SIMON
P. BECKLEY. Farm Industry in Carroll County has found a
vigorous and effective exponent in the person of Mr. Beckley, who is
the owner of a large and well improved landed estate in Lee Township, though
he has deeded a considerable part of his farm property to his sons, the
remainder of his land being rented and his home being now in the attractive
village of Harlem Springs, where he is living virtually retired, though he
still has general supervision of his farm properties and other business
interests.
Mr. Beckley was born in Jefferson County, Ohio,
on the 9th of September, 1859 and is a son of John and Susanna (Reigle)
Beckley. He was a mere boy at the time of the death of his parents
and was reared in the home of Sylvester Moorehead, of Jefferson
County, his early educational advantages having been those of the local
schools and farm work of all kinds having become familiar to him in his
youth, so that he was well fortified when he initiated his independent
career as a agriculturist and stock-grower. For four years after his
marriage, which occurred in 1883, he resided on the farm of his
father-in-law, in Lee Township, Carroll County, and he then purchased a farm
near Amsterdam, that township. There he remained ten years, and he
then rented a farm near Harlem Springs, where he remained two years.
He then traded his farm near Amsterdam for 160 acres in section 22, Lee
Township. He established his home on this latter place and made
numerous improvements of substantial and permanent order. There he
continued his farming operations until 1911, and the following two years he
resided at Harlem Springs. He next passed two years at Carrollton, and
since that time he and his wife have maintained their home at Harlem
Springs, where they own an attractive residence property. In the home
farm are comprised 240 acres, and in addition to this Mr. Beckley
became the owner of an additional tract, of 200 acres, in another part of
Lee Township, where his wife owns a farm of 120 acres. Of this landed
estate he has deeded 262 acres to his two sons, and the remainder of the
land he rents to good tenants. Mr. Beckley is found arrayed in
the ranks of the republican party, and he served one term as trustee of Lee
township. Both he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian
Church of Harlem Springs and he is a member of its Board of Trustees.
In 1883 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Beckley
to Miss Martha A. Gotschall, who was born in Jefferson County but
reared and educated in Carroll County, where her parents, Samuel and
Betsy A. (George) Gotschall, established their home, in Lee Township,
when she was a child. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Beckley the
eldest is Samuel S., who is one of the progressive farmers of Lee
Township. He married Miss Odessa Marshall and they have three
children - Robert M., Homer S. and Freda, a fourth child,
Mary C., having died in infancy. Sarah Bell is the wife of
Charles W. Kail, of Perry Township, and they have one daughter,
Leona. James Ralph, who is a representative farmer in Union
Township, married Miss Hazel Greeg, and they have three children -
Ralph, Helen and Kenneth.
~ Page 932 History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio - Chicago:
Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 |
BAZELEEL BLAZER,
a substantial and worthy farmer of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born
in Lee Township, in the same county, Nov. 8, 1846. His grandfather,
also named Bazeleel, the progenitor of the Blazer family in
America, came from Germany and located in eastern Pennsylvania. About
the same time there came also to the region another pioneer family, named
Burgett, whose place of settlement is to this day commemorated as
Burgettstown, and to Jane, a daughter of this family, Bazeleel
Blazer was married, to which union were born ten children, viz.:
George, Bazeleel, John, William, Joseph, Hamilton, Mary A., Elizabeth,
Sarah and Philip Burgett. Just before the War of 1812,
Bazeleel and his wife came to Ohio, and located in that part of
Jefferson County now known as Lee Township, in Carroll County, and here they
ended their days.
Philip Burgett Blazer, one of the children
enumerated above, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 20, 1817.
