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201K CENTURY HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 Delaware County, Ohio 
 
 AND 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 EDITED AND COMPILED BY 
 
 JAMES R.. LYTLE 
 DELAWARE. OHIO 
 
 "History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples" 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 
 
 GEORG2 RICHMOND. Pres. : C. R. ARNOLD. Secy axd Treas 
 
 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
 
 1908 
 

 7 
 
 
I 2- 
 
 preface 
 
 HE aim of the publishers of this volume and of the author of the 
 history has been to secure for the historical portion thereof full and 
 accurate data respecting the history of the county from the time of 
 its early settlement, and to condense it into a clear and interesting 
 .narrative. All topics and occurrences have been included that were 
 essential to this object. Although the original purpose was to limit the narra- 
 tive to the close of 1906. it has been found expedient to touch on many matters 
 relating to the year [907, and also, in some measure to the current year 1908. 
 
 It is impossible to enumerate here all those to whom thanks are clue for 
 assistance rendered and kindly interest taken in this work. We would, how- 
 ever, mention Rev. A. C. Crist and Dr. S. W. Fowler as those to whom we 
 feel under an especial debt of gratitude. 
 
 In the preparation of the history reference has been made to. and in some 
 cases extracts taken from, standard historical and cither works on different 
 subjects treated of. 
 
 The reviews of resolute and strenuous lives which make up the biographical 
 department of this volume, and whose authorship is for the most part inde- 
 pendent of that of the history, are admirably calculated to foster local ties, to 
 inculcate patriotism, and to emphasize the rewards of industry dominated by 
 intelligent purpose. They constitute a most appropriate medium of perpet- 
 uating personal annals, and will be of incalculable value to the descendants 
 of those commemorated. These sketches, replete with stirring incidents and 
 intense experiences, are flavored with a strong human interest that u ill 
 naturally prove to a large portion of the readers of this book its most 
 attractive feature. 
 
 in the aggregate of personal memoirs thus collated will be found a vivid 
 
epitome of the growth of Delaware County, which will fitly supplement the 
 historical statement, for the development is identified with that of the men 
 and women to whom it is attributable. The publishers have endeavored to 
 pass over no feature of the work slightingly, but to fittingly supplement the 
 editor's labors b\ exercising care over the minutest details of publication, and 
 thus give to the volume the three-fold value of a readable narrative, a useful 
 work of reference, and a tasteful ornament to the library. We believe the 
 result has justified the care thus exercised. 
 
 Special prominence has been given to the portraits of representative 
 citizens which appear throughout the volume, and we believe that they will 
 prove not its least interesting feature. We have sought in this department to 
 illustrate the different spheres of industrial and professional achievement as 
 conspicuously as possible. To all those who have kindly interested themselves 
 in the successful preparation of this work, and who have voluntarily contributed 
 most useful information and data, or rendered other assistance, we hereby 
 tender our grateful acknowledgements. 
 
 THE PUBLISHERS. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
Bote 
 
 All the biographical sketches published in this volume were submitted to 
 their respective subjects or to the subscribers, from whom the facts were 
 primarily obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press : and 
 a reasonable time was allowed in each case for the return of the type-written 
 copies. Most of them were returned to us within the time allotted, or before 
 the work was printed, after being corrected or revised : and these may there- 
 fore be regarded as reasonably accurate. 
 
 A few. however, were not returned to us : and. as we have no means of 
 knowing whether they contain errors or not, we cannot vouch for their 
 accuracy. In justice to our readers, and to render this work more valuable 
 for reference purposes, we have indicated these uncorrected sketches by a smal' 
 asterisk I *), placed immediately after the name of the subject. They will all 
 be found on the last pages of the book. 
 
 THE PUBLISHERS. 
 
Contents 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Geology and Topography 17 
 
 Bed Rock Geology — The Ice Age — Water Supply— Soils — Surface Features — Timber -Agricultural Products — 
 Mineral Spring's. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Indian Occupation ...41 
 
 Prehistoric Races— The Red Race — The Delawares — Relations Between the Settlers and the Indians —War ot 
 1812 — Anecdotes. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Settlement of tfif. Northwest Territory and Organization of the State of Ohio 54 
 
 Boundaries Denned — Derivation of Title and Early Explorations — AcHevement of George Rogers Clark — State 
 Cessions and Indian Treaties — Settlement — Indian Wars — St. Clair's Defeat — Wayne's Campaign and Battle of 
 Fallen Timber — Organization of the Northwest Territory — Organization of the State of Ohio. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Settlement and Organization of Delaware County • '- 
 
 Derivation of Title — First Settlement — Growth of Population — First Events — Pioneer Industries -Early Roads 
 and Taverns — Organization of the County — Early Political History — County and Other Officials. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Delaware — The County Seat 104 
 
 When Laid Out and by Whom —Its Settlement and History — Early Military Importance— Stores and Eatly In- 
 dustries -Growth of Population — Incorporation — Citv Government Organized — Roster of Officials— Public 
 Buildings — Water Works — Fire Department — Cemeteries. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Transportation Facilities ' '-' •' 
 
 Early Roads and Stage Coaches — Turnpikes— Proposed Canal -The Railroad Era— First Successful Railroad — 
 Other Railroad Enterprises— Railroad Shops Located in Delaware — Electric Railways. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Manufactures 
 
 Manufacturing Possibilities of Delaware County— Early Mills and Mill Machinery -A Tragic Occurrence- 
 Chair Manufacture— Lumber, Furniture, Etc. — Flour Mills— Distilleries— Leather— Textile Prodm i- 
 
 Mills — Oil Enterprises— P'oundries, Etc. — Artificial Ice— Light, Heat and Power— Brooms -Evaporated I ds 
 
 — Clay Products — Cigars — Creameries — Lime and Stone— Gas Manufacture. 
 
 i::o 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Banks and Banking 153 
 
 A History of the Banks of Delaware Counts — Past and Present. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Public Institutions . . . . 1 ili 
 
 The Ladies' Christian Union — Delaware County Infirmary — Children's Home of Delaware — Home for the 
 Aged— Jane M. Case Memorial Hospital-Girls' Industrial Home. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 The Press ls.S 
 
 Newspapers and Editors of the Past and of the Present. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Education (I 1 [93 
 
 Introductory— Public Schools of the City of Delaware — District Schools aDd Early Teachers — St. Mary's 
 Parochial School — Statistics — Delaware City Library — Delaware County Historical and Archeological Society. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Education (III 217 
 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 Religious or Church History of Delaware County 2-17 
 
 First Churches and Pioneer Ministers -General History of Religious Organizations- Churches and Clergy of 
 
 Today. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 The Bench and Bar 297 
 
 Early History First Court and First Lawyers —The Present Bar and Its High Standing. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 The Medical Profession :;(2 
 
 Delaware County Medical Men of the Past and of the Present. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 Military History of the County 379 
 
 Revolutionary War — War of 1812— Seminole War— Mexican War — War of the Rebellion- Spanish-American 
 War. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 Fraternal and Benevolent Organizations - 410 
 
 Masons — Knights of Pythias — Independent Order of Odd Fallows — Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 
 — Ancient Order of Hibernians — Improved Order of Red Men — Other Societies. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 Townships and Towns 435 
 
 Settlement and Organization of the Townships — Settlement and Founding of the Towns — Sketches of Ashley. 
 Galena, Sunbury, Ostrander, Lewis Center, Powell, Radnor, and other towns. 
 
 i :al (97 
 
1Tnbex 
 
 Biographical 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Adamson, J. I 7-7 
 
 Albright, Werter B 332 
 
 Alexander, Dr. R. C 367 
 
 Alkire, Emanuel 893 
 
 Andrews. Dr. Frank 365 
 
 Andrews, Dr. Hugh B 68l 
 
 Andrews, Joseph H 681 
 
 Armstrong, Charles 73% 
 
 Armstrong, George 738 
 
 Athf rton, Lee 717 
 
 Au-tin. Prof. Cyrus I! ., D. D. 681 
 
 Avery, Dr. J. W ^,7.^ 
 
 Ave ry, R M 835 
 
 A\ res, Isaac 562 
 
 A3 r - Ji ihn J 669 
 
 Ayres, Col. Jacob 562 
 
 Bagley, Andrew J 606 
 
 Bank of Ashley, The 660 
 
 1 r, Judge Gideon G 328 
 
 Barbour, Dr 349 
 
 Barnes, James M 303 
 
 Barnes, Dr. Lewis 368 
 
 Barrj . Ge W 341 
 
 Ba • n. Clay W 793 
 
 Baxter, George W 867 
 
 Beau, Hiram 573 
 
 Beech< r, Harry II 329 
 
 Bell, Stanley ''74 
 
 Benedict, Griffith G 7-'i 
 
 tt, Dr. A. E 367 
 
 Benton. Benj. T 528 
 
 ton, Run P 339 
 
 Beiil m, Edw. W 528 
 
 n, J. R 528 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Berlett, Ji hn 799 
 
 Besse, Dr. Henry 37' 
 
 Bevan, David 667 
 
 Hi \ an, David, Sr 535 
 
 Bevan, William 535 
 
 Bigelow, Dr. Alpheus 346 
 
 Bird, Aimer J 409 
 
 Bird, Oliver Perry (99 
 
 Bishop, James 530 
 
 Bishop, Levi 530 
 
 Bishop, Wesley 530 
 
 Blakeley. I heodore F 778 
 
 Bliss, Dr. David P 362 
 
 Blymer, Dr. S 369 
 
 Bonner, Dr. O. W 361 
 
 Bi Higher, John F 824 
 
 Bovey, Emanuel 504 
 
 B"\ ey, William C 504 
 
 Brandebury. Edw F 330 
 
 Breece, Lewis 694 
 
 Breece, Tobias C 694 
 
 Brewster, Dr. Charles B.... 361 
 
 Brickcr. William M 896 
 
 Brooks, Cyrus C 326 
 
 Buck, Dr. Arthur H 356 
 
 Buck. Israel E 306 
 
 Bucky, Dr. Wm. C 365 
 
 Bumstead, Dr, Lencius 371 
 
 Burkard, Ferdinand J 730 
 
 Burnside. Thomas 751 
 
 Burr. Dr Jona II 34'' 
 
 Campbell, Dr. J. C 373 
 
 1 inniK II. William Razil 750 
 
 ( larlsi in, Charles s'i7 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Carney, Dr. Elijah 347 
 
 Carpenter, Geo. W 330 
 
 Carper, 1 lonier McK 310 
 
 Carr, S. T 701 
 
 Carr, Wray H N43 
 
 Carson, Cicero T 614 
 
 ( 'arson, Wm 013 
 
 (.'alter, Hugh 556 
 
 Carter, James E 530 
 
 Carter. John H 893 
 
 Cumbers Dr. Jas 349 
 
 Charles, Bruce 598 
 
 Charles, Simon 598 
 
 Chase Rev. Ira 634 
 
 Cherry. Dr. James M 369 
 
 Chidester, Dr. Cyrus W 360 
 
 Clark. Elihu '140 
 
 Clark, Isaac . 640 
 
 Cleaver. Amos (i 573 
 
 Cleaver, Samuel M 574 
 
 Cline, Corfington 662 
 
 (line, Samuel D 662 
 
 Cochran, Dr. M. M 367 
 
 Cole, Capt. Elias 839 
 
 Cole, Edson B ?u 
 
 Cole. Ji seph 530 
 
 Cole. Thomas 523 
 
 Cole. Til. mas M SJ, 
 
 ( '' ne, ( 1 phas (K57 
 
 Cone. Hon. John A Si 7 
 
 Cone, Judge John \ 321 
 
 Cone, John W 608 
 
 Cone, Titus King 607 
 
 Conklin, A. V., M. D 600 
 
 Conklin, Dr Abraham V 358 
 
10 
 
 INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Conklin, Ashton Stover 687 
 
 Conklin, John 687 
 
 Constant, Dr. Win. T 356 
 
 Cook, John J 894 
 
 ( 1 10k, Justine 300 
 
 Coomer. Dr. H. N 365 
 
 Copeland, Dr. Eleazer 346 
 
 Conner, Henry M 720 
 
 Courter, Peel Teed 720 
 
 Courtright, Fleetwood ........ 623 
 
 Courtright, John 623 
 
 Cowels, Dr. G. E 376 
 
 Cowgill, Charles C 767 
 
 Cowgill. John 723 
 
 Cowgill, Otway C 328 
 
 Cowles, G. E., M. I) 768 
 
 Cowles, Leonard H 299 
 
 G x, Robert J 502 
 
 Coyncr, Gei >rge 850 
 
 C03 lier, Judge ( ,eo 334 
 
 Crane. Dr. A. M 368 
 
 Crane, Elbert 616 
 
 Crane. Howard Clifton, M. D. 6t6 
 
 Crawford. Col. James M 593 
 
 Crawford, Col. James W 305 
 
 Cray, Dr. C. Churchill 374 
 
 Cray. Dr. Mice B 374 
 
 ( 1 ego, Charles 699 
 
 Crego, J. Monroe 699 
 
 Crickard, James 604 
 
 Crickard, Dr, Win. F 350 
 
 Crickard, William ]•.. M. I).. 604 
 
 Crist. Rev. A. C 559 
 
 Crist. Hun. Harvey W 33S 
 
 CritchtieM, Leander J v 311 
 
 Cruikshank, A. S 782 
 
 Crumb, James II 637 
 
 Crumb, Lyman Jerome 637 
 
 Cryder, Charles 58) 
 
 Cryder, John M 582 
 
 Culver. Henry S 324 
 
 Cummins, Dr. S. P 368 
 
 Cunningham, Geo. 672 
 
 ( unningham, Joseph II (172 
 
 Cum 11. I apt J. F 785 
 
 Dalton, Dexter X 732 
 
 1 '.a ids, Benjamin F 699 
 
 I >a\ ids, I lavid 699 
 
 Davids, Sylvanus 700 
 
 I lavis, H. H 704 
 
 D; /is, Robert R 743 
 
 Day, Dr. H. M 371 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Decker, Alexander X t>2? 
 
 Decker, Frederick 625 
 
 De Good. Orlin C 860 
 
 Dickerson, Lewis 609 
 
 Dickerson, Ruben G 609 
 
 Dill, Augustus B 551 
 
 Dill, Joel W 550 
 
 Dilsaver, Guj Ernest 576 
 
 I lisbennett, Thomas W 892 
 
 Donavin. Col. George B 885 
 
 Donovon, Taylor 668 
 
 Dumm, Dr. A. W 366 
 
 Dunlap, Calvin C 83! 
 
 I )ye, Thomas F 533 
 
 Eati Hi, Henry J 316 
 
 Eckelbery, Dr. Frank E 371 
 
 Edwards, Dr J 371 
 
 Ekelbery, Dr. Norton 367 
 
 Elsbree, Collins P 701 
 
 Elsbree. George F 701 
 
 Eulenburg, Count Botho.... 657 
 Eulenburg. Countess Nell) 
 
 Lytle 657 
 
 Fury. Jesse M 744 
 
 Et ails, I In mas 659 
 
 Evans, Wesley 7. 659 
 
 Faircliild. Belli. M 748 
 
 Fairchild, Sherman 74S 
 
 Farmers Savings Bank Co., 
 
 The 738 
 
 Fay. I'.eiij \ 544 
 
 Fay. 1 lavid 544 
 
 Fay, Dr. D. C 375544 
 
 Feaster. Dr. II. F 559 
 
 Field, Dr. Erastus 370 
 
 Finch, Judge Sherman 302 
 
 Foster, I )r, 1 ieo. F 371 
 
 Fi iv\ ler, I >r Silas W 376 
 
 Fowler, Silas W.. \|. D ^.v, 
 
 Fi eese, I saac Marion 771 
 
 Freshwater, Judge Benj. 1".. 320 
 
 Fryman, Gee 38S 
 
 I- 1 5 man Thomas \ 588 
 
 Fuller, Judge David T 302 
 
 Furniss, Dr. Henry 373 
 
 1 i.ii'i iel, I [orace 321 
 
 ( iabriel, I .uiher 521 
 
 ( rage, 1 )r. Fred. 1 36r 
 
 Gardner, Irvin X 583 
 
 1 iardner, J ma 583 
 
 ( iardner. Joseph 583 
 
 Gardner, Seth 777 
 
 ( iaynor, John 513 
 
 Gaynor, John Francis 513 
 
 Gerhard Dr. M 348 
 
 Gerhardt, Dr. John H 31.7 
 
 Gerhardt, J. H.. M. D 718 
 
 ( .ill. Judge John S :^<i 
 
 Gillett, Allen 836 
 
 Ginn. Muses 692 
 
 Glick, Lyman T 596 
 
 Click. Melvin Cass 596 
 
 Glover, Hon. John J 318 
 
 Cuihnan. I lenry C .3 14 
 
 Gorselene. Dr. V. H 37? 
 
 Graham, John 344 
 
 Graham, Milo D 343 
 
 1 irasser, John P 690 
 
 Gregg, I )r. Henry 340 
 
 Grifhn, Thomas J 333 
 
 Griffith, Mrs. Emma Cli 
 
 berlain 836 
 
 G lrich, Aaron S 876 
 
 G01 drich, Allison Ebenezer. . 875 
 
 Grant, Charles T 704 
 
 Haas. J. E 616 
 
 I I.ms, Hun. William E 616 
 
 Haggett. Dr. Walter M 373 
 
 Hall, Dr. Edw. M 330 
 
 Hall. Edward M.. M. D. 668 
 
 Hall, Wm. A 324 
 
 Hamilton, Eugene D 328 
 
 Hamilton, Dr. Lewis 376 
 
 Harris. William, A. B. 786 
 
 Harsh, Caleb 1 ig 
 
 Harsh. James W 619 
 
 I Crier. James A. H 834 
 
 Hawes, Clinton ( > 08 
 
 Hawley Dr. X 345 
 
 Hawes, Benj. A 
 
 I I awes, ( Irlando 
 
 I la/ltun. Wain S15 
 
 Healy, Ebenezer '77 
 
 Healy, Frcm .1 677 
 
 Hedges, Dr. W. B 361 
 
 Heinlen, Abram 693 
 
 Hemstead, Edwin Luthbei). . ' r 1 
 
 Hendrixson, Dr. Alex 367 
 
 Hill Murtlo S79 
 
 Hills Chauncey 510 
 
 Hills, Fred Palmer 509 
 
 Hills. James Harvey 509 
 
I X I )EX 
 
 i 1 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hills, Dr. James H 346 
 
 Hills, Dr. Ralph 347 
 
 Hippie, Jackson 317 
 
 1 1' idges, James B 581 
 
 Hodges, Nathaniel W 581 
 
 Hogans, George F 825 
 
 Hoskins, Alonzo Fleming... 679 
 Hough. Lieut. -Col. Benson 
 
 Walker 712 
 
 Hough. Benson \V 338 
 
 I [oskins, Jacob 679 
 
 I fowald, Jacob 845 
 
 Hovvald. J. F 605 
 
 Howell, Dr. D. W 349 
 
 Howland. Andrew 60s 
 
 Hughes. Dr. D. E 358 
 
 Hughes, Rev. Jos. S 524 
 
 Hughs, Joseph E 524 
 
 Hubbell, Hon. Jas. H 308 
 
 Humes. Edward 337 
 
 Humphreys, David 318 
 
 Humphreys. Morris 714 
 
 Humphreys. William M 713 
 
 Hunt. Dr. John P. 372 
 
 Hunt, Dr. Maurice P 372 
 
 Huntley. Albert 803 
 
 Ingalls, Joseph B 627 
 
 Ingalls, Pearl Parker I 27 
 
 Jackson, James B 750 
 
 Jackson. James William 505 
 
 Jackson. John S 565 
 
 Jackson, Louis B 750 
 
 Jacobs Alexander M 633 
 
 James, Anson 744 
 
 James. Dr. J. K 357-531 
 
 James, Jonathan Kelley, M. 
 
 D 531 
 
 James, Lemuel 744 
 
 James. Rev. Evan P 531 
 
 Jamison. Harry J 846 
 
 Jarvis, Henry John 82] 
 
 Jaj He n. Fred. M 324 
 
 Jew ell. Harry W 336 
 
 Jewell. Harry W., B. A 769 
 
 Jewett. James 825 
 
 Johnston. Dr. Wm 349 
 
 Jones, Carroll H 336 
 
 Jones, David 628 
 
 Jones. Edward 303 
 
 Jones, Edward D 723 
 
 Jones. Edgar 719 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Jones. Evan T 73 1 
 
 Jones, George W 628 
 
 Jones Hon. Thomas C 863 
 
 Jones, Ji ihn P 719 
 
 Jones, John P 741) 
 
 Jones. Gen. John S 313 
 
 Jones, Nicholas 689 
 
 Junes Perry J 502 
 
 Ji >nes, Philip 719 
 
 Jones, Rees T 709 
 
 Join-.. Rees W 709 
 
 Jones, Thomas 850 
 
 .lines. Thomas B 689 
 
 Jones, Thomas Give 822 
 
 Jones, Thomas S 502 
 
 Jones, Timothy Gomer 730 
 
 Jones. Dr. Titus K 375 
 
 Jones. T. K., M. D 073 
 
 Jones, William 749 
 
 Jones. Wm 673 
 
 Jom-. Wm. B 333 
 
 Ji mes, William W 569 
 
 Kauffman, Frank A 330 
 
 Kearney, Dr. Ben. F 362 
 
 Keifer. Dr. H. A 367 
 
 Kelli gg, R. H 861 
 
 Kendrick, H. E 531 
 
 Kent, Edward 626 
 
 Kent. Elijah . . . ■. 626 
 
 King. F. D 597 
 
 Kinnel. Jacob 854 
 
 Kinney, Dr. Charles E 371 
 
 Kims. Dr. H. C 305 
 
 Kirby, ( jeorge 556 
 
 Kistler, Dr. Henry 366 
 
 Kistler, Henry B., M. D. .. . 805 
 
 Kohler, Charles 737 
 
 Kroninger, Jacob 833 
 
 Kroninger, John 544 
 
 Laird, Gilbert W 774 
 
 Lamb, Dr. Reuben 344 
 
 Langworthy, Dr. James 347 
 
 Lathrop, Dr. H 348 
 
 Lea. den. John C 316 
 
 Lea. Thomas W 658 
 
 Lee, Charli s B 759 
 
 Leonard. Harry 530 
 
 Leonard. I larry 337 
 
 Lett . Joel (173 
 
 Liggett Ji ab 553 
 
 Liggett. Milton 553 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Little, Charles Otis sfiS 
 
 I ittle, Dr. John A 351 
 
 Little, William 87, 
 
 Loofbourrow, I )r. I'.. F. . . . 
 
 Lupton, Dr. L. S 371 
 
 Lybrand, Edwin G 335 
 
 Lybrand. Hon. Archibald. . 
 
 Lybrand, R. G 554 
 
 Lyon, Rev. Aan n J., D. D... 527 
 Lytle, James Robert, V M 
 
 Maddux, Henry C 883 
 
 McAlester, Fred A 340 
 
 McAllister. Coridon - 
 
 McCable, Robt. L 
 
 McCann, Dr. J *-, 
 
 McCarty. Dr. J. T 
 
 McCarty. I. T.. M. D 670 
 
 McClary, Silas C 345 
 
 McClure, James 521 
 
 McCurdy, John 070 
 
 McCur.lv, Wesley G 
 
 Mel), well, Dr. John 
 
 McElroy, Judge Charles H.. . i< 
 
 McElwee, Charles F. 
 
 McElwee Joseph s 
 
 McGonigal, Dr. M. A 
 
 McGonigle, Joseph ,, 
 
 McGonigle Rodney D 639 
 
 Mi Gonigle, Robt. J 
 
 Mclntyre. Dr. Win 372 
 
 McKay, Hugh Boyle S3, 
 
 McKenzie,. William W 639 
 
 MeMaster. Benjamin F. ami 
 
 Lyman P -_,- 
 
 MeMaster. Robt. (i 728 
 
 McWilliams, William H. ... --, 
 
 Main. Dr. A. E ,74 
 
 Maloney, J. p '.^ () 
 
 Mann. Dr. Austin I) . . . . 374 
 
 Mann. Dr. H. C 349 
 
 Mann, Silas J s ; - 
 
 Marble, Nathan 
 
 Marks. H. R 
 
 Marks. Winfield Scotl 
 Marriott. Hon. Francis M.. . . 
 
 Marriott, J. Coleman uo 
 
 Marriott, William H. . 
 
 Marsh Lucius P 
 
 Matthews, W. B 894 
 
 Maxwell, C. H 
 
 Mercer, Dr 
 
12 
 
 INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Meredith, Meredith 732 
 
 Michener, Dr. F. E 361 
 
 Miller, Albert C 524 
 
 Miller Brothers 638 
 
 Miller, Charles C 733 
 
 Miller, George F 822 
 
 Miller, George W 740 
 
 Miller, Henry 734 
 
 Miller, Hiel 529 
 
 Miller, H. H 639 
 
 Miller. Dr. J. H 373 
 
 Miller, Jacob 529 
 
 Miller, Jacob A 744 
 
 Miller, John 740 
 
 Miller, John Hiel, M. D 529 
 
 Miller. John J 730 
 
 Miller. John J 743 
 
 Miller, Martin 549 
 
 Miller. Nathan 5.-4 
 
 Miller. O. F 038 
 
 Miller. Dr. W. M 347 
 
 Mills. George P 500 
 
 Morehouse, Geo. \Y 374 
 
 Morrison. Dr. F. \Y 371 
 
 Moses, Andrew F 652 
 
 Moses, Albert Ingham 862 
 
 Mi isi s, Flavel 652 
 
 Mi ses, Salmi m 816 
 
 Mi ises, Salmon 652 
 
 Mosher, Dr. E. E 307 
 
 Moulton, Dr. Samuel 345 
 
 Mi 11 >re, Sidney 41:7 
 
 M01 ire, Samuel Andersi in. . . 701 
 
 Murray, Dr. Francis M 369 
 
 Murray. Rich 300 
 
 Myers, Christian 573 
 
 Myers, Samuel B 573 
 
 Nash, John Washington 707 
 
 Newhouse, Alex 533 
 
 Newhouse, Anthony 505 
 
 \i vsliniise. John Richey 787 
 
 Newhouse, Samuel 534 
 
 Newhouse, Thomas B 534 
 
 Newhouse, Win 565 
 
 Nye, William C 523 
 
 < )usi 3 . Ed« aril 340 
 
 Owen. Griffith C 512 
 
 Ousi y, James 340 
 
 1 >u ( 11 John P 512 
 
 1 1 ■ turf, Hon, Norman F. . . 331 
 
 1 )w< 1. Eugene S 335 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Owen, Franklin A 332 
 
 Owens. Thomas 566 
 
 Peel, Lester Gilead 
 
 Peet, Win. J 673- 
 
 Peet, William L 
 
 Perfect, Dr. Marie 
 
 Perkins, David T 
 
 Perkins, Schuyler 
 
 Berry. Albert T 
 
 Perry, 1 [enry 
 
 Berry Blatt H 
 
 Pern', Robert 
 
 Peters. Abram 
 
 Peters, Oscar A 
 
 Pickett, Dr. Charles H 
 
 Plumb, Hon. Preston B 
 
 Pollock, E. I 
 
 Poppleti m. I km. Early F 
 
 I'- ppleton, Hon. Early Frank- 
 
 lyn 
 
 Porterfield, Judge E. Lee.... 
 
 Porter. William Ross 
 
 Potter, Christopher 
 
 Potter, Dr. Lyman 
 
 I '1 'iter, Francis 
 
 Potter, Geo. F 
 
 Potter, Israel 
 
 Potter, Nicholas 
 
 Potter, Stephen 
 
 I '1 ii ier Stephen 
 
 Bulls William 
 
 Pounds, Dr. A. J 
 
 Powell. ( Jen Eugene 
 
 Powell, John 
 
 Pi iwell, I Ion. Thomas E. . . . 
 
 Powell, Hun Thos. W 
 
 Powell, Hun. Thomas W.... 
 
 I '"\\ell, Robert 
 
 Powers, Benjamin 
 
 Bi wers, George W 
 
 Powers, Robt. B 
 
 B h its. Dr. Royal X 
 
 Price. John H 
 
 Price. John R 
 
 Price, Rees 
 
 Prouty, Byron 
 
 I'ngb. John E 
 
 Bui ford. Dr. W. Henry 
 
 (.78 
 7.3I 
 73 1 
 360 
 687 
 687 
 662 
 662 
 662 
 6S3 
 
 753 
 .147 
 823 
 680 
 3'5 
 
 870 
 339 
 76.1 
 570 
 36S 
 
 571 
 
 572 
 
 753 
 
 570 
 543 
 5/1 
 555 
 362 
 S04 
 574 
 789 
 300 
 794 
 574 
 618 
 60S 
 698 
 346 
 702 
 704 
 704 
 82S 
 
 ^7 
 35o 
 
 Quitman, I [on. John A 301 
 
 Ranney. Isaac 307 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Ransburge, Dr. C. C 347 
 
 Ray. Dr. Kingsley 347 
 
 Reid. M. Clason 301 
 
 Reid, Sherman 501 
 
 Reid, Col. Wm. P 309 
 
 Reid. Hon. Wm. P 501 
 
 Richey, F. H 722 
 
 Richey, Isaac N 320 
 
 Richey James 320 
 
 Richey, James M 320 
 
 Richey, James M 722 
 
 Rittenhouse, Hamilton W.... 690 
 
 Rittenhouse, Henry 691 
 
 Rittenhouse, Henry G 332 
 
 Rittenhouse. Joseph H 332 
 
 Rittenhouse, Samuel 332 
 
 Robinson Bros Soo 
 
 Robinson, Harry W 806 
 
 Robinson, Dr. J 365 
 
 Robinson. Sherwin S 806 
 
 Rodefer, Albert P 740 
 
 Rodefer, Silas 749 
 
 Rogers, Henry M 741 
 
 Rogers, Dr. Ivadale 360 
 
 Rogers, Jeremiah 742 
 
 Rogers, Samuel 741 
 
 Ropp, Dr. W. T 358 
 
 Rosenthal. Jacob G 71 r 
 
 Bus,, Dr. D. R 368 
 
 Rosette, Judge Egan 307 
 
 Rutherford, Archibald H 734 
 
 Salmon, James Standley 760 
 
 Sampsell, Dr. N. S 369 
 
 Schaaf, Peter J 304 
 
 Schaaf. Peter J.. Sr 504 
 
 Schaffner, Jacob M 372 
 
 Schaffner, John 372 
 
 Scheble, Dr. Miranda 31^ 
 
 Scott, Tilden Seymour 738 
 
 Sedgwick, Kimball 733 
 
 Seeds, Thomas Mercer 781 
 
 Seese, George Henry 653 
 
 Selover, James R 331] 
 
 Semans, Dr. Edw. M 330 
 
 Semans. Dr. Wm. M 330 
 
 Shaffer, Rev. John Franklin. 3S4 
 
 Shaffer. John S 584 
 
 Sharp. Clinton E S78 
 
 Sharp. I [enry F. 824 
 
 Sheldon. Henry G 331 
 
 Shivclv. Charles M 814 
 
 Shoemaker, \1l.1m S 7X0 
 
INDEX 
 
 '3 
 
 r IG1 
 
 Shoup, James '1" 332 
 
 Shuey, Dr. A 375 
 
 Slmr. Samuel P 827 
 
 Shuster, Geo 703 
 
 Sinister, George Albert 703 
 
 Sii gfried, Adam 560 
 
 Siegfried, Jacob 561 
 
 Siegfried, Win 561 
 
 Silverwood, Horace A 742 
 
 Simm~, Dr. \V. M. T 367 
 
 Simpson. 1 >r. L. P. 371 
 
 Skeels, Dr. Daniel 349 
 
 Slack. Dr. Gen 36] 
 
 Slack. Wellington 739 
 
 Smart. Joseph Williams 835 
 
 Smith. Franklin Elliott 661 
 
 Smith, Dr. Geo. M 347 
 
 Smith. Dr. Helen K 359 
 
 Smith. Hon. Henry R 629 
 
 Smith. Dr. Robt. B 371 
 
 Smith. Rodney 691 
 
 Smith, Hon. Thomas R 691 
 
 Snodgrass. Dr. J. M 368 
 
 Spalding, Dr. Noah 345 
 
 Spencer, Dr. Charles H 371 
 
 Sperry. Charles F 660 
 
 Staley, Charles H 770 
 
 Stanbery, Charles 586 
 
 Stanbery, Jonas 586 
 
 Stark, Cepter 757 
 
 Stanbery, Charles 853 
 
 Stan-berry, John Rathhone. . . 586 
 
 Stayman, George F 700 
 
 Stayman, V. D 700 
 
 Ste'dman, Charles Curtiss.... 654 
 
 Steyle, Rev. Philip 821 
 
 Stickney, Dr. Frank A 368 
 
 Stickney, Frank Albert, M. D. 814 
 
 Stone. Timothy C 853 
 
 Stokes, George 633 
 
 Sycks, J. M 711 
 
 I alley, Charles Francis, M. 1). 617 
 
 Talley. Dr. Charles F 374 
 
 Talley, Nelson E 017 
 
 Taylor, Dr. V P 366 
 
 Taylor, Dr. Alonzo W 366 
 
 I h mas, James 684 
 
 Thonia-. lames R 6S4 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Turner. Charles I" 513 
 
 Turner, Ephraim 513 
 
 (Jchtritz, Baron Edgar von.. 697 
 Uchtritz, Baroness Viola 
 
 Lytic von 698 
 
 Ulrey, Asa 816 
 
 l"liv_\. Charles M 503 
 
 Union Handle and Manufac- 
 turing Company. The.... 734 
 L'tley. Dr. John 366 
 
 Van Deman, Rev. Henry.... 540 
 
 Van Deman. Hon. Jchn D... 340 
 
 Van Deman, Dr. Joseph H.. 352 
 
 Van Kirk, Dr. Charles C... 366 
 
 Why. Ji ihn 851 
 
 Vergon, Frederick P 519 
 
 Vergon, John G 70N 
 
 Wa Id ron. DeLacy 770 
 
 Wallace. John 024 
 
 Wallace, John C X44 
 
 Wallace, Robert 624 
 
 Warren, John H 773 
 
 Wasson, W. McC 714 
 
 W'atkins. Charles R 527 
 
 Watkins, Edward 52} 
 
 Watkins, John W 777 
 
 Watson, Hon. Cooper K 303 
 
 \\ .:iis Dr. Win 365 
 
 \\ iant, Thomas N72 
 
 Welch. Dr. Calvin 372 
 
 Welch, Dr. Ella D 365 
 
 Welch. Rev. Herbert. A. M., 
 
 D. D„ LL. D 345 
 
 VV. Her, Dr. G. B 370 
 
 Weller, Victor P... M, D. .. . 832 
 
 Westbrook, Dr. Albert Ernest 613 
 
 W( -tin 1 10k, Solomon 613 
 
 Wherry. John 638 
 
 Whipple, Edward 740 
 
 Whipple, Frank F 664 
 
 Whipple, James Clark 859 
 
 Whipple. Lewis 740 
 
 Whipple, Ni ah 664 
 
 Whitacre, Dr. F. R 375 
 
 White. Arthur J 335 
 
 White, ( ieo 747 
 
 White. I >r I torace 360 
 
 PAGE 
 
 White. Hi- J. H 353 
 
 White. Zenas Leonard 747 
 
 Wickliam. Asa 
 
 Wickham, Emmett M 333 
 
 Wickliam, Hon. Emmett Mel 
 
 ville (.4.) 
 
 Wickham, Kitridge II 651 
 
 Wigton, Elmer A 643 
 
 W igti 11 S3 1-. ester 04.} 
 
 Wigton, Thomas 045 
 
 Wiles, Capt. Clifton W 619 
 
 Willey, Dr. Arthur J 374 
 
 Willey, Dr. Perry W [67 
 
 Willey. Perry W., M. 1). . . S05 
 
 Willianr.s. Edson R 339 
 
 Williams, Hon. Hosea 852 
 
 Williams, Dr. T. B 350 
 
 Williams. Dr. Tlios J 366 
 
 Williams, Victor Arnold 626 
 
 Williams, William 020 
 
 Williams. William W 599 
 
 Willis 1),-. P. A 349 
 
 Wilsi 11. Austin B S40 
 
 Wilson, Dr. Eugene 375 
 
 Wilt. J. F 720 
 
 Wintermute, A. P ' 682 
 
 Wintermute, Dr. J. C 167 
 
 Wintermute. J. Perry 500 
 
 Wintermute, Dr. Robert C. . 369 
 
 Winston. Thomas J 313 
 
 Wise. Dr. L 367 
 
 Wolfley, 1 ieorge T 1^2 
 
 Wolllcy. Leo 683 
 
 Woodworth, Dr. John B 357 
 
 W Iworth, Dr. William H. 357 
 
 Wornstaff. Chesley 553 
 
 Wi rnstaff, Lewis 55.1'?- 
 
 Wornstaff, Lloyd K 514 
 
 Wornstaff. Sperry 732 
 
 Wright, David 707 
 
 Wright. Hiram 707 
 
 Wylie, Abraham P 648 
 
 Wylie, J. K 648 
 
 Yates Henry 1) 731 
 
 young, I leiiry Clay 891 
 
 rick 738 
 
 fler, William 738 
 
Wlustvations 
 
 Churi hes. 
 
 Asbury M. E. Church 364 
 
 Baptist Church, Ostrander 812 
 
 Baptist Church, Radnor 320 
 
 Baptist Church, Sunbury 464 
 
 First Presbyterian Church, Delaware 268 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Ashley 364 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Sunbury 364 
 
 Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Scioto Town- 
 ship 812 
 
 Presbyterian Church, Ostrandcr 812 
 
 Presbyterian Church. Radnor 320 
 
 St. Mary's Catholic Church and Parochial 
 
 Residence 364 
 
 St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Delaware 268 
 
 St. Paul's M. E. Church. Delaware 26S 
 
 William S'reel M. E. Church. Delaware 268 
 
 Crystal Spring Farm 68 
 
 Delaware Children's Home 168 
 
 Delaware City Hall 112 
 
 I (elaware City Library 168 
 
 Delaware County Court House 112 
 
 Delaware County Infirmary 168 
 
 Delaware County Infirmary — Insane Ward 168 
 
 Delaware County Jail It2 
 
 Girls' Industrial Home. 
 
 Administrate n Building 176 
 
 Assembly Hall 176 
 
 Central School Building 176 
 
 G utage No. 8 176 
 
 Honor Cottage 176 
 
 Hume for Aged People, Delaware 168 
 
 Jane M. Case Memorial Hospital, Delaware 168 
 
 Knights of Pythias Hall. Sunbury 464 
 
 Masonic Temple. Ashley 158 
 
 Moore's Masonic Temple, Delaware 112 
 
 Ohio Wesleyan University 
 
 Art Hall 230 
 
 Charles Elliott Slocum Library 230 
 
 I iott Hall 230 
 
 Gray Chapel and University I hill -'00 
 
 John Edwards Gymnasium 230 
 
 Monnett Hall 230 
 
 Perkins Observatory 200 
 
 S, urges Hall 230 
 
 Old Barnes Homestead. Delaware 158 
 
 PACE 
 
 President Hayes' Birthplace. Delaware 112 
 
 Public Square Looking North. Sunbury 464 
 
 Residences. 
 
 Residence of Allison E. Goodrich. Liberty 
 
 Township 68 
 
 Residence of Clay W. Barton, Berkshire Town- 
 ship 792 
 
 Residence of F. P. Hills, Delaware 320 
 
 Resilience of V. T. Hills. Delaware 15S 
 
 Residence of Mi's. Silas J. Mann, Harlem 
 
 Township 68 
 
 Residence of Dr. Herbert Welch, Pres. 0. 
 
 W. U 200 
 
 Residence and Barn of Hiram Wright, Scioto 
 
 Township 706 
 
 Sandusky Street Looking South, Delaware 112 
 
 Si H00LS. 
 
 High School, Ashley 158 
 
 High School, Delaware 200 
 
 Public School, Ostrander 812 
 
 Public School, Radnor 320 
 
 Public School, Sunbury 464 
 
 West School Building, Delaware 200 
 
 Sunbury Co-operative Creamery 464 
 
 Three Dollar Bill Issued by Bank of Delaware, 
 
 1818 '5 X 
 
 Town Hall, Sunbury 4''l 
 
 V. M. C. A. Building, Delaware 364 
 
 Portraits. 
 
 Atherton Lee 7'6 
 
 Baxter, George W 866 
 
 P,evan, David 666 
 
 Bevan, Mrs. Eliza D 666 
 
 Bush, Mr. and Mrs. David 848 
 
 Cole. Capt. Elias 838 
 
 Conklin, Ashton Stover 686 
 
 Courtwright, Fleetwood — 
 
 Crawford. Col. James M 590 
 
 Crawford. Mrs. Sarah H 59' 
 
 Crist, Rev. A. C " ;S 
 
 Curren, Capt. J. F "84 
 
 Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin and Family.... 830 
 
 F.ulcnhurg. Count Botho 656 
 
 Eulenburg Countess Nelly (Lytic) 656 
 
 Fowler. Silas W„ M. D 538 
 
 Gardner, Mr. anil Mrs. Seth 776 
 
[NDEX 
 
 PACK 
 
 . Varon S 873 
 
 G Irich, Mrs Sarah H 874 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wain and Daughter... 814 
 
 . Erem J 676 
 
 Hills, Fred Palmer 506 
 
 . Chauncey 507 
 
 Hodge-. James B . 578 
 
 a -. Mrs. Mary II 579 
 
 Huntley, Albert .802 
 
 J nes, Mr. and Mrs. William W. and Family. . 568 
 
 K< hler, Charles 736 
 
 Lyon, Rev. Aaron J.. D. D 526 
 
 Lytic. James Robert, A. M Frontispiece 
 
 Lytle. Mrs. Cornelia Chase Frontispiece 
 
 . James William 602 
 
 , Henry C 882 
 
 1, Silas J S56 
 
 1 IG1 
 
 Mann. Mrs. Julia S 856 
 
 Miller, Martin 548 
 
 Moore, Sidnej o 
 
 • McMaster, Benjamin F 726 
 
 McMaster, Lyman P 726 
 
 Nash, John Washington 7(1(1 
 
 Stark, Cepter 75(1 
 
 Steyle, Rev. Philip 820 
 
 Stokes, George 632 
 
 Uchtritz, Baron Edgar von 606 
 
 Uchtritz, Baroness Viola (Lytle) von 696 
 
 Vergon, Frederick P 518 
 
 Westbrook, Dr. Albert Ernest 612 
 
 White, Zenas L 74 n 
 
 Wigton, Elmer A (142 
 
 young, Henry Clay 888 
 
 Young, Mrs. Emma H 889 
 
Ristory of Delaware County 
 
 CHAPTER. I. 
 
 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY 
 
 Bed Rock Geology — The Ice Age — Water Supply — Soils — Surface Features — Timber — 
 Agricultural Products — Mineral Springs. 
 
 GEOLOGY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 
 
 Geology is the history of the earth as that 
 history is read from the rocky structure and 
 surface configuration of the earth itself. To- 
 day we find changes constantly taking place 
 over the land about us. Every shower and 
 every freshet leaves the surface changed and 
 sweeps toward the sea land waste. The min- 
 eral content of such springs as the Odevene 
 shows that material is being removed from 
 below the surface, that changes are going on 
 there, though concealed from our direct in- 
 spection. The study of geology teaches us 
 that we live on a constantly changing earth, 
 that in a very real sense this earth is not dead 
 but living. We should be prepared to expect 
 that a study of the geology of Delaware Coun- 
 ty would show us that past conditions here 
 were very different from those today — indeed 
 that several different kinds of conditions have 
 held at successive epochs of the long period of 
 our county's history, geologically considered. 
 
 2 
 
 BED ROCK GEOLOGY. 
 
 The oldest rocks of the county are the beds 
 of limestone, shale and sandstone which make 
 what we may call the bedrock, the solid rock, 
 as contrasted with the unconsolidated surface 
 deposits of clay, sand and gravel which over- 
 lie and conceal them. They run in north and 
 south belts across the county. West of the 
 Olentangy River the surface rock i> practically 
 all limestone; between the Olentangy and 
 Walnut Creek it is black slate; on Big Wal- 
 nut the Berea sandstone outcrops, and this 
 formation or an overlying formation of sandy 
 shales forms the surface east to the county 
 border. These rock formations are not hori- 
 zontal but drop or dip to the east at the rate 
 of twenty feet to the mile, so that the lime- 
 stones which are at the surface on the western 
 boundary of the county are some 800 feet be- 
 low the surface on its eastern boundary. The 
 succession of rocks which one would pass 
 through in going down below the surface on 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the eastern border of the county would be as 
 follows : 
 
 Formation Rock Thickness in feet 
 
 Cuyahoga Sandy Shales — 
 
 Sunbury Black Shale 10 
 
 Berea Sandstone 30 
 
 Bedford Red and Gray Shale 75 
 
 Huron Black Shale 275 to 300 
 
 Olentangy Blue Clay 30 
 
 Delaware Blue Limestone 30 
 
 Columbus Gray Limestone 80 
 
 Monroe Magnesian Limestone ... — 
 
 Several of these formations are of econ- 
 omic importance. The Columbus limestone, 
 on the Scioto, and near Radnor, is burned for 
 lime. The Delaware limestone on the Olen- 
 tangy and especially at Delaware is used for 
 road-metal and for building. The Olentangy 
 clay at Delaware is used as one of the mate- 
 rials in the manufacture of tile. The Berea 
 sandstone is the extension into central Ohio of 
 the great sandstone formation of Berea and 
 Amherst, and was formerly quarried at Sun- 
 bur}-. 
 
 These bedrock formations point to geo- 
 graphic conditions very different from those 
 existing today. The rocks are all old sea-bot- 
 tom deposits, the lime muds, muds and sands 
 of an interior sea. Their composition shows 
 this. The Berea sandstone layers are marked 
 li\ the ripple marks made by the currents of 
 the shallow sea of that time. The limestones 
 consist in large part of the fragments and 
 sometimes whole shells and skeletons of the 
 animals then living. What the exact limits of 
 that sea were no one knows. It extended be- 
 yond the present Ohio basin in all directions, 
 to an extensive land mass in eastern and cen- 
 tral Canada and to a land mass which we de- 
 nominate Appalachia, stretching along the At- 
 lantic coast east of the present Blue Ridge. 
 For uncounted centuries sands and muds were 
 swept into this inland sea and organic deposits 
 ("first limestone and later coal) accumulated, 
 until forces which had been long gathering 
 head 'were able to make themselves felt, and 
 the area between the Ohio and the Atlantic, 
 crowded together as in an immense vise, was 
 
 pushed up above sea level and in part thrown 
 into great folds. The strongly folded area 
 was in central and eastern Pennsylvania; the 
 Ohio region was raised above sea level but was 
 subjected to only slight folding. This period 
 of uplift was the Appalachian Revolution; it 
 closed the earliest and longest of the geologic 
 periods, the Paleozoic period. In Ohio it 
 marked the passage from water conditions and 
 rock deposit to land conditions and land sculp- 
 ture by atmospheric agencies and streams. 
 
 The land conditions thus inaugurated have 
 lasted on until the present. Little is known 
 definitely of the conditions in central Ohio 
 during this long period. It is a fundamental 
 teaching of geology that streams will cut their 
 beds to near sea level, and that then the inter- 
 stream areas will be lowered by valley-side 
 wash until the whole land area is not far above 
 sea level — a lowland plain produced by ero- 
 sion. It is another fundamental teaching of 
 geology that broad areas are slowly uplifted 
 through the action of internal forces; and in 
 this case a lowland plain formed by erosion 
 might by uplift be again exposed to erosion, 
 might ultimately be reduced a second time to a 
 lowland plain. It is likely that this process of 
 uplift and subsequent reduction of the land 
 surface to a lowland plain has been several 
 times repeated in central Ohio. A large part 
 of the surface of central Ohio today stands be- 
 tween 900 and 1,000 feet above sea level. It 
 was probably formed by stream action and near 
 sea level. Since its formation it has been raised 
 to its present altitude. In southern Ohio it has 
 been dissected by streams since its uplift so 
 that the Ohio River region is a hilly country. 
 In central Ohio this plain does not seem to 
 have been cut up to the same degree and what 
 inequalities it did possess have been largely 
 concealed beneath a mantle of glacial drift. 
 
 1 HE ICE AGE. 
 
 This long period of normal land conditions 
 was closed by the Great Ice Age and the de- 
 velopment of the Canadian ice sheet. There 
 were two centers of accumulation, one east and 
 one west of Hudson's Bav. These two ice 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 19 
 
 fields grew and merged into one which ex- 
 tended north to the Arctic, west in British 
 Columbia nearly if not quite to the foot of the 
 Rockies, east to the Atlantic and south to the 
 line of the Ohio and Missouri Rivers. At the 
 time of its maximum extent its margin crossed 
 the Pennsylvania-Ohio boundary in central 
 Columbiana County, extended west to Mans- 
 field, then south to Lancaster, and from there 
 southwest through Chillicothe to the Ohio in 
 Brown County, the ice sheet thus covering 
 about two-thirds of the State. 
 
 The Ice Age is sometimes spoken of as if 
 it were the time of the formation, development 
 and disappearance of a single continental gla- 
 cier. In reality it was much longer and much 
 more complex than this. Several times did the 
 ice sheet form, advance south from its Cana- 
 dian home, retreat and then readvance. How 
 long- the whole story was, no one knows, but 
 reasonable estimates make it several hundred 
 thousand years. 
 
 As the ice sheet moved south into Ohio it 
 found a surface deeply covered with residual 
 soil formed from the age-long decay of the 
 underlying rock. The ice pushed this before 
 it or dragged it under it ; it pushed away the 
 more or less rotted rock which lay between the 
 soil and the sound rock, and it slowly ground 
 away the upper portion of the sound rock, for 
 wherever we find the bed rock under the later 
 glacial deposits it is today sound and un- 
 weathered. The upper surface of the bed rock 
 was polished and scratched. The polishing 
 was done by the finer material, the clay, which 
 was dragged along between the ice and the bed 
 rock. Coarse particles and corners of rock 
 made the scratches characteristic of such sur- 
 faces, and from the study of which the direc- 
 tion of ice motion can be known. These gla- 
 ciated surfaces are often well shown on the 
 limestone and sandstone, but are poorly pre- 
 served on the shale surfaces. They show well 
 about the limestone quarries near Radnor. 
 
 The ice during its advance was thus erod- 
 ing. During its retreat it was depositing the 
 bowlder clay or till, which now lies on the bed 
 rock. As its name implies, the bowlder clay 
 consists of two parts, a brownish yellow, oc- 
 
 casionally blue, clay in which are scattered 
 bowlders of different kinds of rock up to sev- 
 eral feet in diameter. The clay is in part com- 
 prised of the "rock flour" made by the glacier 
 as it ground away the underlying rock surface 
 or rubbed together the rocks which it was car- 
 rying beneath it. With this rock flour was 
 mixed the soil which the glacier found over 
 the surface when it invaded the region. The 
 bowlders were torn by the glacier from the sur- 
 face over which it came. In all except the 
 eastern part of the county a large percentage 
 of these bowlders is limestone ; they agree then 
 with the bed rock of the county and need not 
 have been carried far by the ice. In the eastern 
 part of the county where the bed rock is sand- 
 stone the bowlders are in large part sandstone. 
 A considerable portion of the bowlders are 
 crystalline rock, granite and other rocks and 
 belong to types not found in the county or even 
 in the State ; those have been brought from 
 north of the Great Lakes, from the gathering 
 ground of the continental ice sheet. 
 
 The whole surface of the county is covered 
 by this mantle of glacial drift, a covering vary- 
 ing in thickness up to a hundred feet and aver- 
 aging from twenty-five to forty feet. At the 
 time of ice occupancy this was spread out to 
 make a nearly level plain, concealing inequali- 
 ties in the rock surface much as the mason's 
 trowel spreads over a rough brick or stone 
 surface a coat of mortar to give an even sur- 
 face. When the ice retreated from the region 
 this glacial plain probably extended continu- 
 ously across the county. Since that time the 
 larger streams have cut their valleys below this 
 surface to a maximum depth of fifty to seven- 
 ty-five feet, but that surface still is largely un- 
 touched back from the rivers, and makes the 
 present upland surface and the most conspicu- 
 ous feature in the scenery of the county. 
 
 The general drift surface back from the 
 streams is level or gently rolling. There are, 
 however, two belts of more rolling character, 
 some two to three miles across, which run from 
 northeast to southwest across the county. 
 These tracts are seen only back from the stream 
 lines; they may rise to a height of fifty feet 
 above the upland south of them and they have 
 
HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 a steeper slope to the south than to the north. 
 These belts of higher country are belts of ex- 
 cessively thick drift deposits, and mark po- 
 sitions where the front of the melting glacier 
 stopped in its gradual retreat north across the 
 State. They are the moraines of recession of 
 the ice sheet. One, the Powell moraine, ex- 
 tends from Jerome, through Powell, south of 
 Orange and then runs northeast to Big Wal- 
 nut at Galena. From Galena its front follows 
 the west side of the Big Walnut to beyond 
 the county line. This is the better developed 
 of the two moraines and all the railways be- 
 tween Columbus and Delaware have cuts 
 where they pass from the plain north into the 
 moraine. The other moraine is well shown 
 about Ostrander, makes the high country east 
 of the Scioto due west from Delaware, but is 
 less conspicuous near the Olentangy. It again 
 shows clearly east of the Olentangy some four 
 miles northeast of Delaware and thence con- 
 tinues northeast through Ashley to Ah unit Ver- 
 non, where it unites with the Powell mo- 
 raine. 
 
 It is interesting to consider what was hap- 
 pening when the stop was made by which the 
 moraine through Ostrander was made. The 
 northwestern part of the county was covered 
 with ice, reaching southeast to within two 
 miles of Delaware. The remainder of the 
 county, but recently abandoned by the ice, was 
 covered with glacial deposits, probably but 
 poorly concealed with vegetation. The melt- 
 ing of the ice produced large streams flowing 
 away from the ice front. It was these streams 
 which laid down the coarse gravels which are 
 now found in the upper bottoms but which 
 at that time made a level floor, twenty t<> thirty 
 feet above the present stream beds. These grav- 
 els were laid down along the Scioto and Olen- 
 tangy Rivers and Delaware Run. 
 
 A considerable part of the drainage re- 
 sulting from the melting of the ice surface 
 found its way through cracks in the ice to 
 tlic bottom <>f the ice sheet and then followed 
 a subglacial course to the ice margin. Along 
 such courses beneath the ice gravel deposits 
 were laid down and these, when the ice re- 
 treated to the north, were left as more or less 
 
 continuous sand ridges (eskers) rising above 
 the general level. This is the origin of the 
 series of ridges which are found in the tri- 
 angle between the Scioto River and Hocking 
 Valley Railroad, for six miles south of Pros- 
 pect. When such streams ended their sub- 
 glacial course at the ice margin they deposited 
 nn ire or less sand and gravel among the 
 knolls of the moraine itself. The most con- 
 spicuous area of such origin lies south and a 
 little east of Radnor. 
 
 WATER SUPPLY. 
 
 The water supply of the county is chiefly 
 from wells, the supply of the city of Delaware 
 being drawn from a gravel well and from rock 
 wells sunk in the bottoms of the Olentangy 
 some three miles above the city. 
 
 The geology of the wells is simple. On 
 the uplands all wells commence in the gla- 
 cial clay. If after reaching the ground water, 
 a vein of sand is reached in digging the well, 
 either above or at the surface of the bed rock, 
 water may be obtained: if not, the well must 
 be carried down into the bed rock until a 
 supply is reached. The clay will not furnish 
 water, for while it may stand below the sur- 
 face of the ground water, its texture is so close 
 that water will not flow fast enough from it 
 into the well to make an adequate supply. In 
 the bottoms the problem of obtaining water is 
 simpler. The ground is so low that water is 
 everywhere near the surface while the open 
 texture of the sands and gravel gives a good 
 well as soon as ground water is reached. It 
 is only where an excessive amount of water is 
 needed, as in the case of the supply for the city 
 of Delaware, that the gravel wells are inade- 
 quate and that it is necessary to eke out this 
 supply by other means, in this case wells to the 
 rock. 
 
 The most important matter connected with 
 the water supply of a family or city is its 
 purity. There is a great underground sheet 
 of water filling the openings between the rock 
 and soil particles. This is the ground water. 
 The surface of this ground water rises in times 
 of rain and sinks in times of drought and 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 21 
 
 comes to the light only where it makes the sur- 
 face of ponds and permanent streams. This 
 under-ground supply comes, of course, from the 
 rainfall. All the rainfall which does not join the 
 immediate run-off soaks through the loose up- 
 per rock until it reaches the surface of the 
 ground water. In so doing it runs danger of 
 infection. The rainfall is itself nearly pure. On 
 and immediately below the surface it gathers 
 more or less impurity, either organic or inor- 
 ganic. Such impurities may not be harmful; 
 generally they are not, but at the same time 
 that the chance is offered for the water to 
 take up these harmless impurities, the water 
 has the opportunity to take up disease germs, 
 especially those of typhoid fever. Fortunately, 
 the water which is thus always impure and 
 occasionally infected is usually naturally puri- 
 fied. It is known that the upper layers of the 
 soil are inhabited by countless bacteria and 
 these microscopic forms of plant life feed on 
 the organic matter which is in the soil work- 
 ing its way from the surface to the ground 
 water. By this agency, this organic matter is 
 destroyed, is reduced to simpler and harmless 
 forms and any disease germs which may have 
 been in the water are either destroyed or else 
 die from lack of food or from other unfavor- 
 able external conditions. As wells draw their 
 supply from the underground water which is 
 normally thus "filtered," or better "disin- 
 fected" in passing below the surface, they are 
 usually pure. They may, however, become 
 contaminated in two ways. If they are im- 
 properly made, water from the surface may get 
 into the well either at the top or through the 
 sides. Or if wells are sunk in the neighbor- 
 hood of cess-pools, they are liable to infection. 
 In that case infected matter may work directly 
 along a buried sand vein from cess-pool to 
 well, and the well become a source of disease. 
 In such cases the natural disinfection by the 
 soil bacteria is impossible, while mere filtra- 
 tion through sand, apart from the action of 
 organisms, does not purify. By dilution with 
 the ground water and by unfavorable environ- 
 ment the disease germs may have their strength 
 impaired, but it remains true that wells in 
 the neighborhood of cess-pools are unsafe. 
 
 A large part of the rainfall never gets be- 
 low the surface. It makes the wet weather 
 run-off and goes at once to the streams. In 
 dry weather the stream flow is maintained by 
 the ground water contributions. In so far as 
 river water is made of run-off it is liable to in- 
 fection. Surface water is not suitable for 
 drinking purposes. Exceptionally it may be, 
 in the case of small streams whose whole drain- 
 age area is known to be free from sources of 
 contamination. But in the case of a stream of 
 any size, no individual can know that the drain- 
 age basin above a certain point is free from 
 sources of infection. The Olentangy River 
 has been condemned as a source of water sup- 
 ply at Delaware because in time of low water 
 it is exposed to contamination from the sew- 
 age of Galion and from private sources, while 
 in time of the spring freshets it is probably 
 quite as dangerous by reason of the washing 
 which the rains give the frozen land sur- 
 face, sweeping to the streams the winter's 
 wastes, which may be easily infected by reason 
 of cases of disease. 
 
 One of the most interesting things con- 
 nected with the water supply of the county is 
 its sulphur springs. These are so named from 
 the hydrogen sulphide contained in the water 
 and which gives it its characteristic odor. 
 Quite as interesting as this gaseous constitu- 
 ent, is the mineral content of the water. An- 
 alysis shows that the water of the Odevene 
 spring* in Delaware contains 361 grains of 
 mineral matter per gallon and nearly one-half 
 of this is common salt. The water of these 
 springs is really salt water. The composition 
 of the impurities carried suggests that the wa- 
 ter has followed a long and deep underground 
 course, reaching levels much lower than those 
 touched by the water of ordinary springs. In 
 
 •InlsWTruman Thomasof Sunbury hired a man to dig a well. 
 This well, which resulted in the Odevene spring, was drilled for - - 
 or oil. The man got down about twenty-four feet, when he was over- 
 come by gas and had to be nulled out. Thinking it was damp, a light- 
 ed candle was sent down in a bucket, but it had not descended more 
 than six feet when it ignited, sending a column of flame up for forty 
 feet with an explosion like a ten-pound cannon. The well b 
 about forty-eight hours with a flame about two feet high, when wa- 
 ter seeped in and put it out- 
 There is a gas well on the farm formerly owned by 0. 11. Hough. 
 inside of Sunbury corporation limits, that is about 2400 feet deep. but 
 which is now plugged. It is supposed by oil and gas men that this 
 i territory is on the outskirts of the gas and oil belt.— [Ed 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 this course it derives its chlorides from the 
 limestones which, being old sea bottom de- 
 posits, probably still contain a part of the salt 
 water with which they were saturated at the 
 time of their formation ; while the hydrogen 
 sulphide was derived from the decomposition 
 of organic matter buried in the limestones and 
 subject to slow decay. 
 
 SOILS. 
 
 The soils of the county are derived from 
 the mantle rock, either glacial till or stream- 
 laid gravels. As this difference between gla- 
 cial till and stream-laid gravels corresponds in 
 general to the difference between uplands and 
 bottom lands, we may speak of upland soils 
 and bottom land soils. As the valley sides 
 which run from the upland to the back edge 
 of the lowland are underlaid by glacial till, 
 their soils belong with the upland soils. 
 
 Upland Soils. — Almost everywhere under 
 the upland is found the brownish yellow gla- 
 cial bowlder-clay. The scattered bowlders 
 are ordinarily inconspicuous in the soil layer. 
 As a result of a number of mechanical and 
 chemical processes the upper foot or so of this 
 clay has been changed to soil, to a layer ca- 
 pable of supporting plant life. Two kinds of 
 upland soils have been distinguished by the 
 United States Bureau of Soils in its survey 
 of the southern part of the county — the Miami 
 Clay Loam and the Miami Black Clay Loam. 
 
 The Miami Clay Loam is the common 
 soil of the county, making up nine-tenths of 
 its surface. This soil is light yellowish brown 
 at the surface, passing below into a compact 
 brownish yellow silty clay sub-soil. The 
 clayey character of the soil is due to its deri- 
 vation from the glacial bowlder clay. Its 
 silty character is due to the fact that that 
 clay is made up of finely ground rock which is 
 not properly speaking clay and which gives a 
 different feel to the glacial clay when it is 
 moistened and rubbed between the fingers, 
 from the feel of true clay. The Miami Clay 
 Loam is uniform over wide areas. It is es- 
 sentially a grain and hay soil and is well 
 adapted to general farming purposes. Back 
 from the streams where the surface is level 
 
 or only gently rolling the natural drainage is 
 defective and ditching and tile draining is 
 necessary. 
 
 Two varieties of the upland clay loam are 
 to be distinguished. The first is the some- 
 what poorer soil which underlies the valley 
 sides. These areas are better drained and 
 drier than the uplands and hence the soils con- 
 tain less humus. They are exposed to rain 
 wash and so lose much of their finer and richer 
 portions. For both reasons they are poorer 
 and the yield is from ten to thirty per cent, 
 less than on the uplands. The second variety 
 i if upland soil js the Miami Black Clay Loam, 
 found in the depressions of the upland surface, 
 either at the heads of shallow streams or in 
 low basins without outlet. Here the surface 
 has been moister, vegetation ranker and hence 
 a larger portion of vegetable matter has be- 
 come incorporated with the soil. The mineral 
 content of the soil is not unlike the common 
 upland soil. 
 
 Bottom Land Soils. — The streams which 
 flowed away from the ice front as it retreated 
 north across the county were heavily loaded 
 with gravel and sand which they laid down 
 in the valleys. Since that time the rivers have 
 been cutting into these gravels and into the 
 underlying rock, so that flood stages of the 
 present rivers cover a part of the bottom de- 
 posits but not all. The higher portions are 
 covered with a soil called by the Bureau of 
 Soils the Miami Gravelly Loam. It is open, 
 usually contains considerable rock fragments, 
 and is, on account of its position, nearly al- 
 ways adequately drained. It is admirably 
 adapted for corn, when the drainage is not 
 too free and the soil in consequence droughty. 
 
 Another type of soil covers the lower parts 
 of the bottoms which are now subject to over- 
 flow. Here the annual additions of clay by 
 the flooded streams and the abundant growth 
 of vegetation have combined to produce a 
 dark soil more clayey than any other of the 
 region, the Miami Loam. It covers the flat 
 first bottoms and makes an excellent soil, 
 though subject to the danger of floods. 
 Lewis G. Westgate. 
 
 Professor of Geology in Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. 
 
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 23 
 
 TOPOGRAPHY. 
 
 Delaware County is located near the geo- 
 graphical center of Ohio, and is hounded on 
 the north by Marion and Morrow Counties ; 
 on the east, by Licking and Knox ; on the 
 south, by Franklin, and on the west, by Union 
 County. It comprises 283,289 acres, of which, 
 according to the 1907 agricultural statistics, 
 2 37>966 acres are farm lands, divided as fol- 
 lows : Cultivated, 72,903 acres; pasture, 142,- 
 205 acres; woodland, 21,168 acres; lying 
 waste, 1,690 acres. The principal rivers are 
 the Scioto and Olentangy, which flow nearly 
 parallel across the county from north to south. 
 The former, which is the larger stream, enters 
 the county between Thompson and Radnor 
 Townships and forms their boundary-line ; 
 thence it crosses Scfoto Township in a south- 
 easterly direction, leaving the county as a part 
 of the boundary line between Concord and 
 Liberty townships. The Olentangy enters the 
 county about midway of the northern bound- 
 ary of Marlborough township, and courses in 
 a southerly direction through the tier of town- 
 ships south of Marlborough. These streams 
 with their many tributaries give the county an 
 excellent drainage system. Since the forests 
 which held back the water have been cut off, 
 the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers suddenly in- 
 crease to great volume after long and heavy 
 rains, or when the snow melts rapidly in the 
 warm days of spring. The water-power fur- 
 nished by these streams is described in the 
 chapter on manufactures. 
 
 SURFACE FEATURES. 
 
 The eastern portion of the county is rolling, 
 particularly in the sandstone districts. The 
 whole limestone district, which embraces all 
 that part of the county west of the Olentangy 
 River, except that underlaid by the water- 
 lime, is moderately undulating, the surface be- 
 ing worn by erosion into shallow depressions, 
 which, near their junction with larger streams, 
 become ravines bounded bv steep bluffs. The 
 district of the waterlime is flat, especially in 
 the townships of Radnor, Thompson and Scioto. 
 
 The deeply eroded valleys of the Scioto and 
 Olentangy constitute the most marked topo 
 graphical features of the county. In the south- 
 ern part of the county, these valleys are deeply 
 cut in the underlying rock. The divide be- 
 tween them, at a point west of Powell, is 125 
 feet above the Scioto. The descent ot the 
 Olentangy is usually very gentle, occupying 
 sometimes a space of a mile or more on either 
 side; while the valley of the Scioto is narrower, 
 and its banks more frequently rocky and pre- 
 cipitous. In the northwestern part of the 
 county, the valley of the Scioto is strikingly 
 different from the southern part ; the bluffs are 
 never rocky, and the general level of the coun- 
 try is little above the level of the water in 
 the river. The following table of altitudes, 
 which was prepared by the Big Four railroad, 
 is interesting : 
 
 Ft. Above Ft. Above 
 
 Lake Erie Ocean 
 
 Morrow County Line 405 970 
 
 Ashley 412 977 
 
 Eden 405 970 
 
 Delaware 378 943 
 
 Berlin 381 946 
 
 Lewis Center 387 952 
 
 The soil generally is dependent on the na- 
 ture of the northern drift. In this the various 
 essentials (State geological survey), such as 
 iron, lime, phosphorous, silica, magnesia, alu- 
 mina and soda, are so thoroughly mixed and 
 in such favorable proportions that the strength 
 and fertility of the soil are very great. Its 
 depth has the same limit as the drift itself, 
 which is, on an average, about twenty-five feet. 
 The soil is more gravelly and stony in the roll- 
 ing tracts. The stones come partly from the 
 underlying rock, but mainly from the drift. 
 They are common along the valleys of all 
 streams and creeks and in shallow ravines. 
 The northwestern part of the county has a 
 heavy, clayey soil, with some exceptions. This 
 clayey flat land is comparatively free from su- 
 perficial bowlders. Very little gravel can be 
 found, except in the line of gravel knolls that 
 passes northwestwardly through Radnor 
 Township. The valleys of the streams, how- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ever, show a great many northern bowlders, 
 as in other parts of the county. Besides these 
 general characteristics of the soil, a great many 
 modifications due to local causes will be seen 
 in passing over the county. There are some 
 marshy accumulations which, when duly 
 drained, are found to possess a soil of remark- 
 able ammoniacal qualities, due to decaying 
 vegetation. The alluvial river margins possess 
 a characteristic soil, strongly contrasting with 
 the general clayey lands of the county ; they are 
 lighter and warmer, while they are usually re- 
 newed, like the countries of Lower Egypt, by 
 the muddy waters of spring freshets, and are 
 hence of exhaustless fertility. One of the chief 
 obstacles which the pioneetr farmer had to 
 overcome was the immense quantities of sur- 
 face-water which covered a large part of the 
 arable lands of the county. At first, open 
 drains were dug, but in the black lands these 
 filled up rapidly, and to avoid this, drains, in 
 si >me parts of the county, ten to twenty feet 
 wide were plowed. Later, in some of the best 
 flat lands, oak planks were set up at the sides 
 of the ditches, and the tops covered over with 
 staves of the same material, placed just low 
 enough not to interfere with the plowing. 
 This method drained off the surface-water, 
 and at the same time permitted the cultivation 
 of crops. By this method some of the white- 
 elm swamp lands were made to produce corn 
 as well as the best bottoms. Drains were also 
 constructed of poles and broken stnne. As 
 soon as the method of underdraining by means 
 of tile was demonstrated to be a success, tile 
 factories sprang up all over the county, and 
 thousands of acres have been reclaimed to 
 bring forth bountiful crops, and the work of 
 tiling is still going on, year after year. 
 
 TIMBER. 
 
 The entire county was originally wooded, 
 and in certain localities the timber was heavy. 
 The prevailing varieties are those common to 
 this part of the State, and consist of many 
 of the different kinds of oak, hickory, black 
 and white walnut, ash, birch, sugar and other 
 kinds of maple, and many other species. Many 
 
 of the more common shrubs, such as hazel, 
 willow, sumac, etc., are also to be found in 
 profusion. The work of clearing the land of 
 its timber has been going steadily on since the 
 arrival of the first pioneer. In those days it 
 was necessary to clear land in order to raise 
 the necessary crops, and the value today of 
 the timber that the early settlers were com- 
 pelled to destroy would in many instances be 
 more than the present value of the land. It 
 is to be deplored, however, that while the work 
 of cutting off the timber still continues, little, 
 if any. effort is being made by the farmers of 
 Delaware County to replace the forests. The 
 shortsightedness of this policy from an eco- 
 nomic point of view receives so much atten- 
 tion in the many agricultural journals, one or 
 more of which nearly every farmer reads, to 
 say nothing of the valuable pamphlets on this 
 subject distributed freely by the federal gov- 
 ernment, that it is unnecessary for us to dwell 
 at length upon it in -these pages, much as we 
 would like to do so. 
 
 FRUIT CULTURE. 
 
 Wild grapes and plums were found here 
 in abundance by those who left the comforts 
 of civilization to make their homes in this 
 wilderness, and for some time, these with ma- 
 ple syrup and sugar sufficed as dessert. It 
 was not long after the first settlers arrived here 
 before small apple orchards were set out in 
 different parts of the county; but it is impos- 
 sible at this late day to sav when, where or 
 by whom this was done. 
 
 For many years Delaware County has been 
 kept before the eyes of the horticulturalists 
 of the country; latterly, through Mr. F. P. 
 Vergon, one of our oldest citizens, who is 
 recognized as one of the great orchardists of 
 the country and the "Father of the Grass 
 Mulch System," which is explained in these 
 pages. In an earlier day. Delaware County 
 was advertised far and wide as the home of 
 the Delaware grape, the finest of all American 
 grapes. Yet. notwithstanding this promi- 
 nence, fruit-growing has never reached large 
 proportions as an industry here, and this, no 
 
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 doubt, is due. largely, to climatic conditions. 
 The variableness of temperature, especially in 
 the winter season, when the thermometer fre- 
 quently drops from a point above freezing to 
 one registering the extremes of cold, the early 
 frosts in the fall and the late frosts in spring, 
 give this county a climate which can hardly 
 be called ideal for fruit-raising. It has been 
 demonstrated, however, that with proper care 
 and attention, hardy fruits can be grown here 
 with profit. Probably every farmer in the 
 county grows some fruit for his personal use, 
 and in these family orchards will be found 
 apples, pears, plums, peaches and cherries ; 
 small fruits are also grown to some extent, 
 with a constantly increasing acreage, as the 
 towns grow in population, affording better 
 markets. 
 
 About 1837, B. J. Heath and his family 
 settled in Concord Township, bringing with 
 them from Xew Jersey a grape vine, which 
 they planted and nurtured with care. In 1853. 
 Mr. Heath brought a basket of grapes from 
 this vine to Mr. Abram Thomson, the editor 
 of the Delaware Gazette, and Mr. Thomson, 
 who was an enthusiastic horticulturalist, recog- 
 nized immediately that here was a grape of 
 unusual merit, and to him belongs the credit 
 of naming the grape and of bringing it into 
 public notice. He sent specimens of the fruit to 
 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which 
 presented Mr. Thomson with a vase and a sil- 
 ver medal. A Dr. Grant, of Iona Island, in the 
 Hudson River, became the largest individual 
 propagator of the grape, and had Mr. Thom- 
 son's portrait painted in oil, presenting it to him 
 as a mark of his appreciation. At one time Mr. 
 Thi mson lost nearly 20,000 young vines in a 
 greenhouse which was destroyed by fire. Mr. 
 Thomson also brought the grape to the atten- 
 tion of Maj. P. Barry, who was at that time 
 editor of the Horticulturalist. Its superior 
 qualities were instantly recognized. and 
 brought to the attention of the public by the 
 Major. A big excitement in the horticultural 
 world resulted from the introduction of this 
 grape, and a furor in grape culture was de- 
 veloped, which has been often referred to as 
 the ''grape fever." 
 
 The wildest ideas prevailed, and the most 
 extravagant anticipations and expectations 
 were entertained as to the profits of grape 
 growing, and thousands of persons embarked 
 in this pursuit without either the skill or the 
 knowledge requisite for success ; and the result, 
 so far as the great mass of inexperienced culti- 
 vators was concerned, was just what might 
 have been expected — failure. During this 
 time, the demand for vines became so great, 
 that they were sold in immense quantities at 
 prices ranging from $1 to $5 each, and even 
 then, the propagators of the vines were taxed 
 to the utmost to keep up with the demand. 
 Thousands of horticulturalists went to Xew 
 [Jersey in the hope of finding more vines like 
 the original. Mr. Heath had secured it from 
 an old Frenchman named Paul H. Provost, 
 and this gave rise to the story that his vine 
 had been sent from France with a lot of other 
 vines, about the beginning of the nineteenth 
 century: but the most careful and thorough 
 searching never brought to light a similar vine, 
 either here or. in foreign lands, and it is now 
 the opinion of those best able to judge, that the 
 original vine was a chance seedling which 
 sprang up in Mr. Provost's garden from some 
 native grape. 
 
 Among the early and most successful prop- 
 agators of the Delaware grape in this county, 
 we may mention the late George \Y. Campbell 
 and F. P. Vergon. As secretary of the Ohio 
 State Horticultural Society for many years. Mr. 
 Campbell was widely known, and his efforts 
 helped to make the Delaware grape a success 
 from a commercial standpoint. In this con- 
 nection it is not out of place to mention that 
 in 1857. Air. Campbell established a grape and 
 small fruit nursery with greenhouses in Dela- 
 ware, from which he shipped all over this 
 country, and to nearly every quarter of the 
 civilized world, as many as seventy varieties 
 of grape vines, including the Delaware. This 
 nursery was maintained for many years, and 
 small-fruit plants of all kinds as well as green- 
 house and bedding and flowering plants were 
 propagated here, supplying not only the local 
 demand, but going to all parts of the country. 
 Air. Campbell induced Mr. Heath to take up 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the propagation of the Delaware vine by the 
 "layering"' process. Some years before the 
 "grape fever'' broke out, the elder Vergon had 
 received a vine from Mr. Heath, and planted 
 it beside his house. Mr. Campbell suggested to 
 the youthful F. P. Vergon that he "layer" 
 his vine. This was done, and young Vergon, 
 upon selling the vines to Mr. Campbell, found 
 himself in possession of $37, which, as he says, 
 "was quite a bunch of money for a young 
 man in that day." He realized at once, how- 
 ever, that he had made a mistake in disposing 
 of his vines, and the next morning, heading 
 off Mr. Campbell, he was at Mr. Heath's place 
 and purchased all the young vines he had for 
 sale. Beginning in this way, Mr. Vergon 
 continued the propagation of these vines for 
 eighteen years, dating from 1855, on an ex- 
 tensive scale, selling them mostly to Mr. 
 Campbell, and always at wholesale. It is de- 
 plorable that in the county where the Dela- 
 ware grape originated, there is not a grape 
 vineyard of any importance. 
 
 At an early day, Titus Knox had an apple 
 orchard of twelve acres in Trenton Township. 
 It was a good-bearing orchard in 1845, ani ' '* 
 now owned by his grandson, Alonzo Knox. 
 Amzi Swallow, of the same township, also had 
 a twelve-acre apple orchard. William Little 
 and Rev. VanDeman, whose names are so 
 prominently identified with the early history 
 of the county, set out apple orchards. Horace 
 P. McMasters of Brown Township, at a later 
 date, had an orchard yielding from one to 
 two thousand bushels of apples annually, and 
 this was considered quite an orchard in those 
 days. About i860, John Veley, of Troy Town- 
 ship, set out an apple orchard of seven acres, 
 and about twenty years ago he set out twenty 
 acres more in trees. Quite a number of good- 
 sized orchards, many of them quite young, are 
 now to be found in the county. The excep- 
 tional success of F. P. Vergon, as an orchard- 
 ist, no doubt has had much to do with stimulat- 
 ing the interest in this branch of horticulture. 
 In another part of this chapter will be found 
 a paper by Mr. Vergon. in which he sets forth 
 the methods to which he attributes his success. 
 Mr. Vergon's orchard covers between fifty and 
 
 sixty acres. Three or four acres of this was 
 set out fifty years ago, and about three acres 
 thirty years ago ; the balance was planted in 
 1888'. Reuben L. Hudson, a neighbor of Mr. 
 Vergon's, has a fifty-acre orchard, thirty acres 
 of which are nineteen years old, and twenty 
 acres are ten years old. "Cobb"' Gavitt, as he 
 is familiarly known, and who resides near 
 Ashley, has an orchard of from twenty-five to 
 thirty acres, which is twenty-five years old. 
 Samuel Willey & Sons have a sixty-acre or- 
 chard in Troy Township, which is in its seventh 
 year. They also have 600 pear trees and 100 
 cherry trees. James Ousey has twenty acres 
 of apple trees in Delaware Township, which 
 are seven years old. William H. Fisher, of 
 Liberty Township, has an apple and peach or- 
 chard of about four acres, and a -number of 
 others in this township are starting similar 
 orchards. Among others in the county who 
 have orchards, we may mention Ezra W. 
 Koeple, Thomas A. Kennedy, Walter M. 
 Glenn, of Delaware Township, who has forty 
 acres of trees two years old, and Dr. J. H. 
 Miller, who has a three-year-old orchard of 
 sixty-five acres, on what is known as the Hana- 
 walt place. A reference to the statistics which 
 we include in these pages will show that other 
 fruits are not grown extensively enough to 
 warrant extended notice here. 
 
 Delaware is fortunate in having as one of 
 its citizens the most successful apple grower 
 in the State of Ohio, a man who is known and 
 looked up to as an authority in all the apple 
 producing regions of this country. We refer 
 to Mr. F. P. Vergon, who has been called by 
 the Ohio Experiment Station, "The Father of 
 the Grass Mulch System." The following 
 article, which has appeared in substance in a 
 number of the most widely circulated publica- 
 tions devoted to such subjects as agriculture 
 and fruit growing, has been furnished for use 
 in this chapter by Mr. Vergon : 
 
 "I have said so much on the system of 
 grass mulch for fruit — in which I am a pio- 
 neer — that it may seem monotonous for me to 
 say any more, so I will take the short cut 
 acn iss the field and be as brief as possible. 
 
 "What may be used for mulch? Anything 
 
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 that grows out of the ground, if sufficiently 
 decomposed so as not to be in the way about 
 the orchard, will answer a good purpose. Grass 
 mulch means not to plow or cultivate the or- 
 chard. After you once commence this system, 
 leave it continually in grass. Timothy is not 
 desirable. 
 
 "How the work is done. Mow the orchard 
 once or twice a year, as the case may require; 
 rake and drop opposite the trees ; place it 
 around the trees out to or beyond the drip of 
 the branches ; put on sufficient so that grass 
 or weeds will not grow through it, say eight 
 or ten inches thick, evenly spread. If very 
 dry and fluffy, put it on heavier; it will soon 
 settle down. If the ground is improverished, 
 coarse manure is very much better. In this case, 
 let the grass lie where the machine drops it. 
 It is surprising how trees will grow if not 
 permitted to suffer for want of moisture ; water 
 is a wonderful factor. 
 
 "Perhaps one of the greatest objections to 
 this system is, to the minds of many, that they 
 cannot realize from the crops in the early his- 
 tory of the orchard; but I believe there is no 
 other way so successful to get the land back 
 to its primitive condition — rich, porous, and 
 full of humus. 
 
 "It should be remembered, if the location 
 is a good one. good orchard land, rich, you 
 are laying the foundation for an orchard that 
 will last for generations, if this system is ad- 
 hered to. It is true that trees can be grown 
 quite successfully by the system of cultivation 
 up to ten or twelve years old. By this time 
 the land is impoverished ; the last fiber burned 
 out of the ground ; humus entirely exhausted ; 
 si imething else must be done. 
 
 "The mulch system is quite easily managed, 
 and not expensive until the trees are ten or 
 twelve years old. After this the problem, or 
 expense, increases with the growth of the 
 trees. Fortunately the revenue increases as 
 well. This is easily understood. As the trees 
 gn >w larger, the territory to mow decreases, 
 and the territory to mulch increases ; conse- 
 quently, a large portion of the mulch must 
 come from some other source than the orchard. 
 The greater part of my orchard is nineteen 
 
 years old this spring, planted thirty-five feet 
 each way, on rolling tablelands ; frost drain- 
 age good. 
 
 "This territory was a beautiful blue grass 
 pasture. I had grazed it with short-horn cat- 
 tle thirty-five or forty years. I am glad to 
 say this same grass grows in the orchard, wis 
 never plowed up, and we are out of the mud 
 and dirt, year in and year out, in doing all the 
 orchard work, which is a very great item in 
 comfort and pleasure. With this system, the 
 trees have made uniformly strong growth each 
 year from the time they were planted. In some 
 of the varieties that grow fastest, and spread 
 most, the branches in many places have locked 
 horns, and this means a spread of thirty-five 
 feet on trees nineteen years old, this spring. 
 I believe this to be a remarkable growth. Of 
 course many of the slower growing varieties 
 will not shake hands for many years. 
 
 "To supply the necessary mulch, we seeded 
 twenty acres of bottom land to mammoth 
 clover, which yielded at least three tons per 
 acre, and was all used for mulch. In addition 
 I bought the straw of nearly one hundred acres 
 of heavy grain for the same purpose, and com- 
 pleted the mulch business where most needed, 
 just before winter set in. 
 
 "This is somewhat expensive; but the work 
 on the ground, except clipping and letting the 
 grass lie where it is cut, is done for years. 
 After all, it is certainly cheaper than to culti- 
 vate every season ; plow, cultivate and harrow 
 all summer ; in the fall seed with some catch 
 crop, that very often does not catch, and have 
 the orchard washing away all winter and 
 spring. In fact, it would be impossible to carry 
 on this system with our low-headed trees. I 
 never believed mutilating the roots and mil- 
 lions of fibers is the right thing to do : I kin nv 
 it is not with all other plants that grow out 
 of the ground, large or small, and I do not 
 think apple trees are the exception. 
 
 "To keep the mice from the trees, we use 
 fine cinders that come from slack coal (no 
 clinkers), a bushel to one and one-half per 
 tree, according to size: Lay it up in cone 
 style at the base of the trees. It is not a ferti- 
 lizer, nothing grows in it. It is always clean 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and doesn't wear out. A little wind or sun 
 easily gets the snow oway from the little black 
 cones, and gives the trees a safe and com- 
 fortable appearance. 1 have not lost a tree 
 since we began using cinders. We tried wire 
 screen, which, perhaps looks more plausible 
 than are many of the things suggested and 
 used, but this was not satisfactory. After 
 placing it around the tree and pressing it in 
 the ground a little, it looked all right, but 
 was heaved up by the frost an inch or more — 
 just right for the mice to get in their work. 
 I cannot emphasize too much the use of cin- 
 ders. If I were not within hauling distance. 
 I would have it shipped in by the carload. It 
 costs but a trifle. Rabbits have done us but 
 little harm. They seem to be contented with 
 cutting some of the tips from low branches of 
 bearing trees. \Ye never pasture with any 
 stock whatever; it cannot be done without dam- 
 age to the orchard. 
 
 "As to the results of the grass mulch sys- 
 tem, it must be apparent that the ground is 
 becoming richer all the time, with the best 
 natural fertilizer, I will call it, for the welfare 
 of the orchard. We have a reservoir of humus 
 all over the orchard, but more especially under 
 the trees, from the slow decomposition of the 
 mulch on the under side. Here, especially, is 
 where the bacteria delight most to put in their 
 guild work, where it is always nit list. 
 
 "Our orchard land is underlaid with shale, 
 but quite deep; has a good depth of rich loam 
 by nature, with a brash red clay sub-soil (no 
 gravel). Yet it has become so porous that 
 practically all the rainfall is absorbed in the 
 ground. 1 am very sure that the water never 
 runs out from the mulch under the trees, not 
 even on the side hills. EJow different it is 
 with dust mulch, especially after drouths in 
 the summer, when rain is so much needed. It 
 frequently comes in torrents; the ground is 
 puddled in an in-taut, and the water runs off 
 almost as slick as from a goose's back; and. 
 if the land is hilly or rolling (as usually the 
 besl orchard land is), cuts out gullies, and 
 washes much of the best soil into the valleys 
 and streams. In the next place the tempera- 
 
 ture is in a measure equalized ; the ground 
 under the mulch trees is never so hot in the 
 summer and never freezes much in winter. It 
 is quite possible for the roots to be injured by 
 very hard freezing. Some time since. I tested 
 the' temperature of the ground in the heat of 
 summer, under the trees, with thermometers. 
 Under one, the ground was perfectly clean ; 
 the other was mulched. In each case, the bot- 
 tom of the thermometer rested on the ground, 
 and both in the shade of the trees. I watched 
 them for several days, at 6 o'clock A. M., i 
 o'clock P. M„ and 6 in the evening; the tem- 
 perature did not run quite even, but the aver- 
 age was two and one-half to three degrees 
 cooler under the mulched tree. I was quite 
 satisfied with this experiment. Extreme tem- 
 peratures are not best, and the escape of hu- 
 midity is prevented. These conditions also 
 hold good in spring time; the ground warms 
 up slower under the mulch and the bloom is 
 retarded several days. 
 
 "Things of less importance — apples that 
 drop are clean, and are not usually bruised. 
 Even the leaves are caught up in the mulch 
 in the fall, and are where they will do the 
 most good. It is quite generally conceded 
 now. that apples color better and keep better 
 where mulch is used. If this be the case, and 
 I think it is, they are of better quality also, 
 and I verily believe the trees are longer lived. 
 
 "I 'got onto' this system from my pio- 
 neer days — clearing up primitive forest. The 
 leaves, bark, rotten branches, etc., were eight 
 to twelve inches deep, and are added to each 
 year, while decomposition is going on under- 
 neath. A better mulch could not be provided 
 for the timber by any artificial means. Here 
 Nature has done her own plowing for thou- 
 sands of years. I have never forgotten how 
 hard it was to walk on this mulch in the winter 
 time — being heaved up by the little needles 
 of ice and line earth, honeycomb fashion, under- 
 lie ith. The ground was always moist and rich 
 under this mulch. Tt seemed to me this would 
 he an ideal condition to have under my trees. 
 Nature is certainly a wonderful teacher, and 
 newer weans her children. T think it is Shakes- 
 
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 peare who says that the student of nature may 
 find 
 
 'Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 
 Sermons in stones and good in everything.' 
 
 I have learned mi >st from the voiceless tongues 
 of the trees. 
 
 "I am very sure with this system it is pos- 
 sible for the trees to ripen annual crops, and 
 form fruit buds for the next year. Under 
 other conditions, the trees frequently suffer so 
 severely from drouths that the crop is not well 
 matured, and fruit buds are not formed for 
 the following season. Failure of crops very 
 seldom dimes from freezing-out in spring- 
 time. It is for want of bloom and vigorous 
 trees. It has been proved that well grown ap- 
 ples contain over ninety per cent, of water. 
 I am glad that it is possible to retain it in 
 the ground ; otherwise we would not have so 
 much water to haul out at harvest time. In 
 the fall of 1906, we harvested our eleventh or 
 twelfth consecutive paying crop annually since 
 1893 or 1894. I can't recall the season, but 
 one year, our apples, when as large as big 
 marbles, were frozen, in June, as hard as rocks, 
 Xo human being can prevent a calamity of that 
 kind. This section of the orchard that is 
 twenty years old this spring (1908), and 
 yields ten to twenty bushels per tree — sorted 
 in the orchard, all handled in crates of one to 
 one-half bushels (a tree can easily be mea- 
 sured), hauled in every day and stacked up 
 in our cold storage. 
 
 "Some trees of my own planting in the sec- 
 tion of the old orchard forty-five years old, 
 have harvested forty-five bushels and over per 
 tree. These old friends do not bear such uni- 
 form crops any more. They can afford in 
 their declining years to take a little more rest. 
 
 "A few weeks ago, looking over the or- 
 chard, I saw plenty of fruit buds, as I thought, 
 and cut small branches of different varieties, 
 and set them up in a jardiniere filled with 
 water in a warm room. Now they are in 
 bloom, and I am reminded of when the 'apple 
 trees are in blossom and the bobolinks are 
 singin'.' 
 
 "In conclusion, it seems to me quite pos- 
 sible to have the orchard in such a condition, 
 by supplying its every want, as to overcome 
 sufficiently the unfavorable elements, so as to 
 have a crop annually." 
 
 Joseph H. Cunningham, florist, Delaware, 
 is the only one in this county who is engaged 
 in this business on a scale of any importance. 
 He learned the business with the late George 
 W. Campbell, who was one of the foremost 
 Ohio horticulturalists of his day. In 1890. 
 Mr. Cunningham established himself at his 
 present location on West William Street, with 
 a greenhouse J2 x 20 feet in dimensions. His 
 business has grown steadily, and he now has 
 10,000 feet of glass. He does a general flor- 
 ist's business, and a glance at his shipping re- 
 ceipts for almost any day will show shipments 
 going to points as widely separated as Phila- 
 delphia and San Francisco, and New Orleans 
 and St. Paul, Minnesota. 
 
 The difficulty the early settlers met with 
 in acquiring stock can hardly be appreciated 
 at this day. Sheep were unknown and horses 
 were only less unfamiliar. Cattle ami hogs 
 were easily kept, so far as feeding was con- 
 cerned, but another difficulty involved them. 
 The woods abounded with wolves and bears 
 which soon learned the toothsome qualities of 
 beef and pork. Endless devices were invented 
 to protect these valuable adjuncts of the early 
 settlement from these wild marauders, but with 
 limited success. Time and again were the 
 early settlers aroused from their sleep to find 
 the hope of a winter's supply in the clutches 
 of a bear or hopelessly destroyed by wolves. 
 Hogs were allowed to breed wild in the woods. 
 Occasionally they were brought into a pen for 
 the purpose of marking them by sundry slits 
 in the ears. Such occasions were frequently 
 the scene of extreme personal danger, and 
 called forth all the intrepid daring inculcated 
 by a life in the woods. The animals, mi ire 
 than half wild, charged upon their tormentors. 
 and then it was expected that the young man 
 would quickly jump aside, fling himself upon 
 the back of the infuriated beast, and. seizing 
 him by the ears, hold him still enough to make 
 the necessary marking. These hogs were sold 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 to itinerant buyers, who collected them in 
 droves, taking them to Zanesville, swimming 
 the Muskingum on the way. The shrewd set- 
 tler always sold his hugs with the understand- 
 ing that the buyer was to deliver them him- 
 self. This often proved the larger part of the 
 bargain, and the dealer, wearied out and dis- 
 gusted, would be glad to compromise the mat- 
 ter by leaving the hogs and a good part of the 
 purchase-price with the settler. A hog turn- 
 ing 200 pounds was considered a heavy-weight, 
 and a drove averaging this would be the pride 
 of a dealer and the envy of his fellows. At an 
 early day Stephen Bennett and David and Jo- 
 seph Prince of Berkshire Township followed 
 the business of driving hogs to Baltimore. The 
 task of driving such herds of swine as they 
 took to market can hardly be appreciated at 
 this day. On account of their wildness they 
 were likely to stampede at the first opportunity, 
 and numbers of hogs were lost on every trip. 
 At an early time Stephen Bennett broughl 
 sheep from Kentucky and traded them for 
 hogs, and it took a good hog in those days to 
 buy a sheep. 
 
 This is a good com country, and raising 
 and feeding all kinds of live stock has always 
 been a profitable ami popular occupation with 
 the farmei. The first blooded cattle were 
 brought to Delaware County about [826 by 
 Judge Hosea Williams and Wilder Joy. These 
 were bought in Pickaway County, and among 
 them wa> a dark roan shorl horn bull that 
 was a tine animal for that day. most of the line 
 breeds in this section having been crossed un- 
 til the stock was deteriorating. Gilbert Van 
 I bun broughl some Durhams into the county 
 about [836, and a few years later a few were 
 purchased by a Mr. Jones 'if Radnor (which 
 niie of the vcr\ numerous citizens of that name 
 we have been unable to learn), from M. S. 
 Sullivant of Columbus, from that time to the 
 present the grade of the cattle bred in the 
 county hi- constantl) been improving, owing 
 to the efforts of a few men in different sec- 
 tions who have maintained fine herds. Among 
 those of the earlier day we may mention T. F. 
 Joy, X. Leonard, Norman Perfect, T. C. 
 Jones and Uiaunev Hills. The latter gentle- 
 
 man, in 1854. purchased a small farm in Troy 
 Township, which he named "Crystal Spring 
 Farm." By subsequent purchases he increased 
 the size of this farm until it included some 
 400 acres. This place has ever since been fa- 
 mous as the home of the best of thoroughbred 
 shorthorn cattle. Shropshire sheep and York- 
 shire hogs. The foundation for this reputation 
 was laid at that time by the purchase of the 
 fine young shorthorn bull, Master Miller, 693. 
 and the beautiful young Rose of Sharon heifer. 
 Fanny Fern by Prince Charles the 2nd 
 "321 13," from the Messrs. Renick. At this 
 time, and fur the next six years, T. C. Jones 
 was associated with Air. Hills, the firm name 
 being Hills & Jones. In 1862 the herd was 
 divided. Mr. Hills's success as a breeder of 
 short-horns was well attested many years ago 
 by the choice of numbers of his herd for ex- 
 port to Great Britain, where they graced the 
 pastures of Lord Dunmore at Stirling, ami 
 produced descendants that were most success- 
 ful in the show-ring. Two animals that Mr. 
 Hills bred were shipped to England by the 
 purchaser and sold for about $7,500. For 
 many years F. P. Vergon was successful as a 
 breeder of short-horn cattle. Among others, 
 we' mav mention John Worline, of Marlbor- 
 ough, who is one of the oldest short-horn 
 breeders in the county, and keeps a herd of 
 perhaps twenty-five registered cattle. The 
 breeding business established by T. C. Jones 
 was continued by bis son. Arthur H., until 
 about 1902, when he sold the herd at auction. 
 At that time 1 tough Bros., of Berkshire Town- 
 ship, purchased some of the Jones stock, and 
 since that time have been breeding short-horn 
 ami polled Durham cattle. They now have 
 about eights- head, of which thirty are regis- 
 tered. Some of their fine animals have been 
 imported from Canada. Price & Hills, of 
 Radnor Township, also have a herd of these 
 cattle. For many years, T. R. Smith, of 
 Berlin Township, was a breeder of Devonshire 
 cattle. M. I',. Shoemaker and Son bred 
 Highbred Hereford cattle for a number of 
 years prior to [900. Their farm was near 
 Ashley, and they had a bull and a small herd 
 of cows. There are many other farmers who 
 
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 have smaller herds of fine stuck. In the south- 
 ern part of the county dairying seems to be 
 growing in favor. The facilities for shipping 
 milk to Columbus where the demand is con- 
 stant, and the close proximity of good cream- 
 eries, has given an impetus to this department 
 of agriculture. 
 
 Undoubtedly Capt. V. T. Hills as a breeder 
 of Red Polled cattle has made Delaware 
 G mntv more widely known among cattle 
 breeders in the United States than any other 
 individual. It is claimed by breeders of these 
 cattle that they combine the capacity of milk 
 and beef production in the same individual to 
 an equal if not to a greater degree than any 
 other breed. In 1887 Capt. Hills purchased 
 eight cows and one bull — the best that were 
 to be had in England. By the time the herd 
 reached Delaware County, it numbered seven- 
 teen. The Bull Pando, 1254, proved to be a 
 very valuable animal, leaving his impress on 
 many of his get. He was one of the very 
 great bulls of the breed. The cows of this 
 importation were a useful lot. Chic was never 
 beaten in the show ring; she was first at the 
 World's Columbian Exposition, and champion 
 cow over all breeds in the "General Purpose - ' 
 class, twenty-seven prize cows of all breeds 
 competing. Other importations were made 
 from time to time, the last, in 1900, compris- 
 ing eighteen cows and two bulls. For ten or 
 twelve years, beginning with the year 1890, 
 Capt. Hills exhibited at leading- fairs all over 
 the country, taking over 400 honors. Two of 
 the five cows ( Trvste, No. 5169, aged thirteen 
 years, and Mayflower 2nd. No. 8025, eight 
 years) representing this breed in the official 
 milk test conducted in the Model Dairy at the 
 Pan-American Exposition, in 1901. were 
 owned by Capt. Hills, and were it not for the 
 energy and personal work of Capt. Hills, who 
 was prevailed upon by the earnest solicitation 
 of the committee appointed by the Red Polled 
 Cattle Club of America, to select these five 
 cows, the breed would not have been repre- 
 sented at the test. There were ten breeds, 
 represented by five cows each, in the test — 
 Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires. Holsteins. 
 Polled fersevs, Shorthorns, Brown Swiss, 
 
 French Canadians, Dutch Belted and Red 
 Polls. Experienced men, furnished by the 
 various breeders' associations, spent months in 
 making selections of representative cows of 
 the several breeds, with the result that the 
 Ayrshires, Jerseys, Holsteins, Shorthorns and 
 French Canadians were said by competent au- 
 thority to be "the finest lot of cattle of these 
 breeds ever seen together." With these five 
 herds the Canadian Government sent at its 
 own expense, one general superintendent, and 
 with each of the herds was a manager, expert 
 in compounding rations, as well as an ex- 
 perienced feeder or care taker. The Red Poll- 
 were in charge of a herdsman only. Mr. P. K. 
 Krider, who had never compounded a balanced 
 ration in his life. Capt. Hills's cow, May- 
 flower 2nd. won second place in butter profit 
 out of the fifty cows tested, excelling all the 
 Jerseys, all the Ayrshires, all the Holsteins 
 and four of the five Guernseys. In writing the 
 foregoing, we have made free use of a pam- 
 phlet issued by the Red Polled Cattle Club of 
 America, in 1903. 
 
 In fat stock shows, steers from Capt. 
 Hills's herd have been shown with credit. Of 
 one shown in 1900. the expert of the Breed- 
 er's Gazette said, in speaking of the slaughter 
 test: "Star presented one of the most beauti- 
 ful and profitable carcasses on the hooks. He 
 had roasts of equal thickness of the cham- 
 pion's, and much better marbled, and he had 
 no more excess of fat. His rounds were not 
 so well filled, however, down in the lower 
 parts where the meat is cheap." 
 
 In October, 1902, Capt. Hills sold the 
 larger part of his herd at public auction in 
 Chicago. There were eighty females, four- 
 teen bulls and fifteen calves at foot, and the 
 prices paid at this sale made an average price 
 of $283 per head for all ages. Capt. llill> 
 still maintains a small herd at his farm in 
 Scioto Township. A herd of these cattle is 
 also kept' by Mr. James Raney. of Baltimore, 
 on his farm in Scioto Township. 
 
 The breeding of fine sheep has long been 
 an important industry in this county. Mam- 
 years ago, Miner Tone, of Liberty Township, 
 owned one of the finest herds of sheep in the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 State. This flock passed into the possession 
 of R. K. Willis, who for many years gave the 
 most careful and intelligent attention to sheep 
 breeding. Thomas Jones, of Delaware Town- 
 ship, also bred fine sheep. Wesley Bishop, of 
 Troy Township, has been engaged in the Me- 
 rino sheep industry since 1880 on Pleasant 
 Hill Farm. He has the largest flock of pure 
 bred Merino sheep in Delaware County, and 
 has done much toward raising the sheep 
 standard in this section. One of the best 
 known Merino collections in the country is 
 owned by C. H. Bell, of Ashley. The flock 
 was founded more than forty years ago by 
 the father of the present owner, and for the 
 past twenty years has been making fame by 
 its winnings at the big State and international 
 shows. In 1888. the Bell flock won all the 
 firsts and seconds at the Ohio Centennial 
 show, and the younger Bell has kept the flock 
 up to the high standard established by his 
 father. Many of the rams bred here bring 
 from $100 to $200 each. In 1904, R. D. Mc- 
 Gonigle & Sons started in the Merino busi- 
 ness with upwards of thirty fine sheep. They 
 have established a notable flock, from which 
 they have sent prize winners to State fairs in 
 Ohio, Virginia, Illinois. Michigan and Xew 
 York. J. C. Wood, of Delaware, proprietor 
 of Wood's Big Walnut Farm in Porter Town- 
 ship, started his flock about eleven years ago, 
 and has some of the best bred sheep in the 
 State. Mr. Wood is one of the active and in- 
 fluential members of the Delaine Merino As- 
 sociation. William E. Gallant, of Delaware 
 Township, also has a flock of these sheep. In 
 March. 1905, there came to Delaware Town- 
 ship one of the best-known sheep breeders in 
 the United States. S. M. Cleaver. A recent 
 issue of the American Sheep Breeder says the 
 coming of Mr. Cleaver will bring Delaware 
 more in the eye of the Merino sheep public 
 than any other spot in America. The same paper 
 also says: "As a judge and critic of Merino 
 sheep he is the best man of his time, and has 
 no equal in the mating of sire and dam." 
 Maplewood Stock Farm, the present scene of 
 Mr. Cleaver's labors, is located in the southern 
 part of Delaware Township, where the C. D. 
 
 & M. interurban line crosses Sandusky Street. 
 Mr. Cleaver has always been prominent in 
 organizing the different associations of Me- 
 rino l.ieeders, in seyeral of which he has held 
 official position. In 1905, he helped organize 
 the Consolidated Association of Merino Breed- 
 ers, ami has been its secretary since that time. 
 He is also secretary of the American Delaine 
 Merino Sheep Association of Delaware. Mr. 
 Cleaver ceased exhibiting a number of years 
 ago, and since that time he has supplied many 
 exhibitors with prize-winning stock. He owns 
 some of the most noted rams in the country — 
 Gold Standard, Fortune, Improver and Oil 
 King having a reputation with breeders every- 
 where. 
 
 The Shropshire flock, which was started at 
 Crystal Spring Farm in 1876 and is now kept 
 by Mr. F. P. Hills on Oakland Farm, Peru 
 Township, Morrow County, is the oldest in 
 the State of Ohio. The foundation stock was 
 imported from several of the most dis- 
 tinguished breeders in Great Britain, and nu- 
 merous additions were afterward made from 
 the flocks of Joseph Beach, J. Pulley, J. Bowen 
 Jones, H. Lovatt, Thomas Fenn, T. S. Minton, 
 Messrs. Evans & Everell. W. Ward and others 
 who rank high as breeders of this popular 
 breed in their native home. The strongest 
 point in their favor in this country is their 
 great value for crossing upon other breeds 
 lacking in mutton qualities — notably the G >m- 
 mon Merino, which compose probably ninety 
 to ninety-five per cent, of all the sheep in the 
 United States. The half-bloods make good 
 feeders and command the highest prices in our 
 markets, being largely purchased for exporta- 
 tion to England, there being no embargo upon 
 them, and sell from three to five cents more 
 than our beef. Shropshires clip about eight 
 pounds of medium combing-wool, which sells 
 higher than any other sort. Rams weigh from 
 150 to 250 pounds, and ewes from 150 to 200 
 pounds, when in good condition. They are 
 prolific, and mature early. 
 
 T. R. Smith raises sheep on an extensive 
 scale, and there are many others who have fair- 
 sized flocks of high-grade sheep, raised and 
 fed for wool and mutton, among which we 
 
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 may mention Lester Peet and Coridon McAl- 
 lister, of Thompson Township. 
 
 Among the large and important flocks of 
 Merino sheep in the county, is that of H. P. 
 Miller, of Sunbury, which has been established 
 over forty years. Mr. Miller's Delaine rams 
 are registered in either the Standard or the 
 Improved Delaine Association. They present 
 a strong combination of desirable features, 
 rather than any one single feature. 
 
 There are many fine herds of swine in the 
 county, the favorite breeds being Duroc, Po- 
 land China, Chester White. Many years ago 
 Chauncy Hills introduced Yorkshire hogs, and 
 more recently the firm of Price & Hills, of 
 Radnor, have introduced the Hampshire 
 breed. Charles Davis also has a herd of this 
 breed. 
 
 For upwards of forty years the breeding 
 of fine draft horses has received considerable 
 attention. The most popular breed, because it 
 may possibly be best adapted to this section. 
 is the Percheron or Percheron-Norman, named 
 for Le Perche and Normandy, in France, 
 where they are extensively bred and whence 
 they are imported into the United States. The 
 first horse of this breed was brought into Ohio 
 by Thomas Jones, who later, in 1879, came to 
 Delaware Township and settled on a farm on 
 the Radnor Pike, which he named "Alder- 
 brook." Among the early importers of these 
 horses to this count)-, we may mention Covell 
 Brothers, of Delaware, who were also inter- 
 ested in the Radnor Importing Company and 
 the Delaware Importing Company. These 
 concerns sent representatives to France at dif- 
 ferent times, to purchase horses for importa- 
 tion. Among other individuals who were in- 
 terested in importing, breeding or dealing in 
 this breed at that time were W. H. Case, John 
 and Edward Thompson, Capt. Solomon Wei- 
 ser, Stephen Thomas of Radnor. Dr. John M. 
 Rapp, and others. Some of the present day 
 breeders and dealers are F. P. Hills, \Y. W. 
 Ferguson. H. Domigan, Lewis Slack and 
 Hough Brothers. 
 
 Welsh Mountain Ponies. This breed of 
 ponies has existed in the mountainous districts 
 
 of Wales for centuries, and is a pure and dis- 
 tinct variety of the horse. Their distinguish- 
 ing characteristics are beauty of form, docility 
 and hardihood; in all qualities which make 
 ponies valuable, it is thought they have no 
 equal. In England, where ponies are much 
 used, they are very popular — no other breed 
 more so, and frequently sell as high as $200 
 a head. Two head of these ponies were im- 
 ported by the late Thomas Jones of Delaware 
 from Liverpool in August. 1885, who selected 
 them in person in the breeding district of 
 Wales. From that time to the present these 
 ponies have been bred at Alderbrook Farm, 
 which has been managed by Mr. Jones's 
 daughter. Miss Winnifred Jones, since [899, 
 when advancing years compelled her father to 
 retire from active business life. For about ten 
 years F. P. Hills engaged in breeding these 
 animals of which he had some splendid repre- 
 sentatives. Among those who are m iw breed- 
 ing Welsh ponies in this county are David 
 Dyer and John Gregg in Berkshire Township, 
 and R. J. Pumphrey of Delaware. 
 
 Shetland ponies. In 1887, Corrington 
 Gavitt, better known by the familiar sobriquet 
 of "Cobb" Gavitt. of the firm of Cobb Gavitt 
 & Company, proprietors of Evergreen Park- 
 Shetland Pony Farm, near Ashley, imported 
 the foundation stock of his present herd. They 
 were purchased from the Marquis of Londi m- 
 derry, Bressy, Shetland Isle, who has the 
 largest ami best herd in the world. About 
 seventy-five of these ponies are always to be 
 found at Evergreen Park, whence they are 
 shipped all over the country. Twenty-seven 
 Shetland ponies were raised here in 1907. 
 Thomas Jones, of Delaware Township, also im- 
 ported and bred Shetlands. Tom Thumb, which 
 he brought to this country, died in 1905 at the 
 age of thirty-six years. In [898, Livingston 
 Brothers, of Leonardsburg, purchased fr< im 
 Mr. Jones two mares by Tom Thumb, and 
 since that time they have been engaged in 
 breeding. They now have eleven ponies on 
 their place. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The following interesting figures are taken from the 1907 Abstract of Agricultural Statistics for Delaware County: 
 
 PRODUCT 
 
 ACRES SOWN FOR HAR- 
 VEST IN 1000 
 
 BUSHELS PRODUCED 
 IN 1000 
 
 ACRES SOWN FOR HAR- 
 VEST IN 1007 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Rye 
 
 Buckwheat . . . 
 
 Oats 
 
 Winter Barley 
 Spring Barley. 
 Corn 
 
 .14,001'. 
 . ...604 
 13. 
 
 .10,054. 
 13. 
 
 .39,190. 
 
 260,729. 
 
 . . 7, 269. 
 ....154. 
 
 .16,754. 
 ....486. 
 
 ..409,393. 
 
 60. 
 
 125 . 
 
 .1,560,275. 
 
 , 12,737. 
 
 15. 
 
 9. 
 
 34,040. 
 
 Ensilage Corn, 378 acres planted in 1907. 
 
 Sugar Corn 33 acres planted 72 tons produced 
 
 Tomatoes 5 acres planted 1,250 bu. produced 
 
 Peas 6 ' + acres planted 5,400 bu. produced 
 
 Irish Potatoes 629 acres planted 04,521 bu. produced 
 
 Sweet Potatoes 1 acre planted 50 bu. produced 
 
 Onions 4}s acres planted 875 bu. produced 
 
 Meadow, acres in grass other than clover, 43,321' tons of hay produced, 48,894. 
 
 Clover, acres grown, 2,190; tons of hay produced, 2,460; bushels of seed produced, 474; acres plowed under, 93. 
 
 Alfalfa, acres grown, 234; tons of hay produced, 525. 
 
 Milk: Gallons sold for familr use, 278,705. 
 
 Butter made in home dairies, 323,331 lbs. 
 
 Butter made in factories and creameries, 515, 147 lbs. 
 
 Cheese made in factories and creameries, 83,844 lbs. 
 
 Eggs, 970,980 dozen. 
 
 Sorghum, 1 acre planted; 109 gallons of syrup produced. 
 
 Maple trees from wriich sugar or syrup was produced in 1907, 22,809; 
 
 Bees: Number of hives, 283; pounds of honey produced, 3,317. 
 
 pounds of sugar. 30; gallons of syrup, 3,919. 
 
 Orchards Acres of Apple Trees 2,319; 
 
 Orchards Acres of Peach Trees IPs: 
 
 Orchards Acres of Pear Trees 1 s + ; 
 
 Orchards Acres of Cherry Trees % l /z : 
 
 Orchards Acres of Plum Trees 'A%; 
 
 bushels of fruit produced 133,908 
 
 bushels of fruit produced 257 
 
 bushels of fruit produced 108 
 
 bushels of fruit produced 71 
 
 buskels ot fruit produced 14 
 
 Number of Beef Cattle owned in April, 1907 571 
 
 Number of Milch Cows owned in April, 1007 9,339 
 
 Number of all other Cattle owned in April, 1C07 6,782 
 
 Total. 
 
 .16,002 
 
 Number of Sheep owned in April, 1907, 41,208. 
 Pounds of Wool shorn, 235, 136 
 Number of Hogs owned in April, 1907, 18,344, 
 Number of Hogs for summer market, 10d7, 6,632. 
 
 Number of domestic animals which died from disease in 1900: 
 
 Horses 143; value $13,005 
 
 Cattle 162; value 4J00 
 
 Sheep 816; value 2 i 10 
 
 Hogs 279; value 1689 
 
 MINERAL SPRINGS. 
 (By Dr. S. W. Fowler.) 
 
 Delaware possesses some of the most valu- 
 able mineral springs in the world, and each 
 spring is charged with medicinal and thera- 
 
 peutical properties which have the most bene- 
 ficial influence on mankind, both in health and 
 disease. Many watering places and health re- 
 sorts enjoving the patronage of many thou- 
 sands of people, would be overjoyed with water 
 
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 of such wonderful therapeutic values as is 
 found here. If these waters had been properly 
 developed, Delaware would now be unable to 
 furnish accommodations, and if they would 
 now advance the work, hundreds, yea thou- 
 sands, of those who know of these waters, 
 would be the strongest advocates ; for they 
 stand ready to give testimony of the beneficial 
 results of these chalybeate and sulphuretted 
 waters. 
 
 Long before tradition taught our fore- 
 fathers about them, the wild animals could 
 have been seen here, drinking from these 
 springs. Xot only to quench their thirst were 
 these waters beneficial, but they had a marvel- 
 ous influence upon their vitality. The Indian 
 told the white man how he found the buffalo, 
 the deer, and the bears and cattle congregated 
 here : how the various tribes came here to se- 
 cure their meats while the animals visited 
 these waters, and how the different tribes 
 finally pitched their tents in the valleys and 
 hills along the Olentangy River and the Dela- 
 ware Run. They were wont to relate to the 
 white frontiersman the marvelous benefits the 
 old and the young derived from the waters. 
 They fully appreciated that these mineral 
 springs possessed something far better, more 
 pure, and greater than other waters in the river 
 and streams, as well as other springs in other 
 localities. 
 
 The white pioneer soon learned also that 
 these springs possessed something which made 
 them better than other waters : and located 
 near them to enjoy their health-giving prop- 
 erties. He, too, saw with surprise, animals, 
 both wild and domestic, seeking these springs, 
 and only ceased coming to them when they 
 were shut out by the fences. 
 
 For over half a century, thousands of peo- 
 ple annually followed the same law and in- 
 stinct, not fully appreciating the medicinal 
 powers in these mineral waters, until some 
 years ago, when a few enterprising and pro- 
 gressive citizens connected with the University 
 and city, believed that these waters con- 
 tained valuable medicinal agents of great value 
 to humanity, and possessed by but few mineral 
 springs in the world. Acting upon their belief. 
 
 they had them analyzed. The analysis proved 
 that each and every mineral spring possessed 
 medicinal qualities of uncommon and beneficial 
 influence to mankind. This wonderful revela- 
 tion made by them, proved that the waters 
 were not only similar, but far superior to many 
 others whose fame had spread far and near. 
 These white and black and saline sulphur and 
 chalybeate springs in this locality are far su- 
 perior in every respect to many in this and 
 foreign lands. The analysis has proven that 
 Delaware's Sulphur springs are better and 
 stronger than those of Virginia, where thou- 
 sands visit annually. They are better, and 
 possess more valuable ingredients than those 
 of Pennsylvania or Colorado. 
 
 The temperature of springs, as well as the 
 waters charged with certain medicinal agents, 
 render them more or less valuable for thera- 
 peutical purposes. As a rule, spring waters 
 have a temperature of 33 degrees. When the 
 temperature is higher than 36 degrees, they 
 are known as thermal springs. These are 
 often of more or less value independently of 
 the power of the water to dissolve mineral 
 substances and the gases they contain. Yet 
 when a spring is thermal, and contains the 
 important gases, and holds in solution valu- 
 able mineral agents, they become of far greater 
 importance to mankind. 
 
 Such are the springs in this locality. These 
 sulphur springs have a temperature of 60 de- 
 grees, and the chalybeate springs 57 degrees, 
 while the famous Wildbad Spring of Germany 
 has a temperature of 61 degrees: the Clifton, 
 of New York. 54 degrees; Carlsbad. 131 de- 
 grees ; the Warmbrunn, Germany, 68 degrees ; 
 the Hot Springs of Arkansas, 90 degrees to 
 108 degrees; and the Great Geyser of Ice- 
 land, 180 degrees. The composition of mineral 
 waters varies according to the strata through 
 which the water passes, as well as to the pres- 
 sure and previous composition under which it 
 is in contact with the deposits. Waters vary 
 in composition in the same locality, yet come 
 to the surface in close proximity to each other, 
 as is witnessed in this locality. We see the 
 same conditions at Saratoga. New York. 
 Coming by pressure to the surface, these wa- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ters are found to possess different therapeuti- 
 cal values one from the other, yet each and 
 every one possessing rare and valuable medici- 
 nal virtues. 
 
 When the great mineral strata below has 
 been thoroughly drilled into, and other springs 
 have been carefully developed and located, 
 there will be no reason why the waters will 
 n. it be sought after for drinking and bathing 
 purposes, and the curing of all forms of dis- 
 eases equal to, if not far more, than those in 
 other localities of less value. 
 
 The rare mineral combinations so univers- 
 ally present in these mineral springs, and with 
 which the people should have been more deeply 
 interested, are not so different from those 
 whose waters have cured many diseases, and 
 given happiness to many individuals. The 
 oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbonate 
 and bi-carbonate of sodium; the sulphate and 
 chloride of sodium; the carbonate and bi-car- 
 bonate of calcium ; the different forms of in m 
 combined and re-combined by nature's law, 
 are of the highest therapeutical value when 
 properly used. 
 
 The classification of mineral waters is ex- 
 ceedingly difficult, yet all are based upon the 
 predominence of some certain constituents, or 
 constituents imparting to them certain medi- 
 cinal and therapeutical values to be used in 
 different diseases or in various ways. The 
 special or principal constituent giving the pe- 
 culiar character to the mineral waters, acting 
 
 o 
 
 as a cathartic or as a laxative, is the bi-car- 
 bonate of magnesia and bi-carbonate of soda, 
 and the chloride of sodium. The tonic mineral 
 waters contain bicarbonate of iron or oxide of 
 in n. The alterative mineral waters contain 
 iodide of sodium and chloride of potassia and 
 sodium. The diuretic properties of the mineral 
 waters depend upon the bicarbonate of lithia 
 and the protoxide of hydrogen. It will lie well 
 to remember this when studying and discussing 
 tli- qualities ami uses of these mineral water-. 
 That the carbonic acid gas, sulphuretted 
 hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are the life- 
 giving principles of all of our mineral springs, 
 we can no longer doubt. They contribute to 
 the solubilitj of the ^alts contained in the 
 
 waters, and render them more palatable and 
 more agreeable to the stomach. The perfect 
 solubility of these salts enhances the medi- 
 cinal power of the mineral waters, and hence 
 are more valuable for drinking and bathing, 
 and curing of diseases. Once let the gases be 
 driven off or escape, and the water evaporated, 
 and it will be found it will take more than 
 ten times the amount of rain water to re-dis- 
 solve them. The absence of these gases in the 
 strongest iron springs of Europe, render them 
 worthless, or nearly so. When comparing 
 these springs with many others, there is found 
 a much larger amount of gases in them, thus 
 making them of the highest benefit in curing 
 diseases and for every day use. The gases 
 seem to travel through some of the springs and 
 escape ; but in the case of the springs in this 
 li cality, the springs are most thoroughly and 
 firmly impregnated with them. 
 
 While many famous mineral springs con- 
 tain bicarbonate of maenesia, which acts as a 
 laxative and an anti-acid in some stomachs, 
 the Delaware springs contain not only the 
 same, but added to them is the sulphate of 
 magnesia and chloride of sodium, acting more 
 mildly and safely as a laxative and carthartic 
 as well as correcting the "sour stomach," es- 
 pecially seen in those addicted to the use of 
 alcohol, and those, too. who overindulge in 
 eating at unusual hours. By using these wa- 
 ters, the "heartburn" and sick headache soon 
 disappear. These waters start the torpid liver, 
 and arouse the intestinal inaction, and stimu- 
 late metabolic changes. The medical profes- 
 sion well know and highly appreciate the use 
 of the carbonate and bicarbonate of sodium, 
 found so abundantly in these springs, and can 
 testify to their highly beneficial influence as 
 medicinal agents, especially in correcting the 
 morbid secretions of uric acid. As found in 
 the waters of these springs, the acids hold in 
 solution aluminates. the phosphates, etc.. ren- 
 dering them thus highly beneficial in all forms 
 of rheumatism. With a little labor, many 
 valuable testimonials could Lie furnished giving 
 proof of remarkable cures in this disease. 
 When used for bathing and drinking, the ef- 
 fects have been far more rapid. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 37 
 
 The Chalybeate springs, known as the Le- 
 nape or Hills' Springs, furnish one of the best 
 tonic waters in the country. The iron con- 
 tained in the waters, when taken into the body, 
 builds up the red corpuscles of the blood, 
 stimulates the appetite, and enriches the whole 
 body. That most important agent so demanded 
 by the whole animal creation, chloride of so- 
 dium, or common salt, is abundantly found in 
 the chalybeate springs, and in each and every 
 one of our springs. 
 
 Every physician can testify how this agent 
 increases the solubility of the albumen of the 
 blood, and prevents the rapid destruction of 
 red corpuscles. It stimulates the secretion of 
 gastric juice, increases the flow of bile., and the 
 more rapid interchange of the fluids in the 
 body, called osmosis. Acting on the kidneys, 
 there are increased secretion and excretion of 
 the urine. The great influence salt has on the 
 body one cannot estimate until one has used 
 the water so remarkably supplied with it. The 
 only method of proving its action is by care- 
 fully watching and recording the therapeutical 
 effects on the patient. The same is true of all 
 the waters. The effects have been watched and 
 recorded, and many are ready to give testimony 
 of astonishing and bewildering results. Chemical 
 analysis fails to decide the exact medicinal ef- 
 fects, independently of the careful and faithful 
 observation of the beneficiary. The afflicted, 
 who have used the waters and been benefited, 
 always furnish the best and most reliable evi- 
 dence. Blessed as the locality is now with 
 many different mineral springs of the highest 
 medicinal value, many more can be developed 
 by systematic drilling, equally as good, if not 
 better, and at the same time locate them so that 
 sanitariums, hotels and bath houses can be 
 erected with great advantage, to accommodate 
 those wishing to come here for pleasure and 
 treatment. 
 
 The Odevene Spring will always be of 
 commercial interest, as the water is finding an 
 unlimited demand. It is shipped in large 
 aim mnts to various parts of the country, and 
 is having a growth never dreamed of by the 
 citizens of Delaware. The steady development 
 of the Saratoga springs has been going on un- 
 
 til now they have world-wide renown. What 
 has been done there can be done here, and 
 should have been done lung before this. Let 
 five to ten wells be drilled in the most pleasant 
 parts of the city, and soon we will see hotel and 
 sanitarium accommodations made for the large 
 number resorting here for health and pleasure, 
 and many as permanent citizens, to use the 
 waters, and will see the population doubled in 
 ten years. 
 
 The first spring at Saratoga was discov- 
 ered in 1767, "the High Rock Spring." by Sir 
 William Johnston. Tradition tells of the In- 
 dians using from it long before this. The Con- 
 gress Spring was discovered in 1792. Then 
 followed others in rapid succession, until now 
 they have over thirty, all properly analyzed and 
 recorded, each one possessing rare medicinal 
 properties, and which over 300,000 people an- 
 nually visit for health and pleasure. Why 
 should not the various sulphur and chalybeate 
 springs of this city cause it to become the Sara- 
 toga of Ohio and the west ? 
 
 All of these springs of any repute range 
 from 60 to 200 feet below the surface. With 
 the exception of the High Rock Spring, all 
 are tubed. 
 
 It is the duty of every scientific and medi- 
 cal writer interested in our city, to investigate, 
 write and make reports upon the history, prob- 
 able origin, chemical properties, the therapeuti- 
 cal value, and the medicinal importance of each 
 and every spring. In this manner a vast and 
 valuable fund of information can be collected 
 for the city, and for all coining here to use the 
 water for various forms of diseases. This 
 should have been done long before this, and the 
 benefits would have accrued to the town. It 
 has only been of recent date that the Odevene 
 Spring waters have been brought prominently 
 before the people, and its possibilities cannot 
 be estimated. The reason for this rapid growth 
 is the marvelous therapeutic action of the prop- 
 erties found in the water. It is only too fre- 
 quently stated by the wise and the unwise, the 
 learned and the unlearned, that these, as well 
 as all mineral waters, have no medicinal val- 
 ues, and the same results can be attained by 
 using artificially prepared waters. The argu- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ment only confirms the benefits arising from 
 the use of these waters as nature furnishes 
 them to us ; yet all differing in power as cath- 
 artics, laxatives, diuretics and elixir waters, as 
 discussed and taught in medical books. The 
 action of these same agents chemically pre- 
 pared, act upon the organs by irritation, caus- 
 ing secretion and elimination, while these same 
 agents in these mineral waters are natural to 
 the body, acting as powerful oxidizers of the 
 disintegrated or broken-down tissues, and 
 eliminating from the body by the different 
 organs, the waste matter. These waters, 
 charged with important elements, again fur- 
 nish the blood with powerful restoratives to 
 build up tissue, and to cure disease. That the 
 Odevene stimulates the liver secretion, and 
 acts as a cholagogue, we have abundance of 
 evidence. Those using it report the laxative 
 or cathartic effects, and the more rapid digestion 
 and relief from distress in the stomach. The 
 gastrointestinal irritability is relieved and 
 cured. The dark, swarthy complexion changed 
 to a ruddy, healthy color, and the whole sys- 
 tem, through the glandular organs is strength- 
 ened and invigorated. The weak and debili- 
 tated heart and arteries gain power and 
 strength. The nervous system .is electrified 
 and set going. To give a list of the dis- 
 eases influenced and cured by these waters 
 would take too much space, and would be 
 confusing. These mineral waters, like all 
 others, should be used by the sick under regular 
 and strict rules, and always under the care of 
 a physician or nurse, who have carefully in- 
 vestigated their use. Those in health need 
 no help, and are ready to testify to the benefits 
 derived from using the waters for bathing and 
 drinking. 
 
 The Odevene Spring is owned and operated 
 by the "Odevene Spring Company." It is lo- 
 cated east of the campus of the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, and a little west of die Olentangy 
 River, and near the junction of the C, C. C. 
 & St. L. Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Rail- 
 road. A company drilled this well int.. the 
 rock and struck this valuable thermal mineral 
 spring water at the depth of 400 feet. The 
 well is in the great lime nick strata, and the 
 
 sulphur component renders the water valuable 
 in many forms of disease. Their bottling 
 works are nearby the spring, where they work 
 a number of hands, washing the bottles, filling, 
 labeling and packing ready for shipping. They 
 have arranged for a portion of the water to 
 flow from the well, to accommodate the hun- 
 dreds of people who visit it daily for drinking 
 and other purposes. Over twenty thousand gal- 
 lons flow from the well daily. The medicinal 
 effects of the water have been thoroughly 
 tested, and endorsed, not only by the local 
 physicians, but by other leading physicians. 
 They prescribe it daily with the utmost confi- 
 dence to those of a sedentary habit, and to 
 those suffering from bilious disorders. The 
 water, containing the laxative salts, chloride 
 of sodium or common salt, bicarbonate of 
 magnesium, the chloride of magnesia, induce 
 effects that are mild, pleasant and certain, and 
 without irritating the intestinal tract, or im- 
 pairing the digestive functions; on the other 
 hand, promoting the appetite, and stimulating 
 digestion and assimilation. The chloride of 
 calcium acting powerfully upon the glands of 
 the skin, the kidneys, and the mucous mem- 
 brane, is an agent of great value as a curative 
 power. The various forms of eczema and the 
 enlargement of glands are cured when the 
 water is systematically used for drinking and 
 bathing. The same can be said of the White 
 and Black sulphur waters, as thousands of 
 people, who have for many years used them, 
 can testify. 
 
 We will speak also of the Magnetic 
 Springs, properly called Chalybeate Springs. 
 The Lenape Spring, owned by Mr. C. E. Hills, 
 has been analyzed and tested for years. The 
 ingredients contained in these waters are of 
 great benefit to the blood and the body. Many 
 chalybeate springs in this country, as well as 
 in Europe, are visited for the purpose of drink- 
 ing, bathing and treatment. Those at Rich- 
 mond, Va. ; Sharon, Pa. ; the Bedford, Brighton 
 and Cheltenham in Europe, where large num- 
 bers visit annually, are renowned. Yet the 
 chalybeate springs of our own city have nearly 
 the same chemical composition; and in addi- 
 tion, combine the valuable saline properties 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 39 
 
 making them of far more value as curative 
 agents than those mentioned. 
 
 That we may prove that what has been 
 said is true, we append the following analysis 
 of our springs, and a few of the most noted in 
 when the patient needs a tonic. 
 
 The Odevene natural spring water was 
 analyzed by the celebrated consulting and 
 analytical chemist, A. A. Brenneman, of New 
 York. He gives the following composition: 
 
 Temperature 60 degrees, density 10,040, total solid 
 375.11 per gallon. 
 
 Potassium Chloride , 18.65 g r - 
 
 Si idium Chloride 145-87 gr. 
 
 Lithium Chloride Traces 
 
 Calcium Chloride 15.26 gr. 
 
 Magnesium Chloride 55-93 gr. 
 
 Calcium Sulphate 102.47 g r - 
 
 Calcium Bicarbonate 33-S/ gr. 
 
 Magnesium Bicarbonate 2.64 gr. 
 
 Alumina and Iron 0.05 gr. 
 
 Silica 0.37 gr. 
 
 Ni 1 Organic Matter 
 
 Less the Carbonic acid and water of 
 
 Bicarbonates 361.32 gr. 
 
 The important gases spoken of before, and 
 of such vast importance in all mineral wa- 
 ters, are in large quantities in this spring : 
 
 Sulphuretted Hydrogen 2.924 per gal. 
 
 Nitrogen 5.810 per gal. 
 
 Oxygen 0.158 per gal. 
 
 By the analysis, we see the water, as stated, 
 is not only a strong mineral, but a highly saline 
 sulphuretted one. This chemist further says: 
 This sulphuretted hydrogen gas is entirely free, 
 no sulphide occurring in the water, except the 
 traces of sulphide of iron, and this in suspen- 
 sion. He says further, by way of compari- 
 son with other mineral waters, that this spring 
 is exceeded by only one other in sulphuretted 
 hydrogen gas. A United States gallon con- 
 tains in cubic inches as follows : 
 
 Weilbach well, Germany 1.161 
 
 Cave well, N. Y 2.754 
 
 White Sulphur well, N. Y 0.8*4 
 
 Florida well, N. Y 3765 
 
 Odevene well, Delaware, 2.924 
 
 Taking the analysis of these wells, we find 
 the Odevene of greater value in this gas and 
 its combinations in the curing (if disease, and 
 as a valuable mineral water. 
 
 The Lenape Magnetic Springs were known, 
 like the other springs, to the Indians long be- 
 fore the coming of the white man. The Lenni- 
 Lenape tribe of Indians camped in the vicinity 
 of these waters. 
 
 There are two of these springs only a few 
 feet apart, giving a discharge of 8,400 gallons 
 each day. Though so near together, the wa- 
 ters differ materially in their composition, as 
 will be seen in the analysis. Unlike the other 
 springs, it has a magnetic influence, making 
 it one of the marvels of nature. Its use in 
 various diseases has been carefully tested, and 
 found to be of great value. No. 1 acting on 
 the liver, kidneys and blood, while No. 2 acts 
 more directly upon stomach diseases and the 
 bowels, as well as on the blood. Having such 
 large quantities of iron, its use is especially 
 adapted to the diseases affecting the blood, or 
 when the patient needs a tonic. 
 
 No. 1 Lenape analysis is as follows : 
 
 Temperature 57 degrees, density 1.0520, total solid 
 per gallon 55.695. 
 
 Sodium Chloride V346 
 
 Calcium Chloride 0.634 
 
 Potash Sulphate r 334 
 
 Lime Sulphate 6.201 
 
 Magnesia Sulphate 0.934 
 
 Lime Bicarbonate 27.421 
 
 Magnesia Bicarbonate 15.211 
 
 Iron Oxide - i4 
 
 Silic a ! ' .054 
 
 Organic matter 004 
 
 Tttal 55.695 
 
 No. 2 Lenape analysis is as follows : 
 
 Temperature 57 degrees, density 1.0620. total solid 
 per gallon 40.64. 
 
 Sodium Chloride 2 . 1 5 
 
 Lime Sulphate j. I2 
 
 Magnesia 2 .?r 
 
 Magnesia Carbonate 12.U 
 
 Lime Carbonate 17 7 ! 
 
 Potassia Traces 
 
 Organic matter D .8l 
 
 Iron Oxide , T 
 
 Alumina Traces 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 When these waters have been used regu- 
 larly and systematically, they improve the se- 
 cretions and the appetite, relieve the decom- 
 position of food in the stomach, and stop the 
 eructation of gas, cure the diseased mucous 
 membranes, and stimulate the torpid liver and 
 intestine to action, build up the broken-down 
 corpuscles, and thus stimulate the whole or- 
 ganism. These waters being strongly anti- 
 acid, they combine with the gastric juices, and 
 act as a laxative and cathartic, and act most 
 beneficially on all cases of rheumatism. 
 
 The oldest and most famous spring is the 
 White Sulphur Spring on the campus of the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. Thousands of 
 students and visitors from all parts of the 
 United States and the world have the most 
 perfect knowledge of it, and are ready to give 
 testimony as to its value. How long it has 
 been flowing, tradition fails to tell. The rich, 
 sulphuretted odor of this, as well as of the 
 five others of the same nature, appearing along 
 the Delaware Run for two miles to the north- 
 west, can be detected long before reaching 
 the springs. The visitor, oil the first visit, 
 is disgusted and nauseated with the taste and 
 odor, which is so powerful; but after a few 
 visits he likes it, and many are found there 
 daily praising it in the highest terms. Daily, 
 hundreds are seen with vessels, drinking and 
 carrying the water away. 
 
 These sulphur springs are more bountifully 
 supplied with sulphuretted hydrogen and car- 
 bonic acid gases than any other springs in the 
 country. In each gallon of water can be 
 found 96 cubic inches of sulphuretted hydro- 
 gen gas, and 36 cubic inches of carbonic acid 
 gas. The large amount of chloride of sodium, 
 ami the different forms of chloride of lime. 
 compounded with magnesia, renders the water 
 most valuable as a powerful anti-acid, acting 
 to cure dyspepsia, toning up the mucous mem- 
 brane of the sti >mach and intestines, and restor- 
 ing the, digestion. They start tin- torpid liver, 
 and pancreatic and intestinal action, restoring 
 the digestion, and acting as a mild laxative 
 
 and cathartic. The composition of the 
 water also shows' diuretic properties, to 
 the beneficial influence of which on the kid- 
 neys many testify. Thus we find we have a 
 mild cathartic refrigerant, diuretic anti-acid, 
 and an anti-septic water, to bless and benefit 
 mankind, as found in but few other localities. 
 The gaseous products found in one gallon of 
 water by analysis : 
 
 Sulphuretted hydrogen gas.... 96 cubic inches 
 
 Carbonic acid gas 24 cubic inches 
 
 White Sulphur Spring of Delaware — temperature 
 60 degrees, density 1.0026, total solids; gases — Sulphur- 
 etted hydrogen 96, carbonic acid gas 24. 
 
 The deposit resulting from the evaporation 
 of several gallons of water from the White 
 Sulphur Springs was as follows : 
 
 Chloride of Sodium 48 gr 
 
 Calcium Sulphate 8 gr. 
 
 Calcium Bicarbonate 20 gr. 
 
 Sulphate Magnesium 16 gr. 
 
 Bicarbonate Magnesium 8 gr. 
 
 Carbonate of Soda 5 gr. 
 
 The sulphuretted springs known as the 
 C. O. Little Springs, west of the city, con- 
 taining white and black sulphur, are equally 
 valuable, but have never been analyzed. 
 
 These sulphuretted waters, possessing these 
 mineral substances and abundance of gases, 
 can be readily distinguished from the others 
 by the odor as well as by drinking. Those 
 found in Europe, and in various parts of the 
 United States, are far inferior to those in out- 
 locality. Those in Virginia and in Pennsyl- 
 vania do not conform to these in power of 
 medicinal influence. The famous Harrogate 
 Sulphur Spring has a density of 1.01113, and 
 a temperature of 48 degrees. The celebrated 
 Clifton Springs, of New York, to which so 
 many go annually, do not compare with either 
 the White Sulphur Springs or the Odevene 
 Springs of Delaware, yet it is classed with 
 the leading mineral springs of the world. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 INDIAN OCCUPATION. 
 
 Prehistoric Races- 
 
 -The Red Race — The Delawares — Relations Between the Settlers and the 
 Indians — War of 1812 — Anecdotes. 
 
 Delaware County may have been the home 
 of man before the glacial period. There seems 
 to be evidence, at least, that Ohio was occu- 
 pied by human beings prior to this great geo- 
 logical epoch. Paleoliths have been found in 
 the Little Miami Valley similar and under 
 similar conditions to those unearthed by Dr. 
 Abbott in the glacial terraces of the Delaware 
 River. As to whether pre-glacial man ever 
 had a home in Delaware County, however, in 
 our present state of knowledge, could be 
 nothing more than a matter of profitless specu- 
 lation. 
 
 That the Mound-Builder lived here there 
 is abundant evidence. The State of Ohio it- 
 self, from the standpoint of pre-historic oc- 
 cupation, is one of the most interesting por- 
 tions of the entire globe. In no other equal 
 area have so many of the Mound-Builder's 
 works, consisting of fortifications, effigies, 
 mi >unds, etc., been found. On this point we 
 quote from the recent work of Gerard Fowke 
 on the "Archeological History of Ohio." 
 "The total number of mounds in Ohio has been 
 estimated at ten thousand. This is probably 
 under rather than over the correct figure: for 
 while they are almost unknown in the north- 
 western counties and are comparatively scarce 
 in some parts of the rugged hill lands of the 
 south and southeast and along the main water- 
 sheds, there is scarcely a township in any other 
 part where they are not found. In the neigh- 
 borhood of every stream in the southern half 
 of the State, except some of those flowing 
 
 through rough or swampy country, the sur- 
 face is so dotted with them that signals could 
 be transmitted from one to another for a hun- 
 dred miles or more. There is scarcely a point 
 along the Scioto below Circleville, or on either 
 Miami in the lower half of its course, or in the 
 valley of any tributary to these streams, where 
 one may not be within a few minutes' ride 
 of some permanent evidence of alxiriginal 
 habitation. The same is true of the Cuyahoga 
 and some other rivers belonging to the Lake 
 Erie basin. On the summits of steep hills ; 
 in bottom lands subject to overflow, on every 
 terrace bordering a stream; on plateaus and 
 uplands ; wherever there is cultivable or na- 
 turally drained land, a good point of observa- 
 tion, an ample supply of water, a convenient 
 topography for trails — the Mound-Builder has 
 left his mark. Even in places where it would 
 seem a nomad would not care to go, except 
 as led by excitement or the necessities of the 
 chase, and then for as brief a time as possible, 
 such evidence is not lacking of pre-historic 
 residence, or, at least, sojourning."' 
 
 "The most notable mounds in the State 
 are: The Serpent Mound, in Adams County. 
 which is more than a thousand feet in length ; 
 Fort Ancient, in Warren County, the length 
 of whose surrounding embankment is about 
 five miles, and estimated to contain '128.800 
 cubic yards of material: Fort Hill, in High- 
 land County, enclosing an area of thirty-five 
 acres ; Graded Way, in Pike County : and for- 
 tifications at Newark covering - over a thou- 
 
42 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 sand acres. The largest mound in the State. 
 at Miami'sburg, is sixty-eight feet in height 
 and 800 feet in circumference at the base." 
 
 While Delaware County possesses none of 
 these more irryportant of the works of the 
 Mound-Builders, and while there is nothing 
 characteristic in the mounds and earthworks 
 found in the county to distinguish them from 
 those in many other parts of the State, yet there 
 are many interesting evidences that these peo- 
 ple once lived within the limits of the county. 
 In nearly every township are to be found 
 mounds and fortifications of various descrip- 
 tions, which, though fast becoming obliterated, 
 still remain to attest the activity of a people 
 whose character and history are shrouded in 
 the oblivion of the past. Many relics, such 
 as stone hammers, hatchets, flint arrow-heads, 
 spear-heads, pestles, pipes, and rleshers, have 
 been found at various times, and many inter- 
 esting collections have been made by citizens 
 of the county. In June of the year 1906, a 
 si >ciety known as The Delaware County Ar- 
 cheological and Historical Society was or- 
 ganized and incorporated by a number of citi- 
 zens who are interested in the collection and 
 perservation of relics of this character, as well 
 as in other matters pertaining to the archeo- 
 logy and history of the county, and there is 
 now in the possession of various members of 
 this organization a large number of relics 
 which, as soon as permanent quarters are se- 
 cured, will be open to the inspection of the 
 public. As illustrating something of the in- 
 terest which has been shown in matters of this 
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 versity there is also a large and very interest- 
 ing collection. 
 
 For the past quarter of a century little in 
 the way of archeological investigation has been 
 done in the county. There has been no sys- 
 tematic effort to investigate the various earth- 
 works that exist, and perhaps much that con- 
 cerns the character and habits of their build- 
 ers still lies hidden in the unexplored recesses 
 of the mounds themselves. The larger part 
 of the mounds within the county are to be 
 found in the southern portion and along the 
 Olentangy River. One of the most notable 
 is in the southwestern part of Orange Town- 
 ship on a farm now owned by Dr. Peasley. of 
 Columbus, and on the east bank of the Olean- 
 tangy. "It bears all the marks of having been 
 a fort, and with the river — and a large ravine 
 which enters the river at almost right angles — 
 forms a semicircle, or, more properly speaking, 
 a quadrant, and incloses something near ten 
 acres of ground. Several gateways, or open- 
 ings, in the wall surrounding it, which is of 
 earth, from five to eight feet high, are guarded 
 by mounds on the inside of the enclosure." 
 It is a misfortune that no scientific exploration 
 of this mound has ever been made as it would 
 undoubtedly be replete with interest for the 
 archeologist. On a farm belonging to A. E. 
 Goodrich, in Liberty Township, there is a 
 circular mound, perhaps forty or fifty feet in 
 diameter, which, until it had been largely ob- 
 literated by the cultivation of the land on which 
 it lies, was one of the most perfect works of 
 its kind to lie seen anywhere. There was an- 
 other mound on Mr. Goodrich's barn lot a 
 number of years ago, which has been entirely 
 removed. During the process of grading there 
 was found, some distance below the surface, 
 three skeletons in a good state of preservation.' 
 One of them was apparently that of a man 
 considerably above medium stature, while the 
 other two were smaller. 
 
 There is an ancient fortification located on 
 thi' cast side of the Olentangy about four 
 miles south of Delaware. Like the one farther 
 down the river, before mentioned as being 
 built at the intersection of a ravine with the 
 river, this one is likewise located between two 
 
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 ravines at the point of their intersection, about 
 half a mile from the river, and could have 
 been intended for no other purpose than that 
 of defence. The embankment with the ditch 
 outside of it contains about twenty acres. 
 "The height of the embankment is now about 
 five feet from the bottom of the ditcli and the 
 embankment itself is about five hundred feet 
 in length, with an opening or gateway near 
 the southern extremity. There seems to have 
 been a line of fortifications extending all along 
 the river for considerable distance, perhaps all 
 the way to the Scioto and thence to the 
 Ohio." ' 
 
 Mounds, mostly sepulchral, in addition to 
 those already mentioned, have been discovered 
 in various other parts of the county. In the 
 issue of the Delaware Herald for September 
 -'5' l &79> there is an account of a mound 
 which was evidently explored more thoroughly 
 than most of those which have been known to 
 exist here. "Saturday we were shown some 
 interesting relics consisting of a queen conch 
 shell, some isingglass (mica), and several 
 peculiarly shaped pieces of slate which were 
 found on the farm of Solomon Hill, Concord 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio. The 
 mound is situated on the banks of a rocky 
 stream. The nearest place where the queen 
 conch shell is found is on the coast of Florida ; 
 the isingglass in New York State, and the 
 slate in Vermont and Pennsylvania. Two 
 human skeletons were also found in the mound, 
 one about seven feet long, the other a child. 
 The shell was found at the left cheek of the 
 large skeleton. A piece of slate about one by 
 six inches was under the chin. The slate was 
 provided with two smooth holes, apparently 
 for the purpose of tying it to its position. An- 
 other peculiarly shaped piece, with one hole, 
 was on the chest, and another with some ising- 
 glass was on the left hand." In an article pre- 
 pared by Mr. R. E. Hills, of Delaware, a num- 
 ber of years ago, for a former county history, 
 he calls attention to several other mounds 
 which have been located from time to time, 
 particularly one on the "Broom Corn Farm" 
 in Troy Township, and another in Porter. In 
 both of these many interesting relics have been 
 
 found. In more recent years some very inter- 
 esting discoveries were made by Mr. Burgher 
 on his farm in Radnor Township, and. like 
 most of the others, on the bank of a stream, 
 though, in this case, it was the Scioto instead 
 of the Olentangy. They consisted mostly of 
 human skeletons, together with some parched 
 corn evidently deposited with the body at the 
 time of burial. 
 
 In the article of Mr. Hills before alluded 
 to, he gives an account of the investigations 
 made in certain mounds in the eastern part 
 of the county, and, inasmuch as they constitute 
 about the only efforts of a strictly scientific 
 character to discover the important features 
 and contents of mounds within the county, we 
 deem it worth while to quote this part of the 
 article in full. "A mound near Galena was 
 recently opened by Prof. John T. Short, of 
 the Ohio University, under the direction and 
 for the benefit of the Peabody Museum of 
 American Archeology and Ethnology ; and we 
 are under obligations to Prof. F. \V. Putnam, 
 curator of the Museum, for the privilege of 
 using Prof. Short's report in this connection, 
 and to Prof. Short himself for kindly fur- 
 nishing a copy of his report for this pur- 
 pose." 
 
 He says: "In the month of August, 1879, 
 the writer, in company with Mr. Eugene Lane 
 and Air. David Dyer, opened three mounds 
 in Delaware County, Ohio. Two of these 
 formed part of a system of mound works situ- 
 ated on the estate of Jacob Rhodes, Esq.. in 
 Genoa Township. * * * The peninsula 
 or tongue of land situated between Big Wal- 
 nut Creek and Spruce Run is an elevated area 
 having nearly perpendicular sides, washed by 
 the streams over a hundred feet below. The 
 central figure, the mound A (referring to a 
 plate) stands within a perfectly circular en- 
 closure B, measuring nearly 570 feet around. 
 Now it is but about three feet higher than the 
 natural level, but formerly was ten feet higher. 
 Its present owner reduced it by plowing it 
 down. The trench is inside of the enclosure, 
 and no doubt furnished the earth for both the 
 embankment and the mound. Its present 
 width is twenty-seven feet, and it was formerly 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 about seven feet deep. The circle has an 
 opening about twenty feet in width on the east, 
 from which a graded way of about the same 
 width, and probably 400 feet in length — no 
 doubt of artificial construction — affords a de- 
 scent at an angle of about thirty degrees to 
 the stream below. On the north side of the 
 entrance and continuous with the embankment, 
 is a small mound measuring ten feet in dia- 
 meter and four feet in height. It may have 
 served as a point of outlook into the deep ra- 
 vine below, as from it alone the entire length 
 of the graded way is visible. A shaft six feet 
 in diameter was sunk in this mound to a depth 
 of four and one-half feet, but we discovered 
 nothing that could be removed. Charcoal, a 
 few calcined animal bones, and burnt clay, were 
 all that was found. The large mound situated 
 in the center of the enclosure, measured sev- 
 enty-five feet through its major axis and sixty- 
 eight feet through its minor axis. Its present 
 height is about twelve feet above the natural 
 level, though the distance to the bottom of 
 the trench is three or four feet or more. It 
 is probable that the mound was perfectly 
 round, as its symmetry has no d<>ul>t been de- 
 stroyed, in part, by the removal from its sur- 
 face of about twenty-five wagon loads of flat 
 sandstones (each a foot square, more or less, 
 and about three inches thick) for the purpose 
 of walling neighboring cellars. The stones 
 were brought from the ravine below and made 
 a complete covering for the mound. Extend- 
 ing out from the mound on the west, the re- 
 
 mains of a 
 
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 crescent-shaped platform. 
 
 twenty-five feet across at its greatest width. 
 are still visible. A small excavation was made 
 four years ago in the top of the mound, by the 
 son of the present owner, but the digging was 
 abandoned before any depth was reached or 
 anything was discovered. I excavated the 
 mound by causing a trench four feet wide to 
 be dug from the northern side of the mound 
 to its center. * * * A single layer of 
 flat stones, like those on the outside of the 
 mound, was found to start at the base and 
 to cover what at one time mu>t have been re- 
 garded as its finished surface. At the center 
 this inner layer of stones was situated about 
 
 three feet below the present surface of the 
 mi und. This was the only trace of stratifica- 
 tion observable in the structure and is sug- 
 gestive of the section given by Squier and 
 Davis to illustrate stratification in altar 
 mounds. Aside from this, the indications were 
 distinct that the earth had been dumped down 
 in small basket- or bag-fulls. This is con- 
 firmatory of the observations of Prof. E. B. 
 Andrews in the mounds of southern Ohio. 
 * * * On the undisturbed surface of the 
 ground, at the center of the mound, I un- 
 covered a circular bed of ashes eight feet in 
 diameter and about six inches in thickness. 
 The ashes were of a reddish clay color, except 
 that through the center of the bed ran a seam 
 or layer of white ashes — no doubt calcined 
 bones, as at the outer margin of the bed in 
 one or two instances the forms of the bones 
 was traceable, but so calcined that they pos- 
 sessed no consistency when touched or un- 
 covered. Ranged in a semicircle around the 
 eastern margin of the ash heap, were several 
 pieces of pottery, all broken, probably in the 
 construction of the mound or by its subsequent 
 settling. The pottery was exceedingly brittle 
 and crumbled rapidly after exposure. It was 
 almost impossible to recover any fragments 
 larger than the size of the hand, though a 
 couple of pieces were taken out which indi- 
 cated that the size of the vessel to which they 
 belonged was much larger than any which to 
 my knowledge have been taken from Ohio 
 mounds; it was probably twelve or fourteen 
 inches in height. The vessel was ornamented 
 with a double row of lozenge or diamond- 
 shaped figures. * * Although the dec- 
 oration on these vessels 1 produced by a pointed 
 tool before the clay was baked) indicated an 
 attempt at art of a respectable order, the ma- 
 terial employed was nothing more than coarse 
 clay and pounded sandstone — instead of 
 pounded shells, as is more frequentlv the case. 
 However, numerous fragments of finer work- 
 manship were taken out. Evidently an attempt 
 had been made to glaze the vessel. I could not 
 help being impressed with the thought that 
 the mound marked the site where cremation 
 or possibly sacrifice had been performed, 
 
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 * * * About 300 yards southwest of the 
 mound just described are the remains of a 
 circular enclosure 300 feet in diameter. The 
 embankment has been reduced by plowing un- 
 til it is now scarcely two feet in height. The 
 precipitous sides of both the Big Walnut and 
 Spruce Run render an ascent at this point im- 
 possible. The circle is visible from the mound 
 and is possibly an intermediate link between 
 the mound and another system lying west at 
 a point two miles distant. 
 
 "On the estate of E. Phillips, Esq., one 
 mile south of Galena, in the same count}-, I 
 opened a mound of 165 feet in circumferance 
 and about four feet in height. * * * Xo 
 bones nor pottery were found. * * * Mr. 
 Dyer states that about a couple of years ago 
 a large mound, measuring seventy feet in dia- 
 meter and fifteen feet in height, constructed 
 entirely of stone, and situated on the farm of 
 Isaac Brimberger, three miles south of Ga- 
 lena, was partly removed by its owner fi >r the 
 purpose of selling the stone. Immediately 
 under the center of the mound and below the 
 natural level, a vault was discovered. The sides 
 and roof of the mound consisted of oak and 
 walnut timbers, averaging six inches in dia- 
 meter and still covered with bark. * * * 
 The timbers were driven perpendicularly into 
 the ground around the quadrangular vault 
 while others were laid across the top for a roof. 
 Over all the skin of some animal had been 
 stretched. Inside of the vault were the re- 
 mains, apparently, of three persons, one a child, 
 and fragments of a coarse cloth made of 
 vegetable fiber and animal hair. * * * 
 The preservation of the wood is due, probably, 
 to the presence of water, with which the vault 
 seems to have been filled." 
 
 Mr. Hills, in his able article, states the fol- 
 lowing conclusions with regard to the Mound- 
 Builders in Delaware County : "Our knowl- 
 edge of the other remains in the county is 
 meager, but enough is known to enable us to 
 classify it with the other counties bordering 
 the Scioto River to the Ohio. It appears to 
 have been near the northeast corner of the ter- 
 ritory of the race which occupied Ohio. Indi- 
 ana and Illinois, as the most of the permanent 
 
 works discovered have been south and west of 
 here, although many fine specimens of im- 
 plements have been found in Marion County. 
 north of Delaware." 
 
 As was previously stated, for many years 
 practically no effort at systematic investiga- 
 tion of the mounds, or any one of them, in 
 the county has been made, and little can be 
 added to what was set forth at the time Mr. 
 Hills prepared his article. In the year 1897 
 a visit was again made to the Galena mounds 
 by the curator of the State Museum and to 
 various other points of archeological interest 
 in the county, but his report contains little 
 that would add to the information already in 
 our possession. We give, however, the sum- 
 mary of the present knowledge possessed re- 
 garding the mounds and other matters of ar- 
 cheological interest relative to Delaware 
 County as it appears in the seventh volume of 
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 The Mound-Builders have long since passed 
 away. Aside from the earthworks which they 
 constructed and the relics found within them, 
 no source of information remains to us by 
 which to determine anything as to their char- 
 acter, history, or fate. Even the Indians 
 themselves had practically no traditions con- 
 cerning them. All the research and investi- 
 gation that has been made has led to no defi- 
 nite or reliable conclusions. Theories have 
 been propounded only to be discredited by 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 later discoveries. Whether the Mound-Build- 
 ers were a race distinct in themselves, ulti- 
 mately conquered and exterminated by the 
 Indians, or whether they were simply the pro- 
 genitors of the Indian tribes, are questions 
 which remain unanswered and are destined, 
 perhaps, always to be so. 
 
 THE RED RACE. 
 
 Of the successors to the Mound-Builders, 
 In iwever, considerably more is known. In- 
 deed it has not been much over a hundred 
 years since the only residents of Delaware 
 County were the red men, and a hundred years 
 is a period comparatively brief when we con- 
 sider the length of time that has elapsed since 
 the date where historical knowledge begins. 
 It is scarcely correct, however, to speak of 
 the Red Men as residents. The term implies 
 a more permanent attachment to a locality than 
 could be attributed to them. With their no- 
 madic habits, they were not long confined to a 
 single place, and we find the various tribes 
 wandering over widely extended areas. 
 
 When the white man first came to the Ohio 
 Valley he found a number of tribes inhabiting 
 the Northwest Territory. Among those which 
 are known to have been in the region which is 
 now Delaware County there were the Dela- 
 wares. Shawnees, Mingoes, Wyandots, Sene- 
 cas, and perhaps others. Since the first of 
 these have given the county its name, and are 
 known to have had a more permanent location 
 here than some of the others, it is not inap- 
 propriate to give some accounts of their char- 
 acter and history. 
 
 The Delawares took their name from the 
 Delaware River on the banks of which they 
 were located when first discovered by the Euro- 
 peans, and which, in turn, took its name from 
 Lord De la Wane, who first explored it. 
 Their real name, however, was Lenni Lenape. 
 While this name is usully interpreted to mean 
 "original men." it is stated by Drake in his 
 edition of Schoolcraft's book on the Ameri- 
 can Indians that the orthography does not 
 justify the assertion. "Lenni is 'the same as 
 Illini in the Illinois and Iiuiiui in the Chip- 
 
 pewa, the consonants / and n and the vowels 
 o and i being interchangeable in the Algonkin. 
 Lenape is in the same language, and, under the 
 same rule, the equivalent of inabi and iabi, a 
 male. The true meaning is "manly men" — a 
 name involving a harmless boast. 
 
 According to the traditions of the Lenni 
 Lenape, their organization antedated that of 
 most of the other Indian tribes. They regarded 
 themselves as having occupied in former ages 
 a pre-eminent position for prowess, valor and 
 wisdom. They pointed to a "Golden Age" 
 in the remote past when their claims to su- 
 periority over the other tribes was recognized 
 in the term "Grandfather," which these tribes 
 applied to them. The Iroquois were called 
 by the Lenni Lenape, "Uncle," which the Iro- 
 quois reciprocated by calling the Lenni Le- 
 nape, "Nephew." The other tribes were 
 called by them "Brother" or "Younger 
 Brother." When the Delawares were subdued 
 by the Iroquois in after years, these traditions 
 of their former greatness, from which they 
 had fallen, rested heavily in their memories. 
 
 It was a further tradition among the Dela- 
 wares that they had once occupied the western 
 part of the country, but, crossing the Missis- 
 sippi, had gradually moved eastward until they 
 had taken up a more permanent abode on the 
 river which gave them their English name. In 
 the course of their migration eastward they 
 bad exterminated the Allegans who occupied 
 the principal ranges of the Allegheny Moun- 
 tains. They had formed an alliance with the 
 Iroquois by whom they were afterward sub- 
 dued and reduced to "women." Whatever 
 truth there may have been in their traditions, 
 however, when the European settler came, 
 they were found on the banks of the Dela- 
 ware. The Dutch carried on a friendly traf- 
 fic with them, exchanging for the skins of 
 animals the superior products of European art 
 and manufacture. 
 
 In 1682 William Penn. the great Quaker, 
 who believed that the rules of justice applied 
 to dealings with the Indians as well as other 
 races, came to the American shore. Instead 
 of seeking to eject the Delawares from their 
 lands by sheer force of superior prowess, he 
 
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 met them in friendly intercourse and negoti- 
 ated with them a treaty by which he bought 
 their lands, and by which both parties agreed 
 that the same moral law should apply to both 
 races alike. This treaty was kept unbroken by 
 the Delawares for sixty years. So favorable 
 was the impression made upon them by Penn's 
 fairness that the name "Quaker" came, with 
 them, to be synonymous with "good men." 
 
 At the time of the treat}- with I'enn, how- 
 ever, or shortly afterwards, the Delawares 
 were brought into subjection to the Iroquois. 
 At the Lancaster treaty in 1744. in the presence 
 of a large assembly of tribes, the Iroquois de- 
 nied the right of the Delawares to sell their 
 lands. "Canassatego, an Iroquois chief, up- 
 braided them in public council for some for- 
 mer act of this kind. Speaking in a strain of 
 mixed irony and arrogance, he told them not 
 to reply to his words but to leave the council 
 in silence. He peremptorily ordered them to 
 quit the section of country where they then 
 resided and to move to the banks of the Sus- 
 quehanna." Accordingly, the Delawares, 
 cowed into submission, left the banks of the 
 Delaware where their home had been for many 
 years and turned to the West, from which, 
 according to their traditions, they had formerly 
 come. It is said that at the opening of the 
 Revolution the Delawares shook off the Iro- 
 quois yoke and that, a few years later, at a 
 public council, the Iroquois admitted that they 
 were "no longer women." 
 
 The Delawares first settled on the Susque- 
 hanna, in their western migration. Here, how- 
 ever, they were subject to the constant in- 
 trusion of the white settlers, as well as the 
 aggressions of the Iroquois. Proceeding west- 
 ward they took up their abode along the 
 Muskingum, and later on the Auglaize in 
 Northwestern Ohio, and while here they took 
 part in the various wars which have been men- 
 tioned in the preceding chapter. They were 
 represented at St. Clair"s defeat and at the 
 battle of "Fallen Timber," and afterwards 
 participated in the treaty at Greenville. They 
 were faithful to the United States during the 
 War of 1812. resisting all the overture- of 
 
 the British to again take up arms against the 
 Americans. 
 
 From Ohio they removed to the White 
 River, a branch of the Wabash, in Indiana. 
 Later, as the advancing frontier of civiliza- 
 tion encroached upon their territory, they 
 ceded their lands and removed, for the most 
 part, to a tract in Missouri which had for- 
 merly been granted to them jointly with the 
 Shawnees by the Spanish. From here they 
 again migrated to Kansas, locating on the 
 Kansas and Missouri rivers. Finally, they re- 
 moved to Indian Territory, where they now 
 reside, and occupy a reservation in conjunction 
 with the Cherokee Nation. Their present 
 number is about 1.750. In the War of the 
 Rebellion the Delawares enlisted one hundred 
 and seventy-two men for the Union army, out 
 of a population of two hundred males. They 
 officered their own companies and made good 
 soldiers in every respect. 
 
 It was to the tribe of the Delawares that 
 the band of Moravian converts belonged, 
 wdiose shameful massacre at Gnadenhutten is 
 one of the foulest blots that stains the annals 
 of our early history. The Moravian Mission- 
 aries, Count Zinzendorf and Heckewelder. had 
 labored with great success among the Indian 
 tribes. Their first converts were made in New 
 York and Connecticut. Owing to the preju- 
 dice of the English, however, in 1747 the mis- 
 sion was transferred from Shickomico, in 
 Dutchess County. New York, to Bethlehem 
 on the Susquehanna. Here was established an 
 Indian colony, free from all the savage vices 
 that characterized the other Indian tribes. 
 They cultivated the land and abstained 
 from participation in the Indian wars 
 
 that raged 
 
 along the frontier from 
 
 Quebec to New Orleans. It was the 
 misfortune of these Delaware Indians 
 to fall under the suspicion of the English as 
 being in sympathy with the French. Their 
 doctrines of peace met with little response 
 from the other Indian tribes or even from the 
 rough white settlers on the border. In conse- 
 quence they were subjected to constant perse- 
 cution from both the whites and the red men. 
 Forced from the Susquehanna they took up 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 their abode on the waters of the Muskingum. 
 Here, as before, they addressed themselves to 
 the peaceful pursuits of agriculture and graz- 
 ing. They were allowed to remain unmolested 
 until the war for independence broke out. 
 When this occurred they found themselves be- 
 tween Fort Pitt and Detroit, a British and an 
 American stronghold. They could not under- 
 stand the struggle and refused to join the war- 
 like parties that passed through their territories 
 or to ally themselves with either of the belliger- 
 ent forces. Their attitude only served to create 
 suspicion. The white frontiersmen, accus- 
 tomed only to the savage side of the Indian 
 nature, could not understand that any other 
 could exist. The Indians themselves were, for 
 the most part, incapable of appreciating the 
 doctrines of peace and non-resistance believed 
 in and adhered to by these innocent .Moravian 
 converts. At length a Wyandot war party, 
 no doubt instigated by the white renegades, 
 Girty, Elliott and McKee, appeared on the 
 Muskingum and compelled the peaceful Dela- 
 wares to remove to Sandusky. Many of their 
 cattle and hogs were killed and the inhabitants 
 of three towns, numbering between three ami 
 four hundred, were removed, leaving behind 
 the fields which they had cultivated and the 
 homes and chapels which they had erected. 
 
 After living at Sandusky for a year the 
 Delawares were permitted to return to the 
 Muskingum. The settlers on the Monon- 
 gahela looked on this return as a hostile 
 movement. The British posts at the Maumee, 
 Detroit and Michilimacinac had not yet been 
 surrendered, and it was known that the Indian 
 tribes throughout the Northwest still mani- 
 fested tin- most bitter hostility towards the 
 white settlers, shown later by the fierce strug- 
 gles with St. Clair and Wayne. Almost any 
 kind of a pretext would have sufficed, how- 
 ever, to provoke an attack on the Moravians, 
 in view of the prejudice which existed against 
 them. On their return to the Muskingum a 
 company, headed by Colonel Williamson, de- 
 termined to exterminate them. Gnadenhutten, 
 Salem and one or two other settlements were 
 taken. "Cnder deceitful promises the Indi- 
 ans gave up all their arms, showed the whites 
 
 their treasures, and went unknowingly to a 
 terrible death. When apprised of their fate, 
 determined upon by a majority of the rangers, 
 they begged only time to prepare. They were 
 led two by two. the men into one and the 
 women and children into another 'slaughter- 
 house,' as it was termed, and all but two lads 
 were wantonly slain. * * * Some of 
 Williamson's men wrung their hands at their 
 cruel fate and endeavored, by all the means in 
 their power, to prevent it, but all to no pur- 
 pose." 
 
 It was shortly after this inhuman massacre 
 that the ill-fated expedition of Colonel Craw- 
 ford against the Wyandots took place. Per- 
 haps aroused to the fiercest spirit of revenge 
 by the massacre of their brethren, even though 
 they could not sympathize with their spirit, the 
 Wyandots apparently sought to wreak ven- 
 geance on Colonel Crawford and party. Alter 
 completely routing them and capturing Colonel 
 Crawford with a number of the party, they 
 burnt Colonel Crawford at the stake after sub- 
 jecting him to the crudest tortures that all 
 their devilish ingenuity could devise. 
 
 The Indians probably had several villages 
 within the present limits of Delaware County. 
 Little is known regarding any of them, how- 
 ever, beyond what is stated by Howe in his 
 History. Two villages are there mentioned 
 as having been located mostly within the pres- 
 ent limits of the City of Delaware and belong- 
 ing to the Delaware Nation. One of them 
 occupied the ground near what is now the east 
 end of William Street and on the Delaware 
 Run. It is probable that the spot on which 
 Monnett Hall now stands was once dotted with 
 Indian wigwams. The other village was in 
 the west end of the present city. A corn field 
 of 400 acres is said to have been cultivated. 
 There is also a tradition that a battle was once 
 fought on the Delaware Run between the 
 Delawares and the Shawnees. It is known that 
 the red men were attracted to the vicinity of 
 Delaware in vast numbers by the famous sul- 
 phur spring located on what is now the Uni- 
 versity campus. This spring was called "Medi- 
 cine Waters" by the Indians. There was also 
 a village belonging to the Mingoes located a 
 
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 49 
 
 short distance north of Delaware in Troy 
 Township. 
 
 RELATIONS BETWEEN SETTLERS AND INDIANS. 
 
 Delaware County was included within the 
 territory ceded to the United States under the 
 terms of the famous Greenville treaty, made 
 "ii the 2nd of August. 1795. It was not long 
 after that time that the permanent location of 
 the Delawares and other tribes in Delaware 
 County ceased. 'With the coming of the white 
 man and the alienation of their title to the 
 land, they betook themselves further north to 
 the territory that was reserved for them. They 
 often visited the county afterwards, however, 
 h ) hunt and to fish in its streams, and to trade 
 with the white settlers, and many interesting 
 experiences with them were related by the 
 early pioneers. Their intercourse with the 
 whites was. almost without exception, of a 
 friendly character, though it is said that many 
 of the early settlers entertained towards them 
 an inveterate hatred and did not consider it 
 really criminal to kill them. "They brought 
 cranberries, maple sugar (sometimes mixed 
 with meal ) and molasses in coon-skins, to sell 
 to the whites. * * * Cranberries were a 
 great article of commerce with the Indians 
 and a drove of fifty ponies, laden with this 
 fruit, has been seen to pass through Delaware 
 at one time, going to Columbus and other 
 points south." They would resort to any de- 
 vice to satisfy their native thirst for "fire- 
 water." It is related that an Indian came late 
 one evening to the house of Colonel Byxbe. 
 Delaware's founder, and demanded that a keg 
 which he had with him should be filled with 
 whiskey. Mrs. Byxbe was the only occupant 
 of the house at the time. She went to the 
 room used as a bar ( the house itself being a 
 tavern ) . struck a light and suddenly dis- 
 covered that she was surrounded by aboul 
 twenty natives of the forest. On the promise 
 of the red men that they would leave the place 
 quietly, however, when the purpose of their 
 coming had been accomplished, the fearless 
 woman led the way to the cellar where she 
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 filled their keg, after which they departed in 
 accordance with their proi 
 
 While Delaware Count}' was never the 
 scene of any of the great battles fought with 
 the Indian tribes, while it was never so much 
 as invaded by the red men with hostile pur- 
 pose, after the coming of the white settlers 
 yet the inborn savagery of the Indian nature 
 could not but be a source of constant appre- 
 hension to the pioneer so long as these natives 
 of the forest remained in close proximity to 
 bis settlements. As we have said, the inter- 
 course of the whites with _the Indians was, for 
 the most part, friendly; but, should circum- 
 stances arise to call it forth there was always 
 the danger that the white man might become 
 the prey of the Indian's uncurbed savagery. 
 An incident is related in the early history of 
 Troy Township illustrative of the dangers 
 which might arise. The Delawares and 
 Wyandots, who frequented the locality, sent a 
 war party into Pennsylvania to commit depre- 
 dations upon the inhabitants. Among others, 
 they captured a young white girl and started 
 for their camp on Clear Run in Troy Town- 
 ship. A part}- of whites, among whom were 
 two brothers of the captured girl, organized to 
 pursue them. They followed the Indians to 
 a point on the Olentangy River north 01 
 Delaware, where the old stone mill is situated, 
 but here they seemed to lose all trace of the 
 Indian band. ' They were about to give up 
 their pursuit as hopeless when one of the party 
 happened to notice smoke ascending above the 
 trees a mile or two farther north. Cau- 
 tiously approaching the spot they suddenly 
 came upon the savages and drove them into 
 the woods, rescuing the captured girl un- 
 harmed. This incident took place on what has 
 since been known as the Crystal Springs Farm, 
 owned by Air. Chauncy Hills. 
 
 \\ e have alluded to the hatred which many 
 of the early settlers entertained towards the 
 Indians. In this connection we quote two 
 incidents related in "Howe's History." "One 
 time, after the last war, a dead Indian was 
 seen floating down the Scioto on two logs, 
 lashed together, having his gun and all his 
 accoutrements with him. He had been shot 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and the people believed the murderer was 
 George Shannon, who had been in service 
 considerably during the war. and who one 
 time went out, not far from Lower Sandusky, 
 with a small company, fell in with a party of 
 warriors and had to retreat. He lingered be- 
 hind until he shot and killed one. As sm.hi 
 as he tired, several Indians sprang forward to 
 catch him alive, but, being swift on foot, he 
 could easily keep ahead, when he suddenly 
 came to an open field across which he had to 
 run or be cut off. The Indians gained the first 
 side just as he was leaping the fence on the 
 other, and fired at him, one ball entering his 
 hip. He staunched the blood by stuffing the 
 hole with a portion of his shirt, that they 
 might not track him, and crawled into the 
 brush, but they gave up the chase, thinking 
 they had not hit him, and being convinced of 
 his superior neetness. Shannon got into camp 
 and was conveyed home, but he was always 
 lame afterwards and fostered an unrelenting 
 desire for vengeance towards the whole race, 
 not excepting the innocent and the harmless. 
 "A^ late as 1820 two Indians were mur- 
 dered on Fulton's Creek (Thompson Town- 
 ship). A party came down there to hunt, as 
 was customary with them every fall, and Henry 
 Swartz ordered them off. They replied, "No, 
 the land belongs to the white man — the game 
 to the Indian." and insisted that they were 
 friends and ought not to be disturbed. A few 
 days after two of their number were missing, 
 ' and they hunted the entire country over with- 
 out finding them, and at last found evidence 
 of human bones where there had been a fire, 
 and immediately charged Swartz with killing 
 and burning them. They threatened venge- 
 ance "ii him, and for several years he had to 
 be constantly on his guard to prevent being 
 waylaid. It was never legally investigated. 
 but the neighbors all believed that Swartz. 
 aided probably by Ned Williams, murdered 
 and disposed of them in the manner the Indi- 
 ans suspected, and at one time talked of driv- 
 ing them out of the settlement. Thev were 
 considered bad men and never prospered after- 
 wards." 
 
 When the war of 1812 broke out, there 
 was great apprehension on the part of the set- 
 tlers lest the county would be invaded by the 
 Indians. The county itself, being just south 
 of the Greenville treaty line, was one of the 
 border counties. Accordingly steps were im- 
 mediately taken by the inhabitants for its pro- 
 tection. There seems to have been at least 
 four block-houses erected within the limits of 
 the county. One of these was at Norton, one 
 in Kingston Township, another in Berlin 
 Township and another in Delaware. Inas- 
 much as it was nearest the border, the one at 
 Norton was, perhaps, of most importance, and 
 was the largest of any. It was known by the 
 name of Fort Morrow, and was built in a dense 
 fi nest unbroken for miles around. The fol- 
 lowing description will undoubtedly be of in- 
 terest. 
 
 "The fort consisted of two block-houses 
 situated short distance from each other, in 
 direction northeast by southwest. Between the 
 two was the brick tavern of Nathaniel Wyatt. 
 The whole was surrounded by a palisade of 
 strong oaken timbers substantially set in the 
 ground and then sharpened on the top. One 
 of the blockhouses was built by the citizens 
 of round logs. The first story was run up to a 
 height of about eight feet, and the second was 
 made to project over that of the first about 
 four feet. The floor of this projection had 
 small openings or port-holes thus enabling 
 those inside to better defend against a close 
 attack or attempt to set the structure on fire 
 by the besieging party. The upper story con- 
 tained embrasures so arranged that rifles 
 could be discharged in any direction. The door 
 was composed of three-inch plank, double 
 barred across and upright. To test it, a volley- 
 was fired into it at short range. In the story 
 below slept the children and above the grown 
 people stood sentry. The other was built by 
 the government and did not differ materially 
 from that built by the citizens, except that the 
 logs were hewn and the structure more com- 
 pactly built." The words "Fort Morrow" 
 were painted in great, red letters on one of the 
 logs in the southwest corner. 
 
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 The block-house in Kingston Township 
 was located at the intersection of the north and 
 south road, known as the Sunbury Road, with 
 the Mansfield Road, the place being known as 
 Starks' Corners. At the time of the war of 
 181 2, there were no settlements to the north 
 of the Kingston colony, and it was deemed ne- 
 cessary to take this precaution against pos- 
 sible incursions of the Indians. Its use never 
 became necessary, however, save at the time of 
 "Drake's defeat," when the settlers were scared 
 into it for a brief period. 
 
 "Drake's defeat" was in itself responsible 
 f( ir the erection of the block-house in Berlin 
 Township. After the panic caused by this 
 rather ludicrous incident, the settlers there de- 
 termined not to take chances for the future. 
 Accordingly there was erected just south of 
 where the roads cross near Cheshire, a struc- 
 ture of hewed logs, the building having two 
 stories the upper projecting over the lower, 
 and being forty feet square. The only aper- 
 ture in the lower story was closed by a door 
 made of a double thickness of three-inch 
 planks, barred and cross-barred. In the upper 
 story were rifle embrasures and convenient 
 openings in the floor of the projection which 
 could be used for defence in case of a close 
 attack. After the fort had been stocked with 
 ammunition and provisions it offered a compar- 
 atively secure retreat in the event of an attack 
 from hostle Indians. There was at least one 
 occasion on which most of the settlers betook 
 themselves to it for protection from an expected 
 onset, but the alarm proved to be groundless. 
 The structure was afterwards used as a school- 
 house. 
 
 The blockhouse in Delaware was located 
 (Hi the northeast corner of Sandusky and Wil- 
 liam Streets. The structure was not origin- 
 ally intended for a blockhouse, being a one- 
 story brick building which had been used for 
 a store. Around this a high palisade of strong 
 puncheons was constructed. 
 
 While it was no more than a matter of 
 reasonable precaution that these various 
 strongholds of defence should have been con- 
 structed, yet there seems never to have been 
 anv real occasion for their use. The known 
 
 hostility of certain tribes, however, and their 
 sympathy with the British, were amply suffi- 
 cient to give ground for the apprehensions of 
 the early settlers during the War of 1812. 
 Living as we do in an age when civilization has 
 long since thrust the red man far out to our 
 western country, and in large measure tamed 
 his savage nature, when it is difficult to even 
 imagine our locality as an unbroken forest 
 whose only human occupants were savages, 
 we perhaps cannot appreciate the real dangers 
 which our pioneer fathers encountered, and 
 the real fearlessness which they exhibited when 
 they took the first steps towards opening the 
 way for the advance of civilization. The dan- 
 gers, were, nevertheless, real, and their bravery 
 as great as that which has characterized any 
 effort ever put forth by human kind. Dela- 
 ware County was never actually invaded and 
 with the termination of the "second war for 
 independence" the fear of Indian incursions, 
 for the most part, ceased. 
 
 We have several times alluded to "Drake's 
 defeat." This event, famous in local annals, 
 was for years after its occurrence, mentioned 
 by the inhabitants of the county in much the 
 same manner as other localities will refer to 
 the time of their "great flood," or fire, or hur- 
 ricane, or some other equally disastrous visita- 
 tion. While, as it developed, the Indians were 
 in reality altogether innocent in the matter, 
 yet. since it would not have taken place had 
 it not been for the constant apprehension of 
 Indian depredations, the narrative of its oc- 
 curence would seem to properly belong in this 
 somewhat brief account of the relations which 
 the early settlers sustained towards the red 
 men. 
 
 After Hull's surrender in the War of 1812 
 there was nothing to prevent the Indians from 
 making hostile raids on the northern frontier. 
 Inasmuch as Delaware County was directly on 
 the border, there was, as we have already men- 
 tioned, ample occasion for dread on the part 
 of the settlers. Lower Sandusky was threat- 
 ened with attack, and a company was organ- 
 ized by Captain William Drake, in the northern 
 part of the county, to march to its assistance. 
 On their first night out they encamped a few 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 miles north of the settlement at Norton. Cap- 
 tain Drake was something of a practical joker. 
 It is probable, too, that he wished to test the 
 courage of his men. After the men had all 
 become securely wrapped in the embrace of 
 Morpheus he quietly stole out into the bushes. 
 Here he suddenly discharged his gun and came 
 running frantically into camp crying, "Indi- 
 an^! Indians!" at the top of his voice. A plat 
 of ground had been designated the night be- 
 fore on which the company would form in case 
 of attack. Here the more courageous of the 
 band attempted to draw themselves up in bat- 
 tle array to resist the coming onslaught, the 
 sentinels having previously taken up the cry 
 of Indians, supposing that the original alarm 
 proceeded from one of their own number. 
 
 Captain Drake, soon perceiving the con- 
 sternation and confusion into which his ruse 
 had thrown the company, and fearing that 
 they might all disgrace themselves by a pre- 
 cipitate flight, quickly proclaimed the hoax and 
 attempted to quiet the panic which he had 
 created. There was a lieutenant in the com- 
 pany, however, who, not waiting for any fu- 
 ture developments or willing to risk even the 
 chance of the most hasty investigations, took 
 to his heels with all the expedition which the 
 tear of being immediately scalped would na- 
 turally occasion. In his mad flight the shouts 
 of his companions attempting to recall him 
 were transformed by his imagination into 
 the blood-curdling warwhoop of Indian sav- 
 ages. As he increased the distance between 
 himself and the others who endeavored to re- 
 strain him, and the sound of their voices died 
 away, it was only so much evidence that they 
 had all succumbed to the tomahawk and scalp- 
 ing knife of the red men. This, at any rate, was 
 the story which he broughl to the Radnor set- 
 tle! i lent at which he arrived at daybreak, his 
 flight having taken him in this direction, al- 
 though he had intended to make for his home 
 south of the place where the company had en- 
 camped for the night. 
 
 The horrible tale of wholesale massacre 
 soon had its effect on the settler- at Radnor. 
 The community was thrown into a panic ami 
 preparations were begun for immediate flight. 
 
 The story was communicated by each one to 
 his neighbor, and. no doubt, lost nothing of 
 its grewsome details in the telling. On foot, 
 on horse-hack, in wagons, by any method that 
 offered the easiest and quickest means of 
 escape, the people lied from their impending 
 doom. The same scene was repeated in most 
 of the other settlements to which the news 
 of the "massacre" was communicated. The 
 mob of frenzied fugitives struck Delaware just 
 a little after sunrise. In their mad haste they 
 did it it take time to stop for the communica- 
 tion of details but simply cried out as they 
 rushed along, "The Indians are upon us!" 
 While great alarm was immediately manifested 
 in the village yet it is said that not a great 
 number of the villagers joined in the flight. 
 They at once betook themselves to the. forti- 
 fications, however, and took immediate steps 
 to put the community in a state of defence. 
 Set mts were sent out to ascertain the truth 
 of the reports. At Norton they found the 
 people quietly engaged in their usual occupa- 
 tions. It was too late, however, to reach many 
 of whose who had fled. 
 
 The demoralization spread to the eastern 
 part of the county. Most of the settlers, not 
 stopping to question the truth of the reports, 
 prepared for flight. Swollen streams and vari- 
 ous other obstacles, that, under ordinary cir- 
 cumstances would have seemed insurmount- 
 able, apparently offered no impediment to es- 
 cape. Women, ordinarily timid, under the ex- 
 citement of the hour, became brave as lions. 
 Many ludicrous stories are related of incon- 
 gruities on the part of the panic-stricken set- 
 tlers in the preparations they made for flight. 
 Articles of clothing and food were indiscrim- 
 inately jumbled together. One woman, after 
 wrapping a package of tallow candles in her 
 silk dress stowed it away in the bottom of a 
 wagon. The result can easily be imagined. 
 Another, after the panic was over, found a 
 hag containing pies, bread and various other 
 articles of food together with a pair of old 
 hoots, in a confused mass, stored away for 
 an emergency. A family named Penrv drove 
 so fast that they bounced a little boy. two or 
 three years old, out of the wagon, near Dela- 
 
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 ware, but did not notice it until they pro- 
 ceeded rive or six miles further in their flight. 
 They decided that it would be an unjustifiable 
 risk to return for him, however, and left him 
 to his fate. He fortunately escaped the In- 
 dian tomahawk as well as other dangers and 
 lived for many years. One woman, in her 
 hurry, forgot her babe ; and returning, grabbed 
 a stick of wood from the chimney corner, 
 leaving the babe quietly sleeping in its cradle. 
 
 Meanwhile Captain Drake and his' com- 
 pany proceeded quietly on their way to Lower 
 Sandusky, altogether unconscious of the 
 widespread demoralization and disaster of 
 which the captain's joke had been the innocent 
 cause. The whole incident would seem to us 
 m (w, perhaps, to savor more of the charac- 
 ter of a huge joke than as being of the nature 
 of a great calamity. A calamity, however, it 
 really was. In the hurried preparation of the 
 settlers for flight everything was left in the 
 wildest confusion. When they returned from 
 their mad stampede they found everything in 
 a disorder that required much time and pa- 
 tience for its restoration. Door and gate had 
 been left open, and thus free access to field and 
 
 larder had been given. Waste and devasta- 
 tion everywhere were the result and a burden 
 placed upon the settlers, ordinarily hard 
 pressed for even the necessities of life, which 
 they could ill afford to bear. 
 
 Moreover, so panic-stricken had many of 
 those who participated in the flight become 
 and so thoroughly frightened by the possible 
 dangers of living on the extreme frontier, that 
 they never even returned to the homes which 
 they had so hastily deserted. The larger por- 
 tion of those who "escaped" had fled to 
 Worthington or Franklinton, but many kept on 
 even so far as Chillicothe. The incident itself 
 gives us a striking illustration of the terrors 
 of border life and the strain which anyone 
 who had the bravery to face them must have 
 endured. It is easy to see only the ludicrous 
 side of the occurrence and to forget, in the 
 security of our civilized life, that the danger, 
 while only fancied in this instance, might as 
 easily have been real. Had there been no rea- 
 sonable possibility of an actual Indian massacre, 
 no report of that character could ever have 
 created such a panic. 
 
CHAPTER. III. 
 
 SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND ORGANIZATION 
 
 OF THE STATE OF OHIO. 
 
 Boundaries Defined— Derivation of Title and Early Explorations— Achievement of George 
 Rogers Clark — State Cessions and Indian Treaties — Settlement — Indian Wars — St. 
 Clair's Defeat — Wayne's Campaign and Battle of Fallen Timber — Organization of the 
 Northwest Territory— Organization of the State of Ohio, 
 
 Delaware County is one of the civil sub- 
 divisions of the first State formed out of the 
 old Northwest Territory. Of itself it consti- 
 tutes but a small portion of that vast domain 
 which embraced within its limits all of the 
 present States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
 Michigan and Wisconsin. Yet the history of 
 Delaware County cannot be properly written 
 without some account of the more important 
 events that concern the exploration, develop- 
 ment and organization of the territory as a 
 whole. Long before the first white man had 
 set foot on the soil of what is now Delaware 
 County, her destiny was being shaped by 
 events of even greater importance than any 
 that have transpired within her own borders; 
 and long prior to her organization as a county, 
 wars were being fought, treaties made, and 
 laws enacted through which alone her very ex- 
 istence was made a possibility. While the 
 present work contemplates particularly an ac- 
 counl of those events which are peculiar to 
 Delaware County as a separate civil subdivis- 
 ion of the State, and while the reader must Tie 
 referred to the larger and more pretentious 
 histories of the Northwest Territory and Ohio 
 for fuller information regarding them as a 
 whole, yet it is deemed necessary to a proper 
 understanding of the history of the county 
 to review some of the leading events that 
 
 characterized the development of the entire 
 domain, and to present, in outline, some of the 
 chief circumstances that have contributed to 
 the present condition of prosperity and power 
 occupied by this widely extended area. No 
 portion or our nation's history is more replete 
 with interest and importance. 
 
 Our purpose shall be, not so much to give 
 a consecutive account of events in the order of 
 their occurrence as to present, in outline, the 
 different lines of development that go, as a 
 whole, to make up the history of the state and 
 territory. The chief topics that will receive 
 consideration are: I. The derivation of the 
 title; 2, the settlement; 3, the various Indian 
 wars; 4, the organization. 
 
 t 
 
 DERIVATION OF TITLE. 
 
 The claims first asserted to lands in the 
 Western Hemisphere by European monarchs 
 were based on discoveries made by their sub- 
 jects. Accordingly we find all that vast re- 
 gion between the Allegheny and the Rocky 
 Mountains, originally known by the general 
 name of Louisiana, claimed by France, in con- 
 sequence of the explorations, chiefly, of Father 
 Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and La Salle. 
 In 1673 Marquette, accompanied by M. Joliet, 
 starting from Mackinac, traced their way 
 
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 southward from there to the Wisconsin River, 
 which they followed to its junction with the 
 Mississippi. They then descended the Missis- 
 sippi for a 1,000 miles, and, on their return to 
 Canada, urged in the strongest terms the im- 
 mediate occupation of this vast and fertile re- 
 gion watered by the Mississippi and its tribu- 
 taries. There are other accounts of the discov- 
 ery of the [Mississippi, but the one ascribing it 
 to Marquette seems to be the first that is au- 
 thentic. 
 
 Between the years 1678 and 1682 La Salle 
 with Father Hennepin, conducted a series of 
 explorations around the great lakes and along 
 the [Mississippi, going as far south as Peoria 
 Lake, Illinois. Here they erected a fort, after 
 which La Salle returned to Canada. Father 
 Hennepin explored the region now embraced 
 within the limits of Ohio and is said to have 
 published a volume containing an account of 
 his discoveries "in the country between New 
 Mexico and the frozen ocean," together with 
 maps of Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan, 
 and a plat of the larger streams of Ohio. In 
 [683 La Salle went to France and induced 
 the French Government to fit out an expedi- 
 tion for the purpose of planting a colony at 
 the mouth of the Mississippi. The expedite in 
 failed completely, however. La Salle being 
 murdered by one of his own men. 
 
 The French still persisted in their efforts 
 to gain possession of this vast region, west of 
 the Alleghenies and the English colonies. Un- 
 der the command of M. DTberville a second 
 expedition sailed from France, entered the 
 mouth of the Mississippi (March 2, 1699), 
 and explored the river for several hundred 
 miles. A chain of trading, missionary and 
 military posts was ultimately established ex- 
 tending from New Orleans to Quebec by way 
 of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, and 
 thence, by way of Mackinaw and Detroit, to 
 Lakes Erie and Ontario. This route was aft- 
 erward shortened by following the Ohio River 
 to the Wabash, and then following the latter 
 upward and down the Maumee to Lake Erie. 
 The French colonies, increasing steadily in 
 numbers and strength, aroused the jealousy of 
 the English, who. to check their advancement, 
 
 formed what was known as the Ohio Com- 
 pany. This company made some attempts to 
 establish trading houses among the Indians. 
 The French, however, established a chain of 
 fortifications back of the English settlements 
 and thus secured to themselves the entire con- 
 trol of the Mississippi Valley. 
 
 Inasmuch as this same territory was 
 claimed by the English Crown, it is necessary 
 to consider the basis of the rights which she 
 asserted. Her chief ground for claiming title 
 to the territory west of the Alleghenies. was a 
 treaty made with the Six Nations in the Ohio 
 Valley. It was claimed that these nations had 
 placed their lands under the protection of the 
 British Crown. It was further asserted that in 
 1744 the British had purchased lands of these 
 Six Nations by treaty at Lancaster, Pennsyl- 
 vania. In 1748 the Ohio Company, organized 
 by a number of Virginians and Londoners, ob- 
 tained a charter from the British Government 
 with a grant of 6,000 acres of land on the Ohio. 
 The English, reverting to the times of the Ca- 
 bots, claimed that by right they held the entire 
 country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 
 bounded by the parallels of latitude defining 
 their Atlantic Coast settlements. Inasmuch 
 as France claimed the region drained by the 
 Mississippi and its tributaries, together with 
 the Great Lakes and their tributaries. Ohio 
 was within the disputed territory. When the 
 surveys for the lands of the Ohio Company 
 were begun, the Governor of Canada entered 
 a vigorous protest by establishing the line of 
 forts to which we have before alluded. The 
 dispute over this territory between the French 
 and English was finally settled by the treaty 
 following what is familiarly known in history 
 as the French and Indian War. By the terms 
 of that treaty, made in Paris in 1763. the 
 British Crown came into undisputed possession 
 of all the vast territory northwest of the 
 Ohio. 
 
 The territory included within the present 
 limits of Ohio, together with the entire do- 
 main northwest of the Ohio River of unknown 
 extent, was originally claimed by Virginia. 
 Her title rested upon three grants fr< im the 
 British Crown. The first charter was granted 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in j 606 by James I. to Sir Thomas Gates, Sir 
 George Somers and others, authorizing them 
 to establish two colonies, the first being known 
 in history as the "London Company," and the 
 second as the "Plymouth Company." The 
 grant to the London Company covered a strip 
 of sea coast fifty miles broad between the 34th 
 and 41st parallels. In 1606 King James 
 granted a second charter to the London Com- 
 pany. The territorial limits of the first char- 
 ter were extended to embrace the whole sea- 
 coast, north and south, within two hundred 
 miles of Old Point Comfort, extending "from 
 sea to sea, west and northwest." A third 
 charter, granted in 16 12, annexed to Virginia 
 all the islands within three hundred leagues of 
 the coast. 
 
 Virginia, however, was not undisputed in 
 her assertion of title to the whole of this ex- 
 tensive region. Both Connecticut and Massa- 
 chusetts claimed portions of the territory. In 
 [662 Charles II. granted to certain settlers 
 upon the Connecticut all the territory between 
 the parallels of latitude which include the pres- 
 ent State of Connecticut, from the Atlantic to 
 the Pacific oceans. The claims of Massachu- 
 setts were founded on a similar charter 
 granted thirty years later. New York also 
 had claims which she asserted. 
 
 ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. 
 
 By the treaty of peace, signed at Paris, 
 September 3, 1783, the claims of the English 
 monarch to the whole of the northwest terri- 
 tory were ceded to the United States. "The pro- 
 visional articles which formed the basis of the 
 treaty, more especially as related to boundary, 
 were signed al Paris, November 30, [782. Dur- 
 ing the pendency of the negotiation of these 
 preliminary articles. Mr. Oswald, the British 
 commissioner, proposed the River Ohio as the 
 western boundary of the United States, and but 
 for the indomitable perseverance of the Revo 
 lutionary patriot, John Adams, one of the 
 American commissioners, who opposed the 
 proposition, and insisted upon the Mississippi 
 a> the boundary, the probability is that the 
 proposition of Mr. Oswald would have been 
 
 acceded to by the United States Commission- 
 ers." That the British were prevented from 
 making a reasonable claim to the territory 
 northwest of the Ohio was due, in large meas- 
 ure, to the fact that this extensive domain was 
 wrested from their hands during the Revolu- 
 tionary war through the valor and foresight 
 of General George Rogers Clark. On the out- 
 break of the Revolution he saw through the 
 whole plan of the British who held all the out- 
 posts. Kaskaskia, Detroit, Vincennes and Ni- 
 agara. It was the hope of the British that b) 
 means of these outposts they might encircle 
 the Americans anil also unite the Indians in 
 a common war against them. Clark knew 
 that many of the Indian tribes were divided 
 in their feeling or but indifferent in their sup- 
 port of the British. He conceived the idea 
 that if the British could be driven from their 
 outposts, the Indians could be easily awed into 
 submission or bribed into neutrality or friend- 
 ship. Acting upon this theory, and first en- 
 listing the support of Patrick Henry, then 
 governor of Virginia, he organized an expe- 
 dition which was entirely successful in wrest- 
 ing control of the country west of the Ohio 
 from the British. To him, as well as to John 
 Adams, is due unlimited credit for the fact 
 that the Ohio River was not made the bound- 
 ary between Canada and the United States. 
 
 STATE CESSIONS AND INDIAN TREATIES. 
 
 At the close of the Revolutionary war, the 
 title to the British possessions having passed 
 to the several colonies, each one, as a sov- 
 ereign and independent state, claimed the 
 right of soil and jurisdiction over the lands 
 which had been originally granted it in its 
 charter. As we have already observed, sev- 
 eral states laid claim to portions of the vast, 
 unappropriated tracts northwest of the Ohio. 
 It was insisted by those states whose char- 
 ters gave them no claims to any portion of 
 this territory that inasmuch as the entire de- 
 main had been won from the British by the 
 united efforts of all the colonies, the lands 
 themselves should be approprated for the bene- 
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 upon the states themselves which claimed 
 ownership in these lands, that they should cede 
 them for the common benefit of all. Respond- 
 ing to this demand the State of Virginia, on 
 March i. 1784. ceded to the United States 
 her claims to ownership and jurisdiction over 
 the entire part of the country embraced in her 
 charter lying northwest of the Ohio. She 
 made a condition, however, that in case the 
 lands King south of the Cumberland river 
 were not sufficient to satisfy the bounties in 
 land which she had issued to her soldiers dur- 
 ing the Revolutionary War, then this de- 
 ficiency was to be made up out of lands in this 
 territory, lying between the rivers Miami and 
 Scioto. The jurisdiction over all the land, 
 In 'wever, passed to the United States. Like- 
 wise Connecticut, on September 13, 1786, re- 
 linquished to the United States all her claims 
 to lands lying within this same territory, with 
 the exception of the tract known as the West- 
 ern Reserve. This she deeded to the United 
 States May 30. 1800. The president, how- 
 ever, immediately conveyed the fee of the soil 
 to the governor of the State for the use of 
 grantees and purchasers claiming under her, 
 similar to the manner in which Virginia had 
 also been allowed the fee of the soil in a cer- 
 tain portion to satisfy her military warrants. 
 Massachusetts and New York also gave up 
 their claims, thus giving to the United States 
 a clear title to the whole of this vast region 
 in so far as it had been claimed by European 
 p' iwers. 
 
 There still remained, however, the claims 
 of the Indians to the lands as the original pos- 
 sessors of the soil. It was necessary that these 
 should be disposed of before the white settlers 
 could- rightfully take possession. Accordingly 
 a treaty was made with the Six Nations, em- 
 bracing the Mohawks, Onondagas, Senecas, 
 Cayugas. Oneidas and Tuscaroras, at F >rt 
 Stanwix. October 27, 1784. By the terms of 
 this treaty, all the lands west of a line drawn 
 from the mouth of Oswego Creek, about four 
 miles east of Virginia, to the mouth of Buffalo 
 Creek and on to the northern boundary of 
 Pennsylvania, thence west along that boundary 
 to its western extremity, thence south to the 
 
 Ohio River, were ceded to the United States. 
 There were other Indian nations, however, lie- 
 sides those mentioned, who also asserted own- 
 ership over this territory. They included the 
 Wyandot, Chippewa, Delaware and Ottawa 
 Nations. With these also the United States 
 made a treaty at Fort Mcintosh on the 21st 
 day of January. 1785. By this treaty the 
 boundary line between the United States and 
 the Wyandot and Delaware Nations was de- 
 clared to begin "at the mouth of the river 
 Cuyahoga and to extend up said river to the 
 Portage, between that and the Tuscaroras 
 branch of the Muskingum, thence down that 
 branch to the crossing-place above Fort Laur- 
 ens, then westerly to the Portage of the Big 
 Miami, which runs into the Ohio, at the mouth 
 of which branch the fort stood which was 
 taken by the French in 1752; then along said 
 Portage to the Great Miami, or Omee River, 
 and down the south side of the same to its 
 mouth; then along the south shore of Lake 
 Erie to the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, 
 where it began." "The United States allotted 
 all the lands contained within said lines to the 
 Wyandot and Delaware Nations, to live and 
 hunt on, together with such of the Ottawa 
 Nations as lived thereon, saving and reserving 
 for the establishment of trading posts, six 
 miles square at the mouth of the Miami or 
 Omee River, and the same at the Portage, on 
 that branch of the Big Miami which runs into 
 the Ohio, and the same on the Lake of San- 
 dusky where the fort formerly stood, and also 
 two miles square on each side of the Lower 
 Rapids of the Sandusky River." This treaty 
 was afterwards renewed and confirmed by 
 Governor St. Clair, and the Wyandot, Chip- 
 pewa, Pottawatomie, and Sac Nations at Fort 
 Harmar in 1789. 
 
 On the 3rd of August, 1795, a treaty was 
 made with the Delawares, Ottawas, Pottawat- 
 omies and Eel River Indians by General 
 Wayne after the close of his successful cam- 
 paign against them. The basis of this treaty 
 was the previous one at Fort Harmar, the 
 boundaries made at that time being reaffirmed, 
 and the whites secured on the lands now oc- 
 cupied by them or granted by former treaties. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 This treaty marked the close of the Indian 
 wars. 
 
 A treaty was made with the Indians at 
 Fort Industry, on the present site of Toledo, 
 in 1805, by which the United States acquired, 
 fi ir the use of the grantees of Connecticut, all 
 that part of the Western Reserve which lies 
 west of the Cuyahoga. The lands west of 
 Huron and Richland Counties, and north of 
 the Indian boundary line fixed by Wayne's 
 treaty at Greenville, to the western limits of 
 Ohio, were purchased by the United States in 
 1 8 18 by a treaty made at St. Mary's. The 
 lands ceded at this time were called the New 
 Purchase. Certain reservations were made 
 within the purchased tracts to the Delawares, 
 Wyandots, Senecas, etc., which were subse- 
 quently ceded to the United States, the last 
 by the Wyandots in 1842, they then being the 
 only Indian tribe left within the State. Thus 
 through a long series of explorations, wars 
 cessions and treaties has the title of the 
 United States to lands of Ohio been derived. 
 The organization of the Northwest into a ter- 
 ritorial subdivision and the subsequent forma- 
 tion and admission to the Union, of the State 
 of Ohio, has been reserved for later considera- 
 tion. 
 
 SETTLEMENT. 
 
 The first English attempt at settlement of 
 winch we have any record, within the present 
 limits of the State of Ohio, was at a point in 
 Shelby County on Loramie Creek, about six- 
 teen miles northwest of the present city of 
 Sidney, and since known by the name of 
 Loramie's Store. Here some English traders 
 established themselves about the year 1749, 
 and gave it the name of Pickawillany from 
 the tribe of Indians there. The settlement 
 however, was doomed to he of short duration. 
 As we have heretofore seen, this location was 
 clearly within the limits claimed bv the 
 French, and immediately aroused them to 
 action. They could not endure so evident an 
 invasion of their country, and gathering a 
 force of the Ottawas and Chippewas, their 
 allies, they attacked the fort in June, 1752, 
 
 having first demanded its surrender of the Mi- 
 ami-, who had granted the English the priv- 
 ilege of its erection. In the battle that ensued, 
 fourteen of the Miamis were slain and all of 
 the traders captured. They were either burned 
 or taken to Canada as prisoners. 
 
 The real history of the occupation of Ohio 
 by English settlers begins with the settlement 
 at Marietta, on April 7, 1788. We have al- 
 ready traced the various steps by which the 
 title to the lands became vested in the United 
 States, and through which alone the settlers 
 could be secure in their possession. The final 
 cession by the various states claiming rights in 
 the northwest territory, to the Central Govern- 
 ment, was the occasion for the formation of 
 various land companies in the East, having for 
 their purpose the settlement of this western 
 d iuntry. The Ohio Company, before men- 
 tioned, emerged from the past and again be- 
 came active. In the year 1786 Benjamin Tup- 
 per, a Revolutionary soldier, and General Ru- 
 fus Putnam, circulated a pamphlet proposing 
 the formation of a company for the purpose of 
 settling the Ohio lands. It invited all those 
 interested to meet in February in their respec- 
 tive counties and choose delegates to a conven- 
 tion to be held at the "Bunch of Grapes" 
 Tavern in Boston on March 1, 1786. The 
 purpose was to be the formation of a company 
 and the adoption of definite plans for establish- 
 ing a settlement in the Ohio Valley. On the 
 day appointed eleven persons appeared, an out- 
 line was drawn up, and subscriptions began at 
 once. The principal features of the plan were 
 as follows: "A fund of $1,000,000, mainly 
 in continental certificates, was to be raised for 
 the purpose of purchasing lands in the western 
 country, there were to be 1000 shares of $1000 
 each, and upon each share $10 in specie were to 
 be paid for contingent expenses. One year's 
 interest was to be appropriated for the charges 
 of making a settlement and assisting those un- 
 able to move without aid. The owners of 
 every twenty shares were to choose an agent 
 to represent them and attend to their interests, 
 and the agents were to choose the directors. 
 The plan was approved, and in a year's time 
 from that date the company was organized." 
 
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 59 
 
 On the 8th of March. 1787. a meeting of 
 the agents chose General Parsons, General Ru- 
 fus Putnam and Rev. Manassah Cutler, direc- 
 tors for the Company. The selection of Ma- 
 nassah Cutler was extremely fortunate for the 
 success of the enterprise, as few men could 
 have been better fitted, both in character and 
 ability, to conceive and execute a project of 
 such importance as this would prove to be. A 
 contract was made with the Treasury Board by 
 Cutler and Winthrop Sargent, as agents for 
 the Board of Directors of the Ohio Company, 
 on October 27, 1787, by which there was con- 
 veyed to the company a vast region bounded 
 on the south by the Ohio River, west by the 
 Scioto, east by the seventh range of townships 
 then surveying, and north by a due west line 
 drawn from the north boundary of the tenth 
 township from the Ohio direct to the Scioto, 
 for the consideration of $1 per acre. Later, 
 in 1792, the boundaries of the purchase were 
 fixed as follows: The Ohio on the south, the 
 seventh range of townships on the east, the 
 sixteenth range on the west, and a line on the 
 north so drawn as to make the grant 750,000 
 acres, besides reservations, this grant being 
 the portion which it was originally agreed the 
 company might enter into at once. In addition 
 J 14.285 acres were granted as army bounties, 
 and 100,000 acres as bounties to actual settlers. 
 While these preliminary arrangements for the 
 occupation of the new territory were being 
 carried out, Congress was likewise providing 
 a plan for its government. The famous in- 
 strument known as the Ordinance of 1787. un- 
 der which the first organization of the terri- 
 tory was effected, was passed on July 13th of 
 that year, but of it we shall speak more in de- 
 tail later on. 
 
 In the winter of 1787 General Rufus Put- 
 nam and forty-seven pioneers proceeded as far 
 as the mouth of the Youghiogheny River, 
 and, having built a boat for transportation 
 down the Ohio, proceeded in the spring to the 
 mouth of the Muskingum, where they landed 
 on the 7th of April, 17S8. Fort Harmar had 
 previously been built at the mouth of the Mus- 
 kingum, and it was on the opposite side of this 
 river that the pioneers established their settle- 
 
 ment which they later called Marietta, in h 
 of Marie Antoinette. 
 
 This was the first permanent settlement es- 
 tablished within the limits of Ohio. An at- 
 tempt at settlement within the limits of Ohio 
 had been made in April, 1785, at the mouth of 
 the Scioto on the present site of Portsmouth 
 by four families from Redstone. Pennsylvania. 
 Difficulties with the Indians, however, com- 
 pelled its abandonment. With regard to this 
 first occupation of the soil of Ohio, George 
 Washington wrote: "No colony in America 
 was ever settled under such favorable auspices 
 as that which has commenced at the Mus- 
 kingum. Information, property, and strength 
 will be its characteristics. I know many of the 
 settlers personally and there never were men 
 better calculated to promote the welfare of 
 such a community." 
 
 Soon after their arrival the settlers be- 
 gan the erection of a stockade fort, which oc- 
 cupied their time until the winter of 1791 . 
 During the early years of the settlement, how- 
 ever, the Indians were friendly, no hostilities 
 being experienced. One of the pioneers de- 
 scribes the progress of the colony during its 
 first year as being all that could be expected, 
 arrivals coming faster than provision could be 
 made for them. By the close of the year 1 790 
 eight settlements had been made within the 
 Ohio Company's purchase, two at Belpre, one 
 at Newbury, one at Wolf Creek, one at Duck 
 Creek, one at the mouth of Meigs' Creek, one 
 at Anderson's Bottom, and one at Big Bot- 
 tom. 
 
 Not long after the grant of lands was 
 made to the Ohio Company, John Cleves 
 Symmes, of New Jersey, contracted with the 
 Treasury Board for the purchase of a large 
 tract of land lying between the Great and Lit- 
 tle Miami Rivers. The terms of his purchase 
 were similar to those of the Ohio Company. 
 In July. 1788. he got together thirty people 
 and eight four-horse wagons who started for 
 the West. After meeting with Mr. Stites and 
 a company from Redstone, Pa., they pro- 
 ceeded, under his leadership, to the mouth of 
 the Little Miami, where they arrived before 
 the 1st of January. 1789, and located on a 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tract of 10.000 acres which Stites had pur- 
 chased from Symmes. This settlement, which 
 they named Columbia and which was located 
 about five miles above the site of Cincinnati. 
 was the second settlement within Ohio terri- 
 tory. 
 
 In 1788 Mathias Denman purchased of 
 Symmes a tract of land opposite the Licking 
 River, and, in company with Robert Patterson 
 and John Filson, to each of whom he sold a 
 third interest in his purchase, projected the lo- 
 cation of a town on the present site of Cincin- 
 nati. There is some uncertainty as to the ex- 
 act time when a settlement was first made here. 
 but it seems to have been late in 1788 or early 
 in 1789. Symmes himself had contemplated 
 building his main town at North Bend, near 
 the mouth of the Great Miami. The fact, 
 however, that this point, as well as Columbia, 
 suffered severely during a great flood which 
 occurred in 1789, while Losantiville, as Cin- 
 cinnati was then called, escaped, had much to 
 do with the fact that the latter soon out- 
 stripped the others in its growth. Ensign 
 Luce, who had been commissioned by General 
 Harmar to establish a fort, decided that North 
 Bend was not a suitable location for that pur- 
 pose, and, contrary to the wishes of Symmes, 
 selected Losantiville. Fort Washington was 
 thus established here. About the 1st of Janu- 
 ary. Governor St. Clair organized the county 
 of Hamilton and constituted Cincinnati its 
 seat of justice. The settlement at once began 
 an active growth, outstripping that of all the 
 others in the Ohio Valley. 
 
 At the time Dr. Cutler secured the grant 
 of lands for the Ohio Company, he likewise 
 secured a large additional tract, as he him- 
 self writes, "for private speculation, in which 
 many of the prominent characters in America 
 are concerned: without connecting this specu- 
 lation, similar terms and advantages could not 
 have been obtained for the ( )hi<> Company." 
 A company was at once formed known by the 
 name of The Scioto Land Company, which 
 contracted with Cutler and Sargent on behalf 
 of the Ohio Company for a tract of land west 
 and north of the Ohio Company's purchase. 
 Joel Harlow was senl to Europe, as the ; 
 
 of the company, to make sales of the lands thus 
 contracted for. He sold parts of the land to 
 companies and individuals in France. It de- 
 veloped, however, that the lands which Barlow 
 had presumed to sell were included within the 
 Ohio Company's purchase, and that the pur- 
 chasers were without title. In ignorance of 
 tin'-, fact, however, two hundred and eighteen 
 of these purchasers sailed from Havre de 
 Grace, in France, on the 19th day of Febru- 
 ary, 1791, and arrived in Alexandria, D. C, 
 ■ m the 3rd of May following. On their ar- 
 rival they proceeded to Marietta, where fifty 
 of them landed, the remainder going to the 
 present site of Gallipolis. which the agent of 
 the campany assured them was within their 
 purchase. Prior to their arrival General Put- 
 nam had had the site cleared and buildings 
 erected for their reception. As before stated, 
 however, the lands to which alone they could 
 lay any claim, were still farther to the West. 
 Morei iver, the Scioto Land Company, by hav- 
 ing failed to make good the payments on its 
 contract, forfeited its title to the land which it 
 had purchased, thus leaving the settlers them- 
 selves without any vestige of title. These set- 
 tlers, unlike the hardy pioneers who came, 
 from New England, were little accustomed to 
 toil or to the privations of frontier life. Their 
 condition was pitiable in the extreme and many- 
 gave up in despair, some seeking homes in the 
 East and a few returning to France. Every 
 effort to secure titles to the lands on which they 
 had settled having failed, they petitioned Con- 
 gress for assistance and in June. 1798, a grant 
 was made to them of land on the Ohio above 
 the mouth of the Scioto River. The tract in- 
 cluded 24,000 acres and is known as the 
 French Grant. 
 
 During the progress of the various cam- 
 paigns against the Indians, conducted succes- 
 sively by General Harmar. General St. Clair. 
 and General Wayne, and of which some ac- 
 count will be given later, the settlement of 
 ( )hio was interrupted to a large extent. Prior 
 to the treaty made with the Indians by Gen- 
 eral Wayne in 1795. however, a start had been 
 made in several counties, in addition to those 
 in Washington and Hamilton counties already 
 
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 61 
 
 mentioned. The settlement at Gallipolis has 
 already been described. There were also small 
 settlements in Adams.. Belmont and Morgan 
 Counties. They were block r hi mse settlements 
 and were in a continual state of defence. The 
 first was settled in the winter of 1790-91 by 
 General Nathaniel Massie, near where the 
 town of Manchester now is. This was the 
 first settlement within the bounds of the Vir- 
 ginia Military District and the fourth in the 
 State. In spite of the dangers due to the hos 
 tility of the Indians, it continued to grow and. 
 in two years after peace was declared, Adams 
 County was constituted by order of Governor 
 St. Clair. 
 
 During the Indian war a settlement was 
 commenced near the present town of Bridge- 
 port in Belmont County, by Captain Joseph 
 Belmont, a noted officer of the Revolutionary 
 War. Shortly afterwards a fort, called Dil- 
 lie's Fort, was built on the Ohio, opposite the 
 mouth of Grave Creek. In 1794 a company of 
 men located on the present site of Hamilton 
 in Butler County. The town was first laid 
 out under the name of Fairfield. These were 
 about all the settlements begun prior to the 
 close of the Indian War and they were, fi ir the 
 most part, of a temporary character and main- 
 tained only at constant risk and great loss of 
 life. With the termination of the war. how- 
 ever, and the cessation of Indian hostility emi- 
 gration took a new impetus, and from that 
 time the growth of the State's population was 
 constant and vigorous. 
 
 Early in the spring of 1796 the first set- 
 tlement was begun in Montgomery County. 
 The town of Dayton was laid out in Novem- 
 ber of 1795. It was within the tract originally 
 covered by Symmes' purchase. Judge Symmes, 
 having been unable to pay for his purchase, 
 the land reverted to the government and the 
 settlers found themselves without title. Con- 
 gress, however, came to their aid. permitting 
 them to enter their lands at the regular gov- 
 ernment price. 
 
 It was likewise in 1796 that the first settle- 
 ments were made in the Western Reserve. 
 The mouth of the Cuyahoga River had always 
 been considered an important place in the 
 
 West and destined to become a great commer- 
 cial mart. A corps of surveyors laid out the 
 town of Cleveland in September, 179'). It 
 was named in honor of General Moses Cleave- 
 land, the agent of the land company which 
 had made large purchases in the Western Re- 
 serve along the Cuyahoga River. Mahoning 
 County was settled about the same time, as 
 were also the counties of Ashtabula, Ross, 
 Licking, Madison, Trumbull, and Warren. In 
 a sketch of such a limited character as this we 
 cannot pursue the history of the individual set- 
 tlements further. It was not long until the set- 
 tlers had penetrated to every portion of the 
 State, clearing the land, starting industries of 
 various kinds, and preparing the way for the 
 marvelous prosperity which has ever since 
 characterized the history of the Common- 
 wealth. 
 
 INDIAN WARS. 
 
 Ohio has had its full share of conflict with 
 the various tribes of Indians which were the 
 original possessors of its soil. Being the first 
 State in the Vast region northwest of the Ohio 
 River within whose limits settlement by the 
 English was begun, it naturally became the 
 scene of the early struggles through which 
 the savage tribes were subdued and the land 
 made possible of habitation for the white man. 
 While we have given, in tracing the deriva- 
 tion of the title to the lands, the various Indian 
 treaties which formed a link in that title, we 
 have reserved for statement, here, a brief ac- 
 count of the wars which led up to the making 
 of these treaties, or their enforcement. With 
 regard to the wars which took place prior to 
 the organization of the government of the 
 territory, we quote the concise account given 
 in Howe's History : 
 
 "After Braddock's defeat in 1755 the In- 
 dians pushed their excursions as far east as 
 the Blue Ridge. In order to repel them, M; 
 Lewis, in January, 1756, was sent with a party 
 of troops on an expedition against the Indian 
 towns on the Ohio. The point apparently 
 aimed at was the upper Shawanese town, situ- 
 ated on the Ohio, three miles above the mouth 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 of the Great Kanawha. The attempt proved 
 a failure, in consequence, it is said, of the 
 swollen state of the streams and the treachery 
 of the guides. In 1764, General Bradstreet. 
 having dispersed the Indian forces besieging 
 Detroit, passed into the Wyandot country by 
 way of Sandusky Bay. He ascended the bay 
 and river as far as it was navigable for boats, 
 and there made a camp. A treaty of peace 
 was signed by the chiefs and head men. The 
 Shawnees of the Scioto River and the Dela- 
 wares of the Muskingum, however, still con- 
 tinued hostile. Colonel Boquet, in 1764. with 
 a body of troops, marched from Fort Pitt into 
 the heart of the Ohio country on the .Mus- 
 kingum River. This expedition was con- 
 ducted with great prudence and skill and 
 with scarcely any loss of life. A treaty of 
 peace was effected with the Indians, who re- 
 stored the prisoners they had captured from 
 the white settlements. The next war with the 
 Indians was in 1774, generally known as Lord 
 Dunmore's. In the summer of that year an 
 expedition under Colonel McDonald was as- 
 sembled at Wheeling, marched into the Mus- 
 kingum country, and destroyed the Indian 
 town of Wapatomica, a tew miles above the 
 site of Zanesville. In the fall the Indians were 
 defeated after a hard-fought battle at Point 
 Pleasant, on the Virginia side of the Ohio. 
 Shortly after this event Lord Dunmore made 
 peace with the Indians at Camp Charlotte, in 
 what is now Pickaway County. 
 
 "During the Revolutionary War most of 
 the western Indians were more or less united 
 against the Americans. In the fall of 1778 
 an expedition against Detroit was projected. 
 An a preliminary step it was resolved that the 
 forces in the West, under General Mcintosh, 
 should move up and attack the Sandusky In- 
 dians. Preliminary to this. Fort I. aureus, so 
 called in honor of the I 'resident of Congress, 
 was Innlt upon the Tuscarawas, a short dis- 
 tance below the site of Bolivar, Tuscarawas 
 County. The expedition to Detroit was aban- 
 doned, an. I the garrison of Fort Laurens, after 
 suffering much from the Indians and from 
 famine, was recalled in August, 1771;. A 
 month or two previous to the evacuation of 
 
 this f< 'it Colonel Bowman headed an 
 expedition against the Shawnees. Their 
 village, Chillicothe, three miles north of 
 the site of Xenia, on the Little Mi- 
 ami, was burned. The warriors showed an 
 undaunted front and the whites were forced to 
 retreat. In the summer of 1780 an expedition 
 directed against the Indian towns in the forks 
 ot the Muskingum, moved from Wheeling 
 under General Broadhead. This expedition, 
 known as the 'Coshochton campaign,' was 
 unimportant in its results. In the same sum- 
 mer General Clark led a body of Kentuckians 
 against the Shawnees. Chillicothe, on the 
 Little Miami, was burnt on their approach, 
 but at Piqua. their town on the Mad River, 
 six miles below the site of Springfield, they 
 gave battle to the whites and were defeated. 
 In September, 1782, this officer led a second 
 expedition against the Shawnees. Their 
 towns, Upper and Lower Piqua, on the Miami, 
 within what is now Miami County, were de- 
 stroyed, together with the store of a trader 
 
 "There were other expeditions into the In- 
 dian country, which although of a later date, 
 we mention in this connection. In 1786 Col- 
 onel Logan conducted a successful expedition 
 against the Mackachack towns, on the head 
 waters of Mad River, in what is now Logan 
 County. Edwards, in 1787, led an expedition 
 to the head waters of the Big Miami, and, in 
 17SN. Todd led one into the Scioto Valley. 
 There were also minor expeditions at various 
 times into the present limits of Ohio. 
 
 "The Moravian missionaries, prior to the 
 war of the Revolution, had a number of mis- 
 sionary stations within the limits of Ohio. 
 The missionaries, Heckewelder and Post, were 
 on the Muskingum as • early as 1762. In 
 March, 1782, a party of Americans, under 
 
 Colonel Williamson, murdered, in cold bl 1. 
 
 ninety-four of the defenceless Moravian In- 
 dians, within the present limits of Tuscarawas 
 O unity. In the June following. Colonel Craw- 
 ford, at the head of about 500 men, was de- 
 feated by the Indians three miles north of the 
 site of Upper Sandusky, in Wyandot County. 
 He was taken prisoner and burnt at the stake 
 with horrible tortures." 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 Although by the various treaties which we 
 have heretofore mentioned, the English had 
 secured title to the lands northwest of the 
 Ohio, yet the Indians did not take kindly to 
 the coining of the white settlers, and it was 
 not long after their arrival that they began 
 to show themselves hostile. That they were 
 instigated, in some measure, by the British, 
 cannot be doubted. Much could be traced to 
 the malicious influence of the British superin- 
 tendent of Indian affairs. Colonel McKee, his 
 assistant. Captain Elliott, and the notorious 
 white renegade. Simon Girty. A treaty con- 
 firming the former one made at Fort Mcin- 
 tosh, was made with the Indians at Fort Har- 
 mar in the year 1789. It had little effect, how- 
 ever, in staying Indian hostilities. In 1790 
 a company of 36 men went from Marietta to 
 a place on the Muskingum known as Big Bot- 
 tom. In view of the apparent unfriendliness 
 of the Indians, the postponement of the set- 
 tlement was advised by General Putnam and 
 others. Moreover proper precautions were not 
 taken against possible attacks. In an un- 
 guarded moment these settlers were set upon 
 by the Indians and twelve of them killed. The 
 settlers throughout the new territory immedi- 
 ately became alarmed and block-houses were 
 erected for their protection. In 1789 Fort 
 \\ ashington was built within the present limits 
 of Cincinnati, and a few months later General 
 Harmar arrived with 300 men and assumed 
 command. It was determined by Governor 
 St. Clair and General Harmar to send an 
 expedition against the Maumee towns and se- 
 cure that part of the country. While St. Clair 
 was forming his army and arranging for this 
 campaign three expeditions were sent out 
 against the Miami towns. One against the 
 Miami villages, not far from Wabash, was 
 led by General Harmar. With about fourteen 
 hundred men, of whom less than one-fourth 
 were regulars, he marched from Cincinnati in 
 September. 1790. When near the Indian vil- 
 lages an advanced detachment fell into ambush 
 and was defeated with severe loss. General 
 Harmar, however, succeeded in burning the 
 Indian villages and destroying their standing 
 corn, after which he commenced the return to 
 
 Cincinnati. Having received intelligence, 
 however, that the Indians were returning to 
 their ruined towns, he detached about a third 
 of his remaining force, with orders to bring 
 the Indians to an engagement. In the en- 
 gagement which followed, more than one hun- 
 dred of the militia were killed and all but 
 nine of the regulars, the remainder being 
 driven back to the main force. The expedition 
 served little purpose other than to make the 
 Indians, if anything, bolder than before. An 
 army under Charles Scott was sent against 
 the Wabash Indians. Nothing was accom- 
 plished save the destruction of towns and 
 standing corn. In July another army under 
 Colonel Wilkinson, was sent against the Eel 
 River Indians. It became entangled in ex- 
 tensive morasses on the river and accomplished 
 no more than the other expeditions which had 
 preceded it. 
 
 st. clair's defeat. 
 
 Encouraged by the meager success of the 
 whites in these expeditions, the chiefs of the 
 Miamis, Shawnees and the Delawares now be- 
 gan the formation of a confederacy among 
 all the tribes of the northwest territory, which, 
 they conceived, would be strong enough to 
 expel the whites beyond the Ohio. While 
 they were making ready, however, Governor 
 St. Clair was engaged in the organization of 
 a new army. He gathered together a force 
 consisting of 2,300 regulars and 600 militia. 
 It was his purpose to establish a chain of 
 forts from the Ohio, by way of the Miami and 
 Maumee Valleys, to the lakes. The plan was 
 favored by Washington and General Knox, 
 then secretary of war. It was said that a spirit 
 of idleness, drunkenness and insubordination 
 characterized the army at this time and had 
 much to do with the defeat which followed 
 later. On September 17. the army began its 
 march and moved to a point on the Great 
 Miami, where Fort Hamilton was established, 
 the first in the chain mentioned above. The 
 army then proceeded forty-four miles further 
 on and erected Fort Jefferson, about six miles 
 south of the present town of Greenville, in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Darke County. On the 24th of October it 
 again began its march through the wilderness, 
 marshy and boggy and infested with savage 
 foes. By the 3rd of November a stream was 
 reached which St. Clair supposed to be a 
 branch of the St. Mary of the Maumee, but 
 which in reality was a tributary of the Wabash. 
 The point was on what is now the line between 
 Darke and Mercer Counties. The army had 
 been so far depleted by desertion at this 
 time that only about 1.400 men were left. St. 
 Clair sent the first regiment, under Major 
 Hamtramck. to pursue the deserters and secure 
 the advancing convoys of provisions which 
 it was feared the deserters intended to 
 plunder. When they halted on the banks 
 of the stream before mentioned, it encamped 
 in two lines and threw up some slight fortifi- 
 cations against the Indians who wore known to 
 be in the neighborhood. On the next morning, 
 about half an hour before sunrise, it was at- 
 tacked furiously by the Indians. The evil ef- 
 fects of the insubordination before mentioned 
 and the lack of sufficient drill were now made 
 manifest. The army was thrown into hope- 
 less confusion. It is probable that the whole 
 disposable force of the tribes in the North- 
 west participated in the attack on St. Clair's 
 army at this time. After losing about 800 
 men it began its retreat, which was a disgrace- 
 ful, precipitate (light. After reaching Fort 
 Jefferson it proceeded, by way of Fort Hamil- 
 ton, back to Fnrt Washingti m. 
 
 This defeat was one of the worst ever suf- 
 fered by an American army at the hands of the 
 savage tribes, outrivaling even Braddock's de- 
 feat in this regard. It left the entire frontier 
 exposed to the onslaughts of the savages, wdio 
 were determined now, more than ever before, 
 to exterminate the whites entirely. Execra- 
 tions were heaped upon St. Clair who led the 
 army to its terrible defeat. Under a more 
 forceful commander, perhaps the result might 
 have been different, yet the defeat was due. 
 not alone to the inefficiency of St. Clair, but 
 to the general demoralization of the soldiers 
 whose insubordination we have before men- 
 tioned. 
 
 Plans were immediately formed for another 
 campaign against the Indians. General 
 Wayne, whose bravery and ability, as well as 
 Ins experience during the Revolution, rendered 
 him peculiarly well fitted for the task, was 
 called to take command of the army which was 
 raised. He immediately began the work of 
 drill and organization. 
 
 Meanwhile efforts were being made by the 
 United State- to conciliate the Indians and 
 avoid the necessity of warfare. The Iroquois 
 were induced to visit Philadelphia, and were 
 partially secured from the confederacy which 
 we have before mentioned. Five independent 
 embassies were sent among the western tribes 
 in an effort to win them over and prevent war. 
 All the embassadors were slain, however, ex- 
 cept Putnam, who succeeded in reaching the 
 Wabash Indians and effecting a treaty which 
 was later rejected by Congress on account of 
 its terms. A great council of the Indian-, in 
 which were represented all the tribes of the 
 Ni nthwest, and many others, assembled at 
 Auglaize during the autumn of 1792, and pre- 
 pared an address to the" President wherein they 
 agreed to abstain from hostilities until they 
 could meet with the whites at the rapids of 
 the .Maumee in the following spring for a con- 
 ference. The President appointed commis- 
 sioners who, in accordance with the arrange- 
 ment, met the representatives of the tribes at 
 the appointed place. The Indians, however, 
 would consent to nothing save the Ohio Riiver 
 a- the boundary of their lands. This being 
 1 nit 1 if the question for the whites, the negotia- 
 tions came to an end. 
 
 Wayne's campaign and battle of 
 fallen timber. 
 
 Nothing was now left save war. General 
 Wayne, on being informed of the termination 
 nf the efforts at securing a treaty, immediately 
 began active preparations for a campaign 
 against the Indians. Pending the negotiations 
 with the Indians he had been sending out 
 so luts and spies on errands of discovery and 
 he had his plans by this time practically ma- 
 
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 tared. All his information showed plainly that 
 the Indians were receiving constant aid and 
 encouragement from the British. He had 
 spent the winter of 1793-94 at a fort which he 
 had built on a tributary of the Great Miami, 
 and which he called Greenville. The present 
 town of Greenville is near the site of the fort. 
 On the 26th of July, 1794. General Scott, with 
 1,600 mounted men from Kentucky, joined 
 General Wayne at Greenville, and two days 
 later the entire army moved forward, reaching 
 the junction of the Auglaize and Maumee on 
 the 8th of August, where they erected Fort 
 Defiance. As Wayne's army moved north- 
 ward the Indians abandoned their towns and 
 collected their entire force, amounting to about 
 two thousand men. near a British fort, erected 
 in violation of the treaty of 1783, at the 
 rapids of the Maumee. Before attacking the 
 Indians, however. Wayne made still another 
 attempt to conciliate them. He sent Christo- 
 pher Miller, who had been naturalized among 
 the Shawnees. and taken prisoner by Wayne's 
 spies, as a messenger of peace. Miller returned 
 with the message that if the Americans would 
 delay for ten days the Indians would, within 
 that time, decide the question of war or peace. 
 Knowing the Indian character, however, 
 Wayne determined to move forward. On the 
 1 8th of August, having marched forty-one 
 miles from Auglaize, and being now near to 
 the enemy, a fortification was erected which 
 they called Fort Deposit. They remained here 
 until the "20th, when they again took up their 
 March. After having proceeded about five 
 miles the foe was encountered. In striking 
 contrast with the condition of St. Clair's army 
 at the time it had suffered its crushing defeat, 
 the army was now well disciplined and fully 
 able to cope with the enemy. The conflict 
 which ensued was one of the fiercest in the 
 history of Indian warfare. The Indians were 
 completely routed and many of them were 
 slain, while the American loss was compara- 
 tively slight. This celebrated engagement is 
 what is familiarly known as the battle of Fal- 
 len Timber. It was fought almost under 
 the walls of the British fort. When the com- 
 mander of that fort demanded an explanation 
 
 of Wayne as to why he had fought so near 
 and in evident hostility to the British, \\ 
 replied, not only by telling him he had no 
 rights in the country, but by also marching 
 ward and devastating the Indian country. 
 
 While the Indians were not immediately 
 subdued by the crushing defeat received from 
 Wayne, yet it went a long way towards break- 
 ing the strength of their hostility. Recogniz- 
 ing, at length, that opposition to the encroach- 
 ments of the whites was useless, and that their 
 ultimate subjugation was only a matter of 
 time, they were willing to sue for peace. They 
 arranged to meet General Wayne in June, 
 1795, at Greenville and form a treaty. This 
 plan was carried out and the Greenville treaty, 
 which marked the close of the Indian wars in 
 the West, was the result. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 
 
 After the title to the lands northwest of 
 the Ohio had become vested in the United 
 States, and active perparations for their settle- 
 ment began to be made, it became necessary 
 for Congress to provide some form of govern- 
 ment for the territory. The matter was one 
 calling for the exercise of the highest states- 
 manship, and various plans were under dis- 
 cussion before a final settlement was reached. 
 At one time Congress, under the influence of 
 the Southern States, voted down Jefferson's 
 proposition excluding slavery forever from 
 the territory. It was likewise proposed to di- 
 vide the territory into ten states to be known 
 as Sylvania, Michigania. Cheresonisius, Assen- 
 ispia, Mesopotamia, Illinoia, Saratoga. Wash- 
 ington, Polypotamia and Pelisipia, the ultimate 
 arrangement being, however, that there should 
 be no less than three nor more than five states. 
 The instrument which was finally adopted for 
 the government of the Northwest Territory, 
 and ever since popularly known as the "< )r- 
 dinance of 1787," was. in large measure, the 
 result of the efforts of Rev. Manassah Cutler, 
 before mentioned as being instrumental in se- 
 curing the grant of lands to the Ohio Com- 
 pany. It was passed on the 13th of July, 
 1787. Its cardinal principles were: 1st. — The 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 exclusion of slavery from the territory for- 
 ever ; 2nd. — Provision for public schools, giv- 
 ing one township for a seminary and every 
 sixteenth section (this gave one thirty-sixth 
 of all the land for public education) ; 3rd. — ■ 
 Freedom in religious worship and opinion; 
 4th. — The equal distribution of estates; and 
 5th. — Protection in civil liberty. It also pro- 
 vided for the appointment of a governor who 
 should likewise be commander of the militia, 
 a secretary, and for three judges. The gover- 
 nor and the judges were to have the power to 
 adopt and publish such of the laws of other 
 states as should be suitable to their circum- 
 stances. Whenever there should be 5,000 free 
 male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, 
 they were to have authority to elect repre- 
 sentatives to a General Assembly, which was 
 to consist of the Governor, a Legislative 
 Council and a House of Representatives. 
 There was the further provision that not less 
 than three n< ir mi ire than five states were to 
 be formed out of the territory, the states to 
 be admitted to equal standing with the original 
 states of the Union whenever they had a popu- 
 lation of 60,000, or sooner if consistent with 
 the general interest. The principles embodied 
 in the ordinance were in the form of 
 a compact irrevocable save by consent 
 of both Congress and the states that 
 should be formed out of the territory. It was 
 li\ reason of this fact that the South was af- 
 terwards powerless when they endeavored to 
 have the territory opened to the admission of 
 slavery. 
 
 In October, 1 7S7, Congress appointed Gen. 
 Arthur St. Clair, who had been an officer in 
 the Resolution, governor of the new territory, 
 Winthrop Sargeant, secretary, and Samuel H. 
 I 'arsons. John Armstrong, and James M. Var- 
 num, judges. Subsequently Armstrong de- 
 clined the appointment and John Cleves 
 Syrnmes was given his place. Governor St. 
 Clair arrived at the Marietta settlement on 
 July 9, 1788, and immediately began his du- 
 ties. On the 25th, the first law, relating to 
 the militia, was published, and the next day 
 the governor issued a proclamation creating 
 all the country that had been ceded by the In- 
 
 dians, east of the Scioto River, into the county 
 of Washington. After organizing the militia 
 he next erected the Courts of Probate and 
 Quarter Sessions, and proceeded to appoint 
 civil officers. Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tup- 
 per and Winthrop Sargeant, were made jus- 
 tices of the peace. The 30th day of August, 
 the day the Court of Quarter Sessions was ap- 
 pointed, Archibald Cary, Isaac' Pierce and 
 Thomas Lord were also appointed justices. 
 Return Jonathan Meigs was appointed clerk 
 of this Court of Quarter Sessions. Ebenezer 
 Sprout was appointed sheriff of Washington 
 County and also colonel of the militia; Wil- 
 liam Callis, clerk of the Supreme Court; Rufus 
 Putnam, judge of the Probate Court, and Re- 
 turn J. Meigs, Jr., clerk. 
 
