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BENJAMIN SHAW
was another of the first party. He served in a Danvers company
of minute men, under Captain Israel Hutchinson, at teh battle
of Lexington, and afterward as a regular soldier in the
Revolutionary Army. He came from Hampton, New Hampshire, and
at a later date removed his family to the west. They were in
Fort Frye during the war, and afterward settled on the rich Round
Bottom. This farm next came into the possession of Boylston
Shaw, his son, who was one of the most successful and
enterprising farmers in this region. Sally Shaw, a
daughter of the pioneer, married Benjamin Dana, whose highly
cultivated farm of fourteen hundred acres was perhaps the finest in
the county. The lamented General Benjamin D. Fearing,
of the Union Army, and the Hon. James W. Dawes, late governor
of Nebraska, are among their descendants.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
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HON. ROBERT SILVEY
Source: Past and Present of the City
of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S.
J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 242 |
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HARRY J. SHORE,
connected with the manufacturing interests of Dresden, is half owner
of the Dresden Woolen Mills, was born in Yorkshire, England, and is
a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Broadhead) Shore, who were also
natives of Yorkshire. The father learned the woolen
manufacturing business in England and thinking that he might improve
his financial condition in the new world he sailed from Liverpool
with his family, landing at New York city, Aug. 25, 1868. He
did not tarry in the eastern metropolis, however, but made his way
to Rushville, Indiana, and after two years came to Dresden, where he
arrived Sept., 1870. Here he worked for Hon. L. Rambo,
being employed in his woolen mill until 1883, when he purchased a
one-third interest in the mill and the firm name was changed to
L. Rambo & Company. In 1890 in company with his two sons,
Harry J. and Wilson W. Shore, he purchased the mill which has
since been conducted under the firm style of J. Shore
& Sons, the father retaining active connection therewith up to
the time of his death, which occurred Aug. 10, 1901, when he was
sixty-eight years of age, having been born in 1833. He was a
self-made man, always industrious and energetic, and whatever
success he achieved was due entirely to his own efforts. In
manner he was quiet and unostentatious but his sterling worth won
him the respect of all with whom he was associated. His wife
still survives him and is yet a resident of Dresden. In their
family were four children, namely: Mrs. Mary J. Peffer,
now deceased; Harry J.; Wilson, of Dresden; and Walter S.,
who was mayor of Dresden for one term and is still a resident of
this place.
Harry J. Shore began his education in the
schools of Yorkshire, England, and completed his education in
Muskingum county. He entered upon his business career as an
employe in the woolen mill and on April 1, 1903, became a member of
the firm in connection with his father and brother, Wilson W.
He is still associated with his brother in the ownership of this
enterprise which is conducted under the name of the Dresden Woolen
Mills. The factory is well equipped with good, improved
machinery, and because of the excellence of the product and the
reasonable prices the goods of their manufacture find a ready sale
upon the market. Mr. Shore has also extended his
efforts to other interests, being a director of the First National
Bank of Dresden. He also served as president of the Ohio Canal
Association for two years, as well as having served ten successive
years on the board of education.
In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Harry J.
Shore and Miss Kate A. Featherston, a native of Dresden
and a daughter of Edward Featherston, who was born in England
in 1818 and came to this county in 1835, his death occurring here in
1864. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Egan and
was a native of Muskingum county. She was born in Madison
township and was a daughter of John Egan, who came to this
county about 1800 from Maryland. He was married in Zanesville
July 3, 1813, to Sarah Hull. Mr. Egan was a carpenter
by trade and was largely identified with early building operations
in this part of the state. He took up his abode in Dresden
in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Shore have a nice two story frame
residence, modern in its appointments and justly celebrated for its
gracious hospitality. Mr. Shore possesses a genial
manner and unfailing courtesy and is a polished, cultured gentleman,
standing as a representative of a high type of American manhood.
Source: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and
Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Co. - 1905 - Page 357 |
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EARL SPROAT,
one of the first pioneer band, was a relative of Colonel Ebenezer
Sproat. He was a share-holder in the Ohio Company and
remained in the country as a settler. He was one of the
petitioners to the Territorial Legislature for an act of
incorporation for the town of Marietta, which was granted, and
approved by Governor St. Clair December 2, 1800, and
Marrietta was the first incorporated town in the North-west
Territory. He was a director of Marietta Bank, chartered
February 10, 1808, of which Gen. Rufus Putnam was President.
He was a subscriber to the fund for erecting the Muskingum Academy,
and held the position of major in the Ohio militia.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
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COLONEL EBENEZER
SPROAT. The
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, of which he was a member,
thus gives his record: "Born at Middleborough, Massachusetts,
1752; died at Marietta, Ohio, February, 1805; Major in Cotton's
Regiment May, 1775, at the siege of Boston; in Francis'
Regiment in 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th regiment January 1,
1777; and September 29, 1778, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding in
Glover's Brigade at Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth; Inspector
of Brigade under Steuben; emigrated to Ohio in 1788."
"When stationed at Providence, in 1778, with Glover's Brigade of
four regiments, he was said to be the tallest man in the Brigade,
being six feet and four inches high, with limbs formed in nature's
most perfect model. In the duties of his station he excelled
as much as in size being the most complete disciplinarian in the
Brigade. His social habits, pleasant, agreeable manners, and
cheerful disposition, rendered him a general favorite with the
officers, as well as with the private soldiers who always followed
with alacrity where he led." He performed many valuable
services and shared largely in the perils of the war. He
married Catharine Whipple, daughter of Commodore Abraham Whipple.
Congress appointed Colonel Sproat Surveyor for Rhode Island on the
seven ranges of townships west of the Ohio river, which were to be
placed in the market for sale, and he was engaged in his duty during
the autumn of 1786. He was appointed a Surveyor for the Ohio
Company, a service for which his hardy frame and great resolution
eminently fitted him. He owned three shares in the Company,
and conducted those of the forty-eight adventurers who left
Hartford, Connecticut, on the 1st of January, 1788, in their winter
march across the Alleghanies. General Putnam was obliged to go
to New York on business for the Ohio Company, but joined them on the
way, and at Sumrell's Ferry took command of both this and Major
White's party, who all came down and landed at the mouth of the
Muskingum, and pitched their tents in the woods, April 7, 1788.
Colonel Sproat was the first sheriff of Washington County, which
at that time extended from the Ohio river to Lake Erie, and westward
to the Scioto. He filled this office with great dignity and
propriety for fourteen years, until the state government was formed.
During the Indian war he had control of the military affairs in the
county of the United States. He appointed the rangers, or
Indians spies, and enrolled a company of soldiers for the defense of
the colony. He was a liberal and active citizen, and his
memory was held in grateful remembrance by all who knew him.
His daughter married the Hon. Solomon Sibley, of Detroit Michigan.
Source:
The founders of Ohio : brief sketches of the forty-eight pioneers -
Publ. Cincinnati by R. Clark & Co. - 1888 |
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