OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 154 *********************************************************************** 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 154 Today's Topics: #1 [OH-FOOT] Bio: Rannells, William - [Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716235948.0074394c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Rannells, William - 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. --------------- William Rannells was one of the first associate judges of Morgan County, and in the absense of the presiding judge acted as president judge at the first term of court held at McConnelsville in 1819. He came from Pennsylvania, and settled on land now owned by his son Joseph. He was a man of enterprise, intelligence and good judgment. He was an active member of the first church, and an exemplary citizen. He erected the first frame barn in Brookfield Township, and at an early date built a brick house. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:00:12 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000012.007510f0@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Lindley, Dr. Ziba - 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. --------------- Dr. Ziba Lindley, a son-in-law of Judge Rannells, located where Johnson Allison now lives. He was the first physician in the township, and amoung the first in the present county, and is believed to have been skillful and successful. He removed to the West many years since, and died at an advanced age. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:00:34 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000034.0075f7f8@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Bacon, Col. Linus - 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. --------------- Colonel Linus Bacon, from Massachusetts, located in 1819 on lands now owned by his son David. He was noted as a musician and a scholar. He taught several winter schools. He died in 1864. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:01:23 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000123.00739ba8@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Scott, Sylvester - 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. --------------- Sylvester Scott, son of Judge Francis Scott, was born in March 29, 1825, on the farm where he now lives. He has followed farming as his principal occupation. In 1848 he married Susannah Thompson, a native of Guernsey County. Three children have been born to them, of whom two are living, a daughter and a son. The oldest daughter married Edward Bartlett, and died in 1876. The second daughter married John Beckett, and lives at home. The son lives on a part of the old homestead. The family belongs to the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Scott was formerly a Whig, and is now a Republican. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:01:44 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000144.0074771c@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Scott, Judge Francis - 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 Francis Scott was one of the prominent early settlers. In early years he was one of three associate judges of Morgan County. He was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1781, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents when young. He migrated west to Brooke County, W. Va. and was there married to Miss Mary Meek. He came to Ohio about 1810 and located in Jefferson County, but returned to West Virginia after a brief residence, and thence went to Washington County, Pa. In 1818 he removed to Brookfield Township, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was the father of six sons and two daughters. Judge Scott was accustomed to market his oats in Cambridge at 12 1/2 cents per bushel, carrying them thither on a pack-saddle. He was remote from neighbors and all the surroundings were of the wildest character. He kept a few calves which he was obliged to fasten in a pen at night to keep them from the wolves. Often he went out to drive the wolves away, and was scarsely back to the house before they would return again. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:02:06 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000206.007581ac@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Draper, 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. --------------- In 1817, John Draper (father of Dr. Draper, of Cumberland) settled on a farm adjoining Prouty. He made the journey from Massachusetts in a one-horse wagon and was twenty-nine days on the way. He purchased a tract upon which a cabin and a small improvement had previously been made by Rev. James Moore, a Presbyterian clergyman, and the first minister of the valley. In 1821 Mr. Draper erected a frame barn and in 1831 a brick house, both of which are still standing. In 1834 he brought the first Durham cattle to the township. He named Brookfield Township after Brookfield, Mass., where he formerly lived. He died in 1877 at the age of eighty-nine years. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:02:32 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020717000232.00730b30@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Scott, John 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. --------------- John W. Scott was born on the farm where he now resides, Novemeber 11, 1822, and has always lived in the township. He is one of the prominent and progressive farmers of the township. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and has held the office of township trustee; also, township treasurer. He was married in 1849 to Miriam Thompson, and is the father of six sons, all living but one. Mr. Scott was formerly a Whig and is now a Republican. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Brookfield ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:35:30 -0500 From: Tina Hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.20020716233530.006dbbf4@clubnet.isl.net> Subject: [OH-FOOT] Bio: Large, 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 Large, one of the successful financiers and early settlers of Marion Township, was born near the city of Dublin, July 21, 1817. His parents, George and Eliza Large, were farmers, and came to America in 1825. They landed in Quebec, where the elder Large died some three weeks after his arrival, leaving the family in rather destitute circumstances. They removed to Montreal, where they lived about three months. Thence they went to a little village called Beaver Dam, near Niagra Falls, where Mrs. Large bought a piece of land and where Henry found employment as a boy-of-all-work in a store. A sister of Mrs. Large, Mrs. Dr. Craig, had settled near Summerfield some time in 1818, and by her advice Mrs. Large disposed of her little property and came to the new country in February of 1828, with her little family of six children. She entered from government eighty acres of land near the village of Freedom, which she improved and on which she resided until 1839, when Henry became the owner. The early life of Mr. Large was one of toil and hardship. At the age of sixteen he made his initial effort in business by taking a job of splitting rails at thirty-one cents per hundred. At eighteen he began life as a farm laborer at $8 per month. These facts, although seemingly trivial, show what can be done from small beginnings. By dint of industry and close economy he accummulated a sum nearly sufficient for the purchase of the homestead farm, which he still owns, he laid the foundation of his fortune. Never at one time has he owned more than 155 acres. The life of Mr. Large has been a busy and successful one, in fact it may be said that, considering his opportunities, no resident of Noble County has been more so. He has devoted his time to farming, tobacco raising and loaning his net earnings, and is thought to be the wealthiest man in the county. Many are curious to know how it was possible for him to acquire so fine a competency under such adverse circumstances. His answer to the question is, "By the rigid practice of industry, economy, promptness and the avoidance of debt," and we might add, shrewd management and a desire to excel. Mr. Large is quiet and reserved in manner, and possessed of no distinguishing characteristics, excepting his financial ability and his extraordinary mathematical acquirements; his gift in this respect is wonderful, and like that of Pascal and Colburn, is a God given faculty, and his education was almost wholly confined to that school in which the teachers are observation and experience. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist, although not a member of any church. He is classed among the foremost men of the county in wealth, brains and intelligence. Mr. Large was married early in life to Miss Maria, daughter of Edward Cleary. She was born in King's County, Ireland, in 1823. She has been to Mr. Large a helpmeet in all that the word implies. They have had nine children: Mary A. (McClintock), John, Sarah H. and Emma (died infancy), Eliza H., Clara I. (Guiler), George E., Emma J. and Joseph H. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Marion ______________________________ ------------------------------ -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V02 Issue #154 *******************************************