Belmont County OH

Roll Of Capt. Benjamin Mapel’s Company

(Probably from Belmont County) Served from February 7 until March 7, 1815. Capt. Benjamin Mapel Lieut. Jacob Winnings Ensign Augustine Andrew Sergt. James Swindler Sergt. James Bashford Corp. James Jobes Corp. John Sprangler Drummer, John Marshall Privates Abrams, Anthony Alexander, James Augustine, George Bassett, Ebenezer Bennet, Thomas Boyles, Nurman Brenner, Jacob W Burk, Moses Cole, Ezekial Collear, Joseph Fowler, John Franks, Michael Grove, William Lewis, Thomas B. Lutcblenwatter, Jacob Lyle, William Miller, Samuel Pinewell, Elias Rukeson, Jacob Russell, David Russell, Joshua Spedle, William Swinehart, Daniel Taylor, Abner Welday, Abraham Welsh, John West, Adam Yeckne, Charles

Biography of Captain R. Pickering

The veteran soldier who risked his life in defense of the flag, all things else being equal, takes high rank as a citizen. This may be partly because of the quality of the patriotism of the American public, but there is another reason for the preeminence of the veteran. The man who has the form of character to rise to distinction as a soldier possesses the resourceful perseverance so necessary to success in other fields. Captain R. Pickering, who has been a prominent resident of Genesee from its earliest history, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 3, 1842, and … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Dr. John N. Raley

John N. Raley is a native of Belmont county, Ohio, and was born April 11, 1829; his parents were natives of Virginia. He was educated at the Mount Pleasant Seminary, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and lived upon a farm until he was twenty-two years old, then began clerking on a steamboat on the Illinois River, where he was engaged for two years. He was next employed in keeping books for grain merchants on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, in Illinois, and after a few years there moved to the State of Iowa and engaged in farming for two years. In … Read more

Biography of William Edward Hogueland

William Edward Hogueland, who had lived in Kansas since 1869, had the unusual distinction of being admitted to the bar when he was nineteen years of age and had been in active practice at Yates Center for the past thirty-six years. He had been elected to a county office just about the time he attained his twenty-first birthday, and having established his home at the county seat while in office he had remained there in the practice of law. Mr. Hogueland’s ancestors came out of Holland in very early times. There were three brothers, one settling in New York, one … Read more

Biography of Joseph Gaston

JOSEPH GASTON. – Joseph Gaston, the pioneer railroad man of Oregon, was born in Lloydsville, Belmont county, Ohio, in 1833. His ancestors on is father’s side were Huguenots, who were expelled from France by the Roman Catholic King in the sixteenth century, on account of their adhesion to the protestant reformation. They settled first in Ireland, and from thence in 1562 removed to North Carolina, from whence numerous branches of the family scattered out over the United States. William Gaston, the granduncle of Joseph, was chief justice of North Carolina, and for many years member of Congress from that state, … Read more

Biography of Archibald Steel Johnson

Archibald Steel Johnson, a resident of Kansas nearly forty years, has one of the very interesting places historically considered. It is located a few miles from North Topeka on rural route No. 6 in Shawnee County, and is a farm of eighty acres which he bought in 1907. The history of this farm is especially interesting. The site comprises the old historic Town of Indianola. This town was established when the Territory of Kansas was new. It was the home of a large number of abolitionists, though there were two or three pro-slavery families in the same community. When this … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William Gaston

Gaston, William; clergyman; born, Columbiana County, O., April 19, 1835; son of James W. and Rebecca Conke Gaston; A. B., Washington College, Pa., 1858; grad. Western Theological Seminary, 1861; (D. D., 1887, LL. D., 1892, Richmond College Ohio); married, Julia M. Cunningham, of Smith’s Ferry, Pa., May 4, 1855 (died March, 1896); second wife, Jennie L. Wise, of Washington, Pa., Aug. 2, 1898; ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1861; pastor, Smith’s Ferry, Pa., 1861-1865; First Church, Bellaire, O., 1865-1880; North Church, Cleveland, 1880-1907; Emeretus, 1907; chaplain U. S. Christian Comma in Civil War, director University of Wooster, O.; Republican; Presbyterian; has traveled … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Robert Morrison’s Company

(Probably from Belmont County) Served from July 29, until September 8, 1813. Capt. Robert Morrison Lieut. Thomas Wason Ensign David Young Sergt. Robert Findlay Sergt. Robert Young Sergt. Abraham Thomas Sergt. Alexander Baldridge Corp. James Winter Corp. John McClure Corp. William Smith Corp. Alexander Liget Drummer, William Hamilton Fifer, David Smith Privates Alexander, Benjamin Alexander, Gabriel Alexander, James Bailey, James Bair, George Bilbee, John Bisship, Peter Bovel, John Brown, John Burnett, Lewis Caskey, James Clark, John Coppel, Daniel Craig, Robert Cross, Richard Cross, William Crust, Henry Edginton, George Eginton, Joseph Eyler, Joseph Findley, Samuel Findley, William Foster, John Gleze, Nathan … Read more