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BIOGRAPHIES
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Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN E.
RAUCH, dealer in and manufacturer of boots and shoes, at
Logan, is the son of John B. and Mary Anna (Schilling) Rauch.
He is a native of Baden, Germany, being born there Dec. 28,
1832. He attended the public schools of his native town,
but his mother dying when he was ten years old caused their home
to be broken up and he was sent to work. He emigrated to
America at the age of seventeen, and went to Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., where he apprenticed himself to learn the shoemaker's trade,
at which he served three years. He then worked for an
uncle in Carroll until 1854, when he came to Lancaster, Ohio,
where he worked a short time. In 1855 he came to Logan and
worked as foreman and salesman in the shop of John W. Work
for ten years. In 1865 he established his present
business. He was married Apr. 15, 1857, to Miss Louisa
Kern, of Logan, by whom he has had seven children - Mary
C., John F. (working in his father's shop), George H.,
William J., Clara J., Ernest P., Edward T. He is a
member of the St. John the Evangelist's Catholic Church, of
Logan, and his wife of the Lutheran Evangelical St. Matthew's
Church, of Logan.
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Washington Twp. -
PETER
RAUCH was born in Yellow Creek, Pa., Aug. 12, 1836.
His father, Peter Rauch, was a native of Germany, coming
to this county when a young man. He was married to Mary
Magdalene Bower in Pennsylvania, and remained in that
State a few years. In 1838 they moved to Ohio, where they
settled in Washington Township, Hocking County. After
living here three years he died, leaving a widow who still
survives him. They were the parents of four children,
three of whom lived to maturity. Their son, Frederick,
was killed by a freight train June 9, 1881. Peter Rauch,
our subject, left his home in December, 1853, and commenced to
learn the saddler's trade at Logan, at which he continued there
till December, 1859. He next went to Delaware County,
Ind., and worked at his trade till March, 1862, when he returned
to Hocking County and tried farming for a year. In 1863 he
went to Logan, again working at his trade three years, when his
health began to fail him. Accordingly in 1867 he purchased
the old home farm, and sold it in 1875, when he bought his
present farm. He has 120 acres of well-improved land.
Dec. 31, 1863, he was married to Hannah Kimble, born Oct.
10, 1843, and daughter of George and Bethena (Watts) Kimble.
They are the parents of eleven children, whose names are - Mary
Ellen, Laura, Clara, Cora May, Emma, Nettie Myrtle, Charles,
Minnie Arvilla, Iona and Miona (twins), and
William. Politically Mr. Rauch favors the
Democratic party. However, in local elections he always
votes for the man he deems best fitted for the office,
irrespective of party.
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
BOLOVAR C. REBER, druggist, Logan, was
born in Pleasant Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio, June 20, 1855.
He was reared on his father's farm, and attended the Pleasant
Township Seminary until twenty, when he went to Newark, Ohio,
and studied pharmacy with Dr. James Campbell
two years, after which he took charge of the drug store of
Isaac B. Bounds, at Newark, for eighteen months; then went
to Ironton, Ohio, and was in the employ of Kerker,
Otten & Co., wholesale and retail druggists, for one year;
then opened a store of his own in Logan, Ohio, under firm name
of Reber & Co.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
MANDUS B. REBER, real-estate broker Logan,
was born in Pleasant Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio, July 31,
1852. He remained on his father's farm attending school
until eighteen, when he traveled in Illinois, Missouri and
California until twenty. He then returned home to Ohio, and soon
after went to West Virginia and organized a coal company, and
engaged in mining one year. In 1874-'75 was in Pittsburg,
Pa. In 1876 he represented the interests of several of the
large land-holders in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., at the
Centennial. In 177 and 1878 he was engaged in the
real-estate business at Columbus, Ohio. Since that time he
has been located in Logan. He still has an interest in the
Kanawha coal and timber lands, and owns several farms in
Southeastern Kansas, and also lands in Northwestern Arkansas.
