OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 152 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 152 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Bio: Enoch brothers - No [Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716233604.006e8ac8@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Enoch brothers - Noble Co. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- Elisha, Henry, Enoch and Jesse Enochs were brothers. Their father's name was Enoch Enochs, and he also settled on Duck Creek after his sons had been here some years. He removed to the vicinity of Harriettsville and there died in 1835. He was in the Indian wars in West Virginia and eastern Ohio, and also a soldier of 1812. Enoch Enochs, Jr., married Margaret Tice, and lived near Harrietsville. In 1878 he removed to Tyler County, W. Va., where he died in 1886. Elisha Enochs and his brother Jesse lived in what is now Stock Township. There were several daughters of Enoch Enochs, Sr., who married before coming to Ohio, and nearly all settled in this vicinity. Hannah was the wife of Henry Grandon; Elizabeth married Isaac Morris; Rebecca became the wife of James Archer; Rachel, the wife of Frederick Crow; Sally married Jesse Davis; Lydia was the wife of Nathan Lincicum; Phebe married Joseph Archer and Amy married Matthew Gray. (There is an editor's note that this information came from Henry Archer, of East Union, a descendant of the Enoch family and are doubtless correct. However, the editor did note that they had received statements from other parties which vary from the above in some particulars.) Elisha Enochs was one of the most prominent pioneers. He settled on Duck Creek near where the village of Carlisle now stands, in the year 1806. The Enochs were of German descent. Elisha married Nancy Archer. At the time of their settlement, their nearest neighbors were fifteen miles distant. The Indians still occupied the country as a hunting-ground, and it abounded in game and fish of all kinds. Elisha Enochs manufactured powder in a small way, doing all the work by hand, and the settlers for miles around came to him to purchase it. On the morning after the family arrived in their new home they found themselves short of provisions, and Mr. Enochs shot a young bear on the ground where Carlisle now stands, to supply them with meat. The Enochs were veritable frontiersman, and quite a number were killed or scalped by the Indians. Elisha and Nancy Enochs reared a large family which became scattered through Ohio and farther west. Their son Henry was born March 27, 1807, and is believed to have been the first white child born in the township. Like all frontiersman, he early became accustomed to the use of the gun and lived almost entirely in the woods, doing very little farming. He married Jane Miller, and entered land on Middle Creek near Middlesburg, where he remained until about 1848, when he removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, where he died April 2, 1886. He reared a large family. Five of his sons were in the late war, and the family was represented in almost every important campaign of the Rebellion. The sons who were in the service were John M., a captain; Elisha, corporal; W.H., brigadier-general; A.O., captain; and Clum, lieutenant. The Enochs were nearly all Methodists. In politics they were Whigs and Republicans. Elisha Enochs, Sr., was the first justice of the peace in the old township of Enoch, in Monroe County, which was named after the Enochs family. He was treasurer of Monroe County in 1827-8, and one of the county commissioners in 1829. He was a Methodist class-leader forty years or more. Toward the end of his life he became blind. Enoch Enochs, Sr., was somewhat noted as a hunter. he was a man of great ingenuity, especially as a gunsmith. He also made bedstead and other kinds of furniture. The Enochs generally were men of strong physical development. Bernard Grandon settled on the creek. His sons were Enoch, Matthew, William and Bernard, all of whom lived here and reared families, and their descendants are still here. William Grandon was a true type of that now extinct race - pioneer backwoodsman. He was rough and uncouth in appearance, and uncultivated in speech and manner; but, for all that, a warm heart beat beneath the hunting shirt of the old pioneer, and he was a true man. He could easily be imposed upon, for he had a childlike faith in human nature. Every man was his friend until he abused his confidence. He was strong physically, and very industrious. He accumulated a comfortable property, but lost nearly all of it and became financially embarrassed through his kindness in giving surety for his friends and neighbors. The brick house erected by Grandon was the first in the Duck Creek region. Isaac Morris, whose descendants still live in the county, came with the Enochs and Grandons. He was a most worthy man - somewhat peculiar in some things, but very honest in everything. He settled on the creek above Carlisle. The farm is still in the Morris name. The following incident of pioneer life, although it did not occur in this county, is a part of the history of a family who were among the earliest settlers of Stock Township, and whose descendants are still living in the county. On Wheeling Creek, Greene County, Pa., lived