788 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 21, 1871. He represents one of the old pioneer families of this state. His paternal grandfather, Ellis Reed, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1790, and came to Ohio with his family in 1818. He was married in 1816, to Miss Margaret Harry, who was born in Pennsylvania, January 4, 1798. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom four are living : Solomon P., born July 2, 1824, is now a farmer of Salt Creek township, Muskingum county ; James L. was born February 2, 1833 ; Ellis, born November 2, 1834, is engaged in farming in Vernon county, Wisconsin; Leander A., born March 9, 1840, is a farmer of Salt Creek township. The grandfather died January 27, 1868. James L. Reed, who was born in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, February 2, 1833, is still living upon the old homestead farm where his birth occurred. He has spent his entire life in this county and since attaining manhood has devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. His home place comprises one hundred and forty acres of land, which is operated under his immediate supervision and he keeps abreast with progressive ideas of agriculture. Upon his place is the latest improved machinery and all modern equipments and in his farming operations he has met with very gratifying prosperity. He was united in marriage to Miss Maria Ewing, who was a native of Meigs township, Muskingum county, and was a daughter of Charles Ewing. who followed the occupation of farming. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reed were born three children : Frank L., a prominent attorney of Zanesville, who was the first police judge of the city Ellis E., and Cora M. Mrs. Maria Ewing Reed died January 28, 1876. On December 18, 1877. James L. Reed was united in marriage to hiss Mary C. Kille, a native of Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, and a daughter of A. C. Kille, who was born and grew to manhood in Stark county, Ohio. Ellis E. Reed was reared on the old home farm and pursued his education in the public schools. When not occupied with the duties of the schoolroom he assisted in the development and cultivation of the fields and remained at home until twenty-five years of age. He then married Miss Lura P,, Grubb, a native of Zanesville and a daughter of G. B. and Mary A. Grubb. G. B. Grubb was born May 8, 1840, in Morgan county, Ohio ; and his wife was born in Washington county, May 23; 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have two children, Rodney L. and Harold G. They also lost a daughter, Mary. Mr. Reed located in Zanesville in 1896 and worked for a commission company for a short time, after which he was employed by the John Blankenbuhler Manufacturing Company until the fall of 1900. He then filled a position as engineer in the Claredon Hotel until October, 1901, when he embarked in his present business—the manufacture and repair of elevators. He also handles elevator enclosures, safety gates, iron grating and doors and all kinds of elevator supplies. His factory is at 220 Keene street and he owns the ground extending from that number to 221 Jackson street, while his home is on Jackson street. He has prospered in business career and is now in comfortable finance circumstances. He has ever been watchful of opportunity, quick to take advantage of any business opening that promised better conditions an as the years advanced he has also made stead progress toward the goal of success. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, with which his family is also connected, and in all matter relating to the welfare of the community he is interested, supporting every measure that he believes calculated for the general good. WILLIAM J. ST. CLAIR. William J. St. Clair, living in Rich Hill township, was born on the old farm homestead here on the 13th of October, 1832. His father, Benjamin St. Clair, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, and coming to Muskingum county, during the early epoch of its development and settlement he entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land which he at once began to convert into a productive farm. He became a prominent agriculturist, overcoming the obstacles and difficulties of pioneer life and working his way steadily upward. He was married in Salt Creek township to Sarah Linn, of an early family from Wheeling, West Virginia. William J. St. Clair pursued his education in one of the old-time log schoolhouses with its slab benches and rude board desks but he made the most of his opportunities and as the years have advanced he kept informed concerning the world's progress through reading and observation. In early life he learned the shoemakerls trade, which he followed at New Concord, Cumberland and Cambridge, being thus engaged until 1862. He purchased a farm in 1875 and has since successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits. He still follows farming and stock-raising, giving personal supervision to his place of eighty-four acres although he has now reached the seventy- third milestone on life's journey. In 1858 Mr. St. Clair was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda Bacon, who was born one mile south of Cumberland, Noble county, Ohio. and they have become the parents of six children: Austin H., now deceased; Edward L., who married Elmira Gilkison and has one child, Bessie PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 789 I.; Aurice W., who married Grace A. White, of Cumberland, Ohio, and is a well-to-do farmer of Spencer township, Guernsey county, where he lives with his wife and two children, Albert and Grace A.; Elbert, deceased; Charlie B., who married Gertrude C. Danks, and is conducting a laundry in Chicago, Illinois; and Elma, the widow of William Smith, now living at home with her father. William J. St. Clair is a republican in his political views, having supported the party since its organization and for two terms he has served as justice of the peace. He has been very prominent and active in religious work as a member of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife also belonged and in the faith of which she died, her remains being interred in Zion cemetery. Mr. St. Clair has acted as treasurer of the church for fifteen years and as trustee two terms and was a liberal contributor toward the building fund at the time of the erection of the church and parsonage. He has been progressive and interested in all that pertains to public improvement. He has lived in Guernsey. Perry and Muskingum counties and during a period of seventy-three years has witnessed the growth and progress of this section of the state as it has emerged from pioneer conditions and taken on all of the evidences of an advanced civilization. HUGH P. AIKIN. Hugh P. Aikin, deceased, was one of the substantial farmers of Monroe township and a worthy representative of that class of citizens, who as tillers of the soil constitute the basis of all business success. His father, George Aikin, was a native of Ireland, and was a protestant in religious faith. In his boyhood days he was brought to America by his father, who was a pioneer settler of Columbiana county, Ohio, reaching this state between 1807 and 1812. in the midst of the forest he developed a farm, continuing its cultivation until his death about 1825 or 1826. On his removal to Ohio he was accompanied by his wife and children—William, John, George and Margaret. George Aikin spent much of his youth on his fatherls farm in Pennsylvania, and when a young man took tin his abode in Columbiana county, Ohio. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and served with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie. He married Martha Patton, a daughter of Hugh Patton, one of the pioneer residents of Jefferson county, Ohio, who removed from Pennsylvania to this state and was of Irish lineage. his father having been a native of the Emerald isle. Mr. and Mrs. George Aikin became the parents of ten children : Jane, Hugh P., John, William, George W., Eliza H., Mary A., Martha, James and Margaret. The parents lived for about seven or eight years after their marriage in Jefferson county, Ohio, and spent the succeeding eight years in Columbiana county. They then took up their abode in Tuscarawas county, where their remaining days were passed. They held membership in the Associate Presoyterian church and the father died in that faith at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Hugh P. Aikin was indebted to the public schools of Jefferson county, Ohio, for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. Having arrived at years of maturity he was married November 4, 1845, at the age of twenty-five years, to Miss Isabelle S. Reed, a daughter of Robert and Jane (Sankey) Reed. Her father removed from Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, to Jefferson county, Ohio, and afterward to Guernsey county, where his remaining days were passed. He was married twice. His first wife (lied, leaving one child. Mary C., and he afterward wedded Jane Sankey and they had seven children. Robert Reed, the father, lived to the age of sixty-two years and was for a long period a devoted member of the Associate Presbyterian church, in which he served as elder for many years. He was also one of the assistant judges of the court of Guernsey county under the old constitution. His eldest son, James Reed, became a member of the Ninety-seventh Regiment of Ohio Volunteers awl served in the Civil war until killed at the battle of Mission Ridge. Following his marriage Mr. Aikin became a farmer of Guernsey county. Ohio. where he carried on general agricultural pursuits for eighteen years. In 1864 he removed to Muskingum county and purchased one hundred and fifty-two acres of land in Highland township, to the further development and cultivation of which he devoted his energies until his life's labors were ended in death. In all of his business transactions he was thoroughly reliable, never being known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any trade transaction. He voted with the republican party and upon that ticket was elected township trustee, but he never sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. He and his wife, however, were devoted members of the Associate Presbyterian church, in which he long served as ruling elder, and he was deeply interested in the material, intellectual and moral progress of the community. He died June 6, 1895, at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife passed away February 16, 1898. 790 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Aikin were born twelve children : George C., who died in Kansas, in March, 1895, leaving a wife and six children ; Susan J., who married James A. Atchmson, by whom she had six children and lives in Richmond, Kansas ; Martha H., who is the widow of Samuel R. Guthrie and resides in Cambridge, Ohio ; Lizzie M., the wife of John F. Franklin, of Albia, Iowa ; Robert M., deceased, who wedded Mary McMillan, now a resident of Esther, Pennsylvania, by whom he had one child ; James H., of Rich Hill township, Muskingum county, who wedded Mary J. Dew and has four children; Mary M., the wife of William McDonald, of Monroe township, by whom she had seven children, five of whom are now living; Anna E., the wife of William Graham, of Esther, Pennsylvania; Sarah M., the wife of Calvin C. Taylor, of Stafford, Kansas, and the mother of four children; Emma L., who is the widow of Daniel Gray and lives in Avery, Iowa, with her two children ; and Ruth, the deceased wife of Archibald Johnson, a resident of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. John A. Aikin, son of Hugh Aikin, was born January 10, 1866, and was a public-school student in Monroe township, dividing his attention between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the home farm. When his education was completed he gave his undivided attention to assisting in the cultivation and improvement of the old home place until 1901, when he purchased a stock of merchandise in Bloomfield, and thus became identified with commercial interests there. He now carries a line of general merchandise and conducts a good business, meeting with a ready sale of his stock because of his earnest desire to please his patrons and his reliable business methods. He is also the owner of a comfortable and attractive home in Bloomfield. On the 3d of April, 1895, John A. Aikin was united in marriage to Miss Flora Law, of Monroe township, who died in October, 1895. He has since wedded Anna E. Stewart, who was born in May, 1869, in Guernsey county, and is a daughter of William and Eliza Stewart. Her mother died February 24, 1897, while her father still follows farming in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Aikin have three interesting children : Alma B., born December 3, 1898 ; Hugh S., born October 7, 1900 and Helen M., born January 20, 1002. Mr. Aikin is a republican and he is now serving as township clerk. He and his wife belong to the United Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, and he is active in community affairs, ever taking a helpful interest in matters of public progress. He represents one of the old and honored pioneer families of the state. Personally he is popular because of his deference for the opinions of others, his genial manner and his kindly disposition and in Muskingum county he has made many friends. W. D. PACKARD. W. D. Packard, a photographer of Frazeysburg, was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, August 23, 1827, and is the son of Chester and Eunice Saddler Packard, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Fredonia, about ten miles west of Newark. They were natives of the old Bay state and were reared and married there. Both were descended from ancestors who came to America with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620, the ancestry in the paternal line being traced back to Samuel Packard. The family have largely followed mechanical and mercantile pursuits. Chester Packard was a carpenter by trade but abandoning that pursuit turned his attention to the operation of a woolen mill at Homer, Ohio. in which enterprise he was joined by his brother, Theophilus. For years the business was conducted under the firm style of Wheaton & Packard and it became one of the leading manufactories of that part of the state. In his political views Chester Packard was originally a Whig, afterward gave his support to the freesoil party and then became a staunch republican. He was a man of unblemished integrity, of upright habits and honorable motives. He was never known to use an oath in his entire life. In his business he was successful, his career proving that prosperity and an untarnished name could be won simultaneously, and his history furnishes an example well worthy of emulation. He passed away in 1878, long surviving his wife who had died in 1829. They were the parents of six children, of whom one died in infancy, while Ira, Edwin C., Somner and Silas S. are also deceased. The last named is the author of Packardls Commercial Arithmetic and was principal in Bryant & Stratton's Business College, in New York, up to the time of his death , which ocurred in 1900. W. D. Packard, having acquired his education in the schools of Licking county, began teaching in Knox county, Ohio, and later went to the home of relatives in Wisconsin and was employed to teach in that locality. His work in educational circles was satisfactory, for he maintained discipline while giving instruction in the branches of the curriculum and his exposition of the different studies was clear and concise. Upon his return to Knox county in 1863 Mr. Packard gave his attention to the photographic art and in 1869 came to Frazeysburg, where for more than a third of a century he has conducted a photographic gallery, giving satisfaction to his PAGE - 791 - PICTURE OF MR. AND MRS. W. D. PACKARD PAGE - 792 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 793 patrons by reason of the excellent work he executes. He keeps in touch with the progress that is continually being made in the art and his well equipped studio is an indication to those who know aught of photographic methods that he is doing good work along modern lines. On the 2d of November, 1848, Mr. Packard was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Stine- mates, of Knox county, Ohio, who was born April 9. 