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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
Coshocton County, Ohio
BIOGRAPHIES |
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
Newark, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
| ANDREW
SALRIN, Franklin township; farmer; born near Metz,
France, May 10, 1848. His parents, Andrew and
Barbara (Mitchell) Salrin, emigrated with their three
children directly to this township, from France, in 1853.
His two sisters, both older than himself, are now living in
the West, Victorine (David) in Kansas, and Mary (Sherrest)
in Chicago, Illinois. He was married January 10, 1872,
to Martha Jane, oldest daughter of William M.
Clark, of Franklin township. The Mary Ellen,
Andrew William; Barbara Elizabeth; deceased, and Emma
Jane. |
| BASIL
SALRIN, Franklin township; farmer; born in France,
June 12, 1839; eldest son of Joseph Salrin.
When seven years old he came with his father to Muskingum
county, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Franklin
township, and has lived there since. He married;
October 7, 1874, Anna Marraine, born in France, in
June, 1860, and emigrated to America August 13, 1874.
Their family consists of three boys, viz: Joseph Basil,
Ernest Alexander and Frank Sherman. |
| JOSEPH
SALRIN, Franklin township; born in France, Department
of Moselle, Canton of Foulquemont, Vittoncourt village, April
10, 1812; son of Stephen Salrin. He left his
native land March 5, 1846, for America, and, coming by way of
New Orleans, landed at Zanesville, June 10. He located
at Adamsville, following his trade, cabinet making, until
1852, when he moved to his present home in Franklin township.
He has here engaged in farming and also worked at his trade to
some extent. In 1839 he married Madelaine, Nichols,
and has six children, viz: Basil, Justin Albert, of
Brown county, Illinois; Laura, a sister in St. Francis
hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Madelaine, deceased;
Nicholas, deceased and Joseph. Basil,
Justin and Laura were born in France, the others
here. His wife died February 29, 1876. |
| JOSEPH
M. SALRIN, Franklin township, farmer; born September
25, 1849, in Franklin township; married, in 1872, to Mary,
daughter of Charles Schmueser, of Muskingum county.
By this marriage he had two children, viz: Mary Bertha
and Joseph Milton. His wife having died May 9,
1879, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
Moffet, of Guernsey county, March 28, 1880. |
| COLONEL
CHARLES F. SANGSTER, Lafayette township; farmer;
postoffice, Plainfield, Ohio. Colonel Sangster
was born September 15, 1810, in Fairfax county, Virginia,
sixteen miles from Mount Vernon. He is son of James
and Priscilla (Ford) Sangster. His father was of
Scotch descent; his mother, of English descent, her father
being a minister of the Church of England and her mother a
descendant of the Barry family of Ireland.
Mr. Sangster was raised on a farm. He removed to
Loudon county, Virginia, in 1836, where he remained until
1849. He then came to Linton Township, where he has
since resided. Colonel Sangster was married
February 24, 1845, to Miss Sallie E. Gore, of
Muskingum county, Ohio. They became the parents of
seven children, viz: Ella C., James, Annie, Mollie,
Charles and Laura, twins, and Hattie.
Two, James and Ella C., are married. In
1852, Colonel Sangster was chosen president of the
first agricultural society organized in Coshocton county.
He was re-elected the following year, and again in 1857.
In 1857 Colonel Sangster was elected to the Ohio
legislature, and served two years. He was elected
infirmary director and served six years. In 1880 he
was chosen by the eighteenth senatorial district as member
of decennial board of equalization, running between one and
two hundred head of his state ticket, which shows the esteem
in which he is held by his countrymen. He is at
present engaged in the duties of his office, in 1832,
Colonel Sangster, united with the Methodist Episcopal
church, and has ever since remained an influential and
efficient member. He has always manifested an interest
in educational matters, holding office and otherwise. |
| CASPER
SANDEL, Franklin township; farmer; born in Muskingum
county, April 1, 1841; son of Valentine and Saloma
(Sauer) Sandal. His father moved from Muskingum
county to Franklin township and lived there ever since.
He enlisted August 12, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and
Second O. V. I. and was discharged June 30, 1865. He
saw service principally in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama,
was in the battle of Decatur, Alabama. Married Jan.
23, 1868, Harriet Barclay, daughter of Joseph H.
Barclay of Muskingum county. Their children are:
William Howard, John Francis Barclay, Theraby May,
and Chester Valentine. |
| WILLIAM
SAUNDERS, Keene township; farmer; born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, about 1810; son of Joseph Sanders.
At the age of thirty-five he emigrated to this county and
has been a farmer all his life. He was married in
1829, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and
CAtharine (Markley) Miller and granddaughter of John
Miller. His children were John, deceased;
Catherine, Isabelle, Harrison, and Elmira,
deceased. |
| STEPHEN
D. SAYER, deceased; born in Orange county, New York,
1814. He came to this county in 1837, and was married
to Sarah A. Morgan, who was a naive of the same
county in New York, and was born in the year 1813.
They had eight children, viz: Lydia, Samuel K., Mary A.,
Robert F., Elizabeth, Thomas, Caron and Willard,
six of whom are living. All those living are married
except Lydia, who is staying with her mother.