 On September 2nd, the first court was held. 
 It is thus described by the American Pioneer: 
 "The procession was formed at the Point 
 (where most of the settlers resided), in the 
 following order: The high sheriff, with his 
 drawn sword ; the citizens ; the officers of the 
 garrison at Fort Harmar; the members of the 
 bar; the supreme judges; the governor and 
 clergymen ; the newly appointed judges of the 
 Court of Common Pleas, Generals Rufus Put- 
 nam and Benjamin Tupper. 
 
 "They marched up the path that had been 
 cleared through the forest to Campus Martius 
 Hall (stockade), where the whole counter- 
 marched, and the judges, Putnam and Tupper, 
 took their seats. The clergyman. Rev. Dr. 
 Cutler, then invoked the divine blessing. The 
 sheriff, Ebenezer Sproat, proclaimed with his 
 solemn 'Oh yes' that a court is open for the 
 administration of even-handed justice to the 
 poor and to the rich, to the guilty and to the 
 innocent, without respect of persons; none to 
 be punished without a trial of their peers, and 
 then in pursuance of the laws and the evidence 
 in the case. 
 
 "Although the scene was exhibited thus 
 early in the settlement of the West, few ever 
 equalled it in the dignity and exalted char- 
 acter of its principal participators. Many of 
 them belonged to the history of our country 
 in the darkest as well as the most splendid 
 period of the Revolutionary war." 
 
CRYSTAL SPRING FARM, OWNED BY F. P. HILLS, DELAWARE 
 
 'I HE ALLISON E GOl ©RICH HOME, 
 LIBERTY It >\\ NSHIP 
 
 RESIDENCE OF MRS SILAS J. MANN, 
 II \KI.HM TOWNSHIP 
 
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 About the 1st of January, 1790, Governor 
 St. Clair, with his officers, went to Fort Wash- 
 ington, on the present site of Cincinnati, and 
 established the county of Hamilton, in which 
 was comprised all the country 'contiguous to 
 the Ohio, from the Hocking River to the 
 Great Miami. He also appointed a corps of 
 civil and military officers and erected a Court 
 of Quarter Sessions. A short time later he 
 likewise organized the county of St. Clair, 
 whose limits, however, were comprised within 
 the present State of Indiana, and Illinois, in- 
 cluding the country from the Wabash to the 
 Mississippi. Before the close of 1795 the gov- 
 ernor and the judges published sixty- four 
 statutes. Among other things they provided 
 that the common law of England, and all its 
 statutes made previous to the fourth year of 
 James I., should be of full force in the terri- 
 tory. Wayne County was organized in 1796, 
 Jefferson and Adams in 1797, and Ross in 
 1798. 
 
 As has before been stated, the Ordinance 
 of 1787 provided that whenever there should 
 be 5.000 persons in the territory they should 
 be entitled to a representative assembly. On 
 October 29, 1798, Governor St. Clair pro- 
 claimed that the population had reached the re- 
 quired number, and ordered an election for 
 the third Monday in December. The repre- 
 sentatives thus elected met in Cincinnati, Janu- 
 ary 22,\i799, and, under the provisions of the 
 Ordinance, nominated ten persons, from whom 
 the President should select five to constitute 
 the Legislative Council. The persons chosen 
 were : Jacob Burnet, James Finley, Henry 
 Vanderburgh, Robert Oliver and David Vance. 
 The Territorial Legislature again met at Cin- 
 cinnati on the 24th of September, when a 
 great amount of business was done. They 
 repealed some of the laws that were already 
 in force, adopted others, created and filled new 
 offices and devised various plans and methods 
 for carrying on the government of the new 
 territory. The only lawyer in the body was 
 Mr. Burnet, upon whom, by reason of his 
 profession, a great amount of the work de- 
 volved. He seems to have acquitted himself 
 well in the position in which he was thus 
 
 placed. The whole number of acts passed and 
 approved by the governor was thirty-seven. It 
 is worthy of note that a bill authorizing a 
 lottery was passed by the Council but rejected 
 by the Legislature. 
 
 Among other duties which devolved on this 
 session of the Legislature was the election of 
 a delegate to Congress. The choice fell upon 
 William Henry Harrison, the secretary of the 
 territory at that time. He at once resigned his 
 office and proceeded to Philadelphia to take 
 his seat in Congress which was then in ses- 
 sion. He was successful in obtaining many 
 important advantages for his constitutents, 
 among others a measure subdividing the sur- 
 veys of the public lands and permitting them 
 to be sold in smaller tracts, thus making it 
 possible for them to be purchased by individu- 
 als without first coming into the hands of 
 speculators. 
 
 At this first session of the Legislature Gov- 
 ernor St. Clair saw fit to veto eleven acts which 
 were passed by it. The greater part of them 
 related to formation of new counties, a right 
 which the governor claimed was vested in him 
 alone. The attitude of the governor served 
 to increase his unpopularity with the people, 
 whose confidence he seems to have lost, in 
 large measure, after his disastrous defeat at 
 the hands of the Indians. 
 
 In the year 1800 Congress took up the 
 matter of dividing the Northwest Territory 
 into two parts. The great extent of the terri- 
 tory rendered extremely difficult and unsatis- 
 factory the operations of the government. By 
 reason of the loose administration of justice 
 in its western part, that portion had become a 
 rendezvous for criminals of various character, 
 with the consequent effect of deterring better 
 citizens from settling there. The judiciary 
 was likewise wholly inefficient as regarded 
 civil cases. The far western frontier, being 
 at such a great distance from the seat of both 
 the national and territorial governments, could 
 neither feel for them the attachment or fear 
 their restraint to the extent that a closer re- 
 lation would establish. In consequence, on the 
 7th of May an act was passed dividing the 
 territory, the line of division being "a line be- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ginning at the Ohio, opposite to the mouth 
 of the Kentucky River, and running thence to 
 Fort Recovery, and thence north until it inter- 
 sects the territorial line between the United 
 States and Canada." The same form of gov- 
 ernment was provided for the new territory 
 as prevailed in the old. Chillicothe was made 
 the seat of government for the old territory 
 and St. Clair retained as governor, while St. 
 Vincent's on the Wabash River, was made the 
 capital of the "Indiana Territory." and Wil- 
 liam Henry Harrison appointed its governor. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. 
 
 The second session of the General As- 
 sembly was held at Chillicothe in 1801. Gov- 
 ernor St. Clair had, meanwhile, been growing- 
 more and more unpopular. The abuse heaped 
 on the governor and the Legislature at Chilli- 
 cothe became so great that they decided to re- 
 nn ive the capital from that place to Cincinnati. 
 Out of this agitation, however, and the general 
 discontent with the governor, there had been 
 rapidly arising a general sentiment in favor 
 1 1 the formation of a State government. This 
 sentiment was in a minority, however, so far as 
 the General Assembly was concerned. A 
 measure was introduced there proposing that 
 the Ordinance of 17X7 be so changed that the 
 Scioto River, together with a line drawn from 
 its intersection with the Indian boundary to 
 the western extremity of the Reserve, should 
 be the western limit of the most eastern State 
 to be formed out of the territory. To protest 
 against this proposition the minority sent 
 Thomas Worthington to Washington. While 
 he was on his way a resolution introduced into 
 the Legislature for choosing a committee to 
 address Congress with regard to the proposed 
 -tale was defeated. A further attempt pro- 
 viding for taking the census of the territory 
 was postponed by the Council. 
 
 Worthington, however, was successful in 
 his mission to Congress, and on the 30th of 
 April that body authorized the calling of a 
 state convention for the purpose of forming a 
 constitution, provided it was found expedient. 
 "The act of Congress, providing for the ad- 
 
 mission of the new state into the Union, offered 
 certain propositions to the people. These were, 
 first, that Section Sixteen in each township, 
 or, where that section had been disposed of, 
 other contiguous and equivalent lands, should 
 be granted to the inhabitants for the use of 
 schools; second, that thirty-eight sections of 
 land, where salt springs had been found, of 
 which one township was situated on the Scioto, 
 one section on the Muskingum, and one section 
 in the United States Military Tract, should 
 be granted to the state, never to be sold or 
 leased, however, for a longer term than ten 
 years; and third, that one twentieth of the 
 proceeds of the public lands sold within the 
 state, should be applied to the construction of 
 roads from the Atlantic, to and through the 
 same." These propositions were offered on 
 the condition that the convention should pro- 
 vide, by ordinance, that all lands sold by the 
 United States after the 30th day of June, 1802, 
 should be exempt from taxation by the state 
 for five years after sale. 
 
 The convention met at Chillicothe on the 
 1st day of November, 1802. While it believed 
 the consideration offered to the state hardly 
 sufficient for the tax exemption required, it 
 decided to accept the conditions of Congress, 
 providing their propositions should be suffi- 
 ciently enlarged "so as to vest in the state, for 
 the use of schools. Section Sixteen in each 
 township si ild by the United States, and three 
 other tracts of land, equal in quantity, re- 
 spectively, to one thirty-sixth of the Virginia 
 Reservation, of the United States Military 
 Tract, and of the Connecticut Reserve, and to 
 give three per centum of the proceeds of the 
 public lands sold within the state, to be applied 
 under the direction of the Legislature, to roads 
 in Ohio." Congress acceded to this modifica- 
 tion and there was thus nothing to prevent the 
 formation of the new state. 
 
 The time for the meeting of the General 
 Assembly came while the constitutional con- 
 vention was in session, but, owing to the prob- 
 ability that the territorial government would 
 si 1 si 11 m be superseded by that of the state, they 
 deferred meeting. On the 29th of November 
 the convention having framed a constitution 
 
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 and completed its labors, adjourned. The 
 constitution, though never submitted to the 
 people, was submitted to Congress and ac- 
 cepted by that body, and an act passed admit- 
 ting Ohio to the Union, February 19, 1803. 
 The constitution framed by this convention 
 continued in force until the adoption, in 185 1, 
 of the present one. The territorial govern- 
 ment ended and the state government began 
 on March 1, 1803. 
 
 By the new constitution it was provided 
 that the first elections under the new govern- 
 ment should be held the second Tuesday of 
 January, 1803. Accordingly at that time Ed- 
 ward Tiffin was chosen governor and Jere- 
 miah Morrow sent to Congress. A General 
 Assembly was also elected, which met on 
 March 3rd and chose the following officers : 
 Michael Baldwin, speaker of the House, 
 and Nathaniel Massie of the Senate; 
 William Creighton, Jr., secretary of state; 
 Colonel Thomas Gibson, auditor; William 
 McFarland, treasurer; Return J. Meigs, Jr., 
 Samuel Huntington and William Spriggs, 
 judges of the Supreme Court; Francis Dun- 
 levy. Wyllys Silliman and Calvin Pease, presi- 
 dent judges of the First. Second and Third 
 Districts, and Thomas Worthington and John 
 
 Smith. United States Senators. The Assembly 
 also passed such laws as were necessary. Up 
 to the time of the adoption of the state consti- 
 tution there had been organized the following 
 counties: Washington, July 27, 1788; Hamil- 
 ton, January 2, 1790; Adams, July 10, 1797; 
 Jefferson, July 29, 1797; Ross, August 20, 
 1798; Clermont, Fairfield and Trumbull, De- 
 cember 9, 1800; Belmont, September 7, 1801. 
 Eight additional counties were created by the 
 Assembly at its first session, viz. : Gallia, 
 Scioto, Butler. Warren, Greene, Montgom- 
 ery, Franklin and Columbiana. 
 
 The seat of government was first located 
 at Chillicothe. In the year 1810 an act was 
 passed changing its location to Zanesville, but 
 at the next session of the General Assembly 
 it was again taken back to Chillicothe, and 
 commissioners appointed to determine upon a 
 definite location. It is said that they first re- 
 ported in favor of Dublin, a small town on the 
 Scioto about fourteen miles above Columbus. 
 At the session of the Assembly of 181 3- 14. 
 however, the proposal of parties owning the 
 site of Columbus was accepted and in 1816. 
 the first meeting of the Assembly was held 
 there. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF DELAWARE COVNTY 
 
 Derivation of Title — First Settlement — Growth of Population— First Events — Pioneer In- 
 dustries — Early Roads and Taverns — Organization of the County — Early Political 
 History — County and Other Officials. 
 
 We have already traced in a former chap- 
 ter the various steps by which the title to the 
 lands of the Northwest Territory, and thereby 
 of Delaware County, became vested in the 
 United States Government. It now remains to 
 say a word as to the manner in which the 
 first settlers in Delaware County derived title 
 from the United States. Previous mention 
 was made of the fact that Virginia, in ceding 
 her claims to the territory northwest of the 
 Ohio to the general government made a con- 
 dition that she was to retain the right to ap- 
 propriate a certain portion of that land, if ne- 
 cessary, to satisfy her military bounties, issued 
 during the Revolutionary War. In accordance 
 with this understanding the State of Virginia 
 ultimately appropriated a tract north of the 
 Ohio and west of the Scioto Rivers. All that 
 part of Delaware County which lies west of 
 the Scioto is, in consequence, within the tract 
 known as the Virginia Military Lands. All 
 that part of the county which lies east of the 
 Ssioto is within the tract known as the United 
 States Military Lands, excepting the "salt res- 
 ervation" in Brown Township, which will be 
 mentioned later. The United States Military 
 Lands are so called from their having been ap- 
 propriated by Congress, through an act passed 
 June. 1796, to satisfy certain claims of the 
 officers and soldiers of the Revolution. There 
 is a difference in the method of survey of 
 these lands and that of the Virginia Military 
 
 Lands. The United States Military Lands 
 were divided into townships of five miles 
 square and these again into quarter-town- 
 ships of 4,000 acres each. Further subdivi- 
 sions of the quarter-township's into forty lots 
 of 100 acres each were made in some cases. 
 The place of each township is ascertained by 
 numbers and ranges. 
 
 The Virginia Military District is not sur- 
 veyed into townships or any regular form. 
 Every person holding a Virginia military land 
 warrant was permitted to locate it at any place 
 in the district and in whatever shape he pleased, 
 in so far it did not conflict with some else. 
 In consequence, there has been much more liti- 
 gation growing" out of a conflict of boundaries 
 in this district than in the United States Mili- 
 tary Lands. 
 
 It will be recalled that in the act passed 
 by Congress through which the State of Ohio 
 was constituted, certain tracts within the state, 
 known as salt reservations, were granted to 
 the State of Ohio and reserved from sale. One 
 of these tracts was in Brown Township, in 
 Delaware County, and consisted of 4,000 
 acres in the northeast section. On the failure 
 of the reservation, however, to fulfill expecta- 
 tions so far as salt production was concerned, 
 permission was granted to the State by an 
 act of Congress of December 28, 1824, to sell 
 the lands, and an act was likewise passed for 
 this purpose by the State Legislature on Febru- 
 
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 ary 2j 18.26. From one of these various 
 sources have the first settlers in Delaware 
 grained title to their lands. 
 
 FIRST SETTLEMENT. 
 
 Something over a hundred years has now 
 passed since the first white settler in Delaware 
 County cleared the unbroken forest for the 
 erection of his cabin. The lips that could re- 
 count from personal recollection the tale of 
 hardship and heroism, of peril and privation, 
 that marked this event of such prime import- 
 ance to the county's present populace, have 
 long since been sealed in death, and the story 
 itself has, to some extent, become enshrouded 
 in the misty uncertainties of the past. There 
 is always a romantic interest that attaches to 
 first occurrences, especially such as this; and 
 had the record of toil and struggle that marked 
 the opening up of Delaware County to civili- 
 zation been carefully chronicled and preserved, 
 it would now be read with intensest interest 
 by those who claim the county as their home. 
 Pioneer life here, perhaps, was different in no 
 marked degree, from pioneer life in general; 
 yet incidents that might be trifling to the world 
 at large would be far from being so to us with 
 whose present well-being and happiness they 
 are so indissoluble linked. Everything that 
 might concern the early struggle with the 
 wilderness here would possess for us the inter- 
 est felt in our own kith and kin. At the pres- 
 ent day when even the poorest has comforts 
 and luxuries that the whole world scarce 
 dreamed of for a thousand years, when space 
 itself presents no difficulties to easy communi- 
 cation with our fellow-beings, it is difficult to 
 even imagine the lonely cahin in the great, 
 deep forest, which gave scant shelter to the 
 pioneer, from driving storms and winter's 
 cold, or to think of him as being far from the 
 sound of a friendly voice, often endangered by 
 attack from savage beast or savage red man, 
 and hard-pressed for even those things with- 
 out which life itself could not be sustained. 
 Yet all this was gladly assumed and cheer- 
 fully endured by those who paved the way 
 in Delaware County for the coming of the 
 
 white man's government and the white man's 
 civilization. All this was necessary that we 
 might enjoy our present security and comfort. 
 And while we celebrate the heroes of the camp 
 and the battlefield, while we applaud great 
 achievement in every sphere of human activity, 
 let us accord a place equal to that of any to 
 the pioneer, and to the pioneers of our own 
 county in particular. 
 
 Delaware County drew its early popula- 
 tion from widely separated sources. Natur- 
 ally the larger part hailed from the sta'tes in 
 our own country already populated. Some 
 came from beyond the seas. The restless energy 
 that led the hardy emigrants to seek homes 
 in our land soon after its discovery again led 
 their descendants to move further to the west- 
 ward. The battle with the wilderness was 
 fought and won ; and the population of Dela- 
 ware County today inherits the same elements 
 of intelligence, enterprise and strength that 
 might be expected from such an ancestry. 
 
 It is generally conceded that the first set- 
 tlement in Delaware County, at least the first 
 to have a marked influence on its further de- 
 velopment, was in Liberty Township. The 
 claim has not been allowed, however, to go un- 
 questioned. It is asserted that a man by the 
 name of Gilbert Van Dorn settled within the 
 limits of Trenton Township as early as 1783. 
 There is also said to have been a white settler 
 warned Saybrook who came to Orange Town- 
 ship in 1798, and another in Troy in 1801. 
 The time is now too far past, however, to de- 
 termine as to the accuracy of these statements, 
 and there would seem to be justice in claiming 
 the honor of the first settlement for Liberty 
 Township, inasmuch as that is the first of 
 which we have definite knowledge, and is un- 
 doubtedly the first that had a marked influence 
 on the subsequent development of the county. 
 
 In the year 1801, on May 1st, after a jour- 
 ney from the State of New York lasting for 
 two months and eighteen days, during which 
 all the experiences incident to travel through a 
 new and undeveloped country were encount- 
 ered, Nathan Carpenter and Avery Powers 
 landed on the east bank' of the Olentangy 
 River, or Whetstone, as it was then called, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 five miles south of the site of the present city 
 of Delaware. Carpenter was a man of wealth, 
 of indomitable enterprise, and had been a 
 captain in the Revolutionary War, an experi- 
 ence in hardship and endurance which was 
 well calculated to tit him fur this enterprise 
 which he undertook not many years after the 
 war's termination. He had lived first in Con- 
 necticut, but at the close of the Revolution 
 had removed to Chenango Count}-, New Vi >rk. 
 It was while here that he fell under the in- 
 fluence of the excitement, prevalent at the time, 
 over the opening up of the territory north- 
 west of the Ohio to colonization, and he de- 
 termined to become one of the pioneers in its 
 settlement and development. From his home 
 in Chenango County, in company with Avery 
 Powers and several others, he started out in 
 the dead of winter and when the ground was 
 covered with snow, for the unknown and un- 
 tried region which was to be his home for the 
 future. Carpenter's family accompanied him, 
 but the family of Powers did not come until 
 later. On their arrival cabins were erected 
 and the lonely life in the wilderness was be- 
 gun. 
 
 It was not long, however, until others ar- 
 rived. In April of the year 1802, Thomas 
 Cellar and Josiah McKinnie established them- 
 selves on the Olentangy, two miles below Car- 
 penter in the same township, Thomas Cellar 
 being the owner of a tract of 4.000 acres 
 within the present township limits. About two 
 years later three brothers, John. Ebenezer and 
 Aaron Welch, together with a brother-in-law, 
 (apt. Leonard Monroe, settled in the neighbor- 
 hood of the Carpenters. A few years later 
 there was added to the Liberty Township set- 
 tlement Ebenezer Goodrich, George and Seth 
 Case, and David Thomas. 
 
 Before the Liberty settlement had received 
 all these additions, however, colonists were be- 
 ginning to erect their cabins in other parts of 
 the county. One of the earliest after the ar- 
 rival of Carpenter and Powers., was Henry 
 Perry, who. unlike most of the others, was 
 not a Xew Englander, but came direct from 
 Wales and thus became the fore-runner of the 
 Welsh colony, which has numbered among its 
 
 members many of the county's most substantial 
 citizens. He settled in the region which has 
 since been organized into Radnor Township, 
 and his cabin stood about three-fourths of a 
 mile from the site of the present village of 
 Radnor. There is an interesting story re- 
 lated in connection with this settlement. 
 Perrv had brougfit his two bovs, then only 
 nine and eleven years of age, with him. When 
 it became necessary for him to return to Phila- 
 delphia to pilot the remainder of his family 
 to their new home, he left the two boys all 
 alone in the cabin in the wilderness. The win- 
 ter was one of exceptional severity, the cabin 
 open, "having neither daubing, fireplace or 
 chimney," and food extremely scarce. Yet 
 these boys withstood bravely all these hard- 
 ships, fearlessly encountered all the clangers 
 of the unbroken forest, and in addition made 
 a considerable clearing- by the time their father 
 returned. It was such courage as this which 
 conquered the wilderness and appropriated it 
 for the purposes of a civilization of which the 
 native red men never so much as conceived. 
 The ground on which Perry settled had been 
 originally purchased by David Pugh. This 
 man laid out a village on his land which he 
 called Xew Baltimore and which he antici- 
 pated would some day develop into a large and 
 flourishing town. It was not the first town, 
 however, which was laid out in Delaware 
 County. That honor belongs to Berkshire. 
 
 The date of Perry's settlement in Radnor 
 Township was 1803. The next year marks 
 the coming to the county of a man who was 
 to have perhaps more to do with the shaping 
 of her destinies during the early years of her 
 history than any other. Colonel Moses Byxbe 
 was a native of Berkshire County, Massachu- 
 setts. He was a man of exceptional energy, with 
 great decision and force of character. He had, 
 before his coming to Ohio, accumulated large 
 wealth and acquired a position of commanding 
 influence in his native town of Lenox. In his 
 business of tavern and store-keeper he had 
 come into possession of a number of military 
 land warrants, which he located in what are 
 now the townships of Berkshire and Berlin. 
 The tract which he first owned comprised 
 
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 8,000 acres. He threw all his energies into the 
 task of colonizing his western possessions and 
 soon succeeded in organizing a colony of emi- 
 grants who set out for their new homes in 
 June of the year 1804, arriving at the place 
 on Alum Creek which was afterwards called 
 Berkshire in honor of their native county. 
 There is said to have been a still earlier settle- 
 ment within the bounds of Berkshire Town- 
 ship, however, in the person of Thomas Cow- 
 gill, who is reputed to have built his cabin in 
 the southern part of the township in 1801. 
 As was the case with the other settlements 
 which we have mentioned as having perhaps 
 preceded the Liberty Township settlement, 
 however, if this one in Berkshire Township 
 really did exist it had little influence on the 
 later development of the county. At a point 
 where Colonel Byxbe's colony located was 
 laid out the ^ first town in Delaware County, 
 preceding by a year the town which had an 
 existence on paper, at least, in Radnor Town- 
 ship, and which was platted in 1805. Had 
 Colonel Byxbe adhered to his original inten- 
 tions. Berkshire would now have been, per- 
 haps, a place of much larger .population and 
 proportions than it is. For reasons which will 
 appear when we come to speak more particu- 
 larly of the township and of the city of Dela- 
 ware. Colonel Byxbe abandoned his efforts in 
 behalf of Berkshire and devoted himself to the 
 building up of the town of Delaware. He 
 made a number of journeys between his native 
 state and his possessions in Delaware County. 
 and many among the early settlers were in- 
 duced to become such through his influence. 
 The next township to receive the pioneer 
 was Berlin, and here, too, the first settlement 
 was made on a tract owned by Byxbe. The 
 first settler was George Cowgill, who came in 
 1805, and he was closely followed by David 
 Lewis, Sr., and his family, who located on a 
 tract which had been purchased by Joseph 
 Constant of Peekskill. New York. Not long 
 afterward came Joseph Eaton, Sr.. and John 
 Johnston, with their families, from Hunting- 
 don. Pennsylvania, and later David fsaac, 
 Philander Hoadley and Chester Lewis, from 
 Waterbury, Connecticut. 
 
 A beginning having been made, it was not 
 long until every township in the county had 
 been started on the pathway to civilization 
 through the advent of the white settler. In 
 1806 Scioto was occupied, the first family here, 
 that of Richard Hoskins. like the one in Rad- 
 nor, having come originally from Wales. 
 Genoa, Kingston, Delaware, Marlborough, 
 Trenton, Harlem, and perhaps Porter, received 
 their first inhabitants as early as 1807. Be- 
 tween this period and the year 18 12 all the 
 remaining townships in the county were oc- 
 cupied, and what a few years before had been 
 a desolate, unbroken wilderness, now began to 
 teem with the life of the new population which 
 was henceforth to render the region forever- 
 more an uncongenial habitation for the native 
 child of the forest. 
 
 GROWTH OF POPULATION. 
 
 It may be interesting here to note the 
 growth of the population. The first year in 
 which a census seems to have been taken was 
 in 1810, before all the townships, even, had 
 yet been occupied. In that year Delaware 
 County had 2,000 inhabitants. It is to be re- 
 membered, however, that the extent of the 
 county's limits were greater at that time than 
 they were later on after a part of its territ' >ry 
 had been taken to help in the formation of 
 other counties, a matter which will be dis- 
 cussed hereafter. In 1820 there were 7,639 
 people in the county, in 1830. 1 1 .523. and in 
 1840, 22,060. At the time of the next census, 
 in 1850, the present boundaries of the county 
 had been fixed and the population then was 
 21,817. In i860 it was 23.902; in 1870, 25,- 
 175; in 1880. 27.381. This was the high- 
 water mark in the county's growth in popula- 
 tion, as the census in subsequent decades shows 
 an actual decline. In 1890 the number of 
 inhabitants was 27.189. and at the last ceii-us 
 in 1900 it was only 27.401. There is nothing 
 in this decrease of population in the past few 
 years that would indicate an unhealthful con- 
 dition of affairs, and the experience of Dela- 
 ware County is not. in this respect, an ex- 
 ceptional one. A number of counties in the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 state could be cited" where an exactly similar 
 condition exists. Yet their condition, as well 
 as that of Delaware County, has been one of 
 constant and unbroken prosperity. The causes 
 which brought the early settler to the com- 
 munity have simply ceased, in later times, to 
 operate, and where there has been growth in 
 recent years, as there has been in some cases, 
 it has been from an influx of laborers into the 
 county seat towns, where especial facilities for 
 the establishment of manufacturing plants are 
 afforded. 
 
 FIRST EVENTS. 
 
 There seems to be considerable uncertainty 
 as to who has the honor of being the first ad- 
 dition to the population of Delaware Count)-, 
 not from emigration but by birth upon its soil. 
 There have been at least three claimants for 
 the distinction, two of them in Liberty Town- 
 ship and one in Berlin. If the dates which have 
 been handed down to us are correct, Jeremiah 
 Gillies was born in Liberty Township on Au- 
 gust 7, 1803. In the same township Benjamin 
 Powers was born October 6, 1803. The 
 "County Atlas," published in 1875, asserts 
 that J. C. Lewis, who was born in Berlin 
 Township, September 29, 1806, was the first 
 white child born in the county. If either of 
 the dates given above, however, are correct, 
 there would appear to be little ground for the 
 claim which is made for Lewis. 
 
 The first death, as well as the first birth, 
 is a matter of interest. Death did not enter 
 the pioneer settlement until three vears after 
 its founding, and then it claimed the wife of 
 < aptain Carpenter. She died on the 7th of 
 August. 1804, and was buried on a knoll on 
 the Carpenter homestead which is supposed to 
 have been a burying ground of the ancient 
 inhabitants of the territory. The next to suc- 
 cumb was one of the Welch brothers, men- 
 tioned among the early settlers of the town- 
 ship. 
 
 PIONEER INDUSTRIES. 
 
 Much has been written (in the varied ex- 
 periences encountered in pioneer life; and, to 
 
 those of us who have come on the scene of 
 action long after the forests were cleared and 
 all the various enterprises and industries that 
 characterize the modern community were in 
 full swing of their activity, the details of life 
 in this former day are always of absorbing 
 interest. As our particular purpose here, how- 
 ever, is to recount those facts which have to 
 do exclusively with Delaware County, we 
 must refer the reader to other works for the de- 
 scription of pioneer life in general. Could the 
 facts now be obtained, through which the story 
 of the beginning of each enterprise that is now 
 interwoven with the social and business life of 
 Delaware County could be written, it would 
 possess for us an interest equal to that which 
 we have in events of much larger importance 
 in themselves, though not so vitally interwoven 
 with our own personal affairs. It perhaps did 
 not occur, however, to the humble tavern- 
 keeper of the early times, or the pioneer mer- 
 chant or miller or blacksmith, that they were 
 making history; and the record that has come 
 down to us of the early activities in these vari- 
 ous lines of enterprise, are extremely meager. 
 As regards the early store-keepers of the 
 county we can not do better than quote the 
 statement found in the county history pub- 
 lished in 1880: "With all our research we 
 have been unable to learn who opened the first 
 sti ire in Delaware, or whether the first store 
 in the county was in Delaware or Berkshire. 
 We are inclined to the opinion, however, that 
 the honor belongs to Berkshire, as it was laid 
 out as a town sometime before Delaware, prob- 
 ably three or four years before, and doubtless 
 a store was established soon after. Major 
 Brown is said to have been the first tradesman 
 at the place, but did not remain in business 
 very long. Stores were not so much of a 
 necessity then as they are now. After Brown 
 sold out a man named Fuller brought a stock 
 of goods to the place, but neither did he re- 
 main long. * The first merchant at 
 Delaware of whom we have been able to learn 
 anything was Hezekiah Kilbourn, but at what 
 date he commenced business we could not 
 learn. Lamb and Little were also among the 
 pioneer merchants of Delaware, as was An- 
 thony Walker. The latter gentleman had a 
 
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 store — a kind of branch concern — in Thomp- 
 son Township at quite an early date, which was 
 carried on by one of the Welches as agent of 
 Walker. Williams & Cone were early mer- 
 chants at Delhi, and a man named Dean kept 
 a store on Goodrich's farm in Liberty Town- 
 ship for a number of years. In what is now 
 Concord Township, was established one of the 
 early stores of the county. It was owned and 
 operated by a couple of men named Winslow, 
 
 * * and consisted of a box of cheap 
 goods exposed for sale in a small tent, at the 
 mouth of Mill Creek. Shortly after this mer- 
 cantile venture Michael Crider opened a small 
 store on the farm of Freshwater and eventu- 
 ally moved to Bellepoint." In the early days 
 the mercantile business was no slight under- 
 taking. Without any of our modern facilities 
 for safe and rapid transportation, all goods 
 had to be brought overland from points in the 
 far distant East, principally Philadelphia, at 
 great expense and risk, and it is not strange 
 that we find that many a person who attempted 
 the enterprise was compelled to abandon it 
 after a loss. Naturally the stores were not 
 of the specialized character that they possess, 
 at least in the larger places, today, but con- 
 tained commodities of every variety that could 
 be used in the primitive settlements. The set- 
 tlers depended, too, on providing themselves 
 with many of the necessities for which we are 
 now accustomed to look to our merchants. 
 
 There were two commodities which, to 
 most, are almost absolute essentials to exist- 
 ence and which the early settlers had the 
 greatest difficulty in obtaining. These were 
 flour and salt. In consequence we find among 
 the earliest activities of the Delaware County 
 pioneer, an effort to provide a supply of these 
 articles. It will be remembered that mention 
 has already been made of the fact that there 
 was supposed to be a "Salt Lick" in Brown 
 Township, and that by reason of this very im- 
 pression a whole quarter section of land therein 
 was reserved to the State. 
 
 One of the earliest attempts to produce 
 salt in the neighborhood was by Dr. John Loof- 
 bourrow, one of the first settlers of Brown 
 Township. Having learned from the Indians 
 
 where they obtained their salt, he, in com- 
 pany with a colored servant, began the manu- 
 facture of the commodity and, for several 
 years, succeeded in obtaining a moderate 
 quantity. Some years later, however, some 
 other parties who thought they saw possibili- 
 ties of salt production greater than those which 
 were being used, leased a larger area of land 
 in this section from the State and commenced 
 boring wells. They failed to find salt water 
 in paying quantities, however, and the em ire 
 tract which bad been reserved was ultimately 
 sold by the State as has already been stated. 
 An effort was made near the present village 
 of Stratford, at one time, to find salt water. A 
 shaft was sunk and there really was found to 
 be salt water in the vicinity. As the digging 
 had to be done by hand, however, without 
 any of our modern facilities, the attempt was 
 soon abandoned. It was likewse thought at 
 one time that salt could be obtained in the re- 
 gion which is now Porter Township, but here 
 too the expectations proved to be ill founded. 
 The price of salt ranged from $5.00 to $6.00 
 per bushel. As illustrating the difficulties en- 
 countered and the hardships which the early 
 settlers were compelled to undergo in order 
 to obtain this article we quote the following 
 incident from the "County Atlas" : "David 
 Lewis, Jr., (a resident of Berkshire) dug out 
 a canoe and prepared for a voyage in quest of 
 of salt. From the time of leaving until his return 
 his chances for a fire with which to cook food 
 depended on his flint in the musket-lock and 
 his 'punk' which he carried with him. The 
 tiny craft completed, he loaded it with deer, 
 raccoon and other skins, shoved out into Alum 
 Creek and started down stream. The first 
 night found him at Worthington. He went to 
 Chillicothe and. selling his load, bought a 
 bushel of salt for which he paid five dollars. 
 Lewis could not ascend the current and. 
 abandoning his canoe, shouldered his purchase, 
 and started by way of Indian trail and bridle 
 path for home. His shoulders were worn by 
 the weight of his precious burden, but he was 
 near home, when, in crossing a stream on a 
 log, unfortunately his feet slipped and he fell 
 into the water. The salt was gone and he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 was home again, his shoulders smarting with 
 the brine and his mind chafed at the loss." 
 
 Flour was just as difficult to obtain as salt. 
 The even greater necessity for its production 
 led the early settlers to turn their attention first 
 of anything, so far as manufacturing enter- 
 prises were concerned, to the establishment of 
 mills. It is related of Jacob Foust, one of the 
 earliest settlers of Troy Township that, when 
 his wife was sick and could obtain nothing 
 to eat which she relished, he shouldered a 
 bushel of wheat and carried it all the way to 
 Zanesville, seventy-five miles distant, to have 
 it ground. Owing to the limited capacity of 
 the few mills that really did exist in the earlv 
 times great hardship was entailed on the pio- 
 neers. It is recounted of one man that he 
 traveled a distance of one hundred and fifty 
 miles, from mill to mill, in a vain effort to 
 have a sack of wheat ground, finally return- 
 ing with the wheat. The rude block and 
 pestle served the purpose of the pioneer before 
 the erection of mills, but it was a very imper- 
 fect and laborious method of obtaining meal 
 and hominy. 
 
 EARLY ROADS. 
 
 Another matter to which the settlers early 
 gave attention was the construction of road-. 
 At first there were nothing but the "blazed" 
 pathways and the old Indian trails. These 
 could suffice, however, for but a short time 
 as the population increased. Accordingly we 
 find that the first business transacted by the 
 count)- commissioners on the organization of 
 the county related to the construction of a 
 road. The entry on the commissioners' record 
 is as follows: "June 15. [808. A petition for 
 a county road on west side of Whetstone 
 (Olentangy) River, beginning at the Indian 
 line; thence t<> south lines of the county, as 
 near the river as ground and river angles will 
 permit. Petition granted, and Messrs. 
 Byxbe, Nathaniel Wyatt and Josiah McKin- 
 nie appointed viewers, and Azariah Root, sur- 
 veyor." This road was afterward abandoned 
 when the Columbus and Sandusky Pike Road 
 was given a charter. The road as fust con- 
 
 structed was used as a military road during 
 the War of 181 2, the supplies to our army at 
 Fort Meigs being transported over it. The 
 road constructed later by the Columbus and 
 Sandusky Pike Road Company runs a little 
 west of this road and about where the pres- 
 ent pike is located. The old road is still made 
 use of by some of the farmers as a lane. The 
 first road company chartered in central Ohio 
 by the legislature was this Columbus and 
 Sandusky Pike Road Company, and Delaware 
 County had several of the incorporators — 
 William Little, Reuben Lamb, Hosea Wil- 
 liams, Ezra Griswold and Milo Pettibone. In 
 about a decade, however, the charter was re- 
 voked, as the road was not constructed ac- 
 cording to specifications, and the matter was 
 placed in the hands of a Board of Commission- 
 ers. The toll gates were done away with, but 
 for a long - time the road was in a very unsatis- 
 factory condition. It is hard to realize, in this 
 modern era. the annoyance to which travelers 
 were subjected by the toll gates. It is easy to 
 understand, however, the mood which led 
 many a one to evade them, when possible, and 
 to appreciate the state of mind which would 
 be experienced when the traveler, after floun- 
 dering through the mud would be compelled to 
 pay directly for the privilege. The stage- 
 coach was the only public means for transpi >r- 
 tation of passengers and, in the palmy days of 
 this institution the fare was five cents per pas- 
 senger. 
 
 Delaware County is abundantly blessed 
 with good roads at the present time, having ap- 
 proximately 1600 miles of road, at least one- 
 fourth of which is already piked or in the proc- 
 ess of being so. The pikes have, until re- 
 cently, been largely confined to the western 
 part of the county, their cost of construction 
 here being much less than in the east. At the 
 present time, however, in accord with the gen- 
 eral movement for good roads that is asserting 
 itself throughout the State, many miles of road 
 in the eastern part of the county are being 
 piked and it will not be long until this portion 
 nt the count_\- will compare favorably with 
 any other. 
 
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 The pioneer tavern was an institution of 
 great importance, just as it is in later times, 
 though in lesser degree, under another name. 
 It was not long after the county began to be 
 settled until we find these hostelries being es- 
 tablished in various parts of the county as the 
 need for them arose. They were compelled to 
 pay a license in early times and, among the 
 first records of the county commissioners is to 
 be found an order fixing the price of licenses 
 at $6.00 for the town and $4.00 for the coun- 
 try. It was afterwards raised, in 1814, to 
 $13.00 and S7.00. As descriptive of the first 
 tavern established in the town of Delaware and 
 typical of the institution itself, we quote from, 
 an article by Dr. Ralph Hills in the Western 
 Collegian, a paper formerly published in Dela- 
 ware : "The Pioneer Tavern was a few rods 
 south-east of the 'Medicine Water." It was 
 on the plateau just east of the ridge that lies 
 south of the spring, and terminated near there, 
 some three or four rods om\ ard from the pres- 
 ent street. The first house was a double 
 roomed one, with a loft, standing north and 
 south, facing the east, and was built of round 
 logs, 'chinked and daubed.' In course of time, a 
 second house, two stories high, was added, built 
 of hewed logs, and placed east and west, at 
 right angles with the south end of the first 
 building, with a little space between them. In 
 this space was the well with its curb, and its 
 tall, old-fashioned, but easy-working 'well- 
 sweep.' Around at the southwest of this was 
 the log barn and the blacksmith shop, and a 
 double granary or corn-crib, with a space be- 
 tween for its many purposes, as necessary, in- 
 deed, as the kitchen is for household purposes. 
 Here was the grind-stone, the shaving-horse, 
 the hewing block, the tools of all kinds and the 
 pegs for hanging up traps of all sorts. Here 
 the hog was scalded and dressed, the deer, 
 raccoon and 'possum were skinned, and their 
 skins stretched and dried, or tanned. Here 
 also were the nuts cracked and dried. For 
 many reasons it has a bright place in the 
 memories of boy-hood. How few know the 
 importance of the pioneer tavern in early days. 
 It was, of course, the place of rest for the 
 weary traveler, whether on foot or on horse. 
 
 It was many a day before a 'dearborn' or a 
 'dandy-wagon' was known on the road. But 
 it was much more than this and seemed the 
 emporium of everything. It was the market 
 place for all; the hunter with his venison and 
 turkeys ; the trapper with his skins and furs ; 
 and the knapsack peddler — the pioneer mer- 
 chant — here gladdened the hearts of all with 
 his 'boughten' wares. At this tavern, too, 
 were all public gatherings called, to arrange 
 for a general hunt, to deal out justice to some 
 transgressor of the unwritten but well known 
 pioneer laws. In fact it was here, at a later 
 period, that the first organized county court 
 was held, with the grand jury in the tavern 
 loft and the petit jury under a neighboring 
 shade tree." 
 
 It was only seven years after the Liberty 
 settlement was started that Delaware County 
 was organized into a separate civil subdivis- 
 ion of the state. It is interesting to trace the 
 evolution of the Ohio counties. We have al- 
 ready mentioned the fact in a former chapter 
 that the first county to be established in the 
 present territory of Ohio was Washington, 
 which, in the beginning, embraced about one- 
 half of the present area of Ohio. The second 
 county to be established was Hamilton. Al- 
 though it included, at the first, only a strip be- 
 tween the two Miamis, it was afterwards en- 
 larged to include an area extending to the 
 Scioto River which was the western boundary 
 of Washington. It would seem that the terri- 
 tory which is now Delaware County was on 
 the boundary line between these two original 
 counties, portions of it lying in both of them. 
 It had likewise been included within the boun- 
 daries of several other counties before it was 
 set off as a separate division. The sixth 
 county to be formed was Ross, which included 
 Delaware. Franklin was formed from Ross 
 and Delaware was taken off of Franklin. The 
 original boundaries of Delaware County, how- 
 ever, were originally more extensive than they 
 are now. Three different times has its terri- 
 t< try been taken to form other counties. Tn 
 1820 a large part of Delaware County went 
 to the formation of Union County. In 1824 
 Marion County took a slice off of the northern 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 part, and in 1848 Morrow County took five 
 whole townships, leaving the present area of 
 Delaware County about 500 square miles. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 
 
 The Act of the Legislature creating Dela- 
 ware County was passed February 10. 1808. It 
 provided that from and after the first day of 
 the next April the county of Delaware should 
 be vested with all the privileges, powers and 
 immunities of a separate and distinct county. 
 and stipulated that an election should be called 
 for the first Monday of the next May. At this 
 election the following officers were chosen, 
 viz.: John Welch, Ezekiel Brown and Avery 
 Powers, commissioners; Rev. Jacob Drake, 
 treasurer; Dr. Reuben Lamb, recorder; Solo- 
 mon Smith, sheriff, and Azariah Root, sur- 
 veyor. 
 
 The first thing necessary after the passage 
 of the act establishing the county itself, was 
 the location of the county seat; and for this 
 purpose special commissioners were appointed 
 by the General Assembly. Only a short time 
 previous to the organization of the county the 
 town of Delaware had been laid out by Moses 
 Byxbe and Henry Baldwin, a resident of 
 Pittsburg. By the act which created the 
 county, Delaware was made the temporary seat 
 of justice, pending the choice of a permanent 
 location; and both Delaware and Berkshire, 
 laid out some years before, as has already been 
 mentioned, now became contestants for the 
 honor. Had Moses Byxbe retained the early 
 interest which he had in Berkshire, perhaps it 
 might have been successful, but he had now de- 
 voted all his energies to building up the town 
 of I lelaware and this, together with its natural 
 advantages, decided the matter in its favor. 
 The inhabitants of Berkshire, however, per- 
 sisted in their efforts fur a number of years, 
 in the hope thai the) might still secure the 
 honor. 
 
 A court house was not provided for until 
 the year 1815, when the commissioners let a 
 contract for the building of .me at a cost of 
 $8,000. This structure was afterwards burned 
 and business, as well as eourt. was conducted 
 
 in various rooms in the town until the erection 
 of the present structure in 1870. at a cost of 
 $81 1.000. The Court House is a substantial 
 brick building, well adapted to the require- 
 ments of such a building. The first session of 
 the Common Pleas Court was held in the tav- 
 ern of Joseph Barber, already mentioned, and 
 was conducted by Judge Belt, of Chillicothe. 
 Owing to the diminutive character of the 
 building, the grand jury were under the neces- 
 sity of conducting their deliberations under a 
 shade tree nearby, while the petit jury occu- 
 pied similar quarters in the neighborhood, both 
 under the espionage of constables. The first 
 civil case was an action brought by Jacob 
 Drake against Elias Palmer for boarding, 
 money loaned, and other claims. The first case 
 to be considered by the grand jury was that of 
 the State of Ohio against Valentine Martin. 
 
 The first jail was built of logs and was lo- 
 cated on the hill overlooking the Delaware run 
 at the corner of Franklin and what is now Uni- 
 versity Avenue. It was twelve by twenty-four 
 feet and a rather crude affair. The pris- 
 oners showed their contempt for it by securing 
 an exit to the roof and then crowing lustily 
 before taking their departure. There have 
 been three other jails built since then, one- in 
 1814 and another in 1850. The present jail, 
 which is not without claims to architectural 
 beauty, was erected in 1878. The contract 
 for the building was let at $22,000, but extras 
 were added until the total cost amounted to 
 
 $25,845.35- . 
 
 The original act creating Delaware County 
 
 authorized the Associate Justices to divide the 
 c< unity into such townships as were necessary. 
 The first division was into three townships, as 
 follows : "All east of the eighteenth range 
 was made the township of Berkshire; all west 
 and north of the north line of the fourth tier 
 of townships, and a continued line west was 
 made the township of Radnor; all south of 
 Radnor and west of Berkshire was made the 
 township of Libert}-. As the population in- 
 creased, however, other divisions were found 
 necessary. Townships were established from 
 time to time by the commissioners until the 
 county, at one time, contained as high as twen- 
 
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 ty-four. The names of these were: Berk- 
 shire, Bennington, Berlin, Brown, Concord, 
 Delaware, Genoa, Harlem, Harmony, Kings- 
 ton, Liberty, Lincoln, Marlborough, Orange, 
 Oxford, Peru, Porter, Radnor, Scioto, Sun- 
 bury. Thompson, Trenton, Troy and West- 
 field. As has already been mentioned, a num- 
 ber of these townships have gone to form other 
 counties, and one. Sunbury, has been entirely 
 obliterated in the re-arrangement of township 
 lines, though its territory still remains within 
 the county. 
 
 We have already mentioned the towns of 
 New Baltimore and Berkshire as having been 
 laid out during the first years in which settlers 
 came to the county, the former, however, never 
 having had any existence except on paper. The 
 next town to be platted was Norton, laid out 
 by James Kilbourne, and the next, the present 
 county seat, which was laid out by Henry 
 Baldwin and Moses Byxbe, the first site having 
 been on the east side of the Olentangy, but 
 afterwards removed to the west side of the 
 river. This was on March 10, 1808. We give 
 herewith a tabular statement of the towns 
 which have since been laid out within the 
 county : 
 
 Name. Date. Original Proprietors. 
 
 Galena (originally called Zoar) April 20, 1816 William Carpenter. 
 
 Sunbury November 9. 1816 William and Laurence Myers. 
 
 Delhi (now Radnor) August 7, 1833 Edward Evans 
 
 Bellepoint September 16, 1835 James Kooken. 
 
 East Liberty March 16. 1836 William Page & E. Lindenberger. 
 
 Olive Greene May 10, 1836 C. Lindenberger and Festus Sprague. 
 
 Rome September 2, 1836 D. Price and Amos Sarles. 
 
 Eden September 27. 1836 D. G. Thurston and Isaac Leonard. 
 
 Williamsville December 8. 1836 Anson Williams. 
 
 Freedon April 23, 1841 Jesse Locke and J. G. Jones. 
 
 Centerville March 2. 1848 Edward Hartwin and B. Roberts. 
 
 Cheshire March 10, 1849 F. J. Adams. 
 
 Ashley (originally Oxford] May 15, 1849 L. Walker and J. C. Avery. 
 
 Harlem July 2.^, 1849 A. Washburn and James Budd. 
 
 Stratford May 11, 1850 Hosea Williams and H. G. Andrews. 
 
 Edinburg 
 
 Leonardsburg March 13. 1852 S. G. Caulkins. 
 
 Ostrander March 20, 1852 James Ligget. 
 
 Orange Station July 29, 1852 George and H. J. Jarvis. 
 
 Lewis Center j u l y 3 g. ^2 William S. Lewis. 
 
 Tanktown (now Berlin) April 3, 185S John B. Black. 
 
 Powell February 1. [876 A. G. Hall. 
 
 Hyattsville February 6. 1876 H. A. Hyatt. 
 
 Radnor March 9, 1876 Thomas Edwards. 
 
 The following excellent review of the early 
 political history of the county was written a 
 number of years ago by Hon. James R. Hub- 
 bell, a sketch of whose notable career will be 
 found in the chapter on the "Bench and Bar" : 
 
 "In the early history of Delaware County 
 there was but little party strife. The act of 
 the General Assembly creating the county was 
 passed the last year of the administration of 
 Thomas Jefferson, and the exciting events of 
 the War of 1812, which soon followed, wiped 
 out the old Federal party which so bitterly as- 
 sailed Mr. Jefferson. The war treasures of 
 Mr. Madison and the Republican party in Con- 
 gress were earnestly supported by the citizens 
 generally throughout the county. The scram- 
 ble for the 'loaves and fishes' of office, com- 
 pared with a later date, was almost nothing. 
 But few offices were sought for their emolu- 
 ments. The most lucrative offices were filled by 
 appointment and not by popular election. The 
 most important offices, then as now, was that 
 of county auditor, which was filled by appoint- 
 ment of the county commissioners. It was not 
 until the year 1821 that the office was made 
 elective by the popular vote. The county treas- 
 urer, surveyor and recorder of deeds were also 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 appointed by the commissioners. The pn >se- 
 cuting attorney and clerk of the cdtirt were 
 appointed by the court. . These officers were 
 made elective by the law of 1833. In most 
 cases the offices were filled by faithful and 
 competent men. The appointing power con- 
 ferred by the legislature upon the commission- 
 ers and the court, although anti-Republican 
 in principle, seems to be, judging from the ex- 
 perience of the past, the best calculated to se- 
 cure efficiency and competency in office. Ex- 
 perience has shown that the less frequently 
 changes are made, the better it is for the pub- 
 lic service. The early records of the county 
 show, under the appointing power, but few 
 changes. From 1820 until [830, the duties of 
 the county auditor were faithfully discharged 
 by Solomon Smith, an honest and competent 
 officer, and he was succeeded by General Sid- 
 ney Moore, who efficiently and satisfactorily 
 performed the duties of the office during the 
 period of another decade. 
 
 "In 1822 Thomas Reynolds succeeded his 
 brother-in-law, the Rev. Joseph Hughes, in the 
 office of clerk of the court, which he retained 
 until 1838, when he voluntarily resigned. Mr. 
 Reynolds was a man remarkable for his per- 
 gonal attractions, and possessed qualifications 
 for public and official duties of a high order, 
 and his resignation of the office was a matter 
 of universal regret with both bench and bar, 
 as well as the public. The office of county 
 surveyor, for about twenty years (from 1822 
 to 1842) was filled by James Eaton, a skilful 
 and accurate officer: he was subsequently pro- 
 moted to the office of county auditor and State 
 senator. Of those who figured most conspicu- 
 ously in early politics and on official stations 
 were Joseph Eaton, Azariah Root, Solomon 
 Smith. Elias Murray, 1 'anion Sprague and 
 Sidney Moure ami his brother, Emery Moore. 
 During the eight years of the administration 
 of James Monroe (the fifth President), be- 
 tween the years 1817 and 1S25. there was no 
 party politics. This period in our national his- 
 tory has been called the "era of good feeling," 
 and during this time Delaware County seemed 
 peculiarly favored and exempt from political 
 animosity and strife. 
 
 "The Presidential election of 1824 was at- 
 tended with unusual excitement — probably the 
 most exciting of any election that has ever 
 taken place in the country, with the exception 
 of the Presidential election of 1800, which re- 
 sulted, in the success of Mr. Jefferson over the 
 elder Adams. At this election the Presidential 
 candidates were General Jackson, of Tennes- 
 see ; Henry Clay, of Kentucky ; John O. 
 Adams, of Massachusetts, and William H. 
 Crawford, of Georgia. Each of these dis- 
 tinguished gentlemen had his friends, who 
 supported their favorite candidates from per- 
 sonal preference and not from considerations 
 of party. At that election Mr. Clay was the 
 choice of a majority of the voters of Delaware 
 County, as he was of a majority of the voters 
 of the State of Ohio, but he was not elected. 
 In the Electoral College General Jackson led 
 Mr. Adams by a small plurality, and Mr. 
 Crawford was in number the third on the list 
 of candidates and Mr. Clay was dropped fn >m 
 the canvass. Neither candidates having a ma- 
 jority of the electoral vote under the constitu- 
 tional rule, upon the House of Representatives 
 devolved the duty of making choice of Presi- 
 dent, each state by its delegation in Congress 
 casting one vote. Mr. Adams was chosen by 
 the casting vote of the State of Kentucky. Mr. 
 Clay was a member of the House of Represen- 
 tatives, and its speaker, and it was doubtless 
 owing to Ohio's great influence and popularity 
 that the delegation from Kentucky was in- 
 duced to cast its vote of that state for Mr. 
 Adams, an Eastern man. in preference to Gen- 
 eral Jackson, a Western and Southern man. 
 By that act Mr. Clay was instrumental in or- 
 ganizing political parties that survived the 
 generation of people to which he belonged, and 
 ruled in turn the destinies of the Republic for 
 more than a quarter of a century. In the new 
 Cabinet Air. Clay was placed by Mr. Adams at 
 the head of the State Department, which gave 
 rise to the charge of 'bargain and sale' be- 
 tween the President and his chief secretary, 
 that threw the country into a blaze of excite- 
 ment from center to circumference. At this 
 nine no one doubts the patriotism and honesty 
 of Henry Clay, but the charge was so persist- 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 83 
 
 ently made by the partisians of General Jack- 
 sun, it greatly injured Mr. Clay in the public 
 estimation, and contributed largely to the gen- 
 eral's success in the Presidential race of 1828. 
 At the Presidential election following party 
 lines were closely drawn between General 
 Jackson and Mr. Adams, but the result of a 
 hot and bitter contest was a small majority 
 for the Adams electoral ticket in the county, 
 as there was in the State. General Jackson, 
 the hero of Xew Orleans, was most trium- 
 phantly elected both by the electoral and popu- 
 lar vote, and on the following 4th of March the 
 political power and official patronage of the 
 
 tuntry passed into his hands. At this time 
 parties were known here, as elsewhere through- 
 
 1 lUt the country, as the Jackson and anti-Jack- 
 son party. Delaware was almost uniformly 
 classed by her vote as anti-Jackson. In 1S24 
 Governor Jeremiah Morrow. anti-Jackson, was 
 re-elected Governor of Ohio, receiving a small 
 majority over Allen Trimble, of the same poli- 
 tical faith and his principal competitor. Cap- 
 tain Elias Murray. anti-Jackson, was. at the 
 same election, returned to the House of Rep- 
 resentatives in the State Legislature, and re- 
 elected in 1825. Allen Trimble was elected at 
 the October election in 1826 to succeed Gover- 
 nor Morrow, receiving quite a large majority 
 in the county and State ; Pardon Sprague, 
 anti-Jackson, was chosen successor to Captain 
 Murray in the State. Legislature, and re-elected 
 in 1827. In 1828 Governor Trimble was re- 
 elected over Hon. John W. Campbell, the Jack- 
 son candidate, long a distinguished member of 
 Congress from Ohio. Governor Trimble's ma- 
 jority was little less than three thousand in 
 the popular vote, and a little over two thou- 
 sand in the county. Milo D. Pettibone. anti- 
 Jackson, at the same election, was elected Mr. 
 Sprague's successor in the Legislature. Mr. 
 Campbell was a member of Congress when Mr. 
 Adams was chosen President by the House of 
 Representatives, and was known to be opposed 
 to Mr. Adams and for General Jackson. Im- 
 mediately upon the accession of General Jack- 
 son to the Presidency, Mr. Campbell was re- 
 warded for his friendship and fidelity to the 
 General's fortunes with the appointment of 
 
 United States District Judge for the District 
 of Ohio. While holding a term of his court in 
 Columbus, in the summer of 1833, he was 
 taken suddenly ill, came to Delaware for the 
 benefit of the sulphur spring water, and in a 
 few days died — we believe, of cholera. At the 
 election of 1829, Col. B. F. Allen, who was 
 known as a friend of the Administration, was 
 returned to the Legislature. He was succeeded 
 by Amos Utley, of Berkshire, in 1830. The 
 senatorial district, of which Delaware County 
 was a part, was composed of Crawford. Mar- 
 ion and Delaware Counties during this period. 
 and from about the year 1828 to the year 1832. 
 Charles Carpenter, anti-Jackson — a merchant 
 living in Sunbury — then quite a young man. 
 represented the district. He was from Lu- 
 zerne County, in the Wyoming Valley, and the 
 family connection in the eastern part of the 
 county was quite numerous and influential in 
 its early history. Senator Carpenter subse- 
 quently moved West — we think to Missouri — 
 where he held several official positions and 
 died soon after the close of the late Civil 
 War. 
 
 "In 183 1. General Storm, who was anti- 
 Jackson, was elected to the Legislature by a 
 small majority, over B. F. Allen, the Jackson 
 candidate. General Sti >rm obtained his mili- 
 tary title by being elected by the Legislature 
 to the office of Major General in the 'Peace 
 Establishment.' He died before the close of 
 his legislative term, greatly lamented by his 
 constituents and a numerous family connec- 
 tion. He was quite young and his friends had 
 predicted for him a successful political ca- 
 reer. 
 
 "In the Presidential campaign of 1832 
 such was. or had become, the popularity of 
 General Jackson, he swept everything before 
 him. Colonel James W. Crawford, who was 
 a lieutenant in the company commanded by 
 Captain Elias Murray in the War of 18 12. 
 was elected as the Administration candidate, 
 the successor of Senator Carpenter, and Cap- 
 tain John Curtis, Administration candidate, 
 was returned to the House of Representatives 
 and re-elected in 1833. General Sidney Moore 
 was re-elected auditor and his brother, Emery. 
 
8 4 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 re-elected sheriff. The entire anti-Administra- 
 tion county ticket was elected, except the Whig 
 candidate for the Legislature. At the election 
 in 1832, Robert Lucas, the Jackson candidate, 
 was elected governor over Darius Lyman, the 
 candidate on the Clay ticket, by several thou- 
 sand majority, although Delaware County cast 
 a majority of her votes for Mr. Clay for Presi- 
 dent and Mr. Lyman for Governor. It was 
 about this time that the two great parties as- 
 sumed distinctive names. The Administration 
 party took the name of Democrat, and the op- 
 position that of Whig. Delaware County was 
 a Whig county. In 1834 Emery Moore was 
 elected to the State Legislature, and General 
 Andrew H. Patterson, then postmaster at 
 Delaware and a Democrat, was elected sheriff 
 as the successor of Mr. Moore. General Pat- 
 terson was a most remarkable man in many 
 particulars. He was a saddler by occupation 
 and his education in early life had been neg- 
 lected, but he had great tact and shrewdness in 
 the management of men, and was the most 
 successful electioneer Delaware County ever 
 had. He was re-elected sheriff in 1836, and 
 in 1838 was elected to the Legislature over 
 Judge Hosea Williams, Whig, by a majority 
 of twelve votes, and in 1839 was elected by a 
 majority of several hundred votes over Hon. 
 T. W. Powell, the Whig candidate. General 
 Patterson met with pecuniary losses in late 
 life, moved West, and it is believed he never 
 retrieved his fortune. 
 
 "The Whigs carried the county in 1836 
 for General William H. Harrison for Presi- 
 dent, and Joseph Vance, Whig, for Governor, 
 over their opponents, by large majorities, and 
 the entire Whig ticket was elected, except Dr. 
 Carney, the Whig candidate for the Legisla- 
 ture, who was defeated by Colonel B. F. Al- 
 len, Democrat, by a majority of nine votes. 
 The importance of one vote is to be seen in 
 the result of this election. Upon the Legisla- 
 ture chosen at this election devolved the duty 
 of electing a senator in Congress to succeed 
 the Honorable Thomas Ewing, whose term 
 would expire the 4th of March following. Mr. 
 Ewing was a candidate for re-election and was 
 the favorite of his party in Ohio and the West. 
 
 Colonel Allen had known Mr. Ewing in early 
 life and his friends claimed, or represented in 
 all parts of the county, that he would support 
 Mr. Ewing if he were the choice of the county. 
 On election day printed petitions were pre- 
 sented at every election precinct for names, 
 asking the Representative to support Mr. 
 Ewing for re-election. The ruse accomplished 
 its object. Colonel Allen was elected by a ma- 
 jority of nine votes and his vote elected the 
 late Governor William Allen over Mr. Ewing. 
 To whit extent, if at all. Colonel Allen was a 
 party to the fraud, it is not known. He was a 
 man of great firmness, but he was a zealous 
 partisan, and possibly he may have yielded to 
 the influence and demands of his party, his 
 conviction of duty, against his will, although 
 ordinarily an honest man. At the following 
 election in 1837, Dr. Carney, on the 'Ewing 
 Fraud,' as it was called, was elected over 
 Colonel Allen by over a hundred; and, in 1838 
 Allen was elected to the State Senate. It was 
 at this election the late William Shannon, of 
 Lawrence, Kansas, was elected Governor of 
 Ohio over Governor Joseph Vance, Whig, but 
 the Whig ticket for the county offices was 
 elected, except Judge Williams, who was de- 
 feated by General Patterson for Representa- 
 tive. In 1839 the entire Democratic ticket, 
 for the first time after its organization, was 
 elected, viz. : William W. Warner, commis- 
 sioner; Albert Pickett, Jr., recorder; George 
 W. Stark, treasurer, and Morgan Williams, 
 assessor. The average majority for these 
 candidates was 300. The 'hard cider' cam- 
 paign of 1840 greatly increased the forces of 
 the Whig party, and the Whig ticket was 
 elected by an average majority of over 600, 
 viz.: Emery Moore was again chosen, to the 
 State Legislature; Colonel John F. Dunlap, 
 county auditor; Peleg Banker, re-elected sher- 
 iff; Horatio P. Havens, commissioner, and D. 
 T. Fuller, prosecuting attorney. It was during 
 the memorable campaign of 840, the (Liberty 
 Party' was organized, and a ticket for. Presi- 
 dent and Vice-president nominated. For sev- 
 eral years previous the anti-slavery agitation 
 had been making, slowly but unmistakably, it*- 
 deep impressions on the public mind, and more 
 
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 85 
 
 especially the minds of the religious portion of 
 the people, but it was not until about this pe- 
 riod that the friends of the cause of emancipa- 
 tion proposed political action. James G. Bir- 
 ney, a former slave-holder of Kentucky, but 
 then a resident of Michigan, was at the head of 
 the ticket, and Thomas Morris, of Ohio, placed 
 second. The electoral ticket for the candidates 
 received about one hundred votes in the county. 
 This vote was taken principally from the Whig- 
 party. Four years later the vote of the party 
 was largely increased. This organization was 
 possibly premature and misguided, but no 
 party was ever actuated by loftier and purer 
 motives. The Anti-slavery movement was 
 not. at that time, larger than the cloud the 
 Hebrew prophet saw, that so rapidly spread 
 over the whole heavens, and filled the earth 
 with refreshing showers. At this time no one 
 expected to live to see the institution of negro 
 slavery in America abolished, but in less than 
 the period allotted by Providence to a genera- 
 tion of men, by an amendment to the Federal 
 Constitution, slavery and involuntary servitude 
 of every species, in all the States and terri- 
 tories belonging to the American Union, was 
 forever abolished. 
 
 "But notwithstanding the drafts the An- 
 ti-slavery party, the Temperance party and 
 other parties from time to time, made upon 
 the Whigs, they continued to be the dominant 
 party until the repeal of the Missouri Com- 
 promise in 1854, which led to the organization 
 of the Republican party which then was, and 
 still is, in the ascendency in Delaware County." 
 
 Vote of Delaware County for Governor 
 beginning with the first vote after the organi- 
 zation of the county : 
 
 1808 — Republican, S. Huntington (elec- 
 ted). 123. Republican, T. Worthington, 21. 
 Republican, T. Kriker. 
 
 1810 — Republican, R. J. Meigs, 21. Re- 
 publican. R. J. Meigs, Jr., (elected) 17. Re- 
 publican, Thomas Worthington, 152. 
 
 18 12 — Vote for Governor, Delaware 
 County, omitted in the Senate Journal. R. J. 
 Meigs, Federalist, elected. 
 
 1814 — Republican, Thomas Worthington 
 (elected), 131. Federalist, O. Looker, 196. 
 
 1816 — Republican, T. Worthington (elec- 
 ted), 300. James Dunlap, 167. Ethan A. 
 Brown, 42. 
 
 1818 — Republican, Ethan A. Brown 
 (elected), 578. James Dunlap, 132. 
 
 1820 — Democrat. Ethan A. Brown (elec- 
 ted), 726. Jeremiah Morrow, 34. Wm. H. 
 Harrison, 5. 
 
 1822 — Democrat, Jeremiah Morrow (elec- 
 ted), 50. Wm. W. Irwin, 742. Federalist, 
 Allen Trimble, 419. 
 
 1824 — Democrat, Jeremiah Morrow (elec- 
 ted), 141. National Republican, Allen Trim- 
 ble, 950. 
 
 1826 — National Republican, Allen Trim- 
 ble (elected), 846. Democrat, John Bigger, 
 127. Republican, Alex. Campbell, 103. 
 
 1828 — National Republican, Allen Trim- 
 ble (elected), 758. Democrat, John W. Camp- 
 bell, 379. 
 
 1830 — National Republican, Duncan Mc- 
 Arthur (elected), 769. Democrat, Robert Lu- 
 cas, 381. 
 
 1832 — Democrat, Robert Lucas (elected), 
 769. Whig and Anti-Mason, Darius Lyman, 
 841. 
 
 1834 — Democrat, Robert Lucas elected), 
 850. Whig, James Findlay. 660. 
 
 1836— Whig, Joseph Vance (elected), 1,- 
 35J. Democrat. Eli Baldwin, 1,158. 
 
 1838 — Democrat, Wilson Shannon (elec- 
 ted), 1,668. Whig, Joseph Vance, 1,770. 
 
 1840 — Whig, Thomas Corwin (elected), 
 2,386. Democrat, Wilson Shannon, 1.761. 
 
 1842 — Democrat, Wilson Shannon (elec- 
 ted), 1,876. Whig, Thomas Corwin, 2,141. 
 Abolitionist, Leicester King. 112. 
 
 1844 — Whig, Mordecai Bartley (elected), 
 2,456. Democrat. David Tod, 203. Abolition- 
 ist, Leicester King, 159. 
 
 1846 — Whig. William Babb (elected). 2,- 
 01 1. Democrat, David Tod, 1.576. Aboli- 
 tionist, Samuel Lewis, 195. 
 
 1848 — Whig, Seabury Ford (elected), 2,- 
 205. Democrat. John B. Weller, 2,006. 
 
 1850 — Democrat, Reuben Wood (elected). 
 2,015. Whig, William Johnston, 2.347. Aboli- 
 tionist. Edward Smith. 150. 
 
86 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 185 1 — Democrat, Reuben Wood (elected), 
 1,787. Whig, Samuel F. Vinton. 1,670. Ab- 
 olitionist, Samuel Lewis, 158. 
 
 1853 — Democrat. William Medill (elec- 
 ted), 1,787. Whig, Nelson Barrere, 104. 
 Abolitionist, Samuel Lewis, 1,639. 
 
 1855 — Republican, Salmon P. Chase (elec- 
 ted), 1.602. Democrat. Wm. Medill, 1.245. 
 American, Allen Trimble. 259. 
 
 1857 — Republican, Salmon P. Chase ( elec- 
 ted), 2,007. Democrat, H. B. Payne, 1,576. 
 American, P. VanTrump, 24. 
 
 1859 — Republican, Wm. Dennison, Jr., 
 (elected), 2,358. Democrat, Rufus P. Ranney, 
 1,776. 
 
 1861 — Republican, David Tod (elected), 
 2,661. Democrat. Hugh J. Jewett, 1.437. 
 
 [863 — Republican, John Brough (elected), 
 3,173. Democrat, C. S. Vallandigham, 1,475. 
 
 1865 — Republican, Jacob D. Cox (elected). 
 2.480 (Home Army) 11 — total. 2,491. Dem- 
 ocrat, George W. Morgan, 1,668 (Home 
 Army) 1 — total. 1,669. 
 
 1867 — Republican, R. B. Hayes (elected), 
 2,727. Democrat, A. G. Thurman, 2.31 1. 
 
 1869 — Republican, Rutherford B. Hayes 
 (elected), 2,685. Democrat. George W. Pen- 
 dleton, 2,043. 
 
 1871 — Republican, Edward F. Noyes 
 (elected), 2,610. Democrat, George W. Ale- 
 Cook, 2,072. 
 
 1873 — Republican, Edward F. Noyes 
 (elected), 2,095, Democrat, William Allen, 
 
 [,937- 
 
 [875 — Republican, Rutherford 11. Haves 
 (elected), 2,835. Democrat. William Allen, 
 2.708. 
 
 [877 — Republican, William II. Wesl 
 (elected), 2,383. Democrat, Richard M. 
 Bishop, 2,501. 
 
 1879 — Republican, Charles Foster ("elec- 
 ted ). 3,246. Democrat. Thomas Ewing, 3.014. 
 
 1881 — Republican. Charles Foster (elec- 
 ted). 3,066. Democrat, John W. Bookwalter. 
 
 -'•''43. 
 
 1883 — Republican, Joseph B. Foraker, 3,- 
 403. Democrat, George Hoadley (elected), 
 
 1885 — Republican, Joseph B. Foraker 
 (elected), 3,179. Democrat, George Hoadley, 
 
 2,9I5- 
 
 1887 — Republican, Joseph B. Foraker 
 
 (elected), 3,159. Democrat, Thomas E. Pow- 
 ell, 3,048. 
 
 1889 — Republican, Joseph B. Foraker, 3,- 
 335. Democrat, James E. Campbell (elected), 
 3,017. 
 
 1891 — Republican, William McKinley 
 (elected), 3,149. Democrat, James E. Camp- 
 bell, 2J>J- ? .^ 
 
 1893 — Republican. William McKinley 
 (elected), 3,490. Democrat, L. T. Neal, 2,- 
 526. 
 
 1805 — Republican, Asa S. Bushnell (elec- 
 ted), 3,405. Democrat, James E. Campbell. 
 2.426. 
 
 1897— Republican, Asa S. Bunhnell (elec- 
 ted), 3.386. Democrat, Horace L. Chapman, 
 3,051. Prohibitionist, John C. Holliday, 112. 
 Total vote of county, 6,747. 
 
 1899 — Republican, George K. Nash (elec- 
 ted), 3,587. Democrat, John R. McLean, 3,- 
 031. Prohibitionist, Seth H. Ellis, 175. Total 
 vote cast, 7,109. 
 
 1 90 1 — Republican, George K. Nash (elec- 
 ted). 3.550. Democrat, James Kilbourne, 2.- 
 962. Prohibitionist, E. Jay Pinney, 117. Total 
 vote cast. 6,692. 
 
 1903 — Republican. Myron T. Herrick 
 (elected), 3.552. Democrat, Tom L. Johnson, 
 2,871. Prohibitionist, Nelson D. Cramer. 168. 
 Total vote cast, 6,771. 
 
 1905 — Republican. Myron T. Herrick. 3,- 
 130. Democrat, John M. Pattison ( elected 1 . 
 3.419. Prohibitionist. Aaron S. Watkins, 126. 
 Total vote cast, 6.842. 
 
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 The Vote for Governor, Secretary of State, and President, of Three Leading 
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 85 
 112 
 151 
 129 
 
 in 
 144 
 
 262 
 189 
 145 
 
 M 
 69 
 207 
 96 
 83 
 102 
 61 
 75 
 54 
 145 
 201 
 132 
 222 
 12S 
 54 
 84 
 100 
 
 21 
 75 
 59 
 138 
 123 
 139 
 106 
 
 65 
 
 119 
 111 
 
 16S 
 
 228 
 88 
 11- 
 120 
 30 
 -J 
 71 
 39 
 62 
 121 
 
 59 
 
 21 15 
 
 86 
 
 125 
 94 
 
 5 
 12 
 11 
 16 
 13 
 
 3 
 31 
 
 36 
 7s 
 50 
 19 
 
 6 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 1 ; 
 2 
 7 
 9 
 2 
 26 
 12 
 3 
 17 
 29 
 1 
 22 
 3 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Liberty, Prec't 1 
 
 Precinct 2 
 
 Marlborough ... 
 
 Orange 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Porter ..^ 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Thompson 
 
 
 
 
 3149 
 
 2625 
 
 352 
 
 3230 
 
 267S 
 
 440 
 
 32177 
 
 2710 
 
 480 
 
96 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 TABULATED VOTE— Continued 
 
 1893 
 
 1894 
 
 VOTING 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 Berkshire Prct. 
 
 Galena 
 
 Sunburv 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 Delaware twp, . 
 Delaware 
 
 First Ward... 
 
 Second " 
 
 Third " . . 
 
 Fourth " .... 
 
 Fifth " .-■- 
 
 Sixth " .... 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem. 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Liberty 
 
 Precinct No. 1 
 
 Precinct No. % 
 Marlborough.... 
 
 Orange 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto.. 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 Governor 
 1S93 
 
 Secretary 
 
 Of State IS'.i-l 
 
 *u 
 
 S&H 
 
 -7 
 
 1897 
 
 1898 
 
 1895 
 
 1896 
 
 1896 
 
 
 Governor 
 
 Secreturv of 
 
 President 
 
 
 
 1895 
 
 
 State. 1896 
 
 
 1896 
 
 
 VOTING 
 
 »! 
 
 
 ffi 
 
 S " 
 
 is 
 
 
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 5c 
 
 
 cs a 
 
 St 
 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 7iX 
 
 ll 
 
 4o 
 
 -*2 
 
 ?. c 
 
 5* 
 
 s2 
 
 CO 
 r 
 
 55 
 
 5o 
 
 ■'J 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Berkshire Prct 
 
 m 
 
 •22 
 
 2 
 
 58 
 
 25 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 
 
 SI! 
 
 57 
 
 10 
 
 99 
 
 77 
 
 6 
 
 100 
 
 1 1 
 
 5 
 
 
 114 
 
 52 
 
 'J 
 
 111 
 
 94 
 
 1 
 
 111 
 
 94 
 
 
 
 154 
 137 
 81! 
 125 
 
 96 
 
 103 
 124 
 93 
 
 13 
 18 
 
 20 
 23 
 
 ll!l 
 156 
 84 
 111 
 
 150 
 
 1114 
 19S 
 187 
 
 2 
 4 
 1 
 
 162 
 158 
 63 
 142 
 
 151 
 
 166 
 
 1!".' 
 138 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 Delaware Twp 
 
 
 
 341! 
 
 70 
 
 35 
 
 311 
 
 98 
 
 
 
 ..us 
 
 
 
 2d 
 
 246 
 
 98 
 
 45 
 
 275 
 
 111 
 
 10 
 
 275 
 
 115 
 
 9 
 
 3d " 
 
 1«5 
 
 106 
 
 48 
 
 189 
 
 131 
 
 . 
 
 1-9 
 
 11*1 
 
 6 
 
 4th ■' 
 
 112 
 
 no 
 
 21 
 
 nu 
 
 193 
 
 li 
 
 110 
 
 194 
 
 6 
 
 5th " 
 
 82 
 
 239 
 
 9 
 
 111 
 
 271 
 
 3 
 
 112 
 
 271 
 
 3 
 
 
 190 
 
 83 
 
 15 
 
 224 
 
 115 
 
 4 
 
 123 
 
 120 
 
 
 
 109 
 
 ou 
 
 KM 
 
 74 
 
 101 
 116 
 
 25 
 66 
 
 8 
 
 2 S 
 
 5 
 
 123 
 93 
 
 US 
 69 
 
 is: 
 
 154 
 43 
 131 
 
 2 
 
 123 
 
 94 
 117 
 69 
 
 13, 
 154 
 46 
 133 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liberty, Pr'ct 1.. 
 
 
 ■> 
 
 9U 
 
 70 
 
 7 
 
 93 
 
 92 
 
 2 
 
 93 
 
 92 
 
 2 
 
 Marlborough 
 
 iii; 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 74 
 
 52 
 
 6 
 
 76 
 
 54 
 
 6 
 
 
 158 
 
 64 
 
 18 
 
 171) 
 
 88 
 
 7 
 
 178 
 
 91 
 
 , 
 
 
 234 
 
 II. • 
 
 19 
 32 
 
 14 
 5 
 
 244 
 123 
 
 172 
 92 
 
 1 
 
 :44 
 122 
 
 172 
 93 
 
 1 
 
 Porter 
 
 
 
 228 
 116 
 39 
 
 55 
 165 
 64 
 
 11 
 26 
 4 
 
 233 
 134 
 
 49 
 
 103 
 312 
 
 lis 
 
 "i 
 
 233 
 131 
 
 18 
 
 1113 
 313 
 159 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Thompson 
 
 
 
 109 
 
 111 
 83 
 
 21 
 t! 
 
 97 
 101 
 
 154 
 115 
 
 1 
 
 96 
 101 
 
 155 
 11 5 
 
 6 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 3409 
 
 2426 
 
 113 
 
 3796 
 
 3568 
 
 78 
 
 3789 
 
 3601 
 
 63 
 
 VOTING 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 BlrkshirePree't 
 Galena 
 > u n bury 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 Delaware Twp 
 
 Del'ware 1st Wei 
 2nd 
 3rd 
 
 4th 
 5th 
 6th 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem 
 
 Kinsston 
 
 Liberty' Pr'ct 
 
 Marlborough 
 
 Orang-e 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 Governor 1897 
 
 ■:i 
 gg 
 
 Secretary of 
 
 State 1893 
 
 
 1899 
 
 1900 
 
 VOTING 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 Governor 
 1SW 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 Berkshire Prct 
 
 Galena 
 
 Sunbury 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 Delaware Twp 
 Delaware, 1st wd 
 2d 
 :;d 
 4th 
 5th 
 0th 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem . 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Liberty, Prec't 1 
 .. ;, 
 
 Marlborough .. 
 
 Orange 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 35K 3031 
 
 Secretary .if 
 State, 19U0 
 
 -7. 
 
 * -■ 
 
 c o 
 
 m5 
 
 1900 
 
 President 
 1900 
 
 £5 » 
 
 25 
 86 
 SO 
 150 
 149 
 176 
 113 
 91 
 131 
 ,129 
 168 
 2l!ti 
 119 
 143 
 168 
 39 
 102 
 
 1765 3337 in 
 
 c ° 
 
 .-9 
 
 
 46 
 
 3 
 
 S'i 
 
 12 
 
 163 
 
 1 
 
 73 
 
 3 
 
 ■ 87 
 
 
 980 
 
 4 
 
 139 
 
 
 l.,l 
 
 6 
 
 101 
 
 1 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 97 
 
 TABULATED VOTE Continued 
 
 1901 
 
 1902 
 
 1903 
 
 1904 
 
 VOTING 
 PRECIXCTS 
 
 Del'warelst Wd 
 2nd 
 3rd 
 4th 
 5th 
 fith 
 
 Berkshire 
 I-lerkslitre Pr'Ct. 
 Galena 
 Sunbury 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 Delaware Twp. 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem 
 
 Kingston 
 
 LlDerty 1st Pr'ct 
 " 2nd •• 
 
 Marlborough ... 
 
 Orange 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Thompson ... 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 Goyernor 1901 
 
 Hft 
 
 Secretary of 
 State 1903 
 
 ~ SI 
 
 T'.l 
 114 
 
 IIS 
 
 120 
 
 r.i; 
 109 
 
 23 
 63 
 72 
 
 lit 
 ill 
 H9 
 
 ss 
 110 
 32 
 92 
 H7 
 
 :» 
 82 
 
 lis 
 60 
 61 
 
 217 
 
 130 
 
 83 
 
 am 
 
 6* 
 
 VOTING 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 Delaware. 1st wd 
 2d 
 3d 
 4th 
 Berkshire 
 
 Berkshire Prct 
 
 Galena 
 
 Sunbm v '■ 
 " Village " 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 "elaware Twp.. 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Liberty. 1st Prct 
 2d 
 
 Marlborough 
 
 Orange. 
 
 Oxford 
 
 " Ashley Prct 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Warrensb'gPct 
 
 Ostrander 
 " Village 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 Governor 
 1903 
 
 -^ 
 
 S& 
 
 Jo 
 
 §1 
 
 3552 2S7J 
 
 Secretary of 
 State. 1904 
 
 4111 
 
 126 
 173 
 
 am 
 290 
 
 27 
 47 
 17 
 43 
 96 
 137 
 150 
 97 
 urn 
 128 
 22 
 98 
 69 
 33 
 7° 
 60 
 54 
 58 
 64 
 
 1U2 
 -■> 
 
 57 
 90 
 124 
 
 
 1905 
 
 1906 
 
 VOTING 
 
 PRECINCTS 
 
 Del'ware 1st Wd 
 2nd 
 3rd 
 4th 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 Berkshire Pr'ct 
 Galena 
 *»nbury 
 
 Sunbury Village 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Brown 
 
 Concord 
 
 Delaware Twp 
 
 Genoa 
 
 Harlem 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Liberty 1st Pr'ct 
 2nd 
 
 Marlborough 
 
 Orange 
 
 Oxford 
 
 " AshleyPr'ct 
 
 Porter 
 
 Radnor 
 
 Scioto 
 
 Warrensb'gPrct 
 
 Cstrander Pr'ct 
 
 Ostrander Vil 
 
 Thoriipson 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Troy 
 
 Goyernor 1905 
 
 si 
 
 Secretary of 
 State loot; 
 
 3054 287S 357 
 
 si 
 
 ; - 
 
 x< 
 
98 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 MEMBERSHIP OF THE OHIO SENATE FOR DELAWARE COUNTY, DELAWARE DISTRICT, COMPOSED 
 OF DELAWARE, MUSKINGUM, FRANKLIN, MADISON AND UNION COUNTIES. 
 
 t,, ~ , . , , „ ( Robert McConnell 
 
 Eleventh General Assembly. 1012 - , , Rarr 
 
 „ .,, _ . . ,, _ (Robert McConnell 
 
 Iweltth General Assembly, 1813 - ] \ m g arf 
 
 ™ . . „ , . , . .-, , Robert McConnell 
 
 rh,rteenth General Assembly, 1814 1j osephFoos 
 
 „ , r* 1 a ,, o ( E. Buckingham, Jr. 
 
 Fourteenth General Assembly, 1815 ] t , f oos 
 
 T-fi 1 ^ 1 v 11 o /- J E. Buckingham, Jr. 
 
 Filteenth General Assembly, 1816 -j -,. T , J 
 
 ■" '1 nomas Johnson 
 
 c.. , . „ , , ,,0 ) George Jackson 
 
 Sixteenth General Assembly, 1017 "j y, t 1 
 
 Seventeenth General Assembly, 1818 ) T \ f,' 
 
 ■" 'J oseph Foos 
 
 t-.- , . ,, r. , , , , I Samuel Sullivant 
 
 Eighteenth General Assembly, i8iq \ T , — 
 
 ■" 'J oseph b 00s 
 
 m- . ., ^ , , 110 (Joseph Matthews 
 
 .Nineteenth General Assembly, 1820 r T r , „ 
 
 J 'J oseph r 00s 
 
 -r- . • ,, /- ' 1 a 1 1 o I Thomas I. Janes 
 
 twentieth General Assembly, 1821 • T , _ J 
 
 J 1 J oseph b 00s 
 
 Twenty-first General Assembly, 1822 Jjf 10 ™** 1 Janes 
 
 J I Henry Brown 
 
 Marion, Crawford and Sandusky Counties Added. 
 
 -r , , r . , . 1 1 o I Ebenezer Buckingham 
 
 1 wenty-second .... General Assembly, 1821 - T „ . & 
 
 J J (James Kooken 
 
 T\,.„„ f ,1 • j r- , , , , o \ Ebenezer Buckingham 
 
 1 wenty-third General Assembly, 1824 < T , „ & 
 
 ( Joseph Foos 
 
 . . i 
 
 District Changed to Include only Four Counties — Delaware, Marion, Sandusky and 
 Crawford. 
 
 Twenty-fourth .... General Assembly, 1825 David H. Beardsley 
 
 Twenty-fifth General Assembly, 1820 James Kooken 
 
 Twenty-sixth General Assembly, 1827 James Kooken 
 
 Twenty-seventh . . . General Assembly, 1828 Charles Carpenter 
 
 Twenty-eighth General Assembly, 1829 Charles Carpenter 
 
 District Changed to Include only Three Counties— Delaware, Marion and Crawford. 
 
 Twenty-ninth General Assembly, 1830 Charles Carpenter 
 
 Thirtieth General Assembly, 1S31 Charles Carpenter 
 
 Thirty-first General Assembly, 1832 James W. Crawford 
 
 Thirty-second .... Geenral Assembly, 1833 James W. Crawford 
 
 Thirty-third General Assembly, 1834 Robert Hopkins 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 99 
 
 Thirty-fourth General Assembly, 1835 Robert Hopkins 
 
 Thirty-fifth General Assembly. 1836 Hezekiah Gorton 
 
 Thirty-sixth General Assembly, 1837 Hezekiah Gorton 
 
 Thirty-seventh .... General Assembly, 1838 Benjamin F. Allen 
 
 Thirty-eighth .... General Assembly, 1839 Benjamin F. Allen 
 
 Thirty-ninth General Assembly. 1840 James H. Godman 
 
 Fortieth General Assembly, 1841 James H. Godman 
 
 Forty-first General Assembly. 1842 James AlcCutchen 
 
 District Changed to Include only Delaware and Crawford Counties. 
 
 Forty-second General Assembly, 1843 James McCutchen 
 
 Forty-third General Assembly, 1844 Thomas W. Powell 
 
 Forty-fourth General Assembly, 1845 Thomas W. Powell 
 
 Forty-fifth General Assembly, 1846 James Eaton 
 
 Forty-sixth General Assembly, 1847 James Eaton 
 
 District Changed to Include Franklin and Delaware Counties. 
 
 Forty-seventh .... General Assembly. 1848 William Dennison, Jr. 
 
 Forty-eighth General Assembly. 1849 William Dennison, Jr. 
 
 Forty-ninth General Assembly, 1850 Abram Thompson 
 
 Sixteenth District — Delaware and Lickin g Counties. 
 
 Fiftieth General Assembly, 1852 John C. Alward 
 
 Fifty-first General Assembly. 1854 Charles Follett 
 
 Fifty-second General Assembly, 1850 Daniel Gardner 
 
 Fifty-third General Assembly, 1858 William P. Reid 
 
 Fifty-fourth General Assembly, i860 Thomas C. Jones 
 
 Fifty-fifth General Assembly, 1S62 John A. Sinnett 
 
 Fifty-sixth General Assembly, 1864 James R. Stanbury 
 
 Fifty-seventh General Assembly, 1866 Willard Warner 
 
 Fifty-eighth General Assembly, 1868 Lewis Evans 
 
 Fifty-ninth General Assembly, 1870 Early F. Poppleton 
 
 Sixtieth General Assembly, 1872 John B. Jones 
 
 Sixty-first General Assembly, 1874 William P. Reid 
 
 Sixty-second General Assembly, 1876 John W. Owens 
 
 Sixty-third General Assembly, 1878 John W. Owens 
 
 Sixty-fourth General Assembly. 1880 F. M. Marriott 
 
 Sixty-fifth General Assembly, 1882 John D. Jones 
 
 Sixty-sixth General Assembly. 18,84 John O'Neil 
 
 Sixty-seventh General Assembly, 1886 -. i- , c - 
 
 J ■" I Edwin Sinnett 
 
 c - . • , ,, „ . . , , 000 ) Toseph G. Huffman 
 
 Sixtv-eighth General Assemb v, 1888 ju, ■ , „ ^ 
 
 & ■ I Daniel H. Gannon 
 
 Sixty-ninth General Assembly, 1890 Edwin Sinnett 
 
 Seventieth General Assembly, 1892 No Senator 
 
 Seventy-first General Assembly, 1894 No Senator 
 
 7 
 
IOO 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Seventy-second . 
 
 . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1896 
 
 Charles N. Shryock 
 
 Seventy-third . . . 
 
 . . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1898 
 
 William E. Miller 
 
 Seventy-fourth . . 
 
 . . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1900 
 
 No Senator 
 
 Seventy-fifth .... 
 
 . . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1902 
 
 Norman F. Overturf 
 
 Seventy-sixth . . . 
 
 . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 [904 
 
 Norman F. Overturf 
 
 Seventy-seventh . 
 
 . General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1906 
 
 W. L. Atwell 
 
 MEMBERSHIP OF THE OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 (Delaware County had no representative until the Eleventh General Assembly) 
 
 Eleventh General 
 
 Twelfth General 
 
 Thirteenth General 
 
 Fourteenth General 
 
 Fifteenth General 
 
 Sixteenth General 
 
 Seventeenth General 
 
 Eighteenth General 
 
 Nineteenth General 
 
 Twentieth General 
 
 Twenty-first General 
 
 Twenty-second . . . General 
 
 Twenty-third General 
 
 Twenty-fourth .... General 
 
 Twenty-fifth General 
 
 Twenty-sixth General 
 
 Twenty-seventh . . . General 
 
 Twenty-eighth .... General 
 
 Twenty-ninth .... General 
 
 Thirtieth General 
 
 Thirty-first General 
 
 Thirty-second .... General 
 
 Thirty-third General 
 
 Thirty-fourth .... General 
 
 Thirty-fifth General 
 
 Thirty-sixth General 
 
 Thirty-seventh .... General 
 
 Thirty-eighth General 
 
 Thirty-ninth General 
 
 Fortieth General 
 
 Forty-first General 
 
 Forty-second General 
 
 Forty-third General 
 
 Forty-fourth General 
 
 Forty-fifth General 
 
 Forty-sixth General 
 
 Forty-seventh .... General 
 
 Forty-eighth General 
 
 Forty-ninth General 
 
 Fiftieth General 
 
 Fiftv-first General 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1812 
 
 James Curry 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 181 3 
 
 James Curry 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1814 
 
 James Curry 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1815 
 
 James Curry 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1816 
 
 Benjamin Carpenter 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 [817 
 
 Toseph Eaton 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 1 8 1 8 
 
 Reuben Lamb 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1819 
 
 Joseph Eaton 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1820 
 
 Aaron Strong 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1 S j 1 
 
 Joseph Eaton 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 1822 
 
 Leonard H. Cowles 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1823 
 
 Leonard H. Cowles 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1824 
 
 Elias Murray 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1825 
 
 Pardon Sprague 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1826 
 
 Pardon Sprague 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1827 
 
 Pardon Sprague 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1828 
 
 Milo D. Pettibone 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 I S_>( ) 
 
 B. F. Allen 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 1830 
 
 Amos Utlev 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1 83 1 
 
 John Storms 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1832 
 
 Tohn Curtis 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 1833 
 
 Tohn Curtis 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1834 
 
 Emery Moore 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 183s 
 
 Emery Moore 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1836 
 
 B. F. Allen 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1837 
 
 Elijah Carnev 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1838 
 
 Andrew H. Patterson 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 1839 
 
 Andrew H. Patterson 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1840 
 
 Emery Moore 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1 841 
 
 Tames Griffith 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 [842 
 
 Geo. W. Sharp and L. E. James 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1843 
 
 Tohn Casev and Wm. Smart 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 [844 
 
 Tames B. Shaw 
 
 Assembly, 
 
 184^ 
 
 Tames B. Shaw 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1846 
 
 T. B. Fisher 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1847 
 
 Albert McWright 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1 848 
 
 David Gregory 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 [8 4 q 
 
 Tames R. Hubble 
 
 Assemblv. 
 
 [8 5 
 
 Wray Thomas 
 
 Assemblv, 
 
 1852 
 
 John Converse 
 
 Asserfibl] . 
 
 1854 
 
 John Converse 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 101 
 
 Fifty-second General Assembly, c8=;6 1 ,,-■„■ u , 
 
 „• - \\ llliani Hendren 
 [857 j 
 
 Fifty-third General Assembly, 1858I ,, u ,, ., 
 
 ° f fames K. Hitbbell 
 1859 1 - 
 
 Fifty-fourth General Assembly. [860 | ,, , ,, 
 
 0/ - Ravmond bun 
 [861 i 
 
 Fifty-fifth General Assembly. [862 I ^ R Hulj]jle 
 
 [863 ' J 
 
 Fifty-sixth General Assembly, 1864 I James R. Hubble (resigned) 
 
 1865 I "0. D. Hough 
 
 Fifty-seventh General Assembly, [866 I _, .. , 7 , 
 
 • l867 | U. D. Hough 
 
 Fifty-eighth General Assembly, 1868' ... , — 7 
 
 - ft • ., . Alfred E. Lee 
 
 [809 ' 
 
 Fifty-ninth General Assembly, 1870 ! rT ,, „ T 
 
 ' rQ ' [ Ihomas F. Joy 
 
 1 O j 1 ' 
 
 Sixtieth General Assembly, 1872 { _ _, • 
 
 ,o„- Eugene Lowell 
 
 Sixty-first General Assembly, [874 / 
 
 ' T o ' > T. 1'.. \\ llbams 
 
 Sixty-second General Assembly, 1876 . 
 
 r o - John A. Carothers 
 
 Sixty-third General Assembly, 1878 1 
 
 ■ jg' J- David H. Elliott 
 
 Sixty-fourth General Assembly, 1880 
 
 18^1 John S. Jones 
 
 Sixty-fifth General Assembly, [882 , 
 
 1883 f J° hn S - J ones 
 
 Sixty-sixth General Assembly, [884. 
 
 188" - George L. Sackett 
 
 Sixty-seventh General Assembly, [886 
 
 ,00, j George L. Sackett 
 
 Sixty-eighth General Assembly, 1888 ' 
 
 1889 1 J° hn S - Gil] 
 Sixty-ninth General Assembly, 1890 * 
 
 t8oi / Ro'hn K. Willis 
 
 Seventieth General Assembly, 1892 I 
 
 T gg, Rolhn k. \\ illis 
 
 Seventy-first General Assembly, 1894 \ Samuel Lewis 
 
 Seventy-second . . . General Assembly, 1896 Samuel Lewis 
 
 Seventy-third General Assembly, 1898 Thos. R. Smith 
 
 Seventy-fourth .... General Assembly, 1900 Thos. R. Smith 
 
 District again Changed, this time to include Delaware and Morrow Counties. 
 
 Seventy-fifth General Assembly, 190-' Arthur H. [ones 
 
 Seventy-sixth General Assembly, 1904 Arthur H.Jones 
 
 Seventy-seventh . . . General Assembly, 1906 H. W. Crist. 
 
102 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Delaware County has ha.d the following 
 
 Congress of the 
 
 James R. Hubble, Thirty-ninth C< >ngress, 
 Eighth District, 1865-1866. 
 
 
 
 
 Earlv F. Poppleton, Forty-fourth 
 
 Con- 
 
 
 
 
 gress 
 
 Ninth District. 1 
 
 875-18/6. 
 
 
 
 
 
 John S. Junes, Fort} 
 
 '-fifth Congress. \ 
 
 STinth 
 
 
 
 
 District, 1877-1878. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ta.ble of Covinty Officials 
 
 
 PROBATE JUDGE 
 
 CLERK OF COURT 
 
 SHERIFF 
 
 PROS. ATTORNEY 
 
 AUDITOR 
 
 TREASURER 
 
 1S69 
 
 1870 
 
 Benjamin C. Walters 
 
 Benj. F. Loofbourrow 
 
 William Brown 
 
 John S. Jones 
 
 Josephus F. Doty 
 
 James Cox 
 
 1871.. 
 
 Benjamin C. Walters 
 
 Benj. F. Loofbourrow 
 
 William Brown 
 
 John S. Jones 
 
 Josephus F. Dotv 
 
 .blllleS COX 
 
 1872 
 
 Benjamin C. Walters 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 Joseph H. Crawford 
 
 Jackson Hippie 
 
 Josephus F. Dotv 
 
 James Cox 
 
 1S73 
 
 Benjamin C. Walters 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 Joseph H. Crawford 
 
 Jackson Hippie 
 
 Thomas P. Myers 
 
 Junes COX 
 
 1S74 
 
 Benjamin C. Walters 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 George L. Sackett 
 
 F. M. Marriott 
 
 Thomas P. Myers 
 
 Ezekiel Brown 
 
 1875 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John T. Evans 
 
 George L. Sackett 
 
 F. M. Marriott 
 
 Stephen C. Courey 
 
 John H. Warren 
 
 1S76 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John T. Evans 
 
 George L. Sackett 
 
 John J. Glover 
 
 Stephen C. Courey 
 
 John H. Warren 
 
 1S77 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John T. Evans 
 
 George L. Sackett 
 
 John J. Glover 
 
 Stephen C. Courey 
 
 John H. \\ arren 
 
 1878 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John T. Evans 
 
 George L. Sackett 
 
 John J. Glover 
 
 Stephen C. Courey 
 
 John H. Warren 
 
 1879 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 Win. H. Cutler 
 
 Henry C. Culver 
 
 Stephen ( " Courey 
 
 John H. Warren 
 
 1880 
 
 Franklin B. Sprague 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 Wm. H. Cutler 
 
 Henry C. Culver 
 
 1 Jharles ^ ■ \^ ebster 
 
 Cicero Coomer 
 
 1881 
 
 Rllt'llS * Yl ! prill.'!" 
 
 Chas. M. Jaynes 
 
 Wm. 11. Cutler 
 
 Henry C Culver 
 
 Charles W . Webster 
 
 Cicero Coomer 
 
 1882 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Javnes 
 
 James E. White 
 
 James T. Shoup, Jr. 
 
 Charles W. Webster 
 
 Cicero Coomer 
 
 1883 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Javnes 
 
 James E. White 
 
 James T. Shoup. Jr. 
 
 Charles W. "V\ ebstei 
 
 Edward E. Neff 
 
 1884 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Javnes 
 
 James E. White 
 
 James T. Shoup. Jr. 
 
 ( :naries w. \\ eDstei 
 
 Edward E. Neff 
 
 1885 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Jaynes 
 
 James E. White 
 
 Frank A. Kauffman 
 
 Charles W. \\ ebstei 
 
 X Porter Fergusoi 
 
 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Javnes 
 
 Win. J. Davis 
 
 Frank A. Kauffman 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 X Porter Fergusoi 
 
 1887 
 
 Rufus Carpenter 
 
 Chas. M. Jaynes 
 
 Wm. J. Davis 
 
 Frank A. Kauffman 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 N. Porter Fergusoi 
 
 1888 
 
 N. F. Overt urf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Wm. J. Davis 
 
 Frank A. Kauffman 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 N. Porter Fergusoi 
 
 i 9 
 
 N. F. Overturf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Wm. J. Davis 
 
 Geo W. Carpenter 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 X' Porter Fergusoi 
 
 1890 
 
 N. F. Overturf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Wm. J. Davis 
 
 Geo W. Carpenter 
 
 John J. Rami-' 
 
 Elias Cole 
 
 1891 
 
 X. F. 1 iverturf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Thos. R. Griffith 
 
 Geo W. Carpenter 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 Elias Cole 
 
 1892 
 
 X. 1-'. 1 iverturf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Thos. R. Griffith 
 
 Geo W . < larpenter 
 
 John J. Ramage 
 
 Elias Cole 
 
 
 X. F. Overturf 
 
 John A. Shoemaker 
 
 Thos. R. Griffith 
 
 Geo w . ' iarpenter 
 
 Lyman P. Lewis 
 
 Elias Cole 
 
 1894 
 
 Benj. F. Freshwater 
 
 Newton M. Miller 
 
 Thos. R. Griffith 
 
 Geo W. Carpenter 
 
 Lyman P. Lewis 
 
 Cyrus B. Arlams 
 
 L895 
 
 Benj. F. Freshwater 
 
 Newton M. .Miller 
 
 Stephen P. Thrall 
 
 George Coyner 
 
 Lyman P. Lewis 
 
 Cyrus B. Adams 
 
 1896 
 
 Benj. F. Freshwater 
 
 Newton M. Miller 
 
 Stephen P. Thrall 
 
 George Coyner 
 
 Lyman P. Lewis 
 
 Li Wis Slack 
 
 1897 
 
 Benj. F. Freshwater 
 
 Newton M. Miller 
 
 Sir, .hen P. Thrall 
 
 George Coyner 
 
 Lyman P. Leu is 
 
 l.r» is Slack 
 
 1898 
 
 Benj. F. Freshwatei 
 
 Newton M. Miller 
 
 Stephen P. Thrall 
 
 1 teorge < !oynei 
 
 Lyman P. Lewis 
 
 Lewis Slack 
 
 1899 
 
 Benj. 1'. I'nsliw Hi 1 
 
 Newton M. Miller 
 
 Jacob M. Schaffner 
 
 1 teorge 1 ' >yner 
 
 Frank Warren 
 
 Lewis Slark 
 
 190O 
 
 E. Lee Porterfield 
 
 Burton P. Benton 
 
 Jacob M. Schaffner 
 
 George < Joyner 
 
 Frank Warren 
 
 J. L. Andersen 
 
 1901 
 
 E. Lee Porterfield 
 
 Burton P. Benton 
 
 Jacob M. Schaffner 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 Frank Warren 
 
 J. L. Anderson 
 
 1902 
 
 E. l.ee Porterfield 
 
 Burton P. Benton 
 
 Jacob M. Schaffner 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 Frank "\\ arren 
 
 J. L. Anderson 
 
 1903 
 
 E. Lee Porterfield 
 
 Burton P. Benton 
 
 A. C. Williamson 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 Frank Warren 
 
 J. L. Anderson 
 
 1904. ...'.. 
 
 E. Lee Porterfield 
 
 Burton P. Benton 
 
 A. C. Williamson 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 Frank Warren 
 
 Walter S. Pollock 
 
 .... 
 
 E. Lee Porterfield 
 
 rton P. Benton 
 
 A. C. Williamson 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 A. S. Conklin 
 
 Walter S. Pollockf 
 
 1 
 
 John A. Cone 
 
 Edson R. Williams 
 
 A. C. Williamson 
 
 Edward T. Humes 
 
 A S. Conklin 
 
 Walter S. Pollock' 
 
 1907 
 
 John A. Cone 
 
 Edson R. Williams 
 
 Caleb M. Leonard 
 
 F. A. McAllister 
 
 A. S. Conklin 
 
 Walter S. Pollock 
 
 1908 
 
 John A. Cone 
 
 Edson R. Williams 
 
 Caleb M. Leonard 
 
 F. A. McAllister 
 
 A. S. Conklin 
 
 Walter S. Pollock 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 103 
 
 named persons to represent it in the 
 Vnited Stages: 
 
 Archibald Lybrand, Fifty-fifth Congress, 
 
 Eighth Di>tiici, 1897-1898. 
 
 Archibald Lybrand, Fifty-sixth Congress, 
 Eighth District, 1899-1900. 
 
 From 1870 to Da^te 
 
 RKCORDER 
 
 COMMISSIONER 
 
 SFRVEYOR 
 
 INFIRMARY DIRECT'R 
 
 CORONER 
 
 
 
 
 * Jacob Sheets 
 / ' Je< irge Nelson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hosea Main 
 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Roswell Cook 
 
 S. Davidson 
 
 M. L. Griffin 
 
 A. A. Welch 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Hugh Cole 
 
 S. Davidson 
 
 George Neilson 
 
 A. A. Welch 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Chas Arthur 
 
 S. Davidson 
 
 John B. Jones 
 
 A. A. Welch 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Roswell Cook 
 
 S. Davidson 
 
 George W. Stover 
 
 A. A. Welch 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Wells Andrews 
 
 S. Davidson 
 
 Chas T. Grant 
 
 Marshall L. Griffin 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 W. Siegfried 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Chas T. Grant 
 
 Marshall L. Griffin 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Zenas Harrison 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Henry C. Olds 
 
 Elam C. Yining 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 Nelson R. Talley 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 George W. Stover 
 
 Elam C. Yining 
 
 Elijah B. Adams 
 
 A. H. Packard 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Jonas Waldron 
 
 Elam C. Yining 
 
 Abel Rawn 
 
 Zenas Harrison 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 John Shea 
 
 J. W. N. Vogi 
 
 Abel Rawn 
 
 Louis Bush 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 M. Smith 
 
 James H. Hughes 
 
 Abel Rawn 
 
 A. H, Packard 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Longwell 
 
 James H. Hughes 
 
 Abel Rawn 
 
 J. C. Ryant 
 
 L. I:. Denison 
 
 Henrv B. Cullins 
 
 James H. Hughes 
 
 Abel Rawn 
 
 Geo. \V. Jones 
 
 1 . 1 ;. 1 ienison 
 
 M. Smith 
 
 James H. Hughes 
 
 G ' '. Dunham 
 
 .1 \\\ Newell 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 D. Main 
 
 R. C. Wintermute 
 
 (!. C. Dunham 
 
 J. C. Ryant 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Henrv B. Cullins 
 
 R. C. Wintermute 
 
 (',. C. Dunham 
 
 Geo. W. Jones 
 
 L. B. Denison 
 
 Henry B. Cullins 
 
 R. C. Wintermute 
 
 Fiank P. Sprague 
 
 John L. Thurston 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 Horace Strong 
 
 R. C. Wintermute 
 
 Frank P. Sprague 
 
 Silas J. Mann 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 J. C. Main 
 
 R. C. Wintermute 
 
 Frank P. Sprague 
 
 Marshall Field 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 Samuel A. Moore 
 
 Wilbur N. Leonard 
 
 Frank P. Sprague 
 
 «'has F. Miller 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 James A. Wilson 
 
 Wilbur N. Leonard 
 
 Frank P. Sprag 
 
 Silas J. Mann 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 ('ink 1'. Dwinnell 
 
 Wilbur N. Leonard 
 
 Frank P. Sprague 
 
 Marshall Field 
 
 Edmund S. Miner 
 
 Samuel A. Moore 
 
 Wilbur X. Leonard 
 
 Prank P. Sprague 
 
 Chas 1'"". Miller 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 James A. Wilson 
 
 C. W. Chidester 
 
 James E. Rodgers 
 
 DeLacy Waldron 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 Clark 1'. Dwinnell 
 
 C. W. Chidester 
 
 James E. Rodgers 
 
 1 Coridon McAllister 
 
 ph C. Kirkpatrick 
 
 Edward S. .Mendenhall 
 
 Thompson Clark 
 
 C. W. Chidester 
 
 James E. Rodgers 
 
 , Chas F. Miller 
 I R. J. Pumphrey 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 Thos. E. Stark 
 
 C. W. < ihidester 
 
 James E. Rodgers 
 
 DeLacy Waldron 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 John Lane, Sr. 
 
 A. E. Mm 
 
 James E. Rodgers 
 
 Lyman P. McMaster 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 Thompson Clark 
 
 A. E. Main 
 
 J James E. Rodgers (died) 
 ( G. W. Tracy (appointed) 
 
 ' R. .1 Pumphn y 
 
 John B. Taggart 
 
 chas W. Blymer 
 
 A. J. Pounds 
 
 Joseph H. Andrews 
 
 Geo, Cleveland 
 
 John B. Taggarl 
 
 John Lane, Sr, 
 
 A. J. Pounds 
 
 Joseph H. Andrews 
 
 Meredith Meredith 
 
 John B. Taggart 
 
 Edward Welch 
 
 Frederick 1. Gagi 
 
 Joseph H. Andrews 
 
 Stephen Potter 
 
 John B. Ta^'jr 
 
 u Blymer 
 
 Frederick 1 . ' . 
 
 Joseph H, Andrews 
 
 Geo. Cleveland 
 
 John B. Taggarl 
 
 F. It. Whitehead 
 
 Frederick 1 . Ga 
 
 Joseph H. Andrews 
 
 Meredith Meredith 
 
 John B. Taggart 
 
 \ J. W. PlilTner, unexpired 
 I term of B. McPherson 
 
 Frederick L. Gage 
 
 Joseph H. Andrews 
 
 Stephen Potter 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 H .1 Jarvis 
 
 ■ ! y Willey 
 
 H. D. Blackledge 
 
 John L. Edwards 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 r 11. \\ lniehead 
 
 Perry Wiliey 
 
 H. D. Blackledge 
 
 c'Minr. holds over 
 
 Edward S Mendenhall 
 
 John W. Pflffner 
 
 Perry Willey (resigned) 
 
 11. D. Blackledge 
 
 Comr. holds oyer 
 
 Edward S. Mendenhall 
 
 John W. Pflffner 
 
 I u-A.l 1. i'.m k (appointed) 
 
CHAPTER. V. 
 
 DELAWARE— THE COUNTY SEAT. 
 
 When Laid Out and by Whom — Its Settlement and History — Early Military Importance 
 — Stores and Early Industries — Grozvth of Population — Incorporation — City Govern- 
 ment Organized — Hosier of Officials — Public Buildings — Water Works — Fire Depart- 
 ment — Cemeteries. 
 
 At the time of the creation of Delaware 
 County by the Act of the Legislature, Febru- 
 ary 10, 1808, the town of Delaware hail no ex- 
 istence either dn paper or in fact. There can 
 be little question, moreover, that had Muses 
 Byxbe retained the interest which he originally 
 had in the Berkshire settlement, the history of 
 the comity seat would be altogether different 
 from what it is. Its very establishment seems 
 to be a monument to the bad faith of its 
 founder. It was the original purpose of Mr. 
 Byxbe to make Berkshire Corners not only 
 the county seat of the new count}- which he 
 knew would soon be erected, but if possihle, 
 the capital of the State as well. It was on this 
 expectation and on the promises of Byxbe to 
 use his influence to this end thai many of the 
 first settlers were induced to join his enter- 
 prise and become purchasers of land in the 
 large tract which he had originally acquired. 
 It was not long, however, until the plans of 
 Byxhe seem to have undergone a change. Me 
 disposed of the larger part of his holdings in 
 Berkshire Township, as well as those in Ber- 
 lin, Kingston, Genoa and Brown, and we 
 shortly find him interested in an entirely differ- 
 ent part of the county. In the month of De- 
 cember, [800, Abraham Baldwin, of \\-w II 1 
 ven, Connecticut, purchased of the Government 
 a tract of eight thousand acres, which included 
 the northeast section of Delaware Township 
 
 and the third section of Brown. Air. Baldwin 
 was a man of unusual attainments and enter- 
 prise. He was a graduate of Yale University, 
 and later a tutor in that institution. He served 
 in the Revolutionary War and afterwards 
 practiced law in Savannah, Georgia. He was 
 a member of the State Legislature, for some 
 time president of the University of Georgia, a 
 Representative in Congress and a United 
 States Senator. He was never married, and 
 at his death the large tracts of land which he 
 owned in Ohio as well as other states 
 went by devise to his three half-broth- 
 ers and two half-sisters. As these 
 heirs were widely separated it was not 
 long before this propertv passed into the 
 control of one of them, Henry Baldwin, a 
 lawyer in Pittsburg. Shortly after the erec- 
 tion of Delaware County, an arrangement 
 was entered into between Baldwin and Byxbe, 
 through which Byxbe came into possession of 
 the undivided one-half of the tracts in Dela- 
 ware and Brown Townships, with the excep- 
 tion of two tracts of two hundred and fifty 
 aires each out of the northeast corner of each 
 section, previously sold by Abraham Baldwin 
 to one William Wells. Judge Baldwin was. 
 for many years, a part owner of the land on 
 which Delaware was located, although from 
 the first he delegated the entire control of it 
 to Byxbe and seems to have given little active 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 105 
 
 attention of his own to the founding of the 
 city. He came from a family noted for their 
 intellectual qualities and attainments and was 
 himself one of the distinguished men of his 
 time. Born in 1779, and graduating from 
 Yale in 1707. he went to Pittsburg, where he 
 became a noted lawyer. He was a representa- 
 tive in Congress from 1817 to 1822. He was 
 appointed by President Jackson an associate 
 justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
 States, in which capacity he served for many 
 years. Though brilliant intellectually, he is 
 said to have been a man of somewhat dissi- 
 pated habits, through which he ultimately lost 
 a considerable portion of the large fortune of 
 which he was, at one time, possessed. He died 
 in 1844. 
 
 With the shifting of Byxbe's interest from 
 Berkshire to his newly acquired possessions in 
 Delaware Township he immediately set to 
 work to secure for them the advantages which 
 the settlers of Berkshire had all along expected 
 to enhance the value of their own property. 
 The first matter of concern was the location 
 of the county seat. As no town as yet existed 
 in their territory it was necessary for Baldwin 
 and Byxbe to establish one. The first location 
 chosen by them was on the east bank of the 
 Olentangy. Here they platted a town and 
 recorded the plat in Franklin County, although 
 it was never recorded in Delaware County. 
 Byxbe, with all the resources at his command, 
 at once began his efforts to secure the location 
 of the county seat at his newly founded town. 
 As might have been expected, his efforts met 
 with bitter opposition from the Berkshire set- 
 tlers, who had relied on his former promises 
 and had just reason to accuse him of disloy- 
 alty to their interests. Byxbe had a consider- 
 able following, however, among those who 
 were under obligations to him in various ways 
 and whose interests were largely involved with 
 his. and this, together with the natural ad- 
 vantages of Delaware itself, terminated the 
 controversy in his favor, the special commis- 
 sioners locating the countv seat at Delaware in 
 March, 1808. 
 
 Fo» reasons which are not now definitely 
 known, but probably owing to superior ad- 
 
 vantages on the other side of the river, the 
 first site chosen for the town on ,the east bank 
 was soon abandoned, and on May 9, 1808, a 
 new site on the west bank was selected and a 
 town platted which was the real beginning of 
 the present city of Delaware. The following 
 extract taken from the plat as recorded, will 
 indicate the original location and extent of the 
 town. "This town is laid off into 186 lots, 
 containing, by estimation, ~~ l /2 square poles 
 each, be the same more or less, 6^4 rods by 
 \2y 2 rods, excepting lots Nos. 53, 54, 55, 56, 
 89, 90, 91 and 92, which by the variation of 
 William Street from west 17 degrees to the 
 north, from Washington Street to Liberty 
 Street. The streets which run from north to 
 south are Henry, Union, Sandusky, Franklin, 
 Washington and Liberty Streets and those 
 running from east to west are North, Winter, 
 William, Abraham. Tammany and South 
 Streets, which cross the other streets at right 
 angles. All the streets are four poles wide ex- 
 cept William, Abraham and Sandusky Streets, 
 which are six poles in width. The lots or 
 squares including Delaware Run, or which are 
 not numbered, extending from east to west 
 through the town, are reserved for future dis- 
 posal, or for the benefit of the town, as the pro- 
 prietors may think proper hereafter." There 
 was included in this plat that part of the pres- 
 ent city of Delaware bounded by Central 
 Avenue, Henry, South and Liberty Streets, 
 South Street at that time running through to 
 Liberty. It is apparent that patriotic impulses 
 evidently inspired the founders in the naming 
 of the streets of their newly created town, and 
 it is said that it was the purpose of Byxbe, 
 originally to call the town itself Warrentown in 
 honor of General Warren. Some of the streets 
 were named after those who were connected 
 with the early history of the town. Most of 
 the original names remain to the present time, 
 although North Street is now Central Avenue, 
 while Abraham Street has become University 
 Avenue and Tammany, Park Avenue. Abra- 
 ham Street was named for the original owner 
 of the property: Henry, for one of the proprie- 
 tors; William, for a brother of Henry Bald- 
 win, who had an interest in the property, and 
 
io6 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Winter, developed from a corruption of Wit- 
 ter, the maiden name of Airs. Moses Byxbe. 
 Delaware Run then flowed in its natural 
 course, and William Street deflected to the 
 north after crossing Washington Street to 
 avoid it. The square hounded by Union Ave- 
 nue, Washington Street, Park Avenue 
 and Liberty Street, was reserved for a 
 parade ground, and was used for that purpose 
 for years. About the time the city was or- 
 ganized, it was converted into a park, and Dr. 
 Merrick, who was then president of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, was instrumental in having 
 hundreds of shade trees planted here. Another 
 square bounded by Abraham, Franklin and 
 Sandusky Streets and Delaware Run was set 
 aside for public buildings. The square 
 bounded by Central Avenue. Sandusky, Frank- 
 lin and Winter Streets, was given by the pro- 
 prietor for a burying ground, and for religious 
 purposes. The little town remained as thus 
 originally laid out for a period of nearly thirty 
 years, no additions being made until the year 
 1836. On the occasion of his final visit to 
 Delaware in 1824, Judge Baldwin presented 
 the parade ground and the sulphur spring 
 property to the village. 
 
 With the location of the town and its selec- 
 tion as the county seat, the active settlement 
 of Delaware began. Indeed even before this 
 the first settler had made his appearance. In 
 the fall of 1807 Joseph Barber erected a log 
 house just southeast of the sulphur spring on 
 the ground now constituting a part of the uni- 
 versity campus. He did not remain in the 
 neighborhood for any great length of time, 
 however, and his influence on the further 
 growth of the village was slight. 
 
 As soon as his efforts to have Delaware 
 made the county seat had proved successful, 
 Mr. Byxbe began preparations to transfer his 
 residence from Berkshire, there. He erected a 
 frame dwelling on the north side of William 
 Street, between Henry and Union Streets, re- 
 serving the whole square on which his house 
 Stood for his own use. Having sold his house 
 ami farm in Berkshire, in the early part of 
 M.iv he removed his household goods to his 
 new residence and with his family came to 
 
 Delaware to reside. In the settlement of 
 nearly every community there has always been 
 some one man who, through superior energy 
 and ability, as well as through firmer faith in 
 the future development and passibilities of 
 the place, has taken the lead in all the various 
 enterprises necessary to insure its success. Col. 
 Byxbe certainly bore this relation to Delaware 
 in its early history. His fertile mind was con- 
 stantly planning for the future of the town ; 
 his indomitable energy was constantly expend- 
 ing itself, both in inducing new settlers to take 
 up their abode in the village, and in providing 
 for the establishment of the various en- 
 terprises which were necessary for the 
 comfort and prosperity of the incoming 
 settlers. Self interest, no doubt, was his ani- 
 mating motive. He seems never to have had 
 the genuine respect of the community, even 
 though they were ready to follow him as their 
 leader and recognized the great value of his 
 ability in shaping the early progress of the 
 town. 
 
 Along with Byxbe came a number of other 
 settlers who were to have a prominent part in 
 the early history of the community. In Berk- 
 shire were a number of families who were 
 closely attached to the Byxbe interests who had 
 just recently come to that settlement from 
 Pennsylvania, and who, as soon as the interests 
 of Byxbe himself had shifted, followed his for- 
 tunes likewise in the newlv established settle- 
 ment. Among" them may lie mentioned Si ilo- 
 mon Smith, Azariah Root, Nathan Messenger. 
 Reuben Lamb and Rev. Jacob Drake. The lat- 
 ter built the first brick house to be erected in 
 Delaware, on the southwest corner of William 
 and Franklin Streets, it being notable for the 
 fact that his wife laid all of the inner wall her- 
 self, masons being a scarcity in those days. 
 Drake was a Baptist preacher and a surveyor 
 as well, and he also' served as the first treasurer 
 of the newly established county, and as the first 
 mayor of Delaware. His resignation addressed 
 to William Little is now in the possession of 
 Robert Powers, of The First National Bank. 
 It was he, too, who, in connection with the 
 Rev. Joseph Hughes, established the first paper 
 in Delaware. Azariah Root built a house of 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 107 
 
 hewed logs on the corner of Abraham and 
 
 Henry Streets. He was the first county sur- 
 veyor. Nathan Messenger was the son-in- 
 law af Colonel Byxbe, who erected a house for 
 him on the southeast corner of Sandusky and 
 William Streets. Solomon Smith was the first 
 sheriff of the county and came from Chilli- 
 cothe where he had been a teacher. Aside from 
 Byxbe himself, few persons, perhaps, occupied 
 a more prominent position in the early life of 
 the community than Reuben Lamb. He prac- 
 ticed medicine for a number of years and was 
 also the first county recorder. 
 
 Among other settlers who came in a short 
 time may be mentioned Silas Dunham, who 
 came from the Berlin Settlement; Noah 
 Spaulding. from .Berkshire; Joab Norton, 
 from Orange ; Aaron Welch and Ira Carpen- 
 ter, from Liberty; Nathaniel and William Lit- 
 tle, Paul D. and Thomas Butler, from Worth- 
 ington. and Jacob Kensell. The settlement 
 soon took on a vigorous growth, Colonel 
 Byxbe was the guiding spirit in all its various 
 activities. He was constantly devising and 
 putting into execution plans for the prosperity 
 of the community. He was an associate judge 
 of the newly created court. He promoted the 
 building of the new road which should unite 
 the settlement with the older communities al- 
 ready established. He established the first 
 store, in which he placed his son, and he also 
 erected the first saw mill and grist mill within 
 the limits of the town. In addition to this he 
 was the first postmaster, and later he was pro- 
 prietor of a tavern. He was his own sales 
 agent in the disposal of the large tracts of land 
 which he owned jointly with Baldwin. It is 
 easy to see the stimulating effect the restless 
 activity of such a one must have had on the life 
 of the village. 
 
 From the time he first became interested in 
 that part of the count}-, it had probably been 
 Colonel Bixbe's ambition to make the town 
 which he should found the capital of the State. 
 Up until 1810 the capital had been at Chilli- 
 cothe. and from that time until 1812 at Zanes- 
 ville. It finally became necessary, however, to 
 determine upon a definite location, and a num- 
 ber of places became competitors for the honor. 
 
 There seem to have been nine of them in all. 
 and they held out widely varying inducements 
 to the special commission appointed by the 
 Legislature to select the site. The offer of 
 Byxbe and Baldwin was as follows, viz., that 
 they would give the grounds, erect the build- 
 ings, and lay off four thousand acres in town 
 lots, one-half the proceeds arising from the 
 sale of which should go into the treasurv of 
 the State. The only other offer which bore 
 any comparison to that of Baldwin and Byxbe 
 was the one made by four parties who were 
 interested in the tract on the Scioto 
 opposite the town of Franklinton. For quite 
 a while the contest was in doubt. At length. 
 however, the special commission reported in 
 favor of the proposition of Byxbe and Bald- 
 win. When the legislature came to act upon 
 it, they rejected the report and decided in fa- 
 vor of the site opposite Franklinton. The loss 
 of the capital was, no doubt, a severe blow to 
 Delaware and its immediate prosperity. The 
 possibility that the capital' would lie located 
 here had undoubtedly served to enhance the 
 value of property and to attract settlers. With 
 its prospects in this direction suddenly cut off, 
 there could not but result a depression in the 
 general activity of the community, from which 
 it took many years for it to recover. 
 
 EARLY MILITARY IMPORTANCE. 
 
 Delaware was a place of considerable mili- 
 tary importance during the War of 1812. It 
 was situated on the most practicable route be- 
 tween Chillicothe. the state capital at that time, 
 and the scene of operations around Sandusky 
 and Detroit, and it was, for a time, the head- 
 cpiarters of General Harrison. "Among the 
 earliest troops to be called out was a company 
 of light horse belonging to the State Militia, 
 on the muster rolls of which were to lie found 
 the familiar names of Elias Murray, as cap- 
 tain ; James W. Crawford, as first lieutenant : 
 David Prince as second lieutenant, and Joseph 
 Prince. Robert Jamison, Sylvester Root, Mor- 
 ris Cowgill, Alexander and William Smith, 
 Ralph S. Longwell, John Slack, J. Harter, 
 Forest Meeker. John Wilson. Thomas Dun- 
 
io8 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ham and James Carpenter, as privates. This 
 company was employed as a raiding force, and 
 was called out at different times for a period 
 of service not exceeding at any time over forty 
 • lavs. Each man furnished his own horse and 
 equipments, and over his shoulder was slung 
 the inevitable canteen of whiskey. * * * The 
 company was ordered to Detroit and made a 
 raid into Canada. Tearing down some fine 
 farm buildings west of the river, they made 
 rafts of the lumber thus obtained and crossed 
 to the Canadian shore. There they destroyed 
 property of all kinds, burning mills, hay and 
 grain, and recrossing without loss. * * * 
 A company of infantry, raised by Captain Foos 
 in the northern part of the county, drew a 
 number of men from Delaware Township and 
 village, and, among others, Erastus Bowe, 
 who settled in Brown in- 1809. This company 
 went to Fremont, then known as Lower San- 
 dusky, and helped to build Fort Croghan, Air. 
 Bowe breaking the ground for that purpose. 
 After Hull's surrender this company disbanded 
 and returned to Delaware. 
 
 The war, coming as it did so soon after 
 the misfortune Delaware suffered in failing to 
 have the state capital located here, did much 
 to relieve the depression of business conse- 
 quent on that unfortunate event. The forces 
 of General Winchester and others were cen- 
 tered along the line of Urbana, St. Mary's and 
 Fort Defiance, while the troops, artillery and 
 supplies from Pennsylvania came by way of 
 Canton, Wooster and Mansfield to Fort Meigs, 
 the place of rendezvous, while the Virginia 
 and Kentucky re-enforcements came by way of 
 Chillicothe. along the various roads leading 
 through Delaware County. In February, 
 181 3, General Harrison concentrated the 
 greater part of his troops at Fort Meigs and 
 then retired with his headquarters to Delaware, 
 where he occupied rooms in Colonel Byxbe's 
 house. Also Governor Shell))-, of Kentucky, 
 came in command of the troops belonging to 
 his state, and made his headquarters in the 
 cabin which had formerly been erected by 
 Barber, heretofore mentioned as the first house 
 built in Delaware. Later the Virginia troops 
 arrived and camped just north of the village. 
 
 Naturally the presence of so many soldiers 
 gave a great impetus to the general business 
 activities of the place. As usual. Colonel 
 Byxbe was alert to the opportunities thus pre- 
 sented, taking large contracts for supplying 
 the army with the various necessities required 
 during their stay in the community. The one 
 store in the village, had, for the time being, 
 a great increase in its patronage, and the set- 
 tlers found a ready market for whatever they 
 had to sell that could be consumed by an army. 
 A recruiting station was opened in Delaware, 
 ami many, inspired by motives of patriotism 
 or lured by love of adventure or expectation of 
 gain, joined their fortunes with the troops. 
 General Harrison had sold all of his teams and 
 pack animals to save wintering them, and when 
 the time came for the army to move north- 
 ward all the available teams in the community 
 were pressed into service. 
 
 STORES AND EARLY INDUSTRIES. 
 
 As is always the case in a newly started 
 settlement, the mercantile business for the first 
 few years was one of little importance. There 
 was but one store in Delaware up to the time 
 of the war of 1812, and that was conducted 
 by Moses Byxbe. Jr.. a son of Colonel Byxbe. 
 The son, however, seems to have been wholly 
 lacking in the business ability and enterprise 
 of his father and soon came to grief. Various 
 unsuccessful speculations finally landed him in 
 the county jail. One of the earliest merchants 
 in Delaware was William Little. He was a 
 saddler by trade, and, coming originally fn >m 
 Connecticut, first located in Worthington. 
 Later, however, attracted by the outlook for 
 the newly established settlement at Delaware, 
 he came here and shortly went into trade. He 
 bought out a stock of goods which had been 
 sent up from Worthington as a branch busi- 
 ness and established himself in a small brick 
 building on the southwest corner of Sandusky 
 and Winter Streets, where he continued for a 
 number of years. Joseph L. Webb was another 
 of the early store-keepers of Delaware. He 
 came in the year 181 9, induced to do so 
 through the representations of Colonel Byxbe, 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 iog 
 
 who happened to meet him on one his trips 
 east. Webb came of a wealthy family in New 
 York, lured away from the comforts of his 
 eastern home by the apparent possibilities of 
 great wealth in the western frontier. The 
 year after his arrival he set up in business in 
 the same building in which Moses Byxbe, Jr., 
 had conducted his unsuccessful venture, but 
 he seems to have had no greater success than 
 had the building's former occupants. After 
 continuing in business for a time he closed up 
 with a loss of $10,000 and returned to the 
 East. Horton Howard, a Quaker, was an- 
 other of the early store-keepers. He occupied 
 a yellow wooden building on the east side of 
 Sandusky m Street. Hezekiah Kilbourn opened 
 a store in 1823 on the northwest corner of 
 Sandusky and Winter Streets but sold out in 
 the following year to Caleb Howard and An- 
 thony Walker, who went into business in his 
 building. After they dissolved partnership 
 Walker went into business with Hosea Wil- 
 liams. Dr. Lamb, the first physician in the 
 community, next occupied the Kilbourn build- 
 ing, and, as was natural, a considerable part 
 of his stock consisted of drugs. In 1831 
 Alexander Kilbourn erected a frame building 
 on Sandusky Street and started a general 
 store. This building is still standing, having 
 been moved, however, to a location just south 
 of the present office building of Marriott & 
 Freshwater. 
 
 The mercantile business in the early day 
 was fraught with difficulties such as can scarce 
 be imagined at the present time. We quote, 
 in this connection, some interesting facts from 
 a former county history: "Philadelphia was 
 the nearest point from which the western mer- 
 chant could buy his goods from original 
 sources, and from there they had to 
 be shipped in huge wagons over a 
 tedious and uncertain journey. Mr. Lit- 
 tle was in the habit of going to Phila- 
 delphia once a year, spending some weeks or 
 two months on the trip, and waggoning his 
 goods home, frequently at a cost of $18.75 
 per hundred. These invoices included, at a 
 later day, a full line of dry goods, embracing 
 velvets, satins, silks, cassimers and the com- 
 
 moner goods. Then there were hats, shoes, 
 crockery, hardware, medicines and groceries. 
 For year after year money was very scarce, 
 and all business became a system of barter, 
 and goods were exchanged almost exclusively 
 for produce. The trade with Indians was very 
 large, the natives coming in for fifty miles 
 around, sometimes fifty at a time. They 
 brought cranberries, maple sugar and syrup, 
 pelts and furs, and bought only the finest 
 goods. The wi imen would take only the finest 
 broadcloths for blankets and petticoats, while 
 the men chose the brightest prints for shirts. 
 The ordinary prints which now sell for 8 cents 
 per yard sold then for $1.00, while the higher 
 priced sold for Si. 50 per yard. Every store 
 had upon its counter a flask of whiskey with 
 a glass and it was expected that every < me 
 who came into the store would avail himself 
 or herself of the hospitality thus set forth. 
 Sugar made by the Indians or settlers found 
 its way in large quantities to the stores where 
 it was traded off to the Kentuckians. who came 
 with large wagon loads of tobacco every 
 spring to exchange for commodities. This 
 was in large demand among the Indians, who 
 made a mixture of tobacco and sumac leaves, 
 calling it 'Kinnikinic' " 
 
 In the early days there was no institution 
 of greater importance, perhaps, than the 
 tavern. The most prominent and influential 
 citizens did not hesitate to engage in it, and 
 the number of taverns in existence at that 
 time in the village would now, perhaps, be con- 
 sidered out of proportion to the size of the 
 place. We have, in a former chapter, quoted 
 a description of the pioneer tavern from the 
 pen of Dr. Hills. Barber's cabin, the first to 
 be erected in Delaware, was, likewise, the first 
 building to be devoted to the purpose of tavern 
 keeping, and Barber himself was its first 
 keeper. It was a sort of center for all the 
 various activities of the neighborhood. Here 
 the people gathered to exchange their go>-i]> 
 as well as to hear news of the outside world 
 from any chance stranger that happened along. 
 Here all the public gatherings were arranged, 
 all the notices were posted, and even the first 
 court was held. Barber did not Ions: con- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tinue in the business, but soon sold out to a 
 man by the name of Spaulding, who. in turn, 
 sold out to Robinson. While it was without 
 a competitor for a time, yet it was not long 
 until Colonel Byxbe joined the business of 
 tavern keeping to his various other activities, 
 erecting a brick house for that purpose east of 
 his dwelling on William Street. It was un- 
 doubtedly of great advantage to Colonel Byxbe 
 to be in a position where he could have the 
 opportunity to early impress every incoming 
 stranger with the possibilities of his newly 
 founded town. "A long wooden building was 
 built at an early date where Solomon Smith 
 first entertained the public, and Mrs. Byxbe. 
 desirous of entertaining those who came to 
 attend court, persuaded Colonel Byxbe to buy 
 him out, and for some time continued the 
 business. He was succeeded in the same busi- 
 ness, after an interval of some months, by 
 Ezra Griswold, in 1821. In the meanwhile 
 Aaron Welch built a tavern opposite the Epis- 
 copal Church, on Winter Street, where lie 
 entertained the public several vears, and in 
 1816 built a large brick building on Sandusky 
 Street. Air. Welch died before it was com- 
 pleted, but it served its purpose for years. 
 Contemporary with the later years of Mr. 
 Welch as tavern keeper, was Elam Vining, 
 Sr., who occupied for several years the Mes- 
 senger House, on the southeast corner of Wil- 
 liam and Sandusky Streets. Another hotel 
 stood on the northeast corner of Winter and 
 Sandusky Streets. An early proprietor was 
 Major Strong and another was a Mr. Hinton 
 — a distant relative of Otho Hinton, of later 
 tame — who was succeeded by a Mr. Dunbar. 
 It was during the time of the latter gentleman, 
 in 1817. that President Monroe, making a 
 trip through the West, came with a large suite 
 on horseback from Sandusky, and stopped 
 with Dunbar over Sunday. The death of Mr. 
 Dunbar's wife soon forced him to retire from 
 the business and. in [818, General Sidney 
 Moore and Pardon Sprague bought him out. 
 Mr. Moore was married on Sunday, February 
 [St, and the following day the new couple took 
 possession of their new business. In (822 Mr. 
 Griswold moved from the building he first 
 
 occupied as a hotel and printing office, into a 
 brick building erected by Jacob Drake, on the 
 southwest corner of North and Sandusky 
 Streets, where he continued the double busi- 
 ness for many years. 
 
 On September 9, 1826, Colonel Moses 
 Byxbe diedi For two years before his death 
 he had been deranged. During all the early 
 years of the town he had been the prime mover 
 in all her activities. Being a man of indomi- 
 table energy combined with exceptional execu- 
 tive ability, he was remarkably well fitted to 
 successfully combat the difficulties encountered 
 in establishing a settlement on the frontier. 
 The beautiful city of Delaware, as she exists 
 today, is a monument to his enterprise and 
 courage. While he thus possessed these quali- 
 ties so necessary to the performance of the 
 task which he set for himself, yet he seems 
 never to have had the sincere love and respect 
 of the community with which he surrounded 
 himself. Hard and grasping in his disposition, 
 and knowing no criterion but success, his 
 methods were not always such as could com- 
 mand the approval of those who believe in 
 justice and fair dealing at all times and under 
 all circumstances. All his efforts seem to have 
 been inspired solely for the purpose of acquir- 
 ing wealth rather than through the patriotic 
 desire of reclaiming the wilderness for civili- 
 zation for its own sake alone. In his life 
 purpose he was eminently successful, amassing 
 a fortune which, in those days, might well have 
 been called princely. Yet. towards the latter 
 part of his life, he became involved in financial 
 difficulties, largely through the recklessness of 
 his son. who seems to have inherited little of 
 his father's capacity for business; and it was 
 probably owing to this fact that he lost his 
 mental faculties before the close of his life. 
 Byxbe had. beside his son Moses, already men- 
 tioned, another. Appleton, who was an im- 
 becile. He also had three daughters who 
 married respectively Hon. Elias Murray. Rev. 
 Joseph Hughes and Hon. L. H. Cowles. all 
 men of prominence and influence in the com- 
 munity at the time. 
 
 As descriptive of Delaware in the early 
 day we cannot do better than quote the larger 
 
DELAWARE COUNTY COURT HOUSE 
 
 (Showing part of Jail in lower left-hand corner.) 
 
 MOORE'S MASONIC TEMPLE, DELAWARE 
 
 
 RESIDENT HAYES'S I:IKTI [PLACE, DELAWARI 
 
 (President Hayes was born in the old wooden structure serving as 
 an L. The bi ick building in front was erected afterwards ) 
 
 SANDUSKY STREET, LOOKING 
 
 SOUTH, DELAWARE 
 
 DEL VWARE O )UN PY I Ml 
 
 I ►] I \\\ >lRE CITY IIA 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 "3 
 
 part of an address delivered by Cyrus Piatt, 
 fi ir years one of the prominent citizens of the 
 town, at a meeting- of the Delaware Pioneer 
 Association, August 25, 1898: "That old 
 brick house at the southwest corner of William 
 and Union Streets was built and occupied by 
 Dr. Reuben Lamb as his residence about the 
 year 1810. He was one of the first settlers 
 of the town. * * * It seemed to be the 
 intention of the original proprietors and early 
 pioneers of the town to make William Street 
 the principal street of the town, both for busi- 
 ness and residences. Nearly all the buildings 
 put up on William Street, east of Sandusky 
 Street, were substantial brick houses, generally 
 two stories high, with front door in the middle, 
 opening into the hall where the stairs were lo- 
 cated. The original Byxbe residence was built 
 in this style, as many of you may remember. 
 A short distance east of this Byxbe house, 
 fronting on the street, was a small, brick 
 building, say about 20 feet square, used by 
 Air. Byxbe, Sr.. for his office. * * * In 
 this office building the first post-office was 
 opened and continued there for several years. 
 Henry Street, north of William, was not then 
 opened, and an apple orchard extended from 
 the Byxbe residence clear down to the river 
 bank, north side of William Street. 
 
 "Dr. Lamb owned considerable ground ad- 
 joining his residence on the west side, extend- 
 ing south to the run. Directly south of his 
 residence he put up a frame building near the 
 run in which he and Mr. Hayes, the father of 
 the late Ex-President R. B. Hayes, conducted 
 the business of distilling whiskey, an article 
 which, at that time, was considered one of the 
 necessities of life, if used in moderation. The 
 taverns all kept it in their liars for the specul 
 aco nnmodation of travelers. 
 
 "I do not know just when the exodus oi 
 residents on William Street to Sandusky 
 Street commenced. As new settlers came in 
 who wanted to engage in business they gave 
 the preference to Sandusky Street. Mr. Wil- 
 liam Little built a one-story brick house on the 
 southwest corner of Sandusky and Winter 
 Streets and opened a store there. * * * 
 Joseph L. Webb rented a room on the north- 
 
 east corner of William and Sandusky Streets, 
 opened his goods and commenced business 
 there. In the year 182 1 Mr. Webb put up a 
 two-story frame building that combined store- 
 room and residence, where S. P. Shur's store 
 now is, and opened his stock of goods in this 
 store-room, and his family occupied the resi- 
 dence. The ground between this building of 
 Mr. Webb's and Mr. William Little's one- 
 story brick store on the corner above, was 
 vacant and used by Mr. Webb as a garden, 
 and was enclosed by a high board fence ex- 
 tending from the corner of Mr. Little's store 
 down to Mr. Webb's house. The only other 
 structure on the west side of Sandusky Street 
 between Winter and William, were Thomas 
 Butler's saddle shop and residence, on the 
 ground now occupied by Templar Hall build- 
 ing, and a two-story frame near the corner of 
 William Street, built and occupied by Dr. 
 James H. Hills with his family, who were 
 among the early settlers here. 
 
 "The only buildings on the east side of 
 Sandusky Street, between Winter and William. 
 were a frame on the corner where the Hi itel 
 Donavin is now located, in which Pardon 
 Sprague kept tavern ; the residence of Mr. 
 William Little, a large two-story brick, stand- 
 ing on a large lot, some twenty feet back from 
 the street, on ground now occupied by the 
 First National Bank, and the large building ad- 
 joining it on the south. The residence and 
 cabinet shop of Mr. William Mansur were 
 about where the 'Gazette' office is now located. 
 Mr. Hezekiah Kilbourne, an eastern man, 
 bought the ground extending from Winter 
 Street north on the west side of Sandusky 
 Street to the alley, and built a one-story 
 brick store room on the corner of Sandusky 
 and Winter and opened a general stock of 
 goods in it. I think it was he who built the 
 large two-story brick residence that was owned 
 and occupied for several years by Mrs. Kil- 
 bourne, widow of Alexander Kilbourne, de- 
 ceased, that stood on the ground now occupied 
 by the Steeves Block and the Hill's Bros, 
 wholesale grocery store. 
 
 "In due course of time Dr. Lamb bought 
 the Kilbourne corner store, and all the ground 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 adjoining, of Airs. Kilbonrne, and added to 
 the building on the west end, fronting on 
 Winter Street, and on the north side fronting 
 on Sandusky Street, with a wide porch on 
 that side, carrying the building up two lull 
 stories, thus making of it a commodious and 
 pleasant residence. When the work of re- 
 modeling this house was completed Dr. Lamb's 
 family left the William Street house and 
 moved into their new house which sunn be- 
 came noted for hospitality by entertaining 
 visitors from neighboring towns and socinl 
 evening gatherings of neighbors. When Bishop 
 Chase and other clergy came here to hold 
 service in St. Peter's Church, they were enter- 
 tained usually at the Lamb mansion, as I learn 
 by mother's diary. * * * There were no 
 houses south of the run, no 'South Delaware' 
 in those early days. That part of town was 
 all open commons and used for pasture. Cows 
 would be turned loose in the morning and 
 allowed to roam where they pleased in search 
 of pasture, and we would have to hunt them 
 up and drive them home in the evening." 
 
 One of the most historic mansions in Dela- 
 ware, built in the early day, and which, by rea- 
 son of its being" later the birthplace of Presi- 
 dent Hayes, ought to receive mention here, is 
 what was known as the Messenger House on 
 East William Street. When it was first built 
 it was regarded as the finest residence here 
 although it has long since fallen from its f< ir- 
 mer glory, so far as appearances are con- 
 cerned. It is thus described by one of the 
 older citizens who has long been a resident of 
 the town: "It was a small brick house, two 
 stories high, with a pitched roof, one side 
 facing William Street. The front door was 
 in the middle of this side, with a room on 
 each side. There were four frame windows 
 in the lower story, two on each side of the 
 door and five in the upper. The root was 
 shingled and a log L added to the back side. 
 The brick part was about jo by 30 feet, and the 
 log part 10 by 15 feet. The log part has since 
 been rebuilt and a frame addition takes its 
 place. With this and a few other slight 
 changes the house remains the same as it did 
 three-quarters of century ago." It was in 
 
 this house that one of the first schools in the 
 place was established. For a time it did duty 
 as a store room, but for a number of years 
 now it has again been doing service as a 
 dwelling. 
 
 GROWTH OF POPULATION. 
 
 For a number of years after the War of 
 1812 the growth of Delaware was slow. The 
 lands of the "New Purchase" coming into the 
 market, sadly arrested the prosperity of the 
 town and interfered greatly with its expan- 
 sion. In 1 836 Judge T. W. Powell and 
 Samuel Rheems platted a tract of land just 
 south of the original boundaries of the town 
 between Sandusky and Liberty Streets, and a 
 little later M. D. Pettibone made another ad- 
 dition just south of that of Powell and 
 Rheems. The unsold Baldwin lands just north 
 of the town limits were also platted about the 
 same time, and there were then no further ad- 
 ditions made until 1843. Since then the town 
 has gradually expanded in various directions, 
 new additions being made as its growth in 
 population would seem to warrant. 
 
 The village, as incorporated in 1816, in- 
 cluded the tract originally platted by Baldwin 
 and Byxbe in laying out the town on the west 
 side of the river. As new additions were made, 
 however, from time to time, the town outgrew 
 its original boundaries, and it was but natural 
 that an agitation should arise for an extension 
 of the corporation limits. It was not until 1852, 
 however, that any measures were taken with 
 this end in view. In that year the question of 
 extending the corporation limits across the 
 river was submitted to a vote of the people 
 and was carried by a vote of 270 to 12. The 
 territory taken in at this time included the 
 larger part of the present limits of the corpora- 
 tion on the east side of the Olentangv, extend- 
 ing as far south as Vine Street, and including 
 a part of the fair grounds. In 1868 there was 
 a general extension of the corporation limits on 
 all sides, bringing the dimensions of the town 
 pretty near to what they are at the present 
 time. There have been several extensions since- 
 then, ho\vever. In 1874 a tract was added on 
 
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 IIS 
 
 the north which fixed the northern boundary 
 of the town where it is at present. In the 
 next year Lot 13 on the east side of the river 
 was added. There was no further enlarge- 
 ment of the corporation boundaries then until 
 1893 when the west portions of lots 18 an 1 
 1 9 were brought within the corporation limits 
 and the western boundary of the town estab- 
 lished as it is today. The only extension since 
 then has consisted of a small tract just north- 
 east of the bend in the Olentangy River in the 
 north part of the town. The corporation. 
 boundaries, as thus established, embrace an 
 area of nearly four square miles, extending 
 approximately two and one-third miles both 
 from north to south and from east to west in 
 its most extended portions. 
 
 The growth in the population of the town 
 is a matter of equal interest with the extension 
 of her physical boundaries. "In the fall of 
 1808 thirty-two votes were polled, and, adopt- 
 ing the ordinary rule of counting five persons 
 for each vote, the number of inhabitants for 
 the whole township would reach 150. But. 
 without invalidating this rule it will be ob- 
 served that the circumstances of the early set- 
 tlement of Delaware were unusual, and that 
 this number is an overestimate. A number 
 of voters are known to have been men with- 
 out families, or whose families were not in 
 the township (the law in this latter respect not 
 being then in vogue, or not enforced as now ) ; 
 others, as Dr. Lamb and Jacob Drake, had 
 very small families ; and other families were so 
 grown to maturity as to have more than their 
 proportion of voters, as in case of the Byxbe 
 family. These conditions were unusually 
 prominent, and it is probable that there were 
 not over 100 inhabitants in the whole town- 
 ship. In the winter of 1816 a wood chopper 
 standing on the hill where Monnett Hall now 
 stands, on one of those clear frosty mornings 
 when the smoke goes straight up into the air, 
 looked over the valley and counted the evi- 
 dences of thirty-two houses in the little town. 
 In 1820 we meet with an estimate that places 
 the number of houses at fifty and another, by 
 actual count, places the number near sixty in 
 1823. Adopting the ordinary rule of five to 
 a dwelling, we find the number of inhabitants 
 
 in the town in 1816, 150; in 1820, about 250; 
 and in 1823 nearly 300." The census of 1830 
 gives the city a population of ^32; of 1840, 
 898; of 1850, 2,074; of i860, 3,889; of 1870, 
 6.000; of 1880. 6,894; of 1890, 8.224; of 
 1900, 7,940. It would seem from this that, 
 just as in the case of the entire county, there 
 has been an actual decrease in the city's popu- 
 lation in the preceding decade. Many, how- 
 ever, were inclined to doubt the correctness of 
 the census of 1900, as there is every indication 
 that the population of the city has been con- 
 stantlv increasing. At the present time, from 
 a careful enumeration made in the interest of 
 the Sunday schools of the city, during the past 
 year, it is a conservative estimate to place the 
 number of inhabitants at 10,000. 
 
 INCORPORATION. 
 
 Delaware was first incorporated in 1816, 
 a special act for that purpose having been 
 passed by the Legislature. The powers granted 
 to the village do not seem to have been very 
 extensive and many of the various functions 
 necessary for its government were still per- 
 fi irmed by the township officers. The general 
 management of the affiairs of the village was 
 placed in the hands of a Board of Trustees, 
 elected by the people. This form of govern- 
 ment continued until 1849, when, through M. 
 D. Pettibone, who was the member of the 
 Legislature from the county at the time, an- 
 other act was secured from the Legislature 
 providing for a Town Council consisting of 
 eight members, with powers considerably 
 greater than those which had theretofore been 
 given to the Board of Trustees. This new 
 Council chose from their number a mayor. 
 recorder, treasurer and assessor. They also 
 elected a marshal, though from outside of their 
 number, together w;ith a street committee of 
 three men, two of whom were not members 
 of the council. In 1841 the people again 
 sought a change in their government, and 
 again an act was passed conferring still larger 
 powers upon the Council. 
 
 CITY GOVERNMENT ORGANISED. 
 
 It was not until 1873 that Delaware rose 
 from being a village to the dignity of a city. 
 
116 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 In that year, after a petition had been pre- 
 sented to the Council, the matter was submitted 
 to the people at the spring election and decided 
 in favor of the change. In the following July 
 the city was divided off into three wards. In 
 1875 it was re-apportioned into five. This di- 
 vision continued until 1891 when there was a 
 re-division of the city into six wards. Again 
 in 1899 there was a change in the boundaries, 
 though not in the number of the wards. A 
 few years ago came the decision of the Su- 
 preme Court rendering void all of the Special 
 Acts passed from time to time for the gov- 
 ernment of the various municipalities through- 
 out the commonwealth and making necessary 
 the enactment of a code which sin mid apply tu 
 all alike. Under this act, passed in 1902, 
 the city of Delaware was again re-organized, 
 in common with every other municipality in 
 Ohio, and has continued on the basis then 
 established to the present day. Under the 
 former regime, after the village had been 
 merged into the city, the officers consisted of a 
 mayor, marshal, solicitor, street commissioner, 
 two members of the Council from each ward, 
 a clerk of the Council and a city engineer, the 
 two latter, together with the police, being ap- 
 pointed by the Council, while all the others 
 were elective. The county treasurer served 
 also as the treasurer of the municipality. The 
 changes made by the code in the various mu- 
 nicipal offices, inasmuch as they are common to 
 every municipality of the same class in the 
 State, need not be enumerated here. We give 
 herewith, however, a complete list of the per- 
 sons who have filled the various offices in the 
 municipality since it rose to the rank of a city 
 in 1873. Although the chief of police has not 
 been an elective officer since the enactment of 
 the code, yet we include him with the other 
 officers since he is the direct successor of the 
 mershal, who was elective under the old 
 regime : 
 
 [872 — Mayor. John 1). Van Deman ; clerk, 
 Edward A. Pratt; marshal, (.'. V. < Kvston; so- 
 licitor, fackson Hippie; street commissioner, 
 William Owston. 
 
 1S71 — Mayor. \Y. ( ). Semans ; clerk. Ed- 
 ward A. Pratt; marshal. J. A. Andersi n; so- 
 
 licitor, fackson Hippie: street commissioner. 
 W. H. Adams. 
 
 1876 — Mayor, J. A. Barnes; clerk, Ed- 
 ward A. Pratt ; marshal, C. V. Owston ; so- 
 licitor, G. G. Banker ; street commissioner, 
 William Hollenbaugh. 
 
 1878— Mayor, C. H. McElroy: clerk. Ed- 
 ward A. Pratt: marshal, C. V.' Owston; so- 
 licitor, G. G. Banker; street commissioner, 
 George Clark. 
 
 1880— Mayor, F. M. Joy; clerk, Edward 
 A. Pratt; marshal. W. J. Davis; solicitor, G. 
 G. Banker ; street commissioner, George 
 Clark. 
 
 1882 — Mayor, H. L. Baker; clerk, George 
 Clark ; marshal, W. J. Davis ; solicitor, G. G. 
 Banker ; street commissioner, Peter F. En- 
 gard. 
 
 [884— Mayor, H. L. Baker; clerk. Matt. 
 H. Wagner; marshal. Chas. F. Miller; solici- 
 ti >r. Frank A. Kauffman : street commissioner, 
 Geo. Dennis. 
 
 1886— Mayor, Henri E. Buck: clerk. Matt. 
 H. Wagner; marshal, Chas. F. Miller; solici- 
 tor, N. F. Overturf (resigned as solicitor 
 March 5, 1888, and H. H. Beecher was ap- 
 pointed to fill out his unexpired term) ; street 
 commissioner, Peter T. Engard. 
 
 1888 — Mayor. James K. Newcomer ; clerk, 
 Matt. H. Wagner; marshal, P. S. English; so- 
 licitor, H. H. Beecher; street commissioner, 
 Peter T. Engard. 
 
 1890 — Mayor, Henry S. Culver; clerk, 
 John T. Evans; marshal, P. S. English; so- 
 licitor, H. H. Beecher ; street commissioner. 
 P. T. Engard. 
 
 1892 — Mayor. H. S. Culver; clerk. Aimer 
 Geiner; marshal. P. S. English; solicitor, H. 
 H. Beecher ; street commissioner, Richard 
 O'Keefe. 
 
 1894 — Mayor, H. L. Eaker; clerk. Abner 
 Genier (succeeded before expiration of term 
 by W. H. Altrock); marshal. P. S. English; 
 solicitor, Clarence Jones; street commissioner, 
 Richard O'Keefe. 
 
 1896 — Mayor, W. R. Carpenter; clerk, E. 
 E. Naylor; marshal. H. W. Vogt; solicitor, 
 Clarence fones ; street commissioner, Julius 
 Bobo. 
 
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 117 
 
 1898— Mayor. John McClure; clerk. E. E. 
 Naylor; marshal, P. W. Keefe; solicitor, 
 Charles W. Knight ; street commissioner, Ju- 
 lius Bobo. 
 
 1900 — Mayor, John McClure; clerk, E. E. 
 Naylor; marshal. William Matthews; solicitor, 
 Chas. W. Knight ; street commissioner, \Y. \Y. 
 Williams. 
 
 1902 — Mayor. H. C. Clippinger; clerk, E. 
 E. Naylor; marshal, William Matthews; so- 
 licitor, B. W. Hough; street commissioner, 
 W. W. Williams. 
 
 1903 — Mayor. H. C. Clippinger; president 
 of council, E. I. Pollock; auditor, F. D. King; 
 treasurer. H. L. Clark ; solicitor, B. W. Hough ; 
 Board of Public Service, F. T. Evans, E. S. 
 Mendenhall, John Shindoler; chief of police, 
 William Matthews. 
 
 1905 — Mayor, H. H. Beecher ; president 
 of council, E. I. Pollock; auditor, F. I). King; 
 treasurer, H. L. Clark; solicitor, E. S. Owen; 
 Board of Public Service, Prof. Richard Per- 
 sons, W. B. Campbell, J. C. Swickheimer ; 
 chief of police, William Matthews. 
 
 Delaware officials elected or appointed to 
 serve during 1908-09 — Mayor, W. E. Haas; 
 president of the Council and vice-mayor, J. 
 R. Selover; auditor, F. D. King; solicitor, 
 
 E. S. Owen ; treasurer, H. L. Clark. Mem- 
 bers of Council : J. R. Selover, president ; 
 
 F. D. King, clerk ; 1 st Ward, F. J. Klee ; 2nd 
 Ward, Victor Hardin ; 3rd Ward. W. J. 
 Davis ; 4th Ward. J. F. Gaynor ; Members- 
 at-large. Dr. J. H. Miller, Adam Siegfried, 
 A. J. Arehart. Board of Public Service : 
 Prof. Richard Parsons, W. B. Campbell, 
 Chris Potter; clerk, F. D. King; superintend- 
 ent of streets, Frank Rutter; superintendent 
 of cemeteries and parks, D. Grinton ; city en- 
 gineer and superintendent of sewers, George 
 Irwin. Board of Public Service: Dr. A. J. 
 Willey. Edward R. Thompson. Board of 
 Education : Dr. A. J. Pounds. W. F. Dodge. 
 Dr. E. M. Semans ; superintendent of schools, 
 W. McK. Vance ; truant officer, T. M. Baily. 
 City Examining Board: William McK. 
 Vance, Henry T. Main ; clerk, John Shoe- 
 maker. Board of Librarv Trustees : D. H. 
 Battenfield, V. D. Stavnian, H. T. Main. 
 Board of Health: E. C. Hudspeth. Dr. J. K. 
 
 James, J. W. Pfiffner, J. J. McGough and 
 Mayor Haas. Chief of police, James W. 
 Spaulding. 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
 
 For a number of years the government of 
 the village and city was administered from the 
 old building on West Winter Street, erected 
 in 1824, for use as a Methodist Church. Later 
 it had done service as a school building; and 
 when the corporation came into possession of 
 it in i860 it was fitted up as a market-house, 
 council-room and lock-up. Court was. for a 
 time, held in the council chamber, and the 
 lower part of the building was used as an 
 engine house. Its usefulness, however, was 
 inevitably bound to diminish sooner or later, 
 as the constantly enlarging city required more 
 extensive and commodious quarters for the 
 maintenance and government of its various 
 interests, and for which the facilities afforded 
 by the old church building were wholly inade- 
 quate. Consequently, in the latter part of the 
 seventies, there began to be an agitation look- 
 ing towards the erection of a building which 
 should meet the needs of the city. In March 
 of the year 1879 a committee which had been 
 appointed by the Council for that purpose, re- 
 ported favorably on a project to erect an en- 
 gine-house, council-room, mayor's office, etc., 
 calling attention to the fact that the time was 
 especially opportune, inasmuch as the entire 
 indebtedness of the city. $16,000, would be 
 cancelled within the next two years, and recom- 
 mending that the Legislature be asked to au- 
 thorize a bond issue of $6,000. Later the 
 plans seem to have undergone an enlarg'ement 
 in the public mind and in the spring election 
 of the year 1879, the people voted, by a ma- 
 jority of 449, to build a City Hall. The 
 Council, soon after, took steps to secure a bond 
 issue of $35,000, advertised for plans for the 
 construction of the building, and appointed a 
 building committee, consisting of C. B. Adams. 
 W. T. Watson and F. Bonneman, members of 
 the Council. The plan submitted by Mr. F. 
 F. Schnitzer was accepted and the Shoub 
 property at the southeast corner of William 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and Sandusky Streets was chosen as the site 
 for the new building, and purchased at a cost 
 of $10,000. The work on the building was 
 done, at first, under the direct supervision of 
 the Council, through their committee, but later 
 a contract was let for its completion. It was 
 finished in the year 1882, having cost some- 
 thing over a hundred thousand dollars, and is 
 now one of the most commodious and ser- 
 viceable structures of its kind to be found in 
 any city of the size of Delaware, providing as 
 it does, aside from its beautiful auditorium, a 
 place for the administration of all the various 
 departments of the city government. 
 
 WATER WORKS. 
 
 An improvement which meant much to the 
 city was the introduction of a svstem of water 
 works. In 1888. The Delaware Water Com- 
 pany was incorporated by eastern capitalists. 
 The same year the City Council granted the 
 company a franchise for the use of the streets, 
 and the following year the mains were laid, 
 machinery was installed and the plant was 
 completed. The water was turned on and the 
 system was accepted and approved by the city 
 on October 30, 1889. Up to the present time 
 about 22>-2 miles of water-mains have been 
 laid, and 256 fire hydrants have been placed. 
 The water was originally taken from wells in 
 the gravel fiats near the Olentangy, about 
 three miles north of the city. Later, four 
 wells, each 225 feet deep, were bored through 
 the solid rock. Three of these are eight 
 inches and one is six inches in diameter. Sev- 
 enty-five or eighty per cent, of all the water 
 served to the people of Delaware comes from 
 these wells, and it is claimed that not a case of 
 typoid fever in this city has ever been traced 
 to this water supply. The plant consists of 
 two pumping-engines having a daily capacity 
 of 2,000,000 gallons each, and an air com- 
 pressor for forcing water from the deep wells 
 to the surface. One new 150-horsepower 
 boiler was installed about a year ago, and be- 
 sides this there are two 75-horsepower boilers. 
 The steam and pumping outfit is in duplicate, 
 one set being always idle, which insures a 
 
 never-failing supply of water. About 9,000 
 people are served with water. There are 
 about 1,550 individual services, fifty per cent, 
 of the water being measured through meters. 
 Hon. F. M. Marriott has been president of the 
 company for a number of years, and Capt. 
 C. W. Wiles has been secretary and superin- 
 tendent since 1892. 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 No department of the city is characterized 
 by greater efficiency than that of the fire de- 
 partment, evolved from the self-constituted or- 
 ganization of pioneer days. In the infantile 
 days of Delaware, the fire alarm was a signal 
 for every able-bodied citizen to rush forth, 
 bucket in hand, and do his utmost to put out 
 the fire, and this continued to be the method 
 of fighting fires until the middle thirties. In 
 1834 two engines were purchased by the 
 Council, small affairs described as "small rec- 
 tangular boxes, with a pump worked by levers, 
 at which four men, by crowding could find 
 mom to work." In October, 1834, the Coun- 
 cil took the first steps in the organization of a 
 fire department, laying out the city in two dis- 
 tricts. No. 1 , of which Henry Moore was made 
 Captain, including all that part north of Win- 
 ter Street, and No. 2, captained by Edward 
 Potter, all south of that street. In each a 
 company was organized to include a captain, 
 one or two subordinate officers and twenty- 
 five men. the director of operations at the fires 
 being the captain whose engine first arrived 
 at the scene of action. In 1838 two small 
 engine houses were erected, one on the south- 
 west corner of William and Sandusky Streets, 
 and the other on the Court House lot. In 
 1846 a large hand-engine of the Hunneman 
 pattern was purchased for $675. and other 
 necessary apparatus brought the expenditure 
 at the time up to $978.50. The Council also 
 purchased a hose-reel and hook and ladder 
 truck for $147.58, and these additions to the 
 departmental equipment necessitating more 
 n null, the west end of the William Street mar- 
 ket-house was fitted up as a fire station. A 
 fire association was next formed, consisting 
 
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 of a company organized to take charge of the 
 new engine, known as the Olentangy Engine 
 Company ; the Neptune Hose Company : the 
 Rough and Ready Hook and Ladder Com- 
 pany: and the Protection Company, which 
 worked one of the smaller hand engines. It 
 was officered by a chief engineer and two as- 
 sistants. The Protection Company disbanded 
 after a brief existence. Another company 
 was organized in 1856, Washington Fire 
 Company No. 2, for which a new engine and 
 hose-reel were purchased, at a cost of Sj5i,- 
 184.88. In 1857 two substantial brick struc- 
 tures were completed at a cost of $1,500. one 
 on the corner of the parade grounds and the 
 other at Franklin and North Streets. The 
 east part of the city made a demand for bet- 
 ter fire protection, and in 1864 a second-hand 
 engine was bought of the city of Cleveland for 
 $800, a company was organized, and a station 
 erected for the sum of $3,20.4.76. but the lat- 
 ter was not completed until in 1868. De- 
 cember 15, 1870. the city bought a brass-plated 
 Silsby Rotary engine of the third size, for 
 which the old market-house was fitted up. 
 The first fire team was then purchased and 
 George H. Aigin appointed engineer. This 
 was an important step in advancement, and 
 was followed in 1874 by the purchase of an- 
 other Silsby rotary of the second size. 'Sir. 
 Aigin was transferred to the new engine, 
 known as W. E. Moore, No. 2, and \Y. E. 
 Kruck became engineer of the old engine. 
 Delaware No. 1. The hose-reels, until this 
 time manned by volunteer companies, were 
 next replaced by a horse hose-reel, and in 
 1876 the hook and ladder wagon was fitted 
 for horse power. All of the apparatus was 
 housed in one building, and the company con- 
 sisted of seventeen men and the chief. The 
 city fixed the annual appropriation at S3. 500, 
 out of which came the expense of keeping the 
 teams, and the yearly salaries of two engineers 
 and two drivers, the others receiving fifty cents 
 per hour for service. 
 
 The engine-house at City Hall had, when 
 it was installed, at the time of the building's 
 erection, two steam fire-engines, a hook and 
 ladder wagon and hoset-cart. with four horses. 
 In 1895 a new hose-wagon was purchased. 
 
 One of the steam engines was replaced with 
 a chemical in 1885. January 1, [908, Station 
 No. 2, on Potter Street, was completed an 1 
 occupied. It is a two-story brick building and 
 was erected at a cost of $3,767. When the 
 city purchased the lot on which Station No. 
 2 was built, there was a two-story brick house 
 there which cost $1,500, in which two men 
 belonging to the station reside. The water 
 pressure being 65 pounds, it is not necessary 
 under ordinary circumstances to use the 
 steamer, which is kept in reserve. 
 
 The last hose-wagon purchased was re- 
 modelled into a combination hose and chemi- 
 cal, and a new combination hose and chemical 
 was purchased for Station No. 1 at a cost of 
 $1,650. The department now has six head of 
 horses and 4.500 feet of hose. There are six 
 permanent men in the department and ten 
 minute men. C. \Y. Keiser has been chief 
 since October 15. 1906, succeeding C. O. 
 Jones, who had been chief for two or three 
 years previously. Chief Jones' predecessor 
 was Mont Battenfield, who succeeded E. M. 
 Heller, whose predecessor was W. E. Moore. 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 It will be remembered that in laying oui 
 the town of Delaware, the square bounded by 
 North (now Central Avenue), Sandusky, 
 Winter and Franklin Streets was set apart for 
 church purposes, including the cemetery. 
 After a short time a change was made in this 
 plan, and lots in different parts of the town 
 were given to the churches, and the square 
 originally set off was utilized for building pur- 
 poses. A few burials were made in the lot 
 now occupied by the Court House and Library, 
 then known as Briar Hill, but on April 4, 181 1, 
 a part of lot No. 5, situated on the southeast 
 corner of North and Sandusky Streets, was 
 sold to the trustees as a burying ground, for 
 which they paid $50. This property was not 
 used as a cemetery, however, the trustees de- 
 ciding that an acre of ground situated east 
 of Henry Street, where the railroad now 
 passes, and owned by Dr. Reuben Lamb was 
 better suited to their purpose. This was pur- 
 chased and began to be used in 1S12. The 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 following winter and spring a number of sol- 
 diers were buried tbere. Many of the old 
 settlers were buried there without anything to 
 mark their graves, and the place of their 
 burial was long ago obliterated. In excavat- 
 ing for the railroad, all vestiges of remains 
 were taken up and reburied in the later ceme- 
 tery just north of the old one. 
 
 About 1820 an association was formed 
 which purchased about two acres of ground 
 adjoining the old cemetery on the north, and 
 this was added to from time to time until it 
 extended to Delaware Run. By 1850, it be- 
 came necessary to have more ground for burial 
 purposes. Accordingly, on the 13th of July 
 in that year, the citizens of Delaware held a 
 meeting at the Court House for the purpose 
 of forming a cemetery association. Emery 
 Moore acted as chairman and C. C. Chamber- 
 lain as secretary. A committee composed of 
 Dr. R. Hills, C. C. Chamberlain. D. F. Mc- 
 Cullough,, James Eaton and B. Powers, was 
 appointed to inquire into the wisdom of en- 
 larging the cemetery in Henry Street or se- 
 lecting a new location. After giving the mat- 
 ter most careful consideration they reported in 
 favor of purchasing the Kilbourn farm, which 
 was located about a mile south of the central 
 part of the cillage, on the west side of the 
 river road. This property extended about 
 eighty rods on the road, and was about one 
 hundred rods from east to west. The surface 
 is undulating, abounding in situations which 
 make it admirably adapted to the purpose. 
 A little rivulet runs through the northern part 
 of the grounds from east to west, reaching out 
 its branches into all parts of the tract. 
 
 After the committee hail made its report, 
 T. W. Powell presented articles of association, 
 the name of the association to be "The Oak 
 Grove Cemetery Association." C. Piatt was 
 appointed clerk of the association. The articles 
 of association were signed by the following 
 gentlemen : C. Hills, R. A. Jones, Judge T. 
 W. Powell, George F. Stayman. C. Piatt, E. 
 Moore, S. Rheems, A. A. Welch, H. Williams. 
 <i. W. Campbell. ( i. W. Little, W. S. Little, 
 M. L. Griffin, G. W. Stark. H. Wan Horn. A. 
 Welch, Judge S. Finch. The constitution and 
 
 by-laws were drafted by Dr. Hills. B. Powers, 
 and James Eaton. The following gentlemen 
 were appointed trustees: Messrs. Dr. Hills, 
 Eaton, McCullough, Chamberlain and C. Hills. 
 Of these. Dr. Hills was the first president; C. 
 Piatt, clerk; B. Powers, treasurer; James 
 Eafc m, surveyor ; D. F. McCullough, agent, 
 and Samuel Parks, superintendent. 
 
 The impressive ceremony of dedication was 
 held in the grove, in the northwestern portion 
 of the grounds, Thursday morning, July 20, 
 1851. The day was beautiful, and the con- 
 course of citizens large and attentive. The 
 first burial in the cemetery was on the day of 
 dedication, immediately after the ceremonies 
 of the occasion. An amiable old lady, Mrs. 
 McCracken, who had lived just her allotted 
 time of three score years and ten. was thus 
 fitly appointed by Providence to lead in "the 
 way of all flesh." The cemetery failed to be 
 self-supporting, and after a conference be- 
 tween the trustees and the City Council, it 
 was unanimously decided to deed the cemetery 
 to the city. This was done on May 25, 1863. 
 
 The management and supervision of the 
 cemetery was placed in the hands of the follow- 
 ing named gentlemen from 1863 to 1887: 
 Benjamin Powers, 1863 to 1864; James 
 Eaton, 1864 to 1868; Benjamin Powers. 
 1868 to 1870; T- A. Clippinger, 1870 to 1872; 
 W. T. Watson. B. T. Bell, J. S. Cox. 1872; 
 
 Jas. L. Slough, Albright, J. S. Cox, 
 
 1873; J as - L. Slough, j. D. Van Deman. F. 
 Kurrley, 1874; W. T. Watson, J. R. Lytic B. 
 Loofbourrow, 1875; George Clarke, M. C. 
 Broderick, F. Kurrley, 1876; Silas Peirson, 
 Geo. Clarke. R. N. Jones, 1877; W. T. Wat- 
 son, J. H. Pumphfey, R. W. Reynolds. 1878; 
 W. T. Watson, T. M. Bvers, S. B. Weiser. 
 1 879 ; S. B. Weiser, R. ' W. Reynolds, S. 
 Hutchinson, 1880; X. Wagner, R. W. Rey- 
 nolds, T. M. Byers, 1881 ; N. Wagner, T. M. 
 livers, E. Highwarden. 1882; N. Wagner, T. 
 M. Byers, John Firtch, 1883; N. Wagner. T. 
 M. Byers, Jacob Klee, 1884; N. Wagner, M. 
 P. Hunt, John Firtch, 1885; N. Wagner. M. 
 P. Hunt, Philip Lacher, 1886. 
 
 In 1878 the handsome front gate was 
 erected at a cost of $500 by private subscrip- 
 
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 121 
 
 tion. through the instrumentality of B. W. 
 Brown and J. H. Pumphrey. 
 
 In April, 1887, Mayor Henri E. Buck or- 
 dered an election of cemetery trustees in ac- 
 cordance with the revised statutes. Section 
 2518. The election took place April 4, 1887. 
 The following gentlemen were elected : V. 
 T. Hills, for three years; John W. Watkins, 
 for two years; H. J. McCullough, for one 
 year. 
 
 The board organized at the office of the 
 city clerk on April 8th, when the following 
 officers were elected: President, H. J. Mc- 
 Cullough; treasurer, V. T. Hills; secretary, 
 Matt. H. Wagner. 
 
 The superintendent, J. J. Reeder, who had 
 charge of the grounds for twenty-four years, 
 resigned, and the trustees appointed superin- 
 tendent. David Grinton. 
 
 The following trustees have held office 
 since— 1888, V. T. Hills, I. \Y. Watkins, 
 Isaac Wachter; 1889, V. T. Hills, Frank 
 Burns, Isaac Wachter; 1890, Frank Burns, 
 Isaac Wachter, R. J. Cox; 1891, James R. 
 Lytle, F. Bums, R. J. Cox; 1892, Geo. Clarke, 
 James R. Lytle, R. J. Cox; 1893, Geo. Clarke, 
 James R. Lvtle. R. J. Cox; 1894, R. T- Cox, 
 Dr. E. M. Hall, Geo. Clarke; 1895, Dr. E. M. 
 Hall. Geo. Clarke, R. J. Cox; 1896. Dr. E. 
 M. Hall. Geo. Clarke, R. T- Cox; 1897, Dr. E. 
 M. Hall, Geo. Clarke, R. J. Cox; 1898, Dr. E. 
 M. Hall, Geo. Clarke. R. J. Cox; 1899, Dr. E. 
 M. Hall, R. T. Cox, D. D". Beck; 1900. Dr. E. 
 
 M. Hall. R. I. Cox, D. D. Beck; 1901, Dr. E. 
 M. Hall, R. J. Cox. D. D. Beck; 1902. Dr. E. 
 M. Hall, R. 'I- Cox, Dr. C. G. Lewis; 1903, 
 Dr. E. M. Hall, R. J. Cox, Dr. C. G. Lewi's. 
 
 In 1 89 1 the trustees started condemnation 
 proceedings on a tract of land comprising about 
 fifty acres adjoining the cemetery on the west, 
 and extending through to Liberty Road. Title 
 to this property was acquired in 1893. The 
 following year a stone chapel and vault was 
 erected and dedicated. In 1901 the bodies 
 that had been buried in the old cemetery on 
 Henry Street were removed to Oak Grove 
 Cemetery. 
 
 On May 4, 1903, the trustees were legis- 
 lated out of office and the cemetery was turned 
 over to the Board of Publrc Service. On Au- 
 gust 31, 1905, the lot owners held a meeting 
 at the First National Bank, at which were 
 present : R. W. Reynolds, J. D. VanDeman, 
 R. J. Cox. George H. Waldo. J. J. Shur and 
 
 D. H. Battenfield. Mr. Reynolds was chosen 
 chairman and Mr. Battenfield secretary. As a 
 result of this meeting a corporation under the 
 name of The Oak Grove Cemetery Company 
 was formed. On February J3, 1906, the fol- 
 lowing gentlemen were elected trustees : Dr. 
 
 E. M. Hall, president; Dr. C. G. Lewis, vice- 
 president; George W. Powers, treasurer; D. 
 Grinton, secretary and business manager. On 
 February 19th of the same year, the cemetery 
 was turned over by the Board of Public Ser- 
 vice to these trustees. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 
 
 Early Roads and Stage Coaches — Turnpikes — Proposed Canal — The Railroad Era — First 
 Successful Railroad — Other Railroad Enterprises — Railroad Shops Located in Dela- 
 ware — Electric Railways. 
 
 For the first few years after the pioneers 
 from New England landed in what is now the 
 State of Ohio, they were so fully occupied in 
 providing for their immediate needs that the 
 question of roads could receive no attention. 
 In 1795 Governor St. Clair wrote to the offi- 
 cials at Washington. "There is not a road in 
 the country." Broad tracks must have been 
 made, however, by the various military expe- 
 ditions passing between Cincinnati and Mad 
 River on one route and out to the Maumee on 
 others. One of the earliest internal improve- 
 ments by the United States Government was 
 the road for the mail route between Wheeling 
 and Limestone. This was built by Ebenezer 
 Zane, of Wheeling, and was known as "Zane's 
 Trace." He received three sections of land 
 along the route as pay. Isaac Shaffer, the 
 grandfather of our esteemed citizen, Rev. J. 
 F. Shaffer, assisted Zane in surveying this 
 road, and it was he who suggested to Zane 
 that the little settlement of a half dozen fami- 
 lies from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, be 
 called New Lancaster. Zane adopted the sug- 
 gestion, and the town was called New Lan- 
 caster until 1845, when the Legislature passed 
 an act dropping "New." So far as we know, 
 this is the first time this fact has been re- 
 corded in history, and Dr. Shaffer, who was 
 told the facts by his grandfather, is our au- 
 thority. 
 
 This and the other roads built in these 
 earlv days were not much like the crushed- 
 
 stone pikes of the present day. Mud was then 
 the only top dressing of the roads — often of 
 unknown depth, though of well known ad- 
 hesive qualities. Goods were very high, and 
 none but the most common and necessary mer- 
 chandise was brought here. This had to be 
 packed on mules from Detroit or wagoned 
 from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, thence down 
 the Ohio River in fiat boats to the mouth of 
 the Scioto, and then packed or hauled to its 
 destination in the interior. The freight was 
 enormous, often costing $4.00 a hundred 
 pounds. 
 
 EARLY STAGE COACHES. 
 
 It was a great event when, on May 8, 18 17, 
 a stage coach began to run between Columbus 
 and Chillicothe. The fare to Circleville was 
 $1.25, and to Chillicothe, $2.00. Way pas- 
 sengers paid six cents a mile. As early as 
 1820, a line of four-horse stage coaches ran 
 between Columbus and Mt. Vernon, passing 
 through Galena and Sunbury, making the.half- 
 way stop at the latter point. The coaches met 
 daily at Galena, and for that point this was the 
 great event of the day. This was the main 
 artery that connected the Berkshire settlement 
 with the outside world, and the appearance of 
 the passengers, the change of mails, and the 
 marvelous stories of the drivers, afforded 
 abundant material for gossip. The coaches 
 were of the regulation pattern, so often seen 
 
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 123 
 
 in old prints. They were painted a fawn color, 
 ornamented with red. The body was swung 
 high above the wheels on heavy leather springs, 
 so that every lurch of the coach seemed to 
 threaten sure destruction to the passengers. 
 Azel and David Ingham were the noted Jehus 
 of that line, and their exploits were the theme 
 of many a thrilling story told about the roar- 
 ing fireplace of the settler's cabin. At times, 
 the road was cut up so as to be almost impas- 
 sible, and the theory of the drivers seemed to 
 be to gain sufficient momentum in rushing into 
 these ruts to carry the coach out of them at the 
 other end. The result of this theory to the 
 passenger can better be imagined than de- 
 scribed, and was endured with a patience not 
 handed down to the modern traveler. A tale 
 is told of a driver who was given to drinking, 
 and when "under the influence" was inclined 
 to give an exhibition of his skill by some fool- 
 hardy driving. One moonlight night, having 
 someone on the box with him whom he wished 
 to frighten, he whipped his team into a full 
 gallop, and, taking to the woods beside the 
 road, wound in and out among the trees and 
 then to the roadway again without a mishap, 
 enjoying as only such a character can the ter- 
 rified expression of his companion. In 1830, 
 fare by the coach on the old mud pike was 
 seven cents a mile from Columbus through 
 Delaware to Portland — now the city of San- 
 dusky. A journey to Cincinnati or an eastern 
 city was talked of, planned and dreaded for 
 weeks ahead. Friends came to bid the traveler 
 a tearful good-bye and wish him God speed. 
 As late as 1845, the coach was sixteen hours on 
 the way from Columbus to Delaware. The 
 poor male passenger was happy if he could re- 
 tain his seat the whole way; often he would 
 have to walk and carry a rail to pry the coach 
 out of the mud. Once, a traveler appeared in 
 town, several hours in advance of the coach, 
 carrying his trunk on his back. When asked 
 why he did not come by the coach, he replied 
 that he was "willing to pay his passage and 
 walk, but I'll be hanged if I will pay my fare, 
 walk, carry a rail all the way, and help to pry 
 the coach out of the mud." It took Delaware 
 citizens three or four days to reach Cleveland 
 
 or Cincinnati or Pittsburg, while Toledo was 
 blockaded by the mud for months of the year. 
 Lots of money was lost or won in betting on 
 the speed of the horses and the time that would 
 be made between different villages. 
 
 TURNPIKES. 
 
 The first charter issued by the Legislature 
 to a turnpike company to build a macadamized 
 road, running through the central part of Ohio 
 from north to south, was dated February 8, 
 1832. Nearly one-half of this turnpike from 
 Columbus to the Lake was over the route now 
 traversed by the interurban electric line. The 
 Radnor plank road, twelve miles long, was 
 built in 1855; the Delaware and Worthington 
 pike in 1868; the Delaware and Sunbury pike 
 in 1870, and the Delaware and Marysville pike 
 in 1 87 1. These four roads were toll roads, a 
 total of thirty-three miles in length. The 
 Delaware and Troy pike was built in 1869, 
 and the Ashley and Delhi in 1870, and were 
 free. 
 
 1 
 
 PROPOSED CANAL. 
 
 The subject of canals early agitated the 
 people of the State. In this movement, how- 
 ever, the people of Delaware took but little 
 part. On February 5, 1840, at "early candle 
 lighting," a meeting was held at the Court 
 House to talk canal news — to talk about build- 
 ing a canal from this town to Lake Erie. 
 Speeches were made and considerable enthu- 
 siasm on the subject was evinced, but nothing 
 practical ever came of it. 
 
 j 
 
 THE RAILROAD ERA. 
 
 1 
 
 Ohio was not far behind the older eastern 
 states in inaugurating its railroad era. The 
 first steam railroad in the world was that built 
 by George Stephenson in England about 1825. 
 The first railroad in the United States was built 
 the following year in Quincy, Massachusetts. 
 This was merely a horse-car line, and was usel 
 only to haul granite from the nearby quarries. 
 In 1830, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad com- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 menced a line extending westward from Bal- 
 timore. Somewhere between 1830 and 1835, 
 the old Sandusky & Mansfield road was com- 
 menced in this State; Sandusky and Cincinnati 
 being the terminal point as originally planned. 
 The Little Miami was the next road. About 
 this time we find the citizens of Delaware tak- 
 ing considerable interest in several railroad 
 enterprises, some of which were never car- 
 ried out. We quote the following from the 
 Ohio State Gazette under date of July 5. 1832 : 
 "At a meeting of Railroad Commissioners, 
 held at Springfield, of the Mad River & Lake 
 Erie R. R. Co., books were ordered to be 
 opened at Delaware by Ezra Griswold and 
 Solomon Smith, and at Marion by Geo. H. 
 Busby and Hezekiah Gordon, in addition to 
 places mentioned in last meeting." A resolu- 
 tion was passed, asking Messrs. Vance, Finlay, 
 Crain, Cook and Corwin, who were then mem- 
 bers of Congress from the sections of the State 
 through which the road was to pass, to "re- 
 quest of the President of the United States an 
 engineer' to make a survey, etc." In the same 
 paper of November 14, 1833, is the following 
 statement: "It appears from statements in 
 New York papers that the stock-books were 
 closed without the requisite amount of stock 
 being taken in eastern cities, and the New 
 York Advertiser expresses a doubt as to 
 "whether the great work will be accom- 
 plished." 
 
 At a much later date other railroad enter- 
 prises were promoted but never completed. 
 One of these was called the Newark, Delaware 
 & Northwestern. At one time the prospects of 
 completing the road seemed quite promising. 
 Counties and people along the proposed route 
 subscribed liberally to the stock. Delaware 
 Township subscribed for $100,000 worth of 
 stock by a vote of j$j to fifty-six. On Sep- 
 tember 5, 1872, a meeting of this Company 
 was held at Ottawa, Putnam County, at which 
 4. 1 50 shares of stock of $50 each was repre- 
 sented. The meeting therefore proceeded to 
 the election of directors, among whom was J. 
 C. Evans, of Delaware, who was also elected 
 president of the Board. Measures were taken 
 to secure a favorable vote in each township 
 
 through which the proposed road was to pass. 
 All interest in the venture suddenly died out, 
 just why, no one seemed to know. 
 
 The Lebanon & Nenia Railroad was an- 
 other of the "paper railroads" that never got 
 beyond the promotion stage. Starting at Nenia. 
 it was proposed to run the road through Dela- 
 wre, Mount Gilead and Mansfield to some 
 point at or near the mouth of the Cuyahoga 
 River. 
 
 FIRST SUCCESSFUL RAILROAD. 
 
 The first railroad venture that proved a 
 success in this part of the State, and one which 
 especially interested the citizens of Delaware 
 County was that running between Cleveland 
 and Columbus, later known as the "Cleveland, 
 Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Rail- 
 way ;" popularly called the "Bee Line," or the 
 "Three C's and I." This became a part of 
 the "Big Four" system, January 1, 1890. The 
 question of building this road was discussed as 
 early as 1835, anc ' on March 14th of the fol- 
 lowing year, a charter was granted "for the 
 purpose of constructing a railroad from the 
 city of Cleveland through the city of Colum- 
 bus and the town of Wilmington to Cincinnati. 
 Before the work was begun, a number of 
 amendments were made to the charter, among 
 them one that relieved the company of any ob- 
 ligation to "construct its road through or to 
 any particular place." Engineers and survey- 
 ors ran several lines between Cleveland and 
 Columbus, and for some time it was undecided 
 whether to run the road through Delaware 
 or Mt. Vernon. Work on the road was com- 
 menced in 1848, and it was finally decided to 
 run the road through this county, provided the 
 county would subscribe $100,000, in addition 
 to the amount that would be subscribed for in- 
 dividually. This proposition did not, at first, 
 meet with popular approval ; many of the citi- 
 zens who resided at considerable distance from 
 the proposed line of the road reasoned that 
 they could receive little, if any, benefit from it. 
 and therefore they should not be taxed to help 
 build a railroad which would be almost beyond 
 their reach. At a meeting which was held at 
 
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 the Delaware Court House to consider the 
 matter, Judge T. W. Powell made a proposi- 
 tion that the commissioners on the part of the 
 county, subscribe the required amount, and 
 that the people who felt interested in the suc- 
 cess of the enterprise should give mortgages 
 on their individual property to indemnify the 
 county for any loss that might occur. This 
 proposition was agreed to, and the commission- 
 ers subscribed $100,000 on behalf of the 
 county, and at the some time, individuals sub- 
 scribed for about the same, amount. While 
 this brought the road through Delaware 
 G lunty, it did not pass through the city of 
 Delaware, as it now does. The original route 
 lay on a straight line through Oxford, Brown, 
 Berlin and Orange Townships, but passing to 
 the east of Delaware Township. In 1851, they 
 began to run trains over the line. In order to 
 secure the subscription from the people of 
 Delaware, they had been promised that a con- 
 nection would be made with the city by a curve 
 or arm. At that time the citizens of Colum- 
 bus, who were watching Delaware with a jeal- 
 ous eye, did everything in their power to pre- 
 vent the road coming to this city. President 
 Kelly was finally prevailed upon to fulfill this 
 part of the contract and came to Delaware to 
 learn whether the people preferred that the 
 connection be made by means of an arm or a 
 curve. The curve was chosen and built, and 
 then — only one train a clay, an "accommoda- 
 tion," passed through Delaware, all "through" 
 trains continuing to run on the direct route, 
 three miles out of the city, as before. Finally 
 the officials of the road woke up to the fact that 
 the four or five hundred students attending 
 Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware made 
 several trips over the road each year, and con- 
 cluded that it might be worth while to cater 
 for their patronage and that of the other resi- 
 dents of that city. Then a regular passenger 
 train was sent over the curve daily, and this 
 was soon followed by all passenger trains, 
 leaving the direct track for "through" freights. 
 Finally, the track between the extreme ends 
 of the curve, a distance of about three miles, 
 was taken up. and all the traffic passed through 
 Delaware. It is interesting to note that the 
 first passenger train that came info 1 the city 
 
 of Delaware brought Louis Kossuth, the dis- 
 tinguished Hungarian exile, who accepted the 
 invitation of the city of Delaware to make a 
 short stop here on his way from Cleveland to 
 Columbus. It was not until some time after 
 the completion of this road that it became a 
 part of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & 
 Indianapolis Railway. 
 
 OTHER RAILROAD ENTERPRISES. 
 
 In 1850. a movement was started to build 
 a railroad from Springfield to Mt. Vernon via 
 Delaware. The following quotation from the 
 Olentangy Gazette of April 25, 185 1, gives an 
 excellent account of the early work in connec- 
 tion with this venture: "The directors of the 
 Springfield & Mansfield Railroad Company, 
 accompanied by a corps of engineers, have 
 been in this place and neighborhood for several 
 days past, exploring the country and making 
 the preliminary surveys, preparatory to locat- 
 ing the road through the county. The sur- 
 veys show the county to be admirably adapted 
 to the construction of a road, and that it will 
 be speedily built may be regarded as a fixed 
 fact. A single glance at the map will show the 
 vast importance of the work. At Springfield, 
 it will connect with two roads to Cincinnati 
 and one to the lake, and by reducing the dis- 
 tance from the river to the lake so as to make 
 the route over this road considerably shorter 
 than any other route can be, it will defy all 
 competition for through travel. At this place, 
 it will unite with the Cleveland and Colum- 
 bus road, and on the east, at Alt. Vernon, with 
 the Pennsylvania & Ohio road, now being con- 
 structed west through Pennsylvania and this 
 State to Indianapolis. It must necessarily be a 
 very important road, and the stock cannot but 
 pay well." The Gazette in its June 13th issue, 
 printed the following under the head of 
 "Springfield & Delaware Railroad :" "On Sat- 
 urday last, a vote of Delaware Township to 
 take $25,000 stock in the above road, was de- 
 cided in the affirmative by 303 votes for and 
 thirteen against it. A meeting was held at the 
 Court House on Wednesday night, for the pur- 
 pose of discussing the proposed subscription on 
 the part of the of the county to the Springfield 
 
126 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 & Delaware Railroad. After remarks by Pow- 
 ell and Little of Delaware, and Whitley of 
 Springfield, in favor of subscription, the fol- 
 lowing resolution was offered by Powell, and 
 passed with but three dissenting votes : 
 'Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meet- 
 ing, it is expedient to vote a county subscrip- 
 tion of $50,000.' ' A few days later, the of- 
 ficers and directors of the Springfield & Mans- 
 field Railroad and the promoters of a proposed 
 road between Mt. Vernon and Loudonville. 
 and Mr. Roberts, the chief engineer of the 
 Ohio & Pennsylvania road, representing the 
 directors of that Company, held a meeting in 
 Delaware, and consolidated the Springfield & 
 Mansfield and Mt. Vernon & Loudonville Com- 
 panies into one company for the construction 
 of a railroad through Marysville, Delaware, 
 Mt. Vernon and Loudonville, where it would 
 intersect the Ohio & Pennsylvania road. On 
 May 11, 1869, this consolidation was incor- 
 porated as "The Pittsburg, Mt. Vernon, Co- 
 lumbus & Louden Railroad Company." A large 
 and enthusiastic meeting was held on the 
 evening of this day at the Court House in 
 Delaware, where speeches were made by Judge 
 Powell, General Anthony, and Mr. Roberts, 
 the engineer. As a result, Delaware County 
 voted a subscription of $50,000. and Delaware 
 Township subscribed $25,000 to the venture. 
 The paper on October 17th, stated that the en- 
 gineers had permanently located the route be- 
 tween Marysville and Delaware. The bridge 
 over the Olentangy at Delaware was built in 
 
 1853, and the road was completed early in 
 
 1854. For a number of years after its com- 
 pletion, this road was called the Springfield, 
 Delaware & Mt. Vernon Railroad. That part 
 of the old grade from the city of Delaware to 
 Centerburg has never been completed. The 
 grade between Centerburg and Mt. Vernon 
 was sold to the Cleveland, Alt. Vernon & Co- 
 lumbus Railroad, and is now part of the Cleve- 
 land, Akron & Columbus road. The unfinished 
 portion above referred to was graded and 
 ready for laying down the ties, when the com- 
 pany became involved in financial reverses, 
 which made it necessary to sell the road. The 
 Cleveland & Columbus Railroad purchased it 
 in January, 1862, for $134,000. A number of 
 
 years after this, it was consolidated with the 
 Cincinnati & Dayton road, thus giving a more 
 direct route to Cincinnati than by way of Co- 
 lumbus. This change in route made it possi- 
 ble to connect directly with the road running 
 to Indianapolis via Galion and Bellefontaine. 
 It was in this way that the road came to be 
 called the "Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & 
 Indianapolis Railway." 
 
 Its report to the railroad commission in 
 1868 shows that the road had twenty-five sta- 
 tions, nine engine-houses and shops, forty-five 
 engines, about 800 cars of all kinds and 1,315 
 employes. The main line had 138 miles of 
 track, and the Springfield branch fifty miles. 
 Average cost of the road. $34,000 per mile. 
 
 RAILROAD SHOPS LOCATED IN DELAWARE. 
 
 A movement was started in the early 50's 
 by the people of Delaware to have the shops 
 and offices of the Springfield, Delaware & Mt. 
 Vernon Railroad located here. The company 
 sent a representative here to solicit subscrip- 
 tions to enable the company to erect shops and 
 build cars here. The county subscribed $50,- 
 000 to this enterprise, and a similar amount 
 was raised in three of the townships, besides a 
 liberal subscription by individuals. Nothing 
 was done, however, until after the consolida- 
 tion of the Springfield, Delaware & Mt. Vernon 
 and Cleveland & Columbus roads. The new 
 company agreed to locate the shops, offices and 
 depot buildings of the road at Delaware if the 
 city would pay $35,000 towards the expense 
 of erecting the buildings. This was agreed to ; 
 the money was paid and the railroad company 
 erected large brick buildings, in which they 
 established fully equipped shops. In 1901. a 
 new and larger roundhouse was built on the 
 site of the former roundhouse, and in 1904, a 
 brick boilershop was erected, 55 by 70 feet in 
 dimensions, part of which is two stories high. 
 Including all departments, there are now about 
 ^2^ men employed in the shops, and this does 
 not take into account the large number of train- 
 men and other employes who make their home 
 in Delaware. The company was not so prompt 
 in erecting the depot buildings which had been 
 
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 agreed upon, and it was not until 1865 or '66 
 that they were put up. 
 
 The Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Rail- 
 road enters Delaware County at the north- 
 eastern corner of Trenton Township, where it 
 has two stations, Condit and Big- Walnut, and 
 runs in a southwesterly direction through Sun- 
 bury and Galena, passing into Genoa Town- 
 ship about midway of its northern boundary, 
 and thence in a direction a little west or south 
 to Franklin County. This road was incorpor- 
 ated March 17. 185 1, as the Akron branch of 
 the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. This was 
 a separate and distinct company, organized to 
 build a railroad from Hudson, Ohio, to con- 
 nect with the present Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & 
 Chicago Railroad. On November 1, 1869, it 
 received by assignment from the Pittsburg, 
 Mount Vernon, Columbus & Loudon Railroad 
 Company, all that portion of the Springfield, 
 Mount Vernon & Pittsburg Railroad extend- 
 ing east from Delaware through Mount Ver- 
 non in the direction of Millersburg. As al- 
 ready stated in this chapter, the part of this 
 roadbed which lies between Delaware and Cen- 
 terburg was never made use of. The present 
 line of road was completed and trains began 
 running over it in the early winter of 1872. 
 
 The railroad which is now commonly 
 called the "Hocking Valley"' was originally in- 
 corporated on May 28, 1872, by a number of 
 Columbus men, under the name of "The Co- 
 lumbus & Toledo Railroad." The line of the 
 road was permanently located in the fall of 
 1873. I n Liberty Township, which the road 
 enters on the south, it has two stations, Powell 
 and Hyatts. It passes through the western 
 part of the city of Delaware, and runs in a 
 northwesterly direction across the southwest 
 Corner of Troy Township, where it has a sta- 
 tion, and on through Radnor Township to 
 Marion County. The station in Radnor Town- 
 ship is about a mile east of the village, and is 
 known as Meredith. It was intended, origi- 
 nally, to run the road due north from Dela- 
 ware, but the purchase pf $10,000 worth of 
 stock by Radnor citizens influenced the com- 
 pany to run the road through their township. 
 
 The road was begun November 17, [876, 
 and was fully completed in July, 1877. The 
 
 work of construction had progressed so well, 
 that the company, in response to urgent re- 
 quests of stockholders and business men, be- 
 gan, on January 10, 1877, to run trains over 
 the road between Columbus and Marion. 
 
 On August 20, 1 88 1, this company and the 
 Ohio & West Virginia Railway Company were 
 consolidated with the Hocking Valley Railroad 
 Comany, under the name, of the Columbus 
 Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway Company. 
 Ever since the consolidation, the company has 
 struggled against heavy indebtedness and 
 much litigation, with great reduction in the 
 value of its stock, and difficulty in meeting: the 
 interest on its bonded debt. The result was 
 the appointment of a receiver of the company 
 on February 28. 1897, by order of the United 
 States Circuit Court for the Southern District 
 of Ohio. 
 
 In the late 70's, a road, known as the At- 
 lantic & Lake Erie Railroad, was surveyed be- 
 tween Pomeroy on the Ohio River and Toledo. 
 As originally planned, the road was to pass 
 through Newark, Alt. Gilead and Bucyrus. the 
 object being to develop the coal fields through 
 which it passes in the counties south of New- 
 ark. It was completed south of that point and 
 equipped with rolling stock, but for a long time 
 it looked as if that portion of the road which 
 runs through Delaware County on north 
 would never be built. It was completed, how- 
 ever, in the early 8o's. It crosses the north- 
 east corner of Porter Township, where it has 
 one station. Peerless. The Toledo & Ohio 
 Central, as the road is now called, does not 
 run through Newark, but passes a few miles to 
 the west, through Central City. 
 
 The present line of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
 road running through Delaware County was 
 originally known as the Columbus & Sandusky 
 Short Line Railroad. It enters the county on 
 the north a little west of Norton, in Marlbor- 
 ough Township, and runs southeast through 
 Troy Township, where it has a flag station, 
 Troyton, and on to Delaware. From this city 
 the mad runs southeast through Berlin and 
 Orange Townships to Franklin County. There 
 is one station, Gregory, in Berlin Township, 
 and two stations, Lewis Center and Orange, in 
 Orange Township. The original promoter of 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 this road was W. E. Guerin, a citizen of Co- 
 lumbus, who married a Delaware lady, a 
 daughter of R. W. Reynolds. The present 
 station in Delaware was built in the winter of 
 i892- - 93, and the first through train passed 
 tin. nigh the city on April 15, 1893, although 
 during the first part of that month locals be- 
 tween Delaware and Marion had been run, but 
 not on schedule. 
 
 Later this road was re-organized, and took 
 in a line running into Zanesville, known as The 
 Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad, 
 which name the new organization adopted. 
 
 Almost from the beginning this railroad 
 venture was beset with financial difficulties, 
 and before the Pennsylvania Company took 
 over the road, it had been in the hands of re- 
 ceivers four times. In 1893, the year of the 
 panic, business was very light. After the con- 
 solidation with The Columbus, Sandusky & 
 Hocking Railroad, a heavy expense for re- 
 pairs was incurred, and the road became so em- 
 barrassed, financially, that it went into the 
 hands of a receiver. This was four years after 
 the consolidation. The receivership lasted nine 
 months, and Mr. Guerin was again appointed 
 president. The road struggled along for an- 
 other eighteen months, and then went into the 
 hands of another receiver, and so things con- 
 tinued getting into the hands of a receiver and 
 getting out, like the freedom, debt and jail ex- 
 perience of Micawber, until the Pennsylvania 
 System purchased the road in November, 
 1902. 
 
 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. 
 
 Early in 1903, the Delaware & Magnetic 
 Springs Railway Company was incorporated to 
 build an electric railway from the intersection 
 of the west line of the city of Delaware with a 
 public highway known as the Radnor Pike, 
 through Delaware and Union Counties to 
 Magnetic Springs. March 31, 1903, the fran- 
 chise of the Union Electric Railway Company 
 to build such a road was transferred to this 
 corporation, and soon afterward the work of 
 -building the road was begun. It runs west 
 from Delaware, through the southern part of 
 Radnor Township, crossing the Scioto River 
 
 at the famous old Broad ford, and thence 
 across the southern end of Thompson Town- 
 ship to Magnetic Springs in Union County. 
 The power-house in Thompson Township was 
 built at this time. On June 2^, 1904, the first 
 car was run over the road from Magnetic 
 Springs to the intersection of the Radnor and 
 Troy pikes just outside Delaware city limits. 
 It seems that the Railway Company and the 
 city of Delaware have never been able to 
 agree on the terms of a franchise which would 
 allow the road to enter the city over its own 
 tracks; however, since September, 1905, the 
 company has had an arrangement with the Co- 
 lumbus, Delaware & Marion Railway Company, 
 by which their cars enter the city over the 
 tracks of the latter company. 
 
 On October 15, 1906, the Delaware & Mag- 
 netic Springs Railway Company and the Rich- 
 wood & Magnetic Springs Railway Company 
 were consolidated under the name of The Co- 
 lumbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Rail- 
 way. This company now owns about eighteen 
 and one-half miles of track, which, with power- 
 house and rolling stock, represents an invest- 
 ment of about $250,000. While it has not 
 been successful as a financial venture, the road 
 is destined to fill an important place in the net- 
 work of electric lines which is rapidly over- 
 spreading this section of the State. 
 
 Delaware Electric Street Railway Com- 
 pany. — On November 16, 1891. the City Coun- 
 cil passed an ordinance granting a franchise 
 for a street railway in Delaware to James K. 
 Newcomer. The Delaware Electric Street 
 Railway Company was incorporated May 31. 
 1892, with a capital stock of $60,000, the par 
 value of the shares being $100 each. The 
 names of the following gentlemen appear as 
 incorporators: James K. Newcomer, Captain 
 Velores T. Hills. Hon. John L. VanDeman. 
 Beverly W. Brown. William A. Hall. C. Rid- 
 dle, Hon. Frank M. Marriott, Robert G. Ly- 
 brand, Harvey J. McCullough, Henry A. 
 Welch and Colonel James M. Crawford. The 
 company was organized on June 6, 1892, at 
 which time the following Board of Directors 
 was elected : V. T. Hills, J. D. VanDeman, 
 James K. Newcomer. C. Riddle, W. A. Hall, 
 F. M. Marriott, B. W. Brown, H. J. McCul- 
 
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 lough and R. G. Lybrand. The following of- 
 ficers were then elected: President, J. K. 
 Newcomer; vice-president, J. D. VanDeman; 
 treasurer, V. T. Hills; secretary, W. A. Hall; 
 manager, J. M. Crawford. 
 
 Bids to build the road were called for, and 
 in order to keep the money in Delaware, Colonel 
 Crawford put in a bid, which was twenty per 
 cent lower than any other. Work upon the 
 road was started the same month, and by the 
 following December, the North Belt line was 
 completed, also the line from the Hocking Val- 
 ley station to the Big Four station, and the 
 line to Greenwood Lake. The South Belt line 
 was not completed until 1894. The road, in- 
 cluding rolling stock and power plant equip- 
 ment, cost about $80,000. The money for this 
 enterprise was all furnished by Delaware citi- 
 zens, and the labor of building the road was all 
 performed by home people. The venture has 
 never been a success from a financial stand- 
 point. After a time it went into the hands of 
 a receiver, John A. Cone being appointed to 
 that position. On July 30, 1898, the road was 
 sold bv order of the court, the purchasers be- 
 ing B.'W. Brown, F. M. Marriott. F. P. Hills 
 and John A. Shoemaker. The purchase price 
 was $13,525. These gentlemen continued to 
 operate the road until March 20, 1902, when it 
 was sold to John G. Webb, who purchased it 
 for the C, D. & M. Railway, of which he was 
 president. The consideration was $50,000. 
 The first cars were run over the tracks of the 
 Delaware Electric Street Railway in Novem- 
 ber, 1892. Mr. Newcomer had charge of the 
 road for the first month, after which Colonel 
 Crawford managed the road for a short period. 
 
 The Columbus. Delaware & Marion Rail- 
 way Company. There were exciting times 
 when the Columbus. Delaware & Marion Elec- 
 tric Railway Company and the Columbus, 
 Delaware & Northern Railway Company be- 
 gan to secure consents for an interurban line be- 
 tween Columbus and Marion. Their rights of 
 way for considerable distances, where secured, 
 were parallel, and it was at a most opportune 
 moment that the "C, D. & M.." as the com- 
 pany is now popularly called, appeared on the 
 scene and purchased the rights and franchises 
 of the two competing companies, and began to 
 
 build the road. In entering the county, the 
 road crosses the southwestern corner of Or- 
 ange Township, and runs a little west of north 
 in almost a straight line, about midway be- 
 tween the Hocking Valley and Pennsylvania 
 Railroads, through Liberty and Delaware 
 Townships to the city of Delaware ; thence it 
 runs in a northwesterly direction, paralleling 
 the tracks of the Hocking Valley Railroad, 
 through Delaware, Troy and Radnor Town- 
 ships to Marion Copnty. The first car began 
 running between Columbus and Delaware in 
 September, 1902, and about a year later the 
 line was completed to Marion. The old paper 
 mill at Stratford was purchased and rebuilt for 
 a power-house. In 1903 a spacious building 
 was erected adjoining the power house. 
 In addition to car-barn facilities, this 
 building contains a fully equipped ma- 
 chine-shop, blacksmith-shop, carpenter-shop 
 and paint-shop, where all the repair work of the 
 company is done. This Stratford property of 
 the company represents an investment of prob- 
 ably $200,000. When the power-plant was es- 
 tablished, it was equipped with Mcintosh & 
 Seymour horizontal engines, but in 1905, a 
 large steam turbine of 2,000 kilowatt capacity 
 was installed, and in 1906. an auxiliary turbine 
 of 800 kilowatt capacity was put in. These are 
 direct-connected to the generators and are the 
 latest type of three-phase generators manufac- 
 tured by the General Electric Company. The 
 smaller turbine furnishes power at night. The 
 plant runs twenty-four hours a day. There is 
 a steam-driven exciter of 25 K. W. and a mo- 
 tor-driven exciter of 75 K. W. There are four- 
 teen pumps for various purposes. Steam is 
 furnished by a battery of seven boilers having 
 a total of 2,000 horse-power. Forty-eight tons 
 of coal are consumed every day. An alternat- 
 ing current of 2,300 volts is generated ; that 
 is stepped up to 19,050 volts and sent to the 
 sub-stations at Chaseland, Prospect and Mar- 
 ion, where it is stepped down to 370 volts and 
 enters rotary converters where the current is 
 changed from alternating to direct and raised 
 from 370 to 600 volts, which is the current 
 carried by the trolley wire. An average of 
 about fifty men find employment in the various 
 departments of the Stratford plant. 
 
CHAPTER. VII. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Manufacturing Possibilities of Delaware County — Early Mills and Mill Machinery — A 
 Tragic Occurrence — Chair Manufacture — Lumber, Furniture, etc. — Flour Mills — Dis- 
 tilleries — Leather — Textile Products — Paper Mills — Oil Enterprises — Foundries, etc. 
 — Artificial Ice — Light, Heat and Pence r — Brooms — Evaporated Goods — Clay Pro- 
 ducts — Cigars — Creameries — Lime and Stone — Gas Manufacture. 
 
 This has always been an agricultural coun- 
 ty, and most of the manufacturing enter- 
 prises that have found firm footing here have 
 been those whose products consumed the raw 
 materials that were available, or contributed to 
 the needs of an agricultural people. But there 
 seems to be no reason why manufacturing in- 
 dustries should not be developed here with 
 great profit to the county. Located in the geo- 
 graphical center of Ohio, it has excellent rail- 
 road facilities, and is within easy reach of all 
 kinds of raw materials and fuel. Thus far. the 
 community has been practically free from such 
 disturbances as originate with the labor agita- 
 tor. One has only to look at some of our 
 neighboring counties to see and appreciate the 
 advantages of inviting and fostering manufac- 
 turing enterprises ; and it would seem un- 
 necessary to enumerate the benefits, such as 
 enlarged markets for farm produce, increased 
 value of real estate, more business f< ir the mer- 
 chants, etc., that would accrue to the commun- 
 ity through a policy of helpful friendliness to- 
 ward the establishment here of manufacturing 
 industries. The last few years have witnessed 
 an awakening in Delaware. The present Com- 
 mercial Club of Delaware, which numbers 
 among its members nearly every important 
 business man of the city, is doing all in its 
 power to develop Delaware as an industrial 
 center. 
 
 EARLY MILLS AND MILL MACHINERY. 
 
 Such has been the improvement during the 
 last half century in machinery and methods of 
 manufacture, that the present and coming 
 generations must gain their conception of the 
 primitive mills and methods of pioneer days 
 from the printed page ; and in tracing the de- 
 velopment of manufacturing in Delaware 
 County, we believe it will prove interesting, at 
 the outset, to glance briefly at the conditions 
 and problems that confronted the early set- 
 tlers in providing themselves with such neces- 
 sities as meal, flour, lumber, leather, cloth, etc. 
 At first, mills were fifty to seventy-five miles 
 away, and "going to mill" involved a long 
 and arduous horse-back ride through trackless 
 forests and unbridged streams. Usually, it 
 took about a week to make such a journey, and 
 as only a small quantity of corn or wheat could 
 be carried, the busy frontier farmer could not 
 well afford to sacrifice so much valuable time. 
 Many, therefore, contented themselves with 
 "corn-crackers." such as were used by the In- 
 dians. To make a "corn-cracker" a stump 
 was cut off level on the top and a large basin 
 was burned out of it. A nearby sapling was 
 bent over to serve as a spring- pole, and to the 
 end of this was attached by a piece of grape- 
 vine a heavy wooden pestle. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
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 As the frontier settlement grew in size, 
 mills were built at sites offering the best prom- 
 ise of power, and where dams could be con- 
 structed with least difficulty. In those days, 
 people had little knowledge of the science of 
 civil engineering, and the dams constructed 
 were crude affairs, the like of which the people 
 would not now waste their time in building. 
 Log pens were constructed about six feet 
 square, roughly locked and pinned together at 
 the corners. A number of these would be built 
 across a stream, with short spaces between 
 them. The pens which were filled with stone, 
 and thus served as anchors for the dam, were 
 further strengthened by placing masses of 
 stone in front of them. Behind the pens, brush 
 was piled to serve as a support for the earth 
 which was placed upon it. These structures 
 offered but little resistance to the dislodging 
 ] inwer of a freshet; they had to be repaired so 
 often that milling under such conditions was 
 truly a discouraging business. Before the land 
 was denuded of its virgin forest, the streams 
 of the county furnished greater and more con- 
 stant power than they do now. The power on 
 the Olentangy, or Whetstone, as it was then 
 called, at Delaware and at the "Old Stone 
 Mill" about a mile north of town, was good 
 nearly all the year, and Cone's mill on the 
 Scioto River in Thompson Township and the 
 other mills on the river south of there, had 
 power sometimes for ten or eleven months in 
 the year ; but with these exceptions, it is doubt- 
 ful if there was a location in the county whose 
 power was available for more than six to eight 
 months out of twelve. 
 
 The machinery in these early mills was as 
 crude as all else. The mill-stones were made 
 from large round stones called "nigger-heads." 
 such as still abound in the county. A section 
 was cut from the middle of one of these "nig- 
 ger-heads" and split. Furrows were cut in 
 the^e stones, radiating from the center. At 
 the circumference, these furrows were about 
 three and one-half inches wide and one-half 
 an inch deep, while at the center of the stone 
 they were much narrower and of little, if any, 
 depth. When the stones were in position, one 
 was revolved to the right and the other to the 
 
 left, thus crushing the corn or other grain led 
 between them. The ignorance of the people 
 in those times regarding the most elementary 
 laws of physics is indicated by the fact that 
 their object in cutting these furrows was to 
 provide a way of escape for the corn or meal. 
 In actual practice, however, the furrows be- 
 came solidly packed with the grist, and the 
 miller was robbed of a very large portion of 
 what would have been the grinding surface 
 of his buhrs. Some of the "old-timers" are to 
 be found who still contend that the theory was 
 right, though no furrows are to be found on 
 modern mill-stones. Such mills as these were 
 also used at a later time for grinding flaxseed 
 in the manufacture of oil. 
 
 The sawmills bore no resemblance to those 
 of the present time. They were known as "up- 
 and-down" mills. A long saw-blade, looking 
 something like the large cross-cut saws now 
 used for cutting logs and heavy timber by 
 hand, was fastened in an upright position, the 
 lower end of the saw being attached to the 
 side of a wheel, which when it revolved, gaTe 
 the saw an up-and-down motion. On each side 
 of the saw were placed upright stanchions, 
 made of flat boards, perhaps six inches in 
 width. These were pushed against the sides of 
 the log and held in place by wedges, the ob- 
 ject being to steady the log in its position on 
 the carriage. The log-carriage was propelled 
 toward the saw by power, but it had to be re- 
 turned to the starting point by hand. The 
 boards were sawed only to within a few inches 
 of the end of the log, and after all the cuts had 
 been made, wedges were inserted between the 
 boards, at the end of the cuts, and these wedges 
 were driven down, thus splitting that part of 
 the log remaining uncut. When the circular 
 saw was introduced, it inspired many dark 
 forebodings of the disasters which were sure to 
 follow the starting of its rip-roaring racket, 
 and that the mills were not torn to pieces and 
 everyone connected with them killed was in- 
 deed a miracle. 
 
 While mills were started at a number of 
 different places in the county at about the same 
 time, there seems to be little question that the 
 first one was built by Nathan Carpenter in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 1804. This was on the Olentangy in Liberty 
 Township. It was used at first for a sawmill, 
 but a pair of "nigger-heads" were soon in- 
 stalled. We do not know just how long this 
 mill was in commission, but we know that for 
 several years it was the only mill in the county, 
 and was a boon to the pioneers in furnishing 
 them with meal and lumber. 
 
 In 1807, Richard Hoskins built the first 
 saw mill in Scioto Township, at the mouth of 
 Boke's Creek. He ran it for some years, but 
 for how long is not known. 
 
 The first mill in Berlin Township was built 
 by Nathaniel Hall in 1808. It was located on 
 Alum Creek, near the present Delaware and 
 Sunbury pike. Probably it was used for saw- 
 ing lumber as well as for grinding grist. In 
 1814, Joseph Lewis built a grist-mill and saw- 
 mill near Cheshire. Philip Horshaw settled in 
 Scioto Township in 1809 and immediately 
 built the first grist-mill. It was located on the 
 site of the present mill at Warrensburg. This 
 site has, undoubtedly, the best water-power in 
 the county, enough to develop 300 horse-power. 
 At present, only one hundred horse power is 
 used. The power is constant throughout the 
 year. The mill has a capacity of fifty barrels 
 of flour per day. and for the past five years has 
 been operated by C. K. Cunningham, whose 
 flour brand is "Triple Star." The mill, which 
 is owned by Frank Van Brimmer, was remod- 
 eled and enlarged to its present size of three 
 stories, many years ago by Fred Decker. The 
 machinery, however, was installed at a more 
 recent date. 
 
 Colonel Byxbe was alive to the needs of 
 his new settlement in Delaware, and soon after 
 coming here, he set about erecting a sawmill 
 and a grist-mill. A wooden dam was built 
 across the river at the site of the present dam. 
 and Erastus Bowe constructed a race from that 
 point parallel with the river to what is now 
 East Central Avenue, where it emptied into the 
 river. This race still remains, a monument 
 to its faithful and skilful builder. The saw- 
 mill was like others of its time, and likewise 
 the grist mill, which was located on the race, 
 smith of the sawmill, quite near to the present 
 fr< mt of the lot on East Central Avenue. In 
 
 1809. Gilbert Carpenter. Sr.. built a race be- 
 tween Big and Little Walnut Creeks, near the 
 present village of Galena, and erected a saw- 
 mill. About 1810, Nicholas Manville built a 
 grist-mill about half a mile southeast of the 
 present village of Sunbury, and in 1815 he 
 built a sawmill in connection with it. In 1818, 
 Benjamin Carpenter, Jr., built a race between 
 the two Walnut Creeks a little south of Gilbert 
 Carpenter, Sr.'s race, and erected a grist-mill. 
 This mill was in operation for many years, 
 and was doing good service in the early 8o's. 
 
 For some years, the early settlers of Har- 
 lem Township had to go to Chillicothe for their 
 milling. The first mill in Harlem was operated 
 by hand, but it is not known when it was built. 
 In 1 81 5 or 1816, a horse-power mill was 
 started, and not long afterwards, John Budd, 
 Sr., built the first water-power grist-mill and 
 sawmill. It was located on Duncan Run. Ben- 
 jamin M. Fairchild also built a saw mill and 
 grist-mill on this Run, and at an early day 
 Benajah Cook built a sawmill on the same 
 stream. A saw mill was erected on Spencer 
 Run at an early day by Colonel D. Keeler. 
 
 The first mills in Genoa Township were 
 built by Jeremiah Curtis, on the Big Walnut 
 in the northern part of the township. After 
 running the mills a year or two, Curtis sold 
 out to Elisha Newell. He ran the mill only 
 a year, and in 181 6, he sold it to Hezekiah 
 Roberts. The dam and the buildings had be- 
 come undermined and unsafe, so Roberts built 
 a race across his farm, and erected a three- 
 story, hewn-log grist-mill, to which he trans- 
 ferred the running sear and "nigger-heads" 
 of the old mill. This mill was operated until 
 1839, when it was destroyed by fire. The 
 owner at that time was a man named Duncan. 
 The mill was rebuilt, and soon after was sold 
 to R. C. Barnum. who was succeeded in own- 
 ership by Lewis Mahany, who installed a steam 
 power-plant. After a number of years, busi- 
 ness began to decline and Mahany sold out to 
 Mathias Roberts. He shipped the engine and 
 gearing to Illinois, where he started a new 
 mill. About 1826 or '27. Squire Sylvester 
 Hough and Dr. Eleazar Copeland erected a 
 grist-mill and sawmill down where Yankee 
 
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 Street crosses the Big Walnut. It was not 
 I( mg before they were joined by I. S. Carpen- 
 ter. He induced them to build a brick dry- 
 house, and installed machinery in the mill for 
 breaking flax, which at that time was the prin- 
 cipal farm product. 
 
 A TRAGIC OCCURRENCE. 
 
 Dr. Copeland met his death in a 
 tragic manner through his connection with 
 this mill. We quote the following ac- 
 count of the sad affair : "During a continuance 
 of low water, there had accumulated a 'great 
 many logs about the mill. A sudden and heavy 
 rain having raised the water in the creek, the 
 logs were floated off, and began gbing down 
 stream in the current. Mrs. Copeland, notic- 
 ing this fact, suggested that her husband, who 
 was an excellent swimmer, should enter the 
 water and try to save them. The doctor leaped 
 in, for the purpose of gaining the other side, 
 but when in about the middle, he was seized 
 with cramps, and after a vain effort to reach 
 the bank, sank under the turbulent waters and 
 was drowned. This occurred on Wednesday, 
 and although people gathered from every di- 
 rection to search for his body, it was not found 
 until the following Sunday, and then under 
 circumstances that were very peculiar. It was 
 understood throughout the section that a thor- 
 ough search was to be made on that day, and 
 a great crowd had gathered for that purpose. 
 John Roberts and his brother-in-law, Mr. 
 Smith, had left the main party, who were ex- 
 ploring near where he went under, and be- 
 gan to search farther down stream, on the west 
 bank. Having sat down nearly opposite the 
 mouth of Spruce Run to take a rest, John Rob- 
 erts' attention was attracted by the hum of 
 flies, and watching them closely, he saw them 
 go in and out of a small hole which had been 
 made by one of the searching party in a small 
 sand-bar. He went clown to the spot, and. 
 after scraping away the sand, he discovered 
 the body, face downward, completely covered 
 
 with sand and driftw 1." About 1838. a 
 
 man named McLeod. who came from Pennsyl- 
 vania, put up a saw mill on the Big Walnut. 
 
 just a little south of the middle line of the 
 township. 
 
 The first sawmill in Kingston Township 
 was built in 1819 by Leonard Lott on the Lit- 
 tle Walnut. Peter Van Sickle built a saw- 
 mill on the same stream somewhere about the 
 year 1830. The exact date of the establishment 
 of the first sawmill in Marlborough Township 
 is not known, but as early as 1820, Robert 
 Campbell, who came from Philadelphia, had 
 one in operation. It was located on the Whet- 
 stone River, in the southeastern part of the 
 township, and as late as 1880, was said to be the 
 best water-power saw mill on the river. About 
 1820, John Xettleton set up the first sawmill 
 in Orange Township. It was located in the 
 southeastern part of the township. It was 
 changed to a grist-mill about 1835. and at once 
 achieved a reputation for the fine quality of its 
 flour. This mill was operated for many years, 
 during which time it passed through the hands 
 of a number of different owners. 
 
 Joseph Cole, who settled in what is now 
 Troy Township, built the first sawmill here in 
 1820. About 1823, he erected a gristmill. The 
 first meal that was ground was used in powder- 
 ing the hair of Newman Haven, the mill- 
 wright. The first dam that was built was a 
 crude affair of the type we have already de- 
 schibed. It was carried away by a freshet, and 
 was replaced by a more substantial one. The 
 owner of this dam had a narrow escape on one 
 occasion, that illustrates the hazards taken by 
 the early pioneers, while the rescue by his son 
 shows their ability to quickly grasp a situation 
 and to do the right thing at the right time on 
 the spur of the moment. We quote the fol- 
 lowing narrative of the event: "It seems that 
 the water had forced its way through a weak 
 place in the dam. gradually increasing the 
 crevice until it had washed out a large hole in 
 the bottom, through which the water was 
 pouring with great velocity. Mr. Cole, seeing 
 the danger that threatened the rest of the dam. 
 immediately got a corps of workmen and be- 
 gan repairing the break. While standing, 
 looking down into the hole, superintending the 
 filling, he lost his balance and fell into the boil- 
 ing, foaming vortex. In an instant he was 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 swept through the dam into the deep water be- 
 yond. Hugh Cole was engaged in hauling 
 logs to help repair the dam, and was just re- 
 turning with one when he saw his father fall 
 into the hole. The next moment he saw him 
 struggling in the branches of a submerged 
 sycamore tree, which had floated over the dam 
 a few days previous, and into which the cur- 
 rent had carried him. He sprang to the 
 ground, and, cutting the hame string, took 
 one of the horses out, jumped upon his back, 
 swam him across the river to where a "dug- 
 out" was tied, and, pushing that into the 
 streams, paddled to where his father was, and 
 brought him to shore. It was found upon ex- 
 amination that Mr. Cole's right arm was dis- 
 located and that he was otherwise badly 
 bruised. He told his son that in three minutes 
 more he would have been compelled to release 
 his hold, and in all probability, he would have 
 been drowned. It may not be out of place to 
 give another instance connected with this dam, 
 that resulted more fatally to one party, at least. 
 In 1832, Thomas Willey and Nathaniel Cozard 
 attempted to cross the river just above the 
 dam, in an old "dug-out." It seems that neither 
 of the men had had much experience with that 
 kind of a craft, and, as the river was high and 
 the current swift, they were carried over the 
 dam. By a strange coincidence, Hugh Cole 
 was riding along the bank and saw the men 
 pass over. Dashing his horse into the angry 
 waters just below the dam, he seized Willey by 
 the hair as he was going down the last time, 
 and brought him safely to shore. Cozard was 
 carried down the stream and drowned. His 
 body was found soon after about a mile below 
 the dam." Lyman Main built a dam and saw 
 mill on "Horseshoe Creek," in 1832, and ran 
 the mill for a number of years. Two years 
 later, Timothy Main erected a saw mill on the 
 same stream, near the line between Oxford 
 and Troy Township. It did service for a 
 number of years, but disappeared like the other 
 mills of those days. 
 
 The first mill in Thompson Township was 
 one for grinding grist, erected near the mouth 
 of Fulton's Creek by James Cochran, about 
 1827. Previous to this time, milling for the 
 
 settlers in this township was done at Millville, 
 which, as distances were counted in those 
 days, was "handy." A few years later, Ros- 
 well Field, who came into the settlement from 
 Canada, about the same time as Cochran, built 
 a saw mill on the same site, and rebuilt the 
 grist mill, which by that time was showing the 
 ravages of time. The mill now owned and 
 operated by Bruce Charles on Fulton Creek, 
 in Thompson township, was built in 1834 by 
 Roswell Fields on the site where James Coch- 
 ran had built a grist mill in 1827. At his death, 
 the mill passed to Roswell Fields' son, Sam- 
 uel, who sold it to Simon Charles, the father 
 of the present owner, in 1859. The original 
 up-and-down saw and gearing are still pre- 
 served at the mill. The sills, braces and all 
 of the siding used in the construction of the 
 building are of black walnut. Power is now 
 furnished by a 25-horse-power steam engine 
 and a 14-horse-power gasoline engine. The 
 oldest mill building now standing is that owned 
 by George Mulzer of Liberty Township. Mr. 
 Mulzer says that he has records that show that 
 this building was originally erected during the 
 first few years of the nineteenth century by a 
 man named Hinder. D. W. C. Lugenbeel 
 states that one of his classmates at the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University was Harry Lathrop, 
 whose father began operating this mill about 
 the time of the second war with England, and 
 continued to do so until late in the 40's. At 
 that time a grist mill and an up-and-down saw 
 mill were located here. The next owner of 
 whom we have knowledge was James Walcott, 
 who had the property for ten years, and sold it 
 to Murray Case, who, a few months later, 
 transferred the mill to Herman Mulzer, the 
 father of George Mulzer, who for many years 
 was a partner in the business and now retains 
 an equal interest in the property with his fa- 
 ther's estate. The hewn timbers of the original 
 building are still in a perfect state of preserva- 
 tion. Nineteen years ago a new saw mill was 
 installed, and in 1897. a 50-horse-power en- 
 gine was purchased. This power is supple- 
 mented by the natural water-powei. Flour, 
 buckwheat flour and chop feed are still manu- 
 factured here. 
 
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 The first saw mill in Thompson Township 
 was built in 1830, by Jacob Swartz. About 
 1S63, Clark Decker built a saw mill in the ex- 
 treme northeastern portion of the township on 
 the Scioto River, and in 1887, H. P. Pickrell, 
 who had run a mill at Ostrander, built a large 
 grist mill on the site which had been occupied 
 by Cone's woolen mill. 
 
 The first saw mill in Concord Township 
 was built on Mill Creek by Col. Sebum Hinton, 
 one of the first settlers. He did a large lumber 
 business, and also rafted logs and lumber down 
 the Scioto to Columbus, and even down to the 
 Ohio River. He also built a grist mill. The 
 date when this mill was erected has long been 
 forgotten, but we know that it was enlarged 
 in 1838, and that on account of the growth of 
 the business, new machinery was placed in it 
 a few years after that. He sold the mill to 
 Jabez Cole, who sold the property a few years 
 later to Fred Decker, who finally sold it to a 
 man named Cruikshank and bought the mill at 
 Millville, or Warrensburg, as the village is 
 now called. After that it passed through the 
 hands of several owners, one of whom, Dr. 
 Blymer, made extensive improvements in it. At 
 a later date it was owned by Dr. Morrison, at 
 one time a practicing physician of Delaware. 
 It is not known when or by whom the first saw 
 mill was erected in Brown Township, but it 
 was several years prior to 1830. The mill was 
 located on Alum Creek, about three miles north 
 of Eden, and never attained any importance. 
 In 1830, Ezekiel Longwell built a saw mill on 
 that stream, within the limits of the village of 
 Eden. Later, when it was becoming some- 
 what dilapidated, it came into the possession of 
 'William K. Thrall, who repaired it and also 
 built a grist mill to run in connection with it. 
 The mill was operated by different owners un- 
 til about twenty or twenty-five years ago, 
 when it was destroyed by fire. 
 
 The first saw mill in Porter Township was 
 built by Samuel Dowell, a native of Alary- 
 land, who settled in this locality about 1830. 
 The "County History," published in 1880, 
 says that the mill was built on the head-wa- 
 ters of Sugar Creek, and passed from Dowell 
 to his adopted son. George Deets. who ran it 
 
 for many years. About 1832, Rev. Henry 
 Davey. a "Dunkard" preacher, built a saw 
 mill about half a mile down the stream from 
 the Dowell mill. Another early mill was 
 owned by George Synder and was also located 
 on Sugar Creek. About the same time. Cham- 
 ber's mills were built on the Big Walnut, about 
 a mile and a half north of East Liberty. A mill 
 of much more recent origin was operated by 
 Emmett Carnes for sawing lumber and grind- 
 ing feed. It is probably twenty years since 
 this mill was abandoned. Because of the mill- 
 ing facilities established in the older nearby 
 settlements, no mills were built in Oxford 
 Township until 1832. In that year Milton 
 Pierce and Henry Riley erected a mill where 
 Basin Branch empties into Alum Creek. It 
 was operated many years until it became 
 decrepit from old age and hard usage. In 
 1846. Lewis Powers bought the mill from Joel 
 Coles and rebuilt it. He ran it until about 
 1849, when he sold it to Rev. Benjamin Mar- 
 ton, a Baptist minister. He raised a good deal 
 of flax, and so changed the mill into a flax 
 mill. The property still remains in the Martin 
 family, but the mill is no more, having been 
 abandoned about twenty years ago. About the 
 same time that Pierce and Riley built their 
 mill, Hosea Waters started a grist mill a lit- 
 tle farther up the stream. The "nigger-head" 
 buhr-stones were run by horse-power. Slow 
 as was this method of making flour, it was a 
 great improvement over the old custom, born 
 of necessity, of going from ten to twenty miles 
 to mill. 
 
 The first saw- mill in Trenton Township was 
 built in 1835, by Middleton Perfect and Haz- 
 ard Adams. The same year, John Van Sickle 
 built the first grist mill in the township. It 
 was located on the Big Walnut, about half a 
 mile northeast of Sanburv. E. M. Condit 
 bought this mill from Van Sickle in 1855 and 
 operated it until 1862, when he sold it to 
 Jacob Boyd. What was known as the old 
 Brailey mill was built on the creek, about half 
 a mile below the Van Sickle mill, in 1845. 
 This mill came into the possession of Henry 
 Boyd, and at a later date he purchased the 
 Van Sickle mill from his brother, Jacob Boyd, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and transferred most of the machinery from it 
 to the Brailey mill. Other early saw-mills 
 there were, of which little is known. One of 
 these was owned by a man named Stockwell ; 
 another was located on Perfect's Creek and 
 was run for a number of years by J. Condit. 
 Alvin P. Condit had a mill on the north branch 
 of Rattlesnake Run. At an early date a man 
 named Crane built a saw mill on Big- Walnut 
 at the mouth of Rattlesnake Run, just on the 
 township line. This was operated by one, 
 Williams for some years. The "Old Stone 
 Mill," as it has long been known, located on 
 the west side of the Olentangy, about a mile 
 north of Delaware, was built by Fred Decker 
 and H. J. L. Brown, at an early day, probably 
 during the '30's. Many men identified with 
 the early milling interests of the county were 
 at one time or another owners or part owners 
 in this mill. Among them we may name Reu- 
 ben Zeigler, James Slough, Charles Wottring 
 and Anthony Smith. The latter was the last 
 one who operated the mill, which was aban- 
 doned perhaps thirty years ago. 
 
 About thirty-five years ago, G. W. Brown 
 and G. W. Hughes bought what had been a 
 carding-mill in Galena, and began the manu- 
 facture of corn-planters and hay-rakes in a 
 small way. A few years later, James R. 
 Smvthe bought Brown's interest, and the firm 
 name of Hughes & Smythe was adopted, and 
 has been retained to the present time. The 
 factory was destroyed by fire in 1896, and was 
 at mice replaced by a two-story frame building. 
 The business employs about fourteen people, 
 who annually turn out about 1,200 hay-rakes, 
 8.000 to 10.000 corn-planters, ami 15,000 to 
 20,000 animal-pokes. The firm of Wheaton 
 X' ( 'ummings of Sunbury also manufacture 
 from 8,000 to 10,000 pokes annually. A rake 
 factory was started in 1853 in what is now 
 the village of Ashley, but was operated only 
 about a year when the property was sold to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 CHAIR MANUFACTURE. 
 
 In 1870, Messrs. R. G. Lybrand, T. F. 
 Powell and Charles W. Clippinger formed a 
 
 co-partnership under the name of The Dela- 
 ware Chair Company, for the manufacture of 
 chairs. John G. Strain, an old chair-maker, 
 win > had been making splint chairs and selling 
 them from a wagon in a small way, induced 
 these gentlemen to take up the manufacture 
 of these chairs on a larger scale. A frame 
 building, 28 x 60 feet, two stories high, was 
 erected on East Winter Street. Power was 
 taken by a wire cable from the planing-mill 
 of Clippinger & Company, to the south, now 
 a part of the McKenzie mill. Mr. Strain was 
 placed in charge of the factory, and while he 
 was not so successful as had been anticipated, 
 he demonstrated that there was a demand for 
 the product. Mr. R. G. Lybrand, who was 
 engaged in the stove business at that time, 
 gave it up in order to devote his entire time 
 to the chair factory. The first year's business 
 was small, but the Chicago fire, which occurred 
 in 1 87 1, created a demand for all kinds of 
 furniture, and these chairs rose rapidly in 
 popular favor. The business increased so 
 rapidly that additions to the factory were built 
 in 1872. '?$ and '74, giving the Company 
 a building finally that was 74 x 100 feet and 
 three stories high. In 1871 Mr. Clippinger 
 sold his interest to Samuel Lybrand, and the 
 business was continued as a co-partnership un- 
 til 1885, when it was incorporated by R. G. 
 Lybrand. T. E. Powell, A. Lybrand, Jr.. and 
 Samuel Lybrand. The capital stock is $150,- 
 000. The present officers of the company are: 
 R. G. Lybrand president and treasurer; A. 
 Lybrand, vice-president and secretary. In 
 1880, they moved the business to the buildings 
 that had been erected and used by the Dela- 
 ware Manufacturing Company on Flax Street. 
 The property now comprises eight acres of 
 land and six or seven substantial stone and 
 brick buildings. The company manufactures 
 all kinds of chairs. They were pioneers in 
 the manufacture of the double-cane seat, and 
 all this class of work has come to be known 
 in the trade as the "Delaware chair." The 
 product of this factory is shipped all over the 
 country. About 125 people are employed in 
 this factory, to say nothing of the large num- 
 ber who cane chairs at their homes. 
 
