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Tuscarawas
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History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
(Source: History of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.,
1884)
BIOGRAPHIES
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Sandy
Twp. -
A. A. DAVIS, physician and
surgeon at Mineral City, was born
Mar. 19, 1852, in Sandy Township.
He is a son of Alfred and
Deborah Davis, of Mineral
City. Dr. Davis commenced
the study of medicine in 1876,
with Drs. Seldon &
Brashear, of Dover, Ohio. He
attended lectures at the MEdical
Department of Wooster University,
Cleveland, Ohio, and commenced
practice at Mineral City in the
spring of 1879. He is a member of
the Tuscarawas County Medical
Society, and was, in 1882,
elected one of the censors and
Committee on Ethics, an unusual
occurrence for a member so young.
He was also a delegate to the
State Medical Society at
Cleveland June 5, 1883. Also, on
Mar. 15, 1882, he received a
degree of medicine from the
Western Reserve Medical College
of Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Davis
is the leading physician of
Mineral City; he is also engaged
in the drug business and has
charge of the post office for his
father. The Doctor was united in
marriage Nov. 22, 1881, and Mary
A., daughter of Gotlieb
Broat.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page
918 |
Sandy Twp.
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ALFRED DAVIS, merchant and
farmer, Mineral City, was born in
Harrison County Jan. 2, 1824, and
is a son of William and Maria
(Kail) Davis, who emigrated
from Pennsylvania to
Steubenville, Ohio, and afterward
settled at Romley. William
Davis had four children - Alfred,
Jane, George (who died
young), and Martha, wife
of Edward Stewart, and
mother of six children. Mrs.
Maria Davis, twlve years
after the decease of her husband,
married Joseph Saltzgiver,
and died, leaving four children
by his marriage. Alfred Davis,
the subject of this notice,
resided with his grandparents
till ten years of age, his father
having died when Alfred was
three years old, then went from
Harrison to Carroll County and
remained five yeras. He then
removed to Sandy Township and has
been here since. He followed
milwrighting until his marriage,
May 6, 1846, to Deborah,
daughter of Nathan McGrew,
of Fairfield Township; then began
farming. Of his eight cyhlidren,
six are living, viz.: Willialm
L., Anson A., Annie E., Martha
E., Mary M. and Nevada V.
Mr. Davis owns 130 acres
of land near Mineral City and
resides here. He was one of hte
founders of Mineral City, and has
probably contributed life during
most of the time in the past
twenty-one eyars, and in 1882
went into are also the
proprietors of an extensive
furniture factory and planing
mill at Mineral City. Mr.
Davis owns a great amount of
property in the village. He has
filled most of the township
offices; is influential and
commands the respect of his wide
acquaintance.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page
918 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
ABRAHAM G. DIETZ,
farmer, P. O. Shanesville,
was born in Sugar Creek Township,
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Feb. 2,
1842, and is a son of George and
Francis Dietz, natives of
Pennsylvania. His parents
came here in the early day, and
took part in the struggles of
this country for a development
from the wilderness. Our
subject's grandparents were the
original owners of the land he
now occupies. The old folks
have all passed to their final
resting place. The number
of the pioneers of this county,
who, like them, have braved all
the dangers of a new country, and
whose indomitable energy overcame
all difficulties in rescuing this
fertile soil from the dominion of
wild beasts and savages, is
becoming less every year.
The subject of this sketch was
the tenth in a family of twelve
children, of whom seven
survive. He was raised on a
farm and obtained his education
in this township. He was
married in 1868 to Miss
Catherine Leavengood, also a
native of this county, and to
them have been born three
children - Laura J., Margaret
E., and Martha I. (deceased).
On the decease of his mother, Mr.
Dietz purchased seventy-nine
acres of the old homestead, which
he is now occupying. He
supports the esteemed as one of
the upright, reliable and
influential citizens of Sugar
Creek Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
MICHAEL DIETZ,
farmer, P. O. Shanesville, was
born in Sugar Creek Township,
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in 1825,
and is a son of Henry J. and
Susan (Domer) Dietz. They
were born in Somerset County,
Penn, and came to this county in
1808, settling in this township
in 1814. They were married
in 1822, and immediately
commenced clearing and developing
a farm. The country was
then very new, and they had
to reclaim their land from the
wilderness. They moved to a
place near Shanesville, and
acquired a comfortable estate
after great industry and
economy. Mrs. Dietz
died in 1846, and Mr. Dietz
afterward married Miss Eva
Sink, also deceased.