1827, a daughter of Christian and Hester Stinemates, who came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio in the early '20s. Her father was a farmer by occupation and was of German descent, his father having come from Germany to the United States and founded this branch of the family in the new world. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Packard have been born two children : Emma, born August 6, 1849, is the wife of George Steinmates, formerly of Frazeysburg, but now living in Woodstock, Illinois, where he is engaged in the egg business. They have had five children : Eddie, deceased; Herbert N., who is married and has two children, Gertrude and Irvine ; Alma. wife of Hamilton Dale ; Bruce ; and Myrtle M. the wife of M. Thompson. This family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. William Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Packard, married Miss Minnie May Smith and they have six children : Lenora, the wife of William G. Black, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, by whom she has one child; Arthur F. Frank; Walter; Ruth ; and Harold. They resided in Dayton, Ohio, where William F. Packard is filling the position of train dispatcher on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad. Politically Mr. Packard is a prohibitionist and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day because of his deep interest in his country. In the years 1871, 1874, and 1877 he was elected justice of the peace and during his three terms' service he rendered decisions that were strictly fair and impartial and awakened the commendation of all law-abiding citizens. He is now a notary public. Mr. Packard is numbered among the prominent and honored residents of the county and in the evening of life occupies a pleasant home in Frazeysburg among many friends who esteem him highly for his sterling worth and for the possessions of those traits of character which in every land and clime command respect. ADAM FISHER. Adam Fisher, the owner of a good farm of one hundred and forty-two acres on section 18, Brush Creek township, was born May 25, 1860, in this county, and is descended from German ancestry, while in his life he displays many of the sterling characteristics of the Teutonic race. His father, William Fisher, was born in Erzenhausen, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, September 1, 1819, and coming to America identified his interests with agricultural pursuits in Muskingum county, Ohio, where he spent his remaining days, dying March 31, 1894, upon the farm which is now owned and occupied by Adam Fisher. He was a successful farmer and stock-raiser and was one of the sturdy early pioneer settlers who contributed in substantial measure to the improvement of the state and aided in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which the present superstructure of the commonwealth was built. In his business affairs he also prospered. Following his arrival in Ohio in the year 1846 he folowed the carpenter's trade and later turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, becoming the possessor of one hundred and forty-two acres of land. While in Germany he held membership in the Presbyterian church and after his emigration to America he became identified with the Lutheran church. In politics he was a consistent democrat. On the 4th of December, 1851, he married Annie Mary Kline, who was born in Boerschborn, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, August 27, 1821 and came to Ohio in 1848. To her husband she was a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey, and she passed away July 30, 1903. They became the parents of five children : William, who was living with his brother Adam on the old homestead; John, who wedded Mary E. Metzgar and died leaving one child : Jacob. living in Morgan county, who wedded Mary A. Gobel and has four children ; Charles, who wedded Clara Spring and died leaving two children ; and Adam, of this review. Adam Fisher early became familiar with the labors of field and meadow while working upon his father's farm. He was born upon the place where he vet resides, it being the old family homestead and after his marriage he brought his bride to the farm, living, however, in a house separate from his father's home. Following his father's death in 1894 he took up his abode in the old family residence, where he has since remained. Adam Fisher was married April 11, 1889, to Mary E. Gobel, who was born November 11, 1865. and was a daughter of Peter J. Gobel, a native of Wolfstein, Germany. whose birth occurred July 20, 1822. He came to America in 1850. at the age of twenty-eight years and he married Miss Mary E. Raquet. a native of Schwedelbach, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany. Her parents were John and Margaret E. Raquet, who came to Ohio in 1847 and later purchased a part of the farm now owned by Adam Fisher. There Mr. Raquet continued to reside until his death, 794 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. which occurred February 21, 1866. His wife died near Stovertown, Ohio, February 9, 1899. In the family of Peter J. and Mary E. Gobel were the following children : Margaret, who married David Gobel, though of the same name not a relative; Peter R., who married Matilda Caldwell; Adam, who wedded Katie Baughman; Elizabeth, deceased ; John, who married Emma Gobel ; Mary Ellen, wife of our subject; Caroline, who is an invalid; Catherine A.. the wife of Samuel R. Souders; Edward, who married Ada Fisher; Charles J., who married Mary Canfield; and Clarence E., who married Anna Slack. Mr. Gobel, the father of these children, is a blacksmith by trade and for many years followed that pursuit, but in later years of his life has engaged in merchandising in Deaver- town. His wife was born in Bavaria, Germany, September to, 1834, and (lied August 28. 188o, at Deavertown, Ohio. Mr. and M rs. Gobel were married September 1, 1851, and Mr. Gobel is now living at the age of eighty-three years. occupying the home in which he began housekeeping. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher was blessed with three children, but Harland, born October 15. 189o, is the only one now living. Carl Noel and Florence Irene both died in infancy. Mr. Fisher is an active democrat and is a devoted member of the Lutheran church. His entire life has been passed on the farm which is vet his home and he is known as a progressive agriculturist. working along modern lines for the improvement of his property and the acquirement of a competence. E. F. GRIMSLEY. E. F. Grimsley, superintendent of the Oakdale Pressed Brick Company of Zanesville, is a native of Virginia, born in 1865. He came to the city in 1886, when twenty-one years of age, and immediately afterward entered the employ of the Oakdale Pressed Brick Company, which was established during this year. His first position was that of yardman and later he became foreman of the machine department, in which capacity he served for seven years, when in 1900 he was appointed superintendent of the entire plant and has since remained at the head of the practical working of the plant. The capacity is about twenty- five thousand pressed brick per .day and employment is furnished to fifty workmen. Mr. Grimsley is himself a very energetic, enterprising man who has led a very busy and useful life and is much esteemed by his employers and has the entire confidence of those who serve under him. In 1886 in Zanesville, Mr. Grimsley was married to Miss Fannie B. Gaines, who was born in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Grimsley have a wide acquaintance in this city, enjoying the warm regard of many friends. He is a member of Lafayette lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., and also holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen of the World. The fact that he has remained in the service of one company for almost twenty years is unmistakable evidence of his trustworthiness and the unqualified confidence which is reposed in him. SAMUEL H. ALEXANDER. Samuel H. Alexander, one of the native sons of Muskingum county, was born near his present residence in Meigs township, and he still owns a part of the old home farm. His father, Mathew Alexander, was a native of Ireland, born in County Down, near Belfast, and. in early life he crossed the Atlantic to America, becoming a resident of Zanesville. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that pursuit in early manhood, but subsequently he removed to Meigs township, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land. He then aided in conquering the wilderness for the purpose of civilization and in due course of time where once stood the forest trees were seen waving fields of grain. He became one of the prominent agriculturists of his community, erecting a fine home on his farm and made very substantial improvements. He was united in marriage in early manhood to Miss Mary Hunter, who was born in Ireland, and in her girlhood days came to the new world. She was a daughter of William Hunter, who became a leading farmer of Salt Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander were married in Zanesville and they became the parents of the following named : John, who wedded Elizabeth Bradley, of Pennsylvania, and their children were John. Mary j., George and Emmett ; Charles. who married M artha West, a (laughter of Turner West: Robert, who married Mary Johnson ; George, who married Martba Pierson, of Meigs township. and had five children, Boston. Anna M., Maud, Samuel and Carrie B.; Samuel H.; and Margaret J., who became the wife of James Quick and removed to Vinton county. They had two sons, Charles and John. Samuel H. Alexander spent his boyhood days on the old homestead farm and in his youth worked in the fields, while in the winter seasons he attended the public schools. He has since learned the trades of carpentering and cabinetmaking and has carried on business along those lines, contracting to some extent and thus becoming closely associated with building operations in this part of the county. He has also followed farming and is the owner of a valuable tract of PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 795 eighteen acres, a part of the old homestead. He has been quite successful in his business operations and he owns a fine residence near Museville, which was built by himself and he was likewise an architect. He possesses natural mechanical ingenuity and is regarded as one of the best workmen in his line in the county, his services having been engaged on the construction of many fine buildings. Mr. Alexander was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Anna R. Perry, a native of Brooke county, \Vest Virgina; and a (laughter of David and Rebecca Kearns, who were prominent farming people of Marshall county, West Virginia. They nave six children : Ellsworth, a boiler inspector living in Altoona, Pennsylvania, who married Cora White, a daughter of Professor White, and has one child, Cora Nina ; Sylvester ; Virginia B., deceased; Adelaide; Thornton O., and Lewis M,. who is living in Marshall county, West Virginia. In his political affiliations Mr. Alexander is a democrat, haying continuously supported the party since its organization. He has several times filled the office of supervisor and has ever been true and loyal to the public welfare. He is always interested in progressive measures for the general good and his co-operation may ever be counted upon for their furtherance. He belongs to the Methodist Protestant church at Oakland, and is a man of high purpose, of upright principles and genuine worth. He represents one of the old and respected families of Muskingum county but it is his personal traits of character that have endeared him to his friends and gained him the respect of all with whom he has been associated. His life has been one of untiring industry and his well directed labors have found a sure reward in the success which he is now enjoying. REV. EDWARD J. FARMER, O. P. Rev. Edward J. Farmer, pastor of St. Thomas church, Zanesville, was born in Lynn. Massachusetts. in 1861. His father, Terrence Farmer. came to this country from Ireland in the fall of 1846 and settling in Lynn, Massachusetts, became a successful merchant of that place. In 1858 he married Mary M. Forbes, who was also a native of Ireland and came to Boston, Massachusetts. in 1851. Her mother attained a very advanced age, departing this life in Ireland at the age of ninety-eight years. Mr. Farmer and his wife were members of the Catholic church ; in politics he was a democrat. He died in 1879, at the age of fifty-four years. while his wife passed away in 1885, at the age of fifty-five years. They were the parents of six children, five of whom are now living. Father Farmer received his early education in the schools of Lynn, Massachusetts. Later he attended St. Charles College near Baltimore, Maryland, to prepare for the priesthood. He then entered the Dominican Novitiate and made his solemn vows at St. Joseph's Convent, Somerset, Ohio, where he was ordained by Bishop Watterson. His priestly career was begun in Washington, D. C., where he remained six years. In 1901 he became pastor of St. Thomas church in Zanesville. This church was organized in 1821 and the present church building was erected in 1842. Many priests have administered to the spiritual needs of its many parishioners. There are now three hundred and seventy-five families in the parish, representing a membership of fifteen hundred and seventy-five. The church is free from debt and the various departments of its work are in a flourishing condition. St. Thomas parochial school is a large brick building directly opposite the church on Fifth street. conducted by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. There are three hundred and fifty pupils and the work of the school is graded in harmony with the Zanesville high-school work. Under the guidance of Father Farmer St. Thomas church has made a steady and satisfactory advance, its influence continually increasing. He is a gentleman of scholarly attainments and enjoys the respect of the representatives of Protestantism as well as of his own church. JOHN GEORGE. John George, one of the prominent farmers of Hopewell township, was born on the place which is now his home. February 27, 1832. His