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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Guernsey County, Ohio
by Col. Cyrus P. B. Sarchet
- Illustrated -
Vols. I & 2.
B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana -
1911
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COLEMAN BAMFORD JACKSON.
A scion of an excellent old family of Guernsey county is
Coleman Bamford Jackson. He has endeavored to keep
untarnished the good name of the family and has also won a
reputation of unflagging industry and trustworthiness. He
was born in the city where he still resides, Cambridge, Ohio, on
Feb. 2, ,1855, and is the son of Israel and Julia A. (Scott)
Jackson. The father was born in Jackson township, this
county, May 3 1832, and was the eldest son of Henry Jackson
and wife, who were among the early settlers of this county.
The family home was in and near Jackson township for many years.
Julia A. Scott was born in Washington county, Ohio, the
daughter of James Scott and wife, both natives of
Ireland, being Scotch-Irish in blood. Israel Jackson
and wife moved into Cambridge after their marriage and lived
here the balance of their lives. The father was a
carpenter by trade and he was very successful and became the
owner of considerable valuable property in the vicinity of
Twelfth street and Wheeling avenue. Israel Jackson's death
occurred at the age of sixty-six years. The latter part of
his life was spent as a contractor and builder and as foreman he
helped build the Central school in Cambridge. He was a
good man, a kind, affectionate father and husband.. He
belonged to the Methodist Protestant church. He was a very
industrious man in early life took much interest in municipal
affairs. He was a member of the school board for some
time.
Coleman B. Jackson was one of a family of twelve
children, eleven sons and one daughter. He grew to manhood
in Cambridge and was educated in the local schools. When
he was about twenty years of age he started in the railroad
service, taking up the study of telegraphy, at which he worked
for awhile, then became bill clerk in the freight office.
He was then employed to look after the freight in the yards,
doing the work himself; now a half dozen men are required for
this purpose. On Nov. 29, 1899, he became agent for the
railroad in charge of their business at Byesville, which
position he still holds. He is regarded by the officials
as one of their most trusted and efficient employes.
Mr. Jackson was married May 17, 1882, to
Sophia Masters, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Baird)
Masters. She was born at Steubenville, Ohio, and came
to this county about 1880. Her mother was born in
Frederick county, Maryland, Mar. 29, 1802, and she lived to a
remarkable age, her death occurring, when about one hundred and
six years old, on Jan. 6, 1908. She had a remarkable
memory and was an interesting talker on the old days. She
saw General LaFayette at Wheeling and shook hands with
him. She was an educated woman, having graduated from the
noted seminary at Emmitsburg, Maryland. She possessed a
bright mind up to the time of her death and was well preserved.
She was a daughter of John and Veronica (Keepers) Baird.
Her mother was the daughter of Isaac Keepers, an
Englishman who was a nobleman's son and who eloped with an Irish
lass named Katharine McGargle and came to Boston,
Massachusetts, and were married there. They were forgiven
by the son's father and they took up their residence in
Maryland, the father having given them a large plantation there
and numerous slaves to work the same. John Baird
was a cousin of Gen. Andrew Jackson and he fought under
him in the war of 1812. He also fought at Boston when the
guns got so hot that the men had to use their shirts to wrap
them in to keep from burning their hands. Nathan
Masters was born near Moundsville, Marshall County, West
Virginia. His grandparents settled there before that
locality was surveyed by the government when the Indians were
numerous in that vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman B. Jackson
are the parents of two sons, Clarence and Charles.
The former married Lela Nicholson and lives in Cambridge;
they have one child, a daughter, named Mary Roberta.
Charles Jackson lives at home with his parents.