Samuel K. lives in Iowa, Elizabeth in
Tuscarawas county, Mary Ann in Indiana, the rest in
this county. Mr. Sayer located on the farm
where his widow now resides, when he first came to this
county. He died March 1879, aged sixty-five years.
Samuel K. enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first O. V. I.,
at Coshocton. He was taken prisoner at Chickamauga,
was confined in Libby prison and endured the hardships of
that place. Thomas Enlisted in the 100-day
service in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth O. N. G.
He took sick and died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and was
buried there. |
| R. F.
SAYER, Coshocton; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch
& Co.; was born April 23, 1842, in White Eyes township; son
of Stephen D. Sayer, native of New York, of English
origin. Mr. Sayer remained on the farm until he
was about thirty-four years old. In 1865 he went West
taking a wagon train, and settled in Carroll County,
Missouri, where he remained seven years, after which he
returned to the old homestead and remained three years.
January 10, 1876, he came to this city and engaged in his
present business, which he has closely followed to the
present writing. Mr. Sayer was married April
23, 1865, to Miss M. J. Balch, daughter of John W.
Balch of Lafayette township. This union was
blessed with six children; two deceased - Sadie M.
and Eugene Ellsworth; the four living children are
Laura M., Elmer E., Josephine, and Emma J. Mr.
Sayer is doing a good business in custom and merchant
work. |
| MAILEN
SCHOOLEY, Jefferson township; was born in September,
1820, in Belmont county, Ohio. He is the son of
Mailen and Honor (Lafevor) Schooley, and grandson of
Henry Lefevor, who was a native of France. Mr.
Schooley was brought up on a farm, till the age of
eighteen when he began the carpenter trade, under Henry
Schooley, and served seven years; but during this time
he worked at the manufacturing of boots and shoes in the
winter season. Since that time he has devoted his
entire attention to the shoemaker trade. In 1848, he
opened a shop in Knox county, and continued three years;
from there he went to Jefferson township, Coshocton county,
where he yet remains, and is following his trade with good
success. He was married to Miss Mary J. Cullison,
in February 1843, daughter of James and Sarah Cullison.
One child, Thomas O., born November 8, 1844, is
the issue of this marriage. Postoffice, Mohawk
Village. |
| FREDERICK SCHLEGEL,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New Bedford; born
September 28, 1846, in Crawford township; son of David
and Elizabeth (Barkley) Schlegel. His father's
nativity was Germany; his mother's, Ohio. Young
Schlegel has been accustomed to farm life from infancy.
He was married March 27, 1874, to Miss Catharine,
daughter of Balthaser and Catharine (Hothem) Precens.
Three children were born to them - Charles Henry,
Herbert Balthaser and Mary Martha. Mr.
Schlegel has made farming his special vocation, and has
been successful. |
| JACOB SCHULTZ |
| GOTTLEIB SCHWEIKERT,
Crawford township; wagonmaker; postoffice, New Bedford,
Ohio; was born March 16, 1849, in Wurtemberge, Germany.
At the age of fourteen he left school and went to his trade,
which he has followed to the present time. He came to
America in July, 1866, and located at New Bedford.
Mr. Schweikert was married June 14, 1873, to Miss
Mary, daughter of Frederick A. and Elizabeth (Magenan)
Baad. By this union he had three children, viz:
Maggie E.; Annie L., deceased, and Mary Annie.
Mr. Schweikert is considered a first-class workman. |
| FRANK SCHUTZBACH,
Crawford township; painter; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio;
was born February 5, 1847, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of
Xavier and Anna Mary (Dilger) Schutzbach; came to
America in 1866, and located at Washington City, D. C.,
where he remained about one year, working at his trade; also
worked in Philadelphia. He came to New Bedford about
1868. Mr. S. was married October 18, 1868, to
Miss Rachel, daughter of John and Mary (Seidel)
Halterbaum. They have one child, John Charles.
Mr. S. is considered a first-class workman in graining
and house painting. |
| JOHN SCHUMACHER,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili; born December
15, 1821, in Bavaria, Germany; son of Frederick and
Elizabeth (Klide) Schumacher. Quitting school at
fourteen, he came to America in 1836, and stopped in New
Jersey for nine months, then located in Bucks township.
Tuscarawas county, where he remained until the fall of 1871,
when he came to his present residence. Mr.
Schumacher was married, in December, 1844, to Miss
Catharine, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Smith)
Stilgenbaner. Twelve children blessed their union,
four of who died in infancy and eight are living, viz:
Caroline, Frederick, Catharine, Mary, Philip, Charles, John
and Magdalena. Mr. Schumacher began
business for himself without any capital but hardy hands and
an honest good will. In 1846, he bought a small piece
of timber land in Adams county6 and moved to it with his
young wife; but the only shelter they had was a log house
with only a bed quilt to close the doorway. But now he
has an abundance for himself and family, also for his
mother, who is eighty-one years old and lives with her
devoted son. |
| JOHN W. SCOTT,
Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili; born in Brooke
county, West Virginia, February 20, 1830; son of James V.
and Ellen (Tumbleson) Scott, of Pennsylvania; was
brought to Ohio when about seven years of age, and to his
present residence in 1878. Mr. Scott was
married, first, October 31, 1851, to Miss Lavina,
daughter of Vincent and Eleanor (Cordery) DeWitt.