father. John George. Sr., was a native of County Derry, Ireland, born in 1801, and in 1812 he was brought to America by his father. William George, who settled in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. There the son was reared to manhood and for many years he resided in Pittsburg. where for three years he was employed in a foundry. He afterward came to Ohio, taking up his abode in Hopewell township upon the farm which is now owned and occupied by his son John. There he carried on general agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death, which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-three years. In 1829 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bodle, who was born in County Donegal. Ireland. They became the parents of ten children: Eliza, who died at the age of sixty-eight years; Jane, the wife of Samuel Johnston; Eleanor. the wife of John Nesbitt ; William, who married Eliza A. McGlade ; Margaret, the wife of Isaac Soithers ; John of this review ; Samuel, who married 796 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Eliza J. Johnson; Mary and Sarah, who reside with their brother, John ; and Joseph, who became a member of Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and died in the army while in active service at the front. The old family home comprised two hundred and ninety acres of rich and valuable land and the father continued its supervision up to the time of his demise. He was a member of the religious society known as Covenanters and afterward called the Reformed Presbyterian church. Both he and his wife reached the ripe old age of eighty- three years and died upon the old farm homestead. John George, whose name introduces this review, remained with his father until the latter's death, which occurred when he was about thirty years of age. He and ins two sisters have always continued upon the old farm, of which they now own one hundred and seventy-four acres. The place is devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising and they have an elegant country home here which is well kept. All of the buildings upon the place are in good repair and the appearance of the farm indicates careful supervision. Mr. George is a progressive agriculturist, alert and enterprising and his untiring industry has been crowned with prosperity. He and his two sisters are members of the Reformed Presbyterian church. He affiliates with no political party, casting his ballot in support of the candidates whom he thinks best qualified for the office. He has in his possession an old musket carried by an uncle of his father's in the Irish Revolution. The family has been well known in this counts- for many years and the name is inseparably associated with the history of this portion of the state. EDWARD CASS. M. D. Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, in talents and in character Dr. Edward Cass is a worthy scion of. his race—a representative of a family whose name has long been a distinguished one in connection with events which have formed the history of state and nation. He is now the only living member of the family in Muskingum county and Ohio. He traces his ancestry back to Major Jonathan Cass. who was born near the southern boundary of New Hampsbire and won distinction in the war of the Revolution, participating in the battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton. Princeton. Monmouth, Germantown and Valley Forge. and he rose to the rank of major. Following the close of hostilities with Great Britain and the establishment of the American Republic, he served in the regular army under General Wayne. taking part in the warfare against the Indians in the Northwest Territory. His first service in the west was in 1791, as commander of a fort at the mouth of French creek, a tributary of the Allegheny river. In 1781 Major Cass was married to Miss Mary Gilman, a daughter of Theopnilus Gilman, a noted Tory at the time of the Revolution. Major Cass afterward returned to service under General Wayne and after the battle of Maumee, in 1794, he was stationed in command of Fort Washington, on the present site of Cincinnati, where he remained until 1797. In that year. when the United States military land was put upon the market, Major Cass purchased land warrants, covering, four thousand acres, and at the drawing for choice of location, he was fortunate enough to hold No, I—entitling him to the first choice. With the assistance of William Wells, a young United States surveyor, who was well acquainted with the territory, a selection was made of Muskingum river land, in what is now the northern portion of Muskingum county. This land to the present time is known as the old Cass homestead. Major Cass went to Marietta, Ohio, in 1800, and to his estate on the Muskingum river the following year, bringing with him all of his family. consisting of wife and five children, with the exception of the eldest son, Lewis Cass. who remained to complete his studies in the Exeter Academy, in which he was then a pupil, being a classmate of Daniel Webster. Following his graduation from that school Lewis Cass studied law under Governor Meigs at Marietta and and became a practicing attorney at Zanesville and was elected the first prosecuting attorney of the county in 1804. He rendered military service to his country in the war of 1812 and at the close of hostilities removed to Michigan, where he attained still higher honors, serving as govern& of that territory for eighteen consecutive years. following 1815. He was appointed secretary of war by President Jackson and was United States minister to France in 1836. He was also United States senator from Michigan for two terms, following 1844, and was a candidate for the presidency of the United States on the democratic ticket in 1848. He was also secretary of state under President Buchanan in 1856 and he died in 1865—one of the notable figures in American history. during the early and middle sections of the nineteenth century. The other members of the family of Major Cass were as follows: Deborah became the wife of Judge Wyllys Silliman, of Zanesville ; George W. remained upon the Cass homestead ; Mary G. became the wife of Joseph Munro ; and Cap- PAGE - 797 - PICTURE OF DR. EDWARD CASS PAGE - 798 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 799 tain Charles Lee served honorably in the Indian wars and died in 1842. George W. Cass, who for many years owned and occupied the old homestead and who passed away there, August 6, 1873, was married to Miss Sophia Lord, a daughter of Colonel Abner Lord, of Lynn, Connecticut, and a sister of the mothers of General Irwin, General McDowell, Professor Eli Tappan and Abner L. Backus, all of whom became notable personages of Ohio. George W. Cass was a man of marked intellectual vigor, prominent and influential, although he would never consent to accept public office. He was a man of large frame and fine physique like his brother Lewis and was thought by those who knew him to be fully his brother’s equal in mental power. Although he declined to become active in politics, he nevertheless possessed a force of character, a strength of judgment and a clearness of reason that made him a power in pohtical circles. He was a discriminating and earnest student of history and of politics and his opinions always carried great weight, many times proving an influencing force. He first gave his support to the whig, and later to the republican party and so vigorous and inflexible was he in support of the principles of the party that he refused to vote for his brother when the latter was democratic candidate for the presidency. An indication of his character and worth is given in the following quotation from a letter written by General James A. Garfield, in 1871, to the Pioneer Society of Cuyahoga county. He said : "While recently spending a day in Dresden, Ohio, I called upon the venerable George W. Cass, whose high character, marked ability and wonderful memory make an hour spent in his company long to be remembered. He has been a resident of Dresden since t801 and has the most perfect recollections of the leading events in the history of the state and particularly of the Mils- kinourn valley. Among many recollections of early scenes and events in Ohio, the history of a journey made by him in 1797 was of peculiar interest to me, as affording a basis for understanding the marvelous growth of Ohio.- ( The journey referred to was from Fort Hamilton. now Hamilton. Ohio, to Exeter. New Hampshire, made when Mr. Cass was a lad of eleven years and occupying three months). Again in the same letter General Garfield wrote: "I suggest to the Historical Society that the precious personal recollections of such a man as Mr. Cass should be preserved. He is a most amiable and intelligent gentleman and one of the few who has seen the whole growth of Ohio almost from the beginning of its territorial existence." The children of George W. Cass were as follows: George W., Jr., who died in 1888, was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. became president of the western division of the Adams Express Company, was afterward president of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company and still later waS president and then receiver of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Relinquishing all active connection with business affairs in 1874, he devoted the remainder of his life to travel, spending three years with his family in Europe. He was interested in large business enterprises other than those mentioned and amassed a great fortune. John J. Cass, the second of the family, died at the age of twenty-seven years. Augusta L., who was a Young lady of very benevolent spirit, (lied in Dresden, in :March, 1888, and by the terms of her will left two-thirds of her estate for missionary purposes. Abner L. died in August, '1887. He was a graduate of the Medical 'University in Philadelphia and practiced his profession in Coshocton. Ohio. In 1858 lie was elected a member of the state senate and served. for one term in the law-making body of the commonwealth. In 1874 his health failed and he traveled for some time hoping to be benefited thereby. Later lie located in Chicago, where his death occurred. Edward Cass. the youngest member of the family, is in possession of the old homestead. He resides in Dresden and in his youth was a student in Kenyon College but was prevented from graduating by the accidental discharge of gun whereby he was wounded wbile out hunting during a vacation. It was first thought that the injury would prose fatal but after a time hope was entertained for his recovery. During the time when he was recuperating he began the study of medicine in the office of his brother at Coshocton, thinking, however, to make it only a profitable pastime for he had already determined to become a civil engineer. His interest in the science of medicine, however, was awakened and he determined to pursue his investigation, becoming- a student in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. from which he was graduated with the class of 1854. Immediately afterward he entered upon practice in Dresden, where he has remained continuously since, meeting with excellent success as a practitioner and also being accorded recognition as a prominent and useful citizen. Dr. Cass is a republican in politics, having supported the party since its organization and is regarded as one of its leaders in Muskingum county. In 1869 he was. one of two candidates before his party for the state legislature. Although defeated with the rest of his ticket, the county being strongly democratic, his personal popularity was attested by the fact that in his own precmct, which usually gives a strong majority to the opposition, he received a majority of seventy-three votes. He is a man of wide 800 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. knowledge both in his profession and along lines of general interest as well as historic and scientific research and he has been frequently called upon to deliver addresses upon public occasions. He is also a writer of ability and versatility to the literature of his profession. In 1878 lie was president of the Zanesville Academy of Medicine, an institution including in its membership physicians of Muskingum and several adjoining counties. At the present writing he is vice president of the Zanesville Medical Society and president of the Muskingum Valley District Medical Society. In 1889 Dr. Cass was married to Miss Clara Shaw, of Columbus, Ohio, and they became the parents of two sons, Edward McDowell and W. Abner. In local affairs the Doctor has ever been deeply interested and his labors have contributed to improvement and progress here. He was a member of the Dresden school board for twelve years and its president for six years. He was also the president of the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum county and was its delegate to the Washington Centennial held in New York city in April, 1889, after which lie delivered a lengthy and most interesting report to his home society upon his return. For one year he was vice president of the Ohio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is a man of medium size, of robust constitution and fine presence, bearing strong resemblance in person, in talents and in character to the older and distinguished members of the family. WILLIAM C. BLOCKSOM. William C. Blocksom is descended from one of the old families of the east. His grandfather, William Illocksom, was a native of Milton, Delaware, and removed from that state to Ohio, making- the journey in company with a companion. They walked the greater part of the way and on reaching Muskingum county settled first in Zanesville, which was then a small town. Soon afterward, however. Mr. Blocksom went to Fairfield county, Ohio, but after a year returned to Zanesville. He was a manufacturer by trade and for a time was employed as a journeyman but later engaged in contracting and building on his own account, Subsequently he entered the iron foundry business, having a plant on Fountain alley between Seventh and Underwood streets. He continued in that business for a number of years, constantly enlarging the scope of his labors and for a long period he was classed with the local representatives of industrial interests in Zanesville. He possessed indomitable energy and strong purpose and through the exercise of these qualities he won a high measure of success and as his financial resources increased he placed his money in the safest of all investments— real estate—and thus accumulated much property. He left his family a large estate for that day and, moreover, they inherited from him an untarnished name, for his business methods were such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. He figured prominently in public life also and exercised considerable influence in affairs affecting the progress and upbuilding of his community. He was appointed postmaster at Zanesville by President Jackson at a time when this office was a distributing point for the surrounding country. He acted in that capacity for a number of years and was also one of the three judges of the district court. In politics he was a strong democrat. He married Miss Fulkerson, of Zanesville, and they became the parents of the following children. Those living are : Mrs. Martha E. Johnson, the widow of Judge Johnson. of the