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History of Morgan County, Ohio
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Portraits and Biographical Sketches
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By Charles Robertson, M. D.
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1886
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DR. ANDERSON JUDKINS PARKER
- One of the rising young physicians of Morgan County is
Dr. Anderson Judkins Parker, of Chesterfield.
He was born at Chesterfield in 1856, and after a
thorough academic course began the study of medicine
under the preceptorship of Dr. N. Wright, of that
place. He graduated from Miama Medical College, of
Cincinnati, in 1881, and immediately entered upon the
active practice of his profession at his birthplace,
where he has since remained. For some years he has
been an active and leading member of Morgan County and
Muskingum Valley District Medical Societies. In
1876 the Doctor was married to Miss Mintie Patterson,
of Chesterfield, and one child, a son, has been the
result of the union. Dr. Parker is
an accomplished physician, as his large and steadily
growing practice testifies. He takes great
interest in educational matters and for some years past
has officiated as president of the school board of his
native village. That he has a bright future before
him those who know him best are most ready to assert.
Source: Chapter __ - History of Morgan
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some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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DR. ISAAC PARKER
located at Chesterfield in June, 1845, and has been a
resident of the village and engaged in active practice
ever since. The Doctor was born at Mount Pleasant,
Jefferson County, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1815. His parents
were members of the Society of Friends, and as a
consequence he received a good education, graduating at
Friends’ Seminary, Mount Pleasant, in 1836. The
same year he began the study of medicine with Dr.
William Farmer of Salineville, Columbiana County,
and continued to read under his tuition the ensuing
three years. Then, in order to pay his preceptor,
he assisted him in his practice for one year.
Dr. Parker was too poor to attend lectures at any
medical college, but received his certificate to
practice from the Columbiana Medical Society in March,
1840. Some time after he formed a partnership with
Dr. Stille, at Somerton, Belmont County,
and practiced with him at that point for the ensuing two
years. At this time his health failed him and he
did not resume the active practice of his profession
again until after his removal to Chesterheld. In
1847 he was married to Miss Frances C. Hodgin.
Three children were born to them, only one of whom is
now living— Dr. A. J. Parker. For a number
of years the Doctor was a member of and a portion of the
time president of “The Morgan, Washington and Athens
Medical Society,” a regular auxiliary of the State
Medical Society, and represented by two delegates in the
National Medical Association. Dr. Parker
has always taken an active interest in politics and has
usually held radical views upon any question he
espoused. In 1847 he was elected mayor of
Chesterlield. serving two terms, and in 1875 was a
candidate for congress on the prohibition ticket in the
15th district. He is now an ardent republican.
The Doctor is still in the professional business and
enjoys a lucrative practice.
Source: Chapter XVI - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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PARMITER FAMILY.
The Parmiters are of English descent. The
name was originally spelled Palminter, the
present orthography of the name being quite modern.
John D. Parmiter, one of the pioneer settlers of
Bristol Township, was born in Massachusetts in 1779.
When a young man he was married to Hannah Rowe,
and shortly afterward they settled in Hancock County,
Maine. There he was engaged in farming until 1813.
In the spring of that year he decided to emigrate with
his family to the “Ohio Country,” the Scioto Valley
having been determined upon as his future home.
Accordingly, lie loaded into his one-horse wagon his
family, consisting of Mrs. Parmiter and
six children, and in due course arrived safely at
Zanesville. Here he was persuaded by a man named
Varnum, who had previously settled on Meigs
Creek, to change his plans and locate in the valley of
the Muskingum, instead of on the Scioto. He passed
the winter with his family at or near where Unionville
now is. There were then about six families on
Meigs Creek. In the spring of the following year
(1814) he leased and settled upon an unimproved piece of
land in section 3, Meigsville Township. The family
were poor, and their privations and inconveniences were
many. They lived five years on this place.
Mr. Parmiter then removed to section 34,
Bristol Township, where he bought twelve acres of land,
for which he paid $30. In 1830 he removed to a farm of
80 acres, which he cleared and improved, and, by
the daily labor of himself and sons, managed to pay for.