They have had six children: Vincent, deceased;
James; Osee, deceased; Marion, Mary C., and
Rebecca Jane, deceased. Mrs. Scott died
January 21, 1871. Mr. Scott has acceptably
served three terms as township assessor. He married
Miss Sarah Everhart for his second wife. |
| JOHN L. SCOTT,
farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Keene
township, in 1854, and was married, in 1876, to Mary
Catherine McCary, who was born in White Eyes township,
in 1857. They have three children, viz: William R.,
John E. and Oda. He is engaged in farming. |
SAMUEL
H. SCOTT, brother of Matthew elsewhere
mentioned, was for some forty years a citizen of Virginia
township, engaged in farming. He has been out of
health, was coming to his home from Adams' mills,
walking on the railroad track, was overtaken by a
freight-train, and miscalculating as to time failed to get
out of the way before the train "slowed" very much, struck
him. The nervous shock in his enfeebled and diseased
condition was too much for him, and he died in a few days,
his death occurring Mar. 5, 1875. He had been for many
yeas a member and for a few years an elder in the
Presbyterian church. His wife (Miss Jane Denny)
survives him, without children.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO 1764-1876 by William E. Hunt. -
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876 - Page 262 |
ABRAHAM
SELLS was for more than half a century a resident of
Coshocton county. His father's family located very
early in the century near New Comerstown. Abraham
learned his trade of cabinet making at Marietta, and set up
in Coshocton in 1814. He was for some time a justice
of the peace, and also coroner of the county. He died
Sept. 22, 1869, in his seventy-sixth year. His widow,
now about his age at death, resides in Coshocton with her
son B. F. Sells.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO 1764-1876 by William E. Hunt. -
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876 - Page 233 |
| CAPT. B. F. SELLS,
Coshocton, Ohio; livery man, west Main street. Mr.
Sells was born November 12, 1824, in Coshocton, Ohio;
son of Abraham and Phebe (Hart) Sells. Mr.
Sells chose the cabinetmaking business, which he
followed until June, 1846, when he enlisted in Company B,
Third O. V. I., for the Mexican war. The company left
Coshocton in canal boats June 5, 1846. He served one
year in General Taylor's command. After his
discharge he came home and followed his trade until the fall
of 1852, when he was elected county auditor. At the
expiration of his term of office he again resumed the
furniture business, which he followed until September 30,
1862, when he recruited Company D, One Hundred and
Twenty-second O. V. I., and was commissioned its captain,
and served until March, 1864, when he was honorably
discharged. After his discharge he was, for some time,
engaged in furnishing horses for the government, which was
merged into his present livery business. Captain
Sells was married February 6, 1849, to Miss Eliza,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ludington) Shaw.
They are the parents of eight children, viz: William,
Howard A., Joseph B., Emma Adelia, Clara E., B. F., Charles
and John. |
| CHARLES
SENFT, Jefferson township; postoffice,
Warsaw; born in Baden, Germany; son of George A. and
Elizabeth (Danner) Senft, and grandson of George
Albright. His father was born April 11, 1790.
He attended the public schools until the age of 15, then
went to Baden to learn the saddler's trade with Wilhelm
Isenholdt, and served an apprenticeship of three years.
He then traveled as a journeyman, and worked one year in the
city of Charles-rest, in Baden, then one year in Zurich,
Switzerland. He then came to America landing in the
city of New York on the 10th of May, 1845. From there
he went to Buffalo and worked at his trade about eighteen
months, then to Uricksville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and
engaged with Christopher Middaugh, and worked for him
six months; from thence to Canal Dover, in the same county,
and worked with Simpson Shandler eighteen months;
thence to Rogersville and engaged for three months with
John Groft; then to New Bedford, Coshocton county, and
worked two years with John Gard; then came to Warsaw
and began business on his own responsibility, and has been
thereabout thirty years. He was married February 25,
1849, to Miss Barbara Baad, daughter of Adam and
Barbara (Erb) Baad, and granddaughter of Christian
Frederick and Agnes (Shriver) Ott. Their children
are as follows: Margaret, born October 11,
1850, deceased; Christianna, born February 11, 1855;
William, born January 28, 1857; Louis, born
July 24, 1859; George A., born January 27, 1862;
Charles J., born May 10, 1866; Jacob G., born
December 6, 1868; Nettie, born October 6, 1872,
deceased, and Agnes, born June 24, 1876. |
| G. W. SEWARD,
proprietor of Arlington House, corner of Main and Railroad
streets, Coshocton, Ohio; was born March 5, 1837, in
Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Albert
Seward, Esq.; mother's maiden name was A. Cranes;
was raised on the farm; enlisted in 1861, in Company K,
Thirty-second O. V. I., and served eighteen months in that
regiment, in Virginia, and surrendered to the enemy at
Harper's Ferry, and after being exchanged, went down the
Mississippi and ran the blockade at Vicksburg. After
the surrender of Vicksburg, he was transferred to the Signal
Corps, and served for the Seventeenth Army Corps until the
surrender of Atlanta, George, when he was honorably
discharged. Mr. Seward was married August 30,
1877, to Miss Sadie M. Richeson, daughter of James
Richeson; mother's maiden name was Maria Highland.
