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Source:
History of Richland Co., Ohio -
from 1808 to 1908
Vol. I & II
by A. J. Baughman -
Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co.
1908
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CAPTAIN HORACE L. REED
(Sketch written by A. J. Baughman)
Horace L. Reed was born in Rootstown, Portage
county, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1840. As a youth he attended the
public schools of his native village. When he arrived at
the years of manhood he became a teacher and was to teach a
select school in fall of 1862, when he patriotically concluded
to answer his country's call for troops, enlisting on Aug. 1,
1862, as a private in Company I, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, under President s Lincoln’s
call for “three hundred thousand more.” He was offered a
commission but preferred to enter the ranks as a private, and
for ten months hereafter carried a musket in the ranks. On
May 29, 1863, Mr. Reed was commissioned second
lieutenant, and on June 12th of the same year was promoted to
first lieutenant and was in charge of his company most of the
time until the close of the war. Captain Bard
was killed in battle and the other lieutenant wounded.
The One Hundred and Fourth Regiment was recruited
almost exclusively from the counties of Stark, Columbiana,
Summit and Portage. It was organized at Camp Massillon and
was mustered into the service on the 30th of August, 1862, and
left for Cincinnati on the first day of September. Upon
ids arrival at the Queen City it was taken across the Ohio river
into Covington Kentucky, then went out on the Alexander turnpike
three miles and went into camp. On the 12th of September
the regiment began actual service and went on a march toward
Lexington in pursuit of the rebels. This first march was
hard on the men, for the roads were dusty and the springs dried
up and, being without tents and not inured to army exposure, the
troops suffered severely. While at Lexington, in order to
attest the efficiency of the drill there was a grand review of
the different regiments and the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio
carried off the palm for the highest degree of discipline and
drill.
The One Hundred and Fourth Regiment was placed in
the Twenty-third Army Corps, under General Schofield,
which later joined General Thomas' force, and
although the command in which Captain Reed bore an
honorable part during his entire term saw hard service the
Franklin-Nashville campaign deserves special notice.
While General Sherman was making his grand march
from Atlanta to the sea, General Thomas was left
to stand between Hood’s army and the Ohio river, and how
well he performed that task and how faithfully he fulfilled his
mission the pages of history eloquently tell.
The cry of “On to Richmond’’ in 1861, led to disastrous
results, and the impatient demand for General Thomas
to engage General Hood might have caused a less
cautious commander to go into battle without the necessary
preparations.
That Thomas was not “slow” at Nashville has been
proven by official history. General Grant, who was
the first to charge it, was also the first to withdraw the
imputation by declaring in his official report that at the time
he had been very impatient over what appeared as unnecessary
delay on the part of Thomas, but that his final defeat of
Hood was so complete that it was accepted as a
vindication of General Thomas’ judgment. Hood’s
army came northward with a flourish, crossed the Tennessee river
at Florence, Alabama, and advanced toward Nashville.
General Scofield encountered the enemy at Franklin,
seventeen miles south of Nashville, where on November 30 the
battle of Franklin was fought, where General Hood
attacked the Union troops under General Scofield but was
repulsed with great loss.
General Scofield then crossed the Harpeth river
and retreated within the defenses of Nashville. Hood,
having rallied from his repulse, marched on to Nashville
confident of victory and prepared to begin the siege of
blockading the Cumberland, but before the work was fairly under
way, General Thomas, on December 15th, moved from his
works, fell upon Hood’s army and routed it, with a loss
to the rebels of twenty-five thousand men in killed, wounded and
missing. Despite the intense cold, the shattered remnants
of Hood’s force were pursued to the Tennessee river,
where but thirteen thousand of the fifty-five thousand strong
who had crossed the river at Florence so hopefully two months
before were all that were left of Hood’s army.
While in pursuit of Hood the Union troops
crossed the Duck river, which was at flood, on the night of
December 23, and on the next morning- the day before Christmas -
continued their march after the retreating foe, who, under
command of the redoubtable Forest, frequently halted to
give battle. At Lynnville and at Buford Station sharp
engagements took place.
