Windsor Township (part 1 of 3)

Windsor Township

The Largest Township of the County - The Earliest Settlement - The Big Bottom Massacre - Site of the Block House - New England Influences - Fruit Culture - Early Inhabitants Along the River - The Hill Farms and " Rabbit Lands " - The Old Mill at Luke Chute - Pioneer Families - Melancholy Event at a Wolf Hunt - Joel Sherman Killed - The Noted Fisherman of the Y alley - Canoeing - A Pioneer's Experiences - Remarkable Religious Excitement - The "Six Weeks' Meeting " in 1819 - Early Schools and Teachers - Mercantile and Industrial Items - The Village of Stockport - A Good Trading Point - The Settlement, Origin and Growth of the Town - Lodges - Churches - Biographical.

INDSOR Township, the largest in Morgan County, is wholly included within the limits of the Ohio company's purchase and of the donation tract. It was the earliest settled part of Morgan County, and at the time the county was formed had made greater progress in population and improvements than any other portion of the county.

Here was the settlement of Big Bottom, made in 1790, and ruthlessly destroyed by the savages early in the year 1791. For a description of the blockhouse and a history of the massacre, the reader is referred to chapter VI, "The Indian War."

For a time the exact location of the historic blockhouse on Big Bottom was, to a considerable degree, a matter of conjecture. Recently, however, through the earnest efforts of Mr. Obadiah Brokaw, the precise spot where it stood has been definitely ascertained. Any one passing down the river road from Windsor to Marietta can see the spot marked by a stone slab, in a field immediately north of the residence of Mr. Brokaw. In the immediate vicinity of the slab were found indisputable evidences of the material of the blockhouse and the remains of its unfortunate occupants.

The pioneers of this part of the county were largely from the JSTew England States. They were intelligent, moral and progressive. The county is especially indebted to these New Englanders for the introduction of fruit - apples, peaches, pears, cherries, etc. Orcharding has been a prominent industry in the township from the earliest settlement to the present time.

The soil is rich and productive. The township contains a greater area of bottom-land than any other in the county. The farmers are thrifty and progressive, and many of them very prosperous.

Windsor Township was organized as one of the integral parts of Morgan County in the summer of 1819. Its territory has since been enlarged by the incorporation into the township of a

Doubtless some of the bottoms of this township were occupied by hunters' cabins, here and there, even before the Indian War. But this is merely conjectural ; the date of actual, permanent occupation by white settlers may safely be set down as 1795-6, after Wayne's victory and the treaty of peace with the Indians.

The earliest settlers were nearly all located on the river. Hot until all the river farms were occupied did immigrants begin to think of improving the uplands. The hill-farms were called " rabbit lands," and considered wellnigh worthless. Few of them were taken up before 1820, and from that time forward for thirty years or more the work of improvement was slow but constant.

On the first farm George Miller was located for a time. About 1817 he sold out to Asa Olney, whose son Oman settled upon the place. Joshua Davis lived on the farm a short time, but died in 1821.

Where Samuel H. Scott now lives, Thomas Devin settled about 1818. Hear the site of the schoolhouse Thomas Dorragh was located a few years. He left in 1820.

In 1811 Hathan Dearborn came from Hew Hampshire on foot and located on the farm now occupied by Capt. I. H. Hook. His brother-in-law, Isaac Melvin had occupied the place a short time before, but had left. After making some improvement, Mr. Dearborn remained on the place till his first wife died. In the fall of 1813 he returned to Hew Hampshire and married again. The following March he was drafted, and served a year in the army. Mr. Dearborn was the first coroner of Morgan County, and acted as sheriff at the first term of court in McConnelsville. His son, II. P. Dearborn, now of Meigsville Township, born in 1 SIT, has a vivid recollection of pioneer events, and has assisted the editors of this history by furnishing many interesting reminiscences. Mr. Dearborn was one of the pioneer temperance workers of the county.

Asa Emerson, Jr., was on the farm below, prior to Dearborn's settlement. Hear where J. J. and J. C. Henery now live, from about 1822 to 1826, Samuel M. Dyke held a squatter's possession. He was one of the early teachers of the township. Just below lived William Davis, 2d, and John B. Peary, succeeded about 1817 by Levi Davis and Prince Godfrey. The lafiter died in 1821. Hear the site of the brick church, Samuel Henery located in 1815. His posterity is still numerous in the township. Hext down the river was Elder William Davis, pastor of the Baptist Church ; and where Robert Henery now lives, James Hott, early in the present century.

Opposite the site of the village of Stockport was Hathan i el Eveland, and next below, Samuel White. Asa White was on the farm of the late Arthur Taggart ; and a little below lived John Craft and Elisha Hand, who removed to Indiana about 1830. Jotham Keyes, about 1821, having previously lived a short time at Marietta, moved to the next farm. His wife was a cousin of Hon. Edward Everett. Mrs. Barker, matron of the Children's Home, is the only representative of the

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Keyes family known to the writer. On the Obadiah Brokaw farm, Joseph Cheadle was an early settler ; the lower part of the farm was early occupied by Elijah Smith (1815); about the same time came also Dr. Ephraim Wight.

The Cheadles were from Vermont and all early settlers. Asa, John, Richard and Paddock were brothers. Asa was an early justice of the peace. Richard Cheadle settled where Mrs. Melior now lives and remained on the place until his death. Where the late Annie Lawrence lived, Ephraim Ellis resided a short time, then moved to Marion Township. Paddock Cheadle lived on the Henry Blackmer farm. He moved west. Timothy Blackmer came to the next place in 1823, having previously lived for twenty years a few miles below on the other side of the river. John Cheadle lived on the Buck farm from the time of his settlement until his death.

Asa Emerson and his sons located in the vicinity of Luke Chute about the beginning of the present century. There Luke Emerson engaged in milling. Just below, John Carter, an early settler had a distillery. Further down were Elnathan Ellis, Jonathan Baldwin, George Hanvard on the present T. Blake farm; Archibald McCollum, on the place afterwards occupied for many years by Adelphi Webster; Joseph Morris, on part of the R. L. Coburn farm ; Nicholas Coburn (1796) on the Coburn farm ; and Sylvanus Olney where E. N. Olney now lives.

Returning to our starting-point, crossing the river and again following it downward, we find Samuel Evans on part of the farm now owned by M. Keyser, John Widger, John and Humphrey K. White, who established a mill in 1822. John White was a prominent man, a justice of the peace and a representative to the legislature. The J. B. White farm was settled by Barnabas Sutliff, familiarly known as Barney, in 1814 ; and at a later date Abijah C. Seely occupied the Bishop and Kent farm. The Newberry farm was settled as early as 1814 by Sylvanus Newton * and general musters were sometimes held there. Gideon and Walter were his sons. Alexander McMillan, from Maine, known as Dr. McMillan, settled on the Geddes farm. The doctor made pills from roots, herbs and other material ; but he claimed that in order that they should be absolutely effective that in the process of manufacture, the fire in his furnace should be kept up for seven years. He had unbounded faith in the efficacy of his own medicines, and once told a patient who complained that his doses were doing no good, that the medicine would work, though it might take seven years to reach the desired result.

Frederick Eveland and his sons, David, Moses and John, occupied the site of Stockport, and several brothers by the name of Lucas were also in this neighborhood prior to 1815. Further down at an early period were Andrew Dennis, a revolutionary soldier, and his sons, Daniel, Samuel, Thomas, Andrew and Uriah ; David Sells, Daniel Coleman and Jacob Nulton ; Asa Cheadle, Simeon Nott and Simeon Evans, all very early.

Henry Harward, and his son George, settled on the Thomas Blake farm at a very early date - probably before 1S00. The Harwards were from Pennsylvania and were of Irish descent. George, Charles, Katie and Mary were members of George Harward's family. None of the name now remain in the county.

Jonathan Baldwin came from Connecticut, about 1800, cleared land and planted an orchard on the upper end of the Blake farm, which has since been known as the Baldwin orchard. This orchard and another planted by. Nicholas Coburn, Sr., were doubtless the first orchards in Morgan County, though other Yankee settlers were not long in following the examples set by Baldwin and Coburn. Several apple trees and one pear tree of those planted by Baldwin are still standing. Apples were a source of considerable revenue to the early settlers who had orchards. They were transported to Zanesville in canoes and usually brought high prices. Canoeing of fruit and other products was a business, regularly followed by some at certain seasons. It required skill and an intimate acquaintance with the river to manage a large, heavily laden canoe and take it through the ripples in safety. The pioneers always offered apples and cider to visitors or neighbors who called. It was customary to warm the cider by plunging a red-hot poker into it ; then red pepper and ginger were added to give it flavor. This drink, with a plate of russets or greenings, was fine enough for the epicures of those days.

Wolves were numerous and very troublesome to the early settlers. Although no instances are remembered of their attacks upon people, many an aged pioneer can recall the time when stock (especially sheep) was often attacked and killed by them. The last wolves in this region, according to the recollection of II. P. Dearborn, were killed in 1832, by Levi Allen of Waterford.

It was customary for the county to pay a bounty tax for the killing of wolves. Proof was made before a justice of the peace who issued a warrant enabling the holder to draw the money from the county treasury. A justice, whose name is unnecessary in this connection, was once applied to for such a warrant. The certificate was made out in such a manner that it was legible and its meaning evident. But after he had affixed his signature to the document he happened to think that he had said nothing about the age of the wolf. So he wrote below his own name, "A Full Grown Wolf." As the justice was a man of at least two hundred and fifty pounds' weight, the ludicrous nature of the certificate was readily apparent.

