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GUERNSEY COUNTY HISTORY—66Thomas Oldham Jr., Owned BeautifulFarm, Served as Representative, (Editor's note - This article, another In a aeries taken from »• h,!Ltory published in 1882 •y T F Wiliams deals with . .r ^e Twp. The series of •articles is provided through ihe courtesy of the Guernsey County District Public Library The-W ------ - - • “ uinini J 1 I'Ohistory hook Is believed to be fir * “the first of Guernsey County over published.)Hon. Thomas Oldham was born in the old hewed log cabin built by his father, Thomas Oldham, Sr., in 1812. This interesting relic of a bygone era still stands near Mr. Oldham’s new farm dwelling. Thomas Oldham, Sr., had his birth on the banks of the Allegheny river, near Pittsburgh, in 1777 His two first years in the county were spent with his cousins, but in 1810 he built the log cabin where Thomas, Jr., was born,Jnd which was then the best ouse in this region, and resolutely faced the hardships and privations of the wilderness. The mistress of this humble borne was Nancy Davis, who was born near West Alexander, Pennsylvania, in 1780. Their marriage rite was solemnized in 1799, and was blest by the advent of fourteen children. Four of them are still living, namely: Samuel, Joshua, Thomas, and Richard. Thomas Oldham, Jr., married Eliza Davis in 1837. Miss Davis was born in West Alexandria, Virginia, in 1610. They had seven children. Jonathan and Friend W are tnarried and live on the farm. In 1853 Mr. Oldham was elected Representative of Guernsey county in the Legislature, and£ roved a worthy successor to T. Patterson He is the owner «f a beautiful farm, located in section four of Cambridge township. and also, with his brother Samuel, owns the old sawmill property. A member of his household is Miss Harriett Bay-less, who was born in 1853, and raised from a child in this hospitable home of the Morrisons.Samuel Burgess, Sr., father •f Samuel Burgess, Jr., was born in Kingswood, near Bristol, England, in 1791. He mar ried Ruth Samson, and came to Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1835. In 1842 he located in Washington count , Ohio, where he died in 1858 They had six children, of whom five are living, viz; Alfred, Tabitha, Samuel, Jr., Thomas, and os-siah. Samuel Burgess, Jr., was born in Monmouthshire, South Wales, in 1823, and came with his parents to this country. He learned the cabinet trade, at Which he worked until 1852, when he became a tinner, and has done business at Cambridge aince 1857. His wife was Elizabeth Coyningham, a native ofWashington county, Pennsylvania. They have eight children living; Walter, Amos, Lorinda Ruth, Loretta, Samuel McElroy, Milton, Oscar, Homer and Lizzie.Thomas Ruby, fa t h e r of James Ruby, was born in 1806, and was united in marriage to Nancy Cooper, who was born in Maryland in 1810. After marriage they remained in Allegheny county, where Mr. Ruby was engaged in farming, and where they lived until his death in 1873; she died four years previously. The family consisted of nine children, of whom seven are living: Elizabeth, Patience, Kesiah, John, James, Nathan, and Mary Ann. James was born in 1815, and January 26, 1836 , was united in marriage with Julia Ann Dennis, daughter of John and Catharine Dennis, of this county. She was born March 27, 1818. Theymoved to Maryland, where they lived four years, and in 1840 returned to Ohio and settled in Westland township, this county, thence removing to Belmont county, remaining there four years: four years were spent in Westland, four in Adams, when, in 1860, they took up their residence in Cambridge, where they now live with a family of five children, viz: John T.,married Sarah Torrence; Mary A., wife of Stephen Hill; James, deceased; William, marriedMartha McNary; Carl E., who married Eliza Parlett; George A., married Mary Moore; Sarah, died in infancy.Henry Urban is one of the toiling millions whose life has been one of uriceasing labor. He was born in 1819 in the smiling little village of Clodra, in Saxe Weimar, Germany. In 1845 he took to wife Hannah Rebe, a native of Ober Geiscndorf, of his native country. In 1849 they settled close to their present home. His neighbors were all English speaking people, with whom he was unable to hold converse. He had only one hun dred dollars, but soon obtained by laborer’s work for others sufficient to purchase forty acres of land, to which he added a few acres at a time, until he now owns one hundred and twenty acres and a comfortable home. His parents were born and died in Germany, and his wife also died there. Their living children are: Mary, Amelia. Benjamin, and Charles.William Milton Sines, now living in his beautiful home in West Cambridge, was born in Virginia, in Preston county, October 22, 1815. His father was John Sines, and his mother Elizabeth Ervin. This pair turned their eyes toward the setting sun, and sought a bright er home in the West. In 1818 they moved to Belmont county, and two years later to Mus-OUR ANCESTORSby QuincyW basically a good idea! However, the client has suggested a change!'*
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