On Christmas day, just before sundown, General
Forest, in a fit of desperation, made a stand and by a
rapid counter movement drove back the skirmishers of Harrison’s
brigade and captured one gun, which he succeeded in taking away
as the sole trophy of that desperate campaign.
Captain Reed, the subject of this sketch, was
through all of that campaign. The winter began early that
season and was an unusually severe one for that latitude.
During those forty days of marching and fighting the weather
became worse and worse - cold and freezing nights followed by
days of rain and snow. The country, which was poor and but
thinly settled, had been stripped of forage and provisions
during the marches of contending armies. The men of both
forces suffered terribly, but the cavalry horses fared still
worse, and over six thousand of them belonging to the Union army
died - exhausted by overwork, famished with hunger or crippled
with hoofs falling off from frost and mud. During this
campaign rations were often short and sometimes the men had none
at all. Upon one occasion Captain Reed paid a
quarter for a small ear of corn, which he shared with four
comrades. They parched the corn, eating the grains and
making a soup of the pounded cobs.|
In the great sleet storm during that campaign,
Captain Reed’s company was called out at three o’clock many
mornings and stood upon the ice-covered ground with very little
food all day, fighting the enemy and firing over a hundred
rounds each. Captain Reed, then a lieutenant, was
the only officer with his company during that campaign and
commanded it.
During the winter of 1865 the Twenty-third Corps joined
Sherman’s army in the Carolinas, and on the 18th of
February, while at the head of his company, leading a charge
(the senior officer having refused and was court-martialed for
cowardice), at Fort Anderson, near Wilmington, North Carolina,
Captain Reed fell wounded at the head of his
battalion, receiving gunshot wounds in both his limbs below
knees. He was in over twenty severe engagements during his
term of service and has an army record of which any patriot
might well be proud.
Captain H. L. Reed was mustered out of the
service with his regiment in June, 1865, and retired to private
life. He was married to Miss Jennie M. Wasson, of
Ashland, in September, 1867. To this union four children
were born, one daughter and three sons, namely: Grace,
Horace, William W. and Eugene
C. A. Horace
and William are in business in Buffalo, New York, and
Eugene is in business with his father in Mansfield.
When Captain Reed came to Mansfield in
1865, he went into business with his brother, J. H. Reed,
who was conducting a book store at that time. The firm
name was J. H. Reed & Brother. This partnership
continued until 1875, when the Captain withdrew and went into
the wholesale notion business. In 1880 he opened a dry
goods establishment and gradually discontinued the wholesale
notion trade. Captain Reed’s dry goods
business grew and increased year after year until he now has the
largest establishment of the kind in the county, his several
departments now covering over four thousand feet of flooring.
On account of his fair dealing and the quality of the goods he
handles, the Captain is called ‘The Old Reliable,” and his store
is also known by that name.
Captain Reed now owns what was known for
ninety years as the Sturges corner, where the first cabin in
Mansfield stood, and which is now the most desirable business
location in Mansfield and is approximately worth from fifty to
sixty thousand dollars. In this large and handsome brick
building the Captain conducts his business and the place is
known as “Reed’s Store.”
Captain Reed is a member of the Congregational church
of Mansfield and is its senior deacon, having held the office of
deacon for thirty years. He is very active both in church
and Sunday-school work and has been superintendent of its
Sunday-school. He was also a prominent factor in
establishing a Sunday-school in John’s Addition, the part of the
city now called “the north side.” This Sunday-school
prospered and grew under Mr. Reed’s
supervision as superintendent for three years or more to such an
extent that a church congregation was organized there, a lot was
purchased on Buckingham street and a frame church building was
erected upon the same for the accommodation of the Sunday-school
and the congregation. This church congregation also
prospered and grew to such an extent that a larger house of
worship was needed, and the old building was removed and a large
and hand some brick structure was erected upon its former site,
known as the Mayflower church. It is of the Congregational
denomination. In all this Captain Reed has
been a prominent factor and helpful worker, and too much credit
cannot be given him for the good that has been accomplished
through his activity in advancing its interests.