The first justice of the peace in the township, chosen at the first election in 1819, was Adelphi Webster. He was also an early school teacher.

In 1817 Prince Godfrey, a native of England, who came from Maine to Ohio, moved from Duck Creek, where he had lived a year previously, and settled on the river on land now owned by the Henerys, above the brick church. He was the father of five children, three of whom are living: Phebe M. (Patterson), Samuel B. (deceased), Malinda H. (McKibben), Abigail (deceased), and Ellen (Menier). After the decease of Mr. Godfrey his widow married Israel Davis. The children of this marriage were Abigail, Israel and Jesse - one now living, Jesse, near Hooksburg. Mrs. Davis died in 1879 at the age of ninety-four.

Samuel Godfrey, brother of Prince, came West earlier and induced the latter to come. He lived on Duck Creek until after the death of his wife, and moved thence to this township. Here he married Mrs. Eunice White (nee Emerson). They had two children who died in the West. Louisa, one of the children of the first wife, was drowned in the river at Devol's. There was a skating party, and she was being pushed on the ice in a rocking chair, when she went down in an air hole. This was on Thursday. The following Saturday her body was seen through the ice by a man who was crossing over the river below. Benjamin, Samuel, and Joseph, were also children by by the first wife. The two last named are still living in the West.

Samuel White settled in Windsor township opposite Luke Chute, near the beginning of the present century. He was from New England. His father, Thomas White, and his (Samuel's) brothers, Thomas, Olcott and David, all lived in the same neighborhood, some of them on the opposite side of the river. Samuel came to this vicinity a young man, married Eunice, a sister of Luke Emerson, and followed milling. He had but one son, Asa, the youngest of the family, and five daughters - Mary (Andrews), Centre township ; Susana and Roxana, dead ; Lydia and Abigail.

The mill at Luke Chute was the principal mill in the settlement in the early years. The date of its erection is not to be ascertained, but it was probably in operation as early at 1815. Luke Emerson and Samuel White built it in partners!) ip. They constructed a side, called the " chute " - hence Luke's Chute. After being in operation many years the mill was burned. Samuel and Wells White, by the assistance of their neighbors, erected another. The Luke Chute mill was the best and the most largely patronized of the early mills in the Southeastern part of the county. It was owned by Jeremiah Spurgeon after Emerson & White.

The Corners of Morgan County are of English descent. Their progenitor, George Corner, Sr., was an- early settler at Marietta. He had determined on locating in Kentucky, but on arriving at Marietta and finding some of his friends there, he determined to cast his fortunes with them. In 1796 he settled in what is now Windsor township on Wolf Creek, five miles west of Beverly, where his son George L. was born in 1797. A few years afterwards he died while on his way westward from New York, whither he had gone for medical treatment. Of his family, William, George, and Ellen (Smith) lived and died in Morgan County. William and George were among the early settlers of Union township. Both afterwards moved to Malta, where George L. died Aug. 11, 1857, and William a few years ago.

The Coburn family was one of the earliest in Morgan County. Major Asa Coburn was one of the first six families that arrived at Marietta, August 19, 1788. His family consisted of his wife and six children : Phineas, the eldest son, who arrived, with the first party of immigrants, at the mouth of the Muskingum, in April, 1788; Nicholas, Asa, Sibyl, Mary and Susannah. Major Coburn was one of three brothers who entered the Colonial Army at the opening of the revolution : Andrew, the eldest, was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; Abraham also lost his life in battle ; Asa passed through the war, coming out with the rank of major. Both he and his wife died at Waterford daring the Indian war, and their burial place is unknown.

Nicholas Coburn, Sr., son of Major Asa Coburn, was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1772, and came to Marietta with his parents in 1788. In the spring of 1789 with his father's family he moved to Waterford and remained there through the Indian War. He was one of the party who went from Fort Frye (at Waterford) in 1791 to bury the victims of the massacre at Big Bottom. In 1791 Nicholas Coburn married Rosamond Olney, who came from Nova Scotia. During that year he settled opposite the site of Lowell, where he remained until the spring of 1796. He then moved to the northeastern part of Windsor Township, and settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, Richmond L. Coburn. At that time his nearest neighbor lived at the mouth of Olive Green Creek. He planted on his farm one of the first orchards in Morgan County. Mrs. Coburn died in 1828, and Mr. Coburn in 1818. They reared a large family - eight daughters and two sons. Of the sons, Barzilla, the elder, moved to Missouri in 1839 ; the other, Nicholas, lived and died on the homestead.

Nicholas Coburn, Jr., was born March 2-1, 1801. In 1831 he married Elizabeth Cheadle, daughter of Richard Clieadle of Big Bottom. Mr. Coburn was a prominent man and served as a justice of the peace in Windsor Township for eighteen years. He was also a county commissioner for three years. He was an ardent whig, and attested his loyalty to his party by urging all whigs to attend the elections and vote. Duringthe election of 184-1, he discovered late in the afternoon of election day that one of his whig neighbors had not voted. He therefore went in search of him, and on asking the reason for his neglect of duty, learned that the man had stayed at home because he had no shoes to wear! Mr. Coburn thereupon took off his own shoes, had his neighbor put them on and hurry away to the polling-place, thus adding one to the number of ballots for Clay, while he himself walked home bare-footed, to the great amusement of his family.

Nicholas Coburn, Jr., died August 18, 1867, and his wife October 31, 1877. They had three children - Leonidas J., Louisa and Richmond L. Louisa became the wife of Edward Ellison, (now deceased), who was a minister of the M. E. Church.

Leonidas J. Coburn, a representative farmer and a most worthy citizen, was born September 4, 1832. In January, 1855, he married Susan Swift, and has six children: Don C., who married

Emma Nulton ; Nicholas, who married Jessie Nulton; Charles, who married Flora Bolinger ; Juniatta, Edward and Allen. Don C. and Nicholas are ministers of the Methodist Protestant Church. Leonidas J. Coburn has served six years as a justice of the peace and now (1886) is serving his second term as one of the county commissioners.

Richmond L. Coburn, a prominent farmer, was born June 28, 1839, on the old homestead and in the old house which was built in 1813. He has always resided on the farm. Mr. Coburn was in the U. S. service in the Second West Virginia cavalry from 1861 to 1865 and participated in all the campaigns of that regiment. He was married January 1, 1867, to Miss P. A. Hill, of Washington County, whose parents were members of one of the early families. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn have four children, Nicholas Roscoe, Alexander Royal, Raymond Clinton and Richmond Walter. Mr. Coburn is a republican and a member of the Methodist Protestant church.

Simeon Evans, or Grandfather Evans as he was familiarly known, was born in Orange County, New York, in 1776, and came with his father, Nathaniel Evans, to Washington County in 1794. The family settled near Marietta and the elder Evans is buried in the Marietta cemetery. Simeon Evans was one of the early pioneers of Windsor Township, where he settled about 1796. He married Miss Elizabeth Mellor in 1799. She was of English birth, and came to America in 1795. They reared a family of eleven children, - six boys and five girls. All attained mature years. Of this large family only three, Sarah, Prudence and John, are now living. John and Joel were twins and inherited the old homestead, one of the finest farms upon the river. Both married, the former for his first wife Miss Elizabeth Mathews. She lived but a short time and he was again married to Nancy Hoon and reared a family of eleven children. Joel married Miss Rebecca Martin and the result of .this union was seven children, - Laura, Murray (died in infancy), Edith, Arza, Simeon, Orville and Ada. The lives of these two brothers were almost inseparably connected. They did not seem to have a dual existence. For over sixty years they lived and did business together without a single disagreement to mar the placidity of their lives. In 1881 John was compelled to leave the old home on account of the illness of his wife and went to Oregon. The attachment between the brothers was so strong that Joel did not long survive the separation, and in February of the following year he died. The name of Evans is one familiar to every one in the southern part of the county, where they are known as honest, intelligent and upright people. Simeon, the progenitor of the family in Morgan Comity, was a fine type of the pioneer ; he ivas a religious man, and in the early days his house was known far and near as the " preaching place " for the Methodists. He died January 5, 1861 ; his wife in 1838.

Sylvanus Olney, who was born in Nova Scotia in 1773, came to Marietta at the age of nineteen and spent some time in the block-house there. He was a soldier under General Wayne for two years, and afterwards a second lieutenant under General Harrison in the latter's Sandusky expedition. He settled on the opposite side of the river from E. N. Olney's present residence, and his brother Asa on the place above him. About 1803 he moved to the north side of the river, having traded his land on the other side for the farm on which his son now lives. He was married in 1799 to Annie Slack, and probably settled on his first place about that time. His children by this marriage were John, Sarah, Daniel, Asa, Henry, Louisa, Louisiana, R. J. Meigs and Dexter. For his second wife he married Betsy Nixon, in 1819, by whom he had one child, Elias Nixon Olney, born May 15, 1825. Sylvanus Olney died July 11, 1866, in the 94th year of his age. lie was a justice of the peace and a prominent man.

1 852 to Lucy Ann Vaughn, who died in 1863. Their children were Sarah E. (deceased), Warren, Henry and Ellsworth (deceased). In 1864 Mr. Olney married Rebecca E. Muse, who died in 1874. Children: Luella T. and Edward G. In 1880 Mr. (Olney married Margaret C. Murray. He is a democrat and a member of the Methodist Protestant church.

Elder William Davis, the first pastor of the Baptist church, was an early settler on the place now the Porter farm, above the farm of Robert Henery, 2d. He came from Montville, Maine, and preached through all the neighboring settlements. He was a fair speaker, hut very tenacious of doctrinal points and might fitly be classed as a "hard shell." He was much respected. He reared a large family, none of whom are now left here. His children were Nancy, Peggy, Abigail, James Cyrus, Hannah, Mary, William and Sally.

