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Jackson (originally Olive Green Twp.)

Oscar Mathews came to Crooked Tree in 1865, from Morgan County. His parents came in 1838 from Loudoun County, Va., to Center Township in Morgan County, where Oscar was born. His father was a school-teacher for thirty years. The subject of this notice is a carpenter by trade. He is now postmaster and merchant at Crooked Tree. Three of his brothers were in the late war and have since died from their wounds and other disabilities incurred in the service. Oscare married Eliza James, of Washington County, in 1862. Children: Eva, Benjamin L., Jennie and Lottie R. Mr. Mathews is a Republican, and has been township trustee.

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Angus Bell was born in Olive Township, May 13, 1833. His parents and grandparents were among the early settlers of Noble County. His father, born in Fayette County, Pa., in 1804, married and settled in Noble County in 1825. Angus Bell has followed farming, teaching and the mercantile business. He has followed the latter occupation at Keith's since 1865. In 1867 he married Mary A. Hughes, of Morgan County. Children: Ida W. and Amon Edward. Mr. Bell is a Republican and an Odd Fellow. He has been postmaster at Keith's since 1869.

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J.W. Tilton came from Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and settled at Three Forks, Olive Township. His son, Isaac L. Tilton, now a farmer in this township, was born in Olive Township, June 19, 1837. He enlisted in 1864, in the hundred days' service, in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service. In 1866 he married Serena S. Simons. They have one child - Arthur L. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton are members of the Christian church.

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Rev. George Willis was born in Licking County in 1813; his father, who was a native of Pennsylvania, came to the State in 1812; in 1818 the family removed to Washington County, Ohio, where they settled upon a tract of unimproved land. Here the mother died in 1869, the father in 1873. They were subjected to the hardships of the early times and suffered many privations. The elder Willis was a great hunter and had many thrilling adventures. One night he heard a goose make a peculiar noise; taking his ax, he went out and seeing some large animal, which he supposed was a neighbor's dog, he killed it on the spot; an examination revealed the fact that it was a large panther. Rev. George Willis was married in 1835, to Miss Christiana Skipton, and came to this township in 1858; for over fifty years he has been a minister of the Gospel.

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H.S. Willis came to Jackson Township in 1858. He was born in 1854, in Washington County, Ohio. He has followed school teaching and farming. In 1876 he married Sarah E. Mincks of Jackson Township. Children: Nellie B. (deceased), Lillian M., Letha A. (deceased), Harry H. and Freddie H. Mr. and Mrs. Willis belong to the Methodist Protestant church.

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Sidney J. Glidden was born in Washington County in 1837. His parents and grandparents were among the early settlers of Olive Township. Sidney enlisted in August, 1862, in Company E, Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after serving eighteen months re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in several noted engagements. In 1863 he married Nancy McKitrick. They have eight children.

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Walter Shinn was born in Jackson Township in 1865 and is a farmer. His parents and grandparents were Virginians. His father came to Ohio, settled on Will's Creek and thence came to Noble County. There were nine sons and three daughters in the family.

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M.B. Danford is a son of Samuel Danford, of Sharon Township, and was born in 1856. Since 1883 he has devoted himself to the practice of veterinary surgery. His is the only surgeon of the kind in this section. He married Lizzie Stevens, of Morgan County, in 1876 and they have one child - Minta. Dr. D. is an Odd Fellow and a Republican.

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James Willey, the oldest of a family of thirteen children, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1818, and came with his parents to Noble Township in 1819. He has following milling and farming. In 1841 he married Emily, daughter of Benjamin Thorla, of Noble Township. Children: William McKee, Rhoda, Elizabeth, Benjamin H. and Jesse P. Elizabeth died in 1880, at the age of thirty-five. Mr. Willey is a Democrat. Both he and his wife belong to the Universalist church.