The subject of this sketch attended a reunion of the
seven children at the old family home a few years ago, at which
those present were of the average age of over sixty years.
Captain Reed is a man whose entire course
of life has been in every respect honorable, upright and
conscientious, and he is justly entitled to the respect and
esteem in which he is held. He is one of the solid men of
Mansfield and his example is well worthy of emulation. He
is a man of excellent business ability, sagacious and
far-sighted, systematic and methodical in all he does and his
excellent success is the result of his own well directed
efforts, enterprise and perseverance. The Captain is also
a well informed man and in manner is genial and friendly.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg. 1114-1117 |
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VERNER Z. REED.
Verner
Z. Reed was born in Monroe township,
Richland county, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1863, his parents being Hugh
Fulton and Elizabeth Amanda (Wolfe) Reed, both of whom were
born and reared in this county. They are now deceased.
Hugh Fulton Reed was the son of Joseph
and Nancy (Miller) Reed, who came from Cross Creek township,
Washington county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio soon after their
marriage, in 1829. Joseph Reed was the son of
Nicholas and Elizabeth (Fulton) Reed. After their
arrival in Ohio, Joseph Reed and wife settled in
Monroe township, Richland county, where Mr. Reed
bought land which he cleared, cultivated and improved, and upon
which he resided until his death. The Reeds are of
Scotch-Irish descent and the family was prominent in the east
during the War of the Revolution.
Hugh Fulton Reed was horn Aug. 13, 1837, and was
reared on the home farm and attended the district school.
He was married to Elizabeth Amanda Wolfe, Feb. 17, 1859,
by Abraham Baughman, Esq., an uncle of the bride.
The mother of our subject was the daughter of John and
Margaret (Baughman) Wolfe, who were married in 1825.
John Wolfe was the son of Adam Wolfe, a
Revolutionary soldier, and was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 13,
1794. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1816.
John Wolfe was a school teacher in his early manhood, but
later became a farmer, and owned and resided on a farm near
Pinhook, Monroe township, Richland county, where he died in
1876. The Reed and the Wolfe families
are widely and favorably known as upright, honorable people.
When Verner Z. Reed was yet a child his parents
removed to Iowa, where he attended the public schools and later
attended two terms at the Eastern Iowa Normal School, an
institution that has since ceased to exist. At the age of
twenty-three he engaged in the real-estate business in Colorado
with his father, and at the time of the discovery of gold in the
Cripple Creek gold fields he was among the first to secure
interests there. He later did a very large business in
compromising litigation between the big mining companies and in
securing outside capital for the purchase of large mines, and in
building irrigation works, constructing factories, etc., having
brought many millions of dollars of outside capital into
Colorado and adjoining states for investment. At the
present time he is extensively engaged in gold, silver, copper
and coal mining properties, in national banking, sugar
manufacturing, irrigation enterprises, and is also developing a
very large fruit-growing industry in the Grand Valley of
Colorado, where with some associates he is also establishing a
new town.
In spite of his large business interests Mr.
Reed lives much of his time abroad, his business being so
systematized, and his associates and employes having been with
the business for so many years, that it can, when he is away, he
managed by letter and cable. Since 1901 Mr. Reed
and his family have resided in France, having for a part of the
time lived in a chateau in the lower Loire region, and at other
times in Paris or on the Riviera. Mr. Reed has
returned home every year, and his entire family passes part of
the time in the United States. During his residence abroad
he has traveled very extensively in the north of Africa and in
almost all of the European countries.
