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biographical sketches from N.N. Hill's
History of Coshocton County: it's past and present

ASCHBAKER JOSEPH, Linton Township; farmer; post office, Plainfield; born June 28, 1853, in Linton Township; son of John and Mary Anne (Bordenkirker) Aschbaker, natives of Germany, came to America about 1839 and located on the farm now owned by their son Joseph, who was married September 14, 1875 to Miss Magdalena, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Lash) Shue, a native of Alsace, France. They became the parents of two children - Henry Edward and Mary Elizabeth. He also had two brothers, David and Jacob, in the late war, in which David contracted the disease which caused his death. His father died September 22, 1857.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 630

BERTON EUGENE, Franklin Township; ironworker; post office, Wills Creek; born April 28, 1858, near Metz, France; son of Frances and Anne (Beandonin) Berton. At age 15 he went to his present trade in Harnes, France, and remained five years; for the first two he received no wages, he having to board and clothe himself. In July, 1873, he came to his present place in Franklin Township. Mr. Berton was married January 26, 1875, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Annie (Grant) Davied. They became the parents of two children, Estella and Francis. Mr. Berton has been eight years in America and is doing a very fair business.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 636

BIBLE JACOB, Bethlehem Township; farmer; born in 1796, in Rockingham County, Virginia. He was married in 1820, to Miss Elizabeth Ritchey, of the same county, who was born in 1802. They came to this county in 1821 and located in Keene township, and remained until 1837, when they removed to Bethlehem township. They became the parents of ten children, five of whom are living, viz: Philip, born in 1829, George, born in 1831, Josiah, born in 1834, Hannah, born in 1823 and Mary, born in 1828. Philip was married to Miss Courtwright, of this county, and now lives on the old homestead. They have five children, viz: Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Eliza and Jacob. George was married to Miss Randles, of this county, and now lives in Keene township. Josiah was married to Miss Walton, of this county, and is now living in Illinois. Hannah was married to Mr. Henry Mumford, of this county, and now lives in Keene township. Mary was married to Mr. George Turner, of this county, and now lives in Bethlehem township. Mr. Bible, the subject of this sketch, was a carpenter in his younger days, but later has followed farming. Has was also an old hunter and trapper. He had four sons in the late war at one time, all of whom had enlisted from this county. Mrs. Bible died in 1869, aged sixty-seven years. Mr. Bible is now in his eighty-fourth year, and is still active in both mind and body.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 636

BOWER LORENZO, Monroe township; was born October 22, 1833, in Holmes County; son of William and Corrilla (Barnes) Bower, and grandson of Leonard Bower and of Nancy Price, also, great grandson of Richard Barnes. He has followed farming all his life. In 1864 he came to Coshocton County, where he yet lives. He married Cordelia McKee, December, 1860, daughter of Andrew and Julia (Corns) McKee, and granddaughter of William Corns. She died December 2, 1873. The children are Alex. Q., Silas C., Charles E. and Leonard P.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 638

BOWER IRWIN, Monroe township; was born May 9, 1831, in Holmes County; son of William and Corrilla (Barnes) Bower, and grandson of Leonard Bower and Nancy Bower, and great grandson of Richard Barnes. He followed farming in Holmes County till 1861, when he came to Coshocton County. He was married first to Catharine Brightwell October 25, 1854. After the death of his first wife he married Mary Wilson, May 6, 1878.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 638

CLARK WILLIAM M., Franklin township; farmer; born in Linton township, June 27, 1825; son of James, and grandson of William Clark; one of the earliest settlers of the county; emigrated from Maryland, and moved to Franklin township in 1864; was married February 12, 1850, to Rebecca A. Bryan, who was born in Franklin township, and is the daughter of Stephen K. Bryan. Their family consists of six children, viz: Martha Jane, Mary, James, Stephen, John and Thomas.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 651

COGNION STEPHEN, Linton township; farmer; post office, Wills Creek; born June 6, 1852, in Franklin township; son of Stephen and Rosella Cognion, natives of France; came to America about 1848, and located in Franklin township, from which he came to his present residence in Linton township in 1868. They are the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters. When Mr. Cognion came to America he was poor, but by the united labor and the economy of himself and family, they have obtained a good home and farm. Of the children, Mary is married to William Krominaker; John is married to Catharine Doll; Magdaline is married to John Switzer, Stephen and Nicholas are unmarried.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 655

CONNER ISAAC, Monroe township; born June 29, 1837, in Monroe township, Coshocton County, Ohio; post office, Spring Mountain; son of James and Margaret (Holt) Conner, and grandson of Daniel and Pheobe (Penrose) Conner, and of John and Elizabeth (Conner) Holt; also great grandson of James and Mary Conner, and of Jesse Penrose. Mr. Conner is a farmer and was educated in the common schools. He was married to Mary J. Bingler, May 12, 1861, who was born November 10, 1843, daughter of Michael and Mary J. (Hogbin) Bingler, and granddaughter of Jessie and Catharine Bingler, and of William and Charity Hogbin. Their children are Joseph E., born January 1, 1863; Emily N. and Susie G., September 6, 1866; James S., July 10, 1873, and Mary E., January 28, 1879.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 656