Joshua Davis, a brother of Elder William, settled on the river above the I. N. Hook farm. He had one son, Elias, who died in Maine. The others all came to Ohio and lived in Morgan County. They were Janies, William, Cyrus, Israel, Joshua, Isaac, Levi, Asa, Abigail and Rhoda. All died in the county. Israel once went on a trip to New Orleans on a boat and walked home. He was a hard-working, industrious man. He built the chimneys in the house now owned by Samuel P. Patterson, boating the brick from McConnelsville, and carrying them in a basket on his back from the river to the house.

and William Davis, 2d, were also among the early settlers. Levi had nineteen children, all of whom are now dead or moved away. Thomas ahd Betsy (Sheets) only are known to be living. Their father, Levi Davis, came from Maine, and after a short stay in Washington County, moved to this township about 1816. He first located on the place afterward occupied by John Henry, and afterward moved to the Blockhouse farm on Big Bottom.

James Nott, one of the pioneers of Windsor Township, was the son of Thomas Nott, and emigrated to Windsor Township from Pennsylvania in the year 1800. He married Miss Phebe Richmond, an aunt of Dean Richmond, one of the most prominent politicians and financiers of the State of New York. They reared a family of six children, three boys and three girls. Benjamin Nott, the eldest of the sons, was born in Windsor in 1806. Reuben H., the second son, was born in 1812, and Crayton B., the youngest, in 1814. Benjamin came to McConnelsville in 1821, and for six years was with Alexander McConnel in the tannery. In 1828 he married Miss Jemima Taylor and soon after engaged in the grocery business on the site now occupied by C. Burkholter. He was successful in trade and in addition to his store he " kept tavern." In 1837 he removed to Malta, when he engaged in the dry goods trade. He remained in Malta, however, but about eighteen months, when he removed his stock to the building where he had kept tavern. He extended his business largely and in connection with his hotel and store ran a livery stable, carrying on a successful business until 1840, when he met with serious financial reverses. He died in

1843. In 1840 he united with the Baptist church and became one of the exemplary members of that denomination. James E. Nott, a son, learned the printing business and in company with Messrs. Layman and Latton published the Marietta Republican. He was afterward a foreman on the Pittsburgh Gazette. He died May 7, 1856.

Reuben IT. Nott, born in 1812, learned carpentery, came to McConnelsville and worked at his trade. About 1850 he removed to Marion, Iowa, where lie still lives. His oldest son, B. H. Nott, is a prominent business man of Marion, Iowa, and his second son, Julius, a dentist of the same place.

Crayton B. Nott learned tailoring and carried on that business in McConnelsville. He was a sergeant in the 17th 0. V. I. His leg was broken by a fall while in the service, and he died in the hospital at Crab Orchard, Ivy.

The Taylor family were early pioneers of Windsor Township. Thomas Taylor and his wife, nee Elizabeth Parks, and four children settled in this township in 1802. They remained, however, but a short time when they went to Jefferson County, where Mrs. Taylor died in 1813. Six years later, 1819, Mr. Taylor returned to Morgan County with his family of ten children and entered the farm in Bloom Township, where he died in 1832, highly esteemed by all who knew him. Like many of the pioneers he was a great hunter and a man of unquestioned courage. On one occasion he was called to the house of a neighbor, and being in a hurry, neglected to take either his huntingknife or rifle. On his way through the woods his path was crossed by a halfgrown bear, which he attempted to capture with no weapon but a club.

The bear having the most endurance, he was not successful. On another occasion he heard in a thicket of bushes what he supposed was a fox or a coon. Thinking' to frighten the animal, he sprung into the thicket from off a fallen log, when to liis great surprise a huge panther sprung out before him with an unearthly yell. Afterward, in relating the incident, he said : "It would have been difficult to have told which was scared the worse, I or the panther."

Mr. Taylor was twice married. The children of the first marriage were John, Jane, David, Mary, Keziah, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jemima and Ruth. David was born in 1797 in Pennsylvania. He married Miss Phebe Creightraf and reared a family of children, - Thomas, Mary A., John, George, Jemima, Brice, Lizzie and William. The latter was born in Bloom Township, May 24, 1843, and was elected sheriff of the county in 1884. He administered the duties of the office with eminent success and to the entire satisfaction of the people generally.

At a wolf-hunt in 1822 a young man named Joel Sherman was accidentally shot near the head waters of Mill Run. The hunters became demoralized through the free use of whisky, and neglected to act upon any concerted plan. Several of them, seeing a deer in a hollow, began firing at it. Levi Davis and P. J. Patterson, who were of the party, thinking themselves in the way of the bullets, hid under a log. The firing ceased, when Sherman was discovered to hare been shot through the body, lie was taken to the house of John Henery, where he died after suffering for several days.

and was captured at the time of the massacre, afterward returned to the scene of the old settlers' destruction, and spent a winter at the home of William Patterson. During his four years of Indian life he had become so accustomed to a hunter's bed and a hunter's accommodations, that he could not be induced to sleep on a bed, but stretched himself on a blanket in front of the fire. He described the blockhouse as having been built of green beech and sugar maple logs. He died at Belpre.

David Emerson lived early on the Samuel Buck place. He afterward sold out and moved further up the river. Asa Emerson lived above Hooksburg in a double log house built of buckeye. There was a large orchard on the place. He sold this place and moved to the Chute, where he built a brick house. He went to Illinois.

Among the prominent early families was that of Phineas C. Keyes, who lived where Mr. Outcalt now lives, where he owned a tannery. His children were Harriet, Martha, Juliet, Emily, Mary, George, Edward and Hiram. Edwin was captain of Company B, 116th O. Y. I., and Avas killed at the battle of Winchester. The children Avere Avell educated, and the family was most highly esteemed. Juliet (Mrs. Barker) is the only one of the family now remaining in the county.

Bev. N. B. IJenery recalls the time Avhen salt Avas $2 per bushel, and a day's Avages Avas but 25 cents. He paid his first tax, on sixty acres of land, with 33 cents. In those days a deer-skin Avas worth 37-2 cents, and Avould purchase a quarter of a pound of powder. Whisky Avas 37s cents per gallon, and enough of it was manufactured to

A feAV of the early settlers raised cotton, Avhich they used Avith linen to manufacture homemade garments. Calico Avas then considered as fine and as stylish as silk is to-day. The girls Avent barefooted on their trips to town, putting on their shoes as they neared their destination. Economy had to be practiced in the matter of wearingapparel. Frequently one bonnet Avas made to do duty for several girls, each taking her turn in wearing it.

William Davis once cut the trees off three acres of ground for a pair of coarse shoes. Shoemaker Morgueridge, who lived where the infirmary noAv is, made them.

John and Kidgeway Craft and Elisha Hand lived on the river as early as 1817. They Avere noted fishermen and every nook of the river from their home to Zanesville Avas familiar to them. They carried on quite a business, marketing their fish in Zanesville, Avliere they exchanged them for salt, which they sold to the settlers.

" In early days the most of the fish Avere taken on the trot line. Our early and most successful fishermen upon the Muskingum and in this neighborhood, Avere Hand and Craft. They fished together and seemed ahvays to be in good luck, catching fish in great numbers and Avhere others Avould fail. They Avould catch in a night a half barrel or more upon their lines. They fished altogether Avith the hook and spear. They resided upon the river in Windsor Township, and emigrated hence to the

West some years ago, as their occupation was gone when the waters of the clear and beautiful Muskingum became muddy and obstructed by dams, and violently disturbed by the paddles of the steamers. To the early settler, on the borders of our river, and even upon creeks, the fish taken furnished no small part of their animal food, especially in the spring and fall seasons. In the spring the fish were taken on hooks; but in the fall, after frost, when the water was low and clear, they were taken by torchlight with the spear or three-pronged gig. The mode of taking fish with the gig was thus : A large torch made from light wood splinters, was held up in the bow of the canoe, our only small craft in use in the early days, to attract the attention of the fish and give light to the spearsman. The canoe was guided by a man in the stern, giving it motion and direction with a paddle. A skillful spearsman, all things in working order, would often load a canoe during an evening's excursion. The light of the torch attracts the fish, and they seem to be amazed and will seldom try to escape, while by day -light scarcely a fish can be taken by this mode."

Frederick Eveland settled where Stockport now is in 1811. He occupied a double log cabin, in one room of which he kept saloon, while Ids wife, a religious woman, lived and frequently had religious meetings in another room. Neither meddled with the affairs of the other, and they lived harmoniously together. Frederick's sons, Nathaniel, David, Moses and John and several daughters, were also residents of the township. Nathaniel Lucas, a blacksmith by trade, settled in the same neighborhood in 1811.

Barnabas Sutliff was among the earliest settlers. His wife was a sister of Simeon Evans. Barney was a stonemason, a- maker of -wooden plows and of fanning mills of a primitive sort. The latter were constructed of hoop-stuff ami deer skin. Sutliff and his wife died at Robert Henery's. Their sons were Abel and Carney, and their daughters, Temperance (Van Clief), Julia (Dearborn), Tacy (Henery), Sarah (Newton), Sabra (Newton), Hannah (Sid well) and Matilda (Henery).

Gilbert Olds, who served in the war of 1812, settled in the southern part of the township prior to that war. Dr. Ephraim Wright, one of the first members of the Baptist Church, was an early settler on the river. He was called Doctor, but never practiced medicine.

Evan McVeigh settled about 1817 on the farm where Orsemus McVeigh now resides. David Sells lived opposite the Big Bottom school house early. He was a soldier of 1812. Peter Eddleblute settled early in the vicinity of Roxbury.