He has been in every State in the Union except Texas. He
is a son of Elias Reber, who was born in 1822, and
Esther (Myers) Reber. They had a family of five
children - M. B. subject of this sketch, B. C.,
druggist, of Logan, Ohio; R. H. on the farm with his
father; Ella M., residing with her brother, M. B.,
and Essie S. The family are of German and Scotch
descent. The Reber family came to the United States
in 1620, and settled in Ohio in 1802. The first Reber
was Zebulun Reber, who was a Prussian-German, and was
banished to England on account of his political views. He
came to the United States in 1620, and located in Massachusetts.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Washington Twp. -
WESLEY F. REDDICK
was born Jan. 4, 1839, in Washington Township, Hocking Co.,
Ohio, about a mile from his present residence. His father,
Jacob Reddick, was born in Maryland in 1794, a when a
young man moved to Perry County, where he worked at the
blacksmith’s trade a few years. He was married in Perry
County to Martha Kelly, a native of Virginia. In
1829 he settled in Washington Township, Hocking County, where he
worked at his trade for eight or ten years, spending the rest of
the time at farming till death, which occurred May 19, 1869,
aged seventy-five years. His wife died June 15, 1879, at
the age of seventy-five years. They had thirteen children,
all but one living to maturity, and eight are living at the
present time, whose names are - William, George, Joseph, L.
H., W. F., Elizabeth (wife of Cromwell Egleston),
Mary (wife of Isaac Johnson), Martha, (wife of
Isaac Mathias). Wesley F. Reddick was reared
in Washington Township, living with his father till his
twenty-first year. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H,
Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, Captain Pilcher, and
Colonel McLean commander of the regiment. He served
three years and two months, having participated in the battles
of Bull Run, Gettysburg, Gainesville, and an engagement at the
Rappahannock. He was mustered out of service in the winter
of 1864, and reached home Jan. 3, 1865. From 1865 to 1872
he lived in Pickaway and Hocking counties and in Illinois, and
in August, 1872, he returned to Hocking County and purchased his
present farm, containing 158 acres, situated near New Mount
Pleasant. He was married in October, 1873, to Mary
Elizabeth, daughter ot George Sonders. She died
May 3, 1875. Mr. Reddick was again married Mar. 16,
1877, to Eleanor Jane Clark, who was born in Belmont,
Jan. 13, 1841, and reared in Vinton County from the time she was
two years old. They have two children - Charlie B.,
born Jan. 4, 1878, and Carrie Iretha, born Dec. 23, 1882.
Mr. Reddick is a member of the Methodist church and a
Republican in politics.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
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Benton Twp. -
EMERY FISK REDFERN, M. D.,
son of Uriah and Jane (Murphy) Redfern, was born in
Jackson, now a part of Vinton County, June 4, 1842. He
lost both his parents when a child and went to live with
Isaac Dunkle, remaining with him till twenty years of age.
July 31, 1862, he enlisted in Company V, Ninetieth Ohio
Infantry. He participated in twenty-one battles and
skirmishes, the more prominent being Perryville, Stone River,
Chickamauga, and with Sherman to the sea. He was
discharged June 13, 1865, having been in the service nearly
three years and never having been off duty. Aug. 9, 1862,
he married Martha Nichols, daughter of John F. and
Mary (Larkins) Nichols. They have four children -
Francis N. R., Isaac W., Mary A. J. and Lillie L. M.
Dr. Redfern commenced the practice of medicine in 1870, and
in the winter of 1878-'79 attended medical lectures at the
American Eclectic College, Cincinnati, receiving a diploma from
that school. He located in Sharonville, Pike County, and
remained about six months; then went to Limerick, Jackson
County; from there to South Perry, and thence to South
Bloomingville, where he has since been engaged in the practice
of his profession. Dr. Redfern is a member of Lodge
No. 364, I. O. O. F., McArthur, and of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Laurel Twp. -
JAMES REID,
section 31, Laurel Township, postoffice Rock House, was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1812. His father, George
Reid, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. James
was the eldest of a family of thirteen children, and when a
child his parents removed to Ross County, Ohio, where he was
reared and educated. When nineteen years of age he came to
Hocking County. In 1853, he purchased the farm of
seventy-one acres where he now resides, which is well cultivated
and affords him all the comforts of a good home. He was
married Aug. 2, 1838, to Mrs. Matilda (Cave) Coonrad.
