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JOSEPH CALDWELL, son of Robert, now living in the village of Caldwell, was born on Duck Creek, in Washington County, near where Caywood now is, in 1798, and has spent his long life in this valley. He is now the oldest resident of Olive Township. He has a number of relics of the olden time, among which is a carpenter's vise which is father obtained when a wagoner in Pennsylvania dyring the time of the Revolutionary War. Mr. Caldwell stopped at a tavern for the night, and during the night the Hessian troops were passing continually. In the morning when he arose he saw a couple of Hessians sitting upon a log, eating their breakfast. Mr. Caldwell and two other men went toward them, but the Hessians immediately ran, in their haste leaving behind the vise, which he secured, and which has since been kept in the family.

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SHEREBIAH CLARK was one of the most prominent early settlers of the valley. He came from Kennebee County, Me., where he had previously served as a representative to the Massachusetts Legislature before Maine became a state. He was a man of wide views and good intellect. In religion he was a Universalist. He came here with a family of grown up children, in 1818. His sons, Joseph and Aurelies, resided in the township. On the organization of Morgan County in 1819, Sherebiah Clark became one of the associate judges of that county, in which office he served for three years. Judge Clark died in 1852 and his wife in 1853. Their children were Aurelius, Joseph, Zipporah, Louisa, Elvira and Polly.

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HOLLIS HUTCHINS, from Maine, was a Revolutionary soldier, and was among the first settlers. His sons were John, Hollis, David, Joseph and Daniel, all of whom lived in the county and reared families.

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CAPTAIN SIMEON BLAKE was one of the earliest settlers in the valley. He was a native of Maine, and one of the early immigrants to the West. He served with General Wayne's expedition against the Indians in 1794-5. He lived near where Dudley now is.

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Captain Simeon Blake, one of the earliest pioneers of Duck Creek, came from New England to Washington County, and thence, in 1812, to the farm, on which he lived and died. There was a large family. The sons were Benjamin, Israel, Alfred, Simeon (still living in the West), Francis; the daughters, Mahala, Sybil, Lucinda, Frances and Lovina. Israel died iin this township, in 1873, at the age of seventy-four. He married Elvira Clark, a native of Maine, and after her death was wedded to Triphena Tomley, of Washington County. He had a family of twenty children: Nicy, Moses, Sardine, Polly, Olive, Oliver, Alfred, Joseph, Elvira, Israel, Jr., Martha, David, Asenath, Andaline, Cydnor T., by his first wife. The offspring of the second marriage were: Julius A., Josiah, Jasper F., Hortense and Julia A.

Benjamin also lived and died in this township, and reared a large family. The Blakes were worty people, generally Universalists in belief.

Captain Simeon Blake died in 1834. He was a native of Providence, R.I. His wife, neeLovina Beck, came from Providence, R.I. He was one of the early militia captains. In his religious belief he was a Free-Will Baptist.

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WILLIAM FREE, who lived above Socum, was one of the early justices of the peace in the township. He was a smart man, but unscrupulous, it is said that he was sent to the penitentiary for stealing; and that when a resident of Washington County he was once publically whipped at Marietta for some offense, before the whipping-post had been abolished. It is also said that Free was not his name, but Hamilton; and that after he received his whipping, he shouted, "I'm free! I'm free!" and called himself Free ever after.

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JOSEPH TILTON and his sons, Joseph W., Benjamin and Davis, all lived together on a half-section in the western part of the township. Hebron Tilton, a relative, lived on a quarter-section adjoining. His children were Matthew, Alden D., Freeman, Smith, Rufus, Eliza, Rebecca and Diadema.

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WILLIAM TILTON was born in Kennebee County, Me., July 14, 1790, and is now living in Jefferson Township, past ninety-six years of age. He is probably the oldest man in Noble County. Mr. Tilton settled in Olive Township with his family soon after the war of 1812, and resided here until recently.

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In 1812 CHARLES DAVIS and his sons, Charles, Joseph, Levi and Enoch, and his daughters, Sarah (Cunningham)and Rhoda (Morris), came from Maine and setteld in the southern part of the township. All lived here and reared families, and their descendants are still numerous in the county. Enoch moved to the northern part of the State. Mrs. Cunningham is still living, in Kansas. The Davies were all leading members of the Baptist Church, and good citizens.

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JOHN GLIDDEN, a native of Maine, came from Washington County, Ohio, and settled on Duck Creek about 1814, where he died a few years later. He was a doctor, having studied medicine under Dr. Jett, at Marietta, but it is not known that he practiced his profession after coming here. he was the father of Sidney and John Glidden, still living in this township.