The most common name in the township is that of Henry, or Henery, as it is written by some members of the family. The Henerys are the descendants of Samuel Henery, who came to Ohio froi i Montville, Lincoln county, Maine, in 1814. With his family he arrived in Jackson Township, now in Noble County, on the 20th of September in that year. They came by wagon to Brownsville, Pa., and there the family embarked upon a barge for Pittsburgh, Mr. Henery proceeding to that place by land. At Pittsburgh he sold his horses, and the whole family then proceeded by boat to the mouth of Duck creek. In December of the same year Mr. Henery moved the family to the farm (still in the Henery name) on which the brick church now is. Here he had purchased 160 acres of land from a man named Leavitt who had made some improvement upon the place. They brought a family of seven children, and three were afterward born to them. Robert, the eldest, is still living in McConnelsville. John married Lillis McGonigle, whose parents came from Vermont and settled near Lowell in 1812. She was born in 1800, and is still living on the farm, where she has resided since her marriage. The other members of this family were Jane, Nathan B. (still living), Samuel, Rhoda, Nancy (McKibben) (still living), David (still living), and Charles. The latter died in New Orleans of cholera. All the other deceased members of the family ended their days in Morgan County.

At the time the Henerys settled on the river (1811), their nearest neighbor down the river war. two miles distant. Nathaniel Eveland and William Hushes lived together on the farm now belonging to Robert ITenery 2d. Hughes was a great bear hunter, and he and his large black dogs were familiar figures iu the woods for miles around. Going toward McConnelsville after leaving Nathan Dearborn's, there Avas , no place improved until the farm of Timothy Gates, near McConnelsville, Avas reached. The east side of the j river was the earliest route of travel. The Harmar and Lancaster road, on the Avest. side of the river, Avas the first surveyed road.

William Patterson settled in this township in the fall of 1819. He came from NeAV Hampshire to Marietta when ten years of age, and his father died of small-pox at that place. He Avas married near Lowell to Mary Harward, a i native of Pennsylvania. He first moved into an empty cabin on the farm opposite Windsor, and thence moved to his cabin on the hill, Avliieh he finished and provided Avith a chimney after settling his family inside. His children Avere Jane LL, Polly C., Pliiletus J., Peggy, Louisiana and George LI., of whom Pliiletus J. is the only survivor. Win. Patterson died May 11, 18L6, aged sixty -six, and his widow June 9, 1862, in her seventy-ninth year.

P. .1. Patterson was born in Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio, June 2, 1809, and lias resided in Windsor ToAvnship, Morgan County, since 1819. He was married in 1832 to Phebe M. Godfrey, a native of Maine, who is still living. Their children are Jesse W., Abigail M., Benjamin G. (deceased), Mary J., Henry G.. Samuel P., Nancy J., and Lucy A. All four of the sons Avere in the service in the late war, and Benjamin G. starved in a rebel prison, dying at Danville, Va., Feb. 18, 1865, after about three years' service. He Avas in Company B, 116th regiment, a volunteer and a private. Mr. and Mrs. Patlerson are members of the Baptist church.

George H. Patterson was born in Adams ToAvnship, Washington County, in 1818, and came Avith his parents to Morgan County in 1819. In 1 8L2 he married Nancy J. Berkley, daughter of Rev. Reuben Berkley, pastor of the Baptist church. By this marriage he had three children, William B., Thomas C., and Elizabeth A. (deceased). Mrs. Patterson died in 1854, and in 1855 Mr. Patterson married Ann M. Murray, who died Feb. 29, 1876, having borne tAvo children - Martha M. and Mary A. - both iioav deceased. George H. Patterson died Feb. 28, 1879. He served

William B. Patterson, son of George H. Patterson, was horn January 6, 1843, and now resides on the homestead. In 1868 Mr. Patterson married Ellen M. Andrews. They have two children - Dora A. and Clarence D. October 4, 1861, Mr. Patterson enlisted in Company B, 62d O. V. I.; went into the service under General Lander, in West Virginia; served in the department of the Shenandoah, Major General Banks commanding; department of the Rappahannock, Major General McDowell; Fourth Army Corps, Major General Keyes; Seventh Army Corps, Major General Dix; Army of the Potomac, General McClellan; Eighteenth Army Corps, Major General Foster; department of North Carolina; Tenth Army Corps, General David Hunter; Twentyfourth Army Corps, Major General John Gibbon. He was in the battles of Winchester, Fort Wagner (where he was wounded), Deep Bottom, Petersburg, - Appomattox, and others. Reenlisted as a veteran ; mustered out at Columbus, O., in December, 1865. From the close of the war to 1881, Mr. Patterson was engaged as a traveling agent of eastern publishing houses. He is now farming.

Thomas C. Patterson was born in Windsor Township on the farm now owned by W. B. Patterson, June 30, 1851. Married to Mary A. Hindman Dec. 21, 1876. Children by this marriage: Oma Bell, Virgie Lee, Alfa Isora, and Don Carlos.

Timothy Blackmer, father of Jesse, located early where his grandson Timothy now lives. II is son Henry was drowned in early years while crossing the river in a canoe at Luke Chute.

Ephraim Ellis was an early settler who came from Vermont. He lived on Big Bottom. Ilis sons were Levi, Comer, Alfred, Isaac, Moses, Thomas J., John and Joel. There were three girls in the family. Levi, Comer, Isaac, Moses and Alfred settled and died in this county.

Adel phi Webster was an early settler, a school teacher, and a justice of the peace. He was the first justice in the township, and entered upon the duties of that office May 1 8, 1819.

John S. Abbott was born August 12, 1783, in the state of Delaware, and married Elizabeth Morey in 1807. She was born at Kinderhook, state of New York, June 20, 1784. They had ten children - Eliza, Sarah, Henry, Henrietta, Rachel, Silas M., Mary Ann, John S., Richard and J esse. All lived to man and womanhood. He emigrated to Ohio from Neiv York in 1817, and settled in Wesley Township, Washington County, and followed farming until 1846, when he moved to Stockport, Morgan County, where he died July 26, 1867, aged nearly 84 years. His wife died at Stockport March 3, 1858, aged 73 years.

About 1816 Andrew Ilosom settled on Meigs Creek in Bristol Township. He came from Kennebec County, Maine. About 1S30 lie removed to Windsor Township, where he died December 6, 1868 in the 90th year of his age. Those of his children who lived to mature years were Lydia (dead), Martha, Grundy County, Missouri; Sarah, wife of N. B. Henry, born January 4, 1809; Oliver Perry (dead) ; Andrew J., in Missouri ; Elbridge, Noble County ;

About the year 1820 Jesse Scott and family came from Pennsylvania and purchased what is now the County Infirmary farm. Three of the sons, John, Barney and Dyer, built a saw and grist mill at what is now known as Sherwoodsburg. Jesse and Jesse, Jr., bought farms, one on Meigs Creek and the other on Olive Green Creek, where they built mills. Another son, Daniel, settled on the farm now owned by George Thompson. The family adopted the primitive ways of the county, grew their own flax and wool, and made their own clothing. After the improvement of the river their mills were rendered valueless and abandoned. All were farmers and reared large families. About 1846 Mr. Scott built a boat, to which he gave the name of Noah's Ark. It was 130 feet long with 20-foot beam, and was propelled by horse-power and sails. On this the family, consisting of eighteen, embarked with their stock and household goods, and after a voyage of ninety days ascended the Bock Kiver, Illinois, where they settled. James LI. Scott, of Windsor, is of this family, and was born in Windsor in 1844. He was a member of Co. B, 62d O. Y. I., and served four years; is now one of the reputable farmers of the township.

Thomas Mummey was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, Feb. 12, 1807, and settled in Morgan County in 1823, coming from Harrison County in this State. His father, Christopher Mummey, first settled in Meigsville Township, and after ten years removed to Windsor Township. His children were Thomas, Ellen, and Elizabeth. Thomas and Ellen are still living. Christopher died on the place now known as the Hutchins farm. Thomas was married in 1832 to Elizabeth, daughter of John Bell, and has since resided in Windsor, Township. His children are Philena, John and Ann. Mrs. Mummey was born in 1808 and died October 4, 1879.

The country was very wild when Mr. Mummey came to it, and he had his full share of pioneer experiences. He recalls being chased by wolves on one occasion, and another time by bears. From his father's home in Meigsville Township he was accustomed to goto mill at Luke Chute, where sometimes he would have to wait two days before he could get his milling done. There were then no inhabitants on the route he traveled between Tyson's Run in Meigsville Township and Luke Chute, with the single exception of Thomas Tuft, who in 1823 lived in a cabin on the farm where Mr. Mummey now resides.

Lewis D. Sheets, a native of Indiana, married Ann Mummey in 1855. Their children - John T., Eva J., Elmer E., Azelia E., Elfrida P., and Clara A. - are all living. Mr. Sheets died in April, 1872, in the 36th year of his age.

Jesse Blackmer was born in Washington County in 1809 and lived in that county until 1823. Then with his parents he came to the farm on the Muskingum now occupied by his son Timothy. In 1832 Mr. Blackmer married Louisiana Olney and remained on the farm with his parents until their deaths. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Blackmer - Mary (Whitney), died in 1878, Henry and Timothy. His wife died in 1875, and in 1880 Mr. Blackmer went to Missouri and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is a stockholder in the National Bank of Grant City,

Mo., and is interested in the business of loaning money. Mr. Blackmer held some local offices in Morgan County and was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Stockport.