The price of the farm was $300, for nearly all of which
he went in debt. A debt of that magnitude, in
pioneer times, when the scarcity of money was great, was
more formidable than one many times larger would appear
to a modern farmer. Mr. Parmiter was
a kind-hearted and liberal man, and was warmly esteemed
by all who knew him. His wife died in 1838.
He reached the ripe age of ninety-four years, and
crossed to the other shore in November, 1872. He
was the father of six sons and six daughters.
John Parmiter, Jr., son of John D. Parmiter,
is one of the few people now living to whom pioneer life
was a reality. He was born June 8, 1809, in
Hancock County, Maine. His early life was a continuous
lesson of hardship and toil. He never had a pair
of shoes until he was thirteen years of age, and went to
school barefooted during one winter. He remained
at home until he attained his majority. He then
learned the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked for
ten years. In 1837 he purchased the farm on which
he has since resided. He has been a prosperous
farmer and is a most worthy citizen. In 1839 he
married Elizabeth Bradley, daughter of John
Bradley, an early settler of this township.
She was born in Virginia in 1821. Their union has
been blessed by six children —Joseph, Nancy
(deceased), Benjamin, Mary D., Henrietta
(Brown), and Sarah J. (Bowen).
Mr. Parmiter has never been an
office-seeker. In early times he was a captain of
militia. He was justice of the peace for six
years, and is an elder in the Christian Church, to which
he has belonged many years.
Source: Chapter XXV - Bristol Twp. - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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HON. ISAAC
PARRISH was a member of the Morgan County bar for
several years, and represented this district in
congress. He was admitted to the bar prior to
1840, and located in Guernsey County, where he was an
unsuccessful candidate for congressional honors; but
after moving to Morgan County he sought and obtained a
nomination; was elected, and served in the congress of
1856-7. He was a democrat - a man of considerable
ability - but his arguments were always conspicuous for
that fault known to rhetoricians as "arguing in a
circle." He embarked in the milling business at
Sharon, then in Morgan County, and while there
originated a project known as the Sharon Railroad, which
a few years later was merged into the famous "Calico"
line. After the failure of his visionary
enterprise he was one of the chief projectors and
organizers of Noble County. He moved west, and
engaged in law business at Guthrie Center, Iowa, where
he was drowned by the upsetting of a boat.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan County,
Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of
its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M.
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EUGENE PIERROT.
Eugene Pierrot was born in the canton of Berne,
Switzerland, Nov. 24, 1823. He is the son of
Joseph Pierrot, the youngest of four brothers who
served at the same time under Napoleon. He
entered the army in 1812 and served till the downfall of
his "Grand Napoleon." The undying love of
liberty characteristic of the Swiss turned his thoughts
to the young American republic. In 1825,
with his then small family, he started for New York, but
was stricken with paralysis before he reached the sea
and obliged to return to his mountain home. Still
dauntless he started again in 1827. He was again
delayed by the illness of his wife. After a
tempestuous voyage of one hundred and four days they
reached New York sic, discouraged, destitute - strangers
in a strange land, understanding only French and German.
Without a teacher they acquired English under dire
circumstances. The family proceeded at once to
Rahway, N. J., where, by the aid of a kind relative who
preceded him to America, they obtained employment for a
short time, being reduced to want by sickness and the
dishonesty of an unscrupulous employer.
They then went by the way of Hudson River, Erie Canal
and the lake to the place now called Sandusky City.
Suffering greatly from want and sickness, they obtained
the shelter of a miserable room and remained a short
time, mainly trying to regain health and strength to
proceed. Through an accident that happened to
Eugene, some kind ladies learned the condition of
the family and promptly relieved them. They then
proceeded by wagon to Wayne County, Ohio, passing
through the "Black Swamp." Though but four years
old, the events of those terrible days were ineffaceably
stamped on his mind and permanently impressed him with
the necessity of rigid economy, industry and frugality.