This union was blessed with one child, a son, Clyde L.,
born October 23, 1879, in Coshocton, Ohio. |
| JACOB SEVERNS,
Coshocton; sheriff of Coshocton county; was born April 16,
1832, in New Castle township, Coshocton county, and raised
on the farm; married September, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth
Dillin, daughter of William Dillin, of Perry
township. In the fall of 1856, Mr. Severns
moved with his wife to Schuyler county, Illinois.
During their stay there a son was born to them, but died at
the age of sixteen months. In 1858, Mr. and Mrs.
Severns returned to their native county, but Mrs.
Severns survived their return only a few weeks, having
contracted consumption in their western home. Mr.
Severns was married to Miss Eliza Dillin of Perry
township, in 1860. The result of this union was one
daughter and two sons, viz: Eva, William E. and
John L. Mr. Severns was elected in 1879.
Sheriff Severns is a very efficient and competent public
officer. |
| EMANUEL
SHAEFFER, Coshocton; general smithing
shop; was born October 1, 1822, in Columbiana county; son of
Nathaniel Shaeffer, a native of York County,
Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Young Shaeffer
spent his childhood at New Lisbon, Ohio, and in youth worked
at different employments. At eighteen commenced his
trade at New Lisbon with Hiltabiddle; also worked in
carriage shop of Polland & Wells of same place.
He then formed a partnership with David Kisinger,
which continued one year; then established a shop, which he
conducted until 1851, when he began traveling, and worked in
several different States for four years. In 1855 he
settled in this city, and ahs remained to the present time.
Mr. Shaeffer recruited Company I, Ninety-seventy O.
V. I., and was commissioned its captain, but owing to
sickness resigned in 1863. Capt. Shaeffer was
first married December 18, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Baxter
of Washington County, Pennsylvania, who became the mother of
three children, viz: Charles, deceased;
Samuel L., and Mary Lettitia. The mother of
these children died in October, 1851. Captain
Shaeffer was afterward married, August 16, 1855, to
Susannah, daughter of John Miller of this county,
who became the mother of eight children, viz: Almeda,
John W., Sarah E., Louis C., Charles, Roberta, Leonara,
and Hattie. The captain and his son, Samuel
L., are doing a very active business in general smithing
and machine repairing. |
| EDMUND
SHAFER; farmer; postoffice,
Plainfield; was born in this township in 1847, and was
married in 1870, to Jennie Scott, who was born in
Oxford township in 1851. They have three children:
Samuel, Steward and Emma. He is engaged in
farming the home farm. |
| GEORGE
SHAFER; farmer; Lafayette township;
postoffice, West Lafayette; was born in Albany county, New
York, in 1822, and came to Ohio when quite small; was
married in 1847, to Miss Margaret Smith, a native of
Pennsylvania. Their children were: Jacob,
deceased; George W., Martha E., John F., Mary C., William
W., Benjamin, Edward; Lizzie S., deceased, and
Jennie. George, the eldest son, was out in the
three months service and was a member of Company H,
Eighty-eighth O. V. I. The subject of this sketch owns
116 acres of good land in this township, and is regarded as
an honest, industrious citizen. |
| A.
SHAFER, Lafayette township; farmer;
postoffice, Jacobsport; was born in Albany county, New York
in 1809, and came to this township, in 1836; and is one of
the oldest residents of this township. He was married
to Miss Maria Davis, of Schnectady county, New York,
in 1836. They have had six children; Steven,
deceased; Elizabeth A., Peter, Catharine, Baxter
and Alonzo. Mr. S. was county
commissioner one term, township trustee two terms, and
supervisor numerous times. His parents were New
Yorkers of German descent. He owns 240 acres of land
and although at an advanced age, is industrious, and
regarded as one of the prominent men of the township. |
| NATHAN R. SHANNON,
Mill Creek; postoffice, Keene; born in 1851, in this county.
His grandfather, Nathan Shannon, was born in 1796, in
Washington county, Pennsylvania. He came to Harrison
county in 1805. He was married twice. His first
wife dying, he married, in 1818, Miss Mary Endsly of
Harrison county, who was born in 1799, in Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eleven
children. John P., the father of the subject of
this sketch, is the third child. He was born in 1825,
in Jefferson county, Ohio; came to this county in 1826, with
his father, and was married, in 1850, to Miss Sarah A.
McConnell, of this county, who was born in 1830 in
county Donegal, Ireland. They are the parents of one
child, the subject of this sketch. He was married, in
1877, to Miss Emma A. Clark, of this county, who was
born in 1856, in this county. They are the parents of
one child, John Earl. |
| J. J. SHANNON,
Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice, Keene; born in
1847, in this county. His father, J. M. Shannon,
was born in 1800, in Pennsylvania. He came to this
county, in 1828, and was married the same year, to Miss
Jane Johnson, who was born in 1810, and died in 1863.
They were the parents of eleven children. The subject
of this sketch is the eighth. He was married, in 1880,
to Miss M. A. Foster of this county, who was born in
1849, in this county. Wm. B., brother of the
subject of this article, was killed at the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, June 27, 1864. He was a member of the
Fifty-first O. V. I. |
| WILLIAM
SHANNON, Bedford township; farmer;
postoffice, Tyrone; born in 1835, in this county. His
father was born, in 1804, in Fayette county Pennsylvania,
and came to Harrison county when a child. He was
married, in 1826, to Miss Sarah Stone, of Harrison
county, who was born in 1806, in Jefferson county.