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James Long was born in Washington County, Ohio, in 1846. His father was born in Washington County, Pa., and his mother in Washington County, Ohio. In February, 1864, James Long enlisted in Company K, Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in many battles and skirmishes. At Mark's Mill, on the Saline River, in Arkansas, he was captured and taken to Camp Flood, Tyler, Tex., where he suffered the hardships of prison life for ten months. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in 1866. In 1872 he married Phebe Merritt, of Jackson Township. Children: Virgie M. and Alvah H. Mrs. Long is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Long is a farmer and a Democrat.

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John M. Danford was born in Monroe County, March 30, 1844, and came to Jackson Township, Noble County, in 1867. February 6, 1865 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. In 1866 he married Delia C. Mitten. Children: George W., Oscar S., Mary M., Joseph W., John T., Charles M. (deceased), James T., Forrest C. (deceased), Chloe R., Sarah and Sherman. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Danford is a Republican and has served as township trustee.

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Abner J. Davis was born at South Olive in 1838. His father, a native of Maine, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Lucinda Mayhew, a native of Martha's Vineyard, whose father, Frederick Mayhew, was a landscape painter and sailor. The family came to Ohio in 1834. A.J. Davis married Margaret Teters in 1860. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living.

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Benjamin R. Parrish, son of Stephen Parrish, of Sharon Township, was born in Sharon Township in 1847 and is a farmer by occupation. In 1873 he married Phebe Keyser, of Sharon Township. Of their six children, five are living: James R., Isaac S., Richard S., Sarah A. and Belva A.

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Church Benjamin Morris was born in Noble County in 1859. His parent and his grandparents were early settlers in the county, and his father is now a merchant in Beverly. The subject of this notice has followed farming and the mercantile business. In 1877 he married Nancy E. Hughes, of Morgan County. Children: Jesse M., Minor P., Nellie B. and Bertha. Mr. Morris is a Republican. He has been township treasurer and is a member of the Odd Fellows.

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John Misel was born in Guernsey County, in 1818. His father, John Misel, was a German, an early settler in that county, and a soldier in the War of 1812. John Misel is a farmer in Jackson Township. He married Harriet Delancey in 1839 and is the father of fourteen children, three of whom are dead.

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James Ogle, a native of Ireland, and his wife Ann (Dixon), who was born in New York State, were among the early settlers of Olive Township. Mr. Ogle was assessor of Morgan County two terms. He was the father of ten children. Benjamin C. Ogle, now of Jackson Township, was born in Olive Township in 1827, and is a farmer. In 1862 he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, Company B, and served until his discharge at the close of the war. He was present at the siege of Knoxville; at the rebel surrender at Cumberland Gap; in the skirmishing at Nashville; in the Rousseau raid and Atlanta siege; with Sherman in his raid and "the march through Georgia."

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John S. Mincks was born in Jackson Township, April 16, 1845; son of Hiram and Eliza (Shipley) Mincks, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Maryland. He is a prominent and influential citizen; has served in various township offices - trustee, assessor, etc. - and is the present justice of the peace. He is steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, and superintendent of the Sabbath school. March 17, 1867, he married Mary, daughter of Nestor Hardin, of Jackson Township. They have had two children: Irvin E., living, and Emmet Otes, deceased.