the family of Jacob Crow. In the vicinity of their cabin the settlers had erected a block-house for their defense, which was known as Ryerson's Station. In the spring of 1791, on Easter Sunday, four of Crow's daughters started to walk to the station. The day was warm and pleasant. When about half way there they met their brother Michael, on horseback, it being his custom to visit the block-house once or twice a week, to learn the news. He tried to persuade his sisters to return home with him, but they decided to go on. About twenty rods farther there was a large rock by the side of the road. When three of the girls reached this rock, three Indians stepped from behind it and stopped them. The youngest girl, Tenah Crow, then about ten years of age, was about fifteen rods behind the others, and on seeing the Indians, supposed them to be negroes and felt no alarm. Approaching them she discovered her mistake and was also captured. The Indians led them up a hill nearly a mile distant, and then halted to hold a council. The girls, believing that they would be killed, also talked with each other and decided to try to escape. They agree to start, all at once, and run in different directions. They accordingly ran. Tenah had gone but a short distance when a tomahawk struck her on her back and knocked her down upon her hands and knees. As she arose she saw one of her sisters struggling with an Indian. She ran a short distance to a hollow, or ravine, which she followed down to her home in safety. The news was told and men soon gathered for the purpose of pursuing the Indians. Sufficient force was not collected until the next morning. Then search was made and two of the girls were found lying near together, both scalped and dead. A trail of blood led to the spot where the other sister lay. She was scalped and bleeding, but still alive. She was taken home where she died nine days later, having been unconscious all that time. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Stock ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:46:51 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234651.00753bc4@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Finley, Hon. L.W. - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- Hon. L.W. Finley, one of the prominent agriculturists and representative men of the county, was born near the village of Mt. Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio, March 11, 1844. Like most other farmer boys of that day, his opportunities for education were quite limited. He succeeded, however, in obtaining a good English education, and at the age of eighteen commenced life as a teacher. Soon after he enlisted as a private soldier in the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the United States service with the regiment, which for the greater portion of the time was stationed at Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. The last year of the war he was detailed as clerk at the headquarters of the northern department, commanded by Generals Hooker and Heintzlemein. He remained in the service until the close of the war, when he resumed his former vocation. In 1867 he began merchandising in Sarahsville, which he followed successfully for six yeasr, when, in consequence of failing health, he sold out his stock and engaged in farming in Center Township, where he remained until the purchase of the farm on which he now resides, in Marion Township, to which he removed in 1880. Mr. Finley has been quite prominently identified with State and county politics. In 1876 he received the nomination for auditor of the county on the Democratic ticket, but the county being largely Republican, he as defeated by J.F. Knouff. In 1883 he was again complimented by a nomination for representative, and was elected by a handsome majority over one of the strongest men in the Republican ranks. In the legislature Mr. Finley made an enviable record, and in 1885 was renominated, but the question of the election of a United States senator being prominent in the canvass, and the Republicans having the majority of about three hundred, he was defeated by Hon. T.C. Williams by a small majority. While a member of the legislature he framed several important measures; notably among the number were two affecting railway corporations, one an amendment of the law governing liens, the other a law compelling railroads to use "spark arrestors" to prevent fires along their lines. But perhaps the most valuable bill introduced by Mr. Finley was one providing for the clothing of the indigent poor in the various elecmosynary and penal institutions of the State, which passed both houses with but little opposition. While comparatively a young man, but few gentlemen in the county have a larger personal following, or wield a stronger influence in matters of public import. He is possessed of marked social qualities, which with an unexceptional record as a businessman and politician, gives him a conspicuous place among the best citizens of the county. In November of 1866 Mr. Finley was married to Miss Jane, daughter of Hon. William J. Young, whose biography will be found in the chapter devoted to Center Township. The union has been bless with six children, three boys and three girls, all of whom are living but one. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Marion ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:47:18 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234718.0075bd28@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Rannells, Judge W. - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- Judge William Rannells was born in Tygart's Valley, Va., in 1769. When thirteen years of age he went to Washington County, Pa., with his parents. In 1796 he married Rhoda Bush. In 1809 he entered the land on which J.V. Rannells now lives and in the following year moved his family to it. He was one of the very earliest settlers of the township, and the family had all the varied experiences of pioneer life. Judge Rannells was the father of eleven children, ten of whom reached mature years. He died in 1856, his wife in 1864. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and good judgement. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:47:45 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234745.007307d8@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Dye family - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- The first permanent settlement in the township was made in 1806, by the sons of Ezekiel Dye. Dye's Fork, of Meigs Creek, takes its name from this family, and the "Dye settlement" was well known to the pioneers of the territory now forming the counties of Guernsey, Muskingum, Morgan and Noble. Ezekiel Dye, Sr., was a native of New Jersey, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and in 1804 followed westward to Chillicothe the path known as the old Federal trail, seeking lands on which to locate. He was best pleased with the Meigs Creek location, and entered several hundred acres, situated in the vicinity of Renrock, upon which he and his sons located and passed their lives. They were good citizens - honest, industrious and straightforward men; courageous and hardy, well fitted to endure the hardships of pioneer life. Ezekiel Dye, Sr., came in 1807 to the lands which he had purchased; but his sons, Thomas, Ezekiel, Vincent, William, John and Amos, came the year before and inaugurated the work of improvement. Their nearest neighbors were on Duck Creek and in the vicinity of Cumberland, and on the Muskingum River. The Dyes were all young men, and at the time of their coming only Thomas was married. He and his father located on the farm now owned by John L. Reed. Thomas' first wife was Nancy Davis. He married again after her decease, and was the father of a large family. Benjamin Dye, born in 1810, is stil living. He is the sone of Thomas and Nancy Dye, and is said to have been the first white child born in Brookfield Township. Ezekiel Dye, Jr., settled on the east side of the creek on a farm adjoining his brother Thomas'. He married Nancy Sprague, lived and died here, and reared a large and respectable family. William, his brother, lived near the others, in Muskingum County. John, another brother, married Catherine Sears, and settled on the creek, above the farms of Thomas and Ezekiel. Amos Dye married Sophia Dye, of Washington County, resided here some years, then returned to Washington County, where he died. Two daughters of Ezekiel Dye, Sr., came to this township with the family, but returned to the East after a few years. The second wife of Ezekiel Dye, Sr., was Sarah Paul; she bore twelve children, of whom two, Firman and Elizabeth (Maxwell) of Morgan County, are still living. Joseph, Lewis, James and Firman were the names of the sons. Vincent Dye, son of Ezekiel, Sr., was born in Westmoreland County, Pa. He married Anna Waddle, whose parents came from Pennsylvania and located in the vicinity of Cumberland early in the present century. To them were born thirteen children - E.J., Isabella, Elah, James, Elizabeth, Melinda, Cassie, Miner, Madison, Wesley, Johnson, Robert and Polly. Of these E.J., Elah, Miner, Isabella, Elizabeth, Melinda and Cassie are still living, only E.J. Dye in Noble County at present. E.J. Dye was born in Brookfield Township November 19, 1812. In 1836 he married Mahala Smith. Three sons and six daughters were born of this union. Two of the daughters are dead. Johnson L. Dye, one of the sons, enlisted in Company B, Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, October 22, 1861; re-enlisted January 1, 1864. He was in the engagements at Winchester, Deep Bottom, Chapin Farm, Petersburg, Appomattox, etc. After being mustered out at the close of the war, and remaining at home a year, he went to Kansas and thence to Fort Saunders, Dak. The family has never heard from him since, and it is supposed that he was killed by the Indians. E.J. Dye is a farmer and stock-raiser. He is a member of the Methodist Episcoal church, and has served eighteen years as justice of the peace. He had all the experiences incident to life in the backwoods, and remembers when the whole township was sparsely settled. When he was a boy his father used to send him into the woods to hunt for cows, tying a bell upon him so that he might be found in case he lost his way. When the Dyes came to Brookfield they were obliged to go to Waterford, on the Muskingum, for milling. Salt was very hard to procure, and very high. Much of it used in the southern Ohio settlements was brought across the mountains on horseback