Mr. Dietz departed this life
in 1873, dying very suddenly,
probably from a stroke of
apoplexy. He left a large
family, of whom ten are living,
their names as follows: Jacob,
of Yreka, Cal.; Michael;
Judy, wife of F. Biddle,
Bedford, Ohio; Susanna,
wife of J. Biddle,
Nashville, Ohio; Catherine,
wife of Henry Sheu, of
Shanesville; Elizabeth,
wife of Edward Lewis,
Fredericksburg, Ohio; Sarah,
wife of J. Shunk, Orville,
Ohio; Mary M., wife of M.
Blickensderfer, Shaneeville, Josephine,
wife of Mr. Swain,
Nashville, Ohio; and Henry,
of Stanford, Ill. Our
subject was reared on his
father's farm and received a
common school education. In
1850, he was united in marriage
with Miss Caroline Shultz,
a native of Shanesville,
Ohio. To this union have
been born six children, of whom
five are living, viz., John
H., who is married to Miss
Thank McCormick, and had four
children: George S., married
to Miss Sevilla Goeber and
has one child; Michael M.,
Charles and Herbert.
Mr. Deitz has pursued farming
and stock-dealing all his
life. In 1869, he purchased
the old Dietz homestead
adjoining Shanesville. The
property has never passed out of
the Dietz family nor
changed name since its entry from
the Government. Mr.
Dietz has been a life-long
Democrat, and favors personal
liberty of every citizen of the
county. He encourages
public education and every effort
for the improvement of the
community.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 931 |
Sugar
Creek Twp. -
JOHN DOERSCHUK,
teacher, job-printer and
book-binder, Shanesville, was
born in Goshen Township,
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Jan. 1,
1841, and is a son of Jacob
Doershuk, whose sketch
is elsewhere in this
history. The subject of
this sketch was reared on his
father's farm, receiving his
education in the schools of the
district and afterward at New
Philadelphia. During his
boyhood he did some work in his
father's blacksmith shop.
When nineteen years of age, he
began teaching in the schools of
the township, and has followed
that vocation during the past
twenty-three years. He was
united in marriage, Sept. 29,
1869, with Miss Mary
Black, born in
Leavittsville, Carroll Co., Ohio,
and departed this life Oct. 14,
1870. He subsequently
married Miss Mary,
daughter of Rev. J. G.
Zahner, D. D. (see his
sketch). The results of
this union have been five
children, of whom four are living
- Albert N., Earnest E.,
Annie B. and
Louis A. Our
subject has established a general
job-printing and book-binding
office in Shanesville, and has
secured an extensive
custom. He has elected
Justice of the Peace in April,
1876, and discharged the duties
of that office with justice and
impartiality to all. During
the term he received an
appointment as Notary Public, and
still retains that
position. He has also done
considerable work in settling
decedents' estates. In
politics, he is a Democrat; with
his wife, is a member of the
German Reformed church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 932 |
Sugar Creek
Twp. -
JOHN J. DOMER,
of the firm of Doerschuk,
Karl & Domer,
Shanesville, was born in this
township and county in 1854, and
is a son of John and
Maria Domer. Mr.
Domer, Sr., died in
1860; his widow still survives,
and is a resident of
Shanesville. At the time of
his deceased, Mr. Domer
left a fine farm, near the town,
which has been divided among the
widow and six children. Our
subject is the youngest of the
family, and was educated in the
schools of the village.
Here he also learned the trade of
an iron-molder with J. B.
Rowles. On Oct.
11, 1877, he was married to
Miss Sarah C. Wholf, a
native of Coshocton Co.,
Ohio. To them have been
born three children - George
L., Lloyd Levelle
and Raymond.
At the age of nineteen, Mr.
Domer began teaching
school, and has since pursued
that vocation during the winter
months. He gives good
satisfaction to his patrons as an
efficient teacher. In 1880
he purchased the interest of Mr.
Ervin in the
machine-shop and foundry, and has
since been connected with the
firm. In politics, he
supports the Republican
party. He and his wife are
members of the Lutheran
Church. By his industry and
frugality, Mr. Domer
has been successful in life, and
is regarded as a gentleman of
character and influence of high
social standing.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 ~ Page 933 |
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