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WILLIAM
WABLE, Bedford Township; farmer; postoffice, Tunnel
Hill; born in 1815, in Harrison county, Ohio. He came
to this county in 1830, with his mother, his father having
died in 1816, in Harrison county. She died in 1862.
They were the parents of six children, the subject of this
sketch being the youngest. He was married in 1832, to
Miss Ella Welling, of this county, who was born in
1813, in Harrison county. They were the parents of
eight children, four of whom are living.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
CHARLES
WILLIAMS, the first white settler in Coshocton
county, was unquestionably one of the most remarkable of its
citizens. He was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in
1764. In his boyhood, the family removed to Western
Virginia, near Wheeling. He married there Susannah
Carpenter, and moved to the neighborhood of the salt
works on the Muskingum, ten miles below Coshocton, and
subsequently to "the forks of the Muskingum." Of hardy
stock, he grew up in the severest discipline of pioneer
life. He was a successful trapper, hunter, Indian
scout, and trader, and held every office (being almost all
the time in some) in the county possible for a man of his
education, from road supervisor and tax-collector to member
of the legislature. He was famous as a tavern-keeper,
and in that and other capacities became very popular.
Clever, genial, naturally shrewd, indomitable in purpose,
not averse to the popular vices of his day, and even making
a virtue of profanity, he was for forty years a controlling
spirit of the county and for twenty-five, the controlling
spirit. He died in 1840 (in his seventy-sixth year),
leaving a considerable number of relatives, many of whom are
still in the county. Two of his children were burned
to death by the destruction of fire of the cabin built by
him when he first settled at Coshocton. It is said
that one of his daughters (the mother of C. H., Matthew,
and Wm. A. Johnston), when twelve years old, was
in the habit of doing the milling for the family, taking the
grain on horseback to Zanesville, and bringing back the
flour. The family was emphatically of the Pioneer
sort.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO 1764-1876 by William E. Hunt. -
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876 - Page 232 |
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| JOHN
WALKER, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West
Bedford; born in 1838, in this county. His father,
James Walker, was born in 1802 in Ireland. He came
to this country in 1823, and settled at Albany, New York.
He was married in 1826, to Miss Jane Little of
Albany, who came from Ireland in 1822. They came to
this county in 1827. He died in 1840, she died
in 1879. They were the parents of six children.
The subject of this sketch is the fifth. He married in
1866, to Miss Narcissa M. Barnes, daughter of
Judge Barnes, of this county. She was born in
1844, in Jefferson county. They are the parents of
seven children, viz: Blanche, deceased; Charles
B., William J., Frank and Fred., who are twins,
and Wade and Worth, deceased. Mr.
Walker has lived in town since 1866. |
| WILLIAM
WALKER, Coshocton; clerk in county treasurer's
office; born Oct. 4, 1833 in Smithfield township, Jefferson
county; son of Nathaniel Walker, a native of the
County of Donegal, Ireland. William was raised
on the farm until about twenty years of age, when he began
teaching school and taught eight years, then returned to the
farm where he remained four years, then followed
merchandising until 1871, when he was elected county auditor
and reelected in 1873, and remained one year as deputy after
the expiration of his term of office. He began his
present duties September, 1880. Mr. Walker was
married Sept. 2, 1862, to Miss Catharine Lockard,
daughter of John Lockard, deceased, of Crawford
township. They have three children, viz.: John M.,
Clement L. and Laura E. |
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| GEORGE
B. WILSON, New Castle township; postoffice, New Castle;
was born Dec. 2, 1819, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton
county. His father, John Wilson, was of Irish
descent. His mother, Rebecca (Kay) Wilson, was of
German descent. He remained with his parents until he
reached his manhood, working on the farm and attending school
occasionally. He then worked four years by the month,
after which he began farming for himself and has followed
farming successfully ever since. On the 1st of December,
1861, he volunteered in the United States service, to serve
for three years or during the war, under Captain Metham,
Company F., Eightieth O. V. V. I. He entered his first
engagement at Iuka, under General Nelson from there he was
ordered to Vicksburg, and then to Chattanooga and Atlanta, and
from thence with General Sherman on his famous march to the
sea, and from the sea to Columbia, South Carolina, thence to
Goldsboro North Carolina, and from Goldsboro to Richmond, and
thence to the city of Washington and attended the grand
review, and from there to Louisville, Kentucky, thence to
Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was mustered out of the
service in July, 1865. He then came to Columbus, Ohio,
and received his discharge on the 25th of August, 1865.
During his entire term of soldiering he never was wounded.
He filled all the offices from first corporal to first
lieutenant. He was married to Miss Maria
Butler, September 4, 1844, daughter of James and
Elizabeth Butler, and granddaughter of Thomas
Butler. They have been blessed with seven children,
viz: Charles, Elvira, Sarah, James, Clara,
Frank and Polina. |
| ROBERT
W. WILSON, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, White
Eyes Plains; son of Robert and Margaret
Wilson; was born in Pennsylvania, in 1816; married, in
1844, to Miss Sarah Craig, of this
county. Their children were as follows: Jerusha,
Isabel, Robert W., Mary E., Arnall; Charles,
deceased. Mr. Wilson has held offices of trust in
the township, owns 120 acres of land, and he and his wife are
members of the Presbyterian church. |
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| B. F.