Henry Blackmer, son of Jesse, married Sarah Wilson, of Bristol Township, in 1864, and is the father of five children - William, Jesse, Mary, Fannie and Lillie. He is one of the most prominent farmers of the county. Timothy Blackmer, who lives on the old homestead, is also a most successful farmer. Lie married Thirsia Pugh in 1879, and is the father of Annie, Lucy and Frank.

John McCoy was born in Fayette County, Pa., Jan. 15, 1822, and came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, when eight years old. About 1836 he came to Morgan County and worked two years for Robert Patterson, teaming and hauling salt. In 1843 he came to Windsor "township, and in 1848 he married Mary Hanson, daughter of Peter Hanson, an early settler and a veteran of the war of 1812. Mr. McCoy has followed various occupations. He has lived on his present farm since 1860, and been engaged in milling operations since 1865. His children are Perley (deceased), Martha, Emma, Hamilton (deceased), Flora, Lizzie and Charles.

Thomas Dougherty was born in Homer Township in 1834, and remained with his parents until 1855. He was then married to Mary J. Ralston, of this county. They have six children living, George C., James A., Monima N., Perley B., William B. and Alice M. Monima N. is the wife of J. R. Iveadle, of this township. George C. manned Lydia Lillis. James A. married Nancy A. Moody. Perley B. married Amanda E. Geddes. All live in this county. :

The family belong to the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Dougherty has been a deacon. Mrs. Dougherty died in 1874, and two years later lie married Mrs. Jane Hooper, whose maiden name was Scott. Mr. Dougherty is a farmer and a successful one.

Alexander Wallace, born in 1827, came to this township with his parents when about one year old, and has since resided here. In 1848 he married Martha -I. Wilson, who died in 1852. Children, three ; two died in infancy and one, Martha Jane, is living. In 1853 he married Miss Mary Ellis. Children, George and D. Ilambleton, deceased; John W., Edward C., Willard M., Effie J., Eva D., Martin E., Clara B., Clarence E. and NTora D. John Warren Wallace married Emma Burr and lives in Athens County. Edward C. married Haney Miller and lives in this county. Effie J., wife of Park Kean, also lives in this county.

Barrack Yarnell was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in ISIS. When thirteen years of age he removed with his parents to Guernsey County, where he remained until twenty-one years of age. He then settled in Morgan County, and in 1842 married Margaret Saunders. Children, Sarah, George W., Henry, Annie, Maria J., Warren, John, Caroline, Joseph T., Barrack N.,Elwood, Eddie and Charley. Sarah married Elijah Palmer. George W. married Sarah A. Palmer. Annie married Richard Russell. Caroline is the wife of Lemuel Green. Joseph married Linda Russell. George W. Yarnell was married in 1865. Children, -John 11., who married Ida Mosher; Ida, wife of Robert Wy in er ; Margaret A., Jesse May, Sarah M.. Mattie and Edward. Joseph Yarnell was married, in 1881. Children, Annie, Clarence and

Stephen Milner was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1S27. When twentyseven years of age, he married Esther Brown, of Belmont County and removed to Morgan County, where he lias since resided. Children, Albertus B., (deceased); John T., Lorenzo D., and Mary Alice. John married Mary J. Brown and lives in Kansas. Lorenzo married Diantha Ellis and lives in this township. Mary Alice married Dennis Scott and lives in Zanesville. Mr. Milner is a prominent farmer and a member of the M. E. Church.

One of the industries of pioneer times, elsewhere more fully alluded to, was keel-boating and flat -boating. One of the most successful of the Muskingum River pilots was James McCtonigle, who lived in this township. lie served some years as a justice of the peace, and while holding that office became blind. He married several couples, and did other business, after the loss of his sight, taking a clerk along to do the writing.

One of the most remarkable seasons of religious excitement ever known in this locality occurred in the fall of 1819. The "New Lights" had appointed a meeting at the schoolhouse at Big Bottom, and at the same time Elder William Davis, Baptist, had an appointment to preach at the house of Richard Cheadle. The "New Light" preacher failed to arrive at the appointed time, and Elder Davis was solicited to conduct his meeting at the schoolhouse, where many had already gathered, instead of at Cheadle's. To this arrangement he consented. After the meeting had been in progress for a time the " New Light " preacher arrived and took part in the exercises, and soon the entire meeting was being conducted by the New Lights. The wildest excitement prevailed. Men sang, shouted, and clapped their hands until blistered. There were only brief intermissions to permit those in attendance to get something to eat. The meeting was kept up constantly for six weeks. Many professed their faith in Christ during this time; some afterward became backsliders, but others remained true and faithful Christians until the end of their days.

Probably the earliest schoolhouse in the township was at Big Bottom, Avliere at an early day a neat frame house served as a schoolhouse and as a place where religious meetings were held.

About 1819 Baslia Hutchins taught a term of school in Asa Emerson's barn, on the place now owned by Joseph Noyes. The following year a schoolhouse was built on the present J. J. Henery farm, where Amy Edy taught in summer and William Patterson m the winter. This house Avas of the old style - a log building, with greased-paper windows, slab benches, etc. The second schoolhouse in the Patterson district was built on the hillside, in the vicinity of the present ; and the third near where the present schoolhouse stands. The first elections of the township Avere held at the second of the above-mentioned schoolhouses.

Elder William Davis, Samuel M. Dyke, William Patterson, II. P. Dearborn, Timothy Eastman and others were early teachers. A n early teacher Avho Avas Avell known, not only in the county, but in other localities, was Rial Cheadle. He was a noted character in the days of the underground railroad, and was instrumental in assisting many a poor negro to Canada and freedom. He Avas a peripatetic rhymster and

The first schoolhouse in the Coburn neighborhood wasf built about 18f 2, on land near where the house of Cyrus Davis now stands. Prior to that time the people of this part of the township had sent their children to school across the river, in what is now known as the Cary district. In 1839 District No. 9 was formed, taking in the lower end of the township and a house built on land now owned by L. J. Coburn. The present commodious schoolhouse in this district was built in 1870.

Six dollars per month were the wages paid male teachers in the days of the subscription schools. Fifty cents per week was considered fair pay for a female teacher ; only the best of teachers were paid as much as one dollar.

Probably the first store in the township was kept by Richard Cheadle, on Big Bottom. He sold both dry and wet goods, having a distillery to supply the latter. At early dates a man named Ladd, and a Mr. Swader, who married Deacon Isaac Melvin's daughter, each had small stores on Big Bottom.

As early as 1828 a dry-goods store was opened at Roxbury by a man named Brooks. He was succeeded by John Swader. Hamilton Cheadle was an early merchant at the same locality.

Henry and Bernard Hook opened the first store at Hooksburg, in connection with the salt works. Israel Davis kept a rival establishment for some years.

The Luke Chute mill, elsewhere mentioned, was the first milling establishment of importance in the township, if not in the county. Another early mill, of the "corn-cracker" type, with a saw-mill in connection, was built by Paddock Cheadle on Mill Run, very early. Cheadle sold out to Luther Dearborn, who was drowned by falling from the roof of the mill while repairing it. Paddock Cheadle afterward operated a saw-mill there for some years. On the same stream, on the Samuel Godfrey place, Balen Smith built a saw-mill for Robert Israel, very early.

On the O. Brokaw farm, "Father" Leppett, who afterward- had a similar contrivance on the river at Malta, operated a floating mill for a short time at a point where there was a swift current.

John White came from Virginia, and in 1822 ran a dam for some distance along the river, building a mill in partnership with Humphrey K. White, at Big Ludlow, on the west side of the river. This mill was swept away by high water in 1840. In connection with it Samuel M. Dyke operated a carding machine for a few years.

Roxbury was laid out by James A. McConnel in 1843, and has since maintained a mercantile establishment and been a shipping point of some importance.

Jonathan Wilson and David Sells were soldiers in the War of 1812, and early settlers of Morgan County. The latter emigrated to the county in 1807, with his parents. He was born in 1802, and married Miss Martha Dennis, who was six years his junior. He died in 1863, she in 1872. Jonathan Wilson was born in England, and came to Morgan County with his wife, Minerva Munson, in the year 1800. A son, Joseph, was born to them in 1802. lie commenced his career as a riverman when 17 years of age, and was engaged in the business until 1841. lie married

Miss Esther Sells, who was born in 1801. Sarah M. was born in 1834, ancl married Benjamin S. Ramsey, well known as the mate of one of the steamers plying between McConnelsville and Zanesville. lie served his country as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion.

John P. Sells was born in Windsor Township in 1805. At the age of 26 he married Miss Isabella Smith. They had a family of children - Elijah S., Sarah R., Gabrilla, Lyman S., Josephine G., John B., and Melissa E. Both are deceased. Mr. Sells departed this life December 17, 1874; Mrs. Sells June 13, 1861 ; Melissa E. died Sept. 3, 1854; Sarah If., wife of M. W. Outcalt, died in 1873; Lyman S. enlisted in Company D, 63d O. V. I., in 1861. He died at Atlanta, Ga., August 3, 1864, from wounds received in battle. Elijah S. Sells was born in Windsor in 1832; he married Miss Abigail M. Patterson in 1853. He served his country as a member of Company F, 189th O. V. I.; was mustered out with the company at Nashville, Tenn., in September, 1865.

James McGlashan was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1793. When a young man he came to this country and settled in Allegheny County, Pa. Thence lie removed to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he married Miss Phebe Fisher, and where Cyrus was born in 1827. In 1830 the family removed to Morgan County, where the elder McGlashan died in 1872. Cyrus received such an education as was afforded by the common schools of that day, and learned the trade of a wagonmaker. For some time, however, he was engaged in teaching. For five years lie published one of the county newspapers. In 1865 he removed to Noble County, where he published a paper for a number of years. He married Miss Margaret A. Brooks, in 1863, and has one child, Emmet G. In his religious belief he is a Presbyterian, and for eighteen years has been a ruling elder.