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William F. Way, the first of this name to settle in Noble County, was born in England and came to the United States in 1820 with his family of wife and two children, a son and a daughter. He landed in Norfolk, Va., thence came to Duck Creek, Washington County, Ohio, where he followed his trade, that of a blacksmith, until his removal to Wood County, Va., where he died in 1846. He was an honest, industrious man of unquestioning integrity, and highly esteemed for his sturdy manhood; the daughter died in 1820. The son, Edward T., was born in England in 1812; his youth and early manhood were passed amid the rough experiences of pioneer days, and in early life he learned to rely on his own efforts. The family were poor, and for a time he lived with Peter Taylor, a farmer of Jackson Township, doing work upon the farm, for which he received one-third of its product. In 1833 he entered forty acres of land, selling the only piece of property he had, a horse, to make the first payment. This investment may be called in initial effort of his life, and formed the substructure of a successful business life. He erected a cabin, cleared his little farm, and as he prospered bought more land, until he became the owner of a fine estate of six hundred acres. The year following the first purchase, 1834, he married Miss Elizabeth Raney. The young couple were destitute of what would now be called the necessities of life; their home was scantily furnished; a small stand did service as a table; this memento of pioneer times is still in possession of the family. The farm work was done with the rude implements of that time, the grain was cut with a sickle, thrashed with a flail, winnowed with a hand fan and ground at a horse-mill; despite these obstacles they thrived by the practice of rigid economy and hard labor. Ten years after their marriage Mrs. Way died, and was laid to rest in the Taylor cemetary. Mr. Way's second wife was Miss Ann, daughter of Edward and Mary Ellison. By this marriage there were nine children: Elizabeth, David R., Mary A., Abagail, Edward E., Henry, Sarah E., Emily J. and William M. Elizabeth, the eldest of the family, was twice married. Her first husband was Lindley Garnall; her second, James Sheldon. David R. married Jane R. Smith; Mary A. became Mrs. John C. Hale; Abagail married W.H.H. Hussey and resides in California; Edward W. married Miss Tacey E. Mathews; Henry married Adaline Taylor; Sarah E. became Mrs. George Boon; Emily J. married Elvin Raney, and William M., Mary Reed. Mr. Way was a prominent and successful farmer, a worthy citizen and the personification of integrity and honor; his "word was as good as his bond." On one occasion he borrowed $5,000 on his "promise to pay." He identified himself with all the interests of the community, and exerted a marked influence on the moral welfare of those with whom he was associated. He was a worthy member of the Methodist church. His charity was proverbial and no one ever left his door hungry. He died at his home in Jackson Township, December 20, 1879.

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Rev. Jeremiah Phillips, the oldest Methodist preacher in Ohio, is of New England ancestry. His parents, Ananias and Abigail (Pitcher) Phillips, removed from New Hampshire to Saratoga County, N.Y., where Jeremiah was born May 3, 1799. The family removed to Washington County, N.Y., and in 1823 decided to go further west, and the subject of this notice went in quest of a location. He selected and purchased a small farm near Meadville, Pa., and thither the family removed. There Mr. Phillips had for a neighbor John Brown, afterward famous in our history, and formed a strong friendship with him. In 1830 Mr. Phillips entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been a faithful, earnest, successful worker. He had a deep and powerful voice and was an effective sermonizer, probably among the best of the pioneer preachers in western Pennsylvania. His first circuit labors required him to travel about 280 miles every four weeks, through a rough, mountainous country, the bridle path leading through unbridged streams and miles of uninhabited woodland. His circuit was that of Connellsville, Pa., and his salary $100 per year. He preached thirty-three times every four weeks, and rarely missed an appointment. He studied books of theology as he rode from one place to another. He soon gained the sobriquet of "The Abolition Preacher", and never ceased to labor for the freedom and elevation of the colored race. From Connellsville he was sent to Parkersburg, in western Virginia, and there, in the slaveholders' own country, continued with unabated energy fearlessly to denounce the "institution." While on the Harrison circuit, in Virginia, in 1834, he married Arah Courtney, of Irish descent. Her womanly courage and Christian patience cheered him in his dangerous and difficult work; and with him she shared the joys and sorrows of life until called peacefully away, October 11, 1883. She was the mother of ten children who reached mature years.

Mr Phillips continued to labor in the Master's vineyard in Virginia and Pennsylvania until 1844, when he came to Cambridge, Ohio. The unpopularity of his opinions and utterances on the slavery questions were among the causes that brought him to this State. After laboring at Cambridge, Mr. Phillips was assigned to Sharon. In 1846 the family removed to Summerfield; and in 1847, to a farm in the wild and then sparsely settled country near Mount Tabor church in Stock Township, Noble County. In 1873 he sold the farm and removed to his present residence near Dexter City. Since 1864 he has held a superannuated relation to the church, but has continued to preach at intervals. His mental faculties are still clear , and in all respects he is a remarkably well-preserved old man. He has probably ridden 125,000 miles on horseback, preached 14,000 sermons, and the influence of his work has added to the church between 10,000 and 12,000 members. To him belong all the "honor, reverence and good repute" that follow faithful service.