by means of pack saddles. "Alum salt" was salt mixed with red pepper, that it might be used more economically. The first mill in the neighborhood of Renrock was a horse-mill, owned by Thomas Dye. There were no early water-mills in this part of the township. Dye's Fork of Meigs Creek was once a favorite hunting ground for the Indians. When Ezekiel Dye, Sr. began his clearing he was visited by two Indians. As he saw them approaching, he heard them muttering in their own language, and from their looks and tones he concluded there were not at all pleased at his intrusion. He feared they might attach him and kept a firm hold on the handspike with which he was at work until his visitors had departed, intending to use it over their heads in case of hostile demonstrations. When the Dyes came to the country, they had to go to Duck Creek, Bates Fork and Waterford to get help to raise their cabin. When the first barn was raised, settlers were summoned from many miles to assist. They came a day in advance of the raising, and remained three days before they had finished their work. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:48:09 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234809.007476e8@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Rannells, J.V. - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- J.V. Rannells was born in Brookfield Township, on the old homestead, March 2, 1815, and is therefore among the oldest residents of the township. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Laura Bay, who died in 1845. One child was born of this marriage. In 1846 he married Miss Rachel Falls. Four children were born of this union, two now living. Mr. and Mrs. Rannells are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. John Rannells, son of the above, enlisted in 1862 in the Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served until February, 1865. He was killed while on a scouting expedition, near Winnsboro, S.C. J.F. Rannells was born on the homestead in 1849. In 1878 he married Miss Sarah Allison. They have three children. Mr. Rannells and wife belong to the Presbyterian church. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:48:36 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234836.007529a0@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Jordan, Jacob - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- Jacob Jordan and his sons, Adam and Peter, were among the earliest settlers near the township line in the vicinity of Hiramsburg. Henry Hamilton, a brother-in-law of Jacob Jordan, was an early settler in the same neighborhood. While this was still a part of Guernsey County, elections were held at the house of the Jordans. Jacob Jordan, a Revolutionary soldier, came to this township in 1810 and left it in 1818. His son Peter was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1797, came to this county when young, and died in Brookfield Township in 1868. He married Rachel Albin, whose father, James Albin, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Jordan was born in Virginia in 1791. She died in 1881. Peter Jordan came to the farm on which John Jordan now lives in 1814. The whole country was then very wild, and bears, wolves, and panthers inhabited it. Mrs. Jordan brought from Guernsey county a willow sprout which she used as a riding whip, and on reaching her home stuck in in the ground. It grew into a tree and is now about seventy years old, and fifteen feet in circumference. John Jordan was born in Brookfield Township December 23, 1823. In 1845 he married Nancy Downey, a native of Buffalo Township. They have five sons and four daughters. Of their sons P.D. Jordan is a merchant, postmaster, notary and a railroad agent; S.S. Jordan is a farmer and carpenter; W.F. Jordan, telegraph operator and railroad agent; G.C. Jordan is a farmer in Illinois; J.D. Jordan is in the store of his brother, P.D. Jordan. John Jordan has always followed farming. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:49:45 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716234945.0075ac1c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Gray, John - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- One of the most remarkable characters that ever lived in Noble County was John Gray, of Brookfield Township. Although he was an early settler in the county, it is not to his name as that of a pioneer that most interest attaches. Far more important are the facts that made him celebrated, causing his name to be the theme of talented writers both of poetry and prse, and giving undying lustre to his simple, commonplace life. He was the last surviving soldier of the American army in the Revolutionary War. John Gray was born near Mount Vernon, Va., January 6, 1764, and spent his boyhood in that vicinity. His parents were poor and he was brought up to a life of toil and hardship. The same poverty was his condition throughout his long life. The first day that he ever worked out he was employed by George Washington at Mount Vernon. He seems to have been a favorite with the Father of his Country, who frequently shook hands with him and addressed to him encouraging words. He was the oldest of a family of eight children, and on his father joining the patriot army in 1777 he became the chief support