History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The Medical Profession

DR. JAMES H. ABBOTT began the practice of medicine at Kennonsburgh in 1872, and has since resided there. He was born in Beverly, Ohio, in 1844, and in early life taught school and gave instruction in music. He began the study of medicine in 1866, and in 1872 graduated from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati. He married Lydia A. Law in 1874, and is the father of three children. Dr. Abbott served in the late war from May, 1864 until the close.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The Medical Profession

DR. W.R. BOGGS, of Keiths, is a native of Noble County, where his parents reared a family of eight children. He was born at Sharon, March 23, 1854. He followed teaching, and in 1883 graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville. He settled at Keiths, where he is now in successful practice. Dr. Boggs is an Odd Fellow and a Democrat. He was married in 1876 to Sarah A. Barkley, of this county, and they have one child, Ola.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The Medical Profession

DR. JAMES T. BROWN, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., settled in Fulda in 1874 and was the first physician in the place. He still resides in Fulda, having a good practice. Dr. Brown came to Middleburg, in this county in 1867, and practiced until 1871, when he returned to Pittsburgh and remained three years.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The Medical Profession

WALLACE H. COOLEY was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1844. At the age of thirteen he began learning the printer's trade, and in the spring of 1859, at the age of fifteen, he came to Caldwell and began work for John L. Shaw in the office of the Republican. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which regiment he served three years. Enlisting in Hancock's Veterans at the expiration of this term, he served until the close of the war. In 1866 he returned to Caldwell where he was principally engaged in working at his trade until 1869 when he became connected with the management of the Republican. In 1872 he was married to Miss Miranda E. Reed, of Noble County. They have two children living and three deceased. Mr. Cooley has always voted the Republican ticket. He belongs to the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The County Press

FRANK M. MARTIN, the founder of the paper, was born in Warren County, Illinois, June 28, 1859, but came to Noble County when five years old. He learned the printing business in the office of the Noble County Republican. He was foreman in the office of the Woodsfield Gazette four years and edited that paper one year. In 1883 he came to Caldwell and started the Journal. Mr. Martin was married in 1885 to Miss Kate Mooney, of Woodsfield, Ohio, and is the father of one child, Edmund M.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The County Press

D.A. JENNINGS was born in Noble County, June 22, 1855. After attending the common and normal schools, he entered Adrian College, Michigan, from which he graduated at the age of twenty-one, receiving two degrees - bachelor of arts and bachelor of science - on the same day, an honor never before conferred upon any student of the institution. He next traveled and studied in Europe for about two years. After returning to his native county, he went west, and in 1880 edited the Independent of Castle Rock, Colorado, for one year. During that time he was admitted to the bar of Denver, Colorado. He afterwards taught school for some time, but was compelled to abandon that profession on account of failing health. Since 1884 he has edited the Press and practiced law in Caldwell. Mr. Jennings was married in 1880, at Boulder, Col., to Miss Bell Zora King, of Castle Rock. They have one child - Myra.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The County Press

CHARLES WESLEY EVANS was born in Barnesville, O., Nov. 23, 1855, and is the son of Robert R. Evans, an old resident of that place, who was born in Sussex County, Va., in 1812. He quit school at the age of fourteen and entered the office of the Barnesville Enterprise to learn the printers' trade. The Enterprise was then under the editorship of George McClelland and W.T. Evans (brother of C.W.), was the foreman in the office. After learning his trade, young Evans followed it in Wheeling, Zanesville, Columbus, and Bellaire, until February, 1882, when he came to Caldwll and becam foreman in the Press office, then owned by John M. Amos. He remained in that position until June 1, 1886, when he resigned and in the following month started the Democrat.