Source:: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 881 |
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SAMUEL JACKSON. A
venerable and highly respected citizen of Pleasant City, Valley
township, who is deserving of unstinted praise for his long life
of usefulness is Samuel Jackson, who was born in that
part of Noble county which was formerly a part of Guernsey
county, on May 8, 1829. He is the son of Henry and
Rachael (Tustin) Jackson. Henry Jackson was from
Greene county, Pennsylvania, coming to this county in an early
day, settling in what was then the southern part of Guernsey
county, where he took up land. There the father spent the
rest of his days, dying in 1837, at the age of sixty-eight
years. He was among the early pioneers and began life here
in typical pioneer fashion. The father was twice married,
eight children being born to each wife, Samuel, of this
review, being a child of the second marriage. Rachael
Tustin was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and there
she married Mr. Jackson after the death of his first
wife. After the death of her husband she spent the balance
of her days with her son, Samuel, the subject, who spent
his youth in Noble county, assisting to develop the farm.
He learned the carpenter's trade in the vicinity of Hartford and
Pleasant City and followed the same as long as he was able to
work, becoming a very skilled artisan and his services were
always in great demand. He erected many large, substantial
houses, barns and other buildings in this locality, including
many at Byesville and the commodious structure he lives in at
Pleasant City.
Mr. Jackson was married on Mar. 10, 1853, to
Virginia Trott, daughter of Richard and Mary (Simmons)
Trott. She was born in Anne Arundel county, Maryland,
in 1824. Her parents brought her to Guernsey county, Ohio,
when she was about seven years old, locating in the southern
part of the county, being among the pioneers there, starting
life in true first-settler fashion. She was one of a
family of ten children, six of whom died in infancy in Maryland.
The three who lived beside Mrs. Jackson were Mrs.
Olethia Larrick, Benjamin J., who is the father of
Elza Trott, county clerk, whose sketch appears herein, and
William C. The parents of these children spent the
rest of their days on their farm in this county.
When the Trail Run mine was sunk Mr. Jackson did
the carpenter work, erecting the tipple and other buildings, and
later, in making a change in the roof over the boiler room, he
fell about forty feet, injuring his spine. He partially
recovered for a short time, but has been disturbed by the injury
more or less ever since and is unable to walk. He and his
wife have lived in Pleasant city ever since their marriage in
1853 and they are probably the oldest inhabitants of this town,
which they have seen developed from a few houses in the woods.
They are spending their declining days in peace and comfort in
their cozy dwelling, which stands on an eminence, commanding a
fine view of the country.
Politically Mr. Jackson is a Democrat and he is
a worthy member of the Masonic order; he and his wife belong to
the Methodist Episcopal church. Nine children have been
born to them, namely: Lewis Frederick is a clerk and
telegraph operator at the railroad station at Pleasant City;
William Henry died when forty-six years of age;
Mary Rosella, wife of Noah E. Secrest; Stephen A. Douglas
is a railroad agent at Malta, Ohio; Joseph Alonzo lives
at Helena, Montana; Columbia Frances is at home;
Samuel Andrew lives in Detroit, Michigan; Linnaeus
Griffith has been in the Philippine islands for the past
three years railroading and assisting in building railroads;
Cleopatra married John Hana and lives in Montreal,
Canada.
Source:: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 746 |
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SAMUEL M. JOHNSON. We
admire a man like Samuel M. Johnson, of Fairview, Ohio,
for he has shown what honest, earnest, hard work can
accomplished, although compelled to hew his own fortune from the
obstacles that beset his way, finding pleasure in mounting the
ladder of success round by round to the summit.
Mr. Johnson was born Oct. 22, 1864, on a farm
one and one-half miles south of Fairview, the son of Fred and
Provy J. (Campbell) Johnson. The father and mother
were both born in Belmont county, Ohio, near the Guernsey county
line, and were married while residents of Belmont county.
The father had been a farmer and grain dealer in Barnesville and
on the old home in Oxford township, where he operated a flouring
mill for many yes. He was always an active business man
and did an extensive grain business at Barnesville in addition
to his farming interests and was a successful business man.
He is a Democrat in politics, but not active, though always a
voter and interested in public matters. In the fall of
1907 the parents left the farm and removed to Fairview, where
Mr. Johnson now lives a retired life. In his parents
family are eight children, seven sons and one daughter, namely:
William E., is on a farm in Oxford township; Samuel M.,
the subject of this sketch; George W. is captain of
police on the Grafton division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
located at Grafton; Fred H. is a farmer in Oxford
township; Frank, of Wheeling; Herman, in
Cambridge; Thomas E., of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
Alma E., now Mrs. William E. Slasor, of Avalon,
Pennsylvania.