They have five children - Robert, Mary, Lauurence, Matilda
and Eliza. Politically Mr. Reid is a
Republican.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
FERDINAND FREDERIC REMPEL was born in
Bielefeld, Westphalia, Prussia, June 20, 1824. He is the
youngest son of Hieronymous F. Rempel, who was an
estimable literary gentleman and rector of the college of
Bielefeld. The subject of this sketch cam to this country
with his brother-in-law, Sporleder, when he was but ten
years of age. Locating near Lancaster, Ohio, he was
employed for a while by his relative in a laboratory.
Captain August Witte taught him the English language, and by
an exercise of that energy and perseverance which has so
characteristically marked his conduct, he soon became a ready
English scholar. Subsequently removing to Columbus, Ohio,
he became a teacher of the English, instructing the children of
Baron Von Rashchkauw. He remained here but a short
time when he returned to Lancaster, where he was employed in the
wholesale grocery store of F. J. Boving. After one
year he was placed in charge of a branch establishment at Logan,
Ohio, his present home. At the age of nineteen he
purchased his branch store, and enlarging it to a mart of
general traffic, has made it the foundation of his fortune.
From the time Mr. Rempel first entered Logan until the
present day, he has been one of the most active and enterprising
business men of the place, taking the lead, or at least a
prominent part, in almost every important business enterprise.
He has lent a helping hand to every legitimate industry which
gave promise of energy and thrift, and ranks as a "man of
affairs," not only prominently in his county and community, but
as one of the leading men of the State. Frugal, sober,
energetic and sagacious, his judgment is seldom at fault and his
decisions are not often reversed by the logic of events.
With keen foresight he has avoided the pitfalls into which
impracticable men have fallen. On the other hand, with
comprehensive intelligence, he has followed up those financial
leads which commended themselves to his judgment and, as the
sequel has shown, succeeded where most men have failed.
But these ends have been reached only by great energy and
indomitable perseverance. Colonel Rempel is
possessed of splendid natural powers of both body and mind.
In build and movement, as well as attainments, he is a marked
man, and would be readily selected from a large number of men as
one upon whom is stamped the indelible impress of courage,
sagacity and executive ability. His business ahs not been
confined to mercantile pursuits, but he has invested wherever
his judgment approved, being, perhaps, the largest single holder
of real estate in the Hocking valley. In 1850 he returned
to the old country to visit his relatives and friends, spending
a year in Prussia, France and England. In 1855 he
established the Hocking Valley stage-coach line, conducting the
enterprise with great profit until 1868, when the building of
the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad supplied its place.
This line became one of the most extensive in the State,
requiring the employment of many agents and assistants.
The work was thoroughly systematized and conducted on strict
business principles. The veteran stage manager John
Borland, was his efficient Superintendent, and it is said
that the thirteen years that the line was in existence, with an
average of 200 miles per day of travel, there never occurred in
serious accident. At the breaking out of the Rebellion
Colonel Rempel was immersed in business. From an
article which appeared in the Hocking Sentinel, of the
date of July 5, 1860, we learn that he was the mail contractor
and proprietor of the coach line from Lancaster to Pomeroy,
owned and conducted the "American House," now Rempel House;
also a drug store and livery comprising ninety-eight horses,
omnibuses, carriages, etc., and a blacksmith and repair shop.
He also was extensively engaged in market gardening; was agent
for the Ætna Insurance Company; was
engaged in the foreign shipping business, and had many other
active interests. It is also added that he is "a
remarkable man, and is one of the most public-spirited
individuals we have ever seen." Colonel Rempel was
then a Democrat, but comprehending the perils of the hour, he
severed his connection with that organization, and allied
himself with the new Republican party. In 1861 he entered
the list as a candidate for the State Legislature and came
within five votes of election, although the regular
Democratic majority in Hocking County was about 700.
When the crisis came and the call to arms resounded through the
land, Colonel Rempel went to the front. Accepting
the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the Fifty-eight Regiment, he was
made Post Commander at Camp Chase about the 5th of December,
1861. About two months thereafter, the Fifty-eighth was
mobilized with General Thayer's brigade, General
Wallace's division, and, on Feb. 13, Lieutenant-Colonel
Rempel led it into the important battle of Fort Donelson.