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SILAS THORLA, from Massachusetts, brought his family to his new home, where Olive now is, in 1816. He had been here for about two years previously, engaged in salt-making. Mr. Thorla was a man of good general information, and by profession a surveyor. He was one of the early justices of the peace, and served also as county surveyor of Morgan County. His son, Benjamin Thorla, who came into the Duck Creek Valley when a small boy, is still living at Olive, and has a vivid recollection of pioneer times.

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William Miller, noted as being at the time of his death the oldest Mason in the United States, settled early on the farm where the Caldwell Fair Grounds now are. He came from County Antrim, Ireland, and was a worthy man. His children were Jane, Ann, James, William, Mary and Margaret. James lives on part of the old place. William Miller was born in County Antrim, Ireland, June 6, 1783, and died at the home of his son, near Caldwell, February 8, 1882, aged ninety-eight years. He came to America in 1812, and to Ohio in 1818, settling first in Columbiana County and afterward on the farm where he died. He married Mary Reed, of New Jersey. He was a weaver by trade, but followed farming after coming to Ohio. In religion he was a Presbyterian. Mr. Miller was made a Master Mason in 1801, a Royal Arch Mason in 1804, and a Knight Templar later.

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In 1818 James Webber, from Vienna, Me., moved to the township with his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, and settled where South Olive now is. The journey was made with a wagon and occupied eight weeks. The family moved into a log cabin, surrounded by a small clearing, which had been made by a former occupant. Mr. Webber died here about thirteen years later. He was the father of eleven children. William, the eldest, lives in this township. Robert and John are also living in the West. William Weber was born in 1806, and well remembers the journey across the mountains from New England to the Ohio wilderness. Mr. Webber states that at the time of his arrival a road had been cut out through the township from the Olive salt works to Marietta, but had not been improved.

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In 1814 William and Hannah Warren came to Marietta from Massachusetts, and a few years later settled on Warren's Run, near South Olive. William Warren was a descendant of General Joseph Warren, who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill. His sons who came here were William, now a resident of Marietta; A.I., now in Iowa; and James S., who died in Olive Township in 1886, at the age of eighty-one years. His daughters were Sophia, Priscilla, Nancy and Caroline. Carolina (Webber) lives in this township and Sophia in Indiana.

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Dennis Gibbs was among the earliest settlers and most prominent citizens of the township. In 1819 he was justice of the peace, and from 1821 to 1826 he was one of the commissioners of Morgan County. He was a native of Cape Cod, Mass., and came to Olive Township in 1814, settling three miles south of Caldwell. He was a carpenter by trade, and coming to Ohio without means, was obliged to leave his wife and two small children alone at home and go to distant points to work at his trade to obtain money with which to pay for his land. His industry and good management enabled him to secure a competency, in spite of many drawbacks and hardships. His wife was Mary Dudley, who was born in Maine, of Quaker parentage. Of their children, only two are now living in Noble County - Mrs. Julia Tilton and Judge Dennis S. Gibbs. Dennis Gibbs removed to Lowell, Washington County, where he died in 1872, at the age of eighty-two. He was originally a Whig, but became a zealous abolitionist and one of the projectors and managers of the Underground railroad. In religion he was first a Methodist, and afterwards became a member of the Christian church and a preacher of that denomination. His house was the meeting-place for the early Methodists of the township. Dennis Gibbs built and operated the first carding mill in this section. In company with others he helped to build the first school-house in the neighborhood.

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Judge Gilman Dudley was one of the earliest settlers and foremost citizens. He was born in Maine in 1793, settled in Ohio in 1815, and presided on the State until his death, December 6, 1875. He was a soldier in the was of 1812. In 1823 he married Mrs. Glidden. He was not only a pioneer as regards settlement, but also in all the reforms of the day, always for the right and against wrong. He was capable and honest and filled many positions of trust and honor. He reared an unusually bright and intelligent family, most of whom were school teachers. The children were Erwin G., Edwin, James, Mary, Ruth and Maria. The family trace their ancestry back to the Dudleys of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England.

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A well-known old settler was Ebenezer Cunningham, who died in 1851, at the age of sixty-one years. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and as is stated on his tombstone, "one of the survivors of the flagship Lawrence, under Commodore Perry, at the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813."

Cunningham was a carpenter and millwright. He built and kept in repair many of the pioneer grist-mills that were run by horse-power.