The son, Samuel M., spent his childhood and
youth on the farm and his early education was obtained in the
country district schools, and later attended Muskingum College
at New Concord, Ohio, during his vacations teaching school.
He was a popular teacher in the schools of Guernsey and Belmont
counties for six years. In March, 1889, he was appointed
deputy county auditor and served nearly six years. He
began a course of reading law, while teaching and while deputy
county auditor, he completed his law studies with Judge
Justice H. Mackey, of Cambridge, and was admitted to the bar
in October, 1891. He began the practice in Cambridge and
remained there for a number of years, but failing health
necessitated his giving up the practice. In the fall of
1896 he established the Cambridge Daily Sun and published
the daily and weekly editions, which he continued for eighteen
months, when he sold out on account of ill health and returned
to the country and has since lived in Fairview practicing law,
and temporarily has been interested in various business
enterprises. He is a democrat in politics and has always
been active in party affairs. Being a Democrat in a strong
Republican county, he has never held any office. In 1893
he was the Democratic candidate for mayor of Cambridge and was
only defeated by ten votes in a city giving nine hundred
Republican majority. He has been a solicitor of the
village of Fairview for several years and in 1910 was land
appraiser for Fairview corporations. He is now and has
been for a number of years a member of the Fairview board of
education.
Mr. Johnson was married on Mar. 8, 1888, to
Letta I. Smith, daughter of Thomas and Mary G. (Gracey)
Smith, a prominent family of Fairview. To this union
have been born three sons and three daughters: Carl M.,
a clerk in the auditor's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Pittsburg; Martha G., Marion C., Claire A.,
Theodore S. and Thomas F.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America. He and his family are members of the Methodist
church; Mr. Johnson is president of the board of trustees
and he and his wife are active in church and Sunday school work.
Mr. Johnson is also chorister of the church choir.
Mrs. Johnson is active in the work of the different
church societies and the Johnson home is prominent in the
social life of the community.
Source:: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 642 |
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ANDREW S. T. JOHNSTON.
A popular and highly honored citizen of Byesville, Guernsey
county, who is too well known to need any introduction by the
biographer, is Andrew S. T. Johnston, who was born in
Richhill township, Muskingum county, Ohio. Mar. 15, 1855.
He is the son of Francis and Sarah (Spencer) Johnston,
the father born in August, 1812, near Tanela, county, Fermanagh,
Ireland, and he lived there until 1848. He taught school seven
years, eleven months of the year. On June 20, 1848, he
married Sarah Spencer, a native of Weymouth, nine miles
from London. His people have lived in the same big stone
house for nearly three hundred years. In the fall after
their marriage FRANCIS JOHNSTON and wife
came to America and located near the east line of Muskingum
county, Ohio, between High Hill and Cumberland. There he
bought a farm and went to farming. Two or three years
later he sold the first farm and went to a place between High
Hill and Chandlersville, and was there at the time the subject
was born. This was the family home until 1869, when the
parents moved to Claysville, this county, and lived there the
rest of their days. There Francis Johnston
engaged in mercantile business, and also owned a farm on which
Claysville now stands. He was a man who took a high
patriotic interest in public affairs. He was an ardent
abolitionist and an active and faithful member of the Methodist
church. From the time he was five years old he very rarely
missed attending the regular meetings of his church. He
lived to be eighty-nine years old, dying in 1900.
Francis Johnston was converted when a
young man and continued a faithful member of the Methodist
Episcopal church until his death. His life was a splendid
representation of the qualities which make for Christian
manhood. His life came to its earthly close full of years
and honors. He was a teacher in the Sunday school and
steward up to within a year of his death. His character
was a rare combination of sweetness and strength. The
uprightness, sincerity and manliness of the man were beyond
suspicion, he was a scholar, and loved the Bible, the church and
its ordinances. He died as the good die, with no fear in
his heart, no cloud in his sky.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Johnston: Marie J., Maggie, Esther, and Andrew S.