Although hurried from the peaceful pursuits of life into the
immediate presence of "grim visaged war," Colonel Rempel
proved to be an intrepid soldier, and when a furious assault was
made upon his troops in this action, it was met with firmness,
and resulted in the enemy being hurled back into his
entrenchments. On the day following he was the first with
his regiment took part in the sanguinary conflict of Shiloh and
a number of other engagements. On account of Colonel
Rempel's pre-eminent capacity to transact business and
manage both men and affairs he was made Provost-Marshal of the
army at Pittsburg Landing. It was capacity he became
intimately acquainted with many of the officers of that army and
it was here that he first met General Garfield. For
his bravery and soldierly conduct Colonel Rempel received
the highest encomiums from his superior officers, and be it said
to his credit also, that he always retained the confidence and
esteem of the officers and soldiers who served under him.
A soldier of the regiment writes that Lieutenant-Colonel
Rempel "covered himself with glory," and he also speaks in
the most glowing terms of his care and consideration of his men.
Generals Strickland, Wallace and Thayer, also,
have borne witness to the soldierly qualities of our subject.
We quote the following letters:
OMAHA, NEB., Nov. 17, 1870.
President Grant,
DEAR SIR: - Colonel
Ferdinand F. Rempel served in my command in the late war as
Lieutenant-Colonel of the fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry. He
was a gallant soldier and a faithful officer. He
especially distinguished himself in the battles of Fort Donelson
and Shiloh by his courage and gallantry.
Very truly yours,
JOHN M. THAYER.
OFFICE OF U. S. ATT'Y, DIST. FO NEB.
OMAHA, Oct. 17, 1870.
General U. S. Grant, President of the U. S.,
Washington, D. C.:
I was personally present at Donelson and Shiloh,
and a witness of the gallantry of Colonel Rempel, and
fully concur in the words of commendation written above by
Senator Thayer.
Respectfully,
S. A. STRICKLAND, A. A. G.
and Late Col. 50th Reb., O. V. I.
Colonel Rempel held
the office of Provost Marshal until August, 1862, when he
resigned his commission. His motive for so doing having
been impugned by indiscriminating persons, it may be proper to
state that at that time he was reduced to a skeleton, his
business which he had left in splendid condition was badly
demoralized, and the system then in vogue of "boosting" foreign
adventurers was repugnant to his sense of honor. In
consequence he retired from the more active service but was
appointed, at the request of leading men of all parties, to the
position of Provost Marshal of Hocking County. This
position he held until the close of the war, giving great
satisfaction in the performance of the trying duties of the
office. He has also held the offices of District Revenue
Inspector, Deputy United States Marshal and Postmaster of Logan,
all of which positions he filled with high credit. When he
resigned the latter office, the Hocking Sentinel, which
has always opposed him, politically, gave him the following high
seed of praise:
"Colonel Rempel is the best local
Postmaster in Ohio. He has given us a complete postal
service throughout this county, and of his management of the
Logan office no man has ever had occasion to complete. It
has been a matter of personal pride with him to improve our
postal facilities and make his office a model of
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
FRANCIS M. RHOADS, farmer, son of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Byers) Rhoads, was born in Falls Township,
Hocking County, Dec. 1, 1853, and lived with his parents until
manhood. He received a common-school education. At
twenty-one years of age he began working for his father for
wages. When twenty-five years of age he purchased the farm
where he resides (known as the Confer farm) and removed
there in April, 1879, and has been engaged in farming to present
time. Apr. 2, 1879, he married Alice C., daughter
of Craven W. and Barbara (Hazelton) Clowe, of Falls
Township. They have one child, a daughter - Marcia
Elma. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads are members of the United
Brethren church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JACOB RHOADS, farmer, third son of
Jacob and Nancy (Byerly) Rhoads, was born on section 21,
Falls Township, Hocking County, Sept. 27, 1828. After
arriving at manhood he farmed on his father's farm for an
interest until 1853, when his father gave him 100 acres for an
interest until 1853, when his father gave him 100 acres of land
as his share of the estate, the farm where he now resides.
He has purchased land adjoining since then and now has a good
farm. Mar. 27, 1851, he married Elizabeth, daughter
of John and Caroline (Lemon) Byers, of Falls Township.