CROSKEY JOHN, Clark township; post office, Helmick; farmer; born in Jefferson County, Ohio, December 8, 1831; son of Michael and Rachel V. (Lewis) Croskey, and grandson of Joseph Lewis. His father was one of the first blacksmiths in Clark township, and came from Ireland when he was 16 years of age. He was married October 4, 1854, to Emma K. Simpkinson, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Keeling) Simpkinson, who was born in Carroll County July 11, 1836. They are the parents of the following children: Sarah L. J., born July 5, 1855; Michael C., June 13, 1857; Hannah, January 9, 1859; Emma M., March 5, 1861; Floretta S. P., December 16, 1866, and Elsworth R. born March 13, 1877, an adopted son. Mr. Croskey owns a farm of forty acres on the Killbuck.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 660

DAVIED JOHN, Franklin township; born January 22, 1814 in Vittoncourt, Faulguemont Canton, Moselle Department, France; son of John Davied. In 1847, he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans, and coming up to Zanesville by water. He had been a stonemason, in France, but engaged in farming here, the first two years in Muskingum County: then a year in Fountain County, Indiana: next in Franklin township. Married in 1855, to Anne Grand-Girard, born in Voinehaute, France, January 25, 1825. By former marriage to John N. Daniel, she had two children, viz: John N., born January 14, 1854, and Margaret (Burton), born November 30, 1851. Mr. Davied’s children are Ferdinand, born April 23, 1856; Mary (Burton), born April 3, 1858; Anna (Collet), March 31, 1860, John, November 20, 1861; Leo, March 14, 1863, and Matilda, March 14, 1866.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 666

HAINS LEVI, Bedford township; farmer; post office, Tunnel Hill; born in 1817, in this county. His father was born in 1782 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1803 to Miss Hannah Lybarger, of the same county, who was born in 1784. They moved to Licking County in 1810, and to this county in 1811. The Hains cabin was the third in the township, Richard Shelton’s being the first, and Ezra Horton’s the second. Mr. Hains died in 1863; his wife in 1849. They were the parents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. He married in 1843, to Miss Lucinda Troutman, of this county, who was born in 1818, in Knox County, Ohio. They are the parents of eleven children, nine of whom are living.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 694

LAHNA JACOB, Linton township; farmer; post office, Bacon Run, Ohio; born June 6, 1843, in Adams township, Muskingum County; son of Jacob and Rosanna (Sandel) Lahna, a native of Alsace, France. He came to America with three children, and located in Adams township, Muskingum County; and came to Linton township, Coshocton County, about 1847, and located on the farm now owned by his heirs. Jacob Lahna enlisted in February, 1865, in Company I, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth O. V. I., and served until December of the same year. Mr. Lahna was married June 10 1867, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Michael and Anne (Lash) Wagner, who is of German ancestry. They became the parents of eight children: Mary A., Rosanna; Elizabeth, deceased; Matilda, deceased; Agatha, John M. and Sarah Adaline.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 720

MCCLUGGAGE JOHN, Bedford township; farmer; post office, Tyrone; born in 1809, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Guthrie, of the same county, who was born in 1811. They moved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and came to this county in 1846. They lived near Bloomfield, this county, until 1863, when they removed to their present location. They are the parents of nine children, three of whom are living, viz: Ellenora, Robert and Elizabeth H.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 733

MCNABB ISAAC, Bedford township; carpenter; post office, Warsaw; born in 1829 in this county. His father was born in 1796, in Brooks County, Virginia, and was married, in 1820, to Miss Mary Hoge, of Belmont County, who was born in 1800, in Hampshire County, Virginia. They came to this county in 1821, and both died in 1868. They were the parents of eight children, Isaac being the third. He was married in 1853, to Miss Delilah Devinia, of this county, who was born in 1833, in Carroll County. They have one child, Rezon.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 737

NORRIS G.W., Bedford township; farmer; post office, West Bedford; born in 1823 in this county. His father, Thomas Norris, was born in 1796, in Maryland, and was married in 1817 to Miss Sarah Stills of Belmont County, who was born in 1801. They came to this county in 1820. She died in 1876. They were the parents of twelve children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. He was married in 1845 to Miss Sarah Horton of this county, who was born in 1828. She died in 1845. He, in 1846, married Miss Elizabeth McNabb of this county, who was born in 1827. They are the parents of five children, viz: John, Milton, Sarah A., Mary C., and George, deceased

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 756

NORRIS MILTON, Perry township; post office, West Bedford; farmer; born in this county, in 1852; son of G.W. and Elizabeth Norris, and grandson of Thomas and Sarah A. (Stills) Norris, and of George and Mary (Hogue) McNabb. He was married in 1872, to Miss Martha J. Shrigley, daughter of John and Mary T. (Barton) Shrigley. They are the parents of five children, viz: William, Mary E., Edwin O.,Charles Elmer, deceased and one unnamed.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 759