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 137 
 
 LUMBER AXD FURNITURE. 
 
 The McKenzie Lumber Company. This 
 company's plant is located on the site of an 
 old ashery. Here John A. Clippinger and 
 George \Y. Perry built a three-story brick 
 mill in [866, the first two stories of which 
 were used for a planing-mill. They manu- 
 factured all kinds of interior finish, including 
 doors, sash and blinds. Later Mr. Clippinger 
 became sole proprietor, and after a time failed 
 in business. The mill then remained idle for 
 some time. In the spring of 1896 McKenzie 
 & Thompson came to Delaware and bought the 
 old Clippinger mill. At first they employed 
 about thirty people. In 1902 Mr. Thompson 
 retired, and F. E. McKenzie and P. H. Said 
 became members of the firm, the name of 
 which became The McKenzie Lumber Com- 
 pany. They have five mills : One at Delaware, 
 where they employ about forty-five people; 
 one at Norton, where they employ about twenty 
 people. This was established in 1899. The 
 company also has a portable mill at Sunbury. 
 The other mills are outside of Delaware 
 County. Altogether, about one hundred peo- 
 ple are employed by this company. Their 
 plant in Delaware is on a lot including about 
 five acres. The teaming and logging work- 
 requires sixty head of horses. About thirty- 
 six carloads of sucker-rods are manufactured 
 each year. A large business is also done in 
 buggy and wagon stock. From 4,000.000 to 
 5,000.000 feet of lumber is manufactured an- 
 nually, and this is shipped all oves the United 
 States and to foreign countries. 
 
 In 1900 C. C. Dunlap started a steam saw- 
 mill on land leased from the Hocking Valley 
 Railroad. A building 75 x 125 feet was 
 erected. In 1903, a planing-mill was also es- 
 tablished. About 300,000 feet of hardwood 
 lumber are sawed and manufactured annually, 
 including a large quantity of wagon stock, 
 which is marketed principally in South Bend, 
 Indiana. About 300 carloads of softwood lum- 
 ber is handled annually, the business being 
 conducted on both a wholesale and retail 
 basis. 
 
 The firm of Clark & Battenfield was estab- 
 lished January 1. 1904. Their business, h 
 ever, is one that dates its beginning back at 
 least thirty-five years, when Frank C. Ger- 
 hart started in the lumber business at the rail- 
 road crossing on South Sandusky Street. Dur- 
 ing all these years a planing-mill has been run 
 as a part of the business. The manufacture of 
 cement building blocks was begun here in the 
 spring of 1903. All kinds of building ma- 
 terial and supplies and coal are handled by this 
 firm. 
 
 Jeffrey Brothers saw- and planing-mill at 
 Ashley. This mill was established about i860 
 by Lewis Powers. Sometime in the early 
 '80's Mr. Powers took his son into partnership. 
 Evidently the business was not successful, be- 
 cause in August, 1906, it was sold at sheriff's 
 sale to A. L., O. S., M.. and I. B. Jeffrey, who 
 with their father, composed the firm of F. 
 M. Jeffrey & Sons. The saw-mill building is 
 22 x 86 feet and the planing-mill is 40 x 50 
 feet. Each mill has its own engine and boiler. 
 They manufacture about 500,000 feet of hard- 
 wood lumber annually, and they also do a 
 retail business in softwood lumber and interii >r 
 finish amounting to $10,000 to $15,000 an- 
 nually. They also have a well-equipped ma- 
 chine-shop, in which they do all kinds of ma- 
 chine repairing. 
 
 J. T. Erwin established a saw-mill at Sun- 
 bury in 1898. He handles about a hundred 
 carload of hardwood lumber each year. He 
 manufactures hardwood frames for buildings 
 and wagon stock, and also exports a large 
 amount of white oak in large dimensions. At 
 times as many as twelve men are employed 
 here. 
 
 The Ashley Lodge and Church Furniture 
 Company. This business was established by 
 W. W. Stratton, in 1869, to manufacture a 
 line of furniture such as the name of the com- 
 pany implies. Until 1900, he sold direct to 
 lodges and other organizations. In 1900 the 
 policy of selling only at wholesale was adopted. 
 In 1905 the business was incorporated under 
 its present title. C. S. Aldrich is president, 
 Edward Keltner is treasurer and W. W. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Stratton is secretary and manager. The pres- 
 ent building', which was originally an opera 
 house, has been occupied for nearly thirty 
 years. The company numbers among its cus- 
 tomers every regalia house in the United 
 States. Some of the outfits which it manu- 
 factures for lodges sell for as much as $1,500. 
 The business totals from $15,000 to $20,000 
 a year and furnishes employment to about 
 twenty men. 
 
 About 1903 Messrs. Keys & Worboys of 
 New York City established a plant in Dela- 
 ware for the manufacture of barrel hoops and 
 staves. This business was purchased on De- 
 cember 1, 1906, by J. K. Wylie, who has 
 doubled the capacity of the plant. About 
 thirty men are employed, and about 30.000 
 hoops and 36,000 staves are turned out daily, 
 the product being shipped to cooperages all 
 over the country. 
 
 The Union Handle Manufactory, at Ash- 
 ley, was established in the spring of 1905, by 
 Harry D. Hale. He makes all kinds of fork, 
 hoe. rake, shovel and "D" handles ; also runs 
 a saw-mill, and ships about a hundred car- 
 loads of lumber a year. He ships about a 
 carload of wagon stock each week. The main 
 building is 200x46 feet, and in the spring of 
 1908, an addition 36x50 feet in dimensions 
 was erected and equipped with special machin- 
 ery for the manufacture of "D" handles. The 
 power is furnished by one 60 H. P. and one 
 50 H. P. engine and one 70 H. P. and one 
 80 H. P. boiler. About thirty-five men are 
 employed in the mill and a like number in 
 logging. 
 
 FLOUR MILLS. 
 
 Flour-mill at Sunbury. The history of 
 this mill dates back to about 1842, when 
 Samuel Peck and T. P. Meyers built a saw- 
 mill half a mile due east from Sunbury. This 
 was sold to James Bailey in 1848. He added 
 a grist-mill, and in course of time sold the 
 property to John and Henry Boyd. In 1872 
 they sold the mill to G. J. Burrer, one of the 
 present owners. Three years later Mr. Burrer 
 moved the mill to his present location in Sun- 
 
 bury. The mill was remodelled in 1882 and 
 new machinery was installed. About that 
 time improvements in milling machinery were 
 being invented at a rapid rate, and so in 1887, 
 the mill was again remodelled. Six years 
 later, his present elevator, having a capacity 
 of 16,000 bushels, was erected. In 1907 Mr. 
 Burrer's son, Parker, was admitted to part- 
 nedship, the firm name of G. J. Burrer & Son 
 being adopted. Their brand of flour is "White 
 Loaf," and the present capacity of the mill 
 is eighty barrels per day, in addition to the 
 meal and other feed which they grind. Power 
 is furnished by an 80 H. P. Cooper engine. 
 
 The flour-mill at Ashley was established 
 in 1875. when the Ashley Milling Company 
 was formed by M. B. Shoemaker, Dell Coomer 
 and Joseph Cole, whose firm name was Shoe- 
 maker, Cole & Company. They erected the 
 present mill building, in which they installed 
 old-fashioned buhrs. It had a capacity of 
 fifty barrels a day, and their brand of Hour, 
 "Diamond Wedding," was widely known and 
 used for many years. It has always been a 
 steam mill, the power being supplied by a 
 65 H. P. slide-valve engine. The mill was 
 purchased by J. B. Miller & Company in the 
 late '70*s, and in 1882, they remodelled it, 
 installing modern flour-making machinery and 
 increasing the capacity of the mill to 100 bar- 
 rels. They sold out to O. Jones, John Doty 
 and Frank Miller about 1886 or '87. After 
 being owned by several other parties, the mill 
 came into the possession of the present own- 
 ers, L. E. Shoemaker and W. M. Shoemaker, 
 who have adopted the firm name of the Shoe- 
 maker Milling Company. "Mother's Choice" 
 is the brand of flour now made, and besides 
 having a large sale in all the surrounding 
 towns, an average of 650 barrels a month is 
 shipped to Columbus. 
 
 The Powell Milling Company was organ- 
 ized in August, 1907, by Frederick H. Jaycox, 
 H. E. Sharp and Dr. Charles F. Talley. They 
 installed a Miller 40 H. P. gasoline engine, 
 which consumes only three gallons of gasoline 
 per day. "Straight Grade" is the brand manu- 
 factured, the capacity of the mill being forty 
 barrels per day. Everything in the line of 
 
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 feed is also ground. As the machinery which 
 was installed in this mill was brought from 
 an old mill on the Scioto l\i\er. it may be well 
 to state here such facts as we have been able 
 to obtain concerning that site, which is in 
 Concord Township, about two miles below 
 Bellepoint and a mile north of the Girls' In- 
 dustrial Home. So far as we know, the first 
 mill here was built by a man named Fred- 
 ericks. It was burned in 1809, and at that 
 time was owned by Lee Went. In 1876, David 
 W'illey and Thomas Slough built a mill at this 
 point. W'illey sold out to his partner after 
 two years. After some time, the mill passed 
 into the hands of James Slough. About 1880 
 his estate sold it to Daniel Stokes. About 
 1889 he sold the mill to Erastus Stone, who 
 sold it about 1893 to John Jaycox. From him 
 the property passed to his son, Frederick H. 
 Jaycox. He put in a steam plant, which he 
 later replaced with a gasoline engine. As 
 above noted, Mr. Jaycox dismantled the mill 
 and removed the machinery to Powell, in Oc- 
 tober. 1907, so the old Magnolia mill, as it 
 was called by W'illey & Slough, has doubtless 
 seen its last days of service. 
 
 What is now commonly spoken of as 
 Snyder's mill, which is located at 69 East 
 Central Avenue. Delaware, will soon be torn 
 di wn and even the building will be a thing 
 of the past. In 1846 Fred Decker started a 
 flour mill here, the building having been pre- 
 viously used as a woolen-mill by Col. Benjamin 
 F. Allen. Later the mill was purchased by 
 Charles W'ottring, Frank Miller and J. H. 
 Pumphrey. The mill changed hands fre- 
 quently. Charles W'ottring being identified with 
 it most of the time until about 1880, when 
 E. Snyder purchased W r ottring's interest. Up 
 to that time the capacity of the mill had been 
 fifty barrels. Snyder remodelled the mill, in- 
 creasing its capacity to two hundred barrels 
 per clay. Later his sons Edward. Arthur and 
 Peter ran the mill under the firm name of Sny- 
 der Brothers, Edward Snyder eventually be- 
 coming the sole proprietor. In 1880, the ele- 
 vator was built and other improvements made 
 at an outlay of something like S.10.000. On 
 April jo, 1906. the property was sold to the 
 
 Electric Roller Milling Company, and they 
 closed the mill. 
 
 The Electric Roller Milling Company of 
 Delaware was established in 1904 by Kaiser 
 & Gwynn. At that time a 25-barrel mill was 
 built, the dimensions of the building: beine 
 90 x 40 feet. Mr. Kaiser retired from the 
 firm in 1905, and a corporation having the 
 present title was formed. The following gen- 
 tlemen comprised the Board of Directors and 
 held the official positions indicated : E. F. 
 Gwynn. president; T. J. Griffin, treasurer; J. 
 G. Rosenthal, secretary ; John F. Gaynor. The 
 same year the capacity of the mill was in- 
 creased to 100 barrels, and the elevator ca- 
 pacity was increased to 20,000 bushels. The 
 principal brands of flour made are. Pride of 
 Delaware, Acme, Electric and Silver Dust. 
 This is the only flour-mill now in the city. 
 The company also does a large business in 
 grain, feed, salt and coal. 
 
 DISTILLERIES. 
 
 There are men yet living who can remem- 
 ber when it was thought necessary to serve 
 Heritor at a church "raising." and it was the 
 usual thing for a man who made whiskey to 
 contribute as many gallons as he could afford 
 to the salary of the minister. It was also 
 customary for merchants to keep whiskey and 
 glasses where they were freely accessible to 
 their customers, on the theory that a liberal 
 use of this lubricant facilitated trade. While 
 the early settlers brought their taste for liquor 
 with them, it was not so much the demand 
 for whiskey as it was the market which its 
 manufacture made for corn that led to the es- 
 tablishment of numerous stills at such an early 
 date. The first still in Berkshire Township 
 was operated by Nicholas Manville in con- 
 nection with his grist-mill, which was located 
 near the present town of Sunbury. This lie- 
 came the property of Major Strong about 
 [817. He ran it until 1825. when he sold the 
 still to Eleazar Gaylord. When the business 
 was it its height, it was carried on in a two- 
 story stone building. Here a large part of 
 the surplus corn raised by the settlers was 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 converted into whiskey. In those days there 
 were no revenue officials to bother distillers, 
 who had a home market for their product, 
 thus eliminating the expense of transportation 
 and a selling force. The result was that pure 
 whiskey was sold for twenty cents a gallon. 
 While the whiskey of those days was the 
 "straight goods," and the use of prune juice, 
 etc.. in connection therewith had not been dis 
 covered, its intoxicating qualities were not in 
 any way diminished, and there were those who 
 made intemperate use of the beverage, to their 
 own shame and the disgust of the community. 
 The hoys had a method of punishment which, 
 while it afforded them amusement, gave some 
 expression to the sentiment of orderly citizens 
 and at the same time taught the offender to in- 
 dulge his tastes in the seclusion of some private 
 retreat. When a man was discovered in a 
 state of helpless inebriation, each arm and leg 
 would be seized by a boy, and laying their 
 victim face downward on a barrel, the boys 
 would roll him until his disordered stomach 
 was relieved of its contents and the man was 
 in some measure sobered up. It was seldom 
 that more than one or two applications of this 
 remedy were necessary to accomplish the de- 
 sired result. A story is told of one inveterate 
 individual in Sunbury, who was familiarly 
 known as "Uncle Tommy," which we will 
 quote. He "seemed to defy the correctional 
 force of the old method, and a more stringent 
 method had to he adopted. He was seized one 
 time, thrust into hogshead, and rolled some 
 fifty yards into the creek. The treatment was 
 severe, but the cure was radical for the time." 
 Colonel Byxbe had a still in the cellar of 
 his grist-mill on what is now East Central 
 Avenue. Here his customers were wont to 
 regale themselves with sundry strong potations 
 while waiting to be seiwed by the other de- 
 partment of the establishment. Another still 
 which is often referred to in the records of 
 those early days was built by Dr. Reuben 
 Lamb on Delaware Run, nearly opposite the 
 spot where the Edwards gymnasium now 
 stands. For several years Rutherford Hayes 
 (the father of President Hayes) who came 
 to Delaware in 1817, was a partner with the 
 
 doctor, but he was noted for his temperate 
 u>e of the whiskey he made. 
 
 His grist-mill at what is now Warrensburg 
 proving unprofitable, Philip Horshaw. in 1815, 
 began the manufacture of liquor in a small 
 still-house near his mill. He continued in 
 this business until 1822, when he sold out to 
 Thomas Jones. He remained in the business 
 a number of years and then sold out to Jo- 
 seph Dunlap, who operated the still until 1S36, 
 when the entire business died out. David Bush 
 built a small distiller}' in Troy Township at 
 an early day, but it never amounted to much. 
 
 Two distilleries were set no in Berlin 
 Ti iwnship at an early date by Nathaniel Hall. 
 In 1816 Isaac and Chester Lewis built a still 
 near Cheshire. Armstrong & Frost carried 
 on the business. These resorts did not last 
 long, for it seems, the drinking habit was not 
 so general here as elsewhere. Jeremiah Curtis, 
 who was the first settler in what is now Genoa 
 Township, had a still in connection with his 
 saw and grist mills. 
 
 In 1826 C. P. Elsbre and a man named 
 Trip formed a partnership and began the 
 manufacture of liquor in the southwestern part 
 of Orange Township. They located their still 
 near a spring in the woods, but the water be- 
 ing so strongly impregnated with iron as to 
 lie unsuited to their purpose, they changed their 
 location to ,t point on the Whetstone. Here 
 they manufactured about two barrels of whis- 
 key a day for over a year. Air. Elsbre then 
 sold his interest to a man named Thomas, and 
 about six months later the business was dis- 
 continued. 
 
 It is said that near the close of the war 
 Walter Bump ran a "moonshine" distillery in 
 a quiet way in Kingston Township, hut the 
 Government officials soon put an end to his 
 operations. 
 
 LEATHER. 
 
 The early pioneers had not been here long 
 before there was a strong demand for leather, 
 hut those who established tan-yards found it 
 difficult to supply this material because of the 
 scarcity of hides. At first, nothing larger titan 
 
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 wqodchuck skins and an occasional deerskin 
 could be had. There was no market for cattle, 
 and the settlers, therefore, had only as many 
 as were needed for the working of their farms 
 Later the hogs which had been turned loose 
 in the woods and had bred prolifically were 
 a source of supply. After running wild for 
 six or seven years they had hides of remarkable 
 thickness, and these, when tanned, supplied a 
 coarse tough leather which was used in mak- 
 ing harness and horse-collars. Later a mur- 
 raine got among the cattle, large numbers of 
 which died, thus furnishing for a time a good 
 supply of leather, but at a serious loss. 
 
 The first tannery in the town of Delaware 
 was started by Capt. Joab Norton in 1809, in 
 a two-story building which he had purchased 
 or erected in the fall of the previous year. It 
 was built into the side of the hill just north 
 of where the Edwards gymnasium stands. 
 The ravine south of this hill has been filled up, 
 but at that time, only the top story of the 
 building showed above the hill on its southern 
 face. The lower story of the house was used 
 for the works, the vats being located just north 
 of the building. A free-flowing spring a little 
 east of the building and well up on the hill- 
 side supplied the family and the tannery with 
 water. Here he also made boots. Norton be- 
 came afflicted with the ague, and in 1S10. he 
 sold the property to a man named Koester. 
 The latter was a carpenter, and purchased the 
 tannery as a speculation. In 1813 he per- 
 suaded Norton to return and work it for him, 
 but the Captain was here only a few months 
 when he died. The old building soon fell 
 into disuse, and for years stood in a rickety, 
 tumble-down condition, with its leaky roof of 
 1' ose warped-up shingles, its windows stuffed 
 with old hats and rags, the doors with broken 
 hinges and latches, slamming with every gust 
 of wind, and bearing all the other marks of 
 an abandoned, tottering old tenement. This 
 old building stood for thirty or forty years 
 unused, and needed but little more than these 
 signs of decay to get it a reputation of being 
 haunted. Later a man named Hull had a tan- 
 yard at this location, which he operated until 
 sometime in the '60's. when he sold the prop- 
 
 erty to Ohio Wesleyan University. George 
 Storm, who came to Delaware in 1809. worked 
 in the old Norton tannery for a while, and 
 then started in business for himself on the easl 
 side of Sandusky Street, about a square north 
 of the present Court House. He continued in 
 business here for many years, supplying the 
 country for miles around with leather. At an 
 early day Tom Wasson established a tannery 
 on Washington Street, just north of Delaware 
 Run. Robert O. Brown bought him nut and 
 ran the business until 1855, when he aban- 
 doned it and divided the property into town 
 lots. John Lee had a tan-yard on the north 
 side of Central Avenue, just west of Franklin 
 Street. This property passed into Robert O. 
 Brown's hands about 1852, and he closed 
 it up. 
 
 The first tannery in Berlin Township was 
 built by Wilbur Caswell in 1817. It was lo- 
 cated on Alum Creek flats in Cheshire for a 
 number of years, and was then moved on the 
 hill, where the business was continued until 
 [858. As early as 1816, William Myers sank 
 vats and began the manufacture of leather a 
 half a mile southeast of Sunbury, across the 
 creek from the saw and grist mill. Three 
 years later, a man named Whitehead started 
 a tannery at Galena, and did 2 thriving busi- 
 ness. The enterprise was carried on by dif- 
 ferent owners until 1873, when the business 
 was discontinued. 
 
 The Dunhams had a tannery on the Berk- 
 shire Road at an early date. A tannery was 
 started in Oxford Township in 1824 by 
 George Claypool, just south of Windsor Cor- 
 ners. It was owned at a later date by Jonas 
 Foust. and still later by James J. Sherwood. 
 In 1845. Israel Waters started the first tannery 
 in Thompson Township. It was located near the 
 site later occupied by Pickering's mills. The 
 first tan-yard in Trenton Township was oper- 
 ated at an early date by Silas Ogden. but 
 no definite knowledge of it has been pre- 
 served. 
 
 TEXTILE PRODUCTS. 
 
 In the days of which we write, the present 
 highly organized state of the manufacturing 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 industries was not even dreamed of, and even 
 if factories had been established, wherein were 
 made all the articles of apparel that constitute 
 the clothing of a family, the expense of getting 
 the goods to the consumer would have placed 
 them beyond his reach. The same conditions 
 placed the markets for his products beyond 
 the reach of the farmer, and so it was that 
 each pioneer family was reduced to the ele- 
 mental state of providing for its own necessi- 
 ties with its own labor and materials produced 
 at home. Every farmer raised flax, and this 
 with wool from his sheep constituted the sup- 
 ply of raw materials. The operations of card- 
 ing, spinning, weaving, fulling, etc., were all 
 performed at home, and as with quilting, and 
 corn-husking, wherever possible, "bees" were 
 held in order to combine pleasure with the 
 work, the opportunities for social intercourse 
 in those days being few indeed. And so it 
 was that when a family had twenty-five or 
 thirty yards of cloth, to full, a company of a 
 dozen or fifteen of the young men of the neigh- 
 borhood would gather. Taking off boots and 
 st> ickings, they would seat themselves in a 
 circle, just far enough apart that their feet 
 would meet near the center. The goods to be 
 fulled were piled into this ring, hot water and 
 soft soap were poured on, and the goods were 
 fulled by the men kicking the pile towards the 
 opposite side of the circle, all hands kicking 
 in unison, is it were. An endless rope, held 
 tightly by all, kept them from falling off their 
 seats. Of course, it would not be long before 
 the suds upon the floor would be knee deep, 
 and then some mischievous chap would ac- 
 cidentally kick his neighbor's seat from under 
 him, sending the, unfortunate victim into the 
 suds which were splashed to the ceiling. On 
 these occasions pumpkin pie and cider were 
 served as refreshments. Later, it was dis- 
 covered that goods could be fulled equally well 
 by placing them in a tub or barrel with soap 
 and warm writer and pounding the mass with 
 a heavy wooden pestle attached to the end of 
 a stick, a method which was also used in wash- 
 ing clothes before the days of washboards. 
 After a time fulling-mills were built, provided 
 with apparatus for carding and spinning. The 
 
 motive power was a tread-wheel worked by 
 oxen, and is described as follows : "The wheel 
 was laid flat upon its hub, the axle being in- 
 clined a little from perpendicular so as to af- 
 ford an inclined surface on the wheel. In place 
 of spokes, the upper surface of the wheel 
 formed an inclined platform provided with 
 cleats, upon which the oxen traveled. The up- 
 per end of the axle was provided with a spur- 
 wheel, which, acting upon gearing on a hori- 
 zontal shafting, communicated the motion to 
 the machinery of the mill." One such old mill 
 is now used by Charles Wheaton of Sunbury 
 as a stable. It was built early in the last cen- 
 tury by B. H. Taylor and B. Chase and did 
 service for many years. 
 
 In 1818, E. Barrett & Company started a 
 woolen-mill, just north of where Colonel 
 Byxbe had his saw and grist mills. This old 
 woolen-mill is known to the present genera- 
 tion as the Snyder & Star flour-mill. A large 
 two-story brick building was erected near the 
 mill, in which to board the hands. This build- 
 ing, the roof of which has been lowered thir- 
 teen feet, is now owned and occupied by the 
 Delaware Ice and Coal Company. It was 
 generally understood that L. H. Cowles was 
 Barrett's partner, and the prime mover in the 
 enterprise. Titus King afterward took 
 Cowles's place in the firm, the name of which 
 became Barrett & King. In 1827 the prop- 
 erty and business were sold to Colonel Ben- 
 jamin F. Allen, who. two years later, intro- 
 duced a carpet-loom. He wove one piece of 
 carpet that attracted considerable attention. 
 During this time, his mill was rented for a 
 period by J. W. Cone, who had learned the 
 trade there. In the latter part of 1829, John 
 Moses and Seth H. Allen purchased the mill. 
 These men were not more successful in the 
 business than the others, and the mill finally 
 lay idle for a long time until it was turned into 
 a grist-mill. In 1829 Colonel Meeker added 
 machinery for carding and fulling to the equip- 
 ment of his flour-mill at Stratford. Gunn & 
 Pickett operated a woolen-mill for some years 
 in Liberty Township, about two miles below 
 Stratford. The property was bought by James 
 Hinkle, and he continued it until the business 
 
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 went down. In 1844 J- W. Cone established 
 a woolen-mill in Thompson Township, which 
 for thirty years was the pride of this section. 
 The mill was run by water-power until [868, 
 when steam-power was introduced. In 1874 
 sparks from the chimney set fire to the mill, 
 and it was destroyed. Luther Cone, a brother 
 of J. W. Cue, built a woolen-mill in Marl- 
 borough Township about 1846. This mill 
 was operated successfully for a number of 
 years, and was then purchased and remodelled 
 into a grist-mill by a man named Kline. In 
 1869 the firm of Page & Stevenson started a 
 woolen-mill in the third story of the Clippinger 
 planing-mill. A little later, W. K. Algire pur- 
 chased Page's interest, and the firm name be- 
 came Algire & Stevenson. In August, 1873, 
 a stock company with a capital of $30,000 
 was incorporated under the name of The Dela- 
 ware Woolen Company. The following men 
 were directors and officers: Chauncy Bradley, 
 president; Charles Arthur, Dr. J. H. White, J. 
 G. Grove. H. F. Brown and John Wolfley. A. 
 B. Stevenson was superintendent. They built 
 a brick building 40 x 90 feet, on Union Street, 
 besides a boiler and engine-room and a dye- 
 n k >in. It was well equipped with textile ma- 
 chinery, and the company started in the manu- 
 facture of flannels and blankets. Later a line 
 of cashmeres was added. The industry fur- 
 nished employment to about twenty-five peo- 
 ple, but was never much of a success from a 
 financial standpoint. About 1877 or 'j8, the 
 company failed, and was sold at auction by the 
 sheriff for $13,840. The following gentlemen, 
 all of whom had been connected with the com- 
 pany, were the purchasers: Charles Arthur, 
 who became president of the company ; ]< ihn 
 Wolfley, Charles Steinbeck. ]. Hyatt, J. G. 
 Gn.ve.' Dr. J. H. White, H. F. Brown. They 
 ran the mill until some time late in the "8o's. 
 when, the business proving unprofitable, it was 
 closed up. • After that several different manu- 
 facturing enterprises were carried on in the 
 building for short periods of time, and it was 
 also used for a skating rink. Finally, in 1893. 
 the building and lot were sold to Delaware 
 County for use as an armory. 
 
 In [855 James M. Hawes and D. S. Brig- 
 ham, who came from the East, saw an oppor 
 tunity to make profitable use of the large 
 quantities of flax straw produced here, bin 
 which there was no market. They interested 
 Judge T. W. Powell in the venture, and a 
 two-story factory, 40x50 feet was built and 
 equipped with machinery for preparing the 
 straw for market. It was found that the heavy 
 freight expense absorbed all the profit, so in 
 1857, the firm installed machinery for the 
 manufacture of cotton baling. At the end of 
 the first year, Mr. Hawes became the sole pro- 
 prietor of the business, and at a -great expense 
 re-equipped the factory for the manufacture 
 of twines, burlaps, woolsacks and seamless 
 grain-bags. In the meanwhile a company with 
 a capital stock of $150,000 was incorporated 
 under the name of the Delaware Manufactur- 
 ing Company, of which W. W. Scarborough 
 was president, Geoge F. Pierce, secretary, and 
 James M. Hawes, agent. A large mill, two 
 stories high, with an attic. 50 x 100 feet in di- 
 mensions, was erected, and a 125-horsepower 
 engine installed. At the close of the Civil 
 War. the machinery was changed for the 
 manufacture of bagging and cotton baling, and 
 a warehouse 40 x 100 feet was added. The 
 volume of business which was developed may 
 be imagined from the fact that in 1870, 182 
 persons were employed, the pay-roll amounting 
 to $4,000 a month. The company went under 
 in the panic of 1873, and the property is now- 
 used by The Delaware Chair Company. 
 
 The Delaware Underwear Company was 
 established in the fall of 1902 by Messrs. E. 
 D. Egerton and W. A. Morrison, and is the 
 only enterprise of the kind in the county. In 
 July, 1903. the business was incorporated with 
 a capital stock of $50,000. The present offi- 
 cers and directors of the company are : W. 
 A. Morrison, president: F. M. Bauereis. vice- 
 president: J. L. Anderson, secretary and treas- 
 urer: John A. Shoemaker and Robert Sellers. 
 The latter gentleman manages the factory at 
 Galion. Muslin underwear was at first the 
 product, but during the last three years, the 
 company has manufactured ladies' skirts and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 flannelette underwear, the latter at a branch 
 establishment at Galion. Ohio, in the summer 
 of 1907. During the busy season about one 
 hundred hands are employed in the Delaware 
 fact' ry, and five traveling men are kept busy 
 disposing of the product, which goes all 1 iver 
 the country. 
 
 PAPER MILLS. 
 
 Some time in the earlv '30's, Caleb How- 
 ard, an enterprising, speculative sort of man, 
 conceived the idea of establishing a paper-mill 
 at what is now Stratford, and succeeded in 
 interesting Judge Hosea Williams, a safe, 
 cautious business man. in the project. In the 
 spring of 1838, the old flouring-mill with the 
 mill privileges and property were bought, the 
 old dam replaced by a fine stone structure, and 
 a paper-mill put in operation October 1, 1839. 
 John Hoyt was the first superintendent, and 
 gave the classic name of Stratford to the place. 
 On October 30. 1840, a fire originating among 
 the old rags by spontaneous combustion, did 
 considerable damage to the interior of the 
 building. In three months it was repaired and 
 improved, and in the fall of 1844 Howard sold 
 his interest to Hiram G. Andrews. In 1849 
 the old flouring-mill was fitted up for the 
 manufacture of wrapping paper, and turned out 
 about half a ton a day, employing some ten 
 hands. On February 2~. 1X57. the entire mills 
 were burned, entailing a loss of $25,000. with 
 an insurance of not over $10,000. In No- 
 vember of [857, a stone building, two stories 
 high, about 50 x 80 feet, with several additions, 
 was built at a cost of some 830,000. By tin's 
 time the mill was recognized a-- the must im- 
 portant paper-mill west of the Alleghany 
 Mountains. At the time of the lire in 1840. 
 the firm had accounts to the amount of $10,- 
 
 000 due it from the State, and in [861, they 
 had a large contract with the State, which, 
 owing to the unforseen and extraordinary rise 
 
 1 if the paper market, they were compelled to 
 ask to have rescinded. In 1871 J. H. Menden- 
 hall became a partner: later Mr. Andrews re- 
 tired. In 1K77. C. Hills, V. T. Hills, F. A. 
 Hills and F. P. Hills, organized the Hills Pa- 
 
 per Company and operated the mill for five 
 years. F. P. Hills had charge of the business ; 
 Frank Hills had charge of the manufacturing 
 department. In 1872 they sold the business 
 and property to Edsall & Mills, who operated 
 it for a number of years. The property was 
 finally sold to the C. D. & M. Railway, who 
 converted the building into a power-house. 
 
 OIL ENTERPRISES. 
 
 In former times, when tlax was an im- 
 portant crop, a valuable part of it was lost 
 because the farmer had no facilities for ex- 
 tracting the oil from the seeds which this plant 
 produces in abundance. In 1835 Abel Moore 
 began the manufacture of oil. At first the pro- 
 cess was crude indeed. A large log with a 
 hole mortised in it was set upright, and in 
 this, bags containing the ground seed were 
 placed. Wedges were driven in at the sides 
 of the sacks, and in this way a pressure was 
 maintained until a large part of the oil was 
 extracted. A few years later, Robert Cun- 
 ningham purchased the business and introduced 
 a compound-lever press. Soon after that, in 
 order to increase his capital, he gave C. F. 
 Bradley an interest in the business in return 
 for the use of certain sums of money. In a 
 short time Mr. Bradley purchased his part- 
 ner's interest, associating Edward Pratt with 
 himself in the business. About a year later. 
 Alexander Kilbourn bought Pratt's interest, 
 and the business was removed from Franklin 
 Street to Central Avenue, east of the river, 
 where a hydraulic press and other water- 
 power machinery were used in equipping the 
 mill. In tlie winter of 1846. the dam washed 
 out. and because of the uncertain power which 
 the river afforded, they changed their location 
 and steam-power was introduced. The busi- 
 ness was enlarged and William Davis, Alex- 
 ander Kilbourn and |. A. Burnham became 
 members of the firm, which was known as Kil- 
 bourn, Davis & Company. A foundry was 
 added to the business in 1847. Several changes 
 were made in the firm within a few years, re- 
 sulting finally in simply replacing Mr. Davis 
 with John J. Burnham. Their building was 
 
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 burned in 1850, but was immediately replaced. 
 In 1855 Mr. Kilbourn died and .Messrs. Finch 
 and Lamb were taken into the firm. In this 
 year the business was divided, the oil enterprise 
 being sold to Manley D. Covell and Edward 
 Pratt, who removed the business to where the 
 present stone structure stands. It changed 
 hands several times until [862, when it was 
 purchased by J. A. Barnes. He built a sti >ne 
 mill, three stories high. The first-story walls 
 are three feet thick, the second two and one- 
 half feet and the third two feet. This is now 
 ' ccupied as a creamery by \Y. Z. Evans, at 
 the northwest corner of Lake and Winter 
 Streets. Barnes continued in business until 
 the growing of flax in this part of the a >un- 
 try was abandoned. 
 
 FOUNDRIES, ETC. 
 
 When Kilbourn, Davis &- Company started 
 a foundry as above mentioned, they fitted up 
 the building at the corner of Spring and San- 
 dusky Streets. For the first year or two stoves 
 were the only product: but Mr. J. A. Burnham 
 being a practical machinist, the firm decided, 
 in 1850, to engage in the manufacture of. 
 steam-engines. The first of these was made 
 fur Elijah Main's saw-mill. They also made 
 the engine used by J. A. Barnes in his stone 
 oil-mill. The business increased so rapidly 
 that by 1854 they erected the large stone build- 
 ing east of the river and beyond the railroad 
 tin William Street. In i860 the property was 
 purchased by J. C. Evans and Eugene Powell, 
 but the following year Powell sold out to his 
 partner and entered the army. For ten years 
 a large business was carried on. As many as 
 thirteen hundred plows were turned out here 
 in a single year, besides engines and other ma- 
 chinery. A revolving scraper, the invention 
 of die proprietor of the machine shops, was 
 manufactured quite extensively, as many as a 
 hundred a week being made. In 1873 ule 
 pn pert)' was sold to Smith. Wason & Car- 
 penter, car-builders of Cleveland and Chatta- 
 11 ■ " ga, lint on account of the panic, the plant 
 was closed up a year later, there being in- 
 sufficient business to keep it running. 
 
 Numerous other manufacturing enter- 
 prises have come upon the scene and passed 
 eft", either because of mismanagement or for 
 other reasons. Among these we may mention 
 a company that was formed to manufacture 
 wagons. For many years John McElroy had 
 been manufacturing wagons in a small way, 
 which, because of first-class materials and su- 
 perior workmanship, gained a big reputation. 
 Seeking to capitalize this reputation, a com- 
 pany was formed, but in their eagerness for 
 large and quick profits, lumber of inferior 
 quality and not properly seasoned and cheap 
 labor were employed, with the result that some- 
 time early in the '8o's. the enterprise failed, 
 after having sunk, it is said. $60,000. Halleck's 
 Glove Factory was another venture that was 
 started with great prospects about 1901, but 
 went under after sinking thousands of dollars. 
 
 The Delaware Fence Company was or- 
 ganized in 1868 by A. J. Richards, the in- 
 ventor of a fence, who secured for his partner 
 in the enterprise, Eugene Powell. In 1879 
 Cyrus Falconer succeeded to Richard's inter- 
 est in the business, and in the winter of that 
 year, the company secured control of Fritchy's 
 patent shifting-rail for buggies, J. F. Munz's 
 patent wrought-iron sulky for plowing, culti- 
 vating and harrowing, and an improved patent 
 harrow designed by the same inventor. These 
 articles were all Delaware inventions, and the 
 future looked bright to those who had em- 
 barked in the venture, but by 1883 the com- 
 pany had gotten into debt to the extent of 
 $8,000. and for want of proper management, 
 it was decided, in 1884, to wind up its affairs. 
 
 The Cook Motor Company is the out- 
 growth of a repair shop which was started in 
 1895 by Messrs. C. E. and F. E. Cook, and 
 located on the east side of Union Street, be- 
 tween William and Winter Streets. They 
 soon began experimenting on motors, and in 
 1 901. the present company was incorporated 
 under the laws of Ohio. The capital stock is 
 $50,000. and the following gentlemen were 
 the incorporators: W. C. Denison, J. F. Deni- 
 son, L. L. Denison. C. E. Cook and F. E. Cook. 
 When the present company was organized it 
 was the intention to manufacture automobiles. 
 
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 but the increasing demand for stationary en- 
 gines led to a change in their plans. In 1903 
 they abandoned the idea of building auto- 
 mobiles, after having manufactured a sample 
 machine for the Columbus Buggy Company. 
 In the meantime, however, the company had 
 been experimenting with the stationary engine 
 designed by the Cooks. Up to that time, nn 
 data was available that showed the proper 
 principles on which to base the construction of 
 gasoline engines. Some of the more im- 
 portant features which were developed were 
 the connecting-rod. cushion-valve, enclosed 
 case and jump spark. In 1905, their engine 
 having reached such a degree of pertection 
 as to be considered thoroughly reliable and 
 practical, an additional $20,000 of treasury 
 stock was sold. At that time C. C. Stedman 
 became secretary and general manager. The 
 business has grown from an output of from 
 three to five horse-power per month to an aver- 
 age of 225 horse-power per month. The plant 
 is now located in a new brick building, 80 x 200 
 feet in dimensions, which stands on a six-acre 
 tract of land a short distance southwest of the 
 Hocking Valley Station. The plant is equip- 
 ped with the most modern machinery, and 
 employment is given to a force of about 
 twenty-eight men. The engines manufactured 
 here go to all parts of the world, and are sold 
 for every purpose where power is required. 
 The present officers and directors of the com- 
 pany are: W. C. Denison, president; H. \V. 
 Jewell, vice-president ; L. L. Denison, treas- 
 urere; C. C. Stedman, secretary and general 
 manager. 
 
 HAY-BAILERS. 
 
 The Square Deal Manufacturing Company 
 was incorporated in February, 1908. for the 
 manufacture of power hay-presses. The style 
 of press to be manufactured was designed and 
 invented by Luther Trebue. and embodies de- 
 sirable features not to be found in any other 
 hay-press. They are now erecting a fact' iry 
 on North Union Street, 52 x 90 feet in di- 
 mensions. This will lie equipped with modern 
 machinery. The Company has a paid-in capi- 
 
 tal of $25,000, all of which was furnished by 
 Delaware citizens. The officers of the com- 
 pany are: H. F. Owen, president: Joseph J. 
 Neville, vice-president; Ashton Conklin, secre- 
 tary and treasurer ; Luther Trebue, general 
 manager and superintendent. 
 
 STOVES. 
 
 The Sunray Stove Company was incor- 
 porated January 1. 1908, by the following gen- 
 tlemen, who now hold the office indicated after 
 their names: S. S. Blair, president; B. W. 
 Hough, vice-president; M. C. Russell, secre- 
 tary and treasurer; O. D. Hunt, manager; O. 
 G. Knoske. The capital stock of the com- 
 pany is $15,000. The company manufactures 
 gas ranges, heaters and furnaces. At present 
 fifteen people are employed, but the success 
 of the enterprise during the few months since 
 it was started, indicates that in the near future 
 it will require thirty people to make and handle 
 a large enough product to meet the demand. 
 The territory in Ohio is covered by two travel- 
 ling salesmen, and outside of the State the 
 product is handled by jobbers. 
 
 ARTIFICIAL ICE. 
 
 The Delaware Ice and Coal Company was 
 incorporated in 1898. It handled natural ice 
 until the summer of 1907. In April of that 
 year, a brick dwelling, formerly the old woolen 
 mill boarding-house, near the Armory on North 
 Union Street, was purchased and remodelled. 
 An ice plant with a capacity of eighteen tons 
 daily was installed. Twelve men find empli iy- 
 ment in the manufacture and delivery of ice. 
 The following gentlemen were the incorpora- 
 tors, and now hold the offices indicated : Wil- 
 lard Galleher, president; L. K. Galleber, vice- 
 president and secretary; F. P. Hills, treasurer; 
 B. F. Freshwater and R. E. Hills. 
 
 LIGHT, HEAT AXD POWER. 
 
 The Delaware Electric Light, Heat and 
 Power Company was incorporated March 4, 
 1890, by William S. Parks, Leopold H. Holz- 
 
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 miller. Carey B. Paul, Jacob G. Rosenthal, 
 
 .Martin Miller. The first officers elected were: 
 C. B. Paul, president; J. ( i. Rosenthal, secre- 
 tary: M. Miller, treasurer. That same year a 
 brick power-plant was erected just east of 
 where the Big Four railroad crosses Smith 
 Sandusky Street. Since then an addition has 
 been built, making the present dimensions of 
 the plant about 140 by 80 feet. The present 
 equipment comprises horizontal reciprocating 
 engines of a total horse-power of 800, and a 
 battery of seven boilers with a total of 1,100 
 horse-power, and eight dynamos. In 1900 a 
 heating plant was installed to serve the citizens 
 of Delaware with hot-water heat. The same 
 j ear a franchise for the use of the streets was 
 secured. The company now has about two 
 miles of underground mains, and supplies heat 
 to about 185 customers, some of whom are 
 located a mile from the plant. The present 
 officers and directors of the company are: Dr. 
 A. J. Lyon, president; Adolph Frank, vice- 
 president; Martin Miller, treasurer; E. F. 
 Gwynn, manager; J. G. Rosenthal. 
 
 BROOMS. 
 
 Brooms have been manufactured in this 
 county for many years, mostly by blind men, 
 as at present. S. J. Wottring of Delaware, 
 who has been blind for about twenty years, 
 started to make brooms in 1898, and worked 
 along for about a year and a half. Since then 
 he has had help, some of the time two men be- 
 sides himself finding employment in his fac- 
 tory. At present he is making, with the aid 
 of W. Harris Siegfried, another blind man. 
 fifteen dozen brooms a week. The product is 
 marketed in Delaware and surrounding towns. 
 Other makers of brooms in the county at the 
 present time are James Kline, a blind man. 
 residing west of Ashley, near Water Hill, and 
 R. M. Perfect, a blind man, who lives a mile 
 and a half east of Sunbury. I. M. Freese of 
 Concord Township is also engaged in this 
 industry. 
 
 EVAPORATED GOODS. 
 
 The Benedict Evaporating Company, Dela- 
 ware Township, is the only industry of its kind 
 
 in the county. It was established by the pres- 
 ent owner, Griffith G. Benedict, in [876. 
 ginning in a small way with a home-made 
 dryer, by 1888 his business had increased to 
 such an extent as to warrant the erection oi 1 
 special building, which he equipped with the 
 mi 1st modern machinery. He now evaporates 
 from 25,000 to 50,000 pounds of sweet coin, 
 and as high as 2,000 bushels of apples during 
 the short season when the work can be carried 
 on, which is seldom more than two months. 
 
 CLAY PRODUCTS. 
 
 The Delaware Clay Manufacturing Com- 
 pany. In 1878 Wesley Denison and his son, 
 L. L. Denison, formed a partnership under the 
 firm name of Denison & Son, and erected what 
 is known as a summer factory, i. e., a factor} 
 where tile is dried in the air. This was located 
 in the northwestern part of the city of Dela- 
 ware, on the line of the Hocking Valley rail- 
 road. Here they made small drain tile up t' > 
 and including six inches in diameter, which 
 was sold to the farmers throughout the county. 
 At the end of three years they increased their 
 capacity so as to make tile up to and includ- 
 ing eight-inch. In 1884 W. C. Denison and 
 his brother L. L. Denison formed a partner- 
 ship and started a new factory at Mt. Gilead, 
 Ohio, under the firm name of Denison Broth- 
 ers, leaving their father to run the Delaware 
 plant. The Mt. Gilead plant was equipped so 
 as to use artificial means of drying the tile. 
 thus making it possible to operate all the year 
 round. Here they made tile up to and in- 
 cluding the 12-inch size, and gradually in- 
 creased the capacity until they were making 
 the 18-inch size. In 1890 all of the Denison 
 interests were consolidated, another brother. 
 J. F. Denison, entering into the business, and 
 a new plant was built in Delaware. The old 
 plant at Delaware was abandoned, and the 
 Mt. Gilead plant was sold. The new plant was 
 built at the old wagon-works on East William 
 Street, which were purchased by the new com- 
 pany. The first year the business was carried 
 on under the name of Denison Brothers, hut 
 in 1892 a corporation was formed under the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 name of The Delaware Clay Manufacturing 
 Company. They began with twelve kilns, and 
 made drain tile up to and including the 24-mcn 
 size. At the time of incorporating, the com- 
 pany branched into a line of the business known 
 as fire-proofing, and made about fifty tons of 
 that per day for the next ten years, all the 
 time carrying on the manufacture of drain tile. 
 During the time thev were making the fire- 
 proofing, the company kept in close touch with 
 architects, and by them were asked to make 
 a standard-size brick weighing only three 
 pounds, the loss in weight being accomplished 
 by having two holes running through the brick. 
 These were known as hollow brick. At first 
 only a few were made to accommodate certain 
 architects, but their utility was quickly ap- 
 preciated, and gained in popularity so rapidly 
 that thev were soon in use in over a dozen 
 states. By 1901 the business had outgrown 
 the capacity of the plant, and the compam 
 purchased more clay land and built a new 
 plant about one-half a mile farther southeast 
 in Delaware township. This plant was es- 
 pecially adapted to the manufacture of these 
 hollow brick, it being their expectation to con- 
 tinue the manufacture of drain tile and fire- 
 proofing at the old plant on East William 
 Street. Just about the time the new plant was 
 read)' for operation, a trust was formed for the 
 manufacture of fire-proofing material, known 
 as The National Fire-Proofing Company. The 
 East William Street plant, including the fire- 
 proofing interests, were sold to this new com- 
 pam-. and in order to take care of their drain 
 tile business, the Denisons erected an addi- 
 tional plant in connection with their new brick 
 plant. Since that time they have run con- 
 tinuously, making an average of 1,500 car- 
 loads of hollow brick and dram tile per year. 
 They have a tract of eighty acres and furnish 
 employment to about seventy-five men. At the 
 time of the incorporation, L. L. Denison was 
 elected president of the company, Wesley Deni- 
 son became vice-president and W. C. Deni- 
 son and J. F. Denison were directors. About 
 three years later another brother, L. B. Deni- 
 son. became interested in the business in a 
 financial way. but has never given it his per- 
 
 sonal attention. He made the fifth director, 
 and no change was made in the organization 
 until the father, Wesley Denison, died, when 
 his place was taken cm the board by Mrs. L. 
 L. Denison. Mrs. Denison was succeeded by 
 her son, Charles W... when he became of 
 age. 
 
 By 1904 the business had grown to such 
 an extent that it became necessary to increase 
 the capacity of the plant. The Denisons in- 
 corporated another company under the title of 
 The Ohio Clay Company, having the same 
 directors and officials as the Delaware Com- 
 pany, and purchased a plant in Cleveland which 
 was in process of construction. After com- 
 pleting the plant, they operated it in the manu- 
 facture of hollow brick exclusively. Mr. W. 
 C. Denison moved to Cleveland when that plant 
 was opened, and has had charge of the plant 
 there ever since. 
 
 W. A. Fleming & Son operate a tile mill 
 in Oxford Township. We have been unable 
 to learn who established this mill. It was 
 owned at one time by John Hunt, who sold it 
 to Samuel Prince. He was here about seven 
 years when he sold the property to G. J. Hull. 
 Potter Brothers & Fleming purchased the mill 
 from him in September. 1904. Up to this 
 time the mill was operated by horse-power, but 
 the new firm installed a steam-engine and 
 presses and a new kiln, which has a capacity 
 of about $125 worth of tile at a burning. 
 About twenty kilns are burned annually. 
 
 George Standforth started a tile factory in 
 Berlin Township over a quarter of a century 
 ago. [t passed through the hands of different 
 owners until October 25, 1899. when W. Z. 
 Evans purchased the property from O. E. 
 Foster. Mr. Evans has not operated the mill 
 since 1906, but up to and including that year 
 he kept about half a dozen men at work there. 
 The Delaware Department of the National 
 Fircproofing Company occupies the old Deni- 
 son plant mi East William Street, which they 
 purchased in the spring of 1902. They keep 
 about fifty men employed there, and manu- 
 facture about 1,500 tons of terra cotta fire- 
 proofing a month, besides a large amount of 
 drain tile. 
 
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 In 1888 George T. Wolfley and his son 
 H. W. Wolfley formed a partnership under die 
 firm name of Wolfley & Sun, and erected a 
 tile factory in Radnor, a short distance east of 
 the railroad. Thomas W. Disbennett pur- 
 chased the Wolfley Tile Mill in 1904, and has 
 developed a large business. His plant is 
 equipped for the manufacture of all kinds of 
 drain tile from three tu eighteen inches in 
 diameter. 
 
 Benton Brothers Tile Factor}', Scioto 
 Township, near Ostrander, was established 
 here in 1895, in which year Mr. Benton also 
 established a saw-mill. The business was 
 started on the home farm in the fall of [884 
 by 1. R. Benton, but it was moved to its 
 persent location in the year above named. 
 Here he not only has excellent shipping fa- 
 cilities over the Big Four Railroad, but he 
 has a very superior grade of clay, which en- 
 ables him to make a drain-tile especially 
 adapted to the requirements of the railroads, 
 which consume all he can produce. At present 
 about 25,000 rods of tile are made annually. 
 
 The Galena Clay Products Company was 
 incorporated in the spring of 1907. by the 
 following gentlemen, who hold the offices 
 indicated: W. C. Roberts, president; J. J. 
 Adams, vice-president ; James Rose, secretary ; 
 E. B. Cole, manager ; E. C. Bennett. They 
 manufacture tile, having one kiln with a ca- 
 pacity of about $200 worth of tile at a burn- 
 ing. They have about four acres of clay 
 land and employ from six to eight people. 
 
 CIGARS. 
 
 The manufacture of cigars in Delaware is 
 an industry that has developed to some im- 
 portance. In the early '50's. Charles Wottring 
 began the manufacture of cigars in a small 
 way, and continued until just after the Civil 
 War. So far as we have been able to learn. 
 he was the pioneer cigar-make-- in this county. 
 
 Riddle. Graff & Company. This is the 
 oldest firm of cigar manufacturers in the 
 count v. Mr. Christian Riddle learned his trade 
 with Charles Wottring, and in [866, he formed 
 a partnership with John Liebienderfer and 
 
 Jacob Bolinger, under the firm name of 
 Liebienderfer, Bolinger & Company. This 
 firm purchased Charles Wottring's business. 
 The following year Mr. Riddle withdrew from 
 the firm. The business was continued with 
 various changes in the personnel of the firm 
 until sometime in the early '8o's, when it was 
 assigned to Charles Wottring, who closed it 
 out. In 1867. when Christian Riddle with- 
 drew from the firm just mentioned, he started 
 in the manufacture of cigars, doing a small 
 wholesale and retail business. The first thou- 
 sand cigars he shipped out of the city went to 
 a man in Galion, Ohio, who never paid for 
 them. In the early '70's George L. Graff be- 
 came a partner, and the firm name of Riddle 
 & Graff was adopted. LeRoy W. Battenfield 
 became a partner in 1K74. and the firm name 
 was changed to Riddle, Graff & Company. 
 Mr. Graff retired from the firm in the early 
 '90's. Their present three-story factory at 
 No. 10 North Sandusky Street was erected in 
 1878. From 120 to 150 cigar-makers are em- 
 ployed in this business, to whom are paid be- 
 tween $35,000 and $40,000 annually in wages. 
 From six to eight millions of cigars are made 
 annually. This means the consumption of 
 about $75,000 worth of tobacco leaf, and the 
 payment of from $17,000 to $18,000 in reve- 
 nue tax. Five travelling salesmen are em- 
 ployed in marketing this product, which is sold 
 principally in Ohio, Indiana, part of Michi- * 
 gan, Illinois and western New York, as well 
 as in a few towns in Pennsylvania. The ex- 
 pense for outgoing prepaid express charges 
 is about $2,500 annually. 
 
 J. Hessnauer & Company. In 1880 Fred- 
 erick Pfiffner and Jacob Hessnauer established 
 a cigar factory under the name of Pfiffner & 
 Hessnauer. The}" employed five or six people. 
 At the end of five years. Mr. Hessnauer be- 
 came sole proprietor of the business, which he 
 carried on in his own name until 1902. when 
 his son, Frank M. Hessnauer. became a part- 
 ner, and the firm name of J. Hessnauer & 
 Company was adopted. Their principal brand 
 is a five-cent cigar called the "Commercial;" 
 they also make a high-grade ten-cent cigar 
 called "Lynette." About twenty-five people 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 find employment in the manufacture of these 
 cigars, which are sold principally in Ohio. 
 
 The Delaware Co-Operative Cigar Com- 
 pany, which is no longer in existence, did quite 
 an extensive business in its palmy days. The 
 company was incorporated in July, 1884, and 
 the following gentlemen were its first officers : 
 Charles Smith, president; Henry Bayerlein, 
 vice-president ; Charles Pfister, secretary and 
 nanager ; P. Pfister. treasurer. At one time 
 the business gave employment to about a dozen 
 cigarmakers. 
 
 Grasser & Haas. In 1886 John P. Grasser 
 became a stockholder in the Delaware Co- 
 Operative Cigar Company, and continued in 
 its employ until 1893, when he formed a part- 
 nership with A. Dauernheim, under the firm 
 name of Dauernheim & Grasser which pur- 
 chased the business. This partnership con- 
 tinued until 1896, when Mr. Grasser purchased 
 his partner's interest, and ran the business 
 alone until a year later. Then W. E. Haas, 
 who is now Mayor of Delaware, became a 
 partner, and the firm name was changed to 
 Grasser & Haas. About 400.000 cigars are 
 manufactured annually, giving employment 
 to eight or nine people including the mem- 
 bers of the firm. Their leading brands of five- 
 cent cigars are "Henry Gray" and "The Rip- 
 per;" "Tom Watts" is the name of their ten- 
 cent cigar. These cigars are sold principally 
 in Ohio. 
 
 William Hanitsch started in 1895 to make 
 cigars on his own account. He keeps two or 
 three hands busy, and makes about 200,000 
 cigars yearly. His brands are "The Best 
 Handmade" and "Anchor." 
 
 Wells Brothers started in the business of 
 making cigars in July. 1904. Three people, 
 including one member of the firm, are em- 
 ployed in this factory, which turns out about 
 100,000 cigars a year. These are sold prin- 
 cipally in Delaware. "Standard" is their 
 leading brand. 
 
 Charles M. Ulrey is the only cigar-box 
 manufacturer in the county. This business 
 was established in the early '80' s by John 
 Bradbeer, who carried it on until 180=;, when 
 Mr. Ulrev purchased it. About five hundred 
 
 cigar boxes are made daily, giving employ- 
 ment to six or seven men. These boxes are 
 marketed largely in Delaware County, al- 
 though Mr. Ulrey has customers all over the 
 State. 
 
 CREAMERIES. 
 
 The Sunbury Co-Operative Creamery 
 Company was organized during the winter of 
 1892, and was chartered on January 28th of 
 that year, with a capital stock of $6,000 paid 
 in. There were originally forty-three stock- 
 holders. The first Board of Directors was as 
 follows : L. James Wilson, president ; Milton 
 Utley, vice-president; John Landon, William 
 D. Miller, James Cockrell, Roswel Edwards 
 and E. D. Palmer. J. H. Kimball, secretary 
 and general manager; O. H. Kimball, treas- 
 urer. In addition to those who served as of- 
 ficers, the following appear on the charter as 
 incorporators: Jasper Boyd, Thomas Andrews, 
 W. P. Roberts and Kimball Sedgwick. After 
 sixteen years' continuous service on the part 
 of Messrs. Wilson, Landon. Miller, Boyd and 
 Cockrell without compensation as officers, the 
 Board of Directors for 1908 is as follows: L. 
 James Wilson, president: William D. Miller, 
 vice president: John Landon, Sam L. Rose- 
 crans. Jasper Boyd, Edwin Phillips. James 
 Cockrell. Kimball Sedgwick, secretary and 
 general manager; Charles O. Armstrong, 
 treasurer. This company is one of the most 
 successful in the State of Ohio. It was estab- 
 lished by farmers for farmers. The company 
 acts merely as agent. The farmer delivers the 
 milk to the creamery, and receives the net 
 pn iceeds of the business after deducting the 
 actual running expenses, including a "royalty 
 or rental" (which goes to the shareholders) of 
 five cents per hundred pounds on all milk re- 
 ceived. The creamery began receiving milk 
 May 2. 1892, taking in on that day 2.298 
 pounds. Milk, cream and all the products of 
 the same, or of which these are an ingredient, 
 and their by-products are handled and manu- 
 factured. The reputation of the creamery, 
 however, has been established on the merit of 
 its butter. From a small beginning, the terri- 
 
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 151 
 
 tory from which the company draws its raw 
 material lias spread over the entire eastern half 
 of Delaware County and into Morrow. Lick- 
 ing and Franklin Counties. From a total of 
 $8,965.3) in 1892, the business has grown to 
 $223,549.01 in 1907. and there is every 
 prospect that it will reach the quarter million 
 mark in 1908. The company has continually 
 expended its surplus capital in extension and 
 improvements, and today possesses one of the 
 finest brick buildings in Delaware County. 
 equipped with the most modern machinery and 
 every facility for handling its materials and 
 pn ducts in the most sanitary manner. 
 
 The Delaware Creamery Company at the 
 northwest corner of Lake and Winter Streets. 
 \\ is established in 1901 by W. Z. Evans. But- 
 ter and condensed milk are the products manu- 
 factured, this being the only condensing plant 
 in the county. A business amounting to $75,- 
 coo was done in 1907. giving employment to 
 from twelve to fifteen people. 
 
 The Ashley Co-Operative Creamery Com- 
 pany was incorporated in May, 1892. Benja- 
 min Stitler was president and Chesley Worn- 
 staff was treasurer of the company. The farm- 
 ers could not be interested sufficiently to fur- 
 nish milk enough to carry on the business 
 profitably, so in October. 1895, the enterprise 
 was abandoned. 
 
 LIME AND STONE. 
 
 The Scioto Lime and Stone Company is 
 one of the flourishing and growing industries 
 of Delaware County. The plant is located in 
 Scioto Township on the east side of the river 
 near the northern boundary of Concord Town- 
 ship. A spur runs from the plant to the Big 
 Four Railroad. The company has the only 
 hydrating lime machine in this part of the 
 State. It has a capacity of 1.000 barrels of 
 lime per day. and employs forty to fifty men 
 in the busy season. Besides doing a large 
 local business, the company ships extensively 
 to eastern and southern states. H. E. Kendrick 
 is the manager of the plant, having his office 
 on North Sanduskv Street. Delaware. 
 
 The White Sulphur Stone Company of 
 Scioto Township was established m [904 by 
 Oliver Perry Bird and James Richey, under 
 the firm name of Bird & Richey. At first they 
 operated two stone quarries in Concord Town- 
 ship, but in 1906, Mr. Christian was admitted 
 to the firm, and at that time they acquired 
 eight acres of quarry land where they are now- 
 located a little west of White Sulphur station 
 on the Big Four Railroad. They employ abou 
 twenty-five men, and do a large business in 
 crushed stone, and also have contracts for till- 
 ing about twenty miles of count}- turnpikes. 
 
 In Berkshire, Trenton, Harlem and Genoa 
 Townships are to be found quarries of fine 
 building stone, those of Berkshire and Tren- 
 ton being of superior quality. On account of 
 the poor facilities for shipping, these quarries 
 have never been worked extensively. The first 
 quarry in Trenton Township was opened at an 
 early day by a Mr. Allison. Upwards oi thirty 
 years ago a large quarry was opened on the 
 Landon farm on Big Walnut Creek. Williams 
 & Knox opened another large quarry years 
 ago. Many others were opened in different 
 parts of the township, but largely for the per- 
 sonal use of the proprietors. The Sunbury 
 Stone Company was incorporated in n>oj by 
 Columbus capitalists, although some citizens 
 of Sunbury have stock in the enterprise. They 
 are working what is known as the Bunyan 
 quarry, adjoining the Landon quarries. 
 
 Frank L. Campbell has a 12-acre blue lime- 
 stone quarry on West William Street. This 
 was opened originally by William Little, whose 
 name figures prominently in the early history 
 of Delaware. From him the quarry passed to 
 George W. Campbell. After running the 
 quarry for a long time, he sold to George Lit- 
 tle, a son of William Little, and from him it 
 passed to Frank Little Campbell, who is a 
 grandson of the original proprietor, in 18c A 
 Mi - . Campbell employs about thirty-five men, 
 and gets out about a thousand carloads of 
 building stone annually, and as a by-product, 
 between 600 and 700 carloads of crushed st"iu* 
 per year. The fine quality of this stone is in- 
 dicated by the fact that Mr. Campbell saws it 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 into blocks. It is marketed mostly in Colum- 
 bus, although it is shipped all over the State. 
 
 Wain Hazeltnn has about two and one- 
 half acres of land situated in Delaware north- 
 west of the Hocking Valley station. Here he 
 has operated a stone quarry for about thirteen 
 years. During the busy season he employs 
 from forty to ioo men in his business. He 
 contracts for turnpikes and city streets, and 
 so far as is known, the first complaint has yet 
 to be made regarding the quality of his work. 
 
 GAS MANUFACTURE. 
 
 Before success was finally achieved, sev- 
 eral attempts were made by different parties 
 to establish a plant for the manufacture of gas 
 in Delaware. As early as 1856, Harvey P. 
 Piatt made a proposal to the Council and they 
 granted him the use of the city streets, re- 
 stricting the price of gas to the Corporation to 
 $3 per thousand cubic feet, and the price to 
 citizens to $4. In the latter part of the suc- 
 ceeding year. Piatt having failed to fulfill his 
 part of the contract, Israel I. Richardson and 
 J. C. Evans were granted like privileges for 
 the same purpose, the price of gas being made 
 to city and citizens alike at $4. These gentle- 
 men were given until i860 in which to com- 
 plete their project, but they, too, failed, and 
 the rights granted were revoked. During [859, 
 however, The Delaware Gas Light and Coal 
 Oil Company was organized by William Stev- 
 enson, Joseph Atkinson. Jacob Riblet and oth- 
 ers. These gentlemen were from Mansfield, 
 Galion and elsewhere, and were granted the 
 usual privileges on April 21, [860, the price of 
 gas being fixed at $2 per thousand feet to the 
 city, and $3 to private consumers. The fol- 
 lowing men were the first officers of the com- 
 pany: Jacob Rihlet. president; A. S. Caton, 
 secretary; J. Atkinson, superintendent, and 
 Charles Wottring, treasurer. They at once 
 ^ct about erecting their works on Estella 
 Street. The first pipes put down were of wo. id. 
 but in 1870, these were replaced by iron pipes, 
 and the whole establishment enlarged. A new 
 purifying house was built, a gasometer with a 
 
 capacity of 18,000 feet replaced the old one. 
 and a new bench of five retorts added, making 
 an effective force of eleven retorts. The com- 
 pany continued to extend its distributing sys- 
 tem, and in 1888. built a gas-holder with a ca- 
 pacity of 36,000 feet. The following year a 
 new office building was erected on Estella 
 Street at a cost of about $2,000. As the de- 
 mand increased, the capacity of the plant was 
 enlarged until it was 100,000 feet per day. On 
 January 15, 1894, the name was changed to 
 the Delaware Gas Company by an amendment 
 to the charter, and in July, 1902. the charter 
 was again amended so as to permit the com- 
 pany to distribute natural gas. This was the 
 seci md gas company in the United States to 
 make a change from the manufacture of arti- 
 ficial gas to distributing natural gas. The 
 change involved great expense, but was made 
 without inconveniencing the consumers in any 
 way. The company owns one of the finest dis- 
 tributing plants in the State of Ohio. It com- 
 prises nine regulators and twenty-four miles 
 of mains. It has 1.500 meters in use. and 
 sells gas to the city and citizens at a net price 
 of 2j cents per thousand cubic feet. The capi- 
 tal stock of the company is now $120,000. 
 Judge T. C. Jones was elected president of the 
 company in 1877. and served until August, 
 1892, when he was succeeded by Chauncy 
 Hills. Mr. Hills held the office at the time of 
 his death, February 8, 1901. and was suc- 
 ceeded by Captain V. T. Hills, who served un- 
 til January, 1904. Captain Archibald Lybrand 
 was then elected to the position and served a 
 year. Air. T. C. Jones, who is now president 
 and manager, was elected to the office in 
 January, 1905. Mr. C. M. Converse became 
 secretary and manager of the company in 1877. 
 and was followed in 1888 by J. M. Armstrong. 
 In December. 1891, he was succeeded by T. C. 
 Jones, who held the office until be became presi- 
 dent, and was succeeded by John L. Shaub, 
 who is now secretary of the company. In 
 1902, the office building above referred to was 
 converted into a workshop, and the offices of 
 the company were removed to their present lo- 
 cation on West Winter Street. 
 
CHAPTER. VIII. 
 
 BANKS AND BANKING. 
 
 A History of the Bunks of Delaware County — Past and Present. 
 
 The citizens of Delaware County have been 
 mi >st fortunate in having the banking business 
 of the community in the hands of men who 
 have proven themselves not only honorable, 
 but capable and conservative financiers. They 
 have safely piloted the banks of this county 
 through all the panics and financial storms 
 which have periodically swept over the coun- 
 try, so that the history of banking in Delaware 
 G unty has yet to record its first failure. In 
 making this statement, we except, of course, 
 the first attempt at banking which from the 
 following account of its brief career, seem-, at 
 this late date like a joke, while it illustrates the 
 loose business methods of those early times. 
 X' ' nne but the founders of this bank suffered 
 by its untimely collapse, and their anguish. 
 probably was largely mental. 
 
 The first bank in Delaware was organized 
 about 1S1 7, and was called the Bank of Dela- 
 ware. It was a bank of issue. William Lit- 
 tle was the principal stockholder; Moses Bvxhe. 
 Sr., was president, and Leonard H. Cowles 
 was cashier. Mr. Cowles, who was a son-in- 
 law of Moses Byxbe. Sr., was one of the earli- 
 est resident lawyers of Delaware, a graduate of 
 Yale and a classmate of John C. Calhoun. The 
 bank was opened in a building which stood on 
 the northeast corner of Sandusky and William 
 Streets, where the transfer station of the Co- 
 lumbus. Delaware & Marion Railway now is. 
 
 After the bank had been in business a few- 
 days. Mr. Little concluded to examine its con- 
 dition and assets. He went to the bank and 
 asked the cashier what his success was, and re- 
 ceiving a favorable answer, asked the cashier 
 10 
 
 if he was loaning any money. "Oh, ves !" said 
 the cashier, "Lots of it." Mr. LJttle then re- 
 quested to see the notes. "Oh!" replied the 
 cashier, "I didn't take any notes; I just charged 
 the loans up on the books." Mr. Little, be- 
 coming suspicious that the institution was be- 
 ing run rather loosely, stepped into the back 
 room, where he found the bills of the bank 
 piled up on a table. He gathered them all up, 
 wrapped them in a paper, put the bundle under 
 his arm, and going into the front room, said 
 to the cashier. "You may lock the door; this 
 bank is broke." We commend that method of 
 winding up the affairs of a bank without the 
 vexatious delays of a resort to receivers and 
 courts. 
 
 One of the bills iff the bank, in some 
 miraculous way, weathered the storms of pio- 
 neer days, and was found under the floor of 
 the old Court House when it was torn down. 
 It is now in the possession of Hon. John D. 
 Van Deman, and through his courtesy we are 
 able to show the accompanying photographic 
 reproduction of this most interesting relic. 
 
 The Delaware National Bank. The 
 following history of this bank, including the 
 banks that preceded it. is given substantially 
 as it was written by Mr. Sidney Moore, shortly 
 before his death. The necessarv data has been 
 added to make the chronicle complete to the 
 present time. On February 14, 1845. tne Gen- 
 eral Assembly passed an Act entitled, "An Act 
 to Incorporate the State Bank of Ohio and 
 other Banking Companies." Under the pro- 
 visions of this Act, a Board of Bank Commis- 
 sioners, consisting of Hon. Gustavus Swan 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and others, met on March 18th, and organized 
 a Board of Control, electing Mr. Swan as presi- 
 dent, and Joseph Olds as secretary. On June 
 14. 1845. thirty-three persons organized the 
 Delaware County branch of the State Bank oi 
 Ohio, with a capital stock of $100,000. At 
 subsequent meetings of the Board of Control, 
 to and including June 19, 1845. applications 
 to establish branch banks at seven cities and 
 t> wns were bled. Among those making ap- 
 plication, the one from Delaware was accepted 
 by the Board of Control, and the Delaware 
 County Branch of the State Bank of Ohio 
 commenced business on October 12, 1845. At 
 a meeting of the stockholders, Hon. Hosea 
 Williams, William Little, B. Powers. W. D. 
 Heim and C. Howard were elected directors 
 Judge Williams was elected president, and B. 
 Powers, cashier. Sidney Mm ire. Jr., was ap- 
 pointed teller and bookkeeper. Judge Wil- 
 liams was president of the bank until the ex- 
 piration of its charter in 1865. Mr. Powers 
 served as director and cashier until 1855, when 
 he resigned as cashier, and was succeeded by 
 Sidney Moore, who filled the position until 
 the expiration of the charter. 
 
 The Delaware County National Bank 
 was organized under the Act of Congress, en- 
 titled, "An Act to Provide a National Cur- 
 rency," etc.. which was approved June 3. 1864. 
 Articles of association for organizing this bank 
 were signed January <>, 18(15, and an election 
 of directors was held on the 10th of the same 
 month. Hon. Hosea Williams, B. Powers. W. 
 1). Heim, 11. G. Andrews and Sidney Moore 
 were elected. Judge Williams became presi- 
 dent, and Sidney Moore was appointed cash- 
 ier. March 1, [865, Hon. Hugh McCullough, 
 comptroller of the currency, issued his Certifi- 
 cate of Authority to commence the business of 
 banding, and on March 8th; the business of 
 the old bank was transferred and assigned to 
 the new organization. The charter -ranted at 
 this time expired January 7, 1885, and was 
 then renewed or extended for twenty years. 
 The original Board of Directors served until 
 18(17. when Mr. Andrew^ resigned, and John 
 R. Milliard was appointed in his place. The 
 board as thus (.instituted continued until Jan- 
 
 uary 9, 1872, when John Wolfley succeeded 
 Mr. Hilliard. No further change occurred in 
 the personnel of the board until February 18, 
 1876, when Chauncy Hills was appointed to 
 the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Wil- 
 liams on February 12th. On July 28, 1876, 
 Hon. T. C. Jones became a director in place 
 of B. Powers, resigned. On June 13, 1880, 
 the same board was elected, except that V. T. 
 Hills succeeded John Wolfley as a director. 
 This board served until 1883. From that time 
 until 1885, Messrs. C. Hills, T. C. Jones, V. 
 T. Hills, Sidney Moore and Rev. John W. 
 White composed the Board of Directors. Mr. 
 White resigned in 1886, and W. Little took 
 his place. No further change was made in the 
 membership until the death of Hon. T. C. 
 Jones, August 13, 1892. A. H. Jones was 
 elected to the vacancy August 22, 1892, and 
 no other change occurred in the board until 
 September. 1900. when W. Little resigned. 
 At this time E. I. Pollock was appointed cash- 
 ier of the bank. In 1901, Messrs. C. Hills, 
 V. T. Hills, A. H. Tones, Sidney Moore and 
 H. J. McCullough were elected as directors. 
 Mr. C. Hills died February 8, 1901, and on 
 the nth of March following, L. L. Denison 
 was appointed in his stead. The death of Mr. 
 McCullough. June 2j, 1903, made the next 
 change in the board, and E. I. Pollock was ap- 
 pointed as his successor, on August 17th. The 
 Board of Directors as thus constituted was re- 
 elected January 12, 1904. The charter of this 
 bank expired on January 6, 1905. and at that 
 time it went into liquidation. 
 
 The Delaware National Bank began 
 business on January 7, 1905. The application 
 for a charter for this bank was made Novem- 
 ber 7, 1904, and was signed by Sidney Moore, 
 V. T. Hills, L. L. Denison, A. H. Jones and 
 E. I. Pollock. The charter was dated Decem- 
 ber 7. 1904. and an election was held on the 
 10th of the following month, at which time 
 the number of directors was increased from 
 five to seven, and the following board was 
 elected: Sidney Moore. V. T. Hills, L. L. 
 Denison, E. I. Pollock, Lewis Slack. T. J. 
 Griffin and J. L. Anderson. The board con- 
 tinued without change until the death of Mr. 
 
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 155 
 
 Moore on May 27, 1907. the vacancy thus 
 created being filled by T. M. Thompson, who 
 was elected on June 10. 1907. The present of- 
 ficers of the bank are: V. T. Hills, president; 
 L. L. Denison, vice-president, and E. I. Pol- 
 It ick, cashier. 
 
 The bank occupies a fine two-story build- 
 ing at 34 North Sandusky Street. This lot 
 was deeded to the bank on February 13, 1868, 
 by John R. Milliard, the consideration being 
 $3,250. On the 17th of the following May. 
 the president and cashier were appointed a 
 ci immittee to make all arrangements for the 
 erection of a building suitable for the busi- 
 ness. In 1886, the building was remodeled, in- 
 cluding the erection of a new front, and at that 
 time was entirely refurnished. In 1905. the 
 building was again remodeled, a new addition 
 built to the rear of the building, and the old 
 vault replaced with one thoroughly up-to-date 
 in every respect. When this bank opened in 
 1905. it made a new departure, in starting a 
 savings department. The following statement 
 of the affairs of this institution dated February 
 29, 1908, may be of interest: 
 
 RESOURCES. 
 
 Loans and Discounts $440,256.16 
 
 United States and other Bonds 227.700.31 
 
 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 22,500.00 
 
 Due from Banks and U. S. Treasurer 72,003.30 
 
 Cash 43.879.99 
 
 Total $806,33976 
 
 LIABILITIES. 
 
 Capital Stock $150,000.00 
 
 Surplus and Profits 36,955.87 
 
 Circulation 98,700.00 
 
 Due to Banks 948.25 
 
 Deposits 472,735.64 
 
 Bond Account 47,000.00 
 
 Total $8o6,339v6 
 
 The following is the list of officers and 
 their terms of service: Presidents, Hon. 
 Hosea Williams, January 13, 1865, until his 
 death, February 12, 1876: William D. Heim. 
 February 14. 1876, until his death. January 8 
 [883; Sidney Moore, January 8. 1883. until 
 
 his death. May 27. 1907. He was succeeded 
 by V. T. Hills, who is now president. Vice- 
 presidents, Chauncy Hills, January 9, 1877, to 
 February 8, 1901 ; V. T. Hills, January 13, 
 1892, until his election as president on June 
 10, 1907: L. L. Denison, who now holds the 
 office, became vice-president on last named 
 date. Cashiers, Sidney Moore. January 13, 
 1865. to January 9, 1883; William Little, 
 January 8, 1883. to September 1, 1900, when 
 he was succeeded by the present cashier, E. I. 
 Pollock. 
 
 The First National Bank. While this 
 is not the oldest bank in Delaware, it was the 
 first national bank established in this city un- 
 der the "Act of Congress to Provide a Na- 
 tional Currency, etc." The present institution 
 is built, as it were, upon the foundation of The 
 Bank of Delaware, which was organized Au- 
 gust 3, 1857. under the provisions of the law 
 fi ir incorporating State banks. The original 
 stockholders were: Hon. H. Williams, B. 
 Powers, P. D. Hillyer, Sidney Moore, Jr., C. 
 
 A. Powers and W. E. Moore. These men. 
 with the exception of W. E. Moore, constituted 
 the Board of Directors. On August 10, 1857, 
 Mr. Hillyer was elected president and C. A. 
 Powers, cashier. The bank opened for business 
 in what is now the Hotel Donavin block on 
 North Sandusky Street. At that time the first 
 floor was reached by a short flight of steps 
 from the sidewalk. The application for the 
 charter of the First National Bank was signed 
 by seventeen persons. The charter was granted 
 on February 2T,, 1864. Hon. Hosea Williams, 
 
 B. Powers. H. G. Andrews, Isaac Day and Sid- 
 ney Moore, Jr., composed the first Board of 
 Directors. On January 16, 1864. the First 
 National Bank took over the business of the 
 Bank of Delaware, and on January 18th, B. 
 Powers was elected president and W. E. 
 Moore, cashier. J. E. Gould became cashier 
 nil February 15, 1876, and on January 8. 1884, 
 he was succeeded by G. W. Powers. B. Pow- 
 ers resigned as president on February 16, 1880, 
 and C. B. Paul was elected to fill the vacancy. 
 Mr. Paul continued to serve as president un- 
 til his death. January 11. 1901. and on January 
 17th. Hon. J. D. Van Deman. who is now 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 president, was elected to the office. The other 
 officers of the bank at the present time are: 
 M. Miller, vice-president; G. W. Powers, 
 cashier; R. B. Powers, assistant cashier. The 
 present -Board of Directors is composed of the 
 following gentlemen: Hon. J. D. Van De- 
 man, M. Miller, G. W. Powers, H. W. Jewell. 
 VV. M. Miller and L. W. Battenfield. Of the 
 seventeen men who applied for the original 
 charter of this hank, only three are now liv- 
 ing— V. T. Hills. M. Miller and W. E. Moore. 
 
 The lot at 26 North Sandusky Street, on 
 which the bank is now located, was purchased 
 in 1865 for $1,700, and the building was 
 erected in that year. The bank began business 
 in their new building on January I, 1866. The 
 building was remodeled in 1883, and plans 
 have been made for the erection of an addi- 
 tion to the rear of the building this year, and 
 a large vault embodying the latest improve- 
 ments will also be built at the same time. 
 
 The following statement shows the assets 
 and liabilities of the bank on February 24, 
 1908: 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 Loan? and Bonds $3.35,645.86 
 
 United States Bonds 100,000.00 
 
 Real Estate, etc 12,500.00 
 
 Cash and Exchange 112,856.35 
 
 Due from U. S. Treasurer 3,000.00 
 
 Total $564,002.21 
 
 LIABILITIES. 
 
 Capital Stock $100000.00 
 
 Surplus and Profits 23,494.50 
 
 Circulation 100,000.00 
 
 Deposits 340,50771 
 
 Total $564,002.21 
 
 This bank has been justly distinguished 
 for its conservative management. It has never 
 parsed its dividend, and in all the financial 
 panics which have disturbed the country it has 
 never failed to meet, on demand, all claims 
 up n it. Depositors have felt that their money 
 was as safe in the keeping of this bank a-- it 
 would lie in the vaults of the government. 
 
 The Deposit Banking Company. In, 
 
 [867, as a result of the efforts of Henry A. 
 Welch, a co-partnership was formed fur con- 
 ducting a banking business in Delaware, un- 
 der the name of the Deposit Banking Com- 
 pany. The following men were members of 
 the company : H. W. Pumphrey, William G. 
 Williams. H. M. Carper, Hon. John D. Van 
 Deman, E. R. Thompson, William Warren, 
 Sr., Archibald Lybrand, John Brundige, S. P. 
 Shur, J. J. Shur and Henry A. Welch. The 
 bank opened for business in December. 1S69. 
 The business was continued as a co-partner- 
 ship until May 14, 1890. when it was incor- 
 porated under the State Banking Law. The 
 following are the names of the incorporators: 
 S. P. Shur, Prof. W. G. Williams. H. A. 
 Welch, R. G. Lybrand and Samuel Lybrand. 
 At the first election after the incorporation, the 
 following officers were elected: S. P. Shur. 
 president; H. A. Welch, vice-president; N. P. 
 Ferguson, cashier; R. R. Welch, assistant 
 cashier. The following named gentlemen have 
 filled the various offices of the bank down to 
 the present time: Presidents. H. W. Pum- 
 phrey, John Mendenhall. Archibald Lybrand 
 and S. P. Shur, who now fills the office. Cash- 
 iers, H. A. Welch until 1896; X. P. Ferguson, 
 Fred T. Jones, and from 1898 to April 1, 1908, 
 R. M. Avery was cashier. The latter was suc- 
 ceeded by A. S. Conklin. H. W. Jones is the 
 present assistant cashier. The present board 
 of Directors comprises the following gentle- 
 men : S. P. Shur, president ; Christian Riddle, 
 vice-president; R. M. Avery, cashier; R. G. 
 Lybrand, E. J. Healy, W. M. Heseltine and A. 
 S. Conklin. Since its incorporation, the bank 
 has been paying interest on time deposits. The 
 bank has a capital, $50,000; surplus and un- 
 divided profits, $37,300; deposits, $414.0 o; 
 cash and due from banks, $138,700; loans. 
 $316,400; Delaware County and City bonds, 
 $32,858. 
 
 The Delaware Savings Bank Company 
 which is the oldest savings bank in the county. 
 is patterned after The Fremont Savings Hank. 
 in which President Hayes was largely inter- 
 ested. He recommended something of the kind 
 for his native city, and with this in view, the 
 following gentlemen. Chauncy Hills. H. J. 
 
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 McCullough, V. D. Stayman and J. L. Wolfley. 
 incorporated The Delaware Savings Bank 
 Company, on February 19, 1890. 
 
 The bank opened for business on July 27, 
 1891. with the following directors and officers: 
 C. Hills, H. ]. McCullough, John Powell, B. 
 W. Brown, F. P. Hills, H. M. Perkins. J. H, 
 Grove, Charles Brundige and R. K. Willis. H. 
 M. Perkins, president; B. W. Brown, vice- 
 president ; C. O. Little, cashier. A new field 
 seemed to have been opened up. and the bank 
 immdiately started on a prosperous career. 
 The opportunity to make large or small cle- 
 posits that could be withdrawn at any time, 
 was immediately taken advantage of by a great 
 number of Delaware County's thrifty people. 
 Many of the thousands of accounts which have 
 been opened with the bank are in the names of 
 children, some of whom, today, have reached 
 the age when they can realize what foresight 
 their parents displayed years ago. 
 
 This bank has paid to its depositors over 
 $130,000 in interest since its organization, and 
 its deposits have steadily grown, until now 
 they are larger than the deposits of any bank 
 in the county. The present officers and direc- 
 tors of the bank are: Dr. A. J. Lyon, presi- 
 lent ; Prof. C. B. Austin, vice-president ; F. P. 
 Hills, cashier since January 1. 1892; W. H. 
 Bodurtha, assistant cashier. Besides the presi- 
 dent, vice-president and cashier, the following 
 men are members of the Board of Directors: 
 Charles Brundige. Hon. B. F. Freshwater, 
 Colonel J. Al. Crawford, \Y. Shawaker, T. C. 
 Jones and J. E. McCullough. The following 
 is the statement of the bank's assets and liabili- 
 ties on February 29, 1908: 
 
 RESOURCES. 
 
 Loans and Discounts $44 r .770.l9 
 
 Bonds 98,127.25 
 
 Cash 32,50933 
 
 Due from Banks 75.697-lS 
 
 Furniture. Fixtures anil Real Estate 4.450.00 
 
 Total $652.553-95 
 
 LIABILITIES. 
 
 Capital Stock $50,000.00 
 
 Surplus and Profits 34./OS-l6 
 
 1 >epi isits 567.84879 
 
 Total $652,553-95 
 
 The Farmers Bank. Sunbury, Ohio. This 
 bank was organized in October. 1S72, with a 
 capital of $50,000. The original stockholders 
 were E. Kimball, John Hall, Alanson Knox, 
 George Armstrong, George Grist, E. R. 
 Thompson, O. D. Hough and B. Moore. The 
 first officers were : Elias Kimball, president : 
 W. A. Thompson, cashier. The directors were 
 Elias Kimball, E. R. Thompson. Alanson 
 Knox, O. D. Hough and B. Moore. Mr. 
 Kimball died soon after the organization of 
 the bank, and was succeeded in the presidency 
 by Mr. Moore. In 1875, Mr. O. H. Kimball 
 became cashier. We have been unable to se- 
 cure a connected history of the bank since the 
 last named date, or a statement of its financial 
 condition for publication. The following gen- 
 tlemen are the present officers : John Landon, 
 president ; J. J. Stark, vice-president. These 
 gentlemen, with C. W. Parton and G. J. Burr, 
 are the directors. Owen A. Kimball is cashier. 
 
 The Bank of Ashley was established in 
 1884, and is owned by the private banking firm 
 of Sperry & Wornstaff. It has resources of 
 $150,000. Both members of the firm are men 
 of wealth. Mr. Sperry devotes his entire time 
 to the banking business, while Mr. Worn- 
 staff's time is occupied in looking after his 
 large farming interests. 
 
 The Farmers Savings Bank Company, 
 of Ashley, is a State bank, incorporated Au- 
 gust 26, 1904. It was opened for business on 
 February 9, 1905. It has a capital stock of 
 $25,000, and on August 7. 1907, its deposit- 
 were $128,943.56. The following gentlemen 
 are the officers of the bank : President. W. 
 Slack; vice-president, T. J. Cole: cashier. F. E. 
 Whipple; assistant cashier. F. ]. Rilev. Direc- 
 tors: W. Slack, I. F. Wilt. II. I',. Blair, T. 1. 
 Cole. B. F. McMaster, Isaac Clark. R. D. Mc- 
 Gonigle. 
 
 The Bank of Galena Company, of 
 Galena, was incorporated in January, 1902. Its 
 capital stock is $50,000, and its cash capital 
 paid in is $25,000. The following are the di- 
 rectors and officers of the hank: William D. 
 Miller, president; John II. Dustin, vice-presi- 
 dent; J. J. Adams, cashier; George W. Bright, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Charles Horton, Edward Hall and W. F. Ben- 
 nett. 
 
 The Ostrander Banking Company, of 
 Ostrander, Ohio, was organized in March, 
 1903, under the hanking laws of Ohio. W. H. 
 Carr is president, and William Harris is cash- 
 ier. The directors are W. H. Carr, J. C. 
 Maugans, Marion Kirkland, H. W. Ritten- 
 house and J. I. Adamson. The resources of 
 the bank amount to $141,000. Since its or- 
 ganization, the bank has had a healthy growth 
 and gives substantial promise for the future. 
 
 Building and Loan Association. As far 
 as the records show, the first association incor- 
 porated in Ohio was "The Delaware Building 
 Association" of Delaware. The articles of in- 
 corporation were filed with the secretary of the 
 State on February 20, 1867. There were few 
 such institutions in the State at that time, and 
 these were modeled on the German plan. Build- 
 ing and Loan Associations soon became very 
 popular in the cities of Ohio. The original 
 idea was to furnish cheap money, on long 
 time, to poor people, thus enabling them to 
 purchase or to build homes, or to pay off in- 
 debtedness on homes already acquired. Hun- 
 dreds of people in Delaware have reason to 
 bless these beneficent institutions. Nothing 
 ever gave a greater stimulus to the building 
 of homes in our city than the old Delaware 
 Building Association. 
 
 The plan on which the association was 
 based has been brought to the attention of 
 Hon. J. D. Van Deman by a citizen of Day- 
 ton. He studied the plan, and with the aid 
 of Mr. C. E. Hills, who was always a leader in 
 all public enterprises, a Building Association 
 in Delaware was started. A charter was ob- 
 tained, as already started, and Messrs. Van 
 Deman and Hills canvassed the city fur stock 
 subscriptions. It is said that during this time. 
 there was more figuring in interest and weekly 
 payments, and calculating when the association 
 would probably pay out than was ever seen 
 before; the fences about town were covered 
 with figures. The full amount of stock was 
 soon subscribed, ami the association opened its 
 doors with Hon. John D. Van Deman as 
 president, and John J. Glover, now in the De- 
 
 partment nf Justice, at Washington, as secre- 
 tary. 
 
 The money was put up at auction, and 
 loaned to the bidder offering to pay the highest 
 premium above the rate of interest. The as- 
 sociation was successful from the beginning, 
 and being on the terminal plan, it paid out 
 in a little over seven years. Many a family 
 had a home through this institution who would 
 always have been homeless were it not for its 
 methods. 
 
 When the association expired by limitation. 
 all the stockholders met in Templer Hall; the 
 president cancelled all the mortgages and de- 
 livered them to the stockholders, who thus 
 had their homes free from incumbrance. Other 
 associations followed, but the first was the 
 most successful of them all. 
 
 There are now two building and loan as- 
 sociations in Delaware, but their plan of or- 
 ganization and operation are quite different 
 from the one we have just noted. Money is 
 no longer put up at auction, nor are shares sold 
 on the terminal plan. Money is loaned on 
 mortgages in the regular way, at a stated rate 
 of interest, the mortgagor having the privi- 
 lege of paying any part or all of the principal 
 at any time. 
 
 The People's Building and Loan Com- 
 pany was incorporated in October. 1885. by 
 J. Hippie, James M. Jones. John Donahue. 
 Hon. F. M. Marriott 'and H. L. Baker. At 
 first its capital stock was $800,000; this was 
 later increased to $1,000,000, and when this 
 was all subscribed, the "stock in 1905, was in- 
 creased to $2,000,000. When the company 
 started, it did business like any other building 
 and loan association of those days, charging a 
 legal rate of interest, and in- addition, by put- 
 ting the money up at auction, it secured a 
 premium, which amounted to extra interest. 
 A good many years ago this plan was aban- 
 doned, and a fixed rate of interest (seven per 
 cent.) was charged. In November, 1899. the 
 rate of interest was fixed at six per cent., and 
 this rate has remained unchanged to the pres- 
 ent time. 
 
 The Board of Directors consists of nine 
 members, three of whom are elected each 
 
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 year by the stockholders for a term of three 
 years. This board manages the affairs of the 
 company. In October, [907, there were 1,644 
 members, and their depi sits amounted to 
 $345,000. The value of loans outstanding 
 was $354,971.09. The reserve fund for con- 
 tingent losses was $12,179.85. 
 
 The present officers of the company are: 
 C. Riddle, president; R. G. Lybrand, vice- 
 president; H. C. Clippinger, secretary; E. F. 
 Young, assistant secretary, and R. M. Avery, 
 treasurer. The following gentlemen consti- 
 tute the present Board of Directors : C. Rid- 
 dle. R. G. Lybrand. W. Kurrley, R. J. Pum- 
 phrey, J. G. Hoffman, James Ousey, J. H. 
 Cunningham, I. E. Campbell and T. J. Grif- 
 fin. 
 
 The company loans only on first mortgages 
 on city and farm lands in Delaware County. 
 Settlements are made semi-annually, and all 
 sums paid in excess of the interest due are 
 applied on the principal. The careful manage- 
 ment of this company is indicated by the fact 
 that it owns no real estate. 
 
 The Fidelity Building Association 
 and Loan Company was incorporated Jan- 
 uary iy. 18S7, by H. J. McCullough, H. A. 
 Welch. J. D. Van Deman and William T. 
 
 Gessner. At that time the capital stock was 
 $400,000, and "it June 9, [890, this was in- 
 creased to $1,000,000. The present Board of 
 Directors is composed of the following gentle- 
 men: D. H. Battenfield, D*r. W. P. Caldwell, 
 Harry L. Clark. Robert J. Cox, M. Miller, 
 Eugene P. Nash, F. J. R. Pfiffner, V. D. Stay- 
 man and John D. Van Deman. The officers 
 are: D. H. Battenfield, president: V. D. 
 Stayman, vice-president; Frank S. Watkins, 
 secretary; R. B. Powers, treasurer. So care- 
 ful has the management of this company been 
 in making loans that at the present time it 
 holds no real estate. This company is the 
 only one in Delaware that loans money to 
 build. The purposes of the company are well 
 stated in the following paragraph, which we 
 quote from its prospectus : 
 
 "It is the purpose of the company to place 
 the resources of the investors at the disposal 
 of the borrowing classes upon a safe, sound 
 and equitable basis, affording the investor ab- 
 solute security and a reasonable rate of inter- 
 est, and the borrower convenient facilities for 
 paying both interest and principal, with every 
 safeguard that human ingenuity can suggest 
 thrown around both." 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 
 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 The Ladies' Christian Union — Delazvare County Infirmary — Children's Home of Delaware- 
 Home for the Aged — Jane M. Case Mem aria! Hospital — Girls' Industrial Home. 
 
 THE LADIES CHRISTIAN UNION. 
 
 The Ladies' Christian Union, the oldest 
 charitable organization in Delaware, had its 
 beginning in response to the cry of a babe born 
 in February, 1869, to a mother so poor that she 
 could provide no clothing for its coming. This 
 sad case came to the attention of James Jami- 
 son and Judge M. L. Griffin, who were then 
 trustees of Delaware Township. They con- 
 sulted with Airs. T. B. Williams, whose ready 
 sympathy aroused her to immediate action. 
 She set out to call upon Mrs. C. C. Chamber- 
 lain and Mrs. W. P. Reid, two ladies whose 
 names, during their lives, were identified with 
 every charitable and public-spirited movement 
 in this city. Mrs. Williams met these ladies 
 on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Chamber- 
 lain's residence and made known her errand. 
 Airs. Chamberlain at mice said, "We ought to 
 call the ladies together and organize a so- 
 ciety." So, on the following Sunday, the 
 clergymen of the city, at the request of the 
 ladies, announced from their pulpits that all 
 ladies who would be interested in organizing 
 a society for charitable work were invited to 
 be present at a meeting called for that purpose 
 at the residence of Mrs. C. C. Chamberlain on 
 1 certain day of the following week. Mrs. 
 Chamberlain's home was located on Sandusky 
 Street where the Delaware Hardware Com- 
 pany now docs business. Her parlors had al- 
 ready become historic, not only socially, but as 
 the place where many a religious and benevo 
 
 lent enterprise- had had its birth — becoming, 
 finally, a very "storm center" of woman's 
 patriotic word and work, as she kept brightly 
 burning the home fires 'mid the stormy days 
 of '6 1 -'65. The meeting was largely at- 
 tended, and an organization effected, of which 
 Mrs. Joanna Murray was elected president, 
 Mrs. Abram Thomson, first vice-president ; 
 Mrs. Hosea Williams, second vice-president ; 
 .Mrs. Charles McElroy. secretary; Mrs. W. F. 
 Whitlock, treasurer. At the following meet- 
 ing, the name of the organization was sug- 
 gested, by Mrs. Abram Thomson, and was 
 adopted. The make-up and work of the Union 
 is reflected in its name — "Ladies" denoting its 
 womanly character — "Christian" the spiritual 
 as well as temporal work contemplated — 
 "Union" its cosmopolitan or undenominational 
 character. Soon after, a constitution and by- 
 laws were adopted, and these have undergone 
 but little change during the nearly forty years 
 of good work accomplished by this society. 
 The object of the Union is to help, mainly, 
 sick women and children, or families where 
 the husband and father is sick or disabled for 
 work. Clothing, food and such other helps 
 as the circumstances may recpiire are provided. 
 but money is never given, the Ward Workers 
 making such purchases as may be necessary. 
 An important feature of the work is keeping 
 children warmly and decently clad, so they can 
 attend the public schools. Some years the 
 mi ney expended has amounted to $400, but 
 in recent years it has averaged about Si 50, be- 
 
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 sides clothing, food, etc., which lias been do- 
 nated to the Union. 
 
 For seven years the treasury was re- 
 plenished by membership due--, public and pri- 
 vate donations, and an annual dinner that 
 usually netted from $300 to, at one time, $600. 
 The most largely attended dinner was that at 
 which Rutherford B. Hayes, who was then 
 governor of Ohio, and Mrs. Hayes, were the 
 guests of honor. Later the payment of mem- 
 bership fees was discontinued, and while the 
 Union has never been without money, and its 
 wardrobe has never been empty, there came at 
 one time a falling off in its financial resources 
 that caused some anxiety on the part of its of- 
 ficers. The day is well remembered by some 
 of the older workers, when General J. S. Jones 
 stopped one of their number between the Court 
 House and Jones' Block, and said : "Did you 
 know that there was a law authorizing the 
 levying of a special tax for the poor of a city 
 the size of this? The machinery of your 
 'Christian Union' is in good working order — 
 only money lacking; why not avail yourself 
 of this help that the law provides?" The law- 
 referred to provided for a tax to be voted 
 by the people, not to exceed three-fourths of a 
 mill, the fund so raised to remain under the 
 control of the City Council, and to be dis- 
 tributed by a committee appointed by the 
 Council, and making to it monthly reports. In 
 1876. a vote having been carried at the spring- 
 election to levy this tax, the Council so or- 
 dered, appointing as its committee three ladies 
 from the Christian Union; and from that time 
 funds flowed into its treasury. About this 
 time it was deemed advisable to incorporate the 
 Union under the laws of Ohio. Later this 
 support from the city was withdrawn, and 
 since that time, the Union has depended for the 
 means to carry on its work upon donation- of 
 money, clothing, food, etc. For many years 
 before her death, one of the benevolent ladies 
 of Delaware sent the Union $50 every Christ- 
 mas, and many times provided a Christmas 
 dinner for every family which it was helping. 
 
 The Union has always had tin- o 1 iperation 
 of the city officials, the township trustees, and 
 the truant officer, by whom cases arc often re- 
 ferred to the workers. 
 
 .Meetings are held once a month, excepl in 
 times of especial need, when they are held 
 twice a month. At first, the meetings were held 
 in Mrs. Chamberlain's parlors, and afterwards 
 at the homes of the different officers; later the 
 Union was given the use of a room in tne 
 Court House, and when the needs of the county 
 made it necessary to withdraw this privilege, 
 a room was provided in the City Hall, where 
 the members met until the Masonic Temple 
 was completed. The Union then moved int< > a 
 room in the Temple which had been especially 
 adapted to its need, and which had been con- 
 veyed to the organization by a perpetual lease 
 given by Mr. Sidney Moore, and Mrs. Moure. 
 by whom the building was erected and pre- 
 sented to the Masonic order. 
 
 The following are the names of the ladies 
 who have filled the different offices since the 
 organization of the Union, though at this 
 time we are not able to give them in chron- 
 ological order. Presidents. Mrs. Joanna Mur- 
 ray. Mrs. Abram Thomson, Mrs. T. B. Wil- 
 liams, Mrs. F. Merrick, Mrs. J. C. Evans. Mrs. 
 James Barnes. Mrs. W. P. Reid, Mrs. W. O. 
 Semans. Secretaries. Mrs. Charles McElroy, 
 Mrs. William Little. Miss F. Perkins. Mrs. T. 
 C. O'Kane. Treasurers. Mrs. W. F. Whit- 
 lock. Mrs. I. W. Lindsey, Mrs. Tohn A. Little. 
 Mrs. W. W. Davies. 
 
 From the beginning, there have been two 
 visitors appointed for each ward of the city. 
 It is the work of these ladies to discover the 
 needy cases, visit them and report the result 
 of their investigations and efforts to the or- 
 ganization. It should he stated here that no 
 one connected with the Ladies' Christian L T nion 
 receives any remuneration, except that blessed 
 ness which comes from giving both time and 
 substance to those in need. We are unable to 
 give a complete list of the ward visitors from 
 the beginning, but among them are the follow- 
 ing: Mrs. T. B. Williams, who is the oldesl 
 ward visitor; she has worked continuously in 
 the Ea<t Ward from the beginning. Mrs. W. 
 O. Semans was a ward visitor continuously 
 from 1872 until within a short time, when the 
 condition of her health made it necessary for 
 her to give up a little of the more arduous 
 work: Mrs. I. J. Shur. Mrs. Loofbourrow, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Mrs. Charles Crawford, Mrs. Shattuck, Mrs. 
 Thomas Evans, Mrs. Ceorge Eaton, Mrs. H. 
 M. Carper, Miss Matilda Dickinson. Mrs. T. 
 F. Joy. Mrs. E. Butler, Mrs. Dr. Goldrick, and 
 many others. 
 
 The present officers of the organization 
 are: Mrs. W. O. Semans, president; Mrs. N. 
 Wagner, vice-president; Mrs. W. M. Semans, 
 secretary; Mrs. W. B. Patton, treasurer; Mrs. 
 W. W. Davies., assistant treasurer. Ward 
 Visitors: Mrs." C. B. Austin, Mrs. T. D. 
 lharp, Mrs. W. B. Patton, Mrs. J. Markle, 
 Mrs. X. Wagner, Mrs. T. B. Williams, Mrs. 
 A W. Wiles. 
 
 While the work of the Ladies' Christian 
 Union has heen unostentatious, the amount of 
 good it has accomplished will never Lie known 
 this side of eternity. It has the approval and 
 support of every public-spirited and generously 
 disposed person. Wherever there is need, 
 there these unselfish women are found minis- 
 tering to it with words of cheer and solace for 
 the mind, and physical necessities and comforts 
 for the body, given with an intelligent sym- 
 pathy, and regardless of the personal sacrifices 
 that may be involved. They cannot fail to 
 hear the words: "Come, ye blessed of my Fa- 
 ther, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, 
 * * * for 1 was an hungered, and ye gave me 
 meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I 
 was a stranger and ye took me in : naked, and 
 ye clothed me: 1 was sick, and yet \isited me." 
 
 DELAWARE COUNTY INFIRMARY. 
 
 The early pioneers of Delaware County 
 were, as a class, energetic and industrious, 
 thrifty, self-reliant and provident: among them 
 pauperism was practically unknown. As time 
 went on. however, and the population in- 
 creased, families were found who became ob- 
 jects of charitable consideration. Some of 
 these were adventurers who had been attracted 
 hither by the apparent prospects of wealth 
 without work: others were thriftless or im- 
 prudent; then there were those who were men- 
 tally or physically incapacitated for the battle of 
 life, and some who were victims of misfor- 
 tunes. Kind-hearted neighbors and friends 
 
 cared for cases of this kind until the burden 
 became too great to be borne by private indi- 
 viduals, and so, in 1852, we find the county 
 commissioners, Ezra Olds, O. D. Hough and 
 Joseph Cellars, appointing three directors to 
 see what provision could be made for the care 
 of these unfortunates. The directors. Hora- 
 tio P. Havens. Amos Utley and William M. 
 Warren, interviewed many of the leading citi- 
 zens, and it was finally decided to purchase 
 a farm and erect suitable buildings for the 
 care of the destitute. 
 
 In 1S54, the Joseph Blair farm, consisting 
 of 113^2 acres of land in Brown Township, 
 and located about half a mile west of the vil- 
 lage of Eden, and five and one-half miles 
 m irtheast of Delaware, was purchased. A 
 substantial brick building was erected, forty by 
 
 140 feet in dimensions. The wings 
 
 the 
 
 east and west sides of the main building are 
 each forty feet long and two stories high. 
 These wings, and the rear of the main build- 
 ing, are uesd by the inmates, while the front 
 of the house is used by the superintendent and 
 his family. There is a large basement under 
 the entire building. On the first floor is the 
 store room, wash room, kitchen, dining rooms, 
 pantries, and a few bed rooms. The second 
 story is divided into sleeping apartments. 
 
 When this farm was first purchased, the 
 wisdom of the commissioners in selecting this 
 location was called in question. For the 
 larger part of the year the place was almost 
 inaccessible, owing to the condition of the 
 mud roads leading to it. Part of the farm was 
 covered by water, and much of the rest of it 
 was swamp and forest. The buildings on the 
 farm were not worth considering for the pur- 
 pose for which the farm was purchased. But 
 this description does not apply to the farm as 
 we find it todoy. Much of the land has been 
 cleared and tilled, giving the county a farm of 
 great fertility, adapted to raising fruits and 
 vegetables as well as general farm crops. An 
 excellent orchard was planted, and this pro- 
 vides a large part of the fruit consumed. 
 Everything is done to make comfortable the 
 unfortunates who are dependent upon the char- 
 ity of the county In their declining years. 
 
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 Up to [856, no special provision had been 
 made for the care of the insane, and as these 
 wards of the county increased in number, ii 
 became necessary to provide suitable quarters 
 for them. Accordingly, a stone and brick 
 building was erected in the rear of the infirm- 
 ary. Heavy iron bars guarded the windows. 
 which were set high up in the walls, and the 
 cell doors, which opened into small hallways, 
 were protected with iron gratings, firmly se- 
 cured by a wooden door on the .mt>ide. This 
 pen-like affair was far from comfortable, and 
 as it was unsatisfactory in other ways, it soon 
 was deemed necessary to replace this with a 
 larger building, better adapted to the care of 
 the insane. 
 
 The Legislature, during the session of 
 iS74-'75, passed an act which authorized the 
 commissioners to levy a tax, ami the directors 
 to build "a prison for the insane." A large 
 and commodious brick building, 50 by 30 feet 
 in dimensions and two stones high, was 
 erected at a cost of $10,000. Under the build- 
 ing is a good basement, which is used as a 
 furnace room. The building is fire-proof, and 
 is provided with every necessary comfort and 
 convenience. Large hallways run through the 
 center of each of the floors from one end of the 
 building to the other. The cells, built of stone 
 and brick, are eight feet by ten, and open off 
 these hallways on either side. The doors are 
 of iron, and the windows are heavily barred. 
 In 1903, a law was passed requiring all insane 
 persons to be sent to the State Asylum. Since 
 then, the building has been used only as a 
 place of detention for insane persons, until 
 such time as they could be taken to the State 
 Asylum. Because of its superior conveniences, 
 a number of the older inmates of the Infirmary 
 are now housed in this building. 
 
 There are two capacious barns on the farm, 
 The new barn, built in 1S95, is forty by sev- 
 enty feet in dimensions. About forty-five 
 head of cattle are kept; sixty lings are fed. of 
 which about forty-five are butchered annually. 
 In 1907, the crops were short, excepting hay. 
 The following were the quantities raised: 
 Wheat, 500 bushels; oats, 700 bushels; corn, 
 2,000 bushels. About 150 tons of hay are 
 
 raised each year, of which about five carloads 
 are sold each spring. In 1870, it became evi- 
 dent that the farm was ton small, and 105 
 acres of laud were purchased from John L. 
 Thurston. In 1905, fifty acres of land were 
 added to the farm on the east, making a total 
 of 268^ acres now in the place. Only a ver. 
 small number of the inmates of the Infirmray 
 are able to lend any assistance in the farm 
 work. 
 
 The Infirmary is in charge of a Board of 
 Directors, who are elected by the people. They 
 employ a superintendent to manage the farm, 
 the buildings and the inmates. 
 
 The following gentlemen have served as 
 superintendent: Eli Jackson, 1852-55; Mr. 
 Meeker, 1855-58; George Hall, 1858-60; John 
 L. Thurston, 1860-66; John Heverlo, 1866-67; 
 James Green, 1867-68; John A. Caruthers, 
 1868-74; John Heverlo. 1874-76; N. Glass, 
 1876-80; John Longwell, 18S0-85 ; X. A. Cole- 
 man, 1885-89; George Coyner. 1889-92; A. 
 Linn, 1892-1901 ; April 1, 1901, the present 
 superintendent, Mr. C. O. Domigan, took 
 charge of the Infirmary. 
 
 The following items from the last annual 
 report will be of interest. At that time there 
 were sixty-eight inmates in the institution. 
 The largest number ever cared for at one time 
 was ninety-seven, while the average runs be- 
 tween sixty and eighty. The proportion of 
 men to women is usually two to one. 
 
 FROM REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 
 AUGUST .m. 1907. 
 
 Salary of superintendent $ 860.00 
 
 Wages of other employes 1429.60 
 
 Medical attendance at Infirmary 62.50 
 
 Minister 10.00 
 
 Stock 92500 
 
 Groceries and provisions 2039.27 
 
 Fuel and lights 99 T -47 
 
 Clothing and shoes 39890 
 
 Coffins and funeral expenses 76-75 
 
 Furniture 35-55 
 
 Feed fcr horses, cattle and hogs 4'5-44 
 
 Ordinary repairs [872.38 
 
 Drugs 254.00 
 
 All other ordinary expenses z 
 
 Total current expenses of Infirmary $9874.20 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Received from Dow law tax and 
 
 cigarette tax $3828.88 
 
 Received from levy for poor fund... 6045.32 9874.20 
 
 OUTDOOR RELIEF. 
 
 Physicians' fees $ 25S.20 
 
 Food, fuel, clothing 3443-32 
 
 14 parents and 45 children helped. 
 
 Total $3/01.5-2 
 
 Received from sale of farm products and stock $2951.76 
 
 Received from sale of other articles 2.97 
 
 Received from expenses of inmates paid by 
 
 themselves or their friends 534-00 
 
 Received from all other sources 5-°° 
 
 Total amount paid into County Treasury $349373 
 
 Net Expense, exclusive of permanent improvement'; 
 during year ending August 31, 1907. $8001.82. Number 
 of inmates: Male, 44: Female, 24. Total 68. 
 
 ( AUSES OF PAUPERISM. 
 
 Number of insane 17 
 
 Number of idiotic inmates ' 
 
 Number disabled by old age 38 
 
 Number disabled by disease 2 
 
 Number disabled by loss of member or members.... 2 
 
 Number disabled by deformities 2 
 
 Number disabled by blindness 4 
 
 NATIVITY. 
 
 Number of inmates born in Ohio 50 
 
 other states 3 
 
 foreign countries 15 
 
 INVENTORY. 
 
 Estimated value of land $12,250.00 
 
 buildings 36000.00 
 
 furniture 1,300.00 
 
 " machinery 2,200.00 
 
 " live stock 2.800.00 
 
 agricultural implements, 
 
 tools, etc 550.00 
 
 Total $55,100.00 
 
 THE CHILDREN^ HOME OF DELAWARE. 
 
 The Children's Home of Delaware is really 
 the child of the "Ladies' Christian Union," a 
 benevolent society representing all churches, 
 which has for its object the care of the po r 
 of this city. The constant experience of the 
 workers of the "Union" during it- early years 
 deeply impressed upon their minds the need oi 
 
 some wav to rescue innocent children from 
 homes of sin and ignorance — children, help- 
 less, and with almost hopeless futures. Out 
 of the needs of these innocent children came, 
 finally, the thought of a Children's Home. At 
 this time, more than a quarter of a century ago, 
 there were but few children's homes, and these, 
 with kindergarten work, were little under- 
 sti "id ; so we can look back with most charitable 
 thought to the really conscientious question- 
 ings that met this work the first year or so, re- 
 garding not only its practicability, but also the 
 moral feasibility of establishing this Children's 
 Home in Delaware. 
 
 Some of the chief arguments raised against 
 this enterprise were: "Institutionizing chil- 
 dren" — taking children from parents and thus 
 "rending the most sacred of relationships" — 
 the prophecy most often repeated in discour- 
 agement being, that parents would not give 
 up their children — that only unlawfully born 
 children would ever come to fill this Home, 
 thus making of it simply a "Foundling Hos- 
 pital." to relieve unworthy mothers of bur- 
 dens, and thus, instead of benefitting the pub- 
 lic, encourage the "Social Evil." After much 
 earnest thought and discussion had been 
 hronght to hear on the momentous question, 
 the final crucial hour came. It was a band of 
 noble women who gathered in an "upper room" 
 of the Court House at Delaware in the early 
 months of 1881 . and with faith alone in God 
 as its christening, launched on such an un- 
 certain sea, this life-boat of rescue. Soon 
 after, on April 19. 1881. a preliminary meet- 
 ing of women and pastors of the various 
 churches was held to consider the question of 
 formally organizing this Children's Home, as 
 decided upon by the ladies of the "Christian 
 Union," and Mrs. Abram Thomson was asked 
 to present to the meeting the 1 bject to be con- 
 sidered. This was done, and then the first 
 question before the meeting seemed to lie. 
 What shall be the plan of organization? Two 
 plans were presented: First, a city or county 
 home, to be supported by private contributions 
 and to lie under private management; second, 
 a county hi me to be organized under the sta 
 tute providing for "County Children's Homes." 
 
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 After a general discussion of these plans, a 
 committee was appointed to consider the entire 
 question. This committee was composed of 
 Airs. John Little, Mrs. Abram Thomson, .Mrs. 
 William P. Reid. Mrs. Eugene Powell and 
 Mrs. J. VV. Icenberger. At a meeting held 
 on April 27, 1SS1. the report of the committee 
 \\a> presented and accepted, being in substance 
 as follows: First. The. name of this corpora-, 
 tion shall be "The Children's Home of Dela- 
 ware." Second. That it shall be maintained 
 by private and public subscriptions and do- 
 nations. Third. That it be organized at pres- 
 ent as a City Home, with the hope expressed 
 that abundant support will soon widen it out 
 into a Canity Home. Fourth. It shall he 
 located within the city limits, at such place as 
 its trustees may arrange, and near enough for 
 its children to attend public schools and 
 churches. 
 
 A constitution had also been prepared, and 
 with slight changes was adopted. The officers 
 were to be a Board of Trustees, consisting of 
 three gentlemen and ten ladies, and a Board 
 of Managers numbering twenty-four. Mrs. 
 Abram Thomson was elected President, and 
 to a history written by her we are indebted for 
 a large part of this sketch. Mrs. Thompson 
 passed to her reward April 23. 1903, and at 
 this point we will digress to quote from a trib- 
 ute written by the present president of the 
 Home, Mrs. K. B. Shaffer, which appeared in 
 the Delaware Gazette, April 27, 1903: 
 
 "In the coronation of Mrs. A. Thomson. 
 Delaware loses one of its most queenly women. 
 the Children's Home its mother, and a multi- 
 tude of people a friend and companion. The 
 life of this noble woman has stamped itself 
 upon the well-being of the community, and 
 her deeds of love and kindness live in the 
 hearts and lives of those who knew her and 
 loved her. * * * Mrs. Thomson was 
 ever ready to lend a helping hand to any cause 
 that was for the uplifting of humanity. Twen- 
 ty-two years ago today, Mrs. Thomson was 
 elected president of the Children's Home As- 
 sociation of Delaware. She was the leading 
 spirit that lead to the organization of the As- 
 sociation, and through all the years that fol- 
 
 lowed, she gave the best of her life's service to 
 the building up of this institution for help- 
 less children. X,. sacrifices were too greal 
 her to make, and nothing was to,, good for 
 her to lay at the feet of the little ones she had 
 under her fostering care. The Home was the 
 pride of her heart, her •well-beloved.' and the 
 one thousand or more little ones who have 
 been nurtured and cared for, rise up to call 
 her 'blessed.' " 
 
 Vice-presidents were elected — one from 
 each of the churches, and the following are 
 the names of the other officials elected at that 
 time: Mrs. C. H. McElroy, secretary; Mrs. 
 W. G. Williams, treasurer. The trustees were : 
 Mrs. J. W. Icenberger, Mrs. Thomas F. Joy, 
 Mrs. W. O. Semans, Mrs. Wm. P. Reid. Mrs: 
 V. T. Hills, Mrs. J. D. VanDeman. Mrs. Ra- 
 chel Carter, Dr. F. Merrick, Judge T. C. 
 Jones. Sidney Moore. The Board of Man- 
 agers was elected as follows: Mrs. John Lit- 
 tle. Mrs. C. C. Chamberlain, Mrs. E. T. But- 
 ler, Mrs. M. D. Covell, Mrs. J. J. Glover. Mrs. 
 Eugene Powell, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs. J. 
 F. Curren, Mrs. T. C. O'Kane, Mrs. Z. Ham- 
 mond, Mrs. James Slough, Miss Lvdia 
 Mitchell. Mrs, William Bowyer, Mrs. E. E. 
 XefT. Mrs. A. D. Hawn, Mrs.' Thomas Evans. 
 Mrs. Shattuck, Mrs. A. S. Clason. Mrs. H. 
 M. Carper, Mrs. R. B. Cowan, Mrs. P. Heibv, 
 Mrs. J. Markle. 
 
 An investigation as to the number of chil- 
 dren needing the help of the home was made, 
 and it was discovered that twenty-six children 
 had been in the infirmary during the previous 
 two years, and thirty-two children had been 
 found in homes that were worse than no home-, 
 with no hope for their future, if left amid such 
 environments. 
 
 From the trend of the meetings of the 
 trustees held up to this time, it was plain 
 that the gentlemen of the Board, wdtile most 
 respectful and deferential, were, and consci- 
 entiously so, not in sympathy with the work. 
 They doubted if money could be raised to 
 support a Home — advised delay in incorpora- 
 te n, or any attempt to organize a Children's 
 Home — thought the whole thing impracticable, 
 and concluded by offering their resignations 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and retiring from the work. How true it 
 is, that woman's faith and woman's enthusiasm 
 so often outstrip man's more slow conclusions 
 — reaching, intuitively, results finally approved 
 equally by both. At the next meeting of the 
 Board, the resignations of the gentlemen were 
 accepted, and the resignation of the ladies re- 
 maining on the Board were presented, but 
 acceptance of the same was positively refused. 
 This meeting was soon followed by another 
 at which the ladies voted unanimously against 
 incorporating the enterprise. The outlook was 
 truly discouraging — a treasury without one 
 dollar in it, and with nowhere to look for 
 needed supplies — without the prestige of suc- 
 cess, and public confidence yet to be won — 
 so many faint hearts among their own num- 
 ber growing discouraged and walking no more 
 with them — the air all around full of doubts and 
 questionings as to the actual need of under- 
 taking so great a work. 
 
 In May a dying mother in North Delaware 
 left her two little children to this prospective 
 "Children's Home." Again, in June, a little 
 girl, ragged and neglected, but with a sweet 
 face, came to the home of the president, hold- 
 ing in her hand a note, writttn on the yellow 
 fly-leaf of some old book, which read thus: 
 
 "Mrs. . I am going to die, and I hear 
 
 there is going to be a Children's Home — 
 when it is built will you take my little chil- 
 dren?" There were four of these, one a little 
 babe. The hand that wrote this badly spelled 
 and written note, it was learned soon after, 
 was even then growing cold in death. Was 
 not God thus speaking through the lips of these 
 dying mothers to discouraged hearts bidding 
 them go forward and establish a Home? 
 
 The six children were cared for by the 
 "Christian Union" during the summer months, 
 temporary accommodation being provided for 
 them in the homes of some of the big-hearted 
 women whose sympathies were with this work. 
 The youngest of the children, a baby boy. died 
 in July. 
 
 As the winter of 1881-82 approached, in- 
 terest seemed once more to revive in this Chil- 
 dren's Home. Meetings of the Board of 
 Trustees, which had never been formally dis- 
 
 banded, were again held, and "incorporation" 
 was .nice more pressed as a necessary measure, 
 anil seemed to be more favorably regarded. 
 The Boards of Commissioners and Infirmary 
 Directors were interviewed and found to be 
 in fullest sympathy, giving their endorsement 
 and promise of assistance. The county so- 
 licitor gave his opinion that a portion of the 
 "special tax fund," provided for the "Ladies' 
 Christian Union" could be used for the sup- 
 port of these children, but not to rent or to 
 purchase property. Only a small amount of 
 this fund, however, was ever used in the sup- 
 port of this Home. A law prohibiting chil- 
 dren being kept in infirmaries made help from 
 Infirmary directors now possible, they promis- 
 ing to board all such children at this Home, 
 paying per week as much as it would cost at 
 the infirmary to keep them. $1.70 per week. 
 The commissioners promised to pay the rent 
 of such a home and coal bills, allowing for this 
 purpose $33.00 a month. The city was 
 thoroughly canvassed, and some $600.00 was 
 raised, which, with membership dues and this 
 help promised, made it seem practical in De- 
 cember, [88i, to open a temporary Home on 
 Union Street. Two sisters, Mrs. Slough and 
 Mrs. Wise, took charge, the Home opening 
 with ten children, six of whom were from the 
 Infirmary. Of these Infirmary children, two 
 beautiful sisters, twins, some months old, were 
 early adopted into loving homes, in the pure 
 atmosphere of which they have grown up into 
 equally beautiful girlhood and womanhood, 
 making glad today the hearts of proud foster- 
 parents. 
 
 On January 2, 1882, the following ladies 
 appeared before Owen L. Davis, notary pub- 
 lic, and signed papers of incorporation : Delia 
 L. Williams, Sarah W. Thomson, Elizabeth 
 Butler, Abigail M. Semans. E. J. Richardson, 
 Caroline McElroy, Lettie S. Joy, H. A. Rey- 
 nolds. Louise F. Powell. E. I. Icen'oerger. 
 Two days later these papers were filed with 
 the Secretary of State at Columbus. This 
 act of incorporation seemed to give new life 
 and dignity, and to win a public confidence 
 hitherto lacking. 
 
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 \nil now, having been successfully started 
 once more in its work of child-saving, it will 
 be wise to compress into a briei space the his- 
 tory of the succeeding nine years of "The 
 Children's Home of Delaware." until March, 
 [890, when it was permanently located in its 
 own beautiful home. Soon after the incorpor- 
 ation, a lew changes were made in its consti- 
 tution : The number constituting its Board of 
 Trustees was changed from thirteen to ten, 
 thus eliminating what had certainly, in this 
 case, proved to lie the unlucky number; its 
 name, too, was changed to that of "The Dela- 
 ware Dome for Children and Aged People" 
 so as to widen the scope of its work. But 
 this was early felt to have been a mistake, 
 although seven worthy old ladies, who were 
 not properly subject-- for the Infirmary, were 
 tenderly cared for the first few years, until 
 from want of room the work- had to he aban- 
 doned in •the year 1885, and the original name, 
 "Children's Home of Delaware." was re- 
 st ired. 
 
 It may be well to preserve as pari of tins 
 history, and as having been vital, perhaps, in 
 the successful founding and subsequent career 
 of this Home, three planks in the principles 
 governing it that newer appeared in consti- 
 tution or by-laws, hut which were generally 
 understood ami religiously observed. Failing 
 in the start to gain the support and influence of 
 the men. the management realized that if it 
 developed at all, women alone must lay both 
 corner-stone and cap-stone — be their own 
 builders and assume all control. Realizing 
 that in the make-up of this society all religions 
 and church creeds would he represented, it 
 was early seen that any conflict of these creeds 
 or discords of religion must he carefully 
 avoided. So Plank No. 1 was unconsciously 
 recognized, wrote itself on hearts alone, and 
 read thus — "We will take our religion with 
 us to this work, but we will carefully leave our 
 'creeds' at home." Plank No. _' was adopted 
 by a rising vote: "Whereas, we believe it to 
 be the curse of rum more than any other cause 
 that has made homeless these children of our 
 Home; with many of them, perhaps, inherit- 
 ing 'these appetites, thus requiring mure than 
 
 usual care and protection — and that as a Chris- 
 tian association we are responsible lor their 
 moral as well as physical welfare, therefore 
 Resolved: That the use of no form of intoxi- 
 cants he ewer permitted in our Home, either 
 as a beverage or in the preparation of food; 
 and that we also assume the responsibility of 
 excluding" it as a medicine, believing that He 
 who remembers the "Little sparrow as it falls.' 
 will not forget these. His little ones, but will 
 bless the use of other means when sickness re- 
 quires. Resolved, That these resolutions be 
 placed on our minutes as a living protest 
 against this greatest of all evils." 
 
 "Plank No. 3. It was always underst 1 
 
 that the doors of our Home were always open 
 with warm welcome to the public at large; 
 the line was drawn alone on one individual — 
 a maiden lady ot uncertain age. that fortun- 
 ately or unfortunately, had drawn upon herself 
 this prejudice of the managers of the Home. 
 This may have seemed a strange prejudice, 
 as this person was ever an unusually welcome 
 litest at all other penal, reformatory and bene- 
 volent institutions of the State, and where, too, 
 she has often banqueted "ii state occasions, 
 and really seemed to hold unlimited and domi- 
 nating power. But nevertheless, .Miss 'Ticks' 
 — Miss 'Polly Ticks' — so well known and 
 popular elsewhere, has never been invited, re- 
 ceived or allowed admittance in this Home, 
 managed by women. And thus have ever been 
 excluded 'Church Creeds.' 'Intoxicants.' and 
 •Politics.' " 
 
 In establishing the governing principles of 
 ihi-- Home, and knowing- how often abuses had 
 crept into institutions of this kind, with chil- 
 dren as the sufferers, it was early decided that 
 "Love, instead of the Lash." must he the cor- 
 rective force employed. And in the first 
 "Rules and Regulations of the Household." 
 this rule was placed: "Corporal punishment 
 can only be indicted in extreme cases, and 
 alone by the Matron when lighter punishment 
 has failed." This principle of the fullest pro- 
 tection to these helpless children has always 
 keen acted upon. 
 
 On the first of April. iNS_>, the Hume was 
 removed from its temporary quarters on Union 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Street to the Bixby home on East William 
 Street. The rent, $25.00 a month, was paid 
 by the commissioners, with additional money 
 for coal. The different rooms were com- 
 fortably furnished by individuals and churches. 
 Miss Lucinda Joy became the first regular 
 matron. April 1, [882. During the months 
 preceding the first annual meeting in April, 
 i88_\ .\h^. Thomson, on account of domestic 
 duties, finding it necessary to resign her office 
 as president, Mrs. W. ( .. Williams was elected 
 to fill the vacancy, and Mrs. Thomson was pre- 
 vailed upon to accept the treasiirership, which 
 office had been filled by Mrs. Williams, and 
 which involved le>s time and responsibility. 
 Mrs. McElroy had also resigned as secretary 
 and Mrs. Eugene Powell had taken her place. 
 These changes were ratified at the annual elec- 
 tion. April 25, [882, with the exception that 
 Mrs. A. M. Semans became secretary. With 
 a lew changes in each, the old boards oi trus- 
 tees and Managers were also re-elected. 
 
 At the annual meeting held in [883, the 
 treasurer's report showed as receipts lor the 
 preceding year, $3,001.63; expenses. $_>.- 
 427.19: balance in treasury, S574.44. 'I he 
 president, secretary and treasurer were re- 
 elected. Increasing respons<ibilties in con- 
 nection with other lines of work made it neces- 
 s.irv for Mrs. Williams to tender her resigna- 
 tion, which was with great reluctance ac- 
 cepted. Her loss to the association was re- 
 garded as serious. Mrs. Williams having been 
 a power during its formative period in bring- 
 ing into shape and success full)' s'tarting this 
 child-saving enterprise. Mrs. Semans posi- 
 tively refused to accept the office of president 
 to which she was elected, so Mrs. Thomson 
 was again pressed into service as president for 
 the remainder of the year, and Mrs. J. W. 
 Lindsey was elected treasurer. Mrs. Lindsey 
 continued to perform the duties <>f this im- 
 portant office with efficiency and faithfulness 
 for eighteen years, until ill health compelled 
 her to resign in September, 1901. 
 
 In [884 the same officers were re-elected, 
 wuh the exception that Mrs. Eugene Powell 
 became secretary. In November Mrs. Thom- 
 son was again compelled to resign, and Mrs. 
 
 John A. Little was elected to fill out the un- 
 expired term. 
 
 The same officers, with boards of Trustees 
 and Managers were re-elected in 1885. and the 
 incidents of removing the Home to the Cum- 
 mins house on North Liberty Street, where 
 it remained until firmly anchored in its present 
 location, and the necessary abandonment of the 
 work for aged people, were all that marked 
 especially the history of the Home that year. 
 In April, 1886, another change was made 
 necessary owing to the failing health of the 
 beloved Airs. Little, under whose firm but 
 efficient and gentle leadership the Home bad 
 more and more won public confidence and fa- 
 vor. During these years the number of chil- 
 dren had increased to an average of about 
 forty, and the hearts and hands of the com- 
 mittee on "Placing Children" were kept busy 
 in finding homes for so large a number. This 
 finding right homes was ewer regarded as the 
 most important part of the work — the placing 
 these children where each character, so care- 
 fully studied while under the care of the Home, 
 would find as far as possible its fittest environ- 
 ment — the Home being regarded only as the 
 place to do the necessar) preparatory work oi 
 fitting these little ones, both to merit and to 
 hold the mi. re permanent homes found for 
 them. I 'suall_\ these children are placed in 
 homes in the count), where the Society can. 
 through committees visiting them, keep in 
 touch with their treatment and surroundings. 
 Notwithstanding the favorable public .senti- 
 ment won during these years, tip to this time 
 a constant battle was being waged from time 
 to time to keep the wolf from the door, and 
 make ends meet in financial support of the 
 I lome. 
 
 In the resignation of Mrs. Little and the 
 discouragemenl that followed. Mrs. Thomson 
 was again persuaded to come back to her old 
 place as president, and Mrs. Powell and Mrs. 
 Lindsey, as secretary and treasurer, respec- 
 tively, were elected in [886, and these again 
 in 1887. In April, [888, Mrs. Powell took 
 the office of president, once more vacated, and 
 Mrs. Henry A. Welch took Mrs. Powell's 
 place as secretary. 
 
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 So poorly adapted to the wants 1 if tins large 
 family were the rented houses that had been 
 occupied up to this time, and so circum- 
 scribed was the room, that it seemed impossible 
 tn establish the order and discipline so neces- 
 sary in the development of young lives whose 
 chief need is this sort of training-. And so, 
 during all these years, the need of a permanent 
 home so adapted to its wants that all of the 
 great possibilities of this enterprise might be 
 realized, pressed more and more upon the 
 hearts of the management. Years had passed 
 without seeming to come any nearer the reali- 
 zation of this wish, until in the summer of 
 [889, discouragement seemed to resolve itself 
 into despair through the resignation and re- 
 moval from the city of the president. Mrs. 
 Eugene Powell, who from the inception of the 
 work had been an inspiration to it. After once 
 more recalling Mrs. Thomson to the presi- 
 dency, a committee was appointed on June 5, 
 1889, to see what steps could be taken toward 
 securing a permanent home. Mrs. Henry A. 
 Welch. Mrs. Rachel Carter, Mrs. J. W. Lind- 
 sey and Mrs. Thomson composed this commit- 
 tee. They found in the Board of County Com- 
 missioners most stanch and sympathizing 
 friends, ready to help to the fullest extent the 
 law allowed. In their law-abiding devotion to 
 the county's interests, no less than in their 
 brave stepping out into this new field of rescue 
 to the perishing. J. L. Thurston, S. J. Mann, 
 and M. Field wrote each his name with most 
 honorable mention on the county's history. 
 
 A law, seemingly lost under the legislative 
 debris of twenty years, was resurrected by this 
 committee of women. Under its provisions 
 the commissioners of a county were permitted 
 to insist a charity of this kind to the extent 
 of $6,000 in buildings. The Potter property, 
 just north of the city, beautifully located for 
 this purpose, and with seven acres of ground, 
 improved at an expense of $20,000, was of- 
 fered to the committee for less than halt of 
 its real value, $8,500.00. So lost and seem- 
 ingly forgotten had this law become that much 
 and quite distinguished legal talent was exer- 
 cised in trying to influence the commissioners 
 against acting under it. So persistent were 
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 the efforts in this directii 11 that had 11 
 been for the courageous and gallant I 
 made by Gen. j. S. Jones and don Geo 
 W. Carpenter, prosecuting attorney, in 1 
 fense of the law, and the perfect legality of the 
 commissioners' acting under it, the case would 
 have been lost. As soon as the commissioners 
 were assured that they could safely act, they 
 encouraged the trustees of the Home to se- 
 cure the property, the commissioners assummg 
 $6,000.00 of the purchase money, the trustees 
 expecting to mortgage the property for the 
 remaining $2,500.00. In March, 1890. this 
 valuable property was transferred by the 
 owner, Mr. Robert Xeal, of Columbus, to the 
 trustees of "The Children's Home of Dela- 
 ware" — Mr. Xeal making to the ladies a do- 
 nation of $200.00. Kind friends now came 
 to the relief of the women in the large debt 
 they had assumed. The wdiole-souled Judge 
 Jones (one of the doubting Thomases on the 
 original Board of Trustees, but nevertheless. 
 a stanch friend of the Home for twenty years) 
 was the first of them. A petition gotten up 
 by him. with the assistance of Mr. E. E. Xeff 
 and Mr. J. P. Thompson, was circulated, and 
 a bill lor S2. 500.00. with $500.00 added for 
 repairs was gotten through the Legislature by 
 another stanch friend, R. K. Willis, then mem- 
 ber from this district. The "Committee on 
 Permanent Home" having done its work, was 
 discharged, and in March, 1890. the large and 
 now happy family was moved into its truly 
 beautiful home, which was formally dedicated 
 the following September. At this time, the 
 following boards of Trustees and Managers 
 were in charge of the Home : 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 Mrs. A. Thomson. 
 Mrs. R. Carter, 
 Mrs. H. A. Welch. 
 .Mrs. 1. W. Lindsev, 
 Mrs. E. E. Xeff. 
 Mrs. J. D. Van Deman, 
 
 Mrs. R. Reynolds, 
 Mrs. J. M. Crawford 
 Mrs. J. F. Shaffer, 
 Mrs. H. L. Baker. 
 Miss McCullough. 
 
 MANAGERS. 
 
 Mrs. R. Lvbrand, 
 Mrs. J. J. Shur, 
 
 Mrs. H. G. Sheldon. 
 Mrs. P. Heibv, 
 
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 Mrs. I. Markle, Mrs 
 
 Mrs. j. L. Thurston, Mrs. 
 Mrs. T. M. Byers, Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. V. T. Kingman, Mrs. 
 Mrs. V. D. Stayman, Mrs. 
 Mrs. Jno. P. Thompson Mrs. 
 Mrs. Dr. Constant, Mrs. 
 Mrs. Bachelder, Mrs, 
 
 Mrs. D. Plotner, Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. Seymour Harrold.Mrs. 
 
 L. A. Luttgen, 
 ]. Snodgrass, 
 Elmer Hills, 
 Geo. Powers, 
 Duvall, 
 
 J. P. Wintermute 
 Wm. Cutler, 
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 J. R. Brown, 
 L. W'olfley. 
 
 The total number of children cared for 
 in these nine years was 168; returned to par- 
 ents, thirty-seven: placed in homes, seventy- 
 one ; returned to other counties and placed in 
 asylums and hospitals, sixteen. The expense 
 of keeping up the Home averaged each year 
 $2,000.00, or a total expenditure of $17,171.74. 
 This property now purchased by consent of 
 Board of Commissioners, was deeded direct 
 to Trustees of the Children's Home, to be 
 held by them so long as it was used for the 
 purpose of a Children's Home. When not so 
 used, the property to revert hack to the county. 
 On the removal of the Home to its new quar- 
 ters, Gen. J. S. Jones made arrangements to 
 board at this Home, and thus assist in its 
 support, children from the overcrowded quar- 
 ters of the "Soldiers' and Sailors' Home" at 
 Xenia. The management deciding at the same 
 time to board children from other counties 
 where there were no Children's Homes. The 
 Association, thus newly equipped, seemed en- 
 dowed with a new life, as it started out on a 
 future so full of possibilties. 
 
 The chief incidents of note during the fol- 
 lowing years, '91, '92, '93, were: In Septem- 
 ber a lot was kindly donated by the cemetery 
 trustees, with the understanding that as soon 
 as the Association was able, a suitable monu- 
 ment would be erected. Such a monument was 
 placed in February, 1895, at a cost of $135.00. 
 In September, 1891, an Advisory Board of 
 three gentlemen was decided on, with by-laws 
 to that effect. Gen. J. S. Jones. Rev. J. F. 
 Shaffer, D. D., and Mr. E. E. Neff comprised 
 this Board. In May. [892, the need of re- 
 modelling and adding more room to the, build- 
 ing so as to accommodate the largely increased 
 
 family, now numbering from fifty to sixty, re- 
 sulted in the appointment of a committee — 
 Mesdames Baker, Welch, Lindsey and Thom- 
 son — to secure means somehow for this pur- 
 pose. A few months later, by compromising 
 a law-suit with the Short Line Railroad, a 
 right-of-way, taking 168 feet from the north- 
 east corner of the yard, was conveyed to the 
 railroad for $3,000.00. and this sum was ap- 
 plied to the new building, the county commis- 
 sioners promising to supply the balance of the 
 necessary money. In December, a kindergar- 
 ten was started. This was suspended while 
 the Home was being remodelled, and since that 
 time it bas seemed impractical to renew it. 
 In January, 1893. a handsome donation of 
 books from Mrs. W. C. Ginn became the 
 nucleus of a library, christened the "Ginn 
 Library." Mrs. Ginn was an active member 
 of the Board of Managers, who for two or 
 three years gave an hour each week to the 
 children of this Home in interesting talks or 
 lectures on familiar subjects. 
 
 The work of remodelling the Home was 
 completed in the fall of 1893 at an expense of 
 $7,369.13. and dedication exercises were held 
 November 1, 1893. 
 
 Two delegates have been sent each year 
 to represent the Home at the Annual Meetings 
 of the "Associated Charities." so that the 
 broadest and most intelligent thought might 
 be given to the management of this child-sav- 
 ing work. 
 
 By August, 1895, the work of placing the' 
 large number of children that were coming 
 into the Home became so great that it was 
 decided to appoint an agent, not only to find 
 such homes and adjust the children to them, 
 but to visit the children and keep the Associa- 
 tion in touch with them. Mrs. J. W. Lindsey 
 was appointed to this work which she has 
 performed ever since in a most efficient 
 manner. 
 
 On the night of February 19, 1896, an 
 intensely cold night, the thermometer register- 
 ing twelve degrees below zero, this beautiful 
 Home was entirely destroyed by fire. The 
 family of fifty children, some of whom were 
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 hastily caught up, to shelter elswhere. Heroic 
 actii m by matron, employes and citizens that 
 hastily gathered from near and far saved with- 
 out hurt the lives of these helpless little chil- 
 dren. The Opera House was thrown open, 
 and here the children were soon gathered and 
 made comfortable for the time. The Wilson 
 home in South Delaware was finally secured, 
 and here the children were comfortably quar- 
 tered until the Home was rebuilt, ample in- 
 surance having been carried to do this. So 
 fully has this once-questioned charity estab- 
 lished itself in the confidence of the citizens that 
 about $500.00 was received from different so- 
 cieties and individuals, besides groceries, pro- 
 visions of all kinds, clothing and bedding in 
 abundance. 
 
 The following ladies composed the boards 
 of Trustees and Managers who bravely at this 
 time met the disastrous work of the fire fiend, 
 and with the help of almost the entire citizen- 
 ship of Delaware, warmed, fed, clothed and 
 housed the fifty little children turned out of 
 home in the cold of that night. 
 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 Mrs. A. Thomson, President; 
 
 Mrs. J. F. Shaffer. Vice-President; 
 
 Mrs. H. A. Welch, Recording Secretary; 
 
 Mrs. J. D. VanDeman, Cor. Secretary; 
 
 Mrs. I. W. Lindsev, Treasurer ; 
 
 Mrs. E. E. Neff, Historian ; 
 
 Mrs. H. L. Baker, 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Cutler, 
 
 Mrs. D. Plotner, 
 
 Miss Mary McCullough. 
 
 MANAGERS. 
 
 Mrs. Ed. Semans, Mrs. J. Markle. 
 
 Mrs. Robert Lvbrand, Mrs. W. C. Ginn. 
 
 Mrs. T. M. P-yers, Mrs. Dr. E. M. Hall, 
 
 Mrs. Prof. Hormell, Mrs. L. A. Luttgen, 
 
 Mrs. N. F. Overturf, Mrs. J. P. Wintermute, 
 
 Mrs. J. M. Crawford. Mrs. P. Phillips, 
 
 Mrs. J. Snodgrass, Mrs. W. H. Hague, 
 
 Mrs. L. B. C. Lahr, Mrs. Dr. McDowell, 
 .Mrs. V. T. Kingman, Mrs. J. J. Shur, 
 Mrs. Prof. Stevenson. Mrs. S. A. Moore, 
 Mrs. Geo. W. Powers, Miss Cummins. 
 Mrs. H. M. Loofborrough, 
 
 In December, 1896, the commissioners ap- 
 propriated $660.00 for a new barn, and in 
 May, 1897, $150.00 was allowed for sewerage 
 by the same Board. In September, 1897, the 
 1 ild boards of Trustees and Managers, with 
 a few changes were re-elected. Mrs. H. A. 
 Welch, after long and faithful service gave 
 up the secretaryship, and Mrs. Anna Joy Halli- 
 day was elected in her stead. Mrs. Welch, 
 however, remained on the Board of Trustees 
 as chairman of the "Building and Grounds 
 Committee." 
 
 The year 1898 was marked by no special 
 incidents other than some changes in the 
 boards of Trustees and Managers. In April, 
 1899, eighteen acres of pasture land were pur- 
 chased, it being necessary to keep quite a num- 
 ber of cows to supply milk for so many chil- 
 dren. $1,100.00 was the price paid; $700.00 
 of this coming from the treasury, the balance 
 being borrowed from the bank for a short 
 time. 
 
 At the annual meeting, in September, 
 1899. the constitution was changed reducing 
 the number of managers from twenty-four to 
 eighteen, and restricting the voting power to 
 the members of boards of Trustees. Managers 
 and Advisory Board of Women from Town- 
 ships. At this election the old officers were 
 continued, except that Mrs. H. A. Welch be- 
 came historian and corresponding secretary in 
 place of Mrs. Van Deman, resigned. 
 
 In August, 1900, a cold storage and ice- 
 house was built at a cost of $549.29. 
 
 At the time of writing this brief sketch of 
 the Home, it has accommodations for about 
 sixty children, though the average number of 
 inmates is about forty-five. The Association 
 owns thirty-six acres of land in Delaware, 
 keeps five cows and a horse, raises garden 
 truck and poultry and a large part of the meat 
 consumed in the Home. The present officials 
 of the Home are as follows: President, Mrs. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 J. F. Shaffer; vice-president, Mrs. E. M. Hall; 
 recording secretary, Airs. J. W. Nelson; cor- 
 responding secretary, Airs. H. A. Welch; 
 treasurer, Mrs. Fred Bauereis. Trustees : 
 Mrs. C. A. Walker, Mrs. J. Markle. Mrs. V. 
 T. Kingman, Mrs. N. F. Overturf. Managers: 
 Airs. T. W. Lindsey, Mrs. J. P. Wintermute, 
 Airs. E. I. Pollock, Mrs. P. Heiby, Mrs. L. 
 Lewis, Airs. L. B. C. Lahr, Airs. G. G. Gallo- 
 way, Airs. Wm. Cutler, Mrs. H. C. Clippinger, 
 Mrs. C. W. Wiles, Airs. Paul R. Hickok. Airs. 
 X. Wagner, Airs. S. B. Brown. Airs. F. Al- 
 bright, Airs. L. L. Denison. Airs. Al. J. Ross, 
 Mr.. T. AI. Byers, Airs. F. A. Owens, Airs. 
 C. C. Steadman. 
 
 Delaware County may well be proud of 
 its "Children's Home!" And what shall we 
 say of the noble Christian women to whom the 
 community is so deeply indebted for this 
 beneficent institution? Some have already 
 been called to hear the words: "Well done, 
 good and faithful servant;" cithers remain, still 
 identified with the work which has claimed 
 their heart and hand these many years. In- 
 difference, opposition, obstacles apparently in- 
 surmountable, they have overcome. Inspired 
 by the crying needs of the little ones, with 
 faith in the children's God, and working with 
 the energy of conviction, they have built a 
 lasting monument to woman's higher intelli- 
 gence, sympathy, love and devotion. 
 
 HOME FOR THE AGED. 
 
 The need for a home for worthy old ladies, 
 wdio are not properly subjects for the County 
 Infirmary, was recognized many years ago by 
 the Delaware women who were foremost in 
 philanthropic work. The first step in making 
 a provision of this kind was taken in the early 
 '8o's, when the name of "The Children's Home 
 of Delaware" was changed to that of "The 
 Delaware Home for Children and Aged Peo- 
 ple." and a number of worthy old ladies were 
 admitted. It was soon felt, however, that a 
 separate home should be provided for the 
 aged, and in 1885, the growing work among 
 the children made it necessary, for the time 
 being, to abandon the work of caring for the 
 
 aged at the Children's Home. This was a 
 keen disappointment to Airs. Abram Thomson, 
 the founder of the Home, and to the other 
 benevolent women who were interested in the 
 w 1 nk". They were not disheartened by this 
 setback, but were strengthened in their desire 
 and determination to establish an instituton de- 
 voted exclusively to the care of the aged. 
 
 Airs. Elmer Hills was the leading spirit in 
 the movement which resulted in establishing 
 the present Home ; closely associated with her 
 in the early work of arousing interest in the 
 enterprise were Airs. Alartha Lybrand and 
 Airs. Ella Battenfield. Aleetings were held 
 from time to time in the homes of different 
 ladies, and beginning Alarch 10. 1892. interest 
 had reached a point where meetings began to 
 be held at frequent intervals. The clergy- 
 men and leading business men of the city were 
 invited to confer with the ladies regarding the 
 project. A meeting was held in a vacant store- 
 room ; besides the ladies and the ministers only 
 two or three business men were present. It 
 can hardly be said that the enthusiasm of the 
 men ran high. The ministers plied the women 
 with such questions as these: "AYhere are 
 the old ladies to come from?" How many 
 have you in view ?" "How much money have 
 you to start with?" "How much would be 
 required to start such a home?" The effect 
 of their wise counsel was so disheartening that, 
 for the moment, many of the ladies felt like 
 abandoning the enterprise; but courage re- 
 vived, for those engaged in this work were 
 inspired by their noble cause with a zeal that 
 could nut be quenched. A committee was sent 
 to the Home at Columbus. There they were 
 given much good advice, and learned that the 
 Ci lumbus institution was started without a 
 dollar, and in spite of the apathy of those 
 from whom the organizers naturally exoected 
 moral and financial support. Upon hearing 
 the report of this committee, the Delaware 
 ladies voted unanimously to push ahead. An 
 organization was formed, and a committee ap- 
 pointed to look for a suitable house. After 
 searching for a week without finding a place 
 such as was desired. Air. Elmer Hills offered 
 the free use of his large house on North 
 
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 Franklin Street for three months, as it was 
 
 thought that in that time results would show 
 whether the experiment would prove a success 
 or a failure. If. at the end of the trial period, 
 it was decided to go on with the work, the 
 Association was to lease the property for five 
 years. The Home was established here on 
 July 4. 1892. with three old ladies from the 
 Infirmary, the directors of which promised to 
 pay one dollar a week for the board of each. 
 
 The first regular meeting of the Associa- 
 te m at the Home was held on July 12th. and 
 at that time, Mrs. J. L. Wolfley, who has held 
 the office continuously ever since that time, 
 was elected treasurer. 
 
 The Home was furnished by the different 
 churches — one furnishing the parlor, another 
 the dining room, others the chambers, etc. 
 Many liberal-hearted citizens also contributed 
 to the good work. 
 
 The wisdom of incorporating the Associa- 
 tion soon became apparent, and March 1, 
 1893. papers of incorporation of "The Home 
 for the Aged" of Delaware were issued at 
 Columbus, in which the names of the following 
 ladies appear as incorporators : Mrs. Susan 
 Hills. Mrs. Martha C. Lybrand, Mrs. J. L. 
 Wolflev. Mrs. Frances I. Gill. Mrs. Isabella 
 Riddle! Mrs. Elizabeth Ufford and Mrs. Abi- 
 gail M. Semans. 
 
 The following ladies comprised the charter 
 members and the original officials of the As- 
 sociation : President, Mrs. Elmer Hills ; First 
 vice-president, Mrs. A. R. Carter; second 
 vice-president. Mrs. J. S. Gill ; third vice-presi- 
 dent. Mrs. R. Parsons; secretary. Mrs. A. Ly- 
 brand; treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Wolfley. These 
 officers and the following ladies constitute the 
 Board of Trustees: Mrs. Abigail Semans. 
 Mrs. Eliza Perkins. Mrs. Chauncy Hills, Mrs. 
 Christian Riddle. Board of Managers: Mrs. 
 Eva Thompson, Mrs. Will Smith. Mrs. W 
 W. Davies. Mrs. W. R. Carpenter. Mrs. James 
 Smith. Mrs. B. W. Brown.' Mrs. Edward 
 Welch. Mrs. F. A. Hyatt, Miss M. Dickinson, 
 Mrs. Sidney Moore. Mrs. John Hills. Mrs. E. 
 Ufford. Mrs. Frank Marriott. Mrs. G. Ma- 
 theas, Mrs. F. Rutter. Mrs. Woodlawn. Mrs. 
 F. Chamberlain. Mrs. Tucv Patton. Mrs. L. 
 
 Battenfield, Mrs. Helen Jaynes, Mr-. John 
 Anderson, Mrs. J. H. Dunlap. Mrs. W. S. 
 Little, Miss Fidelia Perkins. Mrs. John Arm- 
 strong. 
 
 In 1897 the Infirmary directors were pre- 
 vailed upon to furnish coal to the Home, and 
 since that time have continued to pay the fuel 
 bills. Natural gas has been used for the last 
 couple of years for heating purposes. 
 
 In 1901, and indeed before that, it began 
 to be felt that the Home was too small for 
 the ever increasing demands made upon it, 
 and the question of erecting a building received 
 earnest consideration. A number of building 
 lots were kindly offered by public spirited citi- 
 zens and .by the People's Building Association. 
 Before an}- definite action had been taken in 
 regard to building, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney 
 Moore offered the Board of Managers a ninety- 
 nine-years' lease of the property the Home 
 now occupies, with the privilege of the lessee 
 to purchase the property at any time for a cer- 
 tain price. The conditions attached to this 
 generous offer were that the Association put 
 the building in perfect repair, pay the taxes 
 and that it shall never be put to any other 
 use than as a home for aged people. This offer 
 was eagerly accepted. There are twenty 
 rooms in the house, giving accommodations 
 for fourteen or fifteen inmates, besides the ma- 
 tron and help. As far as they are aide, the 
 inmates are required to help in the necessary 
 household work. Including boarders, there 
 have been admitted up to this time thirty- 
 eight aged ladies, and there have been twenty 
 deaths. At present there are twelve inmates 
 of the Home, and there is usually a number on 
 the waiting-list to gain admission. Ladies 
 fifty years of age or older, who have resided 
 one year in Delaware County, are eligible, the 
 fee being $300.00 f< >r w< 'men between the ages 
 of titty and seventy, and $200.00 for those 
 over seventy years of age. Aside from these 
 fees, the Home depends for its maintenance 
 upon the generosity of the public, its principal 
 source of income being a large dinner given 
 annually to the alumnae of Ohio Wesleyan 
 University ; more or less money is also received 
 fri >m Harvest Home basjs. entertainments. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 book collections, etc. The Home has received 
 financial assistance beyond what its founders 
 dared hope for; yet there is still much work 
 to be done, in which every dollar given by a 
 generous public will find a worthy and chari- 
 table use. 
 
 The present officers of the Home are : 
 Mrs. Christian Riddle, president; Mrs. John 
 Cowgill, first vice-president ; Mrs. Martin Mil- 
 ler, second vice-president; Mrs. J. H. Gardner, 
 third vice-president; Mrs. Lewis Slack, secre- 
 tary; Mrs. J. L. Wolrley. treasurer. The 
 1!< iard of Trustees includes the foregoing offi- 
 cers and the following ladies: Mrs. Abigail 
 Semans. Mrs. Sidney Moore, Mrs. H. C. 
 Thompson, Mrs. F. A. Hyatt.' The Board of 
 Managers is composed of thirty-four ladies 
 chosen from the different churches of the city. 
 
 THE JANE M. CASE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 
 
 The Jane M. Case Memorial Hospital, so 
 named in honor of the donor, is an institution 
 such as few cities of the size of Delaware can 
 boast. It has been said by visiting physicians 
 to be the most successful institution of its size 
 and kind in the country. 
 
 Mrs. Case was a widow, whose husband 
 had been a practicing physician of Columbus, 
 and who, for a time, was associated with Dr. 
 John A. Little of Delaware. After her hus- 
 band's death, Mrs. Case made her home with 
 her son, who was a practicing physician in 
 Cleveland. The climate of that city did not 
 agree with Mrs. Case, so in 1N88 she came to 
 Delaware, where she resided until her death 
 in 1904. In her will, after making certain be- 
 quests to friends and relatives, she provided 
 that part of her estate be devoted to benevolent 
 or charitable purposes, and appointed trustees 
 to carry out her intentions. Dr. A. J. Willey, 
 her attending physician, having been a witness 
 to Mrs. Case's will, and conversant with its 
 provisions, went, soon after her death, to the 
 trustees of her estate and presented the claims 
 of Delaware for a hospital. His suggestions 
 received favorable consideration. At this 
 point, it ought to be said that Delaware is 
 deeply indebted to Dr. Willey for his prompt 
 
 action in this matter, and for the time and 
 effort he devoted so unselfishly to this cause. 
 The first time Dr. Willey saw the trustees, he 
 proposed the purchase of the present property. 
 Dr. W. H. Hague and Hon. F. M. Marriott 
 were called upon for assistance and counsel, 
 and it was decided to purchase the Edwin G. 
 Lybrand homestead on the southwest corner 
 of Franklin and Winter Streets. Dr. Willey 
 was asked to secure an option on the property, 
 which authority he delegated to F. M. Mar- 
 riott, by whom the option was secured. The 
 property was purchased August 1, 1904. by 
 Guy H. Buttolph and Ellen G. Whiting, 
 trustees of Mrs. Case's estate at a cost of SN.- 
 500, and by them was transferred to the 
 trustees of the Jane M. Case Hospital Associa- 
 tion on December 23rd of the same year. 
 
 On August 10, 1904, the Jane M. Case 
 Hospital Association was incorporated by V. 
 D. Stayman, Frank M. Marriott, Arthur H. 
 Jones, Christian Riddle and W. H. Hague. 
 The objects of the Association are: ( 1) To 
 provide medical and surgical aid and nursing 
 for sick and disabled persons, free of expense 
 to those unable to pay. and at a cost to tin >se 
 who are able to pay the amount to be de- 
 termined by the trustees. (2) To instruct and 
 train suitable persons in .the duties of nursing 
 and attending upon the sick. The first meeting 
 of the Association was held August 15, 1904, 
 and the following trustees were elected for 
 life: V. D. Stayman, president; Dr. W. H. 
 Hague, vice-president ; Frank M. Marriott, 
 secretary; Christian Riddle, treasurer; Arthur 
 H. Jones, C. C. Stedman and Stephen Potter. 
 Besides the Board of Trustees, there is an 
 Auxiliary Board of not less than thirty ladies, 
 residents of Delaware, to assist the Trustees 
 in raising funds for the maintenance of the 
 institution. Knowing that failure had marked 
 the history of so many other small hospitals, 
 great care was exercised to secure an organ- 
 ization that would prove permanent and in- 
 sure the success of the Hospital after it was 
 started. The institution has been kept out of 
 politics and free from the turmoils of religious 
 Strife, nor is it under the domination of any 
 individual. The staff comprises nearly all the 
 
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 physicians in Delaware County. Dr. W. B. 
 Hedges has been chief of stall' since the or- 
 ganization of the 1 [ospital. In the summer and 
 fall of 1905, the old building was entirely re- 
 modelled and a new addition was built at an 
 expense of $9,000.00. While ways and means 
 of furnishing the Hospital were being dis- 
 cussed. Air. S. S. Blair kindly came forward 
 with an offer to do this for an advance of 
 ten per cent, on the cost of the furnishings, 
 and to carry the account until such time as 
 the trustees were in a position to pay it. Alto- 
 gether there are twenty-two rooms, including 
 a fully equipped operating-room, nine rooms 
 for private patients and three wards, one each 
 for men, women and children, having a total 
 of fourteen beds. Each of the following 
 churches and individuals furnished a room: 
 William Street M. E. Church, St. Paul's M. 
 E. Church. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of 
 which Mrs. Case was a member, furnished the 
 n om which Mrs. Case had occupied for about 
 turee years while she boarded at that house; 
 St. Mary's R. C. Church, First Presbyterian 
 Church, Asbury M. E. Church. Epworth 
 League of Lewis Center, M. L. Wolff; the 
 women's ward was furnished by Zion's Re- 
 formed Church in memory of their late pastor, 
 Rev. L. B. Lahr. D. D. ; J. F. Dodd furnished 
 the ward known as the "Ruth Children's 
 Ward." Dr. J. K. James presented the Hos- 
 pital with a United States Observatory clock. 
 which he maintains at his own expense. 
 
 The trustees recently purchased the most 
 modern high pressure sterilizer that money 
 can buy. On July 21, 1906, the Hospital, 
 fullv furnished and equipped for the reception 
 of patients was opened with an efficient chief 
 nurse and a competent corps of assistant 
 nurses, eight in number. The training school 
 for nurses gives the standard three-year course. 
 An electric elevator and a dumb-waiter were 
 installed in the fall of 1907 by the Ladies' 
 Auxiliary Board. They provide and make all 
 the linen used in the Hospital. They have also 
 assumed and paid a note for $1,500.00 which 
 the Association owed. One of the unique 
 ways by which they secure funds is known as 
 "tag day." On this day. which comes once 
 
 a year, the ladies sally forth into the street 
 and tag every pedestrian they meet, allowing 
 none to escape until he has paid for his tag 
 by contributing to their Hospital funds. 
 $2,000.00 a year is paid by the county toward 
 the maintenance of the Hospital, there being 
 a legislative enactment making it possible to 
 raise this sum by taxation. The annual meet- 
 ing of the Association is held the last Monday 
 in January of each year. 
 
 A number of changes in the personnel of 
 the Board of Trustees have occurred; Arthur 
 H. Jones removed from the city, and Dr. A. 
 J. Willey was elected in his place; V. D. Stay- 
 man resigned, and S. S. Blair was elected to 
 fill the vacancy ; upon the death of Dr. Hague, 
 R. K. Willis was elected a trustee, and is now 
 president of the Board. 
 
 From the report issued in January. 1908, 
 we learn that during the seventeen months 
 since the opening of the Hospital, 216 patients 
 have been admitted. The average cost of car- 
 ing for each patient, not including wear and 
 tear on fixtures and furnishings, was $11.05 
 per week. Of these cases, no were medical 
 and 106 were surgical. There were sixty-three 
 charity cases, whose treatment covered a period 
 equal to 191 weeks for one person. 
 
 THE GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HOME. 
 
 The Girls' Industrial Home, one of the 
 benevolent and reformatory institutions of 
 Ohio, is situated upon the west bank of the 
 Scioto River, in Concord Township, about ten 
 miles southwest of Delaware. The nearest 
 railroad station is Hyatts, on the Columbus. 
 Hocking Valley & Toledo road, three and one- 
 half miles distant. There is an excellent pike 
 between the home and the city of Delaware. 
 The telephone between the Home and Dela- 
 ware was the first long-distance 'phone in- 
 stalled in Ohio. 
 
 A location more beautiful or better suited 
 to an institution of this kind would be difficult 
 to find. There are 189 acres of land in the 
 property. The campus surrounding the build- 
 ings is covered with beautiful shade tree-, 
 many of which are of the original forest. The 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 white sulphur spring is practically inexhausti- 
 ble, and is used constantly and almost ex- 
 clusively for drinking. It is unsurpassed by 
 any of the most healthful waters at the most 
 popular public resorts of the country. The 
 property itself has an interesting history, dat- 
 ing from 1820, when Davis & Richards bored 
 a well here, about two and one-half inches in 
 diameter, in the hope of finding salt. The 
 well was sunk 460 feet, the last ninety feet 
 being through solid rock, when the augur 
 suddenly dropped about two feet, and up 
 gushed with great force a stream of strong 
 white sulphur water. The water is pure, and 
 is supposed to be driven by its own gas ; it 
 has a temperature of fifty degrees. Davis 
 & Richards considered they had made a failure, 
 and left the well unfinished. Nothing fur- 
 ther was done in the way of development un- 
 til about 1842, when a man named Nathaniel 
 Hart, bought the land of the owner, Christo- 
 pher Freshwater, erected a large building and 
 several cottages, and from that time on it 
 became widely known as a watering place and 
 exceedingly popular. A 1 1*. Hart sold the prop- 
 erty to Andrew Wilson, Jr.. who conducted 
 the enterprise until 1865. As the patrons of 
 the place were largely southerners, the war 
 badly crippled the enterprise, and the hard 
 times at the close of the war. as well as the 
 feeling then existing between the North and 
 the South, made it impossible for Mr. Wilson 
 to continue the business on the large and 
 profitable scale to which he had been accus- 
 tomed, .so in 1865 he sold out to Col. John 
 Ferrv. The new owner, at considerable ex- 
 pense, enlarged, remodelled and refurnished 
 the hou--e, besides building an addition to it; 
 but it seemed as if the place were doomed as a 
 resort, and after a year or two the venture was 
 pbandi med. 
 
 Seeing this tine property going to rum and 
 decay, a number of public-spirited and bene- 
 volently disposed citizens of Delaware County 
 petitioned the Legislature to establish here a 
 home for unprotected girls. May 5, 1869, the 
 General Assembly passed an act creating the 
 institution and a Hoard of Trustees was ap- 
 pointed, consisting of Prof. F. Merrick'. Abram 
 
 Thomson, M. D. Leggett, Clark Waggener 
 and Stanley Matthews. The Board met and 
 organized at Columbus on the 29th of May. 
 The property was purchased for $55,000.00 
 on the 2 1 st of July following, and the Home 
 was formally opened on the 15th of October 
 of that year. The institution was then called 
 "Reform School for Girls;" but in 1872, by a 
 special Act of the Legislature, the present 
 name was adopted. 
 
 The buildings consisted of a three-story 
 frame hotel, with a stone basement, situated on 
 the ground now partially occupied by Cottage 
 No. 6, and facing the east (as does the present 
 alignment of brick cottages) ; south of the 
 hotel, and ninety-five feet distant therefrom, 
 stood a two-story frame building known as 
 the Mansion House. A short distance south 
 from this house was the beginning of a row 
 of cottages, which extended south to the pres- 
 ent site of Cottage No. 2. This line of smaller 
 buildings, known as "Cottage Row," was com- 
 posed of eight frame structures ; four twi >- 
 story, and four one-story buildings ; all of 
 these, from the hotel to the last cottage on 
 this alignment, were connected by a covered 
 wooden promenade. South of this row of 
 cottages stood a two-story frame chapel. 
 Southeast of this building, and about seventy- 
 five feet distant therefrom, stood another row 
 of frame cottages known as "Southern Row," 
 running east and west and facing the north, 
 consisting of two double frame buildings, lo- 
 cated on the ground which was later occupied 
 by Cottage No. 7. These, together with the 
 bath-house, bowling alley, and the "Burnett 
 House," constituted the tenements that passed 
 to the State. 
 
 These buildings were all dressed in white 
 paint, with green blinds, which lent a peculiar 
 charm to the beautiful grounds that had been 
 tastefully laid out and set with groves of 
 young indigenous and exotic trees. 
 
 On the 19th of November, the superin- 
 tendent. Dr. John Nichols, made his first re- 
 port, which shows that six girls were enrolled 
 as pupils in the new school. We also glean 
 from that report that the buildings, though 
 beautiful and extensive, did not possess every 
 
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 requirement necessary for comfortable winter 
 quarters. This was evidently understood at 
 the time of the purchase, as the whole 
 premises had been designed and the buildings 
 constructed for summer use only ; but with 
 hasty repairs on some of the more substantial 
 houses, they were made tenable against the 
 approaching storms of winter. However, just 
 as those connected with the work began to feel 
 secure in the permanency of their plans, the 
 Legislature passed an Act, April 14, 1870, 
 which seemed to transfer to the Board of Man- 
 agers of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Or- 
 phan's Home, all of the premises so recently 
 purchased by the State for the establishment 
 of the State Reform and Industrial School for 
 Girls, save and except the "Burnett House," 
 and five acres of land adjacent thereto. After 
 some correspondence between the officials of 
 the two institutions, the matter was finally 
 submitted to the attorney-general for his 
 opinion, the result of which left the trustees 
 of the Reform and Industrial School in pos- 
 session of their purchase. 
 
 On February 24, 1873, while a deputation 
 from the Legislative Committee was making 
 its annual visit to the Home, and while in the 
 very act of commenting favorably concerning 
 the satisfactory workings and prosperity of the 
 institution, fire suddenly broke out in the old 
 Mansion House, which was soon destroyed, 
 together with the chapel and superintendent's 
 home. The larger buildings were attacked, 
 but enough were saved of "Cottage Row" and 
 "Southern Row" to furnish crowded accom- 
 modations for the officers and pupils of the 
 Home. 
 
 During the session of 1872-73. the Legis- 
 lature appropriated $24,000.00 for the erection 
 of two new brick buildings, which are now 
 known as Cottages Nos. 1 and 3. They were 
 the first brick structures erected on the farm. 
 The "Administration." or "Central Building," 
 as it is sometimes called, from its location, was 
 built at a cost of $25,000.00, and was com- 
 pleted, ready for occupancy in May. 1874. 
 Here the business of the institution is trans- 
 acted and the superintendent and his family 
 reside. In 1875. "Cottage No. 2." sometimes 
 
 known as the "Fire-proof" Cottage, was built 
 on the site formerly occupied by the old frame 
 chapel. This was the fourth brick building, 
 including the "Central," in the order of con- 
 struction by the State. It is now being en- 
 larged and remodelled. "Cottage No. 6," al- 
 though the fifth in order of construction, was 
 completed and ready for occupancy in January, 
 1878. It cost, including gas fittings and water 
 pipe, $12,500.00, and was built on the ground 
 occupied by the old frame hotel which was 
 destroyed by fire in 1873. It is the northerly 
 terminus of the row of brick buildings that 
 face the east. 
 
 The buildings now known as Cottages 
 Nos. 4 and 5 were completed and ready for 
 use in the month of June, 1880. They were 
 paid for out of an appropriation of $25,000.00 
 made by the Legislature. In order to secure 
 a proper location for them, the three old frame 
 cottages standing between the Administration 
 Building and Cottage No. 2, were removed to 
 the east line of the road running north and 
 south through the farm, where they now 
 stand, the only relics (except the "Burnett 
 House") of the "beauty and glory" that 
 adorned the grounds of this once famous wa- 
 tering place. 
 
 Work on the erection of "Cottage No. 7" 
 was begun early in 1881. hut the structure was 
 not completed until the spring of '82. It cost, 
 including pipes for steam heat, $15,500.00. It 
 was located on ground formerly occupied by 
 what was known as "Southern Row," and 
 faced north. This building was destroyed by 
 fire on July 21, 1904. In 1907 it was replaced 
 by an attractive building, known as "Honor 
 Cottage," located just in the rear of the site 
 where No. 7 stood. The building cost about 
 832,000.00. and the furnishings about $6.- 
 000.00 more. It was opened on November 
 15th and occupied by the sixty-six girls hav- 
 ing the highest rank in the institution. 
 
 "Cottage No. 8," which faces south, is lo- 
 cated on an elevated piece of ground about 
 200 feet northeast of "Cottage No. 6." It 
 was completed in the fall of [888, at a cost of 
 $13,954.14, and was at that time used as the 
 "Honor Cottage." 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 All the buildings described above are two 
 stories in height above the foundations, except 
 one wing on "Cottage No. 8," and the Admin- 
 istration Building, which has a tall mansard 
 roof on the main part of the structure. 
 
 A visit to the institution is necessary in 
 order to gain even a fair conception of its 
 magnitude and importance. At present there 
 are 507 girls here, and these together with the 
 officials and employes make a total population 
 of about 550. The pupils of the institution 
 are housed in the eight "Cottages," just 
 described. It should be understood that these 
 "Cottages," so called, are very large and 
 spacious buildings. Those living in each cot- 
 tage are under the direct care of the matron, 
 house-keeper and cottage school teacher. 
 
 In the rear of the Administration Building 
 is the chapel, where religious exercises are con- 
 ducted. The Sunday services consist of Sab- 
 bath school at 10 A. M., which is followed by 
 public worship and preaching by Rev. \V. F. 
 Whitlock. D. D., who has been chaplain of the 
 institution for many years. 
 
 Instruction is given at the "Central School 
 Building." which was erected in 1897, at a 
 cost, including furnishings, of about $25,- 
 000.00. It contains eleven rooms. Besides 
 the eight grammar grades, there is a two-ye ir 
 high school course, in which such branches, 
 including bookkeeping, shorthand and type- 
 writing are taught, as will be most useful to 
 the pupils when the have left the home. In- 
 struction in vocal and instrumental music is 
 also given under the direction of a competent 
 teacher. 
 
 A "Technical and Industrial Building" is 
 being constructed, which will cost, including 
 furnishings and fixtures, ahout $15,000.00. 
 1 )( unestic science, dress cutting and sewing, 
 Eancy needle-work, basketry — in fact, all 
 cla>se^ of industrial work, many of which are 
 already taught at the institution, will be taught 
 in this building. The instruction will be under 
 the direction of a graduate of Pratt Institute 
 or some similar school of equal standing. The 
 Home has a library which now amounts to 
 about 2,000 volumes. The ladies' clubs 
 throughout the State have sin >wn much inter- 
 
 est in this department of the Home by giving 
 
 1 k showers and supplying other valuable 
 
 literature. 
 
 Assembly Hall was built in 1904. for the 
 accommodation of the population of the in- 
 stitution, at a cost of $25,000.00. Besides the 
 spacious auditorium, the building contains a 
 bathing pool, hot and cold shower baths, dress- 
 ing rooms and toilet rooms. It is the intention 
 to equip a gymnasium in the building in the 
 near future. 
 
 There are a number of other buildings that 
 should be considered in this connection. In 
 1 878 a brick pump and boiler house was 
 erected for the purpose of supplying the build- 
 ings comprising the institution with water. 
 For this purpose the Legislature had appro- 
 priated $25,000.00. The same year a gas 
 plant was established from an appropriation 
 of $3,000.00. In the winter of 1883, the 
 building and gasometer, with its attachments 
 were destroyed by fire, but were immediately 
 rebuilt from an appropriation of $1,050.00 
 for this purpose made by the Legislature. This 
 was replaced in 1898 by the present splendid 
 acetylene gas plant. 
 
 The next building erected was a boiler 
 house, in which was placed a battery of boil- 
 ers for the purpose of heating the buildings 
 from one central point. This building was 
 completed in 1882, but did not seem to answer 
 all the requirements of the Home. The Board 
 of Trustees, being impressed with the impor- 
 tance of a system of water-works, both for 
 protection from fire and to supply water for 
 domestic purposes, requested in their annual 
 report of 1882 an appropriation of $20,- 
 000.00 for this purpose, and on April 17, 1883, 
 secured the following: "For change of steam- 
 beating and water-works, $24,000.00." The 
 power or engine and boiler-house was located 
 1 m the river bank. The boiler and other ma- 
 chinery were transferred to the new location, 
 and the present system of steam-heating and 
 water-works was completed early in [884. 
 With little expense, the old boiler-house was 
 converted into a general laundry. Recently 
 this has been equipped with the most modern 
 
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 laundry machinery for the convenience of the 
 pupils, by whom all laundry work is done. 
 The building erected in 1888 as a Hospital, 
 
 at an expense of $3,000.00, .is now used as a 
 Detention House. It is a two-story frame 
 building, located on a delightful elevation in 
 the southeast part of the Home lot. A new 
 hospital is to be erected under the provisions 
 of a special act passed by the Legislature on 
 January 16, 1908, authorizing the Board of 
 Trustees to employ an architect and proceed 
 to construct and equip a suitable and adequate 
 hospital, to cost not to exceed $30,000.00. 
 
 In 1891, the Grocery and Cold Storage 
 Plant was built at an expense of $1,200. This 
 will soon be equipped with refrigerating ma- 
 chinery to provide cold storage and to manu- 
 facture the ice used at the instituton, thus ren- 
 dering it independent of the uncertain natural 
 ice supply. There is also a central bake-oven, 
 where all the bread, to the amount of 600 to 
 1,000 loaves per day, is baked by the pupils at 
 the Home. 
 
 There is a spacious barn and other farm 
 buildings. Part of the milk consumed at the 
 institution is produced by a small dairy of 
 about sixteen cows, and most of the vegetables 
 consumed by the present population are pro- 
 duced on the farm. 
 
 The following men have served as super- 
 intendent of the institution: Dr. John Nichols 
 of Geauga County was the first to hold the of- 
 fice; in 1S77. he retired and Dr. Ralph Hills of 
 Delaware was appointed to the position, which 
 he fdled until his death in October, 1879. He 
 was succeeded by Rev. Nathan Smith, D. D., 
 who served until 1881, when Dr. D. R. Miller 
 was appointed to the office. Colonel James M. 
 Crawford was the next suoerintenclent. taking 
 charge December 15, 1884. We are indebted 
 to this highly esteemed citizen of Delaware 
 for the data regarding the early history of 
 the institution as given in these columns. In 
 March. 1889, Colonel Crawford resigned. His 
 successor was Captain Albert W. Stiles, who 
 helil the position for fourteen mouths, when 
 Colonel Crawford was reinstated in the posi- 
 tion, which he held for two years, until 1902. 
 He then resigned, and Captain Stiles was 
 
 again appointed superintendent, remaining in 
 office until April 1, 1904, when the present 
 efficient superintendent, Thomas F. Dye, was 
 appointed. 
 
 Few people have any idea of the great 
 good accomplished by this institution. Hun- 
 dreds of the girls who have been trained here 
 are now the wives of prosperous men in nearly 
 every walk in life. Many are married to suc- 
 cessful farmers in this and neighboring coun- 
 ties. One is the wife of a prosperous business 
 man in Cleveland, and a very active worker in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church; another went 
 to New Mexico, where she married an import- 
 ant railroad official. A young woman who 
 has made for herself a reputation as a writer 
 of poetry and prose, was developed from the 
 ranks of these girls; another married a million- 
 aire and shines in society; still another has 
 been a successful school teacher for the past 
 nine years in Marion County, having earned 
 for herself the means to pay for her advanced 
 instruction. A superintendent of a large de- 
 partment in an extensive business came from 
 the home, and the number of such young la- 
 dies who hold positions of responsibility and 
 trust in the business world is almost legion. 
 
 From the time he was superintendent of 
 the Home, Col. J. M. Crawford and his good 
 wife until her death, has kept in touch with a 
 large number of the girls who came under 
 their care. We wish we could reproduce even 
 a few of the hundreds of letters, many of them 
 of recent date, which he has received from 
 them, but we forbear doing so, as we have re- 
 frained from relating the intensely interesting 
 and romantic experiences of some of the young 
 ladies to whom we have alluded, rather than 
 take any chance of embarrassing them in the 
 present high positions which they hold in the 
 social and business world. 
 
 Many of the girls wdio are brought to the 
 Home, are not. according to the provisions of 
 the Act creating the institution, proper sub- 
 jects for commitment here. In many cases, 
 step-fathers or step-mothers, wishing to shirk 
 the expense or responsibility of caring for 
 their step-children, trump up charges on which 
 they are committed to the Home. One such 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 case received considerable publicity during 
 Colonel Crawford's term. 
 
 A man brought a bright, honest-appearing 
 little girl to the Home, who had been commit- 
 ted on a charge of stealing. While the man 
 was being shown about the institution, the 
 Colonel learned the girl's side of the story, and 
 had his suspicions confirmed. The offences of 
 which she was guilty were of the sugar and 
 pie-stealing class, such as most of us have 
 committed during a certain period in our lives. 
 Colonel Crawford confronted the man with 
 the facts, saying: "You are simply this girl's 
 step-father, and you are trying to get rid of 
 her." The Colonel also told him a few things 
 that every such person ought to hear. It de- 
 veloped that the man and the girl's mother 
 were going to Europe, and the man said that 
 when they came back, he would come and claim 
 the child. He was informed that he was un- 
 worthy of the child, and that if he left her at 
 the Home, its authority to keep her until she 
 was of age would be enforced. The man left 
 in high dudgeon, and Colonel Crawford im- 
 mediately commenced an investigation. He 
 found that two brothers of the girl had been 
 disposed nf in a similar manner, and also found 
 that there was some property in the family. 
 The Colonel had a friend who was a reporter 
 mi uiie nf the Cleveland papers, to whom he 
 told the story, requesting the reporter to try 
 to discover who owned the property. Nothing 
 nmre was heard of the matter, until, one day, 
 the paper came out with flaring headlines — 
 "An Heiress in the Girls' Industrial Home." 
 The article, which occupied considerable space, 
 told the story and explained that the girl's 
 mother was a property owner. Someone sent 
 copies of the paper to the girl's grandmother 
 in Ballybeen Park, in the north of Ireland, who 
 at once began a correspondence with the super- 
 intendent of the Home. She was entertaining 
 the child's mother and step-father, and had 
 been given the impression that the children 
 were being cared for at boarding-school. I pon 
 learning the facts, the old lady offered to pro- 
 vide a home for her granddaughter, and was 
 told that the institution would be glad to re- 
 linquish the child to her, if she would furnish 
 
 satisfactory evidence of her ability to care 
 properly for her. The evidence, together with 
 her formal application, came in the shape ol 
 a letter of highest recommendation from a 
 member of Parliament, and another letter from 
 the American consul at Belfast, speaking in 
 highest terms of the grandmother, and offer- 
 ing the services of his son, who was about to 
 return to America, in seeing the girl properly 
 searted on her ocean voyage. Uppn his ar- 
 rival in this country, the young man came to 
 the Home after the girl. In the meantime, the 
 developments in the case had made it seem de- 
 sirable for her mother and step-father to cut 
 short their visit in Ireland and return home; 
 but the girl had no irresistible impulse to call 
 upon them as she passed through Cleveland on 
 her way to New York. There she was placed 
 aboard a steamship by her escort and placed 
 in charge of a chaperone, and safely started for 
 Ballybeen Park, the home of her well-to-do 
 and generous-hearted ancestor. The last that 
 was heard from the young lady, she was at- 
 tending a college, where it would have been 
 embarrassing for her to continue to receive 
 correspondence on the stationery of the "Girls' 
 Industrial Home." 
 
 The institution was established as a "school 
 for the instruction, employment and reforma- 
 tion of exposed, helpless, evil-disposed and 
 vicious girls." Girls between the ages of nine 
 and seventeen years may be committed to the 
 Home for ( i ) committing any offense known 
 to the laws of Ohio, punishable by fine or im- 
 prisonment, other than imprisonment for life: 
 (2) any girl leading an idle, vagrant or vicious 
 life: ( 3 ) or if found in any street, highway or 
 public place in circumstances of want and suf- 
 fering, or neglect, exposure or abandonment, 
 or of beggary, or truancy. Every girl so com- 
 mitted shall be kept, disciplined; instructed, 
 employed and governed until she be either re- 
 formed and discharged, or shall be bound out 
 as an apprentice or servant, or shall have at- 
 tained the age of twenty-one years. All com- 
 mitments to be made by the probate judge of 
 the county having jurisdiction. The object 
 of the institution is to instruct the ignorant, to 
 aid the unfortunate, to reform the erring, to 
 
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 lift up the fallen, and to furnish a home for 
 the exposed and friendless of tender age, where 
 the_\ may be kindly cared for, trained to habits 
 of industry and receive such intellectual and 
 mural culture as to fit them for respectable po- 
 sitions in society. 
 
 In seeking to attain these aims, the pres- 
 ent management has reorganized the institu- 
 tion in many particulars. All uniformity in 
 matters of dress, etc., such as will be found in 
 many similar institutions, is carefully avoided. 
 So far as is practicable, an effort is made to 
 develop the individual taste of each girl. The 
 pupils have been classified and graded accord- 
 ing to their age ami merits, both from the 
 standpoint of conduct and mental ability. It 
 is felt that the skirls are at the Home, not for 
 
 punishment, but to receive training and coi 
 tion. Each is therefore placed upon her honor, 
 and made to feel that some responsibility rests 
 upon her. Under this system of classification, 
 the most worthy girls to the number of sixty- 
 six live in the "Honor Cottage." Thus tin- 
 pupils admitted to the Home have an oppor- 
 tunity to rise to a point of proficiency, where 
 they are recommended by the superintendent 
 to the Board of Trustees for positions, and 
 under his recommendation, some of the pupils 
 are now holding salaried positions in the in- 
 stitution. It is predicted that the time is not 
 far distant when the institution will be entirely 
 self-sustaining, so far as expense for labor is 
 concerned, through the work done by pupils. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 THE PR.ESS. 
 
 Newspapers and Editors of the Past and of the Present. 
 
 The Delaware Gazette is one of the oldest 
 newspapers in Ohio and probably the only one, 
 that has been controlled by one family for 
 nearly three quarters of a century. In the 
 year 1818 the Delaware Gazette first made its 
 appearance, published by Drake, Hughes and 
 Olmsted. Judge Ezra Griswold purchased the 
 paper in 182 1 and it was published by him 
 until 1834, when he sold it to Mr. George W. 
 Sharpe, who had just come to Ohio, from 
 Frederick, Maryland, where he had owned a 
 printing office. At the solicitation of Mr. 
 Sharpe, Abraham Thomson, a relative, emi- 
 grated from Maryland to Delaware and in 
 September, 1834, became a partner in this 
 journalistic enterprise. Soon afterwards Mr. 
 Sharpe sold his interest in the business io 
 Judge David T. Fuller. Two years later Mr. 
 Thomson purchased Judge Fuller's interests 
 and became sole proprietor, which he remained 
 from that time until January 1, 1897. when on 
 account of ill health, consequent upon the in- 
 firmity of age, he sold the Gazette establish- 
 ment to his two sons, Henry C. and Robert C, 
 and reluctantly retired from the labors that 
 had been so congenial to him for over a half 
 century. 
 
 From 1865 to 1871 a half interest in the 
 Gazette was held by Captain Alfred E. Lee. 
 who had served his country as a soldier with 
 distinction and bravery during the War of the 
 Rebellion, having been severely wounded at 
 the battle of Gettysburg. Captain Lee during 
 this time was elected a member of the Ohio 
 House of Representatives and afterwards was 
 
 appointed by President Hayes to be consul- 
 general at Frankfort-on-the-Main. In both 
 positions he rendered capable and creditable 
 service. After retiring from Frankfort he was 
 editorial writer on the Ohio State Journal and 
 other prominent newspapers. Captain Lee 
 died in 1905. 
 
 From 1871 until he retired Mr. Thomson 
 was assisted in the management of the paper 
 by his son, Robert Carter, and also a portion of 
 the time by his son, Frank G. In 1897 his 
 oldest son, Henry C, returned to Delaware 
 from Dayton, where he had lived for twenty- 
 six years, and with R. C. Thomson as part- 
 ner, purchased the Gazette establishment from 
 their father and continued its publication un- 
 der the firm name of Abram Thomson's Sons. 
 In October, 1898, Henry C. Thomson pur- 
 chased his brother's interest and since that time 
 has been sole owner and publisher. 
 
 Abram Thomson, who for sixty-two years 
 was owner and most of that time editor of the 
 Delaware Gazette, was a remarkable man. it 
 is doubtful whether there is in the history of 
 the State another case where one man has con- 
 tinuously held a like position for such a length 
 of time. As a man he was of a charming per- 
 sonality and noted for uprightness and integ- 
 rity of character ; as an editor he was able and 
 fearless ; as a citizen he was public spirited and 
 useful. 
 
 Born at Taneytown. Md., in 1814, and hav- 
 ing acquired his knowledge of printing in si une 
 of the chief newspaper offices of New York 
 city, he came to Delaware when a young man 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 189 
 
 of twenty and grew up with the town. Abrani 
 Thomson and his newspaper were prominent 
 factors in its growth and prosperity and he 
 was universally honored and respected by its 
 inhabitants. In addition to his long life in the 
 editorial harness, he held many public posi- 
 tions. In 1848-49, without any solicitation on 
 his part, he was nominated and elected Repre- 
 sentative of Delaware County in the Ohio 
 Legislature. For personal reasons he declined 
 a nomination unanimously tendered him for 
 re-election. In 1850-i he was chosen to suc- 
 ceed William Dennison as senator from the 
 district composed of the counties of Dela- 
 ware and Franklin. In the year 1854 Mr. 
 Thomson was a member of the Whig State 
 Central Committee when it assembled, and de- 
 clared the Whig organization disbanded and 
 merged its party into the Republican. 
 
 in i860 he was a member of the Board of 
 Presidential Electors of Ohio which cast the 
 vote of the State for Abraham Lincoln. By 
 President Lincoln he was appointed postmas- 
 ter of Delaware and re-appointed in 1865. 
 When the State Industrial Home for Chris was 
 established in 1869 Mr. Thomson became, by 
 appointment of Governor Hayes, a member of 
 it> first Board of Trustees, and he served as a 
 member and secretary of the board for nine 
 years. 
 
 Henry C. Thomson, the present owner of 
 the Gazette, was born in Delaware in 1842, 
 and was practically brought up in the Gazette 
 office, having in his youthful days delivered 
 the paper to its town subscribers for about five 
 years. In the year 1865 he was taken into 
 partnership in the printing business by his fa- 
 ther, and continued a partner until 1871, when 
 he moved to the city of Dayton, where he re- 
 mained for twenty-six years, being engaged in 
 the grocery business. January 1, 1897, he re- 
 turned to his first love, the Gazette, and still 
 directs its destinies. He has been assisted in its 
 publication for about eight years by his son. 
 Walter D. Thomson, to whose efficient man- 
 agement and industry its success and prosper- 
 ity is largely due. 
 
 In the year 1888 the size and business im- 
 portance of Delaware seeming to warrant the 
 
 venture, a daily edition of the Gazette was 
 launched and the favor with which it was re- 
 ceived by the citizens, insured its immediate 
 success. In 1897 a Mergenthaler linotype type- 
 setting machine was added to its equipment, 
 enabling the publisher to give its patrons much 
 more reading matter than had before been pos- 
 sible. In 1905 a second linotype machine was 
 installed, making the Gazette's type-setting fa- 
 cilities unexcelled by any office in a city 01 the 
 same size in the State. For a number of years 
 the Gazette has received the Scripps-McRae 
 telegraph and cable service, by which it has 
 been able to furnish its readers with the latest 
 news on an equality with any of the afternoon 
 papers of Columbus or Cleveland. This serv- 
 ice has recently been merged with the United 
 Press Association with improved facilities. 
 
 In the spring of the present year (1907) 
 the circulation of the Daily Gazette, having 
 outgrown the capacity of the press in use, a 
 Campbell multipress was purchased and in- 
 stalled in a new pressroom provided for its oc- 
 cupancy in the basement of the Gazette build- 
 ing. This press prints at one operation all 
 eight pages of the Gazette which has been en- 
 larged from six to seven o ilumns to the page, 
 and is capable of a speed of six thousand copies 
 per hour. 
 
 The semi-weekly edition of the Gazette, 
 which has a large circulation in the county out- 
 side of Delaware City, was also enlarged to 
 the same size. There are few cities the size 
 of Delaware that can boast of as up-to-date and 
 attractively printed daily paper as the Gazette. 
 A well equipped job printing department is an 
 important, adjunct of the Gazette establishment 
 and a large quantity of catalogue work and 
 commercial printing is turned out annually. 
 
 THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. 
 
 For some time prior to 1841, the need of a 
 Democratic organ in the county of Delaware 
 began to be felt. Colonel B. F. Allen, Andrew 
 H. Patterson, Andrew Stephen, James W. 
 Crawford. John Lugenbeel, Albert Pickett, Jr.. 
 Ahab Jinks. Thomas Reynolds, Moses Byxby, 
 Jr., W. B. Heim. George W. Sharp and others. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 had, at different times, been in correspondence 
 with printers at numerous places about estab- 
 lishing a Democratic paper in Delaware 
 County, but, as the saying goes today, no "oil" 
 was struck until early in the year of 1841. 
 Among the legislative reporters on the Ohio 
 Statesman during the session of 1840-1. was 
 a practical printer named Forest Knapp. It re- 
 quired a practical printer at that date to suc- 
 cessfully manipulate all of the departments of 
 a printing office. On the advice and recom- 
 mendation of Colonel Samuel Medary, a 
 proposition was made to Mr. Knapp which he 
 accepted, resulting in the establishment of a 
 Democratic paper in Delaware called The 
 Democratic Eagle. The paper was small, 
 worked off on a small hand-press, the circula- 
 tion very limited, the job department consist- 
 ing of a couple of fonts of wood type made of 
 apple or beech tree. The composition was done 
 by three apprentices, Thomas J. Crawford, 
 Andrew J. Crawford and Samuel J. Albright, 
 all natives of Delaware. The first edition was 
 bright, showing ability in its editorials, corres- 
 pondence and scissorings. taking at once with 
 its friends. Mr. Knapp conducted the paper 
 for several years, it growing in every depart- 
 ment and with his party and the people. Then 
 he left for other fields of labor, placing the 
 paper in the hands of Mr. John Converse. The 
 latter not being a practical printer, soon tired 
 of the business and retired. For some time 
 no paper was published. In the meantime. 
 Hon. George W. Sharp, a practical printer. 
 who had had much newspaper experience in 
 Maryland and some years prior in Delaware, 
 secured the ownership of the plant and sent 
 back to Frederick City, Md., for one of bis 
 former proteges, named George F. Stayman. 
 to come to Delaware to take charge of the pa- 
 per and the plant, and he would give him his 
 own time to pay for it. Mr. Stayman ar- 
 rived with his family early in the fall of [845, 
 took charge of the plant, secured some new 
 newspaper and job type and started a little 
 paper under the title of Loco Foco. This con- 
 tinued a year, when there was an enlargement 
 of the paper, press and all departments, the 
 name of the paper also being changed to The 
 
 Delazvare Standard. In a few years by work- 
 ing hard, day and night, himself, and making- 
 practical printers out of about all of his chil- 
 dren, although the portion of the county print- 
 ing was not large, he built up a very satisfac- 
 tory and readable paper, generally appreciated 
 by old and young. Under the title of Stand- 
 ard or Democratic Standard, for nineteen 
 years, under the management of Mr. Stayman. 
 this paper was continued. It was Democratic 
 after the Jeffersonian and Jackson stamp. For 
 a short time in the early fifties, D. W. C. 
 Lugenbeel had a half interest in the paper, at- 
 tending to the local department. It must be 
 said that The Standard established the first 
 local department of any paper ever published 
 in Delaware. Under the administration of 
 President Pierce and part of that of President 
 Buchanan, Air. Stayman was postmaster, but 
 lost out a year under the latter owing to his 
 support given to Stephen A. Douglas and. 
 "Squatter Sovereignty." The Standard was 
 the first paper in Delaware to run up "Old 
 Glory" when the Civil War began. In 1864, 
 The' Standard was sold to W. P. Reid. his 
 brother, Theodore P. Reid took charge of it 
 and started a neutral paper under the title of 
 The Delaware Comity News. In 1866. Sam- 
 uel J. Albright established a Democratic paper 
 under the title of The Herald. It was bright 
 and newsy from the start. 
 
 After it was firmly established, he retired, 
 when the paper under the management of 
 Hosea W. Chamberlain had a number of edi- 
 tors including Dr. E. H. Hyatt. Hon. E. F. 
 Poppleton and John A. Cone. The next pro- 
 prietor and publisher was Robert G. Hurlburt. 
 He continued to publish the Herald down to 
 the latter part of the seventies, when he died 
 of cancer of the tongue. The next was Daniel 
 Flannagan. He secured the plant and oper- 
 ated it but a short time when he was followed 
 by James K. Newcomer, then Newcomer & 
 Fisher (D. S.) George Padgett was the next 
 owner, until the plant was purchased by The 
 Journal Company, which started an independ- 
 ent newspaper in Delaware in iqoo. under the 
 editorial administration of Dr. F. M. Murray, 
 who was associated with Mr. J. D. Knowles. 
 
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 191 
 
 The latter became manager and 1 iperated the 
 paper until 1903. At this time. J. D. Knowles 
 became editor of the Journal-Herald, the pur- 
 chase of the Herald having been made by Mur- 
 ray & Knowles. The Journal-Herald is op- 
 erated in an up-to-date manner and is equipped 
 as a modern newspaper sin mid be. It has a 
 Mergenthaler type-setting machine, receives 
 the only telegraph service by wire every after- 
 noon and makes its own illustrations. 
 
 After the purchase of the Herald by the 
 Journal Company. J. D. Knowles became the 
 editor and for six years has conducted that 
 department in an able manner. Through the 
 increasing influence of the paper, several Dm- 
 ocrats have been elected to important county 
 positions and at this time, the Democrats have 
 the mayor and the City Council. In 1908 Mr. 
 John H. Byrne was admitted into the firm of 
 The Journal-Herald and holds the position as 
 city editor. An eight-page daily is published, 
 with sixteen pages on Saturdays. The Weekly 
 Journal-Herald is printed on Thursdays and 
 contains sixteen and sometimes twenty-eight 
 pages. It is considered one of the best publi- 
 cations in Ohio from a county of its size, sin iw- 
 ing its able management and the confidence of 
 its readers and patrons. 
 
 ASHLEY NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 In 1875, a paper called the Ashley Star was 
 started by Washington Granger. It was short- 
 lived, and there was then a period of several 
 years when no paper was published here. The 
 Argus was the next local purveyor of news. 
 After a time it came into the possession of the 
 firm of Shoemaker & Coomer, who changed 
 the name of the publication to the Enterprise. 
 After running the paper about a year, they 
 sold it to C. B. Benedict, who sold it after a 
 short time to A. D. Rowe. He adopted the 
 name of the Ashley Times, and published it 
 until his death. Harry Wood then purchased 
 the journal and remained its proprietor and 
 editor until 1904. when it was sold to C. Shoe- 
 maker. 
 
 In 1900. Wilson C. Shoemaker, a native 
 of Ashley, started a paper called the Ashley 
 12 
 
 Star, which name he changed. 111 May, [905, 
 to Tri-County Star. This journal has a ci 
 lation of about one thousand and is independ- 
 ent in politics, its policy being to use all the in- 
 fluence it exerts in the direction of enhancing 
 the growth and betterment of Ashley. It is a 
 four-page, seven-column paper, printed en- 
 tirely in Ashley. 
 
 StNBURY NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The Sunhury Enterprise was the first paper 
 published in that town, it was started in 1873. 
 and was owned by a stock company composed 
 of local citizens. The paper was issued 1 nice a 
 week, and was managed by D. M. I 'vie. He- 
 was to have purchased the paper and paid for 
 it out of the earnings of the office, but not- 
 withstanding that the people gave the new ven- 
 ture their support, it was plain at the end of 
 the first nine months that the manager was 
 not adapted to journalism, and the paper was 
 sold to Wayman Perfect, who changed the 
 name to the Spectator. The publication im- 
 mediately took on new life; it seemed to please 
 the people, and it was not long before there was 
 a list of 600 paid subscribers. The advertising 
 columns were also well patronized, and the pa- 
 per was a success from a financial point of 
 view. J. S. Watson purchased the paper in 
 1876, and it was successfully conducted by him 
 until the spring of 1871;, when he suspended 
 the publication in order to take advantage of 
 a better opening elsewhere. About 1880 a pa- 
 per called the Monitor was established by J. < i. 
 Sharpe, but we have been unable to learn any- 
 thing of its career or of its demise. In Max. 
 1889. A. R. Letts began the publication of a 
 Democratic paper called the Sunhury Nezvs. 
 It ran until the summer of 1894, when it was 
 suspended, and the people in that part of the 
 county were without a home paper until the 
 fall of 1894. when the Delazvare County 
 Nezi's-Item, a weeklv, independent paper, was 
 started by A. R. Letts and William F. Whit- 
 tier, under the firm name of Letts & Whittier. 
 In 1900. Mr. Whittier purchased his partner's 
 interest and has since conducted the paper 
 alone. The issues of the paper contain from 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 four to eight pages, and it now has a circula- 
 tion of 1,720. 
 
 The Delaware Signal, which was the first 
 organ of the Prohibition party in Ohio, was 
 started by a joint-stock company on Septem- 
 ber 23, 1873. T ne principal promoters of the 
 enterprise were Thomas Evans, Jr., Colonel 
 Lindsay, Dr. L. Barnes and J. W. Sharpe. 
 Their organization adopted the title of the 
 Delaware Printing and Publishing Associa- 
 tion. In 1872, a small paper called the Dela- 
 ware Prohibitionist had been started by Milton 
 R. Scott, and the association published this pa- 
 per for a short period, not more than a month 
 or two, until they could get in a position to 
 publish a paper better suited to their purpose. 
 The Signal was then started as a large-sized 
 nine-column folio, with Messrs. Sharpe, Barnes 
 and Lindsay as editors, and Mr. Evans as 
 
 treasurer and manager. The paper was pub- 
 lished at a loss until 1876, when Mr. Evans 
 took it off the hands of the association to pay 
 the debts of the concern. He abandoned his 
 other business interests and devoted his entire 
 time and energy to building up the paper, which 
 he continued to publish until some time in the 
 early 90's, as nearly as we are able to ascer- 
 tain. Mr. Evans reduced the size of the paper 
 to eight columns, and, by rigid economy, suc- 
 ceeded in making it pay the full expenses of 
 the office. Although the publication paid its 
 proprietor nothing for the time and labor he 
 bestowed upon it, it was a labor of love on his 
 part. The circulation of the paper grew to 
 large proportions for those days and for a 
 paper of that kind, and was accepted as the 
 State organ of the Prohibition party. 
 
CHAPTER. XI. 
 
 EDUCATION (1). 
 
 Introductory — Public Schools of the City of Delaware — District Schools and Early Teachers 
 — St. Mary's Parochial School — Statistics — Delaware City Library — Delaware County 
 Historical and Archaeological Society. 
 
 The sturdy pioneers who sought religious 
 freedom on New England's barren shores be- 
 lieved education to be the handmaid of relig- 
 ion, and so they reared the schoolhouse along 
 side the village church. Only twenty-seven 
 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims, a law 
 was passed compelling every town or district 
 of fifty householders to maintain a common 
 school, and every town or district having a 
 population of a hundred families to have a 
 grammar school, presided over by teachers 
 capable of preparing the pupils for college. 
 This is the first instance recorded in history 
 where a civil government undertook to provide 
 for the education of its youth ; and the wonder- 
 ful progress of our nation is a continual attes- 
 tation to the wisdom of those who embarked 
 upon this experiment of a government of, by, 
 and for the people. 
 
 The history of education in Ohio is unique 
 in this respect: That in 1785, before there was 
 a settlement in the territory now comprised 
 within the State, it was provided by Congress, 
 in an ordinance for the survey and sale of the 
 western lands, that section sixteen, or one- 
 thirty-sixth of every township included under 
 the ordinance, should be reserved from sale for 
 the maintenance of public schools within the 
 township. The "Compact of 1787" declared 
 that "schools and the means of education shall 
 forever be encouraged." As a rule, the ques- 
 tion of providing educational facilities is an 
 
 undeveloped region are not considered until 
 the need actually arises and presses home 
 upon an established community; but here we 
 have the federal and future state govern- 
 ments both pledged in advance to provide in 
 some way for the support of public schools. 
 
 As these lands were at first only reserved 
 from sale and settlement, no steps were taken 
 by the territorial legislature to apply them to 
 the purpose for which they were set aside. 
 When Ohio was admitted as a State, these re- 
 served school lands (of which there were 740,- 
 000 acres) were granted to the State and 
 placed at the disposal of the Legislature. 
 
 The Constitution of 1802, repeating the 
 famous educational clause of the Ordinance of 
 1787, made it the duty of the Legislature to 
 carry out its intent. It also provided that all 
 schools, academies and colleges founded upon 
 or supported by revenues from the land grants 
 should be open "for the reception of scholars, 
 students and teachers of every grade without 
 any distinction or preference whatever." The 
 Constitution of 185 1 goes still farther, and de- 
 clares in plain terms that the General Assem- 
 bly shall provide by taxation or otherwise, "a 
 thorough and efficient system of common 
 schools throughout the State." What has the 
 State done in fulfillment of these constitutional 
 obligations which it assumed? Nearly all the 
 school lands were sold long ago, and those 
 that have not been sold are held under per- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 petual lease at an extremely low rental. The 
 money received from the sale of these lands 
 was paid into the State treasury, the Stale 
 pledging itself to pay six per cent, interest 
 thereon forever, the interest to be distributed 
 annually among the various townships and 
 districts for school purposes. As a matter of 
 fact, the fund itself has been borrowed and 
 spent by the State, and the annual interest the 
 State is obligated to pay is raised by taxation. 
 The fund is now, therefore, merely a fiction of 
 bookkeeping, and represents the legal and 
 moral obligation on the part of the people to 
 tax themselves a certain amount each year for 
 school purposes. 
 
 Having thus briefly reviewed the early pro- 
 visions made for the support of public schools 
 in Ohio, and having seen how the immensely 
 valuable reservations of school lands have been 
 practically frittered away by politicians, we 
 will now consider the conditions that actually 
 confronted the courageous pioneers who 
 braved the perils of wild beasts, savages and 
 disease to bring civilization into this wilder- 
 ness. Coming from New England, they 
 brought with them the same ideas of the value 
 and importance of education that were so 
 early formulated into the law we have already 
 noticed ; but in this new and unsettled coun- 
 try there were many obstacles to be overcome. 
 At first, comfortable shelter must be provided 
 for the family, and then land must be cleared 
 and crops raised to provide sustenance for man 
 and beast. Arduous as such work now is, it 
 is not to be compared with the toil of these 
 brave men and women of a hundred years 
 ago. Little time or strength, if any, was left 
 for study to anyone of either sex who was able 
 to hear any part of this burden of labor; settle- 
 ment-- were small and scattered: teachers were 
 scarce, money and hooks were scarcer and 
 school houses — there were none. All honor is 
 therefore due these sturdy and ambitious pio- 
 neers for the way they surmounted these dif- 
 ficulties, and provided for the education of 
 their children just as soon as there were 
 enough settlers in a locality to maintain a 
 school. 
 
 The old log schoolhouses, with their rude 
 furniture, have been replaced by accommoda- 
 tions and facilities for securing an education 
 that transcend the wildest dreams of the teach- 
 ers and pupils of those primitive days. There 
 are few people now left in the county who are 
 old enough to recall these early "temples of 
 learning.*' and a brief description will doubt- 
 less. interest the pupils of the present as well as 
 those of coming generations. The early schools 
 were not public schools in any true sense of the 
 word, and not free schools in any sense. Land 
 grants were not yet available, and school taxes 
 were unknown. The schoolhouses were not 
 built by subscription ; the neighbors would 
 gather at some point previously agreed upon, 
 and, with axe in hand, the work was soon 
 done. These early structures all belonged to 
 the log-cabin style of architecture. Thev were 
 fifteen to eighteen feet in width, and twenty- 
 four to twenty-eight feet long, with eaves 
 about ten feet from the ground. The chinks 
 between the logs were filled with clay mor^ 
 tar. The floor was of earth, puncheons, or 
 smooth slabs. Puncheons were logs split and 
 smoothed a little with an axe or hatchet on 
 the flat side. To make a window, a log was 
 cut out. usually the entire length of the build- 
 ing, and the opening thus made was covered 
 with greased paper mounted on sticks. The 
 people in Marlboro township were particularly 
 proud of their schoolhouse, which had two 
 such windows, in one of which greased sheep- 
 skins were used instead of paper. The room, 
 or at least one end of it. was heated from an 
 immense fireplace, and it usually took most of 
 the time of three boys to fill its hungry maw 
 with logs. The furniture consisted principally 
 of rude benches without backs, made by split- 
 ting logs into halves, and mounting them, flat 
 side up on four stotit wooden pins about fif- 
 teen inches long. Just under the window, two 
 or three strong pins were driven into a log in 
 a slanting direction; on these pins a long 
 puncheon was fastened, which served as a 
 writing desk for the whole school. There was 
 no blackboard, and no apparatus of even the 
 rudest description to assist the teacher in ex- 
 
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 pounding the lesson. Reading, spelling, writ- 
 ing and arithmetic constituted the course of 
 study. Text-books were few. The favorite 
 reader, when it could be procured, was the 
 New Testament; Murray's reader was owned 
 by a few, and here and there would be found 
 a copy of the "Columbian Orator;" Webster's 
 Speller was the first used, later, the "Elemen- 
 tary Speller" was introduced. They learned 
 to "figure" from Pike's and Smiley's Arithme- 
 tics. When grammar was taught, which was 
 not often. Murray's and Kirkham's grammars 
 were the text-books used. These were the 
 books comprising the primitive outfit of the 
 teacher, while each pupil usually had one or 
 more of them. As there was hut little work 
 to do on the farm in mid-winter, a three 
 months' term was taught at that season, so 
 that the boys could attend. The teachers were 
 paid by subscription, and "hoarded around," 
 the terms being from one to three dollars per 
 pupil for a term of three months. In those 
 days there was little money with which to 
 pay salaries, as nothing was raised to sell, and 
 gold and bank notes were unknown before the 
 War of 1 81 2. 
 
 Many peculiar characters found their way 
 into the teaching profession in those early days 
 on the frontiers of civilization. In Berkshire 
 T >wnship, one of the early teachers was a 
 man named Nathan Dustin. He was possessed 
 of a very fine sense of "propriety," and was 
 much given to lecturing his pupils on the rules 
 of behavior. He wanted his girls and boys to 
 grow up to be ladies and gentlemen. Another 
 interesting character who taught in Berkshire 
 Township was an Irishman named Lexton. He 
 was fond of his whiskey, which he often car- 
 ried to school. The use of this stimulant did 
 not tend to soften his naturally high temper. 
 Partially intoxicated, he frequently fell asleep, 
 and. on waking, punished at random the first 
 one his eyes fell upon. Such were the teach- 
 er- of those early days. Some set before their 
 pupils the example of an upright and worthy 
 life, while they tried to impart their own 
 limited store of knowledge : others, indifferent 
 to the influence of their example, or to the 
 progress of their pupils, were time-servers 
 
 only. However, such instruction as they could 
 give, or did give, was better than no instruc- 
 tion at all. Probably none of those early 
 teachers could measure up to the standards re- 
 quired of the teachers now in our schools ; 
 but, fortunately, the conditions of life in those 
 pioneer days did not call for the educational 
 qualifications that the boys and girls of the 
 rising generation must have to hold their own 
 in the battle of life. 
 
 Institutions which, for many decades, filled 
 an important place in the life of the community 
 were the spelling-schools, or spelling-matches, 
 and singing-schools. Both of these branches 
 of study have for many years been incorpor- 
 ated in the curriculum of the public schools, 
 and so these early institutions have passed 
 away; though, if the spelling of the present 
 generation be a criterion, it may be doubted 
 if the modern method of teaching spelling is 
 any improvement on that of a generation ago. 
 But these early schools were not only a means 
 of education, they filled a place in the social 
 life of the people well suited to the times, and 
 this combination of pleasure and study doubt- 
 less had much to do with the lively interest 
 manifested in these functions. A story used 
 to be told by one of the old residents of Berlin 
 Township, which shows the rough and ready, 
 if good-natured manners of those days. As is 
 often the case nowadays, two boys had their 
 hearts and attentions set upon one girl, and 
 both proposed to himself to escort her home. 
 While one of the contestants was lighting his 
 hickory torch at the old block-house fire-place, 
 his rival, who had been quicker than he, just 
 placed his torch in close proximity with the 
 other's coat-tail. Of course, there was a sudden 
 hurrying about to extinguish the blaze, but. 
 in the meantime, the shrewd incendiary had 
 gone off with the girl, leaving his rival to 
 grieve over the lacerated state of his feelings, 
 as well as the damaged condition of his o at- 
 tail. 
 
 We find that it is impossible to secure a 
 connected story of the schools in each township 
 from the earliest times down to the present 
 day, and we shall have to content ourselves 
 with a brief "dance at so much of the early 
 
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 school history as we have been able to obtain 
 and a statement of the conditions of the 
 schools at the present time. To aid in compar- 
 ing these two periods, we have prepared a 
 statement (see elsewhere in this chapter) 
 showing the tax rate for schools, the total 
 expenditure for schools, the number of school- 
 houses, total value of school property, num- 
 ber of teachers and number of elementary and 
 high school pupils in each of the eighteen town- 
 ships and thirteen school districts in the county. 
 These figures are for 1907, except in a few 
 cases, which are indicated, where we were able 
 to secure the 1908 figures, or where the 1906 
 figures are the latest that can be obtained. 
 It is gratifying to note that, throughout the 
 county, progress in school matters and im- 
 provement in the facility for educating our 
 youth have kept pace with the demands of the 
 times. 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE. 
 
 In 1880 the late Prof. William G. Williams 
 prepared an article on the public schools of the 
 city of Delaware, which appears in the History 
 of Delaware County that was published at that 
 time. Prof. Williams was at that time a mem- 
 ber of the School Board ; he was a writer of 
 recognized ability ; his historical researches 
 were thorough, and as he then had sources of 
 information upon which we cannot draw at this 
 late day, we will quote the article referred to, 
 making only such changes as may lie necessary 
 to indicate that persons then referred to as 
 living are no longer with us, and to avoid con- 
 fusing the period in which he wrote with the 
 present time. 
 
 "The early settlers in Delaware were 
 mostly from the New England States, and were 
 generally educated and intelligent. They ap- 
 preciated the value of education for their chil- 
 dren ; but they were poor, and the school- 
 master had not yet followed them to the 
 wilderness. Accordingly, what book-learning 
 the children of the first generation got, was 
 imparted to them by the parents in the long 
 winter evenings. Sometimes, when families 
 were close neighbors, the children, and even 
 
 the older folks, would unite in these exercises, 
 under the instruction of the best scholar of 
 the neighborhood. Such for a number of 
 years, from 1808, was the educational status of 
 the community. 
 
 "After the village became large enough to 
 have day schools, and until the school law of 
 1825, the schools were subscription schools, 
 and were held in private houses. During this 
 time there were still but few professional 
 teachers. The office was mostly held by some 
 middle-aged person who had the physical, as 
 well as the intellectual ability thought to be 
 necessary for this work. The first teacher 
 whose name has been retained, and perhaps 
 the first actually employed;, was Pelatiah Mor- 
 gan. He is represented as a man of sufficient 
 scholarship, but of intemperate habits, and of 
 harsh discipline. His school dated from 1815, 
 and continued at intervals for several years; 
 but, being a private school, 'the record of its 
 alumni is lost.' 
 
 "About the year 181 7, Mr. Russell E. Post 
 had a private school in a building on Winter 
 Street, a short distance west of Sandusky. 
 Nothing further is related of this school. 
 
 In 1 82 1 Mr. James B. Weaver was the 
 only teacher in Delaware. He was a man 
 of middle age and married, and had probably- 
 taught before coming to Delaware. His first 
 schoolroom was in the upper story of a house 
 belonging to the Rev. Jacob Drake, where now 
 stands the Reid and Powell Block, but he soon 
 removed to the upper story of a building on 
 the site of the City Hall. Mr. Weaver was a 
 man of violent impulses, and in one of his pas- 
 sionate moments he fatally injured a little 
 pupil in his school. No prosecution followed, 
 but the act broke up the school and drove 
 the teacher from his profession and from the 
 town. 
 
 "In 1823 he was succeeded at the same 
 place by Captain Elias Murray, the son-in-law 
 of Colonel Moses Byxbe, original proprietor 
 of the town. Captain Murray was also a mid- 
 dle-aged man, but of kind feelings, and as in- 
 dulgent in his discipline as his predecessor had 
 been morose and rigid. 
 
 "About the same date there was an in- 
 
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 stance of private tutorship that deserves men- 
 tion. The tutor was John A. Quitman, then 
 a y< ung clerk in the United States Land Office 
 at Delaware. His pupils were the children of 
 Piatt Brush, Esq., an eccentric old gentlemen, 
 his superior in office. Mr. Quitman subse- 
 quently went South, studied law. and became 
 noted as a politician ; and was afterwards a 
 distinguished general in the Mexican war, and 
 then governor of Mississippi. 
 
 "In 1821 Miss Sophia Moore, sister of the 
 late General Sidney Moore and of Emery 
 Moore, built the house occupied in 1880 by the 
 Misses Welch, on Franklin, near William 
 Street, for an orphans' home and school. This 
 was not a charity school, though undertaken 
 with charitable intent. Miss Moore taught this 
 school, including day scholars, very accept- 
 ably for some years, until her marriage to Mr: 
 Gorton. 
 
 "In 1825 Richard Murray. Esq., nephew 
 of Captain Murray, became associated with 
 Miss Moore in the conduct of her school. After 
 her marriage he carried it on alone for two 
 or three years, and then with his wife, formerly 
 Miss Joan Hills. Mrs. Murray was a born 
 teacher. When quite a young girl, in 1824-25, 
 she taught in Berkshire, and after her mar- 
 riage, in 1826-27, in Delaware, with her hus- 
 band. In 1833, after the death of her husband, 
 she resumed teaching, and taught continuously, 
 with short respites only, until 1868, a period of 
 forty-four years. A few years of this was 
 in the public schools of the town, but most of 
 the time was in her own private house on 
 Franklin Street. In this unpretending, but ad- 
 mirable school, were educated many of the 
 most cultivated ladies of the city. 
 
 "A little later, somewhere from 1827 to 
 1830. Mr. Asa Messenger, another relative of 
 Colonel Byxbe, taught, for two or three vears, 
 in the house built by Miss Moore on Franklin 
 Street. Mr. Messenger subsequently went 
 South, and afterward became an editor, in 
 Tuscumbia. Alabama. Nearly at the same 
 time, his sister. Miss Messenger, attempted to 
 establish a girls' seminary, and taught a few 
 terms, but the effort eventually failed. 
 
 "Up to this time, in the history of the 
 State, there had been no organic legislation on 
 the subject of schools. Special charters were 
 granted to the cities, but no adequate provision 
 had been made for the non-corporate parts of 
 the State. All the schools in Delaware, thus 
 far, as in the rural districts and smaller towns 
 elsewhere, were private and independent. The 
 population of the town was small, not yet 
 reaching 500. and most of the time, a single 
 school met all the educational wants of the 
 place. The tuition fees were very small : at 
 first scarcely reaching $1.50 per quarter of 
 thirteen weeks, and, at the last, in the case of 
 the best teachers, not exceeding $3.00 per quar- 
 ter. Nor was the pay always certain, or gener- 
 ally made in money. "Store pay," or "trade," 
 was a very common method of balancing ac- 
 counts, and largely prevailed to a much later 
 date than this. 
 
 "Yet, even after the enactment of school 
 laws providing for a public system of educa- 
 tion, the private schools were long continued, 
 until the new system was in complete working 
 order. Of these later teachers of private 
 schools, the following may be mentioned as 
 most successful : Albert Pickett, Jr.. had a 
 reputable school from 1834 to 1836. He was 
 a son of Albert Pickett, a famous teacher in 
 Cincinnati, and inherited much of his father's 
 genius for literary work. He afterward held 
 office in the county, and died about 1850. 
 
 "Horatio Sherman was a professional 
 teacher, from the State of New York. He was 
 in the prime of life when he brought his family 
 to Delaware. Here he taught many vears. at 
 first in the public schools, but, in 1S40 and 
 afterward, a private school in his own house, 
 on William Street. His advertisement says: 
 'Young gentlemen preparing to teach, will 
 be particularly attended to; tuition. $2.50 or 
 $3.00 per quarter.' At last he was laid aside 
 by a failing of sight, and died, in Upper San- 
 dusky, about 1879. 
 
 "About 1832 two highly accomplished 
 ladies from Ireland. Mrs. Howison and her 
 sister. Miss Johnson, opened a girls' seminary 
 in the house of Colonel Byxbe. An extensive 
 
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 course of study was marked out. Miss Meeker, 
 afterwards Mrs. Sprague, whose son was pro- 
 bate judge in 1880, assisted them in the lower 
 classes. But the school was not successful, 
 and, in a few years, was discontinued. After 
 the close of this school, Miss Meeker had. for 
 two years. 1834-36, a very popular infant 
 school in the town. 
 
 "The school law of 1825 established a gen- 
 eral system of public schools of low grade, 
 which were destined largely to supersede the 
 private schools of the same grade. But this 
 result could not be effected at once. The tax 
 which the Legislature of 1825 ventured to au- 
 thorize was but one-half a mill on the dollar, 
 one-fourteenth as much as school boards were 
 empowered to levy in 1880. For many years 
 this tax was insufficient to maintain the district 
 schools for the requisite time — rarely for more 
 than two quarters of the year. 
 
 "The schools had an average enrollment of 
 about sixty pupils, of both sexes, and were un- 
 graded as to age or attainments. The teacher's 
 work was hard, and his pay light, being about 
 $20 per month. This was drawn from the 
 public funds as long as the money held out. 
 When this was exhausted, voluntary subscrip- 
 tions enabled the directors to continue the pub- 
 lic school another term; or the building was 
 granted, free of rent, to the teacher for a pri- 
 vate school, for the remainder of the school 
 year. 
 
 "Under this law, the first public school 
 buildings in Delaware were erected. One was 
 a stone building at the corner of Franklin and 
 \\ inter Streets, on the lot occupied in 1908 
 by the Jane M. Case Memorial Hospital. An- 
 other was a small frame house, also on Frank- 
 lin Street, at the northwest corner of the Court- 
 house lot. 
 
 "Miss Eliza T. Thompson, afterward Mrs. 
 William Carson, was the first lady that taught 
 a district school in Delaware. The school was 
 in the stone school house for the winter. The 
 next summer she had a select school in the 
 same house. Among her pupils were Ruther- 
 ford B. Hayes and his sister Fannie. 
 
 "Some of the teachers ahead) mentioned 
 taught in the newly organized district schools; 
 
 but it is impossible to name all who from this 
 time forward helped to train the youth of Dela- 
 ware in the paths of learning and of virtue. 
 
 "As only primary or ungraded schools 
 could be organized under the law, the wants 
 of the community were not yet all met. Indi- 
 vidual attempts to establish a seminary of a 
 higher grade having failed, a number of pub- 
 lic-spirited citizens, among whom were M. D. 
 Pettibone, Sherman Finch and others, at length 
 combined in 1834, to build up such a school 
 for the beter education of their children. The 
 attempt resulted in the erection of the Dele- 
 ware Academy. It was a large frame build- 
 ing two stories high, beautifully located on 
 Hill Street, in South Delaware, at that time 
 "out of town.' In this building there was a 
 succession of teachers, among whom were Giles 
 M. Porter ( 1838-40). Rev. James McElroy, 
 George S. Lee, Miss L. A. Emerson, after- 
 ward Mrs. Porter (1840), R. E. Rice, B. A. 
 (1840), and Flavel A. Dickinson, a recent 
 graduate of Yale College (1841). The tuition 
 fee was $5 per term for languages; $4.50 for 
 higher English, and $4 for elementary studies. 
 But, laudable as was the attempt, excellent and 
 expensive as was the instruction, the time fi >r 
 these things was not yet, and the Academy 
 was a failure. It not only paid no interest ti < 
 the stockholders; it could not support the teach- 
 ers. The building long stood empty, then 
 passed into other hands for a ladies' school. 
 and finally was sold to the City School Board, 
 and was occupied for some years as one of the 
 ward schools. It was torn down in 1879. 
 
 "In the year 1847. the Legislature felt 
 strong enough to take an advanced step in 
 school matters; and the law was so improved 
 as to permit the establishment of Union school, 
 with graded classes. This is what is popularly 
 known as the "Akron Law." The town of 
 Delaware was for this purpose made into one 
 district, and the old Methodist Church at the 
 corner of William and Franklin Streets, was 
 bought by the School Hoard, and reconstructed 
 into suitable schoolrooms; those below for the 
 boys, and those above for the girls. Whether 
 this separation of the sexes was an advanced 
 step, we need not pause to discuss, as it was 
 
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 soon abandoned, and both sexes again nni'ted 
 in the same rooms and recitations. 
 
 "The first members of the Board of Di- 
 rectors under the new law were Sherman 
 Finch, Israel Breyfogle and Stephen W. Little, 
 and the first superintendent was Lucius P. 
 Marsh, a young man from the State of New 
 York> then twenty-four years of age. His 
 salary was fixed at $40 per month. The girls 
 were placed under the special care of Mrs. 
 Murray at $25 per month. Their assistants 
 were Mr. A. R. Gould, Mrs. Dr. Rowland 
 anil Misses Renette Brown, Charlotte Wash- 
 burn and Jennette Sherman. The salaries of 
 the young ladies were $13 per month. After 
 two years of service, Mr. Marsh, upon being 
 refused an increase of salary, resigned his 
 place and began the practice of law. * * * 
 In like manner, Mrs. Murray was retired from 
 service in these schools, after a tenure of five 
 years. Her salary was reduced to $20 per 
 month, whereupon she immediately opened a 
 private school, from which she realized over 
 $50 per month for many years. These meager 
 salaries were adjusted by the amount at the 
 command of the Board. The funds were suffi- 
 cient to sustain the schools for only seven 
 months; and a private subscription was raised 
 to continue the schools for the normal period 
 of nine months. When the income of the 
 Board had grown larger, the usage of having 
 a long vacation in the summer had become 
 fixed, and the schools are held even yet ( 1880) 
 for but about thirty-six weeks. 
 
 "Before the adoption of the school law. 
 any person, however incompetent, might take 
 up the office and the ferule of teacher ; and 
 often, no doubt, the office was thus filled by 
 persons wholly unworthy. Such persons 
 might, indeed, even now, intrude themselves 
 into the calling of teacher, if they could find 
 private patronage. But the State common 
 schools are so excellent, so satisfactory to the 
 people at large, that private tuition has almost 
 ceased, except in denominational or expensive 
 select schools. This is owing to the legal 
 exclusion of unfit teachers. No one is permitted 
 to teach in the public schools, or draw pa} 
 therefor, who has not been examined both for 
 schi ilarship and moral character. The first 
 
 Board of Examiners in Delaware County, 
 under the State law. was composed oi Solo- 
 mon Smith, Esq., Dr. Eleazar Copeland and 
 Dr. Silas C. McClary. These were appointed 
 by the Court of Common Pleas. The county 
 owes much to these worthy gentlemen and 
 their successors for their faithfulness in keep- 
 ing out of the schools the dissipated and the 
 ignorant. Among those subsequently appointed 
 were Drs. N. Spalding and Ralph Hills ; Rich- 
 ard Murray, Sherman Finch, David T. Fuller. 
 Cooper K. Watson and Homer M. Carper. 
 Esqs: Revs. William L. Harris. James 
 McEIroy. Prof. William G. Williams," Rev. 
 James S. Campbell and John Ufford. * * * 
 All the teachers in the city of Delaware as 
 well as in the county at large, passed this 
 Board; but in 1878, a City Board of Examin- 
 ers was appointed, before whom the city teach- 
 ers are examined with more care and on more 
 subjects than are required on the County 
 Board. 
 
 "In the Central Building, though ill suited 
 to academic uses, the schools of the town were 
 held for a period of about ten years from 
 [847. The records of the Board during the 
 first part of this time have been lost, and the 
 names and dates of service of the teachers can- 
 not all now be recalled. Of those who taugfht 
 during the later years, we give the names of 
 Mr. John W. Hyatt, who was appointed prin- 
 cipal, in 1856, at a salary of $60 per month. 
 He served one year, and then went into busi- 
 ness in Toledo. * * * After him. Wil- 
 liam F. Whitlock served one year, while car- 
 rying on his studies at the University. He is 
 now Latin professor in the University. 
 
 * *' As the town grew, and the enroll- 
 ment of pupils gradually increased, one or two 
 1 ither houses were occupied as schools. At 
 length, the limited accommodations at the Cen- 
 tral Building compelled the Board to seek new 
 quarters. In 1859 they bought a large lol 1 E 
 the Little estate, at the west end of William 
 Street, on which they erected a building; of 
 six rooms, larger and better adapted to school 
 uses. 
 
 "A better organization, and a uniform 
 course of study, was now deemed desirable. 
 To this end, uniform and efficient supervision 
 
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 seemed essential; and William Carter, in 1862, 
 was appointed superintendent, at a salary of 
 $700, which was soon raised to $1,000. He 
 brought the schools into a very good degree 
 of efficiency. To provide for the increased at- 
 tendance, the Board bought for $2,000, the 
 old academy building in South Delaware, and 
 opened there two new rooms, which soon grew 
 into four. After three years' service, Air. Car- 
 ter resigned for a more lucrative calling. His 
 successor was Rev. James S. Campl>ell, who 
 entered upon the duty in 1865 [and held the 
 position until his death. February 28, 1891]. 
 His salary was fixed at $1,000 per annum. 
 but the next year it was raised to $1,200." 
 Later it was raised to $1,600. "Ten other 
 teachers were appointed at the same time, all 
 ladies, with pay from $35 to $45 per month. 
 The assessment for the support of the schools 
 was four mills on the dollar. 
 
 "The growth of the town during the pros- 
 perous years after the war. was such that the 
 Board of Education was compelled, in rapid 
 succession, to double the accommodations of 
 the schools. In i86g, a new school house of 
 four rooms was built in North Delaware; in 
 1870, a house with the same number of rooms, 
 but larger, was built in East Delaware : in 
 1875, a yet larger building of six rooms was 
 erected in South Delaware, and a year or two 
 later, two rooms were added to the Central 
 school house, and two more to the school in 
 East Delaware. By a judicious economy, these 
 improvements were all effected without the 
 creation of a debt, and with hut small increase 
 in the rate of taxation. In the last ten years 
 ( 1870-80) the annual levy has but once reached 
 the limit of seven mills on the dollar, author- 
 ized by law; two years it was six mills, four 
 years it was five mills, and, for the last three 
 years (to 1880) it has ranged from three to 
 four mills. The enumeration of youth of a 
 legal school age is now (1880) 2.300; the 
 number of teachers appointed in 1879-80 was 
 twenty-five; and the aggregate salaries paid to 
 them are $10,500; and the incidental expenses 
 of the schools are about $3,000 more. 
 
 "The course of study is so arranged that 
 pupils leaving the school at the age of twelve. 
 
 are able to read and write well, have an under- 
 standing of the fundamental principles of arith- 
 metic, and a general knowledge of geography, 
 esentially that of their own country. Those 
 who stay to complete the entire course, ex- 
 tending through eight years, get a very good 
 general preparation for business, or for en- 
 trance upon college studies. Graduates of the 
 High School are prepared for the freshman 
 class in colleges, with the exception of Greek. 
 "Among a free people, the thirst for knowl- 
 edge and culture is unquenchable; if not satis- 
 fied in one direction, it will seek to be slaked 
 in another. In the earlier years of this town 
 the educational and literary cravings of the 
 community were just as marked as they have 
 shown themselves since, but the opportunities 
 for indulging them were not the same as now. 
 In the absence of public reading-rooms, schools, 
 libraries, and newspapers, a tribune for public 
 discussion was a pleasant and profitable form 
 of entertainment and means of cultivation. 
 Such was found in the 'Delaware Lyceum." 
 an organization formed by the young men. but 
 largely attended by all classes of citizens. Of 
 the date of its organization, and the length 
 of its career, the writer has no information, 
 but, as showing the character of its meetings, 
 the grave and practical matters discussed, the 
 fallowing illustrations may be given. The 
 notices are from the Olentangy Gazette; and 
 the meetings were held in the Thespian Hall, 
 an upper chamber in the range of public build- 
 ings on the Court-house plaza. This name 
 indicates that the hall was originally designed 
 for entertainments of a musical and dramatic 
 character. 
 
 "'Monday evening, February 1, 1841. 
 a public discussion is appointed on the 
 following resolution: 'Resolved, That 
 the right of suffrage should be extended 
 to females.' Advocates, S. Dunham, P. 
 Bunker. T. A. Barnes; Respondents. R. 
 Hills, T. C, Tones. R. E. Rice. 
 
 " T. Ranney. Secretary.' " 
 
 "From the names here and following, it 
 seems, as might be expected, that the legal 
 
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 profession was most largely represented. All 
 these gentlemen were lawyers or law-students, 
 except Bunker, Sheriff; Hills, physician; and 
 Rice, teacher. 
 
 "Feh. 15. — 'Resolved, That the youth 
 of the country should be educated at pub- 
 lic expense.' Advocates, T. W. Powell, 
 F. Horr, R. Hills; Respondents, D. T. 
 Fuller, I. Ranney, P. Bunker." 
 
 "Feb. 22. — 'Resolved, That capital 
 punishment ought to be abolished." Ad- 
 vocates, T. C. Jones, J. A. Barnes; Re- 
 spondents, R. E. Rice, P. Bunker." 
 
 ".March 25. — 'Resolved, That the 
 right of suffrage ought to be extended to 
 females.' Advocates, P. Bunker, T. C. 
 lones; Respondents, I. Ranney, R. 
 
 Hills." 
 
 "Evidently this was a question of unusual 
 interest. The discussion six weeks before had 
 aparently not settled the matter in debate; but 
 it had at least wrought conviction and con- 
 version in the mind of one of the champions ; 
 and he now appears in arms in the opposite 
 camp. How the great debate at last termi- 
 nated, the muse of history has not recorded, 
 but the renewed struggle on this question in 
 the Ohio Legislature, in this year of grace, 
 1880, too plainly declares that the vote upon 
 the occasion should have been put on record 
 for the information and guidance of succeed- 
 ing generations. 
 
 "July 12. — 'Resolved, That the legal 
 rights of women should not be impaired 
 by marriage.' Advocates, T. C. Jones. I. 
 Ranney. Respondents, P. Bunker, G. T. 
 Solace." 
 
 "With this notice our extracts must close, 
 but we need not doubt that the discussion of 
 such questions by thoughtful and earnest men. 
 and that listening to such discussions by the 
 reflecting part of the community, must have 
 done as much in directing and molding the 
 
 thought as the more recent lecture system. 
 
 "In regard to popular lectures, this com- 
 munity has been specially favored. For 
 eral years, a citizens' lecture association ex- 
 isted, and was the means of introducing many 
 distinguished men and women to Delaware 
 audiences. These lectures have generally paid 
 well, but the large number of excellent ad- 
 dresses and lectures delivered annually at the 
 University, and free to all listeners, has had a 
 tendency, in recent years, to make a Delaware 
 audience content to pay for nothing inferior to 
 the best. So what has been made matter of 
 complaint against Delaware, is, in reality, when 
 rightly understood, complimentary to the in- 
 telligence and taste of her people. This is a 
 lecture-going community, but it goes to hear 
 only first-class lectures." 
 
 The following notes regarding several of 
 the early schools is quoted from an article 
 entitled, "Pioneer Institutions of Learning." 
 which was contributed to the Western Col- 
 legian by Dr. Ralph Hills. 
 
 "The Morgan Academy or High School, 
 was number one of the pioneer institutions. 
 Its first name was derived from the name of 
 its principal preceptor, and the second from 
 its location in the upper story of the house it 
 was in. This was our old acquaintance, the 
 Pioneer Tavern, near the Medicine Water. 
 Soon after the War of 181 2, this tavern gave 
 up the ghost — as a tavern — and its spacious 
 ballroom was used for a high school. It had 
 in part, also, the character of a boarding- 
 school, for it is remembered that a family lived 
 in the other part of the old tavern, who kept 
 boarders, etc. * * * The Morgan High 
 School was only of a few years' duration. It 
 was conducted on the Solomonian principles. 
 now so thoroughly obsolete that few under- 
 stand them. The record of its alumni is 
 
 lost. 
 
 "The Female Seminary, the next institu- 
 tion, was a pioneer of the "O. W. F. C." — 
 but was located on our campus, in the old 
 Haunted House — the old brick tannery. This 
 was in charge of a lady principal for some 
 two or three vears. and we are inclined to the 
 opinion that it was mainly for that reason that 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 it was termed the ladies' seminary, for, accord- 
 ing to most reliable traditions, it had about the 
 usual admixture of the sexes. 
 
 '"Quitman's Academic Grove was an insti- 
 tution that received its name from the proprie- 
 tor, president, preceptor, etc.. all in the person 
 of John A. Quitman, afterward governor of 
 Mississippi, major-general in the Mexican 
 War, and also from its being in the actual 
 grove, with its fallen log seats, its tree columns, 
 festooned with their wild-grape hangings, and 
 having the clear canopy of heaven above 
 
 * * The exact location of Quitman's 
 Academic Grove was on the promontory of high 
 ground running off south of the present library 
 building. Here was a cosy little opening in 
 the dense woods around, with a little of sun 
 and plenty of shade, as season required. It was 
 here that young Quitman took his pupils, the 
 sons of a queer, eccentric old gentleman, when- 
 ever they could stealthily get there, for they 
 were closely housed in town by the old gentle- 
 man, and only got out for exercise, and when 
 the old man went along, he and the tutor 
 headed the column, marched off a mile or so 
 'l wti the dusty road, and then returned to their 
 prison-like house." 
 