They have had nine children, four sons and two daughters now
living - Francis M., Wilbur R., Charlie V., John P., Mary E.
and Lydia C. Amos A. died at the age of two years;
Alvin W., aged one year; Elmer G., aged five
years. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads are members of the
United Brethren church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
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Washington Twp. -
SAMUEL RIGGS,
son of Noah and Nancy (Shepler) Riggs, was born in
Washington County, Pa., May 22, 1828. When an infant his
parents removed to West Virginia, and lived near Wheeling till
he was seventeen years of age. In 1845 they located in
Guernsey County, Ohio, where they lived nine years, when they
moved to Hocking County, where they resided till their death.
Our subject was married on Dec. 25, 1856, to Sarah Ann,
daughter of Samuel Johnston, one of the first settlers of
Hocking County. They have ten children - William J.,
married to Laura Wright, and residing on a part of
the farm; Charles W., Elizabeth, Mary J.,
Orlando A., Louisa B., George W., Samuel
G., Noah F. and Ethel M. After
marriage Mr. Riggs moved to his farm in Washington
Township, where he resided for twenty years. In 1876 he
purchased his present residence adjoining his farm. In his
business career he has been very successful, having begun life
without anything, but by his industry and careful management he
has at present an excellent farm of 567 acres. He has been
connected with the Methodist church for twenty-two years, being
at present a member of Mount Pleasant church. Politically
he is a Republican, having always been a strong supporter of
that party. Mr. Noah Riggs is a native of
Washington County. He died in 1871. His wife,
Nancy (Shepler) Riggs, a native of Westmoreland County, Pa.,
died in 1862. They reared a family of eight children, two
sons and six daughters, our subject being the fourth child.
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
DAVID MICHAEL RISLEY,
an old resident of Logan, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Oct. 10,
1819. He is the eldest of four sons of Amos and
Margaret (Oyster) Risley. When eight years old he went
to Uniontown, living there till eighteen years of age. He
received a very limited education, and in his boyhood learned
the carpenter's trade. He came to Logan in the spring of
1837 and worked at his trade one year with Tunis Butin,
after which he became associated with him as a partner for
one year, when he became a contractor and builder, in which
business he has ever since been engaged. He has erected
many of the business blocks, churches, mills and public
buildings at Logan, Nelsonville and Haydenville, and in the
country throughout Hocking County. Mr. Risley began
life empty-handed, but through economy and persevering industry
he has accumulated considerable property in Logan. On Oct.
10, 1841, he was married to Miss Rachel Tannehill of
Logan. They are the parents of eight children, viz.:
George an employee in the shop of the Logan Manufacturing
Company; Mary, wife of Samuel Crow, of Logan;
John; Emma, wife of Edward Roads, of Nelsonville;
William, engaged with his father as a carpenter; Annie,
wife of Reuben Spurier, of Logan; Laura, wife of
Levi McDowell, of Nelsonville, and Harry Grant.
Mr. Risley and wife have been members of the Methodist
Episcopal church for twenty years. He is a member of
Hocking Valley Lodge No. 262, I. O. O. F., and of Mineral
Encampment, No. 91, I. O. O. F., and has held all the
offices except those of Noble Grand and Worthy Patriarch.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN BYERLY ROADS, farmer, son of Jacob
and Nancy (Byerly) Roads, was born in Logan, Hocking Co.,
Ohio, Mar. 19, 1821. His parents removed, when he was in
infant, to section 21, Falls Township, and settled and cleared a
farm. He lived there with them until manhood, working on
the farm and attending the common school. At the age of
twenty-one years he began farming with his father for an
interest in the products and remained with him until twenty-five
years of age. His father then gave him a farm on section
30, where he settled Apr. 20, 1847. He has purchased
adjoining lands since then, and has been engaged in improving
lands since then, and has been engaged in improving lands and
farming to the present time. He is a Master Mason, member
of Mingo Lodge, No. 171, A. F. & A. M., Logan, Ohio. Sept.
18, 1845, he married Catharine, daughter of Anthony
and Catharine (Sheatenhelm) Eckhart, of Falls Township.
They have had four children, only one living - Susan,
wife of John Krinn, of Laurel Township. Joseph
died at the age of thirteen years; Mill and F. in
infancy, and Lovina C. at the age of twenty-nine years.
