidney Bay, who died in January, 1873. His son, William A., lives on the old homestead with his father and runs the farm. He married Mary Hoisington, by whom he has two children---Lizzie and Bertie. The family are Methodists. John H. Spaulding married Charlotte Richmond and has two children---Harrie and Nellie. He lives ad- joining the old homestead in Dover Township. John A. Stephenson was born in Newark, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1835, and is a son of James A. Stephenson, who brought his family to Athens County in 1839. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in Nelsonville. He farmed from 1857 to 1861, when he enlisted in the late war in Company H, Sixty-third Ohio Infantry, and served four years. He was in detached service all the time in the commissary department, under supervision of Colonel G. W. Ba- ker. He was present at the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Brandon, Nashville, Iuka and others. He came to Chauncey in 1866. Oct. 29, 1857, he married Clara Birge, daugh- ter of William A. Birge. They have four children---Ollie L. (now Mrs. J. K. Brown), James W., Gracie G. and Bertha B. Our sub- ject's brother, James K. P. Stephenson, was killed at the battle of Bull Run, while in defense of his country. Mr. Stephenson has been a miner for the past seventeen years, and has worked all that time in the mine of the Chauncey Salt Works. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 763

returned to Perry County and purchased a farm near Miller Town and carried on farming in connection with his practice until the spring of 1852. In April, 1852, he sold his property and pur- chased a farm near Trimble. In December, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years as First Lieutenant. In May, 1862, he came home with the remains of his son who died at Corinth, and resigned his position and re- sumed the practice of his profession and farming until his death, Feb. 29, 1876. Dec. 13, 1838, he married Lydia A., daughter of Samuel and Mary H. (Tinker) Morrow, of Perry County, Ohio. Four children were born to them, only two now living---Amanda S. and Arius N. Lydia V. died at the age of two years. Malon Oscar died at Corinth, Miss., May 27, 1862. He was drummer of Com- pany E, Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mrs. Davis lives at the homestead with her son Arius. Lewis W. Fulton, farmer, Trimble Township, Athens County is the oldest son of Zephaniah and Laura (Fay) Fulton. He was born in Dover Township, Athens County, April 27, 1847, and lived with his parents until seventeen years of age, working on the farm and attending the common schools. Sept. 27, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Reg- iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in Trimble, Ohio, as a private for one year, and was engaged in the battles of the Cedars near Stone River, Overhaul Creek, Decatur, Ala., near Kingston, N. C., joined Sherman near Goldsboro, N. C., and was present at John- son's surrender, returning to Columbus, Ohio, where he was dis- charged July 6, 1865. He then returned home and purchased a farm in Trimble Township. In 1869 he sold his farm and removed to Doniphan County, Kas., and purchased lands and farmed one year. He then sold his lands and returned to Trim- ble Township and purchased the farm on which he at pres- ent resides, though he sold it in February, 1883, and is now em- ployed by O. D. Jackson in managing his lumber interests. July 15, 1867, he married Miss Clarisa A., daughter of A. H. and Almira (Phillips) Chute, of Ward Township, Hocking County. They have three children---Laura L., Mary F. and Chester A., all at home. Two children, Augustus and Lucy, died in infancy. Himself and wife are members of the Disciple church. Oliver D. Jackson, owner and proprietor of mines and store, and founder of the town of Jacksonville, is the only son of Joshua H. and Mary (Bean) Jackson. He was born in York Township, 774