They came to this county in 1831. She died in 1877.
They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this
sketch being the fourth. He was married, in 1859, to
Miss Elenora McCluggage, of this county,
Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children,
three of whom are living, viz: Sarah E., Lulu B. and
Bertie F. |
| CYRUS
W. SHANNON, Monroe township; born April, 1855, in
Clark township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Jeremiah
and Sophia (Buckmaster) Shannon, and grandson of
Isaac and Sarah (Stone) Shannon, and Richard and
Elizabeth (Mattock) Buckmaster He has spent the
most of his life thus far in educating himself. He was
married, October, 1880, to Miss Mary Brillhart
daughter of John and Jane Billhart. |
| ELIJAH
SHANAMAN, Mill Creek township; farmer;
postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio; was born in Holmes county,
April 6, 1860, and is the son of Jonathan and Barbara
Shanaman. |
| JAMES SHARPLES,
Bedford township; P. O. Warsaw; born in 1823 in Jefferson
county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1833 with his
father, who was born in 1778 in England. He was
married twice. His second wife's maiden name was
Miss Elizabeth Marsdow She was born in 1788.
They came to Jefferson county, Ohio in 1819 or '30.
She died in this county in 1850. He went back to
Jefferson county in 1856 and died there in 1861. They
were the parents of six children. James being the
fifth. He was married in 1847 to Miss Ann E.
Gelsthorpe, of this county, who was born in 1826 in
England. They are the parents of eleven children, viz:
Sarah E., deceased; James B., Mary E.; Alice E.,
deceased, an infant, deceased; Nannie R., and Ida
M. |
| RUSSELL
SHARPLES, Bedford township; farmer; P.
O. Tunnel Hill; born in 1853 in this county, and was married
in 1877 to Miss Clara Tredway, of this county, who
was born in 1857. They are the parents of two
children, namely; Etta and an infant daughter. |
| DANIEL
SHAW, Bedford township; farmer;
postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1821, in this county. His
father, James Shaw, was born in 1790, in Harford
county, Maryland, and was married in 1820, to Miss Sarah
Tredway, of the same county, who was born in 1798.
They came to this county in 1820. He died in 1862, and
she died in 1870. They were the parents of twelve
children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest.
He was married in 1848, to Miss Athalia Wright, of
this county, who was born in 1823. They are the
parents of eleven children, viz: Viola, James W.,
William H., Sarah L., Lewis C., Mary M., Meda,
(deceased), Libby, Nathan E., Sabina and an
infant, (deceased). |
| JAMES SHAW,
Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in this county in
1828; son of James and Sarah Shaw, and grandson of
Joshua Shaw; married in 1859, to Mary Courtwright,
daughter of Jacob and Susan Courtwright. Mr.
Shaw is the father of six children, viz: Frank,
Sarah, Charles, Lewis, James M., Eward E. |
| J. W. SHAW,
Coshocton; sewing machine agent; was born September 14,
1838, in the County of Sligo, Ireland. His father,
William Shaw, is yet living in Ireland. J. W.
worked on the farm until he came to America and settled in
this city, in 1867. He farmed two years, then engaged
in his present business, which he has followed up to the
present time. Mr. Shaw is doing a good share of
the trade in his line in this place and vicinity. He
was married November 19, 1863, to Miss Martha Morrow,
daughter of Thomas Morrow, of the County of Sligo,
Ireland. This union was blessed with five children,
one deceased, viz: Thomas, and four are living, viz:
William, James, Sarah and Mariah. |
| D. R. SHAW,
queensware and glassware dealer, Second street, Coshocton.
Mr. Shaw is a native of this city, and was born March
1, 1836; son of Hon. B. R. Shaw, American born, of
English ancestry. At fifteen years of age he entered
the dry goods store as clerk; at eighteen was appointed
deputy postmaster. At twenty-one he bought a farm and
managed it eights years; at twenty-nine returned to the city
and engaged in the hardware business; at forty changed his
business from the hardware to that named above, in which he
has almost the exclusive trade of the place and vicinity.
Mr. Shaw served as quartermaster sergeant of the One
Hundred and Forty-third O. N. G. for five months. He
has very acceptably filled the office of township clerk and
as member of city council, and is at present president of
the board of directors of the M. E. church, of this city.
Mr. Shaw was married December 23, 1856, to Miss
Alpha J. Benson, daughter of John Benson, of
Perry township and cousin to James A. Garfield.
This union was blessed with four children, one of whom died
in infancy, and three are living, viz: Emma Frances,
William Walter, and Benjamin Lewis. |
| WILLIAM SHEAFER,
Newcastle township, farmer; was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, October 22, 1831 son of John and Catharine
(Price) Sheafer, and grandson of John and Elizabeth
Sheafer, and of William and Jane Price. He
spent his boyhood days attending public school and working
at farm work. He went to Knox county in the year 1834,
and in 1836 moved to Newcastle, where he now resides.
He is an enterprising farmer and an obliging neighbor.