Mr. Evans was married in 1879 to Miss Hattie A. Cline, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and has one child - Lulu Estella. Mr. Evans comes of a family of printers, andhis wife is also a practical printer.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
The County Press

GENERAL WILLIAM H. ENOCHS, one of the most gifted sons of Noble County, and the only native of the county who attend to the rank of general in the late war, is now a prominent lawyer and an influential citizen of Ironton, Ohio. His parents were Henry and Jane (Miller) Enochs. He was born near Middleburg, in Noble County, March 29, 1842. He was reared on his father's farm and attend the common schools in winter with the advantage, however, of one term at the Ohio University. When Fort Sumter was fired upon he was a student at the Ohio University, and on the 19th of April, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; soon after he was promoted to corporal and sent to guard the railroad between Marietta and Parkersburg, thence to West Virginia, participating in the numerous marches and skirmishes of his command, and the battle of Rich Mountain. He was promoted to fourth sergeant, and in that rank was mustered out of the service, July 24, 1861. He at once re-enlisted in Company K, Fifh West Virginia Infantry, an organization composed almost wholly of Ohio men. In October he was elected captain of his company, but owing to his youth the colonel of the regiment refused to recommend him for a captain's commission, and he was made first lieutenant of the company. His drill and discipline soon attracted the attention of army officers, and he was frequently complimented for the manner in which he had brought up the company. His regiment was organized and camped at Ceredo, West Virginia. Rebel regiments were also being organized within a few miles of its camp; the surrounding country swarmed with bushwackers, and his company and regiment was in active service from the time of their enlistment. In the winter of 1862 the regiment was ordered to Parkersburg. Soon afterward Lieutenant Enochs was sent with his company to New Creek Station and assigned to the command of that outpost. At this time there was a vacancy in the majorship of the regiment, and Lieutenant Enochs was recommended for the position, but again his youth prevented his preferment, and he was promoted to captain and assigned to Company E. This company soon became the best drilled and disciplined company in the regiment, and in the spring of 1862 led the advance at the battle of Moorfield, participating in all its marches and skirmishes along the south branch of the Potomac, including the battle of McDowell, May 8, 1862. Returning to Moorfield, the regiment crossed the mountains with the army under Generals Schenck and Milroy, striking the rear of the Confederate army under Stonewall Jackson, where the regiment was engaged. The Union armies, united under General Fremont, followed Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley, skirmishing and fighting all day and night until the battle of Cross Keys, June 8, 1862, when Jackson crossed the river under cover of night, burning the bridge behind him; Fremont's army went down the valley, Schenck's division and General Milroy's brigade (to which the regiment then belonged) marched from Luray Valley across the Blue Ridge and joined the army of Northern Virginia commanded by General John Pope. The division was assigned to the Eleventh Corps, then commanded by General Franz Sigel. The regiment participated in numerous skirmishes until the terrible battle of Cedar Mountain was fought, which was one of the most desperate battles of the war. The regiment afterward participated in the battles along the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers, including Freeman's Ford and Sulphur Springs, being under fire every day for about twenty days. In the first day of the second battle of Manassas, although the junior captain of the regiment, Captain Enochs was in command. The regiment went into the fight near the stone house, and in the woods some distance beyond, the regiment fought almost the entire two days of the battle over the possession of a railroad cut in the woods. The cut was taken and re-taken, until one fourth of the regiment was either killed, wounded or missing.

History has never given the facts concerning this battle; the loss and disaster to the Union army there has never been fully told. The regiment next participated in the battle of Chantilly. In all these marches, skirmishes and battles Captain Enochs took an active part, being in command of either his company or the regiment. After the battle of Chantilly the regiment, being almost entirely destroyed, was ordered to the fortifications around Washington to obtain shoes and clothing. Soon afterwards it was transferred to the Kanawha Valley, West Va. In the spring of 1863 it was ordered to Gauley Bridge on the Kanawha, where it remained the greater portion of that year, scouting and skirmishing through the mountains of that country. August 17, 1863, Capt. Enochs was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. May 4, 1864, his command broke camp and started toward Louisburg, West Va. At Meadow Bluffs it joined the army under General George Crook, and crossed the mountains, destroying the railroad and bridges. It joined the army under General Hunter of Staunton, Va., and under that general made the raid upon Lynchburg. In its endeavor to get into Lynchburg, Colonel Enochs with his regiment charged the breast-works but was repulsed and driven back with heavy loss. The Union army was compelled to retreat to the Kanawha Valley. This was one of the longest and hardest raids of the war. It was, as the general states it, "days and nights of marching, starving and fighting." The regiment remained but a short time in the Kanawha Valley, when it was ordered to Harper's Ferry and the Shenandoah Valley. The army started up the valley, fighting the rebels at Bunker's Hill, July 19, 1864, and at Carter's Farm, July 20, 1864, and at Winchester, July 24. The Union army was driven north of the Potomac River and soon became a part of the army under General Sheridan, and under him was in the battles near Halltown, Va., August 22, 23 and 24, 1864. At the battle of Berryville, September 3, 1864, Colonel Enoch's regiment made a brilliant charge on a Mississippi brigade of four regiments, driving them from the field and capturing a number of prisoners. At the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, Colonel Enoch's regiment was in the front on the extreme right of the Union army. Shortly after going into the fight the rebels were found behind stone walls on the opposite side of a deep slough, the regiment waded through and charged the rebels, driving them their chosen positions until their fortifications were reached. In this charge Colonel Enochs was severely wounded when within one hundred yards of the fortifications, a ball striking him in the head and cutting through a heavy felt hat. He was supposed to have been instantly killed, and was left where he fell. During the night he was conducted to his regiment, and the next morning was again in command, following the retreating rebels toward Fisher's Hill, which point they had strongly fortified. September 22, Colonel Enochs' was given charge of the advance, which climbed the mountain and got in the rear of their works before they were discovered. When the signal was given, the whole army charged the fortifications, capturing most of the enemy's artillery and routing their army. The regiment under Colonel Enochs participated in numerous other skirmishes up to the battle of Cedar Creek.