T. of this review.
Andrew S. T. Johnston was about fourteen years
old when the family came to Claysville and there he has lived
most of his life. He grew up in the mercantile business
with his father. He attended Muskingum College, at New
Concord, then returned to Claysville and continued with his
father in the business.
In 1880 Mr. Johnston married Emma C.
Brown, who was born and reared near Claysville. She is
the daughter of William and Harriett (Johnson) Brown.
Her father was a farmer near Claysville and for three terms of
three years was a county commissioner. After his marriage,
Mr. Johnston went into partnership with his
father, and thus continued as long as his father lived . After
his father’s death he became sole owner of the business and also
owns the farm his father owned, adjoining Claysville. He
also ran a creamery at Claysville about five years. For
about thirteen years he was postmaster at Claysville, held that
office even for a time after leaving Claysville, until a
successor could be obtained. For many years he was
township clerk, having held the office as long as he would
accept it.
In 1901 Mr. Johnston sold his business at
Claysville and moved to Byesville. Here he built and ran a
laundry a few years in partnership with his son, Francis W.
Johnston. After Squire Elza Trott resigned as
justice of the peace to become county clerk, Mr.
Johnston was appointed to fill out his unexpired term.
In the fall of 1909 he was elected to the same office, which he
now holds, giving his usual high grade service. He is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also of the
Masons, having attained the degree of Knight Templar. He and his
wife both belong to the Methodist Episcopal church.
Squire Johnston still has a Bible that
was given to his father when he was eleven years old. It
was given to the boy as a prize for being the best versed in the
Bible of any in the class of which he was a member and in
competition with men and women. It is a highly prized
memento in the family.
Squire Johnston and wife have four
children, Francis W., Harriett S., Edwin B. and Edna B.
Edwin B. married Ethel Chapman, of near
Byesville, and he now runs a store at Claysville.
Francis W. Johnston grew up at Claysville, and
took a course at Meredith Business College at Zanesville.
After leaving business college he came to Byesville and he and
his father started a steam laundry, which they conducted about
two and one-half years, but having been brought up in the
merchandise business the son was dissatisfied with anything
else, and went into the general merchandise business in which he
is no\v engaged, in Byesville. They have a large and most
complete stock of merchandise and enjoy a very extensive trade.
Mr. Johnston belongs to the Knights of Pythias;
the Pythian Sisters; Masons up to the Knight Templar degree; to
the Order of the Eastern Star and to the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, and the Maccabees.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 597 |
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FRANCIS JOHNSTON -
See ANDREW S. T. JOHNSTON
Source:: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 597 |
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WILLARD B. JOHNSTON.
The life of Willard B. Johnston, an honored citizen of
Cambridge, Guernsey county, has indeed been a busy and
successful one and the record is eminently worthy of perusal by
the student who would learn the intrinsic essence of
individuality and its influence in molding public opinion and in
giving character and stability to a community.
Mr. Johnston was born Sept. 1, 1860, in Monroe
township, Guernsey county, and he is the son of John A. and
Jane B. (Smith) Johnston, both natives of Guernsey county;
thus this family has been well known here since pioneer days.
The father was a prosperous farmer and a man of excellent
character. His death occurred in May, 1901; his widow is
still living.
Willard B. Johnston grew to maturity on his
father's farm and engaged in the general work about the place
during his youth. He attended the common schools during
the winter months in Monroe township. He remained with his
father until he was twenty-one years of age, when, like many
another young man of an ambitious bent, he went to the far West
to seek his fortune, and located in the state of Washington,
later went to Oregon and other points, prospecting, and he
remained in that country for three years, and upon his return he
became a partner with his father in agricultural pursuits.
Mr. Johnston was married in January, 1884, to
Clara C. Campbell, daughter of John S. and Elizabeth
(Oldham) Campbell, of Cambridge township. Her father
was a well-to-do farmer and a highly respected citizen.
Both are now deceased, Mr. Campbell dying about sixteen
years ago, and Mrs. Campbell dying Oct. 20, 1910.