In contrasting the present with the past, Mr. A. J. Donovan says that in 1833 he sold wheat in Zanesville which netted him, after paying for handling, thirty cents per bushel. In 1850 he sold wheat in McConnelsville for two dollars per bushel. In 1841 he bought a cow for six dollars, and in 1879 sold two at one hundred dollars each. He sold one crop of wool at twenty-five cents per pound, and one at one dollar and ten cents per pound. His first tax in Morgan County was twenty-five cents, from that infinitesimal sum the amount steadily increased until he paid three hundred dollars.

Joseph W. Hambleton and family came from Lancaster County, Pa., in 1 831, and settled on Goshen Run, near Elliott's Cross Roads. At this time there were but one or two settlers between these localities and the river. Mr. Hambleton, like most of the early settlers, was in quite limited circumstances, and was obliged to undergo many privations and hardships. B. F. Hambleton, a son, was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1821. He learned the trade of a blacksmith, ivhich vocation he followed for some years. He died in 1867 ; his wife in 1882. Charles E. Hambleton was a member of Co. E, 193d, O. Y. I.

Seth Andrews was one of the pioneers of Centre Township. The date of his immigration is not known, but it was probably as early as 1809. In 1811 his son Philander, with his wife, Anna (Anders), settled in the township. The former was born in 1772, and died in

1847. The latter was two years the senior of her husband, and died in 1824. Philander was a tanner by trade and for some time after his immigration to Morgan County canned on the business, but, owing to the fact that much of his stock was stolen before lie could dispose of it, he engaged in farming. Both he and his wife were typical pioneers. Mrs. Andrews spun and wove all the cloth used by the family, and instructed her daughters in the same art. One of them, Mrs. Pedee Evans, resides in Windsor Township. She was born in the state of New York in 1811, and married William T. Evans, in 1838. A twin sister of Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Amy Swift, resides in Washington County. Of the family of Mrs. Pedee Evans, five of the seven are living.

Brooke County, West Va., furnished a number of prominent early settlers of the township. Among them were Thomas and Esther (Connel) Gatewood, who settled upon an unimproved farm in the autumn of 1835, which they improved and on which they resided till the time of their deaths. He died September 15, 1875. She died October 30, 1882. They reared a family of eleven children, four of whom now reside in the township. The elder Gatewood was for many years a magistrate, and at a time when the office was invested with an importance that does not now attach to it. Eor years he arbitrated the difficulties of his neighbors very successfully. I lis wife was a lady of rare native intelligence and keen perception, and a fine type of the pioneer housewife. Her tomb bears the simple inscription, " Proud as an eagle, pure as snow." James, the eldest son, went on Sherman's march to the sea, and sleeps at Beaufort, South Carolina.

James McHugh came from County Tyrone, Ireland, 1848. With native shrewdness, tact and industry he has succeeded well in his chosen vocation, farming, and now owns one of the best farms in the township.

James and Mary Black emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1817 and settled in Muskingum County, where they resided until 1835, when they removed to Bloom Township, Morgan County. He died in 1846, his wife in 1866. In company with his son, John Black, he was engaged in salt-making from 1835 to 1839, at which time John was apprenticed to a blacksmith. April 9, 1845, he married Sarah A. Hutchins and moved to Windsor Township in 1862. John Thomas Black, son of John, and grandson of James, was born in Jefferson Township, Noble County, February 14, 1860. He resides in Windsor and is by profession a school teacher.

Jacob Smith and wife were among1 the early settlers of the county. They came from Belmont County, Ohio, in 1839, and first located in Union Township; thence they afterward removed to Bloom, where they died, the father in 1855, his wife in 1880. They reared a large family of children, only three of whom are living - Elwood, Mary E. (Linscott), and James. The latter was born in 1841, was a member of Co. I, 1st Heavy Artillery and served twentyseven months. After his return he followed the river for four years. In 1871 he came to Stockport and engaged in the grocery business; was married in 1869 to Miss Maggie Shellhamer, of Malta. 1 1 is family consists of four children, Laura, Carrie, Flora and William G; is a member of the Masonic fraternity and one of the substantial citizens of the place.

Jackson Geddes was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1829, and came to Windsor with his father's family in 1837. They located about a mile north of the village of Stockport. In 1841 the elder Geddes removed to the farm where he now resides. In the early days he followed shoemaking, and when not engaged in making or repairing shoes devoted his time to the improvement of his farm. Jackson Geddes has served the township in several capacities. In 186a he was township trustee, and for two terms was member of the council of Stockport. He was a member of Co. E, 184th Regiment, O. V. I. Sept. 23, 1853, lie was married to Miss Minerva Wilson, who was born in Washington County, Ohio. There have been born to them seven children, five girls and two boys.

James H. Boomhall came from Belmont County, Ohio, to this township in 1841, and for some time was employed as a clerk by John P. Wood, merchant, at Stockport. He was twice married - first to Charlotte Geddes, of Windsor Township (born April 14, 1824, died May 15, 1S52), by whom he had two children - George C., now of Parkersburg, W. Va., and Elizabeth (Eisenbise), of Columbus, O. His second wife was Miss Lucy Baker, of Roxbury, and their children were Charles W. and Willard II. Mr. Boomhall died Nov. 28, 1879, after a career of more than forty years in the mercantile and sliippiing business. His son, Charles W., now the popular landlord of the village hotel, was married in 1883 to Miss Hattie A. Gibson, and they have one child.

77th 0. V. I.; taken prisoner at Marks' Mills, Ark., and was confined in a rebel prison for ten months; was then exchanged and received a furlough for two months. He then rejoined his regiment, was promoted to corporal and was mustered out of the service Apiril 26, 1866.

The village of Stockport, or Windsor as it is commonly called, is one of the most important shipping and trading points on the Muskingum River between Zanesville and Marietta. Its origin was coeval with the beginning of the river improvement, and from the first it has been the marketing place and base of supplies for an extensive territory of excellent farming country. Although the village has but a small population (about 350 at present), there is business enterprise, activity and public spirit among its citizens worthy of commendation.

Nathan Sid well laid out the town on his own land in 1834. The original plat was very small, extending only from the river back to Washington street, and embracing only one row of blocks on each side of Main street. Four additions have since been made to the town.

The first business enterprise at Stockport was the store of the Beswicks. Samuel, William and George Beswick in partnership opened the first mercantile establishment in the place in 1838, in the building now occupied for the same purpose by T. B. Lane. A postolfice (Stockport) was soon after established with Samuel Beswick postmaster.

John P. Wood, another early merchant, who also bought and packed tobacco, carried on a good business for several years. His store Avas in the

John E. Thomas had a store in connection with his mill. Afterward Jesse and John Thomas succeeded to the same business. Other merchants were George Bice, Arthur Taggart, Thomas and Jacob Bogers, James Gormley, Smith & Lane and many others.

Among the earliest residents of the village were David Eveland and his sons; John Geddes, plowmaker ; Wells White, Bobert Todd, Moses Eveland, Daniel Norton, George W. Sanborn; Adorus Goering, tailor; James Lemon, blacksmith.

The first mill at Stockport was built about 1842 by Samuel and William Beswick. It was operated only a few years before it was burned. The present mill was built by William McCaslin in 1849. Before the mill was wholly completed, McCaslin sold out to Seaman & Thomas. Arthur Taggart bought it from John E. Thomas, in the spring of 1854, and owned it until his death. From 1865 to 1870 the mill was owned by Pierrot & Glenn. It next passed into the hands of Pierrot & Lane, which is the present style of the firm.

John McDermott, 0. J. Gibson, general merchandise ; T. B. Lane, clothing, gents' furnishing, etc.; James Smith, groceries; Dr. W. E. Gatewood, drugs; John Hooper, hardware; John P. Wootton, books, etc.; ,1. C. Webster, bakery; Pierrot & Lane, flouring-mill ; J. I). Thomas, James Smith, shipping warehouses ; Charles W. Broomhall, hotel; James Gormley, postmaster; Drs. Abbott, Gatewood and McSwords, physicians.

During the war times, when the oil excitement in the county was at its height, a stock company was organized and a refinery built at Stockport for the purpose of refining the native oils. It remained in operation several years, but was a sorry venture for the stockholders, whose losses were great.

The first schoolhouse stood on the hillside in the western part of town. Later one was built in the village. The first village school was probably taught by George W. Sanborn, who was succeeded by Leander Cory, Stillman Emerson and others. The present schoolhouse, a two-story brick building, was erected in 1867-8. It is a good building and speaks well for the people. The school is graded into three departments and is well managed.

Masonic. - Webb Lodge, No. 252, F. and A. M., was instituted Oct. 8, 1854, with the following charter members : John W. White, W. W. Wood, Thomas McDermott, William Simpson, W. H. Worrall, William Chogill, Jesse Abbott, Jesse Blackmer, Wm. Beswick, Peter Cheadle. Dr. White was the first worshipful master. The lodge has had an uneventful but reasonably prosperous career. At present it has about 38 active members and is in excellent financial condition, owning its hall, and having money in the treasury.