Obtaining a few acres of land, they spent several years
in clearing and improving it. At the age of eleven
Eugene was apprenticed to a saddler in Mount
Eaton. In 1836 this engagement was canceled, the
small farm sold and the family moved by wagon to Morgan
County A tract of unimproved land was bought and
the family again engaged in subduing the wilderness,
while Eugene was "hired out" in various
capacities to different parties at Waterford, Washington
County. Among these was the highly respectable and
influential Bowen family, whose confidence,
esteem and encouragement he earned by his industry,
steady habits and trustworthiness. Doing an almost
incredible amount of hard labor, working at times for
many successive days from eighteen to twenty-one hours
per day at the carding-machine and sawmill, his
opportunities for education were very limited. His
entire schooling did not exceed three months.
At nineteen, his father being infirm, he took charge of
the farm and family, rejecting the offer of a collegiate
education by Dr. Bowen. He filled the place
of father and brother to the younger
members of the family, and discharged the manifold
duties and complex responsibilities thus incurred with
characteristic fidelity, ability and self-abnegation.
The ensuing eleven years were devoted to this
self-imposed task.
In the autumn of 1853 he visited his native land with
his mother, both returning in the spring of 1854.
This remarkable woman shared alike the trials, labors
and vicissitudes of the family with heroic fortitude and
amazing endurance. She reared eight children,
three sons and five daughters, performing at the same
time hard outdoor labor, the fatigue of which she
treated with the supremest scorn. She retained her
mental and physical vigor till the close of her life.
She died in 1875, aged seventy-four. Her husband
died of paralysis in 1856, aged sixty-five.
Returning from Europe, Eugene repaired to the
old homestead and pursued “the even tenor of his way”
till 1857, when he married Amy R. Brown. In
1865 he purchased an interest in the Windsor Mill,
inaugurating a new regime, which gave vigor and
efficiency to the enterprise and ensured its continuous
success. His industry demanded a new field, and in
1874 he removed to a large farm on the river, one mile
below Stockport. Here he erected a fine mansion
and continued his tireless round of farming and
improving till 1884, when he sold and removed to
Stockport, since which his time has been devoted to
business and travel.
His crowded life has been stormy, but eminently
successful. He is still the child of toil and
entertains a profound respect for the genius of labor.
The most careful personal supervision is given to the
smallest details. Without collegiate culture, few
men are so thoroughly informed. Native force,
proud and persistent purpose, with executive ability of
a high order, stamp themselves upon all his
undertakings. He is a close observer, a careful,
vigorous and independent thinker. Quiet and
unassuming in manner, he is a cheerful companion, a
warm-hearted and generous friend, a magnanimous foe.
Strong in his attachments, conservative in his views,
sincere and honorable in his motives, he commands the
respect of all who know him. The simplicity of his
language and the modesty of his garb are in perfect
accord with the strength and solid singleness of his
character. His proud independence and excessive
sensitiveness of spirit are nicely balanced by profound
gratitude and a keen appreciation of the smallest
kindness. His love of home was the star of his
destiny. Always dominant, it ruled his ambition.
Still vigorous in body and mind, contemplating his past
eventful life with the serene satisfaction of one who
faithfully followed the tortuous and difficult paths of
duty to noblest results, he stands a living monument of
proud achievement and acknowledged usefulness.
Amy Rowena Pierrot, wife of
Eugene Pierrot, was a lineal descendent of a
renowned race. She was the daughter of Samuel
Brown, one of the earliest settlers and the
builder of the first mill in Washington County, he died
June I7, 1872, aged ninety-one. His father was a
captain in the Revolutionary War. She was born
Feb. 12, 1836. A part of her girlhood was devoted
to teaching school. In 1857 she was married to
Eugene Pierrot, by whom she bore three
children. She entered heartily into the spirit of
her husband's struggles, ambitions and purposes,
evincing the most profound judgment, sagacity and
fertility of resource. Though subjected to the
most crucial tests at an early age, with multiform cares
and tasks, delicate and difficult beyond expression, she
discharged the responsibilities of her station in the
most masterly and admirable manner. Her wonderful
executive capacity and perfect familiarity with the
smallest details of business; her exact, thorough and
careful methods; her literary ability; her business
tact—all combined to render her an invaluable helpmate
and companion. To these valuable qualities of mind
were added the noblest attributes of heart. She
lived for others. She followed the fortunes of her
husband with a devotion scarce short of idolatry.