He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Green Twp. -
JESSE J. ROBEY,
residing on section 23, Green Township, was born in this
township Nov. 23, 1818. His father was William Robey
(deceased), a native of Virginia, who came to this county in
1817 and settled where Boardman's Mill now stands. Our
subject was reared on a farm, and attended the subscription
school of pioneer days. He worked at framing locks on the
Hocking Canal for a time, and has built several houses and
barns. He now owns 204 acres of land, and is engaged as a
farmer and stock-raiser. July 2, 1842, he married Mary,
daughter of John Nutter, Sr. (deceased). They have
been blessed with twelve children, ten of whom are living -
Louisa, Elizabeth, Hester A., Catharine, Mary, Alice, John,
Henry, Noah and William R. Mr. Robey is a
member of the United Brethren church, being a trustee of New
Fellowship United Brethren church. He is Treasurer of the
ministerial association, and is a School Trustee. He has
held the office of Justice of the Peace since 1861 with the
exception of one year.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOSEPH WATSON ROCHESTER, of John
Rochester & Sons, merchants, Logan, was born in London,
England, Oct. 11, 1818, a son of John and Mary Ann (Gladle)
Rochester. When he was three years of age his parents
came to America and settled on the Courtold farm,
a mile east of Nelsonville, Athens Co., Ohio, and in 1828 came
to Logan. His educational advantages were meager, but he
made the best of what he had and obtained a good business
education. When about fifteen years of age, he went to
Lancaster to learn the trade of a fuller and weaver, serving six
years in the woolen mills of Ring & Rice. He then
returned to Logan and entered the store of his father as clerk.
He and his brother John afterward became associated with his
father in the business, the firm name being John Rochester
& Sons. Their father died in 1875, but they still retain
the old firm name. In connection with his mercantile
business Mr. Rochester is a stockholder in the
Logan Manufacturing Company, the Logan Brick Manufacturing
Company, and the First Bank of Logan. He has spent an
active business life and has ever been awake to the interests of
Logan. He has served twelve years as a member of the Board
of Education, and on the City Council four years. Mr.
Rochester has been twice married. His first wife
was Miss Harriet Claxton, who died leaving
three children—Addie, Thomas W. and Charles E.
Apr. 28, 1849, he married Mrs. Harriet Martin,
daughter of Jacob Embich, of Lancaster, and widow
of Samuel Martin, by whom she had one child—Jennie
Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Rochester have six
children—John P., Mary Ann (wife of William Butin),
Clara E. (wife of Albert Stiers), Joseph H.,
Emma H. and Eva W. (twins, the former the wife of
William Hanson). Mrs. Rochester became a
member of the English Lutheran church when eighteen years of
age, but after her marriage to Mr. Rochester in
1849, joined the Presbyterian church. Mr.
Rochester is a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight
Templar Mason and a member of the lodge, chapter, and council at
Logan, and the commandery at Lancaster.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
JOHN JENKINS RODEHEAVER, son of George
and Lourana (Jenkins) Rodeheaver, was born near Brandonville,
W. Va., Nov. 27, 1838. He was reared on the home farm till
he was twenty-three years of age, and attended the subscription
schools two months during each year, from his seventh year till
his majority. In 1862 he was employed as a teamster by the
Government, and served as such in the United States army till
December, 1863, when he enlisted in Company E, Sixth Regiment,
West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years. He
went out as a Corporal, but was soon after promoted to Sergeant
and then to Orderly Sergeant, and was so mustered out May 1,
1866, at Wheeling, W. Va., while on duty with his regiment at
New Creek, W. Va. Nov. 28, 1864, they were captured and held as
prisoners until Mar. 1, 1865, when they were paroled. He
was soon after exchanged at Columbus, Ohio, when his regiment
was ordered to Washington, and was detailed on special duty to
search for the assassin Wilkes Booth. In the
following June they were sent on duty to Nebraska and Colorado,
and detailed as guards for the stage route between Cotton Wood
Springs and Denver City, when he participated in several
skirmishes with the Indians. After his discharge he went
to the oil wells, in W. Va., where he was employed some six
months. In the spring of 1868 he came to Ohio, settling in