 The city of Delaware now has five fine 
 public school buildings. The west building, 
 which was completed in 1904. is notable is be- 
 ing one of four such bulidings that have thus 
 far been erected in this country, ail t he class- 
 ic oms being lighted exclusively from the left. 
 This idea originated in Germany. The theory 
 is, that if rays of light enter a room from 
 two or more directions, they collide, and the 
 interruption thus caused in the waves produces 
 vibrations injurious to the nerves of the eye. 
 The building contains twelve rooms and a base- 
 ment which is a full story in height. This 
 building cost, including furnishings. K42.800. 
 A new addition to the High School building 
 is nearly completed, the dimensions of which 
 are ninety-two feet from east to vvesl l>v sixty- 
 twi 1 feet fn >m n< irth 1. 1 si uttli ; it is twi 1 and one- 
 half stories high, and when completed will cost 
 over $20,000. Besides gymnasium and two 
 locker-rooms in the basement, it will have four 
 
 classrooms on the first floor and superintend- 
 ent's offices; on the second floor it will have 
 one classroom, and a combined study-room and 
 auditorium. As an auditorium, this room will 
 have a seating capacity of 700. On this floor 
 there will also be a teachers' rest-room. With 
 the rooms in this new building, there will be a 
 total of fifteen classrooms in the High School. 
 The last census, in April, 1907, showed 2,626 
 children of school age in Delaware. There 
 are now (March, 1908) a total of forty-eight 
 teachers on the pay-roll of Delaware, which 
 amounts to $2,691.74 per month. 
 
 DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND EARLY TEACHERS. 
 
 No authentic record can be found of who 
 taught the first school in the county or where 
 it was located. The fact is. that schools were 
 started in several of the early settlements about 
 the same time, and within a very few years 
 after the first settlers came to the county. 
 
 There were settlements at three different 
 points in Berkshire Townshit; a school was 
 started as soon as practicable in. each one, but 
 it is impossible to say which was the oldest. 
 The first school house at Berkshire Corners 
 was built on the east side of the street, about 
 thirty yards south of the Granville Road. The 
 first two teachers. Miss Clara Thompson and 
 .Miss Cynthia Sloper, came from Worthington. 
 Four local teachers came next, the first of 
 whom was Solomon Smith. He was followed 
 by Adonijah Rice, who also kept the first tav- 
 ern at the Corners and was the first postmaster. 
 A man named Jones and Sophronia Brown 
 were the next teacher c . Tb^ first definite date 
 we are able to find is 18 10. in which veai" Maria 
 Denton taught a school of ten pupils in a log 
 cabin near the farm at one time owned by lion. 
 Ezekiel Brown. The history of the first school 
 house and teacher at Sunburv is shrouded in 
 the mists of years. A hewed-log school house 
 stood for many years on the southwest corner 
 of the square as one of the oldest landmarks 
 of that section. Among the names of the early 
 tochers we find Julia Strong and Nathan 
 Dustin, to the latter of whom we have already 
 referred in this chapter. 
 
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 The establishment of Berkshire Academy 
 at the Corners during the winter of 1840-41, 
 was the first attempt to provide more advanced 
 instruction. The institution was chartered, 
 and the shares sold at ten dollars each. The 
 money secured in this way was expended in the 
 erection of a small frame building, which cost 
 $300.00 or 84110.00. The first term was held the 
 following winter, with an attendance of about 
 thirty students under the instruction of G. S. 
 Bailey, a teacher from Oberlin. The Academy 
 was maintained for about fifteen years, but was 
 finally closed for lack of support. Later the 
 building was used for a dwelling. The good 
 influence of the Academy upon its patrons and 
 the township at large cannot be estimated. A 
 large number of the young men and women 
 trained within its walls achieved more than or- 
 dinary distinction : One became a governor, an- 
 other a congressman, and another gained for 
 herself an enviable position as a lecturer in 
 the temperance and anti-slavery movements. 
 Until this school year ( 1907-08) there 
 were seven district schools in the township : 
 one of these is now suspended. In 1871 the 
 first brick school house was built at a cost of 
 $1,000. This was in District Xo. 1. Two 
 years later another school house somewhat like 
 it was erected in District Xo. 2, at a cost of 
 $900. Similar schools have been built in the 
 other districts. 
 
 Sunbury and Galena are special school 
 districts which were organized in 1868. The 
 school building at Sunbury was built in 1878 
 at a cost of $5,000. and at that time was the 
 finest school building in the county outside of 
 Delaware. Sunbury has one of the three first- 
 grade high schools in Delaware Count}'. 
 Galena has one of the four second-grade high 
 schools in the county. This was established in 
 1903. The graduating class of 1908 numbers 
 fifteen, the largest in the history of the school. 
 The statistics of these schools will be found 
 in the table accompanying this chapter. 
 
 Berlix Township. The first school in this 
 township was taught by Joseph Eaton. The 
 cabin in which be gathered the youthful as- 
 pirants for knowledge, stood on the west side 
 of Alum Creek, a little less than a mile north 
 
 of the old Baptist Church. In 1810 Lucy 
 Caulkins. who later became .Mrs. Ripley, and 
 often is referred to by the name of Jul: 
 gan to teach the second school. A cabin stand- 
 ing near the old block-house served as her 
 school room. The first structure erected es- 
 pecially for school purposes stood on a ridge 
 of land just south of the block-house. This 
 was one of the rudest of that type which we 
 have described in this chapter, and was used 
 but little. Another school was taught in a 
 cabin near where the bridge on the Delaware 
 and Sunbury pike crosses Alum Creek. Later, 
 the block-house., which is referred to in the 
 chapter devoted to the military history of the 
 county, when it was no longer needed for de- 
 fence, was used both as a school and church, 
 and was far more comfortable than most of the 
 structures used in that day for such purposes. 
 As early as 181 1 Prof. Burr held sway in that 
 "temple of learning." 
 
 In 1818 there were about 100 pupils in 
 the township, and four school houses: One 
 opposite the Presbyterian Church, south of 
 Cheshire; one in what is known as the Dun- 
 ham settlement and one in the Eaton neigh- 
 borhood, both of these being in the northeast 
 part of the township, and the fourth school 
 house was located in the northwest quarter. 
 One of the early teachers in Berlin Township 
 was an old Revolutionary soldier by the name 
 of Pelatiah Morgan. He taught in the school 
 house south of Cheshire, and had for his in- 
 separable companion a wooden bottle of whis- 
 key, which, tradition says, received fully as 
 much attention as did his pupils. In 1826 this 
 structure was replaced by a brick school house. 
 in which Joseph P. Smith was the first teacher. 
 In 1S37 the enumeration showed 340 pupils; 
 in 1858, 530. Our table shows that there are 
 now j 12 pupils in the schools. There were 
 seven school houses in 1837; thirteen in 1853, 
 and ten at the present time. 
 
 Brown Township's first school house was 
 built north of the cemetery at Eden, or Alum 
 Creek settlement, as it was called at that time. 
 David Eaton was the first teacher, and he was 
 succeeded by Anthony Griffith. It was not un- 
 til 1840 that a school house was erected at 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Eden. Brown Township now has seven school 
 houses and 114 pupils, and Eden School Dis- 
 trict has one school house and thirty-three 
 pupils. 
 
 Concord Township. The first school in 
 this township was taught in the home of James 
 Kooken, the founder of Bellepoint. The name 
 of the pioneer teacher long ago passed from 
 memory. Later Mr. Kooken donated an old 
 granary, which was made to serve the double 
 purpose of school house and church. Some 
 time after this, one of the early citizens, Henry 
 Cryder, built himself a new house, and gave 
 his old home for school purposes. It was here 
 that John Wilson, who was the first teacher 
 of whom we have knowledge, held forth. 
 Money to pay him was raised by subscription 
 at the rate of $2.50 per pupil. He was not 
 much of a teacher, but doubtless was better 
 than none. His habits were not such as would 
 have recommended him at a later time for 
 membership in the Sons of Temperance. He 
 often fell into a drunken sleep in the school 
 room, on which occasions the irreverent boys 
 would shoot their pop-guns at him. John C. 
 Cannon, who taught a school at Bellepoint in 
 1835, was a similar character. He died in an 
 unused cabin in the neighborhood, of exposure, 
 resulting from protracted dissipation. That 
 the youth of those days learned anything at all 
 is a wonder, and that they were not corrupted 
 by such evil examples shows the fine moral 
 fiber of which that generation was made. To- 
 day, this township is not one whit behind the 
 foremost communities in educational matters. 
 It maintains a high school of the third grade 
 at Bellepoint, and is one of the two townships 
 in Delaware County that has a township super- 
 intendent of schools. 
 
 Genoa Township. The first school house 
 in this township was built in 1841 on the farm 
 of Ralph Smith. Lawson Gooding was the 
 first teacher here. The first school house on 
 "Yankee Street" occupied a site on land owned 
 by Marcus Curtiss, and here Sanford Bennett 
 was the first to wield the rod and teach the 
 three R's. The time and opportunity for the 
 pursuit of even these elementary studies were 
 so limited in those days that going to school 
 
 was treated as serious business, and the young 
 men and young women applied themselves 
 with diligence to their mental tasks. It may 
 be interesting to some to compare these sta- 
 tistics for the school year 1878-79 with those 
 shown on our table. Tax Rate, .0039 ; total 
 expenditures. $1,803; number of schoolhouses, 
 9; total value of school property, $4,500; 
 number of teachers, 9; number of pupils. 
 
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 Harlem Township. David Gregory, a 
 brainy man from Berkshire, was the first 
 teacher here of whom we have any record. 
 He became a prominent citizen of this county, 
 serving as justice of the peace, county commis- 
 sioner, member of the Legislature in 1848, di- 
 rector of the State Prison at Columbus. He 
 was a man of much more than ordinary ability. 
 The first school house was erected on the site 
 of Harlem chapel. The statistics for 1907 
 show that Harlem Township is holding its 
 own in the educational advancement of the 
 present day. It has, at Centerville, a third- 
 grade high school, and is one of the two town- 
 ships in this county that provides township 
 supervision of schools. 
 
 Kingston Township. There is no rec- 
 ord to show just when the first school house 
 was built in this township, but it was probably 
 about the year 1820. This was known as the 
 Curtis school house, from the owner of the 
 farm on which it was built, on Little Walnut 
 Creek, about a mile from the southern bound- 
 ary of the township. School House No. 4 
 now occupies the same site. Miss Eliza String 
 was the first teacher here. The next school 
 house was built on the cross road, about a mile 
 west of Olive Green. Those who attended this 
 school were especially favored in having for 
 their teacher, James Wheeler, a young man of 
 about twenty-one .years of age, who was well 
 educated for those days, and whose mental 
 ability and high moral principles won the 
 esteem of everybody. He afterwards became 
 a Methodist clergyman. The third school 
 house was built in what became known as the 
 Virginia School District. These schools, like 
 all others of that day, were maintained by pri- 
 vate subscription, but in school affairs Kings- 
 
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 ton Township kept in step with the march of 
 progress, and in due time inaugurated a pub- 
 lic school system suited to the demands of 
 the times. 
 
 Liberty Township. It was not long after 
 the first settlement was made in this township 
 that the first school was started. It was taught 
 by Mis- Lucy Carpenter (who afterwards mar- 
 ried James Swiniton), a daughter of the ori- 
 ginal settler, Capt. Nathan Carpenter. She 
 used for her school-room the log cabin her 
 father had erected to provide shelter during 
 their first summer. Among the early teachers 
 in this township was a native of the Emerald 
 Isle, named Haligan. Besides elementary 
 schools that are second to none. Liberty Town- 
 ship now has a high school of the third grade 
 at Powell, and outside the city of Delaware, 
 Ashley is the only place in the county, the value 
 of whose school property exceeds that of 
 Liberty Township. 
 
 Marlborough Towxship. Robert Lou- 
 ther was the pioneer teacher in this township, 
 and the scene of his labors was a small log 
 school house east of the Olentangy River from 
 Norton. John Milliken, from South Carolina, 
 taught in a log school house a quarter of a 
 mile north of Norton. This is the school house 
 referred to on a preceding" page as having a 
 greased sheepskin window. Beyond the most 
 elementary rudiments of learning, it was not 
 thought necessary to go in those early days, 
 and the acquirement of knowledge was neces- 
 sarily subordinated to the acquirement of the 
 means of subsistence. The value of a record 
 of educational matters to coming generations 
 probably never entered the minds of these 
 frontiersmen, and this accounts for the meager- 
 ness of our information regarding these pio- 
 neer days. The present status of the schools 
 in Marlborough Township is indicated in our 
 table. 
 
 Orange Township. In 181 5. eight years 
 after the first settler took up his abode in this 
 township, Jane Mather, the daughter of an 
 early settler and the widow of a soldier of the 
 War of 1812, opened the first school. This 
 was the beginning of District No. 1. The 
 cabin of one of the pioneers, John YVimsett. 
 
 served as a school house. Later, as the set- 
 tlement grew, a log school house was built on 
 the east side of the State Road, not far from 
 Wimsett's cabin. Most of the school-books 
 used at this time were brought from the East 
 by the mothers who foresaw the need they 
 would supply in the wilderness, and as may be 
 imagined, they constituted a motley collection. 
 In 1827 this old school house was destroyed 
 by fire, and was replaced by a hewed-log struc- 
 ture fitted with windows, and with such other 
 improvements in its furnishing as were pos- 
 sible to provide. In 1822 Chester Campbell 
 taught a school in the northeastern part of the 
 township, and in 1825, a Mr. Curtis taught a 
 singing-school here. Somewhere about 1850. 
 a frame school house was erected in this neigh- 
 borhood. The first brick school house in the 
 township was built in 1868 in District No. 4. 
 at a cost of about $1,000. For many years 
 Lewis Center has been a special school district. 
 The 1907 statistics for both township and Lewis 
 Center will be found in the table accompany- 
 ing this chapter. 
 
 Oxford Township and Ashley Special 
 School District. It was not until 1826 that 
 the first school house was built in this town- 
 ship. Its location has long been a matter of 
 dispute, and at this late date we do not feel 
 like passing a judgment on the insufficient 
 and conflicting evidence at our command. Rev. 
 Levi Phelps, a Baptist preacher, was the first 
 teacher. The structure was of the log-cabin 
 type, common to those days, 18 x 22 feet in di- 
 mensions. About that time, another school 
 house of the same kind was erected a short 
 distance south of Windsor Corners. After a 
 few years a hewed-log cabin replaced the first 
 structure, and later, when the times required 
 and facilities permitted, it was replaced by a 
 frame building, which was used until the 
 Methodist Church purchased the property. As 
 is shown by our table, there are five district 
 schools in the township. Ashley was incor- 
 porated as a village in 1855, and seven years 
 later, a special school district was formed of 
 the village and a number of adjoining farms. 
 A new school house containing two rooms was 
 built. This met the requirements until 1877. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 when it became necessary to provide increased 
 accommodations, and a fine two-story school 
 house, with four commodious rooms was 
 erected, in 1901 it again became necessary 
 to have more room, and two rooms were added, 
 at a cost of $3,000. The valuation of school 
 property in this district is the largest in the 
 county, outside of the city of Delaware. It 
 has a well selected school library of 500 
 vi ilumes, and laboratory apparatus worth about 
 $150. 
 
 Porter Township. The "Block School- 
 house," as the first "temple of learning" in this 
 township was called, was built in 1825 where 
 Sugar Creek empties into Big Walnut Creek. 
 William Wolfe, who took his pay. or part 
 of it. in dried apples, was the first teacher. 
 A pretty little romance in connection with him 
 has floated, on the wings of tradition down to 
 the present time, and we give it as illustrating 
 the directness of the people of those days in 
 their personal relations. Delaware, fifteen 
 miles away, was the nearest point at which 
 Mr. Wolfe could dispose of his apples, and 
 as he had no horse, he was compelled to carry 
 the fruit to market on his back. On the first 
 dav out, about noon, having reached a little 
 settlement, he stopped at a small cabin and 
 asked for dinner and the privilege of resting. 
 His hostess, a stranger to him. proved to be a 
 charming widow, who refused to accept any 
 remuneration for her hospitality. On his 
 homeward journey, on the following dav. Mr. 
 Wolf stopped again at the little cabin, and as 
 he was leaving the place, informed the kind 
 lady that it would lie necessary for him to 
 make another trip to Delaware to sell the bal- 
 ance of his apples. He said he would call 
 again, and that unless on that occasion she 
 o msented to become his wife, he would con- 
 sider himself of all men most miserable, and 
 that she must have a positive answer for him 
 upon his return. The next time she saw him 
 she told him she couldn't say 110. It is slid 
 they were soon married and lived happy ever 
 after. There are now nine excellent school 
 houses in this township, and in the matter of 
 providing for the education of their youth, the 
 
 citizens of Porter Township are fully abreast if 
 the times. 
 
 Radnor Township and School Dis- 
 trict. The following record of the early his- 
 tory of the schools in Radnor was con- 
 tributed by Rev. B. W. Chidlaw to 
 the old County History, and we quote 
 it because we believe he was the best 
 authority of his time and had access to 
 information that is not now available. "The 
 pioneers of Radnor were the friends of edu- 
 cation, and when their children became of 
 suitable age, they united together, built a log- 
 cabin school house, and employed a teacher. 
 No record or tradition points out the spot on 
 which the cabin school house was built, nor 
 by whom the first school was taught. Before 
 the day of the school laws in Ohio, the people 
 of Radnor were a law until themselves, and 
 educational interests were cherished accord- 
 ingly. In 1821 there were three log school 
 houses in the township — one on the farm of 
 John Phillips in the southern part, another on 
 the farm of Ralph Dildine, in the center, and 
 another, in the northern part, near where the 
 old block-house stood on the farm of Benja- 
 min Kepler. The school term embraced three 
 or four months during the inclement season. 
 The teachers received from $9 to $12 a month, 
 and boarded around. Their pay was largely 
 in trade, produce, and goods manufactured 
 with the help of the spinning-wheel and the do- 
 mestic loom in the skillful hands of the nv others 
 and daughters that honored and blessed the 
 early homes of Radnor. 
 
 One of the early teachers who taught about 
 [818 was Roger Penry, a native of South 
 Wales. He was a fair scholar, especially in 
 arithmetic and grammar, and in general knowl- 
 edge. He was in advance of the age, therefore 
 his services among the youth of Radnor were 
 not fully appreciated. Small scholars, both as 
 it regards age and proficiency in letters, were 
 not his delight. But his disciples in Pike's 
 Arithmetic and Murray's Grammar were 
 greatly benefited by his instruction. Another 
 contemporary was Christopher Moore, whose 
 specialties in teaching were orthography and 
 
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 chirography, and in these branches of learn- 
 ing he was a genuine enthusiast. In Webster's 
 spelling-book he was at home, and in writing 
 copies he was unexcelled. His spelling-schools 
 and matches were always great occasions, and 
 attracted crowded houses. Gathered on a win- 
 ter evening on the puncheon floor of the log 
 school house. Master Moore with a radiant 
 face, comfortably seated on his three-legged 
 stool, and his scholars on split-log benches; 
 with the blazing light of a capacious and well- 
 filled fire-place, the work of the evening would 
 commence. The master knew the text-book 
 by heart : with closed eyes, smiling face, and 
 quick ear he gave out the words. It required 
 about four hours to spell from "ba-ker" through 
 the hard words in the pictures and the solid 
 columns of proper names at the end of the 
 book. In a word, the earnest, interested 
 teacher had scholars like-minded ; spelling was 
 a great business, and enchained the attention 
 of all concerned." 
 
 Since the foregoing was originally written, 
 a room has been added to the school house in 
 Radnor Village, at a cost of $1,260. In 1907 
 a second-grade high school was established at 
 the village. The southwestern part of the 
 township is now in the Eagleville Special 
 School District. 
 
 Scioto Township. Besides the township's 
 distict schools, there are in Scioto the special 
 school districts of Ostrander and Warrens- 
 burg. The northeastern corner of the town- 
 ship is included within the Eagleville Special 
 School District, and the southwestern corner 
 of the township is included in the Jerome 
 Special School District, most of which is in 
 Union County. But little is known of the his- 
 h tv of the schools of this township from the 
 time of its settlement until a comparatively 
 recent date. A Mrs. Xidy taught the first 
 school in the Scioto settlement, a rude hut, 
 once owned and used by James McCune as a 
 cattle-shed, serving for her school-room. For 
 many years Ostrander has had a commodious 
 brick school house, which provides accommoda- 
 tions for the elementary and high schools. 
 The high school, which is of the second grade, 
 is one of the oldest in the county. Warrens- 
 
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 burg also has a second-grade high schi i< >]. which 
 was established in 1894. 
 
 Thompson Township. James Crawford 
 was the first school teacher here, and the scene 
 of his labors, a small and uncomfortable 
 hewed-log cabin on Fulton's Creek. At that 
 time, this was the only school house in the 
 township. As the township became more 
 thickly settled, the educational facilities were 
 improved. As some may be interested in mak- 
 ing a comparison with present conditions, as 
 shown in our table, we give the figures for 
 1879. Total expenditures for schools, $1,- 
 858.02 ; number of school houses, 8 ; total value 
 of school property, $2,200: number of teachers, 
 8; number of pupils, 180. At present the 
 southeastern corner of the township is included 
 in the Eagleville Special School District : 
 Special District No. 1, also known as the 
 "Thompson Chapel School," is at the south- 
 west corner of the river road and "Smoky 
 Row." These new districts, which have their 
 own statistics, should be taken into considera- 
 tion in making a comparison with former 
 days. 
 
 Trenton Township. The first school 
 house in this township was located near the 
 Big Walnut, about eighteen rods north of the 
 bridge on the Mount Vernon Road. A man 
 named Good taught the first winter school, 
 and the first summer term was taught by 
 Clarissa Sturdevant. Like others of their 
 day, these were subscription schools. For the 
 purpose of comparison, the following statis- 
 tics for the school year 187K-7C) may be of in- 
 terest. These are for the entire township, the 
 special school district of Trenton not having 
 been set off at that time. Expenditures. $1,- 
 429.05: number of school houses. 7: value of 
 school property, $3,200: average daily attend- 
 ance. 195. 
 
 Troy Township. The year 1814 marks 
 the beginning of the history of education in 
 this township. The first pedagogue was Miss 
 Electa Wilcox, who taught for several winters 
 in a cabin that stood in a sugar-maple grove, 
 and had been used as a sugar camp by Joseph 
 Cole, one of the earliest settlers in the town- 
 ship. As soon as they were able, the settlers 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 subscribed for and built a log school house of 
 the type common in those days. The progress 
 in educational matters since that time is shown 
 by the following statistics for the school year 
 1878-79 and the table of figures which we have 
 prepared from present figures: Total ex- 
 penditures, $1,624.39; number of school 
 houses, 8; value of school property, $3,200; 
 average daily attendance, 152. Of the eight 
 school houses now in the township, seven are 
 brick, and one is a frame structure; four were 
 built in 1883, at a cost of $1,400 each. Troy 
 Township has the honor of being the first town- 
 ship in the county to have its funds on de- 
 posit drawing interest for the benefit of the 
 township. 
 
 There has been a steady growth in the way 
 of more thorough preparation of the teacher 
 for his work. A fair idea of the development 
 of the public sentiment of Ohio in regard tc 
 the professional preparation of the teacher for 
 his work can be gained by a glance at the in- 
 crease in the requirements for teachers' certifi- 
 cates since 1852. Prior to that time, teachers 
 were examined in reading, writing, arithmetic 
 and spelling. In 1852 the Legislature passed 
 an act requiring teachers to be examined in 
 grammar and geography in addition to the 
 branches just mentioned. In 1882 history was 
 made a required branch of common school 
 study, and in 1888 physiology and hygiene 
 were required on teachers' certificates. In 
 1897 civics was required in connection with 
 the study of United States history, and teach- 
 ers were required to pass an examination in 
 both these subjects. In 1904 a law was passed 
 requiring teachers to be examined in English 
 and American literature, so that of the ten 
 branches of study in which teachers must now 
 pass an examination in order to secure an ele- 
 mentary certificate, six have been added since 
 1852. Teachers are also required to pass a 
 rigid examination in theory and practice in 
 order to obtain a certificate of any grade. Dur- 
 ing these years there has also been an increase 
 in the severity of the tests, so that an examina- 
 tion in a given branch of study today is far 
 more searching than it was even a few years 
 ago. 
 
 Formerly each separate board of examin- 
 ers prepared its own list of questions, and the 
 scope of the questions depended largely upon 
 the point of view of the examiners; today, all 
 the questions used in the eighty-eight counties 
 of Ohio are prepared by the State school com- 
 missioner, and are uniform throughout the 
 State. The scope of the questions is broader; 
 technical and catch questions have been largely 
 eliminated. 
 
 In general, the teachers of Delaware County 
 are up to the spiric of the times in point of 
 scholarship and other attainments, and com- 
 pare favorably with the teachers of any other 
 county in the State. 
 
 In 1904, a minimum salary law was passed, 
 providing that no teacher should be employed 
 for less than $40 per month, and fixing the 
 school year at not less than thirty-two weeks 
 nor more than forty weeks. This law effected 
 an increase in the wages of the rural teachers 
 of from five to ten dollars per month, though a 
 few of the townships were already paying the 
 minimum of $40 a month. One or two town- 
 ships have, since the passage of the law in 
 question, paid salaries exceeding the required 
 amount. While the requirements of teachers 
 have been more than doubled during the last 
 few years, the increase in their remunerate m 
 has not been more than twenty per cent. Prior 
 to the passage of the minimum salary law, 
 many of the brightest young male teachers in 
 the county were compelled to seek more re- 
 munerative work in other lines; but within the 
 last year or two, the tide has turned, and the 
 number of young men who are fitting them- 
 selves for the work of the schoolroom is in- 
 creasing. 
 
 In 1890 what has since been called the 
 "Boxwell" law was passed by the General As- 
 sembly. This law y gave township boards of edu- 
 cation in townships where there was no high 
 school, authority to pay the tuition of pupils 
 who could successfully pass an examination 
 for admission to a high school that they could 
 reach. In the session of 1901-02 this law was 
 amended, and since that time has been known 
 as the "Boxwell-Patterson" law. This amend- 
 ment made it mandatory upon township boards 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 211 
 
 of education to pay the tuition of pupils passing 
 the examination for the high school. This law- 
 has been a great boon to the youth living in the 
 rural districts, and has had the effect of reduc- 
 ing the number of older pupils attending the 
 district schools, many of whom formerly went 
 term after term and reviewed studies with 
 which they were already familiar. A large 
 proportion of such pupils now take the exam- 
 ination and enter some of the high schools in 
 the county. 
 
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 ST. MARYS PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 We are indebted to Rev. Philip Steyle, rec- 
 tor of St. Mary's Church, who kindly wrote 
 the following article for this history : 
 
 This is a plain but substantial school build- 
 ing on South Henry Street, consisting of five 
 commodious rooms and a large and well ap- 
 pointed hall on the second floor. The building, 
 although unpretentious, answers the purpose 
 for which it was erected by private subscrip- 
 tion among the Catholics of Delaware in the 
 
 such a course cannot be had in the public 
 schools under our present school laws, and as 
 this matter is considered by the higher church 
 authorities of vital importance, parochial 
 schools, supported by the private funds of the 
 parish have been established everywhere : and 
 these schools are attended almost without ex- 
 ception by the children of Catholic parent-. 
 Such a segregation of the Catholic children, 
 means, of course, first : A double tax for all 
 Catholic freeholders, who have to be taxed f' ir 
 the support of the public schools, although they 
 
212 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 do not make use of them. Second : It means, 
 in many places, where prejudice and narrow- 
 ideas seem to prevail a little more than in oth- 
 ers, a complete ostracism of teachers who ma) 
 be Catholics in religion by the official school 
 hoards, though the public schools are built and 
 kept up by taxation upon all, without distinc- 
 tion. This, of course, is the grossest injustice; 
 but the majority ruling in that direction, there 
 seems to be no remedy for it. It is the more re- 
 markable, in that so far from hampering or in- 
 terfering with the public schools, the parochial 
 schools are every year an immense saving to 
 the taxpayer and to the school boards, since 
 without them, many more teachers would have 
 to be employed and more school houses would 
 have to be built. Here in Delaware, St. Mary's 
 Parochial School, attended on an average by 
 250 pupils, saves the school board and the tax- 
 payer the hiring of at least six more teachers, 
 and the erecting of a large new school build- 
 ing, and yet, in the last fifteen years, not a 
 teacher belonging to St. Mary's Church has 
 been hired by the Delaware Public School 
 Board. Five Sisters of Charity, whose convent 
 adjoins St. Mary's School, have had charge of 
 said parochial school from the beginning. For 
 all secular branches, the course of studies is 
 precisely the same as in the public schools. The 
 difference is this, that the sessions begin and 
 end with prayers recited in unison, and the first 
 half hour is devoted to catechetical and relig- 
 ious instruction. In late years, a higher de- 
 partment has been added to the course, which, 
 before that, was considered sufficiently complete 
 with the eighth grade. 
 
 DELAWARE CITY LIBRARY. 
 
 The early settlers who purchased land of 
 the Ohio Company brought with them the New 
 England traditions of religion and education. 
 We find them early planning to secure for 
 themselves and their children the best educa- 
 tional facilities that their circumstances would 
 permit, and it is not strange, therefore, that 
 among people whose appreciation of knowledge 
 was so keen, the public library began its work, 
 even before the first log schoolhouse had been 
 built. When General Israel Putnam died in 
 
 1790, his fine library, rich in history, travel 
 and belles-lettres, was divided among his 
 heirs. His son. Colonel Israel Putnam, brought 
 a large part of this library to Belpre, Ohio, 
 where we rind it established under the title of 
 the "Putnam Family Library" as early as 1795. 
 Soon after, a stock company was formed, and 
 the library was put into circulation for the 
 benefit of those settlers who were willing to 
 share in the expense of its maintenance. The 
 second library was established at Cincinnati in 
 1802, and in 1804. the celebrated "Coonskin 
 Library" was organized in Ames Township, 
 Athens County. The limits of our space will 
 not permit us to follow the extension of li- 
 braries through the territory. The history of 
 some of these early libraries reads like ro- 
 mance, and it is gratifying to know that at an 
 early day. Ohio held high rank in this import- 
 ant field. 
 
 Naturally, the first steps toward establish- 
 ing a library in Delaware were taken by repre- 
 sentatives of Ohio Wesleyan University in lay- 
 ing the foundation of the present Slocum Li- 
 brary ; but as this library is a department of the 
 university, though many courtesies in the use 
 of its books are extended to the citizens of Dela- 
 ware, the history of the Slocum Library will 
 be found in connection with that of the Uni- 
 versity. 
 
 Fi ir the following sketch of the historv of 
 the free public library in Delaware, we are in- 
 debted to the very courteous and efficient li- 
 brarian, Mrs. Nellie Pratt Stayman. 
 
 The question of establishing a free public 
 library in Delaware had been agitated from 
 time to time tor many years. A corporation 
 for this purpose was organized as long ago as 
 1855, but it was then found impracticable and 
 the project was abandoned. The subject was 
 agitated frequently at different periods, but all 
 efforts were spasmodic and without results. 
 Some years ago, however, twenty-six enter- 
 prising ladies organized themselves into a read- 
 ing circle, called the "Book Club," and main- 
 tained a small circulating: library, consistine of 
 about thirty volumes, that were passed around 
 and read by the members of the club. These 
 ladies subsequently formed themselves into a 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 213 
 
 library association. This association was unin- 
 corporated. They asked for donations of books 
 and secured additional members. The mem- 
 bership fee was fixed at fifty cents a year. It 
 opened its library November 12, 1897, in the 
 private office of Dr. \Y. H. Hague, who loaned 
 the association the use of his bookcase, and 
 tendered to the ladies the use of his office as a 
 place of meeting. The extent of the library, at 
 this time, was ninety-seven volumes, and the 
 association consisted of thirty-five members. 
 Strenuous efforts were made to increase the 
 membership, and to add to the number of 
 books, but it was found difficult to enlist atten- 
 tion and secure support. The ladies met with 
 great discouragement on every hand. With the 
 small means at their command, their progress 
 was very slow, and the opening of a reading- 
 room, which they regarded as very desirable, 
 was simply out of the question. They made a 
 canvass of the city, which resulted in increas- 
 ing the membership to one hundred and ten, 
 and in April, 1898, the library, by the courtesy 
 of Mr. C. D. Young, was placed hvhis jewelry 
 store. It was subsequently transferred to a 
 small room, rented for the purpose, and the as- 
 sociation continued to operate a circulating li- 
 brary among its members, until it was moved 
 into what were thought at the time would be 
 its permanent quarters in Masonic Hall. 
 
 Some idea of thte difficulties and dis- 
 couragement under which the ladies labored 
 can be formed from the fact that the total re- 
 ceipts for the entire year preceding the incor- 
 poration of the present library association, from 
 all sources, was less than two hundred dol- 
 lars. It was perfectly apparent that if the li- 
 brary was to be made generally useful, some- 
 thing must be done to interest the public in it. 
 and to establish it on a more permanent basis. 
 
 Under the auspices of the Ladies' Library 
 Association, a meeting of the citizens of Dela- 
 ware was held July 21. 1898, at St. Peter's 
 Church, with the view of enlisting public in- 
 terest and attention to the importance of the 
 enterprise. At this meeting the matter was 
 generally discussed, and a committee appointed 
 to consult with the City Council to ascertain 
 whether the organization of a free public library 
 
 and reading-room could be secured through 
 the action of the city authorities, under the act 
 providing for the creation of public libraries, 
 and also to fully investigate the whole subject, 
 and report at a future meeting the best method 
 to be pursued. 
 
 The next public meeting was held at the 
 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 September 13, 1898. and the committee for- 
 merly appointed, among other things, reported 
 that after a consultation with a committee from 
 the City Council, it was found impracticable 
 to induce that body to establish and maintain 
 a free public library and reading-room, and 
 recommended that the most feasible method to 
 be adopted would be the incorporation of an as- 
 sociation to be known as "The Delaware City 
 Library Association," for the purpose of "es- 
 tablishing and maintaining, in a public place in 
 the city of Delaware, a public library ami read- 
 ing-room, free to all the inhabitants ihereof, 
 and to all persons residing within the territory 
 known as the Delaware City School District ;" 
 the necessary funds to be secured in such man- 
 ner as might be authorized by law. and by such 
 other means as such association might deem 
 advisable, and recommended that immediate 
 steps be taken to secure the incorporation of 
 such an association. The report of the commit- 
 tee was adopted. The ladies were requested to 
 consider the propriety of incorporating their as- 
 sociation for the purpose, and a committee was 
 appointed to look up a site for such library. 
 
 Subsequently, a public meeting called by 
 the president, was held at St. John's Lutheran 
 Church. October 20, 1898. At this meeting 
 the Ladies' Library Association reported that 
 they would incorporate as requested, when the 
 time would justify such action. It was made 
 known, quietly, to the officers of the Ladies' Li- 
 brary Association, and to the committee to 
 look up a location for the library, that Mr. 
 Sidney Moore, one of Delaware's leading citi- 
 zens, had decided to erect a building, and pre- 
 sent the same to Hiram Lodge. No. 18, F. and 
 A. M.. and that he intended in behalf of him- 
 self and wife to reserve therein a room for the 
 use of the Delaware City Library Association; 
 the association to be at the expense only of 
 
214 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 finishing, fitting up and furnishing the same. 
 Thereupon the ladies of the Library Associa- 
 tion immediately procured articles of incor- 
 poration, dated February 23, 1899, which were 
 presented at the next public meeting of the citi- 
 zens, held at the Presbyterian Church, March 
 16, 1899. The articles of incorporation were 
 approved at this meeting, and the proposition 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Moore gratefully accepted. Mr. 
 Sidney Moore, and Mrs. Sarah A. Moore, his 
 wife, by perpetual lease, conveyed the library 
 room to the association, conditioned "to con- 
 tinue as long as the association shall keep up 
 and maintain therein a public library and read- 
 ing-room, and pay such part of the insurance 
 on the Masonic Temple as the value of the 
 part so used and occupied by the Library Asso- 
 ciation bears to the whole building." 
 
 Sufficient funds were secured by member- 
 ship fees, subscriptions and donations to finish 
 the room, to provide for heating and also 
 lighting the same with both gas and electricity, 
 and to furnish it with the most approved and 
 modern style of library furniture. The ladies 
 turned over to the new association the books 
 they had accumulated, numbering 535 volumes. 
 
 The Board of Education of the Delaware 
 City School District have loaned the use and 
 control of such portion of the Public School 
 Library as is not needed fur daily use and 
 reference, upon the condition that the books 
 be receipted for by the association and la- 
 beled "From High School Library," subject 
 to return, however, at any time the Board of 
 Education may so direct, and upon condition 
 that all books purchased by the funds re- 
 ceived under the tax levied by the School 
 Board shall be marked and labeled "From 
 Board of Education Tax Levy," and upon 
 the further condition that in case the Associa- 
 tion shall cease to maintain a public library, 
 said books shall be returned to the Hoard of 
 Education to become a part of the High 
 School Library. The books so turned over 
 consisted of 375 volumes, making a total of 
 910 volumes on the shelves of the new library 
 when it was opened to the public on the even- 
 ing of April 5, 1900. 
 
 The Dewey system of classification and 
 cataloging the books is used in the adminis- 
 tration of the library. It will be seen from 
 the report of the committee on the best 
 method to be pursued in the organization of 
 the library and reading-room, that it was in- 
 tended to bring the organization within the 
 provisions of the act of the General Assem- 
 bly, entitled, "An act to authorize cities of the 
 fourth grade of the second class to levy a tax 
 for the maintenance of a free public and 
 school library," passed February 15. 1898, 
 which requires school boards to levy a tax of 
 not less than three-tenths nor more than five 
 tenths of one mill on the dollar, to be used 
 by the library association in the purchase of 
 books and periodicals, and for running ex- 
 penses. 
 
 Under this act, the Board of Education 
 levies three-tenths of one mill on the dollar, 
 and through this source, the library receives, 
 and will receive annually, between eleven and 
 twelve hundred dollars. The association is 
 thus enabled to add to its number of books, 
 and to fully supply the library with papers, 
 periodicals, and to meet running expenses. 
 The library at that time consisted of 1.359 
 volumes, thirty-one periodicals, and received 
 eight daily papers. Through the persever- 
 ance of the ladies, the generous gift of Mr. 
 Sidney Moore, and Mrs. Sarah A. Moore, his 
 wife, the hearty co-operation of the School 
 Hoard, the active assistance of a large num- 
 ber of her public spirited citizens, and the 
 beneficence of the General Assembly, herein- 
 before referred to, Delaware City now had a 
 public library and reading-room established 
 on a permanent basis. 
 
 In the early spring of 1902, it occurred to 
 Mr. T. C. Jones, that if other cities of the size 
 of Delaware were helped by Mr. Andrew 
 Carnegie to build libraries, would he not do as 
 much for Delaware. Mr. Jones brought the 
 matter to the attention of the Board of Trade, 
 and a committee was appointed, of which .Mr. 
 Jones, V. T. Hills. Dr. W. M. Semans and 
 Dr. J. W. Bashfonl were members, to try to 
 enlist Mr. Carnegie's aid in erecting a public 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 215 
 
 library building in Delaware. Mr. Jones, ac- 
 cordingly, began a correspondence with Mr. 
 Carnegie, through his private secretary, 
 which extended over many months, until De- 
 cember 22, 1902, when Mr. Carnegie ad- 
 dressed a letter to Air. Jones, as chairman of 
 the Library Committee of the Delaware 
 Board of Trade, making a proposition to 
 erect a library building. The City Council 
 referred the offer of Mr. Carnegie to a spe- 
 cial committee on January 5, 1903. This com- 
 mittee reported favorably on the plan. Janu- 
 ary 12th, and on its recommendation a com- 
 mittee of three was appointed to select a site 
 for the proposed library building. Such a 
 committee was appointed, and on April 9th 
 reported in favor of the Lybrand property, 
 now known as the Jane M. Case Hospital. A 
 motion was made and passed, recommending 
 that the incoming Council (May 1st) accept 
 the Lybrand property. Nothing further was 
 done until after the new Council was installed, 
 when its library committee reported a resolu- 
 tion favoring the Williams-Little site, lying 
 between the property of Mrs. Beverly Brown 
 and the private alley south. This report was 
 signed by Parsons, McGough and Alden, and 
 was laid upon the table until the next meet- 
 ing. On October 5th, the motion to purchase 
 the Williams property was lost. The same 
 evening the motion to purchase the Sampsell 
 or Georgia Brown Allen property was lost, 
 and a third resolution was offered to purchase 
 the Hayes and LeCrone property which carried, 
 and the city solicitor was directed to purchase 
 the property. On December 7th, a petition 
 was received from the library trustees appoint- 
 ed under the new code in favor of the Samp- 
 sell site, and on motion of Parsons an ordi- 
 nance was passed authorizing its purchase. 
 The first levy for a site had been reported by 
 the Finance Committee during the preceding- 
 summer, through Prof. Parsons making a 
 levy of one mill for this purpose. 
 
 No action had been taken to purchase the 
 sites previously recommended, and the pre- 
 ceding resolution was repealed by the new 
 ordinance. Finally, on January 4th, a resolu- 
 tion was passed to issue bonds to the extent 
 
 of $5,000 for the purchase of the Sampsell 
 site from Mrs. Georgia Brown Allen ; the 
 remaining $1,000 (the site costing $6,000) 
 was to be paid out of the levy already made 
 for a site. Thus the matter was finally settled 
 after a great deal of annoyance caused by the 
 opposition of some members of the Council to 
 a site in the northern part of the city. 
 
 This site has an interesting history: to- 
 gether with the ground now occupied by the 
 Court House and jail, it was originally plat- 
 ted for a cemetery — the first in Delaware 
 Township — by Byxbe and Baldwin. At that 
 time, this w-as located outside the limits of the 
 village, which extended only as far as the 
 south side of North Street — now Central 
 Avenue. The first persons who died in the 
 village of Delaware, as well as some who died 
 north and east of here, were buried in this 
 ground. 
 
 Mayor Clippinger appointed a committee 
 to take charge of the erection of a library 
 building. Before much, if any, definite work 
 was accomplished by this committee, several 
 changes occurred in its personnel, which fi- 
 nally included the following gentlemen : V. 
 D. Stayman, D. H. Battenfield, T. J. Griffin, 
 Henry E. Main, Judge B. F. Freshwater and 
 Capt. C. W. Wiles. Architects E. W. Hart 
 and John M. Marriott were associated in the 
 preparation of plans, the latter gentleman la- 
 ter becoming architect and superintendent in 
 charge of construction. The building was 
 begun in the fall of 1904, and was opened to 
 the public on September 1, 1906. The cost of 
 the building, $21,500, was paid by Mr. Car- 
 negie; $1,500 was spent in furnishing it. The 
 present Board of Trustees is as follows : V. 
 
 D. Stayman, president ; D. H. Battenfield, 
 vice president; Captain C. W. Wiles; Henry 
 
 E. Main; T. J. Griffin; Judge B. F. Fresh- 
 water. 
 
 The number of books in the library is 4.- 
 666, and thirty-two magazines and five daily 
 papers are received. The last annual report 
 shows 12,850 readers and a circulation of 
 22,067 books. 
 
 The Delaware County Historical 
 and Archaeological Society was incor- 
 
2l6 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 porated February 8, 1906. The following 
 gentlemen were charter members: J. L. 
 Smith, president ; D. L. Ziegler. vice-presi- 
 dent; Frank L. Grove, secretary: H. E. Buck, 
 soliciting agent ; John B. Taggart. curator. In 
 addition to the foregoing, the following indi- 
 viduals are now members : Howard O. Core, 
 who is the present curator; Dr. William E. 
 Knight, Arthur Sheradin and Hon. E. M. 
 Wickham. D. W. C. Lugenbeel, the veteran 
 journalist, whose historical sketches over the 
 signature "Looking Backwards" have inter- 
 ested so many readers of the Delaware papers, 
 was recently elected to honorary membership. 
 At present the society is without a place in 
 
 which to make a public display of the collec- 
 tions owned by its members, but it is hoped 
 to secure suitable accommodations in the near 
 future. The limits of our space will not per- 
 mit of a list of the thousands of relics of a by- 
 gone age which have been collected. There 
 are upwards of ten thousand Indian relics, 
 hundreds of pieces of old china, many spin- 
 ning wheels, reels, swifts, old blue coverlets, 
 school books. American cut glass, fireplace 
 cooking utensils, reflectors for baking in the 
 fireplace, old wooden cradles, hand-spun 
 woolen carpets, wooden-wheel clocks and other 
 furniture. 
 
CHAPTER XII. 
 
 EDUCATION (II). 
 
 OHIO WESLEVAN UNIVERSITY. 
 
 [This chapter is based largely on a history of the Uni- 
 versity prepared by Prof. Wm. G. Williams for the vol- 
 ume entitled "Fifty Years of History of the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University," permission for the use of which was kindly 
 granted by the University.] 
 
 The city of Delaware is largely indebted 
 for its present size and importance to the lo- 
 cation here of an educational institution of 
 highest standing, of which it may well be 
 proud. It was largely because of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan- University that the first railroad was 
 brought into the city of Delaware, and today 
 the university brings a volume of business 
 amounting to at least $400,000 per annum 
 into the city. It can be truthfully said, there- 
 fore, that the education of young men and 
 young women at Ohio Wesleyan University 
 is the leading industry of Delaware. The 
 University was founded in 1844 and owes its 
 location, if not its establishment at that par- 
 ticular date, to the famous White Sulphur 
 Spring in Delaware. This spring had early 
 attracted the attention of tourists and seekers 
 after health. In order to accommodate these, 
 and to encourage further patronage, two en- 
 terprising citizens, Thomas W. Powell, Esq., 
 and Columbus W. Kent, erected, in the year 
 1833, on a spacious lot, embracing the spring, 
 a fine hotel, which soon became known to the 
 citizens as the Mansion House. The waters 
 were salubrious and the locality healthful; 
 and for some years the Mansion House was 
 kept in successful operation. But the town 
 of Delaware was not very widely known, and 
 was not easily accessible, and it was perhaps, 
 too early in the history of the State to hope 
 for large returns from a business enterprise of 
 
 Judge Powell, who had become the sole pro- 
 prietor, concluded to abandon the attempt to 
 establish a Western watering place. 
 
 About this time the Methodist College 
 at Augusta, in Kentucky, to which the Ohio 
 Conference was contributory, had been sus- 
 pended. Augusta was on the wrong side of 
 the river to suit the growing anti-slavery sen- 
 timent of the Methodists in Ohio ; and it was 
 already manifest that the school could never 
 secure their patronage or contributions. Prac- 
 tically this largest Protestant denomination in 
 the State was without a home institution for 
 the education of her sons. The thoughtful 
 men of the church were naturally solicitous 
 in regard to the educational future of Ohio 
 Methodism, but as yet no forward steps had 
 been taken toward providing for these wants. 
 
 At this juncture it was suggested by the 
 Rev. Adam Poe. the Methodist pastor in 
 Delaware, that the citizens of the place should 
 purchase the Spring property, and offer it to 
 the Ohio and North Ohio Conferences of the 
 Methodist Church, jointly, as a site for a col- 
 lege. This suggestion met with cordial ap- 
 proval. 
 
 The property thus proposed for a college 
 site comprised about ten acres of ground, ly- 
 ing in the suburbs of Delaware, towards the 
 southeast quarter of the town, and separated 
 from the rest of the town by the insignificant 
 "Delaware Run." Of this ground a part, on 
 which the Mansion House stood, was held in 
 fee simple; and the remainder, including the 
 spring, by a perpetual lease without rent, 
 from the corporation of Delaware. The in- 
 vestment in the grounds and buildings was 
 about $25,000; but the owner offered to con- 
 
218 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 vey his interests in the entire property for 
 $10,000. This sum, it was thought, could he 
 raised by a subscription among the citizens of 
 the town and county, and, accordingly, a 
 delegation was appointed to wait on the con- 
 ferences, and ascertain whether they would 
 accept the property if conveyed to them as 
 proposed. 
 
 The North Ohio Conference met August 
 11, 1841, at Wooster. To this body the dele- 
 gation first applied. The conference consid- 
 ered the matter favorably and appointed a 
 committee of five to confer with a like com- 
 mitee to be appointed by the Ohio Conference. 
 August 25th the delegation appeared before 
 the Ohio Conference, at Urbana-. On the 
 following day Dr. Charles Elliott and Wil- 
 liam P. Strickland were deputed by the con- 
 ference to visit Delaware and examine the 
 premises. They carried back a favorable re- 
 port and many long remembered the Irish en- 
 thusiasm With which Dr. Elliott advocated 
 the establishment of a Methodist college and 
 the acceptance of this property. The confer- 
 ence was ready for the measure, and voted 
 that it was expedient to establish a Methodist 
 college in Ohio ; that the two conferences 
 (embracing about two-thirds of the State) 
 should unite in the enterprise, and that, if 
 the Sulphur Spring property was conveyed to 
 the church, on the terms proposed, Delaware 
 should be selected as the seat of the college. 
 A committee of five was appointed to act with 
 the committee from the Northern Confer- 
 ence. 
 
 The joint committee thus constituted met 
 at Delaware, September 1, 1841. The com- 
 mittee consisted of Revs. John H. Power, 
 Adam Poe, Edward Thompson, James Brew- 
 ster and William S. .Morrow, from the North 
 Ohio Conference, and Revs. Jacob Young, 
 James B. Finley, Charles Elliott, Edmund W. 
 Sehon and Joseph M. Trimble, from the Ohio 
 Conference. Of these distinguished men, to 
 whom was committed this weighty responsi- 
 bility, Dr. Joseph M. Trimble was, for many 
 years, the last survivor, and died May 6, [891. 
 The committee voted to accept the property if 
 the citizens should perfect their offer, and if 
 
 the title should be made satisfactory to the 
 Conferences. 
 
 The way being thus prepared, a subscrip- 
 tion was opened by the citizens and was signed 
 by one hundred and seventy-two persons. No 
 subscription exceeded $500 and the aggre- 
 gate amounted to but $9,000. That the 
 movement might no,t Mail, certain parties, 
 trusting to future local subscriptions, obli- 
 gated themselves for the deficit. But no fur- 
 ther subscriptions were obtained, and some 
 years afterwards, $500 were raised by volun- 
 tary contributions among the ministers in the 
 North Ohio Conference, to relieve the Rev. 
 Adam Poe from the payment of a note given 
 on this account. Such was the difficulty, at 
 that time, of raising even this small sum for 
 an enterprise which, as the citizens said in 
 the preamble to their subscription, "would 
 greatly add to the value of property in the 
 town and county, and be of great public utility 
 and benefit." 
 
 But the town was small; at the United 
 States census the year before, 1840, the popu- 
 lation was but 893 ; there was not much busi- 
 ness and there' was but little accumulated 
 wealth in the community. The inducement 
 they offered to secure the location of a college, 
 destined to be the central institution of a great 
 church, was absurdly small. But the amount 
 raised in Delaware was the just measure of 
 the ability of the place at that time. The 
 University was welcomed to the town, and it 
 has often since met with a generous response 
 from the citizens to its appeals for aid. On 
 the other hand, it has brought with it popula- 
 tion, and wealth, and prosperity to the town. 
 
 The Conference Committee met Novem- 
 ber 17, 1841, and received from Mr. Powell 
 a bond for the conveyance of the property do- 
 nated by the citizens. The title was finally 
 passed in 1850, to the Board of Trustees. In 
 addition to the ten acres thus conveyed, the 
 committee purchased from Judge Powell an 
 adjacent property on the south, of five acres, 
 at a cost of $5,500, and the furniture of the 
 Mansion House at about $2,000 more. Dr. 
 Trimble paid Judge Powell fifty dollars as an 
 earnest to bind the contract for the additional 
 
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 219 
 
 purchase, the first money given to the Uni- 
 versity, the first money paid on its debt. 
 
 Immediate steps were now taken looking 
 to a formal organization. A committee com- 
 posed of Jacob Young", Joseph M. Trimble 
 and Adam Poe was appointed to apply to the 
 Legislature for an act of incorporation. A 
 special charter, under the old State Constitu- 
 tion, conferring university powers, was grant- 
 ed by the Legislature March 7, 1842. The 
 corporate powers were vested in a hoard of 
 twenty-one persons from different parts of the 
 State. These were William Neff, Samuel 
 Williams, ex-Governor Allen Trimble, Lem- 
 uel Reynolds, Thomas Orr, William Bishop, 
 William Armstrong, Rev. James B. Finley, 
 Rev. Jacob Young, Rev. Edmund W. Sehon, 
 Rev. Leonidas L. Hamline, Judge Patrick G. 
 Goode. George B. Arnold, ex-Governor Mor- 
 dacai Bartley, Frederick C. Welch. Wilder 
 Joy. Henry Ehbert, John H. Harris, Rev. 
 Adam Poe, Rev. William Burke. Rev. Leon- 
 ard B. Gurley. These men were of promi- 
 nence in state or in church. They have long 
 since yielded their places to others. Dr. Gur- 
 ley, the last survivor, died in 1880, at the ripe 
 age of seventy-six years. Of these trustees, 
 though the charter did not so prescribe, four- 
 teen were laymen and seven were ministers ; 
 and this ratio of ministers and laymen has al- 
 ways been kept in filling vacancies. By the 
 provisions of the charter, the corporators at 
 first held their office for life. The right of 
 perpetuation of the Board was vested in the 
 two patronizing conferences, each appointing 
 to all existing vacancies, alternately. These 
 conferences were afterwards divided into four, 
 each with the same right of appointment. The 
 arrangement for alternate appointment con- 
 tinued until 1869. when, by a general law of 
 the State, under the new Constitution, the 
 president of the University was made, ex-of- 
 ficio, a member of the Board, and the remain- 
 ing twenty members were divided into four 
 classes of five each, which were assigned, 
 severally, to the four conferences, and the ten- 
 ure of office was reduced to five years, so that 
 each conference should annually elect one trus- 
 tee for the period of five years. In 1S71 the 
 
 charter was further so modified as to give the 
 Association of Alumni a representation on the 
 Board equal to that of each Annual confer- 
 ence; and in 1883 the West Virginia Confer- 
 ence was admitted as one of the patronizing 
 bodies, with equal right of representation in 
 the Board. 
 
 One of the conditions of the donation to 
 the church was that the academic work of the 
 college should be begun within five years ; but 
 the committees from the conferences did not 
 wait even until the organization of the Board 
 of Trustees. It was thought best to com- 
 mence this work immediately, and a sub-com- 
 mittee was appointed to secure teachers and 
 open a preparatory school. This committee 
 at once engaged Captain James D. Cobb, a 
 graduate of West Point and an ex-army of- 
 ficer, as instructor in the new school for 1841- 
 42. Captain Cobb was about fifty years of 
 age and was assisted by his son. It was ar- 
 ranged that he should have the free use of the 
 Mansion -House, but look to tuition for his 
 compensation. He had a mixed school of 
 boys and girls. At the end of the school year 
 Captain Cobb resigned his place and moved 
 to the South for his health. 
 
 The Board of Trustees held their first 
 meeting at Hamilton, where the Ohio Con- 
 ference was in session, October 1, 1842. At 
 this meeting the Board elected the Rev. Ed- 
 ward Thomson, at that time the principal of 
 Norwalk Seminary, to the presidency of the 
 LJniversity, with the understanding that the 
 appointment was only nominal for the pres- 
 ent, but a pledge to the church and the public 
 that a college faculty would be appointed and 
 the college opened at no distant day. The 
 Board, however, determined that a Prepara- 
 tory School should meanwhile be maintained, 
 and appointed the Rev. Solomon Howard as 
 principal, with authority to employ his own 
 assistants. He was given the use of the build- 
 ings and furniture, and was expected to get 
 his support from the tuition fees of the pu- 
 pils. Prof. Howard began his school Novem- 
 ber 1, 1842, and continued it successfully for 
 two years. Both sexes were still admitted, 
 and the atendance was largelv local. He had 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 at first but four little boys as his pupils, but 
 the number for the year was 130. During the 
 second year of his school he was assisted by 
 Mr. Flavel A. Dickinson, a recent graduate 
 of Yale, who had taught one year as principal 
 of the Delaware Academy, and who brought 
 his school over "en masse." 
 
 Though no large immediate income was 
 to be expected from subscriptions or from tu- 
 ition, yet the Board of Trustees felt great con- 
 fidence in the final success of a school sup- 
 ported by the large numbers and the growing 
 wealth of the Methodist Church in Ohio. Re- 
 lying upon these the Board, September 25, 
 1844, resolved to organize a faculty to open 
 the institution with a college curriculum and 
 college classes. Dr. Thomson, who had re- 
 cently been elected editor of the Ladies' Re- 
 pository, was re-appointed president, though 
 again with the understanding that he should 
 not immediately enter upon duty. As it was 
 foreseen that the school would for a while 
 be small, and the income limited, the Board 
 established but four additional places, and 
 made the following appointments : Rev. Her- 
 man M. Johnson, professor of Ancient Lan- 
 guages; Rev. Solomon Howard, professor of 
 Mathematics; William G. Williams, principal 
 of the Preparatory Department; Enoch G. 
 Dial, assistant in Preparatory Department. 
 
 The salaries paid, or rather promised, to 
 these men were gauged by the resources 
 which the Board hoped to have at their com- 
 mand by the end of the year. The president's 
 salary, when he should enter upon duty, was 
 fixed at $800; the professors were to be paid 
 $600 each, and the teachers in the Prepara- 
 tory Department $400 and $350 respectively, 
 but it was many years before even these 
 meager salaries were paid as they became 
 due. 
 
 Wednesday, November 13. 1S44. was the 
 day appointed and advertised fen- the opening 
 of the school, hut the opening was less en- 
 couraging than had been hoped. Dr. Thom- 
 son was present but for a day or two, and did 
 not enter upon duty tor nearly two years aft- 
 erward, and Prof. Johnson was detained for 
 many weeks. The other three teachers of the 
 
 five who were appointed to positions in the 
 faculty, met in the basement of the Mansion 
 House, the former dining room, which had 
 been temporarily fitted up as a chapel, and 
 proceeded to enroll the students applying for 
 admission to the classes. Only twenty-nine 
 presented themselves. This was a smaller 
 number than had previously attended the pre- 
 paratory schools under Captain Cobb and 
 Prof. Howard. But the students now were 
 all males of a mature age, and more advanced 
 standing, and most of them were from other 
 parts of the state. From this small number 
 the faculty were able to organize all the col- 
 lege classes below senior, though the repre- 
 sentation in the upper classes was very small. 
 By the end of the year there were only two 
 juniors, two sophomores, fourteen freshmen, 
 and there were ninety-two in the Preparatory 
 and other courses. Such was the initial cata- 
 1< >gue of a university, which, long before its 
 jubilee year, enrolled more than forty times 
 the first number of students, annually, and 
 graduates more than a hundred at a time. 
 
 ENDOWMENT. 
 
 Education, the world over, is largely a 
 gratuity, and especially so in the higher insti- 
 tutions of learning. In the older and better 
 endowed colleges, no student pays a tenth of 
 the actual cost of his education. Grounds, 
 buildings, cabinets, libraries, endowments, and 
 all the educational appliances of science and 
 art, are the gifts of the founders of the school 
 to the students who attend it. A college to be 
 eminently successful in its work should have 
 all these before it opens its doors to the public. 
 Fortunately, this is something realized in the 
 benefactions of wealthy men. But in former 
 times, in the Western country, neither State 
 nor denominational schools could afford to 
 wait for the accumulation of all these befi ire 
 beginning their work, and the result was, that 
 most of our schools were started upon very 
 meager foundations. Such was the case with 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. The Board of 
 Trustees started with nothing, and were in 
 debt. To secure a present support and a fu- 
 
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 ture growth was, of course, a matter of vital 
 concern. 
 
 The only resources of the institution were 
 the contributions of its friends, and these, at 
 first, came slowly and sparingly; and it was 
 not until 1849 that the indebtedness of $7,- 
 000 for the purchase money was all paid. We 
 have seen that the conferences early devised 
 plans for the endowment of the University. 
 In 1843 tne Ohio Conference appointed Revs. 
 Frederick Merrick and Uriah Heath, agents 
 to raise funds from donations to the Uni- 
 versity, or by the sale of scholarships entitling 
 the hearer to tuition, at the rate of $100 for 
 five years. The following year the North 
 Ohio Conference appointed similar agents to 
 work within its bounds. These agents, in the 
 course of two years, obtained subscriptions 
 and notes for scholarships to the amount of 
 about $30,000, and some donations of land 
 worth, perhaps $15,000 more. The interest 
 on these notes and some tuition fees, consti- 
 tuted the sole revenue of the institution for 
 the support of the faculty. Tuition for the 
 regular Academic studies was early fixed at 
 $30 a year ; and it has never been changed, 
 though, since the era of cheap scholarships, 
 no student has paid tuition. Art studies 
 alone are not covered by the scholarships. As 
 the sale of scholarships progressed, the tu- 
 ition gradually fell to nothing. Perhaps two 
 or three hundred of these higher priced schol- 
 arships were sold, mostly "on time," but, un- 
 fortunately, many of them were never paid 
 for, though the tuition had been promptly 
 claimed and enjoyed. The faculty was then 
 wholly dependent on the income from the en- 
 dowment notes. But though agents were 
 continued in the field for the sale of scholar- 
 ships, the aggregate did not perceptibly in- 
 crease. At the end of six years, the total net 
 assets were estimated at only $70,000, and, 
 of this, the endowment money and subscrip- 
 tions reached only $54,000. The institution 
 was still on the borders of inanition. It was 
 evident, that, unless a more effective policy 
 was adopted, the school was destined to fail- 
 ure, dr, at best, to a feeble existence. 
 
 At length, in the summer of 1849. tne 
 faculty, upon the suggestion of Prof. John- 
 
 son, devised and proposed to the Board of 
 Trustees a system of scholarships at a much 
 cheaper rate than those at first sold. It was 
 hoped that these would be popular, and be 
 sold to an extent sufficient to give the institu- 
 tion both money and students for, at least, 
 all present necessities. The trustees held a 
 special session to consider the subject, Sep- 
 tember 24, 1849, at Dayton, where the Ohio 
 Conference was in session. The measure was 
 felt to be perilous; a failure would jeopardize 
 all, and they deliberated a long time before 
 they came to> any conclusion. Finally with 
 the approval of the Conference, the Board 
 adopted the plan, and ordered the sale of 
 scholarships, entitling the holder to tuition, 
 at the following rates: (1) for three years' 
 tuition. $15; (2) for four years' tuition, $29; 
 (3) for six years' tuition, $25; (4) for eight 
 years' tuition, $30. Unlike the old series of 
 scholarships, the new ones were to be paid for 
 in full before they were used. 
 
 The system was needlessly complex ; the 
 second and fourth rates alone would have been 
 better than the four, and the price could have 
 been one-half higher without lessening their 
 salableness. But the success which crowned 
 the effort quieted all criticisms. Three agents 
 wer appointed by each Conference to put the 
 new scholarships upon the market. In two 
 years they had sold nearly three thousand, 
 and paid into the treasury of the University, 
 besides the expense of the agency and the sup- 
 port of the faculty meanwhile, a sum suffi- 
 cent to raise the nominal endowment, in 1854, 
 to a round $100,000. 
 
 The exact number of scholarships sold 
 was 3.740, calling for a little more than 25,- 
 000 years of tuition. It was estimated that 
 an average annual attendance of 500 students 
 would exhaust this large aggregate in fifty 
 years. As the attendance has not averaged 
 this figure, the period for the final retirement 
 of the scholarships may he somewhat pro- 
 longed. Subsequently, the agents, under the 
 authority of the Board, issued a few hundred 
 additional scholarships to the value of money 
 or lands ostensibly given to the University, 
 but for which the institution paid a full 
 equivalent. But this policy has now been 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 stopped, and the board has ordered that no 
 more scholarships be sold. 
 
 Part of this amount was still in unproduc- 
 tive land, and is in uncollected scholarship 
 notes. But the income for the following year, 
 1855, was estimated to be $8,500, which the 
 committee of Ways and Means, in their re- 
 port to the Board, say "will be amply suffi- 
 cient to meet and defray all current ex- 
 penses." In view of this hopeful condition 
 of the finances, the salaries of the faculty- 
 were now increased as follows : The presi- 
 dent was paid $1,400; the professors, $1,000 
 each ; the tutors, $500 each. The value of 
 the real estate and other property of the Uni- 
 versity had also largely increased, and 
 may be estimated at another $100,000. Thus, 
 the end of the first decennium saw the institu- 
 tion in a healthful financial condition, and 
 with good prospects for the future. 
 
 The conference agencies for the endow- 
 ment and building fund were continued for 
 some years and the endowment slowly in- 
 creased for a number of years. At length, in 
 1866, the centennial year of American Meth- 
 odism, a general advance was made through- 
 out the connection. Educational interests 
 were everywhere the foremost, and, in Ohio, 
 the result of the effort was a large addition 
 t> 1 the funds of the University. A portion 
 was devoted to building and general improve- 
 ment, and the endowment was increased to 
 considerably more than $200,000. Unfor- 
 tunately, the resources for building and 
 grounds did not prove as ample as was hoped, 
 and, after the "hard times" of 1873 set m < '* 
 was deemed necessary to draw upon the en- 
 dowment fund for these purposes. About 
 $40,000 were thus consumed. The growth of 
 this fund has, nevertheless, been so constant, 
 that the heavy draft upon it was soon more 
 than made good. 
 
 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 
 
 The original college campus included the 
 ten acres donated by the citizens, and the 
 five acres bought by the conference commit- 
 tees. Additional purchases of ground were 
 
 subsequently made at an expense of over .$20,- 
 000, until now the campus contains about 
 twenty-five acres lying in one continuous tract, 
 .besides the ten acres where Monnett Hall 
 stands. In addition to these tracts, the Uni- 
 versity purchased at a cost of a little more 
 than $10,000, what is commonly spoken of as 
 "The Barnes Property," where Prof. Davies 
 now resides and where the Observatory is lo- 
 cated. On the added lot of five acres (al- 
 ready referred to), purchased from Judge 
 Powell, was a comfortable cottage near the 
 street, the home of Mr. Powell. This was 
 subsequently occupied by the president of the 
 college, or by one of the professors, until 
 1856, when it was sold and moved off the 
 campus. In the rear of this cottage, and in 
 front of the present Sturges Hall, was a row 
 of a half-dozen or more summer cottages, 
 built for the accommodation of the guests of 
 the Mansion House during the watering sea- 
 son. In 1855. all these buildings were re- 
 moved, leaving the space in front of the Uni- 
 versity buildings open for the planting of ad- 
 ditional shade trees. 
 
 The College Campus has a diversified 
 character, which art has greatly improved. In 
 1872, Messrs. Wright and Mast, of the Board 
 of Trustees, spent about $5,000 in reconstruct- 
 ing the surface, making walks and drives, 
 draining and planting. Since that time the 
 low ground in the later additions has been 
 filled in and regraded. Since i860, more than 
 1 ,000 varieties of .domestic or exotic trees and 
 shrubs have been planted and properly la- 
 beled. 
 
 The college buildings rank among the 
 best for architectural beauty and convenience. 
 Elliott Hall, formerly "The Old Mansion 
 House," was built for visitors seeking the in- 
 vigorating climate and the health-giving wa- 
 ters of Delaware. It is three stories and a 
 half high with a basement. It was of frame, 
 lathed and cemented on the outside, but the 
 interior was finely finished in walnut and 
 tastefully decorated with plaster mouldings. 
 The drawing-room and parlors on the first 
 floor, and some of the large rooms on the sec- 
 ond floor, were converted into recitation 
 
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 rooms or the professors' studies. The cham- 
 bers on the third tioor were let to students, 
 until, some years later, they also were needed 
 for general purposes. In the basement, the 
 old Mansion House dining-room was recon- 
 structed into the college chapel, and the large 
 kitchen, with its huge fireplace and brick 
 oven, became the lecture-room and laboratory 
 for the professor of Natural Science. On the 
 south side of the main building was a large 
 two-story annex, which was let as a boarding 
 house to a steward for the accommodation of 
 two or three of the faculty and a half-score of 
 students who had rooms in the building. In 
 the rear of the Mansion House, on the east 
 side, were long wide porches, level with the 
 first and second floors. 12 and 25 feet from 
 the ground. In 1S48, the boarding house 
 was discontinued : the cement outside of the 
 main building was replaced with a good 
 close-jointed covering. The lofty and un- 
 safe porches were, torn down, and the annex 
 removed to a location near the spring. Here 
 it was let to students, and, happily, was soon 
 burned down. In 1892, Elliott Hall was re- 
 moved to its present location, and placed in 
 good repair. It has served educational pur- 
 poses well for upward of sixty years, and its 
 desirable recitation rooms may be in use for 
 at least another half century. The depart- 
 ment of physics occupies the first two floors 
 of this hall. On the third and fourth floors 
 are the rooms of the School of Business. In 
 the rear of the building and connecting with 
 it is the Engineering Annex, erected during 
 the summer of 1905, at a cost of $5,800, 
 which was borne by Messrs. David S. Gray 
 and William R. Walker, both of Columbus, 
 Ohio. It contains the apparatus necessary 
 for instruction in the courses in wood and 
 metal turning, and in engineering. 
 
 Thompson Chapel. The corner-stone of 
 this building was laid on July 26, 185 1. dur- 
 ing Commencement Week, and was dedicated 
 the following year. Its cost was about $20.- 
 000. The structure was in the Doric style 
 of architecture, three stories in height, and 
 measured 85 by 55 feet. The main audience- 
 room, 23 feet high, covered the entire upper 
 
 floor. The capacity of this room was about 
 600 sittings, which was then thought the ut- 
 most probable need of the institution for 
 years to come. The building stood on the 
 site of the present library, and was named in 
 honor of the first president of the University. 
 The Lecture Association of the students in 
 1874 contributed $800 toward the furnishing 
 ■ if the chapel : and by the efforts of the faculty 
 and the senior class, a fine organ was installed 
 at a cost of $1,600. By this time the audience- 
 room had grown too small for ail occasions 
 except daily prayers, and as early as 1885, the 
 student-body had increased to such proportions 
 that it became necessary to excuse a number 
 of students from attendance at the daily exer- 
 cises for lack of room. From 1889 to 1891. 
 the daily chapel services were held in the audi- 
 torium of St. Paul's Church. This arrange- 
 ment was found inconvenient, and Thomson 
 Chapel again came into use. in September, 
 1 89 1. but with the prospect of adequate relief 
 in the immediate future. 
 
 Sturges Hall. This building is named 
 for Mr. William Sturges. of Putnam, Ohio, 
 who in 1853. offered the University a liberal 
 subscription for a library, on condition that 
 within a year a further subscription of $15,- 
 000 should be secured for a suitable library 
 building. Prof. Merrick undertook the agency 
 for this, and raised the amount within a few- 
 weeks. The building was finished and dedi- 
 cated in 1856. The two lower stories were 
 used by the literary societies of the Universitv. 
 and the top floor served as library until the 
 present Slocum Library was completed. At 
 present the Hall contains the Chemical Labora- 
 tory, and lecture rooms and private office of 
 the Professor of Chemistry. On the second 
 floor are located the general collection of speci- 
 mens illustrating structural and dynamic geo- 
 logy, and the Merrick-Trimble collection of 
 minerals. 
 
 Merrick Hall is a substantial edifice, 
 three stories high, and built of Delaware blue 
 limestone. It contains the lecture-rooms and 
 laboratories of the Departments of Geology and 
 Zoology, and on the third floor the Museum 
 of Natural History. The Board began the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 erection of tin's building" in 1869, but a failure 
 of the building fund delayed the completion 
 of the building until 1873. Its cost was about 
 $40,000, a large portion of which was finally 
 taken from the endowment fund. The Hall 
 was named for a former president of the insti- 
 tution, Dr. Merrick. 
 
 Gray Chapel and University Hall. At 
 the session in June. 1890, the Board of 
 Trustees ordered the immediate erection of a 
 University Hall that should furnish first and 
 foremost the much-needed college chapel, and 
 also more and better accommodations for the 
 academic work of the institution. The corner- 
 stone was laid June 18, 1891, and it took two 
 years to complete the building. It is a massive 
 stone structure, 160 feet long, 150 feet deep, 
 and four stories high. The entire pile bears 
 the name of University Hall. It includes the 
 chapel, now called Gray Chapel, in commemo- 
 ration of the noble life of Rev. David Gray, a 
 venerable pioneer preacher in Ohio, the father 
 of David S. Gray, Esq., of Columbus, Ohio, 
 president of the Board of Trustees, who gave 
 $27,000 toward the building fund, and through 
 whose generosity and leadership the erection 
 of the building was so promptly assured. This 
 beautiful auditorium seats 2.000 persons, and 
 can be enlarged by the opening of the adjacent 
 lecture-room for the accommodation of 400 
 more. The chapel is octagonal in form, with 
 the floor rising from the rostrum with a slight 
 incline. The seats are arranged in seven sec- 
 tors, with aisles radiating from the pulpit as 
 a center. A spacious gallery, with seats placed 
 in ascending tiers, extends two-thirds of the 
 circumference of the room. The dome in the 
 center of the chapel rises to a height of fifty- 
 six feet from the floor. It is lit from above by 
 clay with beautiful opalescent glass, and by 
 night from dome, gallery and walls with hun- 
 dreds of incandescent electric lamps. The 
 splendid organ was built by the Roosevelts, 
 and cost $15,000. 
 
 The University Hall contains, besides the 
 chapel, a commodious and well-furnished hall 
 for the Young Men's Christian Association, 
 capable of seating 500 persons; several lecture- 
 rooms, ten recitation-rooms, six society halls, 
 
 the administrative offices, professors' studies, 
 ladies' parlors, wide corridors and other needed 
 conveniences. The cost of this structure ag- 
 gregated $180,000. The building stands on 
 the original site of the "Old Mansion House." 
 
 The Slocum Library building bears the 
 name of Dr. Charles Elihu Slocum, by whose 
 generosity, its erection in 1897 became possible, 
 he being the chief contributor to the building- 
 fund. The building stands on the site for- 
 merly occupied by the Thomson Chapel. It 
 is 1 15 by 125 feet in dimensions, built of Bed- 
 f< n'd limestone, three stories high. The stack 
 room has an estimated capacity for 175,000 
 volumes. The reading-room, finely lighted 
 from above, is 60 by 100 feet in size. 
 In addition to the administrative offices of the 
 library, the building contains a series of rooms 
 equipped for seminary use, and several class- 
 and lecture-rooms. 
 
 The first ten years of the University were 
 years of limited outlay. During these years, 
 however, the need of a library was not only 
 recognized but steps were taken to meet it. 
 The agents of the University were authorized 
 to solicit books wherever they could and 700 
 fairly well chosen volumes were the result of 
 their efforts. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. William Sturges of Zanes- 
 ville, Ohio, offered to give $10,000 for books 
 if the church would build a library building- 
 costing $15,000. By this time about 3. OOO 
 volumes had been acquired by gift and solicita- 
 tion. In a short time after the offer of Mr. 
 Sturges. sufficient pledges were secured for 
 the erection of a building which was begun in 
 1855, and dedicated in 1856. 
 
 Meanwhile, President Thompson visited 
 Europe and purchased a valuable library of 
 about 3,000 volumes with the money — $6,- 
 600 — paid by Mr. Sturges. Contributions 
 were also received from Dr. Joseph Trimble 
 and William A. Ingham, members of the 
 Board of Trustees. After Dr. Ingham's 
 death, his widow placed in the library about 
 500 of bis private books. The widow of the 
 late Dr. Charles Elliott gave the bulk of his 
 private library, rich in patriotic and contro- 
 versial literature. The widow of Dr. James 
 
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 225 
 
 F. Chalfant, of the Cincinnati conference, gave 
 his select library, consisting largely of philo- 
 sophical books. Benjamin St. James Fry. edi- 
 tor of the "Central Christian Advocate," St. 
 Louis, Mo., left his library of Methodist 
 Church history. Bishop Isaac W. Wiley be- 
 queather to the University his library in 
 memory of his son. The friends of Rev. John 
 X. Irwin. D. D., an alumnus of the class of 
 1S70. purchased his library for the University. 
 John O. McDowell. M. D., an alumnus and 
 trustee of the University, bequeathed his li- 
 brary of over 300 volumes as a foundation for 
 a medical library. This collection was supple- 
 mented by a gift from Mrs. Philip Roettinger, 
 of Cincinnati, of about 200 volumes from the 
 library of her father. A. C. McChesney. M. D., 
 of Cincinnati. John W. King, an alumnus 
 and trustee, secured for the library fairly com- 
 plete sets of the great English quarterly re- 
 views and monthlies. Several of the Univer- 
 sity clubs, especially the Delaware Association 
 of Alumni, contributed liberally. Numerous 
 individuals made special additions of books in 
 art, criticism, historical research and English 
 literature. Being a depository, the library re- 
 ceived copies of all United States Government 
 publications as well as Ohio State documents. 
 In 1898, the Slocum Library building was 
 dedicated, having been completed at a cost of 
 about $65,000. 
 
 After the library was removed to this 
 building. Dr. M. J. Cramer, ex-consul to 
 Germany, bequeathed his library of 5.000 
 volumes. John Williams White, Ph. D., pro- 
 fessor of Greek in Harvard University, a mem- 
 ber of the class of 1868. purchased abroad a 
 library of 2,000 volumes, which constituted a 
 working library in Greek and Latin. At the 
 time of removal into the new building, the 
 total number of volumes owned by the library 
 was 24.870. The number of accessions by gift. 
 exchange, binding and purchase now equals 
 55,148. The number of periodicals received 
 has been increased three fold now numbering 
 about 400. The library is now open seventy- 
 three hours per week, an increase of twenty- 
 nine hours and the recorded circulation for 
 1906-07 was 31.710; which does not take into 
 
 14 
 
 account the use of 6,500 books and periodicals 
 in greatest demand kept on the Open Shelf. 
 
 Of even more importance than this growth 
 and increased use of the library, is the steady 
 progress made in library administration. The 
 introduction of modern library methods has re- 
 sulted in a working library well fitted to supply 
 the needs of a thousand students. 
 
 Athletics. In 1888 the students took up 
 among themselves a subscription of about 
 $800 for a gymnasium. The Hon. Charles 
 W. Fairbanks, of the class of 1872. added 
 $2,000 to this amount. The total cost of the 
 building which is located southeast of Elliott 
 Hall, was $5,000, the balance being paid from 
 the general fund of the University. The gym- 
 nasium was equipped with the needful appa- 
 ratus, but did not prove as successful or as 
 useful as was hoped, for the want of a com- 
 petent trainer, who could devote his time to 
 this work. The Athletic Association of the 
 students was formed in 1890, and has been 
 carried on with characteristic interest. The 
 University appropriated two acres of ground 
 for this purpose, and the Association fenced 
 the grounds, graded the surface and erected a 
 grandstand for spectators. The cost of these 
 improvements borne by the Association was 
 about $2,000. 
 
 The John Edwards Gymnasium was named 
 for the late Mr. John Edwards, at the time 
 of his death a member of the Board of Trustees 
 of the University, and whose widow and son 
 were the principal contributors to the building 
 fund. The Gymnasium cost about $75,000, 
 and was opened February 22, 1908. It is a 
 rectangular structure 150 by 83 feet, with one 
 projecting bay in front and two in the rear, 
 to accommodate the stairways — a solid and 
 substantial building, the first nine feet of stone, 
 the remainder of brick, with stone trimmings, 
 and the roof of red tile. In the basement are 
 a swimming-pool 50 feet long and 22 feet wide, 
 having a water depth of four feet at one end and 
 seven feet at the other, the gift of Mr. Z. L. 
 White, a trustee of the University, and several 
 large courts that can be used for hand-ball, 
 bowling alleys and drill rooms for the military 
 companies of the University. The second tl « ir 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 . contains the administrative offices of the Di- 
 rector of the Gymnasium, a locker room having 
 a capacity of 700 lockers, and bath and towel- 
 ing rooms. On the third floor is the main 
 gymnasium, 150 feet by S3 feet, which is 
 equipped with all the necessary apparatus for 
 a complete gymnasium. Above it and sus- 
 pended from the roof is a running track of 
 fifteen laps to the mile. The main floor will 
 accommodate banquet tables for 1 ,200 persons, 
 and for such occasions there is a fully equipped 
 kitchen with 7,000 dishes. 
 
 The athletic field is located east of the 
 gymnasium. It is 000 feet long and 400 feet 
 wide. There is a quarter-mile oval track and 
 a 100-yard straight-away. The field is almost 
 level, but is a little higher in the middle. The 
 surface water runs to the track and straight- 
 away which carry the tile for drainage. The 
 grand stand and bleachers are located at the 
 west end of the field and have a capacity of 
 1. 000. There are also several lawn tennis 
 courts. The ticket office and gateway were 
 built as a memorial by the class of 1807. The 
 grading, fence, grand stand, bleachers and 
 gateway cost $11,000. 
 
 Art Hall, formerly the residence of Mr. 
 G. W. Campbell, was purchased at a cost of 
 $5,000 by Dr. A. J. Lyon and Mrs. Abbie 
 Parish, and presented by them to the Univer- 
 sitv in 1898. It is devoted to the work of the 
 Art Department of the University. 
 
 Hartupee Hall, which was opened in 
 1899, was presented to the University by Dr. 
 and Mrs. Gaylord H. Hartupee, to be used 
 as the home of missionaries' children while 
 they are being educated at the University. The 
 house and property are maintained by contri- 
 butions secured by a Board of Directors, an 
 organization in no way connected with the 
 University. 
 
 The Perkins Astronomical Observa- 
 tory, which occupies an excellent site on the 
 old Barnes property, is a handsome building of 
 pressed brick, with a frontage of 62 feet. It 
 includes a dome for the telescope, a transit 
 room, clock room and computing and library 
 room. It was built in 1892, and represents 
 an investment of over Si 5,000. 
 
 THE CLEVELAND COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND 
 
 SURGEONS MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF 
 
 OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. 
 (Roland E Skeel. M D., Dean.) 
 
 The Cleveland College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons was founded in 1863 by Dr. Gustav 
 C. E. Weber, who, during the Civil War, was 
 surgeon-general of the State of Ohio. It was 
 then known as Charity Hospital Medical Col- 
 lege, and was the pioneer in providing hos- 
 pital and clinical advantages for its'students — 
 this feature continues to be one of its chief aims 
 for the junior and senior students. 
 
 In 1869 it became the Medical Department 
 of the University of Wooster, ami remained 
 as such until 1896, when it became affiliated 
 with the Ohio Wesleyan University and re- 
 ceived its present name. Its graduates hold- 
 ing diplomas as Doctors of Medicine from the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, are recognized as 
 members of the Ohio Wesleyan Alumni As- 
 sociation, with all the rights and privileges 
 pertaining to the same. 
 
 More room and better facilities were re- 
 quired to properly carry out the teachings 
 made necessary in the advancement of labora- 
 tory work, and to this end the new building, 
 at the corner of Central Avenue and Browned 
 Street, in which the College is now established, 
 was built, the value being conservatively placed 
 at $60,000. It was completed and dedicated 
 on November 22, 1900. 
 
 THE OHIO WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE 
 
 MONNETT HALL. 
 
 In the establishment of the University, 
 while no provision was made for the education 
 of women, there was a felt want that the 
 daughters of the church should have the same 
 privileges of education as were afforded to the 
 sons. The rapid growth and the success of the 
 University increased this sense of want, es- 
 pecially in the case of families whose sons were 
 entered in the University. The first at- 
 tempt to supply this demand was made by the 
 Rev. William Grissell and wife, who came 
 to this place in 1850. Encouraged by the 
 
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 227 
 
 citizens, Mr. Grissell bought the old Academy 
 building in South Delaware and opened a 
 ladies' school in September of that year. The 
 attendance was encouraging; but, in 1852, Mr. 
 Grissell found that he could no longer carry 
 on the work with success. At this time the 
 idea of a college for ladies was taking hold 
 of the public mind, and several meetings of 
 citizens who were interested were held in re- 
 lation to the matter. Just at this time, in 1852, 
 the parish now known as St. Paul's, in South 
 Delaware, had been constituted of a small 
 colony of about thirty members, mostly from 
 William Street Methodist Church, of which 
 the late Rev. John Ouiglev was appointed 
 pastor. They met for worship in the chapel 
 of Mr. Grissell's school: and, in order to re- 
 tain their place of worship, and for other local 
 reasons, encouraged the movement for a col- 
 lege on this site. Accordingly, the property 
 was bought from Mr. Grissell. and an or- 
 ganization effected under the name of "The 
 Delaware Female College." 
 
 But it was felt by many that the location 
 for a successful college must be more eligible 
 and the accommodations more ample than the 
 old Academy and two-fifths of an acre of 
 ground could present. To Dr. Ralph Hills is 
 due the first suggestion of the homestead of 
 the late William Little as the most desirable 
 site in Delaware. This suggestion met with 
 instant favor, and when it was found that the 
 family consented to sell th^ property, an or- 
 ganization was at once effected and a subscrip- 
 tion was opened to obtain the needed amount. 
 The result was that in April. 1853. "The 
 Ohio Wesleyan Female College" acquired "a 
 local habitation and a nam..." 
 
 Among the incorporators, twenty in num- 
 ber, were Dr. Ralph Hills, Prof. William L. 
 Harris. James C. Evans, Augustus A. Welch, 
 Rev. Joseph Avers, and Prof. William G. 
 Williams. 
 
 The property which the incorporators 
 bought contained seven acres, to which three 
 acres were subsequently added (1867). The 
 price paid for the original purchase was $7,- 
 000, and for the addition nearlv as much nv >re. 
 
 The property was at once offered to the North 
 Ohio Conference, and accepted by that body, 
 with the right of perpetuation of the Board 
 of Trustees. Subsequently, the Central Ohio 
 Conference and the Ohio Conference became 
 joint patrons of the school with equal rights. 
 
 In the course of the first year, the necessity 
 for more room was felt, and a two-story 
 wooden house with chapel and large recita- 
 tion rooms was erected as a temporary re- 
 lief. This served the purpose for a few years, 
 but the continued growth of the school led, 
 in 1855, to larger plans. The southern wing 
 of a building which was supposed to be large 
 enough for the probable wants of the school 
 was first erected ; then, after some years, the 
 central block and the other wing. 
 
 The means for all this expenditure were 
 raised mostly through the labors of agents ap- 
 pointed by the patronizing Conferences. Of 
 these, the Rev. Joseph Avers, at that time 
 presiding elder of the Delaware District, was 
 the first ; and a large part of the initial labor 
 of founding the school was done by him. By 
 indefatigable effort, the means were gradually 
 obtained, and the end was at last reached. 
 Of the many who contributed to this cause, 
 particular mention must be made of Miss 
 Mary Monnett. afterwards Mrs. John W. 
 Bain, a pupil of the school, who, in 1857, gave 
 $10,000 toward the building fund. Her timely 
 help made the completion of the building cer- 
 tain and immediate ; and in recognition of her 
 benefaction, the entire building bears the 
 name of "Monnett Hall." 
 
 About 1870 the south wing of this build- 
 ing was injured by fire. The roof and the 
 upper story were destroyed, and other parts 
 deluged with water. But the operations of 
 the school were not suspended, and the parts 
 burned were immediately replaced, better than 
 before. 
 
 The school was always self-supporting, 
 and. for most of the time, the tutition and the 
 boarding fees not only paid the faculty, but 
 yielded some revenue for the general purposes 
 of the institution. A scheme for an endow- 
 ment by scholarships, similar to that of the 
 
228 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 University, was at one time attempted, but the 
 attempt was soon abandoned, and no perma- 
 nent fund was ever secured. 
 
 In 1866 certain ladies, mostly alumnae of 
 the institution, organized themselves into an 
 association to raise a fund for a college library. 
 They soon had about $2,000, which sum the 
 trustees borrowed for the completion of the 
 College buildings, as being just then a more 
 pressing want than the acquisition of a library. 
 But. in 1869, Mr. William A. Ingham, of 
 Cleveland, who had undertaken to fill an al- 
 cove in the University library, gave this col- 
 lege $1,000 worth of books, in honor of his 
 wife, formerly Miss Mary B. Janes, who, 
 in 1858-62 had been the teacher of French and 
 belles-lettres in the College. In view of this 
 donation, the Board ordered the Executive 
 Committee to fit up a library and reading-room 
 in the central building, and to invest $1,000 
 of the ladies' library fund in books. The bal- 
 ance of the loan the Board had not repaid 
 when the union of the schools took place ; and, 
 in view of the large University library, which 
 thus became accessible to the ladies, and the 
 inability of the Board, the association fore- 
 bore the formal collection of the amount. 
 
 The first president of the College was Prof. 
 Oran Faville, M. A., of McKendree College, 
 Illinois, and Mrs. Maria M. Faville was the 
 first preceptress. Their united salary was 
 fixed at $1,000. A number of other 
 teachers were appointed in the academic and 
 musical departments. The first term opened 
 August 4, 1853, and the calendar was arranged 
 to agree with that of the University. The 
 enrollment the first year was 159, and the 
 number of pupils attending each year after- 
 wards generally largely exceeded 200, and 
 sometimes reached 300. In 1 855 President 
 Faville's health compelled his resignation and 
 he removed to Iowa, of which State he was 
 subsequently lieutenant-governor, and com- 
 missioner of public instruction. His succes- 
 sors were the Rev. James A. Dean, who re- 
 mained but a short time, and Rev. Charles D. 
 Burritt, who also resigned before the end of 
 a year. The Rev. Park S. Donelson, D. D.. 
 was elected in 1856, and remained President 
 
 for seventeen years, until 1873, when he re- 
 signed to engage in pastoral work. The next 
 President, and the last before the union of the 
 two institutions, was William Richardson, M. 
 A., who had been favorably known in public 
 school work, and who, in 1877, resigned to re- 
 enter that field. 
 
 The degrees conferred by the institution 
 were Mistress of Liberal Arts for those who 
 took the classical course, and Mistress of Eng- 
 lish Literature for those who took the scien- 
 tific course. The classical course embraced 
 studies largely the same, at first, as those in 
 the University, except Greek. This language, 
 too, was finally included as optional, and upon 
 the few who took the entire course the degree 
 of Eiachelor of Arts was conferred. 
 
 The graduates of the College numbered, 
 in 1877, when the union with the University 
 took place, over 400. They have long had an 
 alumnae organization, and the local graduates 
 have, for many years, maintained a literary 
 association with monthly re-unions. 
 
 One of the original articles of association, 
 adopted in 1853, provided that it at any time 
 the union of the two institutions could legally 
 be effected, it should be brought alxxit. It 
 was not until a quarter of a century had passed 
 that the friends of this movement felt strong 
 enough to bring to fruition the hope that had 
 been entertained by some, at least, of those 
 who had participated in the establishment of 
 the College. 
 
 In 1877. the Board of the University 
 adopted a resolution, that, if the trustees of 
 the Female College should discontinue the 
 academic work of that school, and transfer the 
 property, free from debt, to the trustees of the 
 University, they would accept the property, 
 and open the University to the ladies, and 
 would establish a special course of study of 
 high order for ladies, with appropriate degrees 
 for the completion of the course. The propo- 
 sition was accepted. A debt of about $9,000, 
 which had been incurred for additions to the 
 campus, was paid by the Ohio Central Con- 
 ference from the amount raised for the Uni- 
 versity by its agents ; and thus the University 
 came into the unincumbered possession of a 
 
Mi INNETT HALL. 0. W. U 
 
 JOHN' EDWARDS GYMNASIUM, 0. W. U. 
 
 ELLIOTT HALL. 0. W. U. 
 
 ART HALL, O. W. U. 
 
 STURGES HALL, 0. \V. U. CHARLES ELIHU SLOCUM LIBRARY, 0. W. U. 
 
 VIEWS OF OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. DELAWARE 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 231 
 
 property worth at least $100,000. had an ad- 
 dition of nearly 200 students per annum to its 
 enrollment, and ,gained an increase of thirty 
 per cent, in its income. There were other 
 gains. The union of the schools removed a 
 distracting question from the councils of the 
 University and the Church, put this large and 
 influential school abreast of the sentiment and 
 progress of the age, and concentrated upon it- 
 self the interest and the benefactions which 
 had been diverted to another institution, or 
 altogether lost between the conflicting claims 
 of the two rival schools. The advantages from 
 the union of the schools and from co-education 
 of the sexes are so manifest and so great, that, 
 in summing up the result, minor inconveniences 
 can be patiently adjusted or quietly ignored. 
 There has also been a reflex beneficial influ- 
 ence on the development of the Ladies' De- 
 partment. The expensive tuition fees were at 
 once cancelled, as all the ladies were admitted 
 to the University on scholarships. The at- 
 tendance of ladies rapidly grew to three times 
 what it was the year before the union was 
 consummated. In 1876 the number of ladies 
 was 172; for the five years prior to 1894, it 
 ranged from 444 to 537; the enrollment for 
 the fall term in 1907 was 502. This number 
 is far beyond what the founders of the Female 
 College expected in their most sanguine hopes. 
 In 1890 the building was enlarged to twice its 
 former size, at a cost of over $50,000. The 
 old Monnett Hall of the Female College, with 
 its two wings and central block, is now, in 
 fact, but one of the wings of the new Monnett 
 Hall of Ohio Wesleyan University. The 
 building as it now stands is 200 feet long, 100 
 feet wide, and four stories in height. This 
 large building has ample accommodations for 
 250 ladies, giving each a separate room or 
 suite of rooms. The upper floors are acces- 
 sible by several wide stairways, or by an ele- 
 vator. The building contains an assembly 
 hall or chapel, conservatory of music, reception 
 rooms, parlors, library and reading-room well 
 supplied with books and periodicals, three halls 
 for the ladies' literary societies, and a large. 
 light dinine-room. 
 
 The veranda of Monnett Hall was built at 
 an expense of $5,000, which was paid by that 
 generous friend of the University, Mr. D. S. 
 Gray, of Columbus, Ohio. A loggia, or art 
 annex, is being constructed. This will add 
 fifteen feet to the width of the building for a 
 distance of thirty-five feet, and in the space 
 thus acquired, numerous works of art will be 
 placed. The cost of this improvement will 
 be about $2,500, which is being defrayed prin- 
 cipally by Mrs. Anna Clason. There are now 
 about 3.000 volumes in Monnett library. At 
 the beginning of the fall term of 1907, there 
 were 502 young ladies enrolled at Monnett 
 Hall ; of this number 260 reside at the Hall, 
 besides officers, teachers and help. For the 
 first six years, until 1883, Dr. W. F. Whitlock 
 was Dean of Monnett Hall ; since that date 
 Dr. C. B. Austin has filled the office. 
 
 RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED. 
 
 A brief glance at the results actually ac-. 
 complished by the University will be of inter- 
 est. Unfortunately, the statistics have not 
 been collated to date and we shall therefore 
 have to content ourselves with a quotation 
 from "Fifty Years of History," which brings 
 the figures down to 1894. 
 
 "Two thousand one hundred and eighty- 
 six students have been graduated. About 
 seven times that number have drunk at the 
 same fountain for a longer or shorter period, 
 in the earlier history of the institution the 
 relative number of those not graduated was 
 much larger than in recent years. 
 
 "Three hundred and seventy-seven gradu- 
 ates have been ministers of the Gospel, and 
 six thousand five hundred years of service 
 already stand to their credit. * * * Af- 
 ter the war many of the graduates began to 
 seek professional training in the leading uni- 
 versities of this country and of Europe, and 
 have secured the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D. 
 from them. More than one hundred have 
 taken a full post-graduate course in law and 
 received the degree of LL. B.. and are in the 
 van of advocates and jurists in many of the 
 
232 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 States of the Union. The same is true of the 
 medical profession. Some sixty of the gradu- 
 ates have become college presidents, about 
 three times this number college professors, 
 and a still larger number have been instructors 
 in academies and the public schools. Dr. Nel- 
 son estimates six thousand years of service in 
 the work of teaching. * * * He also says 
 that one hundred and forty-six homes have 
 been built up in which both husband and wife 
 are alumni of this institution ; that sixty of the 
 University's grandchildren have been gradu- 
 ated ; and that great-grandchildren have al- 
 ready been enrolled. 
 
 "The statistics make clear what has long 
 been the pride of trustees, faculty and friends 
 — a prevailing missionary spirit. Sixty-four 
 graduates and fifteen undergraduates have 
 gone to the ends of the earth in the holy 
 and heroic crusade of missionary work. They 
 are in every mission field of the Church, save 
 Africa. Such men as Drs. Nathan. Sites and 
 H. H. Lowry in China; T. J. Scott and Wil- 
 liam A. Mansell, in India ; J. F. Thomson and 
 Charles W. Drees, in South America, will 
 indicate the cast and the efficiency of the 
 workers sent forth." 
 
 The enrollment of students in the Univer- 
 sity for the first year was one hundred and 
 ten and gradually increased until in 1850 it 
 numbered two hundred and fifty-seven. The 
 next year showed 506 names. This sudden in- 
 crease was due to the system of cheap scholar- 
 ships put into successful operation that year 
 by the Board of Trustees. Since 1851 the 
 attendance has always been large. Only once, 
 in 1863. the dark year of the war. has the 
 aggregate fallen as low as 300; and up to the 
 union of the two schools it usually exceeded 
 400. After that event, the enrollment sprang 
 at once to more than 600 and in two years went 
 up to nearly a 1,000. The University has ma- 
 triculated upwards of 26,000 students. The 
 enrollment in the departments at Delaware, 
 but not including in this statement the Medical 
 College at Cleveland, is as follows for the past 
 fourteen years: 1894, 785; 1895, 8 4 8 ; 1896, 
 763; 1897, 736; 1898, 775; 1899. -~2\ 1900. 
 757; 1901, 802; 1902, 800; 1903, 886; 1904, 
 
 905; 1905, 914:1906, 921; 1907, 1,003. 
 The most cordial relations have always 
 existed between the University and the citi- 
 zens. No invidious class words are known 
 here such as, in the University towns of the 
 Old World, mark the antagonisms between the 
 university and the people — "Gown and town;" 
 "College and Philistines." Living as most of 
 the students do, in the families of the citizens, 
 intermingling in the same circles, attending 
 the same churches, members of the same po- 
 litical or other organizations, many of the stu- 
 dents coming from the families of the town 
 and many of the students from other places 
 finally intermarrying with the families here, 
 there has been no possibility, as there has been 
 no occasion, for antipathy between them. 
 
 SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENTS WITH ROS- 
 TER OF OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRA- 
 TION AND OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 The College of Liberal Arts, established in 1S4.4. 
 
 The Academic Department, established in 1841. 
 
 The School of Music, established in 1877. 
 
 The School of Fine Arts, established in 1877. 
 
 The School of Oratory, established in 1894. 
 
 The School of Business, established in 1895. 
 
 The College of Medicine (Cleveland College of 
 Physicians and Surgeons), founded in 1863, incorpor- 
 ated with the University in 1896. 
 
 OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Herbert Welch, D. D. LL. D., president. 
 
 Professor William Francis Whitlock, D. D., LL. D., 
 vice-president ; Dean of Men. 
 
 Professor Cyrus Brooks Austin, D. D., Dean of 
 Women ; Dean of Summer Session. 
 
 Professor Mary Wheeler Newberry, M. A., Asso- 
 ciate Dean of Women. 
 
 Professor John Henry Grove, M. A., Principal of 
 the Academic Department. 
 
 Professor William Emory Smyser, M. A„ Registrar. 
 
 Assistant Professor Russell Benjamin Miller, B. D., 
 Ph. D., Librarian. 
 
 Professor Lewis Gardner Westgate, Ph. D., Curator 
 of Cabinets ; Secretary of the Faculty. 
 
 Professor William Garfield Hornell, Ph. D., Superin- 
 tendent of Buildings and Grounds. 
 
 Katharina Christiana Schock, B. L., Assistant Li- 
 brarian. 
 
 Helen Isabel Albright, B. L., Cataloguer. 
 
 Emma Lavinia Kirk, B. L., Assistant Cataloguer. 
 
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 233 
 
 Louise Christine Schrote, Reference Librarian. 
 
 James Harvard Denney, Reading Room Attendant. 
 
 Ethel Stout, B. L, Secretary to the President. 
 
 Sarah Irene Disney, B. A., Secretary to the Regis- 
 trar. 
 
 Marie Antoinette Disney, B. L., Secretary to the 
 Registrar. 
 
 FINANCIAL OFFICERS. 
 
 Sue Clippinger, Auditor; 2~\ North Sandusky 
 Street. 
 
 James Crawford Roberts, M. A., B. D., Financial 
 Secretary, 175 North Liberty Street. 
 
 Darius Lyman Edwards, M. A., Field Agent, 16 
 West Fountain Avenue. 
 
 Lemuel Dyer Lilly, M. A., Land and Loan Agent, 
 New Hayden Building, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Rev. Aaron Jackson Lyon, D. D., Financial Agent, 
 North Ohio Conference. 
 
 Rev. Isaac Fenton King, D. D., Financial Agent, 
 Ohio Conference, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 College of Liberal Arts and Academic Department. 
 
 William Francis Whitlock, D. D., LL D., Brown 
 Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. 
 
 Rev. Hiram Mills Perkins, M. A., LL. D., Emeritus 
 Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. 
 
 Jchn Henry Grove, M. A., Professor of Latin. 
 
 Rev. Richard Parsons, M. A.. Wright Professor of 
 the Greek Language and Literature. 
 
 Cyrus Brooks Austin, M. A., D. D., Parrott Pro- 
 fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy. 
 
 Rev. William Walter Davies. M. A., B. D.. Ph. D., 
 Professor of German and Hebrew. 
 
 Robert Irving Fulton, M. A., Professor of Elocution 
 and Oratory. 
 
 ♦Richard Taylor Stevenson, B. D., Ph. D., James 
 S. Britton Professor of American History 
 
 William Garfield Hormell, Ph. D., Professor of 
 Physics. 
 
 Clara Albertine Nelson, M. A., Professor of French. 
 
 Trumbull Gillette Duvall, B. D, Ph. D., Professor 
 of Philosophy, and Amrine Professor of Christian Evi- 
 dences. 
 
 Edward Loranus Rice, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology. 
 
 Rollin Hough Walker, M. A., S. T. B., Ph. D., Eliza 
 Meharry Jeffers Professor of the English Bible. 
 
 Lewis Gardner Westgate, Ph. D., Professor of Ge- 
 ology. 
 
 William Emory Smyser, M. A., Dr. Benjamin F. 
 Cessna Professor of the English Language and Lit- 
 erature. 
 
 *Absent on leave. 
 
 Mary Wheeler Newberry, M. A., Professor of 
 English. 
 
 George Oswin Higley, Ph. D., Professor of Chem- 
 istry. 
 
 Benjamin Lincoln McElroy, B. D., Ph. D., Morris 
 Sharp Professor of Theology. 
 
 William Henry Menges, First Lieutenant. Coast 
 Artillery Corps, U. S. Army, Professor of Military 
 Tactics. 
 
 George Gorham Groat, M. Pd., Ph. D., Associate 
 Professor of Economics on the Homer E. White 
 Foundation. 
 
 Gordon Nelson Armstrong, M. A., Associate Pri 1- 
 fessor of Mathematics. 
 
 *Grace Stanley. M. A., Assistant Professor of Latin. 
 Emma Louise Konantz, M. A., Assistant Professor 
 of Mathematics. 
 
 Russell Benjamin Miller, B. D., Ph. D., Assistant 
 Professor of Greek, and Acting Chrisman Professor 
 of Biblical Literature. 
 
 Wesley Branch Rickey, B. L. Director of Athletics. 
 John. Wesley Page, B. A.. Director of Gymnasium. 
 William Henry Siebert, M. A., Professor of Euro- 
 pean History, Ohio State University, Lecturer in 
 History. 
 
 Edmund Daniel Lyon, M. A., Principal of Wood- 
 ward High School. Cincinnati, Ohio, Lecturer in 
 Pedagogy (Summer Session, 1907). 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Davies, Instructor in German. 
 Evelyn May Albright, M. A., Instructor in English. 
 Nathaniel Waring Barnes, M. A., Instructor in 
 English (Summer Session, 1907). 
 
 Sarah Cory Cantwell, B. A., Instructor in Greek. 
 Charles Wellington Edwards, John W. Richard- 
 son Instructor in Engineering. 
 
 Theodora Louise Blakeslee, B. L., Instructor in 
 French. 
 
 Allen Anders Seipt. Ph. D., Instructor in German. 
 William Rader Westhafer, B. A., Instructor in 
 Mathematics (Summer Session, 1907). 
 
 Robert Pelton Sibley, M. A., Instructor in English. 
 Russell Hissey Erwine, B. L, Instructor in History. 
 George Norton Thurston, B. S., Instructor in 
 Physics. 
 
 George Richard Kingham, B. A., Instructor in 
 Philosophy. 
 
 Harriet Pyne Grove, B. L., Instructor in Latin. 
 Homer Calvin Bayliss, Instructor in Engineering. 
 Daniel Abraham Ferree. Instructor in Mathematics. 
 Edith Salmans, Instructor in Spanish. 
 Jason McVay Austin, Major of Cadet Battalion. 
 Murray Thurston Titus, Leader of Cadet Band. 
 
 SCHOOL OF MUSIC. 
 Charles M. Jacobus, Director, Instructor in Piano 
 and Theory. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 *Isabel Thomas, Instructor in Piano and History 
 of Music. 
 
 Clara Faville Williams, B. A., Instructor in Voice. 
 
 Edith Emma Bratton, Instructor in Violin. 
 
 Emma Adele Crane, Instructor in Harmony, Coun- 
 terpoint, and Piano. 
 
 Edward Young Mason. Instructor in Organ and 
 Piano. 
 
 Jessie Wilma Pontius, Instructor in Piano and 
 History of Music. 
 
 John Adam Bendinger, Instructor in Voice and 
 Vocal Sight-Reading. 
 
 Harry Nelson Wiley, Instructor in Piano. 
 
 SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. 
 
 Sallie Thompson Humphreys, Director, Instructor 
 in Decorative Design, Oil and China Painting. 
 
 Mary Bertha Purdum, Instructor in Antique Draw- 
 ing and Water Color Painting. 
 
 SCHOOL OF ORATORY. 
 
 Robert Irving Fulton, M. A., Dean, Professor of 
 Elocution and Oratory. 
 
 Lucy Dean Jenkins, M. A.. Instructor in Elocu- 
 tion, Oratory, and Physical Culture. 
 
 Pearl Myers Leas, B. L, Instructor in Elocution 
 and Oratory. 
 
 Thomas Clarkson Trueblood, M. A., (Professor of 
 Oratory, University of Michigan.) Lecturer and In- 
 terpretative Reader, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
 
 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. 
 
 Lycurgus Leonidas Hudson, M. A., Principal, In- 
 structor in Accounting, Banking, and Business Prac- 
 tice. 
 
 Estella May Hutchisson, B. A., Instructor in Short- 
 hand, Typewriting and Correspondence. 
 
 Harry Wicklifife Crist, B. A., Instructor in Com- 
 mercial Law. 
 
 Harry Pudens Greemvall, Assistant in Business 
 and Ornamental Penmanship. 
 
 Frank Decatur Steger, Assistant in Commercial 
 Arithmetic. 
 
 George Clausing, Assistant in Advertising. 
 
 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. 
 (Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons) 
 Cleveland, Ohm. t 
 
 Roland Edward Skeel, M. D., Dean, Professor of 
 Obstetrics. 
 
 Clyde Ellsworth Cotton, M. D.. Emeritus Profes- 
 sor of Anatomy, Black Mountain, N. C. 
 
 Charles Franklin Dutton, M. D.. Emeritus Pro- 
 fessor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine. 
 *Absent on leave 
 
 Henry Warren Rogers, M. D., Emeritus Profes- 
 sor of Medical Diagnosis and Clinical Medicine. 
 
 Marcus Rosenwasser, M. D., Professor of Dis- 
 eases of Women. 
 
 Albert Rufus Baker, M. D., Professor of Ophthal- 
 mology. 
 
 Daniel Buttrick Smith, M. A., M. D.. Professor of 
 Ophthalmology. 
 
 Charles Barnsdall Parker, M. A., M. D., M. R. C. 
 S., Professor of Clinical Surgery. 
 
 Samuel Walter Kelley, M. D., Professor of Dis- 
 eases of Children. 
 
 Joseph F'ranklin Hobson, M. D., Treasurer, Pro- 
 fessor of Principles of Surgery. 
 
 Henry Ebenezer Handerson, M. A., M. D.. Pro- 
 fessor of Hygiene and Sanitary Science. 
 
 John George Spenzer, Ph. D., M. D„ F. C. S., Pro- 
 fessor of General and Medical Chemistry and Phar- 
 macology. 
 
 John Bernard McGee, M. D., Secretary, Professor 
 of Therapeutics. 
 
 Robert Pollock, M. D., Professor of Materia 
 Medica. 
 
 Thomas Charles Martin. Ph. D., M. D., Professor 
 of Proctology. 
 
 Edson Burton Bauder, M. A., LL. B., Professor 
 of Medical Ethics. 
 
 Robert Gilcrest Schnee, M. D., Professor of Bac- 
 teriology and Pathology. 
 
 Charles John Aldrich, M. D., Professor of Neur- 
 ology. 
 
 Morris Daniel Stepp, M. D., Professor of Opera- 
 tive Surgery. 
 
 Arthur Julius Skeel, M. D., Professor of Anatomy 
 and Lecturer on Obstetrics. 
 
 Milton Jay Lichty, Ph. B., M. D.. Registrar, Pro- 
 fessor of Medicine. 
 
 John Nicholas Lenker, M. D., Professor of Otology, 
 Rhinology and Laryngology.' 
 
 Martin Friedrich, M. D., Professor of Medicine. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Hambleton, B. S.. M. D., Pro- 
 fessor of Physiology. 
 
 Alfred Clum, LL. M„ Professor of Medical Juris- 
 prudence. 
 
 Nathan Weidenthal. B. A.. M. D., Associate Pro- 
 fessor of Diseases of Children. 
 
 Charles Given Foote, M. D., Associate Professor 
 of Genito-Urinary Diseases and Lecturer on Surgery. 
 
 Frederick Yingling Allen, M. D., Associate Pro- 
 fessor of Histology. 
 
 George Seeley Smith. M. A., M. D., Associate Pro- 
 fessor of Medicine. 
 
 Augustus Farlin House, M. D., Associate Professor 
 of Clinical Surgery. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 235 
 
 LECTURERS AND ASSISTANTS. 
 
 Edward Lauder, M. D., C. M., Lecturer on Ophthal- 
 mology. 
 
 Lillian Gertrude Towslee, M. D., Lecturer on Dis- 
 eases of Women. 
 
 Norman Cary Yarian, B. L., M. D., Lecturer on 
 Medicine. 
 
 Adolph Steiner, M. D., Lecturer on Rhinology, 
 Otology and Laryngolgy. 
 
 Adams Bailey Howard, M. D., Clinical Lecturer 
 on Mental Diseases. 
 
 Harry Bertolette Kurtz, M. D., Lecturer on Der- 
 matology and Venereal Diseases. 
 
 Henry O. Feiss, B. A., M. D., Lecturer on Ortho- 
 pedic Surgery. 
 
 Joseph Charles Placak. M. D., Lecturer on Path- 
 ology. 
 
 Ralph Kinsey Updegraff, M. D., Lecturer on Physi- 
 cal Diagnosis. 
 
 Julius Goldfinger, M. D., Lecturer on Obstetrics. 
 
 Harry J. Stoll, M. D., Lecturer on Surgery. 
 
 Edward Patrick Monaghan, M. D., Lecturer on 
 Osteolcgy. 
 
 Frederick William Linn, M. D., Instructor in 
 Physiology. 
 
 Henry Charles Crumrine, M. D., Instructor in Com- 
 parative Anatomy and Embryology. 
 
 Frank Roth, M. D.. Instructor in Medicine. 
 
 Homer John Hartzell, M. A., M. D., Instructor in 
 Diseases of Children and Assistant in Chemistry. 
 
 Willis Theodore Parsons, M. D., Instructor in Dis- 
 eases of Women. 
 
 Clyde Ellsworth Ford, M. D., Instructor in Sur- 
 gery. 
 
 Edwin Alan Hannum, M. D., Instructor in Electro- 
 Therapeutics. 
 
 Asa Fleming Voak, M. D., Instructor in Materia 
 Medica. 
 
 Israel Biskind, M. D.. Assistant in Diseases of 
 Women. 
 
 Alexander William Lueke, M. D., Assistant Dem- 
 onstrator of Anatomy. 
 
 Sherman Eldon Carlton, M. D., Assistant in Dis- 
 eases of Children. 
 
 Herbert Leslie Plannette. M. D., Assistant in His- 
 tology. 
 
 Warner Hoskins Tuckerman, M. D., Assistant in 
 Ear, Nose and Troat. 
 
 Walter Ball Laffer, M. D., Assistant in Mental and 
 Nervous Diseases. 
 
 Pearl Aaron Hahn, M. D.. Assistant in Dermat- 
 ology. 
 
 Cora Sechrist, M. D., Assistant in Ophthalmology. 
 
 Julius Moses Rogoff. Assistant Demonstrator in 
 Physiology. 
 
 EXTRAMURAL TEACHERS. 
 
 John Vincent Gallagher, M. D., Lecturer on Sur- 
 gery at St. Alexis Hospital. 
 
 Thomas Joseph Calkins, A. M., M. D., Lecturer on 
 Medicine at St. Alexis Hospital. 
 
 Milton Jay Parke, B. S., M. D., Lecturer on Medi- 
 cine at St. John's Hospital. 
 
 Augustus Farlin House, M. D.. Lecturer on Sur- 
 gery at St. Clair Hospital. 
 
 J. Arthur Jones, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine at 
 St. Clair Hospital. 
 
 Frank A. Stovering. M. D., Instructor in Surgery 
 at St. John's Hospital. 
 
 Walter Gustav Stern, B. S., M. D., Instructor in 
 Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital. 
 
 Grace Dean Outland, Assistant Secretary. 
 
 THE OHIO WESLEYAN TRANSCRIPT. 
 
 The official publication of the students of 
 the University is the Ohio Wesleyam Tran- 
 script, a sixteen-page paper that is issued 
 weekly during the academic year by a board 
 of editors appointed after a competition. Its 
 publication is vested in a permanent organiza- 
 tion, consisting of the junior and senior mem- 
 bers of the editorial staff in any single year and 
 three representatives of the Faculty. This 
 board administers the business affairs of the 
 paper, passes on the work submitted by the 
 candidates for vacancies on the editorial staff, 
 and makes appointments to the staff. The edi- 
 torial conduct of the paper is entirely in the 
 hands of an editor-in-chief and his associates, 
 who are responsible for its policy, and for the 
 various departments, local, athletic, exchange, 
 literary, and Monnett, which comprise the 
 paper. 
 
 The Transcript was established in 1866 by 
 Joseph B. Battelle. of the class of 1868. under 
 the name of The Western Collegian; in 1873 
 the name was changed to The College Tran- 
 script. In 1874 the ladies of the senior class 
 at Monnett were admitted to a representation 
 on the editorial corps. In 1902. when the 
 present method of competitive appointment 
 was adopted, the name was changed to The 
 Ohio Wesleyan Transcript. In 1888 Wilbur 
 F. Copeland. of the class of 1889, started 
 The Practical Student, a weeklv that for ten 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 years was a contemporary and a vigorous 
 rival of the Transcript. 
 
 We give below brief sketches of the five 
 distinguished men who have filled the office 
 of President of the University. 
 
 1. The Rev. Edward Thomson, M. D., D. 
 D., LL. D. He was torn in 1810, at Portsea, 
 England ; but by growth and education he was 
 an American. His home from early youth 
 was at Wooster, Ohio. He received a good 
 classical training, and afterward graduated in 
 medicine at Philadelphia. In 1832 he entered 
 the ministry, in the Ohio Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, anil at once be- 
 came noted for his ability as a preacher and a 
 writer. In 1838 he was chosen principal of 
 the Norwalk Seminary, the first Methodist 
 school in the State of Ohio. His success here 
 established his reputation as an educator, and 
 pointed him out as the fittest man for the 
 presidency of the University, to which po- 
 sition he was elected first in 1842, and again in 
 1844. In the spring of the last named year, 
 he was elected editor of the Ladies' Repository 
 in Cincinnati, but resigned this office after 
 two years' service, to assume the active duties 
 of his position at Delaware. For fourteen 
 years he filled and graced this office. No 
 college president in the Church has shown 
 larger administrative abilities, or won a more 
 enviable place in the affections and admiration 
 Mt' College and Church alike. In i860 he was 
 called by the General Conference to edit the 
 Christian Advocate, in New York; and again, 
 in j 864, to the higher office of bishop in the 
 Church. He died suddenly in Wheeling, W. 
 \'a.. March 22, 1870. 
 
 President Thomson taught but little dur- 
 ing his connection with the University. He 
 usually had the senior class in one study, but 
 he found his happiest field of instruction and 
 influence in the Sunday lectures before the 
 University. It was here that he made his won- 
 derful power felt, and left the lasting impress 
 of his thoughts and spirit on his rapt listeners. 
 His lectures, whether written or extemporized, 
 were models of sacred eloquence, worthy of any 
 audience for their depth, beauty and fervor. 
 Bishop Thomson's publications are numerous, 
 
 and his literary remains yet in manuscript are 
 very extensive. 
 
 2. The Rev. Frederick Merrick, M. A. 
 He was born January 29, 18 10, a native of 
 Massachusetts, and was educated at the Wes- 
 leyan University, Conn. In 1836 he became 
 principal of Amenia Seminary, New York, 
 and in 1838, professor of Natural Science in 
 Ohio University, Athens, and member of the 
 Ohio Conference. For one year, 1842-43, he 
 was pastor of the Methodist Church in Mari- 
 etta. In 1843 tne Conference appointed him 
 financial agent of Ohio Wesleyan University, 
 to which institution he thereafter devoted his 
 life for fifty-one years. 
 
 In 1845 he was elected professor of Nat- 
 ural Sciences, and was made acting president 
 for the year, until Dr. Thomson entered upon 
 duty. In 185 1 he was transferred to the chair 
 of Moral Philosophy; and, on the resignation 
 of President Thomson, in i860, he was chosen 
 as his successor. He held the office for thirteen 
 years; and then, in 1873, m view of failing 
 strength, he resigned the presidency, and was 
 appointed lecturer on Natural and Revealed 
 Religion. This relation to the college he sus- 
 tained for twenty-one years, until his death. 
 In addition to his other duties, President Mer- 
 rick was auditor of the University for nearly 
 forty years, and often acted as its agent in 
 raising the endowment, or in getting funds for 
 improvements upon the buildings and grounds. 
 He died March 5, 1894. 
 
 President Merrick's life as an educator 
 was one of marked excellence and influence. 
 His interest in young people and his sympathy 
 with them in their work were unbounded. As 
 a teacher, his enthusiasm and devotion knew 
 no limit. As a man of affairs, he possessed 
 rare foresight, wisdom, and efficiency. His 
 consecration, self-sacrifice, and generosity to 
 the institution of which he was so great a 
 part were complete. By his Christian zeal, 
 earnest appeals, spiritual leadership and 
 saintly character, he moved multitudes to a 
 Christian life, and by the cultivation of a 
 missionary spirit among the students, his in- 
 fluence has been felt to the ends of the earth, 
 through those whom he inspired to go thither. 
 
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 237 
 
 Ani<mg- all who knew him his presence was felt 
 as a benediction, and the example of his daily 
 life as an inspiration to a stronger Christian 
 manhood. And the wise provision which he 
 made in the "Merrick Lectures before the 
 University" for the stated inculcation of relig- 
 ious principles and practice, will perpetuate his 
 influence in the University, the Church and the 
 world. 
 
 After President Merrick's resignation, the 
 Rev. Fales Newhall, D. D., of Boston, was 
 elected to the presidency; but. from prostra- 
 tion induced by intense and continued literary 
 work, he was unable to enter upon his duty, 
 and resigned his office the following" year. Dr. 
 Newhall died April 6, 1883. The University 
 meanwhile, and until the accession of his suc- 
 cessor, was for three years successfully ad- 
 ministered by Prof. McCabe, the senior and 
 vice-president of the University. 
 
 3. The Rev. Charles H. Payne, D. D., 
 LL. D. President Payne was born at Taun- 
 ton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1856 at 
 Wesleyan University, Middletown. Connecti- 
 cut. He taught several terms in his early 
 years, and was tutor for six months after 
 graduation, but spent most of his life in the 
 ministry. A vigorous thinker, an accomplished 
 speaker and writer, and a devoted pastor, he 
 served some of the leading Methodist churches 
 in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. It 
 was from this last city that he was called to 
 the presidency of the University in 1875. He 
 took his seat the following year. His admini- 
 stration began in the gloomiest days of finan- 
 cial depression ; but the growth of the Uni- 
 versity during his administration was rapid 
 and great. A quickened interest for the Uni- 
 versity was felt throughout the Church ; the 
 patronizing Conferences were stimulated to 
 renewed efforts for the endowment ; the school 
 was advertised on a much more liberal scale 
 than before; the area of its patronage greatly 
 enlarged ; and, not least, the University and 
 the Female College were united. As the re- 
 sult of all these influences, both the enroll- 
 ment and the income of the University were 
 doubled in a few years, and the endowment was 
 largely increased. Dr. Payne was always 
 
 alert for the interests of the University. It 
 was during his administration that the beauti- 
 ful President's House was built, in 1885 (on 
 a lot given by Mr. Mast ) , at a cost of $10,000. 
 Dr. Payne remained president for thirteen 
 years, until his election by the General Con- 
 ference to the office of corresponding secre- 
 tary of the Board of Education. 
 
 4. The Rev. James W. Bashford. Ph. D., 
 D. D., was born in Wisconsin. He graduated 
 at the University of Wisconsin in 1873, and 
 was elected tutor in Greek. He took post- 
 graduate courses in Boston University, in 
 theology, oratory and philosophy, completing 
 these courses in 1879. In 1880, and again 
 in 1887, Dr. and Mrs. Bashford spent many 
 months abroad, traveling and visiting the Ger- 
 man universities. His pastoral work began 
 while he was a student in the School of The- 
 ology ; and he here revealed the characteris- 
 tics that were to make his ministry so marked 
 a success. He subsequently filled leading pas- 
 torates in Portland and Buffalo. He declined 
 repeated invitations to professorships and to 
 the presidency of colleges, but in 1889 accepted 
 his election to the presidency of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University as a call from God. 
 
 President Bashford's genial personal 
 qualities, and his remarkable ability and ver- 
 satility in the class-room, in the religious cul- 
 ture of the students, and in the management 
 of affairs, gave him a strong hold on the Uni- 
 versity. During his administration, the 
 growth of the school was rapid, constant and 
 gratifying. Its scholastic, religious and ma- 
 terial interests were never more promising. 
 The courses of study were reconstructed, the 
 work better digested and distributed, the fa- 
 culty strengthened, the enrollment of students 
 greatly increased, the buildings doubled in ex- 
 tent and convenience, and the endowment in- 
 creased one-third. Dr. Bashford resigned on 
 June 14, 1904. During the interregnum, Dr. 
 William F. Whitlock served as acting-presi- 
 dent. 
 
 5. Rev. Herbert Welch. D. D.. LL. D., 
 was installed as president of the University 
 on June 21 1905. Dr. Welch was born in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 New York City, November 4, 1862, where his 
 father, Peter A. Welch, was engaged in busi- 
 ness as a merchant. He was graduated from 
 the New York grammar schools, with the 
 Girard medal, in 1877. He subsequently en- 
 tered Brooklyn College and Polytechnic In- 
 stitute and was graduated therefrom in 1880 
 with a diploma for proficiency in the scientific 
 course. He then spent two years in classical 
 study and in 1882 entered the Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity at Middletown, Conn., where he con- 
 tinued as a student for several years, being 
 graduated in 1887 with the degree of B. A. 
 He was out of college, however, in 1884 and 
 1885. In 1890, after a three years' course he 
 was graduated from the Drew Theological 
 Seminary with the degree of B. D.. and in the 
 same year obtained his M. A. degree from 
 Wesleyan University. He received that of 
 D. D. from the same college in 1902, and 
 that of LL. D. in 1906. In 1902-03 he was a 
 student in Oxford University, England. 
 
 After his graduation from Drew Semin- 
 ary Dr. Welch filled successively various pas- 
 torates in the New York Conference and af- 
 terwards in the New York East Conference; 
 he was pastor of the First Church at Middle - 
 town, Conn., in 1898- 1902, and pastor of the 
 Chester Hill Church. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 
 1903-1905. In the year last mentioned he 
 accepted and entered upon the duties of his 
 present position as president of the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University at Delaware. His services 
 in this capacity have been eminently satisfac- 
 tory. Dr. Welch is the author of various 
 scholarly contributions to religious literature 
 and is active in promoting various educational, 
 missionary and other religious and philan- 
 thropic enterprises. Several years of his life 
 have been spent in travel in the United States, 
 Canada and Europe. He was married in 
 1 891 to Adelaide F. McGee, of Plainfield, 
 New Jersey, and has two children — both 
 daughters. 
 
CHAPTER. XIII. 
 
 RELIGIOUS OR CHVRCH HISTORY OF DELAWARE COVNTY. 
 
 First Churches and Pioneer Ministers — General History of Religious Organizations 
 
 Churches and Clergy of Today. 
 
 "Ye pioneers, it is to you 
 Our debt of gratitude is due ; 
 Ye builded better than ye knew 
 
 The broad foundations 
 On which the superstructure stands ; 
 With noble aim and willing hands. 
 Your earnest labor still commands 
 Our veneration." 
 
 It is highly commendable to the early set- 
 tlers of this county that the teachings of the 
 Christian religion were felt in every settle- 
 ment. What a lesson to the ministers of the 
 present day, with their beautiful churches and 
 good salaries, as they look back on the toil 
 of those early men who labored with little 
 compensation, traveling through the forests, 
 with no blazed path, with no companion, but 
 the faithful horse they rode, visiting the scat- 
 tered settlers in their log cabins and planting 
 the Cross of the Christ, as the symbol of the 
 redemption of men. 
 
 It is not possible to state, certainly, who 
 was the first minister to visit and preach the 
 first sermon in the bounds of Delaware County. 
 But, as far as known, it was Rev. Joseph S. 
 Hughs, who came from Washington, Pennsyl- 
 vania, in 1810. 
 
 Rev. Hughs was a Presbyterian minister. 
 He possessed a liberal education, oratorical 
 power of superior order, and, naturally, a pleas- 
 ant and persuasive voice. He had the repu- 
 tation of being one of the most effective 
 speakers known to the old settlers. He ex- 
 celled iri the social circle, and had a great love 
 
 for festivity and amusement. An incident il- 
 lustrating this is reported in Howe's Historical 
 Collections of Ohio, but as often is the case, 
 Mrs. Rev. C. H. Perkins, who remembers him 
 well, says the incident related there is over- 
 drawn, and in part not correct. Mrs. Per- 
 kins is still living at this date, 1908. It was the 
 custom at that time to call ministers to ac- 
 count strictly for their conduct, and he was at 
 one time called before his Presbytery, and 
 made his own defense and was completely 
 vindicated. He organized the Liberty, Dela- 
 ware and Radnor (now Radnor Thompson) 
 Presbyterian churches, the first organized 
 churches in the country. Rev. Hughs con- 
 tinued to supply these churches, and do much 
 pioneer work in all parts of the county unt'l 
 the fall of 1823. with the exception of a few 
 months during the War of 18 12, when he 
 was chaplain. He was with Gen. Hull when 
 the latter surrendered at Detroit, and returned 
 to Delaware after that event. About the same 
 time that Rev. Hughs came, a Baptist minister 
 by the name of Jacob Drake came, and was 
 active in the early work connected with that 
 denomination, and many of the early societies 
 took their origin from his work. Revs. Hughs 
 and Drake established the first paper ever pub- 
 lished in the county, and the Delaware Gazette 
 is the continuance of that paper. His salary 
 being small, he also served as clerk of court 
 and recorder for many years. In the fall of 
 1823. there was an epidemic of fever and Rev. 
 Hughs died from that cause. He was buried 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in the old graveyard, east of O. W. U., and 
 near the Odevene Spring. At the time of the 
 removal of the old cemetery, his remains were 
 removed by his grandson. Dr. D. E. Hughs, 
 to Oak Grove Cemetery, on the lot of Dr. 
 Hughs. The grave of Rev. Hughs had not 
 been marked, but the remains, which had been 
 buried in a walnut coffin, were so preserved 
 at the time of removal, 1900, that they were 
 identified. Rev. Hughs was a brother-in-law 
 of Moses Bixby, the founder of Delaware. 
 
 Having noticed the pioneer beginning of 
 the early Christian work of Delaware County, 
 we will gather the history of the churches by 
 towns and townships. 
 
 THE CHURCHES OF DELAWARE. 
 
 DELAWARE PRESBYTERIAN. 
 
 This church was organized under the la- 
 bors of Rev. J. S. Hughs, a licentiate, with 
 fourteen members. In connection with this 
 church, the Liberty Presbyterian Church, and 
 what is now the Radnor Thompson Church, 
 were organized, and for many years all three 
 were under the care of a joint session. Rev. 
 Hughs was ordained in 181 1. and was stated 
 supply of these churches until his death in 
 1823, except during the short time he was ab- 
 sent as chaplain in the War of 181 2. Rev. 
 Henry Vandeman became pastor in 1824, and 
 continued until 1838. During this time a stone 
 edifice was erected. Alexander Anderson, the 
 two Ferrises and Robert Brown were well 
 known elders. The membership in 1837 was 
 
 215- 
 
 At this time the controversy between Old 
 School and Xew School ran high, and culmi- 
 nated in the division of the Presbyterian 
 Church at Philadelphia in the spring of 1838. 
 Rev. Vandeman attended that General As- 
 sembly, and voted with the New School party. 
 The Delaware church voted by a majority to 
 go into the New School body. A part of the 
 congregation separated themselves, and united 
 with the Old School body. Both parties re- 
 tained the name of Marion Presbytery, so that 
 there were two Marion Presbyteries. Rev. 
 
 Vandeman continued pastor of the New 
 School branch. The Old School was vacant, 
 only having occasional supplies from 1838 to 
 1 84 1. Rev. John Pitkin served as stated sup- 
 ply from 1 84 1 to 1845 inclusive. In April, 
 1848. Rev. Vandeman and his congregation 
 made the request and were received by the Old 
 School Presbytery, and the two congregations 
 were again united. Rev. Vandeman continued 
 pastor of this church until i860. A large 
 brick church, the audience room of the present 
 church, was erected. In 1841 a great revival 
 occurred in Delaware, and on the part of many 
 dissatisfaction took place with the ways and 
 activities of the old church. On November 
 8th, fifty-four members withdrew from the first 
 church and were organized by a committee 
 from the New School body, consisting of Revs. 
 Franklin Putnam, Henry Shedd, and Henry T. 
 Hitchcock, as the Second Presbyterian Church 
 of Delaware. The Second Church soon after 
 its organization erected a frame building be- 
 tween Franklin and Sandusky Streets, on the 
 south side of Winter Street, and at the time 
 of organization David McCullough, John Mc- 
 Elroy and Manly Covell were chosen elders. 
 Franklin Putnam was stated supply from 1842 
 to 1845. Joseph Tuttle, afterwards president 
 of Wabash College for many years, was pas- 
 tor from 1846 to 1847; Charles W. Toprey, 
 stated supply from 1848 to 1850; Gideon 
 Dane, stated supply from 1851 to 1852; 
 Charles H. Delong, pastor from 1852 to 1855. 
 Rev. H. Newton, who afterwards became 
 chaplain at the Ohio Penitentiary, and died at 
 Mt. Vernon, August, 1878, was pastor from 
 1856 to 1865. The membership in i860 was 
 257. Calvin W. Mateer supplied the First 
 Church from 1861 to 1863. Rev. Mateer then 
 went to China as a missionary, and has spent 
 a successful and honored life in that country. 
 Milton W. McMillen, two sons of whom are 
 now. honored ministers in the Presbyterian 
 Church, was stated supply from 1863 to 1804, 
 and pastor from 1865 to 1867. J. L. Lower, 
 now H. R. at Denver, was stated supply from 
 1867 to 1868, and David King from 1869- 
 1870, and Robert Maclaren, 1871. The mem- 
 bership in 1870 was ninety. 
 
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 241 
 
 The reunion of the Old School and New 
 School assemblies took place at Pittsburg in 
 1869. Soon after this the two congregations 
 began negotiations to unite, and on the 7th 
 of June, 1870, the Delaware Presbyterian 
 Church was formed of the two congregations, 
 in accordance with an act of the Ohio Legis- 
 lature passed April 2, 1870, and had been 
 ratified by a vote of each church. The build- 
 ing of the Second Church was sold, and is m >w 
 occupied with offices and business places, and 
 the united congregation occupied the First 
 Church building. The reunion of the two 
 Presbyteries, Marion Old School and Marion, 
 then changed to Franklin New School, oc- 
 curred at Delaware. September 13. 1870. 
 Rev. C. H. Perkins preached the sermon, and 
 Rev. Henry Shedd was chosen moderator. In 
 February, 1870. Rev. Robert Maclaren began 
 preaching to the united congregation and was 
 called as pastor, which relation continued until 
 1873. Mr. Maclaren is now a pastor on the 
 Pacific coast. Rev. N. S. Smith was called 
 after Rev. Maclaren, and was installed pastor, 
 which relation continued until 1878. During 
 the pastorate of Rev. Smith, the church build- 
 ing was remodeled, a new front with spire was 
 added, the basement enlarged and improved, 
 the audience room reseated and frescoed, and 
 fitted with stained glass windows, all costing 
 $1,200. Rev. A. D. Hawn, of Zanesville, 
 Ohio, was called to succeed Dr. Smith in De- 
 cember, 1878, and entered on his work in 
 January. 1879. The membership was 463. 
 Dr. Hawn served the church nearly a quarter 
 of a century. During his ministry the church 
 was continuously prosperous, large amounts 
 were contributed to all its benevolences, ac- 
 cessions were made at every communion sea- 
 son, an addition was added to the rear of the 
 church, and a pipe organ installed. Dr. Hawn 
 is honored by all churches and classes of Dela- 
 ware, and is still living, and pastor emeritus, 
 and able to do some work. Rev. Paul R. 
 Hickok. assistant pastor of the Old Stone 
 Church of Cleveland, was called to succeed 
 Dr. Hawn, and was installed December, 1902. 
 The church membership is now, 1907, over 
 six hundred, and the congregation under the 
 
 care of Mr. Hickok is united and prosperous 
 in all departments of church work, and the 
 future is hopeful. 
 
 DELAWARE FEMALE COLLEGE. 
 
 The idea of establishing a Ladies' Semin- 
 ary had been contemplated by the Presbytery 
 for several years. Rev. James Smith had been 
 conducting, tor some time, an academy at 
 Marysville for young men and women. James 
 A. Stirratt taught for several years in this 
 school. The Methodists were interesting 
 themselves in Christian education at Delaware, 
 as were also the Presbyterians. In 1853, the 
 enterprise was undertaken and Delaware was 
 chosen as the place, and the old Seminary 
 property where St. Paul's Church now stands 
 was purchased on November 3, 1853. The 
 price paid, as reported by the committee was 
 $5,100, with interest from date; the whole to 
 be paid in three equal installments, at the 
 following periods: 1st installment, January 
 1. 1854; 2nd installment. May 1, 1854; 3rd 
 installment. May 1, 1855. 
 
 The committee had already signed the 
 article on their own responsibility, and the 
 school was then in operation, with about 
 eighty ladies in attendance. The report was 
 adopted and trustees elected as follows : Ahab 
 Jinks, Rev. Dr. Heard (M. E. Church), Henry 
 Van Deman, L. A. Brunei", I. N. Shepherd, 
 Dr. S. L. Yourtee, T. S. Powell, James A. 
 Stirratt. Dr. C. Fulton. John Ross. S. K. 
 Hughes. Dr. Yourtee had been connected with 
 the school previous to the purchase, and was 
 one of the two men in whom the title was 
 vested, and of whom the purchase was made, 
 and John Ross was the other. 
 
 Two mistakes were made : First, the field 
 was already occupied at Delaware by the 
 Methodists ; second, the Old Seminary build- 
 ing did not suit the new enterprise. The man- 
 agement fell into the hands of Henry Van 
 Deman, a man of energy and ability, but with- 
 out system. He made an active canvass for 
 subscriptions throughout the Presbytery, and 
 bordering churches, and obtained the promise 
 of a considerable amount of money. Instead 
 
242 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 of opening an account and keeping a careful 
 statement of the financial business, he collected 
 as he could and applied the money where it 
 was most needed. In a few years the school 
 was deficient in funds, and a demand was made 
 for a report of receipts and expenditures. The 
 trustees were unable to give such a report. 
 This produced dissatisfaction and a loss of 
 sympathy. Things went from bad to worse 
 until the mortgage was foreclosed, and the 
 property was sold at sheriff's sale at a heavy 
 loss, to Samuel Miller, on the 5th day of 
 September, 1861, having been sold for $1,- 
 568. This left a burdensome debt on the 
 Presbytery. The churches were appealed to 
 time after time, but the full amount could not 
 be raised. Mr. Van Deman and Judge Powell 
 both became alienated and much trouble re- 
 sulted. It was taken to court but never 
 brought to trial, and final settlement was made 
 in April, 1882, by Hon. J. W. Robinson, who 
 paid liberally from his own means to have the 
 matter adjusted. The enterprise was under- 
 taken by the Presbytery in hope of doing much 
 good. It terminated in loss and disappoint- 
 ment. 
 
 st. peter's protestant episcopal church. 
 
 St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church 
 was organized in 181 7. by the Rev. Philander 
 Chase, afterwards ordained the first bishop of 
 the Diocese of Ohio. Bishop Chase came to 
 this state in March, 1817, and was an uncle to 
 Governor Chase of Ohio. The articles of or- 
 ganization were signed May 9, 1817, by Wil- 
 liam Little, William Mansur, Abner Root, 
 Aaron Strong, Solomon Smith, Thomas Put- 
 ter, Hezekiah Kilburn, Caleb Howard, James 
 Wolcot, Robert Jamison and Milo D. Petti- 
 bone, all of whom bore an important part in 
 the founding and growth, and fixing the des- 
 tinies of the city of Delaware. The first offi- 
 cers of the church were Aaron Strong and 
 William Mansur. wardens, William Little, 
 Thomas Rutter and Abner Root, vestrymen, 
 William Little, recording clerk. This church 
 was about the fifteenth in the order of or- 
 ganization in the state. During this year small 
 
 parishes were organized in Berkshire. Radnor 
 and Norton, all now extinct, by Rev. James 
 Kilburn, afterwards known as Colonel Kil- 
 burn. At that time there were but three Epis- 
 copal ministers in the state. The early pioneer 
 conditions of Delaware is graphically stated by 
 Bishop Chase in a letter dated July 10, 1817. 
 "Wednesday I went to Delaware, Thursday 
 to Norton, on the frontier of the United States 
 land, bordering on the Indian possession, ten 
 miles from Delaware." Occasional services 
 were conducted in the church by the Rev. 
 Bishop, Rev. William Sparms. Rev. Marius 
 T. C. Wing, and Rev. Philander Chase, Jr., 
 until 1828, when Rev. Nathan Stem was 
 chosen rector, a popular preacher, a good man 
 and a gentleman. Large congregations at- 
 tended the church, many coming regularly 
 from Radnor and Berkshire. 
 
 The corner-stone of the first church edifice 
 in Delaware was laid May 1, 1825. under the 
 direction of Bishop Chase. It was a stone 
 building and stood where the present church 
 edifice stands, built after a Gothic model pre- 
 sented to the Bishop by Mr. Wilson of Iberry 
 House, near London. One hundred dollars 
 of the one hundred pounds sterling given to the 
 Bishop by the Countess Dowager of Rosse, 
 was cheerfully given and thankfully received, 
 towards its construction. Before that, the 
 congregation worshipped in the Court House, 
 which was used by other denominations for 
 the same purpose. It is reported that the 
 house was always full, an example of "Church 
 Union" which it would be well to imitate. 
 
 On April 21. 1827, the first Sunday school 
 in Delaware County was organized in St. 
 Peter's parish by Isaiah Whiting, of Worth- 
 ington, with Caleb Howard and Mrs. Webb 
 as superintendents. In 1830 the first church 
 bell was brought to town and hung in the 
 tower of St. Peter's Church. It served as a 
 town clock to the citizens, as it was rung by 
 Benjamin Woods at 9 A. M.. 12 »M., and 9 
 P. M. The latter was the signal for all per- 
 sons away from home, and all boys to hurry 
 home. The bell was afterwards hung in the 
 old Court House and later rang out all fire 
 alarms. In May, 1832, Rev. James McElroy 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 243 
 
 was chosen rector. He was a 'perfect specimen 
 of "a fine old Irish Gentleman" of superior 
 cultivation and talents, who was before that 
 a professor at Kenyon. In 1844 the old church 
 edifice became too antiquated for the improved 
 condition of the town, and was torn down in 
 give place to the present structure. Of the 
 present church Bishop Jaggar once said: "It 
 was the most churchly church in his diocese." 
 It was consecrated by Bishop Mcllvain, Au- 
 gust 7, 1846. The rectory was built in 1854. 
 and the parish house in 189.2. 
 
 The first visit of Bishop Mcllvain was 
 made December 5, 1832; Bishop Bedell, Oc- 
 tober, 1859; Bishop Jaggar, October 5, 1875, 
 and Bishop Vincent, October, 1887. It may 
 not be improper in this historical sketch to give 
 the succession of ministers. Thev are : Rev. 
 Mr. Stem, from 1828 to 1831 : Rev. Mr. Mc- 
 Elroy, from 1832 to 1835; Rev. Mr. Bails- 
 man, from 1835 to 1836; Rev. Mr. McElroy, 
 from 1836 to 1840; Rev. Mr. Gassaway. from 
 1N41 to 1843; R ev - Mr. Canfried, from ^844 
 to 1849; Rev. Mr. French, from 1850 to 1851 ; 
 Rev. Mr. McElrov, from 1852 to 1863; Rev. 
 Mr. Ufford, from 1863 to 1880; Rev. Mr. 
 Boyer, from 1880 to 1882; Rev. Mr. Bower, 
 from 1882 to 1891 ; Rev. Mr. Edwards, from 
 1891 to 1892; Rev. Mr. Marshall, from 1892 
 to 1894; Rev. Mr. Watt, from 1894 to 1901 ; 
 Rev. Mr. Walton, from 1902 to 1903; Rev. 
 Mr. Juny, from 1903 to 1906. Rev. Frank 
 H. Stedman is the present incumbent. 
 
 From its organization this church has been 
 highly favored in having the ministerial ser- 
 vices, both regular and occasional, not only 
 men of intellectual ability, but of de\ nit 
 Christian character, free from errors in doc- 
 trine, able and earnest preachers of the Gospel, 
 who lived as they preached. 
 
 WILLIAM STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL 
 CHURCH. 
 
 1 \hridged from the article written by the Rev. 
 Elias D. Whitlock, D. D., in 1879.) 
 
 William Street Methodist Episcopal 
 Church was the first of this denomination or- 
 is 
 
 ganized in the city of Delaware. It was plant- 
 ed some time in the year [819, by the Rev. 
 Jacob Hooper, of Hocking Circuit. Si 
 District, Ohio Conference, though there were 
 Methodists who had settled in the place and 
 meetings had been held at different times sev- 
 eral years before a formal organization. From 
 the most reliable data at hand it seems a class 
 of seventeen members was organized in this 
 year, consisting of Abraham Williams and 
 wife, James Osborne and wife, John E. De- 
 witt and wife, Thomas Galleher and wife, 
 William Sweetser and wife, Ebenezer Durfee. 
 Gordon Sprague, Franklin Spaulding and 
 wife, Stephen Gorman, William Patton, Moses 
 Byxbe and possibly others. 
 
 From the inception of the societv, until 
 the year 1822, the residence of Moses Byxbe 
 and the county Court House were the head- 
 quarters of Methodism in Delaware. During 
 this year, under a second pastorate of the Rev. 
 Jacob Hooper, the society decided to build a 
 house of worship, and appointed Stephen Gor- 
 man, William Patton, Moses Byxbe. Thomas 
 Galleher, Moses Byxbe. Jr., Elijah Adams, 
 Robert Perry, William Sweetser and Henry 
 Perry as trustees. 
 
 Lot Number" Sixty, original plat of the 
 site of Delaware, on the northwest corner of 
 Franklin and William Streets, was deeded 
 February 21,, 1822, by Moses Byxbe. Sh, and 
 Henry Baldwin and his wife. Sally Baldwin, 
 to the trustees of William Street Church in 
 trust. On this lot the first church structure 
 was erected. The edifice was a plain, square 
 structure with galleries on the east, south, 
 and west sides. The entrance was from the 
 south on William Street. There were two 
 rows of windows which gave the impression 
 of a two-story building from the external 
 view. At the north end of the auditorium 
 there was a box-like pulpit with an opening 
 on either side with eight steps. This gave the 
 speaker a full view of the congregation above 
 and below. 
 
 It is not known what this edifice cost, as 
 many of the subscriptions were made in ma- 
 terials and labor. Although commenced in 
 1822. it was not completed until some time in 
 
244 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the year 1824, when, with Thomas Mc- 
 Cleary as preacher in charge, it was dedi- 
 cated under the name of William Street 
 Church, by Jacob Young, the presiding elder 
 of Scioto District, Ohio Conference. 
 
 Here the Methodists of Delaware con- 
 tinued to worship until 1845, when, owing to 
 the growth of the society, and to the establish- 
 ment of the Ohio Wesleyan Un|iversity, a 
 larger church edifice was required to accom- 
 modate the growing congregation. Accord- 
 ingly, under the pastorate of Henry E. Pil- 
 cher, measures were adopted to erect "a new 
 house nf worship." 
 
 The records show that a committee of the 
 Board of Trustees was raised December 13, 
 1845, arR l authorized to dispose of the old 
 structure. This committee reported back to 
 the Board of Trustees December 29, 1845, 
 that they had contracted to sell the old edifice 
 to the school district for school purposes, for 
 the sum of $1,100. This building after being 
 used for various purposes has been torn down. 
 
 At this same meeting the trustees voted 
 to procure a site for a new church structure. 
 The site selected was Lot Sixty-one, original 
 plat, just across Franklin Street from the for- 
 mer site, on the northeast corner of Franklin 
 and William Streets. 
 
 On May 6, 1846, the building committee, 
 consisting of John Wolfley, Nathan Chester 
 and Augustus A. Welch, let the contract to 
 William Owston, "to erect a house of wor- 
 ship." The building was to be a neat, plain 
 church, 50 by 80 feet, two stories high, with 
 a vestibule in the front both above and below; 
 the audience room was to have a gallery across 
 the south end, and to furnish sittings for about 
 six hundred persons ; the seats and other wood 
 work to be of black walnut. The walls were 
 of limestone. This edifice was not finished 
 until the summer of 1847. The cost was about 
 $5,600. This edifice was capacious and well 
 built for its time. It was dedicated August 
 3, 1847, by Bishop Edmond S. Janes, assisted 
 by Rev. Thomas E. Bond, D. D., editor of the 
 Christian Advocate, New York. 
 
 The lot purchased for this new church 
 was not deeded to the trustees until four years 
 
 after the church had been dedicated. The 
 deed is dated June 2, 1851. The grantors are 
 William R. Piatt, Fanny R. Piatt, Ruther- 
 ford B. Hayes and Sophia Hayes. The trus- 
 tees named are Wilder Joy, Emery Moore, 
 Nathan Chester, John Ross, E. W. Littell, 
 John H. Dean, Abraham Blymyer, Augustus 
 A. Welch and John Wolfley. The parsonage 
 was erected in 1861, during the pastoral term 
 of Rev. Thomas Parker. This stone church 
 was replaced by the present elegant structure 
 in 1887. 
 
 William Street Church has been an ec- 
 clesiastical center for Methodism in Delaware. 
 She is not only older than the other Methodist 
 churches here, but she is their mother. In 
 1852, she gave St. Paul's Church to South 
 Delaware; in i860 she had something to do 
 with the origin and "raising" of Grace Church 
 in East Delaware, and in 1886, she gave As- 
 bury Church to North Delaware. 
 
 The ecclesiastical connections of William 
 Street Church have been varied. From the 
 time of its organization until 1840, it was un- 
 der the jurisdiction of the Ohio Conference. 
 Then it was attached to the North Ohio Con- 
 ference until 1856, when it was put into the 
 Central Ohio Conference, of which it is still 
 a part. 
 
 While an appointment of the Ohio Confer- 
 ence, it was for four years a part of Scioto 
 District, with Jacob Young as presiding elder; 
 from 1823 to 1825, of Lancaster District; 
 from 1825 to 1828, of Sandusky District with 
 James McMahon as presiding elder; from 
 1828 to 1833, of Portland District with Rus- 
 sel Bigelow and Greenberry R. Jones as pre- 
 siding elders; from 1833 t0 J 840, of Colum- 
 bus District, with Augustus Eddy, Jacob 
 Young and John Ferree as presiding elders. In 
 the ecclesiastical year of 1840-41, it became a 
 part of Bellefontaine District, North Ohio 
 Conference, where it remained until the year 
 1844-45, with William S. Morrow as presid- 
 ing elder. In 1845-46 it was assigned to Dela- 
 ware District, at whose head it has appeared 
 ever since, with the following presiding eld- 
 ers : John H. Power (1845-47 ) ; John Quig- 
 ley (1848-51); Samuel Lynch (1852-53); 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 245 
 
 Joseph Avers (1854): Henry E. Pilcher 
 (1855-58) : Thomas H. Wilson (1859-62); 
 Leonard B. Gurley (1863-66); Alexander 
 Harmount (1867-70); Daniel D. Mather 
 (1871-74) ; David Rutledge (1875-78. ; Isaac 
 Newton (1879-81); Leroy A. Belt (1882- 
 86) ; David Rutledge. Louis M. Albright, J. 
 M. Avann. L. A. Belt. J. H. Fitzwater and W. 
 McK. Brackney. 
 
 From its foundation until the ecclesiastical 
 year 1821-22, it was one of the preaching- 
 places on the Hocking Circuit : from this time 
 to the year 1840-41. it was the head of Dela- 
 ware Circuit. It had now reached a member- 
 ship of two hundred and ninety-six persons, 
 and at the Conference of 1841, it was declared 
 a "station," and Adam Poe was appointed 
 pastor. Since that time for almost seventy 
 years it has been one of the leading and most 
 flourishing stations in Ohio Methodism. 
 
 The appointments to William. Street, al- 
 lowing that name to cover its entire history, 
 are as follows, the years dating from about the 
 last of August or the middle of September : 
 1818, Jacob Hooper; 1819, Andrew Kinnear; 
 1820, James Murray; 1821, Jacob Hooper; 
 1822, Thomas McCleary; 1823, Thomas Mc- 
 Cleary and James Poe; 1824. Jacob Dixon; 
 [825, James Gilruth; 1826, Aimer Goff; 1827, 
 James Gilruth and Cyrus Carpenter; 1828, 
 David Lewis and Samuel P. Shaw; 1830, 
 Samuel P. Shaw and Alfred M. Lorain; 183 1, 
 Alfred M. Lorain and David Cadwallader ; 
 1832, Charles Goddard and J. M. McDowell; 
 1S33, Leonard B. Gurley and John C. Ha- 
 vens; 1834, John C. Havens and R. Doughty; 
 
 1835, Joseph B. Austin and William Morrow; 
 
 1836, Nathan Emery and Joseph B. Austin; 
 
 1837, John Alexander and Ebenezer T. Web- 
 ster; 1838, William S. Morrow and John W. 
 White ; 1839, William S. Morrow and John 
 Blanpied; 1840 and 1841, Adam Poe; 1842, 
 David Warnock: 1843, Adam Poe; 1844. 
 William L. Harris: 1845 and 1846, Henry E. 
 Pilcher: 1847, Cyrus Sawyer; 1848, E. Yo- 
 cum : 1849, Horatio Bradley: 1850 and 1851, 
 Lorenzo Warner; 1852, Joseph Avers; 1853, 
 Charles Hartley; 1854 and 1855, Leonard B. 
 Gurley; 1856 and 1857, Alexander Nelson; 
 
 1858 and 1859, James M. Morrow; i860 and 
 1861, Thomas Parker; 1862 and 1863, Loring 
 C. Webster; 1863, 1864 and 1865, Alexander 
 Nelson; 1866 to spring of 1869, Wesley G. 
 Waters; from spring of 1869 to fall of same 
 year. Park S. Donelson; 1869 and 1870, Dan- 
 iel D. Mather; 1871 and 1872, Franklin Mar- 
 riott; 1873, 1874 and 1875, Russell B. Pope; 
 1876 and 1877, Isaac Newton: 1878, 1879 
 and 1880, Elias D. Whitlock; 1881 and 1882, 
 Joseph H. Bethards; 1883-1886. Wesley G. 
 'Waters; 1886-1887, W. J. Hodges; 1887- 
 1890, Dustin Kemble; 1890-1895, Fletcher 
 Wharton; 1895-1897, C. R. Havighorst; 
 1897-1902, H. C. Jamison; 1902-1903, J. M. 
 Avann; 1903-1904. William W. Lance; 1904, 
 C. W. Barnes. 
 
 William Street Church all through her his- 
 tory has been the center of great spiritual 
 power. Though again and again a part of her 
 membership has left her to found dther 
 churches, she is still vigorous and strong, with 
 a membership of eight hundred souls. 
 
 The present church edifice was built in 
 1887, at a cost of nearly $42,000. It was 
 dedicated in 1888 by Bishop Charles McCabe 
 and President Charles H. Payne of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University. The sum of $17,000 was 
 raised on that day. 
 
 This sketch would be incomplete without 
 reference to the noble men, most of whom 
 have gone to their reward, by whose liberality 
 and sacrifice this beautiful church structure 
 has been made possible. 
 
 In 1885, the project of erecting a new edi- 
 fice was the absorbing theme of the member- 
 ship of William Street Church. The question 
 of the site was a disturbing element, and finally 
 the membership divided on this point, the ma- 
 jority voting for the present site, the others 
 withdrawing and forming the nucleus of what 
 is now Asbury Church. In the year 1886, the 
 Board of Trustees, now re-organized, voted to 
 build a new church, and presented the enter- 
 prise to the membership with $7,000 subscribed 
 as a starter. The following names are men- 
 tioned in the vote : A. A. Welch. Dr. Calvin 
 Welch, J. C. Evans. Dr. ]. H. White. Thomas 
 F. Joy.'B. W. Brown, W. H. Pumphrey. F. 
 
zt£> 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 P. Vergon, Charles Steenback and \Y. E. 
 Mcore. The members, though now dimin- 
 ished in number, loyally and liberally support- 
 ed the trustees. The largest donation from 
 one individual was given by Henry J. Eaton, 
 win i would never consent to take official posi- 
 tion in the church. 
 
 For eighty-eight years this society has 
 been in continuous existence. Throughout its 
 history, it has been marked in its influence on 
 Ohio Methodism. It has given some of the 
 brightest lights to the church anil its representa- 
 tives are found all over the world. It still 
 maintains the vigor and fire of youth, and pre- 
 serves the traditions of the fathers. 
 
 ST. MARK'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 
 
 The early history of the St. Mark's Evan- 
 gelical Lutheran Church is largely involved in 
 obscurity. The records now accessible are 
 meager and imperfect; something may, how- 
 ever, be ascertained from tradition, as well as 
 from such written records as are at hand. It 
 is well known that si >me Lutheran families 
 were scattered here and there among the earl- 
 iest settlers in Delaware County. Of these 
 pioneer families may be mentioned those of 
 Frederick Weis'er, Henry Worline, Mr. Wel- 
 schaus, Andrew Harter and others. They 
 were natives of Pennsylvania, coming here 
 from Northumberland, Bucks and other coun- 
 ties, and were settled in Delaware and the vi- 
 cinity as early as 1810 and 181 1. These few 
 families, many years ago, were more or less 
 regularly favored with the preaching of the 
 gospel. It appears from such data as are 
 within reach, that the Rev. Charles Henkel, of 
 Shenandoah County. Va.. was the first Luth- 
 eran minister who visited the Lutheran fami- 
 lies along the Olentangy River between Co- 
 lumbus and Delaware. Before any one 
 dreamed of railroads, before roads were made, 
 when Indian trails and footpaths were the 
 (inly lines of travel, this pioneer preacher 
 found the few scattered Lutherans in and 
 about the present site of the city of Delaware, 
 and readily succeeded in organizing them into 
 a pioneer congregation. Indeed, they were 
 glad once more to hear the old gospel tidings 
 
 that had cheered their hearts and had brought 
 peace and gladness into their former homes. 
 It was their delight to bring their little chil- 
 dren to Jesus by means of the same old bap- 
 tism to which they had .been so warmly at- 
 tached in former years, and to appear at the 
 altar where the same old sacrament of the 
 body and blood of the Lord was administered. 
 The old familiar sound made the wilderness in 
 which they had chosen their lot seem to them 
 like a new home. The old tidings of salvation 
 following them into the forests of Ohio, re- 
 minded them that God is everywhere present, 
 and pleasantly recalled the old, cheering prom- 
 ise, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the 
 end of the world." 
 
 But the bloom of civilization did not burst 
 forth in this wilderness without bard labor 
 and severe privation. For a very little while 
 it seemed well enough to have the word 
 preached in the small and inconvenient log 
 dwellings of the settlers. But soon the need 
 of a place of worship began to be felt. A 
 church was needed, and that meant work. 
 The productiveness of their primitive farms 
 was comparatively limited; market prices were 
 low, and money was hard to get. The people 
 usually found it difficult even to pay their 
 taxes. Accordingly, instead, at first, of build- 
 ing a church, the use of Shoub's Hall, on the 
 present site of the new City Hall, was secured 
 as a place of worship. Probably in this ball a 
 permanent organization of the Delaware Luth- 
 eran congregation was effected. A constitution 
 was adopted January 28, 182 1, and signed by 
 the Rev. Charles Henkel. pastor, ami by fifty- 
 five lay members. During the space of some 
 seven years. Pastor Henkel continued to 
 serve this congregation. He resided at Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, where he bad charge of another 
 congregation, but came to Delaware every four 
 weeks. Great success attended his labors, and 
 he was held in high regard by his hearers. He 
 preached in both the German and the English 
 languages, at first in Shoub's Hall, and then in 
 the old court room, which was for some time 
 used as a place of worship. 
 
 After Pastor Henkel had been called away 
 from his Columbus and Delaware charges, a 
 period of about fifteen years intervened, dur- 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 247 
 
 ing which the congregation made considerable 
 progress in external growth; but the internal 
 gr< >wth seems to have been meager. The old 
 constitution was neglected and almost forgot- 
 ten. The people had almost lost sight of the 
 old landmarks of Lutheranism. Yet, during 
 this period of spiritual carelessness and indif- 
 ference, quite an amount of activity was dis- 
 played. The congregation was served by sev- 
 eral successive pastors. Rev. Mr. Shulz 
 served a very short time, and was followed by 
 Rev. Mr. Weil. Rev. Mr. Snyder, a young 
 man of promising talent and of good repute, 
 preached less than a year; he died in 1835, 
 and his body lies at rest in the old cemetery. 
 Subsequently, the Rev. S. S. Klein served 
 some eight years, and, during his pastorate, 
 the first church was built about the year 1834, 
 on the corner of William and Henry Streets, 
 the site now occupied by the German Reformed 
 Church. This church was the property of 
 both the Lutheran and the German Reformed 
 congregations. Quite an amount of real toil 
 and self-denial was required to accomplish the 
 work. The people contributed their money 
 and their time, and the labor of building was 
 shared by both pastor and people. Mr. Klein 
 worked faithfully and daily until the new- 
 church was ready to be occupied. Previous 
 to the building of the church, the Lutheran 
 people of Delaware had assisted, by their con- 
 tributions, in building the Episcopal Church, 
 in which they also, for a time, conducted their 
 divine service. 
 
 The former pastor, the Rev. Charles Hen- 
 kel, died at Somerset, February 2, 1841. His 
 death seems to have aroused the minds and 
 hearts of the people to a sense of duty. The 
 truth that had cheered and comforted them in 
 earlier davs was once more remembered, and 
 a few weeks after they had heard of the death 
 of their former pastor, a meeting was held, 
 at which the old constitution was once more 
 unanimously adopted, and the blessing of a 
 merciful God invoked upon the congregation. 
 About this time the Rev. Mr. Pope became 
 the pastor. But things do not seem to have 
 moved along smoothly; the readoption of the 
 old constitution made trouble, and some who 
 
 had learned to love the careless, free-and-ea>y 
 system of church government, that had i< >r 
 some time prevailed, were not willing to be 
 governed by the old power of Gospel truth. 
 Accordingly, a committee was appointed in 
 November. 1845. :o submit a revised form of 
 the constitution, as well as ways and means of 
 having it more stringently enforced. This 
 committee, consisting of John Hoch, George 
 Wachter Conrad Brougher, John Troutman, 
 Frederick Weiser and Benjamin Ely. met on 
 the 15th of November, and, at a subsequent 
 meeting of the congregation, their work was 
 approved and the revised constitution adopted 
 by a large majority. 
 
 In 1848, Mr. Pope removed from Dela- 
 ware, and. in 1849, tne R ev - M. Loy became 
 the pastor of the congregation. Mr. Loy la- 
 bored here with much success during a period 
 of some sixteen years. In the first years of 
 this period, the conjoint ownership of the 
 church property on the corner of William and 
 Henry Streets was dissolved, and the new 
 stone church on William Street was built in 
 1852, and has since been occupied by the con- 
 gregation. A new constitution, the one now 
 in use by the congregation, was adopted Au- 
 gust 31, 1852. The congregation increased 
 largely in membership, as well as in spiritual 
 prosperity ; not, however, without trials and 
 perplexities. Yet the Lord dealt very gra- 
 ciously with his people, causing many eyes to 
 be opened, so that the truth of His mighty 
 word was recognized and accepted. At this 
 time the contest with secret-societyism was 
 successfully waged. This is the history of a 
 Lutheran congregation, and no one should ex- 
 pect, in such a history, to find any peculiarities 
 omitted. Xot. however, in regard to this 
 question only, but in regard to all others, has 
 the congregation taken a truly Lutheran and 
 scriptural position. They who desire to form 
 a more intimate acquaintance with the di c- 
 trines of the Lutheran faith, have easy access 
 to them in our Book of Concord, and we con- 
 stantly challenge comparison of our doctrines 
 with the Holy Scriptures themselves. They 
 are our only rule of faith and practice. This 
 true position came to be occupied more and 
 
248 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 more during the period of Mr. Loy's ministry. 
 Mr. Loy resigned his pastorate here to accept 
 a professorship of theology in the Capitol Uni- 
 versity, Columbus, Ohio, where he still re- 
 mains. 
 
 Prof. Loy's successor was the Rev. C. H. 
 L. Schuette, at that time a student of theology 
 in the Capitol University. The last baptism 
 administered by Mr. Loy was on July 16, 
 1865, and the first by Mr. Schuette was on 
 July 28th following, showing that the va- 
 cancy in the pastorate was very short. Mr. 
 Schuette served the people very acceptably 
 during nearly eight years, when he, too, was 
 called to a chair in his Alma Mater. Some- 
 time in the same year, i$7j. the Rev. 
 Emanuel Cronenwett accepted a call to this 
 congregation, and his labors here extended 
 from June, 1873, to January, 1877. 
 
 He was followed by Rev. H. A. Becker, 
 who came to Delaware May _'_'. 1877. in re- 
 sponse to a call extended by the congregation. 
 He served the congregation faithfully until 
 his death, which was in 1884. Lhider his pas- 
 torate the communicant membership was four 
 hundred and fifty. 
 
 After the death of Rev. Becker the con- 
 gregation was without a pastor for a space of 
 about seven months, but finally succeeded in 
 securing the services of Rev. Edward Pfeiffer, 
 who came to Delaware early in the year 1885. 
 Under his ministry a division took place in the 
 congregation occasioned by the secret society 
 question. An attempt was made on the part 
 of some members to break down the position 
 which the congregation had always held over 
 against secretism. This effort failed of its 
 purpose, hut resulted in the withdrawal of 
 many members who thereupon formed what i- 
 now St. John's Lutheran congregation. Rev. 
 Pfeiffer continued as pastor until 1890, when 
 he followed a call to Fremont, Ohio, and at 
 the present time is professor of theologv in 
 Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 The next man to serve St. Mark's was 
 Rev. J. Sheatsley. who took charge Septem- 
 mer 18, 1890. He labored here faithfully and 
 with manifest blessing and success for a pe- 
 riod of seventeen years. During his adminis- 
 tration a commodious Sundav-school room 
 
 was built to the church, also a handsome pipe 
 organ installed in the church auditorium. He 
 resigned his position here in August, 1907, to 
 follow a call to Columbus, where he is serving 
 as pastor of Christ Church, and also has 
 charge of religious instruction in Capitol Uni- 
 versity. The present pastor, Rev. F. B. Hax, 
 was installed October 6, 1907. St. Mark's at 
 present numbers some 300 communicant mem- 
 bers, is free from debt, and looks hopefully 
 into the future. 
 
 ZION REFORMED CHURCH. 
 
 Among the pioneer families of Delaware 
 County, there was a considerable numbeir 
 from East Pennsylvania. As they were all of 
 German descent, and were brought up in Ger- 
 man communities, they could feel themselves 
 properly at home only in their native German 
 element, and in the use of their own language. 
 Especially was this true in a religious view. 
 A characteristic of the Germans is that they 
 carry Germany with them in their hearts 
 wherever they go, and hence, wherever they 
 put up their tents, there is "Der Deutschen 
 Vaterland." Even the blessed Gospel seems to 
 them more precious when it is proclaimed in 
 the trumpet tones of the language of Luther 
 and Zwingle. 
 
 These families generally belonged to the 
 Reformed and Lutheran Churches. They had 
 found rich farms and comfortable homes here, 
 but they were far away from their kindred, 
 and the holy altars where they had been bap- 
 tized and confirmed. They were not in their 
 natural element. As the fish seeks the clearest 
 water, and the bird the purest air, so these 
 pious souls sought a congenial spiritual home 
 for themselves and their children. Nor did 
 they seek in vain. The longed-for and happy 
 hour came at last, when, in their own conse- 
 crated temple and around their own sacred 
 altar, they could thankfully and joyfully unite 
 in their beloved German Te Deum, 
 
 "Nun danket alle Gott, 
 
 Mit Herzen, Mund und Haenden, 
 Der Grosze Dinge thut, 
 An tins und alien Enden." 
 
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 249 
 
 In the early history of Ohio and of Dela- 
 ware Countv, it is known that missionaries of 
 the Reformed Church made occasional visits 
 to the German settlements for the purpose of 
 preaching the Gospel and administering the 
 sacraments of the church. The earliest name 
 definitely known in the history of the present 
 Reformed Church of Delaware is the Rev. 
 Georg Weisz, who in a report of missionary 
 labors in 1821 speaks of having preached in a 
 home in the vicinity of Delaware. Henry Wil- 
 liard was another of the pioneer ministers who 
 visited Delaware. Under date of February 5, 
 1 833, a deed for a plot of ground at the south- 
 east corner of William aild Henry Streets was 
 executed by John Davis and Mary, his wife, to 
 Samuel Rheem, Gottlieb Albright and Benja- 
 min Ely. consideration $75. This plot of 
 ground seems to have been purchased for 
 church purposes, for the following entry, 
 taken from Delaware County records, vol. 23, 
 p. 96, as found in "Historical Sketch of Zion 
 Reformed," by Jacob Klee, was made long 
 after the church building was erected : 
 
 "Recorder's Office, Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 Samuel Rheem and Sarah his wife, Gottlieb 
 
 Albright and Mary his wife, Benjamin Ely and 
 
 Lydia his wife, 
 
 to 
 
 Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed 
 
 Church of Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 West part of Out-lot Two, Consider- 
 ation $75. 
 
 Consisting of one acre and one hun- 
 dred and twenty rods. 
 Executed February 7, 1842. Recorded Feb- 
 ruary 15th, 1842." 
 
 In the year 1834 there was erected on the 
 plot of ground above referred to a church edi- 
 fice, the joint property of the Reformed and 
 Lutherans. It was built of stone, 30x45. and 
 cost Si. 300. For three years before they were 
 organized into a church, the Reformed mem- 
 bers worshiped in this house, and had the Gos- 
 pel preached and the sacraments administered 
 to them by the pastor of the Lutheran congre- 
 gation. But few besides themselves knew 
 that they were Reformed, and thev were com- 
 
 monly regarded as members of the Lutheran 
 Church. 
 
 By an act of the General Assembly January 
 2 3- l &37' Frederick Weiser, Samuel Rheem, 
 Benjamin Ely, Jacob Miller, Michael Kline 
 and associates were created a body politic and 
 corporate to be known as Zion Evangelical 
 Lutheran and Reformed Church of Delaware, 
 Ohio. In the same year the Reformed or- 
 ganized a separate organization. They se- 
 cured the services of Rev. C. H. A. Allardt, 
 the necessary steps were taken, an appropriate 
 sermon was preached, and "in the name of 
 God the Father, and the Son and the Holy 
 Ghost," they were declared to be a Christian 
 church, to lie known by the name of Zion's 
 Reformed Church, of Delaware, Ohio. Those 
 who had been chosen to fill the respective of- 
 fices were now solemnly ordained and in- 
 stalled. The church consisted of eighteen mem- 
 bers. Its first elders were Abraham Call and 
 Henry Fegley, and its first deacons. Jacob Mil- 
 ler and Israel Breifogel. The frail little bark 
 was now afloat on the sea. 
 
 This congregation stands in connection 
 with "The Reformed Church of the United 
 States," is under its control, "and is in all re- 
 spects governed by its rules and regulations." 
 The contents of its faith are the Holy Scrip- 
 tures, as set forth in the Heidelberg Cate- 
 chism; and its government, both in spirit and 
 form, is strictly presbyterial. Its aim is to 
 cherish and enjoy true Christian freedom, in 
 believing, and cheerful obedience to divine au- 
 thority and law. and to obtain salvation from 
 sin, and eternal life in Jesus Christ — the "Al- 
 pha and Omega, the beginning and the end." 
 
 From the time of its organization the Re- 
 formed congregation occupied the church 
 built in 1834. in common with the Lutherans. 
 And these twin sisters for many years pro- 
 ceeded together as harmoniously and prosper- 
 ously as could reasonably be expected. Still, 
 their relations were not always and in all re- 
 spects of the most satisfactory character. At 
 last, it seemed best to both parties to follow 
 the example of Abraham and Lot. and the 
 union which had existed so long was quietly 
 dissolved. The Reformed bought the Luth- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 eran interest in the 'Union Church," giving 
 for it all the ground belonging to it, except the 
 lot on which the church stood, and $400 in 
 cash. These $400, however, were to liquidate 
 a debt still resting on the property. This dis- 
 solution was effected in April, 1852. during 
 the pastorate of Rev. D. Rothrock. 
 
 In 1855 it was determined to remove the 
 old stone church and substitute for it one bet- 
 ter suited to their wants. Accordingly, a new 
 brick edifice was erected, 40x55 feet in size, 
 with an end gallery, and a basement arranged 
 for a parsonage and lecture room. Its cost in 
 money and labor was about $5,000. In 1868. 
 this was remodeled by building an addition of 
 twelve feet to its front, removing the gallery, 
 etc. Other changes and improvements were 
 made in 1877, costing together $2,300. This 
 edifice, now 4 ox 67 feet in size, is the one at 
 present occupied by the congregation. 
 
 The church has been served by the follow- 
 ing ministers: Rev. C. H. A. Allardt served 
 it from its organization in 1837 to 1839. He 
 was succeeded in 1841 by Rev. Jacob Van 
 Linge. who prosecuted his work until 1843. 
 Rev. Henry Hess became pastor in 1844, and 
 served until 1849. During this pastorate the 
 weekly prayer meeting was introduced. After 
 a period of six months. Rev. S. K. Denius 
 began his pastorate in the same year, and re- 
 signed- in 1 85 1. Rev. D. Rothrock became 
 pastor in 1852. and served one year. In [854, 
 Rev. M. G. O. Stern became its pastor, and re- 
 mained until 1857. In the spring of 1857, 
 Rev. J. B. Thompson began his labors as 
 pastor and served until 1862. On the first 
 day of January. 1863, Rev. John Vogt as- 
 sumed pastoral relations and served until July 
 1. 1892. Dr. Vogt, known as the "Marrying 
 Parson." was called from his earthly field of 
 labor Sunday, November 3. [901, at his home 
 on South Sandusky Street, Delaware. Dr. 
 Vogt was followed in the pastorate by the 
 Rev. I.. B. C. Lahr, whose pastoral relations 
 began January 1, 1893, and continued until 
 his death on April 11. [906. Dr. Lahr was 
 followed by the Rev. John C. Gekeler, the pres- 
 ent pastor, who began his labors September 
 15. 1007. 
 
 Numerous disadvantages and obstacles 
 have impeded its usefulness and prog- 
 ress from the start. Its original union 
 arrangement was never satisfactory, and 
 was, no doubt, a hindrance to both 
 parties. For many years. Its services 
 were conducted exclusively in German, and 
 many of its young people, and even entire 
 families, became dissatisfied and sought homes 
 in English churches. Since about 1875, tne 
 use of the German language has been discon- 
 tinued in the conduct of all public services of 
 the church. The burden of debt under which 
 the congregation labored for vears has been 
 entirely removed. 
 
 During the past quarter of a century Zion 
 Reformed Church has made substantial 
 growth in every way, her membership has in- 
 creased and her building improved at various 
 times. During the fall of 1904 a beautiful 
 pipe organ was installed at a cost of $1,500. 
 The congregation at present is engaged in se- 
 curing a home for its pastor. The societies 
 of the congregation are the Sunday School, 
 Ladies' Aid Society, the Zwingle Missionary 
 Society, and a Society of Christian Endeavor. 
 The membership is three hundred and twen- 
 ty-five. 
 
 THE GERMAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 This church dates back to 1836. In that 
 year. Rev. William Nast. D. D.. the first Ger- 
 man missionary of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, traveled through Central Ohio from 
 the river to the lake, preaching daily to the few 
 German settlers, here and there, who had 
 sought a home in this Western country. On 
 these mission tours. Dr. Nast passed through 
 Delaware and preached to the few of his coun- 
 trymen who were willing to hear his tidings. 
 About 1844. the Rev. John Barth. the German 
 pastor at Columbus, traveled through Dela- 
 ware and Marion Counties, and once more 
 looked up the Germans, in the interest of the 
 Methodist Church. In the revival meetings 
 which he held, many were converted and 
 joined the Methodist Church. This was the 
 beginning of the German Church in Dela- 
 ware. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 251 
 
 These people were poor and few, and their 
 meetings were held at first in private houses. 
 When these were filled, they moved, first to 
 the stone schoolhouse at the corner of Frank- 
 lin and Winter Streets, then to the old Metho- 
 dist Church, one square south, and then to 
 the old academy on Hill Street. In 1846, the 
 Rev. John Kindler became the pastor for one 
 year, and in 1847, tne R ev - G. A. Brauning. 
 During his pastorate, a little frame church 
 was built on a lot on Henry Street, given by 
 the first member of the church — Father Al- 
 bright. It was not long, however, that the lit- 
 tle building on Henry Street was large enough 
 to hold the congregation, and, in 1854, under 
 the pastorate of the Rev. G. Nachtrieb, a lot on 
 Hill Street was bought, and the present brick 
 church erected and dedicated in 1855, by 
 Bishop Simpson. From 1845, Delaware and 
 Gabon had constituted one mission, but in 
 1854 Delaware became self-supporting, and 
 was made a separate station. Since the estab- 
 lishment (if the mission, twenty-four preachers 
 and assistants have labored in this work. 
 Delaware belonged to the North Ohio Con- 
 ference until 1865, when the German Confer- 
 ences were organized, since which time it has 
 been attached to the Central German Confer- 
 ence. 
 
 The membership of the church has m it 
 been permanent, owing to the constant migra- 
 tion to the West, and the aggregate has never 
 exceeded one hundred and fifty members. For 
 many years the church declined on account of 
 deaths, removals, and fewer persons desiring 
 to hear preaching in the German language. 
 The society disorganized about four years 
 ago, and the building was sold in 1907 to 
 William Nye. The audience room is still used 
 Eor a mission, conducted by I. S. Walters, and 
 is filling a needed place in the religious life of 
 I )ela\\ are. 
 
 FIRST CONGREGATIONAL (WI'.I.SIl) CHURCH. 
 
 This church was organized in 1844. The 
 first Welsh sermon preached in Delaware was 
 delivered by Rev. George Lewis in the year 
 [841, at the residence of Mr. Henry Thomas, 
 
 on Washington Street, between William and 
 Winter. Prayer meetings were held from time 
 to time at this house from 1841 to 1844. In 
 this year the congregation was organized with 
 the Rev. Rees Powell as pastor, and with 
 twenty-two charter members, viz. : Henry 
 Thomas and wife, John E. Davis and wife, 
 John Rowland and wife, John Rowland, Sr., 
 Reese Price, George Pugh, David Thomas, 
 John L. Jones, Robert Dolby. Thomas Row- 
 lands, Willliam Rowlands, John E. Davis, 
 Edward Williams, Mary Jones, Elizabeth 
 Jones, Catherine Rowlands. Jane Rowlands. 
 The first services were held in a small frame 
 school house between William and Winter 
 Streets, which was purchased and used until 
 1858, when a brick structure was erected on 
 Winter Street, between Liberty and Elizabeth 
 Streets. Rev. Powell continued pastor until 
 1862, when Rev. John H. Jones became pas- 
 tor, and served until in the 8o's. The member- 
 ship remained in all these years about the 
 same, between twenty and thirty. - The serv- 
 ices were held in the Welsh language and the 
 children did not learn this language, and so 
 one by one dropped away. 
 
 Several years ago, services ceased to be 
 held in this church, and the building was sold 
 to the Public School Board and has been re- 
 moved and the ground now forms part of the 
 north lawn of the West School Building. 
 
 st. mary's church, Delaware, ohio. 
 
 The Catholics of Delaware and the sur- 
 rounding country did not form a regular con- 
 gregation and had no resident pastor until the 
 year 1856, when the Most Rev. J. B. Pureed. 
 bishop of the Diocese of Cincinnati, sent the 
 Rev. Caspar Wiese. a middle-aged German 
 priest, to undertake the spiritual charge of the 
 few people who professed the Catholic religion 
 and resided in the city or neighborhood. But 
 for fully twenty years previous to that date, 
 missionary priests from all over the State had 
 visited at very irregular times, the little flock 
 for the purpose of administering the sacra- 
 ments, and of encouraging those, who, in spite 
 of their complete isolation, had tenaciously 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 clung to the religion of their forefathers. As 
 early as 1834 some German Catholic families 
 had settled in Delaware, among whom were 
 Gerhard Nuss, Chistopher Kirchner. and last 
 but not least, Adam Miller, the father of our 
 still-living, old and respected townsman, Mar- 
 tin Miller of West Winter Street. It may 
 be stated here as the plain truth, that had it 
 not been for the deeply religious zeal and piety 
 of said Adam Miller, little if any trace of dis- 
 tinctly Catholic worship would have been wit- 
 nessed in Delaware in all those years until 
 late in the fifties and the beginning of the six- 
 ties, when a large number of Irish Catholics 
 came and settled in East Delaware. It is not 
 known positively whether any Catholic clergy- 
 man visited Delaware until 1838 or 1839. but 
 on or about that time. Father Young from 
 Lancaster, Ohio, is remembered to have 
 reached the town and tn have celebrated the 
 first Mass, said or sung in Delaware, in the 
 front mom of a small frame house still stand- 
 ing today on the south side of Park Avenue 
 near Franklin Street in South Delaware, and 
 which was the residence of Adam Miller. From 
 then until 1850, only, or possibly twice a year, 
 would a Catholic missionary priest make his 
 appearance and remain over Sunday. But in 
 the meantime, and regularly every Sunday 
 morning. Mr. Adam Miller would convert his 
 front room into a little church, gather therein 
 as many of his Catholic neighbors as he could 
 notify, and devoutly preside over that part of 
 the Catholic worship which laymen could per- 
 form in the absence of a priest, such as the 
 recitation of the Rosary, the singing of hymns, 
 the reading of the Gospels of the Sunday and 
 Catechetical instruction. It was thus that the 
 spark of faith and religion was kept up and 
 transmitted by these few pious and simple- 
 hearted people to their children. In 1850 the 
 number of Catholics in Delaware had in- 
 creased somewhat; they were visited more 
 regularly by the neighboring priests of Colum- 
 bus, and finally they purchased a lot on Uni- 
 versity Avenue, on which a few years later, 
 in 1854, under the direction of Rev. Caspar 
 Borgess, afterwards bishop of Detroit, they 
 erected a little frame church, whose size, how- 
 
 ever, answered the purpose of their still very 
 small number for many years to come. 
 
 From 1850 to 1856 the little church was 
 attended irregularly by Father Borgess and 
 other clergymen from Columbus, and carefully 
 kept up by the few devoted pioneers who had 
 helped to erect it. Among them, were many 
 who may be still remembered by the present 
 generation, such as Adam Miller, the patriarch 
 of all of them, his son, Martin Miller. John 
 Shea, whose home near the church was at all 
 times hospitably open to the visiting priests, 
 George Kraus, John B. Zeller, Thomas Mc- 
 Donald, the father of our well known and 
 prosperous contractor, James McDonald, 
 Christopher Kirchner, John Grady, Sr., James 
 Cantwell and a few others. At this time, 
 however, all of those first pioneers of St. 
 Mary's Church have gone into eternity, with 
 the exception of Martin Miller, who, in spite 
 of his ripe old age, is still enjoying the best 
 of health in our midst, and gives good promise 
 to outlive many others who came to Delaware 
 long after him. 
 
 Towards the end of the year 1856. the lit- 
 tle congregation having received many acces- 
 sions by the immigration of a number of Irish 
 families, Rev. Caspar Wiese was installed as 
 the first permanent pastor, but there being no 
 pastoral residence, Martin Miller, who lived 
 then in the old brick house still standing on the 
 southwest corner of William and Union 
 Streets, shared his house with the forlorn 
 clergyman, and along with John Shea took 
 care that the newly appointed pastor was made 
 as comfortable as possible with the scanty sal- 
 ary the still very small congregation could 
 furnish him. From that time until today, 
 Delaware was never without a resident priest. 
 In the early fifties, when the Springfield rail- 
 road was being built, at least two hundred 
 Irish Catholic families from the neighbor- 
 hood of Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, es- 
 tablished themselves in East Delaware, and 
 remained there permanently even after the con- 
 struction of the railroad. The number of 
 Catholics in Delaware increased at once al- 
 most tenfold, and the original little frame 
 church could not hold one-fourth of them. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 253 
 
 Rev. Henry Fehlings, who was one of the im- 
 mediate successors of Father Wiese, went to 
 work, therefore, with much vim and energy, 
 to enlarge the church, but the people being all 
 poor, it was impossible to build an entirely 
 new church. He struck, therefore, upon e. 
 very peculiar and ingenious idea, seldom, if 
 ever, carried out anywhere before him, and 
 which for twenty-five years to come, certainly 
 made St. Mary's Church in Delaware a some- 
 what queer and unsightly architectural curi- 
 osity. To the little frame church a much 
 higher and wider brick addition was in some 
 way attached, a process which gave to the 
 building as a whole, a most curious and in- 
 congruous appearance outside and inside. In 
 Father Fehling's mind, this improvement was 
 to be but a temporary shift for obtaining 
 room, and had he entertained the remotest 
 suspicion that this ungainly and unsightly 
 edifice would remain there for a quarter of a 
 century, he would certainly never have thought 
 of erecting it. The whole of it was only de- 
 molished in 1887. 
 
 During Father Fehlings' administration. 
 the congregation of St. Mary's also purchased 
 an old store room and frame house adjoining 
 the church on University Avenue, which build- 
 ings served, like the church, for twenty-five 
 years, as parochial school and pastoral resi- 
 dence. Had Rev. Henry Fehlings remained 
 in Delaware, there is little doubt that in a very 
 few years all these old, unsightly and dilapi- 
 dated buildings which were purchased simply 
 for emergency and temporary purposes, would 
 soon have made room for something more 
 suitable. But Father Fehlings was removed 
 very suddenly and abruptly to other fields of 
 labor, and then there came upon St. Mary's 
 Church and congregation a period of torpor 
 and sleepiness as to any material progress, sel- 
 dom witnessed in a congregation which num- 
 bered in 1869 at least one thousand souls. 
 Owing chiefly to very indifferent direction on 
 the part of the many pastors who succeeded 
 each other from 1864 to 1884, perhaps also to 
 the lack of initiative and encouragement 1 m the 
 part of the people, little or no attempt was 
 made in the following twenty years, to im- 
 
 prove the old church properties, which soon 
 became so dilapidated looking that they were 
 a positive disgrace to the street on which they 
 stood. Only once during that sleepy period, 
 in 1880, was there a slight awakening. Two 
 large lots on East William Street were con- 
 tracted for during the pastorate of Rev. N. E. 
 Pilger, with the vague intention of building 
 a new church thereon in the future. How- 
 ever, in 1884, when the present rector of St. 
 Mary's. Rev. Ph. Steyle, came to Delaware, 
 these lots were only about one-half paid it >r. 
 and there seemed to be little prospect for erect- 
 ing a new church. But precisely in that year 
 of 1884, a new and surprising period of activ- 
 ity succeeded those twenty years of neglect 
 and torpid carelessness. In less than six years, 
 that is from the spring of 1885 until 1890, 
 under the direction and initiative of the pas- 
 tor and the hearty co-operation of nearly all 
 the members of the church, a most beautiful 
 and large brick and stone church, a sch << il 
 house, a pastoral residence and a sisters' 
 house sprung up, as if by magic, on East Wil- 
 liam and Henry Streets, and were almost paid 
 for immediately by the congregation. From 
 worshipping in the meanest and most dilapi- 
 dated looking church in Delaware, the mem- 
 bers of St. Mary's Church in this year of 
 1908. possess, without the slightest doubt, 
 the most valuable, and architecturally speak- 
 ing, the finest looking church property in 
 Delaware. St. Mary's congregation, includ- 
 ing many farmers, numbers at this date in the 
 neighborhood of 1,400 souls. The new S:. 
 Mary's cemetery adjoining Oak Grove, was 
 purchased and solemnly consecrated by Bishop 
 Watterson in 1899. In the following list we 
 give the names of the clergymen who acted 
 as pastors of St. Mary's Church, from the 
 year 1856 to the present year, 1908: Rev. 
 Caspar Wiese from 1856 to i860. Rev. Jo- 
 seph Fitzgerald and his brother, Rev. E. M. 
 Fitzgerald, from i860 to 1862. Rev. Mc- 
 Sweeney to 1863. Rev. Henry Fehlings from 
 1863 to 1869. Rev. Joseph McPhilips from 
 1 So.', to 1874. Rev. A. O. Walker, J. B. 
 Schmidt and J. C. Goldschmidt each for a 
 few months in succession. Rev. N. F. Pilger 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 from 1875 to July, 1884, and from September, 
 1884, to the present year. 1908, Rev. Ph. 
 Steyle, who is therefore fulfilling the twenty- 
 fourth year of his long pastorate of St. Mary's 
 Church. 
 
 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 
 OF DELAWARE, OHIO. 
 
 This church — within the bounds of the 
 North Ohio Annual Conference, since its for- 
 mation in 1882. but originally in the Ohio — 
 was organized late in the fall of 1845. tne 
 Rev. Daniel Winslow becoming its first pastor, 
 being appointed to its pastorate by the Rt. 
 Rev. Bishop Paul Quinn. from the Ohio An- 
 nual Conference, which convened in Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, October 18, 1845. The corner- 
 stone of the first building was laid in 1853, 
 and ere long Zion A. M. E. Church was dedi- 
 cated. In 1876 it was razed and rebuilt. The 
 cornerstone of this new edifice was laid by 
 Rev. John W. Lewis; the walls completed and 
 building roofed by Rev. J. B. Stansbury, and 
 the building finished, seated and opened by 
 Rev. N. M. Mitchell. 
 
 During the pastorate of Rev. Jesse Hen- 
 derson, 1880-3. a feud rent this church, and 
 some of its most substantial members, being 
 unjustly expelled, remained out and formed 
 what is now Trinity M. E. Church. On the 
 whole, it is safe to say at this writing the A. 
 M. E. is the leading church among the people 
 of African descent in the city. Three of its 
 ex-pastors have reached the bishopric, namely: 
 John M. Brown, James A. Shorter, and C. T. 
 Shaffer. One. O. J. W. Scott, is at present 
 chaplain in the United States army. While 
 some of its pastors showed clearly the doings 
 of slavery, yet among them have been found 
 polished men; teachers, jurists, theologians, 
 orators. Christian scholars, and some of these 
 were ex-slaves. There has been some dross, 
 too, among the gold; some pygmies amid the 
 giants; yet. somehow, God has used this dross 
 and these pygmies for his glory and the good 
 1 >t men. 
 
 One of the potent forces of this church 
 has been its native-born singers. Mr. Wil- 
 
 liam H. Alston, its chorister for years, pos- 
 sessed, say critics, one of the finest basso 
 voices in the state, if not in the country; he, 
 with his brother, F. B. Alston, being two of 
 the "stars" in the far-famed original "Dona- 
 van's Tennessee Jubilee Singers." 
 
 Its pastors have been : Revs. Daniel Win- 
 slow, Chas. Peters, Nelson Turban, Jesse Di- 
 vine, Levin Gross, Alex. Austin, W. B. 
 Lewis, William Davidson, Allen Brown. John 
 Ridgewav. John Tibbs, James A. Shorter, 
 John M. Brown, E. D. Davis. T. W. Roberts, 
 Rev. Grafton H. Graham, the historian, phil- 
 osopher, theologian and polished orator, 
 Stonewall Jackson, Robert Hurley, Jesse As- 
 burv. John Rickman, W. D. Mitchell, Na- 
 thaniel' M. Mitchell, G. W. Maxwell. John F. 
 Hamilton. P. Alston. H. A. Jackson, C. T. 
 Shaffer, John W. Lewis J. B. Stansbury. 
 Jesse Henderson, D. F. Caliman. O. J. W. 
 Scott, J. D. Singleton. H. W. Toney, L. E. 
 Tohnson, R. B. P. Wright, R. G. Mortimer, 
 Jesse H. Smith, E. Fort, J. M. Tate. 
 
 The foregoing list of pastors may not be 
 in exact order, as it was obtained from the 
 older members and citizens as they remember 
 them. 
 
 The present pastor, Rev. N. M. Mitchell, 
 is duplicating himself, having served as pas- 
 t< >r here quite a quarter of a century ago. The 
 present edifice is in fairly good repair, with a 
 membership of seventy-six and seven proba- 
 tioners. 
 
 From Rev. N. M. Mitchell it is learned that 
 while the Ohio Annual Conference was in ses- 
 sion in this church in April. 1865, a dispatch 
 was received saying. "President Lincoln has 
 been assassinated." In a few hours — the same 
 day — a second dispatch came, saying: "117/- 
 berforce has been burned to the ground." This 
 was the only college owned by the church. 
 
 st. Paul's methodist episcopal church. 
 
 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of 
 Delaware. Ohio, was originally within the 
 bounds of the North Ohio Conference, but at 
 the General Conference for the year i860 it 
 was transferred to the Ohio Conference, to 
 
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 which it now belongs. In the fall of the year 
 [852, the Rev. John Quigley was appointed 
 li\ the North Ohio Conference to organize a 
 church within ;the southern boundaries of 
 Delaware to accommodate the membership of 
 that portion of the, then, village of Delaware. 
 The early records of the organization seem to 
 have been lost or destroyed. The first official 
 record of this church now extant is dated Oc- 
 tober 16, 1858. and includes the names of per- 
 sons who afterward became prominent minis- 
 ters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, for- 
 eign missionaries, ccillegfe professors and 
 business men of Delaware, and elsewhere. 
 Jacob T. Caples was the pastor in charge, and 
 Samuel Lynch, agent of the O. W. F. College. 
 The local preachers were : Tin imas Scott, 
 Stanley Stevens, George Lansing Taylor, J. 
 Bushong, L. J. Powell, Isaac Crook. Nathan 
 Sites, I. Mast, H. J. Clark. The exhorters 
 were H. M. Perkins. J. G. Deardorff, John 
 Sites, W. B. Edwards, L. P. Smith. 'The 
 stewards were lohn A. Clippinger, Hiram 
 Hull, Charles Niel, Nathan Ely, Paul Randall. 
 The class leaders ' were Watson Karr, Isaac 
 Crook, N. B. Edwards, James G. Deardorff, 
 W. O. Semans. Nathan Sites, George Lansing- 
 Taylor, Samuel Burkholder, H. M. Per- 
 kins. 
 
 From this date, the official records are re- 
 plete with such names as Dr. F. Merrick, 
 Prof. William Godman, Prof. John P. Lanorx, 
 Michael J. Cramer, Prof. H. S. B. Newton, 
 Prof. F. S. Hoyt, John F. Thompson, Rev. 
 Edward Thompson ( afterward bishop ) , and 
 many others. But in the space allotted us 
 for this sketch, it would be impossible to name 
 the many useful and afterwards prominent 
 men and women whose names are found on 
 the official records of this church, and the 
 reader must look to the biographical portion 
 of this volume and to other sources, to com- 
 plete the list. 
 
 But while we are unable to give a com- 
 plete history of the organization of the church, 
 we can give a complete list of the pastors whi 1 
 have served it from its organization down to 
 the present time. Beginning with the first, 
 the following: is the list: 
 
 Rev. John Quigley 1852- 1854 
 
 Rev. Thomas F. Hildreth 1854-1856 
 
 Rev. L. B. Gurley 1856-1858 
 
 Rev. Jacob T. Caples 1858-1859 
 
 Rev. H. S. Bradley 1859-1860 
 
 Rev. James F. Given 1860-1861 
 
 Rev. T. H. Philips 1861-1862 
 
 Rev. F. S. Hoyt 1862-1863 
 
 Rev. J. M. lameson 1863-1865 
 
 Rev. A. H. Windsor 1865-1867 
 
 Rev. George W. Brush. .. 1867-Jan. 25. 1868 
 
 Rev. L. B. Gurley Jan. to Oct.. 1868 
 
 Rev. David H.Moore (now Bishop) 1868-1870 
 
 Rev. Joseph H. Creighton 1870- 1873 
 
 Rev. Isaac Crook 1873-1874 
 
 Rev. Robert W. Manley 1874-1875 
 
 Rev: Samuel A. Keen 1875-1878 
 
 Rev. J. C. Jackson, Jr 1878-1881 
 
 Rev. Timothy W. Stanley, 1 881 -May 18, 1883 
 Rev. F. Merrick and others. May to Oct., 1883 
 
 Rev. Isaac F. King 1883- 1884 
 
 Rev. John W. Dillon 1884- 1886 
 
 Rev. Isaac Crook 1886-1888 
 
 Rev. B. L. McElroy 1880- 1890 
 
 Rev. J. H. Gardner 1890-1891 
 
 Rev. D. C. Thomas 1891-1896 
 
 Rev. W. F. Oldham (now Bishop) 1896- 1898 
 
 Rev. Carl G. Doney 1898- 1900 
 
 Rev. Arthur M. Mann 1900-1904 
 
 Rev. R. F. Bishop 1904- 1905 
 
 Rev. Homer J. Smith 1905- 1907 
 
 Rev. B. D. Evans 1907- 
 
 St. Paul's started with a membership of 
 about thirty persons, most of whom had been 
 members of the parent church ( William 
 Street). Since then it has grown in numbers 
 from year to year, until, at the present time its 
 membership is six hundred. It has a prosper- 
 ous Sabbath school with an average attend- 
 ance of about three hundred persons. From 
 its organization it has been essentially a mis- 
 sionary church. It was in this church that the 
 first auxiliary of the Woman's Home Mis- 
 sionary Society. was organized, on July 2j. 
 1880. It is replete with missionary work, and 
 societies; an annual collection is taken for the 
 general work or parent society. It has a well- 
 organized and well-supported Woman's Home 
 Missionary Society, a successful Woman's 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Foreign Missionary Society, a young woman's 
 home missionary society called "The Queen Es- 
 ther Circle," a Young - Woman's Foreign Mis- 
 sionary Society, a children's society known as 
 the Home Guards. The Sabbath school is or- 
 ganized into a missionary society. It has also 
 a Ladies's Aid Society, to which the most of 
 the ladies of the church belong. It supports a 
 Junior Epworth League, to which the must 
 of the children of the church under fourteen 
 years of age belong. And it has a prosper- 
 ous Senior Epworth League with a member- 
 ship of about one hundred and fifty persons, 
 and this League is entitled to one of the first 
 charters issued under the auspices of the or- 
 ganization. Immediately after it was or- 
 ganized, by a committee who met in the city of 
 Cleveland. Ohio, the Rev. Samuel A. Keen, 
 who was a member of the Committee of Or- 
 ganization, on his way home from the meet- 
 ing, stopped at Delaware to visit his former 
 postorate, St. Paul's Church, and Rev. B. L. 
 McElroy, who was then its pastor in charge. 
 Dr. Keen, who was full of the spirit of the 
 League, made some remarks at the Wednes- 
 day evening prayer meeting in reference to 
 the League, and immediately after the close 
 of the prayer service, St. Paul's Epworth 
 League was organized, and a charter called for 
 by telegram. This League is one of the most 
 zealous organizations of the church, and one 
 of the most potent factors in promoting its 
 good. The young people of this congregation 
 had been well trained for an organization of 
 this kind, under the pastorate of Rev. T. \\ . 
 Stanley, during the time he had served the 
 church (which was from the fall of 1881 to 
 the spring of 1883). A very successful young 
 people's meeting had been organized and it 
 was well prepared to take up the work of the 
 league, and it is believed that much of the 
 good it has accomplished in after years is due 
 to the spirit and zeal it received from that 
 first organization of the young people of the 
 church. 
 
 St. Paul's has sent to the foreign and home 
 missionary fields more than fifty missionaries 
 and teachers, which is believed to be a greater 
 number than any other Methodist Episcopal 
 
 Mary 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 church has sent since its organization. The 
 following is a list of the persons who have 
 been sent out from this church, and the sev- 
 eral fields to which they have gone : 
 
 Armenia — N. A. Morjickian. 
 
 Mexico — Galdino Guiterrez. 
 
 Porto Rico — Charles W. Drees. 
 
 Korea — Lillian N. Harris, M. D. ; 
 W. Harris. 
 
 Singapore — Charles S. Buchanan 
 Emily Early Buchanan, Merrill C. Miller. 
 
 South Africa — Mrs. Belle Gates Ehnes, 
 James L. DeWitt, Mrs. Byrna Adams De- 
 Witt, \ n-ginia Swarmstead (now Coffin). 
 
 Japan — Rev. Harry B. Swartz, Mrs. Mary 
 Frazier Swartz, Anna V. Bing, Ume Ha- 
 mada, Lenora Seeds, Mable Seeds, Fannie 
 (i. Wilson, Mary Wilson (now Buchanan). 
 
 Si >uth America — Rev. John F. Thompson, 
 Rev. George D. Froggatt, Rev. P. B. Cuppett, 
 Rev. John L. Reeder, Jeanette Carpenter, 
 Charles H. Wertenberger. 
 
 India — Rev. Thomas J. Scott, Rev. Archi- 
 bald Gilruth, Rev. Levan R. Janney. Rev. 
 William A. Mansell, Mrs. Hetty Mansell Mon- 
 roe, Rev. Noble L. Rockey, Mrs. Mary Had- 
 sell Rockey, Annie Gallimore, Marion New- 
 ton, Mrs. Phila Keen Linzell, Nora Waugh, 
 Myrtle Bare (now Faucett). 
 
 China — Rev. Nathan Sites, Rev. George 
 R. Davis, Rev. Hiram H. Lowry, Mrs. Hi- 
 ram H. Lowry. Rev. Nathan J. Plumb. Clem- 
 ent M. L. Sites, Ruth Sites (now Brown), 
 Rev. J. F. Hayner, George D. Lowry. M. D., 
 Mrs. Cora Calhoun Lowry, Edward K. Lowry, 
 Mary E. Schockley (now Drake), George L. 
 1 )avis, Titus Lowe. 
 
 To the home missionary field in the south 
 it has sent — Miss Marie Disney, Miss Irene 
 Disney, Miss Winifred Myser, Miss Nellie 
 Carson, Miss Alfleda Myser. 
 
 The first church, a good substantial brick 
 building, was erected about the year 1856, on 
 the same site where the present church now 
 stands. It cost over $5,000, and was built 
 during the pastorate of the Rev. Thompson F. 
 Hildreth. The following are the names of the 
 trustees to whom the deed was made : Edward 
 Thompson (afterward bishop), John Ogden, 
 
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 J. R. Watkins, Coe Roe, Hiram Hull, Samuel 
 Burkholder and James K. Brittain. The deed 
 is signed by Elnathan C. Gavitt and wife, and 
 is dated May 31, A. D.. 1855. 
 
 The parsonage was bought about the year 
 1869, and adjoins the church site on the east. 
 Both are located mi the southeast corner of 
 Franklin Street and University Avenue, on 
 one of the highest points in the city, and are 
 visible for miles from all directions. During 
 the years of 1873 and 1874. under the pastor- 
 ate of Dr. Isaac Crook, and the leadership of 
 Prof. John P. Patterson, superintendent of the 
 Sabbath school, the church grew so rapidly in 
 numbers that it became necessary to arrange 
 for more room and greater facilities to accom- 
 modate the Sabbath school. An addition to the 
 old church had been ordered, but in excavat- 
 ing for the new portion, the foundation of the 
 old part was undermined and the rear wall fell 
 with a crash which was beard all over the city. 
 This necessitated the building of a new 
 church. After several adjourned sessions of 
 the Quarterly Conference a soliciting commit- 
 tee was appointed who reported to an ad- 
 journed session that they had procured sub- 
 scriptions sufficient to justify the beginning of 
 the new church. A Building Committee was 
 chosen, consisting of the following named 
 persons : John Lane, Prof. H. M. Perkins. 
 Thomas Craven. James R. Lytle and J. Frost. 
 Dr. Ralph Hills was selected as the architect, 
 who donated his services, and the new church 
 was at once begun. In a few months a sub- 
 stantial two-story brick church, 60 by 90 feet, 
 ornamented with stone trimmings, was under 
 roof, and the first story finished at a cost of 
 about $13,000. The church was afterward 
 completed at a cost of about $12,000. so that the 
 present church structure has cost about $25,- 
 000. The present parsonage was built at a 
 cost of about $3,500. and was completed in 
 the spring of the year 1898. 
 
 St. Paul's, with its well established mis- 
 sionary spirit, laid the foundation for the first 
 mission church in Delaware. The pastorate 
 of Rev. Joseph H. Creighton was marked by 
 the beginning of Faith Church, or Merrick 
 Chapel. Under the leadership of Mrs. Mary 
 
 Knowles. Miss Fidelia Perkins and Mrs. Ann 
 Lane, three of St. Paul's faithful workers, a 
 Sabbath school was organized which met for 
 a short time under the trees near the corner of 
 Liberty and Harrison Streets. Later a room 
 was secured, and finallly the present church 
 edifice was erected, which was dedicated on 
 the fourth day of January, A. D. 1891, and in 
 1898, the same was set apart as a separate 
 church, and has alwavs been well beloved by 
 St. Paul's. 
 
 Time and space would not permit the men- 
 tion of the many faithful servants among the 
 laity of this church. But a history of St. 
 Paul's would not be complete without the name 
 of Mrs. Mary Knowles. the faithful and ef- 
 ficient teacher of the infant class in the Sab- 
 bath school. She took charge of this class on 
 the first Sunday in September, A. D.. 1868, 
 and has had charge of it continuously ever 
 since. Fully a generation has passed away 
 since she first had charge of this class, and to- 
 day many who have been her pupils are oc- 
 cupying high positions in state, church, mis- 
 sionary fields and social circles, and in the 
 great hereafter hundreds will arise and call 
 her blessed. 
 
 St. Paul's raises, annually, for the support 
 of the church about $2,500. It pays its pas- 
 tor $1,500 per year. The remaining $1,000 is 
 used for lighting, heating, organist, janitor, 
 insurance and other necessary expenses of the 
 church. St. Paul's is without a debt, except a 
 debt of gratitude, which it owes to the many 
 faithful pastors who have served it. It owes 
 much to its leaders, stewards, trustees, Sab- 
 bath school superintendents and teachers, 
 the many other constant workers among its 
 laity who have clone so much to promote its 
 good. But most of all. it is indebted to the 
 great God to whom it prays, and in whom it 
 implicitly trusts, and from whom all its bless- 
 ings flow. 
 
 THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 The First Baptist Church was organized 
 August 6. 1853. with thirty-seven members. 
 The Rev. E. G. Wood was soon after called as 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the first pastor and served until May, 1855. 
 The church held its meetings in Templar Hall 
 until its house of worship was built. In March, 
 1S54, the society purchased a lot on North 
 Franklin Street, and a church building was 
 here erected and dedicated August 1, 1858. 
 Since the first pastor, the church has had ten 
 regular pastors, who served as follows : Rev. 
 Elias George from October, 1855, to April, 
 1856; Rev. James Harvey, from May, 1856. 
 to \pril, 1862; Rev. P. Kennedy, from May, 
 1862, to May, 1865; Rev. D. A. Randall, from 
 August, 1866, to April, 1867; Rev. A. J. 
 Lyon, from September, 1867, to April, 1870; 
 Rev. I. B. Toombs, from April, 1870, to July, 
 1871 ; Rev. B. I. George, from March. 1873, 
 to March. 1874; Rev. G. T. Stanbury. from 
 November, 1874. to November, 1876; Rev. T. 
 I. Sheppard, from September, 1877, to May, 
 1878; the Rev. T. W. Icenbarger, from Octo- 
 ber, 1878, to 1884; Rev. E. A. Stone, from 
 1884 to 1886; Rev. A. H. Batchelder from 
 1886 to 1889; 1890, no pastor; Rev. Charles 
 C. Haas from 1891 to 1892; Rev. J. B. Wood- 
 land from 1892 to 1894; 1895, no pastor; 
 Rev. Albert Read, from 1896 to 1899; Rev. 
 H. C. Lyman from 1900 to 1904; Rev. CM. 
 Brodie from 1905 — 
 
 During the last year of J. B. Woodland's 
 pastorate, a church meeting was called to see 
 if the church would take action on the build- 
 ing of a new house of worship, having long 
 felt the need of larger and better accommoda- 
 tions. At that time the church was $200 in 
 debt, and some of the members thought ; t 
 was too great an undertaking, but before the 
 meeting closed the church voted unanimously 
 to build, and a committee was chosen with in- 
 structions to proceed at once. The Lord was 
 evidently with the committee, and they real- 
 ized that "except the Lord build the house, 
 they labor in vain who build it." The work 
 went on steadfastly, and harmoniously to the 
 end. The bills were all paid when due, ex- 
 cept a few hundred dollars which were sub- 
 scribed and soon paid. The house is built of 
 brick with stone trimmings. It was dedicated 
 October 3, 1897, free of debt. The audience 
 room is 40x60 feet, with a room 25x40 feet 
 
 on the north side for Sunday school and 
 prayer meetings. This room can be thrown 
 open to the audience room by means of rising 
 doors. An addition 12x25 teet nn the wot 
 end of the audience room is an addition that 
 was built to the old house but a short time 
 before, and was utilized for committee meet- 
 ings, and preparation rooms. The house cost 
 about Si 2.000. 
 
 Shortly after the dedication, one of the 
 members. Mr. Morgan Savage, who had con- 
 tributed largely to the church building, pro- 
 posed to have a pipe organ put in, which the- 
 church did not feel able to do till later, but 
 Mr. Savage felt earnest to have it now, and 
 said, "if you, will put one in I will pay for 
 it." It was put in, and bears his name as the 
 
 GRACE CHURCH. 
 
 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church was 
 organized in January, i860, by the Rev. Henry - 
 E. Pilcher, in a small schoolhouse near the 
 grounds of the Agricultural Society. Twelve 
 members in full connection and thirty upon 
 probation constituted the original organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 When this church was first organized it 
 was in the bounds of the Central Ohio Confer- 
 ence, but at the General Conference of i860, it 
 was transferred to the North Ohio, where it 
 has since remained. During the year 1861-, by 
 perseverance, and not without sacrifice, the 
 membership succeeded in erecting a small 
 frame church. In this the congregation wor- 
 shiped until 1875. Many glorious outpour- 
 ings of the Holy Spirit were received by the 
 membership in the little white church. Here 
 manv weary sinners were moved to repentance, 
 sought pardon, and started upon the way to 
 happiness and usefulness. 
 
 The church edifice which is now occupied 
 by the congregation was begun by the Rev. 
 Charles F. Creighton in 1872. After many 
 reverses it was finally completed and dedicated 
 February 7, 1875, by Rev. Bishop Randolph 
 S. Foster. It is located in the eastern part 0: 
 the city at the juncture of William and Chesh- 
 
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 ire Streets. It is a neat building of brick with 
 spire and turret. It will comfortably seat rive 
 hundred people. The seats are of ash trimmed 
 with black walnut and flexed at the sides, giv- 
 ing all the auditors a front view of the pul- 
 pit. Its commodious and tasteful arrangement 
 is commended by all who are acquainted 
 with it. 
 
 Grace Church includes within its mem- 
 bership and congregation nearly all the Eng- 
 lish-speaking Methodists on the east side of 
 the river, and many from the west side, but 
 most of its members live in the country. It 
 has never abounded in wealth, but. under lib- 
 eral and wise management, it has been able to 
 erect a substantial, neat edifice, and to pay an- 
 nually the average amount of about $600. It 
 has not increased in membership as rapidly as 
 some other churches more favorably located. 
 It has filled to a considerable extent the place 
 of a mission church, and has exerted much in- 
 fluence upon the fallen, and the lower classes 
 of society. Its members have, however, as a 
 rule, been good, substantial men and women, 
 who have indeed been servants of the Lord. 
 Consequently many revivals have characterized 
 the history of the church. In 1865. the mem- 
 bership had grown to about one hundred per- 
 sons. During the winter of 1871-72, a pow- 
 erful revival took place, in which many stu- 
 dents of the Ohio Wesleyan University took 
 an active part. At the close of this year the 
 membership numbered about one hundred and 
 fifty. 
 
 From i860 to 1865. this church was in- 
 cluded in the bounds of the Woodbury Cir- 
 cuit; in 1865, it was transferred to the Galena 
 Circuit; in 1868, it was made the chief ap- 
 pointment of a newly formed circuit, called 
 Delaware and Eden Charge. 
 
 The following is a list of the pastors who 
 have served the church: 1860-61, Revs. Sam- 
 uel Mower and C. B. Brandebury ; 1861-62, 
 Revs. Philip Plummer and John Blampied ; 
 1862-63, Revs. Chilton Craven and John 
 Blampied; 1863-64, Revs. John Mitchell and 
 William Jones. Mr. Mitchell died in Novem- 
 ber, 1863, and Rev. Oliver Burgess was sent 
 to fill the vacancy. 1864-65. Revs. James 
 16 
 
 Wheeler and William Junes ; 1865-66, Revs. 
 Allen S. Moffit and Frances M. Searles; 
 1866-67, Revs. Ileman Safford and facob S. 
 Albright; 1867-68, Revs. Heman Safford and 
 William Hudson; 1868-69, Rev - Cadwalader 
 H. Owens; 1869-71, Rev. Joseph F. Kennedy. 
 Soon after the commencement of the vear 
 1870-71, Mr. Kennedy was appointed agent 
 of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, and 
 Rev. Wesley B. Farrah was appointed to fill 
 out the year. 1871-72, Rev. Stephen Fant 
 was pastor; 1872-73, Rev. Charles F. Creigh- 
 ton; 1873-76, Rev. Benjamin F. Bell; 1876-77, 
 Rev. William L. Phillips; 1877-80, Rev. Sam- 
 uel R. Squier; 1880-83, Rev - Charles Galli- 
 more; 1883-87, Rev. A. J. Lyon; 1887-89, 
 Rev. William Kepler, Ph. D., 1889-91, Rev. 
 M. L. Wilson; 1891-96, Rev. G. W. Dennis; 
 1896-97, Rev. J. H. Deeds; 1897-1902, E. D. 
 Smith, Ph. D., D. D. ; 1902-05, Rev. E. J. V. 
 Booth; 1905-07, Rev. E. Loose and Rev. Carl 
 Gage; 1907-8, Rev. Jesse Lacklen. 
 
 SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 The Second Baptist Church of Delaware, 
 Ohio, was organized June 8, 1868, in Joseph 
 Townsend's house on High Street, by Elder 
 Berrv Moss, of Urbana, Champaign County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 It was reorganized by Elder S. D. Fox, 
 of Springfield, Ohio. The members in the or- 
 ganization were Joseph Townsend , Martha 
 Curry, Peter Woodley, Jane Townsend, Van 
 Evan, Mandie Campbell, James Curry, Nellie 
 Hunter, Mary Lewis. H. C. Clay joined the 
 same day by experience, making ten in the 
 start. The first deacons were Joseph Town- 
 send, Van Evan. Peter Woodley, James Curry. 
 The trustees were Joseph Townsend, Peter 
 W< "idley and James Curry. 
 
 The pastors in succession are : Rev. Wal- 
 lace, of Ripley, Brown County. Ohio; Elder 
 Frank Mitchell, of Columbus. Ohio; Elder 
 Richard Meredith,, of London, Madison 
 County, Ohio; Elder John Moody, of Xenia, 
 Green County, Ohio; H. C. Clay, of Dela- 
 ware, Ohio; G. W. Curry, of Delaware, Ohio; 
 Elder Isham Lafavette, of Kalamazoo, Michi- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 gan; E. C. Clay, of Springfield, Ohio; Elder 
 John Robertson, of Cincinnati, Ohio; J. W. 
 Johnson, of Richmond, Virginia ; Elder G. W. 
 Curry, of Delaware. Ohio; H. C. Clay, of 
 Delaware, Ohio; Elder William Balay, of 
 Xenia, Green County, Ohio; Elder W. M. 
 Lowry, of Virginia ; R. Martin, of Spring-field, 
 Ohio; Robert Johnson, Jr., Delaware, Ohio; 
 C. A. Gilman, Columbus, Ohio; W. N. Allen, 
 Urbana, Ohio. 
 
 The number and names of preachers that 
 were licensed by the Second Baptist Church 
 of Delaware, Ohio — H. C. Clay, G. W. Curry, 
 L. J. Artist, John Curry, W. N. Allen, G. W. 
 Mayo. A. P. Warrick — seven in number. 
 Those called to ordination by the Second Bap- 
 tist Church of Delaware, Ohio, are H. C. Clay, 
 who was ordained by the council at association 
 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, Septem- 
 ber, 1874; G. W. Curry, who was ordained 
 at home in the Second Baptist Church, of 
 Delaware, Ohio. Council — Elder William 
 Rickman, Elder J. L. Rickman, Elder 
 H. C. Clay. W. X. Allen was ordained 
 at home in Delaware, the council being Elder 
 J. W. Isenberger, pastor of First Baptist 
 Church of Delaware, Ohio; Elder G. W. 
 Curry, of Delaware. Ohio;H. C. Clay, of 
 Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 The places rented to worship in are: Fa- 
 ther Jeffrey Day's house, on High Street, Mrs. 
 Shavious* house on Ross Street. Robert 
 Whyte's house on Ross Street, J. J. William- 
 son's house, corner of Railroad and Liberty 
 Streets, the engine-house northeast corner of 
 the Park. Mr. Heibie's house on the east side 
 of Washington Street, opposite the City Park; 
 bought lot and built on it on Ross Street ; 
 lost the same; afterward bought lot from Rob- 
 ert Whyte. and an old house from Mrs. Mary 
 Shavious. and moved it on the lot and made a 
 little addition to the house; bought a lot from 
 Mr. Richard Reynolds on Ross Street, and 
 built on it, which is clear of debt. 
 
 We were assisted by our white brethren, 
 the Ohio Baptist Convention, and friends to 
 the church in Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 Rev. B. A. Phillip, of Mechanicsburg, 
 ( 'liampaign County, Ohio, pastor and modera- 
 
 tor. Rev. Henry C. Clay, Committee on His- 
 tory. 
 
 st. John's English Lutheran church. 
 
 This church was organized in the Opera 
 House, Delaware, Ohio, November 22, 1885, 
 by Dr. Ort and J. F. Shaffer, then of Spring- 
 field, Ohio. A number of members connected 
 with the German Lutheran Church (St. 
 Mark's ) desired more freedom to mingle with 
 Christians of other denominations than the 
 constitutional authority of that church per- 
 mitted, and with others established a distinc- 
 tive society on the basis of the General Synod 
 of the English Lutheran Church. A consti- 
 tution in harmony with their purpose was 
 adopted, and sixty-two signed this constitu- 
 tion as charter members. 
 
 Services were inauguarated and worship 
 conducted thereafter, in a small brick church 
 owned by the Welsh Congregationalists, lo- 
 cated on West Winter Street. On November 
 29, 1885, Rev. Shaffer, then president of Mi- 
 ami Synod, and one of the editors of the Lu- 
 theran Evangelist, also professor of Hebrew, 
 church history, and Biblical archaeology, in 
 their theological seminary at Springfield, 
 Ohio, was called to be their pastor. Rev. 
 Shaffer, at a sacrifice of these things men- 
 tioned, accepted the call and on the nth of 
 December moved his family to the city of 
 Delaware, and at once took hold of the work. 
 Steps were taken immediately to erect a church 
 building. A lot was secured on the east side 
 of Sandusky Street, opposite the Court House, 
 and on May 30th. the cornerstone was laid, 
 Dr. S. O. Ort, of Springfield, Ohio, preaching 
 the sermon, the ceremony being performed 
 by Rev. Shaffer. The pastor announced that 
 the tin box deposited in the cornerstone con- 
 tained a copy of the incorporation of the 
 church, a hymnal, a catechism, Lutheran Ob- 
 server, and Evangelist, Delaware papers, and 
 some others. So rapidly was the work pushed 
 that on October 17th, only eleven months after 
 the organization, a beautiful and commodious 
 brick structure costing about $17,000 was 
 dedicated to the worship of God. Many mem- 
 
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 hers of the Miami Synod were present at the 
 dedication. Dr. Shaffer — the doctorate hav- 
 ing- been, worthily, bestowed on him at the 
 Spring- Commencement of Wittenberg Col- 
 lege. June, 1887 — has been their only pastor. 
 On the twentieth anniversary of his pastorate, 
 he preached a sermon from which the follow- 
 ing statistics are taken : Total number of 
 members admitted during the twenty years, 
 471 ; deaths, 61 ; removals. 144; dropped from 
 the roll, 32 ; membership at date, 202 ; Sunday 
 school membership. 220, of which sixty are 
 in Home Department and twenty on the Cra- 
 dle Roll. The church has continued to pros- 
 per, and a few months ago a pipe organ was 
 added, and the audience room artistically fres- 
 coed. 
 
 Dr. Shaffer continued pastor of the church 
 until Easter Sunday, March 31, 1907, at which 
 time much to the regret of the congregation, 
 he offered his resignation, which was later ac- 
 cepted, but he still is stated supply of the 
 church. This church, together with its pastor, 
 who has also for many years been an active 
 member of the Public School Board, has tilled 
 one of the most useful places in the city of 
 Delaware, and as the church is now looking 
 for a pastor, it is the wish of all citizens of the 
 city, that the congregation will find a worthy 
 successor to Dr. Shaffer. 
 
 ASBURY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 This church had its origin in 1886. Prior 
 to that time much consideration had been given 
 as to whether William Street Church in re- 
 building should move farther north, or a new 
 organization should be formed in the north 
 part of the city. 
 
 At the Quarterly Conference of William 
 Street M. E. Church, held February 25. 1886, 
 Prof. John H. Grove offered the following 
 resolutions : 
 
 "Whereas, The Quarterly Conference of William 
 Street M. E. Church, Delaware, Ohio, has been for 
 a series of years trying to awaken interest in favor 
 of a new church edifice for said church, and 
 
 Whereas, That body is divided as to where said 
 
 church shall be located, though united in their belief 
 as to the need of a new edifice; and 
 
 Whereas, It appears inevitable that there will still 
 continue to be a church on the old site, though a new 
 church be built elsewhere ; and 
 
 Whereas, There is a desire on the part of many of 
 the membership of this church that a new church 
 edifice be built for the use of the northern portion 
 of the members of this church ; therefore 
 
 Resolved, That we, the members of the Quar- 
 terly Conference, favor the division of the mem- 
 bership of this society into two churches, pro- 
 vided that a sufficient number of members signify a 
 willingness to withdraw from the parent society, or 
 church, for the purpose of organizing another church." 
 
 On March 11, 1886, ninety-five members 
 placed their names to the following: These 
 were regarded as the charter members : 
 
 "We, the undersigned members of William Street 
 M. E. Church, Delaware, Ohio, Central Ohio Confer- 
 ence, Delaware District, in accordance with the ac- 
 tion held February 25, 1886, providing for the volun- 
 tary formation of a new society, or church, by sub- 
 scribing our names do hereby signify our desire to 
 withdraw from said William Street Church for the 
 purpose of forming such a new society." 
 
 On May 28, 1886, a number of the mem- 
 bers of William Street Church, most of them 
 residing in the north part of town, met at the 
 home of Mrs. Martha A. Sanborn for discuss- 
 ing the new church project. At this meeting 
 Mrs. A. S. Clason offered the following which 
 was unnanimously adopted : 
 
 "Recognizing the importance of a church in the 
 north part of the city, therefore, we hereby express 
 our willingness, in connection with others, to take 
 the necessary steps for organization." 
 
 On July 19, at a meeting of the charter 
 members, they declared themselves a corporate 
 body, and Mrs. A. S. Clason, J. C. Watson, N. 
 J. Galleher, T. C. O'Kane, and Miss M. Mur- 
 phy were elected trustees. 
 
 In September following the Central Ohio 
 Conference added to its list of charges Asbury 
 Church, Delaware, Ohio, and Rev. L. M. Al- 
 bright was appointed pastor. The new organi- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 zation was at that time without a church heme. 
 The Baptist society tendered their church edi- 
 fice for the use of the new church organization 
 on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings, 
 a kindness then highly appreciated and not to 
 be forgotten. 
 
 The first preaching service of the new- 
 organization was held September 19, 2:00 p. 
 m., the pastor preaching from John 12:31, 32. 
 
 The present site of the church had already 
 ben purchased, the selection having been made 
 July 19th. The official body determined soon 
 after the appointment of the pastor to build a 
 temporary edifice on the rear part of the lot. 
 Ground was broken October 5th, and the edi- 
 fice was completed November 3rd. The cost, 
 including furniture, chairs, pulpit, carpet and 
 curtains, amounted to $1,340. This structure 
 seated about four hundred persons, and proved 
 in every particular a most happy and success- 
 ful enterprise. November seventh was the 
 opening day. Dr. Isaac Crook, then pastor of 
 St. Paul's Church, preached from Isaiah 66, 
 first and second verses, and he and Dr. L. D. 
 McCabe conducted the ritualistic service. 
 
 The evening sermon was by Rev. D. Kem- 
 ble, D. D., then missionary to Mexico. By 
 this time the membership was 200. and weekly 
 additions became the rule. 
 
 On January 5. 1887, the trustees com- 
 pleted their contract with Air. J. G. Grove for 
 his lot located on the southwest corner of 
 Franklin Street and Lincoln Avenue. The 
 purchase price was $4,500. 
 
 The trustees then turned their attention to 
 the preparation needed for the erection of a 
 permanent building. J. W. Yost, Esq., 
 of Columbus, was secured as archi- 
 tect. There was some delay in deter- 
 mining whether the walls should be stone 
 mi- brick. It was found that the additional 
 cost for stone walls amounted to $4,000. Cap- 
 tain V. T. Hills and J. C. Watson, Esq., ar- 
 ranged for the extra expense, and a formal 
 contract for the construction of the edifice was 
 made with Wellington Long. Esq.. March 1, 
 1888. The cornerstone was laid June 13, 
 1888. A sermon of unusual spiritual force 
 
 and feeling was delivered by Rev. H. A. Buttz, 
 LL. D., president of Drew Theological Semi- 
 nary, of Madison, New Jersey. 
 
 In the spring of 1889 a special contract 
 was made for completing the Sunday school 
 room. It was completed and informally 
 opened in August following. The opening 
 sermon was by Rev. Prof. L. D. McCabe, 
 LL. D., and the first sacramental occasion of 
 the church was held in the evening. 
 
 In the autumn following, the necessary- 
 steps were taken for the completion of the au- 
 dience room. 
 
 Rev. L. M. Albright, D. D., now closed a 
 pastorate of three years, and received instead 
 the presiding eldership of Delaware district. 
 His pastorate was a model of leadership, un- 
 wearied effort and success. He had received 
 beside its charter members about three hun- 
 dred persons, most of them having hitherto 
 no membership in any church in Delaware. 
 
 In September Rev. E. D. Whitlock, D. D., 
 was appointed to the charge and entered into 
 the work with zeal and enthusiasm. In the 
 winter following there was a marked revival 
 and many young people belonging to the fami- 
 lies of the church and congregation became 
 members. 
 
 The edifice was brought to its comple- 
 tion in the autumn of 1900 and was dedicated 
 November 1 6th. The occasion was one of 
 great interest to the church, city and com- 
 munity. The pastor was assisted in the serv- 
 ices by Drs. Albright. Wharton and ex-Presi- 
 dent Merrick. Rev. Charles E. Sims. LL. D.. 
 president of Syracuse Lhiiversity. preached 
 from Ps. 137; 5, 6, and also in the evening 
 from Luke 16:25. 
 
 The indebtedness on the church at the time 
 of dedication was $8,000. It seemed like a 
 large sum for a people who had been giving 
 generously for four years, but they cheerfully 
 gave what was needed and closed the day with 
 subscriptions amounting to $8,500. The 
 whole day was one of spiritual enthusiasm and 
 exaltation. The people had planned, • prayed, 
 toiled and given constantly since the great en- 
 terprise began ; now their joy over the outcome 
 knew no bounds. 
 
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 The edifice is remarkable for its plainness, 
 simplicity and solidity. Every expression of 
 mere ornamentation and cheapness had been 
 carefully avoided. Its walls are of dark blue 
 lime stone. It is rectangular in form, and is 
 about 70 by 1 10 feet. The auditorium is 50 
 by 60 feet. The floor is slightly bowled and 
 of amphitheatre seating. The architecture is 
 of the old cathedral and Romanesque style. 
 The entire cost of the plant was about $37,000. 
 The society has been remarkable for its con- 
 tinuous growth, healthy and harmonious de- 
 velopment, and for its family and social spirit 
 and life. Its Sunday school and Epworth 
 League are seldom equalled in fullness and 
 regularity of attendance, and in contribution 
 of members to the church. Its membership 
 now numbers 490. 
 
 In 1896 the charge was transferred from 
 the Central Ohio to the North Ohio Confer- 
 ence. Its pastors from 1886 to 1896 were 
 from the Central Ohio ; since from the North 
 Ohio. Thev have been as follows: 1886-89. 
 Rev. L. M. 'Albright. D. D. ; 1889-1892, Rev. 
 E. D. Whitlock, D. D. ; 1892-94, Rev. Richard 
 Wallace; 1894-96, Rev. Melvin M. Figley; 
 1896-99, Rev. A. D. Knapp, D. D. ; 1899- 
 1901, Rev. C. T. Erickson; 1901-6. Rev. F. I. 
 Johnson, B. D. ; 1906, present. Rev. W. A. 
 Wright, D. D. 
 
 FAITH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 This church is situated on South Liberty 
 Street, opposite High Street, in South Dela- 
 ware. The church, which was dedicated Jan- 
 uary 4. 1 So 1. was the result of much mission- 
 ary wi n"k carried on chieflv under the auspices 
 of" the St. Paul's M. E. Church. Before the 
 church was built the mission workers met and 
 held their services in the homes of the people. 
 Later a store room was secured, and finally a 
 hall in the old brick building on the south- 
 w est corner of Liberty and Ross Streets be- 
 came the home of the congregation until the 
 church was built. Much of the success of the 
 work was due to the benevolent and self-sacri- 
 ficing spirit of Dr. Frederick Merrick and his 
 beloved wife, both now erone to their reward. 
 
 The work grew so rapidly that a church be- 
 came necessary, and was accordingly built and 
 dedicated as stated above. 
 
 Rev. J. Mitchell, a superannuate member 
 of the Ohio Conference, was appointed to take 
 charge of the work, and truly the work he has 
 done has not been in vain. His name and 
 character are indelibly impressed upon all the 
 old homes of South Delaware. In 1897, Rev. 
 A. L. Rogers, a student in the University, 
 took charge of the work, and so rapidly did it 
 grow, that it was necessary to build a large ad- 
 dition on the rear end of the church. Brother 
 Rogers carried this work through successfully. 
 He ministered unto the people for three years. 
 Following him came Rev. J. A. Currier, who 
 served the charge three years. In 1903 Rev. 
 P. C. Hargraves served one year. Rev. C. E. 
 Turley came in 1904 and served two years. 
 In 1906 the present pastor was sent to the 
 work. 
 
 The church is thoroughly organized, and 
 still continues to do good work in South Dela- 
 ware. The church has a membership of eighty, 
 and maintains a Sunday school with an aver- 
 age attendance of sixty, which meets every 
 Sunday. It still has the old-time class meet- 
 ing, which meets every Sunday morning at 
 9 130. During the present pastorate the church 
 has been covered with a new slate roof, and a 
 new furnace has been placed in the enlarged 
 and improved building. 
 
 TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 The pioneer members of this church were : 
 A. Highwarden and wife; Jesse Merritt and 
 wife: Alexander Austin and wife: Abel Wil- 
 son; J. W. Highwarden; Hattie McLamore, 
 Rosa Austin, Anna Brown, Thomas Brown 
 and wife ; Fannie Crawford, George Merritt, 
 and others. 
 
 The first meeting held consisted of Bible 
 readings at the houses of the various persons 
 mentioned. After which the members were 
 organized into a church society by Rev. I. F. 
 Brown, who preached the first sermon in 
 Abram Highwarden's house on Ross Street, 
 and the next at Abel Wilson's on Railroad 
 
264 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Street. The trustees and members of the 
 Second Baptist Church very kindly permitted 
 them to hold some meetings in a room they 
 had on Ross Street. After that they held 
 meetings in a small house on Eaton Street for 
 several years. Following this, the trustees, 
 Thomas Brown, Abel Wilson and George 
 Merritt, secured a lot which was purchased 
 from Mrs. W. T. Watson, for $300, upon 
 which a foundation was placed, costing $55. 
 This was paid by these people and the present 
 church building erected through the efforts 
 of Rev. G. W. Bailey. The cost estimated at 
 $1,278 (by the builder, E. M. Heller), was 
 somewhat modified by a few changes in the 
 plan, which made the amount really paid 
 about one thousand dollars, secured from the 
 People's Building and Loan Association, and 
 which has Ijeen canceled through the untiring- 
 efforts of that grand and noble Christian gen- 
 tleman. Rev. J. H. Payne. 
 
 The names of the preachers who have had 
 charge of the church are : J. F. Brown, W. C. 
 Echols, O. W. Fox, Alexander Austin, J. G. 
 Jones, Elijah Henderson, W. W. Heston, Rob- 
 ert Adkins, G. W. Bailey, Elam Whyte, Rev. 
 Mr. Flanigan, Joel Perkins, William Renfro, 
 D. V. Disney, Rev. Mr. Brooks, G. D. Wil- 
 liams and J. H. Payne. The elders who have 
 presided over the district are Joseph Court- 
 ney, E. W. Hammonds. M. S. Johnson, T. L. 
 Ferguson and Elder Simmons. 
 
 This society was presented to the Lexing- 
 ton Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church by Rev. J. F. Brown, and accepted un- 
 der Bishop Foss. This society from the first 
 has complied with the requirements of the 
 church in regard to organizing- a Sunday 
 school, and other auxiliaries of the church. J. 
 W. Highwarden being the first Sunday 
 school superintendent, followed by Hattie Mc- 
 Lamore, George Merritt and A. V. Austin. 
 The membership of the school is forty-five, 
 with an average attendance of thirty-eight. 
 The present pastor is Rev. J. T. Leggett. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. 
 