Mr. Sheafer was married to Miss Pauline Lewis,
daughter of Henry and Mary McVey. Her father
was of Welsh and her mother of Irish descent. She was
born in East Union, Coshocton county, December 7, 1843.
They have been blessed with one child, viz: John,
born May 9, 1875. |
| WILLIAM
SHEARN, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in
South Wales, in 1826; settled in this county in 1851; son of
Henry and Hannah (Gulifer) Shearn, married in 1854,
to Zillah Stubbs. Mr. Shearn is the
father of seven children, viz: Jonah, deceased;
William, deceased; Bettie H., born Feb. 18, 1859;
Sarah E., born Oct. 28, 1860; Ester, born Aug.
21, 1863; Susannaha, born October 5, 1865; Joseph
B., born Oct. 30, 1867. Elizabeth H. was
married in 1877, to Martin H. Carter. |
| A.
J. SHEPLER, of Coshocton, photographer, west Locust
street; was born in Coshocton county, August 22, 1842; son
of Peter Shepler, of German and French extraction;
was brought up on the farm until the age of seventeen, when
he began to learn photography at Millersburg, Ohio. He
has traveled extensively, working in most of the principal
cities of the West. By special request, in
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, he describes the
process by which he produced pictures exhibited at the
Chicago exposition in 1874. Also, in the Philadelphia
Photographer, Mr. Shepler's improved method of
working a tank for washing prints, is given. He is
very successful in his art. Mr. Shepler was
married September, 1860, to Miss Nancy, daughter of
James and Mary A. Gray, of Holmes county. Their
children are named Laura E., Eddie L., James P. and
Henry V. |
| JOHN
SHIELDS, Bedford township; blacksmith; postoffice,
West Bedford; born in 1819, in Harrison county; came to this
county in 1844, and was married in 1844 to Miss Jane
Harrison, came to this county in 1844, and was married
in 1844 to Miss Jane Harrison, of this county, who
was born in 1820, and died in 1860. They were the
parents of six children, viz: Thomas H., William J.,
Margret J., Minerva A., S. P. and Mary E.
He , in 1867, married Miss Mary Hillary, of this
county, who was born in 1834, in Licking county.
Mr. Shields, besides being a blacksmith, also makes
hayrakes and wagons. |
| ALEXANDER
SHULTZ, Adams township; farmer; postoffice,
Evansburgh; born in Jefferson county, Sept. 24, 1841; son of
Jacob and Eliza J. (Cook) Shultz, and grandson of
Henry Shultz and Jesse Cook. He enlisted Jan. 1,
1862, in Company G, Eightieth O.V.I., under Capt.
Marshall, wet into camp at camp Meigs, thence to camp
Chase at Columbus, Ohio, thence to camp Joe Holt,
thence to Paducah, Kentucky, and from there to Hamburg,
Tennessee, thence to camp Clear Creek, Mississippi, and from
there was sent to Evansville hospital, Indiana, where he
remained seven months, and from there came home, having
received his discharge on the 8th of February, 1863, on
account of disability. He has devoted most of his time
since then to farming; was also proprietor of Shultz
House in Chili for eight years. He lived one and a
half years in Tuscarawas county. From there he moved
to Adams township, this county, where he is at present
living, in very prosperous condition. He was married
Jan. 20, 1867, to Miss Catharine E. Geese, daughter
of Samuel and Lydia (Killian) Geese, and
granddaughter of Catharine Geese, and John and Elizabeth
(Long) Killian. Mrs. Shultz was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 1848, and came to
Ohio in May of the same year. They have two children -
Edgar G., born June 4, 1868, and Lydia J.,
born Jan. 3, 1870. |
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JACOB SHULTZ, farmer; White
Eyes township; a native of Belmont county, and was born
February, 1819. In 1840 he married Miss Eliza J.
Cook, of Jefferson county. They have four children
living: Alex, born 1841, is married and lives in
Adams township; Elizabeth, born January 1848, is
married and lives in Davis county, Indiana; Laura B.,
born Aug. 28, 1863, and Agnes C., born Jan. 21,
1866, are unmarried and live in Chili. Mr. Shultz
enlisted in 1861 in Co. C., Seventy-seventy Pennsylvania
Regiment. He was in the battles of Liberty, Hoovers'
Gap, Pittsburg Landing, Chickamauga, and a number of
skirmishes. HE was in the service over three years.
HE is now living on a farm of eighty acres south of Chili. ~
Page 787 |
| WILLIAM
SINDEN, Lafayette township; farmer; was born in
Sussex county, Parish Penhurst, England, in 1849; came to
America and to this county in 1855. He was married in
1874 to Miss Margaret Shirer, of Muskingum county.
They have had two children, Harriet, aged three years
and Clare, one year. Mr. Sinden has
lived on what is known as Miller farm for the past
eight years, and is honest and industrious. HE visited
his native country during the war. ~ Page 788 |
| PERRY
SISLEY, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel
Hill; born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and came to this
county in 1859, with his mother, his father, Jacob,
having died in 1827, in Pennsylvania. His mother died
in 1865. They were the parents of seven children, the
subject of this sketch being the sixth. HE was married
in 1870, to Miss Eliza A. Ogle, of this county, who
was born in 1853, in this county. They are the parents
of four children: Lora J., William K., Silas T., and
Charlie N. ~ Page 788 |
| C.