supreme court of Ohio ; Mrs. Frances Sprague, widow of the late Chief Justice Sprague, of the supreme court ; and Mrs. Carrie Cram, a resident of Marietta, Ohio. Those deceased are Mrs. Sarah Cram, Mrs. Amanda Blandy, George W.. Charles H., Horace, Lorenzo and Augustus Perry. Most of the sons were prominently identified with the drug trade, conducting a large wholesale house and doing- an extensive business in early times. Augustus Perry Blocksom, son of William Blocksom, was born in Muskingum county, in 1822. He prepared for the bar and for many years was a legal practitioner in Zanesville. having a large and distinctively representative clientage. He was active in public affairs, wielding a wide influence, but he never sought or desired political office. He, too, met success in his carefully directed labors and judicious investments, and moreover he was greatly esteemed by reason of his many excellent traits of manhood. He wedded Miss Mary Hewitt, a native of Athens. Ohio, who died in 1903, at the age of seventy- six years. while his death occurred in 1877, when lie was fifty-five years of age. In their family were five children, of whom William C. is the eldest. Isabel married Captain C. W. Green, who was connected with the Ohio Iron Company for many years. Anna B. married C. W. Butler, and Mary E. became. the wife of Benjamin Garvey. August P., who is a major in the United States Army, served in the Spanish-American war and was wounded in the leg at San Juan Hill. He was also with General Chaffeer during the Boxer outbreak in China, had Command of a firing force at that time and was a participant in the battle of Tien Tsin. He received his appointment to West Point through PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 801 the recommendation of Congressman Milton Southard and was appointed by President Grant. He participated in many Indian skirmishes on the frontier prior to the Spanish-American war and for a time was in the Philippines after leaving China. He is now located at Washington, D. C. William C. Blocksom was born in Zanesville in 1849 and spent his youth here, obtaining his literary education in the public schools. Determining to follow in the professional footsteps of his father, who directed his law studies, he was admitted to the bar in 1873 and has since practiced in Zanesville with success. His knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence is comprehensive and exact and he has the ability to correctly apply them to the points in litigation. He has been known for many years as a stalwart advocate of democratic principles and in 1881 was elected on the party ticket to the office of mayor of Zanesville. For four years prior to that time he was city solicitor but his aspirations have not been in the line of political preferment as he has desired rather to give his attention to his law practice. The name of Blocksom has figured prominently in connection with the history of Muskingum county through almost a century and has always been a synonym of public spirited citizenship and business integrity. JOHN A. ELLIOTT. John A. Elliott, deceased, was born August I), 1856, on the old Elliott homestead in Muskingum county, where his death also occurred. He was a son of John Elliott, who was born June to, 18to, and on the 29th of September, 1836, was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Leedam, who was born October 12, 1815. They became the parents of seven children : Simon N., Andrew L., Marv, Salinda, Isabelle, Hugh S. and John A. In taking up the personal history of John A. Elliott we present to our readers the life record of one who was widely and favorably known in Rich Hill township, where his entire life was passed. He was reared to the occupation of farming and saw no reason to change his plan of life when he reached adult age. Agricultural interests made sufficient claim upon his time and talents so that he had no leisure hours and through the exercise of his business interests he won a gratifying measure of success. He was a very industrious and energetic man and owned two hundred acres of rich and productive farming land in Rich Hill township. In the midst of this farm stood one of the finest country homes of the county and upon the place were good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. These in turn were surrounded by well- tilled fields and everything about his place was kept in excellent condition, its appearance indicating the owner to be a very successful agriculturist. He owed his property to his own exertions, for it was acquired through his industry and untiring effort. Mr. Elliott was married on the 24th of December, 1878, to Miss Tillie Paisley, a daughter of John and Martha A. (Collins) Paisley and a granddaughter of John and Nancy (Crawford) Paisley. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott became the parents of eleven children : Maud, born March 2, 1880; Fred, born March 26, 1882; Howard, who was born January 14, 1884, and was married September 15, 1904, to Mary Monett, of Rich Hill township ; an infant, who was born September 19, 1886; Hattie B., born November 15, 1887; Roy W., who was born October 15, 1889; Estella M., born May 7, 1891 ; an infant, born December 31, 1892; Ada, born July 11, 1894; an infant, born January 24, 1896; and Pearl Daisy born January 4, 1898. All of those unnamed lived but a few days. Mr. Elliott was a republican in his political views. He was a public-spirited man, interested in all that pertained to general progress. He was charitable, kind and benevolent and he was one of the subscribers to Muskingum College and to a railroad. He held membership with the Patrons of Industry and with the United Presbyterian cl urch, of which his wife is also a member and ln which he served as trustee for many years. t his death his remains were interred in Salt C eek cemetery and thus passed away one of the most respected native citizens of Rich Hill township. He was devoted to the interests of his family, held friendship inviolable and was the champion of the right, the true and the beautiful. JAMES HART LEE. James Hart Lee is the city passenger and ticket agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Zanesville. He started out in life as messenger boy for that company and throughout his business career has been retained in the company's service, a fact which indicates in unmistakable terms his fidelity to duty, his promotion being the public recognition of his merit. Mr. Lee was born in Zanesville, December 11, 1863, and is a son of David Lee, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Having mastered the elementary branches of learning in the public schools, James H. Lee continued his study in the high school at Zanesville and on putting 802 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. aside his text-books accepted a position with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company as messenger. He was then twenty years of age. Immediately afterward he took up the study of telegraphy and was made night operator, in which capacity he served for three years and for three years served as day operator. His next promotion made him ticket agent and in 1895 he was appointed to the responsible position of city passenger and ticket agent in Zanesville, in which capacity he is still serving. He is a most courteous and obliging official, carefully looking after the wants of the traveling public as well as of the road which he represents and that he has the entire confidence of the corporation which he serves is indicated by his long continuance in its service. On the 25th of November, 1895, Mr. Lee was married to Miss Catherine P. Drone, who was born in Zanesville, September 15, 1864, and was a daughter of Richard Drone, a miller. They have three children : Mary, Julia Smith and David. Mrs. Lee holds membership in the Episcopal church and Mr. Lee belongs to the Royal Arcanum and to the Modern Woodmen camp. He votes with the democracy and for eight years he served as a member of the board of elections. His acquaintance in Zanesville is a wide one and his personal characteristics are such as have gained for him the warm friendship of many with whom he has been brought in contact. MICHAEL BAUMGARDNER. Michael Baumgardner, a well known representative of the agricultural interests of Springfield township, was born March 22, 1823, upon the old farm homestead where he vet resides. His father, George Baumgardner, came to this county from Little York, Pennsylvania, with his uncle, Reese Baumgardner, who settled in Rushville, Ohio, about 1810. George Baumgardner served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812 and following the cessation of hostilities he was united in marriage to Miss Betsy Orster. The young couple removed to Huron county, Ohio, where Mr. Baumgardner worked at the cooper's trade which he had learned in his youth. About 1815, however, they removed to Muskingum county and he entered the employ of Jim Granger, at Moxahala. Desiring to engage in farming on his own account he leased one hundred and seven acres for a term of six years and on the expiration of that period he purchased the property, continuing to make it his home for several succeeding years. He also bought one hundred and seventy acres south of this place and another tract of two hundred and twenty acres on the Ridge Road. He erected a brick house on the last mentioned farm and continued to make his home there for thirty years, or until the time of his death, which occurred in 1872, when he was seventy-six years of age. It was occasioned by a fall from an apple tree and he passed away five days later. His wife survived him until 1876. In his business affairs he had been very successful and, making judicious investment of his capital in real estate, he held at the time of his death five hundred and forty acres of valuable land in Muskingum county. In all his business relations he was found thoroughly reliable and was never known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any trade transaction. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party up to the time of the Civil war, when he became a stanch republican. Mr. Baumgardner had a family of five sons and four daughters, all of whom were living at the time of his death, namely George, a resident of New Albany, Indiana ; Jacob, who is living in Springfield township ; Eliza, the deceased wife of Adam 1 Baughman ; David, who died in California ; George ; Michael ; Margaret, the deceased wife of Samuel Radcliff ; Samuel, who died in Indianapolis ; and Mrs. Amelia Smith, living in Falls township. Michael Baumgardner acquired his education J in the public schools of Springfield township and j when a boy learned the carpenter's trade. His : youth was a period of persistent, earnest and unremitting toil and whatever success he has achieved in life is attributable entirely to his own efforts. Before his marriage he took a drove of cattle overland from Ohio to New York and for several years he traveled in western Ohio, peddling goods, and in this he was very successful and it not only proved a good source of revenue but was also a means of education, broadening his knowledge concerning places. Subsequent to his marriage he took up his abode on the old homestead, comprising one hundred and seven acres in Springfield township. His father gave him one hundred acres and he purchased the other seven. Since that time he has given his attention to general farming and is regarded as one of the leading and progressive agriculturists of his community, having a well developed property. He now owns one hundred and twenty-six acres. In September, 1858, Mr. Baumgardner was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Jane Butler, a daughter of Joseph Butler, of Springfield township. Having no children of their own they adopted David Buxbarg, then a lad of seven years, who has filled the place of a son to them and still resides upon the farm, occupying the old house. In 1868 Mr. Baumgardner erected a fine residence on the Ridge road, where he now resides. In politics he is a democrat, but while PAGE - 803 - PICTURE OF MICHAEL BAUMGARDNER PAGE - 804 - BLANK PAGE - 805 - MRS. MICHAEL BAUMGARDNER PAGE - 806 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 807 always voting for the measures of the party and its platform, which in his opinion contains the best elements of good government, he has never sought or desired office. He is a member of the Springfield Chapel church and a man respected and esteemed by all who know him. He has now passed the eighty-second milestone on life's journey and can look back over the years that have come and gone without regret, for his course has been manly, his actions sincere, his treatment of his fellowmen just and considerate and to-day he enjoys the esteem of young and old, rich and poor. BENNETT L. TAYLOR. Bennett L. Taylor, manager and stockholder in the Muskingum Laundry Company, was born in Zanesville, May 1, 1863, and is the third child of Henry B. and Augusta Ann (Lewis) Taylor. The father was born in Hudson, New York, and came to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1851, settling in Zanesville. where he engaged in the manufacture of sash. doors and blinds, being a member of the firm of Guthrie & Taylor. This company had a continuous existence for twenty years, doing an extensive business. In January. 1872, he entered the firm of Clark Herdman but his death occurred in October of the same year. During his latter years he was a member of the Putnam Presbyterian church. He took an active and helpful interest in church work and for some time served as church trustee. He became a charter member of Woodlawn lodge, I. 0. 0. F., with which he affiliated until his death, and he was also an exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity. He voted with the republican party and was a man of tried integrity and worth who ranked high in public regard in his community. His death occurred in the fall of 1872, when he was forty-seven years of age. His wife was born in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1832, and is now living in Zanesville. She, too, is a member of the Presbyterian church. In their family were four children : Judson P., a representative business man of Zanesville ; Sadie, deceased ; Bennett L. ; and Charles H., who is engaged in farming at Garrettsville, Ohio. Bennett L. Taylor continued his studies in the public schools of Zanesville until he had mastered the high-school course and after putting aside his text-books he entered upon his business career as a clerk for the Graham Drug Company. Later he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy for two years and was graduated with the class of 1888, subsequent to which time he took charge of the retail department of the Graham Drug Company, acting in that capacity for eight years. His health failing him he spent a year in the west and upon his return home he purchased a half interest in the Muskingum Laundry Company and became secretary and treasurer. In the fall of 1901 the firm was incorporated under its present name with E. P. Waters as president; F. M. Hook, secretary and treasurer ; and Bennett L. Taylor, general manager. In 1903 Mr. Taylor was chosen president, Mr. Waters retiring, and he now acts as general manager of the business. This company controls the largest laundry trade in Zanesville, employing fifty people, and their plant is located at the corner of Canal and Fourth streets. The business is capitalized for thirty thousand dollars and has become a paying investment. Mr. Taylor was married May 27, 1889, to Miss Cora E. Bagley, a daughter of Fenton Bagley, now postmaster of Zanesville. She was born in Fultonham, Muskingum county, in 1866, and by her marriage has become the 'mother of two children, Henry and Rowena. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor hold membership in the Second Presbyterian church and he is enrolled with the Masons of Amity lodge, while in politics he is a republican. He is regarded as a man of genuine worth in Zanesville, where his entire life has been passed. He has a very wide acquaintance and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends. In all life's relations he has been found worthy to the trust given him and as a public-spirited citizen is interested in the material upbuilding and moral progress of his native city. HENRY JENKINS. Henry Jenkins, who has been owner of his present farm in Newton township since 1869, was born in this township, September 15, 1827, and has therefore passed the seventy-eighth milestone on life's journey. His father, John Jenkins, was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia. born in 1803, and was a son of Alexander Jenkins, who came to Muskingum county at an early period in its development. He, too, was a native of Loudoun county. Virginia, and thinking to have better business opportunities in a new and less thickly settled portion of the country he made his way to Newton township, where he secured wild land, which he transformed into productive fields. The family bore many of the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but these did not discourage them in their attempt to make a home and gain a livelihood on the frontier. Amid the wild scenes of pioneer life John Jenkins was reared and when he had reached man's estate he wedded Elizabeth Diltz, who was born in New 808 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY Jersey and was a daughter of John Diltz, a pioneer resident of this county. John Jenkins was a cooper by trade and followed that pursuit to a greater or less extent in connection with his agricultural interests in Newton township. Unto him and his wife were born fifteen children, twelve of whom they reared to adult age. Henry Jenkins spent his boyhood and youth upon his father's farm and pursued his education in the public schools of his native township. The course of study and the methods of instruction were then somewhat imperfect, but he made the most of his opportunities. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager and as soon as old enough to handle the plow he began work in the fields. He also spent two years in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in Tennessee with his father. Being reared to habits of industry and perseverance he has by the exercise of these qualities become one of the substantial residents of his native county. Mr. Jenkins was married in 1851, to Miss Sarah A. Bash, who died leaving one child, James A., now a resident of Perry county, Ohio. For his second wife Mr. Jenkins chose Miss Mary Slack, who is also now deceased. There were seven children of this union, of whom six are yet living : Charles H., Pios V., Agula, Clara, William H., John S., and Ida Z. Mr. Jenkins has resided upon his present farm in Newton township since 1869, and has instituted many improvements here and made many changes in the appearance of the property. He has one hundred and twelve acres of land six miles south of the courthouse in Zanesville, and the place is devoted to general farming. It presents an excellent appearance because of the care and labor he bestows upon it, which indicates him to be a practical and progressive agriculturist. He votes with the democratic party and is a member of the Lutheran church and throughout his active business career he has displayed traits of character which mark him as a man worthy of the esteem of his fellow citizens. FRED M. WOODWARD. Fred M. Woodward is one of the younger business men of Zanesville, whose life is typical of the spirit of the age, being characterized by that business alertness and ready recognition and mastery of it that have been the dominant elements in producing the commercial enterprise and success which have attracted to this country the whole world. He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1877. His grandfather, Joseph Woodward, was a native of New Jersey and with his father came to Ohio when Morgan county was first being opened up to civilization. There the family home was established and for many years the grandfather resided there, carrying on agricultural pursuits. He married. Phoebe Stanberry, a representative of one of the old families of Morgan county, and his death occurred in 1874, when he was sixty-five years of age. In his family were nine children, five sons and four daughters, but only three are now living: A. G., Miles N., and C. J., the last named being county commissioner of Morgan county, Ohio. Three brothe of this family were soldiers of the Civil war, Miles N., and C. J. being members of Company H, Seventeenth Ohio Regiment, while Samuel served with the Seventy-second Ohio Regiment, and thus the family made a most creditable military record as defenders of the Union cause. Miles N. Woodward, father of our subject, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1844, and there spent the days of his boyhood and youth. When still quite young he secured a farm there and his early life was a period of earnest and unremitting toil. He was only sixteen years of age when, the fires of patriotism burning brightly in his breast, he enlisted as a member of Company H. Seventeenth Ohio Regiment, in 1861, thus responding to the first call for volunteers. By re-enlistment he continued with the army and was with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. He also participated in the battle of Chattanooga and in many other important engagements. He was ever a loyal soldier, never faltering in the performance of any duty. When the war was over he returned to Morgan county and gave his attention to farming and stock-raising. He bought, sold and shipped stock for many years, carrying on an extensive and successful business in this way and thus he accumulated a handsome competency that now enables him to rest from further business cares. He and his wife are now living retired in McConnelsville, Ohio. His political views have been in accord with republican principles since the organization of the party. He married Hannah Parsons, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, whose grandmother came to America with William Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward became the parents of six chqdren, all of whom were born in Morgan county and are yet living, the family circle being unbroken by the hand of death. They are : Mrs. Eva Wilhelm; Mrs. Ella Dwees ; George C., who resides in Columbus ; Charles M., also living in that city : Fred M.; and Rose. Fred M. Woodward was born in 1877 and was reared in Morgan county until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he went to Columbus, Ohio. Later he accepted a position as salesman with a produce house with which he was connected for eight years and in 1901 he came to Zanesville, where he entered into partnership PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 809 with Charles J. Murdock, under the firm name of Murdock & Woodward. This is to-day one of the leading business houses in their line in central Ohio. They are wholesale dealers and shippers of fruit and produce and since the establishment of their business in December, 1900, it has been characterized by speedy extension and solid, substantial development in every phase of its affairs. Three traveling men represent this house upon the road and the business has constantly grown. The partners are men of enterprise, keen discernment and ready recognition of opportunities and in the control of their interests here have built up a trade of enviable magnitude. Their business has been characterized by a high sense of honor and they have followed methods which might well serve as a guide to many an older firm. In October. 1902, Mr. Woodward was married to Miss Ada Frankenberg, of Columbus. a (laughter of C. O. Frankenberg-, a representative of one of the old families of that city. Mr. Woodward belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Commercial Travelers' Union of Zanesville and votes with the republican party. He owes his success entirely to his own efforts and as the architect of his fortunes has builded wisely and well„ He also has a pleasing personality which has gained him the friendship of many, while in business circles he enjoys the confidence and trust of all with whom trade relations have brought him into contact. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS. George W. Williams. who carries on general agricultural pursuits in Salem township, was horn April 1, 1863, in the township which is still his home. His father, Thomas Williams. was horn in the city of Zanesville, near where the courthouse now stands, in 1811. He was a son of Jesse Williams, who arrived in the county seat about 1805. After living in Zanesville for some time he removed to a farm and Thomas Williams was reared to the occupation of farming, which he followed as a life work, making his home through a long period in Salem township. After arriving at years of maturity he was married to Miss Wise Cower and atter her death, about 1860, he wedded Mrs. Jane Handel, the widow of Nicholas Handel and a daughter of Amos Vernon, who settled in the southeast part of the county at an early day and devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Williams was the owner of one hundred and forty acres of land and in his farming pursuits won a fair measure of success. In his early years he bore many of the hardships and trial's of pioneer life, but as time passed by his labors were rewarded with a comfortable competence and he also enjoyed in full measure the esteem of his fellow citizens. His political support was given to the republican party. He died February 25, 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-three years and is still survived by his widow, who resides in Salem township. In the family were six children : George, Ruth, Ephraim, Mary, Grant and Flora. George W. Williams acquired his education in the common schools of Salem township, while early in life lessons of integrity, industry and perseverance were instilled into his mind and, bearing- fruit as the years have gone by, they have constituted the basis of his success. He continued upon the home farm until twenty-four years of age, when he started out on his own account, renting land for nine years. When his labor had brought him sufficient capital he made purchase of a farm, becoming owner of the place upon which he now zeside's and to the further development and improvement of which he has since directed his energies. Here he owns one hundred and sixty-six acres that is conveniently and pleasantly situated about one and a half miles north of Adamsville. He carries on general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of cattle, sheep and horses, and everything about his place is kept in excellent condition, the farm being characterized by neatness and thrift in every department. On the 22d of November, 1885, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Marrie E. Adams, who was horn in Coshocton county. Ohio, October 2, 1862, her parents being W. W. and Louisa (Bainter) Adams. Her father was born in Monroe township, Muskingum county, in 1823, and was a son of George and Christina (Wertz) Adams, who removed from Monroe to Salem township. George Adams was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, February 12, 1788, and was a son of William Adams, who died in the Old Dominion. In 1807 George Adams removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, and following the outbreak of the second war with England, he put aside his business cares and went to Virginia. enlisting in the army there. Following the close of hostilities he was married in Virginia and with his bride returned to Muskingum county, where he permanently settled, residing in Monroe and Salem townships. He was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife in 1873, and his death occurred two years later. They held membership in the Lutheran church and in that faith reared their family, numbering nine children, namely : Helen, Susan, William W., George, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Sarah and Margaret. George Williams devoted his entire life to agricultural interests and won success in his undertakings. His political support was given the democracy. 810 = PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. William W. Adams, whose birth occurred May 1, 1822, spent his boyhood days in Salem township and there he attended the public schools. In March, 1852, he wedded Louisa Bainter, whose birth occurred in Muskingum county, October 4, 1832, her parents being Frederick and Maria (Crumbaker) Bainter, both natives of Virginia, whence they removed to this county at an early date. Mr. Adams followed farming throughout his entire life and at the same time he took a helpful part in public matters, giving generous support to every movement which he believed would contribute to the public good. He was township trustee and school director for a number of years and did all in his power to promote the educational and moral development of the community. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party. As the years passed his business affairs prospered, owing to his capable management and keen discernment, and investing his capital in land he became the owner of six hundred acres, constituting some of the best farms in the county. The mother of Mrs. Williams died September 7, 1867, and in March, 1869, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Sarah A. Carver, who was born in Muskingum county, May 9, 1827, her parents being Millar D. and Mary A. Hannen, who removed from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, to Muskingum county, where Mr. Harmer' passed away in 1861, and his wife in 1863. In the latter years of his life Mr. Adams lived retired. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Williams has been blessed with a son, Guy Lester, whose birth occurred October 22, 1902. They hold membership in the Lutheran church and are people of the highest respectability, enjoying in unlimited measure the esteem and good will of all who know them. Mr. Williams votes with the republican party, believing that its principles embody the best ideas of good government, and he is connected with the Grange. He owes his success in life almost entirely to his own efforts and the assistance of his estimable wife, who has indeed been a helpmate to him and now they are in comfortable financial circumstances with a pleasant home and valuable property, while their financial resources justify the enjoyment of all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. JOHN RICHARDS. John Richards, one of the most prominent and successful farmers of Wayne township, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, near St. Clairsville, May 1, 1826, and has therefore passed the seventy-ninth milestone on life's journey and yet he is actively associated with business interests, managing his farm and controlling his investments in a manner that should put to shame many a man of much younger years, who, having grown weary of the struggles and trials of a business career, would lay aside the burdens that he should bear or force others to carry them for him. The life record of Mr. Richards certainly is an exemplification of the term "the dignity of labor." His father, John Richards, was born in Pennsylvania and when young came to Ohio, settling in St. Clairsville, where he afterward engaged in farming until his death. He wedded Mary C. Dunlap, a native of this state, and died in early manhood. His widow with her five children afterward came to Taylorsville, Muskingum county, with her uncle, Joseph Watson, who was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. They resided there three years, during which time John Richards of this review attended school. They then removed to Chandlersville. in Salt Creek township, where they spent two years and later they took up their abode upon the Samuel Brown farm, which is now a part of Zanesville. The mother carefully reared her children and departed this life at the age of seventy- two years. The members of the family were James, who never married and died at the age of eighty-seven years ; William, who died at the age of eighty-two years : John ; and Robert. seventy-six years of age. The family is noted for longevity and the sons have been capable and successful business men. John Richards remembers well the falling of the stars in 1832—an event memorable in the history of the country when the night was ablaze with falling meteors. He was then but six years old but it made a vivid impression upon his mind. His education was largely acquired in the district schools and he also attended a Catholic school in Zanesville for six months. His first work was on the river when he was thirteen years of age, serving as second cook on the G. L. Newman. Later,he was on the steamer Ohio under Captain Davis and he followed the river for four years, winning advancement from time to time in recognition of his capability until he became pilot. He afterward drove a peddler's wagon for six months but did not find that occupation congenial and secured a situation in the paper mill at Zanesville. Subsequent to his marriage he engaged in the grocery business on Wood street in Zanesville, conducting the store for nine years with a gratifying measure of success. In 1867 he removed to his present farm which formerly comprised one hundred and sixty-eight acres of land but in 1904 he sold eighty-eight acres so that his present holding covers eighty acres. Upon this farm are valuable coal deposits and also molding and building sand. He also has land in Washington township and property in Zanesville, which he rents PAGE - 811 - PICTURE OF JOHN RICHARDS PAGE - 812 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 813 and he was a stockholder in the Ohio Iron Company. In early manhood Mr. Richards was united in marriage to Miss Jane Gorley, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Robert Gorley, who removed to Iowa in 1852. Mrs. Richards was long a faithful companion and helpmate to her husband and February 21, 1901, she departed this life amid the deep regret of many friends as well as her immediate family. There were three children : Mary C., the wife of John Allen ; Francis A., now deceased: and John H., who is a farmer and horse dealer of Wayne township. Mr. Richards votes with the republican party and is an Odd Fellow in his fraternal relations. In 1872 he built his home which is a substantial two-story brick residence and here he expects to spend his remaining days. Although he has reached the evening of life he is still active and enterprising and his history should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others for he started out in life empty-handed and is to-day one of the heaviest tax-payers in his township. Not only has he won success but also an honored name for his methods have ever been such as would hear the closest investigation and scutiny. CHARLES A. KELLY. Charles A. Kelly is one of the men of influence and prominence in Falls township, holding a position of prestige in the regard of his fellow townsmen because of his business ability, his loyalty and progressiveness in citizenship and his devotion to duty. He resides about five miles north of Zanesville upon the farm on which he was born July 15, 1855. He is a son of Nathan Kelly. a native of Muskingum township and a grandson of Isaac Kelly, who was born in Virginia and when a young man came to this county, casting in his lot with the early settlers whose labors proved the foundation for the present development of this part of the state. He became a prominent farmer of Muskingum county, successfully carrying on agricultural pursuits and also laboring for general progress and improvement. He married a Miss Gadd and their son Nathan was reared upon the home farm in Muskingum township in the usual manner of farm lads of that period. Having reached adult age he married Miss Mary Crabtree. a native of Falls township and a daughter of William Crabtree. a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly became the parents of five children, of whom three are living: Alfred, of Zanesville; Charles A.; and Benjamin, who is an undertaker of Zanesville. In 1865 the father purchased one hundred and sixty-six acres of land—the farm upon which his son Charles now resides—and at once began the development of his property, making it his home until within two years of his death, when he returned to Muskingum township, where his last days were passed. He had prospered in his business undertakings, having become well-to-do. In politics he was a democrat, exerting considerably influence in the local ranks of his party, and he served as a director of the county infirmary for two terms and also as township trustee. His wife is still living and is a resident of Zanesville. Charles A. Kelly, reared upon the home farm, attended the district schools for the requirement of an education that would equip him for the cares and responsibilities of life and received practical training in the farm work under the direction of his father. His choice of a companion and helpmate for life's journey fell upon Miss Julia Lunder and that'he Was successful in his suit is indicated by the fact that they were married. She was born in Zanesville, a daughter of Thomas Lunder, a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have become the parents of five children : Alice Fay, Clarence A., Lillian S., Bessie and Beatrice. In order to provide for his family Mr. Kelly has always carried on farming and is now the owner of one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, pleasantly and conveniently situated about five miles north of Zanesville. on the Dresden road. His place is well equipped and is neat and thrifty in appearance. He carries on general farming and also engages in the dairy business, keeping from fifteen to twenty cows for that purpose. He also raises hogs and sheep and his sales of stock add a considerable fund to his financial resources each year. His political affiliation is with the democracy and his fraternal relations with the Masons, belonging to Lafayette lodge. During a lifelong residence in Muskingum county he has become widely known and as a representative of an old pioneer family, as a business man of enterprise and reliability and a citizen of advanced ideas he deserves mention in this volume. DAVID LEE. The name of David Lee is so impressed upon the inception, construction and operation of the railroad in Ohio that it can never be effaced and his long connection with the development of this greatest of civilizing agencies makes him a very distinguished character in the history of Muskingum county. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 11, 1830, his assistance in supporting a mother and three sisters was demanded at the 814 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. early age of eight years by reason of the death of his father. In early life he attended the public schools and learned the carpenter's trade. At the age of twenty-one years he came to Zanesville through the influence of his uncle, Colonel Grace, who was then living in this city and owned a farm in Muskingum county. In 1851 Mr. Lee entered the services of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at the Mount Clare shops, but was soon sent upon the line which was then in course of construction to the Ohio river. He was employed in the erection of depots, platforms, water-stations, bridges and similar structures between Piedmont and Grafton and later between Grafton and Wheeling, and his natural talent for mechanics and an original mind pointed him out for a leader in the new business. The Central Ohio Railroad was begun after he had obtained two years' experience on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and he came to Ohio and was placed in charge of the work upon which he had been employed in Virginia. Upon the completion of the road and its opening for traffic he was placed in charge as roadmaster and filled the position until the lease of the property to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in December, 1866, when his merit was recognized by the more dignified title of assistant master of road. In July, 1869, another line was leased and Mr. Lee was placed in charge of both as master of road. In May, 1872, an additional road was placed in his care and in 1873 he began the construction of two hundred and sixty-two miles of road from Chicago to connection with the Ohio lines and completed the work in sixteen months. The entire mileage was in his care until January I, 1885, when he was taken to Baltimore as the general superintendent of the lines east of the Ohio river, but a general re-organization of the official staff was made in 1887 and he was re-assigned to the more agreeable position of superintendent of maintenance of way of the lines west of the Ohio. In 1902, with more than fifty years of service, he was relieved from operating duties and made consulting engineer of the entire Baltimore & Ohio system. Physically large and strong, he had exerted all his strength during his days of vigor and when age grappled him his vitality was exhausted and June 29, 1905, he passed to the great beyond, full of years and rich in honors honestly earned. Mr. Lee was an honest man in every sense of the word. A strict disciplinarian, he was never cruel, unjust nor hasty. A tireless worker himself, he always attended to the wants of his men before his own and he never ate when a large number of men were engaged until they had been provided for. Duty and fidelity to the company were the only credentials needed to secure his support and men were retained in the service for whom he had personal dislikes because they were faithful. Personal courage was a prominent trait; in his character and he never asked a man to do a thing he would not do himself or share the risk with others. Conscience was his guide in all things and it was never lulled by specious argument nor by years of inattention to its dictates; it was ever active, sensitive and just, and these lines are written by one who was associated with him for a quarter of a century in the closest business and social relations and knows how upright the man was. Mr. Lee was independent in politics and was interested and active in affairs for the general progress and welfare of Zanesville. Associated with General Daniel W. Caldwell, he was chiefly instrumental in the annexation of West Zanesville to the city and in connection with S. Moore, through the entertainments which were given for the purpose of securing a fund, he built what is now known as the Moore schoolhouse. He affiliated with the Legion of Honor, the Improved Order of Red Men and both branches of Odd Fellowship ; the Royal Arcanum ; and the lodge chapter and commanders in Free Masonry, an his obsequies were conducted by the Masonic lodge in Woodlawn cemetery late in the after noon, his honored remains being placed in their last resting place as the sun sank from sight the west, as his form had passed from his fellow David Lee married Jane E. Hart, a native of New Jersey and a daughter of James Hart who removed to Perry county, Ohio, in her early girlhood and there followed the occupation farming. Mrs. Lee was a devoted and consisted member of the Methodist Episcopal church an died October 20, 1903, at the age of sixty-eight years. In their family were six children Thomas W., who is general passenger agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad with headquarters in New York city ; David S a retired manufacturer of Peoria, Illinois; George, F., who is general baggage agent at Chicago for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company ; Mary, the deceased wife of Stacey Hart, who is a manufacturer of Peoria, Illinois James H., who is represented on another page this volume ; and Carrie Grace, who is the wife of Professor Charles S. Hoskinson, principal the Zanesville high school. THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY WOOLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. The Muskingum Valley Woolen Manufacturing Company, one of the leading productive industries of Dresden, owes its origin to J. Prettyman and W. H. Bush, who, forming a PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 815 partnership established the Caldwell Woolen Mill in March, 1889. In the spring of 1892 a stock company was formed by J. S. Prettyman, W. H. Bush, B. F. Penn, Isaac Hatcher, Henry Large and P. C. McGovern. The mill is located on North Chestnut street and is two hundred and fifty by seventy feet in one department and one hundred and fifty by two hundred feet in another. The structure is two stories in height and the entire building is occupied by the company in the conduct of woolen manufacturing enterprise. J. S. Prettyman has served as president and secretary since 1892 and for four years George W. Hirst has been superintendent of the mills. About eighty people are employed in the mill, which is thoroughly equipped with the latest improved machinery utilized in the manufacture of dress goods and cashmeres. On the lower flour are the dyeing, filling and wool-washing rooms and the annex is devoted to what is known as the "piker house." The latter is fireproof. The machinery is operated by two boilers, eighty-horse-power each and one eighty-horse-power and one thirty-five-horse-power engine. There is an electric plant with a six-hundred light dynamo, three steam pumps and engine room and a steam elevator. There are twenty sets of looms each with an operator and these looms are one hundred and eight inches wide. On the second floor are two sets of sixty-inch wool cards. A glance into this establishment from any one well acquainted with woolen manufacturing would serve to indicate that this is a splendidly equipped factory, its business being conducted along modern lines and the product of the factory is of very marketable quality. GEORGE W. HIRST. George W. Hirst, the superintendent of the mill, was born in Oxford, Maine, April 20, 1865, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Hartley) Hirst, both of whom were natives