Odd Fellows. - Stockport Lodge, No. 439, I. ( ). (). F., was instituted Aug. 24, 1869. The charter members were Joseph II. Blunden, Joseph P. Van Horn, John Thomas, John Hooper, Jonathan W. Allard, Samuel C. Irwin, I. -I. II. Eisenbise, Jno. A. Newman, Henry G. Patterson, William Davis. Jno. P. Wootton was the first member

Religious

Windsor Baptist Church. - Windsor Baptist church was organized January 11, ISIS, by Elder William Davis. The early members were William Davis, Nancy Davis, Levi Davis, Rhoda Davis, Titus Ilinman, Samuel Henry, Tabitha Henry, Nathan Dearborn, William Davis, 2d, Dr. Ephraim Wight, Betsey Wight, Martha Tells, Sally Cheadle, Isaac Melvin.

The first pastor Avas William Davis. He served the society until he became superannuated. He was succeeded by Benoni Allen, avIio preached from 1828 to 1832, Reuben Berkley from 1832 to 1840, Benjamin Blake from 1840 to 1841 R. H. Sedwick, H. Billings, H. Ward, James Herbert, J. II. Barker, William Mears, G. W. Churchill, IT. Ward and Rev. J. H. Barker Avere pastors in the order in which their names are given.

This congregation was at first known as the First Baptist Church of Roxbury, having been formed in the Roxbury portion of the township. For a number of years the members Avorshiped in private houses, schoolhouses and barns. The present number of mem- Following are the

Fmrview Disciples Church. - Fairview Disciples Church Avas organized by John Beard in March of 1843, at Luke Chute. Its original members Avere Benjamin Godfrey, Sarah Godfrey, Samuel Godfrey, Henry Godfrey, James Rollison, Mary Rollison, Cyrus Davis, William Davis and Nancy Davis.

First Elders, Cjwus Davis and James Rollison. First Deacons, Benjamin and Samuel Godfrey. Its pastors have been John Beard, John Ashley, John Camel, Joseph Nugent, John Moody, Daniel SAveeney, Arelus Harvey, J. T. Ewing, and William White.

Oakland Methodist Church was organized in the year 1854, by William Cherington and Filler. Its first members were George Nichols, Mary Nichols, Justus Chadwick, Sarah E. Chadwick, Edward Milner, Basheba Milner, Mary E. Milner, John Grosser and wife, William Russell and wife, William Evans and wife, Joel Evans and wife, and John Evans and wife. The pastors have been William Cherington, Filler, Forest, Owen

Gifford as supply; next, Sibley and Rankin and Samuel Riiund and William Rickels ; next were Sayer and Morgan, Yardner and Murray; next, Robert Callegan and Antrim and O'Neal, Gartner and Bright, Ellis ; next, C. F. Matheney and L. C. Alexander. The present membership is sixty-five. Number of Sabbath-school scholars, fifty-five.

Stockport Presbyterian Church. - Organized June 3, 1870, by Revs. W. M. Galbreath and W . II. Ray, a committee of the Athens Presbytery. The original members were : Levi Dickerson, Margaret Dickerson, Cyrus McGlashan, Margaret A. McGlashan, Thomas Dougherty, Robert Scott, Jane Mellor, Elizabeth Beswick and Ann Yan Fossen. The first pastor was James A. Baldridge. He was succeeded by C. B. Taylor and A. C. Stewart. The supplies have been W. II. Ray and W. M. Grimes. Present Elders are Cyrus McGlashan and Levi Dickerson. Trustees, Cyrus Mc- Glashan, William V. Mellor and Thomas Dougherty. The first and only church edifice was built in 1878 at a cost of $800.

The succession of pastors has been Revs. L. M. Harvey, Solomon Devore, N. W. Moody, John Beard, John Moody, A. Gardener, E. White, S. II. Bingham, Rufus Moody, R. Springer, A. M. Harvey, A. R. Pickens, A. B. Wade, Daniel Sweeney and others not regularly employed, among whom were Alexander Hall, W. H. Taylor, Joseph Dunn, Joseph Nugent and Joseph Walters.

The first church edifice was built in 1850. It was 24x30, and cost $400. The present church structure was erected in 1885. It is a frame building with belfry and slate roof and cost $1,200.

Of the original members only four are now connected with the church. Many are dead and many have removed. One of the first deacons, Mathias Mercer, is still living. He was a faithful and efficient officer, and an exemplary member.

ized November, 1840, with Cornelius i Woodruff minister in charge, and Thomas Hill, Thomas Mummev, John Bell, Joseph Moorehouse and Robert Bell were trustees. The size of the house was 24x28, built of logs at a cost of $150. The seats were made of slabs, which at lirst were laid on blocks, but were afterward furnished with legs which projected above the seats. The original members of this class were : Thomas Mill and wife, Mrs. Ann Stillions, John Bell and wife, Mr. Win. Davis, Thomas Mummey and wife, James Scott and wife, Joseph Moorehouse and wife, Win. Ethel and wife, Mrs. Robert Henry and Evan McVeigh.

The pastors of the church before its rebuilding were Woodruff, Linder, Scott, Warren, Kingsberry, Baldwin, Piper, Joel and Israel Thrapp, Roquelet, Ilissey, Nicholls, William and Jefferson Sears, AVillis, Iloagland, Hastings, Warren, Case and Thomas Orr.

Thirty years after the organization the house was rebuilt, and dedicated September 18, 1870, by J. Woodward. The class then formed consisted of twenty-two members, of which Wm. Elliott was chosen leader.

Over 300 members have been received, of 'which only one original member remains, being Thomas Mummey, from whom the land was deeded upon which the church now stands surrounded by quite a spacious graveyard. The first occupant of this cemetery was James Longerbeam, aged 18, killed by lightning.

Langley, Harrison, Cooper, Lancaster, Gray, F. A. Brown, W. S. Murphy, Sarcliet, Meek, T. II. Scott, J. D. Murphy, 1). C. Coburn, W.( ). Scott, Holland Wert, and the present pastor, W. H. Dye. The class-book now registers 88 members. The Sabbath-school has been in excellent condition for four years past, with 75 scholars in attendance.

Biographical Robert Henery, Sr

This venerable pioneer, whose name is so frequently mentioned in this chapter, was born near Belfast, Maine, February 14, 1796. The family are of Irish extraction and came to this country some time about the middle of the last century. His father, Samuel II., married Miss Tobithia Davis and reared a family of ten children, Robert, William, John, Nathan, Samuel, David, Charles, Jane, Rhoda and Nancy. He died in 1832, his wife in 1849. Robert, the eldest of the family, followed keelboating in his younger days on the Ohio and the Muskingum. He was also accustomed to take canoe-loads of produce - apples, cider, etc., to the Zanesville market. For a time he was the miller at Luke Chute. In 1821 he married Tacy Sutliff, and from that time devoted his attention to the improvement of his farm, which he had purchased in 1814. During the active portion of his life he was prominently identified with Windsor Township, where he lived for sixty -nine years. In his religious belief he is a Baptist, and was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church of Windsor,

During his residence in Windsor Mr. Henery was frequently called upon to adjust differences between his neighbors, and so successful was he in establishing friendly relations that he became the peacemaker of the locality in which he lived. He is now in the ninety-first year of his age peacefully passing away the remnant of a well-spent life. Of his family of seven children five are living, Mrs. John Mellor, Mrs. Charles S. Cory, Mrs. Julia Clark, Anna and Robert S. Henery. Samuel, the eldest son, died in California in 1849, Eaethel P. died in Nebraska in 1881. Mrs. Henery died in 1879. Anna married.

Thomas D. Clancy is one of the successful merchants of Morgan County. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio, July 6, 1840. He was reared on a farm, and in 1850 his family came to Windsor Township, where they made a permanent settlement. Thomas D. was for some time engaged in shipping and commission business in Windsor, and in 1876 came to McConnelsville and commenced merchandising in company with C. B. Bozman under the firm name of T. D. Clancy & Co. In 1863 he enlisted in Company I, 86th O. V. I., and served during the war. At its close he returned to his home, and in August of that year was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Robt. Henery, Sr., who settled in Windsor Township in 1814.

Rev. Nathan H. Iienerv

The subject of this notice is one of the few surviving pioneers of Morgan County, and one of its most worthy and respected citizens. Mr. Henery is the son of Samuel and Tabitha (Davis) Henery, of whom more extended mention will be found in the precedingchapter. He was born in Montville, Lincoln County, Maine, January 16, 1807, came to Ohio with his parents in 1S14, and has resided in Windsor Township since December of that year. He passed his early life on the farm, and has always been a farmer. He was married in 1827 to Lucy Holt, of Morgan County, who came from Vermont when young. Their children were Loretta J., David A., Samuel J., John AT., and Nathan C., of whom Samuel J. and John W. are living. David and Samuel enlisted in Company F, 77th Regiment, O. V. L, and served till the close of the war. Mrs. Henery died in 1838, and in the following year Mr. Henery married Sarah Andrews (nee Hosom). The children of this union are Andrew H., Perley B. and Louisa. Andrew and Perley were in the service, the former in Company F, 77th, and the latter in the 25th O. V. I., and served a year after the close of the war.

