The Pioneer History of Meigs County, Ohio.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... years. Possessed of a fine mind and rare mechanical abilities, he acquainted himself with every scientific method available for the perfecting of his skill in dentistry, for besides the setting of teeth, Dr. Whaley is an artist in studying facial effects, as well as the inserting of molars. He has had also a successful medical practice, limited in extent on account of his proclivities for dental operations. He married Miss Amy Smith, a daughter of Benjamin Smith, of Middleport, Ohio, who is a direct descendant in the fourth generation from the pioneer James Smith who came to Leading Creek in 1797. They had a family of three children, one son and two daughters. The son, a bright young man, was drowned just as his career was opening as a dentist. The daughters were well educated, and each one has a vocation The elder Miss Whaley is a talented literary woman, and the younger sister is a popular singer in operatic circles, is married and resides in New York City. THE PAINE FAMILY. Seth Paine, Sr., came with his family to Ohio from Maine in 1816, and settled in Rutland township. He had four sons, Samuel S. Paine, Bartlett, Seth, Jr., Josiah, and several daughters. The brothers were engaged in the mercantile business in Rutland. Mr. Samuel S. Paine held township offices, as Justice of the Peace, Trustee, and was Postmaster in Rutland. He was elected Recorder of Meigs county when the county seat was removed to Pomeroy, and served in that office for more than twenty years. He married Miss Martha Cowdery, a daughter of the pioneer Joel Cowdery, who settled on Shade river in 1807. They had two children, a daughter, dying in childhood, and a son, Lewis Paine, who was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. He is a lawyer, has been Probate Judge, ..

Organized in 1819, Meigs County rests in the Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio along the beautiful Ohio River. The land's deep reservoirs of coal and salt provided early residents work in mines and in shipping the goods via steamboat and railroad. Local communities also nurtured talented scholars like James McHenry Jones and poets and writers such as James Edwin Campbell and Ambrose Bierce, as well as Dr. Brewster Higley VI, whose poetry inspired the American classic "Home on the Range." The county is home to Ohio's oldest standing courthouse in Chester and to Pomeroy, the only town in America with no cross streets. Join historians Jordan and Calee Pickens as they recount times of prosperity and hardship that have been engrained on the timeline of Meigs County.

Sanford Gladden traces the history of the Durst/Darst family and some 40 other related families from their European roots to Philadelphia in Colonial times. They migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, to Delaware and Pickaway Counties in OH and on to Texas. Some of the related surnames are: Beck, Cecil, Chandler, Charlton, Cozad, Craig, Damon, Deam, Dill, Eaton, Ewing, Fry, Glendy, Glotfelter, Grigsby, Guy, Harshman, Haynes, Holman, Huston, Jamison, Keithly, Kennedy, Kent, Lightner, Marshall, Morgan, Orman, page, Perrins, Ramsey, Selling, Stroop, Trolinger, and Weiser among other smaller branches.