 This society was organized in 1902, by 
 Rev. Galbrand and H. Hatton. It was the re- 
 
 sult of a revival held in Faith Chapel. Several 
 of the U. B. faith having taken part in this 
 revival, were not satisfied to unite with the 
 Faith M. E. Church, and formed a society of 
 twenty members. They first held their serv- 
 ices in the Highwarden Hall, and Rev. Whit- 
 nell was their first minister. After the Trin- 
 ity M. E. Church erected their new church on 
 Liberty Street, they occupied the building 
 which the Trinity people had used on Eaton 
 Street. Since that time, Rev. N. Allebaugh, 
 Rev. Berry, Rev. Smith and Rev. A. Gar- 
 brand, have been pastors. The present supply 
 is a lady, Rev. Mary Lemmon. About 1904, 
 what was known as the Woodgrove Church 
 was moved to Delaware by Wayne Hazelton, 
 and they now occupy that building. The so- 
 ciety remains in connection with the Radical 
 L T . B. Church as distinguished from the Lib- 
 eral U. B. Church. The present membership 
 is fifty-six. 
 
 BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The religious history of this township is 
 an interesting one, and dates back to the ar- 
 rival of the first settlers, as they were nearly 
 all religious people. The family of Colonel 
 Byxbe was of the Presbyterian creed, that of 
 Major Brown, together with the Paines, 
 Plumbs and Curtices were members of the 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 With the advent of the Carpenters in the 
 southern part of the township came the Meth- ' 
 odist. Gilbert Carpenter was a minister in 
 that church, and it was not long until a society 
 was organized in that locality. There were 
 about fourteen members, and their meetings 
 were held in a hewed log schoolhouse. erected 
 not far from 1813. Gilbert Carpenter and his 
 nephew, Benjamin, Jr., with occasional visits 
 from itinerants, supplied the society with 
 preaching. 
 
 Two years later the Methodist organized 
 a society in Sunbury, and held their meetings 
 during the winter in the surrounding cabins, 
 and in the summer in Judge Carpenter's barn. 
 The people came from a distance of ten miles 
 with ox-teams and barefooted in summer, and 
 from long distances in winter to attend these 
 
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 meetings. The ministers were not" college- 
 bred men, nor men marked with special gifts 
 for the ministry. They wore the home-made 
 clothing of the settlers, and were often com- 
 pelled to endure hardships, not even known by 
 those living in the cabins. In 1825. a frame 
 building now standing in Galena, was erected, 
 is well maintained, and continues to be the 
 rallying-point for the Methodists in the south- 
 ern part of the township. 
 
 At Sunbury the society used a brick school- 
 house for their services until 1839, when they 
 erected a frame church costing $1,500. The 
 Episcopal society helped in building this 
 church with the understanding that they were 
 to have the use of it part of the time. The 
 latter organization became extinct through 
 removal and change of membership. The 
 church was used by the Methodists until about 
 two years ago, when a larger and more com- 
 modious structure was erected. The first cir- 
 cuit was established in 1831, with Rev. James 
 Mclntyre as presiding elder. 
 
 Another organization of the M. E.'s was 
 effected at the Berkshire Corners in 1858, by 
 Rev. Amos Wilson, with twenty members. 
 This society erected a good frame church in 
 i860, and have maintained an even course, 
 with about sixty members to the present time. 
 
 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 
 
 The second denomination to organize in 
 point of time was the Protestant Episcopal. 
 The first sermon was preached in Major 
 Brown's house in 1818, by Bishop Chase, the 
 first bishop of the diocese, on Monday after 
 Easter, March 23, 1818. Those of this belief 
 met at the house of David Prince and or- 
 ganized a society and elected the following of- 
 ficers : Clerk, Carlos Curtis ; wardens, Icha- 
 bod Plumb, Zenos Ross and Aaron Strong; 
 lay readers, David Prince and Carlos Curtis. 
 For ten years or more services were held in 
 private houses and Rev. Stern and others 
 served as rectors. A brick church ' with a 
 triple Gothic windows in front was erected. 
 This church was considered a great achieve- 
 
 ment at this early date. This building is said 
 to be the third Episcopal church building 
 erected in the State. The society has been 
 abandoned, but the building still stands at 
 Berkshire Corners, and has been used for a 
 number of years as a public school building. 
 
 The leading church of this denomination 
 is at Galena, and was organized in 1875 by 
 Rev. John Eley, with ten members. The re- 
 maining members at Berkshire Corners united 
 with this society. In 1877, assisted by the 
 community, a handsome brick church was 
 erected, the plan being drawn by a Xew Jer- 
 sey architect. The society still exists and is in 
 a moderately flourishing condition. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 There were at the Corners several fami- 
 lies, viz. : Bennett, Gregory and Paterson, who 
 attended services at the old Court House, 
 Delaware, conducted by Rev. Hughs, a son- 
 in-law of Colonel Byxbe. In 181 7 Rev. 
 Ebenezer Washburn, a Presbyterian minister, 
 drove in the Corners in a steel-shod sled, a cir- 
 cumstance which gave him no little distinction 
 at that time. He held services in the cabins, 
 but the Presbyterians united with what is 
 known as the Blue Church, and he moved to 
 Genoa Township. In 1844, a church called 
 Galena, and in 1846 another called Porter, 
 had been organized by Rev. Ahab Jink's, and 
 supplied by him. These churches were united 
 in 1848 and called Union. Union was united 
 with Sunbury in 1861. The society had but 
 little preaching, and in 1866 was dissolved. 
 These organizations w : ere connected with the 
 New School branch of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 In 1878, a society was again organized at 
 Sunbury by Rev. Robert Wyley and others, 
 with thirty-four members. The society was 
 served by Rev. Wyley, but did not flourish. 
 The services were held in the school house and 
 hall, no house of worship being erected. The 
 society was disbanded by Marion Presbytery 
 at the April meeting in 1885. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 This denomination was represented in 
 Berkshire as early as 1812 by Elder Henry 
 George. He was a Welshman, spoke with 1 
 marked brogue, and a plain man with excellent 
 common sense. No church was organized, 
 however, until 1835. This occurred in Dis- 
 trict No. 2, of Trenton Township, and was 
 called the Walnut Creek Baptist Church. They 
 worshiped in a log school house until 1837, 
 when the society moved to Sunbury. and in 
 1838 erected the structure which has been used 
 continuously until the present time. The first 
 pastor after coming to Sunbury was Rev. Gil- 
 dersleve, followed by Rev. Roberts. 
 
 FREE WILL BAPTIST. 
 
 In the winter of 1876-77, Rev. Mr. Mur- 
 ray of Sunbury held a series of meetings at 
 Rome Corners, which were crowned with suc- 
 cess, and he sought to establish a church at 
 that place. There did not seem to be a de- 
 sire for such an organization, and in a perfectly 
 friendly spirit, the minister and people joined 
 m inviting Rev. Mr. Whittaker to organize a 
 Free Will Baptist society. This society in 
 1877 erected a substantial frame church, lo- 
 cated at the Corners. This building still 
 stands, but is not occupied, the society having 
 been disbanded several years ago. 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 
 
 The Sunday schools, as they existed in the 
 early settlements, were not such as we have 
 now In many cases the rudiments of educa- 
 tion were joined with instruction in the Scrip- 
 tures. The first school of this sort was opened 
 by Julia Strong, daughter of Major Strong, 
 about [814. The house stood on the Gaylord 
 property near the bridge east of Sunbury. An- 
 other school akin to this was opened about 
 [816 by Miss Bowen, a sister-in-law of Rev. 
 Ebenezer Washburn. Her method was to in- 
 vite the little folks to her bouse on the Sab- 
 bath, and read to them a passage of Scripture, 
 then a historical sketch calculated to interest 
 
 children's minds, and then would teach them a 
 short passage of Scripture, which they were 
 to repeat the next Sabbath. The Hon. O. D. 
 Hough was one of her pupils, and believes 
 these to have been the first Sunday schools in 
 the east part of the county, if not the first in 
 the county. 
 
 BERLIN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The Baptists were the first to enter the 
 field in this township. Rev. Mr. Wyatt came 
 early in this locality and organized a society 
 in the Olentangy Valley, and went into Ber- 
 lin Township once a month and preached in 
 the cabins of the early settlers. He carried on 
 his work as far East as Trenton Township, 
 and from time to time as the membership 
 would warrant it, would set off from the parent 
 society in Liberty Township separate organi- 
 zations. 
 
 The Alum Creek Baptist Church was or- 
 ganized in 1816. and met for the first time in 
 the blockhouse which had done service in time 
 of war. For eight years the Baptist Church 
 held its meetings here, and then voted to erect 
 a frame building, on the road about half-way 
 between Cheshire and Berlin Station, where 
 the old cemetery is. The building is now a 
 town hall, and the cemetery is sadly neglected. 
 
 Among the members at that time were 
 Isaia Muuroe, David Lewis. Sr., Joseph 
 Eaton, and their wives, John Johnston, Sarah 
 Brady and Polly Noko. The two latter were 
 colored women. Sarah Brady died at the age 
 of one hundred and fourteen. She was a serv- 
 ant in George Washington's family and for a 
 long time was connected with the family of 
 General Sullivan of Revolutionary fame. In 
 1854, the Baptist Church building now stand- 
 ing in Cheshire, was erected at a cost of $700. 
 It was dedicated the latter part of the year, 
 and a bell placed in the belfry the next year. 
 Rev. Philander Kelsey was the first pastor in 
 this edifice. Another minister contemporary 
 with Rev. Wyatt was Elder Jacob Drake. He 
 was a surveyor and was much among the peo- 
 ple. His preaching was done mostly in the 
 cabins of these early pioneers. An incident is 
 
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
 
 Wll.l.l \\l STREET M. E CHI RC'II 
 
 ST. PAUL'S M E. CHURCH 
 
 SOME DELAWARE CHURCHES 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 269 
 
 related which shows that "chickens" were not 
 considered then the only diet good for a minis- 
 ter. He came out from Delaware one morn- 
 ing - in 1808 before breakfast, and a meal was 
 prepared for him. The table was a puncheon, 
 smoothed off on the upper side, and supported 
 by pins driven in the logs of the cabin. When 
 the meal was announced he sat down to a 
 single baked potato, with salt in a clam shell, 
 and water in a gourd. He hail walked seven 
 miles and relished this breakfast as well as we 
 do our fine dinners. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Probably the first Presbyterian minister 
 who preached in the bounds of Berlin Town- 
 ship was a Rev. Stevens who came from the 
 East on a missionary tour of exploration. Rev. 
 Ebenezer Washburn came to Berkshire in 
 181 7. He organized the Presbyterian fami- 
 lies in Kingston, Berkshire and Berlin Town- 
 ships in a congregation in 181 8. A great re- 
 vival occurred in 1828, and the families living 
 in Berlin Township were organized into a sep- 
 arate congregation in October, 1829. The 
 first elders were John Roloson. Stephen 
 Chandler and Paul Ferson. In 1830 there 
 were ninety members. Rev. Ahab Jinks lie- 
 came stated supply from 1829 to 1832. He 
 was a man peculiar in more respects than his 
 name. It is said that when a young boy he 
 was the leader of a godless band of young 
 ruffians, for whose support he would mimic the 
 preachers he heard, giving their sermons ver- 
 batim. Going to hear Dean Swift, his course 
 of life was changed, and he turned his ability 
 toward the right. On one occasion he preached 
 from Isaiah 1 .2. an especially brilliant sermon 
 to his parishioners in Berlin, which greatly 
 impressed them, and it was generally regarded 
 that the minister had outdone himself. One of 
 his parishioners went to Genoa in the after- 
 noon where the heard to his utmost astonish- 
 ment the same identical sermon delivered by 
 Mr. Judson, the earliest of the Sunday school 
 agents. At another time, desiring t* 1 get up 
 a camp-meeting in Berlin, Mr. Jinks preached 
 a sermon which carried everv obtacle before 
 
 it, and aroused the people to the pitch of 
 camp-meeting fervor. The arrangements 
 were made for the meeting in the Dickermaii 
 woods, and it was carried on with great suc- 
 cess. Near the close, Mr. Jinks had a Rev. 
 Mr. Pomeroy to assist in conducting the meet- 
 ings. He came and delivered for his first ef- 
 fort the very sermon which had so aroused the 
 people some time before. When asked to ex- 
 plain these coincidences, Mr. Jinks quietly re- 
 marked that he had heard them delivered, con- 
 sidered them good sermons, and thought he 
 would give his parishioners the benefit of 
 them. 
 
 During this time a frame church edifice 
 was erected. Milton H. Sackett became an 
 elder and Rev. Calvin N. Ranson was pastor 
 from 1832 to 1837. At this date the mem- 
 bership was one hundred. Elders alter that 
 date to 1870 were Benonah Dickerman, Jo- 
 seph Roloson. A. M. Spear, Lewis Thompson, 
 C. W. Smith and J. C. Ryant. Ministers, 
 Darius C. Allen, Henry Shedd, A. D. Chap- 
 man, A. S. Avery, John W. Thompson. Since 
 1870, J. L. Tower, Thomas Hill, A. C. Crist. 
 James Darah, W. F. Cellar, John McDowell, 
 S. S. Arkman, M. W. Brown, James Hickling, 
 E. M. Scott, Samuel Heucker. J. M. Wyhe 
 have served the church, and at present J. G. 
 Curry is the pastor. The church was rebuilt 
 all but the old frame in 1875, under the pas- 
 torate of Rev. A. C. Crist, and is in good re- 
 pair. The building stands about three-quar- 
 ters of a mile south of Cheshire. 
 
 WEST BERLIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 This church was organized in 187'). Rev. 
 Thomas Hill, Rev. W. G. March, and Elders 
 Dr. J. M. Briggs, being the committee desig- 
 nated by Presbytery, with thirty-two mem- 
 bers, eighteen of these being dismissed from 
 the Berlin church to join in the organization. 
 For several months before the organization 
 Rev. Thomas Hill had preached in the West 
 Berlin schoolhouse, which led to the above re- 
 sult. A frame structure was soon erected, and 
 is now the home of a substantial congregation 
 of worshippers. The congregation has for the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 greater part been associated with the Old Ber- 
 lin Church and supplied by the same pastor. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 
 
 This church was the third in point of time 
 organized in the township. Rev. \ "inal Stew- 
 ard was the first minister who in 1814 formed 
 a class composed of Jacob Aye, wife and chil- 
 dren, John Jacob, Jr., Henry, Betsy, Katie, 
 Polly, and Peggy, Lewis Sherwood and wife, 
 John Lewis and wife. About 1829 they put 
 up a hewed log meeting-house, north of Che- 
 shire Corners in which they worshiped until 
 1845. They then held their services in the 
 Presbyterian Church for about three years. A 
 frame house of worship was erected at a cost 
 of $500 in the village, and dedicated in 1849. 
 In 1878 the society added a bell. The building 
 is in good repair and occupied by a flourishing 
 society. 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodists had an organi- 
 zation in the southwest corner of the township 
 about 1870, and was continued for about 
 twenty years. This society became extinct, 
 and the Christian Union occupied the build- 
 ing for five years. This society has also be- 
 come extinct, and a Society of Friends now oc- 
 cupy the building, which is known as the Fair 
 View Church. 
 
 UNITED BRETHREN. 
 
 The Peach Blow Church in the southern 
 part of the township belongs to this denomina- 
 tion. It was organized in 1857 with twenty 
 members. Their meetings were first held in a 
 schoolhouse in the west side of the township. 
 The house of worship now occupied was 
 erected in 1808 on land belonging to G. A. 
 Stover. The building is a neat frame one and 
 cost at the time $700. The first pastor was 
 Virgil Pond. The church was dedicated as 
 Berlin Chapel, but on account of the color 
 which it was once painted, it is said to have 
 taken the name of Peach Blow, the name by 
 which it is now known. A few members of 
 this denomination settled around Alum Creek 
 Postoffice on the road from Delaware to Sun- 
 
 bury, and previous to i860 held services at the 
 home of O. R. May. About this time, a frame 
 building was erected on the land of Nathaniel 
 Roloson, and was known as the North Berlin 
 United Brethren Church. Mr. Roloson gave 
 the aid he did with the understanding that the 
 house would be open for the use of all de- 
 nominations. The first pastor was Rev. Wil- 
 liam Davis. The society is now abandoned 
 and the church not used. 
 
 UNIVERSALIST. 
 
 The Umiversalists made an attempt to get 
 a foothold in this township in 1820. They 
 held a camp-meeting in a grove near the bridge 
 south of Cheshire, conducted by Rev. Mr. 
 Rogers, but no results came of the effort. 
 
 As we trace the history of these pioneer 
 efforts the feeling comes to us like this, 
 
 "Something beautiful has vanished 
 
 Which we sigh for now in vain. 
 We behold it everywhere, 
 On the earth and in the air, 
 
 But it never comes to us again." 
 
 BROWN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The early training of the pioneers of 
 Brown Township soon made itself felt after 
 their settlement in the wilderness. Though 
 their trials and cares were heavy, they found 
 time to read a chapter from the old Bible, and 
 return thanks to God for preservation and pro- 
 tection. The first society formed in the neigh- 
 borhood was in 1828. and of the Methodist 
 Episcopal denomination. It was organized at 
 Mr. Thurston's, and consisted of himself and 
 wife, Joseph Thurston and wife, Zenas Leon- 
 ard and wife, and Phoebe Thrall. Once a 
 week they would meet together, and. as they 
 were without a shepherd, prayer-meetings 
 only were held. Soon after the Methodists 
 got well into the harness, the Presbyterians 
 commenced work. They organized a society 
 at Mr. Thurston's, as his cabin seems to have 
 been a kind of religious headquarters. For a 
 number of years, these two societies continued 
 their -meetings under these limited circum- 
 
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 stances. At length, a society of the New 
 School Presbyterians was formed, with the 
 following members: John Hestwood and 
 wife, Hugh Lee anil wife, Robert Kinkaid and 
 wife, James Kinkaid and wife. They, with 
 the Baptists, in 1836, built a church of hewed 
 logs, in which they worshiped for several 
 years ; the Methodists also occupied it on spe- 
 cial occasions. In 1841, a frame church build- 
 ing was erected by the congregation near the 
 same spot. But they allowed their imagina- 
 tion to run away with them, and laid their foun- 
 dation on such an extensive scale, that they 
 were unable to complete the building. Finally 
 they tore it down, and of the material erected 
 a smaller one upon the same site. This build- 
 ing was superseded by a more pretentious one 
 in 1855, and the old church converted into a 
 residence, which is now occupied by Norton 
 T. Longwell. This building was erected in 
 the south part of the village of Eden. The 
 New School Branch mentioned above was dis- 
 banded in 1S48, and nearly all the members 
 united with the Old School Branch, and it was 
 the united society that erected this church. 
 The building has been improved at various 
 times, and is still occupied by a flourishing con- 
 gregation. During the existence of the New- 
 School church, it was served by the following 
 ministers : The first pastor of the congrega- 
 tion was Rev. Mr. Jenks. who had charge of a 
 church in Kingston Township at the same 
 time. A. D. Chapman, from 1838 to 1842; 
 John Hunt, from 1845 to l8 40- The Old 
 School Church was served by William D. 
 Smith, occasionally; John Pitkin, 1841-1843; 
 Ahab Jinks. 1S44-1854; David McCarter, 
 1 855- 1 860; Robert L. Adams, 1863- 1864; Da- 
 vid H. Coyner. 1865-1866; J. L. Lower. 1868- 
 1871. Members in the vear 1871 numbered 
 sixtv-eight. A. C. Crist 1872-1876; M. M. 
 Lauson. 1877-1878; D. C. Porter and D. H. 
 Green. 1879: W. E. Thomas, 1880-1885; T.' 
 1'. Atkins. 1 887-1888; E. A. Scott, 1892-1900; 
 A. C. Crist, six months : Samuel Huecker, 
 1901-1906; present supply, H. Huffman, a 
 student of the Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 
 It may well be added that the eldership of 
 these Presbyterian churches were men of noted 
 and substantial character, and several of them 
 
 took an active part in the Underground Rail- 
 road. The most of them are buried in the old 
 cemetery by the place where the log church 
 was erected. 
 
 There were others who took an active pari 
 in the formation of a Free-Will Baptist 
 Church, and the original members were John 
 Moore, Thomas Cowgill and wife. Isaac Eaton 
 and wife, Orlando Root and wife, Zenas Root 
 and wife, Thomas Agard and wife. Spofford 
 Root and wife. Nathaniel Arnold and wife, 
 and Isaac Thurston and wife. Rev. Isaac 
 Eaton was the pastor, assisted occasionally by 
 Rev. S. Wyatt. In 1848. some twelve years 
 after its organization — years of more or less 
 usefulness — it was discontinued as a society. 
 The next year, after the disbanding of this so- 
 ciety, the Baptists and Methodists, together 
 with Charles Neil, O. D. Hough. Vinal and 
 Norton Thurston, and Thomas Hargraves. 
 with their families, built the church in the vil- 
 lage of Eden. Rev. William Godman. a son 
 of Lawyer Godman, of Marion, was the 
 preacher in charge of the circuit at the time 
 the church was built. He was a graduate of 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University, and a minister 
 of considerable merit. An addition has just 
 been added to this church and Rev. C. A. 
 Edington, a student of the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, is the present pastor. 
 
 Leonardsburg M. E. Church. This church 
 was organized in the winter of 1862. In i860. 
 Rev. William Litell and some students of the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University preached in the 
 school at this place. In the fall of 1861 a 
 prayer meeting was held on the Sundays 
 when there was no preaching, and Isaiah Wil- 
 liams was the leader of this meeting. In the 
 following January, revival meetings were held 
 by Rev. H. Van Gundy and Valorus 
 Pond (United Brethren preacher), Rev. 
 Van Gundy being retained as pastor 
 for one year. An M. E. society was organized 
 and in 1862 a frame building was erected cost- 
 ing in all about $1,500, being dedicated about 
 the first of January, 1868, by Rev. Harvey 
 Wilson. The church now has a membership oi 
 fifty, and Rev. Frank T. Cartwright is their 
 pastor. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The Baptist Church at Leonardsburg 
 was organized September 12, 1880. with a 
 membership of eleven members, as follows: 
 Edward Evans and wife, Elias Frost and wife, 
 James Beckwith and wife, James Jones. C. 
 Main and wife, Sarah Hornbeck and Sarah 
 Evans. Only two of the number now remain. 
 C. Main and Sarah Nelson, nee Evans. Rev. 
 J. Wenman was chosen pastor and C. Main as 
 clerk, and Edward Evans treasurer. In 1882, 
 they erected a frame church, costing $860. J. 
 Hevalow being the builder. The society now 
 consists of nine members, but has no regular 
 preaching. 
 
 CONCORD TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The first church building in Concord 
 Township was an old granary, donated for 
 that purpose by James Kooken. Soon after 
 this, A. Depp ( colored) put up a log-cabin 
 church on his farm, as a place of worship for 
 the colored Baptists. The Bellepoint United 
 Brethren Church was formerly situated in 
 close proximity to the old Oiler Cemetery. 
 about a mile below Bellepoint, on the east 
 side of the river. The church was originally 
 started by the Oilers, Jacob, Peter and George, 
 and was a frame building. The early records 
 are lost, and hence much of its history cannot 
 be obtained. In 1864, being somewhat torn 
 by internal strife and differences, some of the 
 most prominent members left and formed a 
 new society called the Christian Union Church. 
 The frame structure, after existing for thirty- 
 five years, was torn down, and the charge 
 transferred to Bellepoint. The present church 
 is a fine brick building, and is the first built at 
 the village. It cost about $2,600, and the 
 fund for its erection was raised by general 
 subscription. It was dedicated by Bishop 
 Weaver, of the Northern Ohio Conference, in 
 June, 1873, and the first sermon preached in 
 it was by Elder Long, a Christian minister. 
 The names of the different ministers since its 
 removal to the village are as follows: Revs. 
 John V. Pott-. |. C. Beady, D. W. Downey, I. 
 B. Resler. J. IT Cray ton, C. 1.. Barlow, D. F. 
 Cender. J. E. Hill, E. Barnard, and others. 
 
 The Christian Church was formed of dis- 
 satisfied members of the old United Brethren 
 Church, the dissatisfaction growing out of ques- 
 tions as to the result of the War of 1861-65. 
 The society was organized the first Sunday in 
 April, 1864, at the house of Rev. R. Gates, 
 and the first sermon was preached by him. For 
 several years, the society had no meeting- 
 house. They made an effort to buy the old 
 frame church from the United Brethren, hut 
 owing to the high price they were unable to 
 do so, and for a time their meetings were held 
 in private residences and. when the weather 
 would admit, in the groves, "God"s first tem- 
 ples." Alter great exertions, they at length 
 succeeded in building a comfortable brick edi- 
 fice, 40x30 feet, at a cost of $1,050. It was 
 erected on the site occupied by the United 
 Brethren Church. The following ministers 
 have officiated since its formation : Revs. R. 
 Gates, W. W. Lacy, George W. Higgins. 
 Jacob Haskins, Levi Ely, Purdy King, Wil- 
 liam Davis, Rev. Hanawalt, and others. 
 
 The Baptist Church is situated on the 
 pike, a half mile east of Bellepoint, and was es- 
 tablished in 1853. The following ministers 
 have had charge of the society : Rev. Levi R. 
 Jones, who officiated from October, 1855. to 
 March, i860; Rev. R. Gates, who held the 
 charge from March, i860, to March, 1865. 
 when he joined the Christian Union Church. 
 The church then accepted the ministrations 
 of Rev. Seth Gates, his brother, who had 
 just repudiated the United Brethren Church. 
 He officiated until 1869. when the church com- 
 pletely died out, and continued in a dormant 
 state until 1879, and was then resuscitated. 
 On the 24th of May, of this year, it was again 
 opened for worship, and the day following 
 Rev. Isenbarger, of Delaware, preached an 
 excellent sermon. For a time they had their 
 pulpit occasionally supplied by pastors of other 
 charges. The old building still stands, but the 
 society disbanded several years ago. 
 
 The Eversole United Brethren Church 
 takes its name from old Father Eversole. who 
 fault it, and was long instrumental in keeping 
 it up. No records are to be found, and au- 
 thentic history of it is not easily obtained. 
 
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 Rev. Mr. Bernard was the last pastor. A 
 frame church was erected between the Home 
 and Jerome, and is now used as a hay barn. 
 
 Presbyterian Church. In 1852, Rev. \V. 
 H. Brinkerhoff organized a church in tins 
 township with thirteen members. He was the 
 only supply, and the church was dissolved in 
 i860. The name given to the church was 
 Stanbury. Xo church building was erected. 
 
 Many years ago, camp-meetings used to be 
 in vogue in Concord, as they were in many 
 other sections of the country. The first of 
 these of which we have any account was held 
 at the house of Mr. Eversole, near where the 
 United Brethren Church'now stands. After a 
 few years, the place of holding the meetings 
 was changed to grounds near Rigger's bridge, 
 which spans the Scioto where the Marysville 
 pike crosses it. The bridge is now in Sen >t< > 
 Township, but at that time (about 1838-39), 
 was in Concord. For a number of years, this 
 was a place for holding camp-meetings, and 
 the scene of much good and some evil. 
 
 Spring View. This church situated on 
 the east bank of the Scioto, overlooking the 
 Girls' Industrial Home, was the outgrowth of 
 a Sunday school held in a schoolhouse near by. 
 When Rev. Thomas Hill was pastor of the 
 Liberty Presbyterian Church, he urged his 
 members to look up places where Sunday 
 schools could be organized. C. T. Carson and 
 wife were members of the Liberty Church, and 
 took heed to the request of their pastor. They 
 asked leave of the school directors to use the 
 schoolhouse for a Sunday school, which was 
 readily granted. Thomas Hall, who was em- 
 ployed at the Girls' Home, was elected the 
 first superintendent. Some difficulty was ex- 
 perienced in getting some one to open the 
 school with prayer. But Mrs. Carson volun- 
 teered to perform the duty and was the first 
 to offer prayer for the new enterprise. Dr. 
 Frederick Merrick, of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity, was a trustee for the Home, and t' x >k 
 an interest in the work, and helped the school 
 by a donation of books for their use. He also 
 arranged for the Methodist Episcopal minister 
 who was preaching at Jerome, to go and hold 
 services at the school house. A revival was 
 
 the result, and those desiring a Methodist or- 
 ganization predominated, with the result 1l1.1t 
 a .Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. 
 The schoolhouse was soon found too small for 
 the growing interest, and the need of a church 
 building was felt. The proposition was made 
 by Lige Carl (not a church member), George 
 Stokes and C. T. Carson, that they would give 
 $400 ($133 each), if the enterprise was con- 
 summated. This was done by smaller con- 
 tributions, and a frame church was erected 
 (the building now occupied), and dedicated by 
 Elder King. The following ministers were 
 the first to serve the new organization : Revs. 
 Thurston, Shoop, the wife of whom died 
 when he was living on the field, Abernathy, 
 Argo, Prios, Creighton, Holcomb, A. S. Rodg- 
 ers, Judd, Tubbs, H. H. Miller. T. M. Rick- 
 etts. T. Z. Wakefield, P. H. Mindling. The 
 society is connected with the Jerome circuit. 
 A good Sunday school is maintained. 
 
 DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 There have been two organized churches 
 in this township, outside the limits of the city 
 of Delaware, Wood Grove, and Stratford, 
 both Methodist Episcopal. 
 
 Wood Grove. This church was organized 
 in the early fifties, and a frame building 
 erected on the Bellepoint Road, about two 
 miles southwest from Delaware. It formed 
 a part of the Delaware circuit. Regular preach- 
 ing services were maintained only for a few 
 years, and then it became a mission in connec- 
 tion with St. Paul's Church. A mission was 
 established in South Delaware about this time 
 by St. Paul's church, and the Wood Grove 
 building was purchased by the Presbyterian 
 Church of Delaware, under the pastorate of 
 Rev. N. S. Smith, about 1874. A Sabbath 
 school w^as maintained by the Delaware 
 church for several years and among the work- 
 ers was Dr. H. N. Allen, who afterwards 
 went to Corea, and became the noted mission- 
 ary worker in that land. The school was main- 
 tained irregularly until five years ago, when 
 the building was sold to Wayne Hazelton. 
 Mr. Hazelton moved the building to Eaton 
 
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 Street, Delaware, and recently gave it to the 
 Radical United Brethren Society, and it is 
 now occupied by that church as a place of 
 worship. 
 
 Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 After a lapse of more than sixty years, since a 
 church was first built in what is now Strat- 
 ford, and with the absence of all the old pio- 
 neer ministers, elders, class leaders and mem- 
 bers, either in other sections of the county, or 
 in the Happy Land, it is a very difficult matter 
 to give a definite account of its original and 
 early history. 
 
 A little later than the middle of the 30*s, 
 Messrs. Hosea Williams and Caleb Howard, 
 of Delaware, secured a site and commenced 
 work on a large stone structure for the purpose 
 of manufacturing paper, and while one set of 
 men were engaged in this, another set were 
 engaged in building a commodious frame house 
 a few rods farther north for a boarding house. 
 This was completed first, and here was the first 
 public preaching place. In fine weather, the 
 preacher stood on a porch on the south side 
 of the house, the congregation seated in the 
 shade of a mammoth elm tree, apparently of 
 several centuries' growth. In bad or indiffer- 
 ent weather, services were held in the large 
 west room. The first preaching was done by 
 an Episcopalian minister from Delaware, Mr. 
 Fairfield, the first boarding-house keeper, and 
 Mr. Howard, both being members of that de- 
 nomination. Rev. James McElroy and Rev. 
 Mr. French, being some that I recall. The 
 second boarding-house keeper was Alex. An- 
 derson, of Delaware, a Presbyterian, and 
 while he was there, the people listened to 
 Revs. Putnam and Henry Van Deman. Dur- 
 ing this time, a large Sunday school was in ex- 
 istence during the summer, held in the Meeker 
 schoolhouse some distance north. Stratford 
 was named July 4, 1841. a few months after 
 the paper mills first burned out. 
 
 After some trouble in securing a site, 
 work was started early in 1842, on what is 
 now the present Methodist Episcopal Church 
 at Stratford. This church was about midway 
 between Delaware and the Cellar (Presbyter- 
 ian) Church in Liberty Township. The first 
 
 public service held in this new church build- 
 ing was on July Fourth, 1844, on the occasion 
 of the celebration of the sixty-eighth anniver- 
 sary of the Declaration of Independence. It 
 was filled from pulpit to the door. There was 
 fine singing, an eloquent prayer, reading of 
 the Declaration of Independence, followed by 
 a grand oration by Rev. Adam Poe, of Dela- 
 ware ; then a procession was formed which 
 marched to the yard at the Meeker homestead, 
 where, under the cedar trees, a great dinner 
 was spread; after this was disposed of, some 
 fancy drills were given by the Delaware Lan- 
 cers under command of Captain Eugene Pi w- 
 ell. (This Fourth was on Thursday.) For 
 nearly three years, the congregation and Sun- 
 day school continued like the small cloud, no 
 larger than a man's hand, until the winter 
 of 1846-47, when came what was popularly 
 called for long years thereafter, "Pilcher's Re- 
 vival." This meeting was opened early in 
 January, 1847. and continued until "sugar 
 making." At the same time, the Olentangy 
 River was a mighty flood of waters. Rev. H. 
 E. Pilcher, of Delaware, had general charge, 
 while Methodist Episcopal ministers from 
 Delaware, Professors in the College, students 
 and local exhorters assisted. A long list of 
 souls were happily converted and added to the 
 church. It soon became under Methodistic 
 control, and for some years, the congregation 
 worshiping there was the largest of any sin- 
 gle Methodist Episcopal Church in Delaware 
 County. Through deaths, removals and other 
 good reasons, for many years, the attendance 
 has greatly decreased. Not long since the 
 building was enlarged, improved, and will 
 compare favorably with any in this section. It 
 is attached to the Lewis Center Circuit, and the 
 pastor, a Rev. Mr. Davis, is a good and worthy 
 man residing there. The presiding elder, 
 Rev. A. Mann, resides in Delaware. 
 
 GENOA TOWNSHIP. 
 
 In the winter of 1806-07, John Williams, 
 a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, came to this locality and erected a 
 cabin on the hill, near where the covered 
 
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 bridge crosses the Big' Walnut, at what was 
 known as Williams' Ford. It was not until 
 the summer of 1807 that he moved his family, 
 consisting of his wife and ten children, into 
 their new home. He found this country al- 
 most an unbroken wilderness, and, like a true, 
 earnest pioneer, worked as well as prayed. In 
 the daytime, the blows of his axe could be 
 heard resounding through the woods, while 
 in the evening he gathered his family about 
 him and held a service of prayer. When Sun- 
 day came, he would repair to the home of one 
 of the early settlers, and deliver a sermon to 
 those who had assembled. His first sermon 
 was preached in the cabin of Joseph Latshaw, 
 on the farm now occupied by John Roberts. 
 Mr. Williams was the first minister in the 
 neighborhood, but lived only five years after 
 he had erected his cabin. 
 
 The Rev. E. Washburn came with his 
 wife to Genoa in the winter of 1816-17, when 
 society and all else in this newly settled coun- 
 try was comparatively in a primitive state. 
 Money was almost unobtainable, and the lit- 
 tle in circulation was, in many instances, un- 
 stable and depreciated. Necessities were more 
 difficult to secure than luxuries are now. Un- 
 der such circumstances, and amidst these try- 
 ing conditions, it would appear that a field of 
 great usefulness was open to the advent of a 
 man like Mr. Washburn. He was a uni- 
 versally esteemed and beloved father in the 
 Presbyterian ministry, an ordained and ap- 
 pointed missionary of the Cross, but was solely 
 dependent for support upon his labor and the 
 voluntary contributions of the people among 
 whom he devoted his untiring energies. At 
 the time of his coming, there resided on Yan- 
 kee Street only the families of Jonas Carter, 
 John Curtis, William Hall. William Cox, 
 Marcus Curtis, Johnson Pelton and Sylvester 
 Hough. Previous to Mr. Washburn's arrival, 
 there had been but one sermon preached by a 
 Presbyterian clergyman within the present 
 limits of the township, and not one had been 
 preached upon the Sabbath day. He imme- 
 diately commenced preaching throughout the 
 regions which are now embraced in the town- 
 ships of Blendon, in Franklin County. ( lenoa, 
 
 Berkshire and Trenton, in Delaware County, 
 and continued so to preach until the year 1829 
 or 1830. He often spoke of the many acts 
 of kindness and fraternal regard he and his 
 family received from the hands of the early 
 settlers and pioneers of the forest. Just pre- 
 vious to his coming, there had been organized 
 by the Rev. Mr. Hughes, then of Delaware, a 
 Presbyterian Church in Berkshire, the mem- 
 bers of which were scattered over Genoa and 
 adjoining townships, but on looking for the 
 records, none were found; so that, in 1818, 
 the church was again formally organized, and 
 Samuel Thompson, Julius White and John 
 Brown were chosen and ordained as its ruling 
 elders. This society soon became absorbed in 
 the Kingston and Genoa churches. A New 
 School church was organized in 1837 by Rev. 
 C. N. Ransom, with ten members. No church 
 building was erected, and the society was dis- 
 solved in 1839. Mrs. Rachel Curtis, Mrs. 
 Katy Curtis, Ralph Smith, William Hall and 
 Alexander Smith were members of the Berk- 
 shire church, but resided in the vicinity. In 
 1830, the Presbytery set off the members who 
 resided in the vicinity, and constituted them 
 into a separate church, known as the "Presby- 
 terian Church and Congregation of Genoa." 
 The members who were thus set off were six- 
 teen in number, and, as near as can possibly 
 be ascertained, were Marcus Curtis and Katy, 
 his wife, Ralph Smith, Rachel Curtis, William 
 Hall, Alexander Smith, Nancy Allen, Free- 
 man Chester, Simeon Chester and Clarissa, his 
 wife, Diadatus Keeler, Eleazar Copeland, 
 Obediah Seebring and Abigail, his wife. 
 Mary Foote and Augustus Curtis. Just pre- 
 vious to this time, the Rev. Mr. Washburn 
 was living upon a tract of land containing a 
 few acres, which he had purchased and im- 
 proved, situated on the farm then owned by 
 William Hall, nearly opposite the road leading 
 to the mill, a little north of Mr. Roberts' resi- 
 dence on Yankee Street. He continued to 
 supply his neighborhood with preaching until 
 some two years after he removed his residence 
 to Blendon. 
 
 On the 19th of February, 1831, the session 
 of the Genoa Church met for the first time, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the Rev. Ahab Jinks being moderator, and Dia- 
 datus Keeler and Dr. Eleazar Copeland, elders. 
 These men were appointed by the Presbytery, 
 and as there is no mention made on the rec- 
 ords of their ordination, it is presumed they 
 were elders in the Leburn, or Blendon Church, 
 at the time of their transfer to this organiza- 
 tion. The Rev. Ahab Jinks continued to min- 
 ister to the congregation until 1836, when he 
 was succeeded by Rev. Calvin Ransom. Dur- 
 ing this year, fourteen members who resided 
 in Trenton Township and its immediate vi- 
 cinity, were set oft* and organized as the First 
 Presbyterian Church of Trenton. In 1837, 
 Mr. Jinks was again the stated supply, and so 
 continued until 1841. During the year 1840, 
 a protracted meeting was held, in which the 
 Rev. Mr. Cable assisted the minister in charge. 
 In 1842, the Rev. John McCutchen was their 
 pastor, and continued to minister to the con- 
 gregation one year. In 1844. the Rev. R. De 
 Forrest came and preached as an evangelist 
 for the space of about eight weeks. In the 
 succeeding year, 1845, the Rev. Mr. Avery 
 officiated, and continued his ministrations one, 
 or perhaps, nearly two years. From the year 
 1845 to the >' ear '850, the congregation en- 
 joyed the labors of the Rev. Mr. Whipple, 
 Rev. Milton Starr and Rev. M. Brown. In 
 1850, the Rev. Warren Nichols occupied the 
 pulpit and remained until about the close of 
 the year 1852. In the summer of 1853, the 
 Rev. David Coyner, then a licentiate of Frank- 
 lin Presbytery, was employed, and continued 
 his labors for two years and part of a third. 
 From the fall of the year 1855 until the sum- 
 mer of 1856, the pulpit was vacant. At that 
 time, the Rev. Homer McVey, then a student 
 of Lane Seminary, during his vacation 
 preached for the charge occasionally. August 
 1, 1856. the Rev. Warren Jenkins — from 
 whose discourse delivered January 1, i860, has 
 been gathered this information in relation to 
 the church, and other items of interest — en- 
 tered upon his labors, and, at the time this 
 sermon was delivered, had supplied this con- 
 gregation and that of Trenton alternately. Fol- 
 lowing him, and for the space of three years 
 and five months thereafter, the Rev. Mr. 
 
 Coyner had charge, after which time for a 
 number of yerirs the}' had no regular pastor. 
 The following ministers have supplied the 
 church since those above mentioned : Eben- 
 ezer Washburn, Hugh B. Scott, lohn Camp- 
 bell, 1867-68; Levi P. Sabin (J. A. F. Cellars 
 and Arnold Glass became elders in 1858), 
 James A. Darrah, Wilson F. Cellar, H. j_. 
 Nave, S. S. Aikman, 1885, the last minister. 
 In the summer, however, they had a Sunday 
 school. When the church was first organized', 
 it held meetings in the schoolhouse then stand- 
 ing in the rear of the present residence of Au- 
 gustua Curtis. In the year 1837-38, a house 
 of worship was erected, and the same was 
 dedicated the 8th of December, 1838. The so- 
 ciety w r as dissolved September, 1890. The 
 house still stands, but is now used for a hay 
 barn. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church existed 
 as an organization as early as 1840, worship- 
 ing in schoolhouses and cabins of the settlers. 
 It was not until 1849, they commenced to 
 build at Maxwell Corners a frame church at a 
 cost of $800. The church was dedicated by 
 an English minister named Taylor. The 
 ministers who have held this charge are as fol- 
 lows : George G. West, Havens Parker. Wil- 
 liam Porter, Havens Parker, Samuel C. Riker, 
 Martindale, Brown, Dr. Gurley, Hooper. El- 
 lis, Adair, and Elliott. This denomination ex- 
 isted and worshiped in this church until about 
 1865. At that time, the ministers in charge, 
 Revs. Adair and Elliott, declined preaching 
 longer on account of political differences, and 
 brought the matter before the Quarterly Con- 
 ference. The conference decided the church 
 to be a non-organized band, and appointed a 
 committee, consisting of John Millicent, Bijah 
 Mann and Eligah Adams, to sell the church 
 edifice. This committee immediately adver- 
 tised the church for sale, and H. Bennett bid it 
 off for $336 for the Christian Union denomi- 
 nation, which had been formed out of the dis- 
 solution of the Methodist Episcopal Society. 
 The church was then rededicated, about 1866, 
 by the Rev. Green, from Columbus, who had 
 organized it. The ministers that have offici- 
 ated since its last organization are as follows : 
 
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 Green, _ Gates, Stephenson, Durant, Allen, 
 Mann, Flax and others. The present pastor 
 is J. W. Maxwell. Ph. D. The membership 
 
 is forty, and the Sunday school membership 
 is seventy-five. 
 
 HARLEM TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The first church or meeting-house built 
 in this township was by the Methodists, in the 
 year 1812, on the farm of Benajah Cook, 
 Esq. It was a plain log house, small in size, 
 and the first minister who officiated in it was 
 the Rev. Daniel Bennett. For many years, 
 there was regular preaching on "week days," 
 once a month, and at first it belonged to the 
 Columbus circuit, but afterward was attached 
 to the YYorthington circuit. The congregation 
 worshiped in this log house until 1838, when 
 a new church was built upon the present site, 
 about one-half mile north of Harlem. It is a 
 large and commodious brick structure. The 
 dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. 
 Uriah Heath, of Worthington. At Center- 
 ville, the Methodists have a church, an off- 
 shoot of the Harlem Church, which was built 
 about the year 1845. At first the congrega- 
 tion worshiped in a schoolhouse just east of the 
 village, and the Campbellites also worshiped 
 in the school house on alternate Sundays, and. 
 on account of the difficulties that would some- 
 times occur between the respective congrega- 
 tions, it was called, in derision, "Confusion 
 Schoolhouse." The present structure was built 
 about 1855, at a cost of $1,600. The bell cost 
 §372. This church was also dedicated by the 
 Rev. Uriah Heath. 
 
 The Disciples, or Campbellites, organized 
 a church in this township, in the year 1840. at 
 the residence of Jonathan Bateson. The first 
 organization consisted of nine members, as 
 follows, viz. : James Oglesbee and wife, Jona- 
 than Bateson and wife, James Beauseman and 
 wife, C. D. Clark and Daniel Hunt and wife. 
 The present church edifice is located about 
 one mile east of Centerville, and cost $1,500. 
 The membership is about seventy-five. A Sun- 
 day school is maintained, but there is no regu- 
 lar pastor at this time. 
 17 
 
 in the year 1861, the Old School Pre- 
 destinarian Baptists organized a church, and 
 built the church edifice in [868, the monej to 
 build the same having been donated by Mrs. 
 Huldah Fairchild. The first pastor was the 
 Rev. John H. Biggs, followed by Elder Ly- 
 man B. Hanover. Jackson Hanover, his son, 
 is now pastor. 
 
 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The early settlers of this township were a 
 God-fearing and Christian people, and be- 
 lieved implicitly in that religion that promises 
 to the meek an earthly inheritance, and they 
 brought with them the Bible, the prayer book 
 and the hymn book, and they immediately ap- 
 plied themselves to the improvement of their 
 homes, the construction of roads, and the 
 building of churches and schoolhouses. For 
 many years, religious services were conducted 
 in private houses and in the early schoolhouses, 
 and, when the weather was pleasant, meetings 
 were held outdoors in the groves. 
 
 Kingston Presbyterian Church. This 
 church was organized in 1818 by Rev. Eben- 
 ezer Washburn, who had come to Berkshire 
 in 1817 and preached there and in Kingston 
 Township. The first elders were John White, 
 William Gaston and John Wan Sickle. Rev. 
 Washburn supplied the church from 1818 to 
 1820, and William Matthews from 1821 to 
 1824. In 1822, the first church was built. In 
 that year, the Presbyterians erected a log 
 meeting-house near the center of the township, 
 as well as the center of population at that time, 
 on the present site of the Old Blue Church, 
 the cognomen by which it is now so widely 
 known; and. while this humble church edifice 
 belonged exclusively to the Presbyterians, 
 when not occupied by them its doors were 
 thrown open for all denominations. The 
 Presbyterians in numbers were the strongest 
 and next in numerical strength were the Meth- 
 odists, and then the Baptists. At this time, 
 the church membership and the population 
 were rapidly on the increase, and five years 
 after this, in 1827, they raised by subscription 
 the necessary amount to build on the old site 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 a frame structure in place of the old one. This 
 was quite an imposing church edifice for that 
 day. Among the membership of this church, 
 at this early day, were Moses Decker and 
 wife, John Van Sickle and wife, John White 
 and wife, Mr. Finley and wife, James Wheeler 
 and wife, Isaac Finch and wife, Gilbert Potter 
 and wife, John Brown and wife, Benjamin 
 Benedict, William Wigton and his wife, Rich- 
 ard Waldron, Thomas Carney and his brother 
 James and his wife, William Waldron and 
 others. The Rev. Ahab Jinks was their pas- 
 tor. When finished, all but the painting, a 
 skillful painter was employed, who went to 
 work, and soon had the outside painted a 
 beautiful drab color. Not long after its com- 
 pletion, to the surprise of all. the color turned 
 to a beautiful blue, which gave the church the 
 church the name of the Blue Church, and it 
 has ever retained that name, notwithstanding 
 the change of color. This church was occu- 
 pied until early in the 50's, when a new frame 
 church was erected on the same ground. This 
 church has been remodeled in 1907, and beau- 
 tified, and is now a beautiful structure. Ahab 
 Jinks supplied the church from 1827 to 1838. 
 The membership at this time was one hundred 
 and twenty-one. John Pitkins was pastor 
 from 1841 to 1844; Ahab Jinks, second pas- 
 torate, from 1849 to J 854; David McCarter 
 from 1854 to i860; Calvin Mateer from 1861 
 to 1862 (Mr. Mateer afterwards went to China 
 as a missionary and has done a great work in 
 that country): Robert L. Adams, Sr., from 
 1863 to 1865; David H. Coyner from 1865 to 
 1866; J. L. Lower from 1868 to 1871 ; Rev. 
 Best a short time; A. C. Crist from 1873 t0 
 1874; M. M. Lawson from 1875 to 1877; 
 David H. Green from 1877 to ^78 ; John Mc- 
 Dowell from 1878 to 1880; Nelson K. Crowe 
 from 1881 to 1882; W. E. Thomas from 1883 
 to 1886; T. B. Atkins from 1887 to 1888; E. 
 M. Scott from 1893 to 1900; Samuel Huecker 
 from 1901 to 1906; H. Hoffman, a student of 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University is the present 
 supply. For Kingston New School, see Por- 
 ter Township. 
 
 The next church in the township was the 
 old Methodist Episcopal Church at Stark's 
 
 Corners. It was built in the year 1836, al- 
 though the society that built it was organized 
 ten years previous. The society held their 
 meetings for many years in the old log school- 
 house, located on the first cross road west of 
 Olive Green. This society also organized 
 about the same time a Sabbath school, which 
 was held in this schoolhouse. When the 
 weather would permit, they would hold their 
 quarterly meetings in a grove near by. where 
 they had seats and a stand, and everything in 
 readiness for the occasion ; but, when the 
 weather was unfavorable or inclement, they 
 used, by invitation, the Old Blue Church of 
 the Presbyterians. The schoolhouse became 
 too small to accommodate the congregation, 
 and they changed their meetings to the dwell- 
 ing - house of Mr. John Haselett. By his own 
 personal effort, unaided by others, Mr. Hase- 
 lett raised by subscription sufficient funds to 
 build the church spoken of. The services of 
 this congregation were irregular. The pas- 
 tors who rode the circuit were compelled to 
 hold meetings nearly every day of the week 
 to get round once a month over their charge. 
 Thus they were compelled to have week-day 
 services and hold prayer meetings on the Sab- 
 bath. Moses Decker, the architect and builder 
 of the Old Blue Church, was the architect and 
 builder of the M. E. Church, aided by Mr. Reid 
 M. Cutcheon. At this church the society met 
 and worshiped for many years, when the 
 question of repairing the old church came up ; 
 it needed a new roof, re-plastering, re-seating 
 and re-painting. All these needful repairs 
 would cost nearly as much as a new church, 
 with the assistance offered them; and then 
 again, the congregation in numbers had out- 
 grown the capacity of the church for their ac- 
 commodation, and to repair it they thought 
 would lie a useless expenditure of money and 
 time. Olive Green is a village three-quarters 
 of a mile distant, in Porter Township, and its 
 citizens held out inducements to rebuild the 
 church and locate it there. At a meeting of 
 the society, the Board of Trustees were di- 
 rected to rebuild the church at Olive Green, 
 which was done accordingly; and the new and 
 much more capacious edifice was erected in the 
 
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 year 1853. Many of the membership in the 
 southern part of the township obtained their 
 letters from the Olive Green charge and joined 
 the M. E. Church at Berkshire. 
 
 The same year the Old Blue Church was 
 built, Moses Decker, Isaac Finch, Samuel 
 Finley and a few others, and their pastor. Rev. 
 Mr. Jinks, came together and organized a 
 Sunday school, and held it in the old log 
 schoolhouse on the corner, near the church. It 
 is thought this was the first Sabbath school 
 organized in Delaware County. They or- 
 ganized at the same time the first Sunday 
 school library in the county. It was made up 
 of small Sabbath school books and kept by the 
 superintendent, Mr. Decker, in a trunk. The 
 M. E. Sabbath school was the second in order 
 of time in the county, but it was organized 
 several years afterward. 
 
 LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The first organized congregation of this 
 township was the Liberty Presbyterian 
 Church. This society was organized by Rev. 
 Joseph Hughes in 1810, and was supplied by 
 Rev. Hughes until his death in 1823. The 
 session during the pastorate of the above and 
 that of Henry Van Deman was united with 
 the Delaware Church, and the first elders were 
 Thomas Cellars, Josiah McKinnie, Leonard 
 Munroe, James Gillis, Andrew Harter, S. W. 
 Kuapp and Thomas C. Gillis. 
 
 The membership in 1837 was about one 
 hundred. After the death of Rev. Hughes, 
 Rev. Van Deman supplied the church until the 
 division into New School and Old School in 
 1837. From this time there was a divided 
 congregation, the elders of the New School 
 party being Andrew Harter, S. W. Knapp, 
 Seth S. Case. The membership in 1840 was 
 seventy-one. The following ministers supplied 
 the church : Joseph Labaree, James Brown, 
 Charles W. Torrey. W. H. Brinkerhoff, Stil- 
 man Tucker, John \V. Thompson. About the 
 year 1854, the society was dissolved, and 
 some went to the Old School and some to the 
 Second Church of Delaware. 
 
 The Old School branch continued to exist 
 with the following elders: James Gillis, 
 Thomas C. Gillis, Robert M. Cellar, and some 
 others whose names could not be obtained 
 The membership of this branch in 1840 was 
 eighty, and in 1863 eighty. The church was 
 without a pastor much of the time, but during 
 this time, 1837 to reunion 1870, was supplied 
 by the following ministers : John Pitkin, 
 Rufus D. Antell, John D. Hervey, S. K. 
 Hughes, David McCarter. At the reunion in 
 1870, there were one hundred and thirty mem- 
 bers. At an early date a frame structure was 
 erected on the west bank of the Olentangy 
 River, eight miles south of Delaware. This 
 building has been repaired, remodeled, and an 
 addition added to it, so that at the present 
 time, it is a beautiful building, and situated 
 as it is, by the cemetery where are buried the 
 old pioneers of this neighborhood, forms a 
 sacred and attractive spot. A Sunday school 
 was organized at an early date in connection 
 with this church, and has been continuously 
 maintained from the beginning with a very 
 few interruptions. Since the reunion the 
 church has been supplied by the following 
 ministers in the order named : Henry Shedd, 
 David Anderson, Thomas Hill, E. M. Shultz, 
 Samuel P. Herron, W. F. Cellar. James Hick- 
 ling. \Y. D. Wallace, J. M. Wylie and at pres- 
 ent time by J.. G. Curry. May this church 
 long live. 
 
 "Where cordial welcomes greet the guest, 
 By the lone river of the west, 
 Where faith is kept and truth revered, 
 And man is loved and God is feared, 
 In woodland homes." 
 
 Methodist Episcopal. Before any society 
 of this denomination was formed; Rev. Mr. 
 Beach and other itinerant ministers, preached 
 in the neighbirhood at the homes of the pio- 
 neers. A local minister by the name of Bacon 
 held meetings at the home of a Mr. Carpenter. 
 The first society was organized by Rev. Mr. 
 Emery at the home of Jarvis Buell about the 
 year 1825. The society built its first house 
 about 1840, a log structure just south of Pow- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ell. It was christened Emery Chapel, in honor 
 of Rev. Every, who had organized the society. 
 In 1859, a new frame structure was erected 
 just across the road from the first structure, 
 under the pastorate of Rev. Levi Cunningham. 
 This building was moved up to the village a 
 few years ago, has been remodeled, and beau- 
 tified, and is now the home of a flourishing 
 society. 
 
 Hyattsville M. E. Church. This church 
 was organized about twenty-five years ago, 
 largely through the influence of H. A. Hyatt, 
 D. E. Hughs, George Curmode, and others. 
 A substantial frame structure was erected in 
 the village of Hyattsville, H. A. Hyatt having 
 donated the lot. The society is united under 
 one pastorate with Faith Church of Delaware 
 at this time, 1907, and Rev. Mr. Myers, a 
 student of the "O. W. U." is their pastor. 
 
 A Baptist society was formed at an early 
 date, probably as early as that of the Liberty 
 Presbyterian society, but the details of this 
 society cannot be obtained. It soon became a 
 part of the Berlin Township society. 
 
 .MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The old Baptist Church situated in what 
 is now Troy Township, was the first to or- 
 ganize in Marlborough, Its history will neces- 
 sarily fall within the historical limits of Troy. 
 The Lutheran Church was situated just across 
 the Olentangy River, east about a mile from 
 Norton. The congregation used to worship 
 in an old log schoolhouse, near where the pres- 
 ent church now stands. Just when the organi- 
 zation took place cannot be ascertained, but the 
 name of the first minister was Henry Cline, 
 and it must have been at an early date. In the 
 year 1X52, from some cause a revolt occurred 
 en the part of some of the members, the result 
 being the organization of the German Reform 
 Church. The Germans immediately set to 
 work and built a new frame church, which 
 was dedicated by Prof. Loy in the year 1853, 
 and the German Reform congregation, not to 
 be outdone, put forth their energy and, in 
 [855, also succeeded in building for them- 
 selves a frame church adjoining the Luth- 
 
 erans. It was dedicated the same year by J. 
 G. Ruhl, who took charge as their .pastor, 
 while the first minister in the new Lutheran 
 Church was a man by the name of Gast. The 
 little cemetery in the same lot in which the 
 two churches stand is used conjointly by both 
 congregations. The first interment in it was 
 a man by the name of Snarr, who was buried 
 there in 1835. He was poor and a stranger. 
 Both societies built churches in Waldo, Mar- 
 ion County, where they are still flourishing. 
 One of the old churches still stands by the 
 cemetery. 
 
 The Baptist Church is situated in the vil- 
 lage of Norton. The society was an offshoot 
 from the Old Marlborough Baptist Church. 
 The present building is a substantial frame 
 structure, and was erected in 1859 and cost 
 $1,200. It was dedicated in i860 by James 
 Harvey, who used to preach at Delaware. The 
 following are the names of the ministers since 
 its foundation : James Harvey, Thomas Jen- 
 kins, Air. Weiter, C. King. Thomas Deal, 
 Thomas Griffith. The church is without a 
 regular pastor, but maintains a Sabbath 
 school. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church is a 
 frame structure situated in the village of Nor- 
 ton, and was built in 1855, and dedicated by 
 the Rev. Pilcher. There was an organization 
 in existence some two years previous to this 
 date, originated by the Rev. Plumer, and the 
 class used to worship in schoolhouses and other 
 convenient places. The church cost $1,200. 
 The pulpit has been supplied of late quite fre- 
 quently by students from the Universitv at- 
 Delaware. S. W. Metz, of the "O. W. U.," 
 is the present supply. 
 
 The Wyatt Cemetery is the historical bury- 
 ing place of this vicinity. It is situated across 
 the line in Marion County, being located in 
 that part of Marlborough set (iff to that county 
 in 1848, and the white marble slabs mark the 
 resting place of the earliest settlers of Marl- 
 borough Township. Here lie the Wyatts, 
 Drakes, Brundiges, and others whose names 
 are familiar to the reader. The cemetery is 
 pleasantly situated on a knoll near where the 
 old fort once stood, and in sight of the mili- 
 
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 tary road. The occasion of the first burial in 
 this cemetery cannot be ascertained, as a num- 
 ber of the soldiers of 1812 found their last 
 resting" place amidst the evergreens that 
 adorned its surface. 
 
 ORANGE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The Methodist denomination was probably 
 the first church influence that found its way 
 into the wilderness of Orange Township. A 
 Methodist settlement on the east of Alum 
 Creek is among the earliest traditions, and a 
 church of that denomination was established 
 in this neighborhood as early as 1828. They 
 erected a church building which still stands, 
 and fell in the hands of the United Brethren 
 denomination. About 1847, another church 
 was organized at Williamsville, but seems to 
 have died out at an early day. In 1843. the 
 fierce agitation of the slavery question in that 
 body throughout the land, culminated here, 
 as in many other places, in a separation — the 
 anti-slavery portion organizing the \Vesieyan 
 Church. Their first services were held in a 
 calbin on the flats, near the present residence 
 of Samuel Patterson, with Rev. Mr. Street as 
 pastor. This church started with a member- 
 ship numbering twenty-nine, which has since 
 increased to one hundred. In 1876. they built 
 a modest building on the hill, at a cost of 
 $800. About five years ago the church was 
 remodeled, and modern windows and seats 
 substituted for the old. and the house heated 
 by a furnace, making it a convenient and 
 pleasant church. Rev. E. F. Calhoun is pas- 
 tor at this time. A good parsonage has also 
 been secured for the use of the pastor. In 
 1864, a Methodist Episcopal Church was or- 
 ganized at Lewis Center, with a membership 
 of twelve, which has since increased to one 
 hundred members. Their building, winch 
 cost at war prices $2,600. was dedicated No- 
 vember 4. 1866. In 1871. a parsonage was 
 built, at a cost of $2,000. Since its organiza- 
 tion, the church has maintained a Sunday 
 school without a break, which now numbers 
 about ninety members. Rev. F. D. Davis is 
 now pastor. 
 
 A Catholic Church was organized here in 
 1864, and a frame building for worship put 
 up. But the society ceased to exist several 
 years ago. 
 
 A United Brethren Church was organized 
 at Williamsville in 1877. This church occu- 
 pied the building erected some years before 
 by the M. E. Church, but disbanded about 
 1895. . 
 
 Friends' Church. About 1900, a society 
 of Friends was organized in this neighborhood 
 and in 1904 erected a new building costing 
 $4,100. This work was the result of a re- 
 vival. The membership at present is fifty-five. 
 They have no regular pastor at this time. 
 
 OXFORD TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The earliest church organization in Ox- 
 ford Township was the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. A society of this denomination was 
 organized at Winsor Corners as early as 181 5. 
 They accommodated themselves as the circum- 
 stances of the case afforded until 1857. when 
 they built a neat frame building, which was 
 dedicated by Elder Harvey Wilson. In Feb- 
 ruary, 1839, Rev. E. S. Gavitt, of this de- 
 nomination, came from Muskingum County 
 and bought the Houston farm, situated about 
 three-quarters of a mile southeast of Ashley. 
 In the following year, with considerable min- 
 isterial enterprise, in company with the Shoe- 
 maker family, he erected a log church a few 
 rods north of his home. The logs were hewn 
 square on the inside. Mr. Gavitt dedicated 
 the building and conducted services in it and 
 about here until he died in 1892, aged eighty- 
 nine, at home. He was respected and there is 
 scarcely a family within a radius of five miles 
 of his home, but that sometime or other called 
 upon him to marry the living or bury the 
 dead. 
 
 The church thus organized held its serv- 
 ices in the old log house until the spring oi 
 1852, when the meetings were transferred to 
 Ashley. Here the church occupied the 1< *g 
 house built by Robert Brown for a dwelling, 
 and afterward the town schoolhouse until 
 April, 1855, when they bought the building 
 
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 used by T. Chapman as a residence. In De- 
 cember, 1866, the church sold this building, 
 and, from that time until 1868, they used the 
 Presbyterian place of worship, which they 
 finally bought, using it until about 1896, when 
 they erected a brick church, costing $5,000. 
 The first regular pastor was the Rev. L. War- 
 ner. The present pastor is Rev. E. B. Shu- 
 maker ; the present membership is one hun- 
 dred and twenty. 
 
 From the remains of an Episcopal Meth- 
 odist society, which had existed for some years 
 in the Alum Creek district, slavery having 
 something to do with its disorganization, the 
 Wesleyan Methodist Church in East Oxford 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, was or- 
 ganized in the year 1862-3, by Rev. George 
 W. Bainum. It consisted of about twelve 
 members, among whom were Henry Bell and 
 daughter Sarah, Samuel Nelson, Israel Pot- 
 ter and wife, Solomon Shoemaker and wife 
 and Vinol Thurston. A revival the next year 
 resulted in about thirty additions to the mem- 
 bership. Among those since prominent in the 
 affairs of the church were Edmon Scott and 
 wife, Noah Whipple and wife, Henry T. Crist 
 and family, George White and family, Wil- 
 liam Thurston and family, William Nelson 
 and family. John McCurdy and wife. Rev. 11. 
 R. Smith and family. Adolphus Crist and 
 family and Mrs. Frank Westbrook and chil- 
 dren. The present church building was dedi- 
 cated February 9, 1868, by Rev. George W. 
 Bainum, who preached from the text, "Lord, 
 send now prosperity." The church has been 
 served by the following persons as pastors : 
 Rev. George W. Bainum, Richard Horton, 
 Evans Thompson, Thomas Hicks, William 
 Sewell, I. J. Xonrse, Henry R. Smith, T. H. 
 Teter, Levi White, M. Friedley, I. W. "Rice, 
 O. H. Ramsey. Ralph Davy and C. H. Whet- 
 nall. Revs. Horton, Sewell and Smith each 
 served two pastorates. 
 
 The Baptist Church was organized in the 
 Ashley neighborhood in June of 1835, ' )V 
 Rev. Daniel Thomas. Seven years later, the 
 society built a frame building near the present 
 site of the cemetery. Here they worshiped 
 until 1 85 1. when they moved their building to 
 Ashley, where it still serves them as a place of 
 
 worship, and they have preaching occasionally. 
 
 On April 27, 1852, a committee, consist- 
 ing of Rev. Henry Shedd, Rev. John W. 
 Thompson, Rev. William S. Spaulding, and 
 Elders John Mateer and John McElroy. hav- 
 ing been appointed by the Franklin Presby- 
 tery to go to Ashley to establish a Presbyter- 
 ian Church, met and proceeded to organize a 
 society as directed. The first elders were Z. 
 P. Wigton and Henry Slack. On May 24, 
 1857, James M. Eckles was added to the list 
 of elders. Rev. Henry Shedd was the first 
 minister of the church. In the summer of 
 1853, the society purchased Lot No. 2j, in 
 Ashley, and two years later built a place of 
 worship, which they used until 1868. Six 
 years later, the society sold this building to the 
 Methodists and erected a neat brick building, 
 costing $3,000, in which they still worship. Its 
 present membership is twenty. The following 
 persons have ministered to the congregation : 
 Henry Shedd, 1852-53; Stilman Tucker, 
 1854-55; Homer McVey, 1857-61; John O. 
 Hall, 1862-63; Thomas J. Domeny. 1865-66; 
 John McCutcheon, 1870-73; Horace Snod- 
 grass, a short time; Milton McMillen, 1874; 
 A. C. Crist, a short time in 1875; Russel A. 
 McKinley, 1876-77; David H. Green. 1878; 
 W. E. Thomas, 1879-1883; Isaac I. Holt, 
 1885; Robert Colmey, 1891 ; E. M. Scott, 
 1893-98; C. O. Anderson, 1889-1902; Samuel 
 Heucker, 1903-05; the present pastor, John R. 
 Lloyd. 
 
 Friends' Church. More than twenty years 
 ago, two ministers, Revs. Noah McClain and 
 Willis, of the Friends denomination, held re- 
 vival services in Ashley, and the result was a 
 large number of conversions. These converts 
 were organized into a Society of Friends, and 
 soon proceeded to erect a large and commo- 
 dious frame building which has been their 
 home since that time. The society is not as 
 prosperous as formerly, but still maintains 
 services and a Sabbath school. Miss Geyer 
 ministers to them at this time, 1908. 
 
 PORTER TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The Presbyterian Church (New School). 
 The New School Presbyterians organized .1 
 
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 society soon after the division of the church, 
 probably in 1837 or 1838. John Van Sickle, 
 Muses Decker and a Air. Richards were the 
 first elders, and soon after Charles M. Fowler 
 became an elder. Rev. Abner B. Chapman 
 was their first minister in the years 1838-1X44. 
 The membership at that time was fifty-four. 
 The church was at first named Kingston, as 
 man}- of the members, probably a majority, of 
 the Kingston Church (Old School) had 
 joined with this society, and there were two 
 organizations claiming the name Kingston. A 
 frame church edifice was erected in East Lib- 
 erty, Porter Township, and the church was 
 called Kingston and Porter, but afterwards 
 the name Kingston was dropped and the church 
 ever since has been known as the Porter 
 Church. The principal parties in the build- 
 ing of the church were Mr. John Van Sickle, 
 Charles M. Fowler, William Gaston, Isaac 
 Finch, Jesse Finch, Charles Wilcox, George 
 Blainev and others. They at once organized 
 a Sabbath school in connection with the 
 church, which for several years prospered, and 
 was productive of great good. In the year 
 1864. the same parties who built this place of 
 worship laid out and established a cemetery 
 just east of the church and town of East Lib- 
 erty, in which the remains of many of those 
 most conspicuous and enterprising in the con- 
 struction of the church and the Sabbath 
 school now sleep. The church still stands, has 
 been repaired several times, and is now in a 
 good condition. Services are still maintained, 
 but the society is not in as prosperous a condi- 
 tion as in some former years. The following 
 ministers have supplied the church since Rev. 
 Chapman's time : 
 
 John Hunt 1845-1846 
 
 John W. Thompson 1849-1851 
 
 Warren Nicholis 1852-1853 
 
 A. B. Chapman, again 1854-1859 
 
 William Bridgeman 1860-1861 
 
 George H. Pool 1862-1864 
 
 John Martin 1864-1867 
 
 Ri .bert Wylie 1868-1870 
 
 J. Best ..' 1871-1872 
 
 A. C. Crist 1873-1874 
 
 M. M. Lawson 1875- 1877 
 
 I. .McDowell 1878-1880 
 
 X. K. Crowe 1881-1882 
 
 Robert Wylie, again 1885-1887 
 
 A. S. Sharpless 1888-1889 
 
 E. M. Scott 1893-1897 
 
 Samuel Huecker 1900- 1906 
 
 Mr. H. Huffman, a student of the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, is the supply at present. 
 
 Olive Green M. E. Church. For the his- 
 tory of this church, see Kingston Township. 
 The society is in a flourishing condition, and 
 Rev. C. A. Edington, a student of the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, is their pastor at this 
 date, 1908. 
 
 Mt. Pleasant M. E. ■ Church. This or- 
 ganization first used the Old School Presbyter- 
 ian building in Trenton Township, but after- 
 wards moved to Porter Township, and be- 
 came known as the Mt. Pleasant Church. The 
 present frame building" was erected about 
 1868. An incident occurred in connection 
 with the erection of this building worthy of 
 mention. The night after the frame was 
 raised a wind storm came up and blew it 
 down, much to the discouragement of the con- 
 gregation. They, however, pressed on, and 
 the church was dedicated about one year after 
 this event. As was the custom at that day. 
 a cemetery was located by the church, the land 
 being donated by William Baker. In this 
 cemetery nearly all the old settlers are buried. 
 Rev. C. A. Edington is pastor at this date. 
 
 Advent Christian Church. This society 
 was organized August 27, 1890, and a frame 
 church edifice was erected in 1891. on land 
 donated by Samuel Clawson. on the road lead- 
 ing from Olive Green to Rich Hill. The 
 building was dedicated November 27th by El- 
 der Shamhart. The membership at that time 
 was twenty, at the present time it is about 
 eighty. They have no regular pastor at 
 present. 
 
 Porter Congregational Church. A church 
 of this order was maintained for a short time. 
 Charles Wilcox. Liman C. Meeker and Mor- 
 gan Johnston were prominent members. A 
 frame building was erected in Olive Green, 
 but the society did not flourish and became ex- 
 tinct about 1873, and the members for the 
 
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 most part connected with the Porter Presby- 
 terian Church at East Liberty. The church 
 building was sold for a Township House and 
 is now used for that purpose. 
 
 RADNOR TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The Baptist was the first religious society 
 organized in the township. It was constituted 
 May 4, 1816, in a log schoolhouse, on land 
 owned by William Lawrence, Esq. The coun- 
 cil consisted of Elder Henry George, of Knox 
 County; Elder William Brundage. and Breth- 
 ren Cole, Dix, Bush and Wilcox, of Marlbor- 
 ough Church, and Elder Drake, and Brethren 
 Monroe and Phelps, of Liberty Church. The 
 constituting members were John Philips and 
 Hannah, his wife, William David, Thomas 
 Walling, David Penry and his wife, Mary ; 
 James Gallant, Eleanor Lodwig. Daniel Bell. 
 Reuben Stephens and his wife. Elizabeth, 
 eleven in all. They had no pastor for two 
 years; Elders Drake, George and Brundage 
 supplied the church with preaching once a 
 month. From 1818 to 1824, Elder Drake 
 served the church as pastor, and his labors 
 were greatly blessed. In 1827, the church 
 called the Rev. Jesse Jones, at a salary of $100 
 a year, one-fourth in money, the rest in trade. 
 He was an able preacher in Welsh and Eng- 
 lish, a scholar and a faithful pastor. He served 
 the church acceptably for two years, and re- 
 turned to Oneida County, Xew York, where 
 he died, an old man and full of years, honored 
 and beloved by all who knew him. In 1830, 
 Elder Thomas Stephen, recently from Wales, 
 an eloquent and earnest preacher, was called to 
 the pastorate and served the church for six 
 years. He is now living in Oregon, enjoying 
 the eventide of a long and useful life. Rev. 
 William Terrer and Rev. Thomas Hughes 
 preached for several years in the Welsh lan- 
 guage. In 1836, Elder Elias George was 
 called and labored successfully until 1842. 
 Since that time, the following ministers have 
 labored in the service of the church: Rev. 
 lames Frew Rev. F. V. Thomas. Rev. D. 
 Pritchard, Rev. T. R. Griffith, Rev. R. Evans, 
 Rev. R. R. Williams. Rev. E. B. Smith. Rev. 
 
 C. King, Rev. F. Dyall and Rev. William 
 Lect. 
 
 The first deacons chosen at the organiza- 
 tion of the church in 1816 were John Philips 
 and David Davies. The first house of wor- 
 ship was built of logs, 20x22 feet, and located 
 near the graveyard. The settlers, without re- 
 gard to denomination, were glad to help build 
 the house of the Lord. Each one brought a 
 few logs already hewed, and assisted in the 
 raising and' completing of the tabernacle of the 
 Most High. The memory of that old log 
 church is yet fragrant, and cherished by the 
 descendants of those whose piety and zeal se- 
 cured its erection. In 1833. the congregation 
 built, near the site of the log, chapel, a neat 
 stone edifice 30x40 feet, and, in 1867, the 
 present house of worship, of brick, was built at 
 the cost of $4,500. This venerable church of 
 Christ, numerically strong and spiritually 
 prosperous in sixty-three years of its existence, 
 welcomed into its fellowship and communion 
 over five hundred members ; ordained four 
 ministers, and sent out five of her sons to 
 preach the Gospel, one of whom, Rev. W. 
 Williams, is a very successful missionary in 
 India ; another, Rev. C. D. Morris, became an 
 esteemed pastor of the First Baptist Church 
 in Toledo, Ohio. In January, 1901, the brick 
 church burned down, and a lot was secured a 
 little east of the cemetery, and in 1902, a more 
 commodious brick structure was erected cost- 
 ing $13,000. The present membership is one 
 hundred and seventy-five, and the pastor is 
 Rev. L. Dickerson. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church had its 
 representatives in Radnor at an early day. 
 Tradition informs us that, in an early period 
 of our religious history, an itinerant preacher 
 found his way to the settlement and preached 
 unto the people the word of the Lord. The 
 cabin of Henry Perry, who was a Wesleyan. 
 afforded a house for the faithful herald of the 
 Cross, and there the first Gospel sermon was 
 preached in the township — probably as early 
 as 1 80S. Several years afterward, the cabin 
 of Elijah Adams became a regular preaching 
 place, and a class was formed. Among the 
 first members were Henry Perry and wife. 
 
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 Elijah Adams and wife. Robert Perry and 
 John Hoskins. In 1827, the writer attended 
 a quarterly meeting held in the double log 
 barn on the farm of Elijah Adams. With 
 other boys, he sat in the hay-mow. for the 
 crowd tilled the barn floor and stable to their 
 full capacity. The seraphic Russell Bigelow 
 was the preacher. His text was, "Which 
 things the angels desire to look into." — I 
 Peter, 1, 12: and his theme, "The marvels of 
 redemption." On the mind of a boy seventeen 
 vears old, instructed in the teachings of the 
 Bible concerning the redeeming work of 
 Christ, and in full sympathy with the eloquent 
 preacher and his theme, the effect of this dis- 
 course was powerful and enduring. In 1838, 
 a frame meeting-house was built, and the con- 
 gregation supplied with preaching regularly. 
 A Sunday school was established about this 
 time, with Robert Perry as superintendent. 
 Besides the persons already named as the early 
 Methodists of Radnor, may be enrolled George 
 Wolrley, Duncan Campbell. David and Eben- 
 ezer Williams, John Owens. David Lewis and 
 families. In 1855. the brick meeting-house 
 was erected — evidence of the growth and pros- 
 perity of the church. This is the building oc- 
 cupied at this date. 1907, and the society is 
 still prospering. 
 
 The Radnor Welsh Congregational Church 
 was another of the early established churches 
 in this township. From 1818. when a large 
 accession was made to the Welsh population 
 of Radnor, meetings for prayer and religious 
 conference were held in the Welsh language. 
 These services were held in the cabin home- -1 
 the settlers, and sometimes in the log chapel, 
 through the courtesy of the Baptist Church. 
 In 1820. Rev. James Davies, of Aberhaferp. 
 North Wales, organized a Congregational 
 Church at the cabin of John Jones (Penlan). 
 The original members were William Penry 
 and his wife, Mary (who died in 1878. aged 
 ninety-two years). John Jones (Penlan), and 
 Mary, his wife. Margaret Morgan. D. Mor- 
 gan and wife, John A. Jones and wife. J. 
 Jones (Penlan), and Walter Penry were 
 chosen deacons. Mr. Davies, the pastor of this 
 little flock in the wilderness, was a good 
 
 scholar, educated in the Theological Seminary 
 in North Wales, and an eloquent preacher. In 
 1822, he received a call to the city of New 
 York, and labored there until 1828, when he 
 returned to Radnor and served the church for 
 rive years. In 1825, Rev. James Perregrin. 
 from Domgay, North Wales, came to Radnor 
 and preached with acceptance for two years. 
 In 1827, Rev. Thomas Stephens, from Oneida 
 County, New York, accepted a call and labored 
 with success for one year. In 1838, Rev. 
 Rees Powell, from South Wales, became pas- 
 tor of the church, and continued until 1852. 
 Under his labors the church increased. In 
 1841, the frame meeting-house, 30x40 feet, 
 was built. At the time, this was a great un- 
 dertaking, but the people had a heart to work 
 and to give, so that in 1842 the dedication 
 services were held — a memorable and inter- 
 esting occasion. In 1853, Rev. Evans was 
 called, and served the church for three years, 
 preaching in Welsh and English with encour- 
 aging results. In 1857, Rev. Rees Powell 
 was recalled, and labored successfully for five 
 years. In 1863, Rev. James Davies, formerly 
 from Hanfair. North Wales, but for several 
 years the efficient pastor of the Welsh Church 
 at Gomer, Allen County, Ohio, was called. 
 During his pastorate, the brick meeting-house 
 was built at a cost of $3,000. On the 7th of 
 April, 1867, twenty-three members were re- 
 ceived into the church on profession of faith 
 in Christ, the fruits of a gracious revival. The 
 same year, the useful and venerated pastor 
 died, aged seventy-one years. His grave is in 
 the midst of his people in the old cemetery, 
 honored by a beautiful monument placed there 
 by his sons, James and Benjamin Davies. In 
 1870. Rev. Thomas Jenkins, of Johnstown. 
 Pennsylvania, was called, and his useful pas- 
 torate continued eight years. His successor 
 was Rev. Mr. Evans, who was followed by 
 Rev. J. P. Davis. Rev. J. B. Stevenson, and 
 Rev. Benjamin Harris, the present pastor. 
 
 The Radnor Presbyterian Church was or- 
 ganized, in the Dunlap neighborhood, be- 
 tween what is now known as the Stone Church 
 and the village of Radnor, formerly called 
 Delhi. A hewed log church was erected in 
 
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 1820, in a sugar-grove on the farm of Joseph 
 Bunlap and was widely known as the Dunlap 
 meeting-house. This was the home of B. W. 
 Chidlaw, afterwards so widely known as a 
 minister, and State superintendent of the Ohio 
 Sunday School Association, also as the author 
 of "The Story of My Life." Services were 
 often held in the Welsh language. Conditions 
 changed, and the congregation changed the lo- 
 cality and built the stone church in Scioto 
 Township, and further history of this church 
 will be found in the history of that town- 
 ship. 
 
 The Protestant Episcopal was another of 
 the early church organizations of this section 
 of the county. In 1836 Rev. Abraham Ed- 
 wards, a native of Wales, educated at Kenyon 
 College, and a minister of the Protestant Epis- 
 copal Church, labored in Radnor, preaching 
 in the Welsh language. A church was estab- 
 lished and a house of worship erected. David 
 E. Jones, Richard Savage. William Watkins 
 and Joseph Cox were the vestrymen. In a 
 few years Mr. Edwards left the field, and after 
 his departure, having no regular services, the 
 church disbanded. 
 
 Delhi, now Radnor Presbyterian Church. 
 This church was organized April 23, 1849 
 (New School), by Reverends Henry Shedd, 
 E. W. Torrey and W. S. Spaulding and Elder 
 D. Davids, committee of Presbytery (Frank- 
 lin N. S.) with twenty-two members. The 
 first elders were Robert Davis. Thomas Cratty 
 and Dr. Albert Mann. The brick church was 
 erected in 1854. The church is still occupied, 
 having recently been re-roofed, papered and 
 otherwise repaired. The church prospered, 
 so that in i860 there were one hundred and 
 two members, and at the time of the reunion 
 of the New School and the Old School, there 
 were ninety-eight members. The community 
 was largely composed of Welsh people and 
 they were a church-going community. Four 
 churches have been maintained in this little 
 village through all these years, and many able 
 and distinguished ministers have supplied 
 these churches. In recent years, through the 
 changes in the community the Presbyterian 
 Church has not been able to keep up its mem- 
 
 bership with that of former years. The fol- 
 lowing ministers have supplied this church: 
 Reverends Shedd. Spaulding, O. H. Newton, 
 Evan Evans, Homer McVey, David M. Wil- 
 son, Samuel D. Smith. D. S. Anderson, Ches- 
 ter H. Perkins, Nelson H. Crowe, Thomas 
 Hill, Robert A. Watson, Thomas J. Cellar, 
 Frank S. Kreager, A. D. Hawn, and John R. 
 Lloyd, the ' present pastor. 
 
 The Welsh Presbyterian is of more modern 
 organization than any other of the Radnor 
 churches. Many of the Welsh settlers were 
 members of the Calvinistic Methodist Church 
 in Wales, but for many years they had no 
 distinctive church relations, but united cheer- 
 full)' with the American Presbyterians or the 
 Welsh Congregationalists. About the year 
 1N50. it was determined to secure a church, 
 and they occupied the Episcopal building. In 
 faith and church government, the Welsh Cal- 
 vinist Methodists are almost identical with 
 the Presbyterian Church in this country, and 
 therefore they have adopted the name, and they 
 maintain a correspondence with the General 
 Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the 
 United States, by sending and receiving fra- 
 ternal delegates, and their young men are 
 educated for the ministry in Presbyterian 
 theological seminaries. The pastors of this 
 church have been Welsh-speaking ministers, 
 good and faithful shepherds of the flock of 
 Christ. Among them may be named Rev. 
 Hugh Roberts, Rev. William Parry, and Rev. 
 Daniel Thomas. In 1877 the congregation 
 built a house of worship, a neat and beautiful 
 temple consecrated to the services of God and 
 the promotion of religion in the community. 
 Their Sunday school was conducted in the 
 Welsh language and is attended by the parents 
 as well as the children, a feature which every- 
 where characterizes Welsh Sunday schools, in 
 Wales and in the Welsh settlements in this 
 country. The children did not take to the 
 Welsh service and the congregation declined, 
 and in 1892 ceased to hold services. Evan I. 
 Jones secured the house, remodelled it, and 
 now occupies it as a dwelling house. 
 
 South Radnor Congregational Church. 
 This church was at first called Troedrahrdalar, 
 
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 a Welsh name which means "At the foot of the 
 hill," a name given in memory of the Welsh 
 church in Wales from which the early settlers 
 had come. Before the organization was ef- 
 fected the Welsh settlers were accustomed to 
 meet in their homes for service, and especially 
 in the home of David Perry. The services 
 were held in the Welsh language. The society 
 was formed in 1839. A hewed log church 
 was erected about 1S46 on the lot near by 
 where the brick church now stands, on the 
 Delaware and Warrensburg road, about mid- 
 way between Delaware and the above village. 
 This log building was used for about ten 
 years, when the present brick building was 
 erected. A lot for a cemetery was purchased 
 at the time when the first building was erected, 
 and in this lot many of the old time settlers 
 are buried. Services and a Sabbath school 
 have been maintained from the beginning. 
 There were thirty members at the time of the 
 organization, and there are ninety at present 
 The minister who supplies the congregation at 
 Radnor preaches for this society in the after- 
 noon. The following ministers have supplied 
 this church : Rev. Powell, Rev. D. A. Evans, 
 Rev. J. B. Davis, Rev. James V. Stephens, and 
 Benjamin Harris, the present pastor, and 
 earlier probably some others. 
 
 The first Sunday school in Radnor was es- 
 tablished April 18, 1829, in the log meeting- 
 house. A constitution was adopted and signed 
 by forty-two members, constituting the "Rad- 
 nor Sunday School Union," John N. Cox and 
 Mi rgan Williams were chosen superintend- 
 ents, and B. W. Chidlaw. secretary and treas- 
 urer. The payment of twenty-five cents con- 
 stituted any person a member. The original 
 records, still extant, show that the school was 
 eminently successful. The following were the 
 teachers : John Lodwn'g, John Cadwalader, B. 
 W. Chidlaw, David Kyle, Miss M. A. Adams. 
 Mary Foos and Nancy Wolfley. Primers, 
 spellers and the Bible were the text-books. 
 The records show- an attendance of from sev- 
 enty to ninety scholars. One Sunday six 
 hundred and nine verses of Scripture were 
 recited from memory, and in five months a to- 
 tal of 6,990 verses. In May, 1829, the treas- 
 
 urer went on horseback with a large leather 
 saddle-bag to Gambier, Knox County, Ohio, 
 and invested $6.75 in books published by the 
 American Sunday School Union, and sold by 
 Prof. Wing, of Kenyon College, an early and 
 faithful friend of Sunday schools in Central 
 Ohio. The books were of good service to the 
 youth of Radnor, as they greatly needed such 
 valuable helps in acquiring a taste for mental 
 and moral improvement, and storing their 
 minds with religious knowledge. 
 
 -In after y«ars. as churches were organized, 
 other Sunday schools were established and 
 exerted a wide and blessed influence on the 
 rising generation. These schools have been 
 conducted in the Welsh and English lan- 
 guages; popular sentiment has always been in 
 their favor. At present five Sunday schools 
 are sustained in the township, and are ac- 
 complishing much good. 
 
 SCIOTO TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The first religious services held in' Scioto 
 Township were in the cabins of Richard Hos- 
 kins and Zachariah Stevens. The date of 
 these first meetings cannot be definitely settled, 
 but the facts gathered indicate as earlv as 
 1810. 
 
 In the year 1814 or 181 5, three Presby- 
 terian families, viz. : William C ratty. John 
 Lawrence and Andrew Dodds, settled in the 
 neighborhood of Little Mill Creek, and at first 
 connected with the church at Delaware, which 
 church was prospering under the ministry of 
 Rev. Joseph Hughs. The journey to Delaware 
 in those days was quite an undertaking, as they 
 were compelled to ford the Scioto River, which 
 at certain times was dangerous or impossible. 
 When these pioneers could not reach Delaware, 
 the next most available place of worship was a 
 log meeting-house on Big Darby, in Union 
 County. The only route to this place was a 
 trail through the dense woods. About the 
 year 1816, several other Presbyterian families 
 were added to the Little Mill Creek settle- 
 ment, and a number located on the Scioto 
 River. With these acquisitions, it was deemed 
 advisable to organize in a separate church. A 
 
HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 meeting was held and the proper authorities 
 petitioned for the privilege which was granted, 
 but with the proviso that they should join 
 with the families of Radnor Township and 
 that the church be known as the Presbyterian 
 Church of Radnor. This was acceded to, and 
 the organization consummated in the year 
 1816. 
 
 This connection continued until 1834, when 
 those of Little Mill Creek neighborhood, hav- 
 ing received many accessions, were organized 
 in a separate church by the authority of the 
 Presbytery of Columbus, November 9. 1834, 
 and the name of the new organization was to 
 be the Little Mill Creek Presbyterian Church. 
 The following are the names of the original 
 members : James Dean, Hannah Dean, Han- 
 nah R. Dean, James Flanegin, Margaret 
 Flanegin, William Cratty, St., Sarah Cratty, 
 William Porter, Samuel D. Dean, Eleanor 
 Cratty. William M. Flanegin. Jane Flanegin, 
 Mary Flanegin, Nancy M. Flanegin, William 
 
 C. Dodds, Mary Dodds, Joseph Lawrence, 
 Mary Lawrence. Elmer Winget, Alexander 
 Ross, Nancy Ross. Sarah Dodds. These per- 
 sons were transferred from the churches of 
 Radnor, Delaware and Marysville. William 
 Cratty, Sr., William Porter and William C. 
 Dodds were elected elders. 
 
 A church building of hewn logs was erected 
 about one-half mile north of Ostrander. and 
 just north of what was then known as Eden- 
 burg, and where the cemetery is located. This 
 was the first house of worship erected in Scioto 
 Township. It was not provided with perma- 
 nent seats for some time, in consequence of 
 which, during service the congregation pre- 
 sented a novel appearance, each providing liis 
 own seat, being chairs used in their wagons 
 when riding to and from church. This church 
 was torn down. The first minister secured 
 was in 1836. being the Rev. James Perigrin, 
 who also supplied the church of Marysville. 
 He supplied the church only eight months, 
 then gave all his time to Marysville. In 
 the fall of 1837. the churches were again 
 united, and secured the services of Rev. W. 
 
 D. Smith, a man noted for his scholarship and 
 as an author. For his service they were to 
 pay him $133.33 f° r one-third of his time. 
 
 In the year 1862 a new building was erected in 
 Ostrander and the name was changed to the 
 Ostrander Presbyterian Church. At this time 
 Rev. W. Mitchell was in charge. He was fol- 
 lowed by Rev. O. H. Newton, Henry Shedd, 
 Mason, Horace Snodgrass, John Price, 
 Thomas Hill, Elias Thompson, A. C. Crist, 
 M. W. Brown, William Wilson. J. P. War- 
 ren. A. M. Chapin and J. S. Galbreath. who 
 is pastor at this time, 1907. During the pas- 
 torate of Thomas Hill, a good parsonage was 
 erected. The membership at present is about 
 one hundred. A Sabbath school was organ- 
 ized in the year 1827, and probably has not 
 failed to meet every Sabbath since, only a 
 few times, when prohibited by the prevalence 
 of small-pox. This school is also the first 
 Sabbath school organized in the township. 
 
 The Baptist Church was organized in 
 1828. Previous to this date a minister by 
 the name of Drake had held meetings in the 
 cabins of the early settlers, and seems to have 
 agitated the question of an independent church. 
 The first permanent organization took place 
 about the year 1835 or 1836, with a member- 
 ship of eighteen. About this time a log meet- 
 ing-house was erected on the north bank of 
 Mill Creek, one mile south of Ostrander. In 
 the year 1853 a substantial brick church was 
 erected to take the place of this structure. 
 This building was occupied until 1889, when 
 it was torn down and a substantial frame build- 
 ing was erected in Ostrander, where the con- 
 gregation of more than one hundred members 
 now worship. Probably more than eight hun- 
 dred members have been received into the 
 church, either by baptism or certificate. 
 
 The Protestant Methodist Church was 
 formed by members who had become dissatis- 
 fied with the M. E. denomination, and formed 
 a society and built a frame structure in Mill- 
 ville in 1844. The building was small and 
 another larger building was erected in 1857, 
 and dedicated by Rev. Thomas Graham. The 
 society soon began to decline and is now ex- 
 tinct. The old building is still standing in 
 \\ arrensburg, a relic of the past. 
 
 The Christian Union Church. This 
 church was the outgrowth of several denomi- 
 nations, near the close of the War of 1865, 
 
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 289 
 
 composed of those who favored peace and not 
 war. They first met in the Methodist Protest- 
 ant Church at Millville, now Warrensburg. 
 It was in that church that a few gathered on 
 August 5, 1866, to hear the Rev. James F. 
 Givin, of Columbus. The first council met 
 about 1867, and engragred the Rev. W. W. Lacy 
 to preach for them at $300 per annum. From 
 that date until 1869 the membership increased 
 rapidly and a good frame church was erected 
 that year, costing about $1,400, and was dedi- 
 cated by Rev. George Stevenson. This pros- 
 perity did not last long, and the decay was as 
 rapid as its growth. The following minis- 
 ters served the charge from its beginning to 
 its dissolution: Rev. W. W. Lacy, G. W. 
 Hagans, J. W. Hoskins, Purdy King, and 
 Hanawalt. The church building still stands 
 at Warrensburg. and for several years was 
 looked after by Dr. Mclntire until his recent 
 death. It is now offered for sale. 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodist originated from 
 a series of union meetings which were held 
 with the Presbyterian Church at Edenburg, or 
 Fairview, in the year 1854. With the zeal 
 characteristic of a new enterprise, although 
 few in numbers, they set to work and built a 
 substantial frame church located about one 
 mile west of Ostrander, which was dedicated 
 with imposing ceremonies in 1859. But soon 
 after the War of 1861-65 tne zea l began to 
 decline, and by the year of 1870 the fire had 
 gone out, and the Wesleyan organization had 
 become a thing of the past. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal. Before the dis- 
 solution of the Wesleyan Society the Methodist 
 Episcopal Society had sprung into existence. 
 It continued to grow, and finally absorbed 
 the remnant of the Wesleyan Society. It soon 
 became necessary to dispose of their building, 
 and it was donated to the "M. Es." in 1870 
 on the following conditions, viz.: That they 
 would move the building to a suitable loca- 
 tion in the town of Ostrander. The proposition 
 was accepted, and in compliance it was moved 
 about half-way toward the town, when for 
 want of funds to defray the expense it was 
 deposited in a field where it remained for two 
 years. About 1873 or 1874 Mr. Welsh, of 
 
 Delaware City, took the matter up and had 
 it moved to its present location on North 
 Street, and is now owned by the United 
 Brethren Church. The church was dedicated 
 and was supplied by Rev. Boyer, William Dun- 
 lap, Prof. W. W. Davies, now of the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, J. W. Donnan, and 
 Lucas Crawford, and after that, until the so- 
 ciety ceased to be active, by students of the 
 University. In 1888 the United Brethren or- 
 ganized a society, under the ministry of Rev. 
 E. Barnard. This society bought the prop- 
 erty and it is now a flourishing congregation 
 under that denomination. The Methodists 
 also formed an organization at White Sulphur 
 Station, about the year 1837. Its first meet- 
 ings were held in a little log house. About 
 the year 1864 and 1865 a good frame struc- 
 ture was erected, costing them $1,000. The 
 society ceased to flourish and was disbanded 
 and the building fell in the hands of a Mrs. 
 Thompson, who afterwards sold it and gave 
 the money to the Radnor Stone Church, with 
 the understanding that that church should bear 
 the name, the Radnor Thompson Church. The 
 Methodist Episcopal Church also early formed 
 an organization near Millville, in what is 
 known as the Newhouse neighborhood. A 
 good frame church was erected and dedicated 
 in 1869, about one mile west from Warrens- 
 burg. The congregation soon centered at 
 Warrensburg, and erected a substantial frame 
 structure in that village. This is now the only 
 Methodist Episcopal Society in the township, 
 but is in a flourishing condition. About the 
 year 1893 the building west of the village 
 was repaired and is now known as the W. C. 
 T. U. Hall, the society which had charge of 
 making these repairs. 
 
 The United Brethren Church. A society 
 of this denomination was organized about the 
 fifties, in the neighborhood half-way between 
 Ostrander and Warrensburg. A frame struc- 
 ture was erected and dedicated in the year 
 1866, by Bishop Weaver of the North Ohio 
 Conference: Previous to this time, the meet- 
 ings were held in the school house which 
 stands near by the present church, or in the 
 homes of the farmers. The first minister who 
 
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 held this charge was Chancy Barlow. This 
 congregation is now united with the Ostrander 
 United Brethren Church (already mentioned) 
 as one pastoral charge. 
 
 THOMPSON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 In following through the history of the set- 
 tlement of this township, it will he noticed that 
 but comparatively few families found homes 
 here at so early a period as in adjoining town- 
 ships, anil it was m.it until a late date that a suffi- 
 cient number had been added to the neighbor- 
 hood to enable themlfc 1 support those institutions 
 that are necessary adjuncts to the well-being of 
 all civilized communities. It is not surprising 
 then that churches and schools were not insti- 
 tuted here until after they were enjoyed in 
 almost every other locality throughout the 
 country, Radnor and Scioto Townships be- 
 ing contiguous, afforded opportunities for 
 those living in Thompson for worship, and it 
 was to churches in these localities that the 
 good people would make their regular Sun- 
 day journey. These, of course, were at times 
 attended with some difficulties. The Scioto 
 River intervened between Radnor and 
 Thompson; this had to be forded, which in 
 times of high water was not only a dangerous 
 undertaking, but in the flooded stages impos- 
 sible. Thus were the devout who journeyed 
 in that direction either compelled to forego 
 their accustomed pilgrimage to the temple of 
 God. or avail themselves of similar privileges 
 afforded in Scioto. It was not until about the 
 year 1840, that religious organizations began 
 to take shape here. About this time, the New 
 Lights or Christians formed their society, and 
 in 1843 erected a church on Tau Way Run, 
 the Rev. Isaac Walters officiating as their first 
 minister. Here they held their services until 
 1873. when the church burned down, it is 
 thought through the act of an incendiary. 
 Nothing daunted, and with commendable zeal, 
 they immediately commenced their plans for '. 
 new building, and this they completed in 1875. 
 the site being one mile west of the old church. 
 Since that the society has been disbanded. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal organization, ii 
 is supposed by some, existed prior to that of 
 the Christian, but this is in doubt. The first 
 meetings of the Methodists were held at the 
 residence of Joseph Russell, and then in a 
 small log church put up by them, in union with 
 the Disciple Society. In this they worshipped 
 under ministrations of the Rev. Ebenezer Web- 
 ster, who was on the Richwood Circuit, this 
 charge having been placed under that juris- 
 diction. A few years later, they were changed 
 to the Delhi Circuit, and the congregation as- 
 sembled at the house of Henry C. Flemming to 
 hear the "word expounded," changing oc- 
 casionally to other conveniently situated resi- 
 dences, and at times holding services in the 
 neighborhood school house. In 1867 the}' 
 were again changed, at which time the little 
 charge was placed on the Prospect or Middle- 
 town Circuit, and there they gathered together 
 in their little circles, constant in their adher- 
 ence to faith and duty. During this unsatis- 
 factory state of affairs, in 1868, they began 
 agitating the question of building a church 01 
 their own. Accordingly one-fourth of an acre, 
 situated on the State road, a short distance 
 north of the covered bridge, was bought for 
 a site, including space for a burying-ground. 
 A subscription having been raised, work was 
 immediately commenced for the construction 
 of a frame building that would amply satisfy 
 the wants of the people. At this time the so- 
 ciety embraced in its membership but two male 
 members, Henry C. Fleming and James Maize. 
 To them belong a great share of the credit 
 for the present prosperous condition of the 
 organization. However, the ladies, constitut- 
 ing as they did a large majority of its strength, 
 must have wielded an influence in shaping the 
 course of affairs that cannot be ignored, and 
 to them, undoubtedly, is due great praise for 
 their active co-operation in all matters per- 
 taining to the welfare of the society. The 
 new church was finished the latter part of De- 
 cember, 1869, and dedicated the first day of 
 January, 1870. by Rev. Benjamin Powell, at 
 that time on the Delhi Circuit, Rev. Caleb 
 Hill being the pastor in charge at the time. 
 
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 The first class was' composed of the following 
 named persons: James Maize and wife, Henry 
 C. Fleming, Ann Evans and James Fleming. 
 The church is in a prosperous condition. Since 
 the new building has been in use the following 
 clergymen have filled the pastoral charge . 
 Caleb Hill, A. D. Mathers. William Lance, 
 Frank B. Olds, Henry Pilcher, John Hills, 
 Benjamin Powell, and others. 
 
 Fulton's Creek M. E. Church is in the west- 
 ern part of the township, near the creek from 
 which it is named. Their present meet- 
 ing-house was built in 1868, and cost $1,100. 
 It is a frame structure, conveniently located 
 for the accommodation of the people, and well 
 adapted for its purpose. The original trustees 
 were Thomas Armstrong, John KennecK, 
 Thomas Love, John G. Curry, Lewis Wolfley 
 and Henry Perry. It was dedicated by the 
 Rev. Mr. Henderson. The organization ex- 
 isted some years before the present church 
 building was erected, the information in re- 
 lation to time and its early condition not be- 
 ing accessible. 
 
 The New Disciple or Campbellite denomi- 
 nation have a comfortable frame church, situ- 
 ated in the north central part of the township, 
 which was built in 1853, and dedicated the 
 same year. The organization existed as such 
 previous to that date. The society has now 
 ceased to exist, but the church building still 
 stands on what is known as the Bill Decker 
 farm. 
 
 TRENTON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The first church society organized in Tren- 
 ton, we believe, was that of the Presbyterians 
 about 1836, by Rev. Calvin N. Ransom, with 
 twenty members. The first elders were Silas 
 Ogden, A. P. Condit, and Robert Lewis. This 
 church until the reunion was connected with 
 the Franklin Presbyterian, New School. 
 Among the original members were Simeon 
 Condit, Silas Ogden, A. P. Condit, Robert 
 Lewis, Squire Wheaton, Elizabeth Condit. 
 Elizabeth Leak, Magdalene Van Dorn, Maria 
 Condit, Mercy Wheaton, Mary Condit. Jane 
 Os:den and .Andrew Herrons and wife. The 
 
 facts leading to the organization of this church 
 were something as follows: After holding a 
 meeting in June, 1835, with reference to the 
 formation of a society, Messrs. A. P. and J. S. 
 Condit were sent to Alexandria to confer with 
 the minister of that place, but receiving no 
 encouragement from him, they next visited the 
 Presbyterian Church in Genoa Township. 
 From Mr. Ransom, the pastor of that church, 
 they received but little more encouragement 
 than at Alexandria. He prevailed on them, 
 however, to unite with the Genoa Church. In 
 the September following these visits, a gloom 
 was cast over the community by the death of 
 J. S. Condit. Mr. Ransom being called upon 
 to preach his funeral sermon, took occasion to 
 refer to the visit of Mr. Condit and the object 
 of his mission to him some time before. He 
 said upon further reflection, he had come to 
 the conclusion that he had done wrong in dis- 
 couraging their project, and believed the time 
 had come for them to organize a church in 
 their neighborhood. Accordingly, a meeting 
 was called at the Ogden School house to con- 
 sider the propriety of at once organizing a 
 society. At that meeting, A. P. Condit was 
 appointed to present the matter to the presby- 
 tery, which body decided in favor of the move- 
 ment, and Rev. Mr. Ransom was directed to 
 establish a church. He was the first pastor 
 and preached to them for one year, for which 
 he received the sum of $18.50, all that could 
 be raised by the members. The second 
 preacher was Rev. Mr. Allen for one year; the 
 third. Rev. Ezra G. Johnson ; the fourth. Rev. 
 Ahab Jinks. "But," adds our informant, "he 
 being a farmer, and judge of the Court of 
 Common Pleas, only a part of his time could 
 be given to the church." 
 
 At a meeting held February 21, 1837. the 
 practicability of building a church edifice was 
 discussed, and finally a resolution was passed 
 to proceed at once with the undertaking. Soon 
 after, their first building was put up, which 
 served them as temple of worship until 1855. 
 The following is a transcript of the proceed- 
 ing of a meeting held February 5, 1875 : "At 
 a meeting of the members of the First Pres- 
 byterian Church, of Trenton Township, Dela- 
 
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 ware County, a motion was adopted that a 
 committee be appointed to circulate a subscrip- 
 tion paper for the purpose of building a new 
 meeting house, and if a sufficient amount for 
 the purpose is secured, they are authorized to 
 act as a building committee, and to select a site 
 and build the house." A. P. Condit, John E. 
 Ketcham and E. M. Condit were appointed 
 the committee, and the further duty imposed 
 upon them of selling the old church building. 
 This they accomplished April 1, 1875, selling 
 it for the sum of $100, to the United Brethren 
 Church for a house of worship. Air. Miles 
 and Mr. Skinner gave their obligations for 
 the payment of the amount, and also agreed to 
 either move the house or secure the lot upon 
 which it stood for the benefit of their society. 
 The new building of the Presbyterians 
 cost $1,000 and was dedicated by Revs. War- 
 ren Jenkins and John W. Thompson. This 
 building was erected about one-half mile west 
 of where the new building now stands, and 
 was sold to Mr. L. A. Pierson, who now uses 
 it for a barn. It served the congregation until 
 1879, when a new church was erected at a cost 
 of $3,000, and was dedicated May 25th, by 
 Rev. Nathan S. Smith, of Delaware, assisted 
 by Rev. Carson, of Westerville. Five years 
 ago a Sunday school room was added, and with 
 changes made in the audience room, it cost as 
 much as the main room. It is now the best 
 country church in Marion Presbytery. The 
 church is in a flourishing condition, and has 
 exercised a wide-spread influence in the entire 
 community. The following ministers have 
 served the church since Rev. Ransom: 
 
 Ahab Jinks 1837-1841 
 
 Joseph Fowler 1842- 
 
 John McCutcheon 1S43- 
 
 Ezra Johnson 1844- 1848 
 
 James Hamser 1849- 1852 
 
 Edmond Garland 1853-1854 
 
 Warren Jenkins 185 5- 1860 
 
 Robert Wylie 1870-1887 
 
 Albert Sharpless 1888-1892 
 
 William D. Wallace 1893-1900 
 
 John Glenn, 1901, and continues as pastor. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church dates 
 back almost to the organization of the Pres- 
 byterian Church. Sometime between 1835 
 and 1840. a society of this denomination was 
 formed in a school house, embracing in its 
 original membership many of the early settlers 
 of the township. The first minister who 
 preached to the congregation in the little 
 school house was Rev. Curtis Godhard. An- 
 other of the pioneer preachers of this society 
 was Rev. Mr. McDowell. The present church 
 was built in 1855, and was dedicated by Rev. 
 Samuel Lynch. Its early ministers were : 
 Revs. John Mitchell, William Morrow, Alex- 
 ander Blamfield, D. R. Moore, and others. 
 The church cost originally about $700. It has 
 been repaired and is prosperous. A Sunday 
 school is maintained most of the time. This 
 church has been productive of much good in 
 the neighborhood, and many souls, through 
 its influence, have been brought home to 
 Christ. 
 
 The Old School Presbyterians organized a 
 society and built a church in this township, but 
 did not exist any great length of time. In 1850 
 thep built their church, but became lukewarm 
 and sold out to the Methodists. This society 
 moved over into Porter Township, and es- 
 tablished what is known there as the Mount 
 Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church. It is 
 more fully noticed, however, in the historv of 
 that township. 
 
 The United Brethren had an organized so- 
 ciety in the township and a church building 
 was erected, but the society has gone down, 
 and the church has not been used for five 
 years. 
 
 Trenton Christian Union Church. This 
 church was organized on the first Saturday 
 of July, 1849, by Rev. William H. Ashley. 
 Their church building was erected in 1863, 
 and was dedicated by Rev. Mills Harrod, No- 
 vember 9, 1863, the sermon being preached 
 by Rev. James Marion. The church is located 
 near the road leading from Sunbury to Tren- 
 ton village. Rev. Miles Harrod served the 
 church twenty-one years. The present pastor 
 is Rev. A. D. Mann. Jacob Fisher has been 
 
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 clerk from the beginning, [849, to 1892, since 
 which time his son. R. W. Fisher, has taken 
 his place. The present membership is seven- 
 ty-nine. The principles of this church are: 
 First. The word of God as our only rule of 
 faith and practice; second. Christian character 
 and spirit as the only test of fellowship ; third. 
 Christian as the only name by which the church 
 shall be known. This church is the only one 
 of this kind in Delaware County, and is con- 
 nected with the Ohio Central Christian Con- 
 ference. 
 
 TROY TOWNSHIP. 
 
 About the year 1806 a tornado passed over 
 a portion of Delaware County, which, on ac- 
 count of its strength and destruction was 
 designated as "the Great Windfall." Many 
 of the early settlers remember windfalls which 
 did considerable damage, but this was the most 
 devastating of which they have any recollec- 
 tions. It struck Scioto and Thompson Town- 
 ships, and with a curve swept across the north- 
 west corner of Delaware Township into Troy. 
 Here, in some cases for a mile wide, the great 
 trees were prostrated, and it seemed as if a 
 mighty scythe had cut a swath through the 
 forest. For many years after the path could 
 be discerned by means of the smaller timber 
 and the decaying logs. 
 
 The first church built in this township, and 
 around which clusters the most historic inter- 
 est, is the old Marlborough Baptist Church. 
 The records from which we take the accom- 
 panying sketch are very full and complete, 
 and appear to have been made a short time 
 previous to July 14. 1810, and show the causes 
 of organization. They run as follows : "It 
 pleased God in His good providence to re- 
 move a number of His people to this part of 
 the world, and we were from different parts 
 of the country and strangers to each other. 
 We became acquainted in the love of Jesus 
 Christ and the profession of our faith in God, 
 and brother Joseph Cole gave them permission 
 for meetings to be held at his bouse, and also 
 did a number of other people open doors like- 
 wise, and it pleased God to cause Elder Brun- 
 
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 dige's lot to fall amongst us. and we are to he 
 constituted into a church July 14, 1810, by El- 
 der William Brundige and Elder Jacob Drake." 
 
 The first meeting of the Baptist Church at 
 Marlborough took place the Saturday before 
 the third Lord's Day, July 14, 1810, and the 
 following are the minutes of the first meet- 
 ing: 
 
 "The church proceeded to renew covenant 
 and found a union, and Joseph Cole was 
 chosen deacon on trial, and David Dix, clerk. 
 
 "The church voted to give Elder William 
 Brundige a call to the pastoral chair of the 
 church, and the clerk was instructed to write 
 a letter to Liberty Baptist Church, request- 
 ing a dismission for him from that church, and 
 to lay the letter before the church for inspec- 
 tion at our next church meeting, which is to 
 be held at the cabin of brother Joseph Cole." 
 
 After the first meeting the letter was writ- 
 ten to Liberty Church, and after being ap- 
 proved was sent to Liberty Church. 
 
 August 19, 1 8 10. The church met at 
 brother Joseph Cole's cabin on Saturday be- 
 fore the third Lord's Day in August. Elder 
 Wyatt was chosen moderator. The church 
 proceeded to renew covenant and found a 
 union. The following is a copy of the letter 
 sent to William Brundige from the church in 
 Liberty : 
 
 Elder William Brundige, living a member in full 
 communion with us, now living in the bounds of a 
 sister church of the same faith and order, and being 
 desirous of a letter of dismission from us so that he 
 may join them, and applying now by the mouth of 
 Elder Wyatt for a letter, we now give him a letter as 
 a minister of the Gospel and recommend him as such, 
 and being in good standing with us at this time, and 
 as soon as he is joined to another church of the 
 same faith and order, he will be considered as fully 
 dismissed from us. This letter is given at Delaware 
 town by order of the Baptist Church of Liberty. 
 (Signed) Joseph Eaton, clerk. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1810. 
 
 Elder William Brundige came forward to 
 join the church, and gave in his letter of dis- 
 missal from the pastoral charge of Liberty 
 Church, and was appointed to the pastoral 
 chair of the church. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 In 1810 occurred the first withdrawal, 
 Pierce Main severing his connection with the 
 church. 
 
 The meeting on the Saturday before the 
 third Lord's Day in April. 1811, was inter- 
 rupted by the male members of the church 
 being called to military training. 
 
 May 16, 181 3. No meeting of the church 
 as the men were called to the field against the 
 enemy. 
 
 The meeting in June, 1813, postponed on 
 account of the men being under arms to repel 
 a threatened attack of the British and In- 
 dians. 
 
 The meetings in August and September 
 also postponed on account of a threatened in- 
 vasion of the enemy. 
 
 In March. 1814. Pierce Main came for- 
 ward, and, after confessing his fault, was re- 
 admitted into the church. The following is 
 a copy of the letter of dismissal of Nathaniel 
 Wyett, the first settler in this section of the 
 county, from the Liberty Church. 
 
 The Baptist Church, called Liberty Church, in 
 Delaware County, State of Ohio, holding the doc- 
 trine of unconditional election, justification by Jesus 
 Christ, justification by the spirit of grace; the resur- 
 rection of dead, both of the just and the unjust, etc. 
 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: That our Elder 
 Nathaniel Wyatt has requested a letter of dismissal 
 from this church as his local situation, and the helps 
 we are blessed with in the church justify his request. 
 We do now dismiss him as being in full fellowship 
 with us, and as such we recommend him to the other 
 churches of the same faith and order. 
 
 Done on July 8, [815. 
 
 Joseph Eaton, clerk. 
 
 It was not until about [819 that the so- 
 ciety built their first church. It was con- 
 structed of hewn logs, from Joseph Cole's 
 land. The situation was the same as now oc- 
 cupied by the new church, which overlooks the 
 river in the extreme northern and eastern part 
 of the township. 
 
 In 1836 they tore down the old log church. 
 Joseph Cole bought it and moved it to his 
 farm and placed it opposite his house. It 
 is now used as a hay barn. A frame one was 
 then built, which they occupied until 1873, 
 
 when it was replaced .with a new one. The 
 present church is an elegant structure, large 
 and commodious, and is built of brick and 
 freestone, at a cost of $3,300. The first minis- 
 ter that preached to the society was William 
 Brundige. 
 
 The first Methodist organization in Troy 
 Township was the Windfall Class. It took its 
 name from the fact that it worshipped in a 
 small school house on the southwest corner 
 of Hiram Welch's farm, which was situated 
 in the path taken by the "Great Windfall," of 
 1806. This organization had an existence as 
 early as 1 834, and continued for a number of 
 years, but had no church building. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church, situated 
 just above Judge Norris' farm, first came out 
 as an organization and at first worshipped in 
 the school house situated near where the pres- 
 ent structure stands. The first frame structure 
 was built upon the site of the present brick 
 church, and was a very cheap affair. Soon 
 after it was put up, they were joined by the 
 "Windfall Class," and worship was continued 
 for some time. At last their building becom- 
 ing so poor and dilapidated as to seriously 
 inconvenience those worshiping in it, the ser- 
 vices were discontinued, and in 1867. finding 
 all efforts to rebuild it unavailing, it was sold 
 to J. B. Jackson for $25 and moved by him to 
 his farm near by, where it can still be seen. It 
 was not until 1872 that the organization again 
 showed signs of life and activity. In that year, 
 the congregation built a fine brick structure, 
 at a cost of $2,200, which was dedicated the 
 same year, by D. D. Mather. J. F. Richard- 
 son is the present pastor. 
 
 The Baptist Church, which is situated in 
 the eastern part of the township, near the 
 "Horse Shoe," owes its origin to the revolt 
 of elder Briggs and other members, in 1856, 
 from the old Marlborough Baptist Church. The 
 church is a frame structure, in good condition 
 and the society maintains occasional services. 
 Maple Hil'l M. E. Church. About 1885 
 John Hoorley, a young local preacher of the 
 M. E. Church, came from Columbiana County 
 to this neighborhood. He was full of zeal 
 for his work and held meetings in the lower 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
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 Horse Shoe school house, which resulted in 
 about twenty conversions. These at first 
 united with the surrounding churches. It was 
 decided to organize a Sunday school, hut when 
 the parties interested met to do so they found 
 that the school directors had locked the doors 
 of the school house against them. Air. Reed, 
 a Presbyterian who lived near by, invited 
 them to come to his house, in which place the 
 school was held. 
 
 Soon after it was decided to organize a 
 church, and about fifteen persons, belonging 
 to different denominations, went into the new 
 organization. As nearly as can be ascertained 
 the original membership was composed of the 
 following families : Frank Sherman and 
 family ; Frank Ashville and family ; Henry 
 Reed and family ; Samuel Tayler and wife, 
 and a Air. Smith. A frame church was soon 
 erected by voluntary subscriptions and named 
 the Maple Hill Church. 
 
 The congregation was supplied for several 
 years by students from the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. The society is not, at this date, 
 maintained, but ministers of various denomi- 
 nations preach occasionally in the church and 
 a Sunday school is maintained during a part of 
 the year. 
 
 The Young Men's Christian Associa- 
 tion in Delaware is one of the city's latest 
 organizations and one with a remarkable 
 career for the brief time that it has been in 
 existence. The influences that led to its or- 
 ganization are to be found in a spontaneous 
 movement among a number of the city's young 
 men. who had become familiar with its needs 
 and who had been impressed with the fact 
 that there was great need among the young 
 men for some central place where clubs and 
 gymnastic features, around which had been 
 thrown the influence of a Christian home, 
 could be secured. From this movement fol- 
 lowed quickly other movements that gave 
 Delaware an Association that is rapidly as- 
 suming a prominent place in the city's life. 
 and also a prominent place among the associa- 
 tions of the State. 
 
 It was in the Spring of 1905 that a number 
 of young men became interested in the pro- 
 
 pi isal of a Young Men's Christian Association 
 for the city of Delaware. A number of con- 
 ferences among themselves, led these men to 
 draw up papers which they personally circu- 
 lated among the men of the city asking that 
 every man who would be glad to see the es- 
 tablishment of such an organization should 
 sign. The result was a remarkable one. The 
 signers embraced the leading business men of 
 the city, many of the professors of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, as well as many of a younger 
 class. The move, thus accelerated, at once 
 assumed a definite shape. Rev. F. I. Johnson, 
 at that time the pastor of the Asbury Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. Air. W. A. Morrison, the 
 president of the Delaware Underwear Factory 
 and a leading business man. and Air. Weyland 
 Alichener, became the leaders of an effort to 
 at once secure a building and place the or- 
 ganization on its feet. 
 
 On the first day of August, with six weeks 
 left to secure the option on the old Blee Hotel 
 building at the corner of East Winter and 
 Union Streets, a building removed far enough 
 from the business center to insure the neces- 
 sary quiet, and at the same time furnish a 
 most convenient meeting place for the men 
 coming from all parts of the city, began the 
 contest for the Association. A saloon that 
 then occupied the building and the Association 
 made the race for the building's control, and 
 the Young Alen's Christian Association won. 
 After one of the hardest fought financial cam- 
 paigns in the history of Delaware, the needed 
 $20,000 was secured and the building which 
 is the home of the Association formally pur- 
 chased. A mass meeting of the citizens that 
 followed chose fifteen incorporators, who 
 were. Messrs. W. A. Morrison, C. D. Young, 
 E. D. Pollock, E. F. Young. V. T. Hills, L. 
 L. Denison. N. F. Overturf. Jas. Ovsey, E. AI. 
 Hall. Stephen Potter, J. F. Denison. Robert 
 P. Benton. J. L. Anderson. R. J. Pumphrey 
 and Jas. Wilson. Captain V. T. Hills was 
 chosen as the first president of the Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 On January 15, 1906. in the interval lie- 
 fore possession of the building could be se- 
 cured, Mr. Edwin F. Young became the secre- 
 
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 tary of the Association, anil Mr. W. A. Morri- 
 son succeeded Mr. Hills as president. Dur- 
 ing this year repairs on the building were be- 
 gun, and a wonderful transformation made in 
 its appearance and arrangement. Probably no 
 greater transformation of a building has ever 
 taken place within the city. A gymnasium 
 was arranged, club rooms prepared, and plans 
 formed for general Association work carried 
 into effect. 
 
 Xew Year's day, 1907, brought the As- 
 sociation into complete possession of the build- 
 ing, and Mr. Oscar M. .Miller, who had been 
 employed as assistant secretary of the Toledo 
 Association, became the general secretary. 
 The formal opening of the building followed 
 about the last of March, a big celebration 
 marking the real beginning of the Associa- 
 tion's work in the city. 
 
 Nine months of the work were completed 
 on the first clay of January, 1908. It is counted 
 a difficult matter to organize any institution 
 or commercial company having a single line 
 of work and give it more than a start in such 
 a length of time. The Y. M. C. A., while it 
 has as its single aim the building of strong 
 mental, physical and moral men — has many 
 kinds of work included within its scope, so that 
 the problem of conducting very diverse inter- 
 ests becomes a difficult one. 
 
 The Delaware Association in the nine 
 months has not only met these problems, but 
 it has boldly undertaken almost every feature 
 
 of Association work. The building on the cor- 
 ner has become the social center for over four 
 hundred members, more than one-third of 
 whom are boys and another third business 
 men. Its four walls include a gymnasium, 
 with special classes in physical training for 
 boys, young men and business men ; athletic 
 sport provided by inter-class basket ball and 
 volley-ball contests ; social recreation and 
 clean fun, centering in a bowling league of 
 three dozen members ; bath-tubs, sponge and 
 shower, for the members to use as frequently 
 as they wish ; a Boy's Club ; the Commercial 
 Club's headquarters ; a glee club of twenty 
 male voices; a Boy's Orchestra; a pleasant 
 residence for thirty men ; a night school, pro- 
 viding instruction in a number of hues of 
 work; a Sunday afternoon Bible Discussion 
 Class; and a training class for the men Sun- 
 day school teachers of the city. Besides all 
 this, there have been many social evenings for 
 the men and boys of the city, and a number of 
 addresses and big Sunday meetings for men. 
 The plans for a greater enlargement of 
 the work and the more effective carrying out 
 of the plans already under way is the work 
 of the future. Step by step the officers of the 
 Association are doing their best to bring it 
 into a greater and more intimate touch with 
 the needs of the city, and there is every indi- 
 cation that it is to become one of the most 
 vital factors in the religious, social, and moral 
 life of the people of Delaware. 
 
CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 THE BENCH AND BAR. 
 
 Early History — First Court and First Lawyers — The Present Bur and Its High Standing. 
 
 It would not be commensurate with a his- 
 torical sketch of the Bench and Bar of Dela- 
 ware County to name all the judges who have 
 presided on its bench, or to describe the nu- 
 merous lawyers who have practiced before its 
 courts ; yet it is thought best to refer to the 
 organization of its several courts and to name 
 some of the early judges who held them and 
 the members of the bar who practiced before 
 them, as well as the judges and lawyers who lo- 
 cated here. 
 
 The first judicial system to be organized 
 in that part of the United States which is 
 now known as the State of Ohio, was that put 
 in operation by the "Ordinance of 1787," by 
 which the vast "territory northwest of the 
 River Ohio'* was set apart as a separate gov- 
 ernment, and a local judicial system given to 
 it under said ordinance. The court was to 
 consist of three judges, any two of whom 
 could form and constitute a court. This court 
 was to have common law jurisdiction and the 
 judges must reside in the district and have 
 therein a free hold estate of not less than five 
 hundred acres of land during the time they 
 held their office, and their commission was to 
 continue in force during good behavior. These 
 judges, with the governor of said territory 
 were to select from the civil and criminal laws 
 of the original states such laws as they thought 
 suitable for the territory and they were au- 
 thorized t<> promulgate and enforce the law. 
 until amended or repealed by a general as- 
 sembly which was to be later organized accord- 
 ing to the terms of said Ordinance under which 
 they were appointed. 
 
 In accordance with such provision of the 
 Ordinance, Congress on the sixteenth day of 
 October, 1787, elected as judges for the North- 
 west Territory, Samuel Wolden Parsons, 
 John Armstrong and James Mitchell Varnam. 
 Mr. Armstrong declined the appointment and 
 on the nineteenth day of February, 1788, 
 John Cleves Symmes was chosen in his place. 
 The salary of the judges was fixed at eight 
 hundred dollars per year. This organization 
 of the court continued, with various changes 
 which were made in the appointment of the 
 judges, until the organization of the State of 
 Ohio, in the year 1802. 
 
 Under the first constitution of Ohio, the 
 number of supreme judges was three, with 
 power vested in the General Assembly to au- 
 thorize the selection of one additional judge. 
 Their term of office was fixed at seven years 
 and their salaries were not to exceed one tin iu- 
 sand dollars per annum, each. These judges, 
 under the constitution, were to be chosen by 
 the General Assembly, and on the second day 
 of April, 1803, they elected Samuel Hunting- 
 ton, Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., and Wil- 
 liam Spriggs, who composed the first Supreme 
 Court of Ohio. Under this new constitution 
 the first court was organized which concerned 
 Delaware County directly. This was known 
 as the Court of Common Pleas. The consti- 
 tution of 1802 provided that the several Courts 
 of Common Pleas shall consist of a president 
 judge and associate judges: that the State 
 should be divided by law into three circuits 
 and that there should be appointed a president 
 of the Courts, who during his continuance in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 office should reside therein ; that there should 
 be appointed in each county not more than 
 three nor less than two associate judges, who 
 during their continuance in office should reside 
 in the county, and the president in the circuit 
 and the associate judges in the county should 
 constitute the Court of Common Pleas, which 
 court was to have common law and chancery 
 jurisdiction. The several judges under this 
 provision of the constitution were elected by the 
 General Assembly. 
 
 Under this subdivision of the State into 
 three circuits, Delaware County belonged to 
 the middle subdivision, and the first presiding 
 judge who held court in Delaware County 
 after its organization was Levin Belt, who re- 
 sided in Chillicothe, Ohio ; his associates were 
 Moses Byxbee, Thomas Brown and Josiah 
 McKinney. The first session of the court was 
 held on the third day of June, A. D., 1808, 
 in a temporary log building near the sulphur 
 springs, on what is now the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University grounds. The presiding judge and 
 all the members of the bar were from neigh- 
 boring counties. The associate judges above 
 named were from Delaware County, and 
 Moses Byxbee, Jr., was appointed clerk of 
 courts. He also resided in Delaware County. 
 The early journals of the Common Pleas Court 
 were destroyed by an incendiary fire about the 
 year 1825 and it would be difficult to give a 
 full and complete history of this court prior 
 to the year 1825. But from other sources we 
 have compiled a complete history of all the 
 judges and their associate judges who have 
 held the several courts in this county since its 
 organization. 
 
 From February 8. 1808, the date when 
 Delaware County was set off' from Franklin 
 County by an act of the General Assembly, 
 down to the date of the adoption of the new- 
 constitution in 1 85 1, this county never had a 
 resident presiding judge, but during all that 
 time it had its quota of associate judges, who 
 were men chosen from among its best and 
 most prominent citizens. As before stated, 
 these judges were elected bv the General As- 
 sembly and the first three were Moses Byxbee, 
 Thomas Brown and Josiah McKinney. These 
 
 were elected February 13, 1808. Benjamin 
 Carpenter was elected February 17. 1809; J°~ 
 siah McKinney. Ezekiel Brown and David 
 Marks, elected February 4, 1815; Samuel 
 Hughes elected January 27 \ 1818; Josiah Mc- 
 Kinney and William S. Drake elected Febru- 
 ary 4, 1822. David Prince elected at the ses- 
 sion in 1825; William S. Drake and Hosea 
 Williams elected at the session in January, 
 1829; Ezra Griswold elected at the January 
 session, 1832; John Brundage and John Lug- 
 enbeel elected at the January session, 1830; 
 William P. Norris elected at session of 1842; 
 Marshall L. Griffin elected at session of 1:842; 
 Almon Stark elected at session of 1846; Fred- 
 erick Avery elected at the session of 1850; 
 Caleb Howard elected at the session of 1850. 
 
 Under the new constitution of 185 1 the 
 State was divided into nine Common Pleas 
 districts, and these districts were subdivided 
 into three districts each and the election of 
 the judges of these courts was vested in the 
 people of the subdivision instead of in the 
 General Assembly as under the Constitution of 
 1802. According to this subdivision Dela- 
 ware County was placed in the Sixth Judicial 
 District, which was composed of Delaware, 
 Knox, Licking, Ashland, Morrow. Richland, 
 Coshocton. Holmes and Wayne Counties, and 
 the first subdivision of said district is com- 
 posed of Delaware, Knox and Licking coun- 
 ties and it has always been the same since the 
 adoption of the new constitution. 
 
 The first election for judges of the Com- 
 mon Pleas Courts under the Constitution of 
 1 85 1 was held on the second Tuesday of Oc- 
 tober, 1 85 1. and the judges elected began their 
 terms of office on the second Monday of Febru- 
 ary, A. D., 1852. Under this subdivision of 
 the Sixth District, the following named per- 
 sons have been elected from Delaware County 
 and have presided over this court and over the 
 other courts in this subdivision : Sherman 
 Finch, from February. 1857, to February, 
 [862. Thomas C. Jones, from February, 
 1862, to February, 1872. Charles H. Mc- 
 Elroy, from February. 1882. to February, 
 1892. John S. Gill, from February, 1892, to 
 February, 1897. Emmett M. Wickham, from 
 
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 February, 1897, to February, 1902. George 
 Coyner, from February, 1902, to February, 
 1907. Emmett M. Wickham, from February, 
 1907. present incumbent. The foregoing are 
 all of the judges who have been elected or ap- 
 pointed from Delaware County. 
 
 THE PROBATE COURT. 
 
 The Probate Court was first established 
 under the new constitution in the year 1852. 
 Up to that date the business of the Probate 
 Court was done in the Common Pleas Court. 
 The Probate Court is the most popular court 
 with the people. It has been said that prac- 
 tically all the property in the count}' pa-<c^ 
 under the jurisdiction of this court once in 
 each generation. 
 
 The first judge of the Probate Court of 
 Delaware County was David T. Fuller. The 
 first entry made on the Journal of the court by 
 him is dated March 2, A. D., 1852. and the 
 last entry made by him is dated August 5, 
 [854. He died during his term of office and 
 John E. Rosette was appointed by Governor 
 William Madill to fill the vacancy. The first 
 entry made of the Journal by Judge Rosette 
 is dated September 16, 1854. 
 
 The next judge of the Probate Court was 
 Isaac Ranney, and the first entry made by him 
 on the Journal is dated October 20, 1854. 
 
 The next judge was Thomas W. Powell, 
 and the first entry made on the Journal by him 
 is dated November 3, 1862. These three 
 judges were lawyers. 
 
 The next judge was B. C. Waters, and 
 the first entry made by him is dated March 18, 
 1870. Judge Waters was not a lawyer. The, 
 next judge of this court was F. B. Sprague, 
 and the first entry made by him on the Journal 
 of the court is dated February 14, 1876. Mr. 
 Sprague was not a lawyer. 
 
 The next judge of this court was Rufus 
 Carpenter, and the first entry made by him 
 is dated February 9, 1882. Mr. Carpenter was 
 not a lawyer. 
 
 The next judge of this court was X. F. 
 Overturf and the first entry made by him on 
 
 the Journal is dated February 0. 1888. Judge 
 Overturf is a lawyer. 
 
 The next judge of this court was I'.. F. 
 Freshwater, and the first entry made on the 
 Journal of this court by him is dated Febru- 
 ary 9, 1894. Judge Freshwater is a lawyer. 
 
 The next judge of this court was E. Lee 
 Porterfield. and the first entry made on his 
 Journal is February 9, 1900. Judge Porter- 
 field was admitted to the Bar during his in- 
 cumbency in office. 
 
 The next judge of this court was John 
 A. Cone, who is the present incumbent. The 
 first entry made by him on his docket is 
 dated February 9, 1906. Judge Cone i-- a 
 lawyer. 
 
 Leonard H. Cowles. The first lawyer 
 to settle in Delaware County was Leonard H. 
 Cowles. He came from Connecticut about the 
 year 1810, two years after the organization 
 of the county. He was said to be a scholarly 
 gentleman, a graduate of Yale College and a 
 college mate of the late John C. Calhoun of 
 South Carolina. He was said to have been 
 one of the most thorough-read lawyers of his 
 age. Not long after he came to Delaware he 
 was married to a daughter of Colonel Moses 
 Byxbee, which brought him into one of the 
 wealthiest families of the county and the most 
 of the county. He was a scholarly 
 own personal business, so that as a lawyer he 
 did not acquire as great a reputation in his 
 professional life as he might have done if his 
 talents had been devoted to his profession 
 strictly. He was the only resident lawyer of 
 the county until the year 1818, and his name 
 appears frequently on the deed records of the 
 county. He was a member of the Twenty- 
 first and Twenty-second General Assemblies 
 of Ohio which convened respectively on the 
 second day of December. A. D., 1822. and the 
 first day of December, A. D.. 1823. He is said 
 to have been a person of good and command- 
 ing presence, always well dressed and gentle- 
 manly in his appearance, and he devoted much 
 of his time to social life and was fond of 
 and sociable with his friends. He reared 
 large family, none of whom are now living. 
 
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 At the close of his life he had but little left 
 
 of his large fortune. 
 
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 Milo D. Pettibone was also a native of 
 Connecticut, and he, it is believed, was a 
 graduate of Yale College, also. He came to 
 Delaware in the year 1818. He was also <x 
 scholarly gentleman, a trustworthy lawyer and 
 occupied a high and responsible position at the 
 ,bar until the time of his death, which occurred 
 in the year 1849. He devoted some of his 
 time to land speculation and was the owner 
 of large tracts of land at the time of his death. 
 The partition of his real estate, which was 
 made in the Court of Common Pleas of Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, shows that he was the 
 owner of large tracts of land both in Delaware, 
 Marion and other counties in this State. He 
 devoted the most of his time to the accumula- 
 tion of his fortune, yet he was not lacking in 
 his social relations and he always engaged 
 in all the improvements of his time, whether 
 social, moral or religious. He believed in the 
 abolition of slavery in the United States and 
 was considered one of the emancipators. He 
 was enterprising and liberal toward public 
 improvements and favored the advancement 
 of Delaware. He was a member of the Twen- 
 ty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio, which 
 convened at Columbus, Ohio, on the first day 
 of December. A. D., 1828. At the time of 
 his death he had a large family of sons and 
 daughters, to whom he left a large estate, some 
 oi whom are still living but none are now resi- 
 dents of this countv. 
 
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 There were several other persons who 
 came to Delaware and practiced at this bar 
 for a short time but they only remained for 
 a short period or died before they became 
 well established in business and little can be 
 learned of them or said about them at this late 
 period. 
 
 Among those are Henry Brush, Justine 
 Cook, and Richard Murray. Of Henry Brush 
 nothing is known except that he was here for 
 a short time and was a contemporary of and 
 with Leonard 11. Cowles and Milo D. Petti- 
 bone. 
 
 Justine Cook is said to have been a very 
 bright young man, who developed great hopes 
 in the minds of. his friends for a resplendent 
 professional career, but they were disap- 
 pointed by his early death, which occurred 
 about the year 1828. 
 
 Richard Murray began the practice of 
 law in Delaware with flattering hopes for a 
 bright professional career, but about the year 
 1830 he developed disease of the lungs which 
 resulted in tuberculosis, and he was compelled 
 to seek a better climate. He removed with his 
 family to the south and located on the east side 
 of Lake Pontchartrain, where he lived but a 
 few years, and died and was buried there, but 
 his family returned to Delaware, Ohio. His 
 widow resided in Delaware for many years 
 and was prominent as an early educator. 
 
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 Judge Thomas Watkins Powell was 
 born in South Wales, September, 1797, and 
 died December 12, 1882, in Delaware, Ohio, 
 at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His 
 father, in the year 1801, immigrated to 
 America and settled in Utica, in the State of 
 New York. He sought and obtained such an 
 education as his opportunities afforded. But 
 the War of 181 2 with Great Britain soon be- 
 gan, and during that war he drove his father's 
 team with the baggage of a regiment to Sac- 
 ket's Harbor in the spring of 1813, and entered 
 that place at the close of the battle. In the 
 year 1814 be was appointed to a post of great 
 trust, by the military authorities — the bearer 
 of dispatches to Plattsburg, and at the close 
 of the battle entered the town with dispatches 
 to General McCombs. He attended an 
 academy for two years where he studied and 
 mastered such branches as were then taught 
 at such institutions, including the higher 
 branches of mathematics, for which he had 
 a taste and genius to excel. It was 
 ever with him a subject of great regret that 
 his opportunities in early life to obtain a 
 thorough education had been so limited. Could 
 he have been indulged in the natural bent of 
 his mind he would have excelled in literature 
 as an author. After he left the academy he 
 
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 entered the law office of Charles M. Lee. of 
 Utica, when about the age of twenty, and in 
 the year 1819, came to Ohio and passed his 
 quarantine in the law office of Hon. James W. 
 Lathrop, of Canton, Ohio. In the year 1820 
 he was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme 
 Court on the circuit at Wooster, Ohio. He 
 immediately located in Perrysburg. on the 
 Maumee River, and began the practice of the 
 law. He was §oon made prosecuting attorney 
 and afterward county auditor of Wood 
 County. He remained in Wood County until 
 the year 1830, when he removed to Delaware, 
 Ohio, where he remained in active practice 
 for more than fifty years. He was always re- 
 garded by the profession in Delaware and 
 throughout the counties in central Ohio as an 
 able and successful lawyer. In special and 
 equity pleading, to which he devoted par- 
 ticular attention, he excelled. He was ever 
 noted for his zeal for his client's interest and 
 welfare in all his practice. Polite and in- 
 telligent, his society was courted by his breth- 
 ren of the bar and in whatever circle he en- 
 tered his presence . was always welcome. 
 Probably no lawyer did more in assisting 
 young men at the bar, and no one had more 
 law students than did Judge Powell. Among 
 the many men of note who studied in his of- 
 fice was Hon. Charles Sweetser, Edward 
 Jones, Hon. Thomas C. Jones, Hon. Royal T. 
 Wheeler, afterwards chief justice of Texas. 
 Gen. J. S. Jones and many others. In addi- 
 tion to his industry in his profession, Judge 
 Powell added great enterprise in all matters 
 of interest to the public. He projected and 
 prosecuted to its completion the "Mansion 
 House" at the Sulphur Springs, which in its 
 early history was famous as a fashionable re- 
 sort and which subsequently secured to Dela- 
 ware the Ohio Wesleyan University. He laid 
 out and had platted one of the largest addi- 
 tions to the town (now city) of Delaware. He 
 built the flax mills and was interested in many 
 other projects to benefit the city. Though not 
 a seeker of place, he filled many of the most 
 responsible offices in the gift of the people. He 
 was first elected and served as prosecuting at- 
 torney of this county. He was elected to the 
 
 General Assembly or House of Representa- 
 tives of Ohio and served for the years 1841 
 and 1842. He was elected to the Ohio State 
 Senate, from the Delaware District which was 
 at that time composed of Delaware and Craw- 
 ford Counties and served during the years 1844 
 and 1845. He was elected probate judge of 
 Delaware County in the year 1862 and held 
 the office for eight years. He was also a mem- 
 ber of the Third Constitutional Convention 
 of Ohio which met in Columbus, Ohio, in 
 May, 1873, and he was considered one of the 
 most prominent and useful members. Not- 
 withstanding he was always a very busy man 
 in his practice, he gave to the profession of his 
 choice, two books which were much needed 
 and which are highly prized and much used 
 by the courts and liar, viz., "Powell's An- 
 alysis of American Law" and "Appellate Jur- 
 isdiction." He has also written a "History of 
 the Ancient Britains," and a book entitled 
 "What is Knowledge." He was always an 
 untiring worker and though almost blind in 
 the latter years of his life, he never ceased 
 to write until the final call came when it was 
 said to him, "Well done thou good and faith- 
 ful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a 
 few things," etc. 
 
 Hon. John Anthony Quitman was born 
 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New Yi irk, 
 September 1, 1799. He came to Delaware 
 County. Ohio, about the year 1820, as a clerk 
 in the land office under Piatt Russell, who 
 was register of the land office at that time. 
 Mr. Quitman read law with Piatt Russell, who 
 was also a lawyer, and he was admitted to the 
 Bar in the year 182 1. He practiced for a 
 short time only in this county, when he re- 
 moved to the State of Mississippi, where he 
 became a man of great note and prominence. 
 He became a member of the Mississippi Legis- 
 lature in 1827. was chancellor of the State 
 from 1828 to 1834 and became president of the 
 State Senate. He was appointed brigadier- 
 general in the war between the United States 
 and Mexico; after the close of the war he was 
 elected governor of the State and in the year 
 1855 was elected for Congress from said 
 
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 State, was re-elected to succeed himself in 
 1857, and became chairman of the .Military 
 Committee. He died in the city of Natchez, 
 July 17. 1858. 
 
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 Hon. Charles Svveetser was born about 
 the year 1805 in the State of Vermont, lie 
 came to Delaware County with his lather in 
 the year 181 7, who settled on a farm just 
 north of Delaware. Ohio. He engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits for a few years and began 
 the study of law in the year 1830 in the office 
 of the Hon. Thomas W. Powell. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar in the year 1832 and imme- 
 diately began an active practice, which was 
 distinguished more lay his activity than by his 
 sound knowledge of the law or his study of its 
 more abstruse principals. His education was 
 limited to the public schools and his activity 
 never permitted him. by industry and persever- 
 ance, to overcome its defects. He disliked 
 discipline, study, and technicality and boasted 
 that genius and original common sense were 
 the vantage ground for him. He was captious 
 and capricious and was often the cause of 
 violent squabbles at the bar. But with all his 
 irregularities he was remarkably successful 
 both in the law and in politics. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Con- 
 gress, having been chosen from the Tenth Dis- 
 trict, to which Delaware County then be- 
 longed. He served during the years 1849- 
 1850 and 185 1-1852. He continued his prac- 
 tice up to a short time before his death, which 
 occurred in the year 1864. He was always 
 noted for his taste in the elegance of his 
 equipment. For many years he kept a very 
 fine carriage and a span of cream-colored 
 horses. This it is said he used during his can- 
 vass for member of Congress. Upon one 1 ic- 
 casion in addressing a large Democratic meet- 
 ing he said that some of his friends advised 
 that he should, while a Democratic candidate, 
 dispose of his carriage and cream-colored 
 horses. "But," said he, "I will do no such 
 thing, for I think that a good Democrat has 
 as good a right to a fine carriage and horses as 
 anybody else." This sentiment is said to have 
 been vigorously applauded. He left to his 
 
 family a large estate. He built and occupied 
 
 at the time of his death what was then 
 
 known as the "Sweetser Mansion" located on 
 
 the corner of Sandusky Street and Central 
 
 Avenue, and which was for many years the 
 
 most imposing residence in the city. He laid 
 
 out a large addition to the town (now city) 
 
 of Delaware, just north of the original site 
 
 of the town, which is known as Bomford and 
 
 Sweetser's addition to the town. 
 * * * 
 
 Judge Sherman Finch came to Dela- 
 ware as a lawyer in the year 1832, having 
 been born in the State of Connecticut. He 
 was a graduate of Yale College. He was a 
 good scholar and had been a professor in 
 Latin in Kenyon College, at Gambier. Ohio. 
 He was a man of strong intellectual powers 
 and was a good logician. He was a distin- 
 guished lawyer, especially in the principles of 
 equity. He was elected judge of the Court of 
 Common Pleas in the first subdivision of the 
 Sixth District, from Delaware County and 
 served from February, 1857. to February. 
 1862. During his official term he moved to 
 Mt. A^ernon in Knox. County, which is in the 
 same subdivision as Delaware. At the end of 
 his judicial term he moved to St Paul, Min- 
 nesota, where he died in the year 1873. Sher- 
 man Finch left many monuments of his pres- 
 ence and residence in Delaware County, espe- 
 cially upon the court and deed records of the 
 countv, having owned at various times numer- 
 ous tracts of land. He laid out an addition to 
 the town on the east side of the river, which is 
 known as Finch and Lamb's addition to Dela- 
 ware. 
 
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 Judge David T. Fuller settled in Dela- 
 ware. Ohio, early in the thirties. He was 3 
 brother-in-law of Judge Finch, they having 
 married sisters. Judge Fuller was a native 
 of the State of Vermont. He was the son of 
 a clergyman and is said to have been a grad- 
 uate of Williams College. He was scholarly, 
 well versed in literature and theology, and 
 had also been a professor in Kenyon College. 
 He was at one time a law partner of Judge 
 Thomas W. Powell. Mr. Fuller was elected 
 
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 auditor of the county and was subsequently 
 probate judge, having served for less than one 
 term in that office. He died in the year 1854, 
 before he had completed his first term. The last 
 entry made by him on the journal of his court 
 was August 5, 1S54. 
 
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 Hon. Cooper K. Watson came to Dela- 
 ware County as a member of the bar in the 
 year 1834. having heen admitted to the Bar at 
 Newark, Ohio. He remained in this county 
 but a few years and from here went to Marion 
 G unity and from there to Seneca and finally- 
 settled at Xorwalk, Huron County. Ohio. He 
 was a member of Congress from the Ninth 
 Congressional District from Seneca County 
 and served in the Thirty- fourth Congress for 
 the years 1855-1856. He was elected judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas for the Fourth 
 Judicial District and served from February, A. 
 D., 1876, to the time of his death, which oc- 
 curred in the year 1880. He hecame very 
 eminent in his profession as an advocate and 
 jury lawyer. While at Delaware he gave 
 full assurance of his future eminence by his 
 great capacity for public speaking. But he 
 more particularly distinguished himself as an 
 amateur actor in the Thespian Society, which 
 then flourished here. This so tempted him 
 that he thought stongly of abandoning the 
 profession of law for that of the stage. 
 
 Edward Jones was the son of Robert 
 Jones, wdio resided in the parish of Myfod, 
 Montgomeryshire, North Wales. He was 
 born on Wales and was an elder brother of 
 Thomas C. Jones. The family immigrated to 
 America about the year 1822. and settled near 
 Delaware, Ohio. Edward Jones was admitted 
 to the Bar about the year 1836, and began the 
 practice of his profession. He was a young 
 man of great talent and was noted particularly 
 for his gift of oratory. Contrary to the pre- 
 dilections of his brother Thomas C. Jones, who 
 was a Whig. Edward Jones was a thorough 
 Democrat and though not yet twenty-five 
 years of age at the time of his death, his party 
 had hoped to make him governor of the State. 
 It is said of him that in the year 1836, at a 
 
 Democratic meeting held in Franklinton, 
 Franklin County, Ohio, which had been ad- 
 dressed by Alfred Kelley, he was urged by 
 his party to make a reply, which he did in a 
 manner highly gratifying to the leaders of his 
 party and which was greatly admired and com- 
 mended by all who heard him. He died in 
 the year 1838, at the age of twenty-four years. 
 His death was greatly lamented by the whole 
 community as a premature departure of one 
 who promised to be a great man. 
 
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 James M. Barnes came to Delaware 
 from Newark, Ohio, about the year 1839. hav- 
 ing just been admitted to the Bar. He soon 
 became a law partner of the Hon. Charles 
 Sweetser, which partnership continued until 
 the year 1850, when he went to California by 
 the Overland Route with a company of gold 
 seekers. He returned in about two years, hav- 
 ing obtained some success in the gathering of 
 gold. He again began the practice of law and 
 he did not fancy the profession as well as he 
 did the making of money and he turned his 
 attention to the manufacture of linseed oil. in 
 which he was successful. He built the large 
 linseed oil plant on the corner of Winter and 
 Depot Streets, just opposite the Big Four 
 depot, and he erected a large warehouse near 
 the depot on the railroad lands and was in 
 business there for many years. He was later 
 elected mayor of the city of Delaware. Owing 
 to failing health he quit business in Delaware 
 and removed to the State of California where 
 
 he died a number of years ago. 
 
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 Judge Thomas C. Jones was born in the 
 parish of Myfod. Montgomeryshire, North 
 Wales, February 9, 18 16, and died at Dela- 
 ware. Ohio, August 13, 1892. His father, 
 Robert Jones, was a farmer in his native coun- 
 try of Wales, and the family immigrated to 
 America in the year 1822 and settled on a 
 farm near Delaware. Ohio. At the early age 
 of thirteen years the subject of this sketch 
 earned his own living by working on farms 
 for the neighbors in the spring and summer 
 and fall and attending school in winters. In 
 this way be obtained a sufficient education to 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 teach. In the year 1837, he began the study 
 of law with his brother Edward, who had just 
 previously opened an office in Delaware. The 
 brother died in the year 1838 and Thomas 
 taught a district school in the winter of 1839, 
 and in April of that year he started to Wales 
 to settle his father's estate. He traveled from 
 Delaware to Philadelphia on horseback, where 
 he sold his horse and sailed for his former 
 home. He studied law in England for about 
 eighteen months, and as a student attended the 
 sessions of the English courts with great bene- 
 fit to himself. In the spring of the year 1841 
 he returned to America and was admitted to 
 the Bar before the Supreme Court of Ohio, 
 which was then being held at Gallipolis. Ohio, 
 Justices Peter Hitchcock, Thomas A. Grimke 
 and S. F. Vinton, examiners. He immediately 
 opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, with good 
 prospects. In a short time he entered into a 
 partnership for the practice of his profession 
 with Judge Sherman Finch, which partnership 
 continued for only a short time. In the year 
 1843, Mr. Jones removed to Circleville, Pick- 
 away County, Ohio, where he continued in the 
 practice of his profession for thirteen vears. 
 In the year 1856 he returned to Delaware 
 County, where he formed a partnership for 
 the practice of law with H. M. Carper, the 
 stvle of the firm being Jones & Carper, 
 which partnership continued until Mr. Jones 
 was elected to the Common Pleas bench. In 
 the year 1859. he was elected State senator 
 from the Sixteenth Senatorial district, at that 
 time composed of Delaware and Licking Coun- 
 ties, as a Republican, though the district was 
 largely Democratic. Mr. Jones was elected 1>\ 
 a handsome majority. In January. 1850- Mr. 
 Jones was elected a member of the State Board 
 of Agriculture, which office he held for eight 
 vears. being president of the board for two 
 years. 
 
 In the autumn of the year [861, Mr. Jones 
 was elected judge of the Court of Common 
 Pleas for the First Subdivision of the Sixth 
 Judicial District, composed of Delaware. 
 Knox and Licking Counties. He was re- 
 elected in the autumn of 1866, serving for the 
 
 term of ten years with general satisfaction to 
 the public and to the Bar. 
 
 He was a delegate to the National Repub- 
 lican Convention held at Chicago in the year 
 1868, which nominated Grant and Colfax for 
 president and vice-president, respectivelv. 1 if 
 the United States and was chairman of the 
 delegation. He was also a member of the Na- 
 tional Republican Convention which nomi- 
 nated R. B. Hayes for president in the year 
 1876, and he was one of President Hayes' 
 strongest supporters, having known him from 
 childhood, they having been school boys to- 
 gether. After the expiration of Judge Jones' 
 second term on the bench, he engaged in agri- 
 culture and the breeding of thoroughbred 
 short-horned cattle, Southdown sheep and 
 other fine stock, for which he always had a 
 taste, no doubt inherited through many gen- 
 erations from his ancestors. He was appointed 
 trustee of the Ohio Agricultural College, lo- 
 cated at Columbus, Ohio, was made chair- 
 man of the Executive Committee, and was 
 largely responsible for the design and erec- 
 tion of the college buildings as well as the se- 
 lection of the first professi >rs and the charac- 
 ter of the course of study. In the year 1876 
 he was one of the jury selected to award the 
 honors in the cattle department of live stock 
 at the Centennial at Philadelphia and he was 
 made chairman of that body. 
 
 In the year 1880 he visited Great Britain, 
 including his native Wales, taking with him 
 his wife, and with the aid of a letter from 
 President Hayes, his old school fellow, he 
 made extensive observations with reference to 
 our live stock trade with that country and the 
 effect of its restrictions upon our exports. The 
 result of his observations was made known 
 to the president in a letter by Mr. Jones, which 
 letter he caused to be published for distribu- 
 tion among breeders and others interested in 
 this most important branch of our export 
 trade. In the year 1881 he was appointed on 
 a commission by a special act of Congress to 
 examine and report upon the agricultural needs 
 and resources of the Pacific States. In the 
 government's earnest endeavor to solve and 
 
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 settle the Indian question the wisdom of Judge 
 Junes was recognized by His appointment to 
 several commissions. 
 
 Judge Jones was at one time an official 
 visitor to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. 
 As a writer on agricultural subjects and espe- 
 cially in the department of stock-breeding, he 
 had a national reputation. 
 
 Judge Jones was chosen as the first presi- 
 dent of the Ohio Association of Breeders of 
 short-horn cattle and was really the leading 
 spirit in its organization. The judge was a 
 man of sincere and earnest convictions, liberal 
 and public spirited, of a genial temperament 
 and was interested in his fellow citizens and 
 his company was sought after in the social 
 circle. 
 
 Religiously, he was a positive character. 
 He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, had clear views on the subject of re- 
 ligion and he believed in a God as taught by 
 his church and the Bible. He had no patience 
 with non-believers or with the doctrines of the 
 rationalists. He was for many years a trustee 
 of the Theological Seminary and of Kenyon 
 College, which was established by his church 
 at Gambier, and his eldest son is a professor 
 of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity 
 in Kenyon College. 
 
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 Colonel James Williams Crawford 
 was born in Franklin County, in the State of 
 Pennsylvania, December 2, 1788/ His father's 
 ancestors came from the Highlands of Scot- 
 land to the north of Ireland at an early date. 
 His mother was of Welsh descent. The an- 
 cestors of both families immigrated to Amer- 
 ica before the war of the Revolution and in 
 America they were known as "The Scotch 
 Irish." These people took a very active part 
 in the struggles for American independence. 
 
 In the year 1810 the subject of this sketch 
 came to Delaware County, Ohio, bringing with 
 him his young wife, whose maiden name was 
 Elizabeth (Van Lear) Crawford. He pur- 
 chased a tract of wild land on the west bank 
 of the Olentangy River in Liberty Township, 
 where they built a log cabin and began cut- 
 ting down the timber in order to make a home 
 
 in the wilderness. At the beginning of the 
 War of 1812, Air. Crawford put aside his axe 
 and plow and took up his musket in defense of 
 his country's cause. He was chosen a lieu- 
 tenant of his company and served until the 
 close of the war. Just before the close of the 
 war, he was chosen colonel of his regiment, 
 from which he derived his title of colonel. 
 
 At the close of the war. Air. Crawford re- 
 turned to his home in Liberty Township and 
 began, with his neighbors, the task of felling 
 the forests, cutting down the thickets and pre- 
 paring the highway for future generations. 
 To Mr. Crawford and Elizabeth, his wife, were 
 born five children. 
 
 In the year 1818, he sold his farm in Lib- 
 erty Township and bought a farm on the west 
 bank of the Scioto River in what is now- 
 known as Thompson Township, on the old 
 Military Road which led from Franklinton to 
 the seat of war in 181 2. Here he again began 
 to clear up his land and built his log cabin, 
 but he was soon destined to disappointment ; 
 his faithful wife, Elizabeth, died in the year 
 1 82 1 and passed to her final reward. A short 
 time after this sore bereavement, Mr. Craw- 
 ford was called away from his home for the 
 night, leaving his children during his absence 
 with a housekeeper. The cabin took fire and 
 burned to the ground with all its contents, 
 the inmates escaping with nothing but their 
 night clothes. The}- were taken care of by 
 their neighbors with true frontier hospitality. 
 Early in the following spring the cabin was 
 rebuilt and Mr. Crawford again began house- 
 keeping in true western style. On the eigh- 
 teenth .day of May, 1823, Mr. Crawford was 
 married to Miss Nancy Stevens, a daughter of 
 Zacharia Stevens, who was one of the pioneer 
 settlers of the county. To this union was 
 born a family of ten children. In the same 
 year Mr. Crawford sold his farm and bought 
 another, where he built a saw mill. 
 
 In the year 1832, Mr. Crawford was 
 elected to the Ohio State Senate. The district 
 at that time was composed of Delaware. Mar- 
 ion and Crawford Counties. He served in 
 what was known as the Thirty-second General 
 Assembly. He remained on the last farm until 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the year 1838. when he became financially in- 
 volved, through his generosity toward his 
 •friends. But his gallantry and courage was 
 equal to the occasion. He sold his farm and 
 all his belongings, paid out his liabilities, and 
 moved to Delaware in the autumn of 1839, 
 with his large family to support and only 
 three shillings with which to start. He imme- 
 diately opened an office and began the practice 
 of law, being then fifty-two years of age. His 
 old friends in the legislature having heard of 
 his misfortunes and anticipating his necessi- 
 ties, had passed on the sixteenth day of March. 
 1839, the following bill of relief: "An act 
 for the relief of James W. Crawford." 
 
 "Section One. Be it enacted by the General As- 
 sembly of the State of Ohio, that James W. Crawford 
 of Delaware County, may be admitted to an examina- 
 tion t< lie permitted to practice as an attorney and 
 counsellor at law as provided in the act entitled an 
 Act to Regulate the Admission and Practice of Attor- 
 neys and Counsellors at Law, passed February 14, 
 1824, without presenting to the judges as provided 
 in said act, a certificate that he has regularly and at- 
 tentively studied law during the period of two years 
 previous to his application for admission." 
 
 "James J. Foran, 
 "Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 "William Haskixs, 
 "Speaker of the Senate." 
 "March 16th, 1839." 
 
 This was an unusual proceeding and it 
 only goes to show Mr. Crawford's high stand- 
 ing with the members of the General Assembly 
 and their estimate of his ability to fulfill his 
 obligations as an attorney-at-law. Mr. Craw- 
 ford's successful practice of law for twenty 
 vears after his admission to the bar in Dela- 
 ware and surrounding counties, proved that 
 the Legislature had not over-estimated his 
 ability and he was never known to betray his 
 trust. Mr. Crawford was connected with 
 many of the most important cases before the 
 courts of Delaware County during his prac- 
 tice here. One case in particular, in which he 
 was personally concerned, began by himself in 
 the Common Pleas Court, is worthy of men- 
 tion. The Council of the village of Delaware 
 had changed the grade of North Sandusky 
 
 Street, in front of Mr. Crawford's residence. 
 He brought suit for damages and recovered a 
 judgment in the Common Pleas Court. The 
 village claimed that it could not be held in 
 damages for such an injury. It was at the 
 time an unsettled question. The case was 
 taken to the Supreme Court, which court held 
 that the village was liable and that case has 
 become a leading authority both in this and 
 other states. It is reported in the Seventh O. 
 S. R., Page 457. An amusing incident oc- 
 curred during the trial of this case in the Com- 
 mon Pleas Court which goes to show the earn- 
 estness and zeal with which Mr. Crawford 
 tried a case. Hon. Thomas W. Powell and 
 Ji ihn D. Van Deman were representing the 
 village in the trial of the case and Mr. Craw- 
 ford was arguing his own case. Mr. Powell 
 contended that the injury lor which Mr. 
 Crawford claimed damages was an injury for 
 which there was no remedy in law and in his 
 argument quoted the Latin Maxim. "Damnum 
 absqui injuria." Mr. Crawford (who was not a 
 Latin scholar), in his reply to Judge Powell's 
 argument, turned to him and quoting the 
 maxim as he understood it, said to Mr. Powell, 
 "I'll show you before I get through with you, 
 whether it is a dam tight squeeze." Colonel 
 Crawford was a ready speaker, a good de- 
 bater, was full of wit and repartee. He lived 
 in Delaware from the time of his admission to 
 the bar until the date of his death, which oc- 
 curred the eleventh day of December, A. D., 
 
 1859. 
 
 ^ * ^ 
 
 Israel E. Buck was admitted to the bar 
 in the year 1842. He was a native of Dela- 
 ware County and his opportunities for an edu- 
 cation were limited to such as the county then 
 afforded, but he was a hard student and he pur- 
 sued his studies with vigor and diligence. He 
 was distinguished for his strong and robust in- 
 tellect, so that he ranked among the best in- 
 f< irmed and most intelligent men of the county. 
 As a lawyer he was more distinguished for his 
 knowledge of the law and his common sense 
 and good judgment than for his eloquence in 
 trials at the bar. He was for many years a 
 law partner of the Hon. Thomas W. Powell 
 
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 and their names are attached to many plead- 
 ings in the Clerk of Courts' records. 
 
 He platted and laid out an addition to the 
 city of Delaware which is known as Buck's 
 Addition to the Town (now city) of Dela- 
 ware. Ohio. He was mayor of the city at the 
 time Kossuth, the distinguished Hungarian 
 patriot, visited Delaware and he delivered an 
 address in his honor which was much admired 
 and complimented. On account of his sound 
 judgment, good learning and diligence, he 
 gave hopes to his friends that when an occa- 
 sion presented he would he promoted to the 
 bench, but he died at an early age, much la- 
 mented by his friends and those who knew 
 him. His only child, Henrie E. Buck, is still 
 
 living and is a resident of Delaware County. 
 
 * * * 
 
 John Egan Rosette was the son of 
 George G. and Ann (Egan) Rosette. The 
 parents located in Delaware, Ohio, in the year 
 [825. The subject of 'this sketch was horn at 
 Reading, Ohio, January 16, 182 1. He re- 
 ceived his education at a private school taught 
 by Mrs. Murray in Delaware at that time, in 
 which school he prepared himself lor the pro- 
 fession of teacher. He taught for several 
 years in the public schools of the county, 
 studied law with Hon. Charles Sweetser, and 
 was admitted to the Bar December n, 1844. 
 He immediately formed a partnership for the 
 practice of his profession, with his former 
 teacher, Hon. Charles Sweetser, the style of 
 the firm being Sweetser & Rosette, which 
 partnership continued as long as Mr. Rosette 
 remained in Delaware. David T. Fuller, the 
 probate judge of Delaware County, died dur- 
 ing the time he held that office and Mr. Ro- 
 sette was appointed by Governor William Ma- 
 dill, on the twelfth day of September, A. D., 
 1854. to fill the vacancy. The original ap- 
 pointment is yet in existence and is now in the 
 possession of the nephew of John E. Rosette. 
 viz., our genial deputy sheriff, William Wells. 
 In the year 1855. Mr. Rosette went to Spring- 
 field, Illinois, where he located and continued 
 the practice of his profession, until the date of 
 his death, which occurred in that city October 
 1, 1881. In the year 1867. Mr. Rosette was 
 
 appointed United States district attorney by 
 President Andrew Johnson, which position he 
 held during the incumbency of Johnson as 
 president. 
 
 Isaac Rannev was admitted to the Bar 
 in the year 1842. He studied with the law 
 firm of Sweetser & Barnes. He began to 
 practice in this city and was soon elected prose- 
 cuting attorney of the county. He was a man 
 of good legal ability, but he did not apply him- 
 self closely to his profession. In the year 
 1857 he went to California by the Overland 
 Route, where he remained about two rears, 
 when he returned and again entered upon the 
 practice of his profession. At the commence- 
 ment of the Civil War he was appointed col- 
 lector of this district, which he filled with 
 credit to himself for a short time, when he re- 
 signed. He was elected probate judge of this 
 county and was re-elected to succeed himself 
 and served out his two terms, having served 
 from October 20, 1854. to November 1, 1862. 
 He had in various ways accumulated quite a 
 fortune, but the same was greatly reduced by 
 his many changes of his residence in Delaware 
 County, Washington. D. C. and other places. 
 His name appears frequently upon the records 
 at the Court House, which shows that he had 
 at various times quite a business in the county. 
 He finally settled upon a farm he had pur- 
 chased in the valley of the Potomac, a few miles 
 from Georgetown, where he died. 
 * * * 
 
 Lucius P. Marsh came to Delaware 
 .about the year 1848, from the State of Xew 
 York. He was then a young man about twen- 
 ty-f( iur years of age. He seems to have studied 
 law before he came here. He was first em- 
 ployed by the Board of Directors as superin- 
 tendent of the public schools of the town at a 
 salary of forty dollars per month. The school 
 house was the old William Street Methodisl 
 Episcopal Church which had been bought by 
 the Board of Education and converted into a 
 schoolhouse. It was located on the northwest 
 corner of William and Franklin Streets, just 
 west of the present church. Mr. Marsh had 
 a number of teachers under him and at the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 end of the two years he asked for a hetter sal- 
 ary. This having been refused, he resigned 
 his position and began the practice of law in 
 Delaware. He only remained here for a sh< irt 
 time when he removed to Zanesville, Ohio, 
 where he afterward became a prominent lawyer 
 and was elected one of the judges of the Court 
 of Common Pleas of the Eighth Judicial Dis- 
 trict. 
 
 Hon. James H. Hubbell was born in 
 Lincoln Township, which was at that time a 
 part of Delaware County, July 13, A. D., 
 1824. His parents' names were Shadrac Hub- 
 bell and Rebecca (Randolph) Hubbell. He 
 received his early education in the public 
 schools and began the study of law in the 
 office of Judge Thomas W. Powell about the 
 year 1843 an d was admitted to the Bar on the 
 fifth day of January, 1845. Mr. Hubbell be- 
 came a law partner of his former preceptor 
 and he soon acquired a remunerative practice 
 but his greatest success in life was in the politi- 
 cal field. Mr. Hubbell was pleasant, genial 
 and affable and was a born politician. He 
 had been in the practice of his profession but 
 a few years when he was called to fill the office 
 of representative in the General Assembly of 
 Ohio. He was first elected as a member of 
 the Forty-eighth General Assembly in the 
 autumn of 1848. He was again elected as a 
 member of the Fifty-third, Fifty-fifth, and 
 Fifty-sixth General Assemblies and he be- 
 came the speaker of the house, in the Fifty- 
 fifth and Fifty-sixth General Assemblies. He 
 resigned his office as a member of the Fifty- 
 sixth Assembly to accept the nomination for 
 Congress in the Eighth Congressional Dis- 
 trict of Ohio. He was elected and served in 
 that capacity during the years 1865 and 1866. 
 At this time the Ohio delegation in Congress 
 was composed of such men as Rutherford B. 
 Hayes, Robert C. Schenck, William Law- 
 rence, Samuel Shellabarger, Ralph P. Buck- 
 land, James M. Ashby, Columbus Delano, 
 John A. Bingham, Ephraim R. Eckley and 
 James A. Garfield, and among all these distin- 
 guished representatives of Ohio, the Hon. 
 James R. Hubbell stood as a peer. At this 
 
 period in Mr. Hul Fell's life, the tide which 
 had carried him to this high pinnacle began 
 to recede and though his ambitions were not 
 altogether swept away in this receding tide, the 
 foundations of his future greatness seemed to 
 have been undermined, and he was never again 
 restored to the position he had held in the con- 
 fidence of his constituents. At the time Mr. 
 Hubbell took his seat in Congress, Andrew 
 Johnson had succeeded to the presidency by 
 reason of the assassination of President Lin- 
 coln and during the long struggle in Congress 
 for the reconstruction of the Southern States 
 after the Civil War, and in the memorable an- 
 tagonism between the president and the party 
 that had elected him and had also elected Mr. 
 Hubbell as a representative from Ohio, Mr. 
 Hubbell, unfortunately adopted the views of 
 Andrew Johnson in regard to the policy of re- 
 construction and thereby alienated himself 
 from the majority of his party and ever aft- 
 erward was unable to restore himself to its 
 confidence and support. Like the president he 
 drifted away to '.he policy of the Democratic 
 party, the principles of which he maintained 
 to the time of his death, which occurred at the 
 home of his son, at Bellville, Richland County, 
 Ohio, on the twenty-sixth day of November, 
 1890. Mr. Hubbell delivered a noted speech 
 in Congress on February 5, 1866, on the sub- 
 ject of reconstruction, in support of President 
 Johnson's policy, in which he maintained that 
 Johnson was simply carrying out the policy 
 inaugurated by President Lincoln, viz., the 
 policy of peace, forgiveness, reconciliation and 
 restoration. In illustrating the character of 
 Lincoln in the line of policy adopted by John- 
 son, Mr. Hubbell in the closing of his speech 
 quoted these lines : 
 
 "The quality of mercy is not strained. 
 It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. 
 It is twice blest: 
 
 It blesseth him that gives and him that 
 takes." 
 
 Which quotation would seem to give a 
 key to Mr. Hubbell's own motives in the 
 course he adopted and in thef closing para- 
 graphs of that memorable speech, he said : "I 
 
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 309 
 
 heartily approve of what has been done by the 
 president. In our deliberations it seems to 
 me our aim should be to heal and not to ir- 
 ritate, to bind up the nation's wounds and so 
 conduct our legislation as to restore to all 
 parts of our heretofore unhappy and distracted 
 country, peace, concord and harmony." 
 
 Mr. Hubbell, up to this time had been a 
 Whig and a Republican in his party affilia- 
 tions. He had been, in fact, one of the or- 
 ganizers of the Republican party. He had 
 been presidential elector on the Fremont and 
 Dayton ticket in 1856. Mr. Hubbell' s politi- 
 cal career did not wholly end with his accept- 
 ing the policy of President Johnson ; he was 
 appointed minister to Portugal by President 
 Johnson, but owing to the bitter contest be- 
 tween the president and the Republican senate, 
 his nomination was not confirmed. Mr. Hub- 
 bell was nominated in the autumn of 1869 by 
 the Democratic Party, in the Sixteenth Sena- 
 torial District, at that time composed of Dela- 
 ware and Licking Counties, for the office of 
 State Senator and was elected, but after hav- 
 ing served one year, he resigned for the pur- 
 pose of accepting the Democratic nomination 
 for Congress in the Eighth Congressional 
 District, but he was defeated by his Republican 
 opponent, Hon. John Beatty. of Morrow 
 County, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Hubbell was in many respects one of 
 the most remarkable men the county has ever 
 produced. He studied closely and very care- 
 fully the political events of his state and na- 
 tion. He possessed a marvelous memory and 
 was well versed in the history, lives and genea- 
 ology of all the public men of the nation. 
 There were but few of the prominent families 
 of this county with whom he was not person- 
 ally acquainted, and his friends and acquain- 
 tances were such as desired to honor and pro- 
 mote him. 
 
 There was a time when Mr. Hubbell 
 might have commanded the highest honors and 
 distinctions within the gift of his constituents. 
 There are yet many living witnesses who date 
 the inspiration of their success to the friendly 
 aid and counsel he gave them. It was his pe- 
 culiar pride to extend a helping hand to some 
 
 19 
 
 young man struggling for recognition in law. 
 medicine, politics or military services and to 
 no one who asked his aid or assistance did he 
 turn away and in his declining years it was 
 a great comfort to him to hear from these per- 
 sons, that they appreciated those acts of kind- 
 ness and that they held -him in grateful remem- 
 brance. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Col. William P. Reid was born in Ox- 
 ford Township, Delaware County, Ohio, on 
 the eighth day of January, A. D., 1825. His 
 advantages in early life for an education were 
 very meager. During his boyhood Oxford 
 Township was new and the schools were few 
 and far between, so that Mr. Reid's early edu- 
 cation was limited and during all his life he 
 felt the loss of an early education. Though he 
 labored under this disadvantage, he was not by 
 any means an uneducated man. He became a 
 close student of human nature and was one 
 of the most careful lawyers in the selection of 
 a jury that Delaware County ever produced. 
 What he lacked in early education and train- 
 ing he overcame by arduous study and in- 
 dustry. He was admitted to the Bar in the 
 year 1849, and he immediately located in 
 Delaware. He served as a Justice of the 
 Peace, but through his perseverance and in- 
 dustry he soon rose to distinction in his pro- 
 fession. His greatest success was in the man- 
 agement of a case before a jury. He pre- 
 pared his case with great care ; he saw the wit- 
 nesses and knew what they would say ; he 
 knew the jury and all their surroundings, and 
 when he came to argue the facts and testimony 
 to the jury, his good common sense enabled 
 him to select the strongest points in his favor 
 and to pass by the weak ones, so that the jury 
 was apt to see the case as he saw it. Early in 
 his practice he made the trial of personal in- 
 jury cases a specialty, and he became an ex- 
 pert in that particular branch of the practice, 
 so that for many years before his death he 
 had a reputation for being one of the best 
 jury lawyers in the State and his services 
 were sought in important cases, not only in his 
 own but in many other counties of the State, 
 and many of his cases were carried to the 
 
3io 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 courts of last resort and became leading au- 
 thorities in personal injury cases. 
 
 During the second year of the Civil war Mr. 
 Reid organized the One Hundred and Twen- 
 ty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
 and was made its Colonel, and it was this 
 fact which gave him the title of Colonel. He 
 was compelled to resign by reason of sickness 
 and after recuperating for a time he again 
 took up the practice of his profession. He 
 became the law partner of Henry J. Eaton 
 with whom he was associated in the practice 
 for many years, the style of the firm being 
 Reid and Eaton. He afterward formed a 
 partnership with Hon. Thomas E. Powell, 
 which continued to the time of Colonel Reid's 
 death, the style of this firm being Reid & 
 Powell. 
 
 Colonel Reid was an ardent Democrat in 
 his political views, and was called to fill several 
 important positions by his party, yet he never 
 devoted his time and talents to politics; his 
 time and energy was principally devoted to 
 his chosen profession. He was elected State 
 Senator by his party, for the Sixteenth Dis- 
 trict, composed of Delaware and Licking 
 Counties, serving in the Fifty-third General 
 Assembly during the years 1874 and 1875. 
 These positions he filled with his usual perse- 
 verance and industry and he soon became a 
 leader in the Senate. But his greatest suc- 
 cess in life was in his professional career, and 
 in this he had few equals and in his manage- 
 ment of jury cases he had no superiors. He 
 died in the prime of his manhood, on the 
 twenty-second day of January. A. I).. 1879, 
 at the age of fifty-four years, having worn 
 out his life by ardent work devoted to his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 Homer McKendree Carper was born jn 
 Licking County. Ohio, July 24. 1826. He died 
 at Delaware, Ohio, January 14, 1895, having 
 almost completed his three score and ten years 
 when called to bis final reward. He was the 
 son of Rev. Joseph Carper, a minister of the 
 Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 He received his early education from the teach- 
 ings of his mother and in the public schools. 
 
 He was a student for a short time in the 
 Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. In Novem- 
 ber, 1844, h e entered the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity at Delaware, Ohio, and completed a 
 classical course, and was graduated with 
 honors in 1848. His attachment for his alma 
 mater lead him to locate in Delaware and he 
 afterward became a member of the Board of 
 Trustees of his chosen university and was its 
 trusted counsel at the time of his death. 
 
 Mr. Carper studied law at Lancaster, 
 Ohio, under the tutorship of those great mas- 
 ters of the profession, Thomas Ewing and 
 Hocking H. Hunter, and was admitted to the 
 Bar in the year 1850, having imbibed from 
 these eminent teachers, the great principles of 
 the law, which he ever afterward taught and 
 followed. He settled in Delaware and com- 
 menced the practice of his profession as a 
 partner with Hon. James R. Hubbell, then a 
 leading member of the Delaware County Bar. 
 At the end of three years this partnership was 
 dissolved and a new one was formed with Hon. 
 Thomas C. Jones, which continued until Mr. 
 Jones was elected Judge of the Common Pleas 
 Court. In the year 1862 he became associated 
 with Hon. J. D. Van Deman in a partnership 
 which continued for a period of almost 
 thirty years. By that time Mr. Carper had 
 obtained a sufficiency for the support of him- 
 self and family and he gradually retired from 
 active practice and often refused to accept 
 new business. A few of his clients, however, 
 clung to him and insisted upon his legal ser- 
 vices when they needed a counsellor or had 
 important litigation. One of these clients was 
 the C. C. C. & St. L. Railway Company, 
 which he had served as counsel for many 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Carper had few aspirations for official 
 honors. He declined a nomination for the 
 Common Pleas Bench in the year 1881, al- 
 though urged to accept by the members of 
 the Delaware County Bar. He was however 
 a delegate from this congressional district to 
 the National Republican Convention which 
 nominated Benjamin F. Harrison for Presi- 
 dent of the United States. He served Dela- 
 ware County for two terms as prosecuting- 
 
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 attorney. Mr. Carper, like many of the older 
 school of attorneys, was well versed in the 
 common law. He argued from its principles 
 and presented his cases to the court and jury 
 upon its theories and precepts rather than 
 from cases cited. He was, therefore, what 
 woiul be styled an elementary practitioner 
 rather than a case lawyer. He was a man of 
 great scholarly attainments and he drew about 
 him a circle of admirers who delighted in his 
 conversation. He enjoyed his home to which 
 he was greatly attached, and he rarely spent 
 an evening away from his own fireside. Mr. 
 Carper died very suddenly and his death 
 created a great shock in the community. The 
 Bar in which he had been so long a prominent 
 figure adopted a memorial which was spread 
 upon the court records as an inspiration to his 
 
 brethren and fellow members of the Bar. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Leander J. Critch field graduated at the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University in the class of 
 1849. He studied law with Judge Finch and 
 was admitted to the Bar soon after, and then 
 became the law partner of Mr. Finch and for 
 several years their names are attached io 
 numerous pleadings in the Clerk's office, and 
 Mr. Critchfield's name is attached to many 
 other papers recorded in the records of the 
 county. He was a successful practitioner at 
 the Delaware County Bar. until he was ap- 
 pointed reporter of the Supreme Court of 
 Ohio. His first volume of the reports entitled, 
 "The Ohio State Reports," being the fifth 
 volume of the new series, was published in 
 the year 1858, beginning with the decisions 
 of that court in the term of December, 1855. 
 He remained official reporter of the court un- 
 til the year 1872, when he published his last 
 volume of the new series. His duties as re- 
 porter were ably and faithfully performed, 
 and these reports remain as an honorable 
 monument to his professional abilities and in- 
 dustry. Soon after he began the publication 
 of the reports he removed to Columbus, where 
 he continued his practice in Franklin and sur- 
 rounding Counties. For many years he re- 
 sided on a farm near Flint, just over the Dela- 
 ware County line in the edge of Franklin 
 
 County, and went to his office in Columbus, 
 Ohio, by train. He died about ten years 
 ago, having accumulated an abundance for his 
 family. 
 
 Hon. John D. Van Deman is the Nestor 
 of the Delaware County Bar. He was born in 
 Delaware County, Ohio, on the twelfth day of 
 February, 1832. His father,. Rev. Henry Van 
 Deman, was a native of Pennsylvania. He 
 was a minister of the Presbyterian Church, 
 and was pastor of the church in Delaware for 
 nearly forty years. His mother, Sarah Dar- 
 linton, was a daughter of General Joseph Dar- 
 linton. who was one of .the pioneers in the 
 settlement of the Northwest Territory, and 
 was a member of the Territorial Legislature 
 of Ohio and a member of the convention held 
 to frame the first constitution of the State. 
 
 When a child Mr. Van Deman received his 
 primary lessons from Mrs. Murray, in the 
 basement of the building located on the Court 
 House lot, being the same building where he af- 
 terwards completed his legal studies, prepara- 
 tory to his admission to the Bar. ( President R. 
 B. Hayes had been a student at this same 
 school.) Mr. Van Deman completed the clas- 
 sical course in Ohio Wesleyan University, and 
 received his degree in the year 1851, and is 
 now one of the oldest graduates of that institu- 
 tion. Immediately upon his graduation he 
 entered the law office of Messrs. Powell and 
 Buck, where he completed his course in law 
 in the year 1853, and was admitted to the 
 Bar before the District Court of Delaware 
 County, which was presided over by Allen G. 
 Thurman, then chief justice of the Supreme 
 Court of Ohio. He began the practice in 
 Delaware, soon achieving a success which 
 was very gratifying. His first partnership 
 was with Judge Thomas W. Powell, which 
 continued until the year 1862, the success of 
 which may be seen by reference to the court 
 records, where the names of Powell and Van 
 Deman, attorneys, appear subscribed to numer- 
 ous pleadings. He then entered into a part- 
 nership with the late Homer M. Carper, which 
 was maintained without interruption until the 
 year 1887. when Mr. Van Deman retired 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 from a general practice. At the time of this 
 dissolution, it was the oldest law firm in the 
 State, having been in existence for nearly 
 thirty years. During all this time the rela- 
 tions of Mr. Carper and Mr. Van Deman were 
 not only friendly and cordial but were of the 
 closest intimacy. The firm name was known 
 as Carper & Van Deman, and this firm was 
 for many years employed in most of the im- 
 portant cases tried in the county, as will ap- 
 pear by reference to the Court Journal and 
 other records of the court. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman's first case was one which 
 afterwards became famous by reason of the 
 principle established. in it when it reached the 
 Supreme Court of Ohio. It was a question 
 affecting the grade of streets and it became a 
 leading authority throughout the states on 
 that subject. The title of the case was James 
 W. Crawford vs. the Village of Delaware, 
 and the same is reported in the Seventh O. 
 S. R., Page 459. Judge Thomas \V. Powell 
 was associated with Mr. Van Deman in the 
 trial of the case. Mr. Crawford had brought 
 suit against the village of Delaware for dam- 
 ages for cutting" down the grade in front of 
 his residence. On a hearing in the court, 
 Judge Powell was trying to call to mind a 
 Latin maxim which he thought was applicable 
 to the case but which for the time being he 
 could not recall. Finally, Judge Finch, who 
 was a fine Latin scholar, said to Mr. Powell. 
 'You refer to the Maxim, 'Damnum absqui 
 injuria,' ' "Yes, yes," said Judge Powell, 
 "that is it." Mr. Crawford, who was pleading 
 his own case and was not a Latin scholar, at 
 once replied, "I will show you, Mr. Powell, 
 before I get through with you, whether it is 
 a damn tight squeeze." 
 
 There were very few important cases tried 
 in the courts of Delaware County, during the 
 time of Mr. Van Deman's active relations with 
 the Bar, in which he was not engaged. One 
 of the most celebrated cases which he man- 
 aged was that of the prosecution of L. Houck, 
 who was a manipulator of three card monte. 
 Houck had killed a man on a Hocking Valley 
 train just before the train stopped at the Dela- 
 ware station. He was indicted for murder and 
 
 Mr. Van Deman was employed to prosecute 
 the case. Of his argument to the jury in the 
 trial of the case, the Ohio State Journal said, 
 "His address was admired by all who heard 
 it. It was clear and sound in argument and 
 his rhetoric was unusually fine, his speech was 
 pronounced one of the best ever delivered at 
 the Bar of Delaware County." Houck was 
 convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced 
 to the Ohio Penitentiary tor many years. 
 
 Another celebrated case was one growing 
 out of the failure of a bank at Logansport in 
 the State of Indiana. The case was tried in 
 the Federal Court at Toledo, Ohio. An at- 
 tempt was made on the part of the Indiana 
 bank management to hold Mr. E. R. Thomp- 
 son, a non-resident, as a stockholder in the 
 bank. There was a verdict on the first trial 
 against Mr. Thompson. The case was taken 
 to the United States Supreme Court, and the 
 judgment was reversed, after a delay of many 
 years. The case was again tried and a verdict 
 was had in favor of Mr. Thompson's estate, he 
 having been called long years before to his 
 final account. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman always prepared his 
 pleadings with great care and tried his cases 
 in court with great skill. Politically Mr. Van 
 Deman has always been a Republican, but 
 rarely aspires to political honors. He was sat- 
 isfied with the emoluments as well as the fame 
 which a lawyer who attends strictly to the pro- 
 fession may secure. He was just entering his 
 professional career when the Republican party 
 was organized. He took a great interest in 
 it and in 1856 he took the stump in support 
 of Fremont and the new political platform 
 which opposed the further extension of slavery 
 into the territories. 
 
 He became acquainted with Abraham Lin- 
 coln in the year 1859, when Mr. Lincoln made 
 his great speech from the east side of the State 
 House in the city of Columbus, against Ste- 
 phen A. Douglas. Mr. Van Deman was 
 so charmed with the great simplicity and true 
 nobility of the martyr president that he be- 
 came one of his most zealous adherents. He 
 continued in his work as a campaign orator 
 until after the close of the campaign of 1884, 
 
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 when lie retired from the political field, leav- 
 ing the more arduous service to younger men. 
 But in the campaign of 1896, he again en- 
 tered the political arena and under the appoint- 
 ment of the national committee made many 
 speeches in Ohio and spent about four weeks 
 in Kansas, most of the time in the district of 
 "Sockless" Jerry Simpson. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman was four years prosecut- 
 ing attorney of Delaware County. He was 
 mayor of the city of Delaware for two terms 
 and in the year 1876 was a candidate for 
 judge of the Common Pleas Court, on the Re- 
 publican ticket, in the First Subdivision of the 
 Sixth Judicial district and later was a candi- 
 date for circuit judge of the Fifth Judicial 
 District on the Republican ticket, but in both 
 cases the Democratic majority was so great 
 that even though he ran more than one thou- 
 sand votes ahead of his ticket, he was unsuc- 
 cessful. Mr. Van Deman has been for several 
 terms a member of the City Council and was 
 its presiding officer most of the time and was 
 recognized as one of its most useful members. 
 Mr. Man Deman's disposition is to be con- 
 servative, believing that permanent success for 
 the county will be found in guarding carefully 
 the public expenses and public treasury. He 
 is in favor of reducing the taxes to a minimum 
 and he would exact of public officials, perfor- 
 mance of their duty and an honest execution of 
 the public trust. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman was a lieutenant in Com- 
 panv E. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regi- 
 ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil 
 War, and is a charter member of George B. 
 Torrence Post, G. A. R., and was its post 
 commander. He served as aid on the staff of 
 General Alger, grand commander of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. He is a member of 
 Hiram Lodge. No. 18. F. & A. M. : Delaware 
 Chapter. No. ^4. R. A. M. and a member of 
 Delaware Council. No. 84. R. & S. M. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman has displayed great tal- 
 ent for business and is one of Delaware's most 
 prosperous citizens. He assisted in organiz- 
 ing the Columbus and Toledo Railway Com- 
 pany and was one of its direct* >rs for many 
 years. He was its counsel for thirty-five years 
 
 and was counsel for the Big Four Railway 
 for about the same length of time. He has 
 been a director in the First National Bank of 
 Delaware for many years and is now its presi- 
 dent. He helped to organize the first building 
 association in Delaware and was its president 
 and he is now a member of the Board of Di- 
 rectors of the Fidelity Building Association 
 and Loan Company. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman is a member of the Prot- 
 estant Episcopal Church of Delaware and is 
 now its senior warden. He has served for 
 many years as president of the Board of Trus- 
 tees for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, which 
 board has the management of the church prop- 
 erty of the diocese and the investment of its 
 charitable and benevolent funds. 
 
 In the year 1903. Mr. Van Deman having 
 completed fifty years of active work at the 
 bar. retired from the profession, having ac- 
 cumulated a sufficiency for himself and family. 
 He spends his winters in his southern home 
 and his summers at his home in Delaware, 
 where he enjoys the utmost confidence and re- 
 spect of his neighbors and fellow citizens. 
 
 General John S. Jones was born Febru- 
 ary 12. 1836, in Champaign County. Ohio. 
 and died in Delaware. Ohio, April 11. 1903. 
 He lived on his father's farm and was edu- 
 cated in the public schools until his great de- 
 sire for an education led him to the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, where he completed his 
 course of study in the year 1855, supporting 
 himself in the meantime by teaching school. 
 In the autumn of the year 1855 he began the 
 study of law in the office of Thomas W. Pow- 
 ell and was admitted to the Bar in the autumn 
 of the year 1857. He immediately entered 
 upon the practice of his profession in Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, with gratifying success and was 
 soon elected prosecuting attorney of Delaware 
 County. He had not served out his first term 
 when the Civil War began. He was among 
 the first to volunteer from this county in the 
 Union army. He enlisted as a private in 
 Company C. Fourth Regiment O. V. I., but 
 was immediately elected first lieutenant of the 
 company and on the twenty-fifth day of Sep- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tember, 1862, he was promoted to captain of 
 Company B, of said regiment and served un- 
 til the expiration of Iris term of service. He 
 returned to his home and again in the autumn 
 of the year 1864, he organized the One Hun- 
 dred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, becoming 
 its colonel, and which he commanded until 
 the close of the war. He was breveted briga- 
 dier-general at the close of the war, for meri- 
 torious service and gallant conduct in the war. 
 General Jones was mustered out of the 
 service, July 27, 1865, and returned to Dela- 
 ware and entered upon the practice of his pro- 
 fession and was on the second day of April, 
 1866, elected mayor of the city of Delaware. 
 In October of the same year he was again 
 elected prosecuting attorney of the county, 
 which office he held for four years. In the 
 year 1872, he was appointed trustee of the 
 Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, 
 one of the most noble institutions of this State. 
 He was president of its Board of Trustees for 
 many years. He gave to this institution much 
 of his best though and many hours of his most 
 valuable time and cherished for it a most 
 kindly feeling up to the date of his death. He 
 was presidential elector on the Grant and Wil- 
 son ticket in the year 1872, representing the 
 Ninth Congressional District. He was elected 
 tn Congress in the year 1876 from said Ninth 
 District, serving as a member of the Forty- 
 fifth Congress, but was deprived of a second 
 term by a "gerrymander" of the district. He 
 was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth 
 General Assemblies of the State of Ohio, in 
 which assemblies he served as chairman of the 
 Judiciary Committee. Having served his 
 county, district and State so well and faith- 
 fully, his neighbors and fellow citizens called 
 upon him to serve them in the City Council, 
 which position he filled with as much zeal and 
 ardor as the more responsible positions he had 
 heretofore held. He was afterward, by reason 
 of his faithfulness, chosen a member of the 
 Board of Education, which position he held for 
 many years. He was the instigator of the City 
 Library Association and was a member of its 
 board of Trustees at the time of his death. 
 This organization was the means of bringing 
 
 to our city the beautiful Carnegie Library 
 building of which our citizens are so justly 
 proud. Notwithstanding the many positions 
 lie held, General Jones was a faithful student 
 in his chosen profession and he became one of 
 the best lawyers in central Ohio. He entered 
 into a partnership for the practice of law, with 
 Jackson Hippie, about the year 1866, which 
 partnership continued for four years. The 
 firm was known as Jones & Hippie. In the 
 year 1870, he formed a partnership with the 
 writer of this sketch. This firm was known as 
 Jones & Lytle and continued for twenty-five 
 years, the partnership having been dissolved 
 by mutual consent, on the first day of April, 
 1895. At this time both his sons having been 
 admitted to the Bar, he formed a partnership 
 with them and the new firm was known as J. 
 S. Jones & Sons. This partnership continued 
 until about the year 1899, when Carroll H., 
 the younger son, withdrew and went to Chi- 
 cago, where he is now located. He then con- 
 tinued the practice with his elder son, William 
 B. This firm was known as Jones & Jones, 
 which partnership continued to the time of Mr. 
 Jones' death, he having appeared in court but 
 a few weeks prior to his death. 
 
 Henry C. Godman was the son of Gen- 
 eral J. W. Godman, who resided in Marion 
 County, Ohio, and who was an attorney-at- 
 law in that county. The subject of this sketch 
 was born in Marion, Ohio, where he received 
 his early education. He came to Delaware as 
 a lawyer, having been a practitioner in that 
 county ; having been a law partner at one time 
 of Judge W. Z. Davis, now on the bench of 
 the Sunpreme Court of Ohio and it is said 
 Judge Davis was a former law student of Mr. 
 Godman. 
 
 He first formed a partnership with John 
 J. Glover, the style of the firm being Godman 
 & Glover. This partnership was soon dis- 
 solved and Mr. Godman soon thereafter went 
 into the firm of Reid & Powell, the style of the 
 firm being Reid, Powell and Godman. This 
 lasted until after the death of Colonel Reid, 
 when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. God- 
 man retiring. He soon removed to Columbus, 
 
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 315 
 
 Ohio, where he went into other business, at 
 which he succeeded and became quite wealthy. 
 He died during the winter of 1908. 
 
 Hon. Early F. Poppletox was one of 
 most prominent representatives of the legal 
 profession in Delaware County and was also 
 one of its most influential political leaders, both 
 in county and state politics and he was chosen 
 to fill many positions of trust by his Dem- 
 ocratic adherents. 
 
 He was born in Richland County. Ohio, on 
 the twenty-ninth day of September, 1834. His 
 father, Samuel Poppleton, was a native of Ver- 
 mont, where he was burn July 2, 1793. He 
 acquired a fair English education and was a 
 regularly ordained minister of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and often preached, though 
 he devoted the greater part of his life to mer- 
 chandising. At the age of nineteen he enlisted 
 in the War of 181 2, where he served his coun- 
 try until the close of the war. At the close 
 of the war he removed to the state of Xew 
 York and in the year 1818, came to Ohio and 
 settled in Richland County, where he engaged 
 in merchandising for many years and it was 
 while he lived in this county that the subject 
 of this sketch was born. 
 
 Mr. Poppleton's mother's name before 
 marriage was Julia A. Smith. She was the 
 second wife of Samuel Poppleton. She was 
 born in the Dominion of Canada, though she 
 was descended from New York ancestry. 
 Fri mi this union there was born to Samuel and 
 Julia A. Poppleton, a family of children who 
 became very prominent in the business, legal 
 and social circles of this and- other states. 
 Emery E., the eldest son, became the manager 
 of the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad 
 Company. Parthinia P., became the wife of 
 Judge Stevenson Burke. Damaris A. became 
 the wife of George B. Lake, chief justice of the 
 Supreme Bench of the State of Nebraska. 
 Early F., the subject of this sketch. Houston 
 H.. for many years attorney for the Big Four 
 Railway Company, and Julia C, who became 
 the wife of Colonel Thomas H. Linnell, com- 
 pletes the family. 
 
 Early F. Poppleton received his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools. At the age of 
 twelve years he entered the Wilcox High 
 School at Bellville, Ohio. He also attended 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University for three years. 
 In the year 1855 he entered the law office of 
 his brother-in-law, Judge Burke, at Elyria, 
 Ohio, and completed his course and was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar in the year 1858. 
 
 He returned to Delaware after his admis- 
 sion to the Bar, to look after the affairs of his 
 father, who was at that time living in Dela- 
 ware. In the spring of the year 1861, he 
 opened an office in this city and began the 
 practice of his chosen profession, which he 
 followed continuously to the date of his death, 
 which occurred at Delaware, Ohio. May 6, 
 1899. Mr. Poppleton was an able advocate; 
 he was sought by his clientage in particular 
 for his ability in that direction and also by his 
 fellow members of his profession, when they 
 had a close question to the jury, and when they 
 had grave doubts about the result of the ver- 
 dict. He was keen and quick in his percep- 
 tions and was ready for any emergency which 
 might develop in the trial of a case and he 
 often wrung from a jury through his great elo- 
 quence a verdict, which, but for his efforts, 
 might have been given to his opponent. Mr. 
 Poppleton was perhaps best known to the pub- 
 lic through his official life. He served for 
 six years as a member of the City Council and 
 was its president most of that time. It was 
 during the time he was a member of that body, 
 that the water works were built and the elec- 
 tric light plant was put in. also the electric 
 railway was built, to all of which he gave 
 his ardent support. He was elected to the 
 Ohio State Senate from the Sixteenth Ohio 
 Senatorial District, composed of Delaware and 
 Licking Counties, in the year 1870 and in the 
 year 1874 he was elected to Congress from the 
 Ninth Congressional District, at that time 
 composed of Delaware. Marion, Hardin. Knox 
 and Morrow Counties. Mr. Poppleton was 
 for many years a prominent leader in the Dem- 
 ocratic councils of his State and there were but 
 few great issues promulgated by that party, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in which he was not greatly interested and in 
 his early death the party lost one of its most 
 valued counsellors. 
 
 # * * 
 
 Henry James Eaton was the son of 
 James and Elizabeth (Caulkins) Eaton. He' 
 was born October 25, 1828, in Berlin Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio. James Eaton 
 was for many years surveyor of Delaware* 
 County and the early records of the county 
 are replete with his doings. He was very 
 careful and particular about his surveys and 
 marking his corners, and his son, the subject 
 of this sketch, must have inherited much of 
 his father's carefulness and particularity. The 
 family lived on a farm near Cheshire, in Ber- 
 lin Township, at the date of the son's birth. 
 Henry J. Eaton received bis early education in 
 the public schools of his native township. The 
 family removed to Delaware in the year 1844, 
 and Henry J. soon entered the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, from which he graduated in the 
 year 1849. He studied law with Thomas \Y. 
 Powell and was admitted to the Bar in the 
 year 1853. He began the practice in the city 
 of Delaware and soon formed a partnership 
 with Colonel William P. Reid, for the prac- 
 tice of law, which continued until the year 
 1866, when Mr. Eaton, owing: to failing- health 
 was obliged to withdraw from the practice. 
 His health having improved, he again opened 
 an office in the Reid and Powell Block, where 
 he continued his practice for many years. A 
 few years before his death he gave up his of- 
 fice, yet he continued his practice up to a short 
 time before his death. His clients went to his 
 home and met and consulted him there. Mr. 
 Eaton never aspired to become a trial lawyer 
 and he seldom argued a case to a jury, yet he 
 was one of the most careful and technical 
 lawyers at the Delaware County Bar. He 
 prepared his cases with the greatest care and 
 his opponent before the court never knew 
 when he was to meet some technical question 
 which might put him out of the case. 
 
 Mr. Eaton never aspired to hold office; in 
 fact, he never held an elective office during 
 the long period he practiced law. Up to the 
 summer of the year 1903. his many clients con- 
 
 tinued to see him at his home, and he con- 
 tinued to see and meet them in this quiet, easy- 
 way. He died September, A. D.. 1903. 
 
 * * * 
 
 General John Calvin Lee. John C. 
 Lee was born in Brown Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio. He was the son of Hugh 
 Lee, one of the pioneer tanners of Brown 
 Township. The subject of this sketch received 
 his early education and began his career of 
 usefulness in the city of Delaware. He chose 
 the profession of the law and studied his pro- 
 fession here and was admitted to the Bar, but 
 he never became an active practitioner in this 
 county. He removed to Tiffin, Ohio, from 
 which place he entered the army as colonel of 
 the Fifty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I.', in the Civil 
 War. He later became colonel of the One 
 Hundred and Sixty-fourth, O. V. I., and was 
 breveted brigadier-general. He was nomi- 
 nated for lieutenant-governor of Ohio, on the 
 ticket with General R. B. Hayes in the year 
 
 1867, after the close of the Civil War. 
 
 * # # 
 
 Judge Charles H. McElroy was born 
 at Gambier, Ohio, March 19, 1830. His par- 
 ents, Rev. James McElroy and Maria (Bur- 
 rows) McElroy, were natives of Ireland. They 
 were married in Ireland in 1828 and came di- 
 rectly to Kenyon College, where he taught for 
 some time. He was a graduate of Trinity 
 College, Dublin. He removed to Delaware, 
 Ohio, in the year 1832 and was rector of St. 
 Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. He re- 
 moved to Staunton, Virginia, in the year 1840, 
 at which place the subject of this sketch re- 
 ceived his earry education. Judge McElroy 
 attended the Law School of the University of 
 Virginia during the sessions of 1 850-1 851 
 and 1851-1852. He was admitted to the Bar 
 by the Court of Appeals of the State of Vir- 
 ginia at Lewisburg in the summer of the year 
 1852. He immediately came to Delaware, 
 where his parents had removed. He engaged 
 in civil engineering for a few years but re- 
 turned to Delaware and was admitted to the 
 Bar of Ohio in the year 1855. when be began 
 the practice. In the year 1857 and 1858 and 
 again in 1878 Judge McElroy was elected 
 
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 mayor of Delaware by the citizens without re- 
 gard to party and with but little opposition. 
 
 In August. 1861, Judge McElroy enlisted 
 as a private in Company D. Twentieth Regi- 
 ment. O. V. I. He soon became captain of 
 the company and in August, 1862, by reason , 
 of his meritorious conduct and at the request 
 of the governor of Ohio and on order of the 
 War Department, he was transferred to the 
 Ninety-sixth Regiment O. V. I. and was ap- 
 pointed major of the regiment. He remained 
 with the command in the campaign down the 
 Mississippi and up the Yazoo Rivers and 
 Chickasaw Bayou, but his failing health ad- 
 monished him that unless he quit the service, 
 he would not be able to reach his home alive, 
 and soon after the surrender of Yicksburg, 
 therefore, he resigned his command and came 
 home and after a partial recovery he again 
 began the practice of his profession. He was 
 elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas 
 in the autumn of 1881 and again in the autumn 
 of 1886, in the first Subdivision of the Sixth 
 Judicial District, comprising the counties of 
 Delaware. Knox and Licking, and served 
 from February. 1882, to February, 1892. and 
 his opinions as a judge were always recognized 
 by members of the Bar as able. He was a 
 close student of the principles of the law and 
 his early reading had made him a recognized 
 authority on what is known as the common 
 law. After he retired from the bench he again 
 took up the practice, which he continued up 
 to the time of his death, which occurred March 
 l. 1904. He was solicitor for the Fidelity 
 Building Association and Loan Company up 
 to the time of his death. He was associated 
 at various times during his long continued 
 practice, with Hon. Early F. Poppleton. Hon. 
 Henry S. Culver and Hon. George \Y. Car- 
 penter, the styles of his several partnership? 
 being Poppleton & McElroy, McElroy & Cul- 
 ver, and Carpenter & McElroy. 
 
 Jackson Hipple was horn in Washington 
 County, Pennsylvania. March 10. [835. Ili'- 
 parents, George and Nancy Hippie, immi- 
 grated to Ohio in the year 1842 and settled on 
 a farm near Kilbourn, in Brown Township, 
 
 Delaware County, where the subject of this 
 sketch resided and received his early educa- 
 tion. He was educated in the public schools 
 of Brown Township and was fortunate to have 
 been a pupil of Cbarles Neil, who for many 
 years taught in that township and who al- 
 ways impressed upon his pupils the principles 
 of a thorough mathematical education. Mr. 
 Hippie was in early life apprenticed to a har- 
 ness-maker in the village of Eden, where he 
 worked for several years at bis trade. But 
 having higher ambitions, he left the farm and 
 his trade and came to Delaware, entering the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, and where he 
 studied for some time. He had determined 
 upon a professional career, and being in haste 
 to begin it, he left the college and entered the 
 law office of Hon. James R. Hubbell, who was 
 at that time and for many years thereafter a 
 successful practitioner at the Bar of Delaware 
 County. Mr. Hippie was admitted to the Bar 
 in the year 1861 and he immediately entered 
 upon the practice of his chosen profession in 
 the city of Delaware, where he continued the 
 practice for over forty-two years. Mr. Hippie 
 was for some years a law partner of General 
 J. S. Jones, the style of the firm being Jones & 
 Hippie. He was later a partner of F. M. Joy, 
 the style of the partnership being Hippie & Joy. 
 Mr. Hippie applied himself studiously to 
 the practice of his profession and never cov- 
 eted office or political preferment. Though 
 never a seeker of office, he was called upon 
 by his fellow citizens to fill some of the m< >st 
 trustworthy offices in both the city and county 
 of Delaware. He was called upon by the citi- 
 zens of his ward to fill the office of .city coun- 
 cilman and was made president of the City 
 Council. He was elected solicitor of the city 
 of Delaware and was also elected mayor of the 
 city of Delaware. He also served as justice 
 of the peace of Delaware Township and was 
 twice elected prosecuting attorney of Delaware 
 County. In all of these offices he was faithful 
 in the discharge of everv duty and acquitted 
 himself with honor. Mr. Hippie was a faith- 
 ful student of the law and an able practitioner. 
 He prepared his briefs with great care and was 
 always ready and persistent in the trial 01" ,1 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 case. At a time when his country must needed 
 his services he answered its call. He enlisted 
 in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 Regiment, O. V. I., and served with his com- 
 mand until his regiment was discharged. He 
 was subsequently a member of George B. Tor- 
 rence Post, G. A. R. 
 
 Mr. Hippie in early life became a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He joined 
 William Street Methodist Church in 1863, 
 but when that church was divided and Asbu'ry 
 Church was built he became one of the charter 
 members and retained his membership up to 
 the time of his death, which occurred in Febru- 
 ary, 1903. His funeral was attended by the 
 members of the Delaware County Bar as a 
 
 body. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Hon. John J. Glover was born 111 Bel- 
 mont County, Ohio, March 12, 1835. His 
 father's name was Samuel Glover and his 
 mother's maiden name was Eliza Thompson 
 McKesson. He was educated in the public 
 schools in the county of his birth and at Alle- 
 gheny College, from which he received the 
 degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. 
 He studied law with the law firm of Carroll 
 & Glover and was admitted to the Bar at 
 Zanesville. Ohio, in the year i860. He imme- 
 diately started to the great West in pursuit of 
 a location and landed in the gold fields of 
 Colorado. Having imbibed the spirit of min- 
 ing which was so prevalent in that locality at 
 the time, he engaged in gold mining, with 
 some success, but not having been accustomed 
 to the severities of a miner's life, he soon re- 
 turned to his father's home in Belmont Count)', 
 Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 
 1861. He had just opened an office for the 
 practice of his profession in St. Clairesville, 
 Ohio, when the first call for volunteers in the 
 Union army was made. He joined the first 
 company of volunteers from St. Clairesville 
 and entered the service of his country, where 
 he remained during that, and his re-enlist- 
 ment for over three and a half years. He en- 
 listed as a private, was promoted to second 
 lieutenant and to captain, and was in all the 
 battles in which his command engaged. 
 
 He came to Delaware in the year 1868 
 and opened an office and began the practice of 
 his profession! He was elected prosecuting at- 
 torney of Delaware County in the autumn of 
 1876 and served for one term. He was ap- 
 pointed clerk in the office of the first comptrol- 
 ler of the treasury, January 5. 1882, and im- 
 mediately went to Washington, D. C, and en- 
 tered upon the duties of his office, at a salary 
 of twelve hundred dollars per year. In the 
 year 1894 he was transferred to the Depart- 
 ment of Justice, with an increased salary, and 
 in the year 1900 he was promoted to the office 
 of chief of the division of accounts, at a salary 
 of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, which 
 position he at present holds with a corps of 
 twenty-five clerks to assist him. 
 
 David Humphreys was born in Radnor 
 Township, in Delaware County, Ohio. He was 
 the son of Hugh Humphreys, who came to 
 Radnor from Wales at an early date. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch was educated in the public 
 schools of his native township. He then en- 
 tered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from 
 which he graduated in the year i860. He then 
 studied law and was admitted to the Bar. He 
 located at Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he remained 
 for several years and then returned to Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, where he opened an office about 
 the year 1870 and began the practice of his 
 chosen profession. He planted and laid out 
 two additions to the city of Delaware, Ohio, 
 in the winter of 1 870- 1 871 and became well 
 identified with the city but he only remained 
 a few years. He located in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 where he practiced for a number of years and 
 then removed to New York City, where he 
 pursued his profession up to the time of his 
 death which occurred several years ago in that 
 
 city. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Hon. Thomas E. Powell was born at 
 I Delaware, Ohio, on the twentieth day of Feb- 
 ruary, 1842. His father, Thomas W. Powell, 
 was a lawyer and for many years a leader at 
 the Delaware Bar. The mother of Thomas 
 E. Powell was Elizabeth Gordon, a native of 
 Ohio. Thomas E. Powell obtained his early 
 
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 education in the public schools of Delaware. 
 \t the early age of thirteen years he entered 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated 
 in the year 1863 at the age of nineteen years. 
 He then enlisted as a private in Company E. 
 Eighty-fourth Regiment, O. V. I., and served 
 out his time with said regiment. In the 
 month of May, 1864, he again enlisted in 
 Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 Regiment, O. N. G. I., and was discharged 
 with the command as a lieutenant of the com- 
 pany. 
 
 He at once entered his father's office as 
 a student of the law and was admitted to the 
 Bar in 1865, and during the same year he 
 forme'd a partnership with William P. Reid, 
 which continued up to the time of the death of 
 Mr. Reid. During the existence of this part- 
 nership there were but a few contested cases 
 in the Delaware County courts in which the 
 firm of Reid & Powell were not interested. 
 A few years before the death of Colonel Reid 
 the firm associated with them Henry C. God- 
 man, formerly of Marion, Ohio, and the style 
 of the new firm was Reid, Powell & God- 
 man. After the death of Colonel Reid. Mr. 
 Powell associated with himself, John S. Gill, 
 and the style of the new firm was Powell & 
 Gill. Later their law student, Frank A. 
 Kauffman, was taken into the new firm after 
 his admission to the bar and the style of the 
 new firm was Powell. Gill & Kauffman, 
 which partnership continued up to the time of 
 Mr. Powell's removal to Columbus. Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Powell was always interested in the 
 politics of his State and nation. He was a 
 delegate to the Democratic National Conven- 
 tion in 1872, which nominated Horace Gree- 
 ley for president of the United States and was 
 a candidate for presidential elector on the 
 Greeley ticket. In the year 1875. he received 
 the nomination for attorney general on the 
 Democratic ticket, with Governor William Al- 
 len. In the year 1879 he placed General 
 Thomas Ewing in nomination for governi ir, in 
 the State convention and in the year 1882. he 
 did the same for James W. Newman, when he 
 was nominated for secretary of the State and 
 the same year Mr. Powell was the Democratic 
 
 nominee for Congress in the old Ninth Dis- 
 trict and although he was not elected he car- 
 ried Delaware County by a handsome major- 
 ity. In the year 1883, Durbin Ward (that 
 faithful Democratic war horse) selected Mr. 
 Powell to present his name to the State con- 
 vention. In the year 1884, he was a dele- 
 gate to the Democratic National Convention 
 and at the request of Governor George 
 Hoadly, placed that gentleman's name in 
 nomination for the presidency. During the 
 year 1885 he was chairman of the Democratic 
 State -Executive Committee and in the year 
 1887 he was the Democratic nominee for gov- 
 ernor of Ohio, and although defeated at the 
 polls he ran about ten thousand votes ahead 
 of his ticket. Mr. Powell has always taken an 
 interest in educational matters. He has been 
 for a number of years one of the trustees of 
 his alma mater, the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity, in which institution he has always been 
 greatly interested. 
 
 He moved to Columbus about the year 
 1887, where he is still actively engaged in the 
 practice of his profession in partnership with 
 his eldest son, Edward T. Powell, and where 
 he has ever since kept up his active interest in 
 the politics of the State. 
 
 Mr. Powell has many friends and ac- 
 quaintances in Delaware and not a few of his 
 old clients here call on him when they have 
 need of the services of an attorney. Since his 
 removal to Columbus. Mr. Powell has ex- 
 tended his practice as a corporation lawyer. 
 He is the general attorney for the National 
 Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. He 
 has also been the attorney for the Sugar Re- 
 fining Company of New York and the Stand- 
 ard Oil Company of New York and has been 
 engaged in many of the most important cases 
 in Ohio. 
 
 Judge John A. Cone was born January 
 17. 1836. in the city of Delaware, Ohio. His 
 father's name was John W. Cone and his 
 mother's name was Mary (Williams) Cone. 
 The father was a pioneer of Delaware County, 
 having been born in that portion of the county 
 which comprises Kingston Township, in the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 year 1809. His mother, Mary Williams, was 
 born in South Wales. 
 
 The subject of this sketch grew to man- 
 hood in Thompson Township and he received 
 his early education in the public schools of that 
 township. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University during the years 1858 and 1859 and 
 began the study of law with the firm of Reid 
 & Eaton in the year 1861. During the time 
 he was completing his course in law, he taught 
 in the public schools in this and other counties 
 and he was admitted to the Bar by the Dis- 
 trict Court of this county in the year 1865. 
 He immediately opened an office in Delaware 
 and began the practice of his chosen profes- 
 sion. He became the editor of the Delaware 
 Weekly Herald for about six months of the 
 year 1867. In the year 1868 Mr. Cone set- 
 tled in Delhi (now Radnor), in Radnor 
 Township, Delaware County, where he re- 
 sided for about thirty years and continued the 
 practice of his profession. He was elected 
 justice of the peace of that township, which of- 
 fice he held for eighteen successive years. At 
 the same time he became clerk of that town- 
 ship, which position be held for sixteen years. 
 He also had charge of the public schools of 
 that village at this time, which he taught for 
 many years. During the time that John T. 
 Evans was clerk of the court of Delaware 
 County. Mr. Cone occupied the position as 
 his deputy for about two years. Mr. Cone 
 was also postmaster of the village of Radnor 
 for many years during the time he lived there. 
 He returned to Delaware and opened an of- 
 fice for the practice of his profession in the 
 spring of 1897. He was nominated for the of- 
 fice of probate judge by the Democratic party 
 of Delaware County in the summer of 1905, 
 to which office he was duly elected in Novem- 
 ber of that year. He assumed the responsibil- 
 ity of his office February 9, 1906. and is the 
 present incumbent. 
 
 In the early part of the Civil War Mr. 
 Cone enlisted as a private in Company C. 
 Eightv-sixth Regiment, O. Y. I., and served 
 until the discharge of the regiment. He again 
 enlisted on the second day of May. [864, in 
 Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 
 Regiment, O. Y. I., and he became the first 
 lieutenant of his company and served with the 
 command until the regiment was discharged 
 August 24, 1864. Fraternally, Mr. Cone is a 
 member of George B. Torrence Post, G. A. 
 R., and is affiliated with Radnor Lodge, I. 
 O. O. F. 
 
 Hon. James R. Lvtle was born in Fair- 
 field County, Ohio, on the ninth day of April, 
 A. D., 1 841. He is the son of James and 
 Catharine (Freymyer) Lytle. The parents 
 were natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylva- 
 nia, and were of Scotch-Irish and German de- 
 scent, respectively. They located in Fairfield 
 County, Ohio, about the year 1837. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch received his early education 
 in the public schools of his native county and 
 worked on his father's farm until twenty years 
 of age, when he entered the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University at Delaware. Ohio, in the autumn 
 of 1861. After one year in the University, 
 his brother having enlisted in the Union Army, 
 he returned to the farm and took up the man- 
 agement of affairs there. In the month of 
 May, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, One 
 Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment. O. V. I., 
 and served out the term of his enlistment and 
 was discharged with the regiment. 
 
 At the completion of his term of service, he 
 again entered the Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 impleting the classical course in that institu- 
 tion, with the class of 1868. Having com- 
 menced the study of law during his college 
 course he was admitted to the Bar in the 
 month of June in the year 1869. He immedi- 
 ately began the practice of law in Fremont. 
 Ohio. He remained in that city for one year 
 and in the summer of the year 1870. he re- 
 turned to Delaware and entered into partner- 
 ship with his former preceptor. General John 
 S. Jones, which partnership continued for 
 twenty-five years, the style of the partnership 
 being Tones & Lytle. During the existence of 
 this partnership the firm of Jones & Lytle were 
 employed in most of the important cases tried 
 m I )elaware County. 
 
 After the dissolution of the partnership 
 with General Jones, Mr. Lytle continued his 
 
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 practice alone and is still in active work. He 
 has devoted much of his time to office work 
 and has been very successful in his practice 
 before the Bureau of Pensions. He has pro- 
 cured for the veterans of the Civil War, their 
 widows, minor children and dependent fathers 
 and mothers, more than fifteen hundred pen- 
 sions, also hundreds of bounties for these vet- 
 erans, their widows and heirs at law. Having 
 become very familiar with the bounty records 
 of Delaware County, Mr. Lytle discovered 
 what has been commonly known as "The 
 Bounty Frauds of Delaware County." 
 
 Delaware County, during the Civil War, 
 offered bounties to volunteers who would give 
 their credit to its quota, and certain scrip or 
 promises to pay had been issued to the soldier, 
 which were payable to him, his widow or legal 
 heirs or representatives. Many of these had 
 not been paid and certain parties who claimed 
 to represent these veterans, their widows and 
 legal representatives, forged their names to 
 applications and affidavits and procured the al- 
 lowances of these claims by the commissioners 
 of the county and warrants were issued for the 
 amounts. These forgeries having been discov- 
 ered by Mr. Lytle before the warrants were 
 paid, the county was thus saved more than 
 twenty thousand dollars, and in addition Mr. 
 Lytle collected for the rightful heirs of these 
 veterans many thousand dollars, having prose- 
 cuted many cases from the Common Pleas 
 Court to the Supreme Court of Ohio. 
 
 Probably the most notable litigation in 
 which Mr. Lytle ever engaged was the prose- 
 cution of two cases for the heirs of Leonard 
 Case, which involved the recovery of real es- 
 tate in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, of which 
 this well known multi-millionaire died seized, 
 which suits involved the Case Library, the 
 City Hall, about one mile of lake front, about 
 four thousand lots in the city of Cleveland, 
 and about nineteen hundred acres of land ad- 
 joining the city, amounting in value to many 
 millions of dollars. The cases were prose- 
 cuted through the United States Circuit Court 
 and resulted in a verdict for the defendants in 
 one and a dismissal without prejudice in the 
 other. The time spent and labor performed 
 
 in the preparation and trial of these cases was 
 necessarily very great. The defendants in one 
 case numbers six hundred and forty-eight and 
 the lots and tracts of land over four thousand. 
 Opposed to Mr. Lytle in this litigation were 
 the noted legal lights of the Cleveland Bar. 
 
 Mr. Lytle has been remarkably arduous 
 and successful in his chosen profession, al- 
 ways manifesting a great interest in his clients' 
 cause, which has made him many personal 
 friends and owing to these traits of character 
 he has succeeded in building up and retaining 
 a large and remunerative practice. He has al- 
 ways taken an active interest in public affairs 
 ami has filled many positions of trust and re- 
 sponsibility, both in the city and in the church. 
 He is absolutely honest and trustworthy and 
 for a period of more than thirty years he has 
 been regarded by the profession in Delaware 
 and throughout the counties of central Ohio, 
 as an able and successful lawyer. His indus- 
 try has seemed untiring both in his profes- 
 sion and as a student. Law. history and liter- 
 ature have received constant attention, when 
 not occupied with the cares and duties of his 
 professional engagements. He has always 
 taken an active part in the politics of his 
 county and is recognized as one of the ablest 
 organizers in the county, being also re- 
 garded as a careful, conservative and safe 
 leader. He has ever been interested in the 
 young men of Delaware and especially in those 
 who have studied law under his tutelage, sev- 
 eral of whom have become prominent lawyers 
 and politicians in this and other counties and 
 states. 
 
 Mr. Lytle is the attorney for the Fidelity 
 Building Association and Loan Company of 
 Delaware, Ohio, in which organization he has 
 ever manifested a lively interest. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. Lytle is affiliated with the 
 Masonic order, being a member of Hiram 
 Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M. ; Delaware Chapter 
 No. 54, R. A. M. ; Delaware Council No. 84. 
 R. & S. M.. and of George B. Torrence Post, 
 G. A. R. 
 
 [The above sketch was prepared by Wil- 
 liam B. Jones, a member of the Delaware 
 County Bar.] 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 William A. Hall is the only son of John 
 W. Hall and Susan A. Hall. His parents set- 
 tled in Kingston Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, where he was born on the first day of 
 June, 1849. He received his early education 
 in the public schools of his native township, 
 working by turns on his father's farm and at- 
 tending the district schools in the winter sea- 
 sons and later he attended the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University at Delaware, Ohio. In the year 
 1871 he began the study of law with H. C. 
 Carhart of Gabon, Ohio. He completed his 
 studies at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he 
 graduated from the law department of the 
 University of Michigan in the year 1873. He 
 was admitted to the Bar the same year. He 
 immediately commenced the practice of his 
 chosen profession in Galion, Ohio, where, he 
 continued the practice with gratifying success 
 until the year 1876. His parents having 
 moved to Delaware. Mr. Hall came here and 
 opened an office in this city where he has ever 
 since continued the practice of his profession. 
 
 Mr. Hall has also engaged in other busi- 
 ness which be has prosecuted with success, 
 having been a member of the Board of Direc- 
 tors of the Deposit Banking Company of Dela- 
 ware, Ohio. He is now the secretary and 
 treasurer of the Hotel Donavin Company and 
 he is the owner of lands in his native township, 
 which he manages successfully and profitably. 
 
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 Hon. Fredrick Merrick Joy was born 
 November 15, 1846, in Delaware, Ohio, and 
 died March 17, 1883, being only a little over 
 thirty-six years of age when called to his long 
 rest. He grew up in the community in which 
 he was born and attended the public schools 
 until he had advanced as far as the course 
 would take him. He entered the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, from which he graduated in 
 June. 1867. He immediately began the study 
 of the law in the office of Messrs. Reid & 
 Powell, attorneys, and was admitted to the 
 Bar in the summer of 1869. from which time 
 to the date of his death he devoted his ener- 
 gies and talents to the profession of his choice. 
 He w : as a justice of the peace for two terms 
 and mayor of the city of Delaware for two 
 
 terms. He was a law partner of Hon. H. M. 
 Marriott at the time of his death. 
 
 He was possessed of a keen and lively hu- 
 mor, but his sarcasm left no sting. In his so- 
 cial relation he was congenial and companion- 
 able, but in his domestic life the real beauty 
 of his character shows most resplendent. As 
 a husband be was affectionate and devoted, as 
 a father he was indulgent and kind, as a neigh- 
 bor civil and obliging, and as a citizen zealous 
 and patriotic, and his early demise was la- 
 mented by all who knew him. 
 
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 Henry S. Culver was born in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, April 17, 1854. He attended 
 the public schools while young, worked on his 
 father's farm until he was seventeen years of 
 age. He then attended a select school and later 
 became a teacher in the public schools of the 
 county for two years. He attended the Com- 
 mercial College at Cleveland, Ohio, for two 
 years, and in the fall of 1874 began the study 
 of law in the office of Judge G. H. Stewart of 
 Columbus, Ohio. He came to Delaware, 
 Ohio, in the year 1875 and entered the office 
 of Hon. H. M. Marriott, where be completed 
 his course of study and was admitted to the 
 Bar by the Supreme Court in the month of 
 June, A. D., 1876. He at once began the 
 practice of his profession in Delaware, Ohio 
 
 Mr. Culver is prominent in the politics of 
 the county and was elected prosecuting attor- 
 ney of the county in the year 1878 and was 
 re-elected in 1880. In politics he has always 
 been a Republican. He has shown marked 
 ability as a public speaker and has always com- 
 manded the respect of the court and jury. He 
 is a man of fine physique and commanding 
 and dignified bearing. In the spring of the 
 year 1890 he was elected mayor of the city of 
 Delaware, Ohio. He continued the practice 
 of law at Delaware. Ohio, until the autumn of 
 1897. when he was appointed consul to Lon- 
 don, in the Dominion of Canada, which posi- 
 tion he held until 1906, at which time he was 
 appointed consul to Cork, in Ireland, which 
 position he is still filling satisfactorily to him- 
 self and his friends and to the government of 
 the United States. 
 
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 Hon. Francis Marion Marriott was 
 born in Eden Township, Licking County. 
 Ohio, September 5, 1847. He is the son of 
 Thomas Homewood Marriott and Druzilla 
 (McClelland) Marriott, who were the parents 
 of nine children. Thomas Homewood Mar- 
 riott was born in Utica, Licking County. Ohio, 
 in the year 1814, being the son of Homewood 
 and Mary ( Ridgeley ) Marriott who came 
 from the State of Maryland to Ohio in the 
 year 1811. Joshua Marriott, the great-grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, came from 
 France ami settled in Maryland in the year 
 1740. His wife Rachel Ann Homewood. was 
 of English birth. 
 
 Thomas Homewood Marriott was a suc- 
 cessful farmer of Licking County and was a 
 man of great prominence and local distinction 
 in the community in which he lived. He was 
 an uncompromising Democrat in his political 
 views and he early instilled in the minds of 
 his children his political principles so that his 
 sons, including the subject of this sketch, have 
 never departed from their allegiance to the 
 faith of their father. 
 
 F. M. Marriott received his early education 
 in the public schools of Licking County, Dan- 
 iel Paul being one of his early teachers. In 
 the year 1864 Thomas H. Marriott came to 
 Delaware County with his family and settled 
 in Harlem Township on the farm now owned 
 by his son. The subject of this sketch. Francis 
 M. Marriott, soon thereafter began a higher 
 education by attending school at Central Col- 
 lege, Franklin County. Ohio. He afterward 
 attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, teach- 
 ing at times during the winter terms to en- 
 able him to defray the expenses of his educa- 
 tion. Mr. Marriott became prominent as a 
 teacher in Delaware and Union Counties, hav- 
 ing taught the high school at Sunbury during 
 the year 1870. In the spring of the year 1871 
 he began the study of law in the office of Hon. 
 Charles H. McElroy, who afterwards became 
 judge of the Common Pleas Court. After 
 three months of study, Mr. Marriott, in order 
 to help defray expenses, taught another term 
 of school at Sunbury. Ohio, and again in the 
 autumn of 1871 resumed the study of his 
 
 chosen profession with the law firm of Reid 
 & Powell of Delaware, Ohio, who at that time 
 comprised one of the leading law firms of 
 central Ohio. Mr. Marriott was admitted to 
 the Bar on March uj, 1874. The same year 
 he was nominated by the Democratic Partj 
 for prosecuting attorney of Delaware County 
 and he was elected by a majority of four hun- 
 dred and eighty-nine, the nominal Republi- 
 can majority of the county at that time being 
 about seven hundred. Mr. Marriott's experi- 
 ence in the office had brought to him a cli- 
 entele, which made it inexpedient for him to 
 serve a second term and he therefore refused 
 a second nomination, and beg'an a successful 
 practice which be continued until the year 
 1879, when he was nominated by his party for 
 State Senator in the Sixteenth Senatorial Dis- 
 trict composed of Delaware and Licking Coun- 
 ties. He was duly elected in October of that 
 year and faithfully and efficiently served his 
 party and district during the Sixty-fourth Gen- 
 eral Assembly. He became a leader of that 
 body and his counsel was always sought, es- 
 pecially on all parliamentary questions. He 
 was chosen by the Democratic members of the 
 Senate as one of the committee to visit the 
 National Democratic Committee at Washing- 
 ton. D. C, for the purpose of inviting that 
 body to hold the national convention in this 
 State and he with his co-laborers, so prevailed 
 upon that committee that the National Dem- 
 ocratic Convention was held in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, in the year 1880. To this convention, 
 Mr. Marriott was unanimously chosen as a 
 delegate from the Ninth Congressional Dis- 
 trict, Delaware County at that time being a 
 part of the Ninth District. 
 
 Mr. Marriott was again chosen as a dele- 
 gate to the National Democratic Convention 
 irom the Eighth Congressional District which 
 met in Chicago, in the year 1896 and which 
 nominated as its candidate for president, the 
 Hon. William Jennings Bryan, and for whose 
 nomination Mr. Marriott was very enthusias- 
 tic. In the year 1884, Mr. Marriott was ap- 
 pointed by Governor Hoadley as one of the 
 three managers of the intermediate peniten- 
 tiary, which position he held for many years, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 having been re-appointed by Governor James 
 E. Campbell, Governor William McKinley, 
 Governor Asa S. Bushnell and Governor 
 George K. Nash. 
 
 Mr. Marriott's greatest achievements were 
 in the practice of his profession. He has been 
 for many years one of the acknowledged lead- 
 ers of the Delaware County Bar, and there 
 have been but few hotly contested cases in 
 which he was not employed, either by the 
 plaintiff or defendant. He is an able advocate 
 and his success to the court and jury is largely 
 due to his ability in that direction. Frater- 
 nally Mr. Marriott is prominently identified 
 with the Masonic order, having taken all the 
 degrees of both the York and Scottish rites. 
 He has served as master of Hiram Lodge No. 
 18, F. & A. M., also as high priest of Chap- 
 ter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, at Delaware, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Cyrus C. Brooks is the son of David and 
 Jane (Butler) Brooks. He was born in Lick- 
 ing County, Ohio, January 29, 1845. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the public schools. 
 He attended the high school at Sunbury, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, and the Normal School at 
 Lebanon, Ohio, where he prepared himself to 
 teach. He taught in the public schools for a 
 number of years and during the time he was 
 teaching he read law under the preceptorship 
 of Messrs. Powell and Reid, attorneys of 
 Delaware, Ohfo, and he was admitted to the 
 Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, in the 
 year 1874. He opened an office in the village 
 of Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio, where he 
 has continued the practice ever since. Mr. 
 Brooks, living near the Franklin, Knox and 
 Licking County lines, has practiced in all of 
 these counties as well as in his own county. 
 
 He has been elected mayor of the village of 
 Sunbury for four terms and has held that of- 
 fice for eight years. In the early part of his 
 practice he was elected to the office of justice 
 of the peace, which office he held for a great 
 number of years and from which he derived 
 the title by which he is most generally known 
 of "Esquire Brooks." 
 
 Royal Duglass Robinson was the son 
 of William and Mary Robinson, who resided 
 in Knox County, Ohio. He was born near 
 Danville, Knox County, August 10, 1839, and 
 died in the city of Delaware, Ohio, January 5, 
 1894. He was educated in the public schools 
 of Knox County, Ohio, and at Kenyon Col- 
 lege, Gambier, Ohio. He studied law in Mt. 
 Vernon, Ohio, and was admitted to the Bar 111 
 the year 1866. He immediately began the 
 practice of his chosen profession in the city of 
 Mt. Vernon, where he remained until the 
 autumn of 1872. when he removed to Sun- 
 bury, Delaware County, Ohio. He opened an 
 office in November of that year in the village 
 of Sunbury, which he continued to keep up to 
 the time of his death. His practice, however, 
 was not confined to Delaware County, as he 
 had an office in Columbus, Ohio, where he 
 staid part of the time. He was elected mayor 
 of the village of Sunbury about the year 1885, 
 but he declined a re-nomination. This was the 
 only elective office he ever held in the county. 
 He was for many years attorney for the Bank 
 of Sunbury and he was the attorney for the 
 C, A. & C. Railway Company for Delaware 
 and Franklin Counties from the time the road 
 was built to the date of his death. He was 
 married to Miss Sarah E. Meredith March 7, 
 1861, from which union four children were 
 born, two of whom survive, viz., Harry L. 
 and Edson M. Robinson, who reside in the city 
 of Columbus, Ohio. 
 
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 Hon. Archibald Lybrand is the son of 
 Archibald and Jemima Lybrand, who resided 
 at Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch was torn May 23, 1840. 
 while his parents resided in Tarlton. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the public schools 
 of that village. His parents came to Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, in the year 1857, when their son 
 entered the Ohio Wesleyan University with 
 the purpose of completing a classical course, 
 but before he had done so the Civil War be- 
 gan and like many other young men of the 
 university, Mr. Lybrand enlisted in his coun- 
 try's cause; first in Company C, Fourth Regi- 
 
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 ment, O. V. I., and next in Company E, Sev- 
 enty-third O. V. I. He was wounded twice, 
 first at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, and 
 again at Dallas. Alter the close of the war. 
 Mr. Lybrand began the study of law in the 
 office of E. F. Poppleton and he was admitted 
 to the Bar in the year 1871. He soon formed 
 a partnership for the practice of law with Mr. 
 Poppleton, his former preceptor, the style of 
 the firm being Poppleton & Lybrand. In the 
 year 1869, Mr. Lybrand was elected mayor 
 of the town of Delaware and served one term. 
 
 Mr. Lybrand only practiced for a few 
 years, having with his brother, Robert G. Ly- 
 brand, Thomas E. Powell and others, former 
 what has ever since been known as "The Dela- 
 ware Chair Company." He quit the practice 
 of law and became the head ot that institution 
 which has become one of the most successful 
 manufactories of this city. 
 
 He was appointed postmaster of the city 
 of Delaware, in the year 1881 and served un- 
 til 1885, one term. He was elected to the 
 Fifty-fifth Congress of the United States in 
 the autumn of 1896 from the Eighth Con- 
 gressional District, composed at that time of 
 Champaign, Delaware. Hancock, Hardin, 
 Logan and Union Counties and was re-elected 
 to succeeed himself in the autumn of 1898, 
 to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served both 
 terms. 
 
 He has charge of the Delaware Chair Com- 
 pany as its president and is now traveling in 
 the far east in the interest of that organiza- 
 tion. 
 
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 Judge John Smith Gill was the sen of 
 Mason and Harriett (Granger) Gill. He was 
 born May 9. 1842, at Darby Plains, near Mil- 
 ford Center, Union County. Ohio, and died at 
 Columbus, Ohio, December 12. 1906. An- 
 drew Gill, the grandfather of Judge Gill, was 
 a native of Virginia and was of Irish descent. 
 He immigrated to Ohio with his family in the 
 year 1804, floating down the river in a flat 
 boat, and settled near Cincinnati, Ohio. About 
 the year 1812, at the beginning of the war of 
 that time, he settled in that part of Ohio 
 which became Union County, where Mason 
 20 
 
 Gill, the lather of Judge Gill was born. The 
 subject of this sketch was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools and worked on his father's farm un- 
 til the beginning of the Civil War. In the 
 month of August, 1862, he enlisted in the 
 Union army and was assigned to Company 1, 
 One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. O. 
 V. I., and served with his command until the 
 close of the war. He was severely wounded 
 at the battle of Chickamauga. Georgia. Sep- 
 tember 20, 1863, and was sent to the hospital 
 and while he never fully recovered he rejoined 
 his regiment and served with his command and 
 was in every engagement in which his regi- 
 ment fought, and was with General Sherman's 
 command on his famous march to the sea. 
 
 After the close of the war, Mr. Gill re- 
 turned to his native county, wdtere he taught 
 in the public schools and engaged in farming. 
 During this period he was married to Miss 
 Frances Iva Mitchell, a daughter of John Mit- 
 chell of Union County, Ohio. One son was 
 born of this union, Mason Mitchell Gill, who 
 resides with his widowed mother in Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, and where he is engaged in busi- 
 ness. 
 
 In the year 1874, John S. Gill removed to 
 Delaware, Ohio, where he entered the law of- 
 fice of Messrs. Reid and Powell, as a law stu- 
 dent. He was admitted to the Bar in 1876 
 and he soon afterward entered the firm as the 
 junior member thereof, the style of the firm 
 being Reid, Powell & (nil. After the death of 
 Colonel Reid. he formed a partnership with 
 Mr. Powell, the title of the new firm being 
 Powell & Gill. During the continuance of this 
 partnership Frank A. Kauffman studied with 
 the firm, and when he was admitted he was 
 taken into the firm and the style of the new- 
 firm became Powell. Gill & Kauffman. 
 