Starr Township, Hocking County, and engaging in farming until
the spring of 1874. He was Township Trustee of Starr
Township for several years. In 1874 he rented his farm and
removed to Logan, being employed as a clerk in the grange store
until the spring of 1878, after which he engaged in saw-milling
at Hamilton County, Tenn., for eighteen months. He then
returned to Logan and formed a partnership with E. B. Comly
in the grocery business which was discontinued in 1882. He
then engaged in saw-milling again in Tennessee until January,
1883, he taking the contract to supply the K. & O. R. R. with
ties and lumber. In January, 1883, he again returned to
Logan and engaged in his present grocery trade. Mar. 8,
1860, he was married to Miss Mary J. Conner, by whom he
has had five children, all deceased. He and wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having belonged to
that denomination since his seventeenth year. He is an Odd
Fellow and member of Hocking Valley, Lodge No. 262, and of
Mineral Encampment, No. 91, of Logan. He is a Past Grand.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 993 |
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Perry Twp. -
JOHN M. ROMEL,
deceased, was born in Esslingen, Sept. 12, 1818, the eldest son
of Michael and Anna Mary (Harmon) Romel. He was
married June 12, 1846, to Christina Deuschle, who was
born May 3, 1823. They came to the United States in 1854
and located on the farm where Mrs. Romel and her children
now reside. They had a family of nine children, only four
now living - Christina, born Jan. 8, 1849, died in
infancy; Michel, born June 8, 1850, died in infancy;
Jacob F., born July 25, 1851, died Sept. 18, 1864;
Christina, born Feb. 10, 1853, died Oct. 15, 1876; Mary,
born Dec. 15, 1855; John M., born May 17, 1858;
Wilhelm, born Nov. 15, 1860, died Mar. 29, 1861; William
F., born Aug. 4, 1862; Elizabeth, born May 19, 1865.
Mr. Romel died Dec. 1, 1877. He was, as is also,
his wife a member of the German Lutheran church. Their
farm contains 160 acres of good improved land.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1123 |
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Falls Twp. including Falls-Gore and City of Logan -
CHARLES ROSE, clothier and merchant
tailor, James Block, Logan, established his present
business in 1866. He was born in Offenbach, A. G.,
Prussia, Germany, Oct. 23, 1842. When fourteen years of
age he came alone to America, landed in New York, and located at
Cleveland, Ohio, and clerked in the wholesale cloth house of
Koch, Levy & Co., until 1864. He then traveled
in Michigan and Ohio a couple of years, then came to Logan and
established his present business. He began with limited
means, but by honest dealing and close application to business
has established a fine business. He occupies a building 80
x 22 feet, and carries a full and complete stock of fine
domestic and imported suiting and gents' furnishing goods.
He also has a tailoring department and makes a specialty of
making fine dress suits, etc. He carries a stock of
$15,000. Mr. Ross is a son of Moses and Sara
(Levy) Rose. His father was a stock-dealer, a native
Prussia, and is still living, in the seventy-second year of age.
His mother was born in Baden and died in September, 1878.
They had a family of six sons and five daughters.
Charles, subject of our sketch, was the third son.
Mr. Rose married Flora Murphy at Logan, Nov. 20,
1873. She was born in Pomeroy, Ohio, a daughter of John
A. and Sarah J. Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have four
children - Harry, Frank, Bessie and Mabel. Mr.
Rose is a Mason and a member of Blue Lodge, Logan Chapter,
and of Logan Council. In politics he is a Democrat and
cast his first and last Republican vote for Lincoln in 1864.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 994 |
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Starr Twp. -
ADAM RUNYON,
section 15, Starr Township, was born in Pike County, Mar. 25,
1824, and is a son of Henry Runyon (deceased), a native
of Virginia. Our subject was reared on a farm and attended
a subscription school in his native county. He came to
Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1856, to Vinton County in 1869,
and Hocking in 1876. He served in the late war in Company
E, One Hundred and Seventy-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, about one year. Mr. Runyon was married in
June, 1856, to Margaret, daughter of John Collins
(deceased). She was born in Cabell County, W. Va., and
came to Lawrence County, Ohio, soon after their marriage in
1856.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1062 |
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