WRIGHT, Jackson township; born in Virginia township,
Coshocton county; son of Henry and Emily Wright;
married in 1871 to Martha McCoy, daughter of
William and Catharine McCoy. Mr. Wright is
the father of five children, viz: Edward, Earl L.,
Mertie L., Aritha, Harry G. Postoffice, Roscoe. |
| DARIUS
WRIGHT, postoffice, Warsaw; was born in Bedford
township, Coshocton county, Jan. 17, 1825. He worked
with his father in the shop, and on the farm, until the age
of twenty-two, when he began business for himself, in his
father's shop, where he remained two years, then went to
Washington township crossroads, and opened shop, and carried
on business there about twenty-two years; then came to
Warsaw, and has been engaged in smithing in this village
since that time. He as a fair amount of trade and a
splendid shop. Mr. Wright was married to
Miss Elizabeth Grove, daughter of David Grove.
They are the parents of eight children: Nathan,
Mary E., Lurintha, Sarah, William, Hampton, Franklin D.
and Darius E. |
| HENRY
WRIGHT, Virginia township; born Oct. 24, 1817, in
this county; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (McCoy) Wright.
He was raised a farmer and educated in the district schools.
At the age of twenty-one he commenced business in life for
himself. He married Emily Croy, Aug. 22, 1841.
They had six children:, viz: Emanuel, Lucinda, B. F.,
Catharine, William O., Isadora A. Two are living
in this township, one in Washington township, and three in
Jackson. |
| HIGHLAND
WRIGHT, Virginia township; born in Eastern Virginia,
May 21, 1811; settled in this county in the years 1835, and
was married April 19, 1835, to Miss Mary Wright, who
died in 1862. Mr. Wright has nine children
living and seven dead. Postoffice, Willow Brook,
Coshocton county. |
| JOHN
W. WRIGHT, M. D., Coshocton; born July 17, 1842, in
Harrison county, Ohio; son of Benjamin Wright, who was
American born of English ancestry. His mother's maiden
name was Lucinda Rager, daughter of Conrod
Rager, founder of Ragersville, Tuscarawas county,
Ohio. Young Wright spent his childhood and
early youth on the farm. At the age of fifteen he
commenced teaching school, and taught seven consecutive
years, during which time he read medicine with Dr.
William Vanhorn. In the winter of 1864-5 he
attended a course of lectures at Cincinnati college of
medicine and surgery. In the summer he attended a
course at Starling medical college, in 1867, a course at
Well's Eye and Ear hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and in June, 1873, was graduated at the first named college
with the title of M. D. Dr. Wright first
entered upon the practice of his profession at Port
Washington, Ohio, and remained two years; then for the same
period at Ragersville. In the spring of 1869 he came
to this city, and opened an office in his present residence,
Main street. January 14, 1880, he established his
office in Columbus, Ohio, considering that point as offering
superior inducements for the practice of his specialty, the
treatment of the diseases of the eye and ear. Dr.
Wright was married August 9, 1864, to Miss Belle
Hesket, daughter of John Hesket, Esq.....,
sheriff of this county. This union was blessed with
six children, all living, viz: Frances Neva, Nellie
Corena, John Hesket, Halsted, Columbus Clinton, and
Mary Lucinda. Dr. Wright has successfully
performed several difficult surgical operations in this
county, among which is the operation for cataract, which he
has removed, thereby giving sight where there was total
blindness. |
| LEWIS
WRIGHT, Perry township; postoffice West Carlisle;
farmer and stock raiser; born in this county, in 1839; son
of William and Martha (Clark) Wright, and grandson of
Edward and Elizabeth Wright; married, December 16,
1860, to Miss Martha E. Cochran, daughter of
Montraville and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) Cochran.
They are the parents of five children, viz: Malissa,
Sylva J., Dora A., deceased; Joseph A. and
Wheeler O. |
| LOYD
WRIGHT, Virginia township; born in Coshocton county,
Ohio; son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright; married in
1839, to Rachel Houser, who died July 5, 1878.
Their union was blessed with eight children, viz:
Henry, Mary, Margaret J., William, Malissa, John, Laura,
and Elizabeth. postoffice, New Moscow. |
| NATHAN
WRIGHT, Jefferson township; born Feb. 19, 1798, in
Bedford township; son of Nathan, Sr., and Hannah (Warly)
Wright, and grandson of Acre and Elizabeth Warley,
American born. He came to Coshocton county, in
1814. He was a blacksmith and sicklemaker.
Mr. Wright was married, Aug. 22, 1822, to Elizabeth
Ripley, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sheets)
Ripley. Their children were Athaliah, Darius,
Acre, Ethan, Ellen, Hannah, Lucas, Mary, William Cass
and Almeda, all living. |
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