 Judge (lill was an ardent Democrat, and 
 in the summer of the year 1N87 he was nomi- 
 nated by his party for the office of Representa- 
 tive, and he was duly elected and served as a 
 member of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly 
 from Delaware County, being one of the few 
 Democratic members elected from Delaware 
 County since the close of the Civil war. In 
 the summer of the year 1891, Judge Gill was 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 nominated by his party for the office of Judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas, for the first 
 subdivision of the Sixth Judicial District of 
 Ohio, from Delaware County, and in the 
 autumn of that year was elected and took his 
 seat in February, 1892. At the close of his 
 term he declined a renomination and soon re- 
 moved to Columbus, Ohio, and took up the 
 practice of the law in which he continued to the 
 time of his death. 
 
 Judge Gill was an active Grand Army 
 maii. He was appointed by Governor James 
 E. Campbell, one of the members of the Ohio 
 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Mili- 
 tary Park Commission, under an act of the 
 General Assembly of Ohio, providing for such 
 a commission to mark the sites where the Ohio 
 troops were engaged on those fields of battle. 
 The monuments provided for that purpose 
 were dedicated September 2j, 1895. in which 
 services Judge Gill took an active part. 
 
 Fraternally Judge Gill was affiliated with 
 the Grand Army of the Republic and with the 
 
 Union Veteran Legion. 
 
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 Judge Gideon G. Banker was born in 
 Cardington, Morrow County. Ohio, on the 
 twenty-fifth day of December, 1850. He is 
 the eldest son of Captain Benjamin A. Banker 
 and Elizabeth (Worline) Banker. The par- 
 ents, soon after the birth of their son, came 
 to Delaware County and located on a farm, 
 where the subject of this sketch spent his boy- 
 hood days and received bis early education in 
 the public schools. 
 
 When Mr. Banker was sixteen years of 
 age, his parents moved to the city of Delaware, 
 and he attended the city schools and prepared 
 himself for a collegiate education. He then 
 entered the Ohio Wesleyan University and 
 took a classical course, being graduated in 
 the month of June. 1873. Mr - Banker im- 
 mediately entered the office of Messrs. Reid 
 and Powell, attorneys at law. where he read 
 for two years, when he was admitted to the 
 Bar in the year 1875. 
 
 He was soon after elected solicitor of the 
 city of Delaware, which position he held for 
 three successive terms. Mr. Banker continued 
 the practice in Delaware County until about 
 
 the year 1888, when he was employed as a 
 traveling agent for a collecting association, in 
 which agency he continued for five years, dur- 
 ing which time he resided in Delaware, Ohio. 
 In the year 1893, Mr. Banker removed to 
 Findlay. Ohio, where he opened an office and 
 began the practice of his chosen profession. 
 In 1902 he received the nomination for the 
 office of probate judge by the Democratic 
 Party of Hancock County and was duly elected 
 at the November election of that year. He 
 assumed the duties of his office on the ninth 
 day of February. 1903. He was re-nominated 
 by the same party in the year 1905 to succeed 
 himself, and was again elected and he is now 
 the present incumbent. His second term will 
 expire February 8, 1909. 
 * * * 
 
 Otway Carey Cowgill was born in Lo- 
 gan County, Ohio, on the twenty-fifth day of 
 September. 1846. His parents' names were 
 Daniel and Mary (Everett) Cowgill. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the public schools 
 of his native county. The family came to 
 Delaware County in the year 1859, and located 
 on a farm in Delaware Township, where the 
 subject of this sketch worked on his father's 
 farm and attended the public schools. He 
 attended the Ohio Wesleyan University for 
 about two years and then entered the law- 
 office of Messrs. Reid and Powell, attorneys at 
 law, where he studied for two years and in 
 the year 1877 he was admitted to the Bar. 
 He was elected township clerk of Delaware 
 Township in the year 1875. and in the year 
 1876 was elected justice of the peace, which 
 office he held for two terms. He opened an 
 office in Delaware. Ohio, immediately after 
 his admission to the Bar and began to practice 
 his chosen profession. In the year 1883 he 
 returned to Logan County and opened an of- 
 fice in Bellefontaine, the county seat, where 
 he continued his practice for three years. He 
 then moved to the west and located in Sterl- 
 ing, in the State of Kansas, where he died 
 July 31, 1888. 
 
 Eugene D. Hamilton was the son of 
 John Hamilton and Jenette Hamilton. He 
 was born January 15, 1854, in Concord Town- 
 
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 ship, Delaware County. Ohio. He received 
 his early education in the public schools of 
 that township. He prepared himself for a 
 teacher and taught his first school when he 
 was but seventeen years of age. He attended 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University for a time, hut 
 he finished his course and took his degree fn im 
 the Northwestern University of Chicago, 
 Illinois, about the year 1877. From the time 
 he began to teach, he supported himself in 
 that way and at intervals attended college, 
 taught, and studied law, and he was admitted 
 to the Bar in the year 1878. He immediately 
 opened an office in the city of Delaware and 
 began the practice of his chosen profession. 
 He was married to Miss Alice E. Freshwater 
 on the fifteenth day of January, 1880. He 
 was elected solicitor of the city of Delaware, 
 Ohio, in April. 1880. but he only lived about 
 two months after he had taken his office, 
 his death taking place June 14, 1880. 
 
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 Judge Benjamin F. Freshwater was 
 born November 24, 1852, on the "Hinton 
 Farm" in Delaware Township, and grew to 
 manhood on his father's farm in Berlin Town- 
 ship. He is the son of Captain Archibald 
 Freshwater, an honored veteran of the Civil 
 war. The subject of this sketch received his 
 early education in the public schools. At the 
 age of nineteen he entered the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, where he completed the classical 
 course, and was graduated in the year 1877. 
 He began the study of law in the office of 
 Carper and Van Deman, teaching school at 
 times to help defray expenses. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar on the second day of June, 
 1880, by the Supreme Court of Ohio, and on 
 the first day of July, 1880. began the practice 
 of his profession, having formed a partnership 
 with F. B. DeYYitt, of Paulding County, Ohio. 
 The style of the firm being DeW'itt and Fresh- 
 water. In the year 1881 the partnership was 
 dissolved, Mr. Freshwater continuing the prac- 
 tice in Paulding County until the year 1885, 
 when he returned to his old home and he 
 opened an office in Delaware in the autumn of 
 that year. 
 
 Mr. Freshwater is a Republican in politics, 
 and he was chosen secretary of the Republican 
 
 Central Committee in which he served the 
 party for two years. He was nominated for 
 probate judge by the Republican party in the 
 year 1893, and was elected and entered upon 
 the duties of his office February 9, 1894. He 
 was re-nominated and re-elected in the year 
 1896, and served out his full term. After 
 his retirement from office he entered into a 
 partnership for the practice of law, with Hon. 
 F. M. Marriott, the style of the firm being 
 Marriott & Freshwater. This firm continued 
 in the practice until February, 1902. when 
 Judge Wickham retired from the Common 
 Pleas bench, at which time a new partnership 
 was formed and Judge Wickham was taken 
 into the firm, the style of the new firm being 
 Marriott, Freshwater and Wickham. This 
 partnership continued until December, 1906, 
 when Judge Wickham retired from the firm to 
 accept the Common Pleas Court judgship, to 
 which he had been elected in November, 1906, 
 since which time Marriott and Freshwater 
 have continued the practice under the style of 
 the old firm of Marriott & Freshwater. 
 
 Mr. Freshwater belongs to the following 
 named fraternal organizations, viz. : Hiram 
 Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Lenape Lodge. No. 28, 
 K. of P., and Delaware Lodge. B. P. O. E. 
 He is one of the Alumni Trustees of the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, and is one of the di- 
 rectors of The Delaware Savings Bank Com- 
 pany, and is the attorney for the People's 
 Building and Loan Company, and is now in the 
 midst of an active and lucrative practice of 
 his profession. 
 
 Harry H. Beecher was horn at Johns- 
 town, Licking County, Ohio, on the fourth 
 day of July, A. D., 1857. He is the eldest 
 son of William A. and Oral Beecher. Hi- 
 parents came to Delaware County in the year 
 1875. an '' are ' ) ° t ' 1 bvinR- having celebrated 
 their Golden Wedding anniversary. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch received his education in 
 the public schools of Delaware Count}-. 
 
 He began the study of law with Godman 
 & Glover, attorneys, completed his course 
 with the firm of Jones & Lytle. and was 
 admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of 
 Ohio on the fourth day of Tune, 1881. He 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 opened an office in Delaware in the spring of 
 the year 1882, and entered upon the practice 
 of his profession. He was elected solicitor 
 for the city of Delaware at the April election 
 of the year 1888, and was re-elected to suc- 
 ceed himself in the year 1890, and again in 
 the year 1892. He was chosen clerk of the 
 County Board of Elections when it was first 
 organized after the adoption of the Australian 
 ballot system in Ohio, which position he held 
 continuously until the autumn of the year 1905. 
 He was elected justice of the peace for Dela- 
 ware Township at the April election, for the 
 year 1903, which office he resigned in the 
 autumn of 1905 to accept the nomination for 
 mayor of the city of Delaware. He was 
 elected mayor at the November election and 
 served as mayor one term, 1906 and 1907, 
 having retired in January, 1908. 
 
 Mr. Beecher is a member of both the fra- 
 ternal orders of the I. O. O. F., and the K. 
 of P., and has passed through the chairs of 
 both lodges. 
 
 Edward Thompson Brandebury was 
 born in Delaware, Ohio. He is the son of 
 Rev. Brandebury, a minister of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church. The subject of this 
 sketch received his early education in the pub- 
 lic schools of this city. Having graduated 
 from the high school about the year 1876, he 
 entered the Ohio Wesleyan University the 
 same year from which institution he graduated 
 in 1880. He studied law in Delaware and 
 was admitted to the Bar. He located in 
 Minneapolis, where he practiced for some 
 years, and then returned to Delaware, Ohio, 
 where he began the practice. He was soon 
 after elected justice of the peace of this town- 
 ship, which .office he held for several years. 
 Me returned to Minneapolis but a short time 
 since, where he is again engaged in the prac- 
 tice of his profession. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Frank A. Kauffman came to Delaware 
 County to attend the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity. He soon after entered the law office 
 of Powell and Gill, with whom he completed 
 his course of study and was admitted to the 
 
 Bar. He entered the firm of Powell and Gill 
 as junior member, and he was soon after 
 elected prosecuting attorney oi the county. 
 He held the office for two terms and at the 
 expiration of his term of office he retired from 
 the practice in this county. He located in 
 Spring-field, Clark County, Ohio, and he soon 
 after became attorney for the Deering Har- 
 vester Company. He later became the general 
 attorney for that company, and removed to 
 Chicago, where he now resides. 
 
 George W. Carpenter was born in Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio June 28, 1859. His fa- 
 ther's name was Mandeville Carpenter. He 
 was a farmer by occupation and was one of the 
 early settlers of the county. The subject of 
 this sketch received his early education in the 
 public schools of Delaware County, in which 
 he afterward taught for several years. He 
 also taught in a graded school at Fredricktown, 
 Ohio, for some time. He later attended the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. In the year 1884 
 he began the study of law under the tuition 
 of Hon. Henry S. Culver. In the year 1886, 
 he was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme 
 Court of Ohio, and in the autumn of the 
 same year he opened an office in Delaware and 
 began the practice of his chosen profession. 
 In the year 1888 he was elected to the office 
 of prosecuting attorney of Delaware County, 
 and in the year 1891 he was re-elected to suc- 
 ceed himself, there being no opposition in the 
 field against him for his second term. Mr. 
 Carpenter has always been an active Republi- 
 can. He has frequently occupied a seat in the 
 State, Congressional and Judicial Conventions 
 of his party, and has greatly aided the party 
 by his speeches during the campaign in which 
 he has engaged. In the year 1895 he was 
 a candidate for the nomination of State Sena- 
 tor in the Sixteenth Senatorial District, and in 
 the year 1899, he was a candidate before the 
 Republican State Convention for attorney- 
 general from this county. In the year 1895 
 Mr. Carpenter formed a partnership for the 
 practice of his profession with Judge C. H. 
 McElroy, the style of the firm being Carpen- 
 ter and McElroy. 
 
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 Mr. Carpenter is a close and careful stu- 
 dent of the law, and his services are sought 
 often by the members of his profession in 
 the trial of complicated and difficult cases, 
 both before the court and jury. 
 
 On the first of July, 1899, Mr. Carpenter 
 opened an office in Columbus, Ohio, and two 
 years later removed to that city, at which time 
 he formed a partnership with Campbell M. 
 Voorhees, where he is now engaged in an 
 active practice. Although Mr. Carpenter has 
 not lived in this county for six or seven years, 
 mam- of his Delaware County clients often 
 consult him, and his name still appears on our 
 court docket. Fraternally Mr. Carpenter is 
 affiliated with the Masons and the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
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 Hon. Norman Fuller Overturf was 
 born in Liberty Township, Licking County, 
 Ohio, February 13, 1846. He is the son of 
 Solomon and Elizabeth (Griffey) Overturf. 
 He was educated in the public schools and ;>t 
 different select schools and acadamies and at 
 the Normal School at Lebanon. Ohio. He 
 began to teach when he was but seventeen 
 vears of age and taught in the public schools 
 nf this and Madison Counties until he was 
 thirty-two years old, it being his principal oc- 
 cupation until about the year 1878, when he 
 began the study of law. He was at that time 
 living at Somerford. Madison County, Ohio, 
 where he was teaching. He began to practice 
 in the justice's courts, though he had not yet 
 been admitted to the Bar. He also devoted 
 a part of his time to the business of collections. 
 He came to Delaware, Ohio, in the year 1883, 
 and entered the law office of the Hon. Henry 
 S. Culver, where he remained until he was 
 admitted to the Bar in the year [885. 
 
 In the spring of the year 1886 he was 
 nominated by the Republican Party for city 
 solicitor of Delaware, to which position he 
 was elected in April of that year, the term of 
 office being two years. He was re-nominated 
 by the same party to succeed himself and was 
 again elected in April of the year [888, which 
 position he resigned for the purpose of ac- 
 cepting the nomination to the office of probate 
 
 judge of Delaware County, to which office he 
 was duly elected in the autumn of 1887. He 
 was re-nominated to succeed himself and was 
 again elected in September of that year, his 
 second term expiring in 1894. He then retired 
 from office, having served the people for six 
 consecutive years, and began the practice of 
 his chosen profession, to which he assiduously 
 devoted himself. He was nominated by the 
 Republican Party for the State Senate in the 
 year 1902, by the Ffteenth-Sixteenth Joint 
 Subdistrict, which is composed of the counties 
 of Delaware, Licking, Muskingum and Perry, 
 to which position he was elected at the N >- 
 vember election of that year. 
 
 Hexry Griffin Sheldon was born at 
 Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, July 16, 
 1838, and died at Delaware, Ohio, April 12, 
 1889. He received his early education in the 
 public schools in Huron County, and some 
 time in the latter fifties began a course in 
 Oberlin College, and was a junior at said col- 
 lege at the beginning of the Civil war. Soon 
 after the call for troops he enlisted as a private 
 in Company C, Seventh Regiment, O. V. I. 
 He was severely wounded at the battle of 
 Cross Lanes. West Virginia, for which wound 
 he was discharged from the service on the 
 third day of July, 1862. He returned to his 
 home, where he began to recuperate and on 
 July 26, 1862, he re-enlisted and became cap- 
 tain of Company D, One Hundred and First 
 Regiment, O. V. I., but his old wound soon 
 warned him that he must quit the service if 
 he expected to live, and he resigned his com- 
 mand, and mi January 28. 1863. returned to 
 his home. After recuperating he again en- 
 tered Oberlin College;, where he graduated in 
 the summer of 1864.' He studied law at the 
 Law School at Albany. New York, from 
 which he received his degree in the year 1865, 
 and he immediately entered the practice of his 
 profession. He located at one time in the 
 State of Kansas, but he only remained there a 
 short time, when he came to Delaware — some 
 time in the seventies — where he remained and 
 practiced his chosen profession up to a short 
 time prior to his death. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Werter B. Albright was the son of 
 Jacob S. Albright and Nancy Albright. The 
 father was a minister of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and the mother a faithful help- 
 mate in her husband's calling. The subject of 
 this sketch was born on the twelfth day of 
 October, 1858. He was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Delaware and at the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University. Mr. Albright studied law 
 and was admitted to the Bar in the year 1885. 
 He soon thereafter opened an office in Dela- 
 ware, and began the practice of his chosen 
 profession. Mr. Albright gave special atten- 
 tion to the law of real estate, and he became 
 an expert in that particular branch of his pro- 
 fession. He was an untiring student and pre- 
 pared an abstract of title to all the lands of 
 Delaware County at a cost of hundreds of 
 dollars and several years of labor to himself 
 and employes. This work had just been com- 
 pleted a short time before his death, which 
 
 occurred on the eighth day of January, 1893. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Robert Lorenzo McCabe is the son of 
 Lorenzo Dow McCabe, one of the well known 
 professors of the Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 He was born in Delaware, Ohio, and received 
 his early education in the public schools of 
 this city. He graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University with the class of 1883. He began 
 the study of law with the firm of Harrison 
 and Olds, of Columbus, Ohio, and finished 
 with Hon. F. M. Marriott, of Delaware, 
 Ohio, and was admitted to the Bar about 
 the year 1888. He soon after formed a part- 
 nership with Mr. Marriott, his former pre- 
 ceptor, which partnership continued for one 
 year, when it was dissolved. Mr. McCabe re- 
 tiring and entering into other business. Mr. 
 McCabe is now located at Dayton, Ohio, 
 where he is known as a successful promoter 
 and dealer in stocks. 
 
 * * * 
 
 James T. Shoup was born in Scioto Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio. His parents 
 lived on a farm in that township, where the 
 subject of this sketch received his early edu- 
 cation. He came to Delaware, Ohio, in the 
 
 early eighties, where he studied law with Hon. 
 Early F. Poppleton. In the summer of 1883 
 he -was nominated for prosecuting attorney of 
 Delaware County by the Democratic party 
 and in the autumn of that year he was duly 
 elected to that office. He took his seat on the 
 seventh day of January, A. D., 1884, and 
 served his full term, retiring at the end of 
 his term. He removed from this county to 
 Springfield, Ohio, at the close of his term, 
 where he now resides. 
 
 Franklin A. Owen was born in Knox 
 County, Ohio, near the village of Rich Hill. 
 His father's name was Franklin M. Owen and 
 his mother's was Pauline (Boughton) Owen. 
 His grandfather located in Knox County in 
 the year 1818, and was a native of Vermont. 
 His mother's people, the Boughtons, immi- 
 grated to this state in the year 1840, from 
 Scipio, New York. The subject of this 
 sketch was born on the twenty-second clay of 
 December, 1853. and is the eldest son. 
 
 The family came to Delaware County in 
 the month of April, i860, and located on a 
 farm in Kingston Township, where Mr. 
 Owen spent his boyhood and where he ob- 
 tained his early education. At the age of 
 eighteen he began to teach school and con- 
 tinued his education, completing a classical 
 normal course at the Ohio Central Normal 
 School, which was then located at Worthing- 
 ton, Ohio. He then taught in the public 
 schools of Delaware County for about four- 
 teen years. During this course of teaching 
 he began the study of law, with the firm of 
 Powell, Gill and Kauffman, and on June 7, 
 1888. he was admitted to the Bar by 'the Su- 
 preme Court at Columbus, Ohio. He im- 
 mediately began the practice of his profession 
 and located in the same office which he now 
 occupies , and where he has enjoyed a lucrative 
 practice ever since. In January, 1906, at the 
 unanimous request of the members of the 
 Delaware County Bar, he was appointed one 
 of the referees in bankruptcy for the Southern 
 District of Ohio. In the year 1902 he entered 
 into a partnership with his brother, Eugene 
 
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 333 
 
 S. Owen, for the practice of his profession, 
 the style of the partnership being F. A. and 
 E. S. Owen. 
 
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 William Bernard Jones is the eldest 
 son of General J. S. Junes, and was born 
 September 9, 1868. He attended the public 
 schools and graduated at the high school in 
 Delaware, Ohio, with the class of 1884. He 
 entered the Ohio Wesleyan University and 
 completed a classical course with the class ot 
 1889. He began the study of law the same 
 year in the office of Jones and Lytle. attorneys, 
 and was admitted to the Bar in March, 1891. 
 He became a law partner with his preceptors 
 and the new firm was Jones, Lytle and Jones. 
 In the spring of the year 1895. the partnership 
 firm was dissolved by mutual consent and the 
 subject of this sketch entered into a partner- 
 ship with his father and brother for the prac- 
 tice of the law, the style of the new firm be- 
 ing John S. Jones and Sons. In the autumn 
 ot the year 1898. at the earnest request ot 
 O >ngressman Archibald Lybrand, of the 
 Eighth Congressional District. Mr. Jones be- 
 came secretary to Mr. Lybrand, and during 
 the remaining portion of Mr. Lybrand's term 
 of office Mr. Jones remained with him, and 
 when Congressman William R. Warnock be- 
 came the representative from the Eighth Dis- 
 trict, Mr. Jones became his secretary. He re- 
 mained with Mr. Warnock as secretary until 
 the fourth day of February, 1903, when at the 
 request of Mr. Warnock, he was appointed 
 postmaster of the city of Delaware, and is 
 the present incumbent with a second appoint- 
 ment for four years. Mr. Jones is the local 
 attorney for the Delaware and Magnetic 
 Springs Interurban Railway, and be has been 
 a successful practitioner both in our State and 
 in the United States Courts. He is a kind 
 and affable gentleman, and has made one of 
 
 the best postmasters Delaware has ever had. 
 * * * 
 
 Judge Emmett M. Wickham was born 
 in Genoa Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 October 29, 1859. His father and mother 
 were of English and Dutch origin, respec- 
 tively. He is able to trace his genealogy on 
 
 his father's side back to a period of more than 
 two hundred years. But it is not intended in 
 this sketch to refer to the family history, but 
 rather to the Judge's early life and education 
 and his progress from teacher, lawyer and 
 judge. He received his early education in the 
 public schools of Genoa Township, in which 
 schools he prepared himself for a teacher. He 
 taught his first school in the same district 
 where he had attended school, viz., Sub-Dis- 
 trict No. 5, in said township. His compensa- 
 tion was $18.33 P er month. He continued to 
 teach for a period of twelve years, having 
 taught in eight of the eighteen ti iwnships com- 
 posing Delaware County. 
 
 He began the study of law in the year 
 1889, under the tutorship of Hon. F. M. 
 Marriott, of Delaware, Ohio, during the time 
 he was teaching, and on the third day of De- 
 cember. 1 89 1, he was admitted to the Bar 
 by the Supreme Court of Ohio, having taught 
 school seventeen months during the time he 
 was preparing himself for admission to the 
 Bar. His contract to teach did not expire 
 until May, 1892. after his admission. In the 
 autumn of the same year he came to Delaware 
 and began the practice of his profession, hav- 
 ing his office with his former preceptor. Hon. 
 F. M. Marriott, and in January. 1895, en ~ 
 tered into a partnership with Mr. Marriott, the 
 style of the firm being Marriott and Wick- 
 ham. 
 
 At the Democratic Convention which was 
 held at Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio, in 
 July. 1896, he was nominated as one of the 
 candidates for Common Pleas Judge in the 
 First Subdivision of the Sixth Judicial Dis- 
 trict, composed of Delaware, Knox and Lick- 
 ing Counties, and at the November election 
 following was elected by a good majority. In 
 the year 1900 he was re-nominated to suc- 
 ceed himself as judge. The slump in the 
 Democratic vote in the district was so great 
 that he was defeated, his opponent having a 
 majority in the district of but eight votes. In 
 this campaign Mr. Wickham ran ahead of his 
 ticket very largely. 
 
 In the year 1906 he was again nominated 
 by his party for Common Pleas judge, and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 was elected in November of that year by a 
 majority of over four hundred votes, carrying 
 Delaware County by a majority of two hun- 
 dred and sixty-rive, while the county gave to 
 President Roosevelt the same year, a majority 
 of fifteen hundred and sixty-five, and at the 
 same time he carried Knox County by one 
 hundred and thirty-three, while that county is 
 largely Republican. 
 
 After the campaign of 1900. Judge Wick- 
 ham returned to the practice of his profession, 
 and in July of the year 1901, he became a 
 member of the firm of Marriott. Freshwater 
 and Wickham. During his practice in this 
 firm Judge Wickham became identified with 
 two cases which involved the constitutionality 
 lit the "Valentine Anti-trust Law" and "The 
 County Road Improvement Act," both of 
 which cases went to the Supreme Court of 
 Ohio. The former grew out of the indictment 
 of several coal dealers for a violation of the 
 Valentine Anti-trust Law. The Common 
 Pleas courts throughout the State had been 
 declaring this act unconstitutional. Judge 
 Wickham was appointed by the county com- 
 missioners to assist the prosecuting attorney 
 to carry oik- of these cases to the Supreme 
 Court to make a test case out of it. Judge 
 Wickham's contention was that this anti-trust 
 law was constitutional and the Supreme Court 
 of Ohio upheld his views and the act was de- 
 clared by the court of last resort to be not 
 within the inhibitions of the constitution of 
 Ohio. The other case involved the constitu- 
 tionality of the act known as "The County 
 Road Improvement Act." Judge Wickham 
 was again employed to assist the prosecuting 
 attorney to lake this ease up and after hav- 
 ing been heard in the Common I 'leas and Cir- 
 cuit Courts, the Supreme Court upheld the 
 constitutionality of this act and settled the 
 law on that subject. 
 
 Judge Wickham, on the thirty-first day of 
 December, A. I).. [906, retired from the firm 
 of Marriott, Freshwater and Wickham. and 
 on the seventh day of February, 1907, he 
 again took up the judicial ermine which he had 
 always worn with dignity to the office and 
 credit to himself. Judge Wickham is a 
 
 strong man mentally and physically and of 
 pronounced and positive views. He has al- 
 ways been a close and hard student of the 
 law. In his analysis of a case he is clear and 
 conclusive. Though one of the younger 
 judges of this district, his decisions have been 
 sustained by the higher courts in as great pro- 
 portion as any of the judges who have held 
 
 the position in this district. 
 * * * 
 
 Judge George Coyner, the eighth son of 
 David H. and Eliza C. Coyner, was born at 
 Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, on the 
 fifth day of June, 1858. His early childhood 
 was spent in Virginia, which was the native 
 state of his parents. During the Civil war, 
 after the death of his mother, he with the rest 
 of his family, except four of his brothers 
 who were in the Union Army, returned to Vir- 
 ginia. Owing to his father's sympathy with 
 the Union and the Union Army, the family 
 was compelled to flee to the North. Thej 
 came to Columbus. Ohio, where the father en- 
 listed in the Union army and became chaplain 
 of the Eighty-eighth Regiment of Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry. After the close of the 
 war, Mr. Coyner removed to Eden, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, where he became the minister 
 of the Presbyterian Church of that place. 
 Rev. Coyner was a graduate of Washington 
 and Lee University, Virginia, and of Prince- 
 ton Theological Seminary. He was a man 
 of fine literary attainments and paid particular 
 attention to the education of his family. 
 
 George, the subject of this sketch, received 
 his early education from his father's instruc- 
 tion and in the public schools of the village 
 of Eden, and from private teachers. He 
 graduated from the University of Cincinnati 
 in the year 1879. He then returned to his 
 home in Brown Township where he was elected 
 township clerk in the spring of the year [880, 
 which position he held for five consecutive 
 terms. He was then appointed superintendent 
 of the Deleware County Infirmary, which po 
 sit ion he held from [882 to 1892. During 
 the time he was superintendent of the In- 
 firmarv he began the study of law. and after 
 his retirement from said office, he entered 
 
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 335 
 
 the Law School of Cincinnati, from which 
 institution he graduated in the spring of 
 1893. He was soon afterward admitted to the 
 Bar and located in Delaware, Ohio, where he 
 began the practice. 
 
 In the summer of 1895, he was nominated 
 by the Republican party for prosecuting at- 
 torney for Delaware County, and was elected 
 in the autumn of the same year. He was re- 
 nominated to succeed himself in 1898, and 
 was re-elected, having served two full terms. 
 He continued in the practice and in the year 
 1902 he was nominated by the Republican 
 party for the office of Common Pleas Judge 
 in the First Subdivision of the Sixth Judicial 
 District of Ohio, to which position he was 
 duly elected in the autumn of the same year, 
 and which he held until February, 1907. 
 After his retirement from his official position, 
 he removed to Mt. Vernon, Knox Count}', 
 Ohio, where he is now successfully engaged in 
 
 the practice of his chosen profession. 
 ^ ^ =£ 
 
 Edwin G. Lybraxd was born November 
 2. 1863, in Lafayette. Allen County, Ohio, 
 and died in Delaware, Ohio, August 8, 1906. 
 He was the son of Samuel and Isabella 
 ( Mow ery ) Lybrand. His parents came to 
 Delaware while he was quite young, and he 
 was educated in the public schools of Delaware 
 and attended the Ohio Wesleyan University 
 for a time. He began the stud}- of law with 
 Franklin A. Owen about the year 1S89. and 
 was admitted to the Bar in the year 1892. He 
 only practiced his profession for a few years, 
 when, owing to the failing health of his father. 
 he quit the practice to take charge of his fa- 
 ther's business. 
 
 Eugf.xe S. Owex was born near Rich 
 Hill. Knox County, ( >hio, .March 9. 1860/ He 
 is the son of Franklin M. Owen and Pauline 
 1 Boughton) Owen. His parents removed to 
 Delaware County, Ohio, in April. 1S60. hence 
 the subject of this sketch has lived in Dela- 
 ware Count}- practically all his life. The par- 
 ents located on a farm in Kingston Town- 
 ship, Delaware Count}-, where Mr. Owen re- 
 ceived his earl}- education in the public 
 
 schools. He worked on his father's farm dur- 
 ing the summer season, and attended school in 
 the winter. While at home he began the 
 study of law under the tutorship of his 
 brother, Franklin A. Owen, who was at the 
 time a practitioner in Delaware. He came 
 to Delaware about the year 1892, and com- 
 pleted his course of study and was admitted 
 to the Bar on the ninth day of March, 1893, 
 the day he was thirty-three years of age. He 
 began the practice in the office of his brother. 
 Franklin A. Owen, and was elected justice 
 of the peace by the Republican party in the 
 spring of 1895. which office he held for two 
 successive terms of three years each. 
 
 In the year 1902 he formed a partnership 
 for the practice of his profession with his 
 brother, Franklin A. Owen, the style of the 
 firm being F. A. and E. S. Owen. He was 
 elected city solicitor of Delaware. Ohio, in 
 the autumn of 1904, and was re-elected to suc- 
 ceed himself in November, 1907. and he is the 
 present incumbent of that office. 
 
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 Arthur J. White is the son of Johnson 
 and Catherine P. White, of Brown Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio. The subject of this 
 sketch was born near the village of Eden, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, on the seventh day 
 of January, 1871. He received his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Brown Town- 
 ship. He attended the Northwestern Univer- 
 sity at Ada, Ohio, during the years 1889 and 
 1890, and the Ohio Wesleyan University dur- 
 ing the years 1891 and 1892. In the fall of 
 the year 1892 he began the study of law in 
 tin- office of B. F. Freshwater and remained 
 with him until Mr. Freshwater was electe I 
 probate judge. He then entered the office of 
 Messrs. Carpenter and McElroy, where he 
 finished his course and was admitted to the 
 Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio in the 
 month of June, 1X04. In the autumn of the 
 ^anie year he opened an office in the city of 
 Toledo, Ohio, and entered upon the practice of 
 his chi '-en pri ifessi m. 
 
 lie continued the practice with very grati- 
 fying success for about five years, when by 
 reason of the failing health of his father he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 felt it his duty to return to his home and take 
 charge of the latter's farm, in order to re- 
 lieve him of the responsibility- He managed 
 the farm for a number of years, and in the 
 meanwhile travelled for the Spaulding Buggy 
 Company, until the autumn of 1906, when his 
 father died. After the settlement of his 
 father's estate he opened an office in the city 
 of Delaware, in the spring of 1907, and began 
 again the practice of his profession with bright 
 prospects for future success. He has recently 
 been appointed justice of the peace of Dela- 
 ware Township, to fill the vacancy caused by 
 the resignation of J. T. Hutchisson. 
 
 Carroll H. Jones is the younger son of 
 General John S. Jones. He was born October 
 29, 1871. in Delaware, Ohio. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Delaware and 
 graduated from the high school in the year 
 1887. He immediately entered the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, where he studied for four 
 years and graduated with the class of 1891, 
 taking his degree in June of that year. He 
 spent some time in newspaper work on the 
 Delaware Gazette and as correspondent for 
 other papers. He then began the study of the 
 law with the firm of Jones, Lytle & Jones, 
 and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme 
 Court of Ohio, in the spring of 1895. 
 
 The firm of Jones, Lytle & Jones having 
 been dissolved, he formed a partnership with 
 his father and brother. The new firm was 
 known as J. S. Jones & Sons. He con- 
 tinued in the practice until the winter of 1897, 
 when he became secretary to Hon. Archibald 
 Lybrand, who had been elected Congressman 
 from the Eighth Congressional District of 
 Ohio. He ably filled this position during Mr. 
 Lybrand's first term in Cingress, but early in 
 the year 1899 he resigned his position as 
 secretary and removed to Chicago, Illinois, 
 where he entered upon the practice of his 
 chosen profession, and where he soon became 
 a successful practitioner. He is now occupy- 
 ing a position in the legal department of the 
 
 Northwestern Elevated Railway Company. 
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 James Reverdy Selover is the son of 
 Isaac Selover and Catherine (Fallin) Selover. 
 
 He was born November 3, 1862, in Morrow 
 County, Ohio. His parents came to Delaware 
 County when he was but six years old. and 
 located on a farm north of Delaware in Troy 
 Township. His father was born near Ithaca, 
 in the State of New York. His grandfathei 
 was a Revolutionary soldier and was with 
 Washington at Valley Forge. His grand- 
 father on his mother's side was also a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier and endured the hardships 
 of prison life on the prison ship Jersey, having 
 been captured by the British at the battle of 
 Long Island, with about a thousand men and 
 he and one other were the only soldiers who 
 escaped. The Fallins came from Fairfax 
 County, Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Selover received his early education 
 in the public schools of Troy Township, and he 
 graduated from the Delaware high school in 
 the class of 1881. He attended the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University for two years and then 
 began the study of law under the tutorship of 
 Judge Emmett M. Wickham, supporting him- 
 self by teaching school at various times while 
 he completed his studies. He attended the Law- 
 School of the Ohio State University for one 
 year, and was admitted to the Bar in the year 
 1895. He taught school for some time to 
 replenish his exchequer and then opened an 
 1 iffice in Delaware and began the practice of his 
 profession from which he has maintained him- 
 self and family ever since. 
 
 Mr. Selover has been chosen President of 
 the City Council of Delaware. Ohio, his po- 
 sition being that of vice-mayor. It would de- 
 volve upon him to fill the office of mayor in 
 case of that official's death or disability. 
 
 Harry \V. Jewell was born in Pi irter 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio. November 
 19, 1872. He is the son of Warren S. Jewell 
 and Laura A. (Moody) Jewell. He received 
 his early education in the public schools of 
 Porter Township. When he was fourteen 
 years of age he entered the high school at 
 Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio, from which 
 he graduated. He then entered Hiram Col- 
 lege, Portage County, Ohio, from which he 
 graduated in the year 1895. He began the 
 study of law in the office of Messrs. McElroy 
 
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 337 
 
 and Carpenter in the same year of his gradu- 
 ation and was admitted to the Bar in 1897. 
 He immediately opened an office in the city of 
 Delaware, and began the practice of his pro- 
 fession alone. He soon achieved a success 
 which was very gratifying to himself and 
 friends. March 12, 1907, he entered into a 
 partnership for the practice of his profession 
 with Bert P. Benton, the style of the firm be- 
 ing Jewell & Benton. Fraternally Mr. 
 Jewell is affiliated with the Masonic Order, 
 being an active member of Hiram Lodge, No. 
 18. F. & A. M., and an official of said lodge. 
 
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 Edward Thompson Humes was born 
 March 7, 1872, on a farm in Brown Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio. He is the son 
 of Isaac N. Humes and Mary (Overturfj 
 Humes. The father was born in Ohio County, 
 West Virginia, and the mother was born in 
 Delaware County, Ohio. The subject of this 
 sketch was educated in the public schools of 
 Delaware County and the National Business 
 College of Logansport, Indiana. He began 
 the study of law with Messrs. Overturf and 
 Coyner in Delaware and was graduated at the 
 Law School of Cincinnati. Ohio, completing 
 his course with the class of 1898. He was 
 admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of 
 Ohio on the eleventh day of June, 1898, and 
 immediately opened an office in Delaware. 
 Ohio, and began the practice of his profession, 
 achieving a gratifying success. 
 
 He was nominated for the office of prose- 
 cuting attorney of Delaware County in the 
 summer of 1900, and was duly elected in No- 
 vember of the same year, assuming the duties 
 of the office on the sixth day of January. 1901. 
 He was re-elected to the same office in X' >- 
 vember. 1903, and retired on the seventb of 
 January. 1907, having completed his two 
 terms, which is the limit allotted to that office 
 by a time-honored custom and tradition in 
 this county. During the time of Mr. Hume's 
 incumbency of office, two noted cases were 
 commenced by him, which involved the con- 
 stitutionality of the Valentine Anti-trust Law 
 and the County Road Improvement Act, which 
 suits both terminated in the Supreme Court 
 
 of Ohio. The fust was a case in which Mr. 
 Humes had a number of the coal dealers in 
 Delaware indicted for a violation of the Valen- 
 tine Anti-trust Law. They were fined by the 
 Common Pleas Court and they had their cases 
 taken to the Circuit Court, which court held 
 the act to be unconstitutional. A test case 
 was then made and it was taken to the Su- 
 preme Court of Ohio, which court sustained 
 the law and that case has become one of the 
 leading authorities in the United States in 
 sustaining the anti-trust acts. The other case 
 involved the constitutionality of the County 
 Road Improvement Act. This case was 
 brought in the Common Pleas Court and taken 
 to the Supreme Court of Ohio, which court 
 also held this act not to be within the in- 
 hibition of the Constitution of the State of 
 Ohio. 
 
 Immediately upon bis retirement from bis 
 office of prosecuting attorney. Mr. Humes 
 again opened an office in Delaware and is now 
 actively engaged in the practice of his chosen 
 profession. Fraternallv Mr. Humes is affili- 
 ated with the B. P. O. E., No. 76, Delaware. 
 He was married October 12. 1898. to Mis^ 
 Oro Belle Perfect, of Delaware, Ohio, and he 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church of this 
 
 city. 
 
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 Harry Leonard is a native of Delaware 
 County, Ohio. He was born in Brown Town- 
 ship, December 17, 1865, and is the son of 
 Jonathan Leonard and Elizabeth Leonard. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard were the parents of 
 four children. Dr. W. N. Leonard was an 
 elder brother of the subject of this sketch. 
 He lived and practiced medicine in this city 
 lor many years. Harry Leonard spent his 
 boyhood on his father's farm in Brown Town- 
 ship, where he received his early education in 
 the public schools in the Eden School District. 
 After he had completed his course in the pub- 
 lic schools he attended college at Ada. Ohio, 
 and afterward the Ohio W'esleyan University 
 at Delaware. Ohio. He began the study of 
 law under the tutorship of Frank A. Owen of 
 Delaware, Ohio, and completed his course 
 under fudge C. H. McElroy. and was admitted 
 
338 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 to the Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, 
 June 6, 1899. August 1, 1899, he opened an 
 office in Delaware, where he has continued 
 the practice of his profession with flattering" 
 prospects for success. He was elected to the 
 office of justice of the peace in the year 1901 
 for Delaware Township, and was re-elected to 
 succeed himself in 1904. and has just com- 
 pleted his second term. During the six years 
 Mr. Leonard held this office of justice he tried 
 seven hundred and sixty-four cases, many of 
 which were taken to the Common Pleas Court 
 on appeal or error and only six cases which 
 were carried up were modified and but two 
 were reversed. Mr. Leonard was also ad- 
 mitted to practice in the Federal Courts of the 
 United States on examination by the Circuit 
 Court for the Southern District of Ohio, on 
 December 4, 1906, at its session held in Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio. 
 
 Benson Walker Hough is the eldest son 
 of Leonard Samuel Hough and Mary (Linn) 
 Hough. He was horn in Berkshire Town- 
 ship. Delaware County. Ohio. March 3, 1875. 
 He received his early education in the public 
 schools of Delaware and graduated from the 
 high school in the year 1892. He attended 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University for three years 
 and the Ohio State University, from which 
 he graduated in the law department in the year 
 1899. He began the study of law in 1897 
 with Messrs. Overturf and Coyner and was 
 admitted to the Bar in the month of March, 
 1899. He immediately began the practice of 
 his chosen profession with flattering prospects 
 for success. 
 
 In the year 1902 he formed a partnership 
 for the practice of law with Judge N. F. 
 Overturf, the style of the firm being Over- 
 turf and Hough, which partnership has con- 
 tinued ever since. In the spring of the year 
 1902, Mr. Hough was nominated by the 
 Republican Party for city solicitor of Dela- 
 ware, to which he was duly elected in April of 
 that year. He was re-nominated to succeed 
 himself in the spring of the year 1004. and 
 was again elected and served bis second term, 
 retiring from office in the spring of [906 
 
 Since that time he has continued in the prac- 
 tice of his profession with the firm of Overturf 
 and Hough. 
 
 Hon. Harry W. Crist is the only son of 
 Rev. A. C. Crist and Lavina P. Crist. He 
 was born in Eden, Brown Township, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio. November 19, 1875. 
 While he was less than a year old, his parents 
 moved to Iberia, Morrow County, Ohio, where 
 he received his early education. When he was 
 about thirteen years of age his parents re- 
 moved to Ostrander, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 where young Crist entered the public schools. 
 He graduated from the Ostrander high sch< 11 il 
 in the year 1892. He taught in the public 
 schools of Scioto Township for one year, and 
 in the autumn of 1893, he entered the Wooster 
 University, from which institution he gradu- 
 ated with honors in the month of June, 1S97. 
 He entered the law office of James R. Lytic 
 of Delaware, Ohio, with whom he read law 
 and he was admitted to the Bar by the Su- 
 preme Court of Ohio in December, 1900. 
 
 About the first of January, 1901, Mr. 
 Crist entered into a partnership for the prac- 
 tice of law with Wells K. Stanley, of Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, who had also just been admitted 
 to the Bar. The new firm opened an office in 
 the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and began the 
 practice which they continued for about a 
 year with very satisfactory results. But the 
 severe climate of the lake shore did not agree 
 with Mr. Crist and he retired from the firm 
 and returned to Delaware. Here he again 
 entered the office with James R. Lytle and 
 began the practice of law. and while they are 
 not partners, they have much business together 
 and assist each other in the practice. 
 
 In the year 1904, after the death of Judge 
 McHlrov, Mr. Crist was appointed referee in 
 bankruptcy, to fill the place of Judge McElroy, 
 who had held that position for a number of 
 years. In the year 1905 Mr. Crist resigned 
 the office of referee in bankruptcy for the pur- 
 pose of accepting the office of representative 
 of Delaware County, to which position he had 
 been elected by the Republican party in No- 
 vember, 1905, and which position be now 
 
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 339 
 
 holds and has so creditably filled since his 
 
 election. 
 
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 Clerk of Courts Edson R. Williams. 
 Edson R. Williams is the son of Charles W. 
 and Alary J. (Sherman) Williams. He was 
 born April I, 1874, in Berlin Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio. He was educated in 
 the public schools of that township. He pre- 
 pared himself for a teacher and began to teach 
 when he was but seventeen years of age. He 
 attended the Ohio Wesleyan University for a 
 time but he completed his course and received 
 his degree from the Ohio Northern University 
 in the year 1896. He continued to teach in 
 the public schools of this county after he had 
 received his degree, and has taught in Troy, 
 Orange. Radnor, Berlin, Scioto and Concord 
 Townships. He taught the high school at 
 Bellpoint one year and the high school at 
 Warrensburg for one year. During the time 
 he was teaching he studied law and was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar in the year 1902. He con- 
 tinued to teach until the spring of 1905. when 
 he opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, and 
 began the practice of his chosen profession. 
 He was nominated by the Democratic party for 
 clerk of courts of Delaware G mnty in the 
 summer of the year 1905 and was elected to 
 that office in November of that year, and 
 he is now the efficient clerk of this county. 
 
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 Judge E. Lee Porterfield was born in 
 Oxford Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 on the thirty-first day of May, 1867. His 
 father's name was Jarvis L. and his mother'- 
 was Mary J. (Foust) Porterfield. The father 
 was born near Westfield. while Westfield was 
 yet a part of Delaware County, and his mother 
 Alary J. Foust was born in Oxford Township, 
 her father having been one of the pioneer set- 
 tlers of that township. The subject of this 
 sketch attended the public schools of his 
 native township, and when sufficiently ad- 
 vanced, the graded schools. He also attended 
 the Northwestern University at Ada. Ohio, 
 and later the Ohio Wesleyan University. He 
 became a teacher and taught in the public 
 schools of Oxford township for six years. 
 
 He then became principal of the high school at 
 Ashley, where he taught for seven years. 
 During the time he had charge of the high 
 school he was granted a life certificate to 
 teach. This was about the year 1897. 
 
 In the summer of the year 1899 he was 
 nominated by the Republican party for probate 
 judge of Delaware County, and he was duly 
 elected in the autumn of the same year, and 
 he assumed the responsibility of his office on 
 the ninth day of February, 1900. He was 
 re-nominated to succeed himself in the year 
 1902, and was re-elected to the same office, 
 which he held until the close of his term, 
 February 9, 1906. 
 
 During the years that he held this office 
 he began the study of law under the tutorship 
 of Judge N. F. Overturf and was admitted 
 to the Bar in the month of December. A. D., 
 1905. Immediately upon his retirement from 
 the probate judge's office he entered into a 
 partnership for the practice of law with Fred 
 McAlester, the style of the firm being; Porter- 
 field & McAlester. The new firm opened an 
 office in the Reid and Powell Block with 
 bright prospects for success. Fraternally, Mr. 
 Porterfield is allied with Ashley Lodge, No. 
 457, K. of P., and with Delaware Lodge. No. 
 76, B. P. O. E. 
 
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 Burt P. Benton was born October 11. 
 1872. in Scioto Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio. His parents' names were Thomas B. 
 Benton and Emma L. (Crawford) Benton. 
 T. B. Benton was for many years a member of 
 the Bar of Union County. When the subject 
 of this sketch was but four years old, his 
 parents moved to Marysville. Ohio, where they 
 resided for ten years, and during that time 
 Mr. Benton attended the public schools and 
 received his early education. When he was 
 fourteen years old his parents returned to 
 the farm in Scioto Township. Young Ben- 
 t( hi attended the public schools of that town- 
 ship, and at the age of eighteen had prepared 
 himself for teaching. He taught for several 
 years during the winter term and attended 
 the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, 
 where he graduated. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 He took charge of the Warrensburg 
 
 schools at the organization 
 
 of the special 
 school district and he established the high 
 school of Warrensburg, which he taught f< ir 
 six years. 
 
 He was nominated by the Republican party 
 for clerk of courts and was elected to thai 
 office at the November election of the year 
 1899, am l assumed the duties of his office in 
 August, 1900. He was re-nominated to suc- 
 ceed himself in 1902, and he was re-elected to 
 the office without opposition. During the time 
 he was serving in the capacity of clerk of 
 courts he completed the law course at Ohio 
 State University, where he graduated with the 
 class in June, 1905. He was admitted to the 
 Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, at Colum- 
 bus, on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1905. 
 On the completion of his second term as clerk 
 of courts, Mr. Benton formed a partnership 
 for the general practice of law with Harry 
 W. Jewell, of Delaware, Ohio, under the firm 
 name of Jewell and Benton, and the firm is 
 now engaged in a successful and lucrative 
 practice. Mr. Benton served the honorable 
 Ralph D. Cole, representative in Congress 
 'from the Eighth District, in the capacity of 
 private secretary, during his first term in 
 Congress, but declined the appointment for 
 the second term, feeling that his duties to 
 his profession required all his time and en- 
 ergies. 
 
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 Fred A. McAlester is the son of Coridon 
 and Jennie (Adams) McAlester. He was 
 born in Thompson Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, October 17, 1878. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the public schools 
 of his native township. He then entered the 
 high school at Richwood, Union County, Ohio, 
 from which he graduated in the year 1898. 
 He attended Kenyon College for one year and 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he com- 
 pleted the classical course and was graduated 
 in June, 1902. He immediately entered the 
 office of the probate judge of Delaware 
 County as deputy clerk', where he remained 
 for three years. During the time he was in 
 that office he began the study of law under the 
 direction of Judge N. F. Overturf. He com- 
 
 pleted the course in December, 1905, and took 
 the State examination and was admitted co 
 the Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. 
 
 Soon after his admission he formed a part- 
 nership for the practice of law with E. Lee 
 Porterfield, the style of the firm being Porter- 
 field and McAlester. In the summer of the 
 year 1906 he was nominated by the Republican 
 party for prosecuting attorney and at the No- 
 vember election of that year was duly elected 
 to the office. He took the office on the seventh 
 day of January, 1907, and is the present in- 
 cumbent. 
 
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 David M. Cupp was born at Pleasant 
 ville, Fairfield County, Ohio, in the year 
 1874. He is the son of Marvin and Elizabeth 
 ( Freeman) Cupp. The subject of this sketch 
 was educated in the public schools of that vil- 
 lage, and attended the Northwestern Univer- 
 sity at Ada, Ohio, where he began the study 
 of law. He later entered a law office at Lan- 
 caster, Ohio, where he completed his course 
 and was admitted to the Bar. He located 
 in Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio, in Sep- 
 tember, 1907, where he opened an office and is 
 now actively engaged in the practice of his 
 chosen profession. 
 
 J. I'. Maloney is the son of John C. and 
 Mary Maloney. He was born in the State of 
 Kentucky, where his parents lived at the time 
 of his birth. The family came to Ohio and lo- 
 cated on a farm near Ashley, in Oxford Town- 
 ship, Delaware County. The subject of this 
 sketch received his early education in the pub- 
 lic schools of Ashley. He then came to Dela- 
 ware where he attended the Ohio Bushier 
 College for a time, and then went to the Cin- 
 cinnati Law School, where he graduated and 
 was soon after admitted to the Bar. He 
 opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, about the 
 war 1882, and began the practice of his pro- 
 fession. He only remained here for five 1 >r 
 six years and about the year 1888 he went 
 West, locating in the State of Kansas. 
 
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 J. Coleman Marriott was born in Lick- 
 ing County, Ohio, September 4, 1877. His 
 parents' names were Greenburg O. and Amy 
 
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 (Willey) Marriott. He received his early 
 education in the public schools of his native 
 county and completed a course at Hiram Col- 
 lege, Portage County, Ohio, from which insti- 
 tution he received his degree in the year 1903. 
 He taught for some time both before and since 
 his graduation, having had charge of the high 
 scln » il at Bellepoint last year. He studied law 
 with Messrs. Marriott. Freshwater and Wick- 
 ham, and was admitted to the Bar in Decem- 
 hioii. He opened an office during the 
 last year in Newark. Licking County. Ohio, 
 and began the practice of bis chosen profes- 
 sion with nattering prospects for future suc- 
 cess. He is at this time a prominent candidate 
 for prosecuting attorney of Licking County. 
 Mr. Marriott, though not having practiced in 
 this county, has been so long identified with 
 it while teaching here and having been ad- 
 mitted to the Bar as a student from this county. 
 \*e are glad to recognize him as one of our 
 number. 
 
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 C. H. Maxwell is the son of Henderson 
 Maxwell, a former justice of the peace of 
 Kingston Township. Delaware County, Ohio. 
 The older members of the Bar will all re- 
 member "Squire Maxwell." as he was gener- 
 ally known, twenty-five years ago. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch was educated in the public 
 
 ^chl>ols of his native township, and at the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. He studied law 
 with the firm of Marriott and Wickham, in 
 the early part of the nineties and was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar. He soon after went to 
 Toledo, Ohio, where he opened an office, but 
 owing to the failing health of his father he 
 returned to his father's home in Delaware 
 County to look after his farm. He remained 
 in Delaware County until after the death of 
 his father, and until about two years ago, when 
 he went to the State of California, where he 
 now resides. 
 
 George \Y. Barry is the last acquisition 
 to the Delaware County Bar. He came to 
 Delaware in June. 1907. as a practicing lawyer 
 from Morgan County. Ohio, and while he has 
 bought property and moved to Delaware with 
 his family, he still retains his office and busi- 
 ness in McConnellsville, the county seat of 
 Morgan County, where be is in active practice. 
 He has not procured an office in this city as 
 yet, hut he expects to become an active mem- 
 ber of this Bar and make Delaware his per- 
 manent home. Mr. Barry has been in the 
 practice for about twenty-five years, and has 
 been one of the leading lawyers at the Mc- 
 Connellsvile Bar. and will be a worthy acqui- 
 sition to the Delaware County Bar. 
 
CHAPTER. XV. 
 
 THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 
 
 Dilaware County Medical Men of the Past and of the Present. 
 
 When the Queen of Sheba, from South- 
 ern Arabia, came to visit King Solomon, she 
 brought with her a physician, and the great 
 medicinal agent, the Balm of Gilead. The 
 piety, wisdom, glory and courtesy of Solorw >n 
 greatly impressed her. Upon her return to 
 her own country she sent, contrary to the laws 
 of her land, the great medicinal tree so long 
 known to her kingdom, eight hundred miles 
 away, to this admired ruler, to be planted 
 along the river Jordan. The tree grew, in- 
 creased, and furnished medicine to Palestine. 
 Jeremiah, six hundred years after, and six 
 hundred years before the Christian era. said, 
 "Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physi- 
 cian there?" 
 
 In the pioneer days in this country, the 
 Doctor held a very conspicuous and import- 
 ant position with the settlers. In many parts 
 of the Far West, the physician, like the pio- 
 neers of our county, are compelled to ride long 
 distances to administer to the sick and af- 
 flicted. In those early days the only question 
 was, "Is he a doctor?" "Isms" and "pathies"' 
 were unknown. This peculiar state of opinion 
 did not last always. The surgeon, the physi- 
 cian, the obstetrician, the dentest or tooth - 
 puller, and finally the druggist, established a 
 new order of things. The large and increasing 
 population, continuously flowing into the new 
 world, made inroads on this important func- 
 tionary, the Doctor. He was compelled to 
 share honors with the new members coming 
 to the land of promise. The newcomers as 
 well as the old timers, became divided in their 
 opinions, and the innovations soon had then 
 
 adherents. The herb and root doctor, like 
 the physician of over three thousand years ago 
 with his Balm of Gilead, began laying the 
 foundation of a new school with his roots and 
 herbs, his mortar and kettle, in his crude la- 
 boratory. 
 
 This empiric school gave impetus to the 
 more careful study of gathering, selecting and 
 preparing from nature's laboratory. It is 
 needless to tell how the mighty original think- 
 ers and investigators of bygone days, reduced 
 to exact knowledge the uses of many remedial 
 agents now scientifically manufactured and 
 furnished to the students of medicine of to- 
 day. Our forefathers were imperfectly ac- 
 quainted with the mineral medicinal agents, 
 as well as the deadly poisonous principals in 
 the vegetable kingdom. Their limited em- 
 pirical knowledge gave them but few physio- 
 logical ideas of the action of the herbs and 
 vegetables they used as remedial agents ; but 
 their discoveries stimulated the desire for ex- 
 act knowledge in our day. until today we 
 have a greater knowledge as to the action on 
 the normal and the pathological body. Today 
 these drugs are reduced to standardization. 
 Hence you will understand that the root and 
 herb doctor indirectly contributed much to our 
 profession. The old Indian doctor made his 
 contribution — his knowledge of remedial 
 agents. 
 
 The old school of Eclectics gathered herbs 
 and prepared the medicine under its own 
 supervision. The Eclectics established a Medi- 
 cal College at Worthington in 1830; Dr. I. 
 J. Steel, president, Dr. J. G. Jones, dean. The 
 
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 Litter was a partner of Dr. Case, the husband 
 of Mrs. Jane Case, who donated so liberally 
 to the Delaware Hospital; and Dr. John A. 
 Little, a resident of our county was associated 
 with them for a while. . This school had 
 much influence in this and Franklin Counties. 
 ( Ine of the most learned and highly cultured 
 physicians, Dr. J. A. Little, was a student; 
 and a teacher, but afterward became a mem- 
 ber of the Regular profession. This school 
 was moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became 
 the Eclectic Medical College. 
 
 The Homeopathic doctrine made its ap- 
 pearance in about 1850. Since then it has bad 
 a representative in the county, particularly in 
 Delaware. It was perhaps through its influ- 
 ence that greater study was given to the ef- 
 fect of blood letting, since abandoned. Its 
 remedial agents were studied more scientific- 
 ally and reduced to a standardization and made 
 more palatable. 
 
 It was in 1824 the Thompsonian system 
 was given to the world, of which the present 
 generation knows but little. Thompson ad- 
 vocated that "heat was life, and cold was 
 death." He had formulas numbering from 1 
 to 6. He steamed the patient outside ; and 
 stimulated him inside with his No. 6. His 
 books were sold to families, as well as to 
 physicians. In a few years the system 
 passed away, or nearly so. Vet the steaming 
 and the bathing had made an impression, 
 which culminated in the erection of many 
 large sanitariums in this and all lands. 
 
 One of the citizens of Delaware at that 
 time. Mr. Horton Howard, bought the rights 
 to Ohio and several western states for the 
 promulgation of the Thompsonian system. 
 Howard became a great power, and soon 
 moved to Columbus, where he. in [832, in- 
 duced the Legislature to change the medical 
 laws, and thus disorganize all of the Regular 
 medical societies of the State. Soon after 
 this innovation, in 1838, came the Uroscopists, 
 who thought the kidneys the source of all of 
 our ills. They soon passed away, yet they 
 stimulated thought. The original thinkers of 
 the Regular profession, by means of chemis- 
 try, studied the secretions of the kidneys, and 
 21 
 
 the diseases that affected them, and benefitted 
 mankind thereby. 
 
 Following these came the Specialists. The 
 Cancer doctors, as we have them today, made 
 no discoveries, and added nothing to the 
 treatment of the disease. Are we discovering 
 anything new for the treatment of cancer? 
 The same way may be said of the Consump- 
 tive doctor, for of the disease he knew nothing 
 and the remedial agents were largely detri- 
 mental to the patient ; yet they stimulated pro- 
 fessional thought. Then came the ear and 
 eye specialists, who bad very limited ideas of 
 the disease of these organs; yet they caused 
 investigation, until today mankind is blessed 
 beyond comprehension with nearly an exact 
 science. Then appeared the Clairvoyant, the 
 Wizard, and the Spiritualist, to delude. To- 
 day they are known as Christian Scientists. 
 
 Next appeared the Masseurs, and the sys- 
 tem of massaging. Today it is called Osteo- 
 pathy. They have a school at Kirksville. Mo. 
 This system was known and taught long be- 
 fore the Christian era by the Chinese and 
 Hindoos; their books described and taught 
 the treatment. This system fell into the hands 
 of the Brahmin fakirs and sorcerers, and was 
 filled with mysteries and delusions. 
 
 About 1840, the profession extended the 
 hand of fellowship to a new and highly im- 
 portant newcomer, the lady physician. This 
 welcomed practitioner soon found the roads 
 impassable and the work too laborious for her, 
 and her stay was of short duration; but in 
 about 1890 the marvelously changed environ- 
 ments brought her back into the field of labor 
 b 1 stay. 
 
 Just when the first Medical Society was 
 formed is uncertain; we think in about 1848. 
 It would be uninteresting and superfluous to 
 record the ups and downs of the many or- 
 ganized and re-organized medical societies 1 1 
 the county. We might do so; but it would be 
 pernicious; so we shall let the subject sleep. 
 After some fifteen or twenty years of desue- 
 tude, the present Delaware County Medical 
 Society was formed upon the broad plan of 
 charity to all, when in 1904 all schools of 
 medicine were admitted to equal membership. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and now for three years and over, the society 
 has been working in perfect harmony, all 
 working to advance the healing art, regardless 
 of "isms" and "pathies." 
 
 An article in the Delaware County history 
 of 1880 brought down the biographical 
 sketches of the members of the profession of 
 the county from the earliest period to 1880. 
 Now at the earnest request of the historian, 
 Hon. J. R. Lytle, for his new history of the 
 county, I continue the biographical sketches of 
 the profession in the country, and bring it 
 down to 1907. The work would have been 
 arduous without the earnest co-operation of 
 nearly every member of the profession in the 
 country. To these we extend our sincere 
 thanks. 
 
 Those who have been in active work for 
 the last thirty years will, like Rip Van Winkle, 
 awake and rub their eyes and exclaim, "Is it 
 true that so many changes have taken place, 
 and so many have passed to their reward?" 
 While so many original thinkers, and earnest 
 workers have passed away, the communities 
 are blessed with many new members equally 
 qualified to fill the vacant places. 
 
 There is very little authentic memorial evi- 
 dence of the lives and doings of the pioneer 
 physicians of this county, and very little writ- 
 ten evidence, with the exception of a few dates 
 of their arrival and a letter or two written to 
 anxious friends back in the far east. It was 
 the good fortune of the writer in the begin- 
 ning of his practice, to be intimately associated 
 with the scholarly and renowned Dr. Ralph 
 Hills (a son of Dr. James Hills, one of the 
 first physicians to locate in the county, and 
 of whom we shall speak later). Drs. T. B. 
 Williams. W. T. Constant. John A. Little and 
 the writer often met in the studio of Dr. 
 Ralph Hills to listen to the stories of the pio- 
 neer, so graphically related by him, as well 
 as to hear the history of those who came later. 
 The pathfinders and axe wielders have long 
 since passed away. There are no more out- 
 posts for the daring physician, no more ad- 
 vanced guard to administer to the various 
 forms of disease which afflicted the early set- 
 tlers. All is changed. Few of our profession 
 
 have any recollection of our pioneer forefa- 
 thers, traditional or otherwise. The history 
 of old. 
 
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 Dr. Reuben Lamb, the first doctor to lo- 
 cate in the county, is most interesting and en- 
 tertaining, and we would be only too glad to 
 tell of some of the many heroic deeds and 
 dangers he passed through while visiting the 
 sick, as related by Dr. Ralph Hills, who knew 
 him intimately. Dr. Lamb was born and 
 raised in the East (New York). As to just 
 where he secured his medical education, little 
 is known. But that he read under a careful 
 student of medicine was proven by his thor- 
 ough preparedness. He left home, relatives 
 and friends in 1805 for the far southwest — 
 New Orleans as his destination. When he 
 reached Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he chanced 
 to meet Colonel Moses Byxbe. who persuaded 
 the young physician to go with him to Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, and locate in Berkshire, 
 the new and only town in the county. The 
 trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers was 
 abandoned, and in a few weeks they landed at 
 Worthington, Franklin County, where they 
 were entertained over night by some settlers 
 who had located there a year before. The next 
 day they arrived at Berkshire, where the young 
 physician found work at once among those 
 who had preceded him. Dr. Lamb had 
 brought some well selected text books, and a 
 fine set of surgical instruments with him. After 
 a short time he was called to Worthington to 
 see a sick lady. Soon the attraction to this 
 village became stronger, and the following 
 year he moved there and married a belle of the 
 village. The following year he returned to 
 Berkshire to join his old friend Colonel Byxbe. 
 The next year he and the colonel and other 
 friends laid out Delaware on the Olentangy 
 River in 1808, Dr. Lamb acting as the first 
 physician and first recorder for the county. 
 His practice increased rapidly and extended 
 from Delaware to Portland on the north, now 
 Sandusky City on Lake Erie ; and from Dela- 
 ware to Chillicothe on the south. Through 
 the woods and along the bypaths, through 
 bridgeless streams, midst dangers from the 
 
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 wild beast and Indian, lie traveled with and 
 
 without escort to administer to the afflicted. 
 His surgical skill and education was sought 
 for far and near. They said he disliked sur- 
 gery anil was only too glad to loan his set of 
 fine instruments to his professional brothers 
 who needed and would use them. 
 
 Dr. Lamb was born in about 1775, and 
 died in 1850. He was married three times. 
 First to Miss Campbell of Worthington ; after 
 her death to a Miss Sloper of Delaware, Ohio, 
 in 1815. They then moved to Galesburg. Illi- 
 nois. The following year he lost his wife and 
 at once returned to Delaware, and soon after 
 married a Mrs. Piatt, a sister of his last wife. 
 His first home was on the site of the present 
 "Home for the Aged Women" the new home 
 for the first settlers fittingly succeeded by the 
 last home for the aged. The deed for the land 
 where the Lamb block is standing is the same 
 today, having never been changed, except 
 from the Doctor to his son Reuben Lamb, who 
 was known to many living today. Dr. Ralph 
 Hills stated that Dr. Lamb was a man of few 
 words, very sympathetic, generous and kind- 
 hearted. Professionally and socially very re- 
 ticent, he was often believed to be cold and 
 distant. 
 
 Dr. Noah Spaulding located in Berk- 
 shire in the latter part of 1809, but in a short 
 time removed to Delaware, where he practiced 
 until 1 83 J. the year of his death. He came 
 from the mountains of New Hampshire. He 
 graduated from Dartmouth College in medi- 
 cine and literature. He was a man of great 
 knowledge, but slow in expression. His ami- 
 ability, social and temperate habits gained 
 him many warm friends. He was a fine story 
 teller, and often entertained his many friends, 
 with his feet supported on some convenient ob- 
 ject higher than his body. He was an active 
 member in the Protestant Episcopal Church. 
 He was one of the first organizers of a Sunday 
 school in the county. He served also on the 
 first Board of School Examiners for the 
 county. The pleasant impression made up< >n 
 Dr. Ralph Hills when a youth, and while un- 
 dergoing an examination, was never effaced. 
 
 Dr. Spaulding in a few moments dispelled all 
 the trepidation of the youth by telling anec- 
 dotes of other teachers, and the degree of 
 qualification of those presenting themselves 
 for examination. Suddenly he turned to 
 young Hills and asked, "Ralph, what is the 
 difference between six dozen dozen and a half 
 dozen dozen?" A prompt answer brought 
 forth a certificate. Dr. Spaulding remarked, 
 "This is one of Dr. Hills' sons, and we km iw 
 what he is." Dr. Hills met Dr. Spaulding on 
 the street one day and said, "Doctor, I have 
 given my wife some blue pills and they have 
 not acted as they should, see what you think 
 of them." Dr. Spaulding examined one given 
 him, and quickly remarked, "You see they are 
 buck shot and made of lead." 
 
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 Dr. N. Hawley followed Drs. Lamb and 
 Spaulding. He came to the well advertised 
 field of attraction, Berkshire, in 181 2, from 
 which time traditional history fails to tell any- 
 thing. His remarkable energy, shrewdness 
 and great skill gave him his share of the work 
 in the new land. He, like Dr. Spaulding, 
 was armed with pleasing anecdotes and attrac- 
 tive stories which entertained his numerous 
 friends. He died in 1822. He was advanced 
 in years when he came to Berkshire, and was 
 known from the beginning as "old Dr. Haw- 
 ley." 
 
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 Silas C. McClary. In 1813 another ad- 
 dition to the profession was made by Dr. Silas 
 C. McClary coming to Berkshire. After 
 twenty years of labor there, he removed to 
 Delaware and in a short time went to Radnor 
 where he died. 
 
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 Dr. Samuel Moultox. Six years passed 
 when Dr. Samuel Moulton located in what 
 was supposed would be the capital of the 
 county. Berkshire. He came from Vermont 
 and was a student from Rutland, and a grad- 
 uate of medicine. His erudite habits and no- 
 ble character gave him a very prominent place 
 in the town. He was well read and possessed 
 great skill, and had the reputation of making 
 but few mistakes. The great White Plague 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 cut short a useful career. He died at the age 
 of twenty-nine years, in the year [821. His 
 counsel was sought by his fellow practitioners, 
 and lor years they kept his memory green 
 among the community by using the "Moulton 
 Cathartic Pills." 
 
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 Dr. Eleazer Copeland soon followed 
 Dr. Moulton from Vermont, but he located in 
 Galena, or Zoar, as it was called then. He 
 was a shoemaker by trade and, like many oth- 
 ers, obtained his education while working on 
 the bench. It is said that while pounding the 
 last, he committed to memory the whole of 
 Murray's English Grammar, and accomplished 
 the task in two weeks. He prepared himself 
 for a teacher while working at his trade, and 
 while teaching school, he studied Greek and 
 Latin, which he mastered without an instruc- 
 tor, and became a good translator of both lan- 
 guages. He studied medicine in the same 
 manner, and became one of the best practition- 
 ers in the county. He was held in high esteem 
 by all of his confreres, and for many years was 
 the censor for the First and Sixth and Elev- 
 enth Medical Districts of Ohio. The Eleventh 
 District was composed of Franklin, Delaware, 
 Marion and Crawford Counties. He died in 
 1X34 from drowning in the Big Walnut, near 
 Galena. This sudden ending was a great loss 
 
 b ' the county. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. Royal X. Powers located in Dela- 
 ware in 1820. He was given "a ride on a 
 rail" after being here a short time. Where he 
 
 went was never known. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. Alphus Bigelow located in Galena 
 in [821. He was a brother of the noted evan- 
 gelist, Rev. Russell Bigelow of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. These two brothers 
 were self-educated and self-made men. They 
 both possessed great energy and strong minds. 
 The doctor was not a regular graduate, but 
 was an excellent physician. He died in 1850. 
 
 Dr. James H. Hills. One of the most 
 widely known physicians in the county was Dr. 
 James Harvey Hills, who was born at Farm- 
 ington, Hartford County, Connecticut, in 
 
 [782, and died in Delaware in 1830. After a 
 course at Yale College he read medicine with 
 his brother-in-law, the celebrated Dr. Eli Tod. 
 After his medical course he began the prac- 
 tice at Farmington. He soon grew restless 
 and sought the western field. His first place 
 was Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. 
 He arrived there in 1808, and began his work. 
 After ten years he moved to Darby Plains, 
 and in 1822 came to Delaware, a more rapidly 
 growing town, where he remained until his 
 death at the age of forty-nine years. He was 
 one of the most highly educated physicians in 
 the county. He was an original thinker, and 
 possessed strong perceptive faculties and sound 
 judgment. He w : as a successful surgeon and 
 physician, yet though he never liked the for- 
 mer work, he never refused to operate, and 
 when he did it was always in a commendable 
 manner. Those who knew him well and in- 
 timately said to the writer "Dr. Hills was a 
 grand physician, and was highly serviceable to 
 suffering humanity. His early taking off was 
 a great loss to the community. In 1801 he 
 married Miss Beulah Andrews, who died in 
 1866. It was in 1812 that the doctor was 
 taken very sick at Defiance, Ohio, while he 
 was with the army at Fort Defiance. The 
 courier brought the news of the danger to the 
 faithful wife. She soon had the family mare 
 ready for the long and dangerous trip. 
 Through the trackless forest, crossing swol- 
 len streams, braving the threatening of the 
 wild beasts, and the treacherous Indians, she 
 traveled, until she reached the bedside of the 
 loving husband. Here she remained nursing 
 him until they could return to Delaware with 
 an escort of soldiers for protection. Dr. Hills 
 was the father of eleven children, some of 
 whom became the foremost professional and 
 business men in the county and State. All of 
 the children have joined the great majority, 
 and it is left to the grand-children to take up 
 the burdens with the same energy, integrity 
 and power. The impress made upon the com- 
 munity by Dr. James H. Hills and his children 
 
 and grandchildren will last for ages. 
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 Dr. Jonathan N. Burr. It was the good 
 fortune of the writer to know intimately one 
 
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 of those old and highly appreciated pioneer 
 physicians. Dr. Jonathan N. Burr. He grad- 
 uated in medicine and came to Delaware in 
 [823. He at once formed a partnership with 
 Dr. James H. Hills. This partnership lasted 
 until 1825, when Dr. Burr moved to Mt. Ver- 
 non, Ohio. He entered upon a large practice 
 in Mt. Vernon, and when we knew him, in 
 1870, he had accumulated a large fortune and 
 practically retired from active work. He was 
 an intimate friend of Dr. J. W. Russel, and 
 both were strong supports to the Episcopal 
 Church. He was about ninety years old at the 
 time of his death. 
 
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 Dr. George M. Smith. The next year 
 after Dr. Burr left Delaware, Dr. George M. 
 Smith, a newcomer, formed a partnership with 
 Dr. Hills, which continued as long as he was 
 in Delaware. He went to Mississippi and 
 married a rich lady. A few years after his 
 marriage, he came north on a visit and died of 
 cholera. Dr. Smith was a thorough anato- 
 mist. He was born in New Hampshire. He 
 was compelled to leave his native State for ex- 
 huming a body for the purpose of study. After 
 several years in Delaware, his abode was dis- 
 covered by the authorities in the East. He 
 then went South. He introduced quinine into 
 the county in 1826, and was the first to use it 
 in the treatment of chills and fever. 
 
 Dr. W. M. Miller. Virginia in 1827 
 sent one of her sons to Delaware to contend 
 for business. He first located at Worthing- 
 ton, the favorite resort of the new physician 
 to the new world. After a brief stay. Dr. W. 
 M. Miller opened an office in Delaware. He 
 was an alumnus of an eastern college and a 
 well-read physician. He did not succeed very 
 well, and soon moved to Columbus, and after- 
 ward to Missouri. He was a brother-in-law 
 of President Tyler. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Dr. Charles H. Pickett made his ad- 
 vent to this favorite resort in [831, after a 
 shorl stay in Worthington. He died here in 
 [855. He was educated in New York City 
 and came of a very influential family. His fa- 
 
 ther and brothers conducted a female semi- 
 nary in the city, and the father was the authi >r 
 of several school books. None questioned his 
 ability, and it is said that he never questioned 
 it himself. His son, Alexander, read medi- 
 cine with him and soon after died suddenly. 
 
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 Dr. C. C. Ransburge came to Delaware 
 about the same time, and became a partner of 
 Dr. Pickett, but soon retired from ill health. 
 Some of his descendants are yet living in this 
 
 locality. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. James Langworthy came here from 
 Albany, N. V., in about 1835. and engaged in 
 the drug business. In a short time he began 
 to practice medicine. 
 
 Dr. Elijah Carney was from Kentucky. 
 He settled in old Berkshire in 1835. He and 
 Dr. Ralph Hills entered the profession about 
 the same year, the latter in Delaware. There 
 are many yet living in the county, and espe- 
 cially around Berkshire, who well remember 
 old Dr. Carney. His wonderful ability and 
 ways gave him the entire business for many 
 miles in and around the village of Berkshire. 
 He graduated at the Cleveland Medical Col- 
 lege. His attention to his patients, his indus- 
 trious and studious habits, as well as his sym- 
 pathetic power, gained him the confidence of 
 the people. He died in 1869, leaving numer- 
 ous relatives in this and Morrow Counties. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. Kingsley Ray came first to Worth- 
 ington in 1820, and then here in 1837. He 
 graduated at Berkshire. Massachusetts. Not- 
 withstanding his superior qualifications, he 
 never succeeded here very well in the practice. 
 In 1848 he moved to Circleville. Ohio, where 
 he had a large business for many years before 
 his final call. 
 
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 Dr. Ralph Hills. No physician of the 
 county, or of Delaware, was ever more highly 
 respected for his high qualifications as a 
 scholar, citizen and physician than Dr. Ralph 
 Hills. His looks, demeanor, education, and 
 his remarkable ways commanded respect and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 attention. This son of Dr. James H. Hills had 
 every known advantage, and improved them to 
 the limit of his ability. When the elder physi- 
 cian came to Delaware from the Darby Plains, 
 after leaving Worthington, this son was a 
 youth of twelve years. At th'e age of seven- 
 teen he began the study of medicine with his 
 father, as well as pursuing his studies in the 
 day schools. He continued reading and pre- 
 paring for his future professional life under 
 the guidance of his father until the latter's 
 death ; when he was given a license to practice. 
 The father's business came to him at once. He 
 related how he rode over the first bridge in 
 the county, which spanned .Mum Creek on the 
 road to Sunbury from Delaware. Dr. Hills 
 was a great student of the nervous system, and 
 mental diseases. After having been in the 
 general practice a few years, his illustrious 
 uncle. Dr. Eli Todd, who was in charge of 
 the Hospital for the Insane at Hartford, Con- 
 necticut, sent for the nephew to take the place 
 of first assistant on the staff. Here he re- 
 mained for several years, drinking from the 
 well of knowledge he was interested in. The 
 instruction and knowledge gained here proved 
 of the greatest benefit to him in after life. He 
 returned to Delaware, and uninterruptedly fol- 
 lowed the general practice for twenty years. 
 In 1830 the degree of M. D. was conferred 
 upon him for meritorious service. He became 
 known throughout the county and central part 
 of the State. He had a wonderful and exact 
 knowledge of botany and chemistry, as well 
 as of astronomy. From 1836 to 1838 he was 
 called to lecture in Russell's Great Planetar- 
 ium. This gave him prestige both at home and 
 abroad. These side issues never detracted 
 from his interests in his studies in medicine, 
 in which all gave him credit for being an able 
 thinker and a profound student. His ability 
 was never questioned except by the mediocre. 
 He was an able and clear writer on all sub- 
 jects coming under the influence of his remark- 
 able brain. Mis executive and financial abil- 
 ity were recognized by the county, church and 
 State authorities. It was in his home that 
 the idea originated which finally developed 
 the Ohio Wesleyan Female College. The facts 
 concerning the origination and final develop- 
 
 ment of this idea will be found in another part 
 of this history. In 1854 Dr. Hills established 
 and edited the medical journal known as the 
 "Counsellor." This was the first medical 
 journal published in the West, and was a 
 weekly edition. After two years of practice 
 and editorial life, he was called to take charge 
 of the Ohio Central Lunatic Asylum at Co- 
 lumbus. Ohio — the largest one in the country. 
 He remained at the head of this institution 
 for eight years, bringing it to a high state of 
 usefulness and .scientific attainment. His or- 
 iginality in treatment of the insane gave him a 
 reputation far beyond his native county and 
 State. He became national and international 
 in fame. He visited Europe to study during 
 the war, and again in 1872 for pleasure. He 
 was called in the latter part of the sixties to 
 plan and superintend the erection of the larg- 
 est asylum in the United States, at Weston, 
 West Virginia. After completing his labors 
 there he returned to Delaware to rest. Did he 
 rest ? No, this great, brainy man could not be 
 idle. He was called to the superintendency of 
 the Girls' Industrial Home — a State institu- 
 tion. Here he again established many timely 
 changes and reformations, bringing the home 
 up to the idea it was intended to be by the law 
 of such institutions. He died in 1879 at the 
 age of sixty-eight, while engaged at his work. 
 The monument of honest ability and high at- 
 tainment crowns his life. Never was a word 
 of suspicion breathed against any of his ad- 
 ministrations of the places he was called upon 
 to fill. He died a Christian. He died as he 
 lived, known of all men for his noble, honest 
 and well-spent useful life. 
 
 Dr. H. Lathrop. Worthington in 1S37 
 sent another of her arrivals to Delaware, Dr. 
 H. Lathrop. In 1838 he came to contest for 
 business. He first located in Liberty Town- 
 ship in the old Case or Carpenter District, and 
 operated a saw mill, and looked after the health 
 of pioneers. He left Delaware for Columbus, 
 
 where he died. 
 
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 Dr. M. Gerhard was born, raised ami 
 educated in Easton, Pennsylvania. He came 
 to Wooster, Ohio, and was a bank clerk. While 
 
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 thus engaged he read medicine and attended 
 lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Jef- 
 ferson Medical College. After completing his 
 studies he came to Delaware County and lo- 
 cated on the Scioto River near his old friend, 
 John Detweiler. but soon moved into Dela- 
 ware to practice. He was a thorough student 
 and scholar, and a careful practitioner. He 
 married a granddaughter of old Dr. Lamb. He 
 died in 1S68, leaving a wife and two children, 
 who are now living in Minneapolis. Minne- 
 sota. 
 
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 Dr. William Johnston came from 
 Crawford County, and located in Norton in 
 1 842, where he died. 
 
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 Dr. Klapp and Dr. Henry Gregg located 
 in Liberty Township in 1845. I' 1 I|l ^ 3 diey 
 both left the county. Dr. Klapp moved to the 
 West, and Gregg moved to Indiana. 
 
 ^c ^ ^c 
 
 Dr. D. \Y. Howell and Dr. W. Hen- 
 dom located here in 1845. but soon moved 
 away. 
 
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 Dr. H. C. Mann came to Delaware from 
 Butler County in 1846. In 1849, he with his 
 family joined the "forty-niners" for Califor- 
 nia, where he died. His wife, soon after his 
 death, returned to Ohio. Dr. Mann possessed 
 a fine education and great intelligence. He 
 wrote the sketch, for Howe's Historical Col- 
 lection, of Ohio, which has been of great bene- 
 fit to historians. 
 
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 Dr. P. A. Willis was a native of Dela- 
 ware County, and was the oldest son of a fam- 
 ily of many children. He received his educa- 
 tion in the district school and the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University. He read medicine in the 
 office of Dr. J. W. Hamilton of Columbus, 
 Ohio, and graduated at the Starling Medical 
 College in 1862. He entered the army as 
 contract surgeon, and was soon promoted to 
 assistant surgeon of the Forty-eighth Regi- 
 ment, O. V. I., and in 1863 to a full surgeon of 
 the regiment. At the close of the war he was 
 made medical director of an army corps under 
 
 General Andrews. Upon his return home, he 
 engaged in farming and country practice at 
 Bellpoint. Delaware County. Ohio. He died 
 111 1876. His widow is now a resident of the 
 city of Delaware. Ohio. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. James Caruthers was a student of 
 Dr. A. Blymer. He graduated from the 
 Cleveland Medical College in 1846. and at 
 once located at old Eden. In 185 1 he became 
 a partner of his preceptor for a few years only, 
 when he left for California, where' he is still 
 living. He is very old, but is yet practicing. 
 He passed safe through the recent earthquake. 
 His brother. Dr. John A. Caruthers. succeeded 
 him at old Eden. He was a soldier from 1861 
 to 1865, and served with distinction. He was 
 superintendent of the Infirmary for several 
 years, and served one term in the Legislature. 
 He died in California at the home of his 
 brother. 
 
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 Dr. Barbour came to Delaware in 1840 
 from Richland County. After several years 
 he located at East Liberty. Ohio, and enjoyed 
 a limited practice. He died a few years ago. 
 
 *■ * * 
 
 Dr. B. F. Loofbourrow was the Nestor 
 of the root and herb doctors. He lived and 
 practiced in the country for many years, first 
 on Alum Creek and then at Cheshire. Finally 
 he moved to the west where he died. 
 
 * ^< ^ 
 
 Dr. Daniel Skeels was another root and 
 herb doctor. He came to Sunbury in an early 
 day. He. like others of his school, had a 
 large practice. He died in 1824. 
 
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 Dr. Leach and Dr. Skinner settled in 
 Millville, now WarrenSburg, and practiced 
 homeopathy, about 1840. Dr. Leach later 
 moved to Cincinnati, and afterward to Middle- 
 ton, where he died in 1878. 
 
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 Dr. William H. Davis, in 1850, settled 
 in Bellpoint, Ohio. In 1856 he went to South 
 America. He became a governor of one of 
 the small states. He was highly educated and 
 was a genial fellow. He returned finally to 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 America, and settled in Iowa. He was a sur- 
 geon of an Iowa regiment during the war. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Drs. Deming and Brown were located in 
 
 an early day at Galena, Ohio. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. Granger was a student in the Worth- 
 ington Botanical School, and graduated from 
 the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He 
 
 located at Westfield and died in 1863. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. Messe was the only uroscopic physi- 
 cian in the early days. He settled in Dela- 
 ware in 1838. They say he had no special 
 knowledge of this branch of medicine. He 
 made war on quinine, but used it. mixed with 
 prussiate of iron. He fooled both patients 
 and doctors. After about seven years he re- 
 tired from the field. 
 
 There were others who remained here in 
 the county for a short time, and moved, and 01 
 whom little can be learned— Dr. Joseph Cox of 
 Radnor, Drs. Morehouse. Mount. Black, Mc- 
 Crarv. Maine, Stamberg, and Dr. Longwell 
 who was at Eden. He died there, leaving two 
 children, who are both living in the county. 
 
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 Drs. Robinson, Hill, Dennison and 
 Eaton located for a short time in Delaware. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. T. B. Williams. To show what push, 
 energy and honesty will do for one wishing to 
 succeed in life, the history of Dr. T. B. \\ il- 
 liams fully exemplifies. He was a poor Welsh 
 child, born in South Wales in 1819. coming 
 to America with his parents when only an in- 
 fant. They located in Gallia County. Ohio, 
 for five years, when they moved to Delaware 
 Countv, 'Ohio. Soon after coming to their 
 new home, the father died, leaving the wife to 
 raise eight children, and fight the battle of life 
 alone in the new world. The lad. Thomas B., 
 was only six years old when the father died. 
 The little lad began the bread winning by do- 
 ing light work '"'" the Welsh friends, and 
 thus assisting the mother. His marked abil- 
 ity to do things was the talk ..I" all the people, 
 lie attended school as much as possible, until 
 he arrived at the age when he wished to learn 
 
 shoemaking. It is said that no better work- 
 man ever drove a peg. His honesty and abil- 
 ity grew with his years. His kindness, atten- 
 tiveness and skill led one of the foremost 
 physicians to employ the young man as a 
 nurse to a patient at the leading hotel — the 
 "American House." The shrewd physician, 
 Dr. Hills, discovered the dormant qualifica- 
 tions of a great physician in the youth, and told 
 his friends, and advised him to study medi- 
 cine. After consulting with his mother and 
 friends, he entered Dr. Hills' office, where he 
 remained for five years studying by day and 
 far into the night, and still doing some work 
 at his trade to pay expenses. He graduated 
 from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. 
 Ohio, in 1848-9. He at once became a part- 
 ner of Dr. Hills, his preceptor. For thirteen 
 years his practice grew, and he became one of 
 the leading physicians of the county. In 1862 
 at the call of his adopted land, he entered the 
 service as a surgeon of the One Hundred and 
 Twenty-first Regiment, O. V. I. He gave up 
 his business, bade farewell to home, wife, 
 mother and friends, and enrolled as a patrii >t 
 for duty. From 1862-5, he was found faith- 
 fully doing his work for his country, and for 
 the sick and dying in camp and on the field of 
 battle. His great skill and thoroughness gave 
 him the brigadier surgeonship after the battle 
 of Perryville — the Second Brigade under 
 General John G. Mitchell. Battle after battle 
 he passed through with such remarkable en- 
 ergy and success in the care and attention to 
 the sick in camp and on the battlefield, together 
 with the cleanliness and excellent arrangement 
 of his hospitals, that he was promoted at once 
 to division surgeon in the Fourteenth Army 
 Corps under the command of General Jeff C. 
 Davis. It was often said that his daring, cool- 
 ness, and self-possession never forsook him in 
 danger. He was always ready for the most 
 extreme emergency. General Steadman at 
 the danger point called the doctor and said 
 "We are completely hemmed in, and I cannot 
 see how we can escape being cut to pieces." 
 "Well, sir," he replied, "1 must arrange my 
 hospitals on a more permanent and efficient 
 basis, and be ready for all misfortunes that 
 
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 may befall our troops."' The praise and ad- 
 miration he was given by such men as Hon. 
 H. ML Carper. Rev. Dr.' L. D. McCabe, and 
 the army officers, would make an article alone. 
 He u ent b 1 the sea with General Sherman, 
 and was at Bentonville at the closing struggle 
 of the war. Dr. Williams was widely known 
 and universally loved as a physician, man, 
 soldier, and citizen. For many years he was a 
 member of the School Board, with Prof. Wil- 
 liams and others, and was a member of the 
 Sixty-first General Assembly, and at the close 
 positively declined another nomination. He 
 belonged to the American Medical Association, 
 Ohio State Society, and was several times 
 elected vice-president, and of the County Medi- 
 cal Society he served as president. Through 
 his modesty he declined other elections say- 
 ing, "Pass it around." 
 
 He was married in 1855 to Miss Nancy 
 Ritchey of Perry County, Ohio, who was one 
 of the first graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan 
 Female College, now united with the "O. W. 
 U." Their only child, Miss Clara, graduated 
 from the same institution as the mother, and 
 is a professor in the School of Music 1 if the 
 "O. W. U." The doctor was a faithful mem- 
 ber of the William Street M. E. Church. He 
 
 died in 1879. 
 
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 Dr. John A. Little was a native of this 
 county. He was born in 1825. He was the 
 second child of Mr. William Little, a pioneer 
 merchant, business man, and landowner, who 
 has been frequently mentioned in history. 
 None disputed the superior scholarship of this 
 son. All knew him as a student, gentleman 
 and true friend. At the age of fifteen, he en- 
 tered the preparatory department of Kenyon 
 College, in Gambier, Knox County. He there 
 met his old playmate and friend (President) 
 R. B. Hayes, and together they roomed for 
 three years while at Gambier. Dr. Little grad- 
 uated in 1845. He had a high standing in 
 college, and graduated with honors. He was 
 admired and loved by both faculty and stu- 
 dents. After completing his college course, 
 he entered the office of Dr. John Case ( who 
 is mentioned in this article), of Columbus. 
 
 Ohio. Dr. Little was a careful and thorough 
 student of medicine, botany, chemistry, and 
 general literature. He could tell the names of 
 all the flowers in the woods. He first at- 
 tended lectures at the Transylvania Univer- 
 sity at Louisville, Kentucky. While there he 
 was a member of the family of Dr. Drake, so 
 well known to the profession. In 1847 an d 
 1848 he attended a course of lectures at the 
 University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, 
 from which he received his degree of M. D. 
 After his return home, he went to Sandusky 
 City on Lake Erie. In a short time he was 
 offered and accepted a partnership with his 
 old preceptor. Dr. Case (husband of Mrs. 
 Jane Case, spoken of in this article). Dr. Jones, 
 a former partner, retiring. Dr. Case soon 
 died and Dr. Jones became a partner of Dr. 
 Little. In three years Jones died and Little 
 was left alone. His popularity and ability "in- 
 troduced him into the best society and a large 
 and lucrative practice. Through the persua- 
 sion of his relations and friends, he was in- 
 duced, in 1865, to come back to his old home 
 in Delaware to locate. He at once entered 
 upon a large practice. Dr. Little, all admit- 
 ted, was a horn physician. He was ambi- 
 dextrous, and possessed almost intuitive 
 knowledge of diseases and remedies. His 
 bearing in the sick room was ever calm and 
 assuring, was always reposed and cheerful, in- 
 spiring his patients with confidence and hope. 
 To the student he was an invaluable instruc- 
 tor, ever imparting the most important truths 
 to the listener. He never indulged in st- iry 
 telling, and to young physicians he ever ex- 
 tended a kind word and a kindly hand, and to 
 the older members of the profession, advice 
 and counsel of the ablest character. He was 
 1 '<d and esteemed by all classes. He was a 
 member of Ohio State Medical Society, and in 
 1873. read before it one of the most valuable 
 papers on the antidotal properties of bella- 
 donna in opium poisoning. He was a member 
 of the State Central and county societies, and 
 a member of the Agassiz Scientific Associa- 
 tion. He read the proof of Dr. J. G. Jones' 
 "American Eclectic Practice of Medicine." In 
 [850 he married the youngest daughter of the 
 
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 Hon. Hosea Williams. He had one si m and 
 three daughters. The son is a hanker in Co- 
 lumbus, one daughter is living in California, 
 one in Cleveland, Ohio, and one in Mt. Ver- 
 non, Ohio. He died in 1877. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Dr. Joseph H, \ 7 an Deman was hum in 
 Delaware, Ohio, in 1829. He is a good ex- 
 ample of a self-made man, of an ambitious 
 young American, who without inherited 
 wealth, overcame obstacles, conquered diffi- 
 culties and achieved success. He was a grad- 
 uate of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1849, 
 M. A. in 1852, and the same year graduated 
 in the Cleveland Medical College. He at once 
 opened an office in Delaware, where he re- 
 mained until 1857, when he was elected clerk 
 of the Ohio Senate, and served at two sessions. 
 At the close of his term of office he returned 
 to Delaware and to his practice until 1861. 
 Prior to that time, for a short time, he prac- 
 ticed his profession at Millville, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and at Waldo, Marion County, 
 Ohio. When the Civil War broke out he 
 espoused the cause of the Union, and raised 
 Company K, in the famous Sixty-sixth O. V. 
 I. He participated in the battles of Winches- 
 ter, Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain, Vir- 
 ginia. In the last mentioned battle he was 
 wounded and captured while leading a recon- 
 noisance at night. He was taken to Libby 
 prison, kept there five months and was ex- 
 changed January, 1863, and rejoined his com- 
 mand near Washington. 1). C. He resigned 
 in January, 1863, and was appointed assist- 
 ant surgeon of the Tenth O. V. I. in May; 
 joined his regiment at once and participated in 
 the battles around Chattanooga, Tennessee 
 He remained with that regiment one year, 
 when he was promoted to chief surgeon, with 
 seven assistants of the United States Military 
 Railroad Division of Mississippi, and re- 
 mained in that capacity with headquarters at 
 Chattanooga until the close of the war. After 
 that he was surgeon in charge of the Refugee 
 and Freedman's Department at Chattanooga, 
 and for seventeen years after, was examining 
 pension surgeon. He was also post surgeon 
 of that post until it was closed. During his 
 
 residence in Chattanooga of over thirty years, 
 he passed through three epidemics of small- 
 pox, two of cholera, and one of yellow fever, 
 remaining at his post during the continuance 
 of each. He was elected president of the Ten- 
 nessee Medical Society in 1873, an d presided 
 over that body for two years. For over twen- 
 ty-five years he was a member of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association, and was for three 
 years a member of the judicial council of that 
 body. He was a member of the Public Health 
 Association since 1874. He frequently con- 
 tributed to medical literature, notably two ar- ' 
 tides — one on the cholera of 1873. and one on 
 the yellow fever epidemic of 187S — published 
 in the reports and papers of the latter associa- 
 tion. He retired from active practice in 1883, 
 except as surgeon, which he continued until 
 1890, when he retired absolutely from the 
 practice of both medicine and surgery. He 
 was a 33rd degree Mason, a Knight of Pyth- 
 ias, a member of the G. A. R., and of the Ohio 
 Commandery of the Loyal Legion. His first 
 vote was for the Whig ticket, but when that 
 party died, he went to the Democrats, and al- 
 w ays remained a Democrat. He was married 
 to Miss Rebecca Norris, daughter of Judge 
 William G. Norris, in 1855 at Delaware. His 
 father was Rev. Henry Van Deman, for over 
 forty years pastor of the Presbyterian Church 
 at Delaware. Dr. Van Deman enjoyed a re- 
 spected and honored position in the city of his 
 residence. He died in 1902. and was buried 
 in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga with 
 Masonic rites and honors. 
 
 Dr. James Busby Norris was born on his 
 father's farm in Troy Township in 1849. His 
 father was Judge William G. Norris. who was 
 a pioneer of that township. He was graduated 
 at Kenvon College in 1869. After his grad- 
 uation he studied medicine with his brother- 
 in-law. Dr. J. H. Van Deman, then entered the 
 Miami Medical College, and also took private 
 instructions from the famous Dr. Carson of 
 Cincinnati. He went to Detroit, where he was 
 graduated at Detroit Medical College in 1872. 
 After his graduation he went to Chattanooga, 
 where he commenced the practice of his pro- 
 
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 fession. He labored faithfully and fearlessly 
 in the cholera epidemic of 1873, and in 1874 
 in the smallpox epidemic. In August, 1878. 
 the chairman of the Howard Association pub- 
 lished a call to the country for physicians to 
 come to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where an epi- 
 demic of that fearful disease, yellow fever 
 was raging. Dr. Norn's, with that true hero- 
 ism which goes wherever duty calls, saw the 
 call, caielully consulted the subject, and de- 
 termined to volunteer his services. On the 
 28th of August, he left with a corps of fifteen 
 nurses, arrived the 1st of September, went tc 
 work at once, and had at one time one hun- 
 dred and eighteen cases under his care. He 
 was taken with the dread disease, September 
 1 all. and breathed his last September 9th. He 
 died a hero, and so highly was his martyrdom 
 considered, that on the recommendation of the 
 President of the United States, the War De- 
 partment issued an order, permitting his re- 
 mains to be buried in the National Cemetery 
 at Chattanooga; and he is the only one not a 
 soldier who was ever buried there. The Presi- 
 dent thought his brave life and heroic death 
 well fitted him to lie among the 18.000 other 
 heroes who died in the call of duty. Dr. Nor- 
 n's was a member of the Episcopal Church and 
 was never married. He was a son of Dela- 
 ware County, and though he never practiced 
 here, the memory of this great sacrifice honors 
 the county of his birth, and he is worthy of a 
 place among Iter medical heroes. 
 
 Dr. J. H. White. The aged Nestor of 
 the profession, Dr. J. H. White, located in the 
 county in 1841, and died July 13, 1907. He- 
 was born in Lewis County, New York, in 1817. 
 He received his education in the common 
 schools, and his medical education at the 
 Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 
 After his graduation he was located in Mill- 
 ville, now Warrensburg. for a short time, and 
 then in Ashley for five years, when he came to 
 Delaware. His social and temperate habits, 
 combined with his professional qualifications, 
 soon brought him into a large practice. His 
 strong constitution gave him endurance to 
 contend with all kinds of roads and weather 
 
 by day and night During the war he was 
 a contract surgeon for the camp near the city. 
 He was associated for some time with one 
 his students, Dr. W. T. Constant, in profes- 
 sional work. By mutual consent the partner- 
 ship was dissolved. He became a charter mem- 
 ber, in 1859, of William Street Church, and 
 was one of its trustees for twenty years. He 
 was. while in practice, a member of the State 
 and Delaware County Medical Societies, and 
 was always present to take an active part in 
 the work. In 1849 he took the California 
 -old fever, and crossed the Rocky Mountains. 
 The western life cured the fever, and he re- 
 turned the following year. For many years 
 his familiar face could be seen at his home and 
 office on Sandusky Street. In 1890 he gave 
 up the practice to a large extent, but pre- 
 scribed for his old patients until about 1896, 
 when he refused all professional labor. A 
 short time before his death he suffered a par- 
 tial stroke of paralysis, but had not been seen 
 on the streets of Delaware for several years. 
 He was always glad to meet his friends at his 
 home, and he was one of the most cheerful, 
 intelligent and interesting citizens of Dela- 
 ware. He had accumulated a competency and 
 resided in his beautiful home on the corner of 
 William and Franklin Streets in Delaware, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. J. McCann. Another wise counsellor 
 of the profession of the county is Dr. J. Mc- 
 Cann, who was born in 1824 in Muskingum 
 County, Ohio. The foundation of his wonder- 
 ful mental and physical development, like that 
 of that stalwarts of his early days, was laid 
 while working on the farm of his father. Max- 
 well McCann. He mastered all that was 
 taught in the common schools before reaching 
 the age of twenty-one. In the spring of 1S47 
 he entered the office of Drs. Beakman and 
 Ball at Irville, Ohio, and attended lectures in 
 the Starling Medical College, from which he 
 graduated later. He began the practice in 
 Licking County, Ohio. After his marriage to 
 Miss Margaret Waters, daughter of Dr. R. A 
 Waters of Irville in 1850, he located in Xash- 
 port. Ohio. In 1854 he removed to Irville. 
 
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 where he remained in active practice until 
 1869, when he came to Delaware to give his 
 four children the advantages of a college edu- 
 cation ; three of whom graduated from the "O. 
 W. U." with high honors. After nearly fifty 
 years of continual work in the profession he 
 retired in 1904 from active work. Yet at the 
 age of eighty-three he has attended some dif- 
 ficult cases with the same pleasure and skill as 
 of many years ago. He has always been 
 known as a true worker in his Master's vine- 
 yard from youth up, and today enjoys attend- 
 ing divine worship at Asbury M. E. Church 
 more than ever. The doctor for many years 
 was a member of the State and County Medi- 
 cal Societies. His earnest and active work 111 
 them was a great stimulus to the younger 
 men. Notwithstanding his advanced age. his 
 mind is as active and exact as ever, and he 
 shows no bodily infirmities. His eldest daugh- 
 ter is a teacher in the public schools. The 
 eldest son, 
 
 Dr. Joseph McCann, followed in the 
 footsteps of his illustrious father. He was 
 born in 1854, and graduated from the "O W. 
 U." in 1876. He read medicine with his fa- 
 ther, and graduated from the Columbia Medi- 
 cal College in 1879. Fi rst locating in Radnor, 
 Delaware County. Ohio, and afterward at Mill- 
 ville or Warrensburg, he soon accepted a ten- 
 dered position at the Keeley Institute at 
 Marysville, Ohio. After a lew years, he was 
 sent to Columbus, Ohio, to practice in the 
 branch of the same Institute, where he is lo- 
 cated now. 
 
 Dr. E. H. Hyatt, the subject of this 
 sketch, undoubtedly was one of the best known 
 physicians and surgeons that Delaware ever 
 had. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 in 1827. He attended an academy for a time 
 near Wooster, Ohio, and entered the junior 
 class of Ohio Wesleyan University in [850, 
 and graduated in 1 S 5 _> . He studied medicine 
 at the Starling Medical College, and received 
 his diploma from there in [856. After his 
 graduation he felt that be was called to the 
 ministry; but soon gave it up. and entered 
 upon the practice of medicine at Bellpoint. At 
 
 the outbreak of the war he organized a com- 
 pany at Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio, 
 and was elected captain. He, together with 
 his company, was mustered into the service in 
 1861, September 3rd, with the Twentieth Regi- 
 ment, O. V. I. After the battle at Fort Don- 
 elson in 1862, he was discharged on account 
 of sickness. Before entering the service, he 
 was married to Miss Eliza Ely, a daughter 
 of one of the prominent families in Delaware. 
 Upon his return from the service he located 
 in Delaware in 1862. He was a thorough stu- 
 dent, and possessed one of the best selected 
 libraries in the county. He built up and held 
 a large practice until he retired from the field 
 of labor to enjoy a well earned rest. His var- 
 satile habits of study, and adaptability pecu- 
 liarly fitted him for the man}- positions he was 
 called upon to fill during his life. He was one 
 of the organizers of the Columbus Medical 
 College, and filled the Chair of Materia 
 Medica. and Therapeutics for eighteen years. 
 Then for two years he lectured on the Theory 
 and Practice of Medicine. He was elected to 
 the presidency of the Ohio State Medical So- 
 cietv, and of the County Medical Association. 
 He was the surgeon of the C, C, C. & St. L. 
 R. R. for twenty-five years ; and during that 
 time was called to different parts of the sys- 
 tem to give expert testimony for the road in 
 many cases of injury. He was in early life an 
 ardent -Democrat. Later he advocated the 
 Prohibition doctrine, and finally, under the 
 teachings of President McKinley, became a 
 staunch supporter of Republicanism. It was 
 under the last that he was elected to the town 
 Council and became its president in 1894. He 
 was a member of the George B. Torrence Post 
 No. 60. His first wife died in 1871. and in 
 1873 he married Miss Johnston of Ashley. 
 Ohio, by whom he had two sons, Frank, now 
 a professor of music in Boston, and Gaylord, 
 the second son, who is preparing to follow in 
 the footsteps of his father. 
 
 Dr. William T. Constant was a versa- 
 tile genius. He was born on a farm ( as 
 nearly all of the subjects of these sketches 
 were), in Clermont Count v. Ohio, in 1842. 
 
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 His father was raised in old Kentucky. After 
 finishing his common school education he be- 
 gan teaching. He was a steamboat engineer 
 for a time. He then with his small savings, 
 entered the "O. W. L\" here, in Delaware, 
 and graduated in 1861. He enlisted in Com- 
 pany I. Fourth O. V. 1.. as a private, and was 
 promoted rapidly from private to second, to 
 first lieutenant, and to the captaincy of the 
 company. He was in the battles of Rich 
 Mountain, Greenbriar, Romney and the Wil- 
 derness, and Fredericksburg. After being hon- 
 orably discharged, he returned to Delaware 
 and finished his medical education in the 
 Cleveland Medical College, in 1868. His of- 
 fice reading was done in the office of the illus- 
 trious Dr. T. B. Williams, whose biography 
 is in the old Delaware County history and he 
 was a student of Dr. J. H. White also. Dr. 
 Constant was at one time first assistant super- 
 intendent in the old Central Lunatic Asylum 
 under the eminent Dr. Ralph Hills. Dr. Con- 
 stant was an indefatigable worker, and was 
 filled with unbounded energy. He worked up 
 to his final sickness. He was at one time as- 
 >■ iciated in the practice of medicine with the 
 old Xestor. Dr. J. H. White, and afterwards 
 for a short time with Dr. J. A. Caruthers. He 
 served as U. S. pension examiner for eighteen 
 years. He held many official positions in city 
 affairs. Early in life he united with William 
 Street Church, and was a member until the 
 time of his death. He was an active member 
 of the G. A. R. and of the I. O. O. 1-'. He 
 died at the age of forty-eight years. 
 
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 Dr. A. E. Westbrook, of Ashley, Ohio, 
 was born in 1840 at South Woodbury, Mor- 
 row County. Ohio. His father came to Ohio 
 in 1816. The doctor was educated at Mt. 
 Hesper Seminary, and at the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. He read medicine with Dr. I. H. 
 Pennock at Cardington, Ohio, who was one of 
 the best-read physicians in the State. He grad- 
 uated from the Cincinnati College of Medi- 
 cine and Surgery in 1863. and soon after en- 
 tered the army with the One Hundred and 
 Sixth O. V. I. as surgeon, which position he 
 held until the close of the war. A part of the 
 
 time while in the service, he had charge of the 
 Post Hospital, and was medical director on the 
 staff of Brigadier-General Payne. He also 
 had charge of the Forts Negley, Huston and 
 Morton at Nashville, Tennessee. After the 
 close of the war he returned to Ashley and at 
 once entered upon a large practice. Notwith- 
 standing he is nearly three score years and 
 ten, he is full of vigor, and enjoying his work. 
 He never made any distinction between the 
 poor and the rich ; but was always ready to 
 attend the afflicted and those who needed his 
 services. He is a member of the American 
 Medical Association, the Ohio Medical Society 
 and belonged to the old Delaware County 
 Medical Association, and served as president 
 of it at one time in 1878. He has always 
 been an active member in the schools of his 
 town, and has served in various capacities 
 many years. He was married to Judge Cun- 
 ard's daughter at Mt. Gilead. 
 * * # 
 
 Dr. John W. N. Vogt is the son of Rev. 
 John Vogt, wdio was one of the most beloved 
 and best known pastors in Delaware for many 
 years. Dr. Vogt was born at Seven Miles. 
 Butler County, Ohio, in 1852. He came to 
 Delaware with the family in 1863, when the 
 father was called to the pastorate of the Ger- 
 man Reform Church. He was given a fin- 
 ished education, and afterward became an ex- 
 pert druggist, which profession he followed 
 for many years, when he entered the office of 
 Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. After 
 graduating at the Columbus Medical College 
 with high honors, he became a partner of his 
 illustrious preceptor in 1876. Two years la- 
 ter he went into an office alone : but after a 
 short time became associated with Dr. John O. 
 McDowell for three years — 1880 to 1883, 
 when he opened an office again by himself, 
 and has since continued in practice. Dr. Vogt 
 was and is a great student, both of medical 
 and general literature. He has accumulated 
 one of the largest and finest libraries in the 
 o lunty. There never was a more genial and 
 more honorable member of the profession in 
 the county. His counsel for many years has 
 been sought by his professional brethren 
 
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 throughout the county, and he has always 
 been found to be true to the patient and to his 
 associates. He has been a member of the 
 State and County Medical Societies. For sev- 
 eral years he was a member of the Board of 
 U. S. Pension Examiners. He is now in his 
 prime and has many useful years ot labor 
 ahead of him. 
 
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 Dr. William Merrick Semans was bom 
 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, December 29, 
 1861, the old home of his mother. He was 
 educated in the city schools, graduated from 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1883 and 
 had conferred upon him the A. B. degree in 
 1883; and the B. S. and M. A. degrees in 
 1886; and M. D. from the Miami Medical 
 College of Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1887. From 
 1887 to 1890 he was associate physician in the 
 Toledo Insane Asylum. He returned to his 
 old home in 1890 and began the practice of 
 medicine. He was married to Miss Jessie 
 Freeman of Mt. Vernon in 1891. He is a 
 member of Hiram Lodge, F. and A. M.. No. 
 18; R. A. M.. Chapter No. 54; Delaware 
 Council No. 84, R. & S. M. ; Marion Com- 
 mandery No. 36, K. T. ; Aladdin Temple ; 
 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been 
 secretary of all the Masonic bodies of Dela- 
 ware for fourteen years, and is now one of 
 the most active and proficient Masons of the 
 State. He served for a number of years as a 
 member of the Board of Examiners of the U. 
 S. Pension Board at Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Edward Merrick Semans was born 
 in Delaware, Ohio, in 1863. Like his brother, 
 he attended the public schools, and graduated 
 from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1886. 
 He took the A. M. degree in 1889; and the 
 M. D. degree from the Miami Medical Col- 
 lege of Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1890. He was 
 major of the Fourth O. V. I. in the Spanish- 
 American War. and served his time in Porto 
 Rico. He was married to Miss Sallie Reed of 
 Portsmouth, in 1895. He is a member of 
 Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M.. and Dela- 
 ware Chapter No. 54, R. A. M. Drs. Wil- 
 liam and Edward are sons of Prof. W. O. 
 
 Semans, who graduated from the O. W. U. 
 in 1857, and held a professorship of chemistry 
 in his Alma Mater from that time until his 
 death in 1904. It was under his teachings 
 that these physicians were brought to a high 
 scholarship in this important branch of their 
 profession, and the permanent foundation of 
 superior scholarship in all of the departments 
 of medicine as well as of science was laid. From 
 childhood they have had before them the teach- 
 ings of honesty, sobriety, and morality. Fol- 
 lowing in the footsteps of their illustrious 
 father and uncle, President F. M. Merrick of 
 the "O. W. XJ.." they continue their studious 
 habits ; selecting to study the medical and 
 scientific books of the finest writers. They 
 have always been associated together in the 
 practice of medicine. Their true fraternal 
 friendship with the profession none may ques- 
 tion. Their rebuke to pretense and bluff and 
 sham all will admit. Early in life they united 
 with the William Street Church, and have 
 fulfilled the requirements to their Master in 
 the highest degree. No two physicians in the 
 county ever had such a wide acquaintance. 
 They are known by the hundreds of students 
 of the University throughout this and foreign 
 lands. The profession and citizens are proud 
 to have such representative men. They are 
 members of the State and County Medical So- 
 cieties and the American Medical Association. 
 Dr. Edward M. Semans is a member of the 
 Board of Education of the city of Delaware, 
 Obit 1. 
 
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 Dr. Arthur H. Buck is the second son of 
 John T. Buck, county surveyor and engineer 
 for many years of Morrow County. He was 
 torn in 1868 near Cardington, Ohio. This 
 precocious youth began attending the country 
 school nearly two years before the school age, 
 and graduated from the High School at Card- 
 ington at the age of eighteen. He read medi- 
 cine in the ofhce of Dr. C. C. Dunham at Ful- 
 ton, Ohio, and graduated from the Columbus 
 Medical College in 1 89 1 . Before his gradua- 
 tion from High School he began teaching 
 school, and taught after finishing his 
 studies in Cardington — nearly three years 
 
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 in all. He began the practice of medicine 
 at Marits, Morrow County, Ohio. After 
 a short time he sold out to another 
 physician and moved to Lama. Ohio, 
 and took post-graduate work in efectric 
 therapeutics, and was given a position in the 
 faculty to lecture. He remained there one 
 year, when he came to Delaware in 1899. He 
 was married to Miss Dora B. Strawman, of 
 Caledonia in 1895. She died in Delaware 111 
 1903, leaving two children. He married in 
 1906 Miss Jennie L. Hartje. of McComb, 
 Ohio. Dr. Buck is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Church. He belongs to the I. O. O. ¥., 
 and the F. & A. M. and is a member of the 
 State and County Medical Societies. He is 
 the surgeon of Delaware Magnetic Springs 
 Electric Railway. 
 
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 Dr. J. K. James was born in Ripley, 
 Brown County, Ohio, in the year 1868. The 
 correct teaching and high moral training of his 
 Welsh father and mother were planted in good 
 soil, and are now bringing forth a rich har- 
 vest. The father. Rev. E. P. James, filled 
 many important pulpits during his life, and 
 left the imprints of his life work upon the sev- 
 eral communities. Dr. James was educated 
 and graduated from the High School of 
 Bethel (where his father was then stationed) 
 in 1 887. He became a great favorite in the dif- 
 ferent places where his father was called to 
 take charge of a new congregation. The son, 
 a great lover of music, often filled a place in 
 band organizations, as well as in the church 
 choir and concerts, with much credit to him- 
 self and satisfaction to his friends. The time 
 of life had arrived when it became necessary 
 for the father to retire from the active minis- 
 terial labor; and he came to Delaware to give 
 his children a college education. In 1890 the 
 move was made; Dr. James preceding his fa- 
 ther two years to attend the "O. W. U.." 
 where he remained for four years. He en- 
 tered the office of Dr. D. E. Hughes, and at- 
 tended lectures in the Ohio Medical Univer- 
 sity at Columbus, Ohio, from which he gradu- 
 ated in 1897. He immediately opened an 
 office in Delaware. He made electrical thera- 
 
 peutics a special study, and equipped his of- 
 fice with one of the finest outfits in the Slate. 
 He has always observed his office hours to the 
 minute, and thus has built up a large office 
 practice as well as outside work. He added 
 to his electrical outfit the X-ray, much to the 
 benefit of not only the profession, but to the 
 public in general. He is now making the 
 eye a special study, and has procured a com- 
 plete optical outfit. In 1897 he married 
 Miss Maud Stanton, and has a son, Dor- 
 rance. 
 
 Dr. William Huntington Woodworth 
 was born at Millfield, Athens County, Ohio, 
 in 1865. After attending the public schools, 
 he took the B. S. degre in the "X. X. U." at 
 Lebanon, Ohio, in 1888. He graduated from 
 the College of Physicians at Baltimore, Mary- 
 land, in 1890. After practicing for about* 
 five years at Corning. Ohio, he located in 
 Delaware'. For a few years he was associated 
 with his brother. Dr. John B. Woodworth. 
 After being in the practice here for some time, 
 he went East and took a post-graduate course. 
 He married and then returned to Delaware. 
 He has always taken an active part in the 
 Medical Societies to which he belongs — Ohio 
 State Medical Society. Delaware County 
 Medical Society, and the Tenth District Medi- 
 cal Society. He has devoted much of his time 
 to electric therapeutics, stomach diseases, and 
 
 the eye, especially optical work. 
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 Dr. John B. Woodworth was born at 
 Millfield. Athens County, Ohio, in 1869. He 
 was educated at the common schools, and at 
 the National Normal University at Lebanon. 
 Ohio. He became a very successful school 
 teacher and taught for five years in his na- 
 tive county. He read medicine, and attended 
 Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, 
 from 1893 to 1896. when he took his de- 
 gree. He located in Delaware, and associated 
 himself with his brother for several years, 
 when he opened an office alone. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church. He was 
 elected secretary of the Delaware County 
 Medical Society under the new organization in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 1903, and has been re-elected each year since, 
 lie resigned the position in May, 1-907, to take 
 a post-graduate course before going to his 
 new field of work in Texas. He goes to this 
 drier climate for the benefit of his throat 
 trouble. He is a member of the Ohio State 
 Medical Society. He married Miss Melinda 
 Hill, of Athens County. Ohio. 
 
 Dr. James H. Hughes was a son of a 
 pioneer Presbyterian minister in this vicinity, 
 whose life work and faithfulness grow 
 brighter as the years pass. The son was born 
 near Delaware in 1854. From the common 
 schools near the old farm, he entered the of- 
 fice of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. He 
 graduated from the Columbus Medical Col- 
 lege in 1879. He married Miss Ada McCann, 
 youngest daughter of Dr. J. McCann of Dela- 
 ware, and at once located in the city to prac- 
 tice. He began at once upon an eventful ca- 
 reer. He had a large country practice; but 
 overwork soon broke down his health, and 
 he went to California to rest. He died in 
 [888, soon after reaching the health resort, 
 and was brought back for burial. He was 
 associated for some time in the practice with 
 his preceptor. 
 
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 Dr. Dorrance E. Hughes, brother of 
 Dr. J. H. Hughes, read medicine with Dr. 
 J. W. N. Vogt. He was born in 1856. near 
 Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the Mi- 
 ami Medical College, Cincinnati. Ohio, in 
 1881. Upon his return home he married Miss 
 Emma Newhouse, and at once located at 
 Hyattsville, where he remained five years, 
 when he came to Delaware to practice his 
 profession. No kinder physician ever admin- 
 istered to the afflicted. He never recognized 
 any cast; all afflicted were alike to him. His 
 large practice has made inroads upon his ruddy 
 constitution, and all see the time coming 
 when he must begin to husband his strength. 
 He was elected president of the Delaware 
 County Medical Society in 1907. He is also 
 a member of the State Medical Society, and a 
 member of the City Council. 
 
 Dr. Abraham Virgil Conklin was born 
 in [832, in Westfield. Ohio. He is a son of 
 Jacob Conklin, a soldier of 1812, under Gen- 
 eral McArthur. He received his education in 
 the common schools, and at Mt. Hesper Semi- 
 nary. After ten years of school teaching, he 
 learned telegraphy, and was employed at 
 Wooster and other places for some years. In 
 1866 he graduated in the Eclectic Medical 
 Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He located near 
 his old home and began the practice at Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, and afterward moved to Waldo, 
 Marion County. After a short time, he moved 
 to South Woodbury, Morrow County, and in 
 a few years located in the country near Dela- 
 ware, where he now lives. Years of hard la- 
 bor have told upon him, and after nearly 
 four score years he has retired from work. 
 
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 Dr. W. T. Ropp was born in West Vir- 
 ginia in 1833. He came to Delaware in 
 1859, and attended the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity. He read medicine in the office of 
 Dr. C. Welch, and graduated from the Medi- 
 cal College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 
 1863. In January. 1864, he enlisted in the 
 Thirty-third Regiment, O. V. I., and was dis- 
 charged honorably from the service, July 12, 
 1865. He was an assistant surgeon of the 
 regiment. He went with the army to the sea 
 under General Sherman. After his return 
 home he became a partner of his proceptor 
 for a short time, when he located at Bell- 
 point, Ohio. He married a Mrs. Cutler, and 
 located on his farm between Delaware and 
 Bellpoint, where he remained until his death. 
 While living on the farm he devoted a greater 
 portion of his time to his profession in the 
 surrounding country, and at the Girls' In- 
 dustrial Home, a State Institution about five 
 miles from his farm. He was appointed physi- 
 cian to the Home soon after it was located, 
 and for twenty years did good and faithful 
 work for the State. He belonged to the Odd 
 Fellows, the Masonic Order, the G. A. R., 
 and to the State and County Medical Societies. 
 He died in 1899. 
 
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 Dr. W. Henry Pulford, the Nestor of 
 the Homeopathic School, .is rapidly nearing 
 his four score years; yet there 'Seems no sor- 
 row or pain" for this worthy practitioner. 
 His quick and upright walk of many miles 
 each day will classify him with the younger 
 members of the profession. He was born in 
 Woodhouse Carr, near Leeds. England, in 
 [829. He studied chemistry and pharmacy 
 in Bradford. Yorkshire, England , in 1853. 
 He entered the homeopathic practice under 
 Dr. Evans, his preceptor, in 1858, and gradu- 
 ated from the Homeopathic College near Bath, 
 West London. England, in 1864. He prac- 
 ticed pharmacy and medicine in Bradford, 
 England, until 1875. when he came to 
 America. After visiting one year in his 
 adopted country, he was induced to locate at 
 Ashley, Ohio, in 1877. After eighteen years 
 of hard work he went to Connecticut to visit, 
 and was persuaded to locate. In [892 lit 
 came to Cleveland. Ohio, and took a course <>\ 
 lectures in the Homeopathic school there, and 
 graduated there in 1894. and at once became 
 a member of the faculty. He subsequently 
 came to Delaware and has since been doing his 
 share of work. He is a member of the Con- 
 necticut and Ohio Homeopathic Societies, and 
 of the International American Homeopathic 
 Institute. 
 
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 Dr. William Francis Crickard is the 
 oldest son of an old soldier who served his 
 country long and well. The farm life de- 
 veloped a mentally and physically strong man 
 in Dr. Crickard. He was an apt student and 
 made the best use of every moment of his 
 time. He was born in Knox County. Ohio, 
 in 1850. and after several years, came with 
 his father's family to this county. He en- 
 tered the office of our eminent Dr. McCann 
 in 1871, and attended lectures and graduated 
 from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and 
 Surgery in 1874. He came to Delaware and 
 opened an office. He has never changed his 
 location. The patients under his care always 
 received the closest and best attention. He 
 has been exceptionally kind to those who have 
 had to fight the battle of life as bread win- 
 
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 ners. They have never had a truer friend than 
 Dr. W. F. Crickard. He belongs to both the 
 State and County Medical Societies. 
 
 Dr. H. P. Feaster was born in Troy 
 Township, this county, in 1850. His father, 
 James Feaster, was an early settler in this 
 county, and was located on the Marion, Dela- 
 ware and Columbus turnpike, and often enter- 
 tained the weary travelers who so frequently 
 passed that way. He read eclectic medicine 
 with Dr. Frank Howald in 1886. and gradu- 
 ated in 1889 from the Eclectic Institute at 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. He began the practice at 
 Agosta, Marion County, in 1890. After lour 
 years he removed to La Rue. Ohio, and then 
 came to Delaware in 1898. He married Miss 
 Ellen Woodward, of Morrow County. Ohio. 
 He is a member of the State Eclectic Medical 
 Association ; the Northwestern, and the Ohio 
 Central Medical .Associations. 
 
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 Dr. Edward M. Hall has been engaged 
 in the practice of medicine and surgerv since 
 1871, when he graduated from the Homeo- 
 pathic Hospital College at Cleveland, Ohio. 
 After taking his degree in medicine, he located 
 in Fredericktown, Ohio, where he soon gained 
 a satisfactory practice and the good will and 
 respect of the people of that community, and 
 was honored by them in being elected, for 
 many years in succession, a member of their 
 Board of Education, which position he held, 
 as well as that of Pension Examiner for Knox 
 County, when he removed to this city in 
 1889. With the experience gained in an ac- 
 tive practice of nearly twenty years and. hav- 
 ing taken a post-graduate course in medicine 
 previous to resuming practice here, he from 
 the first took rank with the leading physicians 
 'if the county. He is a member of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association, the Ohio State Medi- 
 cal Society, and at the re-organization of the 
 Delaware County Medical Society he was 
 chosen its vice-president, and on the following 
 
 year its president. 
 
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 Dr. Helen K. Smith was one of the 
 leading homeopathic physicians in Delaware 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 for eleven years. Miss Helen Kaulbach was 
 born in Baldensburg, New York, in 1865. She 
 attended school at Waverley, New York. 
 After completing her studies she married Mr. 
 Smith. After his death she commenced the 
 study of medicine in 1890. She graduated in 
 
 1892 from the Cleveland Homeopathic Col- 
 lege. She commenced practicing medicine in 
 
 1893 in Delaware, Ohio. She belonged to 
 the State Homeopathic Society. She remained 
 in this city until her marriage to Mr. W. D. 
 Halsey. in 1904. She is now living in Tru- 
 mansburg. New York, and no longer looks 
 after the sick. She was the first lady physician 
 in the county for about fifteen years. She be- 
 came a favorite, and had a large practice 
 
 while in this city. 
 
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 Dr. Marie Perfect was burn in Mt. Ver- 
 non, Ohio, in 1874. As Miss Simons she 
 studied medicine in the Miami Medical Col- 
 lege at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which she 
 graduated in 1894. and entered the regular 
 profession. She began the practice at De- 
 troit, Michigan, the same year. After two 
 vears there she was induced to locate at her 
 home in Richwood, Ohio. After her mar- 
 riage to Mr. Perfect she was persuaded to 
 remove to Delaware in 1901. She has proven 
 herself able, and well qualified for her pro- 
 fessional work, and in each locality where she 
 has practiced, has enjoyed a large work. She 
 is a member of the Union County, Delaware 
 
 County, and Ohio State Medical Societies. 
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 Dr. Ivadale Rodgers was born in Syl- 
 vania, Lucas County. Ohio, in 1861. She 
 graduated with honors from the Baldwin Uni- 
 versitv at Berea, Ohio, in 1892. She read 
 medicine, and graduated from the Eclectic 
 .Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1898. 
 She came here the same year, and was the 
 second lady physician to practice in Delaware 
 after woman's first advent in 1838. She is a 
 bright, faithful and earnest physician with 
 malice toward none, and charity for all. She 
 is a member of the Delaware County Medi- 
 cal Society, the Ohio Central, and the North- 
 western Eclectic Medical Associations. 
 
 Dr. John Otho McDowell was a son of 
 Dr. Robert M. and Emily McDowell. He was 
 born in 1848 in Ouakersbottom, Lawrence 
 County, Ohio. He graduated from the Iron- 
 ton High School in 1870. and from the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University in 1874; and from the 
 Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 in 1877. After completing the course, he was 
 appointed resident physician in the Cincinnati 
 City Hospital. In 1878 he came to Delaware 
 and began practice. He married Miss Hettie 
 Wolfley, only daughter of Mr. John Wolfley. 
 She belonged to one of the oldest and best 
 known families in the county. Dr. McDowell 
 was elected alumni trustee of the "O. W. U." 
 in 1882. which office he held to the time of his 
 death in 1890. His extended acquaintance in 
 the college and town, and with the students, 
 gave him a large practice at once. He was 
 associated for a time with Dr. John W. X. 
 Vogt. 
 
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 Dr. Horace White was born in Brown 
 Township. He was a partner of Dr. J. O. 
 McDowell. He graduated from the "O. W. 
 U." in 1882; in medicine at Miami Medical 
 College, 1886. He located in Delaware in 
 1886, and died in 1888. 
 
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 Dr. Cyrus W. Chidester was torn in 
 Kingwood, West Virginia, in i860. He, like 
 many others, worked on a farm and attended 
 the common schools. He began teaching 
 school early in life to secure money to defray 
 his expenses for a higher education. In 1883 
 he attended the Ohio University at Athens, 
 Ohio. He then went to the Ohio Northern 
 University at Ada, Ohio, was graduated there 
 in 1887, and took the B. S. degree. He 
 graduated from the Columbus Medical Col- 
 lege in 1890, and was given the cash prize by 
 the faculty for meritorious work. He came 
 to Delaware the same year, and associated 
 himself with Dr. E. H. Hyatt. He served two 
 ters as coroner of the county ; has served on the 
 Board of Pension Examiners since 1897, and 
 is now president of the Board. After the 
 death of Dr. E. H. Hyatt, he was appointed 
 surgeon for the Big Four Railroad at Dela- 
 
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 ware, and is now the surgeon for tin's di- 
 vision. He is a member of the Delaware 
 County Medical Society, and served as presi- 
 dent one year. He is also a member of the 
 State Medical Society, and the American 
 Medical Association. He was at one time the 
 president of the Big Four Railroad Associa- 
 tion of Surgeons. He is a member of the 
 M. E. Church. He married Miss Clara M. 
 Freshwater in 1892. 
 
 Dr. 0. \Y. Bonner was born in Licking 
 County, Ohio, in 1866. He, with his par- 
 ents, moved to Bloomtield. Morrow County. 
 Ohio, in about 1870. He was educated at 
 Sparta High and Normal schools. He com- 
 menced the study of medicine in 1888. He 
 attended one year at the Western Reserve 
 Medical College, and graduated in 1892 from 
 the Columbus Medical College. He began 
 the practice at Norton, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and about ten years ago came to Delaware, 
 Ohio, where he is now in active work, and en- 
 gaged in a large practice. He served as health 
 officer for the city of Delaware for five years, 
 with great satisfaction to the city. He has 
 been tor several years a member of the local 
 Board of Pension Examiners. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Delaware County, and Ohio State 
 Medical Societies. 
 
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 Dr. F. E. Michexer was born at Attica. 
 Seneca County. Ohio, in 1856. He is a di- 
 rect descendant of Count John T. Michener. 
 who came to America with William Penn in 
 1682. The Doctor was educated at Valpar- 
 aiso, Indiana. He graduated in medicine at 
 the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, 
 Ohio. After practicing several years at To- 
 ledo, he moved to Barberton, Ohio, in 1901, 
 and came to Delaware in 1905. He is a 
 member of the Delaware County Medical So- 
 ciety, and the Ohio State Medical Society. He 
 has retired from the practice and is taking the 
 good of life. 
 
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 Dr. Charles B. Brewster was born at 
 Corning. Perry County. Ohio, in 1876. He 
 graduated from the High School in 1893. ^ t_ 
 
 ter clerking in a bank for a time, be went to 
 Hiram College. He began reading medicine 
 in 1899. and graduated from Pulte Homeo- 
 pathic College at Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1904. 
 He began the practice at his home in 1904, 
 and came to Delaware in 1906. 
 
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 Dr. George Slack was horn in 1841, and 
 raised in Brown Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio. His foundation for an education was 
 laid in the old district common schools. He 
 was a graduate of the "O. W. U." in the 
 early history of the college. He practiced the 
 homeopathic system. He began practicing in 
 Huron County, and after several years he lo- 
 cated in Delaware, and later went to Lakeside, 
 Ohio. While visiting here in 1897. he died 
 from' typhoid fever. His family have their 
 home at Lakeside, Ohio. He married Miss 
 Hattie Williams, of Cardington, Ohio. 
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 Dr. Frederic L. Gage was born in Con- 
 cord, Ross County, Ohio, in 1847. He first 
 attended the Academy at South Salem. Ross 
 County, and was a classmate of Hon. J. B. 
 Foraker. He graduated at Marietta College. 
 Ohio, in 1 87 1. He attended Starling Medical 
 College, and graduated from the Long Island 
 College Hospital in Medicine in 1876. He be- 
 gan the practice of medicine in Mt. Sterling 
 in 1876, and came to Berkshire. Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1877, and moved to Dela- 
 ware in 1900. He was coroner of the county 
 from 1900 to 1904. and was elected health 
 officer January 1, 1907. His eldest son, Carl, 
 graduated from the "O. W. U.," and is soon 
 to leave for China as a missionary. 
 
 Dr. W. B. Hedges is a native of McCon- 
 nellsville, Morgan County. Ohio. He was 
 born in 1835. He was educated in the High 
 School of McConnellsville. He possessed an 
 active and studious mind, and at an early 
 time, after completing his school life, he began 
 reading medicine in the office of Dr. M. Ed- 
 wards, May, 1858. He took up the study of 
 the drug trade, and prepared himself for the 
 work in i860. After two years, in 1862. he 
 resumed the study of medicine in the old office, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 to prepare himself for the army, now needing 
 doctors. He graduated from the Medical Col- 
 lege of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, July. [863. 
 He passed the examination of the State Board 
 of Examiners for the position of assistant 
 surgeon for the volunteer service. He was 
 assigned to the Eighty-sixth O. V. I., a six- 
 months organization, in September, 1803, and 
 joined the regiment at Cumberland Gap, Ten- 
 nessee. He was at once put in charge of the 
 Medical Department of the Eighty-sixth Regi- 
 ment, which position he held until the muster 
 out of the organization, at the expiration of 
 their term of service in February, 1864. He 
 was appointed assistant surgeon of the Eighty- 
 second Regiment, O. V. I., Third Brigade, 
 First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, April 
 2j, [864; and joined the regiment in May, 
 [864, at Atlanta, Georgia. They went on 
 duty at once and were under fire of battle for 
 one hundred and twenty days. The doctor 
 was the only surgeon with the regiment from 
 Atlanta, Georgia, to the sea, or Savannah, 
 Georgia. Then on to Goldsborough, North 
 Carolina, 1864 and 1865; then to Raleigh, 
 North Carolina, and to Washington, D. C. 
 Here he was detailed to care for the sick and 
 wounded at Richmond, Virginia, and to ar- 
 range for transportation to the North those 
 able to go. In 1865, while waiting for the 
 muster out at the close of the war, he was at 
 Louisville, Kentucky, and was in charge of the 
 hospital there. He was mustered out at Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio, July 2~, 1865. He returned 
 to his home and began the practice again. In 
 [873 he located at Beverly. Washington 
 County. Ohio, and in (879 came to Delaware. 
 Ohio. He is in active practice today. He 
 has been a member of the County Hoard oi 
 United States Pension Examiners for fourteen 
 years. He served two years as health officer 
 for Delaware, lie was physician to the Girls' 
 Industrial Home for several years. He is a 
 member oi the Delaware County Medical As- 
 sociation; Ohio State Medical Society, and 
 the American Medical Association. He was 
 married to Mrs. Mary Pewthers in [872. He 
 is an elder of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Dr. David P. Bliss was born at Sparta. 
 Morrow County, Ohio, in 1843. He received 
 his education in the public schools. At the 
 age of nineteen he enlisted in the service of 
 his country with the One Hundred and Twen- 
 ty-first Regiment, O. V. I., and received an 
 honorable discharge from the service in 1S65, 
 at the close of the war. He was an exemplary 
 soldier, and one of the highest Christian char- 
 acter. After returning from the army, he en- 
 tered the office of the illustrious Dr. J. W. 
 Russell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and graduated 
 from the Jefferson Medical College at Phila- 
 delphia, in 1867. After many long years of 
 hard work, he came to Delaware in 1901 to 
 enjoy a much needed rest. He is a member 
 of Asbury M. E. Church, and is always ready 
 to do the Master's work. 
 
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 Dr. Ben. F. Kearny was born in 1858, 
 in Fayette County, Ohio. He graduated from 
 the "O. W. U." at Delaware, Ohio, in 1884. 
 After teaching for some time at Washington 
 Court House, Ohio, he returned to Delaware, 
 and entered the office of his old friend. Dr. 
 J. II. Hughes. He attended the Miami Medi- 
 cal College in Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years, 
 and then went to the Long Island Hospital, 
 Xew York, for graduateion in 1891. He re- 
 turned to Delaware the same year, and began 
 professional work for two years when he lo- 
 cated at Stewart, Iowa, where he remained 
 tor twelve years. He moved then to Cleve- 
 land, Tennessee, in 1905, to devote his at- 
 tention to the eye and optical work. He mar- 
 ried Miss, Jennie Volk, of Delaware, in 1888. 
 He and his family have recently moved to 
 Delaware ( 1907) to make his home, and to 
 devote his attention to eye diseases and to 
 
 optical work. 
 
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 Dr. A. J. Pounds was born in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1858. From the common 
 schools he went to the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity in 1876. He graduated from the Co- 
 lumbus Medical College in 1881. He began 
 the practice at Ostrander, and moved to Dela- 
 ware in 1906. He was elected secretary of the 
 
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 Delaware County Medical Society in 1907. 
 He is a member of the State and County So- 
 cieties. 
 
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 Dr. James William Watts was born in 
 Rodney, Gallia County, Ohio, in 1856. He 
 read medicine with Dr. W. M, Watts at South 
 Webster, Scioto County. Ohio. He attended 
 medical lectures in Cincinnati, at the Ohi ) 
 Medical College, from which he received his 
 diploma. He began practice at Gallia County. 
 Ohio, and was these for fifteen years. He 
 then came to Delaware, where he practiced sev- 
 eral years before moving to Columbus, where 
 he is now devoting his attention to diseases of 
 the eye and ear. He was given, in 1876, the 
 beneficiary scholarship from the Eleventh 
 Congressional District, represented by Hon. 
 H. S. Bundy. He was to prepare himself for 
 a government medical cadet ; but gave up this 
 
 prospect in order to practice medicine. 
 
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 Dr. J. Robinson was born in Union 
 County, Ohio, and educated at Dover. He 
 read medicine in Ohio Medical University, 
 and graduated from there in 1904. He began 
 the practice at Ostrander, Ohio, and removed 
 to Bellpoint. He was married to Miss Edna 
 Green, who died in 1906. He is a member of 
 the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. 
 
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 Dr. H. N. Coomer was born in Ontario 
 County. New York, in 181 7. He read medi- 
 cine in his native State, and located at Ashley, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, in 1852. He was a 
 quiet and unassuming man, and was engaged 
 in a fair practice up to the time of his death. 
 He was a regular attendant of the State and 
 County Medical Societies for many years. 
 He died from general breaking-down a few 
 years ago. 
 
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 Dr. William C. Bucky was born in 
 Franklin County, Ohio, in i860. He attended 
 the "O. W. U.." Delaware, Ohio, for a while, 
 and graduated from the Eclectic Medical In- 
 stitute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1890. He read 
 medicine with Dr. S. M. Sherman in Co- 
 lumbus. Ohio, and settled in Ashley, where he 
 
 is now practicing. He is a member of the 
 Ohio Eclectic Medical Institute. 
 
 Dr. Miranda Scheble was in Ashley 
 many years, ami enjoyed a large practice. 
 She graduated from the Cleveland Homeo- 
 pathic Hospital in 1883. She died in 1901, 
 
 at about sixty-eight years of age. 
 
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 Dr. Ella Dennison Welch was born in 
 Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio, in 
 1863. She studied in the office of Dr. G. 
 Foster, of Olive Green, Delaware County. 
 Ohio, in 1889. She entered the Toledo Medi- 
 cal College in 1891, and for the summer term 
 1892 went to the Wooster Medical College at 
 Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to the Toledo 
 Medical College to graduate in 1894. She 
 came direct to Ashley after her graduation, 
 where she has since practiced. 
 
 Dr. M. A. McGonigal was born neat- 
 Ashley in 1873. He graduated from the Ash- 
 ley High School in 1890, and from the Ohio 
 Medical University at Columbus, Ohio, in 
 1906. Returning to Ashley he began the 
 
 practice the same year. 
 
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 Dr. I. T. McCarty was raised in Olive 
 Green, Ohio, where he began the practice in 
 1897; but only remained there a short time — 
 three years — when, in 1900, he moved to his 
 present location in Constantia, Ohio. He 
 graduated at the Western Reserve Medical 
 
 College in 1897. 
 
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 Dr. Frank Andrews located in Cheshire 
 after the death of his uncle, who was an able 
 practitioner. He graduated in 1883 at the 
 Starling Medical College, and came direct to 
 Cheshire. He sold to Dr. H. C. Kious in 
 1885. of Columbus, and moved to Westerville, 
 
 where he is now located. 
 
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 Dr. H. C. Kious was born in Columbus. 
 Ohio, in 1855. He was educated in the Cen- 
 tral Normal University and the "O. W. U. ;" 
 read medicine with Dr. J. F. Baldwin, of Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio, and was graduated at Long 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Island Hospital, in New York, in 1881. He 
 began to practice in Columbus, Ohio, in 1882, 
 in Cheshire in 1883, and only remained a 
 year, when he sold to Dr. H. C. Dumm, who 
 was located at Stratford. Dr. Kious came to 
 Delaware in 1883 and practiced for several 
 years, when he sold to Dr. F. M. Murray, in 
 1892, and moved to Columbus, where he is 
 now practicing. He married Miss Jennie La- 
 vender, of Delaware. Ohio, in 1883. 
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 Dr. A. W. Dumm was raised near Chesh- 
 ire, and graduated at the Columbus Medical 
 College. After practicing at Cheshire a few 
 years, he remi ived to Columbus, Ohio, where 
 be labored several years, and then moved to 
 Toledo, Ohio. His brother had practiced a 
 few years at Cheshire, before going to Colum- 
 bus, where he died several years later. 
 
 Dr. Cobart located at Cheshire in 1889; 
 but remained only a few months when he en- 
 tered the regular army. 
 
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 Charles C. Vankirk, M. D., was born 
 at Condit, in 1872. He read medicine with 
 his father. Dr. T. H. Vankirk, at Condit, 
 Delaware County, Ohio. Dr. Charles gradu- 
 ated from Starling Medical College in 1896, 
 and at once located at Sunbury, Ohio. In 
 1901 he moved to Gettysburg, Darke County 
 Ohio. Soon after he joined the regular army. 
 
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 Dr. Alonzo \Y. Taylor was born in 
 Champaign County. Ohio. He attended the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, and graduated 
 tram the Ohio Medical Eclectic College at 
 Cincinnati. Ohio. He located at Sunbury, 
 Ohio, in 1892. He died in [901. 
 
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 Dr. A. P. Taylor located in Sunburj 
 many years ago, and after a long and success- 
 ful practice he sold out and moved to Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, where he is now practicing. 
 
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 Dr. Thomas J. Williams was bom near 
 Somerset. Perry County, Ohio, in 1843. J' 1 
 [849, at six years of age, he came with his 
 parents to Morrow County, Ohio. In [863 
 he left the farm and schools to enter the arnrv 
 
 with the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth O. 
 V. I. He remained with the regiment until 
 mustered out in 1865. There was no more 
 patriotic or faithful soldier in the service of 
 the Union Army than this boy of twenty 
 years. Upon his return he took his savings 
 and entered the high school at Mt. Gilead, 
 Ohio. After one year of hard and faithful 
 work, he came to the "O. W. U," at Delaware, 
 to gain a higher education to prepare himself 
 for the medical profession. He read medicine 
 with his brother. Dr. J. W. Williams, at Ches- 
 terville, Ohio, until the fall of 1868, when he 
 went to the University of Michigan, at Ann 
 Arbor, from which he graduated in 1870. 
 Having completed his professional work in 
 the university, he at once located in Sunbury. 
 Delaware County, Ohio. In 1873 ne felt the 
 need of a post-graduate course to render him 
 more proficient in the great work before him. 
 He left for the Long Island Medical College 
 in New York, where the clinical advantages 
 were great for the absorbing mind. He 
 graduated from there the same year and at 
 once returned to his work in Sunbury, where 
 he is now practicing. He was a member of 
 the Board of Pension Examiners for several 
 years. He is a faithful Mason, and a consci- 
 entious Christian man. He married Miss E. 
 A. Pumphrey, of Croton, Ohio, in 1879. 
 
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 Dr. Henry Kistler was born in Lancas- 
 ter, Ohio, in 1879. He was educated at the 
 Lancaster schools, and at Basil. Ohio. He read 
 medicine with his brother. Dr. George B. 
 Kistler, at Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas 
 County. Ohio, in 1896 and 1897. and was 
 graduated from the Starling Medical College, 
 Columbus, Ohio, in 1902. He at once located 
 at Sunbury, Ohio, and entered upon a success- 
 ful practice. He is a close student, and 
 promises to be of great benefit to Sunbury. 
 He belongs to the American Medical Associa- 
 tion, and the State and County Medical So- 
 cieties. He married Miss Dell McLanden, of 
 Columbus, Ohio. He is an active Mason, a 
 
 K. P.. and belongs also to the Elk lodge. 
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 Dr. John Utley was born in Westerville, 
 Franklin County. Ohio, in 1843. He gradu- 
 
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 ated From the Whetsone Seminary, read medi- 
 cine in Sterling, Illinois, and graduated from 
 the Rush Medical College in 1862. He located 
 at Galena at once, and today is the oldest and 
 best known physician in the eastern part 01 the 
 
 county. 
 
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 Dr. Norton Ekelbery was horn near 
 Delaware in 1864. He attended the common 
 schools, and also for a short time, the "O. 
 W. U." He graduated at the Miami Medi- 
 cal College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886, after 
 reading medicine with his brother. Dr. Frank 
 Ekelbery, who was located for several years 
 at Bellpoint, Ohio. Dr. Norton Ekelbery is 
 now practicing at Galena, where he first lo- 
 cated. 
 
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 Dr. John H. Gerhardt was born in Madi- 
 son County, Ohio, in 1858, and attended 
 school at West Jefferson, Ohio. He read 
 medicine with Dr. Charles Snyder at West 
 Jefferson in 1878. He graduated from the 
 Columbus Medical College in 1882. He was 
 assistant physician to the Ohio penitentiary 
 from 1884 to 1886; and surgeon of the Ohio 
 National Guards for eight years. He was 
 married to Miss Emma Avers, of Columbus, 
 in 1887. s He began the practice at Sunbury, 
 Ohio, in 1887, and is now in active work. He 
 is a member of the Baptist Church, also the 
 F. & A. M.; the Delaware County and State 
 Medical Societies. 
 
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 Dr. E. B. Mosher was raised in Morrow- 
 County, Ohio, where he read medicine. He 
 located at Olive Green, practicing there many 
 years, when he removed to Sunbury. and was 
 in the practice there for some time. He then 
 sold out, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where 
 he is now practicing. 
 
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 Dr. L. Wise was born in Johnstown, 
 Ohio, in 1858. After attending the common 
 schools, he read medicine with Dr. G. H. 
 Foster, at Olive Green, Delaware County. 
 ( H110. He began the practice at Galena in 
 1S84. after graduating" at the Columbus Medi- 
 cal College. 
 
 Dr. A. E. Bennett, who was born near 
 Maxtown, in Genoa Township, and graduated 
 from an Eclectic College in Cincinnati. Ohio, 
 located in Lewis Centre for a time; but now 
 is on a farm near his old home. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Dr. J. C. Wintermute, a regular physi- 
 cian, was in Lewis Centre from 1879 to 1882, 
 when he removed to Celina, Ohio, where he 
 died. 
 
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 Dr. H. A. Keifer from 1882 to 1887 was 
 the physician in Lewis Centre. He then re- 
 moved to Westerville, where he still resides. 
 
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 Dr. R. C. Alexander bought out Dr. 
 Keifer, and remained in Lewis Centre for 
 two years, when he removed to Catawba. 
 Ohio. He is a graduate of Starling Medical 
 College. 
 
 Dr. Mercer was one of Lewis Centre's 
 oldest physicians, locating there in about 1850. 
 He died there in about 1880. 
 
 Dr. Alexander Hendrixson was a 
 strong competitor of Dr. Mercer in Lewis 
 Centre, during the seventies. He later re- 
 moved to Columbus, where he died in 1895. 
 He was a graduate of the "O. W. U." of 
 Delaware. He married Miss Waldron, of 
 
 Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. M. M. Cochran was located in Lewis 
 Centre from 1889 to 1892. He read medicine 
 with Dr. J. W. Russel, of Ait. Vernon, Ohio, 
 and graduated from the Starling Medical Col- 
 lege. He died at Independence, Ohio, a few- 
 years ago from diphtheria. 
 
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 Dr. W. M. T. Simms bought out Dr. 
 Cochran, of Lewis Centre, in 1902. In 1900 
 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and from there 
 t<> Groveport, Ohio, where he is now practic- 
 ing. He is a graduate of the Columbus Medi- 
 cal College. 
 
 Dr. Perry W. Willey was born in Troy 
 Township, Delaware County. Ohio, in 1875. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 He is a son of John and Kasson Willey, a 
 highly influential family of Delaware County. 
 After finishing a course in the common 
 schools, he completed his education with the 
 class of 1904 in the Delaware High School. 
 He at once entered the office of Dr. S. W. 
 Fowler, and began the study of medicine. He 
 graduated with honors from the Starling 
 Medical College, in Columbus, Ohio, in 1897. 
 He located at once in Lewis Centre, Ohio, 
 and entered into competition with his com- 
 petitors. He soon had the entire field to 
 himself. During the last ten years he has won 
 and held the confidence of the entire com- 
 munity. He is a member of the County an 1 
 State Medical Societies. He is now the 
 coroner of Delaware County. 
 
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 Dr. Frank A. Stickney was born in 
 LJnion County, Ohio, in 1852. He graduated 
 from the academy in Henry County, Illinois, 
 in 1872, and completed the business course in 
 Sharp's Business College at Delaware in 
 1874. He read medicine in the office of Dr. 
 E. H. Hyatt, and graduated from the Co- 
 lumbus Medical College in 1880. He began 
 the practice in Delaware. He married Miss 
 Mary Campbell in 1881. In 1882 he located 
 in old Eden, or Kilbourne, Ohio, where he has 
 been the leading and highly respected physi- 
 cian and most successful doctor ever in that 
 locality. After the death of his wife, he mar- 
 ried Miss Porter, a daughter of one of the 
 most influential families of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and citizens of Brown Township. He 
 is a member of the State and County Medical 
 Societies. 
 
 There have been many changes in the 
 profession in Eden, or Kilbourne. during the 
 past forty years or more, of which we have 
 been unable to gain much information. 
 
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 Dr. Mills was there from 1865 to 1869. 
 
 He is now at Rich Hill. Knox County, Ohio, 
 
 in the practice. 
 
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 Dr. Lyman Potter, of Kilbourne and 
 Leonardsburg, was one of the oldest and most 
 learned and talented members of the medical 
 
 fraternity of the county. He was an active 
 member in his day of the State and Count v 
 Medical Societies. At the advanced age of 
 seventy years, he studied and learned short- 
 hand, and became very proficient at it. He 
 was able to take down a discussion and lecture 
 with great accuracy. He lived on his farm 
 and had a limited but successful practice. His 
 strong Christian character gave him the confi- 
 dence of the entire community. He died at 
 the advanced age of nearly ninety years. 
 
 Dr. D. R. Ross was born in Saratoga 
 County, New York, in 1842. He graduated 
 at the University of Pennsylvania in 1867, 
 and located in Kilbourne the same year. He 
 married a daughter of John Mathews in 1868. 
 In 1872 he moved to Martinsburg, Virginia. 
 He is the chief surgeon of the B. & O. R. R. 
 for that division. He served during the war 
 in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty- 
 fifth Regiment. During the war he was a 
 prisoner in Andersonville Prison for over ten 
 months. 
 
 Dr. A. M. Crane was raised in Porter 
 Township. After reading medicine he located 
 in Kilbourne, Ohio, for a short time, when 
 he moved to Waldo, and then to Marion, 
 Ohio. His brother, Adelbert Crane, who mar- 
 ried Miss Ross, of Delaware, a daughter of 
 an old soldier, took his place in Kilbourne. 
 
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 Dr.. Lewis Barnes came to Delaware 
 about 1856, having traded his practice in Co- 
 lumbus with Dr. D. M. Kensell, of Delaware. 
 Dr. Barnes belonged to the Homeopathic 
 School. He was here in Delaware for many 
 years. He died at an advanced age at his son's 
 in Norwalk, Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. S. P. Cummins came to Delaware in 
 about 1870, from Beaver, Pennsylvania. He 
 had a limited practice, and died about 1882. 
 
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 Dr. J. M. Snodgrass came to Delaware 
 from Union County, Ohio, in about 1874. He 
 and his sons bought the Lybrand Drug Store. 
 After a short time they sold it, and he en- 
 
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 gaged in the practice for a few years. He died 
 
 in about 1886. 
 
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 Dr. James Morgan Cherry was born in 
 182 1 in Oswego. New York, and in 1838 came 
 with his father's family to Marysville, Ohio. 
 A few years later he studied medicine with 
 Dr. Ross, graduating from Starling Medical 
 College of Columbus. Soon after he com- 
 menced the practice of medicine at I'n >spect, 
 Ohio. In 1846 he married Miss Susannah 
 Gooding, of Delaware County. Ohio. He 
 moved to Delaware in 1850. where he lived 
 for nearly half a century. He early united 
 with the Presbyterian Church of which he was 
 a most devoted member. He died in 1898. 
 
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 Dr. Robert C. Wintermute was born at 
 Norton, Ohio, in 1861. He read medicine 
 with Dr. Robertson, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 
 and graduated at the Eclectic Medical Insti- 
 tute in Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1880. He lo- 
 cated in Delaware the same year. In 1890 he 
 removed to Cincinnati to fill the Chair of Ob- 
 stetrics and Diseases of Women, at his Alma 
 Mater, as well as to engage in general prac- 
 tice. He died in 1906. He published a book 
 on Diseases of Women, which is used as a 
 text book at the Eclectic College. He mar- 
 ried Miss Belle Cherry, daughter of Dr. J. M. 
 
 Cherry. 
 
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 Dr. N. S. Sampsell came to Delaware in 
 the sixties. He was a root and herb doctor. 
 His office and home was where the Carnegie 
 Library now stands. He had a large practice 
 throughout the county for many years. He 
 died in Delaware several years ago. 
 
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 Dr. Francis Marion Murray was born 
 in Bluffton, Allen County. Ohio, in 1855. He 
 entered the local drug store as an apprentice. 
 He continued his attendance in the public 
 schools during the winter terms. He re- 
 mained in the store for four years. In the 
 autumn of 1872 he went to Key West. Florida, 
 to become apothecary to the United States 
 Marine Hospital under his brother. Surgeon 
 Robert D. Murray. He spent the major part 
 
 of four years here. The last three winters of 
 these were spent in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
 vania, prosecuting pharmaceutical ami medi- 
 cal studies. He would return to his duties in 
 the south each spring. He graduated from 
 the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in [876, 
 receiving the degree of Ph. G. In 1877 he re- 
 ceived the degree of M. D. from the Jefferson 
 Medical College, Philadelphia. He then took 
 a supplementary course in scientific subjects at 
 the University of Pennsylvania, for which he 
 received the degree of Ph. D. in 1878. He 
 was acting librarian to the College of Physi- 
 cians during the summer. The following 
 winter he was assistant to the professor of 
 Materia Medica at the Philadelphia College of 
 Pharmacy. In 1879 he located in Lenni, Dela- 
 ware County. Pennsylvania, eighteen miles 
 from Philadelphia. 
 
 In 1880 he was married to Amanda M. 
 Kirby. After remaining five years in this lo- 
 cation, the Doctor removed to the northern 
 section of the city of Philadelphia. From 
 there he removed to Delaware. Ohio, in 1892. 
 and continued in the general practice of medi- 
 cine. In 1900 he formed a co-partnership 
 with Mr. J. D. Knowles. and established a 
 third daily and weekly newspaper, the Dela- 
 ware Journal. The following year they ac- 
 quired the long established Democratic Herald, 
 and united them under the name of the 
 Journal-Herald. Notwithstanding his news- 
 paper interests the Doctor has continued in 
 the active work of his profession, and enjoys 
 good practice. He is a member of Hiram 
 Lodge. No. 18, F. & A. M.. of the Delaware 
 County, Ohio State and American Medical So- 
 cieties. Dr. Robert D. Murray was a recog- 
 nized expert in yellow fever for the Govern- 
 ment Marine and Public Health Service. 
 Robert D. was killed by accident at Laredo, 
 Texas, in 1904. thus depriving the Govern- 
 ment of one of its greatest experts. Dr. F. M. 
 Murray was born a Campbellite. raised a 
 Methodist, and now belongs to the Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 Dr. A. Blvmer. There never was a 
 practitioner of medicine so widely known, or 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 had such an extensive practice in Delaware 
 County as Dr. Abraham Blymer. He was so 
 long in the county that his name became a 
 In lusehold word, and few knew when he set- 
 tled in Delaware. He became the standard of 
 perfection for the true physician in the minds 
 of the many students who went out of his 
 office, some to fill high positions in the pro- 
 fession in many parts of the country. For 
 fifty years he went in and out before the peo- 
 ple, visiting hundreds of homes throughout 
 the county in the early days of mud and forest 
 roads, and these marked by emblazing the 
 trees; and no bridges to cross the swollen 
 streams, be went to administer to the afflicted. 
 Through the midnight darkness with bis old- 
 time lantern and saddlebags, through the 
 storms of winter and shades of the forest in 
 summer, he went on his mission of mercy to 
 the well-to-do, and to the poor and the needy. 
 The long years of faithful labor and broken 
 rest made little impression upon his wonder- 
 ful German constitution. Up to the very hour 
 of his final visit, he rivaled in activity many 
 of his younger brethren, who numbered but 
 months, while he counted years of faithful 
 labor. 
 
 Dr. Blymer was born in Shippinsburg, 
 Pennsylvania, in 1804. His father was a man 
 of education and followed school teaching. 
 Under the instructions of this talented man, 
 the son received his education. In 1824 be 
 began the study of medicine. In 1826. 
 through his wife, he inherited a large amount 
 of money. Anxious to increase his fortune, 
 he entered into the mercantile business, which 
 prospered and promised him great riches. 
 Alter a few years he ventured again into the 
 iron industry, which held out flattering 
 promises. This new venture swept away all 
 of his money and his bright hopes. Seventeen 
 thousand dollars went to pay debts. He fell 
 back upon his profession, and after two years 
 he took a course of lectures in the Jefferson 
 Medical College, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. 
 He then attended the Barten Medical Institute 
 in Philadelphia and received his diploma. 
 Somewhat broken in spirit he moved to the 
 then western country, locating at Mansfield, 
 
 Ohio, where he opened an office and began the 
 practice of his profession. The ten years of 
 professional life at Mansfield, gave him great 
 prestige. About this time the old Willoughby 
 .Medical College near Cleveland, Ohio, now 
 tlie Starling College, conferred upon him the 
 M. D. degree as a token of merit. In 1840 he 
 was induced by friends to move to Gabon. 
 Ohio, but soon discovered that this was a mis- 
 take, and after one year he located at Dela- 
 ware, one of the thriving towns in Ohio. In 
 Delaware, his great energy and acumen soon 
 pushed him to the front place in professional 
 work, and made him one of the first citizens 
 of the place. Always gentle, kind and con- 
 siderate, his advancement went on uninter- 
 ruptedly. He held peculiar views regarding 
 the treatment of the great scourge called milk 
 sickness, that prevailed in early times. The 
 patients were taken with vomiting and ex- 
 treme nausea. They became prostrated and 
 weak, unable to take or retain any food. They 
 became reduced day after day, until they died 
 in great mental anguish, but little real pain. 
 The Doctor began the use of calomel or the 
 mercurial treatment. This gave relief and 
 saved the lives of many valuable citizens. His 
 name was soon carried from neighborhood to 
 neighborhood, until his fame became so great 
 that he was called for far and near to consult 
 with his professional brothers. He read, at 
 one time, a highly instructive paper on Milk 
 Sickness before the County and State Medical 
 Societies. The discovery of the tyroccine by 
 Vaughn, demonstrated the correct principles 
 underlying the treatment by this able practiti- 
 oner, as the antiseptic influence or mercury 
 killed the exciting cause of this form of sick- 
 ness. Dr. Blymer took an active interest in 
 young men; and during his life educated and 
 started over forty students in the medical 
 profession, after furnishing them with money 
 and equipments to begin their work. He was 
 a leader in organizing a county medical society 
 and, notwithstanding his busy life, found time 
 to attend the State and County Societies, of 
 which be was an honored member. He was 
 thrice elected vice-president of the State So- 
 ciety; and several times president and vice- 
 
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 371 
 
 president of the County Society. He died in 
 [882. 
 
 Dr. Henry Besse was born in Licking 
 County, Ohio, in 1823. He, in those early 
 days, read medicine one year, took one term 
 of lectures, and began practicing. He located 
 at East Liberty, in the eastern part of the 
 county in 1847. I' 1 1854 he graduated from 
 the Western Reserve Medical College, 
 Cleveland, Ohio. After he had been in East 
 Liberty two years, he married a daughter of 
 Elder John Vansickle, one of the wealthy men 
 of Kingston Township. In 1863 he moved to 
 Delaware, Ohio. The same year he enlisted 
 in the Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., as sur- 
 geon; but from ill health was obliged to resign 
 in six months. In 1864 he again enlisted as 
 assistant surgeon in the One Hundred and 
 Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I. After the 
 close of the war he continued practicing. He 
 retired a year or two before his death in 1901. 
 He was a quiet, unassuming man, a true 
 Christian, and a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. He left a daughter, Mrs. Crum, hy- 
 ing near Delaware. His aged wife is still hy- 
 ing on West Winter Street. 
 
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 Dr. F. W. Morrison came from Richland 
 County. After graduating from the "O. W. 
 I".." he read medicine with Dr. A. Blymer. 
 He was a poor boy. but worked and earned 
 money to carry him through college. He 
 graduated in medicine, and then located in 
 Richland County, where he practiced several 
 years. He entered the service of his country, 
 and served as a surgeon faithfully and well. 
 He came to Delaware about 1870. He accum- 
 mulated a comfortable fortune before his 
 death. He died from the effects of a disease 
 o infracted in the sendee. 
 
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 Dr. Frank E. Eckelbery was born on 
 Alum Creek, six males east of Delaware. 
 \ iter graduating in medicine, he located at 
 Bellepoint, Ohio, in 1877, tne haven for the 
 beginner. He soon entered upon a large prac- 
 tice. Broken in health, after a few years of 
 hard work, he died from a complication of 
 
 diseases, and was buried near his old home. 
 
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 Dr. J. Edwards is of Welsh parentage. 
 He took adwantage of every opportunity, and 
 graduated from the Starling Medical College, 
 yery young. He began the practice at his old 
 home, Delhi, or Radnor, and is now attending 
 to the afflicted. 
 
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 Dr. L. B. Simpson graduated from the 
 Ohio Medical University, Columbus, Ohio, in 
 1890. He began practicing in Richland 
 County, and after a short time moved to 
 Marion, then to Radnor. Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. H. M. Day graduated from the Cleve- 
 land Medical College in 1881. He is a son 
 of the late Dr. Day, of Pandora, Ohio. The 
 son began the practice in his home town, and 
 
 came to Delaware in 1903. 
 
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 Dr. Leucius Bumstead, osteopathic, 
 graduated at the American School of Osteo- 
 pathy. Kirksville, Missouri. June 14, 1906, 
 and he came to Delaware, Ohio, in 1906. 
 
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 Dr. L. S. Lupton. Dr. Seigle Lupton 
 was a graduate of the Columbus Medical Col- 
 lege, 1887. He attended the "O. W. U." for 
 a time. He died in 1896.. 
 
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 Dr. Robert Blee Smith graduated from 
 the Hight School. Delaware. He graduated 
 from Starling College, 1901. After register- 
 ing, he moved to Columbus, where he is now 
 
 making the treatment of the eye a specialty. 
 
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 Dr. George F. Foster, of Olive Green, 
 bought out Dr. E. B. Mosher about 1874. He 
 is a graduate of the Starling Medical Col- 
 lege. 
 
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 Dr. Charles E. Kinney graduated from 
 Michigan University at Ann Arbor Michi- 
 gan. 
 
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 Dr. Charles H. Spencer graduated 
 from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical Col- 
 lege in 1898. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Dr. John Bingham Hunt was born in 
 McConnellsville, Ohio, in 1829. His educa- 
 tion was received there and in Athens County, 
 in the country schools. He married Angel me 
 Patterson in Delaware County, Ohio, in [852. 
 In 1862 he graduated in medicine in the Cleve- 
 land Homeopathic Medical College, and be- 
 gan the practice of his profession in Welling- 
 ton. Ohio, Newark, Ohio, and Indianapolis, 
 Indiana. He moved to Delaware. Ohio, in 
 [881, where he remained until 1887. From 
 there he went to Worthington, Ohio, where he 
 successfully conducted a sanatorium. He 
 later moved to Westerville, Ohio, where his 
 wife died in 1895. Dr. Hunt died in 1906, 
 at the age of severity-six years. 
 
 Dr. Maurice P. Hunt, Columbus, Ohio, 
 was born in Delaware County. Ohio, in 1853. 
 His father. Dr. J. B. Hunt, was directly de- 
 scended, in the maternal line, from Miles Stan- 
 dish. Dr. Hunt attended private and public 
 schools, and acquired his professional educa- 
 tion in the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital 
 College, graduating with the class of 1879. 
 He parcticed in Selma, Ohio, 1879-83; Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, 1883-93; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 
 1893-95; anc ' m Columbus since 1895, where 
 he is now engaged in a large practice. He 
 pursued a post-graduate course in the New 
 York Polyclinic in 1885. He had charge of 
 the Good Samaritan Dispensary, Cleveland, 
 Ohio, 1878-79; Huron Street Hospital, 
 Cleveland, 1878-79; was professor of Gyne- 
 cology in Cleveland Medical College, 1892-93; 
 professor of obstetrics and diseases of women 
 in the University of Michigan, 1893-95, and 
 has been surgeon to the Sixth Avenue Private 
 Hospital, Columbus, since 1896. He is a mem- 
 ber of the American Institute of Homeopathy; 
 the Ohio State, (persident in 1897). the Mi- 
 ami Valley, and the Northwestern Ohio 
 Homeopathic Medical Societies; the Round 
 Table, and Magnolia Lodge. A. F. and A. M.. 
 of Columbus. While practicing in Delaware 
 he was a member of the City Council from 
 1888 to 1892. Dr. Hunt married Miss Luella 
 Kitchen, of Selma. Ohio, in [881. 
 
 Dr. Calvin Welch was a man of strong 
 physique, and large stature, being over six 
 feet tall. He had strong likes and dislikes. 
 In early life he lacked the opportunities for 
 an education ; yet he had great natural mental 
 fore. He was born and raised in Delaware. 
 He studies medicine under Dr. Abram Blymer. 
 and after graduating in the fifties, he became 
 a partner of his preceptor. He possessed pe- 
 culiar, natural surgical qualifications. He was 
 often called in consultation to different parts 
 of the county in various cases. He accumu- 
 lated a comfortable competency, and retired 
 from the practice, living in town in his com- 
 modious home. He attended to his farm out- 
 side of the city up to the time of his death in 
 1 901. He was an active member of the State 
 and County Medical Societies. 
 
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 Dr. William McIntvre was born in 
 1824 in Bedford County. Pennsylvania. He 
 was one of nineteen children, and was of 
 Scotch descent. His father came to America 
 before the Revolution. His uncle was a sol- 
 dier in the Revolution and was killed at the 
 battle of Brandywine. The subject of this 
 sketch worked at the saddlery and harness 
 business with his father. He attended school 
 at Bell vi lie when chance afforded the oppor- 
 tunity. From early life his great desire was 
 to become a doctor. At the age of sixteen, he 
 began reading medicine with the old family 
 physician, Dr. Deming, in McConnellsville, 
 Pennsylvania. In 1842 he came to Columbus, 
 Ohio, and was with Dr. Howe for several 
 years. In 1848-49 he attended lectures at 
 Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. 
 He remained one year with his preceptor in 
 Franklin County, coming to Millville, now 
 Warrensburg, Ohio, in 1850. He was mar- 
 ried to Eliza Perry the same year. His wife 
 died in 1903. The doctor died in Warrens- 
 burg in 1906, at the age of eighty-two. He 
 had six children, twenty-four grandchildren, 
 and two great-grandchildren. This early pio- 
 neer traveled the lonely forests, visiting the 
 sick and the afflicted, crossing streams with- 
 out bridges, and riding horse-back over the 
 
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 muddy roads, often with nothing but the 
 blazed trees to guide him, woods to the right 
 of him, woods to the left of him, woods all 
 about him, braving dangers seen arid unseen, 
 enduring hardships unknown to the profes- 
 sii hi today, often taking for his fee a pig or a 
 calf or a chicken, or other farm commodities. 
 Dr. Mclntyre's name was a household word 
 throughout a greater portion of the county. 
 He was for many years an ardent Democrat; 
 but became a staunch Prohibitionist, and re- 
 mained an advocate of temperance until the 
 time of his death. His brusque and out- 
 spoken condemnation of this evil lost him a 
 few friends: yet all gave him credit for his 
 honesty of purpose. He loved his home, and 
 his life was devoted to his Christian wife. 1 lis 
 small, but well-selected library, received the at- 
 tention of his spare moments. He was a faith- 
 ful member and attendant of the State and 
 County Medical Societies. Many remember 
 him by his quaint sayings, and particularly 
 the following: "Doubtful things are very un- 
 certain." "There is just as much difference in 
 people as there is in anybody." Dr. Mclntyre 
 owned about half of Warrensburg. the town 
 he lived in. 
 
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 Dr. J. H. Miller came to Delaware in 
 1903 from a town in western Pennsylvania. 
 He graduated in medicine from the Western 
 Pennsylvania College in 1887. He is a mem- 
 ber of the State and County .Medical So- 
 cieties. 
 
 Dr. Wilber X. Leonard was born in 
 Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio, in 
 i860. After finishing his education in the 
 common schools and attending for a time the 
 "O. W. U.," he entered the office of Dr. John 
 O. McDowell, and afterward graduated from 
 the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, in 1884. Soon after his graduation he 
 settled in Delaware, where he practiced until 
 his death in 1896. He first married Miss 
 Clara Wolrley, who died soon after the mar- 
 riage. He was married to Miss Grace How- 
 ard in 1892. At his death at the age of thirty- 
 six, Delaware lost an active and bright physi- 
 cian in earlv life. 
 
 Dr. Walter M. Haggett was born at 
 Sidney, Ohio, in 1858. He graduated from 
 the High School, and graduated in medicine at 
 Keokuk, Iowa, in 1887. He first located al 
 Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1887. After nineteen 
 years of labor in this town, he came to Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, in 1907. He bought out Dr. John 
 B. W lworth, who left for Texas. 
 
 Dr. E. Luellen was born in Meigs 
 County, Ohio, in 1824. He graduated from 
 the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati. 
 Ohio, about 1863. He read medicine with Dr. 
 Granger at Westfield, Ohio. He married Miss 
 Nancy Trindele. in 1853, in Westfield. Ohio, 
 where he began the practice of medicine in 
 1852. He came to Delaware in 1873, and 
 returned to Westfield in 1877, where he is 
 now in the practice at the advanced age of 
 eighty-three years. He always had the confi- 
 dence of the people for his true Christian life. 
 
 Dr. J. C. Campbell is a successful prac- 
 titioner at Powell. Delaware County, Ohio. 
 He was born in Elwin County, in the Province 
 of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. He was 
 educated in the public schools in his native 
 county. He studied medicine with Dr. J. M. 
 Penwarden in St. Thomas, Province of On- 
 tario, and graduated at the University of Michi- 
 gan in the year 1879. He practiced medicine 
 in the State of Michigan for two years. He 
 then took a post-graduate course at Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago. Illinois, from 
 which he received a diploma in the year 1882. 
 He then located at Powell, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, where he has enjoyed a lucrative prac- 
 tice ever since. 
 
 Dr. J. W. Avery was born in Delaware. 
 Ohio, in 1859. He is a grandson of the late 
 Judge Avery, one of the early pioneers of the 
 ci unty. His mother was a daughter of Dr. 
 James Hill, the sketch of whose life is in this 
 article. It will be seen that he descended from 
 two of the oldest and most prominent fami- 
 lies of the county. After passing through the 
 city schools, he entered the office of Dr. W. T. 
 Constant, and took his M. D. degree in 1884, 
 from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Ohio. The same year lie began practice in his 
 native town. The next year, 1885, he was 
 tendered, and accepted the assistant physician's 
 position at the Dayton Hospital for the In- 
 sane, where he remained until 1888. He then 
 left for western Pennsylvania to enter the 
 general practice of medicine. A few years ago 
 his health caused him to withdraw for a time 
 from practice. He is now in Delaware, wait- 
 ing until he is restored in health that he may 
 again resume his professional work. 
 
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 Dr. Austin D. Mann was born in New 
 Jersey in 1825. He graduated 111 medicine at 
 Starling Medical College in 1845. He lo- 
 cated in Centre Village the same year, where 
 he remained for forty-five years. In 1890 
 he moved to Sunbury, where he practiced thir- 
 teen years. After fifty-eight years of prac- 
 tice in Delaware County he gave up the prac- 
 tice and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he is 
 now living with his grandson. He married 
 Miss Mary Gorsuch and is the father of two 
 girls and ten boys. 
 
 Dr. Charles Francis Talley graduated 
 at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, on the 5th day of March, 18S6. He lo- 
 cated at Hyattsville, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 but soon removed to Powell, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, where he is now located and is engaged 
 in a successful practice. 
 
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 Dr. A. E. Main graduated at the Colum- 
 bus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, Febru- 
 ary 27, 1879. He located in Delaware, Ohio, 
 and was elected coroner of Delaware County, 
 but soon removed to the west, where he is 
 still practicing his profession. 
 
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 Dr. Arthur J. Willey was born in Dela- 
 ware County and is the son oi Samuel and 
 Ellen E. Willey. He was educated in the 
 public schools and at the Ohio Wesleyan Ini- 
 versity. He read medicine with Dr. Clovis 
 M. Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated 
 from the Ohio Medical University at Colum- 
 bus, Ohio, in April, 1898. He was assistant 
 to Dr. Clovis M. Taylor as surgeon to the 
 Protestant Hospital in Columbus for about six 
 
 months, and located in Delaware, Ohio, in 
 December, 1898, where he has been in the 
 practice ever since. He was instrumental in 
 the founding of the Jane M. Case Hospital, of 
 which Delaware people are so justly proud. 
 
 George W. Morehouse, M. D., was born 
 in Kankakee, Illinois, September 16, 1858. 
 The family moved to Marengo, Morrow 
 County. Ohio, in 1864. In the common schools 
 and under the old school masters, he was 
 given the foundamental foundation of his edu- 
 cation. He, at an early age, began teaching 
 in the common schools, and for ten years he 
 was sought as a teacher in Knox, Morrow and 
 I (elaware Counties. 
 
 While teaching, he began his studies in 
 medicine; and in 1886 graduated from the 
 Columbus Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. 
 He first located in Marengo, Morrow County. 
 In the same year he married Miss Luella C. 
 Harrison, a daughter of one of the first fami- 
 lies in Morrow County. Soon after the mar- 
 riage, he moved to Sparta, and entered upon 
 an extensive practice, which he held until Sep- 
 tember, 1907. when he located in Delaware, 
 Ohio, wishing to there give bis children the 
 advantages of a higher education. Always 
 affable, genial and well qualified in his profes- 
 sion, he at once enters upon a promising ca- 
 reer. He is, and has always been, a prominent 
 Methodist. 
 
 Drs. C. Churchill Croy and Alice B. 
 Croy. The last addition to the profession in 
 1907 were Dr. C. Churchill Croy, and his wife. 
 Dr. Alice Butler Croy. Dr. C. C. Croy was 
 born in 1870, and reared at New Dover, Union 
 County. Ohio. He was educated in the com- 
 mon schools, and began the study of medicine 
 in 1893. graduating from the College of Phy- 
 sicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 
 1 81 )8. He was elected superintendent of 
 Mercy Hospital 1897-1898. In 1898' he lo- 
 cated at Bonaparte. Iowa, for a short time, and 
 came to Delaware, Ohio, in 1907. 
 
 Dr. Alice Butler Croy was born in Page 
 County. Iowa. She attended the common 
 schools, and graduated from Harper College 
 at Harper, Kansas, in 1890; and graduated in 
 
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 375 
 
 medicine at the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1898. She was 
 elected matron of Mercy Hospital in 1898 for 
 two years. With her husband they had full 
 charge of the hospital until they located at 
 Bonaparte, Iowa. She. with her husband, came 
 to Delaware. Ohio, in 1907, where they are 
 engaged in a general practice. 
 
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 Dr. Eugene Wilson was born at Sun- 
 bury, Ohio, in 1867. He graduated from the 
 National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. 
 
 He read medicine, and graduated from the 
 
 Ohio Medical University in 1906. He located 
 
 in Galena in 1906. He is a member of the 
 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 Dr. Hexry Furniss was born in 1854, 
 and reared in Berlin Township. He received 
 his education in the common and select schools, 
 and in 1S76 was graduated in medicine from 
 the Columbus Medical College. He read 
 medicine with Dr. Andrews, of Constantia, 
 Delaware County, Ohio. He has been in the 
 practice at Galena most of the time since 
 1 871 i. 
 
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 Dr. F. R. Whitacre was born in Wells- 
 ton, Ohio, in 1870. He graduated from the 
 Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati. Ohio, in 
 1900. and in the same year came to Galena. 
 He belongs to the M. E. Church. He removed 
 to Prairie Depot, Wood County. Ohio. 
 
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 Dr. V. H. Gorselexe located in Radnor 
 in 1876. After remaining there for a few- 
 years he moved to Columbus. Ohio, to ac- 
 cept the position of physician to the penitenti- 
 ary. He graduated at the Columbus Medical 
 
 College. 
 
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 Dr. Titus K. Jones. In 1853, in Troy 
 Township, near Delaware, the subject of this 
 sketch was born. His father and mother were 
 two of the early settlers in this Welch set- 
 tlement. The common schools and rural life 
 prepared him early in life for teaching, which 
 he followed until he took a normal course at 
 the Ohio Business College in Delaware ; and a 
 
 course at Ogden Normal School at Worthing- 
 
 ton, Ohio. In the winter of 1878 he com- 
 menced reading medicine in the office of Dr. 
 S. W. Fowler, at Delaware. Ohio, and gradu- 
 ated at the Columbus Medical College in 1883. 
 He at once, at the earnest solicitation of his 
 Welsh friends and others, located in Delhi, 
 now Radnor, Ohio, where he has been the 
 leading physician and the most prominent doc • 
 tor ever in Radnor or that part of the coun- 
 try. In 1890 he married Miss Harsh, of Rad- 
 nor, the daughter of the late Caleb Harsh, 
 one of the most wealthy men of the county. 
 The honesty and high moral principles of Dr. 
 Jones have given him the entire confidence 
 of all the people be comes in contact with. He 
 is a member of the church, a Mason, and an 
 Odd Fellow. He has a good wife and four 
 children of whom he is justly proud. 
 
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 Dr. A. Shuey is a graduate of the Eclec- 
 tic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio. He 
 came to Radnor in 1890. After a short time 
 he moved to Prospect, Ohio, where he is now- 
 practicing. 
 
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 Dr. T. A. Owens, of Pomeroy. Ohio, 
 came to Radnor in [892. After a short time 
 he moved to Elwood, Indiana. He is a 
 graduate of the Columbus Medical College. 
 
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 Dr. Lingle A. Starr came to Radnor in 
 1890. but only remained a short time. 
 
 Dr. D. C. Fay is and has been the leading 
 physician of Ostrander since he located there. 
 He was born in Union County. Ohio, in 1843. 
 He attended the High School and the Academy 
 at Marysville. Ohio. After finishing his 
 studies he read medicine with Dr. J. M. South- 
 ard, one of the leading practitioners in that 
 county. In 1S64 he attended the Starling 
 Medical College, and in 1867 graduated from 
 the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati. 
 Ohio. He returned home and located at Os- 
 trander. Ohio, the same year. He married in 
 1 87 1 Miss Marv A. Liggett. He belongs to 
 the I. O. O. F.', the I'. & A. M. and K. P. 
 The forty years of professional labors in this 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 community have made him one of the land- 
 marks ; for he is known and appreciated by 
 all. He has witnessed many changes in the 
 profession, not only in his vicinity, but in the 
 county as well. 
 
 jjc sje s(< 
 
 Dr. Erastus Field. The old and much 
 respected Dr. Erastus Field began his work 
 in Bellpoint, and after eight years moved 
 to Ostrander, where he labored until about 
 1876, when, with his sou, Dr. J. H. Field, 
 who graduated from the Cincinnati College of 
 .Medicine in 1870, and who was associated with 
 his father, moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. 
 The old doctor was brought back to his old 
 home for burial several years ago. His son is 
 
 still practicing in Knoxville, Tennessee. 
 
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 Dr. G. E. Cowels was born in Bellpoint 
 in 1862. He attended Columbus Medical Col- 
 lege, and located for practice in Ostrander in 
 1889. He married Miss Johnston in 1894. 
 He is a member of the State and County Medi- 
 cal Societies. 
 
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 Dr. G. B. Weller was born in Unit m 
 County, Ohio, in J 877. He attended Antioch 
 College. He graduated from the Starling 
 Medical College in 1901, and located in North 
 Lewisburg in the same year. He located in 
 Ostrander in 1904. He married Miss Lydia 
 Loveless. He is a member of the State and 
 County Societies. 
 
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 Dr. Lewis Hamilton located in Ostran- 
 der after graduating from the Columbus Medi- 
 cal College. After five years he moved to 
 Marion, Ohio, where he is engaged in a large 
 
 practice. 
 
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 Dr. Silas Williard Fowler is a son of 
 Charles M. and Catherine Ann Fowler, who 
 came to Delaware County. Ohio, in 1847. The 
 father was an oilcloth manufacturer in New 
 York. The doctor was the fourth child, and 
 was born in Green County, New York, and 
 when one year old came with his parents to 
 Porter Township in the eastern part of the 
 countv. He, like many others, was educated 
 
 at first in the common schools. At an early 
 age he was sent to Central College in Frank- 
 lin County, Ohio. After two years in the Col- 
 lege he began teaching. By the consent of his 
 father, in 1864 he enlisted in the army in the 
 One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, O. 
 V. I. After being mustered out of the serv- 
 ice, he entered Oberlin College, where he re- 
 mained until the fall of 1868, when he en- 
 tered the office of that celebrated surgeon, Dr. 
 J. W. Russell, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was 
 one year at -Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend 
 the University. In 1871 he graduated from 
 the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, 
 Pennsylvania. While at Jefferson College he 
 had the advantages of the lectures of the great 
 authors. Gross, Dickson, Wallace, Rand, 
 Keen ami Pancoast. After his graduation he 
 returned to Delaware and opened an office, his 
 father and fanlily having preceded him to 
 Delaware in 1869. For thirty-six years he has 
 been on the main street, and is one of the six 
 business men remaining, who were on the 
 street at that time. During all this time he 
 has been in the forefront of the practice of his 
 profession. He has been a frequent contribu- 
 tor to medical journals, and newspapers, and 
 for many years was the local correspondent of 
 the Cleveland Leader. He has always main- 
 tained high professional standing. 
 
 The Doctor has been an extensive traveler. 
 He has visited all parts of the United States, 
 Mexico, Cuba, the Azores, Africa, Egypt, 
 Palestine, Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey, Switz- 
 erland, Germany, Belgium, France and Eng- 
 land. 
 
 He was raised a Presbyterian, but now 
 belongs to the Methodist Church. He is a 
 member of Hiram Lodge. F. and A. M.. No. 
 18; Delaware Council. No. 84, R. and S. M.; 
 Delaware Chapter, R. and A. M.. and Mar- 
 ion Commandery, K. T., No. 36. He is a 
 member of the Delaware County, the Ohio 
 State, and the .American and the Tenth Dis- 
 trict Medical .Associations. Pie was twice 
 made delegate to the International Medical 
 Congress. He prepared the history of the 
 medical profession for the old county history 
 from 1806 down to the present, 1907. Thus 
 
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 377 
 
 the history of the medical profession is re- 
 corded to the present time. 
 
 Dr. Fowler has always stood for a high 
 standard of medical education and professional 
 ethics, always gave his services freely to the 
 worthy poor, and has done more literary work 
 than most memhers of the profession in the 
 county. The Doctor*s natural bent towards 
 literature, and his long familiarity with news- 
 paper work, has made him one of the most in- 
 teresting and profficient writers the county has 
 ever produced, and it is to he hoped that he 
 will yet put many of his interesting articles 
 into the form of a book, so that the public 
 
 may have the benefit of his experience as a 
 traveler. The I )< ctor's extended acquaintance 
 throughout this county, his lohg profi 
 sional career, and his close and intimate asso- 
 ciation with the older members of the profes- 
 sion who have passed to their reward, have en- 
 abled him to prepare this chapter on the medi- 
 cal profession with much more accuracy and 
 proficiency than it could have been written 
 by the author of this history, who has pre- 
 pared this sketch of Dr. Fowler's life: and the 
 writer hereby wishes to acknowledge his 
 gratefulness to him for this full and complete 
 chapter on the medical profession. 
 
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CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY. 
 
 Revolutionary War — War of 1812 — Seminole War — Mexican War — War of the Rebellion 
 
 — Spanish-A merican 1 1 'asr. 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 
 
 The patriotism of Delaware County is one 
 of which we can be proud. The bravery of her 
 sons has been tested on hundreds of battle 
 fields. Many of the early settlers of the county 
 were soldiers in our great struggle for inde- 
 pendence. This war, however, occurred long 
 before there were any settlements made in 
 Delaware County. When the Revolutionary 
 War closed it found the government weak 
 and bankrupt and the soldiers who had fought 
 for liberty were forced to accept western lands 
 in payment for long years of military service. 
 This brought many pioneers to the western 
 wilderness and particularly to Ohio, where 
 large areas of land were designated as 
 "United States Military Lands" and "Virginia 
 Military Lands." The land on the east side of 
 the Scioto River being designated as the 
 United States Military Lands and that on the 
 west side of the Scioto River, as the Virginia 
 Military Land. These lands were set apart 
 for the benefit of the Revolutionary soldiers 
 by the United States Government. This caused 
 many of the old Revolutionary soldiers to set- 
 tle in Delaware County. Peace found them 
 broken down in spirit and fortune and when 
 lands were offered to them in the West, they 
 were ready to accept and to move toward the 
 setting sun. Such was the noble and warlike 
 stock which made up the early settlers of Dela- 
 ware County. The Revolutionary War and 
 the causes which led to it arc familiar to all 
 
 our school children and require no special ex- 
 planation in this chapter. 
 
 "Where are our sires, our noble sires, 
 Those men of toil and early thought 
 
 Who lit our sacred vestal fires, 
 A heritage so dearly bought?" 
 
 "Ah ! bright upon historic page, 
 
 Enrolled their names shall ever shine 
 
 With peerless lustre, age on age 
 
 Through bright'ning realm of coming time." 
 
 The following is a list of the soldiers of the 
 Revolutionary War who came to Delaware 
 County and died within its bounds. 
 
 Adams, David, died and buried in Harlem Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Bidlack, Philemon, died in 1844, aged 84 years, buried 
 at Sunbury. 
 
 Black, William, Concord Township ; buried at Mill- 
 creek Cemetery. 
 
 Brown. Ezekiel. buried at Sunbury. 
 
 Carpenter, Judge Benjamin, buried at Galena. 
 
 Carpenter, Rev. Gilbert, brother of Benjamin, buried 
 at Galena. 
 
 Carpenter, Nathan, Liberty Township, buried on Car- 
 penter farm. 
 
 Clark, James, served seven years: buried at Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 Conklin, David, died in 1858, buried in Orange Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Conrad, Cline, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Curtis, Captain John, taken for burial to Marietta. 
 
 Hillman, John, buried in Stark cemetery, near Olive 
 Green. 
 
 Huff, John, died in 1848, aged 85, buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 
 lameson, Robert, buried in old cemetery, Delaware. 
 
 Kooken, James, founder of Bellepoint, buried near 
 Stratford. 
 
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 Long well. James, probably buried at Berkshire. 
 
 Lott, Ebenezer, buried in Stark cemetery, near Olive 
 Green. 
 
 Martin, Jacob, died at Johnstown, Licking County, 
 aged 104, buried there. 
 
 McNett, Adam, died 1848, aged 85, buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 
 Monroe, Isaac, buried in Cole cemetery, near Hyatts- 
 ville. 
 
 Morgan, Pelatiah, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Myers, , buried near Galena. 
 
 Pain;, John, Scioto Township, buried in Baptist ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Potter, Joseph, buried in cemetery at Blue Church. 
 
 Rodgers, Bigsby, buried in Burnside cemetery, south 
 part of cemetery. 
 
 Root. Azariah, burial place unknown. 
 
 Smith, Daniel, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Smith, Col. Solomon D., buried in old cemetery, Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 Spaulding, Abel, served in Vermont militia, burial 
 place unknown. 
 
 Swartz, John, probably buried in Thompson Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Taylor, Daniel, died in 1853, aged 93. buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 
 Van Dorn, Gilbert, probably buried at Van's Valley. 
 
 Warrington, John, on Washington's staff : buried in 
 Baptist cemetery. 
 
 Wilcox, , buried at Norton cemetery. 
 
 Williams, James, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Williams, Nehemiah, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 WAR OF l8l 2. 
 
 In the War of 181 2 and the Indian wars 
 of that period. Delaware County contained a 
 population of but a few hundred but they came 
 forward with the same lofty spirit of patriot- 
 ism which has ever since pervaded her sons 
 and which characterized their Revolutionary 
 sires. There were some who had been present 
 at the surrender of Cormvallis and others who 
 had been with Gates and Green in the south, 
 while many others were descendants of such 
 heroic stock. 
 
 Two block houses had been built in the 
 county for defense from the Indians. One of 
 these was situated near Norton in the north- 
 ern part of the county and the other just west 
 of Cheshire in the southern part. For fuller 
 particulars concerning these buildings and in- 
 cidents connected with them, see chapter on 
 the Indian history of the county. 
 
 It was through the village of Delaware 
 that one division of Harrison'- army marched 
 "ii their way from Chillicothe to Sandusky; 
 having passed along what is now Sandusky 
 
 Street and from this incident the street re- 
 ceived its name. Another division passed on 
 the west side of the Scioto and from this inci- 
 dent received the name of Military Road. 
 General Harrison was with the division that 
 marched through Delaware and as this was the 
 line of march between the north and the south 
 it will account for some of the incidents men- 
 tioned in what follows. 
 
 At what is known as Cole's cemetery, south 
 of Stratford, near and west of the Olentangy, 
 in a lone grave, repose the ashes of one of 
 our real pioneers, a near relative of one 
 of the early piesidents of the United States, 
 who was with Washington at Valley Forge 
 and at the crossing of the Delaware River 
 at Trenton ; that man's name was Leonard 
 Monroe. In the shade of a magnificent beech 
 tree, which stood in another part of this same 
 God's acre, in a long but shallow grave, sleep 
 half a score of soldiers of the war of 181 2-1 4. 
 who perished while on their way to their 
 homes in the vicinity of Chillicothe. They 
 were sick and wounded members of General 
 W. H. Harrison's army, who were following 
 a trail midway between the Scioto and Olen- 
 tangy Rivers and had stopped for the night 
 under this tree. Weak from hunger and 
 wounds, scantily clothed, they were ill pre- 
 pared to stand the storm which stole upon 
 them like a thief in the night, while they slept 
 and dreamed of home and their loved ones. 
 Near midnight it began to rain hard and grew 
 intensely cold. The rain put out all their fires, 
 thoroughly wetting them. It was a night like 
 the one experienced by our Boys in Blue on 
 New Year's eve in '63 and '64. only much 
 more severe. The result was that all but the 
 few vigorous and strong ones perished and 
 were buried by their surviving comrades in 
 that lonely grave. 
 
 There is a tradition which is more than 
 probable that the army under General Harri- 
 son camped for some time in Delaware. Dur- 
 ing this time an epidemic prevailed and a num- 
 ber of old soldiers died and were buried 1 
 where the Odovene Spring is now located. 
 When the Big Four Railroad was built it was 
 necessarv to remove these soldiers and the re- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 mains were gathered together without distinc- 
 tion and interred in one grave in what is 
 known as the old cemetery, and heing un- 
 marked have never been removed. 
 
 "They sleep their last sleep, 
 
 They have fought their last battle ; 
 
 No sound shall awake them to glory again." 
 
 The following is a list of soldiers of the 
 War o-f 1812 who lived and died in Delaware 
 County, and their burial places. 
 
 Abbott, Charles, died 1853, aged 85, buried at Sun- 
 
 bury. 
 Adams, Elias, buried at Cheshire. 
 Bartlett, Joel, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 Beach, Israel, Berkshire cemetery; died 1868, aged 77; 
 
 enlisted as substitute under another name. 
 Bean, John- buried in Baptist cemetery at Ostrander. 
 Bishop, Elisha, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Bixby, . buried in Burnside cemetery. 
 
 Black, Marshall, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Boyd, William, buried in cemetery at Radnor. 
 
 Brown, Robert, buried at Ashley. 
 
 Burroughs, , buried at Ashley.' 
 
 Butt, Isaac, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Carney, Thomas, buried in cemetery of Blue Church. 
 
 Case. Ralph, died in Liberty Township, aged 82, buried 
 
 m Liberty cemetery. 
 Caykcndall, Peter, buried in cemetery of Blue Church. 
 Cellar, George, member of Capt. Drake's company, 
 
 buried in Liberty cemetery. 
 Cellar. John F., member of Capt. Drake's company, 
 
 buried in Liberty cemetery. 
 Cellar, Robert, member of Capt. Drake's company, 
 
 buried in Liberty cemetery. 
 Cellar. Thomas McCoy, mem. Capt. Drake's company. 
 
 buried in Liberty cemetery. 
 Clawson, Elder, buried 111 Burnside cemetery. 
 Cline, Henry, buried at Marlborough. 
 Cole, Joseph, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 fare, Peter, buried in cemetery at Radnor. 
 Copeland, Week-, buried in Burnside cemetery. 
 1 orbin Reuben, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 Covell, Calvin, buried in Oak Grove cemetery. 
 Cowgill. Thomas, buried in Oak Grove cemetery. 
 Crawford, James \\ , father of James M., buried in 
 
 ( 1,1k < ini\ e. 
 , Kail, buried ai Ashley. 
 Cunningham. Joseph, buried in Oak (.1 
 Curren, Joseph buried .'11 Marlborough. 
 Curtis, Marcus, buried at Galena. 
 1 ds, William, buried at Radnor. 
 Decker, Joseph, born 1786, died [863, buried at Bokes- 
 
 creck. 
 Decker Moses, buried at Sunbury. 
 Dildine, Ralph, buried at Radnor. 
 I ill, nil-. Michael, born ij.sj, died [849, buried at 
 
 Boki ;cn 
 Dobson, John, buried a' Gn ■• cemetery. 
 I i' idds, )' iseph, buried ;il I ■ 
 Ferson, Samuel, buried in cemetery al \irica. 
 
 Fisher, Jacob, buried at Berk-hire; born I7=;9, died 
 1843. 
 
 Fisk. Claudis L., buried at Ashley. 
 
 Freese, John, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Gillis, James, buried in Liberty cemetery. 
 
 Grigsby, John, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Hardin, John, played the fife six miles without stop- 
 ping ; buried at Liberty. 
 
 Harris, David, buried in cemetery at Old Eden. 
 
 Harrison James, buried in cemetery at Olive Green. 
 
 Harter, John, buried at Oak Grove. 
 
 Haskins, James, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Haszlett, Jacky, buried in cemetery at Olive Green. 
 
 Hevelo, David Stapleford, buried in cemetery at Old 
 Eden. 
 
 Hill, Caleb, buried at Radnor. 
 
 Hillman, Aaron, buried in cemetery at Olive Green. 
 
 Horner, John, buried at Olive Green. 
 
 Howlett, Heman, buried in cemetery at Cheshire. 
 
 Hughes, Rev. Joseph S., buried in Oak Grove ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Hultz, Jesse, buried in cemetery at Cheshire. 
 
 Hurlburt, Lee, buried in cemetery at Africa. 
 
 Ingram, Isaac, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Jackson, James, buried at Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Jacobus. John C, buried at Trenton. 
 
 James, Robert, died 1876, aged 82, buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 
 Jameson, Robert, buried at Oak Grove. 
 
 Johnson, Zachariah, buried at Oak Grove. 
 
 Johnson, David, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Jones, Abrarrl, buried in the Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Kelly, James, buried at Olive Green. 
 
 Kepple, Abraham, buried at Radnor. 
 
 Kirk. John, buried at Bokescreek. 
 
 Lawrence, John, buried at Fairview. 
 
 Lawson, Peter P., died 1852, buried in Oak Grove 
 cemetery. 
 
 Lewis, Dr. John, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Little, William, died March, 1848; buried in Oak 
 Grove. 
 
 Long, Daniel, buried in cemetery at Millcreek. 
 
 Longwell, Ralph, buried at Old Eden. 
 
 Lott, Joseph, buried at Olive Green. 
 
 Loveless, John, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Main, Eleazer, buried in Marlborough. 
 
 Main, Timothy, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Marley. Frank, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Martm, Benjamin, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Mather, , taught school in Delaware. 
 
 McCoy. Robert W., buried in Oak Grove cemetery 
 
 McCumber, Jeremiah, buried at Eversole', south of 
 G. I. H. 
 
 McKinney, Josiah, buried in cemetery at Liberty. 
 
 Meeker, Forest, under Gen. Harrison; buried in Oak 
 Grove cemetery. 
 
 Monroe. Leonard, the old Cole cemetery, south of 
 Stratford. 
 
 Newhouse, Anthony, born 1772, died 1851, buried in 
 Newhouse cemetery. 
 
 Oiler, George, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Oiler, Jacob, buried in < lller cemetery. 
 
 Omble, Martin, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Orcutt, Sylvester, died [866, aged 83, buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 Patrick, Benjamin, died [843, aged 68, buried at Sun- 
 bury. 
 
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 Perry, Robert, buried at Radnor. 
 
 Philips, John, buried at Radnor. 
 
 Pierce, Co. Joshua, buried in Burnside cemetery. 
 
 Piper. Adam, buried at Center Village. 
 
 Potter, Gilbert, buried in cemetery at Blue Church. 
 
 Powers, Avery, killed by Indians near Sandusky. 
 
 Randolph, Marsh, no record of burial place. 
 
 Ray. Rowland, buried in Ollen cemetery. 
 
 Rhode-, William, buried in Eversole cemetery, south of 
 G. I. H. 
 
 Ripley. Thomas, buried at Radnor. 
 
 Roberts. Hezekiah, buried in Burnside cemetery. 
 
 Ryant, John, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Salesbury, John, buried in Oiler cemetery. 
 
 Salmon, Joohn. died April 14. 1S04. probably buried 
 in Eden. 
 
 Sewell, Henry, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Shahan. Joshua, died in Belmont county. 
 
 Sharp, William F.. buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Slack, John, buried at Cheshire. 
 
 Smead, Livingston, gth Va. Vol. ; buried in Newhouse 
 cemetery. 
 
 Spaulding, Micah, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Sprague, Col. P., buried in old cemetery, Delaware. 
 
 Stover, Benjamin F., burial place unknown. 
 
 .Stratton, Isaac, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 Swartz, Sebastian, died 1822. buried probably at ceme- 
 tery near Thompson. 
 
 Swartz, Henry, probably buried in cemetery near 
 Thompson chapel. 
 
 Van Deman, Henry, buried in Oak Grove at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 Waldron, George, no record of burial. 
 
 Wheaton, Esquire, buried at Trenton. 
 
 White, . no record of burial. 
 
 Williams, Hosea, Q. M. Dep't. ; buried in Oak Grove 
 cemetery. 
 
 Woodstock, Cornelius, buried in cemetery at Blue 
 Church. 
 
 Worline, Adam, buried in old cemetery in Delaware. 
 
 Worline, John, buried in Marlborough. 
 
 Worline, Michael, buried at Marlborough. 
 
 A number of these old soldiers of 181 2 are 
 buried at what is known as Wyatt cemetery, 
 just over the northern line of Delaware County 
 in Marion County, who lived within the boun- 
 daries of this county but their names could not 
 and probably will never be obtained. 
 
 "\ dirge tnr the brave old pioneers 
 
 111- muffled drums resound! 
 Our warriors are slumbering here 
 
 Near to their battle-ground ; 
 For not alone with beasts of prey, 
 
 The bloody strife they waged, 
 But foremost in the deadly fray. 
 
 Where savage combat r;i 
 
 SEMIXOLE INDIAN WAR. 
 
 Two from this county served in this war. 
 namely Pinckney Lugenbeel and Calvin T. 
 
 Townley. Mr. Lugenbeel was the first to re- 
 ceive an appointment as a cadet to the military 
 school at West Point. He graduated with 
 honor in 1840 and after his graduation was 
 sent to take part in this conflict, serving later 
 in the Mexican War. Mr. Townley was 111 
 the U. S. Marine Corps. 
 
 THE MEXICAN WAR. 
 
 After the War of 1812 and the Indian 
 wars aco unpanying it, the people of Delaware 
 County were no more disturbed until the Mex- 
 ican War. The circumstances which led to 
 this contest resulted from the admission of 
 Texas into the American Union. The "Lone 
 Star" State,. by which name this state had been 
 known, was a province of Mexico, had seceded, 
 and for years its citizens had been carrying on 
 a guerrilla warfare with the mother country, 
 with varying results. In 1836 a battle had been 
 fought in San Jacinto, at which Santa Anna, 
 dictator of Mexico, was captured and his 
 whole army either killed or made prisoners. 
 Santa Anna was held in strict confinement 
 and finally signed a treaty acknowledging the 
 independence of Texas ; but in violation of the 
 treaty, the Republic of Mexico treated Texas 
 and its inhabitants just as she had previously 
 done. From this time on petitions were fre- 
 quently presented to the United States govern- 
 ment, asking admission into the Union. Mex- 
 ico used every means possible to prevent the 
 admission by declaring that her reception would 
 be regarded as a cause for declaration of war, 
 thinking thus to intimidate the United State-. 
 In the presidential contest of 1844 between 
 Clay and Polk, the annexation of Texas was 
 one of the leading issues before the people. 
 Mr. Polk favored the admission and was elec- 
 ted and this was taken as a public declaration 
 on the subject. After this election Congress 
 did not hesitate to grant the petition of Texas, 
 and on the first of March, 1845. formally re- 
 ceived her as a part of the United State*. 
 Mexico at once broke off all relations with the 
 United States and called home her mini-tor. 
 which was equivalent to a declaration of war. 
 Congress immediately passed an act. authoriz- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ing the president to accept the service of fifty 
 thousand volunteers and made an appropria- 
 tion of ten millions of dollars to carry on the 
 war. 
 
 The war feeling swept over the country 
 and its patriotism was aroused to the highest 
 pitch of excitement. In the call of the presi- 
 dent for fifty thousand men, Ohio was required 
 to furnish three regiments. Delaware County 
 was ready to do her part. Cincinnati was the 
 place of rendezvous. 
 
 Mr. Z. L. White, who is now vice-presi- 
 dent of the City National Bank at Columbus, 
 Ohio, was one of the Mexican War soldiers 
 from Delaware County. 
 
 The following list of soldiers that served 
 in the war with Mexico, from Delaware 
 County, includes the names of a few who en- 
 listed elsewhere, but became citizens of the 
 county after the war : 
 
 Albright, Samuel. 
 
 Bill, Daniel, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Bogan, J. M. C, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Borgan, Joseph. 
 
 Boyd, William, private in Capt. Hawkin's ind. com- 
 pany. 
 
 Brentvvell, Isaac, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brithartz, Lewis. A., sergt., Co. F, 3d O. V. I. 
 
 Carpenter, Dorman, private, Co. B, Mounted In- 
 fantry. 
 
 Clark, Lewis H. 
 
 Crawford, A. J., private, Co. B, 1st O. V. I. 
 
 Crawford, Thomas J„ private, Co. B. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Cryder, George S., private in a Perm, regiment. 
 
 Cutler, James, private, Co. E, 2nd U. S. I. 
 
 Daily, Nathan, killed at the battle of Buena Vista. 
 
 Davis. John R., private. Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Deppen, Hiram, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Deppen, Lucius, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 DePugh, Calvin, enlisted in New York in U. S. regu- 
 lars. 
 
 Foreman, Alfred, buried in Millcreek, Co. E, 4th O. 
 V. I. 
 
 Hanover, John, private in Co. F, 2nd O. V. I. 
 
 Hay. Jacob, 2nd Reg't, died Nov. 15, 1847. at Jalapa, 
 Mexico. 
 
 Hinton, Edgar, enlisted in Col. Donephan's command. 
 
 Lawson, Oris. 
 
 Linder, Charles, 
 
 Linder, Jacob. 
 
 Maddox, Bednigo. 
 
 Moore, Abel, 2nd lieut. Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Olds, Henry, private, Co. H, 2nd O. V. I. 
 
 Osgood, Berard. 
 
 Parks, Tine. 
 
 Powers, Hiram, member of the Texas Rangers. 
 
 Riddle. J. 
 
 Rogers, Joseph, private Co. I, 1st O. V. I. 
 
 Roman, Dorrence. 
 
 Rose. Calvin, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 Slife, Phillip, private in Capt. Duncan's ind. Co. 
 Slife, Samuel, private in Capt. Duncan's ind. Co. 
 Smith, Lewis, corp. in Co. B, U. S. Mounted Rifle- 
 men. 
 Taylor, George, private, Co. D, 2nd O. V. I. 
 Trout, Amos, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 Trout, Joseph, private, Co. E, 4th O. V. I. 
 Wasson, William. 
 
 WAR OF THE REBELLION. 
 
 After the war with Mexico, comes the 
 War of the Rebellion, the greatest struggle in 
 the world's history, occurring in the years 1861 
 to '65. Any history of Delaware County that 
 did not contain some record of this great 
 struggle would not be complete. Nothing will 
 be of greater interest to coming generations 
 than a true and faithful account of the events 
 of those five long and gloomy years. 
 
 "Armies met in the shock 
 Of war, with shout and groan, and clarion blast, 
 And the hoarse echoes of the thunder-gun." 
 
 We owe it as a duty to the soldiers who 
 took part in this struggle to record and pre- 
 serve the leading facts and to preserve the 
 names of the living and dead who freely of- 
 fered their lives for this cause. 
 
 Delaware County furnished about twenty- 
 five hundred men in this great struggle. They 
 were represented in almost every regiment that 
 went from the State and in many regiments 
 from other states and in many regiment^ of 
 United State troops, were the state from which 
 they had enlisted is not indicated. 
 
 In the first call for three months' service 
 Delaware County was largely represented. 
 The first regiment in which this county is 
 represented, was the Fourth Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry. It was organized in April, 1861, 
 at Camp Jackson, Columbus, under the old 
 militia law of the state. This regiment con- 
 tained two full companies from Delaware 
 County. The first was Company C. which was 
 recruited by Capt. James M. Crawford. The 
 officers were: James M. Crawford, captain; 
 Eugene Powell, first lieutenant ; and Byron 
 Dolbear, second lieutenant. Lieutenant Powell 
 had recruited a sufficient number to form an- 
 
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 383 
 
 other company, of which he was elected cap- 
 tain, and mustered in as Company I. 
 
 A few days after the President's call 
 for three years* men, a majority of the regi- 
 ment, including almost the entire companies 
 of Captains Crawford and Powell signified 
 their willingness to enter the service for that 
 period and were mustered in for three years. 
 The regiment endured hard service and was 
 engaged in many battles. 
 
 The Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
 was the next regiment in which Delaware 
 County was represented. The regiment was 
 organized for three years service at Camp 
 Chase, in September 1861. Delaware County 
 was represented by Company D, which was 
 recruited by C. H. McElroy to the number of 
 fifty men, with whom he reported to Col. 
 Whitlesey and was assigned as Company G 
 and was mustered into service. V. T. Hills 
 was commissioned as second lieutenant, under 
 which authority he returned to Delaware and 
 recruited the company to its full number and 
 the assignment was then made as Company 
 D. C. H. McElroy was elected captain, V. T. 
 Hills, first lieutenant, and Henry Sherman. 
 second lieutenant. 
 
 The company soon became one of the best 
 drilled in the regiment and when the colors 
 were received, they were assigned to Com- 
 pany D. 
 
 After valiant service during the three 
 years, the original members, (except veterans) 
 were mustered out and the organization com- 
 posed of veterans and recruits was retained 
 in service until July 15, 1865, when it was 
 mustered out in accordance with orders from 
 the War Department. 
 
 The Twenty-sixth 0. J'. I. — The Twenty- 
 sixth O. V. I. contained much material from 
 this county. Company C was recruited largely 
 in the vicinity of Ashley and was mustered 
 into the three years service in August. 1861. 
 Jesse Meredith was captain; E. A. Hicks,, 
 first lieutenant ; and William Clark, second 
 lieutenant. 
 
 This regiment bore a conspicuous and hon- 
 orable part in nearly all of the battles along 
 the Tennessee and around Chattanooga. The 
 
 regiment was honorably discharged at the close 
 of the war. 
 
 The Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first 
 and Thirty-second regiments contained many 
 members from Delaware County, especially 
 Company I of the Thirty-second, which was 
 largely recruited from this county, of which 
 Jay Dyer was captain. The Forty-third and 
 Forty-eighth contained many men also re- 
 cruited in Delaware County. 
 
 The Sixty -sixth O. V. I. — This regiment 
 was organized under the President's second 
 call for troops, and was mustered into service 
 on the seventeenth of December. 1861. It 
 contained two companies, E and K. from this 
 county. It did valiant service in the Army of 
 the Cumberland and was with Sherman on the 
 march from "Atlanta to the sea." 
 
 The Eighty-second 0. V. I. — This regiment 
 drew one company from Delaware County, 
 namely. Company I, of which the following 
 were the first officers : George H. Purely, cap- 
 tain ; Alfred E. Lee, first lieutenant, and H. 
 M. Latzenberger, second lieutenant. On the 
 thirty-first of December, 1861, the regiment 
 was mustered into the service with nine hun- 
 dred and sixty-eight men. Few regiments 
 from this State performed better service or 
 did more hard fighting than the Eighty-sec- 
 ond. 
 
 The Ninety-sixth 0. V. /.—The Ninety- 
 sixth Regiment was organized at Camp Dela- 
 ware, August 19, 1862, to serve three years. 
 Two companies of this regiment were re- 
 cruited in Delaware County, namely. F and 
 G. The first officers of Company F were S. 
 P. Weiser, captain; J. N. Dunlap, first lieuten- 
 ant, and H. C. Ashwell, second lieutenant; 
 of Company G, J. H. Kimball, captain: H. J. 
 Jarvis, first lieutenant ; E. M. Eastman, sec- 
 ond lieutenant. The regiment did service 
 along and west of the Mississippi, extending 
 as far as the southern cost of Texas. It was 
 consolidated into a battalion of five companies, 
 November 18, 1864, and on July 7. 1865, 
 was mustered out by order of the War De- 
 partment. 
 
 The One Hundred and Twenty-first 0. J'. I ■ 
 — This regiment was organized at Camp Dela- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ware, the old camp of the Ninety-sixth, in 
 September, 1862. Four companies were largely 
 drawn from Delaware County — Companies C, 
 D, H and K. This regiment did valiant ser- 
 vice in the Army of the Cumberland and par- 
 ticularly in all the battles in the vicinity of 
 Chattanooga, Tennessee. The regiment was 
 mustered out of service June 8, 1865, by order 
 of the War Department. 
 
 The One Hundred and Forty-fifth O. V. I. 
 — In the spring of 1864 the cry was "( >n 
 to Richmond." A council of war was held at 
 Washington, in which the governors of Ohio, 
 Indiana, Illinois and Iowa took part. Gen- 
 eral Grant desired seventy-five thousand more 
 troops before beginning his march to Rich- 
 mond. The governor of Ohio, on returning 
 home, called into service the Ohio National 
 Guard; these governors having pledged to 
 furnish seventy-five thousand troops within ten 
 days for one hundred days' service. The call 
 was responded to with few exceptions and all 
 were on the field within the time designated. 
 Many of these men lived on farms and had 
 made no plans for being absent, and many oi 
 them were persons who had been exempted 
 on account of age or physical disability. The 
 above regiment was largely composed of Dela- 
 ware County men. The regiment was or- 
 ganized at Camp Chase on the twelfth of May, 
 1864, and was immediately ordered to Wash- 
 ingt; n City. Upon its arrival it was assigned 
 to General Augur for defense of Washington. 
 The service of the regiment consisted prin- 
 cipally of garrison and fatigue duty, in which. 
 during the whole period, it was constantly em- 
 ployed. It was drilled in both infantry and 
 heavy artillery tactics. Although not en- 
 gaged in battle during the term of service, it 
 took the place of veteran soldiers who were 
 permitted to re-enforce General Grant in his 
 advance on Richmond. The regiment was 
 mustered out at Camp Chase on August 23, 
 [864, 
 
 The (hie Hundred and Seventy-fourth 0. 
 V. I. — This regiment was , me of the last regi- 
 ments raised in the State to serve one year, 
 and was composed largely of those who had 
 served in other regiments. This regiment and 
 
 also the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth num- 
 bered many soldiers in their ranks from Dela- 
 ware County. 
 
 Tlie Eighteenth United States Regulars — 
 This regiment drew one full company and 
 part of another from Delaware County, both of 
 which did valiant service during the entire 
 war. To find a complete record of this regi- 
 ment, the reader is referred to the roster of 
 the United States troops. 
 
 Besides those who served in the infantry, 
 a large number served in various cavalry regi- 
 ments of the State, reference to which is made 
 in the roster of Delaware Count)- soldiers 
 which follows. Also a few from this county 
 served in the navy, record of which is also 
 made. Quite a number from Delaware County 
 served in the Second Regiment of Ohio Heavy 
 Artillery, and some in the independent organ- 
 izations. 
 
 Delaware County has been fruitful in pro- 
 ducing men who have become prominent in 
 the history of our country. Four of her sons 
 became generals during the war of '61 to '65. 
 
 :£ ^ 5S= 
 
 Major-General Rutherford B. Hayes 
 was born in Delaware, October 4, 1822. He 
 studied law with Thomas Sparrow at Colum- 
 bus and graduated from the law school at 
 Harvard College. At the outbreak of the 
 Civil War he offered his services and was 
 appointed a major of the Twenty-third Ohio 
 Infantry, June 7, 1861 He was promoted 
 to lieutenant-colonel. November 4, 1861. On 
 October 15, 1862, be was promoted to colonel 
 of the Ninety-second Regiment. He dis- 
 tinguished himself by heroic conduct at the 
 battle of Winchester and was disabled at the 
 battle of South Mountain. For his gallant 
 service in these and other battles he was ap- 
 pointed brigadier-general. October, 1864. He 
 had three horses shot under him and was 
 wounded four times. He served two years in 
 Congress, three times was elected governor 
 of Ohio, and served one term as President of 
 the United States. The old Hayes homestead 
 still stands in Delaware on East William 
 Street, and should he preserved as a memorial 
 for a heroic life. 
 
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 385 
 
 William Stark Rosecrans was a native 
 of Delaware County. He was born on a farm 
 south of the Blue Church, in Kingston Town- 
 ship, September 6, 18 19. Young Rosecrans 
 was possessed of great energy of character 
 and mainly through his own individual ex- 
 ertion he gained admission into the Military 
 Academy at West Point. At this place he was 
 known as a diligent student. After his gradu- 
 ation he entered the Engineer Corp of the 
 regular army as brevet second lieutenant, and 
 was assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe. 
 After serving in this capacity for a time, he 
 resigned his position and resided in Cincinnati 
 until the breaking out of the Rebellion. From 
 the moment that war was declared, Rosecrans 
 gave his time and thoughts to no other sub- 
 ject. He devoted this time to organizing and 
 drilling the Home Guards against any sudden 
 rush over the border from the South. When 
 Governor Dennison appointed McClellan 
 major-general of the Ohio militia, he accepted 
 the position of engineer on his staff and pre- 
 pared a camp for instruction of the volun- 
 teers that were now pouring into camp. On 
 June 9 he was commissioned chief engineer 
 of the State and a few days later was made 
 colonel of the Twenty-third Ohio and assigned 
 to the command of Camp Chase. Four days 
 afterwards, he received a commission as 
 brigadier-general in the United States army. 
 From this time the record of General Rose- 
 crans is familiar to all readers of the history 
 of the great rebellion. He died a few years 
 ago and his remains were buried in Arlington 
 Heights overlooking the city of Washington, 
 D. C. At this time only a small monument 
 marks his grave. Here we will leave him and 
 like many another deserving individual 
 
 "The flame 
 Has fallen, and iN lush and fitful gleams 
 Perchance have faded, but the living fires 
 Still glow beneath the ashes." 
 
 General J. S. Jones was born in Cham- 
 paign County. Ohio, February 12. [836. 
 Passing his boyhood days mi the farm and 
 
 attending the district schools. March 3, 1853, 
 at the age of seventeen years he entered the 
 preparatory department of Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, applying himself to such manual 
 labor as he could secure about the town to de- 
 fray the expenses of his college course. He 
 was graduated in the scientific course, June 
 13, 1855, and then turned his attention to the 
 study of law. He prosecuted his studies in 
 the office of Powell & Van Deman at Dela- 
 ware, and was admitted to the Bar in 1857. 
 When the dark cloud of the Civil war cast 
 its shadow over the national horizon in 1801, 
 Mr. Jones resigned his position to which he 
 had been elected, that of prosecuting attorney, 
 and enlisted on April 16, of that year in 
 Company C. 4th O. V. I. He was soon 
 elected first lieutenant of his company, his 
 commission dating from the date of his enlist- 
 ment. He was in many battles during the 
 war. He was promoted to a captaincy in 1862. 
 He served as a member of the Legislature and 
 in the congress of the United States. On 
 the twenty-seventh of June, 1865, he was 
 breveted brigadier-general for "gallant and 
 meritorious service during the war." 
 
 % ^ ^ 
 
 Eugene Powell was born in Delaware, 
 November 18, 1834. When Lincoln made his 
 first call for troops at the outbreak of the 
 war, he enlisted as a captain in the Fourth 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in this 
 capacity until October, 1861, when he was 
 made a major in the same regiment. He was 
 appointed lieutenant-colonel of the One Hun- 
 dred and Ninety-third and March 13. 1865. was 
 made brigadier-general. General Powell re- 
 mained in the army until the close of the war 
 and on his retirement. Secretary of War Stan- 
 ton offered him. the rank of major in the regu- 
 lar army, which he did not accept. He held 
 many positions of trust throughout his long 
 and busy life. He commanded the respect of 
 all and numbered, throughout the State, a 
 large circle of sincere friends. 
 
 Of the minor offices from that of colonel 
 down, Delaware County furnished a large 
 number. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE. 
 
 So far as diligent and patient research 
 could find the record, the following roster 
 presents the name of every soldier who went 
 from Delaware County in the War of '6i-'65, 
 and many who enlisted elsewhere but are now 
 living or have lived in the county. Where 
 no other mention is made, the enlistments were 
 usually within the county. Where the soldier 
 is credited with veteran service the re-enlist- 
 ment was usually in the same regiment unless 
 otherwise stated. Although as our title indi- 
 cates it is mainly composed of the rank and 
 file of those who fought and won our vic- 
 tories, it also includes general staff and field 
 officers, where such belong to the county. A 
 brief record of the Ohio regiments in which a 
 company or more from Delaware County 
 served, has been given, and we believe the 
 children and children's children of the soldiers 
 of the county have just cause for pride in con- 
 necting their names with the roster by com- 
 pany and regiment and the achievements of 
 these troops. For a list of the battles and en- 
 gagements of the war in which these brave 
 men took part, we refer the reader to the 
 many histories of the war. In preparing this 
 chapter, the writer, while sparing no effort to 
 make it a full and complete roster of Delaware 
 county's troops in the War of the Rebellion, 
 is aware that many errors may be found and 
 smiie names not obtained. We believe our 
 patrons, realizing the magnitude of the work, 
 will not be unduly critical, when such errors 
 occur. The chapter has grown beyond the 
 limits expected and it is believed the soldiers 
 for whom it has been written will appreciate 
 the result obtained. The following is the 
 key to the abbreviations used in the roster : 
 
 A. C. — army corps. A. D. C. — aide-de- 
 camp. Adjt. — adjutant. App. — appointed. 
 Art. — artillery. Artif. — artificer. Bat. — bat- 
 tery. Batn. — battalion. Bet. — between. Brew 
 — lire vetted. Brig. — brigade. Capt.— cap- 
 tain. Cap. — captured. Cav. — cavalry. Co. — 
 company and county. Col. — colonel. Com. 
 — commissioned. Corny. — commissary. Corp. 
 — corporal. Consol. — consolidated. Det. — 
 
 detailed. Dis. — discharged. Disab. — disa- 
 bility, disabled. Div. — division. E. — enlisted. 
 Eng. — engineers. Gen. — general. H. A. — 
 heavy artillery. Hd. Qtrs. — headquarters. 
 Hosp. — hospital. Indp. — independent. Inf. 
 — infantry. Isl. — island. L. A. — light artil- 
 lery. Lieut. — lieutenant. M. O. — mustered 
 out. Mt. — mountain. Ord. — orderly. Pro. 
 — promoted. Prov. — provost. Q. M. — quar- 
 termaster. Reg. — regiment, regimental. Res. 
 — resigned. Sergt. — Sergeant. Squad. — squad- 
 ron. S. S. — sharpshooters. Sta. — station. 
 Stew. — steward. Trans. — transferred. Twp. 
 — township. V. I. — volunteer infantry. V. 
 V. I. — veteran volunteer infantry. V. C. — 
 volunteer cavalry. V. V. C. — -veteran volun- 
 teer cavalry. Vet. — veteranized. W R. C. — 
 veteran reserve corps. 
 
 Abbott, Elijah, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Abrams, John, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Abrams. Marion, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. ; died on hospital 
 
 boat Jan. 13, 1863. 
 Adams, Augustus, mem. "Berkshire Gray Guards ;" and 
 
 Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Adams, Francis M.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Adams, Henry P., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Adams. Jesse, corp. Co. K. 121st O. V. I., died Aug. 
 
 12, 1869. 
 Adams, John, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Adams, Joseph J., Co. A, 95th O. V. I.; disabled at 
 
 Richmond, Ky. 
 Adams, Milo S., Co. K. 121st O. V. I. 
 Adams, W. L., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Adkins, Charles I., Co. K, 27th O. V. I. 
 Adkins, William H.. Co. G, 48th Ind. V. I. : died 1863, 
 
 Stone River, buried there. 
 Aigen, Stephen P., Co. C, 4th O. V. I., trans, to inv. 
 
 corps. 
 Akum, Peter, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. : mortally wounded at 
 
 Fredericksburg, Va. 
 Akum. Samuel, Co. E, 46th O. V. I.; killed at At- 
 lanta. 
 Akum. William. Co. E. 3rd Mich. Cav. 
 Aldrich, David, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. and Co. C, 10th 
 
 O. V. C. 
 Aldrich, Davidson, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. ; died in hosp., 
 
 Charlestovvn, W. Va. 
 Aldrich, Elias, Co. D. 65th O. V. I., served last year of 
 
 war in Co. G, 88th. 
 Aldrich. Jarvis, Co. D, 121st O. V. I., killed at Chicka- 
 
 mauga. 
 Aldrich, John M., Co. A, 76th O. V. I. 
 Aldrich, Nelson C. bat.. 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Aldrich. Reuben, Co. C, 96th O. V. I. 
 Alexander, George B., Co. F, 138th Ind. V. I. 
 Alexander. Hosea W., Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Alexander. Joseph C. Co. K, 66th O. V. I., wounded 
 
 at Culpepper C. H. 
 Alll.augh, Felix, Co. C, 15th O. V. I. 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 387 
 
 Allen, Arrow B., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Allen, Frank, Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Allen, Flavins, E. at Lancaster in an Ohio regiment 
 
 Allen Herman W., hosp, steward 96th O. V. I.; died- 
 
 1863. 
 Allen. Heber, corp. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Allen, lacob, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Allen, Tohn, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Aller, John, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 Allison. Thomas, Co. H, list O. V. I. 
 Alston, David, 100th U. S. I. 
 Anderson, Andrew M., lieut. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; 
 
 Qm. 189th O. V. I. 
 Anderson, Gillis J., Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Anderson, Charles, 127th O. V. I. 
 Anderson. John A., 1st lieut. 187th O. V. I. 
 Anderson, George, Qm. 127th O. V. I. 
 Anderson, Robert, sergt. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Anderson, Samuel, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Anderson. William, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Andrews, John A.. Co. B, 46th O. V. I. : died at Chat- 
 tanooga. 
 Andrews, Isaac, Co. I, S2nd O. V. I. ; killed in battle. 
 Andrews, William G., Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Angell, Gideon C, Co. I, nth Pa. Cav. 
 Armstrong. Edson S., Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Armstrong, George, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Armstrong, J. Hamilton, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Armstrcng, J. S., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Armstrong, Jared E.. Co. A, McLaughlin's Squadron. 
 Armstrong, Samuel, Co. E, 75th N. Y. V. I. 
 Armstrong, Win., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Arnold, Charles, sergt. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Arnold, Gardner, Co. A. 31st O. V. I. 
 Arnold, Irwin B., sergt. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Arnold, John S., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Arnway, Xicholas, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Arthur, Anson. Co. D, 120th Cav. 
 Arthur, F. T., Co. C, I2tst O. V. I. 
 Arthur, Francis T., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Ashbrook. Welcome, Co. C, 15th O. V. I. 
 Ashwell, Francis D., Co. E. 18th 111. V. I. 
 Ashwell, Henry C, in 3rd O. V. I., 96th O. V. I. and 
 
 Col. 145th O. V. I. 
 Ashwell, Nelson, E. at age of 17, Co. C, 82d O. V. I. 
 Ashwell, Richard, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Askins. Addison, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Atkinson, David, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Atkinson, George. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Author, X. B., 2d lieut. Co. B, 187th O. V. I. 
 Axton, Thomas H., Co. A, 179th O. V. I., age 15 
 
 years 
 Avers. Jacob, Co. I, 82d O. V. I., E. at age of 15. 
 Avers. John, Co. C, 121st O. V. I., killed at Perrys- 
 
 ville. 
 Avers, Thomas. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Avers, William, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Avne. Tohn J.. Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Babbit, Cvrus B., Co. F, 1st Bat., 18th U. S. I. 
 Bachelor, Bazil. Co. D, 92d O. V. I. 
 Bacon, George, 4th O. V. I. 
 Bacon, William, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 Baglev. Adam, Co. C, 39th O. V. I. 
 Bailer, Charles K.. Co. A. 18th U. S. A. 
 Bailer. William H., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. (missing in 
 
 action). 
 Bailey. Albert C, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Bailey, James, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Bailey, James, Co. B, 187th O. V. I. 
 
 Bailey. Theodore F., Ind Co. Union Light Gu; 
 
 Bailey, Thomas, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Bailev, William, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Baker, Daniel, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Baker, Joseph. Co. E, 66th O. V. I., and Co. A. 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Baker, Robert, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Baker, Samuel, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Baldwin, Charles. Co. B. 55th O. V. I. 
 Baldwin, L. S., Co. A. 60th O. V. I. 
 Baldwin, S. H„ sergt 48th O. V. I. 
 Bancels, Solomon, Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Banker, Benjamin, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Banks, John, U. S. N., "The Ohio." 
 Barber, Barnabus, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Barcus, James, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Barcus, Rufus. Co. G, inth O. V. I. 
 Bardwell Alfred H., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Barker, Andrew, 22d Ind. Bat. 
 Barker, Bernard, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Barker, Orlando H., Co. C, 4th O. V. I., and lieut. Co. 
 
 C. 186th O. V. I. 
 Barker, Robert M., sergt. Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Barkhurst. John W. F., Co. D, 51st O. V. I. 
 Barley, Daniel, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Barnes, Abner, Bat C, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Barnes. George, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Barnes, Henry, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Barnes, Homer, President's body guard. 
 Barnes, George W., Co. D. 121st O. V. I.; died with 
 
 measles. 
 Barnes, L. S., Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Barnes, Wheeler. Co. F, 121st O. V. I. 
 Barr, J. A, Co H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Barr, James, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Barrett, James, Co. C, O. V. I.; killed at Resaca, Ga. 
 Barrett, Joseph J.. Co. B, 136th O. V. I. 
 Barrett, William W., E. Sept. 15, 1861. 
 Barry, Joshua, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Bartholomew, Chester, Co. D, 121st O. V. I., killed at 
 
 Kenesaw Mt. 
 Bartlett, George, Co. C, 4th O. V. I., and Co. C. 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Barton, Andrew. Capt. Co. G, 06th O. V. I. 
 Barton, Ebenezer, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Barton. Levi. Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Bassinger. John. capt. Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Battenfield. L. W, Bat. C. O. V. H. A. 
 Battenfield, Milton, 86th O. V. I., and 174th O. V. I.; 
 
 died April 12. 1869. 
 Bauman, Henry, musician, Co. C. 15th U. S. I. 
 Baxter, George W., sergt. pro. lieut. Co. H. 63d III. 
 
 V. I. 
 Baxter, Herod, Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 Baxter, Philip D., Co. D, 121st O. V. I.: starved to 
 
 death in Andersonville. 1864. 
 Baxter. William, Co. D, 121st O. V. I.; killed at 
 
 Cbickamauga. 
 Bavers, George L, Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Bavler, Charles K., Co. A. 18th U. S. I. 
 Bayler, William H., Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Beach, Theron A.. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Beard. Emery, Co. G. 145th O. V. I. 
 Beard, Roswell, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Beard, Truman, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Beatty, William, Jr., Co. E. 6oth O. V. I. 
 
 Beaver, William, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Beck, John G., Co. B, 14th N. Y. V. I. 
 
 Beck, Thomas, Co. H, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Beckham, John. Co. I, 4th, and Co. H. 74th O. V. I. 
 
 Beckley, Henry, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Beckley, Samuel, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Beckwith, James, Co. D, 27th O. V. I. 
 
 Bedow, Benjamin, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Beddow. Garrett, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Bedford, M. S., Co. B, 1 s?th O. V. I. 
 
 Beach, James W„ Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Beecher, John. 2d Bat. U. S. I. 
 
 Beecher, Mordecai, Co. I, 18th U. S. I. ~^ 
 
 Beiber, James. Co. K. [45th O. V. I. 
 
 Bell, Austin J.. Co. H. 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Bell, Emmett Co., Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Bell, John C, Co. A. 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Bell, Joshua A., Co. H, 25th Mo. V. I. ; Qm. 125th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Bell. Robert, Co. I. 4th O. V. I. 
 Bell. Stanley, Co. H. 85th O. V. I., and Co. H. 174th 
 
 O. V. I 
 Bell, Thomas B., Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Bell. William, died during war, G ncord Twp. 
 Belta, Wra. G., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Benedict, A. F., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Benedict, Henry, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Benedict, Stephen. Co. D. 65th O. V. I. 
 Benedict. William H.. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Bennett, Emery A., Co. E, 1st Iowa V. C. 
 Bennett. Ralph. Co. D. 95th O. V. I. 
 Bennett, Russell B., Chaplain Co. I, vd O. V. I. 
 Bennett. Willard, Co. E, 31st O. V I 
 Benslev, William. Co. C, 20th O. Y. I. 
 Benson. Nelson W., Co. C, 15th O. V. I. 
 Bentley, E. E., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Benton, Alfred, Co. C, 1st Bat., 15th U. S. I. 
 Benton, Benjamin. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Benton, Erastus, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Benton, Henry, Concord Twp, 
 Benton, William, Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 Bergstresser, George, sergt. Co. H, 63d 111. 
 Berlett, Johnston C. Co. E. 145th O." V. I. 
 Berry, Tames, Co. G, 96th O. V, I 
 Berry, James B„ Co. G, 74th O. V. I 
 Berry. Samuel, Co'. P.. 121st O. V. I. 
 Berry. William G., Co. F, 136 Pa. V. I. 
 Besse, Henry, ass't surg. 45th O. V. I. ; surg. 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Besse, .Man. .11. Co. 1, 88th O. V. I. 
 Bethard, Charles W , Co B, 187th <> V. I. 
 Bevan, William, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 Bevil, Joseph. [8th U. S. I. 
 Bickett, Robert, Co. K. [45th O. V. I. 
 Bickle. David, Co. E, [45th O. V. I. 
 Bickle, T„ Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Biddle. Henry. Co. K, tilth O. V. I. 
 Bieber, John. Co. C. 4th O. V 1 
 Bierman, William II., Co. G, 48th Pa. V. I. 
 Biglow. Henry C. 
 Biglow, O. S.. Co. V. Gov't (in." 
 Bill, Daniel. Co. D. 20th ( 1 V. [. 
 Billingsly, Robert Co, G, 82d I I. V, I 
 Bird, Abner !.. Co, F, 81st 0. V. I. 
 Birdsall, John, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Bishop, Bra/ilia. Co. D, r2i^t O. V. I. 
 Bishop, Alvin, Co G, r87th O. V. I. 
 
 Bishop. H. H., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Bishop, Henry, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Bishop, James D., Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Bishop, Joseph C, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Bishop, Levi, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Black. G.. .3d O. V. I. 
 
 Black, Franklin, 2d lieut. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Black, John, Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Black. Wilson. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Blackbury, Samuel. 
 
 Blackford, Gilbert, M.. Co. F, 147th O. V. I. 
 
 Blackledge, Isaac, served in Ind. reg't ; died during 
 
 war. 
 Blaine, Elam J., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Blaine, Samuel, Co. H, 76th O. V. I. 
 Blaine, Solomon, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Blakelee. Henry H„ Co. C, 82d O. V. I. 
 Bland. Silas W, Co. C, 49th O. V. I. 
 Blanev, Edwardr 86th O. Y. I. ; died in service. 
 Blaney, Henry C, Co. K. 121st O. V. I. 
 Blanpied, Sauren J., Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Blauvelt, Alonzo L., Co. I. 32d O. V. I. 
 Blaynev. Edwin R., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Blinn. Newton. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Blue, J. G.. capt. Co. I. .3d O. V. I.; 31 months a 
 
 prisoner. 
 Blymyer. Chas. W.. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Boardman, John E.. Co. K, 17th Mich. V. I. 
 Bockoven, Charles O., Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Bockoven, William J., Co. E, 82d O. V. I. 
 Bogan, Joseph. Co. E. 30th O. V. I. 
 Boham. Ephraim, Co. H. 2d O. V. I. 
 
 r.nham, George, Co. E. iXtli U. S. I. 
 