For gallant and meritorious services during this campaign, Colonel Enochs was brevetted general, being the youngest man of his rank in the Army of the Potomac. During this service his regiment had become so depleted that it was consolidated with the Ninth West Virginia, and was afterwards known as the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry. The regiment remained in the valley under General Hancock until near the close of the war, when it was sent to Cumberland, Md., where Colonel Enochs was assigned to the command of the department of Maryland, and on March 13, 1865, he was commissioned brigadier general. General Enochs saw much hard service during the war, and distinguished himself for bravery and gallantry, as is shown by his successive promotions. His fellow officers speak in the highest terms of his intrepidity, and the fact that he commanded a brigade at the age of twenty-two years is the very highest possible testimony as to his superior abilities as a soldier and officer. He was mustered out of the service July 24, 1865. He studied law as he could during the war, and on being discharged, entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he graduated in 1867. He began practice in West Virginia, removing in the fall of 1868 to Ironton, Ohio, where he soon rose to prominence and is still in successful practice. General Enochs was married in 1875 to Miss Annis Hamilton. Ex-president Hayes thus speaks of General Enochs:

"Brigadier-General William H. Enochs served in my command as colonel of the Fifth Virginia Infantry, and after the re-enlistment of the regiment and its consolidation with the Ninth Virginia as colonel of the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry - that being the title, as I recall it, of the consolidated veteran regiment. Of course I knew him intimately as a soldier and as as regimental commander. He was conspicuous and a man of mark always. His courage, promptness and energy were extraordinary. He was faithful, cheerful and hopeful. His diligence was great, and his ability and skill in managing and taking care of his regiment were rarely equaled. If called upon to give his distinguished merits as a soldier, I should say force, energy, intrepidity. I have often said tha the old Kanawha Division could make its fastest and longest march in a day with an enemy in front, trying to retard and obstruct, and with Colonel Enochs and his regiment in the advance clearing the way. His military record is in all respects honorable and bright. In the language of the old iron-clad oath, "it is a pleasure to commend his soldierly qualities, without any mental reservation whatever." General I.H. Duval, of Wheeling, speaks of General Enochs as follows:

I first met General W.H. Enochs early in the war in the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia. I think he was at that time major of the Fifth West Virginia Regiment. I was very favorably impressed with him at sight, and soon discovered that he was a remarkable man for his age. We were intimately associated during the war, and I can safely say that I did not meet an officer during that time in whom I had more confidence. He was brave, daring and efficient, always ready for whatever duties were required of him. Later in the war his regiment and mine were consolidated and formed, the First Veteran Regiment of West Virginia. I was retained as Colonel, and General Enochs was the lieutenant-colonel. I was proud of the association, feeling that I had an officer upon whom I could rely under all circumstances. Soon after the consolidation he was promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment. At the head of the regiment he distinguished himself on all occasions, wherever he fought, and I think commanded one of the grandest regiments I ever saw. It was thoroughly drilled and disciplined.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Noble County in the War