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John Wiley settled on the present Shafer farm, west of Caldwell, in 1810. He was born on the Susquehanna River, near Harrisburg, Pa.; came to Ohio in 1795, and located at Cedar Narrows, above Marietta, where he remained until he came to Duck Creek. His father, William Wiley, was a pioneer settler whre Sharon Village now is, and died in 1816. John Wiley married in Washington County, Charity Severs, a native of Massachusetts. They both died on the homestead farm, near Caldwell, Mr. Wiley at the age of ninety-two and his wife at the age of seventy-three. Their children were William, John, Abraham, David, Thomas, Jacob, James, Hamilton, Polly, Ann (Marshall), Betsey (Gray), Margaret (Moreland), and Charity A. (Woodford). Mrs. Woodford is the only one now living. All lived to have families except John and Polly. David, Thomas, James and Ann died in this county. The others lived here many years and then went west and south.

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Thomas Wiley was born in Washington County in 1809, and came with his parents to this county. After attaining his majority he entered 160 acres of land where Archibald Wiley now lives. There he remained until 1861, when he removed to the old homestead of his father, where he died in 1869. He married Maria Scott, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born near Hagerstown, Md. She died in 1878. They had eight children - Emeline, Delilah, Archibald, Eliza J. (deceased), Margaret (deceased), James, Dunlap and Mary E. Those living are all residents of Noble County. Archibald Wiley served in Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from June 26, 1861, to August 26, 1864. James enlisted in the Fourth Battalion, six months' cavalry, August 1, 1863, and was mustered out with the company. Dunlap was in the hundred day's service.

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James W. Wiley, born in 1841, has spent most of his life in this county. He is now a guard in the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, and has held the position since June 1, 1886. He married Rachel A. Matheny in 1868. They have five children living, one deceased.

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Archibald Wiley lives on the land entered by his father, and is a prominent farmer. He was born in Olive Township, September 14, 1835. He was reared a farmer and has followed that occupation chiefly. He received a fair common-school education and, by natural aptitude and shrewdness has been successful in life, and has an enviable reputation in the community. He takes a deep interest in politics and is a firm Republican. He went as a private in the first company raised in Noble County - Company I, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - serving from June 26, 1861, to August 26, 1864. Among other engagements he was in the battles at Allegheny Mountain, Slaughter Mountain, Va., Second Bull Run, and Gettysburg. In the last named battle he received two slight wounds; his regiment was in the thickest of the fight, and at its close only seventy-five men were left uninjured and uncaptured, a second lieutenant commanding. Mr. Wiley was captured, but being left asleep among the wounded, escaped. After the battle he was employed in hospital service until the following Christmas, when he rejoined the regiment at Folly Island, S.C. There, on the reorganization of the regiment, he was transferred to the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until mustered out. After his return, February 16, 1865, he was married to Mary E. Brown, whose parents were early settlers of Noble County. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley have no children.

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John Caldwell, one of the early settlers, was a native of Pennsylvaniva and a member of the Caldwell family elsewhere mentioned. His son, David, who lives on the homestead, was born in 1830. In 1861 he married Adelaide Sanford, by whom he has had one child - Octavia M.

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Andrew C. McKee, son of Dr. William McKee, elsewhere mentioned, was born in 1843. After receiving a common-school education, in 1859 he began the study of medicine, under his father's tuition. In 1864 he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He is a member of Noble Post, Grand Army of the Republic. In 1865, Mr. McKee married Serene E. Daniel, of Caldwell. Three children - Cora M., Lura N. and Helen M. Since his marriage he has been engaged in farming.

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Thomas McKee, son of Alexander McKee, was born in Noble Township, in 1834, and remained at home until 1869, when he mattied Susan Ogle, of Olive Township. By this union he has had five children, all still living - Gilead A., Morris, Joseph O., Leoda L., and John W. Mr. McKee has following farming and stock-raising.

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One of the pioneers who came prior to 1812 was Elisha Harris, from Fauquier County, Va. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and had served three "tours" in the army. He and his sons were noted hunters and trappers. His wife died at the age of over one hundred years. Among his children were Stephen, Morgan, George and Elijah. All except Elijah settled in Enoch Township, where their descendants still remain. George was a successful and widely known hunter. Stephen moved to West Virginia, where he is still living at an advanced age. Elijah remained on the olde homestead in Olive Township. He died in 1844. He married Elizabeth Powell, also a native of Virginia. She died in 1882. Their son, David A., now occupies the farm. He enlisted in 1862, in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in December of the same year on account of wounds received at Antietam.

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Joseph Tilton and his wife and three sons came from Martha's Vineyard, Mass., to Olive Township about 1818. His sons were Benjamin, Joseph W. and Davis. Joseph W. married Mary D. Lund, of Washington County, and reared nine sons and two daughters. He was a Presbyterian, and one of the early school-teachers. He died in 1870. His widow lives on the homestead with her son, Franklin A.