Athens County, May 18, 1848, and lived there until 1854, when his parents removed to Ward Township, Hocking County. At the age of nineteen years he began teaching school, and taught during the winter season four years. Aug. 25, 1872, he and his father established a hardware store at New Straitsville, Perry Co., Ohio, under the firm name of J. H. Jackson & Son. In September, 1875, he purchased his father's interest and continued the business alone until May 1, 1877, when he sold a portion of his business there, and removed a portion of his stock to Bessemer and established a general mercantile store, and in November following removed his business to Buchtel, and April 1, 1878, he sold an interest in the business to the Akron Iron Company. He was then having full charge of the management of the store and live-stock business of the company until Sept. 10, 1882, when he sold his interest to the Akron Iron Company. In April, 1880, he purchased the first lands where he is now in business, and has added adjoining lands con- tinually to the present time. He began business at this point Sept. 15, 1882, and is now shipping coal from his mines, and has a vil- lage laid out covering sixty acres. Sept. 7, 1875, he married Jane, daughter of David and Tryphena (Judd) Eggleston, of Ward Town- ship, Hocking County. They have four children---Minnie E., William W., Frederick H. and Edward B. J. W. Jenkins, miner, oldest son of William and Isabel (Roach) Jen- kins, was born near Oakhill, Jackson Co., Ohio, Dec. 23, 1854, and lived there with his parents until sixteen years old, attending the common-schools. At the age of sixteen years he was employed as brakesman on the M. & C. R. R. After working there one year he returned home and attended school two years. He was then en- gaged mining ore near Ironton, Ohio, about six months; then was watchman on steamer Fleetwood, on the Ohio River, one year. In 1873 he went to the Ozark Iron Works, in Missouri, and was in charge of stone work for three months, when he went to Illinois and worked on a farm a short time, after which he returned home and attended school a year. He then taught and attended school alternately, two years. In 1877 he went to the Buchtel Furnace, Athens County, and worked there three years. In 1880 he was at Nelsonville a few months, and then went to Orbiston and worked until the fall of 1882, when he purchased property at Jacksonville, and is now engaged in sinking shafts at the mines. He is a mem- ber of Lodge No. 541, I. O. O. F., Haydenville, Ohio. May 7, 1878, he married Mary, daughter of P. D. and Nancy (Dennis) 775

Conner, of Orbiston, Hocking County. They have two children--- Edward A. and Annie I. 776

daughter of Eli and Mary (Williams) Six, of Athens County. They had three children---Bessie A., John and Mary. They have lost two children---William E. died at the age of two years and six months, and Medoria died in infancy. Mrs. Palmer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. C. H. Pettit, manufacturer of buggies and spring wagons, is the second son of John and Nancy (Deaver) Pettit. He was born in Deerfield Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, April 23, 1847, and lived there with his parents until seventeen years of age, receiving a common-school education. Sept. 4, 1864, he went to Afton, Un- ion Co., Iowa, and worked in a saw-mill during the winter. In the spring of 1865 he went to work for Abraham Hunt, of Peoria, Ma- haska Co., Iowa., to learn the carriage and wagon trade, and served as an apprentice until the spring of 1867, when he returned to Mor- gan County, Ohio, and worked at Deavertown, for Henry Deaver, on jour. work, near four years. Sept. 3, 1872, he came to Trimble and established his present business. He is agent for the Milburn wagon of Toledo, Ohio. April 10, 1872, he married Louisa, daugh- ter of Morris and Emily (Edwards) Bryson, of Trimble. They have three children---Harley E., Barton H. and John Garfield. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit are members of the Disciple church. J. W. Robinson, blacksmith and manufacturer of road and spring wagons, is the second son of Thomas W. and Magdaline (Haning) Robinson. He was born near Pomeroy, Meigs Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1857. When he was thirteen years of age his parents re- moved to Deavertown, Morgan County, where he lived until man- hood. At the age of twenty-one years he went to work for Frank Deaver to learn the blacksmith's trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years. He then came to Trimble and established his pres- ent business. He is a Master Mason, member of Deavertown Lodge, No. 172, A. F. & A. M., Morgan County, Ohio. June 7, 1877, he married Lizzie, daughter of William and Mary (Particious) Tysinger, of Morgan County, Ohio. They have two children--- Thomas W. and George W. George A. Russell, dealer in general merchandise, oldest son of L. W. and Elizabeth A. (Morrow) Russell, was born near Chapel Hill, Perry Co., Ohio, July 10, 1841, and removed with his parents to Trimble, Athens County, in 1842, where he received a common-school education. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private for three months. He was appointed Second Sergeant of his company, and 782