RANDLES JOHN, Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe ; was born near Cadiz, Harrison county, May 21, 1814. His father, Abram Randles, was born in London county; Virginia, and in his youth emigrated to Harrison county, Ohio, where, at the age of twenty-one, he married Elizabeth Cheney. In March, 1817, before John was three years old, his father moved to Jackson township, Coshocton county, settling about eight miles from Coshocton, on the road leading to Mt. Vernon, in the midst of an unbroken wilderness. On this road their nearest neighbors were eight miles distant. Here John was reared to manhood, enduring all the privations incident to pioneer life. The oldest of seventeen children, he became his father's main support in reducing the barbarous wilds to a civilized state. Savage, howling wolves prowled about the lonely cabin at night, disturbing the sleep of the family. Deer and turkeys were abundant, and bears were occasionally seen. John threaded the dismal forests in every direction, visiting every mill within thirty miles of home. He was married in August, 1835, to Mary, daughter of Samuel Gilman, of this county, and by this union had six children, viz: Jemima E. (Clark), Jackson; Thomas J., deceased; Nancy J. (Shaw), William W., and Hester A. (Eckert). His wife haying died, he married, in 1857, Jane Hornbaker, who became the mother of five children, viz: Catharine; John H., deceased; John A., Charles and Dollie. Mr. Randles lived on the old place till 1850, when he bought and moved to a farm adjoining Roscoe. In 1857 he moved to Roscoe, and has lived there since, except flue, years, 1865-70, spent in Coshocton. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 769

RANDLES J. A., Bethlehem township; farmer; son of John Randles; was born in 1833, in this county. He was married in 1860, to Miss Hannah Foster, of this county, who was born in 1829. They became the parents of ten children, viz Elizabeth, William, Jane, Perlina, Emiline, Emerson, Martin, Cornelius, Ella, and Charles. Mr. Randles has always been a resident of Bethlehem township, and has been a successful farmer, esteemed by all his neighbors.

Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 769

ROYER ADAM, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice, Wills Creek; born May 17, 1843, in Loraine, France (now Germany); son of Nicholas and Anne (Lago) Royer. Adam carne to near Sonora, Mushingum county, with his parents, who remained there about six years prior to coming to Adam's present residence, in Franklin township, which he obtained by paying $1,200 to each of six other heirs. He has since bought forty-two acres adjoining the homestead. Mr. Royer was married, November 10, 1868, to Miss Susan, daughter of Benjamin and Susannah (Michael) Roof. Her father was a native of Germany, and her mother of Switzerland. Mr. Royer, by this marriage, became the father of six children : Alice Jane, John Nicholas, Emma Agnes, Cora May, Harvy Edward and Della Anne. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 781

SALRIN JOSEPH, Franklin township; born in France, Department of Moselle, Canton of Foulquemont, Vittoncourt village, April 10, 1812; son of Stephen Salrin. He left his native land March 5, 1846, for America, and, coming by way of New Orleans, landed at Zanesville June 10. He located at Adamsville, following his trade, cabinet making, until 1852, when he moved to his present home in Franklin township. He has here engaged in farming and also worked at his trade to some extent. In 1839 he married Madelaine Nichols, and has had six children, viz: Basil ; Justin Albert, of Brown county, Illinois ; Laura, a sister in St. Francis hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Madelaine, deceased; Nicholas, deceased, and Joseph. Basil, Justin and Laura were born in France, the others here. His wife died February 29, 1876. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 781

SALRIN BASIL, Franklin township; farmer; born in France, June 12. 1839; eldest son of Joseph Salrin. When seven years old he came with his father to Muskingum county, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Franklin township, and has lived there since. He married, October 7, 1874, Anna Marraine, born in France, in June, 1860, and emigrated to America August 13, 1874. Their family consists of three boys, viz: Joseph Basil, Ernst Alexander and Frank Sherman. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 781

SALRIN ANDREW, Franklin township; farmer; born near Metz, France, May 10, 1848. His parents, Andrew and Barbara (Mitchell) Salrin, emigrated with their three children directly to this township, from France, in 1853. His two sisters, both older than himself, are now living in the West, Victorine (David) in Kansas, and Mary (Sherrest) in Chicago, Illinois. He was married January 10;1872, to Martha Jane, oldest daughter of William M. Clark, of Franklin township. The children born of this marriage are Francis Ann, Mary Ellen, Andrew William; Barbara Elizabeth, deceased, and Emma Jane. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 781

SALRIN JOSEPH M., Franklin township; farmer; born September 25, 1849, in Franklin township; married, in 1872, to Mary, daughter of Charles Schmueser, of Muskingum county. By this marriage he had two children, viz: Mary Berths and Joseph Milton. His wife haying died May 9, 1879, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Moffet, of Guernsey county, March 28, 1880. Hill, N. N., History of Coshocton County: it's past and present, 1740 - 1881, etc., Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881, page 781

Transcribed by: Chris Tubbs
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