of England, whence they came to the United States, locating first in Maine and afterward in Kentucky. The father was also engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. When eight years of age George W. Hirst did his first work in a woolen mill and was there employed until sixteen years of age, when he attended school for six months. He afterward worked until twenty-one years of age and at that time he entered upon a three-years' course of study in the Textile College of Philadelphia. On the expiration of that period he resumed his former employment with renewed capability and capacity. He served as overseer and superintendent of the mill before he had attained his majority. He has been employed in woolen mills all over the United States and has been super intendent of the Dresden mill since 1901. His long experience well qualifies him for the position, for he is an expert, thoroughly understanding every branch of the business. His services have given entire satisfaction to the company which he represents and he enjoys their entire confidence as well as the respect and trust of the men who serve under him. Mr. Hirst was united in marriage to Miss Etta Sippy, who was born in Tennessee, and they have two children, George and Ray. CLARENCE E. DRAKE, M. D. Dr. Clarence E. Drake, one of the younger members of the medical fraternity of Zanesville, whose years, however, should not bar his capability to his success in practice, was born in Marietta. this state, in 1872. His father, John C. Drake. is a native of Zanesville and a son of Thomas Drake, who came from England, settling in this city at an early day. He secured land and engaged in farming in Falls township, but was closely identified with agricultural interests here during the pioneer epoch of the history of Muskingum county. His son, John C., who was reared under the paternal roof and removed to Washington county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming for about twenty-one years and his well tilled fields returned him golden harvests as a reward for his labors and his crops found a ready sale on the market, so that he became well-to-do. After more than two decades had passed he returned to Zanesville and here embarked in the lumber business, becoming one of its representative citizens. He is still in the prime of life, being now fifty-six years of age, and in all matters relating to the public welfare he displays the same progressive spirit and undaunted energy that has characterized his business career. He is a republican in politics and belongs to the Congregational church at Zanesville, which was the first church organized in the Northwest Territory. He married Lucy Stowe, who was born in Washington county. Ohio, a daughter of James Stowe, a large landowner, living near Lowell, this state. She, too, is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. and Mrs. Drake became the parents of two sons, the other being Fred, chief engineer with the Mark Manufacturing Company. Dr. Drake, the elder son, began his education in the country schools and later enjoyed the advantages of a course in Marietta College, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1892. He read medicine with Dr. E. C. Brush and attended lectures at Starling Medical College, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1898. In 1897, however, he had enlisted as 816 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. a private in the First Light Artillery of the Ohio National Guard, of which he was made corporal. On the 16th of April, 1898, he was chosen captain and on the loth of May of the same year was made assistant surgeon of his regiment. The day following he became sergeant-major of the Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery by appointment and went to Camp Bushnell with the volunteers of the Spanish-American war. 'The regiment was then sent to Chickamauga, where he remained in camp until it was seen that the troops would not he needed. He was commissioned major- sergeant of his regiment August 19, 1903, and is thus connected at the present time with the National Guard of Ohio. Following his return from Chickamauga, Dr. Drake began the practice of his profession in Zanesville and now has a large patronage in Putnam. He is examining surgeon for the recruiting service at Zanesville for the regular army, is a member of the County and StateMedical Associations and a member of the Association of United States Military Surgeons. On the 24th of October, 1901, Dr. Drake was married to Miss Garnett L. Dunn, who was horn in Zanesville in 1871 and is a daughter of B. F. Dunn, a tobacco dealer. Mrs. Drake belongs to the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Drake is a republican and he and his wife are well known socially in Zanesville, where they have a large circle of warm friends. JONATHAN A. COHAGAN. The name Cohagan has long been connected with the history of Muskingum county and the subject of this review is therefore a representative of a pioneer ancestry. He was born in Brush Creek township in 1850. His father, Aquilla Cohagan, was a native of Virginia, born in 1825. and came to Ohio when twelve years of age with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cohagan, who were also natives of Virginia. He was reared upon the home farm in this state and after arriving at years of maturity married Permilla Waxier, who was born in Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, a daughter of Michael Waxier, one of the early settlers of this state, who arrived here when the Indians were more numerous than the white settlers and when central Ohio was almost an unbroken wilderness. He cast in his lot with the early settlers here, establishing a home in Salt Creek township, where he experienced all the hardships and trials incident to pioneer life. Aquilla Cohagan is now numbered among the early settlers of the county, where he has followed farming throughout his entire life. being a well known and respected agriculturalist of Brush Creek township. His wife died several years ago. In their family were five sons and four daughters, of whom seven survive, namely: Jonathan A.; Lloyd, who is employed by his elder brother in Zanesville ; G. W., who is living in Guthrie, Oklahoma ; Calvin, who occupies and operates the old homestead farm in Brush Creek township ; Uriah, of Zanesville ; Mrs. Matilda Elson, of Harrison township ; and Hattie, who is living with her father on the home farm. Jonathan A. Cohagan spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and early became familiar with the work of the farm. continuing to assist in the cultivation of the fields, until, believing that he would find other labor more congenial, he came to Zanesville and began working at the lumber business for J. Smith, Son & Company. He was with that firm for more than thirty years and later engaged in the hard-wood lumber business for himself in the seventh ward. About four years ago he bought the land where he now conducts a sawmill and is also engaged in the lumber business. As a manufacturer of and dealer in lumber he has made a success and few men are better judges of the quality of lumber than he for throughout his entire business career he has been connected with this line of trade. He has merited a liberal patronage and certainly deserves the success which has come to him. In 1871 Mr. Cohagan was married to Miss Rachel Mathews, a native of Muskingum county and a daughter of Hiram and Rachel (Bell). Mathews. In politics he is a republican but has never sought or desired office. Though no land is richer in opportunities or offers greater advantages to its citizens than America, success is not to be obtained through desire but must be persistently sought. In America "labor is king" and a man who resolutely sets out to accomplish a purpose is certain of success if he has the qualities of perseverance, untiring energy and practical common sense. It has been along such lines that Mr. Cohagan has won his advancement, his diligence and persistent effort gaining him leadership in industrial and commercial circles in Zanesville. FRED PEMBERTON. Fred Pemberton is well known as proprietor of a meat market at Roseville. His ancestry for generations has been distinctly American and can be traced back to colonial days when William Pemberton, a native of England, came to the new world, locating at Baltimore, Maryland, about 1750. He was a civil engineer and at the time PAGE - 817 - JONATHAN A. COHAGAN PAGE - 818 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 819 of the Revolutionary war espoused the cause of the colonists and fought for the independence of the nation. His son, who also bore the name of William Pemberton, was born in Maryland and becoming a civil engineer contracted to plat Indiana into townships. He started westward for this purpose, becoming a passenger on board a flatboat at Pittsburg, and continued down the river as far as Marietta, Ohio, but there his death occurred. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Odell and was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, came on to Zanesville, Ohio, with her four children, Thomas, Rebecca, Sarah and William, in 1816. The following year she removed to Harrison township. Perry county, her home being about two hundred yards from the Muskingum county line, and there she purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. Her husband had been a soldier of the war of 1812. William Pemberton, grandfather of Fred Pemberton, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and by his marriage had nine children, of whom six are now living, as follows : Levie, who married Washington Brown ; William ; Catherine, the wife of James Lewis ; Elizabeth. the wife of Alexander Guy ; Isaac. of Illinois ; and Thomas E., who was born December 19, 1839, in Harrison township, Perry county. He married Miss Motley, now deceased, and his children are Iva Pemberton. who is mayor of Roseville ; Robert : Earl ; Lenhart ; Philo ; and Emma. The father of these children, Thomas E. Pemberton. has resided in Roseville since 1862 and was station agent and telegraph operator for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad here for twenty years. He is now living a retired life. In politics he is a republican and is serving as a member of the board of education, while socially he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. William Pemberton, father of Fred Pemberton, was born in Harrison township. Perry county. Ohio. in 1826. and is still living. He learned the carpenter's trade in early life and for a number of years was engaged in building operations. He also followed agricultural pursuits, but is now living a retired life. He wedded Miss Mary Brown, who was born in Morgan county, Ohio. and is a daughter of Benjamin Brown. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton were born five children : Amanda, Fred, Charles, Frank and Jessie, but the last named was killed in a wreck. Fred Pemberton, whose birth occurred in Clay township, Muskingum county, July 3o, 1853, was a public-school student and thus was qualified for the responsibilities of business life. For thirteen years he has been engaged in the butchering business and now conducts a good meat market at Roseville, where he has many patrons and is enjoying a constantly increasing trade. He enjoys the confidence of the community, for he has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any trade transactions and as the years have passed he has gained a well merited prosperity. Mr. Pemberton wedded Miss Adeline McLain, who was born in Clay township and is a daughter of A. McLain, a native of Perry county, Ohio. Her paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia and came to Ohio at an early day. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton have been born the following children : Catherine, Nellie, Earl, Maurice, Thomas, Emma, Clara, Harry, Margaret and Lucy. The family is well known in Roseville and in this section of the county and the members of the household enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes of the town. Mr. Pemberton votes with the republican party, but has never sought or desired office. Socially he is deservedly popular for he is affable and courteous in manner and has the faculty of making friends rapidly and strengthening the ties of friendship as tune advances. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN F. POWER. No history which tells of the valor and loyalty of Muskingum county's citizens at the time of the Civil war would be complete without mention of Captain Benjamin F. Power, who for many years was an esteemed and honored resident of this place. His birth occurred near McConnelsville, Ohio, June 22, 1837, and in his death the community lost a citizen who was sincere. upright and conscientious in word and deed. His life was a busy and successful one, not however. given up to self-aggrandizement, but ever dominated by the noble desire to aid his fellowmen. He was one of a large family and his advantages in youth were extremely limited. He did not have the opportunity of attending school until he was sixteen years of age, when, realizing that he was handicapped by its lack, he determined to improve his education and devoted two years to earnest and unremitting study, applying himself with such diligence that his receptive mind was stored with a broad vein of information and at the end of two years he was enabled to secure a certificate. He then engaged in teaching school in Perry county for some time, or until he had earned sufficient money to enable him to continue his own education as a student in the Ohio University at Athens. There he pursued his studies for two years, after which he resumed teaching and was thus identified with educational work until the outbreak of the Civil war. Soon after the news reached him that Fort Sumter was fired upon and that a call had been 820 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. issued for troops he dismissed his school and made his way to Zanesville, where he placed his name on the roll of enlisted troops that formed the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Regiment, commanded by Colonel W. H. Ball. While in Zanesville he was also examined by the district court for admission to the bar and successfully passed the examination, his leisure hours having been devoted to the reading of law. Captain Power served throughout the Civil war and participated in some of the hardest fought battles of the Rebellion. He never faltered in the performance of any duty whether it led him to the lonely picket line or to the firing line and his merit for conduct in action led him to the rank of captain of Company C. Following the close of the war Captain Power entered upon the practice of law, forming a partnership with Judge Ball, who was his colonel during his army life. Later he took up his abode in Zanesville and entered into partnership with W. A. Brown, late probate judge of Morgan county, Ohio. Afterward Captain Power became a resident of Dresden, Ohio, where he remained for six years and upon his election to the position of prosecuting attorney of Muskingum county, he removed to Zanesville. He filled the office so acceptably that he was re-elected and served for two terms and upon his retirement from that position he formed a partnership with H. F. Achauer, which relation was maintained