With cheerful devotion and forbearance she united the
generous graces of Christian charity and benevolence.
Her heart and hand were always open. With the
native capacity to rule a realm, she sought not the
bridge of gold or bar of steel, but governed her home
with wisdom and love — " the unbought grace of life.”
Her friends were all who knew her. In manner,
dress and action she was a model of striking simplicity
and grace. Time, the destroyer, only served to
soften and enhance the golden glories of her character.
In her decline she grew nobler, and the smile of ‘‘Aunt
Amy” was a passport to happiness. She died a
martyr to her own generous heart, Sept. 11, 1877, loved
and admired by all. She sleeps in the old Palmer
cemetery.“Green he the grass above thee.
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise."
Source: Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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PINKERTON FAMILY.
Alexander R. Pinkerton, one of the pioneers of
McConnelsville, was born in Allegheny County, Pa., in
1783. His father, also named Alexander, was
a native of Scotland, and came to this country shortly
after the revolutionary war. He was one of the pioneers
of
Allegheny County, Pa., and was killed by the Indians
while at work in the held. His wife with her
children, three daughters and two sons, John and
Alexander, escaped to what is now Pittsburgh,
then known as Fort Pitt. After the Indians were
driven from the vicinity Mrs. Pinkerton
returned to her home, where Alexander R. was
reared. He acquired in Pittsburgh the trade of a
cabinet-maker, and in 1805 was married to Miss Nancy
Adams, of Fayette County, Pa.
In November of 1805 Robert A. was born, and
shortly after the family removed to Heaver County, Pa.,
where for a time the elder Pinkerton followed his
trade. In company with his brother-in-law,
Alexander Adams, he bought a tract of four
hundred acres of land on Little Beaver Creek, to which
he removed with his family. He soon became quite
extensively engaged in business. He built a
sawmill and gristmill and also kept a store.
Through a defective title, however, he was dispossessed
of his hard earnings, and almost disheartened he removed
to New Castle, Pa., where he remained until 1820, when
with his family, consisting of his wife and six
children, Robert A., Amzi C., Eliza, Alexander, David
and Henry, he started for Athens, Ohio, on a
flatboat. Arriving at Marietta, he visited Athens,
but not finding it a desirable location, he concluded to
locate in Zanesville. Before starting, however, he
happened to get a copy of the Chillicothe Recorder,
which contained a glowing description of a new town, by
the name of McConnelsville, on the Muskingum. The
advantages offered were so flattering that he concluded
to make it his future home. The journey was made
on a keelboat, the elder Pinkerton and his
son Robert walking, one on each side of the
river, for the purpose of selling cordage to the
settlers along the route, taking their pay in
provisions. A few miles below McConnelsville Mr.
Pinkerton ascertained that he was near the town,
and joining his son, the two soon reached the spot where
is now the Baptist church, where they found James
Earnson chopping. Mr. Pinkerton
inquired the distance to McConnelsville.
"My dear sir," Larrison replied," you are now
right in the heart of the city."
From the article referred to Mr. Pinkerton had
received the impression that the town was a thriving
young village of twenty-five or thirty families, and the
information quite overcame him, and it was some little
time before he regained his composure. It being
late in the afternoon he asked Larrison if he
could direct him to a place where they could obtain
accommodations for the night. Larrison
said, "Yes, sir. Your humble servant keeps the
'Sign of the Buck,' " which they found to be a two-story
log structure nearly destitute of either doors, windows
or floors. He found, however, two old Pennsylvania
friends - James Young and John Jack -
which in a degree relieved him of his disappointment.
Shortly after his arrival he moved into a cabin which
stood where is now the northeast corner of the
Stanbery Block, where he remained for many years
years, and where for ten years Robert A. did
business as a cabinet-maker. The elder
Pinkerton did watch repairing and money-cutting.
The latter occupation was quite remunerative. He
died in McConnelville in 1837. Mch. 29th, 1830,
Robert A. was married to Miss Lydia A. Johnson.
Three children were the result of this union, only one
of whom, Mrs. W. M. Grimes, is now living.
