HIS CLOTHES WERE OF BUCKSKIN, HAND MADE. HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WORE HIS FIRST SHOES. HE WAS A GREAT HUNTER. HE AND HIS FATHER MADE ONE OF THEIR BEST RECORDS WHEN THEY SHOT 31 DEER IN ONE DAY. HE WAS THE FIRST CHILD TO BE BORN WITHIN THE LIMITS OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OHIO. HE OWNED 700 ACRES OF LAND WHICH WAS LATER DIVIDED AMONG HIS CHILDREN.
HE WAS A FARMER IN BUCKS TOWNSHIP, OHIO, WHERE HE RESIDED ALL HIS LIFE. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND HUNTING AND WAS CONSIDERED BY SOME POEPLE TO BE THE GREATEST HUNTER OF HIS GENERATION IN HIS LOCALITY. FOR BIG GAME HE TRAVELED TO MICHIGAN AND CANADA IN SEARCH OF DEER, MOOSE AND BEAR.
HIS FARM WORK SELDOM INTERFERED WITH HIS FISHING AS HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE REGULAR TRIPS TO THE TUSCARAWAS RIVER NEAR ORANGE IN COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO, TO FISH. HE ALSO WAS WITH A GROUP WHICH SEINED THE DANGEROUS BLUE HOLE IN .....
WAS A NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ONE OF THE PIONEERS TO EVANS VALLEY.
HE WAS A FARMER AND LIVED ON ONE OF HIS FATHER'S FARMS IN EVANS VALLEY UNTIL HE RETIRED. HE WAS A "JOLLY OLD TIME FIDDLER"; SOME OF HIS FAVORITE TUNES BEING "THE IRISH WASHER WOMAN" AND "STUMPED TAILED DOG." HE RETIRED IN BALTIC, OHIO WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH.
DIED WITHIN A MONTH OF HER HUSBAND