for two years. After its dissolution Captain Power admitted his son, Edwin E. Power, to a partnership. The latter is a rising young attorney of Zanesville and a recognized leader of the democratic party. Since his father's death he has continued in practice alone with much success. Captain Power was recognized as one of the strong and able members of the Muskingum county bar, absolute fidelity to the interests of his clients, a wonderful capacity for hard work and systematic preparation of all cases intrusted to him, were some of the noteworthy factors in the achievement of his success. He had little leisure time and it was known therefore that he found genuine enjoyment in the line of endeavor which he chose as his special work. Early in life he learned the hard but necessary lesson that "nothing of value can be gained without its equivalent." Therefore, when he entered upon the practice of law he brought to bear all of the talents with which nature had liberally endowed him, industry and perseverance being among these. On the 2d of July, 1868, Captain Power was married to Aurelia M. Scott, a native of McConnelsville, Ohio. They became the parents of five children, but lost one son, Benjamin F., on the 15th of February, 1901. The surviving members of the family are : Edwin E., Leo 0., Scott T. and Fred B. Captain Power was a much respected citizen and was highly esteemed throughout the county and in many fraternal organizations with which he was connected. At his death the press passed high ecomiums upon him by reason of his splendid record as a soldier, his unfaltering fidelity in government positions and his loyalty to the trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature. When with his friends he displayed a genial cultured manner that gained him warm, personal regard and his best traits of character were reserved for his family and his own fireside. W. V. WENTZ. W. V. Wentz, one of the younger and successful farmers of Brush Creek township, was born February 14, 3865, his parents being Philip and Kate (Longstretch) Wentz. His father was born in Germany and at an early age came to America with his parents, the family landing at New York. They did not tarry in the eastern metropolis, however, but came at once to the middle west, settling in Morgan county, Ohio, where the grandfather purchased land. Philip Wentz had acquired a good education in Germany and is a man of considerable talent and business ability. He still resides in Morgan county, where he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, devoted to general agricultural pursuits and stock- raising. In all of his business affairs he has been energetic and determined, brooking no obstacles that could be overcome by persistent and honorable purpose. He is one of the leading advocates of the democracy in Morgan county and is active in the Odd Fellows lodge, exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit of the fraternity. He married Miss Kate Longstretch, a daughter of William Longstreth, whose wife is still living with her daughter, Mrs. Philip Wentz, and her grandson, W. V. Wentz, so that four generations are represented in the household of our subject. Mrs. Longstretch is still in good health, her physical and mental faculties being unimpaired, although she is now in her ninety-second year. W. V. Wentz was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period, pursuing his education in the public schools and working in the fields when not busy with his text-books. After arriving at years of maturity he was married to Miss Emma Bluthart, whose parents were natives of Germany and came to the United States during the early girlhood days of their daughter. Mrs. Wentz, after suffering for a long time from consumption, departed this life in the year 1899, leaving one child, Clarence, who is now a bright little lad of seven years and is the repre- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 821 sentative of the family in the fourth generation now living upon the old homestead farm. The place upon which W. V. Wentz resides is a rich and arable tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, to the cultivation of which he devotes his time and energies. He raises the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and also has some good stock upon his place. He is an only son and in recent years has entirely relieved his father of the active work of the farm, in the management of which he displays excellent business ability as an agriculturist. In politics he is a democrat, voting for the men and measures of the party, though otherwise taking no active interest in political affairs. He holds membership in the Catholic church, which has been the religious faith of the family through many succeeding generations. T. C. CONNAR. T. C. Colmar, civil and mining engineer and geologist, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, December 3, 1845, his parents being John and Frances (Cowan) Connar, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, the father born in Cannonsburg and the mother in Westmoreland county. John Connar came to Ohio in 1832 and his wife arrived the following year. They were not married at that time, however, kit became acquainted in Guernsey county and there their marriage was celebrated. Mr. Connar was a carpenter by trade and purchased a farm, upon which he lived until his death in 1846. His widow afterward married again and removed to Johnson county. Missouri, where she died in 1889. T. C. Connar, the only child born of the first marriage, spent the greater part of his boyhood and youth in Muskingum county and acquired his education here. Having attended the public schools until he had mastered the elementary branches of learning, he afterward entered Muskingum College and completed the classical and scientific course by graduation in 1867. Although reared upon the farm and familiar with the labor of cultivating the fields from an early age he did not find that pursuit congenial and determined to give his time and attention to some other calling. In 1868 he went to Johnson county, Missouri, following his profession of civil engineering, and while in the west traveled through Texas, Indian Territory and Mexico. He did some work on the Texas & Pacific Railroad and was chief engineer on the Warrensburg, Marshall & Fort Scott Railroad, but the great financial crisis of 1873 caused work to be suspended on that line. In the winter of 1875 Mr. Connar returned to Muskingum county, settled in New Concord, where he followed his profession, being connected with the various railroads running into Zanesville. He was assistant engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, also the Zanesville & Southeastern Railroad and he had charge of the construction of the Muskingum County Railway and of the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati. After its construction he was assistant engineer of the Zanesville & New Comerstown Railroad and was resident engineer for the Cincinnati, Atlantic & Columbus Railroad. In 1888 he was elected to the position of county surveyor and at that time removed' with his family to Zanesville. In that capacity he had charge of the construction of three large bridges crossing the Muskingum river, their respective lengths being two thousand, fifteen hundred and eighty-five, and six hundred feet. These were the Monroe street. Fifth street and Brush Creek bridges. On retiring from the office of county surveyor Mr. Connar became engaged in civil and mining engineering and in making geological surveys on his own account and has done considerable work on the Ohio River & Western Railroad, in locating the Powhatan branch and the "cut-off line." He makes examinations in mineral properties and furnishes estimates of the cost of plants and the development of mineral resources. His college training, his study and investigation in later years and his broad experience have well equipped him for the vocation which he is following and his services are in much demand for expert work. In 1867 Mr. Connar was married to Miss Mary A. Patterson and unto them were horn five children : Homer L., an engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, who married Ida Haven and has one child, Roberta ; John Oscar, who is assisting his father ; Harry E., who married Martha McCall and has two children, Mary and Oscar: Albert T.. who is a civil engineer ; and Edith J. In 189o, Mr. Connar was again married, his second union being with Aggie McCall, of Zanesville, and they have one child, Virgil. Mr. Connar is a man of studious nature, deeply interested in the great scientific principles which underlie his work and at the same time is a practical, progressive business man who has found that success is ambition's answer. FRANK M. REED. Frank M. Reed, joint freight agent for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley, the Chicago & Atlantic & Zanesville railroads, and the Marietta division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was born December t, 1864, in Wilmington, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, William Reed, was a native Of Virginia, while his father, L. A. Reed, 822 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY . was born in Ohio, in 1837. The latter became active and influential in political circles, filling a number of county offices and serving as clerk of the court. He formed a wide acquaintance and was prominent socially. He is now engaged in the transfer business in Zanesville, where he is widely knoWn. He married Miss Mary Marble, a native of Ohio. Frank M. Reed pursued his education in the schools of this state and in 1882, when seventeen years of age, he engaged with the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad as freight clerk, filling that position until 1885. In the meantime he had learned telegraphy and on leaving the freight office he served as operator at Washington Court House until 1886. He afterward became there an agent for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad, and in 1891 he came to Zanesville to accept the position of joint freight agent for the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley, Chicago & Atlantic & Zanesville and the Marietta division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. He has now occupied this position for fourteen years and the length of his incumbency is unmistakable proof of his capability and of his fidelity to duty. Mr. Reed has one son, Frank M., Jr. He is a republican in his political views and affiliates with the Elks lodge. A man of fine personal appearance, he has social qualities that have endeared him to many friends and he is regarded as a most trustworthy and reliable representative of railroad interests, capable and obliging to the patrons of the roads which he represents and at the same time neglectful of no duty of the corporations which he serves. WILLIAM H. ADAMS. William H. Adams, of the firm of Adams Brothers, contractors and builders in lime, sand. cement and builders' supplies on Muskingum avenue in Zanesville, was born in the city which is yet his place of residence, his natal day being July 10, 1862. His father, James Adams, was born in England and in his boyhood days came to the United States with his parents, the family home being established in Baltimore, Maryland. He afterward removed to Zanesville, where he is now living at the advanced age of more than eighty years. He married Lucy Day, a native of Zanesville, now seventy-five years of age and they became the parents of eight children. The boyhood days of William H. Adams were quietly passed in the usual manner of lads of the period, the pleasures of the playground and the duties of the schoolroom occupying his attention through the period of his youth. Learning the builder's trade in early life he prompted by laudable ambition to so put fo his energies that he might eventually become known factor in the trade in. Zanesville and 1888 he and his brother, Albert Adams, formi the firm of Adams Brothers, established th present business. They have done work in ma sections of the country, including the construction of a sewer in Market street in Zanesville. Altogether they have laid about three hundr miles of sewer in Iowa, Illinois and Ohio an they have erected many building here, being gen eral contractors. Thoroughness, efficiency a painstaking care have been marked characteristic of their trade relations and they enjoy now a patronage which is indicative of their position a leading contractors of Zanesville. Mr. Adams is married and has five children:. Mabel, Helen, Mary, Hilda and Manilla. Mr. Adams is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias fraternity and in politics is an independent democrat. He deserves mention among the representative citizens in Zanesville and should find a place in the history of the men of business and enterprise in the great west, whose force of character, sterling integrity and success in establishing large business affairs have contributed in eminent degree to the solidity and progress of the country. His life has been manly, his actions, sincere, his manner unaffected and his example is worthy of emulation. GEORGE HOOK. George Hook, deceased, who, during his life was a prominent mill man of Zanesville, was born in Timsbury, England, November 27, 1830, a son of David Hook. He pursued his education in the schools of his native land and afterward learned the miller's trade. When a young man he came to the United States, thinking that he might have better advantages in the new world, with its broader business opportunities, its livelier competition and its successes more quickly secured. He located in Marietta, Ohio, where he followed the milling business and subsequently removed to Zanesville, where he continued in the same line. Later he became a member of the Hook Brothers Milling Company, of Zanesville, owners of a large flouring mill, and he was connected therewith up to the time of his demise. The mill is still owned and operated by his son and brothers. Mr. Hook had a practical and thorough knowledge of the business and in fact was acquainted with the work in every detail, so that he was well qualified to superintend the operation of the plant. PAGE - 823 - PICTURE OF GEORGE HOOK PAGE - 824 - BLANK PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 825 Mr. Hook was twice married. He first wedded Rebecca J. Rusk, who died July 15, 1865, leaving three children, George W., Charles and James. On the 20th of November, 1866, Mr. Hook was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth F. Bowers, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Martin and Matilda (Kaywood) Bowers, natives of Virginia. Her father was a merchant and also engaged in contracting and likewise conducted a hotel at Gratiot, Ohio. Mrs. Hook conducted a large millinery establishment in Zanesville for some time and through her aid and assistance 'Mr. Hook became a well- to-do man. Together they accumulated considerable property and she now owns a two-story business house on Main street and seven houses in the seventh ward of the city, which she rents. By her marriage she has one child, Frederick, who is now a partner in the Muskingum Laundry. also interested in his brother's flour mill. Mr. Hook cast his political ballot for the men and measures of the republican party and socially was identified with the Odd Fellows' society