Mr. Pinkerton has been largely identified with
the development of the village, of which he has been a
resident for sixty-six years. While devoting
himself strictly to his business, he has filled several
positions of trust and responsibility. He was
sheriff of the county from 1845 to 1849, and at various
times has been mayor of the village.
Of the children of Alex. R. Pinkerton, Amzi C.
is deceased; Eliza (Olipliant) resides in
Indiana; Alexander died in McConnelsville in
1827; David is a resident of Washington, D. C.
For fifteen years he was probate judge of Morgan County,
and one of its leading citizens. Two of his sons
J. W. and Alex P., are prominent merchants
in Zanesville. Henry lives in
McConnelsville.
Source: Chapter __ - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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F. B. Pond |
GENERAL
FRANCIS BATES POND was born at Ellisburg,
Jefferson County, New York, Aug. 19, 1825, and died at
Malta, Morgan County, O., Nov. 2, 1883. He was the
eldest in the family of Rev. Charles B. and Abbey
(Russell Bates) Pond, which consisted of eight
children. His family was of English extraction,
and their record can be traced back to Samuel Pond,
"Gentleman," in the year 1642. That he came of
loyal, patriotic stock, is evidenced in the fact that
his grandfather, Major Barnabas Pond, served with
distinction under General Lafayette in the war of
the revolution, while Admiral Foote was a lineal
descendant of one of his ancestors.
The boyhood of General Pond was spent at
his father's home, or at work upon neighboring farms
until he attained his sixteenth year. At this time
he experienced his first great sorrow - the death of his
mother - a lady of rare excellence of character, and
whose influence contributed largely to the success that
crowned his efforts in after life. Shortly after
the death of his mother which occurred in July, 1841, he
entered Oberlin College in this State. He soon
evidenced the possession of those qualities that
subsequently made everyone who came in contact with him
his friend. He was possessed of a remarkably
retentive memory, which in a degree lessened his
scholastic labors. His college life was filled
with deprivations and struggles. He was without
means, and he literally worked his way through the five
years' course. One of the salient points of his
character then, as in after years, was his thorough
appreciation of the humorous. Life to him always
had a bright side, and he loved to look upon it.
This element in his character enabled him to pass
through ordeals which would have disheartened many young
men of his age. He graduated with honors in the
class of 1846, and spent the succeeding three years at
Kent, O. One year was occupied in teaching and two
as bookkeeper for the firm of Charles and
Marvin Kent of that place. In the spring of
1850 he came to Harmar, O., and was employed as a
teacher of the classics in the Harmar Academy, taught by
his uncle, Henry Bates.
During his senior year at college the question as to
which profession he should adopt as his life's vocation
- law or theology - agitated his mind. His father,
a Congregational clergyman, and a gentleman of marked
ability as a minister, was quite desirous that he should
choose the former. To make the choice involved a
severe struggle extending through a period of three
years. He finally became convinced, however, that
he was not called to the ministry, and wrote his father
that he had decided to became a lawyer. These yeas
of indecision he regarded ass the most unprofitable of
his life. In 1849 he commenced the study of law in
an office at Cleveland, Ohio, and subsequently studied
in the office of Darwin E. Gardiner, of Marietta,
Ohio. At the solicitation of Hon. Henry Dowes
he became to Malta Nov. 2, 1850, and during the winter,
and succeeding one was engaged in teaching, at the same
time pursuing his legal studies in the office of
Colonel Melvin Clarke. Mar. 10, 1852, he was
admitted to the bar, and immediately entered upon the
active practice of his profession. In 1855 he was
elected prosecuting attorney and served two terms with
credit and distinction; during this time he was engaged
in the trial of a number of important cases that gave
him more than a local reputation as a rising lawyer.
In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in what was
subsequently known as Company H of the 17th O. V. I.,
and was unanimously elected its captain, and upon the
organization of the regiment was made its lieutenant
colonel and served in that capacity under General
Rosecrans in an active campaign in West Virginia.
In October, 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel
with L. P. Marsh as colonel to recruit the 62d
regiment. Colonel Marsh resigned in January, 1862,
and General Pond was promoted to the
colonelcy and ordered to the front. He served
under Generals Lander and Shields
in the campaign of 1862 in the Shenandoah Valley.