Verner
Z. Reed has also devoted a part of his
time to authorship and is the author of three books, namely,
“Lo-To-Kah,” “Tales of the Sunland,” and “Adobeland Stories,”
the first two of which are now out of print. He has also
contributed essays, stories and articles on ethnology, travel,
etc., to the Atlantic Monthly, New England Magazine, American
Anthropologist, Cosmopolitan Magazine, etc. He has made
extensive studies of Indian legends and has passed a great deal
of time with various tribes of American Indians. Mr.
Reed is a strong advocate of country life and devotes a
great deal of time and expends large sums of money in
investigations and actual experiments looking toward the
intensification of cultivation and the solving of the “bread and
butter question” for families on small tracts of highly
cultivated land, and he has amassed a wealth of statistics on
these lines, some of which he from time to time publishes or
gives out in interviews to the press.
Mr. Reed was married on July 18, 1893, to
Mary Dean Johnson, a native of Columbus, Ohio. They
have three children. Mr. Reed was the
founder and is the president of the Reed Investment Company of
Colorado Springs, which is one of the best known financial
institutions in the west, and whose operations extend largely
over the state of Colorado as well as into Kansas, Wyoming and
parts of California. His American address is Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and his European address, care Credit
Lyonnais, Paris, France,
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg. 540-542 |
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C W.
REIFF,
a veteran of the Civil war, is a resident of
the township in which he was born on March 8, 1840. He is
the son of C. Maria (Eppy) Reiff, both of whom were born
in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1837. They bought land
in Weller township, on which they built a log cabin, in which
our subject was born and which was his home for thirty years.
Both parents are now deceased, the father having passed away in
1878. They became the parents of nine children, seven of
whom survive, namely: Mary Ann, the wife Alfred
Fox, of this county; Rebecca, the wife of D.
Bowers, residing in Pennsylvania; Adeline, the wife
of Benjamin Baker, a resident of Missouri; C.
W., of this review; Jacob, who resides in Kansas;
John, a resident of California; and Henry, of this
county. Harriett is deceased, and one child died in
infancy.
C. W. Reiff received his education in the
district schools of the county, and aided his father in the work
of the farm up to the time he was eighteen years of age, when he
went to Kansas, where he remained two years, returning home in
1860. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-sixth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served in the war for three years and
two months, receiving an honorable discharge on July 25, 1864.
He was in twelve hard fought battles, in one of which he
received a slight scalp wound. Among the battles in which
he was engaged may be mentioned that of Shiloh, of Perryville,
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Anderson, Kenesaw and Peach
Creek. On receiving his discharge he returned to the
parental roof, and afterward worked at the tinner's trade.
He now owns twenty acres of valuable land in Weller township, on
which he has resided for about thirty-five years.
In 1867 Mr. Reiff was united in marriage to
Miss Mary E. Houston, who was born in the house where they
now reside. Mrs. Reiff was one of five children.
Both parents are now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reiff
have been born one son, Leroy, who married Miss Etta
Fike, a native of Knox county, this state. They have
become the parents of four children: Forest C., Gayle,
Charles H., who is decreased, and Elfa A.
Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise,
Mr. Reiff had voted the republican ticket.
Religiously, both he and his estimable wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and are highly respected and
esteemed by their many friends.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 729 |
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CALVIN ROBINSON.
Calvin Robinson is entitled to credit as a
self-made man, for all that he today possesses has been acquired
through his own thrift, energy and well directed labors.
He has devoted many years to general agricultural pursuits but
is now living practically retired in a comfortable home,
surrounded by two acres of land and he also owns a valuable farm
comprising one hundred and sixty acres, situated on section 16,
Jefferson township, this being operated by his son. Mr.
Robinson is a native of Richland county, his birth having
occurred on a farm in Jefferson township, Jan. 25, 1837, and is
the only child born of the marriage of William and Maria
(Lafferty) Robinson, the former born in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in Harrison county,
Ohio. As stated, the father was born in Westmoreland
county in 1807, and when a young lad, was taken to Mercer
county, that state, while the year 1814 witnessed his arrival in
Richland county, Ohio. Here he was engaged in farming,
meeting with more than ordinary success. His death
occurred in 1883 and he was survived by his wife for ten years,
her death occurring in 1893, when she was seventy-six years of
age.