His early life was passed on the pioneer farm of his father, on which he
endured all the hardships and suffered the privations common to the period;
but the lessons he learned in facing dangers and surmounting difficulties
laid the foundation for his success in after life, and developed the habits
of economy and industry, and, above all, the sterling integrity which were
characteristic of him throughout his later career. In 1840 Philip
B. married Miss Mary Allmon, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio,
and daughter of James and Anna (Preston) Allmon, pioneers of the
county. The young couple at once located in Lee Township, Carroll
County, where they began life for themselves on a limited capital,
consisting chiefly of energy and determination. They remained in Lee
Township until 1850, when they removed to Centre Township, where, Feb. 6,
1853, Mrs. Blazer passed away, leaving five children, viz.:
William, now of Jefferson County; James (deceased); Bazeleel,
whose name heads this sketch; Silas P., of Carroll County, and
Anna, deceased wife of Matthias Roudebush. On June 29,
1854, Mr. Blazer took for his second wife Miss Mary Bothwell,
a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., and a daughter of George and Jane
(Armstrong) Bothwell, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1820
and 1822, respectively, and were married in Philadelphia. George
Bothwell was a weaver, and for a number of years followed his trade in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In 1832 he came with his family to Lee
Township, Carroll County, Ohio, then removed to Harrison County, where
Mrs. Bothwell died, Dec. 2, 1868, in the sixty-seventh year of her age,
and Mr. Bothwell in January, 1877, at the ripe age of Ninety.
Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Philip B.
Blazer located on the magnificent Blazer farm in Centre Township,
Carroll County, where Mr. Blazer died May 9, 1889, the father, by his
second marriage, of eight children, viz.: Hamilton R., Thomas A., David,
Joseph, Philip H., Morris B., John C. and George W. In the
death of Philip Burgett Blazer the county lost one of its best
citizens. A man of modest, unassuming disposition, he sought
retirement, rather than public position. He gave liberally of his
means, yet so unostentatious was he in his charity that many of his noble
deeds were never heard of until after his death. In all public
enterprises tending toward the improvement and advancement of the county he
was always prominent, and devoted to such measures liberally of his time and
means. A Republican, politically, he sought no office, but was always
willing to perform his duty as a citizen and filled only those positions
which called for labor that was without recompense. Twice he was
elected a director of the Carroll County Infirmary, and faithfully
discharged the duties of the position. He was in all respects a
self-made man, having worked out his own success. He was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and won for himself the respect of
all who knew him; his widow, who resides upon the estate near Carrollton, is
also a member of the same congregation.
Bazeleel Blazer, son of the above, grew to
manhood in Centre Township and was educated at the district school. On
Oct. 27, 1870, he married Miss Susan M. J. McCausland, who was born
Mar. 25, 1849, a daughter of Thomas McCausland, of Lee Township.
By this happy union there are two sons: Thomas W., born June 2, 1878,
and Robert W., born Sept. 6, 1881. For some years after his
marriage Mr. Blazer made his residence in Lee Township, same county,
where he remained until Mar. 21, 1882, when he purchased and moved upon his
farm of 162 acres in Monroe Township. This land was entered by
Samuel Hayes, Dec. 12, 1815, the original patent for which Mr. Blazer
has now in his possession. Politically, our subject is a Republican
and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Dell Roy, both
honored and esteemed for their uprightness of walk through life.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 1132 |
JAMES B. BRANN. The Brann family are among the best
known of Orange Twp., Carroll County. Alexander Brann father of
William Brann, was born in Ireland, as was also his wife, Ann
Brann. They came to America and settled on eighty acres of land in
Monroe Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in the year 1828. They entered
the land which was at that time a wilderness, built themselves a log house,
where William was born, and also Jane (Mrs. Sylvester Wallace).
Mr. Brann was a Democrat, one who always took a leading part in all
public movements, and was a man of much energy and skill. He died in
May 1885, his wife in Sept. 1864.
William Brann spent his life on the home place,
was educated in the schools of New Hagerstown, Ohio, and followed
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 980 |
JOSEPH BOOTH,
a respective and worthy farmer of Monroe township, Carroll County, was born
in Harrisville, Harrison Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1829. His father,
Isaac Booth, was born near Philadelphia, Penn., Dec. 25, 1779, and his
grandfather, Thomas, was also a native of Pennsylvania, and served as
a private in the Revolutionary War. Isaac Booth grew to manhood
in his native State, and married Miss Leah Arbuckle who was born in
Washington County, Penn., Jan. 24, 1798, to which union were born the
following named children: Hannah Tripp, of Orange Township, Carroll
County, and Joseph. In an early day Isaac Booth removed
to Short Creek Township, Harrison County, entered 160 acres of land, and
erected a log cabin which he occupied till 1835, when he sold his place and
came to Monroe Township, Carroll County, and purchased the farm now owned by
Thomas M. McLaughlin, which farm then contained 236 acres. He
resided on this land until 1853, when he sold out and removed to Union
Township, to a farm he had purchased some years before, on which farm he
remained a few years; then removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and purchased
a farm, where he remained till his death, which occurred Nov. 23, 1853.