N. B. Henery settled on his present farm, then wholly unimproved, in 1847. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Henery was baptized in 1832, and has been a deacon, an exhorter, and an ordained preacher. He was ordained to the ministry January 8, 1845, by Rev. Henry Billings and Rev. J. B. Sinclair. The ordination took place at Aldridge's Run church, Washington County, Ohio. For forty years he has labored zealously for the Master without regular compensation, and during that time has performed over three hundred marriage ceremonies. Mr. Henery himself was first married by John White, justice of the peace; fee, $1. Forty years later lie married -John White to his fourth wife: fee, $5,

I )avid A. Henery, son of Rev. Nathan B. and Lucy Henery, was born in Windsor Township June 22,1829. He was reared on his father's farm, and had the difficulties of pioneer life to encounter. He received a fair commonschool education, and engaged in farming as his occupation. January 26, 1851, he married Miss Yianna C. Ellis, who died June 11, 1858, having borne three daughters, Lucy L., Harriet L. and Tabitha J. Mr. Henery was again married March 31, 1859, to Miss Sarah E. Ellis. This union was blessed with three children, Nathan A., Clarinda E., and Lola I. Nov. 6, 1861, Mr. Henery enlisted in Company F, 77th Regiment, O. Y. I., and on the organization of the company was chosen second lieutenant. At Paducah, Ky., he contracted inflammatory rheumatism, which obliged him to leave his command for a time. He returned to the regiment after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and participated in the siege of Corinth. The regiment, being reduced by sickness and death, was sent to Alton, 111., for guard duty, going thence to Helena, Ark., and joining Steele's command. In April, 1863, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and afterward was in command of his company the greater portion of the time. September 10, 1863, it took part in the battle of Little Rock, Ark. December 20, 1863, the regiment veteranized, and Lieut. Henery returned home on a veteran's furlough of thirty days. After his return the regiment started to join Banks in his Red River expedition. This movement did not succeed, however, and after the capture of Camden the 77th was detailed to guard a supply train. At Marks' Mills, Ark., Lieut. Henery, then in command of Co. F, was captured, together with his company. Nearly all the regiment were taken prisoners after resisting to the last an overwhelming force. They were imprisoned at Tyler, Texas. Some months later, in company with eleven others, Lieut. Henery effected his escape, but only two of the number (Lieut. Henery and Lieut. Roberts, of the 56th O. Y. I.) succeeded in reaching their respective commands, after being in the woods twenty-one days without shelter and nearly starved. Soon after he was compelled to resign, owing to physical disability brought on by hardship and exposure. As a soldier he was gallant and intrepid, and very popular with those under his command. His comrades all speak in the highest terms of him as an officer and as a man. He was a successful farmer. By industry and economy he acquired a fine farm of 200 acres.

The strongest trait in Mr. Henery's character was his deeply religious nature. At the age of twenty he united with Mt. Tabor Congregation of the Disciples, in which he served as ruling elder for about fifteen years. He was an earnest and sincere Christian, whose daily life showed that in whatever he did he strove to honor and glorify his Maker. He was a kind father and husband, and a devoted and sincere friend. He was modest and made little display, but those who knew him most intimately loved him best, and best understood his noble, manly character. He was a pronounced temperance man, and attached himself to the Prohibition party several years before he died. His advice was sought by all classes, and he was successful in adjusting differences between his neighbors, so much so that he was entitled to the appellation of a peacemaker. He died September 16, 1875,

Mrs. Sarah E. Henery was born March 11, 1886. Her parents were Moses and Harriet (Gifford) Ellis. The former was born in Vermont, the latter a native of Maine. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Henery was a soldier of the Revolution, and with a family of eleven children came to the county from Vermont in 1816. Four of his sons served in the war of 1812. The Giffords came to Windsor Township in 1814. Mrs. Henery has been a worthy member of the Disciples' Church since she was fifteen years of age. During the war, while her husband was fighting his country's battles, she lived alone, caring as best she could for her family of four small children, thus proving that she had imbibed freely of the patriotism of her ancestors.

Capt. Isaac N. Hook

Among those who settled in Zanesville in 1814 was Henry Hook, a Virginian, and the father of the gentleman whose name heads this notice. He was a blacksmith by occupation, and exceedingly well-skilled in the manufacture of glass with which industry he was prominently identified for about eleven years, when he interested himself in the production of salt. He bored several wells in the valley, which heoperated successfully until hisremoval to Morgan County in 1828. Four years later, in company with Alexander Mc- Connel, he bought a section of land on which he bored a well which was very productive. This well they operated until 1835. In 1886 he bought a tract of land in Windsor Township where is now located the village of Ilooksburg, at that time a dense wilderness, where he remained until his decease, which occurred in 1 859 in his sixty-second year, lie was a well-known character in this part of the state, and a man of more than average ability. He reared a family of four children : Isaac 1ST.,

Margaret, Martha J., and Ann. Isaac N. was born in Zanesville, November 1, 1819. At the age of ten he commenced life as a pilot on the Muskingum. His father kept him employed in various capacities until 1841, when he purchased the Ilooksburg property, where for four years he did an extensive business in general merchandise, salt-making, cooperage and wagon-making. In 1846 he commenced to freight flour from McConnelsville to New Orleans. In this business he was engaged until 1856. He built the noted steamer " Silverheels," and from 1858 to 1863, the captain was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in the transfer of freight and passengers from Parkersburg, Va., to Marietta, O. From 1863 until the close of the war he was in the government service as a steamboat expert and master of transportation on the Ohio and its tributaries. After the battle of Chattanooga he was placed in command of a fleet of four steamboats and eight barges, loaded with one thousand tons of railroad iron for the completion of the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad, which had been destroyed by the Confederates. It was imperative that this road should be opened with the utmost dispatch in order to facilitate the transportation of troops and supplies for the army, and the responsibility devolving upon Capt. Hook was great and the undertaking a- hazardous one, and repaired not only consummate skill, but unceasing; vigilance, owing to the difficult navigation of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers on account of the low stage of water. Like all other enterprises, however, in which he had been engaged which involved a thorough knowledge of river navigation and steamboating, he was highly successful, and the iron was delivered on time. Ilis success added materially to his well-won reputation as a steamboatman, and it was not until 1873 that the government would dispense with his services. Since this time he has been engaged in the slackwater improvement of the Muskingum, Kentucky and Little Kanawha Rivers, and government improvements on the Ohio. We have now briefly outlined the business career of Capt. Hook extending over a period of half a century. It is said that the record of such a life is " a legacy to humanity," and to the youth of Morgan County it is a fine illustration of the inevitable result of energy and industry combined with integrity and perseverance.

Starting in life with only his natural resources for his capital, he has not only obtained a well-won competency, but has led an active, busy and successfid life, benefiting not only those immediately connected with him, but the general public as well.

In this connection it may lie proper to state a fact known to every business man in the county, that during the last thirteen years he has honored over $47,000 of paper he had indorsed for his friends. While with many this would lie regarded as a lack of business acumen, it is in his case wholly attributable to his kindness of heart.

although never an aspirant for office. He is still recollected by all who saw him in 1140 as he marched through the streets of McConnelsville in a political parade on a pair of stilts eleven feet high. In 1842 the captain was married to Miss Lucinda Dearborn, who died in 1862 in her forty-third year. Two years later he was again married to Quitera Wilson, of Windsor, where she was born in 1843. lie has reared a family of sixteen children ; by the first marriage nine, named in the order of their ages as follows : James, Betsey,

Charles, John, Isaac N., Alfred, Mary, Henry and Martha ; by the second, seven : Jennie, Ida M., Leonard, Hettie, Pool and Gool (twins) and Love.

John Buck

John Buck was born in Virginia, March 18,1799. His father, Anthony Buck, was of Irish birth, and came to this country soon after the Revolutionary War. In 1801 the family, consisting of two sons and three daughters, moved to Washington County, Pa., where the father and the mother died at advanced ages. The early life of John Buck was one of trials such as might have discouraged a less enterprising and courageous spirit. The family were poor, and when a mere boy John was obliged to depend upon his own resources. For a time he worked upon a farm and later was apprenticed to a sickle- and scythe-maker to learn the trade. After completing his term of indenture he again engaged in farm labor, and afterward in any kind of honest labor that would bring him fair wages. For a time he drove a stage on the National Turnpike, and later was engaged in building and repairing culverts and bridges on this great thorough-

In 1836 Mr. Buck came to Luke Chute. Previous to his removal he had been in partnership with a gentleman named Lyne, a contractor. The Muskingum River improvement was then being inaugurated, and Mr. Buck, in company with Lyne and Wolf, took contracts for the construction of locks and dams at Lowell, Luke Chute and Taylorsville. This work was completed in about five years, after which Buck and Lyne built the Lowell Mills, which they operated successfully for many years. Mr. Buck then settled upon the farm now owned by John Buck, Jr., where he continued to reside until his death, February 24, 1877.

Mr. Buck possessed sound judgment, a strong and active mind and an energetic will. Foreseeing that land upon the river would become valuable after the improvement, he purchased a large tract which included some of the very best land in the township. He devoted himself to agriculture with the same diligence and care that had characterized him in other pursuits, and became one of the most prominent and successful farmers of the county. Surrounded by his family and friends he passed the later years of his life in the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits of Ids industry. No man was better known in the county or more highly esteemed. He was charitable, liberal and publicspirited. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian.

Mr. Buck was twice married - first in 1828 to Miss Jane Wier, of Pennsylvania. Of this marriage, three children were born - Thomas, Samuel W. and

Margaret. Mrs. Buck died October 13, 1834. In 1839 Mr. Buck married Miss Esther Hunter, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., June 21, 1811. By the second marriage he had three children - Jane (Tucker), Flettie, wife of Thomas Muse, of Windsor Township, and John, who resides on the old homestead.

Eugene Pierrot

Eugene Pierrot was born in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, November 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, lie 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. Lie was again delayed by the illness of his wife. After a tempestuous voyage of one hundred and four days they reached New York sick, 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. .1., 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.

fering 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 1S30 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 bis 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. Ilis entire schooling did not exceed three months.

At nineteen, his father being infirm, he took charge of the farm and family, rejecting the < >ffer of a collegiate education by Dr. Bowen. lie filled thejilace 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 lie 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 18S4, when he sold and removed to Stockport, since which his time has been devoted to business and travel.