 Boham, George E., Co. — , 26th O. V. I.; killed at 
 Crab Orchard. 
 
 Bollinger. Jacob. Co. B, 48th O. V. I., Co. D, 145th 
 O. Vol. 
 
 Bolton, Thomas, Co. H. 174th O. V. I.; died during 
 war. 
 
 Boone, Daniel, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Boone, John L., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Borden, George, Co. F, 90th O. V. I. 
 
 Borey. Homer T.. Co. K, 121st O. V. I. Killed. 
 
 B'ist.in. Andrew, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Boston, A. P., Co. D, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Boston, Henry. Co. D, i2Tst O. V. I. 
 
 Boston. John W.. Co. F. 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Boston, Solomon, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Boston, Thomas, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Boston, William. 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Boudel. George B., Co. H. 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Bowdle, James F., Co. E, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Bower, Jacob, 5th Ohio Ind. Bat. 
 
 Bower. Daniel, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Bower, Evans. Co. A. 145th "0. V. I 
 
 Bower, Jacob, Co. A, 176th O. V. I. 
 
 Bower Marcus, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Bowi rs, C. W . iSth U. S. I. 
 
 Bowers, I >avi<l. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Bowersmith, Isaac, corp. Co. I. 87th O. V I. 
 
 Bowman, 1. Co V 5th O. V I 
 
 B yd, Bishop. Co. H, 121st V. I. 
 
 Bradlev. T., G>, E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Brake, Joseph M., Co. D, 22d O. V. I. 
 
 Bram, Michael, Co. H. 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Bratton. W. P., Co. D, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Brecht. Albert T„ Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Brecht, Johnson C. sergt, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 389 
 
 Breckinridge, George A., Co. C, 82d O. V. I. 
 Breece, Tobias C, Co. G, 125th O. Y. I. 
 
 Brewer. E. M., corp. Co. F. 15th O. V. I. 
 Brewer, William, Co F, 15th O. V. I. 
 Breyfogle, Charles D., 4th O. V. I., and capt. 174th 
 O. V. ] 
 
 Brevfogle, George R., Gx K. 53d O. V. I. 
 
 Breyfogle, Henry, Co. C. 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Breyfogle, Israel. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Brevfogle, Joshua, Co. C, 4th O. V. I., and 10th O. 
 A'. I. 
 
 Breyfogle, Roland C, Co. C, 4th O. V. I, capt. Co. C, 
 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Brevfogle. William F., Co. D. 151st O. V. I. 
 
 Brevfogle. William D.. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Bricker, Norman \\\. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Bright, roshua A.. Co. F, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Bright, Samuel M., Chap. 155th O. V. I. 
 
 Briney, Simcn P.. Co. G. 101st Pa. V. I. 
 
 Brooks, A. J., Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brooks. Charles, Co. 1, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brooks, Cyrus C. Co. A, 178th O. V. I. 
 
 Brooks, Rufus C, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Albert, Co. A. iS?d O. V T. 
 
 Brown Beverly \\\, Co. K, 2d O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Daniel, Bat. C. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Brown, Emanuel, 127th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Fletcher L„ Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, George W., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Brown James, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown. James B., capt. Co. B. 64th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown. John A., Co. E. 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Leonard, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Preston. Co. I, 4th O. Y. I. 
 
 Brown, Robert, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Samuel B., Co. F, 39th Wis. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Thomas, Co. C. 1st U. S. V. 
 
 Brown, William, Co. D, u^th O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, William \V., Co. H. t2ist O. V. I. 
 
 Brown, Wilson, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Brown. W. T., Co. F. nth O, V. I. 
 
 Browning, Albert R., Co. C, 2d O. V. I. 
 
 Browning, Jeremiah, Co. C. 50th 111. V. I. 
 
 Browning, Orrin, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Brownmiller, Isaac, Co. I, 8id O. V. I. 
 
 Brownmiller, Jeremiah. Co. K, 48th O. Y. I. 
 
 Brownmiller, James, Co. G. iSth U. S. I., and Co. Ff, 
 174th O. V. 1. 
 
 Brownmiller. Joseph, Co. H. 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Brownmiller, Reuben, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brownmiller. Samuel. Co. F. 96th O. V. I.: died at 
 Youngs Point, La. 
 
 Bruce, John. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Brundage, James, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. ; died in ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Bruner, Edward, Co. I, 4th O. Y. I. 
 
 Brynds, James P., Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Buchannon, Thomas, Co. F, 20th O. V I. 
 
 Buck. Andrew M., Co. D. 65th O. V. I. 
 
 Bump, Winters M., Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Bunford, Thomas. Co. A. r 45 th O. Y. I. 
 
 Burch, Adrial, Co. C. 145th O. Y. I. 
 
 Burchbes, Titus, Co. F, 43d O. Y. I. 
 
 Burchiel, Janus, U. S. X. 
 
 Burke, Freeman. Co. K. 121st O V I. 
 
 Burke, Mathew. Co. K. 62d Pa. V. I. 
 
 Burkholder, Lorenzo M., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Burnett, Willard F., Co. K, 20th O. V I. and Co E 
 
 31st O. V. I. 
 Burney, James X., Co. K, 121st O. V. I 
 Burns, John, Co. C, 4th O. Y. I 
 Burns, Timothy, Co. M, 6th U. S. C. 
 Burroughs, Albert. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Burroughs, Daniel, Co. F, 96th O. V. I., and Co E 
 
 145th O. Y. I. 
 Burroughs, E., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Burroughs, James W., 121st O. V. I. 
 Burroughs, Jerome W., Co. F. 96th 6. V. I. 
 Burroughs, John W., Co. K, 121st O. V I 
 Burton. John W., Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 Burton, N. N., Co. E, 31st O. V. 1. 
 Bush, Lewis, Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 Butterfield, Svlvester, Co. E.. M3d O V I 
 Butts, Charles E., Co. E, 66th 0. V. I. 
 Butts, John F., Co. K, and Co. I, 12th Pa V I 
 Butts, Robert. Co. A, 179th O. V. I. 
 Butts, Thomas, Co. E, 69th Pa. V. I. 
 Buxton, Thomas, capt. 66th O Y I 
 Byers, Alfred G.. Co. C, 145th O. V. I 
 Byers, John, Co. D. 1st O. V. I. 
 Byers, John M., Co. B. Steward's Ind. Inf. 
 Byers, Levi. Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Byers, Thomas M., Co. E, 145th O. V I. 
 Cackler, Marion, Co. G, 18th U. S. I. 
 Cadwallader, Robert A., Co. C, 86th 6. V. I. 
 Cain. Charles, Co. D, 196th O. V. I. 
 Campfield, Henry, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Campbell, Andrew J.. Co. H, 10th W. Va. V. I., 2d 
 
 sergt. 
 Campbell, David, 61 st X. Y. Y. I. 
 Campbell, Ransom, Co. F. 96th O. V I 
 Canaday A., Co. A. 2.1 Bat. U. S. I. 
 Canady, Monroe, 1 5th U. S. I. 
 Canady. Rev. Titos' A., Co. F, Ti3th 111. V. I. 
 Camjfield, John Benj., Co. E. 4i>t O. Y. I. 
 Canfield, James, 103d O. V. I . 
 Canfield, Thomas, 1st O. V. I.; died in hospital at 
 
 Chattanooga. 
 Cannon, Joshua, Co. E. 42d O. Y. I. 
 Cannon. Morgan, Co. E. 12th O. V. I. 
 Cannon, William, Co. C, 49th O. V. I. 
 Carhart, Lucius, Co. G, 96th O. Y. I. 
 Carmichael, Albert. Co. I, 41b O. V. I. 
 Carnahan, John. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Carnes, Emmett, Co. G, 96th O. V. I., and Co. A, 77th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Carnes, Wm. F. Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Carney. Thomas L., Co. F, 95th O. V. I.: died at 
 
 Y ung's Point. 
 Carpenter, Albert. Co. D, 121st O. Y. I. 
 Carpenter, Augustine, served three years. 
 Carpenter, Benjamin F., Co. I, 90th O. V. I. 
 Carpenter, Charles. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 Carpenter. Ezra. 121st O. V. I.; died in hospital, Dan- 
 
 ille, Ky 
 Carpenter. George, Co. F. 17th O. V. I. 
 Carpenter. George F... Co. I. 4th O. V. I. 
 Carpenter. Henry, Co. D. 121st O. Y I. 
 Carpenter. H. R„ Co. K, 145th O. V. I 
 Carpenter. James. 18th U. S. I.: died at Louisville. 
 Carpenter, John I., Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 Carpenter. Johnson. Co. C. 32(1 O. V. I. 
 Carpenter. Lafayette \\\. Co. H, I2Ist O. V. I. 
 iter. Xewell E., Co. D, 27th O. Y. T. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Carpenter, Thomas F., Co. D. 27th O. V. I. 
 
 Carpenter, William, Co. D, 121st O. V. I 
 
 Carr, Henry C, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carr, Albert, Co. I. 82d O. V. I 
 
 Carr, Henry C, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carr, Jacob, Co. I, 32c! O. V. I. 
 
 Carr, Leander, Co. E>, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carr, Peter C, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Carr. P. N„ Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carr, Solmon, Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carroll, John, Co. F, 17th O. V. I. 
 
 Carson, Cicero T., Co. K, 145th O. V. I., sergt. 
 
 Carson, William W., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Carter. William, 'Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Cicero, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, George, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. : died in Texas. 
 
 Case, G. W„ corp. Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, F. M., Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Henry, Co. C, 66th 111. V. I. 
 
 Case, James H., Co. R, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, John S., Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Joseph H., 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Josiah M.. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Lester W., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Lewis A., Co. A, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Case, Oscar, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Oscar I., Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Ralph, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, Thomas W., Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Case, William, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Caulkins, Albert J.. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Caulkins, Christopher, 2d lieut. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cave, Grattan B., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, George C, Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, John, capt. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, John A. F, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, John G. F, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, Joseph A., 15th U. S. I.: died aged 23 vears. 
 
 Cellar, Robert, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cellar, Thomas J. and Moses H., Co. K, 145th O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Cellar. Wilson F, Co. I, 8ad O. V. I. 
 Chadwick, John, Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Chamberlain, James H.. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Chamberlain, Oscar W., 1st lieut. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Chambers, Cyrus, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Chambers, Henrv D. 121st O. Y. I. 
 Chambers, Horatio G. Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 Chambers. Nicholas, Co. F, 123 O. V. I. 
 Chambers. William. Co. H, 145th O. A'. I. 
 Chandler, Robert L„ Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Chandler, William S., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Chapman. John, Co. C. 8sth O. V. I., and Co. G, 
 
 88th O. V. I. Lieut. 180th. 
 Chase. O. C, Co. G. 136th O. V. I. 
 Chase, Ottawa C, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cherry, Burroughs. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Cherry. William H. lieut. 63d O. V. I.; killed on 
 
 railroad, 
 
 Clark. 
 Clark. 
 Clark. 
 Clark. 
 Clark, 
 Clark. 
 Clark, 
 O 
 Clark. 
 
 11 LfdU, 
 
 Andrew N., Co. I). r2lst O. V. I. 
 
 Ub.Trv, Co. II, 174th O. V. I. 
 Charles \\\. Co. V 1 1.5th V. I. 
 Charh - We li v. Co. II. 174th O. V. I. 
 Cicero V., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Elihu, Co. D. t2ist O. V. I. 
 George, Co. K, 145th O. V. I.; Co. E, 
 
 V 1 
 G rge IT. Co. K. <;sth O. V. I. 
 
 [82d 
 
 Clark, Harrison, Co. D, 65 O. V. I. 
 
 Clark, Isaac. Co. G, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Clark. Isaac F., sergt. Co. K, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Clark. Isaac O., Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Clark. Joab, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Clark. John, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Clark, John A., Co. I. 15th O. V. I. 
 
 Clark. John M., Co. D, 65th O. V. I., and 8th Regt. 
 
 V. R. C. 
 Clark, John W., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Clark, Lewis M., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Clark. Patrick, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Clark. Thompson, Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Clark, William, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Clason, Marshall, capt. Co. B, 121st O. V. I. 
 Clawson, Charles, Co. D, 15th U. S. A.; died at An- 
 
 dersonville. 
 Clawson. James W.. Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 Clawson, Cornelius, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Cleary, Patrick, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. ■ 
 Clement, Benjamin, Co. C. 113th O. V. I. 
 Cleveland, Alexander B., Bat. H, 5th U. S. A. 
 Cleveland. Silas H., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. and Co. 
 
 E, vd O. V. I. 
 Click. James, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Clifton, David, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Clifton. John, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cline, Luther. Co. H. 127th O. V. I. 
 Clink, R. B.. Co. B. 43d O. V. I. 
 Clippinger, W. C, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Clowson, Jesse A., Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Cobaugh, Carey W., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Cochran, W. N.. 145th O. V. I. : died in service. 
 Cockrell, James M., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cockrell, William H., corp. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cole, C. W., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Cole, Charles W., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Cole, Elias, sergt. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Cole, James, Co. C, 25th O. V. I. ; accidentally killed. 
 Cole. Tohn M., died in service. 
 Cole, Marcellus, Co. D. 1st O. V. C. 
 Cole, Mathias, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cole, William, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Colflesh, Jacob C, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Col flesh, Samuel C. Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Collins, Timothv D, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Colton, Evan R., Co. G. 46th O. V. I. 
 Commager, David H.. Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Compton, John R., Co. D. 24th O. V. I. 
 Conant. R. B., Co. A, 20th O. V. I. 
 Cone, John A.. Co. C, 86th O. V. I., 1st lieut. 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Cone, Nelson W., capt. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Conklin. Adam, Co. V, Gov't Guards. 
 Conklin, Cicero, Co. G, 06th O. V. I. 
 Conklm. David, Co. C, 15th U. S. I. 
 Conklin, Henrv, Co. C. 4th and 66th O. V. I. 
 Conklin John, 5th O. I. C. 
 Conklin. Martin. 5th O. I. C, and Co. D, 145th O. 
 
 V. C 
 Conklin, Peter. 3d O. V. I., and 15th U. S. I. 
 Conn, Benjamin F., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Conrad, George B., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Conrad, John J.. Co. A. McLaughlin's Squadron. 
 Con rev. Stephen C. 5th O. C. 
 Conrev. Robert. Co. ( ,. 06th < >. V. I. 
 Constant. W. T.. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 erse, George, 1 )o. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 39' 
 
 Converse, John. 
 
 Conway, Ebenezer, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Conway, Joseph, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Conwav, Lewis W., corp. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cook. Emmett, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Cook, Rodney R., e. at Delaware. 
 
 Cook, Rodney B., age 17, e. gunboat, "The Nymph," 
 No. 54, Miss. Squad. 
 
 Cook, Zepheniah, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Cooley, David. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Coomer, Alexander, Co. A, 30th Ind. 
 
 Coomer, C. B., Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Coomer, Jerry E., .capt. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Cooper, Lavender, Co. E. 179th O. V. I. 
 
 Cooper, John, e. at Delaware in an Ohio regiment. 
 
 Coover, Robert M., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Cooper, William, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Copeland, O. D., Co. K. 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Corbin, George W., Co. D, 95th O. V. I. 
 
 Corbin, lames H.. Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Corbin. William D., Co. D, 95th O. V. I. 
 
 O rk, Isaac. Co. H, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Corwin, Levi J., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Cosart, Thomas, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cotton, Bryant, Co. B, 13th O. V. I. 
 
 Courter, Emmons, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Courter. I. M.. Co. H, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Courter, Pell T., Co. I, 4th and Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Courter, Peter, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Courter, Ward C, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Courtwright, Taylor, was on march to the sea. 
 
 Cowan, Ambrose, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Cowgill, Daniel, sergt. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cowles, Charles, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Cowles, George W., Co. I. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox. D. J., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox. John J., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox, John S., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox. Robert J., Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox, Thomas, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Cox, Thomas P., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Coyner. Rev. David H., chaplain at Camp Chase, 
 ' 1865. 
 
 Coyner, Harniss, Co. A, 128th O. V. I.; died on John- 
 son Island. 
 
 Coyner, William S., no record. 
 
 Crabb, Thomas W., Co. A, 61st O. V. I., sergt. 
 
 Craig, James B., Co. D. 3d W. Va. V. C. 
 
 Craig, Samuel F, brother of James B., in a W. Va. 
 regt 
 
 Crane, Reese N., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cratty, David G.. 1st lieut. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cravens, Isaac M., Co. C, 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Crawford, Charles D„ Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Crawford. George, 8th Mo. V. I. 
 
 Crawford, H., Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Crawford, fas. M. capt. Co. C, 4th O. V. I.; col. Co. 
 D, 145th O. V. I.: col. 21st O. N. G. 
 
 Crawford, form, Co. C. 4th O. V. I.; killed at Miine 
 Run, Va. 
 
 Crawford, Stephen. Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Crawford, William E„ Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Crego, Monroe, Co. B, I42d O. V. I. 
 
 Crego, Isaac, Co. D, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Crickard, lames, capt. Co. D. 82d O. V: I 
 
 Crider. John M., sergt. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Cring, Henry, Co. B. 103d O. Y. I, 
 
 Crist, A. C, Co. D, 136th O. V. I 
 
 Croak, James, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Croninger, Hosea W., 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Croninger, Peter, Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Cronkleton, James, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cronkleton, Charles B., on gunboat "Queen City." 
 
 Cronkleton, William, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Crow, Conrad, Co. D, 37th O. V. I. 
 
 Crow, Joseph E„ Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Crow, Thomas B., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Crowell, John A., Co. C, 87th Pa. V. I. 
 
 Crowell, Marion, Co. C, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Croy, Mathias, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Croy, William, Co. C, 131st O. V. I. 
 
 Crozier, James, Co. E, 3d O. V. I. 
 
 Cruikshank, Erwin P., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Crumb, Sidney W., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cullens, H. B., color sergt. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Cummins, Orson, sergt. Coo. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Cunard, Edward, Co. I, 3d O. V. I., capt.; killed at 
 
 Perrysville. 
 Cunningham, George W., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Cunningham, James H., Co. C, 96th O. V. I. 
 Cunningham, James S., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Cunningham, James S. A., Co. C, 121st O. V. I.; 
 
 96th and Co. A, 145th. 
 Cunningham, Joseph M., Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Cunningham, Oscar, Co. I, 82d O. V. I., died of 
 
 wound. 
 Curren, Edward, Co. B, 1st Ky. V. I. 
 Curren, Henry, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Curren, Joseph, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Curren, Joseph F., Co. D, 20th; sergt. maj. 66th; lieut. 
 and adiut, O. V. I.; lost right arm, Petersburg, 
 
 V. R. C. 
 Currv, William, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Curtin, John, Co. B, 23d O. V. I. 
 Curtis, Albert F., Co. B, nith N. Y. V. I. 
 Curtis, Dwight C, U. S. Novy. 
 Curtis. J. C, Co. B, I nth N. Y. V. I. 
 Curled, William H., sergt. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Cutler, William, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Dale, John. Co. B, 4th O. V. I. 
 Dall, Alexander, Co. C, T2ist O. V. I. 
 Daniel, Thomas E., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Darst, Milo J„ Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Dart, William T„ Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Davenport, John, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Davenport, Ralph, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 Davev, John L„ Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Davey, William, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 David, Thos. E., Co. A, 155th O. V. I. 
 Davids, Benjamin F„ Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Davidson, John E., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Davidson, Samuel A., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Davies, Thomas. Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Davis, Albert, Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Davis. Bingham F., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Davis. Bazaleel J.. Co. D. 145th, and Co. C, 186th 
 
 O. Y. I. 
 Davis, Charles P., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 1 lavis, Cyrus I . Co. II. t2ist O. \ . I. 
 Davis, David. Co. E, 66th O. Y. 1. 
 Davis George W. R., Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 I lavis, Ira, Co < '. [21st O. Y. I. 
 [esse, Co [, 1st U. S. Eng. 
 Davis, Joseph, Co. A. 179th O. Y. I. 
 
392 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Davis, Joseph F., Co. I, 2d Me. V. C. 
 
 Davis Justin C, Co. I, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Davis, L. W., Co. I, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Davis, Newton, Co. D, 145th, and Co. C, 186th O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Daviis, Simeon A., Co. B, 101st O. V. I. 
 Davis, S., Co. F; 121st O. V. I. 
 Davis, Thomas, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Davis, Thomas A., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Davis, Thomas H., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Davis, Tildon S., Co. H, 10th 111. V. C. 
 Davis, William, e. in an Ohio reg. ; buried at Bellaire. 
 Davis, William P.. Bat. I, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Davis, Zachary, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Dav, Charles, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Day, David, Co. L, 3d O. V. C. 
 Day, Ingham, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Day, John, Co. I, 145th O. V. I. 
 Day, Leroy, Co. D, 15th U. S. I. 
 Dav, Thomas, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Day, William, 65th O. V. I. 
 Dean, James W., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 Debolt, Meeker, Co. B, 174th O. V. I. 
 Decker, Aaron M., 2d lieut. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Decker, Arel M., Co. G, 145th O. V. I. 
 Decker, George, Bat. C, 2d O. V. H A. 
 Decker, John G„ 2d O. H. A. 
 Decker, Leroy, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 DeGood, Alvey, Co. B, 83d O. V. I. 
 DeGood, Thomas R., 48th O. V. I. 
 Delphin, John H„ Co. K, U2d Pa. V. I. 
 Dener, Henry C, Co. C. 2d lieut. ; Co. D, 17th O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Dennison, J. W., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Dennis, William, Co. V, Gov't Guards. 
 Dennis, William, Co. C. 88th O. V. I. 
 Dent, John H., Co. C, 56th O. V. I. 
 Denton, Benjamin, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Depew, David, Co. F, 76th O. V. I. 
 Deeper, David, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 DePuy, Calvin, Co. B, 17th O. V. I.; Co. K, 76th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Devore, Silas W., Co. C, 96th O. V. I.; killed at 
 
 Arkansas Post. 
 Dewees, Elijah S., Co. F, 174th O. V. I. 
 Dewer, Henry C, 2d sergt. Co. D, 17th O. V. I. 
 Dewey, lamer- H., Co. F, 43d O. V. 1. 
 Dewey, William W.. Co. I, 63d O. V. I. 
 DeWitt, F. B., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 DeWitt, George C, Co. H., 154th O. V. I. 
 DeWitt, Charles, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. ; musician. 
 Dickerman, Edward P., Co. Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Dickerson, R. G., Co. M., 1st 11. A. 
 Dickinson, A R., Co. E., 145th O. V. I. 
 Difany, C. William, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Difany, Edward, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Dill, John, Co. H, 95th O. V. I. 
 Dilsaver, Georgi ( , Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Dirst, Sylvester, Co. K. 121st O. V. T. 
 Diven, George, Co. C. 96th O. V. I.; died at Vicksburg. 
 Diven, William O.. Co. 8, 46th O. V. I. 
 Dix. D. F., Co. G, 96th O V. I. 
 Dixon, Franklin. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Dixon, Joseph S.. Co. A. [76th < >. V. I. 
 Dixon. Milt, n, Co. II, 121st O. V. I. 
 Dixon, Walker L., Co. K, 20th O. V. 1. 
 Dixon, William O., Co. B. 46th 0. V. I. 
 
 Dodds, David L., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Dodds, Joseph H., Co. A. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Dodds, Robert. Co. F, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Doherty, Thomas. Co. A, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Dolbear, Byron, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dolbear Edward B., Union Light Guards 
 
 Dolbear., Joseph L., 54th O. V. I. : died at Memphis. 
 
 Donaldson, Oglivie, Co. G. 19th Iowa V. I. 
 
 Donavin, lames, Co. E, 2d 111. V. I. 
 
 Dooley, Henry, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Doolin, Garrison, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Dorman, Samuel C. Co. G, 90th O. V. I. 
 
 Dorman, William, Co. A, 73d O. V. I. 
 
 Dotv. Cephas E., Co. C, 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Doty, George W., Co. C, 85th O. V. I. 1st lieut. 
 
 Dotv, Isaac, Co D. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Dotv, J. F., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Doty, John, Co. C, 85th O. V. I. 
 
 Doty, Martin, sergt. 174th O. V. I.; died during war. 
 
 Doty, William Harrison, Co. C, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Doughman, Isaac H., Co. E, 17th O. V. I. 
 
 Dowd, Edward, Co. D. 24th Mass. V. I. 
 
 Drake, Benjamin, Co. A, 2d batn., 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Drake, Jacob, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Drake, Marcus, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Drumm. Daniel, Co. A. 12th O. V. I. 
 
 Drumm, George W., Co. I, 82d O. V. 1 
 
 Drumm, James A., Co. B, 13th O. V. I. 
 
 Drumm, Solomon, 76th O. V. I. : died in hospital. 
 
 Drummond. Lemuel, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Dumm, Dr. A. W.. helped repel Morgan invasion. 
 
 Dumm, John W., Co. C, 116th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, Ampuda, Co. I i. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, Elmore, corp. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, Lyman, Co. C. 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, T." B.. Co. E, 745th O. Y. I. 
 
 Dunham. J. C, Co. E, 145th O. V. I 
 
 Dunham, Samuel. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham. Samuel H, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, Thomas H., 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunlap, Newton, 18th U. S. A. 
 
 Dunlevy, J. L.. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Durbin, William J.. Co. C, 175th O. V. I. 
 
 Durfee, Dixon. Co. G, 45th 6. V. I. 
 
 Durfee, Gran', Co. C. 4th O. Y. I. 
 
 Durfer, Jerome.Co. E. 68th O. V. I. 
 
 Durfey, Benjamin, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Durfey, Charles H., Co. G. 145th O. V. I., drummer, 
 
 aged 16 years. 
 Durfey, Girard, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Durline. Charles W., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Dusenberv, Daniel, Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 Dustin, John H.. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Dutcher, Tohn H. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Dutcher, John H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Dutcher, 'William J.. Co. G. 133d O. V. I. 
 Dutton, James, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. ; dud in hospital at 
 
 Memphis. 
 Dwight, Henrv O., Co. D. 20th 0. V. I. 
 Dwinnell, Clark P., Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Dyarman, John P., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Dyer, Taw capt. Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 Dyer, Oliver, Co. B. 48th O. V. I. 
 1 agleston, Sylvester, bat. I. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Earl, Seman, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Eastman, Emerv. 1st lieut. Co. G, capt. Co. F, 96th 0. 
 
 V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 393 
 
 Eastman, E. M.. capt. Co. A, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Eberhart, Peter, Co. D, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Eckels, Joseph C. Co. E, 194th O. V. I. 
 
 Eckels, Samuel R., Co. A, 2d Bat., 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Eddlehhite, C. W., Co. F, 96th O. V. 1. 
 
 Eddleblute, Jacob, Co. I, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Eddleblute, John W., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Eddleblute, Lewis. Co. I, &>d O. V. I. 
 
 Eddy. Lorenzo, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Edelman, Anthony, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Edwards, C. M., 2d O. I. bat. 
 
 Edwards, Cornelius, Co. A, 69th O V. I. 
 
 Edward. Eli. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Edwards, John R., Co. A, 179th O. V. I. 
 
 Edwards. Joseph, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Elborn, William C, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Ellimaker, Fred, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Elliott. George N., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Elliott. Patrick N., Co. G, 96th O. V. I.; mortally 
 wounded at Grand Coteau. 
 
 Elsbree, Augustus C, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Elsbree, George F, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Elsbree. Martin V.. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Elzey, William H., Co. C, 10th O. V. I. 
 
 Emerson, Asa, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Emerson, Silas, capt. Co. K, 121st O. V. I.; died at 
 Franklin, Tenn. 
 
 Emmons. Nathaniel, musician Co. C, 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Engel, Christian, Co. B. 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Engel, John B., Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Erwin, Anderson, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Essig, Daniel, in L'nion service, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Essig. William, Co. C. 186th O. V. I., 1st in Confed- 
 erate army. 
 
 Estep, John, Co. K, 45th O. V. I., age 17. 
 
 Estep, Levi, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Estep, Valentine, Co. C, 121st O. V. I . 
 
 Estep. William, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. ; shot at Nash- 
 ville. 
 
 Evans. Aaron, Co. C. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, Alfred B., Co. B, 2d O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, Bowen, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, David. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, Evan S., no record. 
 
 Evans, Francis. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans James C, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, John, Co. F. 91st 111. V. I. 
 
 Evans, John T., Co. C, 17th O. V. I. and Co. C, 86th 
 O. V. I.; E, 145th. 
 
 Evans, Jonas G., Co. C. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Evans, Joseph. Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Evans, Zidick R„ Co. A, 62d 111. V. I. 
 
 Everetts, George, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. ; died on steamer 
 "J. C. Swan." 
 
 Fahrion. Lew, bat. B. 1st O. V. L. A. 
 
 Faris, George H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Faris, G. W., C. I. 4 th O. V. I. 
 
 Faris James H., Co F, 96th O V. I. 
 
 Faris. William H., Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Farnsworth, Lorenzo D., Co. K, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Farrier, David G.. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Farris, George, Co. H. 48th 111. V. I. 
 
 Farvman, Luke, Co. F. 181st O. V. I. 
 
 Fauber, James H., Co. B, 53d Ind. V. V. I. 
 
 Faucett, Ami, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Faulkner, James C. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fawn, George, Co. I. 82nd O. V. I. 
 24 
 
 Feaster, George, Co. C. 145th O. V. I 
 
 Felky, Jacob, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Felky, James, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Felky, Sidney, Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Ferguson. James, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 1st lieut. 
 
 Feruson, James, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Ferguson, Joseph J., 3d Ind. Bat. L. A. 
 
 Ferguson, N. P., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Ferguson. William, Co. B, 78th O. V. I. 
 
 Ferson, James, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Ferris, Cvrus, Co. E, 176th O V I 
 
 Ferris, George, Co. H, 48th 111. V. I. 
 
 Field, Marshall, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Field, Syre. corp. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fielding, Alfred, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Fielding. James, Co. B, 146th O. Y. I. 
 
 Fields, Miller, 34th Iowa V. I. ; died of smallpox. 
 
 Filler, William, was in service a short time from 
 Delaware. 
 
 Fink, Fred. Bat. C 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Finkham, Reuben, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Finlev, J. D., Co F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Finlev, David A., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Firtch, John, Co. E., 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Fish. Solomon. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Fitzgerald. Daniel, Co. D, 20th O. V. I 
 
 Fix, Jackson, 3d O. V. V. C. 
 
 Flagg, Dana, 145th O. V. I. ; died at Arlington H'ghts. 
 
 Flagg, George, corp. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Flagg, Melville C. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Flagg, William C, Co. G, 06th O. V. I. 
 
 Flemmer, Justin. Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Fletcher, John, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Fleckner, Henry, Co. A, 2nd bat. iSth U. S. I. 
 
 Fleckner, John, e. near close of war; died in hospital. 
 
 Fleckner, William, 4 th O. V. I. and Co. A, iSth U. S. I. 
 
 Fleming, C. W., Co. E, 66th O. V. I 
 
 Fleming. D. H., 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, J. L., Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, Joseph D., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming Mathew C. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, M. H., Co. A. 145th 6. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, Mathey C. Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, Sidney, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Fleming, Thomas, Co. B, 4^1 O. V. I. 
 
 Fleshman, Martin 18th U. S. I.: Co. H, 174th O. V. I 
 
 Fleshman, McMillen, Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Foreman, Edward, Co. K, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Foulk, Harrv T.. 2nd bat. U. S. I. 
 
 Foulk, George W., Co. A. 2nd bat. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Foulk, Jacob C. Co. C. 2nd bat. iSth U. S. I. 
 
 Foulk, Lafayette, Co. A, 2nd bat. iSth U. S. I. 
 
 Foulk, Levi, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Foulk, Steward. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Fox, Steward, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Fox. Michael. Co. B, and Co. FL, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Forsyth, George, Co. F, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Forsyth, William H.. Co. D. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Fowler, James, Co. A, 2nd U. S. A. and lieut, col- 
 ored Co. 
 
 Fowler, Silas W., Co. G, 136th O. V. I. 
 
 Fnx. Charles Co. D, 39th X. T. V. I. 
 
 Fraker. A. P., Co. A, 126th O. V. I. 
 
 Fraker, Henry D, 121st O V. I. 
 
 Frantz, Aaron. Co. I, 84th O. V. I. and Co. E. 145th 
 and Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Frantz, Charles, 66th 111. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Fravel. Abner, Bat. ; ist 111. V. L. A. 
 
 Fravel, Gilbert, Co. I. 32nd O. V. I. 
 
 Freeman, Edward, Co. H, 76th O. V. I. 
 
 Freeman, George, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Freeman, John, Co. D, 15th U. S. I. 
 
 Freeman, Theodore, age 16, Co. H. 76th O. V. I. 
 
 Freese, Burroughs, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Freese, Henry, 48th O. V. O. ; killed in service. 
 
 Freese, Lewis, Co. F., 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Freese, S., 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Freese, Martin, 48th O. V. I. ; died at Nashville. 
 
 Freshwater. Archibald, capt. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Freshwater, Arkason, Co. I, 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Freshwater, George, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Freshwater, Jacob, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Freshwater. R„ Co. H, 136th O. V. I. 
 
 Freshwater, William H.. Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Friend, Charles, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fritz, Daniel, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Fritz, George H„ Co. B, 86th O. V. I. and also Co. B, ' 
 
 32nd O. V. I. 
 Fritz, Jacob M., Co B. 32nd O. V. I. 
 Fritz, W. B., Co. C. 186th O. V. I. 
 Fritz, William, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Fruchy, Isaac C, Co. K. 14th O. V. I. 
 Frv, James R., Co. C. 142 O. V. I. 
 Fry, N. W., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Fryman, Thomas, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Fuller, Amos, Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Fuller, Henry M., Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Fuller, John, Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Fuller. Hiram C, Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. ; killed. 
 Fuller, Stephen, Co. B, 10th O. V. I. 
 Fuller, Thomas, Co. A. 145 O V. I. 
 Fuller, William, Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Furniss, Edward A.. Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Furry, John W„ Co. F, 160th O. V. I. 
 Gaily, Samuel. Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 (,aincs, Theophilus A., Co. G, 145th O. V. I. 
 Galbreath, John J., corp. Co. A, 16th Kv. V. I. 
 Gale, Leroy, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gallowav, lames H., Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Galpin, Ebenezer, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gammel, David, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gannon, William G, Co. A, 17th O. Y. 1. 
 Ganway, Daniel, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. and 186th O. V. I. 
 Gardner, Aaron D., Co. C. 18th Iowa V. 
 Garnder, James H, chap. 17th O. V. I. 
 Gardner, John M., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gardner, Lewis E., Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 Gardner, Lyman, Co. C, 26th O. V. I 
 Garvin, Anderson, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Gaston, James H., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Gatton, George W., Co. G, ist Md. P. H. B 
 Gay, Nicholas, sergt. Bat. E, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Gaylor, Charles, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Gaylor. Matthew, Co. C, 4th O. Y. I. 
 Gavlor, Thomas, Co. I. 32nd O. V. I. 
 Gearv, Tnsiah M-. Co. C, 86th 0. V. I. 
 Geary, Samuel, Co. H, 145th O. Y. I. 
 Gearv. William C, Co. H, 145th 0. V. I. 
 Gelvin, loseph, Co. B, 59th 0. V. I. and Co. B, 5th 
 
 O. Y. Y. I. 
 Genier, John, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 George, Benjamin, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 George. R. E., Co. E, 66th 0. V. I. 
 
 er, William T., Co. A. 7th Minn. V. I. 
 
 Getzendenner, Jacob H., Co. H, 95th O. V. I. ; died in 
 
 service. 
 Gibson, Calvin. Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 Gilbreath, William, Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Gill, John S.. Co. I, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gillette, Charles, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gillette, F. H., Co. A, 15th O. V. I. 
 Gillette, Howard H., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gilson, Daniel, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Gilson. Harlow C, Co.- K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Ginn, Leroy S., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Glaze. Adam C, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Glaze, William W., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Glover, Amos, Co. F, 15th O. V. I. : wounded at Stone 
 
 River. 
 Glover, J. J.. Co. F, 15th O. V. I. 
 Goare, John, Co. I, 82nd O. V. I. 
 Goddard, Harrison C, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. and sergt. 
 
 Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Goodrich, Horace L., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gordon, Jackson, 58th O. Y. I. ; killed at Chickamauga, 
 
 aged 19. 
 Gorey, John, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gorsuch, Samuel, ist Bat. 18th U. S. I. 
 Goslin, William H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Gough. Robert, 54th Ohio Zouaves. 
 Gould, Hiram F.. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. ; died at Bolivar, 
 
 Tennessee. 
 Graff. Christopher F., musician 63d O. V. I. 
 Graff, G. L., Co. C. 86th O. V. I. and Co. D, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Grammill, Samuel S., Co. G. and Co. D, 96th O. V. I. 
 Granger, Charles C, Co. D. 15th U. S. I. 
 Granger. Erastus, Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 Granger, James N., 3d O. V. I. 
 Granger, Wilbur, corp. nth O. V. I. 
 Granstaff, William H., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Grant, Asa T., Co. C, 12th O. Cav. 
 Grantham, William P., Co. E, 137th O. V. I. 
 Graves. George A., Co. D. 121st 0. V. I. 
 Gray, Alexander, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Gray, Charles, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Gray, Ebenezer S., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gray, Robert, Co. A., 2nd Bat. iSth U. S. I. Died. 
 Grav. Wesley, Co. C. 2nd Bat. 18th U. S. I. Died. 
 Gray, William, Co. I, 82nd 0. V. I. 
 Green, Ansfield, Co. H.. 121st O. V. 1. 
 Green, Noah, Co. B, 32nd O. V. I. 
 Green, Russell B., Co. H, 75th O. V. I. 
 Greenlee. John, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Gregg. Fred, Co. D, 20th O. V. I.. Co. A, 179th O. V. I. 
 Gregg. J. C, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Gregg, John, Bat C, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Gregg, Israel, Co. D. 26th O. V. I. 
 Gregg, Joseph, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Gregory, Herbert, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Grennen, Lawrence. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Grev, Oliver T., Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 Grieble, Henry. Co. B, 6th U. S. C. and Co. I, 4th 
 
 1 ) V. I. 
 Griffin, John. Co. H. 84th O. V. I. 
 Griffin, Tohn. Co. I. 82nd O. V. I. 
 Griffin. Josiah. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; killed at Chancel- 
 
 lorsville. 
 Griffin, Patrick, Co. H, 174th 0. V. I. 
 Griffin, Russell, musician. 63d O. V. I. 
 Griffith, Elias, Co. C, Ind. Inf. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 395 
 
 Griffith, Chas. F.. Co. G. 27th O. V. I. 
 
 Griffith. John R., Co. A., 145th O. V. I. 
 Griffith, Milo H.. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Griffith, Richard G.. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Griffith. I'h. .mas R., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Grindell, John W'., Co. A, [21st O. V. I. 
 
 Griner, William A., Co. I. 159 and Co. E, 185th O. V. I. 
 
 Grist. Thomas H., Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 
 Groff, T. F., Co. Dr 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Gross, Edward, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Grove, Joseph G., corp. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Grover, Sylvester. Co. I, 4th O. V. I.; killed in battle. 
 
 Grove. William, Co. F, [51st 111. V. I. 
 
 Grubaugh. W. S.. Co. C, 26th and 76th O. V. I. 
 
 Gruber, Alfred, Co. C, 186th O. V. L; died at Nash- 
 ville. 
 
 Grumley, Joseph, Co. D, 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Crumley, Frank C. Co. D, 51st O. V. I. 
 
 Grummon, Fowler, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Guess, Alexander. Co. D, 17th O. Y. I. 
 
 Guess, Mathias, Co. G, 151st O. V. I. 
 
 Guess, Uriah, capt. Co. H, 151st O. V. I. 
 
 Guthrie, Jasper K.. Co. F, 1 3th O. V. I. 
 
 Hahn, S. W"., Co. H, 64th O. V. I. 
 
 Hahn, William F.. Co. E. 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Haines, Jasper, Co. D, 54th O. V. I. 
 
 Hale, Watson, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall. Alexander. Co. I, 4 th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, Amos, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, Asa G., Co. H, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, A. W., 15th U. S. I. 
 
 Hall, Edward M„ Co. E, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, Edwin J., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, George, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, George A.. Co. H, 21st O. V. I. 
 
 Hall. John L., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 2nd lieut. 
 
 Hall, Russell, Co. H, 145th and Co. B, 188th O. V. I. 
 
 Hall, Theodore D.. Co. C, 26th O. V. I.; mortally 
 wounded at Atlanta. 
 
 Hall, Thomas S., Co. C. 86th O. V.- I. and 1st lieut. Co. 
 K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hamilton, John H.. Co. L., 15th N. Y. V. I. 
 
 Hamilton, Armstrong, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Hamilton, John, Co. E, 50th O. V. I. 
 
 Hamilton. Wesley, Bat. C. 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Hammond, Zachary P., sergt. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hanawalt, Allen, Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hanawalt. Levi T., Co. K, 176th O. V. I. 
 
 Haney, Albert F., Co. C. 145th G\ V. I. 
 
 Haney, Robert, Co. C, I2lsmt O. V. I. 
 
 Hanlev, Joseph W.. bugler, Co. F, 3d O. V. C. 
 
 Hanna, George W., Bat. K, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Hanover, John, Co. B. 6rst O. V. I. 
 
 Harager. John, Co. C, 221st O. V. I.: mortally wounded 
 at Jonesboro. 
 
 Harvert, William J., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Harbottle. James, O >. 1 '•. 96th O. V. I. and Co. D, 96th 
 O. V. I. 
 
 Harbottle, Richard, Co. I, nth O. V. C. 
 
 Hardin. Erastus, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hardin, James. Co. G, 90th O. V. I. 
 
 Hardin, John H., musician Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hardin. Nathan C. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hare, Pant, rd, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hager, Slyvanus, Co. F. 31st O. Y. I. 
 
 Harkleroa'd, J. S., Co. B. 147th Pa. V. I. 
 
 Harkelroad, John W., 28th Pa. V. I. 
 
 Harkness, John, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harman, Carson J., Co. E, 31st O. Y. I. 
 
 Harman, H. A., Co. A. 145th O. Y. I. 
 
 Harman, James S., 2nd lieut. G>. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harman, John, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harman, John W., Co. F, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Harman, Silas B., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harman, W. P.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harper, James L., Co. I, 179th O. V. I. 
 
 Harrington, Gipson H., Co. C, 145th O. V. 1. 
 
 Harriott, William H., Co. B, 32nd O. V. I. 
 
 Harris, Batson, Co. G, 45th 6. V. I. 
 
 Harris, James E., in a Pa. regiment. 
 
 Harris, John, Co. B, 25th U. S. I. 
 
 Harris, Lafayette, 4th Iowa V. I. 
 
 Harris, Lucius, musician, Co. F, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Harris Samuel R„ Co. H, 7th Pa. V. I. 
 
 Harris, Simon. Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Harris, Thomas, in a Pa regt. 
 
 Harris. Thimas L., Co. K. 6th N. J. V. I. 
 
 Harris, William, 4th Iowa. 
 
 Harrison, James H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Harroun, Franklin. Co. G, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harrow. Silas B., Co. A, 149th O. V. I. 
 
 Hart, Levi, Co. D, 145th o. V. I. 
 
 Hartenstein, Jacob, Co. H, 145 O. V. I. 
 
 Harter, Andrew J., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Harter, Charles. Inland Navy, and Co. C, 188th O. V. I. 
 
 Harter, John A.. Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 
 Hartley, Benjamin J., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hartroun, Ira, Co. G, 3d O. V. I. 
 
 Hartman, Stanley, Co. B, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Hartsock, George, Co. D, 23d O. V. I. 
 
 Harvey, W. N.. Co. B, 48th O. Y. I.; wounded at 
 
 Shiloh. 
 Hatch, Henry H., Co. C. 4th O. Y. I. 
 Hatch, John T., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Hatch. Samuel, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Hatton, Alexander, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Hauston, Joseph, 13th U. S. I.: died at Atlanta. 
 Hauston. Norman, 18th U. S. I. : died at Nashville. 
 Hautz. Daniel, Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Hautz, Joseph M., Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Havens, Alfred, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Havens, Andrew J., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Havens, George W., Co. G. 88th O. V. I. 
 Havens, Ansel! D, Co. F, 96th O. Y. I. 
 Havens, John, Co. H, 145th O. Y. I. 
 Havens, Robert. Co. E, 145th O. Y. I. 
 Hawley, Robert, Co. B, 176th O. V. I. 
 Haycock. George, Co. G, 3d O. V. I. 
 Haycock. Nathaniel, C. I, 32nd O. Y. I. 
 Haves. William W., Co. C, 124th O. V. I. 
 Haynes, C. F.. Co. C. 1st U. S. V. V. 
 Hazelton, Wavne, Co. H. 174th O. Y. I. 
 Head, Merrick A.. Co. E, 145th O. Y. I. 
 Headington, Clark. Co. A., 65th O. Y. I. 
 HeacHey, Henry, Co. F. 18th U. S. I. 
 Healy, James, sergt. Co. K, [23d O. Y. I. 
 Heath, Chas. W\, Co. H, 6th Ind. V. 
 Heaverlo. Henry. Co. A. ,th Bat. O. Y. I. 
 Heck. John H., Co. G, 7th Mo. Y. I. and Co. E, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Hedces, Dr. Wm. B., ass't surg. 06th O. V. I. 
 Hedges, William M„ Co. E. 145th O. Y. I. 
 Hefifner. Patrick, Co. A, 43d O. Y. I. 
 Heinlen, Abram, Co. B. 43d O. Y. I. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Heller, Elias, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Heller, Elias M., 4th O. V. I. and 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Heller, E. M., Co. H, 174th O. V. I.; age 17. 
 
 Heller, John, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Helphrey, Henekiah, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. ; died at Wil- 
 kin's Bend. 
 
 Helt, Jonathan J., Bat. E, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Henderson, Alexander, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Henderson, R. A., maj. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hendrick, Levi, Co. K, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Hendrickson. H., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Henesv, George W., Co. I, 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Henne, Gottlieb, Co. C, iS6th O. V. I. 
 
 Hennis, Hezekiah, Co. F, iSth U. S. A. 
 
 Hennis, Jeremiah, Co. F. 15th U. S. I. 
 
 Hennis, John. Co. G, 3d Wis V. C. 
 
 Hennis, Joseph, Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Henry, G. W., corp Co. I, 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Henry, Lewis, 145th 111. V. I. 
 
 Harrington, William, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Herman, John H., Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Herron, James, Trenton tp. 
 
 Herron, Frank, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Heslocker, H. H.. Co. C, 2nd Wis V. I. 
 
 Hewitt, John, Co. D., 13th Mo. V. I. 
 
 Hewitt, John, Co. D, 22nd O. V. I. 
 
 Hickle, Isaac, corp. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hicks, Milt. hi. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hicks, J. S., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 High, Andrew P., Co. E, 129th O. V. I. 
 
 High, Benjamin, Co. F, 96th O. V. I.; killed at Ar- 
 kansas Post. 
 
 Highland, James A., in an Ohio regt, Van Wert 
 County. 
 
 Highwarden, Abram, Co. H, 27th U. S. I. 
 
 Higinbotham, Ezra, Gov't Guards. 
 
 Hilderman, Riley, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Hilford, Nehemiah. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hilf, Charles F., Co. A, '19th U. S. I. 
 
 Hill. Andrew, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill, Edward R., Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill. Elias, Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill, Josiah W., Bat. C, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Hill, Peter, corp. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill, Solomon. Co. A, 144th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill, Thomas J., Co. I, 120th O. V. I. 
 
 Hill, William A., Co. C, 121 O. V. I. 
 
 Mi!]-, Thomas J., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hills, R. Howell, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hills V. T., capt. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Hines, Alfred, in last year of war. 
 
 Hines, John, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Hines. Philip, Co. B, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Hinkle, James, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hinkle, Michael H., Co. K, 1451b O. V. I. 
 
 Ilint'in, Samuel G., Co. D, 20th 0. V. I.; died at La- 
 Grange, Term. 
 
 Hippie, Jackson, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. • 
 
 Hippie. John, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Hitt, Jonathan J., 2nd U. S. A. 
 
 Hobart, Lorenzo, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hodges. lames B., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 HofT, John W., Co. C, 1451b O. V. I. 
 
 Hoffman. Carr, Co. B, 142nd O. V. I. 
 
 Hoffman, George F., Co. H, 153d O. V. I. 
 
 Ilouans. David, Co. F, 24th O. V. I. 
 
 lb lcombe, H. \Y„ Co. I, 6th N. Y. C. 
 
 Hollenbaugh, Henry, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Hollenbaugh, William, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hollington, Ambrose, chaplain, mth O. V. I. 
 
 Holly, Robert, Co. B, 176th O. V. I. 
 
 Holmes, Andrew J., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Holmes, Simeon, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Holmes. W. W., Co. B, 50th N. Y. V. V. I. 
 
 Holt, Charles, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Holt, Charles, Co. F, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Holt, George W., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Honnetter, Jeremiah, Co. B, 18th U. S. I.; Co. A, 45th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Hooper, James, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Hoover, Gilbert C, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Hooer, Homer H., Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Hoover, John, 1st O. V. I. and 19th U. S. I. 
 Hoover, Joseph, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Hoover, Oscar, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. ; died at Columbus. 
 Hoover, Seth L., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Hoover, William H., Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Hopkins, Ludwig, Co. F, 46th O. V. I. 
 Hopper, Daniel D., capt. Co. H, 10th O. V. C. 
 Hopper. Peter J., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Hord, Bodiski, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Hord, J. M.. in an Ohio regt. 
 Hord, Oliver W., 60th O. V. I. 
 Hord, Severius, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Hord, Thomas E., 128th O. V. I. 
 Horn, Leroy, 76th O. V. I. 
 Horr. Andrew C, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Horton, W. H, Co, C, 154th O. V. I. 
 Hornbeck, Norton, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Houseworth, Doren, Co. E, 26th O. V. I. 
 Houseworth, Edward, Co. F, 98th O. V. I. 
 Houseworth, George, Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 Houseworth, Henry, Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 Houtz, David F., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Howald, Jacob, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Howard, Albert C, Co. B, 3d Batn. 3d U. S. I. 
 Howard. Frank B., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Howard, Newton, Co. A, 2nd Batn. U. S. I. 
 Howe, David M., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Hubbell, Burton, Co. I, 12nd O. V. I. 
 Hubbell, Charles P., Co. G, 44th Ind. V. V. I. 
 Hubbell. Daniel, Co, G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Hubbell. Harvey S., Bat. E, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Hubbell, Preston D., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Hubbell, Sbadrick, lieut. 186th O. V. I. and 1st U. S. I. 
 Hubbell, Thomas C, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Hubbell, William. Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Hubbell, William, Co. I, 32nd O. V. 1. 
 Huddle, Daniel W., Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Huff, Lewis C, Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 Huffine, Henry, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Huffine, Lewis. Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Hughes, George W.,"Co. F. 3d Batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 Hughes, William, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Hull, Cornelius, 1st lieut. Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Hull, Samuel E., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Hull, Herman W. Co. C, 145th O. Y. I. 
 Hulse, Frederick, Co. K, t2ist O. V. I. 
 Hults, Charles, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Hubs, Henry, Co. D, 27th O. V. I. 
 Hults, John F., Co. K, 121st O. Y. I. 
 Humble, James R. Co. K, 121st O. Y. I. 
 Humes, Josiah, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Humes, William, Co. K. 121st O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 397 
 
 Hummel, Henry, Co. K, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphreys, Harvev A., 1st sergt. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphrey, Hezekiah H.. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphrey, John H., col. Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphreys, Edward, Co. E, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphreys, Gibson, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Humphreys, Richard, 4th O. V. I. and 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Hunt, Milton, Co. E. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Huntley, Albert, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Huntley, Lvman S., sergt Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Huntley, Oscar F., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Hupp. George, Co. F, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hupp. Harvey. Co. F, 65th O. V. I. 
 
 Hurll.urt, Noah, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hurlburt, Robert F., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Hurley. William P., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Huston, Archibald, Co. A. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Huston, George W.. corp. Co. C, 36th O. V. I. 
 
 Huston, Joseph, Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 
 Huston, Noah, Co. F, 181st O. V. I. 
 
 Huston, Norman, Co. B, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Hutchis. Jasper N., Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Hyatt, Dr. E. H., capt. Co. A, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Hyatt, Servis, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Hyde, Frank C, 32nd O. V. I. 
 
 Hyde, Joshua M.. Co. C, 7th Ver. 
 
 Hvde, Russell, capt. 32nd O. V. I. at Harper's Ferry. 
 
 Ingalls, Pearl P.. Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Ingham, Melville C, Co. G, 14th O. V. V. I. 
 
 Ingle, Peter, Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Ingle, William, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Ingmire, Fernando B., 18th O. Ind. Bat. 
 
 Ingram, William, Co. D, 64th O. V. V. I. 
 
 Inskeep, A. J., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Inskeep, Gustavus, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Irwin, D. S., Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 
 Irwin, Isaac, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Jackson. Benjamin, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Jackson, James W., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Jackson, John, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Jackson, William H., Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Jacobus, John, Trenton tp. 
 
 James, Alfred S.. Co. F. 43rd O. V. I. 
 
 James, John S., Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 James, William. Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Jameson, George, nth O. V, I. and 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Tarvis, Henry J., 1st lieut. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Jaycox, C. A. Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Jaycox, Ephraim. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Jaynes, Charles M.. Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Jaynes, D. H., in Ohio regt. ; starved to death in An- 
 
 dersonville. 
 Jaynes, Fred N., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Jaynes, G. L., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jaynes, Herbert A., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Jaynes, Seymour, Co. H, 145th 6. V. I. 
 jaynes, Solomon, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jeffcott, Joseph, U. S. N. 
 Jenkins, Beniamin A., Co. G, 187th O. V. I. 
 Jenkins, David. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Jenkins, Erastus, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Jenkins, John W., Co. D. 83rd. O. V. I. 
 Jenkins, Thomas, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Jennings, Benjamin, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Jennings, Edward, Co. H, 124th O. V. I. 
 Jennings, Joseph. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Jennings, Reuben, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jennings. Robert P., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jennings, Simon H., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jewett, William, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 John, Williams, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Johnson, Alexander, Co. A, 18th U. S. I. and Co. K, 
 
 145 O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Amos, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Charles B., Co. C. 186th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Clark. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Daniel W., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Darwin, Co. B, nth U. S. I. 
 Johnson, Harrison, Co. E, 72nd 111 V. I. 
 Johnson. Joseph C, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Levi, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Johnson. Robert. Co. A, 2nd Batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 Johnson, Robert A., Co. F, 88th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, Thomas, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, William A., Co. A. 88th 111 V. I. 
 Johnson, William C, 96th O. V. I. 
 Johnson, William C, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Johnston, Anthony, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Jolly, Aaron R., 18th O. Ind. Bat. 
 Jolly, Henry, 18th O. Ind. Bat. 
 Jones, Andrew R., Co. D. 131st O. V. I. 
 Jones, Anthony, Co. A, 176th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Beniamin, Co. B, 23d U. S. I. 
 Jones, Charles L., 1st Batn., Co. E, Yates' S. S. ; 64th 
 
 111. V. V. I. 
 Jones, David, Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, David, Sr., Batn, I, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Jones, David, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, David F., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Jones, D. F., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Jones, D. L., Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Edward M., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Edward M., capt. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, George W., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Jones, George W., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Harry, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Henry, Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Hiram, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Isaac, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Ishmael A„ Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, J. A., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones. J. D., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, John, Co. H, 4th and 121st O. V. I. 
 Jones, John S., 1st lieut. Co. C, 4th O. V. I.; capt. Co. 
 
 B; col. 174th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Lawson, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Jones, Lewis, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Martin, Co. A. 76th O. V. I. 
 Tones, Nicholas, Co. C, 145 O. V. I. 
 Jones, Samuel D, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Solomon, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Thomas B„ Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Jones, William, Co. F. 18th O. V. I. 
 Jones. William T.. Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 Jones, William W., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Jones, Winfield S., Co, C. T4=ith O. V. I. 
 Jones, W. W., Co. A, 145th 6. V. I. 
 Jordan, Enos, Co. C, 2nd Batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 Jordan, Henry, 15th U. S. I. 
 Jordan, James M., Co. F, 15th U. S I. 
 joslyn, John H., Co. E, 133d O. V. I. 
 [oy, M. F., Co. E, 145 O. V. I. 
 lovner. Robert J.. 18th U. S. I. 
 Joyner, William T., 49th O. V. M. 
 
398 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Julian, Samuel, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Kaley, Patrick. Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Kampf, Jonathan, Co.. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Kanauss, Abraham. Co. E, 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Kanauss, Charles S., Co. K, 102nd O. V. I. 
 
 Kanauss, Daniel A., 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Kanauss, Edward, 20th O. Ind. Bat. 
 
 Kanauss, Manuel G., 87th O. V. I. and 20th O. Ind. Bat. 
 
 Kanauss, M. J. 20th O. L. A. 
 
 Kane, Charles I., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Karr, P. M., Co. E, 145 O. V. I. 
 
 Kautfmnn, John, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kauffman, Pasawell, corp. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Keifer, Christopher. Co. B, gist O. V. I. 
 
 Keifer, Lawrence, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Keeler, Bradley, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Keeler, Ford, Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Keeler, Henry, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Keesey, William, Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Keiler, George, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Keiser, Jacob, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Keiser, Samuel, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kelchner. Isaac W.. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Keller. Thomas. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Kellogg, Robert A., sergt-maj. 16th Conn. V. I. 
 
 Kelly, Henry, Co. A. McLaughlin's Squadron. 
 
 Kelly, Henry C. Co. I, 82nd O., V. I. 
 
 Kelly, Samuel Lloyd, Co. I. 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Kelsey, Asa B., corp. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kelsey, Grover C, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kelsev. Philander. q6th O. V. I. 
 
 Keltner, Daniel, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Kempton, Benjamin. Co. H, 174th O. V. I: died in 
 service. 
 
 Kempton, Charles, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Kempton. John F., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Kennedy, James, Co. H, 174th O. V. I, 
 
 Kepler, William, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Kester. Joseph, served in an Ohio regt. 
 
 Kibbv, John, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kiger, David K. Co. K, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Kiler, George, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Killar, John, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 
 Kilpatrick, William, Co. K. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Kimball, Joseph, C. C, 4th O. V. 1. 
 
 Kimball, Joseph Henry, capt. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Kincaid, Benjamin F., Co. E, 102nd O. V. I. 
 
 Kincaid, Daniel, 122nd 111. V. I. 
 
 Kincaid, William, 120th O. V. I. 
 
 Kinnan, Charles C, Co. I, 23d Ky. V. I. 
 
 Kinikin, David H., Co. C, 76th O. V. I. 
 
 Kinney, John, Co. B, 61st O. V. I.; died in hospital 
 during war. 
 
 Kinsell, Harvey, Co. C, 2nd Batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Kirbv. Francis, Co. C, inth O. V. I. 
 
 Kirbv, James F., Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 
 Kirchner, John, Co. A, 2nd Batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, James W., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, John, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kirns, Peter, Co. C I2ist O. V. I. 
 
 Klee, Mathias, Co. D. 82nd O. V. I. 
 
 Kline, Daniel, musician 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Kline, Jacob L., Co. F, 96th <> V. I. 
 
 Knapp, Wilson S., sergt. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Knight, Gabriel W.. 1451b X. V. V. I. and 5th A. C. 
 
 Knight, Abner. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Knight, John W., 145111 N. V. V. I. 5th A. C. 
 
 Knight, William G, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Kohler, Charles, Co. D. 121st 6. V. I. 
 
 Kohler. Peter, served in Pa. Inf. 
 
 Koeppel. Gabriel, Co. D, 71st O. V. I. 
 
 Krauskopf, A. C, Co. L, 7th Pa. Cav. 
 
 Kring, David, Co. F, 18th U. S. I.; killed at Stone' 
 
 River. 
 Kruck, Jacob, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Kvger. James, 16th U. S. I. 
 Kyle, Elias, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Kyle. Hugh, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Kvle, John A., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Kyle, William T., Co. A, 145th O. V. I.' 
 Lacourse, William, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Lacourse, Alonzo, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Ladd, Job D., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Laird, Samuel D., Co. F. 66th O. V. I. 
 Lake, Willis, Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 Lamb, Howard S., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Landon, Thomas, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Laiulon, Thomas, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Lane, Austin, Co. F, 1st Va. V. I. 
 Lane, George, Co. I, 82nd O. V. I. 
 Lane. John, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 Lane. John, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Lane, Thomas N., Co. C, T7th O. V. I. 
 Larcum, Levi, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Larrimore, Robert A., Co. G. 20th O. V. I. 
 Larison, Sylvester, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 Lasher, John J., Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Lavender, Jesse, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Law, Edward, 121st O. V. I.; died in service. 
 Lawrence, John W., Co. F, 31st O. V. I. 
 Lawrence, Josephus, Co. F, 31st O. V. I. 
 Lawrence. Lee. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Lawson, Henry, Co. A, 3d O. V. I. 
 Lawson, Jacob, 133d O. V. I. 
 Lawson. Orris, col. G>. A. 3d O. V. I. 
 Lawson, S. H., Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 Lawson, William J., Co. H. 133d O. V. I. 
 Layman, Henry, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Layton, William, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Layton, William S.. Co. A, 90th O. V. I. 
 Ledlie, John, 15th U. S. I. 
 Leech, James A., Co. B, 196th O. V. I. 
 Leady.. John D., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Leacly, Joseph, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 Leander, Carr, Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Lear, Edward F., musician, 127th O. V. I. 
 Lear. William A., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Ledlie. Joshua F.. Co. D, and Co. H, 20th O. V. I. 
 Lee, A. E„ capt Co. E, 82nd O. V. I., Co. I, 82nd 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Lee, Daniel S.. Co. I, 4th O. V. I 
 Lee, William H, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Leeper, W. B.. Co. D, 49th O. V. I. 
 Leggett, Washington, Co. D, I2tst O. V. I. 
 Lemley, Wesley, Co. F, 10th Md. V. C. 
 Leonard. Leroy, Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 Lepard, George, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lepart. Preston, Co. D. 121st O. V. 1. 
 Lewis, Charles F., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lewis, Jerome, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Lewis; John W., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lewis, Jonathan, Co. D, 65th O. V. I.: killed at Nash 
 
 ville. 
 Lewis, Joseph. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 399 
 
 Lewis Milo H., Co. K, I2ist O. V. I. 
 
 Lewis, Orson, Co. D, 65th 0. V. I. 
 
 Lewis Samuel, Co. A, i-i^th O. V. I. 
 
 Lewis, Samuel T., Co. B, 78th O. V. I. 
 
 Louis Thomas C, Co. K. utst O. V. I. 
 
 Leibenderfer, John, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. and Brig. band. 
 
 Lincoln, Lyman W., Co. F. [13th O. V. I. 
 
 Lincoln, Spencer D.. Co. B. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lincoln, William H., 76th O. V. I. 
 
 Lindsey, Joseph, co i, 48th reg. O. V. I. 
 
 Lindsey, Joseph W.. Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lindsev, Thomas, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Link, William, Co. B, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Linn, Hiram, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 1. 11111. John, Co. I, 4th O. V. I.; died in service. 
 
 Linn, Joshua R.. Co. B. 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Linn, W. T., Co. A. 5th Ind. 
 
 Linnaberry, George, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Linnaberry, Howard, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Linnaberry, Joseph, H., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Linnaberry, Ranson. Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Littick, Henry \\\, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Little, Charles Otis, Co. H, 95th O. V. I. 
 
 Little, George W. Qm. 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Little. Lewis W., adjt. 2nd Ky V. C. 
 
 Livingston, Alfred R., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 •Lloyd. Benjamin, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Llyod, Joel, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Lock-wood, Hiram, Co. H, 174th O. V. 1 
 
 Lombard, F. C, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Lombard, James, Co. A, 18th U. S. 1. 
 
 Lombard. Wesley, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Long. David, Co. E, 7.3d O. V. I. 
 
 Long, David D., 61 st O. V. I. 
 
 Long, Fowler H., Co. K, 66th O. V. I. and Co. C, 121st 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Long, John P.. 121st O. V. I. and Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Long. Richard, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 Long, Theodore, Co. C. 174th O. V. I. 
 Longshore, Jasper, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Longwell, Albert G, ass't snrg. 4th O. V. I. ; died at 
 
 Camp Chase. 
 Longwell, Benjamin, fiter, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Longwell. Norton, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Loop, James P., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lott, Dewitt, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Lott, John C, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Lott, Wilbur, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Loud, George H.. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Louden. James P., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Love, Charles, Co. H, 18th O. V. L 
 Loveless, Daniel, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lovell, Charles B., Co. I, 135th O. V. I. 
 Lowery. James C, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Lowrey, Andrew J., Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 Lovthrey, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. : died in service. 
 Lugenbeel, D. W. C, corp. Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 Lumbard, Freyling C., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lumbard, Silas. Co. E. 145 O. V. I. 
 Lumbard, Wesley, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lumbard, William. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Lumbert, Robert F., Co. G. 2nd Mo. V. C. 
 Lybrand, Archibald, Co. I. 4th; capt. Co. E, 73d O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Lvbrand, James C, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Lvbrand. R. G, capt. Co. D. 192nd O. V. I. 
 
 Lyman, David, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Lyman, Oliver. 18th U. S. L; died at Andersonville. 
 
 Lyman, Philip, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Lyons, Peter, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Lytle, James R., Co. I, 159th O. V. I. 
 
 Lytle, William F„ Co. I. 90th O. V. I. 
 
 Macomber, Walter, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Macomber, William, 30th O. V. 1. 
 
 Maddox, A. H., Co. D, 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Mafritt, Benjamin C, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Mahoney, Michael. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Main, Henry B.. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Main. Lemuel, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Main, Madison, sergt. Co. C, 145th O V. I. 
 
 Main, Marion, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Main, Martin, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. ; missing at Chancel- 
 
 lorville. 
 Main, Samuel, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Maize. Aaron A.. Batn. C, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 Maize, Wilson, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Maloney, Michael, Co. t. 196th O. V. I. 
 Maloney, Patrick, Co. F, 196th O. V. I. 
 Manley, Marcellus, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mann.' Austin D., lieut. 5th Art. 
 Mann, Jasper, Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Mann Joseph T., Co. H, I2ist O. V. I. 
 Mann, Silas J., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Mansfield, William. Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Mantler. Daniel F., C. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Manville. Edwin B., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Marble, Nathan, Co. F, 1st U. S. V. V. 
 Markle, Jacob, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Marks, Erastus B.. C. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 Marquet, Werner, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Marriott. William H.. Co. B, 32nd O. V. I. 
 Marsh, Cornelius, Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Marsh, David, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Marsh, Monroe, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Marshall, Isaac, Co. I, 63d O V. I. and 112th O. V. I. 
 Martin. B. F., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Martin, Eleazer, served in a western regt. 
 Martin, James H., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Martin, James W„ Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Martin. John F., Co. C. 4th O. V. 1. 
 Martin, Nehemiah, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Martin, Theodore, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Martin, Sabeers, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Martin. Valentine, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Martindale, James, Co. H. 3d O. V. I. and Co. F, 33d 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Martus, Theodore, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Mason, John, Co. G. 168th O. V. I. 
 M..>s, Thomas J., Co. K, 121st O. V. I.: killed at Per- 
 
 r\ sville. 
 Mateer, Samuel, 96th O. V. I. 
 Matheny, Robert F., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Matheny, W., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mathews. George W.. Co. E, 43d O. V. I. 
 Matin, Samuel, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Matlock, Thomas, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mattoon, Francis M., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Maugans, Samuel. Co. K, 145th O V. I. 
 Maxwell, Robert H., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Maxwell, William H.. Co. A, iSth U. S. I. 
 May, Obed R., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 May. Gabriel G., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mavfield, Abram, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
400 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Mayfield, Andrew, Co. C, 86th O. V. I. and Union 
 
 Light Guards. 
 Mayfield, Columbus P.. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mayfield, James W., Union Light Guards. 
 Mayfield, John C, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. ; died in service. 
 Mayfield, Pritchard, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mayfield, William, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 McAtlee, William H., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 McCarter, Robert, sergt. 40th O. V. I. 
 McCarty, Henry A., Co. B and Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 McCarty, Joseph, Co. A, McLaughlin's Squadron. 
 McCay, Alexander. Co. F, 96th O. V. I.; killed at 
 
 Grand Coteau. 
 McCay, George W., Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 McCay, Hugh B., Co. C, 12th 111., V. I. 
 McCay, James R. P., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 McCav, Jesse B., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 McCay. John S., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 McCay, Josephus, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 McCay, Marion, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 McClain, James A., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 McClain, James, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 McClain, John, Co. G. 137th O. V. I. 
 McClary, David. Co. E, 2nd O. V. H. A. 
 McCleod, Daniel, Co. M, 3d O. V. C. 
 McCollin, Andrew J., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 McComiber, Zeno, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. : died at Wil- 
 kin's Bend. 
 McCrary. James, Co. G. ioSth O. V. I. 
 McCreary, Oscar, 4th O. V. I. 
 McCullough, Harvey J., Co. E, 84th O. V. I. 
 McCullough, James H., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. ; qm. 
 
 sergt. 145th O. V. I. 
 McCullough, John E., Co. A, 174th O. V. I. 
 McCullough, John F., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 McCullough. Josiah L., Co. D, 20th O. V. I.; died at 
 
 Shiloh. 
 McCullough, Watson, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 McCullough, William, Co. E, 14:5th O. V. I. 
 McDonald, Morgan, Co. H.. 121st O. V. I. 
 McDonald, William, Co. I, 32nd O. V. I. 
 M. Donald, William, Co. G.. 06th O. V. I.; killed in 
 
 Custer's massacre. 
 McDowell Patrick, Co. A, 2nd Batn. U. S. A. 
 McElroy, A. C, 2nd Va. V. I. 
 McElrov. A. H„ Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 McElroy, Charles H.. Co. D, 20th; maj. 96th O. V. I. 
 McElroy, Ervin B.. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 McElrov, James N., maj. 20th O. V. I.; col. 60th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 McElroy, Newton J., maj. 20th O. V. I.; capt. in U. 
 
 S. C. 
 McFarland, A. W., Co. G. 06th O. V. I. 
 McGonigle, Chauncey, Co. D, 65th O. V. I. 
 McFarlin, John A., sergt. Co. K. 04th 111. V. I. 
 Mcllvaine. Robert, Co. D, 45th O. V. I. 
 Mcllvaine, S., 18th U. S. I. 
 Mclntire, George, Co. I, 46th O. V. I. 
 Mclntire, James, Co. C, 4th and Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Mclntyre, James W., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 McKinney, William, Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 McKinnie, James R., Co. A, l45ih O. V. I.' 
 McKinnie, Josiah, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 McLead, Fred P., Co. A, 17th U. S. I. 
 McLead. Miles, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 McManus, Daniel, Co. C, 2d U. S. C. 
 McMaster, Benjamin S., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 McMillan, James, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 McMillan, George C, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 vMcPherson, Benjamin. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 McRanv. Hiram, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 McWiliiams, Chancey, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 McWilliams, Marshall S., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 McWiliiams, Smith, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 McWilliams. William H., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Meeker, Andrew, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Meeker, Stephen N., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Meinhen, Marcus O., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Meinhen, Mason, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mercer, Alfred, Co. A, 2d O. H. A. 
 Mercer, Isaiah, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mercer, Washington Z., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Merrihew, Mason J. C, sergt. Co. H., 145th O. V. I. 
 Merrill, Albert H., Co. I. 82d O. V. I. 
 Merryman, James H., Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Messenger, William H., Co. F, 1st M. M. B. U. S. V. 
 Michael, G. W., Co. I, nth Minn. V. I. 
 Michelbach, Henry. Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Mickle, Alexander, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mickle, Robert, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Adolphus, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Alpheus, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Andrew J., Co. M, 3d O. V. C. 
 Miller, Charles A., Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Daniel, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Frank. Co. I, 117th O. V. I. 
 Miller, George D., Co. H. 88th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Henry, sergt. Co. K. 59th O. V. I. 
 Miller, I., Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Isaac, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Isaac, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Jacob S., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Jerrv, Co. H, 18th O. V. V. I. 
 Miller, John. Co. A, 176th O. V. I. 
 Miller, John A., corp. Co. A. 3d O. V. I. 
 Miller, John J., Batn. E, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Miller, William, Co. D, 114th O. V. I. 
 Miller. William C, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Miller, William H, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mills, Francis, 18th U. S. I. 
 Mills, George P., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Mills, George, 18th U. S. I. 
 Mills, James W.. Co. V, Gov't Guards. 
 Mills, V. W., Capt. Co. B, 20th O. V. I. 
 Mills, William, Co. L, 114th O. V. I. 
 Milton, N. P., Coo. I, 54th O. V. I. 
 Minter, Ralph, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Minter, V., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Mitchell, Daniel C, Co. C, 82d O. V. I. 
 Mitchell, George W., Co. I, nth Minn. V. I. 
 Mitchell, James, chaplain, 133d O. V. I. 
 Mitchell, Raven R., corp. Co. G, 124th O. V. I. 
 Mitchell, Thomas, Co. B, 54th O. V. I. 
 Mock, Taylor, 2d Batn. 13th U. S. I. 
 Modi, Martin, Co. G, 121st O. V. I. 
 Moist. William, Co. A, 93d O. V. I.; lost right arm; 16 
 
 years old. 
 Monahan, John, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. ; died of wounds. 
 Montgomery, George W., Co. D, 1st O. V. C. 
 Montgomery, H. D., Co. D, 1st O. V. C. 
 Montgomery. R. B., Co. D, 1st O. V. C. 
 Moore, Allen. Co. B, I42d O. V. I. 
 Moore, Charles, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Moore, Frank, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 401 
 
 Moore, George, Co. G, 98th O. V. I. 
 Moore. James H., Co. G, 123d N. Y. V. I. 
 Moore, James W., Co. C. 25th O. V. I. 
 Moore, John, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. : died in Lynch- 
 burg prison. 
 Moore, Lucius, Co. H, 18th U. S. I. 
 Moore, Samuel A., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Moore, Sylvester, Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Moore, William E., adjt. 145th O. V. I. 
 Moore, William, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Morehead, Alexander, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Caleb N, 121st O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Alfred, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Daniel W., corp. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Stanley S., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Stephen B., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Morehouse, Timothy. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Morey. Cyrus W., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Morey, Hiram, Batn. E, 2d V. H. A. 
 Mi rey, Sylvester, Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Morgan,. George W.. Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 Morgan, James W., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Morgan, Lewis, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. ; killed before 
 
 Petersburg. 
 Morgan, Loomis, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Morris, Meshac, waiter for Col. A. E. Norton. 
 Morris. William, chaplain 149th O. V. I. 
 Morris. William H.. Co. B, 10th O. V. I. 
 Morris, Elija, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 Morrison, Francis W., surg. Coo. I, 4th O. V. I., and 
 
 174th O. V. I. 
 Morrison, Ginn, Concord Twp. 
 Morrison, Guy, Bat. 
 
 Morrow. Arthur, Co. D. 44th Mo. V. C. 
 Morton. Edward, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Moses, Albert I., Co. E, 7th 111 V. I., or Co. K, 28th 
 
 111. 
 Moses, Isaiah, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Moses. John F., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; trans, to 4th U. 
 
 S. Art. 
 Moses. Perrv, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Mosher. Charles H„ Co. G, 17th O. V. I. 
 Mosher, Edmund B., steward 15th O. V. I. ; ass't surg. 
 
 i72d O. V. I. 
 Moss, Samuel. Co. C. 36th O. V. I. 
 M( yer, Thomas, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mounts, Amos C, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Mouser, Homer S., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Mullen. Alexander, Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 Mullen, Elijah. Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 Mummy, Daniel, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Munsell, Tohn T., Co. C, 4th. and 2d lieut. Co. D, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Munson, Elisha, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Murfield. William. Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 Murphv, James F., Co. F, iSth O. V. V. I. 
 Murphy. William A., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Mussard, Joseph, Co. K, 6th W. Va. 
 Mutchler, Jasper. Co. H. 5th U. S. A. 
 Myers, Henrv, Co. D. 40tfi O. V. I. 
 Myers, L. A.', Co. D, 15th U. S. I. 
 Nafus, Co. E, 145th O. V. I., musician. 
 Nafus, Silas G, Co. E, 145th O. V. T. 
 Nafus, William C, Co. D. 96th O. V. I. 
 Nagle. Daniel H., Co. A, Md. Cav. 
 Nash, Oscar F., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Xeal, Robert D„ Co. B, 91st O. V. I. 
 Xeebles, Elijah. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Needles, Alfred P., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Neel, Dr. J. W., 3d Ass't surg. 12th W. Va. 
 Neer. Amos, 8th O. V. C. 
 Neer, James, Co. G, 94th O. V. I. 
 Neer, John, 95th O. V. I. 
 
 Neer, Joseph, one of four brothers, in an Ohio regi- 
 ment. 
 Neer, Josiah, 44th O. V. I., and 8th O. V. I. 
 Neirling, William. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Nelson. Edward T., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Nelson, George, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Nelson, Samuel, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Nelson, Samuel, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Nelson, William, Co. H, 88th O. V. I. 
 Netelson, Albert, Co. G. 32d O. V. I. 
 Nettleton, Baron B., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Nettleton, Judson, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Nevis, William, Inland Navy. 
 Nevis, John D., Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Newell, Harris W.. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Newell, Joseph W., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, Adam, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, Alexander, Co. C, 121st O. V. I., and Co. 
 
 K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, James H, Co. F. 66th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, John, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, John. Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, Joseph, 45th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, Samuel, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, Wesley. Co. G, O. V. I. 
 Newhouse, William, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Newkirk, Cvrus. Co. G, o6tlTo. V. I. 
 Nichols, Ludwell W„ Co. I, 3d O. V. I., and Co. I, 
 
 85th; capt. Co. B. 88th O. V. I. 
 Nicholson, M. A.. Co. F. 133d O. V. I. 
 Nixon, John, Co. D, 2d W. Va. Cav. 
 Noah, Daniel M., Co. C, 46th O. V. I. 
 Noah, David T., Co. C, 46th O. V. I. 
 Norris. George, Co. G, 17th O. V. I.: Co. K, 54th O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Norris. Isaac, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Null, Jacob, Co. G, 187th O. V. I. 
 Null, John, Co. H, 120th O. V. I. 
 Nutt, John E., Co. H, 133d O. V I. 
 Oldham, Joshua G., Co. F. 96th O. V I.: 2d Batn. V. 
 
 R. C. 
 Oldham. Thomas, Co. A. 71st O. V I. 
 Olds, H. C, maj. 145th O. V. I. 
 Olds, Sanford, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Olds. Lester, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Olmstead, Charles F., Co. F, 96th O. V I. 
 Olmstead. Sanford A.. Co. C, 26th O. V. I., and Co. 
 
 C. 145th O. V I. 
 Olney, Joel, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Olnev, John A.. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Olney, Levi. Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Orem, Benjamin F., Co. K, 13th Md. V. I.; wounded 
 
 at Gettysburg. 
 Orndoff. Jonathan. Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Orton. Smith H. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; killed at Spottsyl- 
 
 vania C. H. 
 Osborn, David, Bat. H. 5th U. S. A. 
 Osborn. Josiah, Bat. H, 5th U. S. A. 
 Osborn. Judson. Co. K, 121st O V. I. 
 Osborn, Samuel, Co. G, 96th O. V. I., and 17th Ind. 
 
 Bat. 
 Osborn. William H.. Co. H, 4th O. V. I.; Co. A, 45th; 
 
 corp. Co. G, 187th O. V. I. 
 
402 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Ostrander, Jacob, Co. D, 20th; Co. C, 121st; Co. I, 
 69th O. V. I. 
 
 Ott, George, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Ousey, Edward. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Ousey, James, Batn. K. 2d V. H. A. 
 
 Overturf, Wesley, Co. F. ofith O. V. I. 
 
 Oviatt, David W., Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Owens, Thomas, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Owston, Charles V.. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Owston, Henry H., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Owston. William H., Co. C. 4th 6. V. I. 
 
 Pace. Isaac. Co. G. 06th O. V. I. 
 
 Pace. James, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Pace. Nathan. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Paddock. Selvin, Co. H. SSth O. V. I. 
 
 Page, Charles, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Page, Henrv D., Co. H, 187th O. V. I. 
 
 Page, Robert S., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Page. W. R.. Co. F, 2d Batn. U. S. I. 
 
 Palmer, David L., Co. F, U. S. V. V. 
 
 Palmer. Charles, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. ; died in ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Palmer, O. H., Co. B, 16th Conn. V. I. 
 
 Palmer, Roderick, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Parker, Ward L.. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Parks, Cornelius, Co. C, 40th O. V. I. 
 
 Parks, Henrv P., Co. B, 125th 111 V. I. 
 
 Parks. Hoker E., Co. I. 46th O. V. I. 
 
 Parks, John. Co. C, 40th O V. I. 
 
 Parks, Rose J., Co. M, 3d O V. C. ; Co. G, 144th O. 
 V. I. 
 
 Parks, Sanford, Co. A, SSth O. V. I. 
 
 Parnell, W. P., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Parry. Thomas L., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Patrick, George. Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Patrick, John, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Patrick. Nathan E., Co. G, 96th O. V. I.; Co. H, 174th 
 O. V. I. 
 
 Patterson, Charles B., 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Patterson, John, Co. B. 113th O. V. I. 
 
 Patterson, Milo, corp. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Patterson, Morrel, corp. Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Patterson, Hosea, regt. band, 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Patton, William B., "Co. B, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Patton, William C. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Patrick, Charles M., snrg. Co. I, 2d O. V. I. 
 
 Peak. Benjamin. Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Peak, Charles, Co. D, I2tst O. V. I. 
 
 Peak, George, Co. D, t2tst O. V. I. 
 
 Pearson, Frank W., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Peaslev, John, Co. C, 5th Rat'n. 
 
 Peaslev, O., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Peek, Irwin B., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton, George E., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton. James A.. Co. I, ath O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton, John W.. Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton, Rawley C, iS6th O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton, Samuel L., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Pendleton, Van M., Co. E, 66th O. V. I.; in Libby 
 prismi. 
 
 Penell, William P.. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Penry. John P., Co. D, 20th 6. V. I. 
 
 Perm, Joseph, Co. H, 174th O. V. I.; died of -mall 
 
 1" IX. 
 
 Perfect, Edwin, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Perfect, Henry, Co. H, 121 -t O. V. I. 
 Perfect, Leroy, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Perfect, Waymon, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Perrv George, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; and Co. K, 179th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Perry, George W., Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 Perrv, Hugh, 1st lieut. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Perry. Robert, Co. A. 145th 6. V. I. 
 Persons, Elvero, Co. C, 18th Mich. 
 Pettibone. Channing L.. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Pettibone, Thomas L., Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Pettit. lacob, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Philbrick. Orlando, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Philips, Jenkins, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Philips, Joseph, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Phillipni, Philip, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Phinnev, Tames F., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Phinnev, Russell C. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Piatt, George A., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Pickett, Henry, Co. I, 170th O. V. I. 
 Pierce, David M., Co. I. 46th O. V. I. 
 Pierce, George, Co. C, 4th. and Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Pierce, James, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Pierce, Milton, Co. F, 66th O. V. I. 
 Pierce, Richard, sergt. Co. G, 1st Md. V. I. 
 Pierce, Webster. Co. D. 15th U. S. I. 
 Pierson. Frank W., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 Pinnev. Perrv, corp. Co. D. 88th O. V. I. 
 Piper, David, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Piper, William. Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 Pittman. Samuel. Co. C, 121 st O. V. I. 
 Pixley, James, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Place. Joseph K., Co. C, 2d Batn. iSth U. S. I. 
 Plank. John J.. Co. F, 163d O. V. I. 
 Plotner, Ambrose A., Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Plumb, N.. Co. I. SSth O. V. I. 
 Plunket, Amos E., Co. I, 82c! O. V. I. 
 Plunket. Isaac, Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Plunket, Richard. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Pollock, James. 1st lieut. Co. G, 163d O. V. I. 
 Poole. William H.. Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Pope, Robert, Co. G, 2d O. V. I. 
 Porter. James A., Co. K. 121st O. V. I.: capt. Co. H; 
 
 killed at Chickamauga. 
 Porter, William P. Co. A, 06th O. V. I. 
 Porterfield, William J., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Ports, Israel A.. Co. D, 27th O. V. I. 
 Ports, John T., Co. B. 1st Batn. 15th U. S. I. 
 Post. T. I., 1st lieut. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Post, Martin W., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Postle, Ezra I., Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 Potter, Allen, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Potter. Gilbert. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Potter, Levi. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Poulton, Edward, Co. G, 45th O V. I. 
 Powell, Clarence, 127th O. V. I. 
 Powell, David, Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Powell. Eugene, Co. I. 4th and 66th O. V. I., Col. 
 
 193d O. V. I. 
 Powell. Toseph. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Powell, Llewellyn A.. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. ; 1st lieut. Co. 
 
 E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Powell, Thomas E., Co. C, 86th; sergt. Co. E, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Powell, William, corn. Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Powers. Henry V., Co. E, 84th 6. V. I. 
 Powers, Jasper, in Ohio regt. : died 1863. 
 Power-. John, 18th I'. S. I. : killed at Stone River. 
 Powers, Martin A., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 403 
 
 Powers, Orrin, Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Preston, George W . Co. M. 3d O. V. C. 
 
 Preston, rhomas, Co. E, 21st O. V. I. 
 
 Preston, T. H., Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Prichard, William E., Co. I, 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Primmus, Tames B., Co. F. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Prosser, William, Co. G. 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Push, James C. Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Push, John H . Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Pugh, Richard, Co. D, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Purdv. George, capt. Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Pycroft, Frank G., Batn. E, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Pycroft. Gaylord, Batn. E, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Quackenhush, J. W., Co. C, 1st Mich. 
 
 Quick, George W., Co. A. goth O. V. I. 
 
 Quinn, Tames, Co. H, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Rader, John, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Rader. Nicholas, sergt. Co. I. 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Rains, James, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rains. Lawrence, Co. B. 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Rairic, Joseph. Co. B, 78th O. V. I. 
 
 Ralston, William, Co. A, McLaughlin's Squadron. 
 
 Ramage. John J.. Co. A, I2tst O. V. L; lieut. Co. K, 
 
 [21 St O. V. I. 
 
 Ramsev, James S., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Randall, Elmer, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Randall, Elwood, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Randolph, Alfred, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Randolph, Clarkson F., Co. E, 87th O. V. I., and Co. E, 
 
 125th O. V. I. 
 Randolph, Joseph F., Co. E, 87th O. V. I., and musician 
 
 Co. E, 125th O. V. I. 
 Rapp. Charles, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Rawn. Abel M„ Co. B, 10th O. V. C. 
 Reed, Rees M.. Co. F, 121st: Co. G, 60th O. V. V. I. 
 Reed, William P., col. I2ist O. V. I. 
 Reese, William H.. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Reid. Edgar J., Co. B, 145th O. V. I. 
 Reisher. Abram D., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Reynolds, Horatio, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Reynolds, Richard W., capt. Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Reynolds, William. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Rhoades, John J., Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 Rhoades, Levi, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 Rhodes, .Alva M„ Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Rhodes, Toseph B., Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Rhodes, Charles D.. Co. L, 6th U. S. A. 
 Rhodes, Chester B., 2d O. H. A. 
 Rhodes, Robert, Co. G, 4^th O. V. I. 
 Rhodes. William, Co. I. 82d O. V. I. 
 Rice, Christian, Co. G, iSth O. V. I. 
 Rice. E., Co. B. 13th Mo. V. I., and 185th O. V. I. 
 Rice, George, Co. I, 43d O. V. I. 
 Rice. William, Co. A, 2d Batn. U. S. I. 
 Richards, Albert. Co. A. 179th O. V. I. 
 Richards, Amos T., Co. D, 17th O. V. I. 
 Richards. Everett, Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Richards. Ezra, 52d O. V. I. 
 Richards, John, corn. Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Richards, Samuel, Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Richert, Everett B., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Richey. James M.. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Richey, William, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Riddle, Christian, Co. C. 86th O. V. I., and Co. D, 
 
 t45th, and Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 Rider. Edward A., Co. C. 3d Md. 
 Rider, James A., Co. A, 6"th W. Va. V. I. 
 
 Rieble. August, Co. C, 191st O. V. I. 
 
 Riley, Joseph. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Riley. Lewis K.. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rinehart, Samuel, Co. H, 113th O. V. I. 
 
 Ringer, Melancthon, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Risher, Menasseh, corp, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Rittenhouse, James, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rittenhouse, Joseph, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Robbins, Williams, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts. Benjamin C, musician Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts, Daniel, Co. B, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts, Edward H., Co. D, 30th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts, Giles H., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts, John, Co. D, 64th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts. John C, Co. D, 64th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts, Jonah, Co. L, 4th Pa. Cav. 
 
 Roberts, Luserne, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Roberts Robert. Co. D. 64th O. V. I. ; died in hosp., 
 Bowling Green, Ky. 
 
 Roberts, William, 06th O. V. I. 
 
 Robertson, George C, Co. K. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Robertson, William, Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Robins, William, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Robinson, Albert R., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Robinson, Charles H.. from Delaware county; died in 
 service. 
 
 Robinson, Coffman. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Robinson. Lorin L., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Robinson. William, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rodes, Horatio J., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rodes, Mack J.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rodgers, Ezekiel. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rodgers, James, Co. A, 2d Barn. 18th U. S. I. 
 
 Rodgers, Jonathan. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rodman. A. J., 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Rodman, James I., Co. E. 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Roe. George, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Rofifey, George W., Co. I. 129th O. V. I. 
 
 Rogers, Commodore P., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rogers. Jonathan, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rogers, James, Co. F. 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Rogers, Samuel, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Rolison, Lemuel, Co. G, 96th O. V. I.; fell dead at 
 Columbus. 
 
 Rolison. Simon, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Rolison, Utlev, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rolison, William. Co. H, 145th O. V. T. 
 
 Roloson, Benjamin. Co. I. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson, Daniel. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson, DeWitt. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson, G. S.. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson. M.. seret. Co. E. 60th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson. O. H., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Roloson. W. H.. Co. G. 4th O. V. I. 
 Romig, William R.. Co. F, 160th O. V. I. 
 
 Ronev. Eugene, Co. H., 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rooney, George, corp. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Rooney, Thomas, Co. F. 37th N. Y. V. I. ; died at sol- 
 diers' home. 
 
 Root, George, Co. C. 86th O. V. I. 
 
 Root, George, sergt. Co. B, 10th O. V. C. 
 
 Ropp, George D.. Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Ropp, John M., Co. M, 3d O. V. C. 
 
 Ropp. William T., ass't surg. 33d O. V. I. 
 
 Rose, Alonzo, Co. B, 5th O. I. C; Co. B. 13th O. 
 
 V. I. 
 Rose. Alonzo J., 13th O. V. I. ; age 13 years. 
 
4°4 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Rose, C. J., Co. G. 136th O. V. I. 
 
 Rose, E. N„ Co. F, 125th O. V. I. 
 
 Rose, Thomas E., Co. I. 33d O. V. I. 
 
 Rosecrans, Peter J., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rosevelt, George W., capt. Co. K, 22d N. Y. State 
 Guards. 
 
 Rosevelt, Daniel S., Co. I, 57th O. V. I. 
 
 Rosevelt. Stephen L., Co. G. 187th O. V. I. 
 
 Ross, Daniel S., Co. I, 57th O. V. I. 
 
 Ross, E. N., Co. F, 125th O. V. I. 
 
 Ross, James, Co. B, 114th Tenn. Inf. 
 
 Ross, John, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 Ross, John M.. Co. E, 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Ross John P.. 81st O. V. I.; died at Corinth, aged 17. 
 
 Ross. Robert L.. Co. C, 10th O. V. C. 
 
 Roush, Joseph, Co. G. O. V. I., and 18th Ind. Bat. 
 
 Roush, Martin. U. S. N. Miss. Squadron. 
 
 Roush, Peter, Co. E, 4th Va. V. I., and Co. I, 
 197th O. V. I. 
 
 Row, Richmond W., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rowland, William R., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Rowlands, John T., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Rowlands, T. W., Co. I. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Rowley, Francis, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Rowlings, William J., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Ruggles, Almond, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Ruggles, John, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Russell. Evan, Co. H. 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Russell. George W.. Co. K, 54th O. V. I. 
 
 Rust, Henrv S., Co. H, 145th, and Co. I, 179th O. 
 V. I. 
 
 Rudder. G. B., Co. G, 201st Pa. V. I. 
 
 Rvan, John, Co. K, 10th N. Y. V. I., and Co. D, 145th 
 O. V. I., and Co. D, 4th U. S. L. A. 
 
 Ryant, Florence L., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Rvder, Edward' A., Co. C, 3d Dd. V. I. 
 
 Rvder, Granville, Co. B, 14th W. Va. I. 
 
 Sabey. Martin. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Sackett, George L., corp. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Sackett, James F., Co. H, 1,15th O. V. I. 
 
 Sackrider, Solomon, Co. F, 2d N. Y. C. 
 
 Saeman, Christopher. Co. G, 07th O. V. I. 
 
 Said, Abner, Co. C 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Said, James. Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Said. Simpson, Co. H, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Sales, Aaron, Co. E, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Sales, Isaac, Co. E, 195th O. V. I. ; died at Charles- 
 ton. W. Va., 1865. 
 
 Sales, Simeon, Co. B, 48th O. V. I.' 
 
 Salisbury, James A., 96th O. V. I., and Co. C, 145th 
 O. V. I. 
 
 Salisbury, Lafavette, Co. C, I45tb O. V. I. 
 
 Salisbury, L. T., Co. E, 66th G\ V. I. 
 
 Salmon, John C, 3 years in Ohio regt. ; e. at 16 years 
 of age. 
 
 Sanborn, B. F.. Co. F 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Sanders, Cyrus. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Sauer. Joseph, Co. A. 159th O. V. I. 
 
 Saunders, Edward, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Saunders, Edwin P., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Saunders. Edward, Co. H, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Sauter, Fred, no record, also in Mexican war. 
 
 Savidge, William. Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Sawyer, Samuel. Co. B. 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Schaaf, Jacob A., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Schanck, Ephraim L., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Schaub, Philip, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Scheble, Joseph A., 1st lieut. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Schrock, Henry M., Co. H. 95th O. V. I. 
 
 Schrock, Homer, Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Schrock. Joseph, Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Schrock, Vence, Co. C, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Schrock, William H., Co. A, 95th O. V. I. 
 
 Schultz, George P., Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Schultz. William H.. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Schwartz. Nicholas, Co. G. 3d O. V. I. 
 
 Scobv. Alfred, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott. Albert M., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott, Albert S., 4th O. V. I.: Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott. Henry G, Co. B. 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott. Tames, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Scott, John, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott, Orlando M., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Scott. Thorns W., Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Scoville, John D., Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Scoville, James L., Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Searles. Barnev, Co. K, 121st O. V I. 
 
 Searles, Theodore P., Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Seattle, John, Co. A. 6th U. S. C. 
 
 Seelev. Horace, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Seelev. Joseph. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Seeley, Luther. 86th O. V. I., and 145th O. V I. 
 
 Seelev, Robert, Co. H, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Seigfried, Jeremiah, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Seigfried. Levi, lieut. Co. F, o6th O. V. I. 
 
 Seigfried, P. F., Co. E 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Selanders, Samuel R., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Selanders, Thaddeus F„ Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Selbv. Manford. Co. E. 15 U. S. I., and Co. H, 74th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Sell, Henry W., Co. H, 209th Pa. V. I. 
 Sells. Abraham H., Co. F, 9Sth O. V. I. 
 Sevmour, Albert M., Co. F. 3d O. V. I. 
 Shade. Elijah. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Shaffer, Edwin P., Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Shelter, George F., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Shaffer. Henry P., Co. D, 145th O. V I. 
 Shaffer. John, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Shaffer, John H., Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Shaffer. Joseph, Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 Shahan, Alfred. 61st O. V. I. 
 Shaner, Adam J., served in Ohio regt. from Delaware 
 
 County. 
 Sharer, George W.. Co. C. 4th O. V. I. 
 Sharer, John, Co. I. 145th O. V. I. 
 Sharer. Tohn, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Sharer, William Co. B, 35th O. V. I. 
 Sharp, Clinton E., Co. A, 60th O. V. I. 
 Sharp, Tohn. lieut. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Sharp, Joseph. Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Sharp. Samuel, capt. Co. D. t2ist O. V. I. 
 Shaub, Henrv A., scrgt. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Shaub. Samuel J., Co. I, 4th O. V. I. ; lieut. 
 Shaw, Daniel M., capt. Co. F, <;8th O. V. I. 
 Shaw, David, Co. H. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Shaw, F. B„ Co. I, 3d O. V. I. 
 Shaw, George. Co. F. 43d O. V. I 
 Shaw, William, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Shearer. Barber. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Sheets. Ezra. Co. F. 06th O. V. T. 
 Sheets, Daniel, Co. D, 145th O. V I. 
 Sheets, Jonathan. Co. B, 13th O. V. C. 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 405 
 
 Sheets, William H., Co. F, 96th 0. V. I. 
 
 Sheldon, Henrv G., Co. C, 7th O. V. I. ; capt. Co. D, 
 
 101st O. V. I. 
 Sheldon, Horace, Co. A, 1st O. L. A. 
 Sherman, Andrew J., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Sherman, David, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 Sherman, David, capt. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Sherman, Edward A., 51st Ind. V. I. 
 Sherman, Frank, Co. F, gth O. V. C. 
 Sherman. Henry, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Sherman, James, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Sherman, John R., 51st Ind. V. I. 
 Sherman. William S., Co. E, 178th O. V. I. 
 Sherry, James P., Co. D, 121st O. V. I.; e. at age 
 
 of 17 vears. 
 Sherry, John H., 15th U. S. I. 
 
 Sherwood. Tames I., musician Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Shindollar, David, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Shindollar, John, Co.'B, 83d 111. V. I. 
 Shively, David. Co. E, 2d O. H. A. 
 Shivelv, Jchn, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, Adam S.. Co. G. 88th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, David, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, Frank, Co. C, 88th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, Francis, Gov't Guards. 
 Shoemaker, Jacob, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, John A.. Co. B, 74th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, John W., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, Sidney, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Shoemaker, William H., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Shoop, James N. Rev., Co. C, 64th O. V. I. 
 Shoup, Joseph. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 Showalter, James H., Co. C, 46th O. V. I. 
 Shults, Emanuel. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Shults, George W., Co. B, 121st O. V. I. 
 Shults, William H., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Shumway, C, sergt. Co. C, i02d O. V. I. 
 Sinister, 'George A.. Bat. C, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Sibel, Henry T., Co. G, 6th U. S. C. 
 ' Silverwood, Horace A., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 ■ Silverwood, Isaac N., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 ■ Silverwood, William F„ Co. I, 5th O. V. I. 
 Simmons, Isaac. Co. A, 185th 6. V. I. 
 Simpson, James R., Co. C, 170th O. V. I. 
 Simpson, John A., Co. G, 10th Conn. 
 Simpson, Leslie, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Skates, William M., Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 Skinner, Charles A., in an Ohio regt. 
 Skinner, Cooper A., 45th O. V. I. 
 Skinner, Sidney M.. Co. I, 8jd O. V. I. 
 Slack, Albert L.. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Slack, Charles, Co. G, 6th U. S. C. 
 
 Slack, Elijah H., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Slack. Ezekiel D., Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Slack, George, Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 Slack, John B., Co. K, r2ist O. V. I. 
 Slack, Lerov P.. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Slack. Lewis. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Slack, Pearson P., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 Slack, William, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Slagle, Austin. Co. A, inth O. V. I. 
 Slagle, C. K„ 113th O. V. I. 
 Slagle, Edwin, Co. A, 113th O. V. I. 
 Slagle. Oliver; 4 mos. in Ohio regt. 
 Slain, Jacob, Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Slane, Elias. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Slatterv, Michael, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Slit'e, Philip, Cav. Licking Rangers. 
 
 Sloop, Eli, Co. I. 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Sloop, Harrison, in an Ohio regt. ; private sec'y to Gen. 
 
 Banks. 
 Sloop, Isaiah, 3 months in an Ohio regt. 
 Slough, Charles J., Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 Slough, J. A., Co. E, 134th O. V. I. 
 Slough, James S., 4th O. V. I., and uSth Pa. V. I. 
 Slough, John W., Co. K, 17th O. V. I. 
 Slough, William, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Smiley, Edwin M., Co. D, 27th O. V. I.; killed. 
 Smart, Joseph W. Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 Smith. Abraham, Co. C, 10th Va. V. I. 
 Smith, Adelbert, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Smith, Albert, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Albert R., Co. K, 121st O. V. I., and Co. H, 
 
 145th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Charles, Co. G. 96th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Charles E., Co. I, 3^d O. V. I. 
 Smith, Charles W., lieut. Co. K, 5th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Chauncev W., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Smith, David. Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Smith, George. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Smith. George B, Co. K, 16th Pa. V. I., and Co. K, 
 
 84th Pa. V. I. 
 Smith, George W., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Smith. George W., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Smith. Herman C, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Smith, Horace F., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Jacob B., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Smith. Jacob H., Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 Smith, J. W., surg. 13th O. V. I. 
 Smith. John, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Smith. John L., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Smith, John M., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Smith, John O., Co. E, 33rd O. V. I. 
 Smith, Lorenzo, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Smith. Lucius, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Lyman, in Mich regt. ; died in hospital. 
 Smith. Milton, served in Indiana regt. 
 Smith, Newton, Co. A, 14th 111 V. C. 
 Smith Oliver D., Co. I, 189th O. V. I. 
 Smith. Orville D.. Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Smith, Reuben P., in an Ohio regt. 
 Smith. Robert W„ Co. I, 3d O. V. I. 
 Smith, William H., Co. D. 26th O. V. I. 
 Smith. William, Co. G, 06th O. V. I. 
 Smith. William H. H., Co. D, 65th O. V. I. 
 Smith, William N., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Smothers, Daniel., Co. F, 3d Batn. iSth U. S. A. 
 Smothers, Martin, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Smothers, Milton L.. Co. G, t4Sth O. V. I. 
 Smothers. William, Co. G. 45th O. V. I. 
 Smithers, Milton L, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Smothers. William L, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 Smythe, James, Co. D. 76th O. V. I. 
 Snedeker, William H., Co. D, 9th O. V. C. 
 Snider, Leonard, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Snodgrass, James, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Snodgrass, Samuel K.. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 Snoke, Amos. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Snyder. G. W.. Co. H, 4th O. V. I. 
 Snvder, James, Co. D, 167th O. V. I. 
 Snyder. John, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Snvder. Lewis, died in service. 
 Sopher. Moses, Co. H, 174th O. V. I., Co. H, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 
406 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 South, James, Co. B. 46th O. V. I. 
 
 South, William, Co. C, 121st 0. V. I. 
 
 Southvvick, Rufus E., Co. H. 136th 0. V. I. 
 
 Spain, William D, Co. K, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Spaulding, John, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Spear, Anthony M., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Spear, George T., Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Spear, James H., Co. D, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Spear, Leonidas, Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Spearmian, John, Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Sponsler, Adam, Co. A. 10th O. V. C. 
 
 Sprague, F. B., in an Oregon regt. 
 
 Springer, James. Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Staggers, Joseph, Co. H, 1st Iowa V. C. 
 
 Staflman, Henry, Co. H, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Standish. Brvan N., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Standish, John M.. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Stanforth, George B„ Corp. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Stanforth, Osborn, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Stanley, Milligan, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Stanley, William. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Stanley. William, Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Stark, Dayid A., 2d lieut. Co. C. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Stark, Henry, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Stark. Selah, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Stark. Thomas E., Co. I, 4th 0. V. I. 
 
 Starr, M. L.. ass't surg. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Staytnan, Frederick, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Steele, John M., Co. A, ,145th O. V. I. 
 
 Steinmetz, Henry, Co. A, 178th O. V. I. 
 
 Stelzer, Adam, Co. F, 133d O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens. Andrew, Co. C, I2tst O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens, Ariel L., Co. G, 140th O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens, Ephraim, nth Iowa V. I. 
 
 Stephens, James A., Co. B, 10th O. C. 
 
 Stephens, John, Co. H, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens, Thomas, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens, William, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Stephens, William, Co. K, [2is1 O. V. I. 
 
 Sterner, A. H, Co. C, 106th Pa. V. I., and Co. K, 
 
 104th Pa. V. I. 
 Sterritt, Mathew D., Co. D, 121st 0. V. I. 
 Stevens, Edward, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Steyens. George. Co. F. 76th O. V. I. 
 Steward, Abram, Co. B, 76th O. V. I. 
 Steward, George F., 1st sergt. Co. A, 1st Pa, V. I. 
 Steward, Wesley C. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Steward, William H, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Stewart, William* Co. C, T2ist O. V. I. 
 Stickney, Joshua, Co. B. 86th O. V. I., and Co. B, 47th 
 
 O. V. V. I. 
 Stiers, John, Trenton Twp. 
 Stids, Thomas. Co. G, 46th O. V. I. 
 Stiles. A. W., Co. E, 6th O. V. I. 
 Stiles. Edward J.. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Stiles, George P., e. at Cincinnati in an Ohio regt. 
 Stiles, Edward J., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Stiles, Seymour A., Co. C. 186th O. V. I. 
 Stilley, Benjamin F., Co. G, 20th O. V. I. 
 Stilley, Robert T., Co. B, 06th O. V. I. 
 Stimmel, Charles F„ Co. I), i 4 ,th O. V. I. 
 . Stimmel, John A., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Stitier. Abraham. Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Stockard, H. L., Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Stockard, William R.. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Stockman, E. G., Co. K. 66th O. V. I. 
 Stockwell, Emerson. 15th U. S. I.; died in service. 
 
 Stokes, Benjamin F., Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Stokes, George, Co. B, Col. Brownlow's regt. 
 
 Stone. Alvin. Co. K, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Stoner, Robert S., Co. B, 76th Pa. 
 
 Stottlemyer, Daniel, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Stoughton, Alvin, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Straight. Henry J., Co. A, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Stratton, Alexander. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Stratton, C. B., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Stratton, William W., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Strauser, George. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Strawser, George, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Strickler, Abraham, 47th Ind. V. I. 
 
 Strickler. George W., 163d O. V. I. 
 
 Strickler, John, Co. I, 1st O. V. I.; died in ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Strickler, Jonas, served in Calif, regt. 
 
 Strickler, William, musician. 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Strimple, Francis L„ Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Strine, Jacob, Co. E, 38th O. V. I. 
 
 Strohm. John H, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Strong. Daniel G., chaplain 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Strong, Lewis, Inland Navy. 
 
 Stultz, Christopher, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Stults, Harrison, Co. C, 181st. O. V. I. 
 
 Stump, Jacob A.. Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Stver, George. Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Sullivan Daniel. Co. A, 50th O. V. I. 
 
 Suits, Peter, Co. F, 96th O. \ r . I. 
 
 Sunderland. James D., Co. B. 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Sutler, John, Co. H, 6th U. S. C. 
 
 Sutton, Henrv S., Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Sutton, William G.. Co. C, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Swarts, Abraham, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Swarts. Joseph, Co. I. 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Swartz, David, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Swartz. Eli, Co. F, 46th O. V. I. 
 
 Swartz, Jacob. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Swearingin, John. Co. G, 18th O. V. I. 
 
 Sweetland, Abiiah W., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Sweetland. Hannah P., Co. K. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Sweigheimer, John J., Co. I. 54th O. V. I. 
 
 Swick. David F.. Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Swick, Henry M., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Swick. Jacob. Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Swope, Henry M., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Tailor, Martin B., Co. G, 14th Va. V. I. 
 
 Tallman, William H. H, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Taylor, Adam. Co. E, 30 O. V. I. 
 
 Taylor, Adam H, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Taylor, Elam, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Ta'vlor, George A., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Taylor. Henrv W., Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Taylt r. Joel B., Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Taylor, M. C, Co. B, 37th Bat. 
 
 Taylor, R. S.. Co. A. 5th U. S. C. 
 
 Taylor, W. T., Co. G, 14th O. V. I. 
 
 Terrell, Samuel. Co. A. 179th O. V. I. 
 
 Terrill Dayton M., Co. C. 186th O. V. I. 
 
 Tharp, Job. Co. H, 71st O. V. 1. 
 
 Thoman, Henrv K., Co. K, 17th O. V. I. 
 
 Thomas. David, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Thomas; David C. 1st lieut. Co. D, 14th Ky.. and Co. 
 A. 14th Ky. 
 
 Thomas, David H. capt. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Thomas, Jonathan, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Thomas. John H, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 407 
 
 Thomas, John H.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Thomas, |ohn \\ . Co. E, 66th 0. V. I. 
 Thomas, Joseph E., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Thomas. Nasal, Co. K. [45th O. V. I. 
 
 Thomas, Philo, O . K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Thomas, Stephen Co. A, [45th 0. V. I. 
 Thomas, Ural, Co. K, [45th 0. V. I. 
 Thomas, Wesley, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Thomas, William J.. Co. A, 145th 0. V. I. 
 Thornburg, Nathan, J3d O. V. I. 
 rhompson, II. V. B.. Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 Thompson, John, Co. G. S8th O. V. I. 
 Thompsi ti. Milton S.. Co. H. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Thompson, Solomon \Y., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Thompson, Stephen, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 Thompson, William. Co. K, 121st O. V. I.; died in 
 hosp. Jan., 1863. 
 
 Thompson, William. Co. K, 121st O. V. I.; died since 
 war. 
 
 Thrall, Azra, Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Thrall, Irwin, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Thrall. Lewis L.. Co. B, 143d O. V. I. 
 
 Thrall. Stephen P., Co. B, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Thurston. Charles G., Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Thurston, George A., Co. C, 2d O. V. I. 
 
 Tiebout, William H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Tipton, David, musician, Co. F, 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Tipton, George W.. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Tipton, Samuel. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Toatler. George, Co. H., 48th O. V. I. 
 
 Tone, Lafayette, Co. K. [45th O. V. I. 
 
 Topliff, Charles W., musician. Co. K. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Torrence, George B.. Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Torrence, Samuel W., sergt. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Townley. Hart, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. ; died in service. 
 
 Townley, William W., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Tracy, Jona. LI. S. Gunboat, "U. S. Grant." 
 
 Traxler, Elias, Co. C, 4th O. V. I 
 
 Traxler, John W„ Co. F, 06th O. V. I 
 
 Traxler, William. Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Trickey, Christopher, Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 
 Trout, Isaac H.. Co. L, 7th Pa. Cal. 
 
 Troutman, Daniel, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Troutman, John, regt. band, 63d O. V. I. 
 
 Trumbull, Henry. Co. D, 15th U. S. I. 
 
 Trumbull, Leonard. Co. D, 15th U. S. I.; died in ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Trumbull, Oliver. Co. H, 178th Ky. V. I. 
 
 Trumbull, Oliver P., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Tuller, Darwin, Co. D. 20th O V. I 
 
 Tuller. Edgar P., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Tuller, Erwin. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Turner. N. E.. Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Turtle, Albert. Co. E, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Tyler. James L.. Co. I. 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Ufferman, Peter, Co. C, 145th O V I 
 
 Ulrey, Charles M„ 7th U. 'S. C. 
 
 Underwood, Amos W., Co. F. 3d Pa. V C 
 
 Utley, J, 75th 111. V. I. 
 
 Utter. Andrew. Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 L T tter Joseph E., Co. G, 171st Pa. V. I. 
 
 Utz, Alexander R.. Co. A. [45th O. V. I 
 
 Utz, John F., Co. A, 145th 6. V. I. 
 
 Vanata, George W., Co. E, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 VanBrimmer. William. Co. C, usth O. V. I. 
 
 Van Brimmer. J. hn. Co. K. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Vance, Edward J.. Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Vance, James X.. Co. 1 >, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Van Deman, John D., 2d lieut. Co. E, 145th O V I 
 
 YanDruff, David A., Co. A, 6th O. V. I.; died in 
 
 service. 
 Van Fleet, Marritt, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Van Horn, Girard. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Van Horn. James J., col. 8th U. S. I. 
 Van Houton, C. W., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Van Wormer, Abraham, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Van Wormer, Frank, Co. I. ?2d O. V. I. 
 Veal, Robert, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 Veer, Andrew A., Co. C, 4th O. V I 
 Veley, John, Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Veley, Milo, Co. A, 48th 111. V. I. 
 Vining, Benjamin, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Vining. Charles, Co. C, 4th Q. V. I. 
 Vining, Charles C, Co. C, 4th O. V I 
 Vining, E. C, Co. C, 86th O. V. I., 1st lieut. 
 Vining, Reuben, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Vining, Reuben, 3d 111. V. I. 
 Vining, Rufus, Co. E. 145th O. V. I. 
 Vining, Thomas P., Batn. C, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Vought, Isaac H., Co. B. 48th O. V. I., and Co. B 
 
 83d O. V. I. 
 Vought, Isaac, Corp. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Vought, John F.. Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Waggy, William, Co. C. 121st O. V. I. 
 Wagner, David, Co. G, 14th 111. C. 
 Wait, Addison, Co. D, i4Sth O. V. I. 
 Walbert, Benevel, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Walbert. Isaac, e. in Ohio regt. 
 Walbert, William. 47th Pa. V. I. 
 Waldo. Marvin H., e. in Ohio inf. regt. 
 Waldron, Cornelius, Co. F, 96th O. V. L 
 Walker, Alexander, Co. D, 119th Ky. V. I. 
 Walker, Augustus P., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Walker, Charles, in an Ohio regt. ; killed at Dumfries. 
 
 Virginia. 
 Walker. John W., Co. H, I2rst O. V. I. 
 Wallace, James, Co. D, 20th O. V. I., Co. C, r45th O 
 
 V. I. 
 Wallace, John, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Wallace, John. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Wallam, Andrew, corp. to. E, 30th O. V. I. : killed at 
 
 Kenesaw Mt. 
 Wallin, John, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Wander. Joseph, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Ward, H. L., Co. C, 176th O. V. I. 
 Ward, I. H.. Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Ward. Philimon, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Ward, Samuel, Co. D, 121st' O A" I 
 Ward, Uriah H., Co. F, 1st U. S. A. 
 Ward, William J., Co. C. 4th O. V I. 
 Warner, Elijah, capt. Co. E, 30th O. V. I. 
 Warner. Thames C, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Warner, Joseph, Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Warner, Josiah, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Warner. Martin, Co. D, 197th O. V. I. 
 Warner, Milton. Co. C. 170th O. V. 1 
 Warner. William H., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. ; capt Co. B 
 
 48th O. V. I. 
 Wasson, J. W. Co. R, 48th O. V. I 
 Waterfield, George, iSth U. S. I. 
 Waterhouse, J. P.. 138th O. V. I. 
 Waterman. William. Co. B. 95th O. V. I. 
 Waters. Benjamin F., Co. K. 121st O. V I. 
 Watkins, Edward J., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
4o8 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Watkins, Izastus, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Watkins, John H., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Watkins. John W., capt. Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Watkins, John W., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Watkins, Nathaniel D., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Watson, George B, sergt. Co. I, 3d O. V. C. ; pro. 
 lieut. 
 
 Watson, Robert A., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Watson, Thomas C. Co. E- 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Watters, James, in Ind. regt. ; killed at Stone River. 
 
 Watters, Lvman J., Co. G, 18th O. V. I. 
 
 Watters, W'esley, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Weaver, Alfred, Co. H, nth V. R. C. 
 
 Weaver, Andrew P.. sergt. 7th O. Ind. Bat. 
 
 Weaver, Benjamin, Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Weaver, John H., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Webb, Joseph P., sergt. maj. /th O. V. I.; killed at 
 Manchester, Va. 
 
 Webb, Martin, Co. K, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Webster, Charles W.„ Co. F, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Webster, George P., Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Webster, Joseph P., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Webster William B.. G> K. '><>tli O. V. V. I. 
 
 Webster, William H., Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Weeks, James H... Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Weeks, O. F., Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Weeks, Seth, 2d Batn. 18th U. S. I.; died in ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Weiser, Albert, 63d O. V. I.; Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser, Charles, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser, Christian, Co. I. &d O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser, 'John, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser, Noah, Co. C, 67th O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser. Philip, Co. E, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Weiser, Solomon B., capt. Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, Bvron L., Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 \\ 1 Kli, Girard, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, George, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, Henry A., Co. E, 84th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, L. Byron, corp. Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, Peter, Co. H. 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, William, Co. F, 96th O. V. T. 
 
 Welch, William. Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch William. Co. A, 179th O. V. I. 
 
 Welch, W. O., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Welchhanns. Henry, Co. I. 8jd O. V. I. 
 
 Welker, Charles, Co. G, 88th O. V. I. 
 
 Welkins, Elmas F„ Co. C. 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Weller, Elias H., 63d regt. band. 
 
 Wells, Edwin R., Co. G, 45th O. V. I. 
 
 Wells, Griffin, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Wells. Milton A., Co. F, 43d O. V. I. 
 
 Wells Milton IX, [2ist O. V. I. 
 
 Wells, Robert A., Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 
 Wells, Samuel, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Wi 51 William H., Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Westbrook, Albert E., surg. 106th O. V. I. 
 
 Westenhaver, S. B.. Co. D. 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Westlake, Samuel R., Co. K, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 Wetson, Hugh S., Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Welt, Jona, Co. E, 2d O. H. A. 
 
 Wharton, John. Co. C, 154th O. V. I. 
 
 Wheeler, G. L.. Co. K, 3d O. V. C. 
 
 Wheeler, Herman J., Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Wherry, fann, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 
 Whipple, Lewis, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Whitcraft, John H., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 White, Albert. Bat. E. 2d O. V. H. A. 
 
 White, Armidon, Co. A, 18th U. S. I. 
 
 White, George, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 
 White, George W., Co. C, 186th O. V. I. 
 
 White, Isaac K., Co. K. 96th O. V. I. 
 
 White. James, Co. I, 32d O. V. I. 
 
 Whitehead, William W., sergt. Co. H, 7th 111. V. C 
 
 Whiting, Johnson, Co. I, 5th U. S. C. 
 
 Whitlock, E. D., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Whitman, George, Co. K, 121st O. V. I., and Co. H. 
 
 145th O. V. I. 
 Whitney, R. W., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Whitney. William H., 113th O. V. I. 
 Whittens, Charles W., Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Whittens, William, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Wickham, J. W., Co. E, 31st O. V. I. 
 Wigdon, Perry, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Wiggins, John, sergt. Co. A, 50th O. V. I. 
 Wigton, Thomas F., Co. K, 121st O. V. I. 
 Wilcox. Barnum, Co. A, 2d Batn.. iSth U. S. I. 
 Wilcox, Benjamin F., Co. B, nsth O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, B. W., Co. A, 2d Batn., 18th U. S. I. 
 Wilcox, Hiram, Co. C, 113th O. V. I.; killed at 
 
 Kenesaw Mt. 
 Wilcox, James C, Co. E, 15th U. S. I. 
 Wilcox. James H., Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, Joseph E., Co. F, 06th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, John, Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, Lawrence, in an Ohio regt. 
 Wilcox, Marolus, mth O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, Robert, Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox. Samuel, Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox, Simon, 96th O. V. I. 
 Wilcox. William H., Co. B, 135th O. V. I. 
 Wiles, C. W„ Co. L, 10th N. V. C. 
 Wilkins, Elmus, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 Willev Ethan, Co. G„ 96th O. V. I. 
 Willev. George W., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Willey, John, Co. C. 145th O. V. I. 
 Williams, Abraham, Co. A, 2d O. H. A. 
 Williams, Amos, Co. D. 121st O. V. I. 
 Williams, Barney, Co. F, 174th O. V. I. 
 Williams, B. F, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Williams, D. L., Co. A, 2d O. H. A. 
 Williams, Daniel J., Co. E. 66th O. V. I. 
 Williams, David, Co. E, 66th O. V. I. 
 Williams, David W.. Co. B. 143d O. V. I. 
 Williams, Eli, Co. B, 46th O. V. I. 
 Williams, Evan D., Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Williams, Fergus F., 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Williams, Frank, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Williams, George M., Co. G, 96th O. V. I. 
 Williams, George W., capt. Co. A, 2d O. H. A. 
 Williams. George W., sergt. Co. E, 77th O. V. I. 
 Williams, G. W., I52d O. V. I. 
 Williams. Henrv A., Co. C, 86th O. V. I., and Co. C, 
 
 26th O. V. V. I. 
 Williams, Jackson, Co. F, 121st O. V. I. 
 Williams, Jeremiah E., Co. I, 159th O. V. I. 
 Williams, John P.. Co. K, 20th O. V. I., and Co. B, 
 
 46th O. V. I. 
 Williams, Morris, Co. E, 66th O. V. I., and Co. H, 
 
 174th O. V. I. 
 Williams. Peter, 18th U. S. I. _ 
 Williams, Sylvester G., in Ohio regt. inf. 
 Williams, T. B., surg. 121st O. V. I. 
 Williams, T. J., Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
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 lliams, Thomas, Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 lliams, Thomas ]., Co. II, 129th O. V. I., and Co. G, 
 
 iS;th O. V. I. 
 lliams, Virgil, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 lliams, Washington, Co. K, 152CI Ind. V. I. 
 lliams, William D., sergt. Co. G, 2d Calif. V. I. 
 lliams, William G, chaplain 145th O. V. I. 
 lliams, William M., in an Ohio regt. inf. 
 lliamson, Alonzo, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 lliamson, George S., Co. B, 76th O. V. I. 
 lliamson. John. Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 lliamson, Madison, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 lliamson, Marquis, Co. B, 24th O. V. I., and Co. A, 
 
 178th O. V. I. 
 lliamson, Michael, Co. C, 2d batn. 18th U. S. I. 
 lliamson, Solomon, Co. H. 121st O. V. I. 
 lliamson. S. Madison, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 His, Henry B., Co. F, 20th Iowa V. I. 
 His, T. B., Co. B, 48th O. V. I. 
 His, Plvn A., surg, 48th O. V. I. 
 His. R. K., Co. K, 48th O. V. V. I., and Co. K, 145th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 lis, George M., Co. C, 121st O. V. I. 
 lis, Milton, 43d O. V. I. 
 lmuth, Philip, Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Ison, Henry, 20th O. V. I. ; died in hosp. during 
 
 Wilson, James, lieut. Co. D, 1st Ya. V. I. 
 
 Wilson, John, Co. I, 82d O. V. I., and Co. H. 174th 
 
 O. V. I. 
 Wilson, Lyman, Co. S, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wilson, March, 4th Md. V. I.; killed at Norfolk. Va. 
 Wilson, Peter D., Co. C, 96th O. V. I. 
 Wilson, Thomas O.. Co. H, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wilson, Z. B., 8th Mo. V. I. 
 Winbare, Emanuel, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 Windship, David, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Winston, Thomas J., Co. D, and Co. E, t6th Wis. 
 
 V. I. 
 Wintermute. Ezra D., Co. M. 1st N. J. V. C. 
 Wintermute, H. O., sergt. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wintermute, T. P., ord. sergt. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wise. Cyrus C, Co. F, 96th O. V. I. 
 Wise, Duncan, Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Wise. John H.. Co. F, 141st O. V. I. 
 Wise, Jacob, Co. D. 145th O. V. I. 
 Witheringham, John W., Co. I, 3d O. C. 
 Withrow, William H., Co. D. 88th O. V. V. I. 
 Wixstead, John, Co. I, 4th O. V. I. 
 Wolff. Fred J., Co. B. 26th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, Eban, Co. C, 2d O. H. A. 
 Wolfley, Gei rge T., corp. Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, T. A.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, J. M.. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, Lewis, [st sergt. Co. A. 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, Oscar A., Co. E, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, Robert. Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wolfley, Silas D., Co. D, 145th O. V. I. 
 Wollam, John, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 Wood. Albert A.. Gov*t Guards. 
 Wood, Isaac, Co. C, 66th O. V. I. 
 Wood, L. P., Co. H, 174th O. V. I. 
 Who,!. Perry, Co. C, 86th O. V. I. 
 Wood Theodore P., Co. D, ui-t O. V. I. 
 
 W 1. William H. Co. F, 31st O. V. I. 
 
 Works, F. P., Co. I, 24th Mass. V. I. 
 Worline, Albert. Co. C. 46th O. V. I. 
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 Worline, David, musician, 63d 0. V. I. 
 
 Worline, David, Co. D, 20th O. V. I. 
 
 Worline, Henry, Co. A, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 Worline, Hugh, Co. D, 121st O. V. I. 
 
 Worline, William, Co. C, 26th O. V. I. 
 
 Worthing, William, Bat. I, 1st O. V. H. A., and Bat 
 
 I, 2d O. V. H. A. 
 Worthington, Amos E., Co. E, 31st O. "V. I. 
 Wright, David, Co. H, 121st O. V. I. 
 Wright, Jerry, Co. D, 75th Ind. V. I. 
 Wvatt, James B., Co. C, 145th O. V. I. 
 Yancey, Charles, Co. I, 82d O. V. I. 
 Young, Charles, Co. I, 82d O. V. 1. 
 Young, Jacob, 2d N. J. C. 
 Yost, Clement, Co. P., nth Pa. C. 
 Zeigler, Charles, Inland Navy. 
 Zimmer, Nicholas, Co. M, 1st U. S. C. 
 Zi miner, Casper, Co. B, 64th O. V. I. 
 Zimmerman, Charles H., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 Zimmerman, Volney B., Co. K, 145th O. V. I. 
 
 The following is a list of soldiers who went fn 111 
 Delaware County, but whose record could not be 
 obtained : 
 
 Beach, Newton. 
 Benton, Henry. 
 Biglow, Henry C. 
 Bolton, Thomas. 
 Carney, Darwin. 
 ( li;iM>, Ebenezer. 
 Chase, McLean. 
 Converse. John. 
 Flavial, G. 
 Fi irsyth, John. 
 Freese, Isaac. 
 Gaily, John. 
 Gates, L. S. 
 
 Granstaff, Alexander. 
 Halm. Julius. 
 Harrod, M 
 James, B. 
 Mi irgan, Da\ id, 
 Morgan, John. 
 Morn-, Richard. 
 Pensuton, Coltson. 
 Pfeifer, Andrew. 
 Shaw, Robert. 
 Stiers, John. 
 Watters, P. H. 
 
 DELAWARE COUNTY G. A. R. POSTS, DEPART- 
 MENT OF OHIO. 
 
 There are five posts of the G. A. R. in 
 Delaware County, of which the following is a 
 brief history : 
 
 The first post organized in the county was 
 Slack Post No. 59, which was chartered Janu- 
 ary 25, [884, and located at Galena. Its name 
 perpetuates that of Comrade Charles A. Slack. 
 He was born in Galena. October 19, 1841, his 
 parents being natives of Delaware County. 
 After receiving the school training afforded by 
 his native town, he engaged in farming. He 
 enlisted at Galena, in August. 1861, in Com- 
 pany G, Sixth United States Cavalry. In 1863, 
 he was for some time in a Xew York hospital, 
 but rejoined his regiment before it was called 
 into Pennsylvania, on Lee's invasion of that 
 state. He fell in an engagement of that cam- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 paign, was killed in action at Fairfield, Penn- 
 sylvania, July 3. 1863, and was buried on the 
 battlefield, aged 22 years, 8 months. 
 
 The officers of the organization were as 
 follows: P. C, G. W. Hughes; S. V. C, M. 
 C. Ingham: J. V. C, T. H. Preston; Chaplain, 
 R. B. Bennett; Surg., S. J. Mann: O. M., J. 
 H. Dustin; O. D., J. J. Adams: O. C, Chas. 
 Vanhouten; Adjt., D. C. Curtis. 
 
 The second organization was Torrence 
 Post, No. 60, located at Delaware, and char- 
 tered in 1881. The Post was named in honor 
 of one of Delaware County's heroes, Geo. B. 
 Torrence. The scenes amid which this brave 
 soldier perished, December 13. icS62. at Fred- 
 ericksburg, Va., are thus described in the 
 Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regimental 
 history: "Wounded men fell upon wounded; 
 the dead on the mangled; the baptism of fire 
 adds more wounds and firings death to help- 
 less ones; as we look back the field seems cov- 
 ered with mortals in agony; some motionless, 
 Others are dragging themselves toward the 
 rear; occasionally the shell or cannon-ball that 
 ci mes into their midst sends arms, hands, 
 legs and clothing into the air; our colors for 
 a moment are down, for our noble color- 
 bearer. Ceo. B. Torrence, falls, having his 
 head blown from his bod}-, leaving his blood 
 and brains upon comrades and the flag." 
 George Bennett Torrence was born near Sun- 
 bury, Ohio, January 4. 1839, a son of Moses 
 Torrence and Eliza (Smith) Torrence, natives 
 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was em- 
 ployed for a number of years at the Buckly 
 House. Columbus, then fired for "Old Pap 
 Loomis" on the C: C. C. & I. R. R., and was 
 on his engine at Columbus ready to start for 
 Cleveland when approached by two neighbor- 
 hood boys who wished him to enlist. He im- 
 mediately climbed down and enrolled in Com- 
 pany C, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He 
 was promoted to color-sergeant, A finely ex- 
 ecuted portrait of Torrence by J. F. Ledlie 
 adi u'ns the I'i 1st room. 
 
 The officers at the organization of the post 
 were as follows: 1'. V, |. S. Cones; S. V C, 
 F. B. Sprague; J. V. ('..' I >. A. Stark; Q. M., 
 
 Jacob Kruck; Adjt., J. W. Watkins; Surg., 
 R. G. Lybrand; Chaplain, B. W. Brown; O. 
 D., R. R. Henderson; O. G., Aaron Frantz. 
 
 Myers Post, No. 252, was organized at 
 Sunbury, August 28, 1882. Lawrence A. Myers, 
 for whom it was named, was born in Sunbury, 
 December 11, 1843. His parents, Thomas P. 
 Myers and Amy L. (Armstrong) Myers, were 
 also natives of the same town. For two years 
 prior to his enlistment, they resided on a farm 
 one mile south of Sunbury, and when Law- 
 rence was not at school he assisted his father in 
 the hauling of stock and general farming 
 work. He was not yet eighteen when he en- 
 tered the service. His parents and friends 
 used every argument to prevent his enlistment 
 at so early an age, but finding him firm in his 
 resolution to be one to defend his country, they 
 induced him to enter a regiment of regulars, 
 believing he would be better cared for than 
 in the volunteer service. He enlisted for three 
 years in Company D, Fifteenth United States 
 Infantry, and was in all marches and engage- 
 ments from the time it entered the field in 
 November, 1861, till he was disabled by sick- 
 ness. He passed safely through the battles of 
 Shiloh, Perrysville and Stone River. When 
 the regiment crossed the Elk River, he con- 
 tracted chronic rheumatism, from which death 
 resulted, February 2-. 1864, at his home in 
 Sunbury, where he had been brought by his 
 father a few days previous. His remains rest 
 in the cemetery at Sunbury. At the organiza- 
 tion of Post No. 252, the name of L. A. Myers 
 was adopted by acclamation by the comrades. 
 
 The officers at the organization of the post 
 were as follows: P. C, F. B. Sprague; S. V. 
 C, A. W. Hall; J. V. C, R. B. Conant ; Surg., 
 E. B. Mosher; Chaplain, M. Harrold; O. D„ 
 Orris A. Lawson; O. V. S. D. Lincoln; O. 
 M., J. H. Kimball; Adjt.. T. O. Freeman. 
 
 Coomer Post. No. 281, chartered December 
 1 j. [882, located at Ashley, is named for Cap- 
 tain Jerry E. Coomer. For a sketch of his ser- 
 vices we are indebted to his father. Dr. H. X. 
 ( 1 k uner. Jerrie E. Coomer, son of Dr. H. N. 
 and Joanna (Roberts) Coomer. was born at 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 411 
 
 Perrysville, Indiana, September 24, 1843; 
 died of phthisis pulmonalis, at Ashley, October 
 27, 1878, aged 35 years. He enlisted in Com- 
 pany C, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infan- 
 try, May i. 1861, and was mustered in as a 
 private, at Camp Chase, June 15, 1861. From 
 Camp Chase the regiment was ordered to West 
 Virginia, where he served through the 
 memorable campaign of West Virginia. 
 The regiment was then ordered into 
 Kentucky, and while on the march to Nash- 
 ville he was attacked with pneumonia, near 
 Silver Springs, Tennessee. He was cared for 
 in field hospital (ambulance) for a few days, 
 and then sent to general hospital No. 4, Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee. He was discharged from this 
 hospital shortly after the battle of Shiloh, and 
 rejoined his regiment at Florence, Alabama, 
 Some time in the fall of 1862 he was sent to 
 li'>-pital No. 16. Nashville, Tennessee, on ac- 
 count of disability. After his recovery he was 
 detailed as a clerk in said hospital, where be 
 remained until all the able bodied men in the 
 hospitals were ordered to the front for active 
 service. He participated in the charge on Mis- 
 sionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign. About 
 this time he was appointed hospital steward of 
 the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and served in that capacity till after the battle 
 of Nashville, December, 1864. Shortly after 
 that he was commissioned captain of Company 
 D. Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and so served until June, 1865, when he con- 
 sidered war ended and be resigned, "for the 
 purpose of completing his education," which, 
 during the preceding vears, had been totally 
 neglected. 
 
 The officers at the organization of the post 
 were as follows: P. C, W. W. Holmes; S. V. 
 C, S. R. Harris; }. V. C, David Shoemaker; 
 Adjt, C. Shumway, Jr. ; O. M., Geo. W. Rose- 
 velt ; Surg., Dr. A. E. Westbrook; Chaplain. 
 John W. Shoemaker; O. D., R. E. Southwick ; 
 O. G., S. G. Davis. 
 
 Jose pit Tannet Post, No. 531, located at 
 Ostrander, was chartered July 24, 1885, at 
 Zanesville, Ohio. Joseph Tanner, for whom 
 
 this Post is named, was born in Dover Town- 
 ship, Union County, Ohio. When about 
 twenty-one years of age, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany C, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for 
 three months, and re-enlisted in the same com- 
 pany and regiment for three years. He was 
 killed in a charge near Spottsylvania C. H., 
 Virginia, about May 11, 1864. Owing to the 
 enemy's heavy fire, his body could not be 
 brought off, although comrades made several 
 attempts to reach it. and it was burned by fire 
 catching in the leaves. 
 
 The officers of the post at its organization 
 were as follows : P. C, D. G. Cratty ; S. V. 
 C, Abner Said; f. V. C, fames Rittenhouse ; 
 Q. M., H. B. Cullens; Surg., Jerry Miller; 
 Chaplain, T. E. Davids; O. D., J. H. Ritten- 
 house; O. G, Jacob Ayers; Adjt., T. J. Win- 
 ston. 
 
 COLORED TROOPS FROM DELAWARE COUNTY. 
 
 Delaware County has a population of be- 
 tween four and five hundred colored inhabit- 
 ants. These citizens proved themselves 1( yal 
 to the Union cause. They were not permitted 
 to join the army until 1863. Before the time 
 that any colored regiments had been recruited 
 in Ohio, a number of these colored people 
 joined the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment. 
 The only semblance of law which gave author- 
 ity for enlisting colored troops was that known 
 as the "contraband law" which gave a colored 
 laborer in the service of the Unuited States, 
 seven dollars a month and three additional for 
 clothing. Finally there came a call from the 
 war department for colored troops to serve in 
 the army of the United States and the promise 
 given that Congress would place them on equal 
 footing with other troops. Under this call 
 the Fifth Colored Infantry was organized at 
 (amp Delaware and contained a large number 
 of men from this county. In June, [863, a 
 camp for colored soldiers was opened on the 
 farm of Josiah Bullen, about one mile south of 
 the city and nearly opposite "old Camp 1 >■ 
 ware." This was the first complete colored 
 regiment raised in the state of Ohio. These 
 
412 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 soldiers proved themselves brave and loyal 
 in many battles during the closing years of 
 the war. 
 
 The following roster contains the name of 
 all the colored troops from Delaware county 
 with the regiment in which they served, as far 
 as can be ascertained. 
 
 Fifth United States Colored Volunteer 
 Infantry. 
 
 Austin, Jeremiah, Co. C. 
 
 Brown. Manuel, Co. G. 
 
 Currv, George W., Co. I. 
 
 Day," John W, Co. B. 
 
 Fry, Joel I., Co. C. 
 
 Hamilton, John F., Co. I. 
 
 Highwarden, Shadrick, Co. G. 
 
 Joel, James, Co. H. 
 
 Jones, Benjamin, Co. A. 
 
 Lewis. John, Co. F. 
 
 Mayo, George W., Co. E. 
 
 Meriday, Isaac, Co. E. 
 
 Scurry, William, Co. A. 
 
 Taborn, John E. H., Co. E. 
 
 Thomas, William H., Co. I. 
 
 Whiting, Johnson, Co. I. 
 
 Wilson, Abel, Co. A. 
 
 Warrick, Adoniram, Co. H ; enlisted at i_' years of age. 
 
 Twenty-seventh United States Colored 
 I 'olunteer Infantry. 
 
 Bass, John, Co. G. 
 Clay, H. C, Co. D. 
 Carvin, Henry, Co. D. 
 Goode, George H., Co. H. 
 Goode, William E.. Co. IX 
 Highwarden, Abram, Co. H. 
 Holly, William, Co. D. 
 Horton, John, Co. C. 
 Johnson, Robert, Co. G and E. 
 Leggins, David, Co. E. 
 Seldou. Charles. Co. I. 
 Thomas, William, Co. C. 
 Thornton, Isaac, Co. K. 
 
 SOLDIERS IN VARIOUS COLORED REGIMENTS. 
 
 Alston, David. 9th U. S. H. V 
 Anderson, Ni lson, < E, 55th Ma 
 Vndi i - n, 1 harles, 1 I >. - '< Mass. 
 Andi 1 51 m, * leorge W. 
 
 Booker, Stephen, Co. E, 100th U. S. C. V. I. 
 Brown, Janus P., 55th Ma 
 Brown, Lyon, 55th Mas' 
 Depp, Aurelius. 55th M 
 Depp, John, 121I1 U. S. C. V. I 
 Gross, Charles, Co. D, 55th Ma 
 Harris, William. Co. K. 4-'<l U. S. C V I 
 rson, Elijah, 9th U. S. II. A. 
 
 Herrell. Richard, 14th R. Is. H. A., and Co. M, nth 
 
 U. S. H. A. 
 Highwarden, John W., 55th Mass. 
 Highwarden, E. A., S5th Mass. 
 Holey, Madison, 12th U. S. C. V. I. 
 Keys, Robert, Co. C, 15th U. S. C. V. I. 
 Keyser, James, U. S. C. V. I. 
 Lewis. Austin, Co. D, 55th Mass. 
 Lewis, George, s=ith Mass. 
 Mitchell, Nathan, Co. G, 1st U. S. C. 
 Shorter, John F., Co. D, 55th Mass. 
 Townsend, Joseph, U. S. H. A. 
 Walker, Alexander, Co. D, 119th U. S. C. V. I. 
 White. John W., 55th Mass. 
 
 COLORED SOLDIERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY IN 
 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 
 
 Ninth Battalion. 
 
 Alston, F. B., Co. A, 9th Bat. 48th band, U. S. V. I, 
 
 Philippine Islands. 
 Brown, Samuel G, Co. C. 
 Chancellor, Alfred, Co. C. 
 Coleman, Ozie, Co. B. 
 Coleman. William, Co. B. 
 Cousins, William, Co. C. 
 Dudley, Thomas, Co. B. 
 Franklin, J. W., Co. C. 
 Highwarden, Harry D., Co. C. 
 Jackson, W. A., Co. A. 
 Johnson, Robert L., Co. C. 
 Madison, John, Co. C. 
 Mitchell. Charles E„ Cn. B. 
 Morris, Charles B„ corp. Co. B and Co. E, 48th U. S. 
 
 V. I., Philippine Islands. 
 Taylor, John, Co. B. 
 Teal, Henry, Co. B. 
 Thomas, Walter S., Jr., Co. B. 
 Utter, Leo, Co. B. 
 White, James M. Co. A. 
 Wilson, Frank, Ox C. 
 Win trey. Harmon, Co. C. 
 
 FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, O. N. G. 
 
 In War With Spain— Fourth 0. V. L 
 
 The Fourth Regiment of Infantry, for- 
 merly the Fourteenth, was organized by 
 Special Orders. No. 216, dated Oct. 20, [877. 
 Seven companies of infantry were designated 
 in this order as constituting the regiment. 
 They were as follows: Co. A. Columbus. Cap 
 tain Charles S. Ammel ; Co. B. Thurman 
 Light Guards, Columbus, Captain Henry Sei- 
 bert; Co. C, Westerville, Captain Isaac X. 
 Custer; Co. D, Darby Videttes, West Jeffer- 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 413 
 
 son. Captain Jacob Martin; Co. E, Maryville, 
 Captain William L. Curry; Co. F. Converse 
 Guards, Columbus, Captain John W. Cbapin ; 
 Co. G, Grosvenor Rifles, Richwood, Captain 
 John P. Slemmons. 
 
 The movement looking towards the organi- 
 zation of a regiment with headquarters in 
 the capital city of the state was inaugurated 
 in the winter of 1876. Captain Charles S. 
 Ammel took the initiative in the organization 
 of Company A, the company being admitted 
 to the state service in February, 1877. The 
 other six companies designated were organized 
 during the same year, and upon the date of the 
 order noted above the Fourteenth Regiment 
 was formally launched upon its military 
 career. 
 
 The Fourth or Fourteenth Regiment (or 
 companies detailed from same) has seen active 
 service in the state in the maintenance of the 
 peace and in the preservation of life and prop- 
 erty upon the following occasions: 
 
 Railway riots. Columbus and Newark. 
 1877. 
 
 Incendiary fire troubles, Columbus, 1879. 
 
 Perry County, labor troubles. 1880. 
 
 Ashland, aid of civil authorities, 1884. 
 
 Cincinnati riots. 1884. 
 
 Hocking Valley, miners' riot, 1884. 
 
 Carthage rendezvous, 1886. 
 
 G. A. R. Encampment, police duty at Co- 
 lumbus. 8 days. 1888. 
 
 Mount Sterling, "Hobo War," 1S94. 
 
 Columbus West Side flood. 1894. 
 
 Wheeling Creek, 181)4. 
 
 Washington C. H., aid of civil authorities, 
 1894. 
 
 Cleveland Street Railway riot, 1899. 
 
 Akron riot. 1900. 
 
 The regiment was also on duty at the fun- 
 eral of President Garfield in 1881 ; acted as 
 escort to the Governor of Ohio at Gettysburg 
 and Philadelphia in 18K7: in attendance at 
 General Sherman's funeral in St. Louis in 
 1891 : attended the dedication of the World's 
 Fair buildings in 1892 and accompanied the 
 Ohio troops which officially represented the 
 state at the World's Fair in 1893; acted as 
 escort to the Governor of Ohio at Chicka- 
 
 mauga in 1894 and at Nashville in 1897. For 
 mure specific information concerning all of the 
 preceding calls to duty, see the general history 
 of the regiment. 
 
 Other Ohio regiments took an active part 
 in the operations at the scene of greatest ac- 
 tivity in Cuba and performed valuable service 
 after actual hostilities had ceased, but it was the 
 Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry that stained 
 the soil of Porto Rico with the first and only 
 blood shed for the Cuban cause by a body of 
 Buckeye troops. 
 
 The four Columbus companies assembled 
 at the Auditorium at Columbus on Monday, 
 April 24. and the following day the outside 
 companies reported for duty. Bullit Park was 
 chosen as the rendezvous for the mobilization 
 of Ohio troops and the signal corps of the 
 Fourteenth was detailed to lay out the camp. 
 The regiment moved into quarters at Camp 
 Bushnell, April 28, and were the first troops 
 to take up quarters at that historic camp. 
 
 On the 9th day of May the regiment was 
 mustered into the United States service as the 
 Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
 Six days later Colonel Coit received orders to 
 report with his regiment at Camp George H. 
 Thomas, Chickamauga Park. Ga. Pursuant 
 to orders the Fourth Ohio took its departure 
 from Columbus. May 15. arriving at Camp 
 Thomas on the following day, when they were 
 immediately assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st 
 Division. 1st Army Corps. The second bri- 
 gade consisted of the Fourth Ohio, Third Illi- 
 nois and Fourth Pennsylvania. These regi- 
 ments passed through the volunteer service 
 together, the brigade formation remaining 
 intact until the close of the war. 
 
 The Fourth Ohio made its home at Chicka- 
 mauga Park for a period of sixty-seven days, 
 when the entire brigade was ordered to join 
 the expeditionary forces then concentrating n >r 
 the conquest and occupation of Porto Rico. 
 For further details of the part of this regi- 
 ment took in the history of the Cuban war. 
 the reader is referred to the various w< irks 1 in 
 that subject. 
 
 Company K was organized at Delaware. 
 February 13. 1879. ami assigned to the 14th 
 
414 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 regiment as Co. K ; local designation — Joy 
 Guards : and was assigned to the 4th regiment, 
 July 14, 1899. ^ was organized for the volun- 
 teer service at Delaware, April 25, 1898; 
 mustered in at Columbus as Co. K, 4th O. V. 
 I., May 9, 1898; in action before Guayama, 
 P. R., August 5, 1898; in action north of 
 Guayama, August 8, 1898, one man, Corporal 
 Thomson, wounded; Aibonita, October 6, 
 1898; detachment of ten men sent to Barrios, 
 October 8, 1898; detachment returned, Oc- 
 tober 20, 1898; marched to San Juan and re- 
 joined regiment on U. S. Chester, October 29, 
 1898; mustered out at Columbus, Jan. 20, 
 1899. 
 
 The following includes all of the soldiers 
 in Delaware County, who served in the Cuban 
 war excepting the colored troops, which will 
 be found in another place. 
 
 Adams, Cyrus B., lieut. col. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Ahearn, Patrick, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Anderson, William, Co. C, 3d O. V. I. 
 
 Auman, John. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Baker, Fred, U. S. Hospital corps, Philippine service. 
 
 Beitler. Claude M., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Bell, Joseph M., U. S. Hospital corps. 
 
 Bennett, Frank W., Co. A, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Bennett, John T., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Billig, Clinton E., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Browning, Sherman W., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brownmiller, Charles R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Brunn, Harrry C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Burke. James H, Co. G, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Butt, Andrew M., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Campbell, Herman R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Corbin, Richard R., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Cosier, Harrv A., sergt. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Crattv, Carl F., sergt 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Cruik'shank. Alwood, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dall, Clive K., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Davis, H. W., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Doke, Charles H, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Donavin. George B., am. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dore, Clark T., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dovle. John P., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Driscol, Timothy I.. Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Dunham, Sturgis, cOrp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Enright. Francis C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Ferris, Will M., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Finley, , sergt-maj. ^d Bat. jth O. V. I. ■ 
 
 Foley, Wm. J.. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Ford, Wm. P., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 France, Clyde O., Co. K, 4th O. V T. 
 Frantz, Walter R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Gerber, Maxmillian, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Glaze, Thos.. corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Greible, George A., sergt. qm. Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 Greiner, Bert H, capt. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Greiner, John, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Grove, Thos. S., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Harmount, Alexander K. corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Harmount, Wm. H. Co. K, 4 th O. V. I. 
 
 Harp, Lewis, U. S. hospital corps, Philippine service. 
 
 Hills, Louis C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Hodges, Stanley, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Housley, Edwin L.. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Howison, Winfield S., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Hunt, Harry E., Co. K, 4 th O. V. I. 
 
 Ingle, Walter W., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Inscho, Albert C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jacobus, Harry, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jamison, Frank B., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Jones, Clarence L., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Kelley, James L., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Keopple, Oscar A., 2nd lieut. Co. K., 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lawson, Charles E., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lenhardt, Lewis A., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Longwell, John W., musician Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Longwell, Ray H., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lybrand, Robert H, corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lynch, John, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Lyons, James, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Mahoney, Michael C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Main. Ernest A., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Maloney, Charles M„ Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Maloney, James, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Martin, Walter, U. S. hospital corps. 
 
 McCloud. William B., 1st lieut. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 MeDonald, J. J., musician, sergt. 6th U. S. I. Porto 
 
 Rico service. 
 McFarlin, Fred A., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 McNaughton, Tom, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Charles C, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Miller, Harry A., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 Mohr, R. D., musician, Co. D, 2nd O. V. I. 
 Montane, Edward B., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Nelson, Elbert J., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Norton, W. L., 1st sergt Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 Obrien, Patrick, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 O'Connor, James, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Osborn, Brice, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Patrick, Orsain W., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Platz. George, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Porterfield, C. E., musician 6th U. S. V. I. 
 Powell, Alexander B., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Powell, John W., det. reserve U. S. ambulance corps, 
 
 Co. C, 4th O. V. I. 
 Randolph, Davton T., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Read, Robert W., Co. K. 4th O. V. I. 
 Reed, William, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Riddle, Charles W., sergt. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Riddle, Lester C. corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Riddle, Roy R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Rider. Walter R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Robinson, Frank K., Co. C, 3d O. V. I. 
 Rodenfels, Ed L., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Rose, Henry E., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Ross, Thomas, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Said, Frank M.. sergt. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Said, Presley H, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Sanger, Ulvsses G., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Schneider, Bernhardt J., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Seamans, Edward M., maj. surg. 4th O. V. I. 
 Seigfried, John J.. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
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 Sheldon, Henry E., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Shoemaker, J. R., musician 6th U. S. V. I. Porto Rico 
 service. 
 
 Shoemaker, W. C, musician 6th U. S. V. I. Porto Rico 
 service. 
 
 Shultz, jfoshua, musician Co. K, 4th O. V. 1. 
 
 Smith, George V., Co. B. 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Smith, William L., Co. K, 4 th O. V. I. 
 
 Starr, Martin S., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 pine service. 
 
 Starr, X. P.. Bat. D, 1st Calif, heavy artillery, Philip- 
 pine service. 
 
 Strobg, George P., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Thompson, Ed O., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
 Thrall, Charles E., corp. Co. K, 4th O. V. 1. 
 Thrall, George W., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Vertner, Avery L., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. (buried at 
 
 sea ) . 
 Watkins, Frank S., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Webster, Oliver P., Co. K, 4th O. V. 1. 
 Wells, Rex W., Co. K, 4 th O. V. I. 
 Whitman, Howard, Co. A, 4th O. V. I. 
 Whitlinger. Henry, Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Windham, Rov R., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Wohlheater, Elmer T., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Wohlheater, William Z., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 Zeigler, Frank I., Co. K, 4th O. V. I. 
 
CHAPTER. XVII. 
 
 FRATERNAL AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 Masons — Knights of Pythias — Independent Order of Odd Fellotvs — Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks — Ancient Order of Hibernians — Improved Order of Red Men — 
 Other Societies. 
 
 FREE MASONS. 
 
 The introduction of Free Masonry was co- 
 incident with the coming of the pioneer set- 
 tlers to the county. About the middle of the 
 Nineteenth century, the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows was introduced, and still later, 
 the Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of 
 Hibernians, and kindred organizations. All 
 of these societies are founded upon the belief 
 in God. hope in immortality, and charity to 
 all mankind. 
 
 The most ancient of all the secret organi- 
 zations is Free Masonry. That there has been, 
 is now, and always will be much discussion 
 and continual speculation among the brethren 
 as to the origin of this ancient order, none will 
 question. The most learned in ancient litera- 
 ture fail to agree on many points as to its 
 origin. That it originated about the time of 
 the building of King Solomon'^ Temple, if 
 not lie fore, among the" craftsmen at old Tyre; 
 or earlier still, among the ancient Phoenicians, 
 the latest archaeological discoveries seem to 
 substantiate. It should be the duty of the his- 
 torian to record all that can be found in tradi- 
 tion in the life of King Solomon. While the 
 Holy Bible gives us much valuable history re- 
 garding the ancient craftsmen, critics have 
 furnished much that is purely mythical. The 
 reader may assign to historical tradition all 
 that is valuable and true; and to the mythical 
 what is equally as valuable — symbolism. The 
 
 great object of King Solomon's life, the one 
 which intimately connects him with the his- 
 tory of all Masonic institutions, was the build- 
 ing of the Temple at Jerusalem to Jehovah, 
 according to the instructions of his father 
 David, which had been revealed by the Su- 
 preme Architect of the universe. 
 
 It is believed by those unearthing many hid- 
 den valuable treasures in Palestine, that the Ty- 
 rians and Sidonians, descendants of the ancient 
 Phcenicians, belonged to mystic organizations 
 and operative societies. That these ancient 
 workmen were men of the most comprehensive 
 minds, imbued with great zeal, fervency and 
 fidelity, is clearly proven in the Holy Bible. 
 The lowest enter-apprentice was filled with 
 enthusiasm and zeal by a promise of promotion 
 and reward in his labor. The origin of Free 
 Masonry, as we have it, has given rise to great 
 discussion among the most learned Masonic 
 thinkers, and will for all time. We say, "What 
 lodge are you of?" "The lodge of the Holy 
 St. John of Jerusalem." Whether this lodge 
 room was in the room underneath the Temple 
 where the working tools of the operative 
 masons are engraved upon the walls; or in the 
 rooms of the old Mediterranean Hotel, where 
 tlie work was conducted, we leave for a 
 future writer to tell. Masons are to be 
 found in all lands. Among the unlettered 
 tribes of the desert, where barbaric com- 
 mercialism is only known, and commerce and 
 modern civilization have made little or no im- 
 pression upon the people. Masonry in some 
 
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 417 
 
 form is to be found. This wonderful circum- 
 stance has been accounted for in various ways 
 by many writers. 
 
 The ancient Phoenicians, or their descend- 
 ants, the Tynans, had workmen skilled in 
 brass, gold, silver, wood and stone in different 
 degrees, from the entered apprentice (burden 
 bearers), the fellow craft or master overseers, 
 to the three grand masters, all divided and 
 winking in their respective spheres. Here at 
 the building of the Temple to Jehovah, by 
 King Solomon, masonry took on something 
 like a definite form. It will be remembered 
 after the completion of the Temple these 
 skilled workmen returned home to Tyre, some 
 150 miles distant. Their descendants were 
 called to rebuild the House of the Lord under 
 Zerubbabel. That many of Solomon's people 
 returned to Phoenicia or Tyre with the crafts- 
 men seems probable. The ancient writers tell 
 of the awful oppression of the Jewish people 
 in after years, and how they sought protection 
 under the Tyrians. Subjugation and enslave- 
 ment staring them continually in the face, they 
 were told much of the foreign lands discovered 
 by the Tyrian mariners. The historian says 
 they builded ships, and with the assistance of 
 their Tyrian friends, filled the vessels with the 
 necessaries of life and protection for a long 
 voyage to foreign lands. They settled in the 
 countries bordering on the southern and west- 
 ern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Invested 
 with secrets of the workmen of the Temple, 
 unknown to others, and skilled in the many 
 branches of architecture, they were well ad- 
 vanced for life's work. Their knowledge of 
 the craftsmen they preserved most carefully, 
 and carried it to their future homes. Another 
 historian states that a few years after the com- 
 pletion of the Temple, a colony of Jewish 
 workmen migrated to the western coast of Af- 
 rica, and into Egypt, where, through their 
 great learning and ancient secret order they 
 became a power. From these various settle- 
 ments Masonry began to spread until it 
 reached all parts of the world. In every land 
 settled by emigrants Masonry is found, her 
 sighs nearly the same, and her mystic words 
 the same in all parts of the world. The time 
 
 will come, if not here already, that through the 
 work of the archaeologist, all will be convinced 
 that the order has existed in some form ever 
 since the building of King Solomon's Temple, 
 if not from the time of the early Phoenicians. 
 In the latter part of the Seventeenth century, 
 the Grand Lodge of England was established. 
 From that time the history is more familiar 
 to the student of the order. 
 
 Prior to 1808. the following lodges of 
 Master Masons had been established in Ohio : 
 American Union, No. 1, Marietta, Ohio; 
 Cincinnati No. 13. Cincinnati, Ohio; No. 2 at 
 Chillicothe, Ohio; Erie, No. 47. Warren, Ohio; 
 Amity. No. 105, Zanesville. Ohio; New Eng- 
 land, No. 48. Worthington, Ohio; Harmony. 
 No. 9, Spring-field and Urbana, Ohio; Nova 
 Cascera, No. 13. Cincinnati. Ohio. Several of 
 these were working under the jurisdiction of 
 the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and New 
 Jersey, while others were under Connecticut. 
 For reasons unexplained. New England Lodge 
 of Worthington. O'lio, to which many of the 
 pioneers of this country belonged, was refused 
 admission to the grand lodge held at Chilli- 
 cothe in 1808: hut were admitted to member- 
 ship in 1809. Franklin County, February 10, 
 1808. was divided on the north, forming 
 Delaware County, and Delaware was made the 
 county seat. This was done through the in- 
 fluence of Henry Baldwin of Pittsburg. Penn- 
 sylvania, who owned a large tract of land in 
 this section. His friend, Moses Byxbe, who 
 lived in the little village called Berkshire, the 
 first town in the county, laid out a town in 
 the early part of the year on the east bank of 
 Alum Creek, and called it Olentangy. These 
 two Masonic brethren were made Master 
 Masosn in the east before coming to the new- 
 lands in the wilderness in the west. To attend 
 !i dge meetings, they were compelled to travel 
 through the trackless forests to Worthington, 
 a distance of some fifteen miles. One of the 
 most ardent members was Moses Byxbe, Jr. 
 
 At the first meeting of the Grand Lodj 
 Ohio, January, [809, about the time of the 
 founding of Delaware County, a number of 
 Masons — Nathaniel W. Little. William Little, 
 Moses Byxbe and Dr. Reuben Lamb — made 
 
4i8 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 an effort to form a lodge in Delaware, the new 
 town laid out on the Olentangy River, seven 
 miles west of the town on Alum Creek. For 
 good reasons the charter was delayed. De- 
 cember 31, 1810, Azariah Root. Stephen Har- 
 rington, John Carpenter. Jonathan Catlin, 
 Sturdavant, and others, petitioned the grand 
 master of the State for a dispensation to or- 
 ganize at Delaware, Ohio, a lodge of Master 
 Masons, which was granted, and the lodge 
 was organized January 15, 181 1, A. L. 5811, 
 Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. A. & M„ and is the 
 constitutional authority under which Hiram 
 Lodge exists and exercises its functions as an 
 organized body of the State. 
 
 Moses Byxbe, Jr.. was appointed by the 
 grand master as worshipful master. Stephen 
 Harrington as senior warden; John Carpenter 
 as junior warden. On Friday, February 1, 
 181 1, the first meeting was held. Ten were 
 present, and the lodge was opened in the En- 
 tered Apprentice Degree. The three officers 
 were appointed under the authority of the 
 Grand Lodge of Ohio by dispensation. They 
 elected from their number Nathan W. Little, 
 secretary; Reuben Lamb, treasurer; William 
 Little, senior deacon ; and Azariah Root, 
 junior deacon and steward. 
 
 At the meeting a committee of three was 
 appointed to select a suitable room for the 
 lodge, and to frame a constitution and by- 
 laws, arrange for the installation of the offi- 
 cers, and procure furniture for the lodge room. 
 All members were appointed on some com- 
 mittee to work for the advancement of the 
 organization. The master's record shows that 
 the lodge was closed with peace and harmony 
 prevailing, which similar record continues to 
 this day. 
 
 The second meeting was held February 8, 
 181 1, to hear the report of the committees. 
 Committee reported room secured in the house 
 of Brother Reuben Lamb, on the southwest 
 corner of Union and Williams Streets,, which 
 building had been erected in 1809. February 
 28th, Brother Henry Brush rode through the 
 forests from Chillicothe to install the officers 
 elected by Hiram Lodge, No. 18. Azariah 
 Lebar was elected teller of the lodge. Brother 
 
 Henry Brush was a prominent lawyer of Chilli- 
 cothe, and a member of the Grand Lodge of 
 Ohio, and followed General Lewis Cass as 
 grand master, which position he held until 
 1817. 
 
 At this first meeting the Fellow-craft and 
 Master Mason Degrees were conferred upon 
 Solomon Smith. It was then the habit of the 
 candidate to return thanks to the Almighty, 
 after completing the work. This custom was 
 adopted by Brother Smith. Smith came from 
 Chillicothe, where he had been a prominent 
 school teacher. He filled various offices in the 
 country. He served as worshipful master in 
 1812-13-14-16-24-25-27. He died in 1845. 
 The by-laws of this first lodge have never been 
 found. The custom of these early officers was 
 to open the lodge with the Entered Apprentice 
 Degree, whether there was any work or busi- 
 ness in the degree or not. The minutes show 
 that the lodge was opened in due and ancient 
 form and according to ancient usages. No 
 business appearing, the same was closed and 
 the Fellow-craft Degree was opened ana 
 closed. The same took place in the Master 
 Mason Degree. 
 
 The first Masonic funeral in Delaware was 
 that of Brother John Carpenter, the second son 
 of Brother Captain Nathan Carpenter, who 
 came to Liberty Township in 1801. We are 
 highly indebted to the pioneer brethren for the 
 preservation of Hiram Lodge through all the 
 early vicissitudes. We shall ask some future 
 historian to make diligent search in the records 
 of other lodges of the State that they may 
 bring to light data that will give more know- 
 ledge of the early history of the lodges. 
 
 Moses Byxbe. Jr., who came to Berkshire 
 with his father in 1804, removed to Delaware 
 with the family in 1808. It was he who 
 joined with the others in asking for a dispensa- 
 tion in the county seat of Delaware. He was a 
 member of Scioto Lodge, No. 2, Chillicothe, 
 Ohio. He died in 1871. In 18 10. the Ohio 
 lodges occasionally conferred in the lodges the 
 higher degrees — Master-Mason; Past Master; 
 M. E. W., and the Royal Arch Degrees. In 
 1 8 10 the Grand Lodge recommended them to 
 cease conferring the higher degrees, except 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 419 
 
 the degree of past master on those who were 
 regularly elected to till the chair. 
 
 William Little and Nathaniel W. Little, two 
 prominent Masons came from Worthington 
 in 1808. They soon became prominent busi- 
 ness men in the town as well as earnest work- 
 ers in Hiram Lodge. Nathaniel was Hiram's 
 first secretary, March 4, 1812. He was 
 killed by the Indians the following year. 
 
 Dr. Reuben Lamb, the first physician of the 
 town, was born in New York in 1774, and 
 joined the Byxbe colony about 1808. He was 
 an ardent worker in Hiram Lodge until his 
 death in 1850. His name figures in several 
 parts of the history of the county and of the 
 physicians. The charter of the lodge was dated 
 January 15th, A. L., 5812, or 1812, and signed 
 by Lewis Cass, grand master; and by other 
 Grand Lodge members. When trying to read 
 the old charter in 1887, it was found to be 
 nearly illegible on account of the chemical 
 action of the ink, and time on the organic 
 matter, which had nearly destroyed it ; but by 
 the aid of a microscope it was read. The 
 stains and indentations were made plain. After 
 tracing the letters with India ink, the ancient 
 document has been made indestructible. 
 
 The good work and square work done until 
 1826-27 was torn asunder "when the great 
 anti-masonic storm burst upon the country 
 with a violence for a time that threatened to 
 sweep Masonry into the valley of Jehosophat." 
 Political enemies preached that Free Masonry 
 was opposed to all laws, human and divine. 
 "The cunning sought to snatch away her 
 richest jewel — secresy, that they might expose 
 her to the scorn and contempt of the world." 
 Jehovah was over her and round about her. 
 She put her trust in God and feared no danger. 
 The weak were made strong, and the strong 
 stronger; the faithful remained at the 
 post of duty and kept the fires burn- 
 ing upon the altar. During this ter- 
 rible excitement, the charter of Hiram 
 Lodge was lost or stolen. It was entrusted to 
 one of the faithful members of Millville, who 
 lost it. "For several years it lay as securely 
 hidden as the Book of the Law and Testimony 
 lay hidden in the Ninth Arch from the destruc- 
 
 tion of the first to the building of the second 
 temple" — Zerubbabel's temple. After the 
 anti-Masonic crusade wave passed over, the 
 charter was picked up on the streets of Mill-, 
 ville, and given to Judge Griswold of Dela- 
 ware, a zealous Mason, who reported to the 
 Grand Lodge the finding of the charter, and 
 succeeded in having the original number re- 
 issued to Hiram Lodge. The charter bears the 
 inscription "Returned to the (hand Lodge, 
 October 20th, Anno Lucis 5846 (1846), re- 
 issued Oct. 24th A. L. 5846. B. F. Smith, 
 grand secretary." 
 
 On the 15th of January, 181 2, Hiram 
 Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., entered into the 
 sisterhood of the lodges, and became a co- 
 ordinate member of the Grand Lodge. Up to 
 this session of the Grand Lodge, Hiram and 
 other subordinate lodges, had not been offi- 
 cially numbered, yet the old lodges kept the 
 numbers they had borne when under the juris- 
 diction of the Grand Lodge which had char- 
 tered them. At the first regular session, the 
 grand secretary was directed to issue charters 
 to all lodges beginning with No. 2, Hiram 
 becoming No. 18. "No. r" was kept for the 
 "American Union" at Marietta, Ohio. 
 
 On January 18, 181 2, war was declared 
 with Great Britain. This national disturbance 
 interrupted the regular order of work in the 
 lodge. The members of Hiram Lodge were 
 ever patriotic to their country, as they were 
 faithful to their Masonic order. On June 18, 
 1812, when the President of the United States 
 called for volunteers to defend the land from 
 British invasion, the members of Hiram 
 Lodge, like other patriotic citizens, responded 
 to the call, and under General Lewis Cass, the 
 grand master of the Grand Lodge, they joined 
 General Meigs, the commander. They bi- 
 vouaced at Dayton, and started on their duty. 
 Governor William Hull of Michigan had com- 
 mand. Brother Elias Murray of Hiram Lodge 
 was given his commission or diploma, and be- 
 came chaplain of the regiment. All were 
 under the command of General William Henry 
 Harrison of the Territory of Indiana, Illinois 
 and the Northwest. Through the dense forests, 
 over unmade roads and across swollen 
 
420 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 streams, they assembled on the Maumee and 
 Sandusky Rivers near Lake Erie, ready for 
 action. 
 
 The patriotism of the members of old 
 Hiram Lodge reflected glory and honor upon 
 their order, from June. 1812, to April, [813. 
 Some returned to begin their life labor again; 
 while others laid down their lives in the track- 
 less forests, defending their country. 
 
 The first mention of Brother Sidney Moore, 
 Sr., as a Mason was in 181 7. He had been 
 made a Mason in Wyndenham, Vermont, and 
 affiliated with this lodge in 1818. He was the 
 father of Sidney Moore, Jr., of whom we 
 shall speak later. 
 
 In the early history of our country, indeed, 
 much less than a hundred years ago, it was not 
 thought a sin or disgrace to indulge freely in 
 spirituous liquors. Whisky and other liquid 
 refreshment were served in the parlor; over 
 the counter; at public meetings and social 
 gatherings such as lug-rollings, barn raisings,' 
 corn-huskings. etc. Liquors were freely used 
 by ministers, doctors and lawyers. They were 
 served at the lodges. Drunkenness was com- 
 mon. A man was not called an habitual 
 drunkard unless he was drunk one half the 
 time. Be it to the honor and glory of Hiram 
 Lodge that it was one of the first to take the 
 stand for temperance. As early as 1820, the 
 Grand Chapter resolved that in the future, no 
 liquid refreshments of an intoxicating nature 
 be made use of in this chapter, and that sub- 
 ordinate chapters be earnestly requested to 
 adopt similar resolutions. 
 
 In July. 1822. a chapter of the Royal Arch 
 Masons, and a commandery df Knights 
 Templar were formed at Worthington, Ohio, 
 where many of the early pioneers were affil- 
 iated. Hiram Lodge always took an active 
 part in the work at that place. 
 
 Y before referred to, Hiram Lodge in 1826 
 was partially paralyzed over the publications 
 and illustrations of Masonry by one William 
 Morgan, who lived in Batavia, New York. 
 Hiram Lodge felt the shock and little business 
 was done in the lodge for a long time; but it 
 survived the shock and was not one of the 
 forty-six that succumbed to the excitement. 
 
 During this depression. West Alexandria, of 
 Preble County, thought it would adopt the 
 name of "Hiram Lodge," believing that 
 Hiram Lodge No. 18, had gone down under 
 the public wave. Finding this untrue, it 
 adopted the name "King Hiram Lodge, No. 
 88," and Hiram Lodge No. 18 held its own. 
 The members of the lodge were connected with 
 all of the interests of the town and county. 
 There were blacksmiths, dyers, merchants, 
 printers, and papermakers, etc. One particu- 
 larly, Norman D. Perry, who was born in 
 Hartford, Connecticut, in 181 3, a paper-maker, 
 came to Delaware and made paper by hand. He 
 was made a Mason in Norwalk. Ohio, in 1839 
 and the same year came to Delaware to super- 
 intend the erection and operation of the first 
 paper mill in the county, projected by Williams 
 & Howard at Stratford, Ohio, after which he 
 became a partner and continued thus for many 
 years'. He died in Columbus in 1899. 
 
 Another prominent member of Hiram 
 Lodge was George W. Sharp, who was born 
 in York, Pennsylvania, in 1800. In 1821, be 
 edited a paper in his native town. lie came 
 to Delaware in 1834. and bought the printing 
 interests of Brother E. Griswold, and named 
 the paper The Olentangy Gazette. At this 
 time, one of the most learned and highly re- 
 spected practical editors and printers, 
 Hon. Abram Thompson, a relative of Sharp, 
 was induced to come to Delaware and engage 
 in the publication of the paper, which he after- 
 ward owned, and re-named The Delaware 
 Gazette, and edited until the time of his death. 
 Brother Sharp was prominent in politics, and 
 was a member of the Constitutional Conven- 
 tion in 1850. He removed to Alt. Cilead. and 
 died in 1854. His youngest son was educated 
 at West Point, and is now a colonel in the 
 U. S. Army. 
 
 In 1840, in some manner, the old Masonic 
 carpet was lost: and the son of Brother E. 
 Griswold painted one for the lodge. The lodge 
 room at that time was fitted up over Brother 
 Latimer's store, on the northwest corner of 
 Sandusky and William Streets. Victor (iris- 
 wold again painted a new carpet for the 
 lodge room, and also scenes for the Chapter. 
 
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 The Griswold home was on the southwest 
 corner of Sandusky and North Streets, now- 
 Central Avenue, where the Reid Block and the 
 home of the late Dr. T. B. Williams now 
 stands. 
 
 Hiram, together with the Grand Lodge, 
 in 1849, discussed the question of establishing 
 a school for orphans and indigent children of 
 Masons. The trustees of the Worthington 
 Female College made an offer of their build- 
 ings to the Masons. 
 
 From 1827 to 1847, Hiram had many ups 
 and downs. Its dormancy was deplorable and 
 lamentable. In 1847. new nte Nvas injected 
 into the members, and until 1850, all went 
 well. About this time the attendance began 
 growing small and irregular, and for a yeai 
 or more, quarterly meetings were held, in- 
 stead of monthly, in their rooms over Lati- 
 mer's store, which were not entirely suited for 
 lodge work. Owing to this fact, they held 
 their meetings in the Court House. In 1851- 
 5_\ the lodge had much trouble with some of 
 the members on account of their drinking hab- 
 its and unmasonic conduct. Frequent admoni- 
 tions and threatenings failed to change their 
 habits, which led to the suspension of some, 
 and the expulsion of others. Owing to the 
 confused condition of the minutes during 
 1851-53, little can be given of the work of the 
 lodge; but it was about this time that a com- 
 mittee of Brothers Willey, Dr. E. H. Hyatt, 
 Rhodes, Fry and Aigen, who were enthu- 
 siastic temperance workers, was appointed to 
 remonstrate with those who were addicted to 
 drinking, and who were in the liquor business. 
 Their work made an immediate and lasting 
 impression for the cause of temperance. Some 
 quit the liquor business and others reformed. 
 Through this, the Grand Lodge issued its edict 
 against intemperance and the liquor business. 
 
 It was about this time that Dr. Elisha H. 
 Hyatt was a leader in a petition to establish a 
 lodge at Bellepoint. It was called Equality 
 Lodge. No. 242. Dr. Hyatt was a prominent 
 physician, Mason, and master of the lodge at 
 Bellepoint. Soon after, he left the medical 
 profession, and became a Presbyterian minis- 
 ter, and preached at Mt. Gilead. Subse- 
 
 quently he abandoned the ministerial, and re- 
 turned to the medical profession. In 1853, 
 the by-laws were amended to prohibit the 
 using of profane language, as they said "the 
 habit was grossly unmasonic and highly in- 
 jurious to the individual and to the commun- 
 ity." This action led to much discussion and 
 bitter feeling, many taking the ground that 
 it was not within the jurisdiction of the lodge 
 to sustain this by-law. The by-law stood, not- 
 withstanding, and the records of 1867 show 
 that the Grand Lodge did adopt and sustain 
 the by-law of old Hiram, the pioneer of sobri- 
 ety and right living. 
 
 In 1853 the dispensation was given from 
 the Grand Lodge to form a lodge at Belle- 
 point. In five years it (Equality Lodge) sur- 
 rendered its charter, and became affiliated with 
 Hiram. 
 
 In 1852, the lodge room was changed to 
 Templar hall on Sandusky Street, midway be- 
 tween Winter and William Streets, on the 
 West Side. The building is now owned by 
 M. Miller. The room was occupied by the 
 Si ms of Temperance. 
 
 The Standing Committee of the lodge to 
 look for suitable rooms, was always on the 
 outlook, and now it became necessary to make 
 preparation for the chapter of the Royal Arch 
 Masons. The Delaware Chapter, No-. 54, 
 Royal Arch Masons, was chartered October 
 15. 1855. In 1853, Brother Thomas Evans 
 erected a large brick building on Sanduskv 
 Street, near the Delaware Run. The commit- 
 tee from the chapter and from the lodge, to- 
 gether with the Sons of Temperance, secured 
 rooms in this large, new building of Brother 
 Evans. Here the Masons remained for sev- 
 eral years. During this year, Ezekial Dut- 
 ton, a paper-maker, came to Delaware from 
 Batavia. New York, where he had passed 
 through the Morgan excitement with all of its 
 horrible details. Dutton was one of the vic- 
 tims of the anti-Masonic element. Many 
 stories were given credence, and persecutions 
 indulged in by the Morgan faction against 
 1 lutton from the time he left his home in New 
 York, until he reached Delaware, where he 
 found again many supporters of the Morgan 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 element. Notwithstanding all the excitement 
 which soon died out, the lodge prospered, and 
 Dutton became a prominent Mason and an in- 
 fluential citizen. 
 
 After the election of officers in 1854, the 
 worshipful master. E. Griswold, and the 
 senior warden. Hon. H. M. Carper, with the 
 members of the lodge, became dissatisfied with 
 the quarters the lodge occupied, and looked 
 out for a new room. Mr. Benjamin Powers, 
 in 1855, erected a three-story brick building, 
 midway between Winter and William Streets, 
 on the east side of Sandusky Street, known as 
 Oak Hall. They secured rooms here in the 
 third story for the lodge and the chapter work 
 on account of the pood ventilation. In June. 
 [855, the lodge moved into its new quarters. 
 For fifteen years the lodge occupied these 
 rooms, when they moved into the rooms of the 
 Reynolds and Frank block, in 1870, which 
 had been specially fitted up for lodge and 
 chapter work. Oak Hall was afterwards oc- 
 cupied by the new order, Knights of Pythias. 
 In 1855, the lodge began to celebrate the fes- 
 tival of St. John the Baptist, other lodges par- 
 ticipating. In 1857, owing to causes unknown. 
 Equality Lodge at Bellepoint, was permitted 
 to locate at Millville, now Warrensburg; but 
 alter more or less dissatisfaction, it was 
 moved back to Bellepoint in a short time. As 
 before stated, in -1853 it surrendered its char- 
 ter, jewels, books and furniture to Hiram 
 Lodge, and went out of existence. 
 
 After thirteen years' occupancy of this 
 home, many of the older members failed to at- 
 tend meetings, owing to the two long stair- 
 ways to the lodge room. A committee was ap- 
 pointed to meet the directors of the hirst Na- 
 tional Bank, who had made a proposition to 
 fit up lodge rooms over die bank on the second 
 floor. The moms were satisfactory, and the 
 lodge moved in 1883. and remained there un- 
 til 1892, when it moved into the beautiful and 
 commodious $30,000 Temple built and pre- 
 sented by Mr. Sidney Mo,, re. 
 
 One of the best known, most energitic, 
 well posted and beloved Masons was Prof. W. 
 O. Semans, who was secretary of the lodge, 
 chapter and council continuously for ten yi 
 
 He was born in Defiance, Ohio, August 23, 
 1835, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan 
 University in 1857. He was made a master 
 Mason in 1858. In 1862 he was elected pro- 
 fessor of chemistry in his alma mater. He 
 affiliated with Hiram Lodge, August 11, 1864, 
 joined the chapter in i860 at Leavenworth, 
 Kansas, and the council in 1869, and was 
 made a Knight Templar in Mt. Vernon Com-. 
 mandery No. 1, Columbus, in 1S68, and acted 
 as secretary for Hiram lodge, chapter and 
 council from 1882 until 1892. when he was 
 succeeded by his son. William M. Semans. 
 who has filled this important position to the 
 present time. 
 
 Hiram Lodge has had many distinguished 
 members — Bishop Harris, and Bishop W. F. 
 McDowell of the Methodist Church, Hon. 
 William R. Warnock, and others. The last 
 member to be spoken of whose name will go 
 down through all generations, whose memory 
 will be cherished, not only by the present gen- 
 eration, but by those following after who will 
 enjoy the beautiful Masonic home and Tem- 
 ple so generously and wisely provided for the 
 Masonic fraternity', is Mr. Sidney Moore. Jr. 
 This quiet, unassuming and unostentatious, 
 yet powerful brother, was born in Delaware, 
 Ohio, December 16, 182 1. He was the eldest 
 son of Sidney and Phoeba Mann Moore. He 
 attended the select school of his aunt, Sophia 
 Moore Gaston, in the upper story of the Welch 
 Building, on the west side of Franklin Street, 
 between William and Winter, immediately 
 south of the Hospital grounds ; and the school 
 of Mrs. Murray on the west side of Sanduskj 
 Street, between William and Winter Streets, 
 after which he was sent to the academy on 
 Hill Street, now University Avenue, which 
 has long since passed away. This bright and 
 exemplar)- son worked in his father's office, 
 that of county auditor, for several years. Oc- 
 tober 12. 1845. he entered the Delaware County 
 Bank as bookkeeper and clerk. To perfect 
 himself for the labors before him. he took a 
 special course in banking in Columbus, Ohio. 
 In 1851, he was elected cashier of the bank in 
 Marion, Ohio. In 1852. alter his marriage he 
 was called to Indianapolis, Indiana, to take the 
 
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 position of cashier of the Central Bank of that 
 city. In 1854. lie was elected, and accepted 
 the cashiership of the Delaware County Bank, 
 where he had opened the hooks in 1845. 
 
 Mr. Moore's first wife died in 1855, and in 
 [865, he was married to Mrs. Sarah Ann Cun- 
 ningham Bierce. In June. 1883.. he became 
 president of the Delaware Countly X'ational 
 Bank, which position he held until the re-or- 
 ganization of the bank into the Delaware Na- 
 tional Bank in January, 1905, when he was 
 elected president, and served in that capacity 
 until the time of his death in May. 1907. He 
 was often called upon to fill many important 
 positions, such as member of the School 
 Board, etc. Mr. Moore became a member of 
 the Delaware chapter in 1856 and the council 
 at Columbus, Ohio, in [867, and Commander}' 
 of Knights Templar at Marion, Ohio, in 1857. 
 On October 12. 1867. he received the degrees 
 from the fourth to the thirty-second of the 
 Scottish Rite, at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1886, 
 he became S. G. and I. C. and a number of 
 times served as presiding officer of the lodge, 
 chapter, council and commandery ; and the 
 grand junior warden of the Grand Lodge of 
 Ohio. In 1886 he received the remarkable dis- 
 tinction of having conferred upon him the 
 last degree of Masonry, the thirty-third de- 
 gree. 
 
 In A. L. 5892 (1892) Brother Sidney 
 Moore built and presented to the Mason- of 
 Hiram Lodge the elegant and commodious 
 Masonic Temple, his extreme modesty forbid- 
 ing the use of his name in connection with the 
 Temple ( which now should be added ) . He 
 died in May. 1907, leaving his aged wife. 
 Sarah Cunningham Moure, and stepson, Ar- 
 thur Bierce, and one brother, William E. 
 Moore, who with his brother enjoyed all the 
 privileges of Masonry to the thirty-second de- 
 gree. t< > mourn his loss. His funeral was o in- 
 ducted by all 01 the Masonic bodies. Knights 
 Templar, and several thirty-third Degree Ma- 
 sons who officiated. 
 
 Hiram Lodge has (1908) 340 members. 
 There are fifty Knights Templar, twenty-six 
 members of the Delaware Club Nbbles of the 
 Mystic Shrine, and eleven living member- 1 1 
 
 the thirty-second Degree Ancient and Ac- 
 cepted Scottish Rite. Northern Masonic juris- 
 diction of the United States — \Y. C. Denni- 
 son, W. F. Dodge. S. \V. Fowler, E. F. 
 Gwinn, J. W. Heimberger, \Y. E. Moore. I. 
 W. Rosenthal, D. F. Rust, William M. Se- 
 mans, J. Leo Sperling. George H. Watkins. 
 
 CAPITULAR MASONRY. 
 
 Delaware Chapter. Xo. 54, R. A. M., was 
 chartered October 15, 1855. Its stated con- 
 ventions are held in Moore's Masonic Hall on 
 Thursday evenings on or before the full of the 
 moon. The present officers ( 1908) are: Com- 
 panion William A. Greiner. M. E. H. 1'. ; 
 Companion W. F. Dodge. E. king; Compan- 
 ion Paul R. Hickok, E. scribe; Companion W. 
 E. Moore. C. of H. ; Companion Orrie S. 
 Smith, Prin. Soj.; Companion Harry L. 
 Clark. R. A. C. ; Companion Dewitt H. Leas, 
 G. M. 3rd V. ; Companion J. W. Heimberger, 
 ( .. M. 2nd. V.; Companion Charles Justice, G. 
 M. 1st. V.; Companion Rhea T. Graff, treas. ; 
 Companion William M. Semans. secretary ; 
 Companion Louis Thorman, guard: Compan- 
 ii 111 Edward Y. Mason, organist ; Companions 
 C. W. Wiles, C. H. Watkins. C. W. Dennison, 
 Finance Committee. 
 
 CRYPTIC MASONRY. 
 
 Delaware Council. Xo. 54, Royal ami Se- 
 lect Masters, was chartered first October 12. 
 1867, and held regular meetings for many 
 years. But in 1887, through indifference, lack 
 of attendance and other causes, the charter 
 was surrendered. In October, 1890. through 
 the influence of Brother Sidney Moore, new- 
 life and new blood were infused into the coun- 
 cil, and it was reorganized (29th) as No. 84. 
 Y. D. 2900. The petitioners for the reorgani- 
 zation were Sidney Moore. W. A. Greiner. VV. 
 
 E. Moore, J. Leo Sperling. W. M. Semans. 
 Geo. W. Simpson. \Y. ( >. Semans. S. W. Fow- 
 ler, W. II. Hague; E. E. Hyatt. J. B. Tag- 
 gert, R. G. Lybrand, lames M. Crawford. 1'.. 
 
 F. Frank, W." M. Morrison, C. H. McElroy, 
 A. J. Coomer, J. G. Rosenthal. R. M. Reed. 
 
424 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 F. T. Evans, W. F. Dodge, Charles Cronkel- 
 ton. 
 
 Delaware Council, No. 84, Royal and Se- 
 lect Masters, chartered October 9, 1900. Offi- 
 cers for 1908 are: Companion John W. 
 Heimberger, T. I. M.; Companion W. F. 
 Dodge, D. I. M. ; Companion Henry T. Main. 
 Prin, C. of W. ; Companion N. Percy Starr, 
 treas. ; Companion William M. Semans, re- 
 corder; Companion Dewitt H. Leas, Capt. of 
 G; Companion George H. Watkins, Con. of 
 C. ; Companion Albert F. Elkins, steward ; 
 Companion Louis Thorman, sentinel. Finance 
 Committee — Companions R. J. Cox, R. R. 
 Heikes, G. J. G. Rosenthal. Stated assemblies 
 are held in Moore's Masonic Temple on the 
 third Monday of every month. There are 
 about 120 members. 
 
 Hiram Lodge has a membership of 340; 
 Delaware Chapter Royal Arch Masons, 141 ; 
 Delaware Council, 120. 
 
 The Grand Chapter of Royal and Select 
 Masters of the State of Ohio, was organized 
 at Worthington. J U ne 6, Y. D. 2850. A. D., 
 1830. 
 
 OSTRANDER LODGE, NO, 594, F. & A. M. 
 
 On November j s ], 1905, a dispensation was 
 granted to thirteen members who petitioned to 
 work. J. A. Swinehart was worshipful mas- 
 ter, and the other petitioners were B. 11. Rit- 
 tenhouse, William Harris, V. B. Weller, M. 
 D., H. H. Liggett, W. F. Evans, < ). P. Bird, 
 C. H. Blymer, W. A. Shepard, A. I). Wells, 
 K. EC. Kalb, Milton Leggett and H. W. Rit- 
 tenhouse. During the year, thirteen new 
 members were initiated, and on November 5,, 
 mi hi. the lodge was instituted in due form by 
 H. S. Kissell. with the Following officers: 
 Charles Bynner, W. M. ; O. P. Bird, S. W. ; 
 K. K. Kail), |. W. The present officers are: 
 O. I'. Bird, W. M; K. K. Kalb, S. W. ; Dr. 
 V. I!. Weller, J. W. At present the lodge has 
 thirty-five members. 
 
 SUNBURY LODGE. 
 
 In November, 1S17, a number of Masons 
 from Berkshire and the eastern part of the 
 
 county, asked permission of Hiram Lodge for 
 recommendation to the grand master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Ohio for a dispensation to 
 form a new lodge at Sunbury. It was granted, 
 and the new lodge became Charity Lodge, No. 
 53. It was taken to Zoar, now Galena, in 
 1826. Just when they surrendered their 
 charter is not known. It continued until the 
 anti-Masonic agitation during the Morgan ex- 
 citement, when it was compelled to surrender 
 its charter to the Grand Lodge. The fires were 
 kept burning on the altars by a few of the 
 faithful members of the order. On October 
 21,1 868, the Grand Lodge granted a new dis- 
 pensation and gave them a new charter for 
 Sparrow Lodge, No. 400. F. & A. M. The 
 charter members were E. R. Hempstead. A. 
 J. Qtley, C. Patrick, James P. Decker, Amos 
 Utley, Elijah Carnev. I. P. Crawford, I. W. 
 Foot, C. Wilcox, Almon Stark, J. P. "Bard- 
 well, James Lampman, Nathan Dustan and 
 Nathan Wells. Sparrow Lodge of Sunbury 
 has enjoyed a useful and brilliant career from 
 the beginning, and its membership extends 
 over all of the eastern part of the county. The 
 present officers are: E. M. Perfect, W. M.; 
 J. W. Furry. S. W. ; A. D. Strasnider, J. W. ; 
 I. W. Longwell, treasurer: J. H. Gerhardt, 
 secretary; O. F. Elling. S. D. ; Maselot Wil- 
 cox, J. D. ; C. M. Shicker, chaplain; C. O. 
 Armstrong, S. S. : H. H. Loar, J. S. ; C. H. 
 Wilson, pianist: James Cockrell. tyler. The 
 trustees are C. O. Armstrong, C. D. Wan 
 Houten, C. F. Beaver. 
 
 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, F. & A. M., SUNBURY. 
 
 The lodge of the Order of Eastern Star, 
 F. & A. M., Sunbury, Ohio, was instituted 
 October 11, 1894, with the following mem- 
 bers: Emma Gerhardt, Dr. I. II. Gerhardt, 
 Anna Blakely, T. F. Blakely." Abbie A. Kim- 
 ball. Otis Fl. Kimball. Annabel! Ramsey. N. 
 Ramsey, Amy Burrer, A. J. Burrer, Mattie L. 
 Crego, Charles F. Crego, Alida Roferts, W. 
 P. Roferts, ^Iedora Longwell. J. P. Long- 
 well. Anna Price. I. M. Price, Delila Perfect. 
 Leroy Perfect, Daisy Wheaton, < '. M. Whea- 
 ton, Elrisa Smith. Marshall Smith, Mary S. 
 Williams, Frank Williams. This is the only 
 
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 order of the Eastern Star in the county. It 
 
 is a s 
 work. 
 
 is a strong; organization, and is doing good 
 
 WHITE SULPHUR LODGE, F. & A. M. 
 
 White Sulphur Lodge. F. & A. M., No. 10 
 (colored), of Delaware, Ohio, was instituted 
 June 24, 1867, at the session of the Grand 
 Lodge held at Xenia. Ohio. The warrant 
 was issued at this meeting, June 20-22. in- 
 clusive. The lodge first met in the Springer 
 Block, corner of Sandusky and University 
 Avenue, now known as the Albert Block. Of- 
 ficers were elected and installed by Brother 
 William T. Boyd, grand master (proxy) who 
 is now in the employ of the C. C. C. & I. R. 
 R. Co., as train baggagemaster. The lodge 
 now meets in old Templar Hall, now known as 
 the Miller Block. The following were offi- 
 cers and charter members: J. J. William- 
 son, W. M. (dead); Thomas Mendenhall, S. 
 W. (dead); B. Alston; J. W. (dead); F. D. 
 Merrit, treasurer (dead); B. F. Thomas, sec- 
 retary; R. Stewart, S. D. ; G. B. Lewis, tyler, 
 (dead). Thomas A. Jackson, William Al- 
 ford. M. A. Taylor, G. Grenere. G. B. Cox- 
 som, all dead, were charter members. The 
 present officers and members are: Horace 
 Wheeler, W. M. : W. A. Jackson, S. W. ; Gus 
 Tyson. J. W. ; Thomas Kemper, treasurer; B. 
 F. Thomas, secretary; William Wheeler. S. 
 D. ; Walter B. Moore, J. D. ; James Fields. S. 
 S. ; Joseph North, J. S. ; Henry Fleming, tyler. 
 Members — William W. Wilson. H. C. Clay. 
 Harry Clay, J. W. Jones, Herbert H. Cha- 
 bious, Allen C. Alford, Oscar B. White. Sandy 
 Merchant, Harrison Judy, [. T. Hurley, John 
 W. Boyer. J. W. Balden' 
 
 ASHLEY LODGE, I'. ,\ A. M . 
 
 Ashley Lodge, No. 407. F. & A. M.. was 
 instituted February 17. 1808, through the in- 
 fluence of Brother Sidney Moore, of Dela- 
 ware, who was made worshipful master. J. F. 
 Doty was made senior warden; I*". 1!. Morri- 
 son, J. W. The following were charter mem- 
 bers:" James P. Clark, John W. Hoff, W. E. 
 Palmer, W. W. Stratton, S. A. Coomer, J. 
 
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 B. Richardson, E. M. Conklin, John Gield, J. 
 I.. May and Henry Sutton. The charter was 
 granted October 19, 1808. The order has 
 been very popular in the community and has 
 121 active members. In 1904 the lodge erect- 
 ed a temple on the corner of High and Frank- 
 lin Streets at a cost of $5,000. The lower 
 floor is used by the Farmer's Saving Bank 
 Company, the upper floor by the Masons. The 
 following are the present officers ( 1908) : W. 
 M. Shoemaker, W. M. ; John A. Conner, S. 
 W. ; Burton Olds. J. W. ; F. E. Whipple, treas- 
 urer; Frank W. Sharp, secretary; Ray Hick- 
 son. S. D. ; T. C. McGonnigle.'j. D.': R. P. 
 Welch, tyler. 
 
 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 
 
 This order was founded during the war of 
 the Rebellion, 1861-65, at which time the les- 
 son of love and friendship was well nigh for- 
 gotten. Like the ancient story of the friends, 
 Damon and Pythias at Syracuse. Sicily, the 
 soldiers and citizens came together as one in 
 the close tie of brotherhood. Many will ask 
 the question "Who founded the order?" In 
 1886, the Supreme Lodge was held in the city 
 of Philadelphia. At this meeting the supreme 
 representative, Foxwell, of the District oi Co- 
 lumbia, presented a memorial picture of Justus 
 H. Rathbone to the order, declaring the origi- 
 nal of the picture to be the true founder. 
 
 It was in 1857, while engaged in clerking 
 and teaching at Eagle Harbor, on the Eagle 
 River on Lake Superior, that Rathbone be- 
 came greatly impressed with the remarkable 
 and wonderful story of Damon and Pythias, 
 and their infinite love and friendship for each 
 other; the influence of this friendship upon 
 the tyrant Dionysius, and the willing sacrifice 
 of the brave Sicilian who would die for his 
 friend, which so impressed Dionysius that he 
 spared his life. Rathbone determined to in- 
 duce men to follow the example so pure, gun 
 erous and holy, set by these true. de\ ■ 
 friends, and immediately organized this or- 
 der. 
 
 As a charitable order, few organizations 
 have labored and done more good, and grown 
 more rapidly than the Knights of Pythias. It 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 was organized during the heat and turmoil of 
 battle during the war, when all was strife, 
 discord and disruption, and has steadily ad- 
 vanced and flourished until it has spread 
 throughout the country and has become a 
 power for much good. 
 
 To complete the history of the Knights of 
 Pythias is fitting to speak of the Pythian Sis- 
 terhood, and the Rathbone Sisters. The for- 
 mer were granted permission to organize a se- 
 cret society of female relatives of the Knights 
 of Pythias in 1888. by the Supreme Lodge. 
 They were to use their titles of officers and re- 
 port the financial and numerical condition to 
 the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals pre- 
 vious to the Supreme Session. This branch of 
 the organization has had a great and marvel- 
 ous growth, and a widespread influence. Their 
 fundamental' teaching is truth and purity. 
 They recognize that in Unity there is Strength, 
 and proclaim Friendship. Charity. Love, and 
 Benevolence as their cardinal principles. To 
 hold the trust of a sister is a sacred charge, and 
 to impress upon the younger women the value 
 of honor, purity and virtue is their chief aim. 
 The order was founded through the efforts of 
 Mrs. Alva A. Young, of Hopkinton, N. H. 
 Her husband and three brothers served 
 through the war of the Rebellion. 
 
 Unlike the Pythian Sisterhood, the Rath- 
 bone Sisters admit to membership both men 
 and women. This branch was organized in 
 1888. and was approved by the Supreme 
 Lodge and the Ritual. The members desire 
 to promote the moral, mental, social and physi- 
 cal elevation of its members, always following 
 the Golden Rule. Their growth has been 
 steadv and they exert power and influence. 
 The first temple of the Rathbone Sisterhood 
 was instituted at Warsaw, Indiana, October 
 23, 1888. They have steadily grown in mem- 
 bership and influence, as well as widened 
 their sphere of usefulness throughout the land. 
 The colored race has similar organizations of 
 their own. both of Knights of Pythias and the 
 sisterhoods. 
 
 LENAPE LODGE, K. OF V. 
 
 The parent lodge of the county was char- 
 tered February 11, 1871. with the following 
 
 officers and members : P. H. McGuire, worthy 
 prelate; C. V. Owston, worthy chancellor; 
 Jacob Kruck, vice chancellor; Robert Bell, 
 financial scribe; H. E. Buck. Rec. scribe; 
 Jacob Heller, banker ; G. J. Brown, guard ; M. 
 M. Miller, inside sentinel; H. Fleckner, out- 
 side sentinel ; A. Frant, G. E. Breyfogle, C. 
 Riddle, W. A. Lear, T. P. Vining, E. Shally, 
 G. W. Stimmel, D. Sheridan, D. M. Howe, 
 W. S. Sherman, W. C. Clippinger, E. M. Hel- 
 ler, J. Sealy, R. G. Lybrand, G. B. Smith, Ed 
 F. Lear, J. K. Praul, F. Burroughs, P. Praul, 
 C. W. White. C. Hughes. 
 
 The present officers are : L. A. Critch- 
 field. C. C. ; J. R. Selover, vice C. ; John 
 White, prelate; R. McKinnie. M. of W. ; 
 Charles A. Bolinger, M. at A. ; E. F. Young, 
 K. of R. and S. ; E. S. Owen, M. of F. ; Ed S. 
 Metier, M. of E. ; C. S. Freshwater, I. G. ; 
 W. S. Sherman. O. G. ; H. H. Beecher, M. A. 
 Brandon, representatives to Grand Lodge ; al- 
 ternates. E. F. Young, H. H. Pierce, 
 
 The Lenape Lodge is one of the largest 
 and most flourishing in the State. The other 
 lodges of the county are Sunbury, No. 231 ; 
 Ostrander, No. 348 ; Good Hope, No. 457 ; 
 Bellepoint. No. 525 ; Williams, No. 556; Chesh- 
 ire. No. 613; Lewis Center, No. 636; Porter, 
 No. 640; Centre Village. No. 645; Powell, 
 No. 684. 
 
 CASTLE HALL, K. OF P. 
 
 Castle Hall Lodge, No. 231, K. of P., at 
 Sunbury, was chartered May 25, 1887, with 
 the following charter members : J. H. Kimble 
 1 .lead) ; D. R. Robinson (dead) ;" O. H. Kim- 
 ble (dead); E. E. Wilson (dead); J. M. 
 Price (dead) ; T. W. Ginn (dead) ; Joe Fuller, 
 B. Shofrer, C. J. Rose, B. E. Perfect, C. D. 
 Palmer,- N. Patrick. A. Lynn, H. C. Perfect, 
 H. S. Cook, H. E. Smith, E. L. Gill. A. C. 
 Williams, W. A. Wilson. C. P. Sprague, 
 Frank Burrer, F. L. Gage, W. P. Roberts. 
 Kimball Sedgewick, B. W. Gorsuch, C. A. 
 McAllister, John Burrer. The present officers 
 are: Elwood Miles. C. C. ; E. Debolt, V. C. ; 
 Henrv Stelzer, prelate; C. L. Boyd, M. of W. ; 
 H. H. Loar, K. of R. and S., and M. of F. ; 
 J. S. Furey, M. of Ex.; E. G. Kempton, M. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 427 
 
 of A.; D. B. Rosencrans, I. G. ; W. B. Dwin- 
 
 nel. O. G. The members at the present time 
 1 [908) number 132. The Pythian and Rath- 
 bone Sisterhoods are a part of this organiza- 
 tion. 
 
 EUREKA LODGE, K. OF P. 
 
 Eureka Lodge, No. 3, K. of P. (colored), 
 of Delaware, was organized October 10, 1894. 
 Officers and charter members were the follow- 
 ing : E. W. B. Curry, C. C. ; William Clark, 
 vice C. : A. P. Warrick, prelate ; W. A. Jack- 
 son, M. of F.; J. Jackson, M. of E. ; A. W. 
 Day. K. of R. and S.; A. Boyd, M. of A.; H. 
 T. Ragans, I. G. ; A. Wilson, O. G. 
 
 GOOD HOPE LODGE, NO. 457. ASHLEY, OHIO, 
 
 Was instituted November 3, 1890, with 
 the following charter members : W. Slack, D. 
 H. Wolfe. H. C. Hershev, S. R. Eckles, E. C. 
 Sipe, Walter Hershev. T. W. Lea, B. A. Clay- 
 pool. Marrow Berry, Sperry Bartholomew. 
 The present officers: F. T. Glen, C. C. ; J. 
 D. Monroe, V. C. : William Gale, prelate; 
 Tom Barber. M. of A. ; L. B. Richmond, I. 
 G; W. M. Curren. O. G. ; H. L. Lea, M. of 
 E.; D. H. Wolf, M. of F. ; F. J. Riley, K. of 
 R. and S.; F. H. Bisel, Dan Chadrich. C. 
 Smith, trustees. 
 
 PORTER LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, NO. 64O, 
 
 Of East Liberty, Porter Township, was 
 chartered August 24, 1893. Charter mem- 
 bers: Milton Heaslett, M. W. ; George T- 
 Meises, C. C. ; W. F. Waldron. V. C. ; E. B. 
 Dustin. prelate; D. A. Beard, M. of E. ; J. C. 
 Van Sickle. M. of F. ; J. T. Harbottle. K. of 
 R. and S. ; C. I. Bacom, M. at A. ; D. W. Mc- 
 Kav. T. Cubbage. Munroe Vance. J. C. Wood, 
 
 F. O. White, O. G. ; H. D. Blackledge. I. G ; 
 C. D. Rogers. W. G Bacom. Fisher White, 
 
 G. W. Carpenter. A. Hunt. W. D. Blaney. G 
 B. Spangler. P. F. Page, W. O. Clauson. Clin- 
 ton Bacom. W. T. Harrison. E. Carnes. T. B. 
 Bradfield. H. Riley, C. Waldron. J. G. Glea- 
 son, C. H. Hicks, Joseph Patrick. Levi Black- 
 
 ledge. J. T. Lane. Present officers are : E. B. 
 Dustin, C. C. ; David Chase, V. C. ; J. C. Van 
 Sickle, prelate; W. Lane, M. of W., B. T. 
 Hirst, K. of R. and S. ; William Harbottle, M, 
 of F. ; E. Carnes, M. of Ex. ; J. Fry, M. at A. ; 
 H. Vermillion, I. G. ; E. Owens, O. G. 
 
 CHESHIRE LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, 
 NO. 613, 
 
 Was instituted February 16, 1893. Char- 
 ter members : S. P. Thrall, P. C. ; George 
 Cleveland, C. C. ; F. I. Ryant, V. C. ; W. P. 
 Whittier, prelate; C. W. Dickerman, M. of 
 F. ; George Whitman, M. of E. ; W. F. Ben- 
 nett, K. of R. and S. ; C. J. Slough, M. at A.; 
 E. L. Ryant, I. G ; A. Hichew, O. G Trus- 
 tees : J. Rouch, F. H. Andrews, L. A. Jay- 
 cox. Charter members : C. E. Asher, G C. 
 Bennett, G. W. Buckingham. E. Bowers, B. A. 
 Casswell, D. C. Curtis, G. D. Colflesh, James 
 Cockrell, L. L. Davenport, H. A. Davis, S. T. 
 Dickerman, A. L. Elliott, H. E. Elliot J. E. 
 Finch, E. L. Ferson, A. R. Freshwater, W. S. 
 Glaze, J. Hewitt. W. S. Harriss, G B: Hub- 
 bard, George Holly, B. F. Hagerman, J. H. 
 and H. C. Hopkins, G W. Hughes. J. Irwin, 
 H. H. Johnson, E. K. and W. Jacobus, 
 M. D. Kring, H. and C. Kunzev. W. J. Long- 
 worth. G W. Lahmon, E. A.' May, W. H. 
 McWilliams. E. Miller, D. S. Potter, A. Rush, 
 E. H. Smith, G C. Stephens, W. M. P. Sims, 
 G W. Sherman, W. F. Sackett. I. W. Sher- 
 wood, W. Townsley, C. A. Yeamans. The 
 present officers are: Joseph Irwin. M. of F. ; 
 Homer Gregory, C. C. ; George Cleveland, M. 
 of Ex. ; Florence Whitman, V. C. ; Herbert 
 Irwin, prelate; Homer Dutche, M. at A.; lohn 
 Irwin, M. of W. ; E. R. Durfy. I. G. ; W. F. 
 Ryant, K. of R. and S. ; George Hass, O. G. 
 Trustees: F. Ryant, D. S. Potter, I. C. Mc- 
 Carty. 
 
 LEWIS CENTRE LODGE. NO. 636, K. OF P. 
 
 This lodge was instituted August 10. [893. 
 The original officers were: P. C, R. K. Wil- 
 lis; C. C, W. M. T. S. Sims; V. C, 11. V. 
 Schanck; prelate, H. P. Knapp; M. of I*".. W. 
 
428 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 B. Gooding"; M. of P., A. Stone; K. R. S., 
 G. D. Colflesh; M. at A.. A. C. Barrows; M. 
 of W\, R. C. Elsbue; I. G., A. Ferguson; O. 
 
 G., A. N. Crumb. Present membership, twen- 
 ty-five. 
 
 POWELL LODGE, NO. 684, K. OF P, 
 
 Was chartered April 18, 1895, with forty- 
 three members. Its first officers were : E. P. 
 Hover, C. C. ; F. B. Mason. V. C. ; I. E, Sharp, 
 P. ; T. N. Neds, M. of E. ; Charles E. Watts, 
 M. of F. ; W. E. Zinn, K. of R. and S. ; Charles 
 Stanbery, M. of A.; V. F. ToplifL.I. G. , 
 Frank Bayles, O. G. The lodge now has six- 
 ty-nine members, with the following officers : 
 George Kibby, C. C. ; Frank Richards, V. C. ; 
 J. N. Gardner, P.; Harry Davidson, M. of 
 W.; J. C. Drumheller. K. of R. and S. ; C. O. 
 Hawes, M. of F. ; O. T. Case, M. of E. ; R. J. 
 Duffy, M. at A.; Calvin Corbin, I. G.; Wil- 
 liam Pounds, O. G. The lodge erected a line. 
 two-story frame building, the first story of 
 which is used for store purposes, and the upper 
 for a lodge room. The building is 26x60 feet, 
 and was dedicated August 30, 1906. The 
 building c>st nearly $3,300. To begin with, 
 the lodge had only $43 in the exchequer. 
 
 POWELL TEMPLE, NO. 299, PYTHIAN SISTERS, 
 
 Was instituted July 19, 1900. with sixty 
 charter members. First officers : Hattie Pix- 
 ley, M. E. C.; Mabel Richard... M. of F. ; 
 Weltha Sharp, E. S. ; Alice Kirkpatrick. pro- 
 tector; Mary Bayles, E. J.; Anna Topliff, 
 guard; < lara Corbin, manager; Olive Case. P. 
 C. ; .Minerva Case, M. of R. and C. The pres- 
 ent officers are: Clara Corbin. M. E. C. ; Ida 
 Colvin, M. of I'.; Minerva Case, P. S. ; Emma 
 Case, protector; Mabel Richards, E. J.; Mary 
 Drumheller, guard; Bertha Colvin, manager, 
 Mary Bayles, I'. C. ; Weltha Sharp, M. of R. 
 and ( . 
 
 ( )f the following lodges, 1\. of P., from 
 the failure of officials to give any data, we are 
 unable to give any history: ( )strander, Belle- 
 point, Williams and Centre Village. 
 
 BELLEPOINT LODGE, K. OF P. 
 
 No. of Charter, 525 — Date of Charter, De- 
 cember 8, 1 89 1. 
 
 Charter Members. 
 
 T. A. Wells F. N. Penn 
 
 Harvey Miller W. A. Black 
 
 I. W. Wood John Watkins 
 
 R. B. Hagans W. B. Fry 
 
 W. R. Cox Lewis Hecker 
 
 G. F. Miller W. B. Sperow 
 
 O. E. Hutchisson M. H. H inkle 
 
 H. E. Tiebout E. J. Healv 
 
 G. O. Oiler E. B. Hinkle 
 
 W. G. Jones R. A. Dunlap 
 
 J. P. Stewart C. W. Kelly 
 
 S. F. Smith F. L. Liggett 
 
 W. H. Oiler T. C. Stone 
 
 F. R. Fry L. T. Oiler 
 
 F. L. Sailsburv Eugene Vienot 
 E. M. Coe C. H. Watson 
 
 W. T. Warson William Chambers 
 
 G. E. Watson Samuel Smith 
 G. T. Ferryman J. W. Owen 
 
 [. W. Kuhns Hosea Moon 
 
 E. M. Wickham W. A. Jones 
 
 G. W. Daily 
 
 Officers of the First Year— P. C. T. A. 
 Wells; C. C. Harvey Miller; Y. C, ,. W. 
 Wood; prelate, B. R. Hagans; M. E, W. R. 
 Coe; M. of 11., G. F. Miller; K. of R. and S.. 
 
 0. C. Hutchisson; M. of A.. H. E. Tiebout; 
 
 1. G., George Oiler; O. (i., W. (i. Jones. 
 
 • The lodge now has 101 members. The of- 
 ficers for the present year are as follows: C. 
 C, F. B. McMillen; V. C. W. 11. Colhoun; 
 prelate, Lawson Jones; M. of W.. G. L. Ru- 
 mer ; K. of R. and S.. O. C. Hutchisson; M. 
 -1 F.. W. C. McCloud; M. of F.. W. R. Cox; 
 M. of A., Elmer Zimmerman; 1. <i.. ( ). H. 
 Case ; O. G., B. E. Jones. 
 
 PYTHIAN SISTERS OF BELLEPOINT, 
 
 Instituted under the name of the Rath- 
 bone Sisters, April 2j, 1898. Changed to 
 Pythian Sisters in 1906. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 429 
 
 Charter Members. 
 Jane Oiler O. C. Hutchisson 
 
 Florence Bovey Lewis Hecker 
 
 Cora B. Hutchisson W. A. Black 
 Emma Hecker C. L. V. Bovey 
 
 Ollie Coe H. O. Moore 
 
 Estelle K. Healv Edward Jones 
 
 Rebecca Ropp E. M. Coe 
 
 Cora Watson H. E. Tiebout 
 
 Sarah Watkins W. A. Felkner 
 
 Louisa Hinkle Jacob Blain 
 
 Hannah Miller Charles Thomas 
 
 Alice Moore Fred Jones 
 
 Lizzie Hunt Frank Smith 
 
 Daisv Lowe G. F. Miller 
 
 Mary Lindner M. H. Hinkle 
 
 Ida Freese C. T. Oiler 
 
 Frances Zimmer W. M. Hunt 
 
 Lizzie Oiler Hiram Jones 
 
 Elnora Black E. J. Healv 
 
 Frankie Daily G. W. Thomas 
 
 Edith Moore Charles Zimmer 
 
 Ella E. Felkner Lewis Freese 
 
 Adeline Jones W. R. Cox ■ 
 
 Ora Freshwater W. T. Ropp 
 
 lane Cox. T. A. Wells 
 
 Sarah Wells • W. T. Watson 
 
 Frances Freshwater H. D. Lindner 
 Hattie Smith 
 
 Present number of members — 39 sisters ; 
 ;i knights; total, 90. 
 
 Officers of First Year— M. E. C. Jane Oi- 
 ler: E. S.. Cora B. Hutchisson; E. J., Emma 
 Hecker; M. of T.. Ollie Coe; M. of R. and C. 
 Estelle K. Healv; M. of F., Rebecca Ropp; P. 
 of T., Cora Watson; G. of O. T.. Sarah Wat- 
 kins ; P. C. of F., Florence Bovey. 
 
 Present Officers — P. C, Minnie McCloud; 
 M. E. C, Lizzie Oiler; E. S.. Minnie Tones; 
 E. J.. Kittie Dix; M. of T.. Anna Case; M. 
 of R. and C. Emily D. Case; M. of F.. Eliza- 
 beth Zimmer: P. of T., Pearl Coe: ( !. of O. T.. 
 Belle Dunlap. 
 
 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD 
 FELLOWS. 
 
 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is 
 strictly a fraternal and benevolent society, 
 
 whose members are associated together to al- 
 leviate the suffering, attend to those in sick- 
 ness and distress, to administer the last sad 
 rites to the dead, to educate the orphan, to 
 lighten the wants of the old and decrepit mem- 
 bers, and to bind the members together in 
 friendship, love and truth. Next to Masonry, 
 it is the largest secret organization of all or- 
 ders in America. The principles upon which 
 this order is founded may date back to the 
 days of the Gch id Samaritan, who helped a 
 fellowman in distress at the inn on the moun- 
 tain in Palestine on the way to Jericho. Other 
 writers date its origin back to the Roman sol- 
 diers in 55 A. D. ; others, that it was suggested 
 by the Caesars who called the brethren "Odd 
 Fellows," because they knew each other by 
 night as well as by day; while others again 
 go back to the fifth century in Spain; or the 
 sixth century in Portugal; or the twelfth cen- 
 tury in France. It was 111 the eighteenth cen- 
 turv that a union was formed and from this 
 several organizations have been founded, such 
 as the Loyal Ancient Odd Fellows, the Union 
 Odd Fellows, and afterwards the Manchester 
 Unity Odd Fellows. Each claim of these or- 
 ganizations has been disputed in regard to the 
 origin of this grand order. But the Manches- 
 ter Unity Odd Fellows - was introduced into 
 Manchester, England, in about 1800, and 
 from this came the American Odd Fellowship 
 in 1806, which now exists as the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows under the jurisdiction 
 of the Grand Lodge of the United States of 
 America. The first lodge was opened in the 
 old Shakespearean House or Tavern in Ful- 
 ton Street, New York City, by W. E. and J. 
 C. Chambers, John R. Thomas. William Du- 
 ll"!-. George P. Morris, and others. In [818 
 it declined into dormancy, but in 1822, through 
 Thomas Wildey. it was revived, and he be- 
 came the real founder of the order as it ex- 
 ists today in the United States. 
 
 In the house of William Lupton. in Balti- 
 more, at about the same time under a dispen- 
 sation of the proper authorities in England, 
 the order was placed upon a more substantial 
 basis. Since 1822 the Grand Lodge of the 
 United States has been the head of the ordei 
 
43° 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in this country. A charter was granted about 
 this time to the Grand Lodge of the United 
 States by the Grand Annual Moving Commit- 
 tee to conduct the business of Odd Fellowship 
 in America independent of other lands. 
 
 The order consists of two branches — 
 lodges and encampments. With the degree of 
 Rebekah, the lodges comprise seven branches, 
 and the encampment three degrees. The Roval 
 Purple Degree of the encampment is the high- 
 est and last degree of the order. The lodges, 
 encampments and all. are under the jurisdic- 
 tion of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 
 This order, more modern than the ancient or- 
 der of Free Masonry, is somewhat like it in 
 many essentials. It was introduced into Ohio 
 at Cincinnati, and it was established in Dela- 
 ware. November 15, 1845, as Olentangy 
 Lodge. No. 53, I. O. O. F, with the follow- 
 ing charter members : Henrv Patten, Adam 
 Wolf, J. W. Place. Charles A. Drake. Cyrus 
 Piatt. Bishop William L. Harris. George Brey- 
 fogle. The first officers were : Bishop Har- 
 ris, N. G. ; C. S. Drake. V. G. : C. Piatt, secre- 
 tary ; George Breyfogle. treasurer. The lodge 
 has a membership of 229. The present officers 
 are : Eugene Troutman, N. G. ; Charley P. 
 Wallace, V. G. : H. H. Beecber. F. S. ; C. W. 
 Riddle, Rec. secretary. 
 
 Chauncy Bradley was the first initiate. He 
 was a prominent business man and was con- 
 nected with many business enterprises for 
 many years. Afterwards failing in business, 
 and of extreme age, he ended his days in the 
 Odd Fellows' Home at Springfield. Ohio. The 
 first meeting place of the order was in Tem- 
 plar Hall. They moved from there to Thomas 
 Evans Block on the west side of Sandusky 
 Street, near Delaware Run. some time in the 
 sixties. They moved from there to the Charles 
 Cochran Block on the north side of Whiter 
 Street between Sandusky and Franklin, a few 
 years ago and are now located there. The 
 Olentangy Encampment, No. 52, I. O. O. F., 
 was chartered May 5, 1851. and has a mem- 
 bership of 118. The charter members were 
 James A. Barnes, S. A. Cherry, William P. 
 Jones, Chauncy T. Bradley, John Converse, 
 Henrv W. Chamberlain, Cvrus Masters. The 
 
 present officers are : D. Rowland, C. P. ; A. 
 Swartz, S. W. ; A. J. Ryan, scribe ; E. R. 
 Ryan, treasurer. Trustees are H. L. Clark, 
 C. W. Riddle, C. L. Shoemaker. 
 
 Patriarch Militant has a membership of 
 thirty-six. It was chartered December 31, 
 1885. The present officers are: Capt. H. L. 
 Clark, C. W. Riddle, C. L. Shoemaker, en- 
 sign ; A. J. Ryan, accountant. 
 
 The Daughters of Rebekah. No. 198, was 
 chartered May 20, 1887. The following were 
 the charter members : C. Coomer, L. E. 
 Young, Aaron Evans, J. C. Swickheimer, C. 
 W. Owston, Bessie Carpenter, E. R. Ryan. C. 
 Stimmel, Anne Berger, E. P. Gillett, W. O. 
 Lupton, W. H. Smith, R. Carpenter, S. A. 
 Coomer, W. Z. Evans, A. C. Gillet, I. Riddle, 
 
 F. W. Wells, Mary C. Riddle, C. E. Graff. I. 
 
 G. Finley, G. W. Young, Rose M. Owston. F. 
 R. Baldwin, B. Minturn. The present mem- 
 bership is 160. The present officers (1908) 
 are : Mrs. L. Simpson, Miss Frances Klee, 
 Miss Ethel Richey, Mrs. O. Kingman. 
 
 MOUNT MORIAH LODGE. 
 
 Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 1 5 1 1 , Grand 
 United Order of Odd Fellows in America 
 (colored), was chartered December 12, 1872, 
 under the authority from the Grand Lodge of 
 England. Among the chartered members and 
 first officers were H. Garvin, B. J. Johnson, 
 J. W. Highwarden, A. Crawford, N. G. ; A. 
 Highwarden, vice B. ; J. W. Highwarden, P. 
 and F. ; J. C. Lyons, P. and G. ; R. Lindsey. 
 P. S. ; D. Austin, W. T. From some cause 
 the lodge went into a sleep of Rip Van Win- 
 kle. They are now endeavoring to reorganize 
 and to get started again. This was the only 
 lodge of colored Odd Fellows in the county. 
 
 GALENA LODGE, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 The Galena Lodge, I. O. O. F.. No. 404. 
 was chartered July 22, 1S68, by James Sem- 
 ple. G. M. After renting a hall for several 
 years, the lodge purchased a permanent home 
 in which the lodge work is conducted. This 
 home was dedicated July 23. 1893, by W. W. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 43 1 
 
 Bowen and P. G. Master. The charter mem- 
 bers were : Prof. G. A. Frambes, W. E. 
 Copeland, D. L. Ferson, W. E. Maxfield, 
 Thomas Van Fleet, R. Cook, William Brown, 
 J. P. Maynard, E. O. Nutt, J. C. Farrer, C. 
 Closson, G. W. Harrisi in and Thomas Cline. 
 
 WARRENSBURG, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Ruffner Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 330, at 
 Warrensburg was instituted October 21, 1857, 
 at Millville, Ohio, now Warrensburg, by Wil- 
 liam Chidsev, G M., with the following mem- 
 bers, William P. Crawford, N. G. ; William 
 McFarland, V. G ; Thomas Silverthorne. 
 treasurer ; John Frankenfield, secretary ; 
 Charles Wilkins, James T. Shoup. I. W. Jones, 
 John McAllister. Samuel Cooper was initi- 
 ated at the first meeting. The lodge has a 
 membership of eighty-seven. Officers in 1908 
 are: O. D. Cutler. N. G ; A. N. Decker, V. 
 G ; George Fawcett, Rec. secretary ; E. C. 
 Crawford, financial secretary. 
 
 The Daughters of Ruffner Rebekah Lodge, 
 No. 248, was instituted by F. B. Zay, G M., 
 on November 14, 1888, with the following 
 charter members : E. J. Rogers, Carrie Rodg- 
 ers, ]. M. Richev, Ella S. Richev, C. Dugan, 
 R. C. Richev. J. W. Jones, R. 'Price, F. A. 
 Tvler, Jessie Howison, W. H. Armstrong, J. 
 G Strickler, R. W. Warren. W. A. Wheeler, 
 A. Bean, A. C. McFarland, Rena Price, Fran- 
 kie Decker, Nancy Warren, Elizabeth Jones, 
 Cora Richey, May Wheeler, Martha, Flora, 
 and July Dugan, Emma and Sadie McFar- 
 land, Amanda and T. Shoup, A. J. and S. R. 
 Decker, Jennie Bean, L. L. and Martha De 
 Good, Ophelia Armstrong, W. M. Jones, E. 
 M. Williams. There are thirty-eight mem- 
 bers of whom twenty-eight are still living. 
 The officers when instituted were, Rena Price, 
 X. ( I. ; M. McFarland, V. G ; Frankie Decker, 
 rec. sect*y. ; Nancy Warren, treas. ; Amanda 
 Shoup, financial sect'y. ; Mary Tyler, sect'y. ; 
 The present officers are Julia Hous, N. G ; 
 Carrie Decker, V. G ; Stella Phillin. rec. sec; 
 Carrie Stults, F. S. : Anna Howison, treas. 
 The present membership is 102. 
 
 BELLEPOINT LODGE, I. O. 0. F. 
 
 Bellepoint Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 822, 
 was chartered October 30, 1895, with the 
 following officers in the chair for the fust 
 year: O. P. Bird, N. G. ; H. O. Freshwater, 
 V. G. ; T. P. Harris, sect'y. ; George Seum, 
 P. sect'y. ; G. R. Hughes, treas. The present 
 officers (1908) are: G E. Robinson, N. G ; 
 J. R. Selover, V. G ; C. T. Oiler, R. S. : W. R. 
 Cox, F. C. ; W. S. McFarland, treas. The or- 
 der of the Daughters of Rebekah is connected 
 with the lodge. 
 
 OSTRANDER I. 0. O. F. 
 
 Edinburg Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 467, at 
 Ostrander was instituted November 2, 
 1 87 1, by H. J. Beebe, G M. The charter 
 members were Daniel Dorwart, treas. ; Isaac 
 Anderson, R. S. ; D. G Crafty, V. G ; 
 D. C. Fay, N. G ; Robert McMillan. The 
 present officers are ( 1908) E. Wollam, N. 
 G ; C. Drake, V. G ; William Harris, R. S. ; 
 W. H. Can, F. S. ; Charles Eckleberry, treas. 
 Daughters of Rebekah are connected with this 
 lodge. 
 
 RADNOR LODGE, I. O. 0. F. 
 
 Radnor Lodge. I. O. O. F., No. 250. is 
 the mother of the Richwood and Prospect 
 Lodges. It was instituted May 17, 1854. with 
 the following officers and charter members : 
 Thomas Morton, Jr., N. G : B. Williams, V. 
 G ; J. Baker, P. S. ; D. J. Cox, chaplain ; T. 
 Silverthorne, secretary. 
 
 ASHLEY LODGE, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Ashley Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 421. was 
 instituted June 2, 1869, with the following 
 charter members and officers: Washington 
 Granger, N. G, who is one of the oldest Odd 
 Fellows in the State, and one of the most in- 
 fluential men in Oxford Township ; C. C. 
 Smith, V. G ; T. M. Seeds, F. S. : D. H. Clif- 
 ton, Rec. sect'y.; Isaac Barton, treas.; J. L. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Wray, conductor; A. A. Wood, R. S. to V. 
 G. ; W. B. Goodrich, L. S. S. ; A. P. Olliver. 
 warden; L. P. Slack, R. S. S. ; Gilbert Car- 
 penter, I. G. ; T. M. Barton, L.»S. to N. G. ; 
 H. L. Cross, L. S. to V. G. ; Herod Baxter; 
 W. J. Porterfield, O. G. ; William Evart, R. 
 S. to V. G. The present officers are Vaughn 
 McClean, N. G. ; Fred. Gale, V. G. ; D. C. 
 Frick, R. S. ; E. C. Sipe, F. S. ; J. T. Wilcox, 
 treas. The present membership is 103. The 
 lodge meets every Thursday night. Wash- 
 ington Granger has been a member for fifty- 
 three years, and O. E. Richardson for fifty- 
 two years. This long term of service has en- 
 deared these two gentlemen to the lodge, and 
 they are also highly esteemed by the com- 
 munity. The order of the Daughters of Re- 
 bekah is a strong organization connected with 
 this lodge. 
 
 POWELL LODGE, NO. 465, I. O. O. F., 
 
 Was chartered September 29, 1870, with 
 the following charter members: B. B. Nafz- 
 ger, J. T. Gardner, Ralph Case, William P. 
 Fuller, M. S. Case, J. N. Kidwell. M. G. Stag- 
 ers, Arthur Doughty, G. M. Warner, A. S. 
 Goodrich, Simon P. Andrews. The present 
 officers of the lodge are : Frank Stagers, N. 
 G. ; Frank Griffith, V. G. ; Allen Rutherford, 
 sect'y. ; Dr. Charles Talley, treas. They have 
 about sixty members. In 1890, the lodge 
 erected a two-story frame building 28x55 
 feet in dimensions, costing $1,700 besides the 
 lot. In 1 goo, an addition 18x32 feet, two 
 stories high was built. The present value of 
 the property is $2,600. The first floor is used 
 for business purposes, and the lodge meets in 
 the upper story. 
 
 POWELL LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH, 
 NO. 247. 
 
 Was chartered May 18, 1888. It now has 
 forty-four members, and the following offi- 
 cers: Mrs. Sarah Moran, N. G: Mrs. May 
 Croak, V. G. ; Mrs. Nettie Seekins. cor. and 
 fin. sec'}'. ; Mrs. Sarah Richards, treas. 
 
 THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTEC- 
 TIVE ORDER OF ELKS. 
 
 The Order of Elks is a child of America 
 strictly. It has no rank or title, and is no re- 
 specter of persons. All are equal, differing 
 only as one may excel another in loving the 
 good and the beautiful, as well as performing 
 noble deeds of silence. Their object is to help 
 the sick in distress, and the unfortunate. The 
 founders of the order had no conception of 
 the scope and possibilities of the present or- 
 ganization. 
 
 The first organization was instituted May 
 21, 1868, in a two-story frame building, 29 
 Delancy Street, New York City. The order, 
 at that time, was composed of a few gentle- 
 men of the theatrical profession who met to- 
 gether in a social way. Now it has developed 
 into a wide-spread, powerful order of benev- 
 olence and charity, with ledges in all parts of 
 the country. At first it was the idea and pur- 
 pose that none but members of the theatrical 
 profession were eligible to membership in the 
 order, and some have that impression today. 
 This is erroneous, as nearly all male members 
 of the theatrical profession and citizens are 
 eligible to membership, as we find today, upon 
 the roll of membership, prominent officials 
 from the Presidency down. Merchants, bank- 
 ers, journalists, members of the legal and 
 medical professions, as well as artists, musi- 
 cians, and literary people. In 1867, Charles 
 Algernon Sidney Vivian, a son of an English 
 clergyman of the English Episcopal Church, 
 came to New York City as a ballad singer, 
 and was the means of founding the organiza- 
 tion. The first constitution of the Benevolent 
 and Protective Order of Elks, was founded 
 February io, 1868, with Sir Charles as pre- 
 siding officer. 
 
 It was on February 10, 1888, that the 
 institution of the Elks lodge was established in 
 Delaware. There was a special program, and 
 a banquet was served. Many prominent cit- 
 izens were charter members of the order, 
 many of whom have since passed away. 
 
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 The petitioners for the lodge were Robert 
 G. Lybrand, E. L. K. ; W. C. Jaynes, E. L. 
 K. ; Lou J. Mitchel. E. L. K. ; G. B. Dona- 
 \ in. sect'y. ; E. T. Butler, treas. ; John W. Don- 
 vin. chaplain; J. H. Smith, esquire; Robert 
 C. Wintermute, inner guard ; Van Dyke Stay- 
 man. Harvey J. McCullough, Henry L. Baker, 
 L. K. Donavin. trustees. Charter members 
 were C. F. Gruner, \V. E. O'Kane. I. R. Els- 
 ton, H. N. P. Dole, H. E. Buck. W. B. Jones, 
 Charles E. Dole, E. P. Sampsell, H. L. Hy- 
 att, John P. Thompson, S. K. Donavin, M. 
 P. Hunt, T. C. Jones, Jr., H. D. Myers. R. 
 C. Thompson, R. E. Johnson. P. W. Merritt, 
 W. L. Bennington, R. A. Jaynes, William 
 Heseltine, L. L. Welch. R. S. Evans, E. G. 
 Lvbrand. Of this number only nine are now 
 in the city. 
 
 ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS. 
 
 i 
 
 The aims and objects of this order are of 
 the highest character. It is composed of prac- 
 tical Catholics; Irishmen of Irish descent, hav- 
 ing for their motto, "Friendship, Unity, and 
 True Christian Character." Practical Catho- 
 licity means that members should comply with 
 their religious duties according to the decrees 
 of the Catholic Church. Friendship : which 
 shall consist in helping one another, and in as- 
 sisting one another to the best of their ability. 
 Unity : in combining together for mutual sup- 
 port in sickness and distress. Christian: in 
 loving one another, and doing to all men as 
 we would wish that they should do to us. The 
 Ancient Order of Hibernians is also an insur- 
 ance society. It helps in sickness, paying a 
 sick member $5 weekly. It helps in time of 
 death, paying not less than $60. 
 
 In f88o, the order was organized in this 
 county with a membership of fifty-two. and 
 with the following officers: James McDon- 
 ald, county delegate; John Donehue. presi- 
 dent; Michael Neville, vice pres. ; Frank Ma- 
 in my. fin. sect'y.; M. J. Hanley, rec. sect'y.; 
 Stephen Potter, treas.; Charles McGuirk and 
 Stephen Barnes, trustees. Patrick S. English, 
 chairman; Stephen Barrow, Ed. Hanley. John 
 O'Conner, Thomas F. Maloney, Patrick Grif- 
 
 fith, standing committee. John P. Griffin, 
 chairman; James Welch. Michael Jeffcot, vis- 
 iting committee. 
 
 Up to the present time, the order has paid 
 for sickness, death., and other charitable pur- 
 poses, over $3,000. There is now a member- 
 ship of forty-eight, with the following offi- 
 cers: County president, J. F. Gaynor; city 
 president, Martin P. Handrahan ; vice pics., 
 John Parker; finan. sect'y., Dennis T. Griffin: 
 recording secretary. William T. Egan : treas- 
 urer, John Maloney; sergeant-at-arms, D. W. 
 Lynch ; sentinel, P. Butt ; trustees : Jerry 
 Gerow, chairman ; Robert Nelson, Thomas 
 Ross, William Enright, Ed. Welch, Raymond 
 Zinker, W. T. Egan, Frank B. Carl. 
 
 ST. mary's total abstinence society. 
 
 One of the greatest orders, and most bene- 
 ficial to the community, is the St. Mary's To- 
 tal Abstinence Society, which was organized 
 in 1885. It has a working membership of 
 no, including men and women. Their power 
 exerted for sobriety and temperance is so 
 great, no earthly power can estimate the good 
 resulting from this organization. Their pres- 
 ident is W. G. Gannon ; secretary, Robert Par- 
 ker. Jr.; treasurer, Robert Parker. Sr. ; Rev. 
 Ph. Steyle, spiritual director. The object of 
 this Society is to advance the cause of tem- 
 perance. 
 
 IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. 
 
 The Improved Order of Red Men. Dela- 
 wana Tribe. No. 4-'. hold their regular Pow 
 Wow at their Wigwam every Thursday of 
 snow moon, and trail their hunting ground- 
 regularly. This lodge was chartered May 5 
 1904. It is strictly a patriotic and fraternal 
 organization; and like the previously men- 
 tioned orders, it is a temperance organization, 
 and none can join it only under certain condi- 
 tions, as follows: The candidate must be a 
 white person; a citizen of the United St; 
 must be able to speak and understand the Eng- 
 lish language; of goo,) moral character: and 
 a believer in the Supreme Being, or Great 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Spirit ; must be of sound body and mind ; must 
 reside within the reservation six moons next 
 preceding the application ; is not engaged, and 
 must not engage, directly or indirectly in the 
 manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors to 
 be used as a beverage. 
 
 In this order, an officer of the tribe is 
 raised to the clneftancy of the Great Sachem 
 of the Tribe, and the Past Chief Deputy to the 
 Grand Sachem. Thev keep the great fire burn- 
 ing brightly to keep a clear understanding of 
 the remarkable secret principles of their order. 
 They alone appreciate and know the great Sun 
 Session which goes down in history. There 
 is a membership throughout the United States 
 of about 500,000. True to the legends of the 
 Red Man, their place of meeting is the Wig- 
 wam, and the highest office is the Great Sun 
 Sagamore. Following the ancient tribesmen 
 of the original inhabitants of this country, 
 they have a prophet, a medicine man, a sa- 
 chem, senior and junior, a sagamore, who is 
 the chief of records and keeper of wampum. 
 The tribe in Delaware, No. 42, is named "Del- 
 awana." We add a few of the names of the 
 tribes throughout the country : Ioka, Chicko- 
 pee, Kill Eagle, Chimney Rock, etc. 
 