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Robinson Sanford was a New England Yankee, a shred, intelligent man. His son Dwight was justice of the peace several years, and one of the early probate judges of the county.

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The early elections of Enoch Township were held on the creek known as Otterslide, on the Rice farm. The Rices were pioneers, who came here from Marion Township - William Rice and his sons William, Harrison and George.

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Lebbeus Fordyce was one of the prominent early settlers of this township. He came from Waynesburg, Pa., where he was born in 1797, and where he passed his youth and early manhood, and where he also studied law and surveying; he became a practical surveyor and came to what is now Beaver Township about 1815; he surveyed the village of Batesville and in 1838 removed to Enoch Township, where he purchased a large tract of land near the present village of Fulda, which he afterward sold to German settlers. He became one of the prominent and influential citizens of that region. Jabez Belford, afterward a prominent lawyer and his son-in-law, lived with him for many years, and with him began the study of the law. Mr. Fordyce lived in Enoch until his decease, which occurred in 1860. He had a family of ten children, only four of whom, Clarrissa (Belford), Abigail (Rathbone), Mary (Deurth) and Lebbeus, are now living.

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Charles W. Moseley, a native of Tennessee, was reared in Winchester, Va. He came to Summerfield, Ohio, about 1825, and erected the first cabin there. He was a bricklayer and plasterer. He settled in Enoch Township in 1840. He was the father of Captain William L. Moseley, of this township. He was a good man, but somewhat excitable. He was a firm Methodist, and was the leader of the first class formed in Summerfield. Wesley Neptune says he once found Mr. Moseley praying for grace to keep from whipping one of his neighbors, who was a pronounced secesiionist.

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Jno. Hohman and Leonard Schoeppner came to America from Hesse in 1835. Mathias Schockling, a French Alsatian, came to this country earlier. In the year 1837 these three, with Valentine "Felty" Weaver, made a settlement in Enoch Township, all bringing their families in that year except Schoeppner. Weavr located on section 4, Schockling on the same section, Hohman on section 9, and Schoeppner on section 8. John Schoeppner came from Wheeling to the farm on which his son Leonard lives in 1837, and built a house, to which he removed his family in the following year. In the second year he met with a serious misfortune, getting his leg broken. His children were Eve (Snyder) and Leonard. He died in 1875 in his eighty-seventh year.

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John Hohman, called Doctor Hohman, came to the township with his family in 1837, removing from Wheeling. He had some knowledge of medicine, and practiced for several years in the German settlement. His sons, Joseph, Magnus and John S., then single men, came to the township with him. Another son, Maurice, came in 1845. Dr. Hohman induced many Germans to come by writing to them of the advantages of the country. His son, John S., became a very prominent business man. Joseph Hohman is still a resident of the township, and one of the few remaining early settlers.

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Adam Brahler was born in Germany in 1810, and came to this country in 1837, and settled near Wheeling, W. Va. In 1845 he came to Fulda, where he followed farming and his trade, that of a carpenter. He owned eighty acres of land, a part of which now belongs to his son, John. He aws a devout Catholic. He died in 1873, his wife in 1871. John, son of Adam, was born in 1837, in Wheeling, W. Va. He married, in 1859, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Shaub. They have had twelve children. He has filled all the offices in the gift of his fellow townsmen. For twelve years he has been a magistrate, and for twelve years he has been postmaster. He is a worthy member of the Catholic church.

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Daniel Sanford and son, Robinson, came from Maine, and settled near Dexter City, about 1817. Robinson Sanford was a well-known old settler and an honest, honorable man. He was a leading member of the Baptist church. He died in 1876. His children were William, Phear (1st), Dwight F., Gabriel, Salome, Phear (2nd) and Mary. Dwight F. Sanford was for many years a justice of the peace. In 1854 he was elected probate judge, and held that office at the time of his death in 1856. He was born in Maine in 1813. He married Lucretia A. Ogle and was the father of thirteen children.

