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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio
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Vol. II -
Under the Editorial Supervision of Judge H. J. Eckley
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Published by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York
1921
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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.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 952 |
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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 - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 8160 |
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