GENERAL CHARLES S. SARGEANT was born in Morristown, N.J., September 5, 1839. At the age of eighteen he entered the service as private in the First United States Mounted Rifles, and at the breaking out of the war was stationed at the St. Louis arsenal, at St. Louis, Mo. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as sargeant of Co. G, First Missouri Infantry, a three months' organization, and shortly after was promoted to second-lieutenant of the company. Upon the re-organization of the regiment for the three years' service, he was again commissioned second-lieutenant. His command was engaged in the capture of Camp Jackson, at St. Louis, Mo. This is now regarded as one of the important events in the history of the Rebellion, as it placed the city in the possession of the Union army. He was in the fight at Boonville, which was the first engagement in the West. August 10 the regiment was engaged under General Lyon at the battle of Wilson's Creek. General Lyon was killed and Captain Cavender seriously wounded, thus devolving the command of the company upon Lieutenant Sargeant. In September of 1861, the regiment was again re-organized as the First Missouri Light Artillery, and he was commissioned first-lieutenant, and assigned to Company H. With this command he remained until he was detailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Schofield. March 27, 1862, he was promoted to a captaincy and placed in command of Company I, First Missouri Light Artillery. This battery was brigaded with the Second Division of the Army of the Tennessee, and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth. August 31, 1862, he resigned his commission to accept promotion to major and assistnat adjutant-general, and was assigned to duty on the staff of General Schofield. December 4, 1862, he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, and to colonel August 15, 1864. The regiment was in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, Colonel Sargeant being in command of the regiment. At the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1863, his command held a position on the extreme right of Fuller's division, and were hotly engaged in repulsing the terrific attacks of a division of the enemy under General Walker, in one of which the Confederate commander was killed. In this engagement Colonel Sargeant distinguished himself by the able manner in which he commanded his regiment. He was with Sherman in "The March to the Sea," and the advance through the Carolinas. His regiment took a prominent part in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., in which Mower's division gained the rear of the rebel army and forced the evacuation of their lines of intrenchment. With his command he participated in the closing events of the war, and the grand review at Washington, D.C. in May of 1865, after which the regiment was ordered to St. Louis, where it was mustered out of the service in July of 1865.

March 13, 1865, he was brevatted brigadier-general United State volunteers, for "gallant and efficient services during the war."

Lack of space prevents a detailed statement of the service of General Sargeant. For the greater portion of the time he was connected with the Army of the Tennessee, and participated in all the notable battles in which it was engaged. His successive promotions (from private to that of brigadier-general) is all the evidence required to show his record as a soldier. At the close of the war he engaged in the commission business at St. Louis, Mo.; thence to Iowa and to Caldwell, in 1870, where he is now engaged in the produce business. Is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

In April 8, 1874, he was married to Miss Anna Keeler, of Muscatine, Iowa. They have three children living, Stella, Fanny and Florence.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Noble County in the War

COLONEL HARMON WILSON was born near Cadiz, Ohio, March 15, 1840. When thirteen years of age he entered the manual labor school at Albany, Ohio, where for two years he supported himself by his labor mornings and evenings, at eight cents per hour. At the age of fifteen he began teaching winter terms of school in Noble County, using his earnings to defray his expenses in summer at the Ohio University. In the spring of 1861 he took his salary for the preceding winter and invested in an outfit to bore for oil on Duck Creek. Failing in this enterprise, he returned to the school room. At the expiration of the first month, after the dismissal of his school in the evening, he wrote upon the blackboard, "Gone to the war." That night he walked to Summerfield, and enlisted in Captain John Moseley's company I, Twenty-fifth Infantry. Upon the organization of the company he was made corporal. December 7, 1861, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and assigned to the Seventy-ninth. When this regiment was consolidated with the Seventy-fifth he was transferred to the Twentieth, and became first lieutenant of Company I. February 11, 1862, he was made the adjutant of the regiment; October 5, 1862, promoted to captain of Company F, and to major, January 6, 1865; January 11, 1865, to lieutenant-colonel; to colonel June 20, 1865; was mustered out July 15, 1865. Colonel Wilson served with the Twenty-fifth in the West Virginia campaign of 1861. He was with the Twentieth at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg, and was with Sherman on "The March to the Sea," and after the battle at Atlanta was in command of the regiment. After the close of the war he studied law with Attorney General James Murray, at Sidney, Ohio, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Noble County in the War