To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston one daughter has been born,
Mary L., who is still a member of the family circle.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnston,
continued farming in Monroe township until 1893, when they moved
to Cambridge, and since then Mr. Johnston has been
engaged in the iron mills of this city. For a time he
conducted a dairy.
Mr. Johnston has long been prominent in
political circles, and is a loyal Republican. He has
frequently been a delegate to county, district and state
conventions, where he has made his influence felt for the good
of the ticket. He served as trustee of Monroe township and
resigned the office when he left the township and for many years
he was a member of the township school board. In 1908 he
was nominated by his party for the responsible office of county
commissioner and was elected the fall of the same year, and
during the year 1910 he was re-nominated and elected. He
has made a splendid record in this office, and he stands high in
the estimation of all parties, always very ably and faithfully,
performing his every duty. He is well qualified in every
respect for a public official. He and his family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is an active
worker and liberal supporter of the same. HE takes a deep
interest in all movements looking to the general good of his
township and county and is a man whose record is without stain.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 624 |
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WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON.
Among the successful and enterprising business men of Cambridge
and a representative citizen of Guernsey county is William F.
Johnston, who, although primarily interested in his own
affairs, as is quite natural, manifests an abiding interest in
the advancement and welfare of his community and for any measure
or enterprise by which his fellow men may be benefited.
Mr. Johnston was born Oct. 20, 1865, in
the city where he now resides and which has been his home
continuously. He is the son of William and Martha
(Gibson) Johnston, both parents born in Guernsey county.
The grandfather, James Johnston, was born in
Pennsylvania, and the grandmother, Jennie Johnston,
came to the United States from Ireland and landed in New York,
reaching there the day war was declared in 1812. They
lived for a time in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The
grandmother, who was known in her maidenhood as Jennie
Mahaffey, made the journey from Philadelphia to Pittsburg on
foot, when sixteen years old, and carried a younger brother most
of the two hundred miles. The grandparents came to
Guernsey county among the very early pioneers, and the first
eighty acres of land bought from the government in Adams
township is still in the family, never having been transferred,
belonging to the undivided estate of the father, William
Johnston. The father was a farmer for a number of
years, and about 1858 he came to Cambridge and engaged in the
manufacture of carriages on Dewey avenue, and after the smaller
factories were handicapped by the larger ones, he engaged in the
feed business for a period of fifteen years, or until a few
years prior to his death, in April, 1905, and when he retired he
had the longest record of continuous business years of any man
in Cambridge. He was a Republican in politics and always
interested in public matters, and for many years he was a member
of the Cambridge board of education. He was a stalwart
character and a man of sterling integrity. His widow, who
is still living in Cambridge, is known for her many charitable
acts and general good works.
William F. Johnston grew to manhood in Cambridge
and was educated in the public schools here. He began the
trade of carriage painter at the age of thirteen years, working
for his father. This he followed until 1889, then he went
to Logan, Ohio, and was foreman of the finishing department of
the Logan Manufacturing Company. He remained in that city
for four years, or until the factory was destroyed by fire.
He then returned to Cambridge and was with the Cambridge Chair
Company until it failed. He then spent one year in the
rolling mill, and in 1897 he engaged in the plumbing business
with G. W. Branthoover as partner, and this business has
continued ever since and has grown to large proportions and is
very successful. They do everything in the plumbing and
heating line and mine and mill supplies.
Politically, Mr. Johnston is a
Republican, but he is not an active party man, though always
advocating right measures in local, state and national offices.
Mr. Johnston was married on Dec. 10,
1896, to Carrie E. Fleming, daughter of Benjamin F.
and Elizabeth (Saviers) Fleming, residents of Guernsey
county for many years. The father is deceased, but the
mother is still living, in Cambridge at the advanced age of
eighty-one years. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston two
children have been born, a son and a daughter. Kathryne
and William F. Jr. Mrs. Johnston is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mrs. Johnston
is a regular attendant. He is a highly respected citizen
and a progressive business man. His splendid residence, at
No. 1012 Steubenville avenue, is modern in construction,
arrangement and furnishings.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P.
B. Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 951 |
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