of the family. Frequently the Grays were obliged to depend on rabbits caught by John and his brother as their only meat. At one time John worked a week at ploughing for two bushels and a half of corn. His father fell at the battle of White Plains, and in 1781, John, at the age of eighteen years, volunteered and served until the close of the war, being present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was in a skirmish at Williamsburg, and was one of 150 men sent on the dangerous but successful expedition of Major Ramsay. After the war he returned to the vicinity of Mount Vernon and resumed work as a day laborer. At the age of twenty he married Nancy Dowell and moved to Morgantown, Va. He was a western pioneer and lived at Dilley's Bottom and Fish Creek during the days of border warfare with the Indians. He came to Ohio while it was yet a territory. The year 1829 he settled in Noble County, where he passed the remainder of his days. He married his second wife, Nancy Ragan, at the Flats of Grave Creek. He again married in Ohio, but survived his wife and all his children except one. He spent the last years of his life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nancy McElroy, and died on the 29th of March, 1868, being in the one hundred and fifth year of his age. The records of the pension office at Washington prove that he was the last surviving pensioner of the Revolution. No pension was obtained for him until 1867, when, through the efforts of Hon. John A. Bingham, a bill was passed by Congress giving him $500 per year to date from July 1, 1866, as long as he lived. John Gray was a man of spare and bony frame, five feet eight inches hight, broad-chested, with a head that was well-shaped and massive. He had but one bad habit - he chewed tobacco for nearly one hundred years. He was a man of exemplary character and sound religious faith. He was a member of the Methodist church for nearly eighty years. In the later years of his life his hearing and sight became impaired and he was obliged to resort to crutches. He warmly sympathized with the Union cause during the late war, and lamented the course of his native State. Quietly, peacefully, as he had lived, the last of the Revolutionary veterans sank to rest amid the rural scenes which he loved so well. No proud monument adorns his resting place, but it is to be hoped that the public-spirited citizens of Noble County will some day see that an appropriate memorial stone is placed there. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:50:07 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716235007.0073080c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Hunter, Henry - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- Henry Hunter, a native of Ireland, was an early settler on the famr now owned by Miles B. Hunter. Five of his children are yet living: Samuel, Nancy, Margaret, William and Ebenezer. The family came to the township about 1814. Samuel Hunter was born in Butler County, Pa., in 1806, and has resided in the township since the family located here. He married Eliza Chapman and is the father of eight children, seven of whom are living. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:50:29 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716235029.007438e4@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Allison, John - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- John Allison was born in Washington, Pa., in 1810. In 1840 he removed to Cumberland, Ohio, and thence to the farm in Brookfield Township, where he died. In 1852 he married Nancy Johnson, who died in 1857, having born three children, two of whom are living. In 1862 he married Mrs. Rebecca Hatton (nee Bartlett). He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died in 1880. His sons, J.J. and J.F. Allison, are prominent farmers, and members of the Presbyterian church. J.J. Allison was born in Spencer Township, Guernsey County, in 1853. In 1886 he married Miss Mary Green. J.F. Allison was born in Spencer Township in 1855. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:50:50 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716235050.0074beb4@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Bartlett, James - Noble Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- James Bartlett and his wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Knowlton, removed from Massachusetts to Upsher County, W. Va., about 1810. After twenty year's residence there he removed to Brookfield Township. He died January 11, 1868, in Spencer Township, Guernsey County. His widow died in 1876. They had ten children, most of whom were born in Virginia. Seven daughters are yet living. Henry D. Bartlett, born in West Virginia, came to Brookfield in 1830. In 1840 he married Sarah Throckmorton. He reared a family of ten children, eight of whom are living. In 1874 he removed to Washington County, where he died March 23, 1886. James Bartlett was born in 1850 on the farm where he now lives. he has held the offices of township trustee and justice of the peace. In 1872 he married Celinda Burlingame. They have six children - Sarah, Alice, Francis, Florence, Harriet, Susan and Edward Henry. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #152 *******************************************