Calvin Robinson acquired his education in
the district schools near his father’s home and remained under
the parental roof until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he
enlisted, May 2, 1864, for service in the Union army as a member
of Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was on garrison duty for three weeks at Fort
Reno. When at Fort Pocahontas he contracted a fever and
for a time was in a hospital at Hampton, Virginia. He was
mustered out of service Sept. 10, 1864.
After returning from the army Mr. Robinson
once more resumed the pursuit of a business life and on the 19th
of January, 1865, established a home of his own by his
marriage to Miss Elizabeth Leedy. To
this union have been born six children, all of whom still
survive, namely: William G., who is farming in Beaver,
North Dakota; Margaret, at home; Mary, the wife of
Levi Fry, a farmer of Jefferson township; John
C., who is operating the old home place; Fred, at
home; and George L., who is on a sheep ranch at Beaver,
North Dakota.
Mr. Robinson proudly cast his first presidential
vote for Abraham Lincoln, but later was identified with
the prohibition party, and at teh present time supports the
principles of democracy. He is a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic and of the Grange, while his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Persbyterian church at
Bellville, to which his wife also belongs.
Mr. Robinson is a man who is today as
loyal to his community and her welfare as he was to his country
in the dark days of the Civil war. Having spent his entire
life in Richland county he has a very wide acquaintance, not
only in his home locality, but throughout the entire county and
no man is more familiar with the development and improvement
that time and man have wrought in the past seven decades than is
Mr. Robinson, and now in the evening of life he
can enjoy a well earned rest, feeling that his labors have been
well spent in former years.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg. 577-578 |
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SAMUEL ROBINSON.
Samuel Robinson is entitled to mention in this
volume not only from the fact that he is a native son of
Richland county, but also from the fact that he is a veteran of
the Civil war, in which he did active duty, making a most
creditable military record. He was born in Jefferson
township, Apr. 25, 1840, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Detwillcr) Robinson. His father was also born in that
township and was the second son of John Robinson,
a native of Ireland, whose father bore the name of James
Robinson. John Robinson was only five
years of age when brought to the United States and here he grew
to manhood and married Margaret Nelson, who was
like wise a native of the Emerald Isle and came to America about
the same time as her future husband. In 1816 he came to
Ohio and entered land in Rich land county, bringing his family
the following year from their former home in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania. He was a lieutenant in the war of
1812, and the father of our subject served for five years in the
Ohio State Militia. The latter passed away in 1864 and his
wife, who was a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, died
in 1866.
Their union was blessed with eleven children, as
follows: Samuel, of this review; Elizabeth, the
wife of Jacob Lahman; John, who follows
farming in Jefferson township; Lavina, the wife of
Warren Charles, a farmer of Washington township;
William C., who is engaged in farming in Morrow
county, this state; Nathaniel, who served in the Civil
war as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased; F. O., a resident
of Montana; Jane, the widow of William Rule and a
resident of Perry township, this county; Margaret E., the
wife of Joseph Bottomley, of Mansfield; James
M., of Washington township; and Wilson M., who has
passed away.
Samuel Robinson acquired his education in
the district schools of Richland county and was trained to the
duties of farm life. He remained under the parental roof
until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he offered his
services to the government, enlisting at Bellville, Aug. 8,
1862, as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Second Ohio
Regiment. He served his country for almost three years,
during which time he never faltered in the performance of any
duty. While guarding a railroad he was wounded in the
thigh and he has never fully recovered from the injury. He
was mustered out of service June 30, 1865, after which he
returned to his home in Richland county.
Upon his return home Mr. Robinson once
more engaged in farming and when he had accumulated a sum
sufficient to justify his purchase of land he became owner of
two hundred and ten acres, situated on sections 2 and 11,
Jefferson township, his home being on the former section.