SKINNER, Coshocton; soap manufacturer, junction of
Second and Water streets; born April 25, 1832, in Madison
county; son of Madison Skinner, deceased, a native of
Virginia, of German descent. Young Skinner was
raised on a farm, which he left, in 1864, and followed sawing,
with a portable mill, when he established his present
business, and has continued till the present time. He
was married, Oct. 4, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Robison,
daughter of W. H. Robison, of this city. They
have had four children, viz: William M.,
deceased; Sarah Ella, Callie, Frances and
Alfred Luther. Starting business with a very limited
capital, he has, by honest industry, accumulated some of this
world's goods, represented by three valuable residences in
this city. |
| WILLIAM
T. SKINNER, Keene Township; farmer, born February 6,
1800, in Hartford, Connecticut; son of Nathaniel Skinner,
a revolutionary soldier, born July 28, 1745, and Margaret
(Hunt) Skinner, born Sept. 14, 1757. By a previous
marriage to Rebecca Bigelow, born Jan. 10, 1750, his
father had two children - Rhoda and Mary.
His two grand fathers were John Skinner and
Alexander Hunt. He was married May, 1831, to
Mary, daughter of Timothy and Polly (Trowbridge)
Emerson, born in 1806. Their children are:
Julia, born Mar. 22, 1832; Adeline P., Oct. 28,
1836; Timothy, deceased, born in 1843, and Mary E.,
in the fall of 1854. Mrs. Skinner died in February,
1860. |
| J. T.
SNIDER, Keene Township; physician; born in Knox county,
Ohio, Dec. 2, 1851; son of J. F. and Mary (Dean) Snider, both
born in Germany. His father enlisted Nov., 1861, in
Company K, Forty-third O. V. I., and re-enlisted in the same
company in 1863; served to the close of the war, but, broken
down in health, he died soon after his return. Dr.
Snider attended school at New Castle from twelve to seventeen,
then taught school five years in Ohio, and two, in Illinois.
He then began the study of medicine under Dr. McElwee, and
graduated at the medical department of the Wooster university,
in 1877, and began practicing at Mohawk in March, 1877, and in
October, 1878, came to Keene. |
| DARIUS SNOW |
| DANIEL
SNYDER, Coshocton; miller, of the firm of Sayer, Balch
& Co.; was born Oct. 26, 1843, in Tuscarawas county; son of
Peter Snyder, a native of Switzerland. Young Snyder was
brought up on the farm, where he remained until twenty-one
years of age, when he went West and stopped in Indiana, where
he remained about two years, then removed, suffering from a
bad case of fever and ague. On recovering his health he
went to Starke county and remained one year. At
twenty-four years of age he began the carpenter trade.
After working at the trade two years, he again visited the
West, stopping in Indiana one year, then going to Kansas City
where he did the carpenter work of several buildings in that
city. In January, 1871, he returned to the city and
stopped at Chili a short time, then came to this city and
followed his trade until August 1880, when the above firm was
formed. Mr. Snyder was married March 28, 1875, to
Miss Catharine Madison, daughter of Joseph Madison,
of Chili. This union has been blessed with two sons,
Charles C. and Frank Snyder. |
| S. W.
SNYDER, dealer in pelts, hides, furs, tallow, dried
fruits, etc. Mr. Snyder is a native of this
county, and was born June 23, 1840. He received his
education in the district schools, and learned the harness
making business. After serving his time he embarked in
business for himself at Roscoe, in 1866. He also
commenced at the same time to t deal in hides, pelts, furs,
etc., in connection with the harness business, which he
continued for twelve years, when, in 1873, he relinquished the
harness business and has given his entire attention to the
present department, in which he does a business of about
$35,000 per year. He also has a half interest in the
firm of Snyder & Andrews, in the livery business, and
in which they have a stock of eleven head of horses and eleven
vehicles, consisting of single and double carriages, buggies
and barouches, all of which are in good condition, and afford
first-class accommodations for the traveling public.
Mr. Snyder is a self made man in the strictest sense of
the word, having always been dependent on his own efforts, and
in commencing life his only capital was his energy,
perseverance and integrity, and at present he owns valuable
real estate, besides doing a successful business. |
| NOAH
SNYDER, Crawford township; jeweler; postoffice, New
Bedford, Ohio; born Apr. 16, 1855, in German township, Holmes
county. He was brought up on the farm. At the age
of twenty he began teaching school and taught three terms,
after which he farmed three years. In the spring of
1880, he took a prospecting trip to the West, visiting the
States of Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, and returned in the
same year, satisfied to "let well enough alone" for the
present. In December, 1880, he established his present
business, in which he is having good success. |
| B. M.
SNYDER, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New
Bedford; born October 31, 1844, in German township, Holmes
county; was brought up on the farm, where he remained until
1865, when he engaged in oil producing in Noble county one
year, and was subsequently engaged one year each in the mill
business and ware-house at Millersburg, Holmes county, then
with a portable saw-mill, until 1878, since which time he has
given his entire attention to farming. Mr. Snyder
was elected justice of the peace of Crawford township in 1877,
and re-elected in 1880. "Squire Snyder was
married June, 14, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of
Ferdinand and Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. Snyder was
born on the farm where they now reside. They are the
parents of two children - Edwin F. and Mary
Elizabeth. |
| E. T.