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Allen Woodford and wife (nee Woodruff) with a family of five children came from Connecticut to Marietta in 1817. Five children were afterwards born to them, and all are still living, viz: Andrew, Lydia A. (Wheeler), Aranda M., Helen (Colbig), Harry, Mary (Wiley), William, Hiram, and Elvira and Elmira (twins). The family came to Olive Township in 1818, where the parents died some years later. Aranda M. Woodford, a prominent farmer, lived at home until his marriage with Mercy Wheeler, by whom he had eleven children. His wife died in 1881, and he afterwards married Elizabeth McWilliams. One child has been born of this union. Mr. Woodford is a member of the Baptist church.

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In 1825 Benjamin Weekley, with his wife and eight children, came from Belmont County and settled in this township. Of the family, two sons and two daughters still live in Noble County, and two children are deceased. In 1835 Benjamin's father, William Weekley, originally from Virginia, came here from Belmont County. William Weekley died in 1856, and his wife in 1848. Benjamin died in 1866; his wife in 1848. William Weekley, the oldest son of Benjamin, was born in Belmont County in 1816. In 1836 he married Margaret Harris, and settled on a farm adjoining his father's. He is the father of eight children by his first wife, four of whom are living. Mrs. Weekley died in 1856. In 1857 he married Miss C.B. Archer, of this township. To them have been born six children. George Weekley, son of William was born in 1842. He is at pressent of the infirmary directors of the county. He married Emily Archer, and is the father of six children, five of whom are living. All of the family are Methodists.

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William Cain and family came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early date. They reared nine children, two of whom are living in Noble County - one in Sharon Township and one in Olive. Nathaniel Cain was born in Morgan County in 1826. At the age of seventeen he began learning the cabinet-maker's trade with James Hellyer, and followed that business for twenty-five years. He has since been engaged in farming. In 1846 he enlisted in the Mexican war, but was discharged two weeks after his enlistment. In 1847 he married Rebecca Willey. Of their seven children six are living - William H., Valentine H., Sarah J., Catharine (Ward), Mary A. and Elizabeth C. (Heddleston). Mr. Cain has served as township trustee and in other local offices.

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David Radcliff is an old settler, and a very worthy citizen. He was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1813. At the age of seventeen he came to America with two brothers, landing in Quebec. In 1830 he came to Olive Township, where he entered eighty acres, which is now part of the farm of Samuel Ackley. The place was then unimproved. Mr. Radcliff worked alone until 1837. He then married Jane Miller, of Noble Township. They had seven children, four of whom are living - William, who married Eliza Shriver (who is now deceased), Martha (Davis), Ann (Willey) and David H. Mr. Radcliff is a Universalist and a Mason.

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Samuel Ackley, a representative farmer, was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1831, and in the same year came to Olive Township with his parents. He remained at home until 1852, when, with eight or ten others, including the McKees, he left for California, crossing the isthumus. The journey occupied about forty-one days. Mr. Ackley remained in California five years, and while there worked most of the time in the Nevada mines. Returning to Noble County he bought the farm on which he now lives, and in 1858 returned to California for a year to settle up some land intersts. In 1861 he married Melinda Ogle, of this township. Six children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. Those living are Francis W., W. Walton, Charles M., Alma and Bertha. His wife died in 1883, and in the following year he married Sarah McGarry - one child, Clyde. Mr. Ackley is a Universalist.

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The Fogles were a numerous and respectable family. They were natives of Virginia, but came here from Washington County, Pa. There were three brothers Jacob, Michael and Peter who settled in the same neighborhood. Jacob and Michael came first, and a year or two later Peter settled on the farm where he lived and died. He came about 1818. He was the first Justice of the Peace in the Township, and held the Office about twenty years. He was also an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 1875, at the age of eighty-nine. The Fogle brothers were all married before they came to Ohio. Jacob lived and died in Noble Township. His son Jacob still lives here. He and Mrs. Mary Merry Caldwell, are the only children of Jacob Fogle now living in the County. Michael moved from Noble Township to Enoch and died there. He left no family. Peter Fogle was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Salliday, and their children were Mary, Eliza, Sarah and Margaret, all living, the oldest two in this County. For his second wife he married Phebe Stevens. Their children were Rachael (Rucker), who lives on part of the homestead; John, Illinois; Lucretia, Kansas; Anna, Dead; Annary, Vinton County, Ohio; James, Colorado; George, Kentucky and Peter, Caldwell. Peter lived on the farm until 1879, and then engaged in Hotel keeping in Caldwell. Since 1880 he has been in the business of Undertaker and Furniture Dealer in Caldwell, owning a large and fine store. He has a German Bible, printed in 1590, which has been in the Fogle Family nearly three hundred years.

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