This is a valuable tract and is well improved with a, good
country residence and ample outbuildings for the shelter of
grain and stock. He gives his attention to general farming
and stock-raising and each year gathers good crops as a reward
for the care and labor he bestows upon the fields.
In 1868 Mr. Robinson was united in
marriage to Miss Anna Maria Cate, who was born in Germany
and passed away in 1900. Their union was blessed with two
daughters - Olive is the wife of A. L. Freehafer -
both having graduated from the Ada (Ohio) University.
Mr. Freehafer is now representing Washington county,
Idaho, in the state legislature. Bertha L., who
also graduated from Ada University, engaged in teaching in the
Bellville schools and is now the wife of F. E. Stuff, a
farmer of Richland county.
Mr. Robinson cast his first presidential
ballot for Abraham Lincoln, but now advocates
democratic principles. He has served for two terms as
township trustee, but aside from that has never been active as
an office holder. He maintains pleasant relations with his
old army comrades through his membership with Miller Moody Post,
G. A. R., at Bellville.
Few men of Richland county have more intimate knowledge
of its growth and development from a wild and unsettled district
than has Mr. Robinson, for having spent his entire
life here he has witnessed the changes that have been carried on
since an early day. He has a comfortable home, in which
are found some interesting war relics, among which may be seen
an old powder horn carried in the war of 1776, which is hand
carved, representing the American flag, a pine tree and a
serpent, with the inscription “Don’t tread on me.” He also
has his grandfather’s sword. He is very fond of home life
and takes great delight in entertaining his many friends who
hold him in high esteem.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg. 647 |
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W. S.
ROUSH, who was successfully engaged in general
merchandising at Ganges, was born in Williams county, Ohio,
Sept. 23, 1869, his parents being Jacob and Srah (Finnegal)
Roush. The former is a native of Jackson township,
Richland county his father being among the earliest settlers
here. In 1867 Jacob Roush removed to Williams
county but in 1871 returned to this county, where he has since
resided, his home being in Franklin township. Our subject
has but one brother, Lester C., who lives on a farm
adjoining that of his father.
W. S. Roush acquired his education in the
district schools of Franklin township and remained under the
parental roof until he had attained his majority. For ten
years afterward he was alternately engaged in farming and
teaching, following the former vocation during the summer
months, while in the winter seasons he devoted his time and
energies to the instruction of the young. Subsequently he
became connected with mercantile interests, forming a
partnership with W. A. St. John for the conduct of a
store in Ganges. He at first intended to carry only a
stock of hardware but the business has developed so materially
that he now carries a general line of merchandise to meet the
demands of his patrons. On the 1st of January, 1907, he
severed his connection with Mr. St. John and has since
carried on the business alone, meeting with a gratifying and
well merited success in his undertaking. He also has a
farm of eighty-five acres just south of Ganges, and owns the
fine building in which he conducts his business, it being a
store and residence combined. He likewise has other
real-estate holdings in Ganges, and is widely recognized as one
of the prosperous and progressive citizens and business men of
the county.
In 1890 Mr. Roush was united in marriage to
Miss Alice Bare, who was born and reared just south of
Ganges. Their children are: Walter, whose
birth occurred June 10, 1893; and Hazel, born April 12,
1895.
Mr. Roush is a democrat in his
political views and has served as clerk of Franklin township for
four years, while at present he is a trustee of Blooming Grove
township and also a member of the school board. He is a
member of Shiloh Lodge, No. 544, A. F. & A. M., of which he is
senior warden, and is also connected with Lodge No. 3575, M. W.
A., at Shelby. His wife is identified with the German
Baptist church, in the work of which she takes an active and
helpful interest. Having spent almost his entire life in
this county, he is well and favorably known here and is moreover
entitled to representation with its enterprising and successful
citizens.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 1035
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BACHUS SETH RUCKMAN.