their mill for some wild lands and cash and rented a farm near Nelsonville, where they lived two years. He then purchased lands in Ward Township, Hocking County, and improved it and lived there engaged in farming, cabinet-making and making chairs fourteen years. In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, One Hun- dred and Fifty-first Ohio National Guards, for 100 days; was stationed at Washington City and was engaged with Early's forces there in 1864; was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio and re- turned to his home and business in Hocking County. In 1869 he removed to Salt Lick Township, Perry County, and purchased property and carried on the cabinet and undertaking business un- til November, 1880, when he sold his property and purchased his present mill property. April 17, 1853, he married Sarah F., daughter of Mrs. Malinda Hines, of Perry County, Ohio. They have nine children---Byron H., Antoinette, Levi H., Horton L., Nora D., Rosa B., Riley S., Arvinie, Bertie R. Harvey B. died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders are members of the Disciple church. Seth Shaner, M. D., farmer and physician near Hartleyville, Ohio, is the oldest son of Willian and Nancy (Tharp) Shaner. He was born in Trimble Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1838, where he has lived with his mother to the present time, his father dying when Seth was a small boy. He began teaching schoo in 1858 and taught during winter and farmed in summer for twelve years, excepting his military term. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio National Guards, at Gallipolis, Ohio, for 100 days and served until September, 1864, when he was discharged at Gallipolis, Ohio, and returned home. In 1866 he began the study of medicine. In 1869 and 1870 he at- tended lectures at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, and during the winter of 1873-'74: attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He is now practicing medicine and farming in Trimble Township. William Shaner, farmer near Hartleyville, Ohio, second son of William and Nancy (Tharp) Shaner, was born near Hartleyville, Athens County, May 5, 1840. Aug. 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private for three years. After the battle of Corinth he was appointed Corporal and served as such until he re-enlisted as a veteran. He was in the battles of Stone River, Mill Springs, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Dallas, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Marietta. In January, 1864, he re- enlisted as a veteran in the same company and regiment as a private 784

was wounded at the siege of Atlanta, Aug. 7, 1864. He was then in field hospital for a time, thence to Chattanooga hospital, from there to Nashville from there to Jeffersonville, Ind., from there to Camp Denison, where he was furloughed home, to the President's elec- tion. On his return to Denison, he was transferred to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until March, 1865, when he was trans- ferred to Company H, Sixth Regiment Veteran Reserve, and on duty on Johnson Island until June 1, 1865, when he was trans- ferred to Cincinnati and remained one month; then returned to Johnson's Island, where he was discharged Aug. 5, 1865. He then returned home and purchased a farm, on which he now resides. He is a Master Mason, member of Lodge No. 470, A. F. & A. M., Bishopville, Ohio. Sept. 20, 1878, he married Nancy E., daugh- ter of Elijah and Mary (Devore) Roberts, of Perry County, Ohio. They have one son---Dares A. Mr. Shaner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife of the Disciple church. J. Taylor, farmer, third son of Charles and Mary A. (Seymour) Taylor was born in Hampshire, England, Jan. 5, 1825. In 1837 he came with his parents to the United States, and settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, near Zanesville, where he lived until 1846, working on a farm and attending school. In 1846 he re- moved to Trimble Township, Athens County, and purchased wild lands and cleared a farm, where he has resided and farmed to the present time. April 7, 1852, he married Abigail, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Talbert) Kempton, of Trimble Township. They have nine children, five sons and four daughters---Edward, of Trimble Township; Emily J., wife of Richard McKinley, of Trim- ble Township; Sarah E., James, Albert M., Alfred H., Joseph S., Mary and Flora F., all at home. Mary F. died at the age of two years. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Disciple church. Morgan W. Tharp, farmer, second son of James and Hannah (Withers) Tharp, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, March 22, 1831. When he was six years old his parents moved to Trimble Township, Athens County. At the age of eighteen years he began working for wages on farms. When twenty-five years of age he rented and farmed four years. When twenty years of age he purchased a farm, on which his father lived until 1855, when he sold the farm, and, in 1860, purchased the one on which he now resides. Sept. 27, 1856, he married Mrs. Sarah Post, of Perry county. They have four children---James D., Amanda J., Re- becca E. and John W. Mrs. Tharp is a member of the Disciple church. 785

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