From the 1st of July, 1862, he served with General
McClellan on the peninsula where his command
remained until the General fell back to Hampdon, and
thence to Suffolk under Generals Mansfield and Peck.
In January, 1863, he moved with his regiment to Newbern,
N. C., and thence by ocean transports to Port Royal
harbor. He led the advance in the capture of Folly
Island, participated in the attack on Morris Island,
where his command was terribly cut to pieces. In
the winter of 1863-4 his regiment veteranized, and after
a furlough of one month he returned to the front and was
assigned to the command of General Butler, and
during the campaign of 1864 he commanded the 1st Brigade
1st Division 10th Army Corps. The campaign was a
severe one, and from 2,400 strong in the spring his
command was reduced to 1,100 in November, nearly all
killed and wounded. He had one horse shot form
under him, and was, as it was thought at the time,
slightly wounded in the temple. In December,
18643, he resigned his commission on account of ill
health and returned to his home. He was made
brigadier general by brevet in 1864.
After his return to McConnelsville the General again
entered upon the practice of the law, and in 1867 was
elected a member of the house of representatives of
Ohio. At the expiration of his term he was elected
attorney general of the State (1870) and served two
terms. He was a member of the constitutional
convention of 1873. His official life closed with
his second term in the State senate in 1883. While
a member of that body he introduced and secured the
passage of the law known as the "Pond Bill,"
an act to "more effectually provide against the evils
resulting from the traffic in intoxicating liquors," and
which proposed taxation, as a practical and restrictive
policy, under the peculiar provisions of the State
constitution relating to the traffic in intoxicating
liquors. Throughout his entire legislative career
his ability as a lawyer was recognized, and while a
member of the senate he was chairman of the judiciary
committee. His views upon all questions were sound
and comprehensive, and he was regarded as a discreet and
prudent legislator, a safe counsellor, an efficient
executive officer and a faithful guardian of every trust
committed to his hands. In his political
affiliation he was a republican. In religious
belief he was through life an adherent of the early
teachings of his father; and the cornerstone of his
creed was, "To do good to his fellowmen."
General Pond was first married to Miss Eliza
A., daughter of George L. Corner, Esq., of
Malta, in 1854. She died Jan. 13, 1866. May
21, 1867, he married Miss Emma, a sister of his
first wife. She died Mar. 18, 1870. In 1876
he was married to Miss Janet, daughter of
Andrew Alexander, of Washington County, Pa. By
the first marriage there were two children, Mary
Blanche, now Mrs. W. F. Smith, of
Barnesville, Ohio, and George Charles, now
residing at St. Paul, Minn. By the second, a son,
Francis Newell, who died in infancy.
At the close of his legislative services, General
Pond returned to his home, but it was only for the
purpose of battling as a gallant soldier with the "Grim
Destroyer." The wound in the right temple, which
was received in an engagement at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16,
1864, developed into a malignant cancer, which
terminated his life after nineteen years of suffering,
which he endured without a murmur.
The character of General Pond seemed to be a strange
mingling of manly sternness and womanly tenderness.
Kind and gentle almost to a fault, yet he was possessed
of iron nerve and an invincible will. In his life
and aims he was more the philanthropist than the
philosopher. In social life he was noted for his
hospitality and genial affability. He possessed in
a rare degree that quality of bearing and manner, united
with a comeliness of person and a fine presence, which
not only impressed the stranger, but endeared him to all
who enjoyed his society, and nowhere was his death more
regretted than in Morgan County.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan County,
Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of
its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M.
D. - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 -
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BENJAMIN F.
POWER, now of Zanesville, is a native of this
county, where he was educated and admitted to the bar.
He went into the army, and after the close of the war
practiced a short time in McConnelsville. He moved
to Muskingum County, where he is now (1885) serving his
second term as prosecuting attorney.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan County,
Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of
its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M.
D. - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 -
Page 267 |
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WILLIAM W.
PYLE, a native of Morgan County, and for several
years a compositor in the Herald office, was
admitted to the bar in September, 1865. He never
had much practice here. For a time he was local
editor of the Herald. He now resides in
Zanesville,
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 259 |
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