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Dwight L. Sanford was born in this township in 1837. He took part in the pursuit of Morgan in Ohio. In 1860 he married Martha A., daughter of Matthew Scott, of this county. Children: Stephen A., G. B., McClellan, Ida B. (deceased), Lafayette, Susan (Mosler), Winfield, Edward, Wayne, Samuel J. and Frank. Mr. Sanford resides upon the old homestead. He has held various township offices.

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James Hesson came from Belmont County quite early, and settled on the place now occupied by Solomon Hesson. The latter was born in 1828 in Belmont county, and has resided on his present location ever since the family came to the county. James Hesson was the father of eleven children, all still living: Eliza A. (Hupp), John, Elizabeth (Hupp), Jane (Moseley), Matilda (Clark), Sarah (Sullivan), Nancy (Heiddleston), Lucinda (Archer), George, Francis and James.

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Cephas Lindsey, son of Samuel Lindsey, was born on the place which he now occupies in 1843. His father came to Ohio from Bedford County, Pa., in 1810, when but four years of age, his parents locating in Belmont County.

Samuel Lindsey was a farmer and died in this township in 1880. He and his wife (nee Margaret Hart) were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living: James, Cephas and Elizabeth (Moore). Samuel Lindsey served as postmaster about thirty-two years. His father, James, was a Revolutionary soldier.

Cephas Lindsey married Jane Moore in 1869. Children: Martha A., Margaret and Effie B. He owns and occupies the old homestead, a good farm. His brother James was in the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and in many severe engagements.

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Rufus Merry settled on the place now occupied by his son, Ambrose, about 1818. His father, Ambrose, came to the county about that same time. They came from New York State. Rufus Merry was the father of nine children, several of whom are yet living. He was a member of the Christian church. He died in 1877.

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Leonard Schoeppner came to this township at the age of sixteen years. He took the old homestead of his father at the age of twenty-three, and has added to it until he now has 260 acres of well-improved land. He was married in 1845 to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Miller, and is the father of twelve children. He is among the oldest German residents of the township.

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August Dimerling, Sr., a native of Germany, came to this township from Philadelphia about 1839. His sons, John and August, are prominent farmers of the township.

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John D. Hill, a native of Germany, came to this county in 1840, and began clerking and improving land. He first bought a piece of land about a mile and a half from the present farm of his son, John D., afterward selling it and making several subsequent purchases. He died in 1881, at the age of seventy yars. His widow is still living. Their children were John (deceased), Catharine, Leonard, Barbara (deceased), Eva and John B.

John B. Hill was born in 1850, on the farm where he now resides. In 1872 he married Mary F. Rausch. They have eight children: Rosa, Aloysius, Joseph, Eva, Gertrude (deceased), George, Peter and Ottillia. Mr. Hill has a well-improved farm of nearly 200 acres and the best barn in the township. He raises fine sheep. He has served as justice of the peace for six years. He is a supporter of the Catholic church, and he and his father contributed liberally toward building the new church at Fulda. He was the chief petitioner for the graded road from Fulda to Caldwell, and is prominent in every worthy enterprise.

Leonard Hill, son of John D. Hill, was born in Enoch Township in 1842. In 1866 he married Mary Michel. Children: John A., Elizabeth, Henry, Leo (deceased), Andrew, Leo, Annie, George (deceased), Caroline and Louie. Mr. Hill bought eighty acres where he now lives in 1864, and has since added ninety-three acres, besides making extensive improvements in buildings, etc. He has made a specialty of raising hogs and graded shorthorn cattle. He is a supporter of the Catholic church.

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Michael Shott came to Monroe County when twelve years of age, and resided there until 1845, when he settled in this township on the farm now occupied by his son John. He is one of the prominent German farmers. In 1868 he removed to his present home, formerly the old Francis Hupp farm.

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