SPANGLER, Coshocton; attorney of the firm of
Spangler & Pomerene; was born Jan. 26, 1832, in Zanesville,
Ohio; son of Hon. David Spangler, who was American
born, of German ancestry. When E. T. was but one
year old, he was brought to this place by his parents.
Young Spangler spent his childhood and early youth
attending school. AT the age of sixteen years, he
entered Kenyon college, at Gambier, and was graduated in 1852.
On his return home he entered, as a student, the law office of
his father, and was admitted to the barn in 1854. He
first practiced with his father, until his decease, in
October, 1856. He then formed a partnership with his
brother, A. H., the firm name being E. T. & A. H.
Spangler, which firm continued about two years. From
its close, E. T. continued his practice alone, until
1868, when the present firm was formed. Attorney
Spear was married, in May, 1868, to Miss Helen King,
daughter of Attorney Samuel D. King, of Newark,
Ohio. They are the parents of one child, Charles E.,
born in June 1869. |
| JOSEPH
SPECK, Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw;
born in Baden, Germany, November 7, 1808; son of Starnus
and Avon Speck. AT the age of seventeen he began the
blacksmith trade with Ignatius Storts, and served three
years, then worked as a journeyman one year. He then
served six years in the German army; then sold clocks two
years; then embarked for America, and after a voyage of eight
months landed in New York, and from there he came to Jefferson
township, Coshocton county, where he has remained a resident
ever since. After coming to this country he sold clocks
one year, and sine then has been farming. He was married
in May, 1837, to Miss Caroline Gamertsfelder, who died
Jan. 6, 1844. They had two children, viz: Christian
and John. He married in June, 1844, Miss
Margaret Straum, They had seven children, viz:
Gotlieb, Joseph; Caroline, deceased; David, William,
Daniel and George. |
| JOHN
SPECKMAN, Jefferson township; shoemaker; postoffice,
Warsaw; was born in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, May
15, 1846; son of John and Rose A. (Frederick) Speckman,
and the grandson of George and Christina Frederick,
natives of Canstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany. He lived on
the farm until the age of seventeen, at which time he enlisted
in Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I., and served twenty months.
He was engaged in the battles of the Atlanta campaign, under
Gen. Sherman; then, under Gen. Thomas,
was in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee; was afterwards sent
to Texas, and was among the last troops discharged at the
close of the war. He was married July 1, 1869, to
Miss Matilda McPeek, daughter of James and Margaret
(Boyd) McPeek, in Harrison county. They have three
children, viz: J. M., born November 7, 1871; George
W., born July 19, 1874; and Dora A., born October
31, 1875. Mr. Speckman began the shoemaker's
trade in 1867 with F. Seal, and served seven months
apprenticeship. He then began business for himself in
Princeton, and worked there about eight years. Then came
to Warsaw and opened a shop, where he is doing a good
business in shoemaking. |
| W. K.
SPENCER, Bedford township; teacher; postoffice,
West Bedford; born in 1843 in Muskingum county, Ohio; came to
this county in 1852, with his mother, his father having died
in 1845 in Muskingum county. W. K. Spencer was
married in 1873, to Miss Ada Thompson, of this county,
who was born in 1855. They are the parents of four
children, viz:: Maud, Amos P., Charlie C., and
Blanche D. Mr. Spencer began teaching in 1867
and has made it a business, always teaching in this county,
and principally in town. He entered the army November
15, 1861, as a member of the General McLaughlin's Independent
Cavalry, and was in the service for four years, being
honorably discharged November 15, 1865. He participated
in forty-five battles and skirmishes. |
| HENRY
SPRAGG, Linton township; farmer; born in Green county,
Pennsylvania, in 1814; son of Benajah and Nancy (Barkheimer)
Spragg. His grandfather, David Spragg, a
sailor, was a native of England; his grandfather,
Barkheimer, a native of Germany. Then he was twelve
years old, he came with his father to Muskingum county, and
remained there till 1868, when he moved to Linton township.
He was married, in 1839, to Maria C. Johnson, daughter
of Richard Johnson, of Muskingum county. Their
children are: Harriet (Miller), Nancy J. (Morris),
Eliza A. (Hagan), Richard, Rachel, Hiram and Harrison. |
| ABRAHAM
SPURR, Virginia township; born in Coshocton
county, in 1840; son of John and Jane Spurr. He
was married, in 1839 to Mary A. Ervine. Mr.
Spurr has had fourteen children, seven living and
seven dead. One son died while in the United States
service at Nashville. Postoffice, Adams' Mills. |
SAMUEL
SQUIRE, SR., died on the 24th of November, 1874, at
his residence in Jackson township, in the sixty-eighth year
of his age. He was brought as a child to Coshocton
county, in 1814, being then eight years of age. His
parents came from Rutland county, Vermont. He
took possession of the place where he died, in 1832.
He was a deacon in the Regular Baptist church. He left
children and a large circle of relatives.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO 1764-1876 by William E. Hunt. -
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876 - Page 262 |
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