His wife survived him until 1876.
Joseph Booth, the subject proper of this sketch,
grew to manhood in Carroll County, and received a common school education.
On Nov. 23, 1854, he married Miss Agnes Workman, who was born Mar. 8,
1836, and to this union were born eight children, as follows:
William M., a resident of Monroe Township, Carroll County; James H.,
of Centre Township; Martha J. Garrett, of Perry Township; David W.,
of Stark County, Ohio; Leah B., Hannah E., Sarah A. and Annie M.,
at home. Mrs. Booth died Aug. 3, 1879, a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and Dec. 7, 1882. Mr. Booth married
Miss Mary McDonald, who was born Sept. 29, 1858. To this union
have been born four children, viz.: Joseph Mc., Isaac N., Ellsworth
and Luella. Mr. Booth, after his first marriage, purchased his
father's farm in Tuscarawas County, in company with his brother James,
remained on the place about two years, and then bought a farm in Fairfield
Township, Tuscarawas County, where he remained till 1861, when he bought the
farm he now owns, which contains 120 acres, and here he has erected a fine
dwelling. Politically Mr. Booth is a Republican, and has held
several offices of trust in the township; he and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Booth is well known to the people of
Carroll County, and is highly respected by all.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 1130 |
ROBERT S. BUSBY.
Numbered among the prosperous farmers of Archer Township is Robert S.
Busby, owner of 280 acres of highly developed and valuable land.
He was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1874, a son of
Jacob Busby, grandson of Joshua Busby and great-grandson of
Abraham and Deborah (Kemp) Busby. Joshua Busby was born in Archer
Township, but in young manhood moved to Perry Township, Carroll County,
where he continued to farm the remainder of his life. He was married
to Catherine Bear and their children were as follows: Jacob,
who is mentioned below; Deborah, who married William Sthal;
and Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Bracker.
Jacob Busby was born in Perry Township, Carroll
County, and his wife, Nellie Steel, was born in Loudon Township, a
daughter of James and Mary (Sells) Steel. Commencing his
farming on the same farm that had given his father his start, Jacob Busby
remained on it for a quarter of a century, but then came to Harrison County,
and for the past ten years has been a resident of Bowerston, Ohio.
Here he and his wife are held in the highest esteem and they are active
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the place. Their
children, living and dead, are as follows: Glenn who married
Mansfield Liggett; Robert S., of this sketch; Wade, who died when
about thirty-two years of age; Clyde, who was fourth in order of
birth; Nellie who married Harry Keys, lives at Clinton, Ohio;
and Ruth, who married Walter Pender, also lives at
Canton, Ohio.
Growing up amid rural surroundings Robert S. Busby
gained a practical knowledge of farming from his father at the same time he
was attending the district schools of his neighborhood. His first
farming was done in Perry Township, Carroll County, but in the spring of
1902 he moved to his present farm in Archer Township, and rented it for
about ten years, general farming and stock-raising, and is now specializing
on dairying, keeping the herd of sixty cattle, and milking from thirty-five
to forty all the time. Starting out in life with no capital Mr.
Busby has gone a long time on the road of success, and
entirely through his own efforts. He is a man who knows how to make
his efforts yield him and good returns, and they have said to have had no
failures in his undertakings.
In 1899 Mr. Busby was united in marriage with
Vettie Baker, a daughter of Thomas and Emily A. (Robertson) Baker
members of old families of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Busby
have four children: Lloyd Forrest, Harry Wade, Bessie Blanche,
and Roy Baker. Both Mr. Busby and his wife belong to the
Methodist church of Jewett.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio - publ 1921 - Vol. II page 816 |
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