Bachus Seth Ruckman, who is one of the few remaining
veterans of the Civil war and a highly respected citizen of
Richland county, is operating a well improved farm of
seventy-two acres, situated on section 7, Plymouth township.
He is a native son of the township born on a farm, June 9, 1843.
His paternal grandfather, Peter Ruckman, was a native of
Virginia and served in the war of 1812, and on his return from
the northern part of Ohio camped near Plymouth for three days,
and, being pleased with the country, returned and entered three
quarters of a section of land on sections 1, 6, 7 and 12.
He spent his remaining days here, passing away in 1821.
His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Lee, a sister of
Henry Lee, of Revolutionary fame, and her father was a
first cousin of Robert E. Lee. The family of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Ruckman numbered eleven children.
The father of our subject, \a4io bore the name of
Joshua Ruckman, was born near Romney, in Hampshire
county, West Virginia, Aug. 3, 1803. He wedded Mrs.
Barbara Pettit, the widow of Merritt
Pettit. She bore the maiden name of Rambo and
was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1810, and by
her marriage to Mr. Pettit became the mother of
five children. By her marriage to Mr. Ruckman
she became the mother of six children. Both the parents
are now deceased, the father passing away in 1879, when he had
reached the age of seventy-six years. The mother died
several years previously, her demise occurring in 1872, when she
was sixty-two years of age.
Bachus S. Ruckman, whose name introduces this
review, was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming
familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of
the agriculturist. He remained under the parental roof
until the time of his enlistment in the Civil war. On the
15th of August, 1862, he became a member of the First Ohio
Independent Battery, being assigned to duty in the Second
Brigade, Eighth Army Corps. He took part in the following
engagements: Fayetteville, Dec. 17, 18, 1863; Cloyd Mountain,
May 9, 1864; New River Bridge, May 10, 1864; Newport, May 12,
1864; Lexington, June 11, 1864; Lynchburg, June 17, 18, 1864;
Salem, July 11, 1864; Bunker Hill, July 14, 1864; and Stevenson
Depot, July 20, 1864. In the latter engagement he was
wounded in the right leg, but remained on the field of battle.
On the 25th of July, 1864, he participated in the battle of
Martinsburg and was discharged June 25, 1865. He was
mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, having made a most credit able
military record.
Following the close of hostilities Mr.
Ruckman returned home, where he remained for a time.
He then went to Illinois, where he spent three years, while for
six years he lived in Bucyrus, this state, being employed in a
machine shop. He then made a permanent location in
Plymouth township, where he has been engaged in farming to the
present time. He now operates seventy-two acres of rich
and arable land, located on section 7, Plymouth township, and in
his undertakings is meeting with excellent success, for he
follows modern ideas of agriculture.
Mr. Ruckman was married May 24, 1866, the
lady of his choice being Miss Mary Jane Van Wagner, who
was born in Auburn township, Crawford county, Ohio, Mar. 5,
1850, a daughter of Harvey and Abigail (Parcel) Van Wagner,
both of whom were natives of New York, whence they came with
their parents to Richland county at an early day. The
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ruckman has been blessed with
the following named children: Fayette J., who served for
five years as a member of the Eighth Ohio Regiment, National
Guards, now resides in Plymouth, where he conducts a black smith
shop. He is married and has three children. Rhuie
is the wife of Harmon Clapp, of Toledo, Ohio.
Lulu Loretta is the wife of J. J. Downing,
of Plymouth township. Roscoe Lafayette is a
carpenter of Plymouth. He is married and has one child.
Melvin, who completes the family, is at home.
Mr. Ruckman gives his political support
to the republican party and at the present time is serving as
city inspector. He maintains pleasant relations with his
old army comrades through his membership with the Grand Army of
the Republic. In whatever relation of life we find him,
whether in public or private life, as a soldier or in social
circles, he is ever found as the same honored and honorable
gentleman, who deserves the high regard in which he is uniformly
held.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg. 720 |
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