 The charter members of the Delawana 
 Tribe are R. Garlinghouse, William McFar- 
 land, B. Radcliff, W. E. Demorest, Nathan 
 Jones, J. McCarty, Ally Vining, J. F. Den- 
 nis, Clyde Coonfare, C. C. Long, F. Uffer- 
 man, C. Shover, John Dent, David Shaffer, 
 O. E. McFarland, W. W. & G. B. Collins, R. 
 S. Sherwood (sagamore), Joe. Feaster, Frank 
 Grove, Henry Freece, J. W. Stietz, J. Fagley, 
 H. C. Smith, Frank Gardner, Frank Rogers, 
 C. C. Emerson, Henry and W. L. Smith, J. 
 M. Syckes, L. M. Poppleton, G. C. Vining. 
 They have a membership of about one hun- 
 dred. 
 
 The Elk lodge of Red Men at Hyattsville 
 was organized some seventeen years ago, or 
 1 89 1. No further data has been furnished 
 in regard to the history of their organization. 
 
 THE POCAHONTAS TRIBE 
 
 Is an order for the squaw members of the 
 tribe. The members meet in their tepee reg- 
 
 ularly, and are enthusiastic workers for the 
 order. At their annual Council Fire, they, 
 like their brother lodge, make a report of their 
 transactions, and of those who have taken the 
 trail to the Happy Hunting Ground in the 
 Spirit Land, from which no hunter ever re- 
 turns. The orders look after the orphans of 
 the tribes, and have an annual assessment to 
 apply for the benefits of their wards until 
 they are fourteen years of age. 
 
 At one of their great Sun Sessions, they 
 disqualified for membership all saloon keep- 
 ers, bar tenders, and retail liquor dealers. The 
 Red Men have under advisement the building 
 of a home for indigent members. The Dela- 
 wana and Pocahontas tribes are making a 
 strong effort to have the home located in Del- 
 aware. 
 
 Present officers: George Wilson, 
 
 prophet ; Frank Crumb, sachem ; Ben Rad- 
 cliff, senior sagamore; Ezra Beekman, Jr., sag- 
 amore; W. J. Temple, chief of records; G. K. 
 Zimmerman, collector of wampum ; Richard 
 Sherwood, keeper of wampum. 
 
 GEORGE B. TORRENCE POST, G. A. 
 R.. No. 60, 
 
 Was chartered April 20, 1881, with the 
 following- members: D. A. Stark, J. W. 
 Watkins, B. W. Brown, R. G. Lybrand,*H. J. 
 McCullough, John Chapman, John S. Gill, R. 
 J. Cox, R. R. Henderson, J. F. Curren, F. M. 
 Joy, J. Kruck, George Root, C. D. Crawford, 
 J. S. Jones, John D. VanDeman, F. B. 
 Sprague, C. Riddle, Aaron Frantz. 
 
 SONS OF VETERANS. 
 
 Sons of Veterans,, Delaware Camp. No. 
 311. organized July 18, 1888, with the fol- 
 lowing members : H. E. Anderson, F. Smith, 
 H. B. Abbott, H. Sackett, T. W. Blue, Charles 
 T. Watkins, J. L. Anderson, C. W. Knight, 
 J. Leeper, George H. Watkins, James O. Cut- 
 ler, C. S. Cochran, C. C. Reed, L. E. Shrock, 
 G. C. Vining, E. J. Pollock, J. A. Edwards, 
 C. D. Burroughs, W. H. Armstrong, F. H. 
 Watkins. W. G. Neilson, George C. Hippie, 
 S. M. Waterhouse, G. A. Warren, H. H. Hip- 
 pie, H. J. Clark, W. I. Brown, M. C. Reid. 
 
CHAPTER. XVIII. 
 
 TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS. 
 
 Settlement and Organization of the Townships — Settlement ami Founding of the Towns — 
 Sketches of Ashley, Galena, Sunbury, O steamier, Lewis Center, Powell, Radnor, and 
 other Towns. 
 
 Note — In order to avoid the excessive duplication 
 of data, a considerable amount of matter coming natur- 
 ally under special headings, as Churches, Military His- 
 tory. History of the professions of Law and Medicine, 
 Public Institutions, Banks, the Press, etc., have been 
 omitted from this chapter and will lie found in the 
 special chapters devoted to the respective subjects 
 mentioned, or elsewhere in the general history. 
 
 BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP 
 
 Was third among the townships now con- 
 stituting Delaware county, inhabited by a 
 white man. Col. Moses Byxbe and his small 
 company settling there in the fall of 1804. 
 It was formed of United States Military land, 
 known in the United States Military survey 
 as Township 4, Range 17, and is now five 
 miles square, but during the early existence of 
 Berkshire Township its boundary lines and 
 area were frequently changed. Prior to 1806, 
 it was a part of Sharon Township, in Frank- 
 lin County, but in that year, through the ef- 
 forts of Major Thomas Brown, on petition, 
 was organized as a separate township to in- 
 clude the fourth section of what is now Brown, 
 the third section of Kingston, the east half 
 of Berlin and Orange Townships, and the 
 west half of Genoa and the present Berkshire 
 Townships. This township was given the 
 name, Berkshire, in honor of Berkshire 
 County. Massachusetts, from whence had 
 come Major Brown, Colonel Byxbe and other 
 of the prominent early settlers of the com- 
 munity. As new townships were organized 
 from time to time, section after section of 
 
 Berkshire was set off until, of the land origi- 
 nally embodied in the township, but the west- 
 ern half of the present Berkshire Township 
 remained and was joined to the eastern half, 
 which had been set off from Sunbury Town- 
 ship. Sunbury Township had been estab- 
 lished at the first session of Commissioners' 
 Court after Delaware County had been sep- 
 arated from Franklin in 1808, and included, 
 originally, the present townships of Harlem, 
 Trenton and Porter, with the east half of the 
 townships of Kingston, Berkshire and Genoa, 
 besides the townships of Bennington. Har- 
 mony. Peru and Lincoln, now in Morrow 
 County. The surface of Berkshire County is 
 rolling, lies high, and is admirably adapted to 
 farming. It was covered with a heavy growth 
 of timber, excepting a small prairie northeast 
 of Berkshire Corners which in the early days 
 was noted as a deer lick and the resort of im- 
 mense flocks of wild pigeons. The land lying 
 between the Little and Big Walnut Creeks, 
 which afford excellent drainage for the town- 
 ship, was covered almost exclusively with oak, 
 while in other parts was a variety, including 
 maple, walnut, hickory, butternut and elm. 
 The soil is a light clay, with the exception of 
 the elm swamps and prairie land, which are 
 of a rich, black loam. 
 
 The first settlers in Berkshire Township 
 came from Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 
 Colonel Moses Byxbe, a man of wealth and 
 standing, kept hotel and conducted a general 
 store in the town of Lenox, in that county, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and in the course of business came into pos- 
 session of a large number of soldiers' land 
 warrants, which he located in section 2 of 
 what is now Berkshire and section i of the pres- 
 ent township of Berlin, 8,000 acres in all. 1 [e 
 afterward acquired other land in Brown and 
 Genoa Townships and was the largest land- 
 owner ever resident of Delaware County. In 
 June, 1804, he fitted out a four-horse team 
 with Orlando Barker as driver, a three-horse 
 team with Witter Stewart as driver, a single- 
 horse wagon in charge of Solomon Smith, 
 and, after loading with his store stock and 
 household goods, started for his new pos- 
 sessions in the West, leading the way with 
 his family in a carriage drawn by two horses. 
 He was also accompanied by Azariah Root, 
 a surveyor from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and 
 Edwin Potter, a nephew of Colonel Byxbe, 
 thirteen years of age. After an adventurous 
 journey, he arrived at Worthington in Au- 
 gust, and. this being the nearest point to his 
 destination, built a two-story frame house, in 
 which he and his family lived for three 
 months. During this time he went to his land 
 in Berkshire, and erected cabins for his home 
 and stables on the prairie, on the bank of the 
 Little Walnut. He also erected a cabin for 
 Mr. Root on the Berkshire Road, a half mile 
 south of Berkshire Corners. In November, 
 1804, he moved with his household goods and 
 his family into the new home. Berkshire 
 Street was surveyed through his land, and 
 farms laid out abutting it, plans being rapidly 
 advanced to bring in new settlers. The next 
 to join the settlement was a Mr. Curtis, a shoe- 
 maker, who came in January, 1805. followed 
 closely by John Kilbourn, Ralph Slack, Elam 
 Vining, Sr.. James Harper, who was a black- 
 smith. Adonijah Rice, and two colored wo- 
 men, Sarah Brandy and Polly Noko. Major 
 Thomas Brown, who had visited the- settle- 
 ment in 1805, returned to take up his residence 
 in 1S00. being accompanied by David Prince 
 and John Patterson. Nathaniel Hall. James 
 Gregory, Solomon Jones. Joseph Patrick. 
 John B. Grist. David Armstrong, Samuel and 
 David Landon, Gideon and William Oster- 
 haus, a Mr. Helt, George Fisher and Joseph 
 
 Prince also appear on the roster of names for 
 that period. In 1807, came Ichabod Plumb 
 and Dr. Reuben Lamb, with their families, 
 from Worthington, and in 1808, Hon. Eze- 
 kiel Brown. The first white child born in the 
 township was Albert Root, born in 1807, fol- 
 lowed shortly by the birth of Ralph Slack. 
 The first death recorded was that of the wife 
 of Elam Vining, Sr., in 1806. Major Brown, 
 in 181 1, erected the first brick house, which is 
 still standing, in the township, made of brick 
 manufactured near where the house stood, and 
 in 1 816 David and Joseph Price built the first 
 frame dwelling'. Thus it is seen brick ante- 
 dates lumber as a building material in Berk- 
 shire Township, an anomalous situation due 
 to the fact that the settlement numbered 
 among its citizens a brickmaker and mason. 
 The first mill in the community was that of 
 Nathaniel Hall, built in 1808, on Alum Creek 
 in what is now Berlin Township. Asa Scott 
 was the first township treasurer, and David 
 Prince, one of the first trustees, but the other 
 officers of the township at its inception are un- 
 known. Major Brown conducted the first 
 store in the township, and probably the first 
 in the county. Adonijah Rice conducted the 
 first tavern in the township at Berkshire Cor- 
 ners, and was also first post master there. 
 The early industrial enterprises of Berkshire 
 are treated of in the chapter on manufactur- 
 ing. 
 
 . Berkshire Township lays claim to two 
 healthy, vigorous villages in Snnbury and Ga- 
 lena, and two settlements, Berkshire Corners 
 and Rome, the two latter not fulfilling the 
 promises of future greatness made by their 
 founders. Colonel Byxbe displayed great 
 ability in interesting a good class of citizens 
 in Berkshire Corners, pointing out its desir- 
 able location and its prospects of becoming 
 a county seat, possibly a state capital, but with 
 the disposition of his property there, the deith 
 knell of the settlement's pretentions was 
 sounded. It was without its leader, he having 
 diverted his zeal and energy to the develop- 
 ment of Delaware, where he had acquired 
 large interests. Although it was never plat- 
 ted, nor rose to the dignity of a village, it was 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 437 
 
 nol without its prestige in the early days. Ma- 
 jor Brown conducted his store there until his 
 death in 1816, then was succeeded by Flavius 
 Fuller, whose business ceased to be a paying 
 enterprise and was discontinued when Sun- 
 bury began to boom as a business center. Mr. 
 S. S. Bennett was an extensive stock dealer at 
 this point, and did much to keep it alive as 
 a center of trade for some years. 
 
 Sunbury, located in the east central part 
 of the township, on the Cleveland, Akron & 
 Columbus Railroad, was laid out by William 
 and Lawrence Meyers on land formerly 
 owned by a Mr. Alden, the plat bearing the 
 date of November 9, 1816. It was well chosen 
 as a townsite, being located on the Columbus 
 and Mt. Vernon Road and contiguous to a 
 large area of country without a trading point 
 at hand. The first merchant was a Mr. Whit- 
 more, who had established a store a year he- 
 fore the town was started, but after a short 
 time he was succeeded by Benjamin Webb. 
 A third store was built and conducted by 
 Steven R. Bennett. In 1816, the first hotel 
 was started by a Mr. Rogers, who continued 
 until 1820, when the stage began running 
 through the town. Increase in hotel trade 
 brought a competitor, in the person of Law- 
 rence Meyers, who by erecting a suitable 
 building was able to command the patronage, 
 and Mr. Rogers retired from the field. B. H. 
 Taylor and B. Chase built a fulling-mill, 
 equipped for carding and pressing, which was 
 conducted with success for many years, draw- 
 ing patronage from many miles distant, as it 
 was without competition in that vicinity. 
 
 The following is a list of the mayors of 
 Sunbury since its incorporation in 1882: I. 
 A. Torts, 1882; R. D. Robinson, [883; John 
 Roberts, 1880; I. A. Ports, 1887; P. D. Rob- 
 inson, 1888; C. C. Brooks. [890; I. A. Ports, 
 [894; C. C. Brooks, [896; \V. F. Whittier, 
 1898; C. C. Brooks', 1902; Miles Gregory. 
 [906, and Samuel Hopkins [908. The names 
 are given in the order of succession, the dates 
 being those when the duties of the office were 
 assumed. The present members of the Coun- 
 cil are Dr. T. J. Williams, president ; O. F. 
 Etling, J. A. Loar, C. L. Boyd, James Furry 
 
 and J. W. Longwell. The following gentle- 
 men are members of the Board of Educatii m : 
 D. H. Davis, George Axline, Robert II. Lar- 
 rimore, James Cockrell and Clayton W. Bar- 
 ton. The Board of Health is composed of the 
 ■following gentlemen: Dr. J. H. Gerhardt, 
 health officer; Dr. H. B. Kistler, secretary; 
 Dr. T. J. Williams, T. F. Blakely, James 
 Cockrell and H. H. Herlocker. 
 
 Other township officals whose terms be- 
 gan in 1907, are: I. S. Sperry, justice of the 
 peace; Leon Hough, and C. W. Barton, trus- 
 tees ; W. E. Loar, clerk ; O. A. Kimball, treas- 
 urer; J. W. H. Webster, assessor Sunbury 
 Village; E. H. Furniss, assessor Galena Pre- 
 cinct; John P. Hupp, Sunbury Precinct; An- 
 sel Stanforth, Berkshire Precinct; C. E. Budd, 
 constable. 
 
 Among the principal industrial and busi- 
 ness enterprises of Sunbury we may mention 
 The Sunbury Co-( )perative Creamery, The Far- 
 mers' Bank, Burrer's Flouring mill, a saw mill, 
 a poke factory and a factory where hay-balers 
 are made. Blakely & Williams and C. B. 
 Morris & Co.. are general merchants; 
 Wheaton & Cummins and Benoy & Benoy, 
 hardware dealers; W. O. Buckingham & Sons. 
 warehouse and dealers in lumber and farm im- 
 plements ; E. E. Root, bakery and fruit dealer, 
 and Harry Fleckner, fruit ; John P. Skeels, 
 grocer; R. P. Anderson, druggist; Mr. Stro- 
 snider, undertaker; H. S. Cook, harness-shop; 
 The Delaware County News Item, a live 
 newspaper published by W. F. Whittier; hotel 
 conducted by the present mayor, Samuel Hop- 
 kins; two livery stables kept by Hopkins 
 Brothers and Frank Alberry, respectively. 
 
 Located between the Big and Little Wal- 
 nut Creeks, near the point of junction, is the 
 village of Galena, through the northwest cor- 
 ner of which passes the Cleveland, Akron and 
 Columbus Railroad. It was platted by Wil- 
 liam Carpenter. April ,}, 181 6. and recorded 
 on the 2T,d day of the same month. The first 
 building erected was the little log house which 
 served as school and church prior to the incep- 
 tion of Galena. Gilbert Carpenter, Sr., built 
 a saw mill in 1809. the power being furnished 
 by water in a race constructed by him, joining 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the Walnut Creek. About 1818 Benjamin 
 Carpenter, Jr., constructed a second race, just 
 south of the first one, and established a grist 
 mill, which in later years was operated by 
 George Vanfleet. The first store, started in 
 1810, by a man named Manter, was in a log 
 cabin near the bridge. Soon after, Elias Mur- 
 ray established a store on the southwest cor- 
 ner of the square. The village was known by 
 the name of Zoar until a postoifice was ac- 
 quired, and was then named Galena, at the 
 suggestion of Nathan Dustin. as there existed 
 another town of Zoar in Ohio. The growth 
 of the village was steady, but at no time rapid, 
 as no effort was ever made to create a b » mi. 
 The citizens, however, were men of enterprise, 
 and by subscription the sum of $13,000 was 
 raised to get the old Columbus & Alt. Vernon 
 Railroad to pass through the town, in addi- 
 tion to which they donated three acres for de- 
 pot purposes. 
 
 Rome was the only village of Berkshire 
 Township incorporated, but this honor added 
 little to its development or welfare. It was 
 incorporated in 1838, by Almon Price, who 
 had laid off his farm into lots, but as there was 
 nothing to stimulate its growth, the act of in- 
 corporation was annulled on petition of the lot 
 holders. 
 
 BERLIN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Some of the earliest settlements in this 
 county were made in Berlin Township. At 
 that time, however, its metes and bounds were 
 not those now shown on the map. From 1806 
 to 1820, Township 4, Range 18 of the United 
 States Military lands, was divided between the 
 townships of Liberty, Delaware and Berk- 
 shire. In 1806, Sections 1 and 4, together 
 with what was then the rest of Berkshire 
 Township, were set off as a township. This 
 was the shape of Berlin when the first settlers 
 came here. The peculiar division of town- 
 ships when Berkshire was laid off is probably 
 accounted for by the fact that Col. Moses 
 Byxbe owned Section 1 of the fourth township 
 in Range 18. Berlin Township as now consti- 
 tuted was set up January cS, 1820. At that 
 
 time the 1st and 4th sections were taken from 
 Berkshire, the 2nd section from Delaware and 
 the 3rd section was taken from Liberty. The 
 township as thus formed is bounded on the 
 North by Brown, on the South by Orange, on 
 the East by Berkshire and on the West by 
 Delaware and Liberty Townships. Asa Scott 
 started the petition for the new township and 
 suggested its present name. At that time 
 Scott was treasurer of Berkshire Township, 
 which included Berlin, and in going over the 
 figures, discovered that the population was 
 large enough to justify a separate organiza- 
 tn m. and so he headed the petition to the Com- 
 missioners. Dr. Loofbourrow was made town- 
 ship clerk; Joseph Eaton was made justice of 
 the peace, and Scott was continued in his po- 
 sition as treasurer at the first election. 
 
 Alum Creek is the principal stream. It 
 flows in a southerly direction in a winding 
 course through about the middle of the east- 
 ern half of the township. It drains a wider 
 area on the east than it does on the west. 
 The eastern bank of the stream is marked by 
 many bluffs, and back of the bluffs the land 
 is more or less broken. In the southeastern 
 part of the township, the land is less broken 
 and rich bottom lands. East of the creek the 
 soil in the eastern part is the usual mixture of 
 clays, well adapted to grass and corn. The 
 lower lands west of the creek are rich, but an 
 immense amount of ditching and tiling has 
 been necessary to make them tillable. This 
 region was originally covered with vast for- 
 ests, the hard woods common to this section 
 growing on the high lands, with burr oak, elm, 
 basswood, buckeye, etc., with an underbrush 
 of paw-paw and spice bush, in the swampy 
 portions. Ever since markets have been fairly 
 accessible, stock-raising and stock-feeding 
 have received considerable attention. 
 
 Joseph Constant, of Peekskill, New York, 
 was the first purchaser of land in this town- 
 ship. He bought Section 4 from the Govern- 
 ment, paying $2 per acre and receiving a deed 
 signed by President John Adams. He was 
 popularly known as Judge Constant, but 
 whether he ever held any judicial position is 
 not known. It was claimed that he had been 
 
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 a Colonel in the army during the Seminole 
 War in Florida, and that it was there that he 
 contracted the disease from which he died. 
 Some time before he died, he gave fifty acres 
 of land tn David Lewis. Sr.. on condition that 
 he would settle upon it. However, George 
 Cowgill, who in November, 1805, located 
 about a mile north of the Delaware and Sun- 
 bury Pike, was the first permanent settler. He 
 was closely followed by David Lewis, Sr., who 
 was accompanied by his daughter. Hannah, 
 and suns John and David, Jr. The latter was 
 married, and on September 29, 1806, had a 
 son born,, whom he named Joseph Constant 
 Lewis, for Judge Constant. This was the first 
 white child born in the township. Their land 
 was on the west side of Alum Creek, on the 
 hill about opposite the cemetery south of 
 Cheshire. In the spring of 1806, Joseph Eaton, 
 Sr., and John Johnston brought their families 
 from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and settled 
 on Olive Creek or Big Run about two miles 
 north of Cheshire. Others who came into the 
 settlement in that year were David Isaac, 
 Philander Hoadley. and Chester Lewis, with 
 their families from Waterbury. Connecticut. 
 They settled on Section 4. In 1807, Philo 
 Hoadley, with his wife, three sons, and Lovell 
 and Lucy Calkins, and Asa Scott came from 
 Connecticut. ■ Lovell Caulkins began at once 
 to clear land whereon to raise sustenance for 
 his father's family, who were to follow him 
 into the wilderness, and while he was thus en- 
 gaged, his sister began to teach school. In 
 1808. Lovell Caulkins returned to Connecticut 
 and made up a company of emigrants, com- 
 posed of the families of Roswell Caulkins. 
 Samuel Adams, Jonathan Thompson and 
 John Lewis, forty persons in all, and on Sep- 
 tember 20, 1809, the little company started for 
 the West. Capt. John Lewis, of this party, 
 was the first permanent settler in the south- 
 east quarter of the township. After this, there 
 was a slow but steady increase in the popula- 
 tion of the township. 
 
 When the earlv settlers reached this region 
 they found Indians "as thick as blackbirds," 
 as one of the pioneers expressed it. For the 
 most part, they were treated fairly and kindly 
 
 by the settlers, and the Indians, as a rule, re- 
 sponded with similar treatment. They did nol 
 dispute the settler's right to hunt and fish, and 
 they were slow to learn that they were not 
 equally entitled to help themselves to the corn 
 and vegetables which they found in the gar- 
 dens of the settlement. During the period 
 covered by the years 1811-T3, this community 
 shared the feeling of fear and anxiety that 
 pervaded the entire Northwest. The feeling 
 of tranquility awakened by Harrison's bril- 
 liant victory over Tecumseh was soon dissi- 
 pated by the opening of the second war with 
 England. The settlers knew as well as the 
 British how unprotected they were, and how 
 easy it would be for the enemy to stir the In- 
 dians to a fever heat and send them against 
 these almost defenseless frontiers like a devas- 
 tating cyclone leaving death and destruction 
 in their trail. It is not strange, therefore, that 
 the settlers were constantly on the "qui vive," 
 and it is easy to understand how Drake's 
 stampede, the story of which is still familiar 
 to everyone in the county, could have hap- 
 pened. This experience taught the pioneers a 
 well-needed lesson, and they immediately be- 
 gan to make the necessary preparations for de- 
 fense. Valuables were buried deep in the 
 ground, care being taken to leave no surface 
 indications that would lead to their discovery. 
 It was decided to build a block house at once. 
 The site selected was on the road running 
 along the west bank of Alum Creek, on the 
 rise of ground south of the cross-roads near 
 Cheshire. A two-story structure, forty feet 
 square was erected. The upper story projected 
 over the lower one about two feet, affording 
 opportunities for defense against close attacks 
 or attempts to fire the structure. It was built 
 of hewed logs, a foot square, the ends securely 
 joined so as not to leave the smallest crevice 
 between the logs. There was no opening in 
 the lower story, except the door, which was 
 made of a double thickness of three-inch 
 planks, barred and cross-barred. The upper 
 story was furnished with rifle embrazures in 
 the side, and convenient holes in the floor of 
 the projection for purposes of defense in a 
 close attack. When built, the fort was well 
 
440 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 stocked with provisions and ammunition, so 
 as to be ready at a moment's warning, and 
 signals were arranged that the remoter settle- 
 ments might learn of their danger. 
 
 It was about this time that a party of set- 
 tlers were out in the woods, some distance 
 from the "improvements," clearing up a spot 
 to build a cabin for some new arrival. Among 
 the party were Chester and John Lewis, David 
 Lewis, Sr., and Asa Scott, besides some boys 
 who were there to look on or pile brush. As 
 w as the custom, each man had his gun. with 
 him, leaning against a tree, and David Lewis, 
 Sr., was on duty as scout to note the approach 
 of Indians. It was arranged that if he saw 
 any he was to return and report "bears" in 
 the woods. Some time after noon, he was 
 observed coming rapidly toward the party, 
 and as soon as he got within hearing, he said, 
 "There are bear-tracks in the woods, so fresh 
 that the water has not yet settled in them." 
 The men quietly ceased their work, took up 
 their guns, and prepared to put things in a 
 state of defense. The boys were sent home, 
 and, not to alarm the settlement, all but Ches- 
 ter and John Lewis slowly sauntered toward 
 the settlement. Then the state of the case 
 was explained, and those families which were 
 situated near at hand were escorted by the old 
 men into the block-house. Blankets were hung 
 up to divide off the space for families, guns 
 were carefully examined, and by nightfall, 
 everything at the fort was in readiness for at- 
 tack. But the cabins of some of the party 
 of choppers were too far off to make it wise 
 to try to reach the fort in the dark. Scott's 
 cabin was some distance to the north of the 
 load crossing, and the cabin of Jacob Aye was 
 still further to the north and east of Scott's. 
 There was a large family of the Aye boys and 
 girls, and they felt reasonably secure, or had 
 not learned of the discovery. Late that night. 
 after the boys had gone to bed. one of the sis- 
 ters, delayed by some household cares, heard 
 the dogs making a disturbance, as though the 
 cattle or hogs were prowling about. Soon she 
 heard some one trying to quiet the dogs, and 
 she at once concluded it was Indians. She 
 made every preparation against being taken 
 by surprise, hut did not summon the boys, lest 
 
 in their foolhardiness they might rush out and 
 be killed. The dogs finally became quiet, and 
 the Indians, going towards the blockhouse, 
 came upon Scott's cabin. Here the dogs, who 
 had an instinctive hatred of the savages, com- 
 menced rushing out into a cornfield near by 
 and then back again against the cabin, growl- 
 ing, and manifesting symptoms of rage and 
 fear. Old Mr. Scott knew what such conduct 
 on the part of the dogs meant, and, calling 
 up his two boys, prepared for defense. The 
 windows were only closed by greased paper, 
 and, stationing one with an axe at each of the 
 two windows, he gave them instructions to 
 split the first head that came through. Put- 
 ting out the glowing embers oil the hearth, he 
 barricaded the door with what movable furni- 
 ture he could reach, and took a position with 
 his rifle commanding all points of entrance. 
 Here the Indians endeaverod to pacify the 
 dogs in wain, and finally passed along. Soon 
 after, the Scott family heard a rifle-shot, fol- 
 lowed by a rapid succession of lighter guns, 
 and then came. one. two, three in measured 
 succession — the warning guns from the block- 
 house. Meanwhile at the fort another scene 
 was enacting. The little band cooped up in 
 their narrow quarters momentarily expected 
 an attack. After waiting for some time in 
 such suspense, David Lewis, Sr., accompanied 
 bv Philo Hoadley, started cautiously out to 
 reconnoiter. The night was described as 
 admirable for this purpose. Clouds heavily 
 veiled the moon, so that an object standing out 
 clear could readily be discerned, while one 
 groping in the shadows and along the ground 
 could be discovered only by close scrutiny. 
 The land sinks from all points at the road 
 crossing, forming there a sort of basin. South 
 of the east and west road, a tree bad been 
 felled parallel with the road, and, falling down 
 hill, had left some space between the butt of 
 the tree and stump. Across this road was 
 Hoadley's cornfield, divided from other land 
 by a brush fence. Coming down to the cross- 
 ing, a suspicious noise was heard in 
 the cornfield, and Lewis remarked to 
 Hoadley that there were either hogs, cattle, or 
 Indians in his field. Listening attentively for 
 a moment, he exclaimed, "There goes another 
 
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 ear; Hoadley, it's Indians!" Lewis, who was 
 an excellent shot, and an intrepid man. told 
 Hoadley to remain at the crossing, and taking- 
 shelter behind the trunk and top of the fallen 
 tree, he would gain the rise of ground by the 
 stump, and scan the cornfield situated across 
 the road and on a little lower ground. Lewis 
 succeeded in reaching the stump, and ensconc- 
 ing himself among the shadows between the 
 tree and stump, awaited the issue of events. 
 Soon he saw a dark body jump upon the brush 
 fence and over, and then another, but his prac- 
 ticed eye had seen the second one over the 
 sights of his gun, the report of which was fol- 
 lowed by the heavy falling of the body. Lewis 
 immediately made for the fort as fast as his 
 feet could carry him, with Hoadley just in ad- 
 vance. There was a discharge of several guns 
 in rapid succession from the cornfield, and 
 Lewis, striking his knee against the stump 
 of some sapling that had been cut off. went 
 sprawling to the ground. He imagined him- 
 self shot, but, regaining his feet, made for the 
 fort. Within the fort everybody was on the 
 alert, and Roswell Caulkins stood sentinel at 
 the door. As Lewis and Hoadley came rush- 
 ing up to gain entrance, Caulkins hesitated to 
 unbar the door. David Lewis, Jr., who was 
 celebrated as a keen hunter and woodsman, 
 recognized the steps of his father and Philo 
 and cried to the sentinel, "Roswell, unbar the 
 door! Those are shoes that are coming. It's 
 father and Philo!" And, before the sentinel 
 comprehended the force of what young Lewis 
 was saying, the bars had been taken down by 
 others, and the two men. half out of breath, 
 admitted. The feelings of those in the f( irt 
 can better be described by one who was there, 
 and we add from a manuscript by Mrs. Rip- 
 ley : "An attack was every mi iment expected. 
 The alarm guns were fired. The horrid work 
 of the scalping-knife and uplifted tomahawk 
 was, in imagination, ready to be executed. 
 There was neither shrieking nor fainting, but 
 the women stood at their posts in the upper 
 story, prepared for defense." Happily their 
 expectations were not realized. The next 
 morning broke on their anxious hearts calm 
 and bright, and. as no traces of Indians could 
 be discovered from the block-house, a party 
 
 27 
 
 went out to see if the settlers in isolated cabins 
 had been massacred. They wen- found, as we 
 have related, frightened but not harmed. In 
 the cornfield were found moccasin tracks with 
 considerable traces of blood. The trail led -11 
 to the northwest, and indicated that one ol 
 their number had been carried. Who they 
 were or what was the reason for their visit, 
 was the subject of considerable conjecture, 
 but it never reached a satisfactory explanation. 
 While the settlers were kept in a chronic 
 state of fear and dread during the war of 
 1812, they were not without some compensat- 
 ing benefits. The necessities of the armv cre- 
 ated a market where there had been none be- 
 fore for farm produce. Prior to 181 2, the set- 
 tler's chief ambition was to provide a comfort 
 able home and as good a living as was possi- 
 ble with the conditions under which they 
 lived; but during the war production was 
 stimulated, and the income thus secured was 
 devoted to obtaining some of the commoner 
 comforts which had been theirs before they had 
 turned their backs on civilization. The' cl- 
 ing of the war deprived them of their mar- 
 kets, money again became scarce and a period 
 of hard times set in which added greatly to 
 the hardships they otherwise were called upon 
 to bear. It was not until about 1S30 that 
 business began to revive, and a market worth 
 mentioning was found for the products of the 
 farm. 
 
 At the end of the first ten years there were 
 only about forty families in the township. 
 Half of these had come from Waterbury, Con- 
 necticut, and had located on Judge Constant's 
 land in the southeastern part of the township. 
 Among these people there had been eight mar- 
 riages. The first of these, which was also the 
 first in the township was performed by Rev. 
 Joseph Hughes, Elias Adams and Harriet 
 Lewis being the contracting parties. Ten 
 families had located on Colonel Byxbe's land. 
 and there were about eight families in the 
 northwest corner of the township. The first 
 death in the township was that of Elanson 
 Lewis, which occurred in 1807. He was bur- 
 ied in the first cemetery in the township, which 
 was laid out on the site where a block-house 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 had once stood. The next adult who died was 
 Emma Lewis, who passed away in 1811, and 
 besides these two, four children made up the 
 total number of deaths during the first decade. 
 One of the early cemeteries was located on the 
 road to Berlin station, near the town hall. The 
 Nettleton Grove Bank Cemetery Association 
 was organized October 10, 1853. The first 
 officers were Joel Cleveland, president ; Lewis 
 Thompson, clerk ; and Vinal Stewart, treas- 
 urer. They laid out a fine cemetery just south 
 of Cheshire. Roswell Caulkins, who was a 
 carpenter and joiner, was the first mechanic in 
 the township, and worked at his trade while 
 he was clearing up his farm. He superin- 
 tended the construction of the block-house 
 and did most of the hewing. One of his 
 first pieces of work was a hand-loom for Airs. 
 Chloe Scott. In 1820, James Eaton and Dan- 
 iel Xettleby erected the first frame residences. 
 Both were east of the creek and near Cheshire. 
 Nathan Sherwood kept the first store in his 
 cabin. The early mills, schools, churches, etc., 
 aic treated in the chapters devoted to those 
 subjects. 
 
 Cheshire, the principal settlement in the 
 township, is located on a barren clay knoll. 
 Because of this fact, Jesse Hultz gave it the 
 name of "I'eth," "for," as he explained, "what 
 don't run away will starve to death." Samuel 
 Adams owned the farm where the village 
 stands, and it was he who laid it off into lots. 
 L. R. Ryant kept the first store here in a little 
 room seven feet by nine. A few years later he 
 added another room, where he sold ready 
 made shoes and made shoes to order. He was 
 the first postmaster, his commission bearing 
 date of August 10, 185 1. The "Underground 
 Railway" passed through Cheshire. From 
 the earliest times there was a strong sentiment 
 in the township in symapthy with the slave- 
 owners, and it was only under cover of the 
 night that the negro seeking liberty could be 
 conducted from Orange along Alum Creek to 
 the Quaker settlement, and then on to Oberlin 
 or some other outlet. . 
 
 Berlin township officials were: Clayton A. 
 Breece, justice of the peace; O. B. Furniss and 
 \Y. 11. I Inlts, trustees; Harry Jaynes, clerk; 
 
 E. R. Durfey, treasurer; S. P. Dunham, as- 
 sessor; Charles Evarts and Willard Shank, 
 constables; Willard A. Young and J. T. 
 Sweeney, board of education. The above be- 
 gan their terms in 1908, according to report 
 to county auditor. 
 
 BROWN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 For the facts and for a large part of the 
 language used in the following sketch of this 
 township, we are indebted to an article pre- 
 pared by Dr. S. W. Fowler, many years ago, 
 whose permission we have to use it. At the 
 time he wrote, Dr. Fowler had access to 
 sources of information no longer available, 
 and it would be impossible, therefore, for us 
 now to secure more data than he had, while 
 he, representing as he does one of the oldest 
 families in Delaware County, speaks with au- 
 thority. 
 
 The history attaching to this subdivision 
 of Delaware County really begins about 1804 
 or 1805, with the discovery of salt in the vicin- 
 ity, although the first permanent settlement 
 within the present boundaries of the township 
 extends no farther hack than 1817. The lapse 
 of sixty-three years ( 1S17 to 1880), imper- 
 ceptible in the estimate of an eternity, is a long- 
 time in human life. It removes two genera- 
 tions into darkness and dust, and places an- 
 other in their seats who have nearly run their 
 course. 
 
 Brown Township originally occupied the 
 central portion of the county, and, later, the 
 north-central portion, lying in Range 18, and, 
 by the United States Military Survey, is 
 Township 5. It is bounded on the north by 
 Oxford, on the east by Kingston, on the south 
 by Berlin, and on the west by Delaware and 
 Troy. The record book of the county com- 
 missioners containing the date when Brown 
 Township was erected into a separate town- 
 ship is lost, but it was probably about 1826. 
 
 The township has but one large stream of 
 water — Alum Creek. It passes through the 
 eastern part, entering near the north-east cor- 
 ner, and flowing south, passes out near the 
 south-east corner into Berlin Township. There 
 
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 443 
 
 are several small streams that flow into Alum 
 Creek. Some of these are noted for having 
 been the sites of Indian encampments, at a 
 time when the Scioto Valley formed a part of 
 the hunting-grounds of the Delawares and 
 Mingoes. Among these tributaries we may 
 mention Leatherwood Run, which derived its 
 name from a peculiar shrub found growing 
 upon its banks, the wood and bark of which 
 \\a> highly valued by the early settlers for a 
 variety of uses. Big Run, Sugar Creek, Long- 
 well's, Dutton's and Matthews's Runs are some 
 of the principal streams. Sugar Creek, which 
 rises in the western part of Berlin and flows 
 into the Olentangy at Delaware, was made use 
 of by Mr. F. P. Vergon when he constructed 
 Greenwood Lake. The land east of Alum 
 Creek is particuarly adapted to grazing. Near 
 the creek it is broken and the soil is rather 
 thin, while at a greater distance it is gently 
 undulating, and not only good grazing land, 
 but well adapted to farming, there being less 
 clay and more rich black loam than nearer the 
 creek. Along the west side of the Alum, the 
 land is also undulating, and was the first to 
 be brought under cultivation by the early set- 
 tler. The land farther west was low and wet, 
 defying horseback or wagon travel through its 
 swamps, and even barring roadways for years. 
 Owing to the tile and open drainage systems, 
 however, this wet, swampy land once consid- 
 ered worthless, has become the most produc- 
 tive in the township. 
 
 Among the attractions that brought the 
 early settlers to this region was the "Salt 
 Lick." as it was called. When the United 
 States Government sent its agents to survey 
 the country, a salt lick was discovered in wdiat 
 is now the north-east corner of Brown town- 
 ship. The Government reserved 4,000 acres 
 of this and deeded it to the State for educa- 
 tional purposes. This was called the "Salt 
 Reservation." About 1804 or 1805, Dr. John 
 Loofbourrow moved into what is now Berk- 
 shire Township from Virginia, and located 
 on what afterward became the Eckelberry 
 farm, but after a short time sold out and 
 moved to what was called the Durham farm, 
 lying just east of Alum Creek on the Dela- 
 
 ware and Sunbury Pike. He had with him his 
 old faithful man "Friday,'' Oko Richey (col- 
 ored). When the Doctor learned from some 
 friendly Indians where they obtained their 
 salt, he and Oko procured large iron kettles, 
 built a large furnace and commenced the man- 
 ufacture of salt. Their process was very slow, 
 but they produced the article in sufficient quan- 
 tities to partially supply the inhabitants, and 
 very soon became noted as salt merchants. 
 After some twelve years the salt business was 
 investigated by other parties, who thought they 
 saw in it a means of acquiring untold wealth. 
 In 1817 they leased from the State 1,000 acres 
 of land adjacent to. and 300 around, the 
 salt lick and on the salt reservation. The con- 
 tractors agreed to bore to the depth of at least 
 200 feet, unless salt water in paying quantities 
 was sooner reached. They were to leave the 
 well tubed with good copper tubing at the ex- 
 piration of the lease. Loofbourrow now with- 
 drew from the business and soon after re- 
 moved to Wisconsin. After boring to a depth 
 of 480 feet without finding salt water in pay- 
 ing quantities, the contractors notified the 
 State authorities, who in turn reported to Con- 
 gress, and the latter body ordered the salt reser- 
 vation to be surveyed and sold. Accordingly, a 
 Air. Carpenter, of Lancaster, Ohio, was au- 
 thorized to survey it, which he did into 100- 
 acre lots. In November, 1826. these lots were 
 sold to the highest bidder, the early settlers 
 and contractors being allowed the refusal of 
 the lands which they had been for some time 
 improving, a business they had foun'd more 
 profitable than boring for salt. 
 
 The first permanent white settler in Brown 
 Ti iwnship was Daniel G. Thurston, in the 
 spring of 181 7. But as far back as 1809, a 
 settlement was made in the extreme southwest 
 o irner, by a man named Erastus Bowe, from 
 Vermont. He built a cabin and called the 
 place Bowetown, though it was never, we be- 
 lieve, laid out as a town, or populated, except 
 by Bowe and his family, consisting of wife 
 and two children. After a short time he moved 
 to Delaware, and in 1817. he removed from 
 there to Tiffin. Mr. Thurston moved into the 
 township from the eastern part of Berlin, 
 
444 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 which at that time was the central part of 
 Berkshire Township. He located on the sum- 
 mit of the first little hill west of the creek. 
 on what is now the Delaware and Sunbury 
 Pike. A cabin was built and into this he 
 moved with his family and his brother Isaac, 
 who had accompanied him to the West. The 
 latter went to work in a distillery not far 
 away, while Daniel worked in a saw and grist 
 mill near by. In 1817, he sold out to Ebe- 
 nezer Loofbourrow, who had just come from 
 Virginia. After Mr. Thurston sold out to 
 Loofbourrow-, he moved into the present town- 
 ship of Brown, where he had to begin his pio- 
 neer life over again, as it were. When his 
 cabin was completed and his family located, 
 Mr. Thurston entered into a co-partnership 
 with James Eaton, and a man named Stephen 
 Gorham. These gentlemen were the contrac- 
 tors in the famous salt speculation and the les- 
 sees of the "salt reservation." His new home 
 was on this reservation, or on the "salt sec- 
 tion." Isaac Eaton erected a cabin a little 
 north of Thurston's. Mr. Thurston died in 
 1843. at the age of seventy-two years. His 
 wife died in 1804, at the age of eighty-two 
 years. They had a family of thirteen chil- 
 dren, nf whom we have only the names of 
 twelve — Harrie, Mary. Joseph, Elizabeth, 
 Samuel, Sarah, Phoebe, Norton, Vinal. Eu- 
 nice, Fannie and Barbara. Harriet first mar- 
 ried Dr. Monroe, and. after his death, became 
 the wife of Dr. John Loofbourrow. She had 
 two children when she moved to Wisconsin. 
 Mary married Israel Wood, a Quaker, who 
 lived in Peru Township (then in this, but 
 later in Morrow Count) I. She left twelve 
 children. Joseph married in 1826, a daughter 
 of B. F. Loofbourrow, who at the time was 
 living on the Thurston farm. There were 
 born tn him ten children. Elizabeth married 
 Ralph Longwell, a soldier of iSu, and who 
 died in 1N74. His widow drew a pension. 
 She wa> the mother of thirteen children. Sa- 
 rah first married Lyman Thrall, and. after his 
 death. Andrew Thrall, his brother, Phoebe 
 married William K. Thrall. Norton married 
 a Miss Junes, and died in 1817. lie was the 
 father of six children. Vinal married a Miss 
 
 Plant, and they had eight children. Eunice 
 married Norton Harden, and they had eight 
 children. Fannie married H. Walker and be- 
 came the mother of six children. Samuel mar- 
 ried, and was the father of eight children. 
 Barbara married William Livingston, and 
 was the mother of ten children. These were 
 the children and grandchildren of Daniel 
 Thurston, numbering in all 122. 
 
 The early settlers of this section were not 
 without their Indian experiences. Although 
 the Indians were supposed to be friendly, yet 
 they were looked on with some suspicion by 
 their white neighbors. The Thurstons, being 
 one of the first families to locate in this re- 
 gion, and that some time prior to the removal 
 of the Indians to reservations farther west, en- 
 joyed a more extensive acquaintance with 
 them than settlers who came at a later date. 
 The Indians used to bring their game and furs 
 to trade for corn, and as a general thing be- 
 haved well. The elder Thurston, who had a 
 little mill, would grind their corn for them, 
 and was on the most intimate terms with them, 
 and was known far and wide among the 
 neighboring tribes. When Joseph was a small 
 boy, lint nine years old, he was one day sent 
 out for the horses, which, when not in use, 
 were allowed to run at large in the forests. 
 He wandered through the woods for hours, 
 but after a long and fruitless search, he gave 
 up finding them and started to return home. 
 After traveling for Mime time, he became lost 
 in the forest, but finally struck an old Indian 
 trail, which he followed some distance, when. 
 much to his surprise and consternation, he 
 came upon an Indian encampment, where he 
 encountered an army of dogs, and was forced to 
 take refuge in the nearest tree. The commo- 
 tion produced by these ferocious beasts 
 brought an old Indian from his wigwam to 
 investigate the cause of so much disturbance. 
 To the astonishment of the lad he found in 
 him an old friend of his father, while the In- 
 dian, quite as much astonished as the ho), 
 found the "game" treed by the dogs to be 
 none other than the son of his old friend 
 Thurston. The dogs were called off, and the 
 boy invited to come down from his exalted 
 
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 445 
 
 perch. After he had related his adventure, a 
 young Indian was ordered to catch a couple of 
 well trained ponies, upon one of which he was 
 placed, while the Indian boy mounted the 
 other, and. acting as a guide, led him through 
 the forests, and after several hours' ride he 
 was restored to his already over-anxious par- 
 ents. 
 
 Isaac Eaton, to whom we have already re- 
 ferred, was a son of Joseph Eaton, who was 
 among the early settlers of Berkshire. He 
 married a Miss Root of Peru township. Wil- 
 liam Williams, who bought out Isaac Eaton, 
 came from Fairfield County to this township. 
 Three years after he located he was chosen 
 justice of the peace, an office he filled for many 
 years. He also served the county as treasurer 
 from 1846 to 1852, and as an infirmary direc- 
 tor three years. He served the township in 
 the capacity of clerk and treasurer, and was 
 often chosen as administrator of estates and 
 guardian of minor heirs. 
 
 Immigrants came in rapidly, and soon the 
 entire salt reservation was settled up. One of 
 the first families to move in after those already 
 mentioned, was that of Benjamin McMaster, 
 who came in about 1826. This pioneer was 
 bom in New York. His father died when he 
 was quite young, and his mother moved with 
 her family to Ohio in 1813, and located on the 
 Scioto River, in Franklin County. In the lat- 
 ter part of 1814, Benjamin McMaster came to 
 Delaware County. In 181 7 he went to Cham- 
 paign County, and the next year married a 
 daughter of Lemuel G. Humphrey, of Liberty 
 Township. His wife lived but a few years. 
 After her death he came back to this county, 
 where in a year or two he married again. At 
 the sale of the salt reservation in 1826, he 
 purchased 100 acres of land, where he built 
 a cabin of the pioneer pattern. Here he lived 
 until 1 85 1, when he started a warehouse and 
 formed a business partnership in Ashley. In 
 the spring of 1852. he sold his place to his son 
 Horace. For many years, the latter devoted 
 much attention to fruit culture. 
 
 The same years that brought to Brown 
 Township the pioneers we have already men- 
 tioned, witnessed the arrival of others, who, at 
 
 the same land sales, purchased homes, among 
 them, we may mention Andrew Finley, J. 
 Fleming, Zenas Leonard ; James, George, 
 Ralph and E. Longwell, S. Harlow, Charles 
 Cowgill, John Kensill and others. With such 
 an influx of immigration the township rapidly 
 settled up. Among those that came at a later 
 date were John Walker and William Finley. 
 Walker came from Virginia in 1832, hut was 
 a native of Ireland. Finley was a son-in-law 
 of Walker, and settled first in Kingston Town- 
 ship, but after a few years moved into Brown. 
 The same year of Walker's settlement, a 
 young man named Charles Neil, later known as 
 "Uncle Charlie Neil," came in. He was 
 also from Virginia, and also married a daugh- 
 ter of Mr. Walker. Mr. Neil carried on an 
 ashery, and taught school for some ten years, 
 when he was elected county surveyor. This 
 office was given to him by the people of Dela- 
 ware County from 1842 to 18(14 without any 
 solicitation on his part. In the latter year, 
 unknown to him. he was nominated, and 
 afterward, elected to the office of county audi- 
 tor, which office he held for two terms. Dur- 
 ing his second term as auditor he was elected 
 mayor of the city of Delaware by an oxer- 
 whelming majority. A short time after the 
 settlement of the Thurstons, Eatons and others 
 already mentioned, Hugh Cunningham came 
 from Pennsylvania and located on what was 
 later known as the Hann farm. In 1827 
 Hugh Lee located in Brown Township, on 
 what was then called the Peter Baker farm." 
 He was a branch of the illustrious Lee family. 
 His son John Calvin Lee was born on this 
 place, rose to the rank of brigadier-general 
 during the civil war, and after its close, was 
 twice elevated to the position of lieutenant 
 governor of the State, on the same ticket that 
 made Rutherford B. Hayes governor. Dr. 
 Lyman Potter, a native of New York, settled 
 in Peru Township in 1821. and in 1844 moved 
 into Brown. When somewhat advanced in 
 life, he began the study of medicine with old 
 Dr. Carney, of Berkshire, one of the early 
 practitioners of the county. After practicing 
 some years, Dr. Potter attended lectures at 
 the Starling Medical College, from which he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 graduated in 1850. He then returned to his 
 old location, the village of Eden, and contin- 
 ued practice some years, later retiring to a 
 farm, and giving up his practice except in the 
 immediate neighborhood. Israel Potter, a 
 brother of the Doctor, settled in the same 
 neighborhood and at the same time. 
 
 The first marriage in this pioneer settle- 
 ment occurred in 1818, when a daughter of 
 Daniel Thurston was united to Israel Wood. 
 He had emigrated from the old home of the 
 Thurstons in New York. The first death was 
 that of the infant child of James Longwell 
 in 1828, and was the first burial in the old 
 graveyard just north of Eden village. The 
 law had its first representative in Daniel 
 Thurston, who was elected Justice of the Peace 
 in 1821, an office he held three years. Old Dr. 
 Carney, of Berkshire, was the first practicing 
 physician. From 181 7 to 1842. he and Dr. 
 Loofbourrow were the doctors for this section. 
 The County Infirmary is located in this town- 
 ship. Its history will be found in the chapter 
 devoted to the institutions of the county. The 
 first railroad built through Delaware County 
 passed through the western part of this town- 
 ship. It is now a part of the "Big Four" sys- 
 tem. Leonardsburg, or Eden station, is the 
 principal shipping point, and is located near 
 the north line, six miles from Delaware. It 
 was laid out by S. G. Caulkins in 1852, and 
 was called Leonardsburg for A. Leonard, the 
 first merchant. 
 
 The village of Eden was surveyed and laid 
 out by Isaac Eaton, for the proprietors, Daniel 
 G. Thurston and Isaac Leonard, who owned 
 the land. The location chosen at the crossing 
 of the road running east and west, and the one 
 running north and south along the Creek, as 
 an eligible site for a prosperous village. The 
 first house in the village was a log cabin built 
 by John Finley; the first frame dwelling was 
 put up by William Williams soon after his 
 removal to the neighborhood. Joseph Leonard 
 was the first merchant. He had the trade all 
 to himself until 1838. when Williams & Loof- 
 bnurrow opened a store, and thus created com- 
 petition. About 1829 or 1830, a blacksmith- 
 shop was opened by C. Thrall. In 1838, the 
 
 Government commissioned C. M. Thrall the 
 first postmaster at the village of Eden, and 
 called the office Kilbourn. A little later a 
 tavern was opened by Seymour Scott, the first 
 in the place. The town hall was built by sub- 
 scription, and is used for all public meetings. 
 
 The public officials for Brown Township 
 for the year 1908, as reported to the county 
 auditor, are as follows : 
 
 Henry R. Smith and John Reed, justices 
 of the peace; Henry Kunze, S. T. Sheets, and 
 J. A. Waldron, trustees; Charles Leonard, 
 clerk; F. A. Stickney, treasurer: Frank Hein- 
 len, assessor; F. E. Mayfield and Harry 
 Haney, constables. 
 
 CONCORD TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Lying in the southwest corner of Delaware 
 County, Concord is one of the county's most 
 interesting townships in point of historical 
 heppenings and incidents of pioneer life. The 
 derivation of its name is unknown, but the 
 popular belief exists that it was named from 
 the town of Concord, Massachusetts, of Revo- 
 lutionary fame. Delaware was set off from 
 Franklin County in 1808, and three townships 
 established in the new county, of which Lib- 
 erty was made to include what is now 
 Concord. When Union Township was created 
 June 16, 1809, it included that part of Concord 
 lying west of the Scioto River. April 20, 
 1819, Concord Township came into being, its 
 boundaries being fixed in the following man- 
 ner : "Beginning at the county line between 
 Franklin and Delaware Counties, on the east 
 bank of the Scioto River, and running up the 
 river to where the range line between 19 and 
 20 strikes the river ; thence north on said range 
 line to the southeast corner of fourth quarter, 
 fifth township, and twentieth range ; thence 
 west to the Scioto River, thence up said river 
 to where the State Road from Delaware to 
 Derby crosses the same ; thence westward 
 along the south line of said road until it strikes 
 the westerly line of survey, and extra No. 
 2,994; thence southwardly on said line and mi 
 the west line of survey Nos. 2.993. 2.989, 
 2,998, 3.006, 3,005 and 2,991, to Franklin 
 
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 447 
 
 County line; thence east to the place of be- 
 ginning'." Very irregular in outline, it was 
 taken from and added to so frequently in early 
 days, it became a matter of jest as to whether 
 those who resided near the border, would 
 awaken in the morning in the same township 
 in which they had sough repose the night be- 
 fore. About 1852. Scioto Township was al- 
 lowed one school district from that portion of 
 Concord lying east of Scioto River, extending 
 north, between the river and Delaware Town- 
 ship, to the south line of Radnor. A few years 
 later, on petition of the voters affected a 
 school district was added from the southwest 
 part of Delaware Township, for political 
 reasons, it is thought; and still later a small 
 triangular part of the southwestern part of 
 Liberty Township was added, but in a few- 
 years restored to that township. A school 
 district lying in the bend of Mill Creek, in 
 the northwest part of Concord, was segre- 
 gated and annexed to Scioto. This was the 
 last of the many changes. That part of the 
 township lying west of the Scioto River, or- 
 iginally formed a part of the old Virginia 
 Military Lands, anil the farms were laid out 
 by the claimants' surveyors to suit them, being 
 extended one direction to include a desirable 
 building spot, another direction to take in a 
 valuable spring, and so on as their fancy led 
 them, without regard to sections or section 
 lines. This land was heavily timbered with 
 oak, walnut, hickory, sycamore and maple, and 
 east of the river, between Bellepoint and Dela- 
 ware Township, there was a vast swamp, con- 
 sidered valueless in the early days. It was 
 many years before there was a road to Dela- 
 ware through this swamp, the settlers going to 
 that city, either by the old pack-horse trail 
 two miles south, or by Rigger's Ford, where 
 the covered bridge on the Marvsville Pike 
 en ^sed the Scioto, and the State Road. After 
 the surrounding forest had been cleared away 
 and an effective system of drainage instituted, 
 the swamp land was reclaimed and became 
 very valuable as it was exceedingly fertile. 
 Scioto River. Mill Creek, Big Run and Deer 
 Lick Run are the streams of Concord Town- 
 ship, and the first named, affording excellent 
 
 rafting in the days before the construction of 
 many dams, drew many of the early residents 
 who were thus placed within easy reach of 
 Columbus and other river towns. The busi- 
 ness of rafting was carried on extensively, 
 trips down the river being made, sometimes, 
 as far as the Ohio River. Mill Creek excelled 
 in its water power, not showing the effect of 
 the dry seasons as early as did the Scioto. 
 
 The first white settler of Concord was 
 George Hill, an old Revolutionary soldier, 
 who, in 181 1, made his way from Westmore- 
 land County, Pennsylvania, on pack horses, 
 and settled two miles south of Bellpoint on the 
 banks of the river. He built a log cabin on 
 the site of the old Hill home, which he built 
 of stone in 1823. and there with his family 
 lived among the Indians, who were his only 
 neighbors for a short time. His brother-in- 
 law, Christopher Freshwater, followed him 
 shortly to Delaware County, making the jour- 
 ney from Pennsylvania, afoot, being handi- 
 capped in his travel by a gun and broad-ax 
 which he carried on his shoulder. He bought 
 fifty acres adjoining Mr. Hill's, and for many 
 years followed his trade of carpentering. Many 
 of his descendants still reside in the county. 
 Joel Marsh, the third settler in point of time, 
 located near Hill and Freshwater, and his 
 marriage to a daughter of the former, was the 
 first in the township. George Freshwater, son 
 of Christopher, was the first white child born 
 there, and Mrs. Hill, mother of George Hill, 
 was the first who died in the township, as well 
 as the first buried in Hill Cemetery. She was 
 eighty years old when the journey was made 
 from Pennsylvania, and died in 182 1, aged 
 ninety years. John Day. Sr., a negro slave. 
 the property of George Hill, was brought here 
 in 181 1 and immediately upon arrival was 
 granted his freedom. After living there some 
 years he moved to Delaware. Among others 
 of the name linked with Concord's early his- 
 tory, may be mentioned those of William Car- 
 son, who came in 1821 ; George Oiler, who 
 located on the east bank of the Scioto ; James 
 Kooken, the original proprietor of Bellepoint, 
 win 1 had l>een a man of prominence prior to 
 locating in Concord in 1835; J. E. Hughes, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 step-son of James Kooken ; John Robinson ; 
 William Jackson, who was a child when his 
 father brought him to the vicinity (if White 
 Sulphur Springs; D. W. C. Lugenbeel, who 
 for more than half a century taught school with- 
 out missing a term ; John Cutler, first township 
 treasurer and owner of 800 acres of land ; 
 Daniel Creamer ; Francis Marley. the pioneer 
 blacksmith; Joel Liggitt ; Gilbert Smith; Jacob 
 Wolford; John Black; Daniel Gardner: Wil- 
 liam Stone; John Jones; Aaron Gillett; John 
 Artz ; Thomas Bryson ; and A. Depp, a colored 
 resilient whose coming dates back to [834, 
 when he purchased a tract of 400 acres. The 
 last named was the organizer of the old col- 
 ored Baptist Church, long since abandoned 
 and torn down, which stood on bis property 
 and was known as "Depp's Church." Dr. 
 Samuel White, another colored citizen, came 
 in 1836 and for many years was a practicing 
 physician near the Industrial Home. Among 
 the first to locate in the Mill Creek Settlement 
 was Colonel Sebum Hinton, who bought and 
 settled upon 1,000 acres of land. There he 
 built the first saw and grist mill of the town- 
 ship, which afterward was enlarged and for 
 many years did a flourishing business. In 
 connection, he conducted a store at his mill. 
 Others of Mill Creek settlers were William 
 Smart, who came from Pennsylvania; Presley 
 The first bridge in the township was built over 
 Said; Daniel Robbins; and Randall Murphy. 
 Mill Creek by the people of the neighborhood 
 and was located on the line of the old San- 
 dusky Millitary Road. 
 
 The White Sulphur Springs, or Fountain, 
 as it is sometimes called, is the home of one of 
 the State's most important institutions. The 
 Girl's Industrial Home, one in which the 
 county and state take a just pride. The history 
 of the Springs date back to the time the firm 
 of Davis & Richards made borings for salt, 
 but instead of that article struck a great flow 
 of sulphur water at a depth of (.60 feet. They 
 left off operations in discouragement, and the 
 well remained in an unfinished state until 
 1X42, when Nathaniel Hart conceived the idea 
 of establishing a watering place for pleasure 
 and health seekers. Purchasing the property 
 
 of its owner, Christopher Freshwater, he erec- 
 ted a large building and several cottages for 
 the accommodation of guests. His success was 
 not such as anticipated and in time Mr. Hart 
 sold to' Andrew Wilson, Jr.. who continued the 
 place as a resort until 1865. At that date a 
 transfer of the property was made to John 
 Ferry, who remodeled, enlarged and refurn- 
 ished the house at a considerable expense. He 
 carried on the business with but little success 
 until 1869, then sold the property to the State 
 of Ohio, which established thereon the State 
 Reform School for Girls, which project was 
 the result of a petition to the Legislature by 
 some of the benevolently inclined citizens of 
 Delaware county. The name of the institution 
 was changed in 1872 by special enactment of 
 the Legislature to "The Girls Industrial 
 Home." 
 
 The village of Bellepoint, situated in the 
 angle formed at the junction of Mill Creek 
 and Scioto River, was laid out by James 
 Kooken in 1835, and wild speculation followed 
 for a time, the value of lots going steadilv up- 
 ward on the strength of a plan to slack the 
 Scioto River and fit it for steamboat naviga- 
 tion. It was soon demonstrated that slack 
 water navigation was impracticable, owing to 
 the fall of the river between Bellepoint and 
 Columbus, and choice lots in the new town be- 
 came, suddenly, almost worthless. Its founder 
 and a few others still strove to build up the 
 town, but their efforts met with failure. A post 
 office was established there in 1836-37, with 
 Walter Borgan as postmaster. A tavern, con- 
 ducted by Josiah Reece, the blacksmith shop 
 of Francis Marley, a church and school house, 
 together with a few dwellings, was the extent 
 of Bellepoint' s claim to classification as a vil- 
 lage. 
 
 Concord Township, peopled with an intel- 
 ligent, refined and law-abiding class of citi- 
 zens, was rudely awakened from its peaceful 
 pursuits on September 8, 1838. when the news 
 spread that a cold-blooded murder had been 
 committed on the camp-meeting grounds, near 
 Rigger's Ford. An Irishman, a stranger in 
 tin- community, had been killed by Levi 
 Bowersmith as the result of an argument over 
 
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 money matters. The Irishman had engaged 
 the Bowersmith brothers, Isaac and Levi, to 
 haul some goods from Columbus to the camp- 
 meeting grounds, and the job completed, it is 
 said the latter demanded a larger sum of money 
 than that agreed upon. Hot words were passed 
 and the two brothers left the cabin in a rage, 
 but Levi soon returned and with a club struck 
 the Irishman on the back of the head, crushing 
 his skull. The victim of this assault died soon 
 after in the cabin of Protus Lyman. In the 
 trial which followed, Isaac Bowersmith was ac- 
 quitted, and Levi was found guilty, being sen- 
 tenced to one year of imprisonment. 
 
 The officers of Concord Township for the 
 year 1908, as reported to the county auditor, 
 are : 
 
 A. Bean and N. Chambers, justices of the 
 peace : J. N. Ropp, F. V. Staley and G. D. 
 Freshwater, trustees; O. C. Hutchisson, clerk; 
 H. O. Moore, treasurer; O. Robinson, as- 
 sessor ; S. W. Clover and J. J. Chambers, con- 
 stables; L. Jones, A. Avers, and W. W. Sands, 
 cemetery trustees. 
 
 DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Delaware was originally set off as one of 
 the divisions of the newly formed county of 
 Delaware, on June 16, 1808. and included the 
 whole of Township 5 and the northern halt 
 of Township 4 of the United States Militan 
 Survey ; Station 3 of Brown, and Section 2 of 
 Berlin. In 1816 Troy was formed, taking 
 off the northern half of Township 5, and on 
 January 8, 1820, the Berlin Section was 
 taken off. Brown was organized in 1826, 
 leaving Delaware in regular sha.pe and five 
 miles square, though composed of parts of 
 two Congressional Townships. In 1852 a 
 piece of territory a mile square was taken 
 from the southwest corner of the township and 
 annexed to Concord in compensation for the 
 surrender of certain territory to Scioto, leaving 
 Delaware in its present shape. It is bounded 
 on the north by Troy, on the east by Brown 
 and Berlin, on the south by Liberty and Con- 
 cord, and on the west by Concord, Scioto and 
 Radnor. 
 
 The township is watered by the Olentangy 
 River and its tributaries, which stream enters 
 near the center of its northern boundry and 
 runs in a general southerly direction, with a 
 slight eastern trend. The principal tribu- 
 taries are Delaware, Rocky, and Slate Runs, 
 which, together with the main stream, affords 
 ample drainage for the greater part of the 
 township. 
 
 In former days, according to fairly re- 
 liable tradition, the Delaware Indians had a 
 
 village on the west side 
 
 of the Olentangy, 
 
 on the north side of the run, about where 
 Monnett Hall of the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity now stands. The land along this western 
 bank is high rolling ground, extending toward 
 the northwest. Along the east bank are the 
 rich lands known as "second bottoms." which 
 consist of a fine gravelly loam, admirably 
 suited to agricultural purposes. This changes 
 to clay as the high lands farther back are 
 reached. 
 
 Most of this district was formerly well 
 timbered, especially along the banks of the 
 Olentangy. which was fringed with a heavy 
 growth of oak and maple, save for occasional 
 clearings made by the Indians. South of 
 Delaware Run there were also a number of 
 elm swamps, while the black-ash and the burr- 
 oak abounded and. indeed, may still be 
 found. "The site of Delaware City was cov- 
 ered with a tall growth of prairie grass, with 
 a fringe of plum trees along the run. with 
 here and there a scrub oak or thorn apple." 
 
 Some years after Wayne's great victory 
 over the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Tim- 
 ber, or about 1802, the Delawares reluct- 
 antly tore themselves away from the land of 
 their forefathers, never to tread its soil again 
 as lords and owners. The vanguard of white 
 settlers followed close upon the heels of the 
 retreating redskins ; the sound of the axe was 
 soon heard in the forests, and the log cabin 
 of the hardy pioneer, surrounded by the usual 
 clearing, here and there gave evidence of the 
 new era of civilization and progress that ar- 
 rived, and that the long centuries of primitive 
 savagery — of barbarism in war and idleness 
 in peace — had passed away forever. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The site of the present city of Delaware 
 was early recognized as an admirable loca- 
 tion for settlement. The main title of emi- 
 gration in the comity, as has been pointed out 
 by a previous historian, had made its way up 
 the valley of Alum Creek, following the main 
 Indian trail, "along the fertile hanks of the 
 Scioto, and by the old Granville Road, forming 
 settlements in Radnor, on the forks of the 
 Whetstone, in Berkshire, and in Berlin. The 
 first colony did, indeed, follow the Olentangy, 
 but it stopped at Liberty, leaving Delaware 
 an- 'undiscovered country.' Thus, while the 
 forests all about were ringing with the blows 
 of the pioneer's axe. the township of the great- 
 est future political importance stood desolate 
 amid the ruins of her early habitations." 
 
 In their excursions through the woods the 
 first settlers here found growing in a tangled 
 mass of tall grass and thickets an abundance 
 of wild cherries, plums and grapes, and the 
 neighborhood soon became the scene of many 
 a frolic and pleasure excursion. In more re- 
 cent years stock-raising has proved a profit- 
 able industry, and some of the finest specimens 
 (if blooded horses, cattle and sheep to be found 
 in the State may be seen here. While the 
 progenitors of much of this stock were im- 
 ported from England and other countries, 
 many specimens, the result of local breeding, 
 have been exported and have brought fancy 
 prices abroad. More detailed information con- 
 cerning this important industry may be found 
 in other parts of this work. 
 
 The story of the rise and growth of Dela- 
 ware City will be found given in a special 
 chapter devoted to that subject, while an ac- 
 count of its leading industries, its churches, 
 banks, public institutions, etc., pertaining to 
 the city proper may be found in separate chap- 
 ters devoted to those special subjects, and 
 therefore need not be enlarged upon here. 
 
 From an early period the settlement of 
 Delaware evinced so sturdy a growth as pre- 
 cluded the probability' of anything like rival 
 villages within the limits of the township. 
 
 Still, notwithstanding, two places were' 
 platted and achieved a healthy though moder- 
 ate growth. Prospect Hill, situated on the 
 
 high land east of the river and just north of 
 Sugar Creek, was laid out as a town, in 1852, 
 by Dr. Ralph Hills, and has since become a part 
 of the city. Stratford on the Olentangy was 
 laid out in 1850 by Hon. Hosea Williams and 
 H. G. Andrews, and consisted of seventeen lots 
 on the west bank of the river fronting on 
 Sandusky Street. The chief object of this set- 
 tlement was to furnish homes for the hands 
 employed in the mills at this point, a number 
 of which have at different times been estab- 
 lished here. The first mill was built as early 
 as 1808 and afterwards became the property 
 of Colonel Meeker, who rebuilt and enlarged 
 it. in 1829 adding facilities for carding and 
 fulling. 
 
 In 1838 the old flouring mill, with the 
 privileges and property, were bought by Judge 
 Hosea Williams and Caleb Howard for the 
 purpose of establishing - a paper-mill. A new- 
 dam was erected and the mill commenced op- 
 erations, October 1. 1839. It was John Hoyt, 
 the first superintendent, who gave the classi- 
 cal name of Stratford to the place. In Oc- 
 tober, 1840, the building was damaged by fire, 
 but the damage was shortly repaired and the 
 building improved, and in the fall of 1844, 
 Mr. Howard sold his interest to H. G. An- 
 drews. In 1849 the old flouring-mill was 
 fitted up for the manufacture of wrapping- 
 paper and turned out about half a ton per 
 day. In February, 1857, the mills were to- 
 tally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $25,- 
 000, with an insurance of about $10,000. In 
 the following November a two-story stone 
 building, 50x80 feet, with several additions 
 was built at a cost of about $30,000. Among 
 those who have been associated in this busi- 
 ness are J. H. Mendenhall, who became a 
 partner in 1871, and V. T. and C. Hills. An 
 artesian well was sunk 210 feet through solid 
 limestone rock to furnish the water for puri- 
 fying purposes. 
 
 The first purchase of land in Delaware 
 Township was made by Abraham Baldwin and 
 consisted of 8,000 acres, including the third 
 section of Brown and the northeast section of 
 Delaware. The patents were dated December 
 24, 1800, and were signed by John Adams. 
 
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 President of the United States of America. 
 Mr. Baldwin came from a well known Con- 
 necticut family numbering main- distinguished 
 men among its members. He was horn in New 
 Haven and was graduated at Yale College in 
 1 77-. He served in the Revolutionary army, 
 and alter the war, having studied law, set- 
 tled in Savannah, Georgia, being soon after 
 chosen a member of the Legislature of that 
 State. He was the originator, and for some 
 time president, of the University of Georgia. 
 Fie was a member of the Connecticut Congress 
 from 1785 to 1788. and a member of the con- 
 vention that framed the constitution of the 
 United States. From 1789 to 1799 he was 
 a representative in Congress, and from 1799 
 to 1807 he was a member of the United States 
 Senate, of which lor a part of the time he 
 was president pro tern. He was a man of 
 large wealth and owned considerable land in 
 Ohio, Pennsylvania and Iowa. In Ohio he 
 bad 16,000 acres in Licking County. March 
 1, 1801. he sold 500 acres of the original pur- 
 chase to William Wells, one-half to be lo- 
 cated on the northeast corner of Delaware 
 Township, and the other on the northeast cor- 
 ner of Section 3. in Brown. 
 
 Mr. Baldwin never married and at his 
 death, which occurred March 4, 1807. it was 
 found that he had devised the remainder of this 
 property to his three half-brothers and two half- 
 sisters. The heirs being widely separated in 
 point of residence, the property soon passed by 
 power of attorney or purchase into the control 
 of one of them — Henry Baldwin, a lawyer of 
 Pittsburg. Henry Baldwin was subsequently 
 approached by Colonel Byxbe and between 
 them some arrangement was made which re- 
 sulted in the founding of the city of Delaware. 
 The further history of the platting of the town 
 will be found elsewhere in this work. 
 
 Though the first purchase of land in Dela- 
 ware Township was made by Abraham Bald- 
 win as above stated, the first actual settler 
 within the township's limits was John Beard, 
 who took up land in the southern part of the 
 township. December 2, 1807, be purchased of 
 Benjamin Ives Gilman, of Marietta, Ohio, 
 624 acres in a square piece situated on the 
 
 west bank of the Olentangy River, its south- 
 ern line forming a part of the boundary line 
 of the township. After erecting a cabin on 
 the bank of the river he brought his family 
 there, and in the following spring commenced 
 the erection of a log grist-mill, being as- 
 sisted by Ira Carpenter of Liberty. He seems 
 not to have been very successful as a pioneer 
 settler, however, and in February, 181 1, he sold 
 his property to Colonel Forest Meeker, a na- 
 tive of Rutland, Vermont, who had emigrated 
 to Pennsylvania in 170,7, and who had subse- 
 quently resided for a time in Chillicothe, Ohio, 
 and in Bourbon County. Kentucky. Colonel 
 Meeker soon had plenty of neighbors, as later, 
 in 181 1, quite a colony came from Virginia 
 and another from Pennsylvania, settling in his 
 vicinity. Among the Virginians were Robert 
 Jamison, John Shaw and Matthew Anderson, 
 while the leading Pennsylvanians were Fred- 
 erick Weiser, Robert McCoy, Joseph Cunning- 
 bam, John Wilson and Andrew Harter. In 
 the following year came Samuel Hughs from 
 Virginia, in 181 3 Elias Scribner, and in 1814 
 Reuben Ruby came from Kentucky. 
 
 This settlement being within easy reach 
 of saw and grist-mills, furnished with prac- 
 ticable roads, and with a regular mail ser- 
 vice, grew and prospered. The best farming 
 lands being found along the river were 
 soon taken up by r the settlers. About 1812 
 John and Henry Worline bought land on the 
 east side of the river, but sold out in three or 
 four years and moved to a more northerly 
 part of the county. Albreight Worline came 
 in 181 4 with his family of four boys and two 
 girls, the boys being each old enough to render 
 assistance in clearing a farm. William Sweet- 
 zer settled north of the Worlines on the same 
 side of the river, coming from Dummerston, 
 Vermont, in 181 5, after a journey of forty days 
 through the wilderness. He bought the prop- 
 erty of John and Henry Worline. His family 
 consisted of his wife, five boys and three girls, 
 the youngest child being only six months old 
 at the time of their settlement here. With 
 them came Hosea Miller and family and two 
 young men — Solomon and Wilder Joy. Ru- 
 therford Hayes came in 1817 from Vermont, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and bought land in the neighborhood but took 
 up his residence in town. 
 
 After the War of 1812 settlements began 
 to increase west of the river and along Dela- 
 ware Run, the good fanning lands being speed- 
 ily taken up. The following names are 
 taken from the Delaware poll-book of the first 
 election held October 11, 1808, and are given 
 in the order of their voting: Thomas Van- 
 horn, Asahel Hart, John Aye. Pennsylvania, 
 Jacob Filgey. George Soop, Moses Byxbe, 
 Massachusetts, Peter Ealy, Silas Dunham, 
 Rhode Island, Appleton Byxbe, Massachu- 
 setts. Timothy Squire. Solomon Smith, Mas- 
 sachusetts, Ira Carpenter, Pennsylvania, Solo- 
 mon Finch, Roderick Crosbey, Moses Byxbe, 
 Jr.. Massachusetts, William Little. Connecti- 
 cut, Noah Sturdevant, Jacob Drake, Pennsyl- 
 vania, Nathaniel Little, Connecticut, Thomas 
 Butler. Massachusetts, Salmon Agard, Penn- 
 sylvania, Jeremiah Osborn, Azariah Root, 
 Massachusetts. Nathaniel Disbury, Alford 
 Carpenter, Clark Beebe, Charles Robbins, 
 Alexander Enos, Noah Spaulding, Vermont, 
 Daniel Munsey, Josiah Grant, and Reuben 
 Lamb. 
 
 The rest of the history of Delaware Town- 
 ship is closely bound up with that of the city 
 and will be found as already intimated in the 
 various chapters devoted to special subjects to 
 be found in this work, and to some extent in 
 the lives of prominent citizens herein given. 
 The following are the township officers for 
 the year 1908. as reported to the county audi- 
 tor :' 
 
 J. T. Hutchisson and William G. Gannon, 
 justices of the peace: P. E. Davis and H. S. 
 Breyfogle and F. E. McKinnie, trustees; 
 George J. Young, clerk: Edwin F. Young, 
 treasurer: H. H. Sharadin, assessor; E. I). 
 Rugg and W. D. Vest, constables; and W. 
 H. Johnson, ditch supervisor. 
 
 GENOA TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Genoa Township is bounded on the north 
 by Berkshire Township: on the east by Har- 
 lem; on the south by Franklin County and on 
 the west by Orange Township. It is five miles 
 
 square, and is in the territory known as United 
 States Military Lands. The western half of 
 the township was included in the original 
 township of Berkshire, and the eastern half 
 was in the township of Sunbury. When Har- 
 lem Township was cut out of Sunbury, it in- 
 cluded all of what is now Genoa Township. 
 The present bounds of Genoa Township were 
 established June 4, 181 6. Its name was sug- 
 gested by an early settler who wished to do 
 honor to the birth-place of Christopher Co- 
 lumbus. Running through the western half 
 of the township from north to south, on the 
 line traversed by the Cleveland, Akron and 
 Columbus railroad, is a ridge which forms the 
 water-shed between Big Walnut Creek on the 
 east and Alum Creek in Orange Township. 
 On either side of the ridge, the land is com- 
 paratively level, although the surface is broken 
 up considerably along the banks of the Big 
 Walnut, and east of 'the creek is more or less 
 rolling. The highest shale cliffs in the county 
 are to be found in the northern part of the 
 township, on what is known as "Yankee 
 Street," about two miles south of Galena. 
 Here as elsewhere along the banks of Big Wal- 
 nut, are to be found outcroppings of fine Wa- 
 verlv sandstone. Here and there in the beds 
 of shale a thin layer of an inferior limestone 
 is to be found. Some of the early builders 
 were tempted to use this because of the ease 
 with which it can be quarried, but they soon 
 had their labor for their pains, as this stone 
 disintegrates when exposed to the air. The 
 Big Walnut Creek, to which reference has al- 
 reay been made, is the principal stream. It 
 Hows in a sinuous course from north to south 
 through the eastern half of the township. 
 Originally its banks and the lands adjacent 
 were heavily timbered with black walnut trees. ■ 
 The bottom lands along the creek are especially 
 fertile, but these places are frequently over- 
 flowed in seasons of freshet, causing the loss 
 of a crop occasionally. All the older men now 
 living here remember the freshet in Septem- 
 ber. 1866, when cattle, sheep and hogs were 
 drowned, and haystacks and small sheds and 
 buildings were floated and carried down the 
 stream. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 453 
 
 Jeremiah Curtis, a native of Hartford, 
 Cmnecticut, was the first settler in this town- 
 ship. He arrived in Berkshire in 1805. but 
 soon after he purchased a section of land on 
 Yankee Street from Colonel I'.yxbe, upon 
 which he located in 1806. I lis land was on the 
 Big Walnut near the oxbow head of the creek. 
 At that time Chillicothe was the nearest milling 
 point, so Curtis built a mill, and still-house, 
 which was a great convenience to the settlers. 
 In 181 1 he moved to Marietta, tor the protec- 
 tion of his family during the war which was 
 impending, and which he believed was sure 
 to come. He died June 21. 18 13. Later his 
 son. who became the Hon. John Curtis, came 
 hack with the family to the farm in this town- 
 ship. He was ten years old when the family 
 first came to Ohio, and became a prominent 
 and influential man who was sought for po- 
 sitions of responsibility. John Williams, who 
 was a local preacher in the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, came here and erected a cabin on 
 the hill where the covered bridge crosses the 
 Big Walnut, and the following summer 
 brought his wife and ten children to their new 
 home. He was a devout man. and like the 
 apostle Paul, worked with his hands while 
 he preached. His first sermon in this neigh- 
 borhood was preached in Joseph Latshaw's 
 cabin. He died five years after coming here 
 his son William joined a part of the army, in 
 1812. that was on its way to Fort Meigs, and 
 fought the British and Indians there under 
 Harrison. When the war was over he re- 
 turned to the township and settled near his 
 father's farm. Thomas, another son. had .1 
 farm nearby on the Creek. His oldesl son, 
 James, was the first white child born in Genoa 
 Township. A Xew Englander by the name of 
 Joseph Latshaw came here in 1807 from Berk- 
 shire Township. His farm was in the north- 
 ern part of the township, southwest of Galena 
 In the latter part of the same year, David 
 Weeks emigrated from Saratoga County, Xew 
 York, and located in the northern part of 
 the township. William Cox. a Pennsylvanian, 
 also came into the township that year. He lo- 
 cated in the oxbow bend of the Big Walnut. 
 where he resided until his death. The next 
 
 year, 1808, Marcus Curtis, a brother of Jere- 
 miah Curtis, and Elisha Newell came with 
 their families from Connecticut. Curtis bought 
 681 acres of land in the northeastern part of 
 the township, on Yankee Street. He soon be- 
 gan to make brick from the clay which he 
 found on his farm, and erected the first brick 
 structure in the township. He also introduced 
 short-horn cattle into the township. He 
 bought his brother's saw- and grist-mill and 
 operated them both for a time, but as this ven- 
 ture was not successful he disposed of the 
 mill to Hezekiah Roberts. The same year. 
 Alexander Smith came from Pennsylvania and 
 settled in the central part of the township. 
 He became a prominent citizen. He was a 
 successful farmer, held township offices and 
 was an elder in the Presbvterian Church. 
 
 In 1809 Elisha Bennett came here from 
 Pennsylvania. When it was decided to set 
 off and organize the present township of 
 Genoa, it was he who suggested the name 
 which was adopted. His farm was near Max- 
 well Corners. One of the early settlers was 
 Jonas Carter, but it is not known just when 
 he came from Xew England. He settled on 
 the Big Walnut, hut after clearing a small 
 part of his farm, he sold it to Jonathan Dyer 
 and went to Indiana. 
 
 In the spring of 1810 Hezekiah Roberts 
 came to this township from Pennsylvania and 
 bought Joseph Latshaw's farm. He was a 
 blacksmith, and he set up the first shop for 
 that kind of work in this region. He was one 
 of the first farmers to raise flax. He bought 
 the old Copeland mill and moved it to the 
 west side of the creek, where he ran it for a 
 number of years. His son, later familiarly 
 known as "Long John" Roberts, was the sec- 
 ond white child horn in the township. When 
 his father was no lunger able to follow his 
 trade. John succeeded to the business, which 
 he carried on for forty years. Fulrad See- 
 bring also came to tin- township in 1810. His 
 farm was located on the Big Walnut, about 
 midway of the township from north to south. 
 The same year Ary Hendricks located on a 
 farm southwest of Galena, and Thomas Harris 
 and his son-in-law Henry Bennett came here. 
 
454 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 They came here from Hocking County, to 
 which they had emigrated from Pennsylvania 
 in 1805. Three years later they settled in 
 what is now Harlem Township, and in 1810 
 came over into this township, and located on 
 Yankee Street. Thomas Harris lived to be 
 one hundred years and six months old. His 
 son Samuel was frozen to death in his wagon 
 on his return from hauling provisions to the 
 soldiers at the north. Byxbe Rogers, who had 
 served during the entire, seven years of trie 
 Revolution, came here in 1810, from Knox 
 County, to which he had emigrated the pre- 
 vious year from Pennsylvania. He was largely 
 influential in bringing about the establishment 
 of the township of Genoa. His death oc- 
 curred in 1825. The first shoemaker in the 
 township was Jacob Clauson, who came from 
 the Keystone State in 1810. He found that 
 there was not enough work here to keep him 
 busy at his trade, and so after a short time he 
 closed up his shop and went to Franklin- 
 ton. While looking lor work there, he as- 
 sisted in raising the first log cabin upon the 
 site where the city of Columbus now stands. 
 He found work as hard to get in Franklinton 
 as in Genoa, so he came back here, cleared a 
 piece of ground and followed farming as long 
 as he lived. 
 
 Johnson Pelton and Sylvester Hough came 
 into this township in 1812, and settled just 
 south of Galena. Another of the early fami- 
 lies to come in here was the Mitchum family 
 from Xew England. The husband and father 
 died at Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, while 
 enroute, but the family continued the journey 
 until they reached Genoa. An interesting story 
 is told of Hines Mitchum, one of the family. 
 He was a very religious man, and used to 
 journey to great distances, for the purpose of 
 participating in the church exercises. More- 
 over, he was an excellent singer, and his pres- 
 ence was often sought, and always appreciated. 
 There was a quarterly meeting (it will be seen 
 by this that he was a good Methodist) to be 
 held at the little town of Westerville, on a 
 certain evening, and as the meeting was to 
 close with singing and other appropriate exer- 
 cises, he was cordially invited to attend, and 
 on the afternoon preceding the evening of the I 
 
 clay on which it was to be held, he started for 
 Westerville. At that time, a dense woods 
 stretched away for miles in every direction, 
 and there was not even an Indian trail lead- 
 ing- from the settlement on the Big Walnut, 
 in Genoa Township, to the town of Wester- 
 ville. But Mitchum, trusting in his knowledge 
 of the woods, started in the direction of the 
 town. Dusk found him quite a distance from 
 his destination, and he was plodding along, 
 unmindful of the shadows that were creeping 
 down upon him, when he was startled by a 
 long howl, which set the blood curdling to his 
 very heart. He knew that sound too well to be 
 mistaken. It was the hungry famished cry 
 of the gray wolf. Soon he heard the same 
 cry at the north, then at the south and from 
 every direction. He knew that he was sur- 
 rounded, that he had not a moment to lose, so, 
 selecting a tree that stood near, he was soon 
 hidden among its branches, and none too soon, 
 for scarcely had he seated himself on one of the 
 limbs, than, with a mighty bound, a huge wolf 
 sprang upon the spot he had just vacated. In 
 a short time, the entire pack assembled at the 
 bottom of the tree, and expressed their disap- 
 pointment in howls of baffled rage. Mitchum 
 appreciated the fact that he was in rather an 
 uncomfortable position. Night was last ap- 
 proaching, and the idea of remaining in that 
 tree until the next morning was anything but 
 pleasant. Suddenly the thought struck him 
 that he would sing. The idea was certainly 
 a novel one. but worth the attempt, so striking 
 up one of his familiar airs, he poured forth 
 the notes in his most melodious strains. He 
 had sung but a short time, when he was sur- 
 prised to find that the wolves had ceased howl- 
 ing, and thus encouraged, he continued sing- 
 ing, while they all sneaked off. Whether they 
 left in disgust, or felt the overpowering influ- 
 ence of his voice, he never said, but it is related 
 that when he arrived at Westerville, just alter 
 the meeting closed, he gave an account of his 
 experience by saying that he had just come 
 from a praise meeting, where the voices were 
 naturally strong, but needed cultivation. 
 
 About 1 81 2 Lanson Gooding and Com- 
 fort Penny located on the ridge. The former 
 was from Pennsvlvania and the latter from 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 455 
 
 the East. Penny was one of the first teach- 
 ers in the township. John Roberts settled on 
 Yankee Street before the War of t8i2. He 
 served under Harrison at the siege of Fort 
 Meigs, and returned to his farm on the Big 
 Walnut at the close of the war. The first 
 physician in the township was a Dr. Duell, 
 who came at an early date. Dr. Skeels was 
 another early settler. William Hall, a na- 
 tive of the Green Mountain State, came to 
 Ohio at an early date. He served in the War 
 of [812, and after his discharge, he married 
 Polly Curtis, in 1815, and settled on the Curtis 
 farm, where he spent the remainder of his life. 
 Other earlv settlers were Joseph Linnabury. 
 win 1 emigrated from Pennsylvania and settled 
 in the south central part of the township. 
 From 1816 to 1819 a number of families came 
 into the township, among whom we can men- 
 tion Dr. Eleazer Copeland and George Cope- 
 land. Diadatus Keeler, who introduced fine- 
 wooled sheep and the China and Berkshire 
 breeds of hogs into the township. Jacob Hart- 
 burn, Abraham Wells, E. Washburn, Roswell 
 Cooke and the Dusenbury family were among 
 those who came about the period mentioned. 
 Rev. E. Washburn, a Presbyterian minister, 
 became universally beloved. The people 
 of this township have continued up to the 
 present time to keep abreast of the progress 
 of the age, making Genoa Township the peer 
 of any other township in the County. 
 
 Present Township Officials ( 1908). — H. C. 
 Young and D. M. Nedds, justices of the 
 peace; G. A. Brehm and C. F. Freeman, 
 trustees; G. M. Plumb, assessor; P. P. Ingals, 
 treasurer; Asa E. Ulrey, clerk; A. E. McLeod 
 and M. A. Fichtelman, constables; S. Bevel- 
 hymer. ditch supervisor. 
 
 HARLEM TOWNSHIP. 
 
 (Ill preparing this sketch we have made free us*e of 
 an article written many years ago by the late Hon. 
 J. R. Hubbell.) 
 
 This township was named for that portion 
 of New York City known as Harlem, which 
 was given that name by the earlv Dutch set- 
 
 tlers of that region in honor of a prosperous 
 city of that name in their native land. This 
 township contains even 16,000 acres of land, 
 and is known and designated on the map of 
 the United States Military Lands as Town- 
 ship No. 3 and Range 16. 
 
 The origin of these Military Lands is ex- 
 plained in the chapter devoted to the settlement 
 and organization of the county. It is bounded 
 on the north by Trenton Township ; on the 
 east by Monroe Township, Licking County ; 
 on the south by Plain Township, Franklin 
 County, and on the west by Genoa Township. 
 Of the larger streams running southward 
 through Delaware County not one touches 
 Harlem Township, but notwithstanding this 
 fact, this township is well watered. Large 
 runs and brooks, supplied by springs and 
 spring runs. How from the east line of the 
 township, in a south-westerly direction, to Big 
 Walnut Creek. Among these we may men- 
 tion Spruce Run and Duncan Run. A few- 
 rods distant from the north line and about a 
 mile and a half from the northwest corner 
 of the township, is located a sulphur spring, 
 on a farm that was long known as the "Dustin 
 Farm." The character and water of this spring 
 have been declared by competent chemists to 
 be strongly impregnated with sulphur and 
 magnesia, and other minerals, and is very simi- 
 lar in quality to the water of the White Sul- 
 phur Springs of the Scioto, and the Sulphur 
 Springs at Delaware. The land in this town- 
 ship is almost uniformly level. Near the 
 mouth of Duncan Run and the mouth of the 
 Spruce, there is some rolling land; but of the 
 eighteen townships of Delaware County, this 
 in the character of the soil is most uniform. 
 The soil is a deep black loam, and very pro- 
 ductive; the general yield of all cereal and 
 vegetable products in this township is much 
 above the average, compared with other town- 
 ships of the county. There is no waste land 
 in the township. The timber in its native for- 
 est was luxuriant. Upon the high and rolling 
 land was white oak. ash, sugar maple, hicl 
 and beech, but the level lands were covered 
 with burr-oak, white elm and black ash. 
 Stock-raising has received considerable atten- 
 
456 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tion here. Almost the entire population is 
 engaged in fanning. There is little if any 
 manufacturing. There are no mines, no 
 canals, navigable streams or railroads nor any 
 important town. Along and near the lower 
 part of Duncan Run there are extensive stone 
 quarries, which produce Waverly stone of the 
 very best quality, but on account of the lack of 
 transportation facilities, they have been worked 
 but little. 
 
 There seems to be more certainty regard- 
 ing the early settlers in this township than of 
 the settlers in most of the other townships 
 in the county. In 1803 a man named Duncan 
 purchased Section 3 from the patentee, but 
 failed to pay the purchase money, and in 1807, 
 the sheriff of Franklin County sold the entire 
 4,000 acres at public auction to Benjamin 
 Cook, Esq., for forty-two cents per acre. An 
 amusing incident, illustrating the shrewdness 
 and caution of this early pioneer, is quite ap- 
 propriate in this connection. Among the New 
 England families who emigrated to Ohio in 
 1805-06, was Mr. Cook, who came to Gran- 
 ville from Connecticut. While living there, 
 he learned that this tract of land was to be 
 sold to the highest bidder by the sheriff. He 
 immediately prepared himself with the neces- 
 sary funds, as lie supposed, to make the pur- 
 chase. The terms of sale were cash in hand. 
 He was compelled to keep his money upon ins 
 person, to be read)- to make the purchase, in 
 case he became the lucky bidder; and then 
 again, he was going among strangers and was 
 liable to be robbed. He dressed himself, foi 
 In- own protection, in old clothes covered with 
 patches and rags, permitted his beard to grow 
 long, and put on a dirtier shirt than usual; 
 in short, he presented an appearance of 
 wretchedness and poverty. Beneath his rags 
 ami patche- lie concealed his treasure. No 
 one suspected that he had any money or was 
 other than a beggar, and when lie commenced 
 tii bid. the rival bidders ceased their compe- 
 tition. They supposed his bidding was a farce. 
 and that he could not pay for the land if it 
 was struck- off to him. In this shrewd trans- 
 act ion, he illustrated the true Yankee char- 
 acter, to the amusement of those he outwitted. 
 
 He paid the sheriff the purchase money, ob- 
 tained his deed, and immediately moved by 
 way of Berkshire onto his new purchase. He 
 kept five hundred acres of this tract, selling 
 the balance to Colonel Moses Byxbe. He was 
 the first settler in the township, and when he 
 moved upon his claim, there was not even a 
 cabin upon it, and until one was built, his 
 family occupied an Indian shanty. Mr. Cook 
 died in 1839. He was the first justice of the 
 peace of the township, and held other official 
 positions with honor and credit. Calvin Tracy 
 Cook was the first white child born in 1 larlem 
 Township. His birth occurred in 1808, and he 
 died in 1831. The oldest child of Benjamin 
 Cook was Benajah S. Cook, who was born in 
 Connecticut in 1794, and was brought by his 
 father to Harlem, where he married and set- 
 tled on a large farm near his father's home- 
 stead. He was a great hunter in his day. 
 
 Stephen Thompson, who was a squatter, 
 was the next settler in the township. He 
 came here in 1808. He came with his parents 
 when quite young, and before the American 
 Revolution, from Ireland. The family settled 
 in Pennsylvania. Me was a drum-major in the 
 Revolution. At about the same time, a num- 
 ber of families came to this count}- from the 
 same part of Pennsylvania — the Wyoming 
 Valley. In 1S09, Rev. Daniel Bennett and 
 family settled in 1 larlem on a farm near the 
 center of the township. He was a local 
 preacher and led an exemplary lite. His wife 
 was a Miss Adams, the sister of Elijah Adams, 
 w In 1 for many years was a squire. Rev. 
 Adams's oldest daughter married B. Roberts, 
 who settled in Centerville, probably nearly 
 eighty years ago. Their oldest daughter be- 
 came the wife of the late C. B. Paul, of Dela- 
 ware. Mr. Paul filled several of the Harlem 
 Township and county offices. He was the 
 largest landholder in the township at one time. 
 Before the Civil war, he served as count)- com- 
 missioner, and the first year of the war he was 
 elected county treasurer, and held this office 
 four years. 
 
 Two brothers, Elijah and John Adams, 
 came to Harlem in 1809. Fie bought a cabin 
 of Stephen Thompson, west of the Bennett 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 457 
 
 farm. He married Desire Cook, the daughter 
 
 of Benajah Cook, and raised a large family. 
 His oldest son, Abraham Adams, was admitted 
 to the Bar, but died soon after at his residence 
 in Columbus. Another son, Elijah B. Adams, 
 was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity, just previous to the war. He enlisted as 
 a private but soon rose to the rank of captain. 
 Early in the war he had all the fingers on his 
 right hand cut off by a sabre in the hands of a 
 rebel officer. Unable longer to perform active 
 service, he entered the invalid corps, where he 
 remained until the close of the war. In [872 
 he was elected county recorder and re-elected 
 in 1S75. -^e gave the people of the county 
 a satisfactory administration of the office, ana 
 upon his retirement in 1879. he removed to 
 Columbus. Another brother, John Adams, 
 was a justice of the peace in Harlem, but re- 
 moved to Colorado. 
 
 William Fancher, with his wife and a large 
 famly. emigrated from Luzerne County, Penn- 
 sylvania, in 1810. They bought about 1,000 
 acres of land in the southern part of the town- 
 ship. He was a veteran of the Revolution, 
 and a number of his sons served in the second 
 war with England. The family was promi- 
 nent and highly esteemed among the early 
 settlers. About the same time, and from the 
 same part of Pennsylvania, X. B. Waters and 
 family came to Harlem Township. After re- 
 siding here for several years, the}- removed 
 to Fairfield County, where they resided for 
 about eighteen years. They then returned to 
 this county, settling in the northern part of 
 Radnor Township. Here Mr. Waters die 1 
 in 1858. His wife was a Miss Cary, a sister 
 of the wife of Squire Adams. 1 lis son. Benja- 
 min C. Waters, married a daughter of Colonel 
 William Budd. about 1846. He was a black- 
 smith for several years in the village of Har- 
 lem. He served as justice of the pe ice, and in 
 i860 he was elected sheriff, and was re-elected 
 in 1862. In the latter part of the Civil war 
 he was provost marshal for the count}-, and 
 for several years United States mail agent on 
 the route from Cincinnati to Cleveland. He 
 was elected probate judge in [872. Though 
 not a trained lawyer, he had acquired consider- 
 
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 able knowledge of the law, and his native g 
 
 sense and judgment enabled him to perform 
 the duties of the office in a manner satisfactory 
 to all. 
 
 Among the early and most numerous of 
 the pioneer families, is that of John Budd, 
 who emigrated from the Wyoming Valley in 
 1810, and settled upon a large tract of several 
 hundred acres, situated in the west part of 
 the township, on Duncan Run. This family 
 by marriage was connected with all the earlj 
 families of this township. When Mr. Budd 
 came to Ohio, he was well advanced in years, 
 ami all his sons were young men grown 
 Their names were Benjamin, Eli. John and 
 William. We may not give their names in 
 chronological order of birth. Benjamin Budd 
 settled east of his father, cleared up a farm, 
 but in a few years afterward he sold his farm 
 and moved to Indiana with his famly. His 
 brother, Eli, settled on a farm farther east, 
 cleared it up, and about the same time sold out 
 and moved to Indiana. The elder Mr. Budd 
 died on the old homestead he helped to im 
 prove in the early days, and his son, William. 
 by purchase and inheritance, became the owner 
 of the old homestead property. His son. 
 John, or Dr. John Budd, the cognomen 1>\ 
 which he was known,' purchased from his fa- 
 ther for $250, 100 acres of land situated north 
 of the village of Buddtown, as it is called, 
 where he settled and lived until his death 
 in 1872. Soon after his father settled in 
 Harlem, he married. Mary Adams, sister of 
 Elijah and John Adams. They had several 
 children. He was a botanical physician. 
 While he never went to college, he had prac- 
 tical common sense, and never undertook to 
 do in his profession anything beyond his skill. 
 He was amiable, kind-hearted and a good citi- 
 zen. William, who was better known as 
 Colonel Budd, was something of a character, 
 he had dash and enterprise, owned and ran a 
 mill, kept store, carried on farming on a large 
 scale, dealt in stock, and had a taste for mili- 
 tary and political life. He was colonel of a 
 regiment in the peace establishment, and had 
 a great taste for litigation, lie sometimes en- 
 gaged in legal practice in the justice courts. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 His wife was a sister of Elijah Adams. They 
 reared a large family. Colonel Budd left a 
 large estate. Upon his death, his eldest son. 
 James Budd, became the .owner of the old 
 homestead, consisting of several hundred acres, 
 to which he made additions until he became 
 the largest land owner in the township, and 
 one of the largest in the county. James Budd 
 was very much like his father, generous and 
 kind-hearted. For many years he was exten- 
 sively engaged in the stock business, and at 
 the close of the Civil war, met with heavy 
 pecuniary losses, sold his farm and moved 
 West. The oldest daughter married Major 
 Jesse C. Tull. He was a native of New York, 
 and when a young man, came to Ohio and was 
 employed as a school teacher in Harlem. Alter 
 his marriage, he was an active business man. 
 dividing his time between agricultural and 
 mercantile pursuits. He later moved to Co- 
 lumbus and engaged in the hotel business. 
 Am ther daughter became the wife of Judge 
 B. C. Waters 
 
 Another early settler in this township was 
 Benamin M. Fairchild, who emigrated from 
 Bennington, Vermont, in 1808 or 1809. For 
 many years he was employed by Benajah 
 Cook to work on the farm. He was a mill- 
 wright and mechanic, but being a natural 
 genius, he was successful at any work he 
 undertook. About the beginning of the War 
 of 1812, he was married, and at this time sent 
 for his brother Shuman and family to come 
 from Vermont. He was able by industry and 
 economy to purchase a 150-acre farm. He 
 built several grist and saw-mills, and opened 
 up several stone quarries on Duncan Run, 
 which he had purchased from Coloned Byxbe. 
 He gave the stone for the Central College. 
 In 1878 he died at an advanced age. Shuman 
 settled on a farm adjoining his brother's farm 
 on the south. He died without heirs, and left 
 his estate to his wife and relatives, except 
 $1,500, which he donated to the church 
 
 George Fix was an early settler coming 
 into the township a number of years later than 
 those we have mentioned. About [812 Con- 
 rad Wickizer came from Berks County, Penn- 
 sylvania, and settled in the southeastern part 
 
 of the township. The Mann family — Thomas, 
 Eleazer, Abijah and Gordon Mann — were 
 among the early settlers. Daniel Hunt was 
 another. He came from Washington County, 
 Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm about a 
 mile east of Centerville, about 1835. He was 
 an industrious and successful man, but his 
 kindness in such matters as bail debts led him 
 into financial straits. He was justice of the 
 peace for several years and a member oi the 
 Disciples' Church. 
 
 About eighty years ago John Hanover and 
 family came into the township from Ohio 
 County, West Virginia. And about the same 
 time Elam Blain, a Pennsylvanian, settled on 
 a new farm on Spruce Run. He was an in- 
 telligent but unassuming man. He was jus- 
 tice of the peace for fifteen years, and held 
 other township offices. He raised a large 
 family. Another settler of this period and in 
 this neighborhood was John Miller. He was 
 one of the pioneers who helped to clear up 
 the township. He died in 1880 past eighty 
 years of age, leaving numerous descendants. 
 Jonathan Bateson, a brother-in-law of Daniel 
 Hunt, came here about the same time as Hunt. 
 He also for several years was a justice of 
 the peace. He and Hunt married sisters by 
 the name of McClelland. In 1839 Nathan 
 Paul settled on a farm of about 400 acres 
 about half a mile east of Centerville. He was 
 intelligent, enterprising and thrifty. He mar- 
 ried a Miss Bell and had two sous and a daugh- 
 ter. He died in 1850 at the age of forty-one. 
 leaving a large estate. Among other promi- 
 nent settlers who have many descendants in 
 the township at the present time were Thomas, 
 Joseph, David and John Gorsuch, and a 
 glance at the list of township officers will show 
 that this is a prominent name. We Have 
 given all the data regarding the early set- 
 tlement of the township that we have been able 
 to secure at this late date, and of course, it is 
 beyond the scope of a work of this kind to at- 
 tempt to go into details of the present popula- 
 tion, which alone would make a large volume. 
 
 The township contains two villages. Cen- 
 terville. situated at the center of the township, 
 was laid out bv Edward Hartrain and Ben 
 
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 Roberts in 1848. The following year Harlem 
 Village was laid out by Amos Washburn and 
 James Budd. 
 
 The Township officials for 1908, as re- 
 ported to the county auditor, are : Samuel 
 Gorsuch and J. W. Pace, justice of the peace; 
 W. F. Hill, Seth Gorsuch and Ross Gorsuch, 
 trustees; H. M. Cockrell. clerk; Dr. N. Gor- 
 such, treasurer; I. D. Williams, assessor; A. 
 A. Grove and G. E. Gorsuch, constables. 
 
 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 This township was set off June 8, 181 3, 
 and is designated as No. 5 in the original 
 survey. It is five miles square, and contains 
 16.000 acres of land. It is bounded on the 
 north by Morrow County; mi the east by Por- 
 ter Township ; on the south by Berkshire 
 Township, and on the west by Brown. The 
 surface of the land is generally quite level, 
 though in the southern and eastern portions it 
 is more undulating. As in other parts of the 
 county, the most fertile lands are those which 
 border the streams. While the grain crops do 
 well in this township, the general character of 
 the soil makes it better adapted for grass and 
 grazing than for growing crops. Originally 
 the land was heavily wooded with all the varie- 
 ties of hardwoods that grow in this part of the 
 State. The rich bottom lands were covered 
 with spice bush, black haws and paw-paw 
 underbrush ; wild plums, grapes and crab ap- 
 ples also grew spontaneously and in great 
 abundance. These constituted all the luxuries 
 of the early pioneers and in most cases were 
 all he desired. These fruits, besides being used 
 fresh in various ways, were also dried for 
 use in the winter season, or preserved in maple 
 sugar, this and wild honey being the only 
 sweetening they had. Young horses and cattle 
 were often wintered in these swails. and man- 
 aged somehow to come through without grain 
 or dry feed. The hogs were allowed to run 
 at large, at first without brands or ear-marks, 
 and these fed and fattened on acorn and 
 beech-nut mast. In a few years these animals 
 had increased so rapidly that they came to be 
 regarded as public property, and anyone feel- 
 
 ing in need of pork was at liberty to help him- 
 self. 
 
 Kingston is amply supplied with springs 
 and streams of pure water, sufficient for home 
 use and tor stock. Alum Creek is the largest 
 stream and runs across the northwestern cor- 
 ner of the township. Little Walnut Creek is 
 the next stream in size. It enters the township 
 on the north about a mile and a half west of 
 the north-east corner. It runs in a southerly 
 direction, dividing the township into two 
 nearly equal parts. It has numerous small 
 tributaries, which are helpful in draining the 
 township. Other streams are Butler Run, 
 west of and nearly parallel with Little Walnut , 
 Indigo Run is in the northeastern part of the 
 township, and Taylor Run flows in the south- 
 eastern portion. Butler Swamp, the source of 
 the run of that name, took its name from a 
 man named Butler, who settled near it in 
 1807. It was supposed that this land would 
 never be fit for farming, but clearing up and 
 drainage has demonstrated the fact that it is 
 not only tillable, but very fertile. 
 
 John Phipps was the first settler in this 
 township. He came about 1807. and located 
 in the southeastern part of the township, on 
 or near Little Walnut. Little is known of him 
 because he remained here only a short time 
 before he returned East with his family. The 
 same year, two brothers, Abraham and James 
 Anway. came from Pennsylvania and set- 
 tled in the same part of the township where 
 Phipps had been. They raised large families. 
 Soon after these men came George Hess from 
 the same State, and located in the same neigh- 
 borhood. He lived on the farm which he 
 cleared until his death in 1835. He was mar- 
 ried but had no children. The property after- 
 wards was owned by Ceptor Stark. In 1809 
 came James Stark, Ji ihn Rosecrans and his 
 four sons. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and John; 
 Dr. Daniel Rosecrans and his four sons. Na- 
 thaniel. Jacob, Purlemas and Crandall, and Jo- 
 seph Patrick ami wife. James Stark selected 
 a farm of about 200 acres in the eastern part 
 of the township. For many years he enter- 
 tained travelers at bis house, which was the 
 only hotel or tavern ever kept in the town- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ship. The Sunbury and Mansfield roads 
 crossed on his farm, and the locality came to 
 have the name of Stark's Corners. He mar- 
 ried a Miss Wilcox before coming here, whose 
 family connection was very numerous, and he, 
 having the confidence of a very wide acquaint- 
 ance, was able to induce many settlers to come 
 into the county. By a former marriage he had 
 three daughters. One married a Mr. Perfect, 
 of Trenton Township; one married Dr. Bige- 
 Iow, of Galena, and the third married Benja- 
 min Carpenter of the same town. They all 
 had large families. By his second marriage he 
 had one son, James N. Stark, who at one 
 time owned two thousand acres of farm lands 
 in Kingston and Porter Townships. Joseph 
 Patrick was a remarkable man, having unusual 
 intellectual ability, but he was afflicted with 
 an impediment in his speech. He was well 
 versed in history, and was successful as a busi- 
 ness man. He accummulated a large fortune 
 for his day, and by honest methods. Among 
 the positions of trust with which he was hon- 
 ored was that of county treasurer. He re- 
 moved to Berkshire Township at an early day. 
 He married Sarah Taylor, daughter of Daniel 
 Taylor, who emigrated from the Wyoming 
 Valley in Pennsylvania, and settled in the 
 southeastern part of the township on the run 
 which later was railed by his name. 
 
 Dr. Daniel Rosecrans first located on Lit- 
 tle Walnut Creek'. Later he sold this and 
 bought a farm on Taylor's Run. lie was the 
 firsl justice of the peace in the township. His 
 son Crandall married Jemima Hopkins, who 
 was related to Stephen Hopkins, one of the 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
 They had three sons, the eldesl of whom was 
 Major- General William Stark- Rosecrans. who 
 won fame as a general in the war for the 
 Union. A sketch of him will be found in the 
 chapter devoted to the military history of the 
 county. Sylvester, another of the sons, also 
 became distinguished, but in a different sphere. 
 After graduating from Wesl Point, lie joined 
 the Roman Catholic Church, went to Rome 
 for his theological training, became a bishop 
 and was placed in charge of the Diocese of 
 Columbus, lie was noted Ei r hi- great execu- 
 
 tive ability, his scholarship and his eloquence 
 in the pulpit. 
 
 Previous to our second struggle with 
 England, Solomon Steward, who had served 
 in the Revolution, came here from the Green 
 Mountain State. In 181 5 he married Xancy 
 White, a sister of Mrs. Benjamin Benedict, 
 ami soon alter settled in Porter Township. 
 In 1812 Peter Van Sickle came with his young 
 family from New Jersey. He located on land 
 in the southernmost part of the township west 
 of Little Walnut. He had two sons, William 
 G. and Asa, and four daughters. The oldest 
 daughter married Hon. Almon Stark, who for 
 years was an associate judge of our Common 
 Pleas Court. The youngest daughter became 
 the wife of R. J. Lott. At his death Peter 
 Van Sickle left quite an estate, besides giving 
 his children much financial help as they started 
 out in life. In 1814 two brothers, Richard 
 and Charles Hodgden, emigrated from Con- 
 necticut and settled in this township. They 
 "bached" it for a while together. Finally 
 Richard married a Miss Place and Charles 
 married a Miss Blackman. and after she died 
 he married a Miss Brockover and moved to 
 Union County. John White, from West Vir- 
 ginia, also came here in J 814. He purchased 
 1,000 acres of land, the northeast quarter of 
 Section 1. He had a large family, some of 
 whom had reached maturity, and these soon 
 married and settled in the neighborhood. Mr. 
 White immediately became prominent and in- 
 fluential in the township. John Van Sickle 
 a cousin <if Peter Van Sickle came into t\v 
 township about 1815. Both these men brought 
 sufficient means with them to enable them to 
 have such comforts and conveniences as were 
 possible under pioneer conditions. John Van 
 Sickle married Susannah Wicker, who was a 
 native of the same county in New Jersey. 
 They bad eight children, all of whom were 
 married and reared families. David was a 
 farmer in Kingston; Peter had a farm in Por- 
 ter Township; William W. resided in Dela- 
 ware; Elizabeth married George Blaney, of 
 Porter Township; Mary married Charles Wil 
 cox. of Porter; Esther married a Mr. Knox, 
 and spent her life in Trenton Township; Dru 
 
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 silla married Dr. H. Bessee, and Jane married 
 Lewis Buck, of Morrow County. John Van 
 Sickle carried on farming on a large scale. 
 Upon arriving at age, each of the children re- 
 ceived from him 100 acres of land. He built 
 a (lam and a grist- and saw-mill near Sunbury, 
 and carried this on along with his farming. 
 He was a consistent and active member of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and with Dr. Fowler'; 
 father was one of the founders and main-stays 
 of the Old Blue Church at East Liberty. He 
 spent his declining years in that village. Ben- 
 jamin Benedict settled on a 150-acre farm 
 about one mile below the center of the town, 
 on Little Walnut in 1S15. He married a 
 daughter of John White. They had two sons. 
 Nelson and Sturgis. Benjamin Benedict died 
 in 1877, at the advanced age of eighty-eight 
 years. He was highly esteemed by his neigh- 
 bors for his industrious and honorable life. 
 In 181G a man named Waldron also came into 
 the township. He was from Xew York. His 
 four sons were George, who lived in Brown 
 Township ; Richard, William and Jonas. The 
 next year Joseph Lott came from Luzerne 
 countv. Pennsylvania, and settled on the East 
 Branch of Little Walnut Creek. He reared 
 two sons and two daughters. Riley T. and 
 Josiah were farmers in Kingston. His oldest 
 daughter became Mrs. William G. Van Sickle, 
 and Eliza, the youngest daughter, married 
 Ezekiel Longwell. In 1817, also, John Hall 
 h cated on a wild tract of 100 acres on the 
 Little Walnut. He married one of the daugh- 
 ters of John White, from whom he had pur- 
 chased his farm. They had four children. 
 Mrs. John J. Wilcox was their only daughter. 
 William, their oldest son, went to Iowa where 
 he practiced law. George W. also went West, 
 where he engaged in farming, and John W. 
 made his home in Delaware. Hiram Cuyken- 
 dall, a veteran of both wars with England, 
 settled on a farm in this township in [820. 
 He died nearly seventy years ago at a great 
 age. Tin imas and James Carney, two broth- 
 ers, came from Luzerne County. Pennsylvania, 
 Thomas in 1820 and James in 1823. They 
 were both hard workers and set about clear- 
 ing farms. Thomas married one of the Lott 
 
 girls, and James brought his wife, who was 
 Jane Ostrander beforeJier marriage, with him 
 to the township. Both brothers raised fami- 
 lies. Moses Decker came from New Jersey to 
 Kingston in 1820. He settled in the eastern 
 part of the township, near his brother-in-law, 
 Isaac Einch, who had preceded him from the 
 same State. Mr. Decker was a soldier in the 
 War of 1 812, was the first postmaster of 
 Kingston, a justice of the peace for a number 
 of years, and prominent and well known 
 throughout the county. He married a daugh- 
 ter of Hiram Cuvkendall. Moses Decker was 
 a carpenter and millwright, and built many of 
 the early mills in the county. The first frame 
 barn in the township was built by Elder Wig- 
 ton on his farm. It was framed, raised and 
 completed by Mr. Decker. It was a never- 
 failing custom in those days to serve liquor of 
 some kind, usually whiskey, at all raisings. 
 On this occasion Mr. Decker forbade that any 
 liquor be brought on the ground. It was 
 thought that failure to provide this energizer 
 would result in the people staying away, but 
 help enough came, and the first attempt at 
 raising the barn was successful. This was in 
 1827, and while the structure that was erected 
 on that occasion has long since crumbled into 
 dust, Mr. Decker"s influence for temperance is 
 still at work, and Kingston still holds the 
 reputation it long ago earned for the temper- 
 ance and sobriety of its inhabitants. Mr. 
 Decker lived to be upwards of ninety, and left 
 numerous descendants in the county. Oliver 
 Stark came from Pennsylvania to Kingston in 
 1825, being then twenty-four years of age. 
 Four years later he married the first white 
 child born in Kingston Township. Eliza Pat- 
 rick, the daughter of Joseph Patrick. Oliver 
 Stark was successful and prominent in his 
 day. He was justice of the peace for twenty- 
 one years, and served as county commissioner 
 for three years from 1846-49. He left a 
 large estate when he died, which was shared by 
 a number of descendants. 
 
 Other early settlers were Gilbert I '■ 
 and family who came from West Virginia in 
 1817, and purchased John Hall's first farm 
 from him. A few years later, William Gas- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ton, his brother-in-law, came from the same 
 county and settled near by. He was followed 
 within a few years by his brother John Gaston. 
 The district where they settled came to be 
 known as the "Virginia District." Daniel 
 Maxwell, who by his first marriage with one 
 of the Earns sisters, was a brother-in-law of 
 the Gastons and Potter, settled on a farm near 
 the center of the township. He married for 
 his second wife, a Miss Haslett. He was a 
 typical Virginia gentleman, intelligent, a con- 
 sistent member of the Presbyterian Church, 
 who was held in high esteem. For twenty 
 years before his death he filled the office of 
 justice of the peace, in which office he was 
 succeeded by his son, William H. Maxwell. 
 James Gaston, a native of the Emerald Isle 
 and a relative of the Gastons we have men- 
 tioned, also settled in the "Virginia District." 
 Elder Thomas Wigton came here from Penn- 
 sylvania in 1814, and settled on a hundred 
 acres near the center of the township. He was 
 a local preacher in the Baptist Church, but 
 being broad-minded and tolerant of the views 
 of others, he was popular with members of 
 other churches than his own, for whom he 
 often preached. In 1834 John Haslett came to 
 Kingston from Augusta County, Virginia. He 
 purchased 150 acres from Isaac Rosecrans in 
 the east part of the township. He was a local 
 preacher in the Methodist Church. Of good 
 mental ability, kindly disposition, noted foi 
 his southern hospitality, he was an enthusias- 
 tic and effective preacher. In 1834 Henry 
 Sheets with his large and grown-up family 
 settled in the woods in the northwestern part 
 of the township. He had seven sons, the 
 youngest of whom, Jacob Sheets, was for 
 many years a justice of the peace. In 1824 
 Daniel Terrill immigrated to Kingston Town- 
 ship and settled on a farm in the southwest 
 quarter-section. He was from Essex County, 
 Xew Jersey. 
 
 Representatives of nearly all the nationali- 
 ties that helped to establish the original thir- 
 teen colonies were to be found among the pio- 
 neers of Kingston Township: Puritans from 
 New England, Dutch from Pennsylvania and 
 Xew Jersev, English from the latter State and 
 
 from Virginia, and Scotch-Irish from Pennsyl- 
 vania and West Virginia. Their common dan- 
 gers and common necessities tended to sup- 
 press the controversies that would naturally 
 arise among people so radically different in 
 racial characteristics, religion, temperament, 
 habits of thought, manners and customs. They 
 dwelt in harmony, their children intermarried, 
 and today we have in the citizenship of Kings- 
 ton Township, a race of men and women that 
 for physical, mental or moral excellence are 
 the peers of any other community. 
 
 The present (1908) township officials are: 
 J. J. Stark and Bert White, justices of the 
 peace: E. C. Owen, F. P. McVey, and R. M. 
 Van Sickle, trustees; L. S. Owen, treasurer; 
 S. T. Hutchisson, assessor ; Harry Benedict 
 and O. S. Wilcox, constables. 
 
 LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Liberty is one of the three townships into 
 which Delaware County was originally di- 
 vided when it was set off from Franklin 
 County. At that time it composed about half 
 of what are now Orange, Berlin, Delaware 
 and Scioto Townships, and the territory now 
 embraced in Concord Township. Delaware 
 Township was set off from Liberty at the first 
 meeting of the county commissioners. Not- 
 withstanding the loss of territory sustained 
 when the townships above named were formed, 
 Liberty Township is still from four to five 
 miles wide and about eight miles from in nth 
 to south. It is bounded on the north by Dela- 
 ware Township ; on the east, by Berlin and 
 Orange ; on the south by Franklin County, 
 and on the west by Concord Township. The 
 Olentangy River enters the township at a point 
 a little east of the center of the northern 
 boundary, and courses a little east of south to 
 the Franklin County line, where it is the 
 boundary between Liberty and Orange Town- 
 ships. The township is drained by a num- 
 ber of small tributaries of the Olentangy, 
 among which we may mention McKinnie's, 
 Wild Cat, Big Wolf and Lick Runs. There 
 are many fine springs of pure and mineral 
 waters here as elsewhere in the county. F< >r 
 
BAPTIST CHURCH. SUNBURY 
 
 PUBLIC SQUARE. LOOKING NORTH. SUNBURY 
 
 PUBLIC SCH< ii IL BUILDING, SUNBURY 
 
 SUNBURY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY 
 
 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL, SUNBURY 
 
 TOWN HALL, SUNBURY 
 
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 a distance of two or three miles, the Scioto 
 River forms the southwestern boundary of 
 Liberty Township. In early times this portion 
 of the township was a favorite camping 
 ground for the Indians, a tine spring of very 
 cold and pure water on the Stanberry farm be- 
 ing, perhaps, not the least' among the attrac- 
 tions of the spot. The land is rolling, and for 
 fertility is not surpassed by that in any other 
 part of the county. Originally it was heavily 
 timbered with the varieties of trees common 
 to this section. The land in the river bottoms 
 is especially rich and yields large grain crops. 
 Who were the original inhabitants of this 
 part of the county will never be known. The 
 evidence of their presence and their labor is 
 here, but they faded into the mysteries of the 
 past leaving no record of their advent, civili- 
 zation or exit. The subject of the Mound 
 Builders is treated in another chapter, so we 
 shall not dwell upon it here. 
 
 The claim has been made that the first 
 white settlers in Delaware County located 
 here, and this is douhtless true as regards 
 permanent settlement. In an old issue of the 
 Delaware Gazette we find an excellent histori- 
 cal sketch of the settlement by Captain Nathan 
 Carpenter, which was written by one of his 
 descendants, A. E. Goodrich, from which we 
 quote the following paragraphs : 
 
 "Captain Nathan Carpenter was born at 
 Rehoboth. Massachusetts, in 1757. and grew 
 to manhood amid the excitement preparatory 
 to the Revolution, a zealous patriot. He was 
 among the first to respond to the call of his 
 country when the great colonial struggle came 
 on, though scarcely more than a boy in age. 
 He fought bravely at the battle of Bunker Hill, 
 at which place his brother was killed and 
 himself wounded. Afterward he participated 
 in several battles, among them, the pursuit 
 and capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga. After 
 the close of the war. Mr. Carpenter lived in 
 Connecticut until 1795. when he removed to 
 New York and purchased a large estate on 
 the Unadilla River. It was while residing 
 here that the excitement over the Ohio terri- 
 tory rose to a height exceeded only by that 
 perhaps over California in later years. Pub- 
 
 lic meetings were held, at which were discussed 
 the stories of its delightful climate and inex- 
 haustible wealth. Never having become at- 
 tached to the country which he had adopted 
 as his home, he was inclined to share in the 
 enthusiasm. He disposed of his estate and 
 other effects which he would not need, and 
 having procured everything required for his 
 future home, started for the new El Dorado 
 on the 12th of February, 1801. About twenty 
 other young men ( Powerses, Smiths, and 
 others) accompanied him. He traveled on 
 wagons and sleds as far as Pittsburg, where 
 he loaded his effects and passengers into a 
 boat and continued his journey by floating 
 down the Ohio River. When they reached the 
 mouth of the Scioto River, the cargo and pas- 
 sengers were transferred to keel-boats, in 
 which they were moved up to Franklinton. a 
 place consisting of three or four log houses, 
 and situated across the river from where Co- 
 lumbus now stands. Here a large canoe was 
 procured, and the goods transported up the 
 Olentangy to the place now owned by Captain 
 V. T. Hills, about two miles south of the 
 northern boundary, on the east side of the 
 river, and where he arrived on the 1st of May. 
 1 801, having been two months and eighteen 
 days on the voyage. The first business in 
 order was the erection of a cabin for a shelter, 
 which was built on the bank of the river just 
 above highwater mark. It was rudely chinked 
 with split sticks and covered with bark, but 
 without floor or chimney. Flat stones were 
 set up against the logs to make a safe place to 
 build a fire. The cabin was scarcely finished 
 when it commenced to rain, and continued for 
 eight clavs in succession. After the flood had 
 abated, the land was surveyed, and according 
 to previous arrangement, Capt. Carpenter re- 
 ceived choice of land in the section. He now 
 began prospecting for a site on which to build 
 a permanent home, which must be erected and 
 finished before winter. His assistants were 
 equally engaged in clearing, planting and hunt- 
 ing, and the result was they harvested 500 
 bushels of corn, besides superabundantly sup- 
 plying the party with the choicest meats. Game 
 was plenty ; deer were to be seen every day ; 
 
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 turkeys were frequently shot from the cabin 
 door, and the creeks were full of fish. 
 
 "During the summer a substantial hewed- 
 log house was erected on the site of the pres- 
 ent residence of Squire Carpenter. The 
 family were moved into it and provided with 
 improved furniture and other adjuncts of 
 civilization. In the spring following Capt. 
 Carpenter's settlement, his party was joined 
 by two other pioneer adventurers, Thomas 
 Cellar and Josiah McKinnie, who were also 
 men of wealth and influence, having their land 
 paid for, and bringing with them surplus 
 money. Mr. Cellar had purchased an entire 
 section (4,000 acres) of land, and upon his 
 arrival built a house on the Taggart farm. 
 McKinnie located on the opposite side of the 
 river from Carpenter. The colon}- now con- 
 sisted of the families of Carpenter, Powers 
 (who came with Carpenter), Cellar and Mc- 
 Kinnie. Cellar was a gunsmith, and had 
 manufactured guns for the war of Independ- 
 ence, while the others had used them to that 
 end. They were now associated together, not 
 in war. but in subduing the wilderness and 
 building up homes in the new land of promise. 
 
 "The children of Captain Carpenter, ten 
 in number, were now young men and women, 
 and, being of congenial disposition, were suf- 
 ficient company for each other to render their 
 forest home cheerful and pleasant, instead of 
 suffering it to become lonely and irksome. 
 They often had exciting stories to relate con- 
 cerning their adventures with wild animals 
 and the Indians. With the latter they were 
 usually on pretty good terms. As main- or 
 these pioneer stories have been handed down 
 to the present, we will give one or two by 
 way of embellishment to dry facts. There 
 were those among the Indians, who sometimes 
 become intolerable in their conduct, especialh 
 in their demands for whiskey, and the whites 
 in such cases, did not hesitate to enter into a 
 skirmish with them, knowing that they were 
 in bad repute, even with their own people. 
 An old Indian, whose name was Sevans. came 
 to Carpenter's one day and asked for 'Whisk.' 
 Ira. the eldest son, who chanced to be pres- 
 ent, knowing too well what the result would 
 
 be. informed Mr. Sevans that he could not be 
 accommodated. The old Indian urged his de- 
 mand with so much importunity, that it be- 
 came necessary to use other kinds of per- 
 suasion than argument. He first drew his 
 knife, but Ira wrested that from him with 
 little difficulty, which rendered the red man 
 furious, and he began drawing his tomahawk 
 from his belt, when a kick from his pale- 
 faced adversary, sent him sprawling out of 
 doors. As soon as he recovered himself, he 
 threw his tomahawk at young Carpenter with 
 all the force he could muster, but the door 
 was brought together in time to intercept the 
 blow. The weapon passed through the door, 
 however, and was now in possessii >n of the 
 white man, who chastised Mr. Sevans quite 
 severely. He then gave him back his knife 
 and tomahawk, with the injunction never to 
 be seen there again — an injunction the old 
 rascal faithfully obeyed. 
 
 "There being a surplus of help at home, 
 John Carpenter, the second son, concluded that 
 he would hire out his services, and obtain em- 
 ployment of a Mr. Patterson, who had a trad- 
 ing-post at Sandusky. He set out for that 
 place on foot and alone, following the Indian 
 trails, which were the only roads that were 
 at that time through the wilderness. He trav- 
 eled in the daytime, guided by these trails and 
 a pocket-compass, and at night he slept by the 
 side of a log. His first night's rest was quiet 
 and undisturbed, but late in the second night, 
 he was awakened by shrieks or howls, the 
 source of which was evidently approaching 
 nearer every moment. Being thoroughly 
 awakened and conscious of his impending 
 danger, he remained perfectly still by the side 
 1 if his log. The shrieks were soon changed 
 ti 1 snuffings, and then the beast sprang upon 
 the log directly over bis head; walking down 
 the log smelling of its intended victim, it 
 again alighted upon the ground, and, after 
 smelling of him from head to foot, began to 
 cover him up with leaves that were within 
 reach. After having accomplished this feat 
 to its satisfaction, it retired some distance and 
 began to shriek most hideously, and soon Car- 
 penter heard a response in the distance, which 
 
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 467 
 
 convinced him that he was the subject of a 
 grand supper talk. Not wishing to become the 
 food of a panther and her cubs, he quietly 
 crawled out of the pile of leaves which had 
 been heaped upon him, and climbed up the 
 nearest tree. The answering sounds which he 
 had heard grew nearer, and soon the young 
 family made its appearance. They tore open 
 the bed of leaves, but their anticipated supper 
 had disappeared. Uttering hideous shrieks, 
 the old one struck the track and followed it 
 to the tree, and, rearing up against the trunk 
 with her fore feet, stared indignantly at the 
 subject of her disappointment. When the 
 in. irning dawned, the huge panther withdrew 
 her interesting family, and young Carpenter, 
 happy in his escape, went on his journey. 
 Many other incidents of interest pertaining to 
 this pioneer settlement might be narrated, but 
 our space will not permit; so we will return to 
 facts. 
 
 Capt. Carpenter died in 1X14. On the 
 evening of the 9th of September, a little more 
 than thirteen years after his settlement in the 
 township, he was returning from the town of 
 Delaware on horseback. The animal on which 
 he was mounted was a very vicious one, and, 
 having left town late, night overtook him be- 
 fore he reached home. He could not see the 
 road, and his horse had no disposition to fol- 
 low it. Winding along the river, it passed be- 
 tween the bank and a tree that stood very near 
 to it. An overhanging limb swept the rider 
 from his seat, and, being so near the brink, he 
 fell down the precipice upon the rocks below. 
 He raised up his hands and uttered a solitary 
 cry for help. The familiar voice attracted the 
 attention of a neighbor near by. who hastened 
 to his assistance. He immediately asked for 
 water, which the man. with his hat for a cup, 
 procured for him from the river. Dr. Lamb 
 was soon at the scene of the accident, but his 
 injuries were fatal, and he soon expired, thus 
 ending, at the age of fifty-six, bis eventful 
 life. His death cast a cloud over the entire 
 community; all were conscious that they had 
 lost a friend. His family were devoutedly at- 
 tached to him; his physician and many friends 
 wept at his grave, as they laid him by the side 
 
 of his wife, who bad died ten years before." 
 Among those who came here with Capt. 
 Carpenter were Thomas and Avery Powders, 
 who settled on farms adjoining Carpenter's. 
 Avery Powers was one of the first county com- 
 missioners, and performed the duties of his of- 
 fice with credit to himself and with the ap- 
 proval of the community. His death occurred 
 some years prior to that of Capt. Carpenter's. 
 His son, Benjamin Powers, was president of 
 the First National Bank of Delaware, and his 
 grandson, George W. Powers, is now cashier 
 of the same institution. Thomas Powers was 
 killed at the battle of the Thames in the War 
 of 181 2. Josiah McKinnie, to whom we have 
 already referred was one of the first associate 
 judges of Delaware County. He and Thomas 
 Cellar, who came with him, are buried in the 
 old Liberty church cemetery. James Gillies 
 and Ralph Watson and George Case came into 
 the township not many years after the settlers 
 whom we have named. In 1804, John, Eben- 
 ezer and Aaron Welch, with their brother-in- 
 law, Leonard Monroe, came here from Una- 
 dilla County, New York. John Welch came 
 here as agent of the Glover lands, but the coun- 
 try pleased him, so he made his home in this 
 township. Aaron died in Delaware in 1816; 
 Ebenezer died in 1823. and John Welch died 
 in Marlborough Township in 1832. \bijah and 
 Dr. David Welch were sons of John Welch. 
 Abijah was one of the first of the settlers to 
 die. The mother of John Welch, who came 
 here with him, died at an early date. John 
 Welch was a justice of the peace, probably the 
 first one in the county to bold that office. Isaac 
 Welch, a nephew, settled near the mouth of 
 Welch's Run at an early date. 
 
 Ebenezer Goodrich settled in the extreme 
 southeastern corner of the township about 
 1806. He purchased his land before he left 
 Connecticut. He was unmarried and for many 
 years had only his faithful dog as a companion. 
 He was a soldier in the War of [812, and after 
 his return he held the office of justice of the 
 peace for a number of years. I lis death oc- 
 curred on October 15, [846. He was success- 
 ful in acquiring a considerable property. John 
 Hardin came here from Fairfield County about 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the some time as Goodrich. In 1815. Timothy 
 Andrews and his son, Capt. Timothy, came 
 from Connecticut and settled on what is known 
 as Middlebury Street. The senior Andrews 
 died in 1840. Other settlers in the neighbor- 
 hood were Solomon Moses, Joseph M. Gard- 
 ner, Lemuel Humphreys. Abner Pinney and 
 Eben C. Payne. All were natives of Connec- 
 ticut except Gardner, who came from New 
 Hampshire. Middlebury was named in honor 
 of their native town. Humphrey became a 
 justice of the peace. Gardner was the first 
 person buried in the Powell cemetery. David 
 Buell and David Thomas came here from the 
 same state as most of the other early settlers, 
 the latter in 1810. He settled one mile below 
 the old Presbyterian Church, where he kept a 
 tavern, also the stage stand, which was on the 
 route between Franklinton and Sandusky. 
 
 What is known as the Stanbery section 
 was originally purchased by Dr. Jonas Stan- 
 bery from some old Revolutionary general 
 prior to the War of 1812. He never occupied 
 the land, though later his son Charles Stan- 
 bery took up his residence here. As we have 
 already said, this was a favorite hunting 
 ground for the Indians, and later the whites. 
 Squatters also occupied it at an early day. One 
 of these was a millwright named Pasco. He 
 erected a mill on the Scioto River at an early 
 day. Lint his venture was not a success. A col- 
 ored man, whose only known name was Peter, 
 was another of these squatters. For a num- 
 ber of years his cabin was known as a station 
 of the "underground railway," his door being 
 always open to fugitive slaves. 
 
 About 1809, Isaac Patton settled in the 
 northern part of the township. He was a cap- 
 tain in the War of 1812. Benjamin Bartholo- 
 mew settled in the southern part of the town- 
 ship sometime soon after 1814. Mrs. Bar- 
 tholomew's father, Caleb Hall, who was a na- 
 tive of Massachusetts, settled here. 
 
 The article by Mr. Goodrich, from which 
 we have quoted so freely in the earlier part of 
 this sketch, gives such an excellent picture of 
 the wilderness life of the early pioneers, that 
 we will make further use of it here. "The 
 encroachment of the white man — as. it nat- 
 
 urally would — irritated some of the Indian 
 tribes until they became hostile, ami were 
 readily induced to become allies to the British 
 in the War of 181 2. Although too infirm to 
 join the army himself, Capt. Carpenter was 
 represented in the ranks by his five sons — Ira, 
 John. Alfred, Nathan and James — as well as by 
 many of his neighbors. No one but the father 
 was left at home (at Carpenter's) to provide 
 for the family, or defend it against the hostile 
 Indians, who sometimes made incursions in 
 their vicinity. Nathan Carpenter, Jr., in go- 
 ing to the war. had left at home a wife and 
 babe. Thev lived about half a mile from the 
 old home. Laura, the youngest daughter, 
 then sixteen years of age, went to stay with 
 her in her solitude. She had looked after the 
 various little charges around the house one 
 evening, and had gone inside to attend to the 
 housework, when, looking out of the window 
 into the moonlight, she saw two savages ap- 
 proaching the house. Having just heard of 
 the murder of an entire family but a short 
 distance from their neighborhood, she was 
 considerably startled, and exclaimed, 'My God, 
 Electa!' (which was the name of the young 
 wife who sat in the middle of the room with 
 the child in her arms) 'what do you suppose 
 these critters want ?' Electa understood too 
 well her meaning, and was unable to utter a 
 word. In order that they should not surprise 
 her. Laura advanced, opened the door, and 
 propped it open, then, seizing the axe, she re- 
 tired behind her sister's chair that she might 
 better conceal her motions and the axe. with 
 which she had determined to defend them to 
 the last. The savages, armed to the teeth, 
 walked up to the door, came in, and began 
 their parley by making pretenses, during which 
 time Laura remarked that they" could obtain 
 what they wanted at her father's house upon 
 the hill. ' 'Oh. vour father live near here?' 
 'Yes,' she answered ; 'only a short distance,' 
 After a few more words, they shouldered their 
 guns and started, as they said, for the 'big 
 house.' Thus the young girl had saved their 
 lives by artfully insinuating that help was 
 near. After they were gone, she received the 
 congratulations and thanks of her sister, who. 
 
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 during this time, had sat speechless and as 
 white as death, which each moment she ex- 
 peeted to suffer. After barricading the house. 
 Laura, expecting their return, stood guard 
 with the axe until morning, when they re- 
 turned to the manor-house. The savages had 
 not gone there, as they pretended they would, 
 but, on the contrary, as soon as they were out 
 of sight, they went into the woods and were 
 never seen afterward. * * * Unlike the 
 Ohio, the shores of the Olentangy were 
 swarming with Indians, by whom our party 
 was received with many tokens of friendship, 
 notwithstanding the stories they had been told 
 of their hostile and. savage nature. The Wy- 
 andots predominated in numbers and enlight- 
 enment, followed in their order by the Senecas, 
 Delawares, Shawnees, Choctaws and the Ta- 
 ways. who were noted for their uncleanliness.' 1 
 But there were other dangers that beset the 
 pioneer. Ferocious wild beasts roamed the 
 woods — wolves, bears, panthers and wild cats. 
 Then there was the danger of starving to 
 death. There was no Delaware or Columbus 
 to which to go for supplies of food, but this 
 lack was not felt because there was no money 
 with which to purchase provisions. The prices 
 of sugar and coffee ranged from 25 cents to 
 75 cents per pound, while the price received by 
 the settlers for what he sold was correspond- 
 ingly low, so it was difficult lor men to rake 
 and scrape enough money together to pay 
 taxes. 
 
 There has always been a dispute as to who 
 was the first white child born in the township, 
 that honor having been claimed by both Ben- 
 jamin Powers and Jeremiah Gillies, the date of 
 the latter's birth being August 7, 1803, and it 
 is said that Mrs. Carpenter claimed that he 
 was born before Powers. 
 
 Ebenezer Goodrich and Betsey D|ixon 
 were married at Middlebury, now the village 
 of Powell, in June, 1813, by Aaron Strong, a 
 justice of the peace. About this time also, 
 Nathan Carpenter and Electa Case were mar- 
 ried. George Dean was the first merchant. 
 About 1829 or '30 he opened a store on the 
 Goodrich farm, which he sold a few years later 
 to Edmund Goodrich and Henry Chapman. 
 
 After a few years they discontinued. Then 
 there followed a period when there was no 
 store. Joseph M. Cellar was the next store- 
 keeper. His place of business was located at 
 Liberty Church, and here, about sixty years 
 ago, a postoffice was established under the 
 name of Union. This business died out after 
 a few years. The next attempt at merchan- 
 dising was made by Thomas R. Hall at Mid- 
 dlebury. This store at the corners led to an 
 application for a postoffice. This was secured 
 through the influence of Judge Powell of 
 Delaware, and the office was called Powell in 
 appreciation of his efforts. Joshua Pennel 
 was the first postmaster and also kept a store. 
 The place was surveyed and laid out as a vil- 
 lage early in 1876, and the plat was recorded 
 on March 29 of that year. A. G. Hall was the 
 owner of the land on which the village was lo- 
 cated, and he built the first house in that place, 
 Since that time the village has grown consid- 
 erably in population and as a business center. 
 The village cemetery is one of the oldest in the 
 county, the remains of many of the early set- 
 tlers of this portion of the township having 
 been buried here. 
 
 The village of Hyattsville was laid out 
 February 6, 1876, by Henry A. Hyatt. Ed 
 Nalz was the first merchant. He sold out to 
 Henry Cook and opened another store in the 
 depot building, and in 1877, when the post- 
 office was established, Hyatt became the first 
 postmaster. Later his business was almost ex- 
 clusively that of a grain warehouseman and 
 shipper. This village undoubtedly owes its 
 existence to the building of the railroad 
 through the township, and to some extent this 
 is also true of Powell. P. Banner is the pres- 
 ent village blacksmith, while W. B. McCloud 
 & Co. keep a general store and H. W. Mc- 
 Clary caters to the public in the line of gro- 
 ceries. 
 
 In Powell the leading merchants and busi- 
 ness men are: Sellers, Roy and M. E. 
 Weaver, blacksmiths; C. B. Dobyns, C. O. 
 Hawes and Peter Sharp, general stores ; H. E. 
 Sharp, hardware; J. C. Campbell and C. F. 
 Tally, physicians, and George Kibby. hotel 
 proprietor. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The township officials (1908) are: John 
 Thomas and I. N. Gardner, trustees; V. P. 
 Rutherford, clerk ; John Taylor, treasurer, and 
 W. G. Chambers and S. C. Blaney, assessors. 
 
 MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP. 
 
 This township was organized June 15, 
 1808, as a result of a petition to the commis- 
 sioners of Delaware County, and was given 
 its name in honor of Marlborough Township, 
 Ulster County, New York, the native place of 
 many of the petitioners. It is now but a 
 shadow of its former size, originally including 
 a part of Waldo Township, in Marion County, 
 Westfield Township, in Morrow County, the 
 township of Oxford and the northern half of 
 Troy, in Delaware County. It lost that part 
 now Oxford Township, March 6, 1815, the 
 northern half of Troy Township, December 
 23, 1816, and February 24. 1X4X, that part 
 which is now in Westfield Township and in 
 Waldo Township was set off, leaving Marl- 
 borough but half the size of an ordinary town- 
 ship. 
 
 That part of Waldo Township set off from 
 Marlborough was the first of the township 
 settled, Nathaniel Brundige and Nathaniel 
 Wyatt, Sr., locating about a mile north of Nor- 
 ton in 1806. These two pioneers, originally 
 fnun Marlborough Township, Ulster county, 
 New York, had moved to Washington County, 
 Virginia, Wyatt in 1797, and Brundige in 
 1798, and in 1803 with their families joined 
 the tide of emigration into Ohio. For two 
 years they were located at Piqua, Ohio, where 
 they erected a cabin and made a clearing. At 
 the end of that time Wyatt traded his property 
 for a tract of wild land a short distance south 
 of the old Greeneville Treaty line, and with his 
 brother-in-law, Brundige, set out to locate it. 
 Alter cutting their way through the untangi- 
 ble underbrush which obstructed their path- 
 way along the banks of the Olentangy, thev 
 arrived at their destination. Immediately, they 
 set about erecting a cabin to which thev 
 brought their families in the spring of the same 
 year. The following year witnessed the com- 
 ing of Jacob Foust, who located within the 
 
 present limits of the township, squatting on 
 land at the forks of the Whetstone. Eldei 
 William Brundige, father of Nathaniel, came 
 in 1808, accompanied by his family, and in 
 1810 Capt. William Drake and family arrived 
 from Marlborough Township, in Ulster 
 County, New York. William Reed, the first 
 settler in Norton, came in 1807. and after- 
 ward participated in the War of 18 12. Capt. 
 John Wilcox, who had served with honor in 
 the Revolutionary War, participating in the 
 battles of Saratoga Springs and Stillwater, 
 and being present at the surrender of General 
 Burgoyne to Washington, located in Marl- 
 borough Township some time prior to the 
 War of 1812. Thomas Brown arrived at Nor- 
 ton in 1808, and was the first blacksmith in 
 the township. Faron Case came in 18 10, and 
 James Trindle in 1811. Ariel Strong settled 
 along the Olentangy River in 1808, followed 
 shortly by James Livingston, who saw service 
 in the War of 1812, and in 1809 William 
 Sharp became established at Norton and 
 gained prominence as the greatest hunter of 
 this section, speaking the language of the In- 
 dians, among whom he lived for weeks at a 
 time during his younger days. William Han- 
 neman came from Kentucky in 1810, and Isaac 
 Bush, Silas Davis and Joseph Curran became 
 settlers in the township before the War of 
 181 2. Peter and Fred Duncklebarger located 
 east of Norton in 181 5, and other settlers of 
 the same period were- Elisha Bishop, Adin 
 Winsor, Joseph Bishop. Isaac Stratton, Henry 
 Coldren, Elisha Williams, George Jeffries, 
 Thomas Rogers and L. H. Hall. Joseph Gil- 
 lett. a Revolutionary soldier, settled just west 
 of Norton in 1818, and was followed in 1819 
 by his brother James. 
 
 In 181 1. Nathaniel Wyatt, Sr., erected the 
 first brick building in the township from brick 
 made on his place. It was a two-story struc- 
 ture, 20 by 36 feet in dimensions, and became 
 famed throughout the State as Wyatt's Tav- 
 ern, the first conducted in the township. It 
 was situated on the old State Road, and 
 formed a part of the celebrated Fort Morrow, 
 now in Waldo Township, Marion County. 
 This fort consisted of two block houses, one 
 
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 built by the settlers of round lugs and the 
 other bj the < rovernment, of hewed logs. The 
 latter bore the painted inscription. "Fort Mor- 
 row. Built by Captain Taylor." The upper 
 story of these block houses projected out about 
 four feet all around over a basement six feet 
 high. Where the second story projected over 
 the basement, there were port holes in the 
 floor, enabling the defenders to better guard 
 against a close attack. The tavern lay between 
 the two block houses. It was from this fort. 
 Captain Drake and his company of soldiers 
 went forth to the relief of Fort Meigs. 
 
 The first white child born in Marlborough 
 Township was William Brundige, son of Na- 
 thaniel, born December 3. 1808, and the first 
 burial was that of Ruth Wyatt. John Brun- 
 dige, son of Elder William, was married in 
 181 1. to Phoebe Drake, a daughter of Captain 
 Drake, and this proved to be the first marriage. 
 The first minister was Elder William Brun- 
 dige, and the first school master, Robert 
 Louther. A man named Case brought a stock 
 of goods to Norton and remained until he 
 closed them out, thus being the first store 
 keeper, but it was several years later before a 
 regular store building was built. The first 
 road was the old Military Road, running along 
 the west bank of the Olentangy River an I 
 passing through the town of Norton. This 
 road was abandoned when the Columbus and 
 Sandusky Pike was constructed, the latter 
 running a little west of the old road. The 
 first mill in operation was the saw mill, built as 
 early as 1820 by Robert Campbell of Phila- 
 delphia, on the Whetstone River, in the south- 
 east part of the township. Just north of this 
 mill, a woolen mill was built in [846 b) J. W. 
 ( one ami operated successfully for a number 
 of years, then was converted into a grist mill 
 by "Mr. Kline. 
 
 The village of Norton was laid out by 
 Colonel Kilbourn and the plat filed in [806 1 r 
 1807 and is situated just south of the boun- 
 dary line between .Marion and Delaware Coun- 
 ties. The old Military Road passed directly 
 through the town, forming the main street, 
 and at the present time the Marion Pike cuts 
 diagonally through. The first building en 
 was the cabin of William Reed, the pioneer 
 
 settler of the village. Thomas Jefferies was 
 the first postmaster of Norton, as well as of 
 the township. Hie first schoolhouse of the 
 township was located in Norton and was a log- 
 structure of the most primitive type. 
 
 The old Baptist Church of Troy Township 
 was the first organized in Marlborough Town- 
 ship, and of this Elder William Brundige was 
 pastor. The first church organized within the 
 present limits of the township was the Luth- 
 eran Church, on the east side of the Olentangv 
 and a mile east of Norton. The congregation 
 first held services in the log school in that vi- 
 cinity at a very early date, and Henry Cline 
 was the first preacher. In 1852, a revolt in the 
 church led to the organization of a new con- 
 gregation formed partly from the old church, 
 the new church being the German Reformed. 
 The Lutherans immediately erected a new 
 church, and in a spirit of rivalry the new con- 
 gregation built an edifice adjoining, in 1855. 
 Both churches use the old cemetery, which 
 stands in the same lot as do the church edifices. 
 Rev. J. G. Rubl was first pastor of the German 
 Reformed Church. The Baptist Church of 
 Norton is an off-bout of the old .Marlborough 
 Baptist Church of Troy, and in 1859 the build- 
 ing it now occupies was built at a cost of $1,- 
 200. It was dedicated in i860, by James Har- 
 vey, its first pastor. The Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Norton was built in 1855, although 
 for a few years previous to that time the con- 
 gregation bad existed, services being held in 
 school rooms and houses, led by Rev. I'lumer. 
 The church cost $1,200 in its construction and 
 was dedicated by Rev. Pilcher. The Wyatt 
 Cemetery is the historic burying ground of this 
 section of the State, and for more than forty 
 years was part of Marlborough Township. It 
 is now just across the line in Marion County. 
 The earliest settlers of the community, in- 
 cluding the Wyatts, Brundiges and Drakes. 
 found there a final resting place, and it is a 
 fact worthy of mention that the defendet 
 the United States in all the wars in which this 
 country ha- engaged, have representation in 
 this little cemetery. 
 
 The officials of Marlborough Township for 
 1908 are as follows: J. K. Camp, justice of 
 the peace; S. H. Cleveland. W. I. Sutton, and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Henry Ashbrook," trustees ; Charles Sutton, 
 clerk ; S. J. Downing, treasurer ; Frank Strat- 
 ton, assessor; Jacob Freese, constable. 
 
 ORANGE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Scarcely any record exists of the early set- 
 tlers of this township, and even after availing 
 ourselves of the labors of those who have 
 preceded us in the field of historical research, 
 there is a paucity of material which is deplor- 
 able. The early settlers who came out here to 
 make for themselves homes in the wilderness 
 were too busy doing with their might what 
 their hands found to do — and there was plenty 
 to be done — to realize that a record of them- 
 selves and what they accomplished would be 
 of interest to those vet unborn ; to them, suf- 
 ficient unto the day was the evil thereof. This 
 township is bounded on the north by Berlin 
 Township; on the south by Franklin County; 
 on the east by Genoa and on the west by Lib- 
 erty Township. Originally it was known as 
 Township 3, Range 18 of the United States 
 Military Lands, and when the first settlers 
 came here, they found Sections 2 anil 3 to be a 
 part of Liberty Township, and Sections 1 and 
 4 were a part of Berkshire Township. On 
 September 3, 1816, the county commissioners 
 granted a petition to set off the original survey 
 of Township 3, Range 18, as a separate town- 
 ship. The prime mover in this matter was 
 Alpha Frisbey. The township was to be called 
 by the classic name of Virgil, but this was too 
 much for the simple-minded folk of those days, 
 and a petition was presented to the commis- 
 sioners to change the name to Orange. This 
 was granted on September 9th, just six days 
 later. A glance at the ma]) will show that 
 what would naturally be the southwestern cor- 
 ner of the township, on the west side of the 
 Olentangy River, is really in Liberty Town- 
 ship. As a matter of fact, this was originally 
 a part of Orange, and its annexation to Lib- 
 ert}- Township was brought about in the fol- 
 lowing-manner: Ebenezer Goodrich, who lived 
 on this corner, was elected justice of the peace 
 by the people of Liberty Township, about 
 [824. It did not occur to him, or to anyone 
 
 else, that he was not a citizen of Liberty, and 
 therefore, not eligible to the office. This fact 
 finally was brought to light, and it became 
 apparent to all that all the official business 
 transacted up to that time was, consequently, 
 void. How to remedy this state of aft'ahs 
 was a perplexing problem, until it was sug- 
 gested that the General Assembly be petitioned 
 to make this tract of land a part of Liberty 
 Township; so in 1826. the Olentangy River 
 was made the boundary of the township across 
 that corner. 
 
 The ridge along which run the tracks of 
 the "Big Four" and Pennsylvania Railroads 
 forms the water-shed between the Olentangy 
 River and Alum Creek. The river bottoms 
 ate rich, and the ridges, which rise immedi- 
 ately back of these bottoms were originally 
 covered with beech trees, indicating a clayey 
 formation. The same is to a large extent true 
 of the southern central part of the township. 
 Extensive elm swamps were originally found 
 in the northern portions of the township, 
 but these have been redeemed by clearing and 
 tilling, the rich black soil producing fine 
 crops. 
 
 In 1807, Joab Norton, for whom the town 
 of Norton, in Marlborough Township was 
 named, was the first settler in Orange Town- 
 ship. He built his cabin in Section 2, then a 
 part of Liberty Township. He was influenced 
 in coming here by his wife, who wanted to be 
 near her father, John Goodrich, who purposed 
 coming to Worthington, Franklin County, 
 where many of his former neighbors in Berlin, 
 Connecticut, had already settled. They 
 reached Worthington in November, having 
 been on the road since September. Norton 
 was a tanner and currier by trade, and, not 
 content to be idle, he sunk vats and prepared to 
 engage in the business, which the promises 
 and prospects held out to him before he left 
 the East led him to believe was waiting only 
 to be claimed. Skins and hides were not to be 
 had, and so he started north, and purchased 
 tlic 150 acres of land where he settled in this 
 township. After he had provided a home for 
 his family, Mr. Norton sunk vats, so as to be 
 prepared to do a little tanning- (luring the in- 
 
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 tervals in his work of clearing the land. He 
 could not content himself with the Frontier life, 
 and so, in 1808, he took a trip East on horse- 
 hack. Upon his return in the fall, he was at- 
 tracted by the prospects of business in the new 
 town of Delaware, which Colonel Byxbe was 
 developing, and so he purchased a house on the 
 hill-side just north of where the Edward's 
 gymnasium of Ohio Wesleyan University now 
 stands. The details of his experience in this 
 venture are covered in the chapter devoted to 
 the manufacturing industries of the county. 
 
 Joab Norton and others made application 
 as early as 1809 for permission to form a 
 rifle company. This was granted on June 24th 
 of that year, and Norton became third ser- 
 geant of the company, which was composed of 
 about forty officers and privates, mostly from 
 Liberty Township. Apparently, Norton had 
 a taste and talent for military affairs, and was 
 popular with the members of the company, as 
 well, for his promotions were rapid. We 
 find that on September 12th of the same year 
 he was commissioned sergeant major, and two 
 years later, on September 6th, he became lieu- 
 tenant. It was not long before he was macTt 
 captain of the company. 
 
 The company was called out in June, 1S12. 
 by Gov. Meigs, to defend the frontier settle- 
 ments against any hostile incursions. Capt. 
 Norton afterward proceeded with his com- 
 mand to Sandusky, where he was engaged in 
 building a block-house, of which he expected 
 to be given command. He was here when 
 Hull surrendered Detroit. For some reason 
 the Captain was not placed in command of 
 the block-house, and he returned home with 
 his company. While at Sandusky, the germs 
 of the malarial disease, which finally caused his 
 untimely death on July 17, [813, were un- 
 doubtedly implanted in his system. He was a 
 man of large executive ability, a devout Chris- 
 tian, and of cheerful disposition. He was 
 buried with Masonic honors in the first ceme- 
 tery laid out in the city of Delaware. He had 
 been commissioned a justice of the peace "ii 
 January 28, 1812. Besides a widow, he lett 
 four children — Desdemona, who afterwards 
 became Mrs. Col flesh ; Edward; Matilda, who 
 
 married C. 1'. Elsbre, and Minerva, who 
 mi ived to Wisconsin. 
 
 In 1808. Eliphalet Ludington came from 
 Connecticut, and purchased land adjoining 
 Norton's. Others who came that year were 
 William and Joseph Higgins, with their fami- 
 lies, and their mother, who brought the 
 younger members of her family, viz. : Josiah, 
 Elisha, Irving, David and two daughters. The 
 older boys had enjoyed unusual educational 
 advantages for their day. Joseph had excep- 
 tional skill as a penman, and he was so clever 
 in imitating the hand-writing of other people, 
 that he was suspected of having signed the 
 counterfeit bills which were issued for the 
 South. Apparently, there was no just ground 
 for the suspicion, and the family continued to 
 retain the respect of the community. Later, 
 however, the family left the community under 
 a cloud. Before the family left Vermont, the 
 father of the boys ran off to Canada with a 
 younger, if not a handsomer, woman than his 
 wife. He came to Orange about 181 2, with 
 the intention of "making up." However, he 
 brought his paramour with him as far as 
 Berkshire, so that in case his overtures were 
 not favorably received, he would not be left 
 alone. He knew his wife's weak points, and 
 sent a messenger with his pocket-book to his 
 wife, with the simple instruction, to "hand it 
 to the old woman." The result was a recon- 
 ciliation which brought disaster to the family. 
 Changes in the habits and actions of the fam- 
 ily soon aroused the suspicion of the commun- 
 ity, and finally, the father and the three 
 younger sons, Josiah, Elisha and Irving, were 
 arrested for counterfeiting. A large amount 
 of counterfeit coin, some paper money, to- 
 gether with dies and metal were captured. The 
 boys escaped by means of some technicality, 
 and later, the old man. too, escaped much 
 merited punishment. The family left the 
 township at once, and have never since been 
 heard of. 
 
 In 1810. the wife of Eliphalet Ludington 
 died, leaving an infant boy a few weeks' old. 
 This was the first birth and death in the settle- 
 ment. Soon after Mr. Ludington took the 
 baby and returned to Connecticut. The fanii- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 lies of Nahum King and Louis Eaton came 
 into the township that year. The next year 
 lames McCumber with his third wife and two 
 sons by his former marriages came into the 
 township. Collins P. Elsbre, who was then a 
 boy of eleven years of age, accompanied his 
 mother and step-father. Their first actual resi- 
 dence was in the cabin which had been aban- 
 doned by Mr. Ludington. They purchased 
 150 acres of land adoining Norton from James 
 Kilbourn and immediately began to make a 
 clearing. A log cabin 12 by 18 feet was erect- 
 ed and occupied in the fall. In 18255, young 
 Elsbre married Matilda, the third child of 
 Captain Norton. Elsbre lived until February 
 16, 1880, when he was gored to death by .1 
 bull. Other early settlers who came into the 
 township prior to the War of 1812, were the 
 Arnolds, Stewarts and Asa and John Gard- 
 ner. With the exception of the Gardners, 
 these people remained in the township but a 
 short time. Soon after the war. Lee Hurl- 
 burt settled on the west bank of Alum Creek. 
 Hurlburt went to the War of 1812 as a sub- 
 situte for his father, who came into the town- 
 ship with him. bringing his family of twenty- 
 three children. The first settler on Alum 
 Creek' was probably Samuel Ferson, who came 
 from Pennsylvania and settled here about 1819. 
 His brothers, James. Paul and John, his sister 
 Sallie, and Margaret Patterson, whom John 
 afterwards married, came with him. In [824, 
 David Patterson. Cyrus Chambers, Thomas 
 McCloud and Nelson Skeels settled on the 
 wesl bank of the creek. The following year 
 Samuel Patterson, with his father and mother 
 and two sisters, located on the east side of the 
 creek. 
 
 At different times, there has been consid- 
 erable competition between the different vil- 
 lage^ in tin' township, each seeking In become 
 the leading village, in which would be cen- 
 tered the chief interests of the township. These 
 were Williamsville, on the Columbus and San 
 dusky Pike, being located at tin- four corners 
 just wesl of the present village of < )range; the 
 latter place was the second aspirant for dis- 
 tinction, and Lewis ('enter, which is today the 
 recognized metropolis of the township. Af- 
 
 rica is a settlement that has not been without 
 its influence upon the community. It was 
 given this name by Leo Hurlburt, who was 
 strongly in favor of slavery, though he took no 
 action to oppose the operations of his neigh- 
 bors, the Pattersons, who were prominently 
 active in the service of the "Underground 
 Railway." Much quiet assistance was given to 
 fugitive slaves, but no pursuers ever came to 
 this part of the township. In 1854, about 
 thirty negroes, having been freed by the will 
 of their deceased mistress, were sent from 
 North Carolina to the Patterson neighbor- 
 hood to find homes. Upon their arrival, the 
 friends of the anti-slavery movement pro- 
 vided them with homes. The negroes remained 
 in this neighborhood, some of them for many- 
 years, though the negro settlement has in the 
 course of time disappeared. One of the Elsbre 
 family in the west part of the township had 
 an interesting' experience in connection with a 
 hunt for some runaway slaves. About Christ- 
 mas time in the year 1834. a negro boy calling 
 himself John Quincv Adams, came to his 
 cabin, and remained until the following sum- 
 mer. One day wdiile he was working on the 
 pike, he was recognized by two negroes who 
 had run away from the same neighborhood 
 he came from. Realizing that they would be 
 pursued, and fearing that he too would be re- 
 captured, he fled that night and was never 
 heard from again. The pursuers were put on 
 the trail of the boys by a neighbor, Mark 
 Coles, who had previously known their master, 
 and one bright, September night, as Mr. Els- 
 bre sat with his little family enjoying a social 
 chat with a neighbor, the door of his cabin 
 was rudely opened, and a burly six-footer 
 strode in. carrying a club big enough to use in 
 killing an ox. Without saying a word, he pro- 
 ceeded to examine the trundle-bed in which 
 the younger children lay, and. with a glance 
 toward the bed where Mrs. Elsbre lay with a 
 two-weeks-old baby, he started up the ladder 
 toward the loft. This was too much for Mr. 
 Elsbre's equanimity. He had repeatedly asked 
 the meaning of the demonstration, hut got no 
 answer, and, seizing his gun from its place, 
 he ordered the intruder to come down, or he 
 
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 would 'put him on the coon-board in a min- 
 ute.' The rifle was unloaded, but the tres- 
 passer saw the frightful hole in the end. and 
 deciding that discretion was the hetter part of 
 valor, he came down. Still threatening: with 
 his gun. Mr. Elsbre drove the ruffian out of 
 the cabin and the enclosure where his com- 
 panions were waiting. Of course the negro 
 boys who were sleeping upstairs were aw ak- 
 ened. and made their escape through a back 
 window. When Air. Elsbre was satisfied that 
 the boys had gone, he satisfied the pursuers 
 that the slaves they were seeking were not 
 there, and he was not disturbed again. 
 
 In 1835, Anson Williams bought 1.000 
 acres of land in Section No. 3. At first he set- 
 tled in the southeastern part oi the tract, but 
 the following year he moved to the site of 
 Williamsville, and in December, 1836, he laid 
 out what he expected would soon develop into 
 a thriving village. There were alreadv two 
 settlers here besides Mr. Williams — William 
 Dutcher, and Mr. William's son-in-law. Isaac 
 Bovee. Williams built a large frame house to 
 be used as a hotel, in one part of which he 
 opened a place of business, for the sale of gen- 
 eral merchandise and liquor. That Mr. Wil- 
 liams' plans were visionary is plain, from the 
 fact that there was already a good hotel far- 
 ther north, where the stage changed horses, 
 and which continued to do the bulk of the 
 tavern business. This was a brick structure 
 that had been erected in 1827 by George Good- 
 ing. It is said that a Mr. Saulsburv, who 
 lived nearby, and who was a carpenter by 
 trade, having an eye to business, to say the 
 least, did nothing to discourage Mr. Williams 
 in his ambition. Mr. Saulsburv served as jus- 
 tice of the peace, and established the first 
 manufactory in the township. He formed a 
 partnership with Squire Truman Case, and 
 secured permission from the State Penitentiary 
 authorities, who had a monopoly of the busi- 
 ness, to manufacture grain cradles. They 
 made a snath with an artificial bend, which at 
 that time was quite a novelty, and it is said 
 their product was of a high grade. 
 
 Lewis Center dates its birth from the com- 
 pletion of the railroad through that point in 
 1850. John Johnson, who built his cabin here 
 
 29 
 
 in 1823, was the first settler at this point. The 
 spot is marked by a well he sank. At that time 
 the locality was a swamp. The name was 
 given to the place by William L. Lewis. VL 
 
 Coy Sellers kept the first store, which st i 
 
 near the railroad track when it was put 
 through. The building of the C, D. & M. 
 Railway placed the people of this township 
 within easy reach of Delaware or Co- 
 lumbus, but considerable business is still 
 transacted here. The leading business men of 
 Lewis Center at the present day are : Bert 
 Slack, blacksmith; C. A. DeWitt and A. C. 
 Barrows, geenral store proprietors ; John O. 
 Gooding, grain and implements; E. R. Case, 
 hardware and groceries; Frank Slack, glove 
 manufacturer; P. W. Willey, physician. 
 
 Orange station probably would never have 
 had any existence, had not Mr. Lewis for a 
 time objected to the location of the railroad 
 station, so that the companv abandoned the 
 site. Mr. Lewis was afterward influenced by 
 friends to withdraw- his objection, but in the 
 meantime, the senior George Gooding had of- 
 fered the company the use of ten acres of land 
 so long as they would keep a station on the 
 tract. The company accepted the proposition 
 and kept a station there as well as at Lewis 
 Center, until 1879. F° r a time a postoffice 
 was maintained here. 
 
 The question of locating the Town-house 
 caused a good deal of discussion, there being 
 many conflicting interests. Some wanted to 
 have it located at the center of the township ; 
 the citizens of Lewis Center wanted it built 
 in their village. Finally, it was built of brick, 
 in its present location at the center of the 
 township, in the year 1871. at a cost of $825. 
 The Orange township officials for 1908, as 
 reported to the county auditor, are : Andrew 
 Bagley and J. S. Gooding, justices of the 
 peace; C. C. Ballenger, C. D. Lehman and F. 
 E. Smith, trustees ; Frank B. Ferson. clerk : 
 E. L. Grove, treasurer; W. B. Crumb, as- 
 sessor. 
 
 OXFORD TOWNSHIP. 
 
 It was not until 1847 that the present 
 boundaries of Oxford Township were fixed. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 It is bounded on the north by Westfield Town- 
 ship, Morrow County; on the east by Peru 
 Township, in the same county; on the smith 
 by Brown Township, Delaware County and 
 on the west by Troy and Marlborough Town- 
 ships. Originally, Oxford was a part of Marl- 
 borough Township, which exercised domin- 
 ion clear to the shore of the lake. Seven years 
 later, on March 6, 1815. a petition was granted 
 by the county commissioners, erecting Oxford 
 into a separate township. John Shaw is cred- 
 ited with being the chief promoter of this 
 movement. At that time the boundaries were 
 fixed as follows: "Beginning at the south- 
 east corner of the sixth township, Range 18, 
 United States Military Lands, and running 
 thence north on the east line of Range 18 to 
 the Indian boundary line ; thence westerly 1 m 
 said line to the east line of Range 19; thence 
 south on said Range line to the s< nth line of 
 the sixth township; thence east on said line to 
 the place of beginning." In 1818, all thav 
 part of Radnor Township which was due north 
 1 f Oxford, and north of the Indian boundary 
 line, was annexed to Oxford Township. When 
 Westfield Township was formed in 1822, the 
 territory was taken from Oxford and in 1847, 
 when Morrow County was established, a strip 
 one mile wide and five miles long was taken 
 from the north side of Oxford and added to 
 Westfield. 
 
 The east branch of the Olentangy River 
 tuns across the northwest corner of the town- 
 ship, and in this region the surface of the 
 
 grot 1 is more or less broken. 
 
 Along the 
 
 west branch of Alum Creek, which flows from 
 north to south through the eastern quarter of 
 the township, the surface is similarly broken; 
 otherwise, the surface of the township is gen- 
 erally level. In the rolling lands, the soil is 
 clayey, but most of the land in the township 
 is a rich black loam. In the early days this 
 was so wet and swampy that the settlers al- 
 most despaired of ever using it. Much of this 
 land had been reclaimed by ditching and tiling 
 and has proven very productive. Grains are 
 all raised profitably, and much attention has 
 been given and si ill is given to stock-raising. 
 
 On May 3, [900, President Adams signed 
 a patent for 4,000 acres of land in Section 3, 
 
 the southwest quarter of the township, which 
 was issued to John Rathbone, of New York. 
 It was nearly half a century, however, before 
 this land was placed on the market. The first 
 settlers in the township were Ezra Olds and 
 his wife, Comfort. In 18 10, they located in 
 the northwest corner of the township, at what 
 was afterwards called Windsor's Corners. In 
 the same year a settlement was started in the 
 southeastern part of the township, which later 
 became known as the .Mum Creek District. 
 The first pioneer here was, Andrew Murphy 
 who, in a short time, was joined by James Me- 
 WJlliams, Hugh Waters, Henry Riley and 
 Henry Wolf. In the fall of 1810 or spring of 
 the next year, Henry Foust settled on a farm a 
 short distance east of the Olds farm. He mar- 
 ried Mary Olds in 1812. A couple of years 
 later, William T. Sharp, who came as far as 
 Norton with Harrison's army, decided to make 
 his home here, and for some time lived in the 
 family of Henry Foust. David Kyrk came 
 into this part of the township soon after the 
 war of 181 2. Elijah Smith and Calvin Cole 
 came into the township about 181 5. About 
 two years after that Robert Brown settled in 
 that part of the township where Ashley is now 
 located. A year later. Ralph Slack came up 
 from Berkshire, and settled where the south- 
 eastern part of the village is built. His brother 
 John Slack settled on the next farm to the 
 east, across the creek. Adam Shoemaker set- 
 tled a little north of the present village of Ash- 
 lev in 1 8 10, but a few years later moved to a 
 farm just east of the village. He had a large 
 family of boys, and has numerous descendants 
 still living in Ashley. In 1823, Amos Spur- 
 geon settled on the farm now occupied by the 
 northwestern quarter of Ashley, and in 1826. 
 Thomas Barton settled on the farm next north- 
 west. In 1842, the land purchased by John 
 Rathbone was placed on the market by his 
 grandson. Hiram G. Andrews, of Delaware. It 
 was divided up into sections of 100 acres each. 
 ( irirfith Thomas was the first purchaser in 
 [843. Others who bought lots soon after were 
 Evan McCreary, Isaac Clark. George House- 
 worth and X. E. Gale. They paid from three 
 to eight dollars per acre. This territory was 
 for many years known as the "great south 
 
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 woods," because it was so heavily timbered. 
 
 The land was so wet that it took many years of 
 hard work ditching and tiling before it was in 
 condition to till, but today there is no better 
 farming land in the county than this. Seth 
 Slack built the first brick house in this section. 
 
 The first justice of the peace was Andrew 
 Murphy. He was succeeded by Ezra Olds, 
 who filled the office for thirty years. The first 
 brick house in the township was built by Aden 
 Windsor in 1832. He also built the first frame 
 barn a few years later. The first frame dwell- 
 ing was built in 1840 by a carpenter by the 
 name of Harkness. for Henry Foust. The first 
 death in the township was that of a child of 
 Comfort Olds, in 1812. Interment was made 
 in the cemetery at Norton. Job Foust was the 
 first white child born in the township. The 
 mills, schools, religious development and mili- 
 tary history of the township are treated in 
 other chapters of the work. 
 
 The village of Ashley is the most popu- 
 lous municipality outside of the city of Dela- 
 ware in the county. Its original name was 
 Oxford, but was changed to Ashley in honor 
 of L. W. Ashley, one of the proprietors of the 
 ground upon which the village was built. The 
 other owner was J. C. Avery. County Sur- 
 veyor Charles Neil platted the village on June 
 15, 1849, laying it off in 69 lots. On August 
 6th of the same year an addition of 83 inlots 
 was made and on June 18, 1850, J. C. Avery, 
 S. Finch and Henrv Lamb made an addition 
 of 15 in-lots. In 1852, Lamb and Finch plat- 
 ted ten out-lots, and in i860. L. W. Ashley 
 added three more lots. In 1877. Hugh Cole 
 and John Doty made a small addition, bring- 
 ing the total number of lots up to 183. In 
 May. 1850. a small grocery and dry goods 
 store was started by Lewis Purmort on the 
 Shoemaker farm east of the village. Later in 
 the same year Aloy Patee built the Ashley ho- 
 tel, and Purmort moved his stock of merchan- 
 dise into one of the rooms of the hotel. In 
 1850 or 1 85 1. the first postoffice was estah- 
 lished. and J. H. Miller, of the dry goods firm 
 of Miller & Mulford served as the first post- 
 master. Among the earliest firms were Rob- 
 ert Morehouse. Tr.. who erected a frame build- 
 
 ingp on in-lot No. 4 and started in the dry 
 goods business. Two years later they sold out 
 to J. S. Brumback. A vear or two after the vil- 
 lage was laid out. Benjamin McMaster, Jo- 
 seph Riley and Israel Potter erected a grain 
 warehouse, of which Mr. McMaster became 
 sole proprietor in 1853. He engaged in the 
 grain business a few years longer and then 
 sold out to the firm of Breeden & Place. About 
 the time this grain warehouse was first erected, 
 Jesse Meredith built another on the railroad 
 grounds, and combined the grain business with 
 the duties of station agent. Among other 
 early merchants we may mention Adam Sher- 
 man and a Mr. Clark. The village of Ashley 
 was incorporated August 30, 1855, and the fol- 
 lowing were the first city officials : James Cul- 
 bertson, mayor; A. Patee. recorder; Jesse 
 Meredith. S. Joy, Levi Shisler and Samuel 
 Shisler, councilmen. Thev served until the 
 regular election the following spring, when L. 
 D. Benton was elected mayor; J. M. Coomer, 
 recorder, and Solomon Joy, Samuel Shisler, S. 
 I'.. Morehouse. A. G. Hall and George Mc- 
 Master, councilmen. Benjamin Fry was the 
 first marshal, and Solomon Joy the first treas- 
 urer. The first ordinance passed by the Coun- 
 cil was for the suppression of intemperance. 
 In the spring of 1857, B. F. Fry was elected 
 mayor. Ashley is now one of the most pros- 
 perous municipalities of its size in the State. 
 
 Its financial interests are taken care of by 
 the Ashley Bank and the Farmers' Savings 
 Bank. The Ashley Milling Company and the 
 firm of Lin & Shoemaker conduct prosperous 
 flouring mills, while Frank Goodrich and Gra- 
 ham Company are elevator proprietors and 
 dealers in grain. The hardware buisness is 
 represented by B. Bartholomew and John 
 Olds; Fisk & Wilcox deal in agricultural and 
 other implements ; A. B. Claypool. Lee & Fisk. 
 Frank Sharp and Ray Waters are gr< icers ; 
 James Dugan deals in clothing; A. Aldrich, 
 Charles Malony, William Robinson, and E. 
 Wilkerson are blacksmiths; Miller Bros, are 
 proprietors of a furniture and undertaking es- 
 tablishment ; while the dry goods interests are 
 looked after by E. C. Sipes (proprietor of 
 "The Bazaar"), Westbrook & James, and Jo- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 seph Wilt. There are two hotels — the Cot- 
 tage and the Franklin, presided over respec- 
 tively by William Ashbrook and E. Stalkbar- 
 ger. and other business interests are repre- 
 sented by John Brehm, baker and confec- 
 tioner; Frank Barto, William Osborn, bar- 
 bers; M. Powell, dentist; O. M. Gilbert, dis- 
 tillery; Jesse Achelson and Ray White, dray- 
 men ; Aldrich & Stratton and Ed Keltner, em- 
 blem manufacturers ; James Durkey, harness 
 and shoes; D. Davis and Frank Pierce, jew- 
 elry; Clyde Sherman, livery; Welch & Wind- 
 sor and A. M. Myers, meat; Mrs. Clara Wil- 
 kerson, millinery; A. P. Oliver and A. E. 
 Thomas, real estate and insurance; Ray Slack 
 and J. G. Redman, restaurants ; Doctors Bur- 
 ke}-, A. E. Westbrook, Elda Welch and M. 
 McGough, physicians. The Ashley Star has 
 W. S. Shoemaker for editor and manager, 
 while Charles Longwell is engaged in the 
 manufacture of monuments. 
 
 Oxford Township Officials (1908): Jer- 
 ome Harroun and Seebers Martin, justices of 
 the peace ; Stanley Beel, J. B. Glenn, and E. 
 A. Martin, trustees; Ralph Davis, clerk; Le- 
 roy Watters. treasurer; J. L. Porterfield. as- 
 sessor; John R. Compton and B. L. Martin, 
 constables. 
 
 PORTER TOWNSHIP. 
 
 This township, which was the last one to 
 be organized in Delaware County, and was 
 named after the Hon. Robert Porter, of Phila- 
 delphia, who received from President John 
 Adams a patent dated March 21, 1800, for 4, 
 000 acres in Section 3, Township i and Range 
 16 of the United States Military Lands. So 
 far as is known, this was the first patent for 
 lands in Porter Township that was issued by 
 the Government. The proprietor of this land 
 was a prominent attorney in Pennsylvania, 
 where he was a circuit judge for many vears. 
 The present township of Porter was created at 
 the June session of the county commissioners 
 in 1826. It is hounded on the north by Mor- 
 row County; on the east 1>\ Knox County; on 
 the south by Trenton Township and on the 
 west by Kingston. There are quarries of fine 
 
 Waverly sandstone in the township, and these 
 are its only mineral resources. The soil of the 
 township is rich, and all the grain crops do 
 well here. Farming and grazing have always 
 been the principal occupations of the citizens. 
 Before the axe of the white man was brought 
 into this region, it was heavily wooded with all 
 the varieties of timber common to this section 
 of the State. There are a large number of 
 streams in the township, and this makes the 
 problem of drainage a comparatively easy one 
 to solve. Big Walnut Creek is the principal 
 stream of w r ater. It enters the township about 
 a mile and a half east of the northwest cor- 
 ner of the township, and flows through the 
 center of the west half of the township into 
 Trenton. Among the principal tributaries of 
 the creek we will mention Long Run, whicn 
 comes into the township from Morrow county 
 and runs in a westerly and southwesterly di- 
 rection until it empties into Big Walnut a 
 short distance southeast of Olive Green. Sugar 
 Creek runs through the township from north- 
 east to southwest, joining Big Walnut about a 
 mile north of the southern boundary of the 
 township. Wilcox Run is the principal tribu- 
 tary of Sugar Creek. 
 
 Prior to 181 2, a number of white squat- 
 ters, commonly called "Taways," but not re- 
 lated in any way to the Indian tribe of that 
 name, settled in this township. They were 
 indolent and without ambition or enterprise. 
 Their nearest approach to labor was in hunt- 
 ing, trapping or fishing. Wild game and wild 
 hogs with wild fruits were their principal sub- 
 sistence, though occasionally they broke over 
 and raised a little grain. Among the earliest 
 real pioneers of the township were Daniel 
 Pint. Timothy Meeker and Timothy Murphy. 
 Though they reared large families as was the 
 custom in those days, few if any of their de- 
 scendants are now to be found in the county. 
 In 1810, Peter and Isaac Plan, two brothers, 
 settled in the southern part of the township. 
 In 1817, two brothers, Fbenezer and Christo- 
 pher Lindenberger, settled where the village of 
 Olive Green was later located. They were 
 from Rhode Island and owned several hun- 
 dred acres of land. About the same time two 
 
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 479 
 
 other Rhode Islanders. Festus Sprague and 
 Edward Mason, settled nearby and married 
 two of the Lindenberger girls, sisters of the 
 men we have mentioned. Ebenezer Linderber- 
 ger was a graduate of an eastern college, and 
 his brother had a better education than was 
 the common lot of men in those days. Mason 
 was also well educated, and possessed a men- 
 tal endowment that qualified him for any 
 township, county or State office within the 
 gift of the people. He seemed, however, to 
 lack energy and ambition. From the time he 
 settled in Porter until his death which occur- 
 red near the beginning of the second war with 
 England, he was justice of the peace and held 
 other township offices. His lazy habits re- 
 sulted in his becoming very stout, and the 
 slowness of movement, coupled with his pon- 
 derosity, gave him an air of importance which 
 led people to call him "Pompey" Mason. Like 
 most large people, he was good-natured, and 
 easy-going, and the radiance of his sunny dis- 
 position was shed alike on family, neighbors 
 and friends — he had no enemies. His court 
 was one of conciliation. Before the trial of a 
 cause, he tried by every possible means to ef- 
 fect a settlement between the litigants, thus 
 saving' them money and winning their friend- 
 ship. Festus Sprague married a sister of 
 Squire Mason. By application and industry 
 Mason succeeded in educating himself suffi- 
 ciently to meet the requirements for a teacher 
 in those days, and to fill various offices with 
 ability. For many years he served as justice 
 of the peace, and while he possessed no legal 
 training was regarded by those in the profes- 
 sion who knew him as having naturally a legal 
 mind, and his counsel was often sought in im- 
 ]>< rtant cases. He was a man of temperate 
 habits and of the utmost moral rectitude. His 
 neighbors could never understand what it was 
 that influenced him to adopt the polygamous 
 doctrines of the Mormons, which led him, 
 about i S57. to sell his property and move with 
 his family to Utah, where he died not long 
 after. Christopher Lindenberger and part oi 
 his family also moved to Utah for similar rea- 
 sons. Ebenezer Lindenberger and family 
 moved to the West. John Lindenberger, a son 
 
 of Christopher, served as a justice of the peace 
 and in other township offices. 
 
 Section 4 came to be known as the "Irish 
 Section," by reason of the fact that the patent 
 for these lands was issued by President Mon- 
 roe, on November 28, 1817, to the heirs-at- 
 law of Hugh Holmes and Robert Rainey, who 
 at that time were residents of Ireland. On 
 April 10, 1837, these parties, by their attor- 
 ney, conveyed his section to George C. Bum- 
 ford, who in turn deeded it to John W. Wor- 
 den. Not long alter that Mr. Worden sold 
 one-half of the section to Benjamin S. Brown. 
 of Mt. Vernon, and this land was not placed 
 upon the market until after Mr. Brown's death 
 in the fall of 1838. 
 
 On May [9, 1800, Judge Robert Porter 
 deeded 300 acres of land, situated on Big Wal- 
 nut Creek about three-quarters of a mile 
 south of the present village of Olive Green, to 
 Thomas Mendenhall. a merchant of Wilming- 
 ton, Delaware. Mendenhall gave this land to 
 his son Joel Z., who brought his family here 
 and erected a cabin in 18 19. He was a prac- 
 tical farmer and surveyor, which occupatii ins 
 he followed for many years. He was county 
 surveyor for a number of terms. He married 
 his second cousin, Eliza M"endenhall, in Phila- 
 delphia before coming to Ohio. Mr. Menden- 
 hall had a good education. He was a justice 
 of the peace and held other township offices. 
 From 1835 to 1853 he resided in the City of 
 Delaware, where he also filled the office of jus- 
 tice of the peace. But city life did not ap- 
 peal to him, so in the latter year he returned to 
 his farm in this township. The increasing in- 
 firmities of age finally compelled him to give 
 up farming, and he moved to Olive Green, 
 where he died about 1872. 
 
 Another settler who came into the town- 
 ship in 1817 was Samuel Page, who came fn im 
 Broome County, New York. His farm was 
 on the Sunbury and Mt. Gilead State Road 
 near the Kingston Township line. About two 
 years later he sold this farm to his brother 
 William, who had immigrated to the township. 
 Samuel Page moved onto another farm in 
 Bennington Township, Morrow County, where 
 the village of Pagetown is now located. Wil- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Ham Page was upright and industrious, giving 
 a practical demonstration of the principles of 
 Christianity in his daily life which won for 
 him the high esteem of his neighbors. He was 
 justice of the peace, and filled other offices 
 with credit. He married Miss Sarah Ed- 
 wards. They had five sons — William A.. 
 Roswell, Samuel, Washington and Ranson, 
 and one daughter, who married a man named 
 Wells. In 1840, William Page laid out the 
 village of East Liberty on his farm. It was 
 laid off into four regular squares. The lots 
 were readily sold and the purchasers erected 
 homes, but the failure at this time to build 
 the projected railroad arrested the develop- 
 ment of the place. Dr. H. Bessee, who located 
 here in 1847, Nvas tne nrst physician, and he 
 remained here until the beginning of the Civil 
 War. The first hotel was kept by George 
 Blainey. who was also the first postmaster. 
 
 Olive Green was the first town laid out in 
 Porter. It was surveyed and platted in 1835 
 by Joel Z. Mendenhall for Christopher Lindeh- 
 berger and Festus Sprague, who were the 
 owners. The village was laid out in eight 
 regular squares, and is located on the State 
 Road between Mt. Vernon and Columbus at 
 the intersection of the road between Sunbury 
 and Alt. Gilead. The first store was kept by 
 Christopher Lindenberger. A post office was 
 established in i860. James N. Stark being the 
 first postmaster. The first frame hi luse was 
 erected by a Mr. Baird. About 1830, Andrew 
 Hemminger, who was of German descent, 
 moved into the township from Tuscarawas 
 County. For many years he was the only set- 
 tler on the road between East Liberty and the 
 old Vail tavern, and so his home came to be 
 a -lopping place for travelers, lie put up a 
 double log house, and as many as fifty teams 
 were sometimes put up here over night. Aaron 
 R. Harrison located in the western part of the 
 township in 1833. He had a farm of several 
 hundred acres on the road running from Sun- 
 bury to .Mt. Gilead. He was born in New 
 Jersey in 1778, and married Mary Condit in 
 1803. They brought five sons and four 
 daughters with them from New Jersey. He 
 built the first frame barn erected in the town- 
 ship, which was 30 x 50 feet in dimensions. 
 
 His son Zenas served as county commissioner, 
 besides filling different township offices to the 
 satisfaction of the people. 
 
 About 1820, a man named Sturdevant, the 
 father of James and Chauncey H. Sturdevant, 
 settled in the township. A. G. Kennev emi- 
 grated from Maryland in 1828, and settled on 
 a farm on a branch of Long Run about half a 
 mile from the northern boundary of the town- 
 ship. They erected the first brick house in the 
 township. Two years after they came here. Sam- 
 uel Dowell settled at the head of Sugar Creek. 
 Rev. Henry Davey, a Dunkard preacher, set- 
 tled on Sugar Creek, near the center of Sec- 
 tion 1, about 1832. He enjoyed vigorous 
 health, and was capable of great mental and 
 physical labor. He built a saw-mill on his 
 farm and soon had the farm well improved 
 and good buildings erected. He was a recog- 
 nized leader of his sect, and for many years he 
 was away from home the greater part of the 
 time attending to his ministerial duties. He 
 was well-to-do in this world's goods, but lived 
 simply and without display. In 1856 he sold 
 the farm just described, and purchased an- 
 other on Big Walnut Creek ; here he lived for 
 several years, finally selling the property and 
 removing to the western part of the State. In 
 1830, Charles Patrick, a son of Squire Joseph 
 Patrick of Berkshire, settled on the Porter 
 section. He cleared up and improved a farm 
 of 300 acres. The same year William Her 
 and the Gray family came from Tuscarawas 
 County and settled in Seption 1 near the Mor- 
 row County line. Her was a local preacher in 
 the Methodist Church, but was broad-minded 
 and tolerant of the beliefs of others, often 
 uniting with members of other denominations 
 in religious work. Other early settlers were 
 11. Blackledge, who gained the reputation of 
 keeping some of the best stock in the township. 
 Harvey Leach settled in the township in 1834, 
 and married a daughter of Mr. Dunham, 
 whose farm was on the State Road near the 
 Morrow County line. He was a soldier in the 
 War of 1 812. During the later years of his 
 life he was blind. 
 
 In 1837. Mr. Charles M. Fowler located in 
 the north-eastern portion of this township. 
 When yet a young man he left the parental 
 
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 home in the Catskil] Mountains to engage in 
 the manufacture of oilcloth, having Messrs. 
 Snyder ami I 'ran for his partners. The enter- 
 prise did not prove successful from a financial 
 standpoint, and Mr. Fowler came to Ohio. 
 In 1840. he married Miss Catharine Ann Gray 
 of New Philadelphia, and brought her to the 
 farm in Porter Township on which he had set- 
 tled three years before. They came overland 
 in a spring-wagon — the first one in the neigh- 
 borhood. Having taken the most important 
 step in a man's lifetime, Mr. Fowler row set 
 to work with all his energy to clear up his 200- 
 acre farm. The forest was so dense that they 
 could not see forty rods from the cabin, and 
 t nly reached this neighborhood by following a 
 path that was indicated by blazed trees. After 
 remaining - here for four years with his young 
 wife, who had never been away from home, 
 Mr. Fowler returned with his family to his old 
 home in New York State, driving in a wagon 
 to New Philadelphia, and making the rest of 
 the journey by canal and wagon. He remained 
 away fi >ur years, during which time his farm 
 was cultivated by a tenant, McCreary by name. 
 While he was away, Mr. Fowler was again 
 engaged in business as a manufacturer, but 
 sold out his interests when he decided to re- 
 turn to his farm. He began to make 
 improvements, and soon had his farm well 
 fenced and under a good state of cultivation. 
 He erected a large frame house and two frame 
 barns, set out an orchard, and soon had every- 
 thing about him for his comfort and conven- 
 ience that was possible in that day. He and 
 his wife were Presbyterians, and for many 
 years they were regular attendants of the Old 
 Blue Church in Kingston, a distance of seven 
 miles from their home, and great as was the 
 distance, they were seldom late either for Sab- 
 bath school or preaching services. When the 
 New School Presbyterians built their church 
 in East Liberty, he went there, the distance 
 being three miles shorter. In this new church 
 Mr. Fowler and Mr. John Wan Sickle, of 
 Kingston, were the main pillars. Mr. Fowler 
 was a man of true piety and practical religion. 
 He made several trips to his old home in the 
 Catskill Mountains, and was frequently visited 
 
 by his father and mother. Mr. Fowler died 
 in Delaware, where he had resided but a short 
 time, on June 12, [872, and was buried in the 
 old cemetery he had helped to lay out, near the 
 old church in Porter, with which he had been 
 so long identified. He was well versed in the 
 Scriptures and in ancient and modern history. 
 His oldest son, Dr. S. W. Fowler, of Dela- 
 ware, is the oldest physician in the county, and 
 an able contributor to this work. 
 
 In 1839, David Babcock emigrated from 
 Rhode Island to Porter Township and settled 
 on the east side of the Big Walnut, near the 
 northern boundary or the township. He 
 cleared up the farm and resided here until his 
 death, which occurred in 1871, when he was 
 seventy-two years old. About 1844, S. A. 
 Ramsey purchased a farm of about 200 acres 
 near the center of the "Irish Section." This he 
 developed into a profitable farm. He reared 
 a large family, and won the respect of all his 
 neighbors by his uprightness of character. He 
 served as justice of the peace and in other 
 township offices. We have endeavored to give 
 all that we could learn regarding the early 
 settlers, who left homes of comparative com- 
 fort and braved the perils and endured the 
 hardships of the wilderness to pave the way 
 for the civilization that we enjoy today. It 
 would be impossible to go into such detail re- 
 garding the thousands of worthy citizens who 
 now compose the population of Delaware 
 County. So far as we know, no record ex- 
 ists to show the date of the first marriage, but 
 as nearly as we can learn, the contracting 
 parties were Reuben Place and Rachel Meeker. 
 Tradition also says that Eliza Allen Menden- 
 hall Pint was the first white child born of the 
 permanent settlers, and Polly Place was the 
 first to die. This has always been a farming 
 community, and one of the last places in the 
 world for a speculative enterprise to gain a 
 foothold; yet. in 1865, when the oil specula- 
 tion in Ohio was at its height, the Delaware 
 & Hocking Oil Company was organized by 
 Judge Isaac Ramsey, David Coban, Dr. H. 
 Bessee, Mr. Huston and others, with Charles 
 McElroy as secretary. The necessary appar- 
 atus was purchased, and the Company started 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 to bore for oil on the Big Walnut. The ex- 
 citement grew greater from day to day, the 
 stock of the company increased in price and 
 sold rapidly to those whom, it is easy now to 
 say, were more hopeful than wise. It was 
 decided that the work was impracticable after 
 the well had been driven 900 feet through the 
 sandstone, blue clay and clay shale, and the 
 enterprise was abandoned. Had they been 
 successful, the promoters of the venture would 
 have been credited with unusual foresight and 
 business acumen. The citizens of Porter 
 Township are the peers of the citizens of any 
 similar neighborhood in the State in intelli- 
 gence, industry, enterprise and morality. 
 
 The present officers of the township (for 
 1908) are as follows : 
 
 C. H. Forsley and L. E. Smith, justices 
 of the peace: F. O. White and C. W. Sherman, 
 trustees ; W. H. Fredericks, clerk ; C. X. Metz- 
 ger, treasurer; E. R. Chadwick, assessor; 
 Ernest Garvin and Elmer Vining, constables. 
 
 RADNOR TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Radnor, one of the three original townships 
 of Delaware County, rich and fertile in its soil, 
 substantial and progressive in its citizenship, 
 takes second rank to no farming community in 
 this section of the State. Peopled from its in- 
 fancy, largely by men of the sturdy Welsh 
 race, the development and improvement of the 
 land and the establishment of schools and 
 churches was accomplished with greater 
 rapidity than is recorded in the experience of 
 most virgin territories. Henry Perry, of Angel- 
 sey, South Wales, accompanied by his young 
 sons, Ebenezer and Levi, was the first white 
 settler, coming in the fall of 1803, hut it was 
 not until July of the following year that he 
 became a property owner. He purchased 100 
 acres of land fur $150 of David Pugh, an ex- 
 tensive land owner, at whose solicitation he 
 had come west from Philadelphia to make set- 
 tlement. 
 
 David Pugh, leaving his native country, 
 Radnorshire, South Wales, crossed the ocean 
 in 1 801, and took up his residence in Balti- 
 more, Maryland. The following year he went 
 to Philadelphia, where he met Dr. Samuel 
 
 Jones, who had a warrant for 4,000 acres of 
 United States Military land, in Town- 
 ship 6, Range 20, as designated by the 
 United States Survey. The result of the ac- 
 quaintance was the employment of young 
 Pugh as an emissary to go west and learn 
 something of the character and value of the 
 land owned by the doctor. Early in 1802 he 
 left Philadelphia and after an adventurous trip 
 on •horseback, lasting two months, arrived at 
 Franklinton, Franklin County, the settlement 
 nearest the land he sought. With an exper- 
 ienced backwoodsman as guide, he made his 
 way northward through an unbroken wilder- 
 ness to the land, located in the township to 
 which he subsequently gave the name of Rad- 
 nor, in honor of his native country. The name 
 however is of English origin, the Welsh name 
 of that country being "Maesyfed." After a 
 thorough examination, David Pugh returned 
 to Philadelphia and made a favorable report to 
 Dr. Jones. In the city of Philadelphia, March 
 2, 1803, for a consideration of $2,650, a trans- 
 fer was made to David Pugh, of the 
 tract of 4,000 acres, excepting 50 acres 
 given to David Lodwig, and 50 acres 
 donated as a "glebe" for a Baptist or a Presby- 
 terian minister who would locate in the pro- 
 posed settlement. 
 
 Henry Perry, who had but recently arrived 
 in this country, was persuaded by Mr. Pugh to 
 make settlement in this wild country, which he 
 and his two sons did in the fall of 1803, as 
 before mentioned, leaving his wife and two 
 small children in Baltimore. The journey was 
 made on foot, and after many trials and hard- 
 ships they arrived on the Pugh land. A small 
 clearing was made, a cabin erected and the 
 following spring crops planted on land which 
 they had cleared during the winter. Leaving 
 his young sons (Ebenezer being fifteen and 
 Levi thirteen years old at the time of their ar- 
 rival) in possession of the cabin, Henry Perry 
 returned to Baltimore for the remainder of his 
 family, which in the early summer he brought 
 West, making the journey in a cart. In 1804, 
 David Pugh returned and had his land sur- 
 veyed into 100 acre tracts, except 150 acres in 
 the center, which were laid out in town lots, 
 the town to be known as New Baltimore. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 483 
 
 Others who came in 1804 and purchased of 
 Mr. Pugh, were Richard Tibbott, John Wat- 
 kins. John Jones, Hugh Kyle, and David 
 Marks. The year of 1805 witnessed the com- 
 ing" of the following families: Evan Jenkins, 
 David Davids, Richard Hoskins, David 
 Davies, and John M inter. David Pugh went 
 to his native land in 1806, and in 1807 re- 
 turned with his sisters, Mary and Hannah, 
 wives of David Perry and John Philips, re- 
 spectively. The same year, came Mrs. Eleanor 
 Lodwig with her children. Thomas, John and 
 Letitia ; and in 1808. Benjamin Kepler. Elijah 
 Adams. Thomas Warren, and John Foos, 
 came to Radnor with their families. 
 
 Radnor Township was created at the time 
 the county was organized, but remained as 
 then constituted only until the meeting of the 
 rirst Commissioners Court, when on June 15, 
 1808. the township of Marlborough was 
 created out of Radnor territory. Thompson 
 and Troy were later segregated from Radnor 
 and established as separate townships, leaving 
 the latter, in its dimensions, about ten miles 
 north and south and from three to five miles in 
 width. 
 
 During the War of 1812, the settlers were 
 kept in turmoil, being in constant fear of at- 
 tack from the Indians. A block house was 
 erected on the farm of Benjamin Kepler as a 
 retreat for the people, but when an attack be- 
 came most threatening, many fled to the fort 
 near Franklinton. However, the expected at- 
 tack never materialized. After the war had 
 closed and peace and safety assured, there 
 was a great influx of new settlers, among 
 them being Mrs. Wasson and her sons; Joseph 
 Dunlap; Samuel Cooper; Robert and John 
 McKinney; Obed Taylor; James and Matthew 
 Fleming; John Jones; Walter Perry. Si"., with 
 his sons, Walter, William, Edward, and 
 Roger ; then Thomas Jones and sons — John 
 A. and Thomas ; Ellis Jones, David E. Jones. 
 Edward Evans. John Owen. Roger Watkins, 
 W'atkin Watkins, William Watkins, John and 
 Humphrey Humphreys, Benjamin Herbert. 
 Morgan D. Morgans, the pioneer blacksmith 
 of the settlement: J. R. Jones, a weaver by 
 trade: J. Jones, a mason; John Cadwalader, 
 Rev. David Calwalader, David Lloyd, John 
 
 Davies, a cooper; Mrs. Mary Chidlaw, with 
 her family ; and Robert and Stephen Thomas. 
 Most of these were of Welsh birth. By the 
 time the early thirties were reached, practically 
 all of the lands of the township was owned by 
 actual settlers, and it is a notable fact that few 
 farms of the township have ever been sub- 
 jected to tax sales. 
 
 The first white child born in the county 
 was David Perry, Jr., followed closely by 
 Mary Jones, afterward Mrs. Warner, in 1807. 
 The first death was that of the mother of 
 Hugh Kyle, but there is no record of the date; 
 she was buried in the old cemetery at Radnor. 
 The first marked grave in that cemetery was 
 that of David Davids, who died September 10. 
 1 8 10. Elijah Adams was the first justice of 
 the peace in Radnor, and Thomas Warren 
 conducted the first tavern, starting in 181 1 in 
 a two story log building. 
 
 The village of Delhi, which has been 
 known as Radnor since the advent of the Co- 
 lumbus & Toledo ( Hocking Valley) Railroad, 
 was laid out in August, 1833, for Edward 
 Evans on his farm, near what has been the 
 town site of New Baltimore, before Thomas 
 Warren converted it into a farm. The first 
 house on the town site of Radnor was built in 
 1805 where the Welsh Methodist Church now 
 stands, and was occupied by Morgan Morgan, 
 the blacksmith. The first store was kept by 
 Obed Taylor. Thomas Taylor was the first 
 postmaster as well as the first tavern keeper. 
 Delhi Lodge No. 250, I. O. O. F., was installed 
 there May 17, 1854, with five charter mem- 
 bers, and grew rapidly. 
 
 The time the first school was started or 
 by whom it was taught is not known, but it 
 was during the early days of the settlement. 
 In 1821 there were three log school houses in 
 the township, one on the farm of John Philips 
 in the southern part, another on the farm of 
 John Dildine. centrally located, ami the third 
 near the old block house. There are at present 
 eight school districts, with substantial school 
 buildings, and a competent corps of instruc- 
 tors employed. 
 
 The first organized religious society in 
 Radnor Township, was the Baptist, which had 
 its beginning May 4, 1816, in a log school- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 house. Elder Drake was the first regular pas- 
 tor, preaching in both Welsh and English. 
 They erected first a log church near the bury- 
 ing ground, and regardless of denomination 
 or religious belief, the settlers assisted in the 
 building, each bringing a hewed log and as- 
 sisting in the raising. In 1833. near the site 
 of the log church, a stone building was built, 
 and in 1867 a fine edifice was constructed of 
 brick, representing an outlay of $4,500. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church had rep- 
 resentation there from the first, and in 1808 
 an itinerant minister preached the first sermon 
 in the township, in the house of Henry Perry. 
 Several years later a few of the families met 
 regularly at the house of Elijah Adams and 
 services were held. It was not until 1838 that 
 a frame house of worship was built and the 
 congregation supplied with regular preaching. 
 In 1855 a brick meeting house was erected. 
 
 The Radnor Welsh Congregational Church 
 had its beginning about 1818. when meetings 
 were held in the cabins of the settlers, the 
 language spoken being invariably Welsh. In 
 1820, Rev. James Davies organized a church 
 in the home of John Jones, and thereafter was 
 not without a pastor for more than a brief 
 period. In 1841 a frame church building was 
 erected and in 1842 was dedicated. In the 
 middle sixties a brick meeting house was erec- 
 ted at a cost of $3,000. 
 
 The Radnor Presbyterian Church dates its 
 organization back to 1819, when the Rev. Jo- 
 seph Hughes of Delaware accepted it as one 
 of his charges. A hewed log meeting-house 
 was built in a sugar grove on the farm of Jo- 
 seph Dunlap. The erection of a stone church 
 building was begun in 1840 but not completed 
 until 1849. I n tne interim, the log church 
 was abandoned and there was no pastor for 
 several years. Through the efforts of Rev. 
 S. R. Hughes, the church resumed its proper 
 place in the world. 
 
 The Protestant Episcopal Church was or- 
 ganized in 1836 by Rev. Abram Edwards, and 
 a house of worship was erected but its exist- 
 ence was limited to a very few years. 
 
 The Presbyterian Church was organized 
 in 1848, largely through the untiring efforts 
 of Rev. Henry Shedd and in 1854 a brick 
 
 church building was constructed. It thrived 
 ami prospered from its inception. 
 
 The Welsh Presbyterian Church was or- 
 ganized in 1850 by the Welsh settlers who 
 were of the Calvinistic Methodist faith before 
 leaving their native land. Their church creed 
 being almost identical with the Presbyterian 
 in America, the church was given the latter 
 name. The first pastor was Rev. Hugh Rob- 
 erts, and the Welsh language has always been 
 used in preaching in that church. A church 
 edifice was erected in 1877. 
 
 The Radnor Sunday School Union, the 
 first Sunday school in Radnor Township, was 
 established April 18, 1829. and continued most 
 actively for many years, but finally was dis- 
 banded because Sunday Schools had been es- 
 tablished in the respective Churches. Primers, 
 spellers and the Bible were the text books used 
 and the good accomplished by this organiza- 
 tion in improving the minds of the young, 
 morally and educationally, can scarcely tie es- 
 timated or imagined. Of the members of this 
 union, six became ministers of the Gospel. 
 
 The Radnor Township officials in 1908 
 were: James P. Osborne, justice of the 
 peace; Charles S. Gallant and Edgar Jones, 
 trustees; Charles E. Davis, clerk; Perry J. 
 Griffith, treasurer; Charles R. Watkins. as- 
 sessor; M. Mays, constable. 
 
 The following are the business houses of 
 Radnor: E. I. Jones, general store; I. W. 
 Holmes, general store; Benjamin Pritchard, 
 blacksmith ; G. T. Wolfley, pastmaster ; Rad- 
 nor Elevator Company, dealers in grain, hay, 
 seed, hardware, farm implements and coal ; 
 Perry J. Griffith, livery ; W. T. Roberts, hotel 
 and livery; T. K. Jones, M. D. ; H. Edwards, 
 M. D. ; T. W. Disbennett, tile-mill and saw- 
 mill. 
 
 SCIOTO TOWNSHIP. 
 
 This township was included in the Old 
 Virginia Military Land, and originally in- 
 cluded territory only west of the Scioto River. 
 On December 7, 1814, the county commission- 
 ers granted a petition to establish this town- 
 ship. At that time the new township included 
 all the land west of the Scioto that had been in 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 485 
 
 Radnor, and extended south to the mouth ol 
 Mill Creek. Concord Township was estab- 
 lished in 1819, and two years later, the boun- 
 daries of Sci< Ho Township were definitely 
 fixed, as follows: Beginning on the west bank 
 of the Scioto River at Dilsaver's Ford, the 
 line ran west to Union County; thence south 
 with said line to the middle of Mill Creek; 
 thence eastwardly with the north line of Con- 
 cord Township to the Scioto River; thence up 
 the said river, with the meander thereof to the 
 place of beginning. In 1852. land embracing 
 two school districts in the northern part of 
 G ncord Township, on the east side of the 
 Scioto was annexed to Scioto Township. A 
 few years after that, a part of Concord Town- 
 ship situated directly west of the Mill Creek 
 settlement, occupying the bend of Mill Creek 
 south of it. was attached to Scioto Township, 
 so that the people living on it might have the 
 benefit of the Ostrander schools and the near- 
 by \oting place. Scioto Township is now 
 bounded on the north by Thompson and Rad- 
 nor Townships; on the east by Radnor, Dela- 
 ware and Concord Townships; on the south 
 by Concord Township and Union County, and 
 on the west by Union County. The township 
 takes its name from the Scioto River. This is 
 a corruption of the Indian name Scionto, which 
 was applied to the river by the Wyandots. Ar- 
 thur's Run and Boke*s Creek are the tribu- 
 taries of the river in the northern half of the 
 township. The latter, which is a good-si/cd 
 stream, was named for a Wyandot chief. It is 
 feci by Smith's Run. Mill Creek, the principal 
 tributary of the Scioto River in Delaware 
 County, runs through the southern part of the 
 township. 
 
 Near the river the land is rolling, and in 
 some places the banks of the river are quite 
 steep. The land along the river is rich. Far- 
 ther back it is more level, and is well adapted 
 for grains and grazing. Here and there 
 through the townships clay knobs are to be 
 found containing excellent material for the 
 manufacture of brick and tile. In the western 
 part of the township, about where the farms 
 of John W. Eddleblute and Acel Larcum and 
 others in that neighborhood are located, there 
 
 was at one time a pond of considerable size 
 and much swamp Land. This was drained, and 
 in order to get rid of the vegetation with 
 which the land was covered, it was set on 
 fire. It burned for a long time before the fire 
 could be put out. From this fact the road 
 which runs north and south through this sec- 
 tion became known as the Burned Pond Pike. 
 The lands proved to be- some of the richest in 
 the township. 
 
 The Indians, which the first settlers found 
 here were friendly, and imparted to them 
 much valuable information regarding the salt 
 licks, the fords in the river and the haunts of 
 wild game. 
 
 It is now generally conceded that the first 
 settler in the township was Richard Hoskins, 
 who came from Wales bringing a famih of 
 four sons and three daughters. Thev reached 
 Franklinton in December. 1805. and in May 
 of the following year started north on the 1 'Id 
 Sandusky Military Road. He settled at the 
 mouth ol Boke's Creek. About the same time, 
 probably in June of that year, Zachariah Ste- 
 phens settled near Hoskins, and as he was the 
 first to complete his cabin, he has the honor of 
 building the first white man's cabin in the 
 township. In the latter part of November, 
 1807, an Irish family, of which James Mc- 
 Cune was the head cast in their lot with the 
 little settlement. In August of the next year, 
 another Irishman, Stewart Smith, settled here. 
 In 1809, Jacob North came from the East and 
 settled near the creek; Zachariah Williams and 
 his family settled near by ; and Joseph Shoub, 
 a Pennsylvanian. settled near the mouth of 
 Smith's Run. The same year Philip Horshaw 
 came and built a grist mill where the mill at 
 Warrensburg now stands. In 181 1 Richard 
 and Evans Carr arrived in the township. The 
 latter settled near the present site of the town 
 of Ostrander. In [814, John Sherman came 
 from Kentucky. He was a soldier in the War 
 of 1 812. His son. Vincent Sherman, settled 
 near the Union County line. John Lawrence 
 settled on a farm in 1814. where the villagi 
 Edinburg was later located. The same year, 
 John Cratty came through the woods and set- 
 tled on a farm near the present site of Os- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 trander. Andrew Dodds and his family came 
 here March 15, 181 5, from the Derby Plain. 
 They were natives of Pennsylvania. They 
 settled in the Edinburg neighborhood. Polly 
 
 Dodds, the wife of Andrew, died soon after 
 they reached here. She was the second one to 
 be interred in the graveyard at Edinburg. Her 
 husband died in 1820. 
 
 James Liggett came from Virginia in 
 1817, and settled in the woods, on land which 
 is now included in the village of Ostrander. 
 He was energetic, intelligent and a public- 
 spirited citizen, who did all in his power to de- 
 velop the town. In 181 5, Asa Robinson set- 
 tled near the mouth of Big Mill Creek, and 
 the following year a Kentuckian named Wil- 
 liam Ramsey settled on Mill Creek. That 
 year, H. G. Smith, a native of Massachusetts, 
 also settled in the township, and Solomon 
 Carr came from Virginia and settled on land 
 that is now a part of the village of Ostrander. 
 George Bean came from Hardy County. Vir- 
 ginia, four years later and joined this little 
 settlement. He was one of the first justices 
 of the peace in the township. The Deans 
 came from Pennsylvania into Ohio before it 
 became a State, and in 1829, they came to 
 the neighborhood of Ostrander, and in the 
 late 'Go's moved into the village. Other set- 
 tlers who came into the township at a later 
 date were William Loveless, in 1828 from 
 .Maryland, and in [837, \V. G. McFarlin, both 
 of whom settled near White Sulphur Station.' 
 In 1834 a Welshman by the name of J. P. 
 Owen, settled in the township. 
 
 Robert Perry and Sarah Hoskins were the 
 first couple married in the township. This 
 important event occurred in 1808. Later in 
 that year Isaac Smart married Margaret 
 Smith. Hugh Stephens, a son of Zachariah 
 Stephens, was the first white child born in 
 Scioto, and James McCune was the second. 
 The first death was that of Zachariah Wil* 
 Hams, who died in [809, ami was the first 
 one buried in the old cemeter) on Boke's Creek. 
 The first postmaster was Harry Riggers, who 
 kept a tavern at what was then known as 
 Riggers Ford, where the covered bridge now 
 crosses the Scioto on the Marvsville Pike. 
 
 This was a famous tavern and the second one 
 opened in the township. The first tavern was 
 opened by James Flannigan. John Cratty 
 and David Shoup were the first justices of the 
 peace. 
 
 The first village in the township was Fair- 
 view, later called Edinburg. and now recog- 
 nized only by a few- houses in the neighbor- 
 hood where the Gabriels live, north of Ostran- 
 der. It is supposed that this village was laid 
 out and platted soon after Cratty and the 
 Dodds and John Lawrence came into the 
 township, but the record does not show who 
 made the plat or the date when it was recorded. 
 There were twenty-seven lots shown on the 
 plat. Harrison Street, running east and west 
 was to be the principal street ; others running 
 in the same direction were Columbus. Frank- 
 lin and East Streets. Its beautiful location 
 suggested the first name of the settlement. It 
 was expected that the place would develop 
 into one of importance, ami for a time it had 
 a slow but steady growth. When, however, 
 the railroad was put through the present vil- 
 lage of Ostrander, the hopes of the citizens of 
 Edinburg were blasted. The village of Os- 
 trander owes its existence to the building of 
 the railroad through that part of the township. 
 and what was once a bare clay knob now sup- 
 parts one of the flourishing villages of the 
 county. It is named for the engineer who 
 surveyed the line for the railroad. The town 
 w^as laid out in 1S52 by I. C. Buck, and as 
 originally platted contained 104 lots. The 
 town was incorporated May 18, 1875-. The 
 first Council meeting was held April 5, 1876, 
 at which were present. D. G. Cratty. mayor : 
 W. C. Winget, treasurer; Dr. D. C. Fay, 
 clerk. The members of the Council were T. . 
 Maugans, I. 11. Fields, Samuel Stricklin. G. 
 S. Carr. F. W. Brown and J. B. Roberts. M. 
 C. Bean was the first postn aster. ■ VV. C. Win- 
 get was the first merchant. Dr. Erastus Field 
 was the first physician. He came here in [849. 
 William Fry was the first blacksmith, and 
 Samuel Stricklin was the first tavern-keeper. 
 
 ( (strander's present-day business men are 
 enterprising and up-to-date. They are com- 
 prised substantially in the following list : 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 487 
 
 Physicians — D. C. Fay, G. E. Cowles, V. 
 B. Weller. 
 
 Ostrander Business Houses — R. B. Shaw. 
 restaurant and meat market; H. T. Kyle, drug- 
 gist; C. Hannawalt, dry goods and groceries; 
 E. B. Bean, dry good:- and groceries: Robin- 
 son Bros., furniture, carpets and undertaking; 
 A. .M. Jacobs, monuments; Shoaf & Anderson, 
 dry goods and groceries; The Ostrander Bank- 
 ing Company; \V. C. Bovey. blacksmith and 
 carriage manufacturer; Fegley Bros., black- 
 smiths and repair shop ; Albert Huntley, ce- 
 ment blocks and fence posts; Palace Hotel. W. 
 E. Honneter, proprietor; J. C. Maugans, ele- 
 vator and lumber yard; Manville & Winston, 
 hardware; C. L. V. Liggett, hardware; also 
 two livery barns. 
 
 Ostrander officials for 1908 — E. B. Bean, 
 mayor; M. M. McBride, clerk; \Y. A. Ander- 
 son, treasurer. 
 
 Councilmen — Charles Ekelberry. president ; 
 R. T. Gates, John Fegley. Eli Maugans. D. 
 W. Felkner, Charles Shoaf. George P. Lig- 
 gett, marshal. 
 
 School Board — S. T. Carr, president ; 
 William Harris. C. V. Liggett, Dr. G. E. 
 Cowles, S. M. Schoppert. 
 
 M. M. Mcbride, health officer. 
 
 M. L. Kalb, postmaster. 
 
 The history of the lodges, schools, churches 
 and manufacturing plants will be found in the 
 chapters devoted to those special subjects. 
 
 Warrensburg is a small village located on 
 the Sandusky Military Road over which Hos- 
 kins and the other pioneer settlers on Boke's 
 Creek passed when they came up the river. 
 It is located two miles north of White Sul- 
 phur Station, and was originally and for many 
 years called Millville. It received its present 
 name of Warrensburg when a postoffice was 
 
 established there, August 26, 1! 
 
 o- 
 
 Owing 
 
 to the establishment of the rural free delivery. 
 the postoffice was discontinued a few years ago. 
 At one time Millville was the largest village 
 in the township, but the building of the rail- 
 road so far to the south blighted its pros- 
 pects of any large development in the fu- 
 ture. 
 
 The public officials of Scioto Township 
 for the year 1908 are: S. B. Myers, justice 
 of the peace; Charles Cryder and ( leorge Culp, 
 trustees; G. E. Cowles, treasurer; Stanley Mc- 
 Kittrick, clerk; John Stover and Fred Faucett, 
 assessors, and William Harter, constable. 
 
 TRENTON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The name of this township was originally 
 Sunbury. The present township is but a small 
 portion of the original township of Sunbury, 
 which was the third township to be created 
 after the organization of Delaware County. 
 It dates back to June 16. 1808. and was origin- 
 ally bounded as follows : Beginning at the 
 northeast corner of Section 2, Township 5 and 
 Range 17, of the United States Military Sur- 
 vey, thence south with said line to the south 
 line of the count)-, thence east with said county 
 line to the east line of said county, thence north 
 with said county line to the Indian boundary 
 line, thence west by said bundary line, to the 
 east line of Marlborough Township, thence 
 south with said line to the southeast corner of 
 said township, thence west to the place of be- 
 ginning. This immense township included 
 the present townships of Harlem. Trenton. 
 Porter, and half of Berkshire and Genoa in 
 Delaware County, and the following town- 
 ships in Morrow County : Peru, Bennington, 
 Lincoln and Harmony. On September 1 1 . 
 1 8 10, Harlem was set oft" from Sunbury, and 
 Kingston followed on June 8, 1813. Three 
 years later Genoa was set oft* from Harlem, 
 and one half of the new township was taken 
 from the original Sunbury. One slice after 
 another was cut off this territory until the 
 present dimensipns of Trenton Township 
 we,e reached, its present name having been 
 given to it sometime in the early *3o's. We 
 quote the following account of the way in which 
 the change of name was brought about: 
 "Messrs. Van Dorn, Leak and Condit, all 
 early settlers and prominent men of the town- 
 ship, were sitting on a log one day talking 
 over general business matters. Finally, the 
 conversation turned upon the question of the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 village of Sunbury being in Berkshire Town- 
 ship, while their own township bore the name 
 of Sunbury. It was suggested that the name 
 of the latter be changed in order to avoid con- 
 fusion, a suggestion that was unanimousl) 
 agreed to. Mr. Leak proposed the name 01 
 Chester — his native town; Mr. Condit wanted 
 it called Orange, but there was an Orange 
 Township in the county already; so Mr. Van 
 Dorn suggested Trenton, for the capitol of his 
 native State — New Jersey. The name was 
 agreed to among themselves and sent to the 
 county commissioners, by whom it was adopted. 
 Thus Sunbury Township became a thing of 
 the past, while its place was filled on the map 
 of Delaware County by Trenton." This town- 
 ship is now bounded on the north by Porter 
 Township; on the east by Licking County; on 
 the south by Harlem and on the west by Berk- 
 shire. It is five miles square and contains 
 16,000 acres of land. The surface of this 
 township, while it is not wholly level, can 
 scarcely be called hilly or broken. Along the 
 water-courses it is a little rough and uneven, 
 while back from the streams it is somewhat 
 rolling, until striking the table-land, when it 
 becomes rather level. Van's Valley, as it is 
 called, is somewhat low. as well as the west 
 central part, while the western and northern 
 portions rise to quite an elevation, and incline 
 to an almost rolling surface. The township 
 is well drained by natural streams. Big Wal- 
 nut Creek, which is the principal stream, en- 
 ters the township near the northwest corner, 
 and runs a little west of south to the township 
 line, where it passes out southeast of Sun- 
 burv. Rattlesnake Run is the next largest 
 stream. The large number of rattlesnakes that 
 were found in the cliffs and rocks bordering 
 this stream led the early settlers to give it 
 its name. The North Fork enters the town- 
 ship near the center of the east line, and unites 
 with the South Fork in the south central part 
 of the township, thence it flows in a westerly 
 direction and empties into the Big Walnut 
 near the center of the west line of the town- 
 ship. < )ther streams of minor importance are 
 Culver's Run and Perfect's Creek, named for 
 early settlers in the township. These streams 
 
 empty into the Big Walnut. Dry Run empties 
 into Perfect's Creek and Mink Run flows into 
 Rattlesnake near its mouth. There are many 
 quarries of fine building stone in this township, 
 some of which were opened at an early day. 
 The township was well timbered with the 
 various hardwoods indigenous to this region. 
 William Perfect and Mordecai Thomas 
 were the first settlers in Trenton Township of 
 whom we have any record. They with their 
 families came here in the spring of 1807 from 
 Kentucky. Each purchased a hundred acres 
 of military land from Pearson Spinning, who 
 had a tract of 1,000 acres. At this late date 
 comparatively little that is new can be learned 
 concerning the earliest pioneers of the county, 
 and we have to depend largely upon the re- 
 searches of earlier historians ; for this reason, 
 we will make use of some of the material con- 
 tributed by Middleton Perfect to the County 
 Atlas published in 1875. Perfect and Thomas 
 settled near the mouth of the creek that later 
 was named for Mr. Perfect. His death in 
 1812 was the first in the township. In 1810 
 another Kentuckian, Bartholomew Anderson, 
 settled on a tract of land east of Perfect's. 
 "Trenton is justly proud of its pioneers. New 
 Jersey furnished skilled tavern-keepers ; the 
 northern part of the township was settled by 
 industrious people from the little Blue State. 
 A colony from Ithaca, New York, settled in 
 the south part, and another from Pennsyl- 
 vania in the west part. One of the early 
 settlers kept two 'asheries,' and supplied Dela- 
 ware with salt and window-glass for twelve 
 years." The two latter articles of merchan- 
 dise were wagoned from Zanesville. Michael 
 Ely and John Culver settled north of what is 
 now Culver's Creek in 1809, and soon after 
 them a single man named John Williamson 
 came into the settlement and purchased land 
 from Ely, whose daughter Rosanna he mar- 
 ried in 1810. It is claimed that their son, 
 Madison Williamson, was the first white child 
 born in the township. A man named Pressing, 
 John Ginn and William Kidgway came to the 
 township in 181 1 from the State of Delaware. 
 Other early settlers were James and Owen 
 Hough from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 
 
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 When Gilbert Van Dora came here from New 
 |ersey in 1 S 1 7 , there were only two families 
 living on the road between the Licking County 
 line and the village of Sunbury. He pur- 
 chased 1,000 acres of land in a beautiful val- 
 ley, which has ever since been known as "Van's 
 Valley." It is claimed that the tavern which 
 he opened here the next year was the first in 
 the township. He had a gilt sun painted on 
 his sign and underneath it the words, "Center 
 Inn." At first this pioneer tavern was a rude 
 log structure, but as travel increased and his 
 reputation as a Boniface grew, a second cabin 
 was added to the first, and then another and 
 another, until he had lour log cabins con- 
 nected together for the accommodation of the 
 traveling public. At the end of eleven years 
 he put up a brick "hotel," in front of which 
 he hung the same old sign that had cheered the 
 weary traveled with the prospect of entertain- 
 ment for so many years. This structure, built 
 in 1829, was the first brick building erected 
 in the township. It would appear that Van 
 Dora was a man of some business ability, for 
 we find that he also kept a kind of grocery 
 store at his tavern, and continued it until 
 1854. John Leak, who also came from New 
 Jersey, bought land from Van Dora and set- 
 tled east of the Inn. In 1820 Silas Ogden 
 settled on what was known as the State Road 
 and opened the first tannery in the town- 
 ship. 
 
 In 1823 Oliver Gratrax settled in the town- 
 ship. Air. Perfect said, "He wore leather 
 breeches full of stitches, a fawnskin vest ana 
 a coonskin cap." About 1832 or 1833 Jona- 
 than. Alvin P. and Smith Condit came from 
 New Jersey. Jonathan settled on Big Wal- 
 nut Creek. Alvin settled near him and Smith 
 died about a month after his arrival. Ly- 
 man Hendricks came from Rutland, Vermont, 
 and settled in Berkshire in 181 2. but later 
 moved into Trenton. His brother William 
 was a soldier in the War of 1812. The first 
 permanent settler on Rattlesnake Run was a 
 man named Roberts. 
 
 Settlers came into this part of the count) 
 rapidly after the War of 1812. The building 
 of the railroad through the township did much 
 
 to help on its prosperity, making the shipment 
 of timber, stone and livestock an easy matter. 
 As we have already said. Van Dorn kept a 
 kind of store at his tavern, but the first mer- 
 chant of importance, so far as we can learn, 
 was George Akerson, who established himself 
 in business a little north of Condit. The story 
 of the early mills, schools, and churches will 
 be found in the chapters devoted especially to 
 those subjects. 
 
 Township Officials ( 1908) — E. W. Debolt, 
 justice of the peace; S. R. Walke and John T. 
 Geddes. trustees; E. ( i. Condit, clerk; J. W. 
 Condit, treasurer: E. M. Linnabary, assessor; 
 E. B. Fi irwood and Frank Spangler, o m- 
 stables. 
 
 THOMPSON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 The history of this subdivision of Dela- 
 ware Count}- is a township dates back to June 
 5, 1820. when, on petition of the citizens 
 within its boundaries, it was created by act 
 of the County Commissioners' Court, deriving 
 its name from that of an early United States 
 Government surveyor. It was originally a part 
 of the Virginia Military Lands, and when first 
 constituted included a part of what is now 
 Prospect Township, in Marion County, which 
 was set off by act of Legislature when Morrow- 
 County was organized, February 24, 1848. 
 Scioto River forms the eastern boundary line 
 of the township, in which it is fed by two 
 streams from the west ; Taway Run and Ful- 
 ton's Creek, both of which take their rise in 
 Union County. The first named takes its 
 name from the Taway Tribe of Indians of the 
 Wyandot Nation, which in early years in- 
 habited its banks. Fulton's Creek was named 
 after a famous hunter of the pioneer days, 
 whose mysterious disappearance and probable 
 violent death was mourned by the settlers, 
 among whom he was very popular, and they 
 united in paying him this tribute. 
 
 The first white settler of Thompson Town- 
 ship was Thomas Weaver, who came from 
 Virginia. Leaving his native State in 1808, 
 he arrived at Chillicothe, Ohio, and there fall- 
 ing in with a surveyor who gave glowing 
 accounts of the country in this section, made 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 his way hither in the spring of 1809. He lo- 
 cated land on the banks of the Scioto and im- 
 mediately set abont erecting a cabin and clear- 
 ing his land. He was followed shortly by 
 Michael Dilsaver, who located in the south- 
 eastern part of the township, and from him 
 Dilsaver s Corners and Dilsaver' s Ford took 
 their names. There was then a lapse of 'i 
 number of years before the coming of the 
 next settlers. James Cochran arrived from 
 Pennsylvania in 181 7, and settled on Fulton's 
 Creek, where in 1827 he erected the first grist- 
 mill of the township. In 1818 John Swartz 
 and four sons came from Pennsylvania and 
 were the first settlers at what aiterward be- 
 came known as Pickrell's Mills. The same 
 year witnessed the arrival of Simeon Lindsley 
 and John Hurd, who came from Vermont and 
 settled along the river to the south of John 
 Swartz's cabin. Roswell Fields, a Canadian 
 by birth and a most desirable citizen, arrived 
 at about the same time and built a cabin near 
 Dilsaver's Ford. He had the distinction of 
 building the first frame house in the town- 
 ship and was the first justice of the peace after 
 the organization of Thompson Township. 
 Next came Samuel Broderick and Joseph Rus- 
 sell, the latter arriving late in 1819, from 
 Connecticut; he pushed his way up the Scioto, 
 three miles above Pickrell's. Mills, where he 
 purchased 318 acres of land and built a cabin. 
 All these pioneers were located along the river 
 bank, the interior development being exceed- 
 ingly backward. It was not until after 1828 
 that settlers came in any great numbers, and 
 even then the inclination was to locate close 
 to the river. 
 
 As before mentioned the first mill was that 
 of Cochran, built in 1827, on Fulton Creek, 
 about a half mile distant from the Scioto. 
 This was followed in 1830 by a saw-mill, 
 erected by Jacob Swartz a short distance below 
 his cabin on the west bank of the Scioto. 
 Roswell Fields soon after acquired the old 
 Cochran grist-mill, which he enlarged and re- 
 built, and also erected a saw-mill, both of 
 which were in operation many years. In 
 1844 J. \V. Cone built a woolen mill which 
 thrived and was in constant operation for 
 
 thirty years. It was the first mill operated 
 by the power of steam, this modern innova- 
 tion transpiring in 1868. Sparks from the 
 engine set fire to the plant in 1874. and re- 
 sulted in its destruction. It was not rebuilt 
 by Mr. Cone, but in 1877 Mr. H. P. Pickrell 
 erected a large modern grist-mill on that site, 
 and it was from him the settlement thereabouts 
 derived its name. Clark Decker, in 1863, 
 erected a small saw-mill in the extreme north- 
 eastern part of the township. This was the 
 extent of the early day industrial enterprises 
 of Thompson Township, which has never had 
 what may be termed a village within its limits. 
 Pickrell's Mills, known in early days, succes- 
 sively, as Eagletown and Cone's Mills, was the 
 nearest approach to urban classification, but at 
 best it had but a postoffice, one store and a 
 few homes surrounding the mills. It suc- 
 ceeded Patterson Post Office as a postal station, 
 the latter being a title which lent dignity to an 
 old frame house on the Military Road, north 
 of Fulton Creek, for several years. 
 
 The mill now owned and operated by 
 Bruce Charles and generally known as the 
 Simon Charles Mill, was built in 1834 by 
 Roswell Fields, the millwright being Henry 
 Waits, a well known local character in those 
 days, being somewhat unbalanced in mind. By 
 Mr. Fields it passed into the possession of his 
 son, Samuel Fields, who sold it to Simon 
 Charles, from whom, on the latter's death, it 
 passed into the hands of his son Bruce, who 
 has greatly improved the property, fitting it 
 up with modern machinery. Mr. Charles also 
 runs a powerful hydraulic cider-press. 
 
 Susanna Cochran, born in 1817, was the 
 first native white child of the township, and 
 the death of Michael Dilsaver was the first 
 death recorded. The marriage of William 
 Travers and Catherine Swartz in 1822 was the 
 first marriage, and with the dance and feast 
 which followed was an occasion long to be re- 
 membered by the settlers who had congregated 
 from many miles around. James Crawford 
 taught the first school in the cabin on Fulton 
 Creek. The first brick house was erected by 
 a man named Hoskins, and Thomas Lavender, 
 the first brick mason and the first to burn a 
 
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 491 
 
 kiln of brick, also erected one of the first brick 
 buildings. Dr. Mathlaj Gcrehard was the 
 first practicing physician resident in Thomp- 
 son. The earliest store was that conducted by 
 Joseph Cox in a house near the Mills. John 
 Detwiler, pioneer tavern keeper, was also a 
 dealer in liquors. It was not until 1869 that 
 a bridge was erected in the township, this be- 
 ing a wooden structure across the Scioto, join- 
 ing Thompson and Radnor. In 1875 a small 
 covered bridge was constructed across Fulton's 
 Creek. Prior to this time it was necessary for 
 the settlers to lord the stream, the most favor- 
 able spot being at what was known as Broad 
 Ford, on the southern boundary line. Jacob 
 Swartz had a large flat boat and a canoe which 
 he used in transporting people across the river, 
 farther up stream. 
 
 Thompson Township has the following 
 officials for the year 1908: T. A. Fryman and 
 A. A. Maize, justices of the peace; John 
 Howison and P. H. Perry, trustees; George 
 E. Avers, clerk ; E. M. Decker, treasurer ; J. 
 G. Hill, assessor; Jacob Dilsaver and Fred 
 Kirk, constables; John Davis, ditch super- 
 visor. 
 
 TROY TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Without village, postofnee, store or mill 
 within its limits, has, nevertheless, taken a 
 front rank among the townships of Delaware 
 County, excelling in the standard of its citi- 
 zenship and the richness of its soil. It was 
 created by an act of the Commissioners' Court, 
 on petition, December 24, 1816, the northern 
 half being set off from Marlborough ami the 
 southern half from Delaware Township. Its 
 geographical lines have remained unchanged 
 since that date. 
 
 The Olentangy River, sometimes refered 
 to as the Blue Whetstone, takes a winding 
 course through the length of the township, in 
 which it has as tributaries, from the west. 
 Wild Cat Creek, Norris Creek and Clear Run. 
 and from the east, Horseshoe Branch, thus 
 affording ample natural drainage. The land, 
 where broken by streams, is rolling, but the 
 west part of the township is level. In the 
 early days it was heavily timbered with oak, 
 
 30 
 
 elm, ash, walnut, hickory and sugar maple, 
 and the banks of the river were so dense with 
 trees and underbrush as to he almost impene- 
 trable. Wheat and other small grains have 
 been the principal production, whilst stock- 
 raising has always been carried on to a great 
 extent. 
 
 Joseph Cole, one of the earliest settler^ of 
 the township, arrived near Norton, in De- 
 cember. 1808, and shortly after purchased 640 
 acres of land in the northeast part of what is 
 now Troy Township. He erected thereon a 
 cabin and during the early days of his resi- 
 lience encountered trials almost insurmount- 
 able. Leaving his wife and children in the 
 little cabin in the woods, without protection 
 or safeguards of any kind, he frequently made 
 trips to Zanesville for provisions, or to Frank- 
 linton to have his corn ground. He was a man 
 of that vigorous type so essential to the de- 
 velopment of any community, and left an im- 
 print on the affairs of the township in his 
 day, which time has not effaced. He was the 
 first justice of the peace, elected in 181 5, and 
 for a period of twenty-one years discharged 
 the duties of that office in a manner to bring 
 peace to litigants, although frequently at his 
 own expense. He erected the first brick In mse 
 of brick burned on his farm. At his cabin the 
 first meetings of the old Marlborough Baptist 
 Church were held in 18 10. He erected a saw- 
 mill about the year 1820, and three years later 
 added a grist-mill, both of which were in 
 operation many years. Many of his descend- 
 ants are today living in the township. His 
 son. Hugh Cole, at the age of sixteen years, 
 began carrying the mail on horseback between 
 Delaware and Mansfield, and continued for 
 four years. It was a task to shake the nerves 
 of an older man. but he acquitted himself with 
 bravery in many stirring adventures, pai- 
 ticularly in an encounter with two highway- 
 men in the thick of the forest. David Dix, 
 Sr., came to Troy in 1807, selected a location, 
 and the same fall returned to Pennsylvania to 
 be married. The following spring he returned 
 with bis wife to Delaware County, locating 
 temporarily in Liberty Township. In the fall 
 of that year he hired two men to accompany 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 him to the place he had located and there 
 erected a cabin, into which he moved with his 
 family in the spring of 1809. At that time 
 his (_mly neighbor was Joseph Cole. Among 
 the next arrivals were Levi Hinton and his 
 step-brother, William, the latter being a full 
 brother of Col. Seburn Hinton. the pioneer 
 mill owner of the Mill Creek Settlement i.i 
 Concord Township. They located near the 
 center of Troy Township, as did also their 
 relatives, the Duvals. John Duncan came in 
 1810 from North Carolina, and Comfort Olds 
 came some time prior to that year but con- 
 tinued his way north to the forks of the Whet- 
 stone. Nathan Loath arrived in 1810 and set- 
 tled "ii land near that of David Dix, Sr., and 
 at about the same time came Fierce Alain, who 
 located in the northeast part of the township. 
 Joseph Curren came from Virginia in 1812, 
 and two years later sold his cabin and farm 
 to James Norris, Sr. The latter had come 
 fr«nn Portsmouth, Ohio, to Worthington, in 
 [81 1, and when Harrison's army marched 
 north to the relief of Fort Meigs, his patriotism 
 led him to join it. Upon leaving the army he 
 rejoined his family at Worthington and in 
 [814 made his way to Troy Township. Among 
 his children was a son William, then eleven 
 rears old, who afterward became associate 
 judge of Common Pleas Court and a man of 
 considerable prominence in the county. An- 
 other son, James Norris, Jr., a small child at 
 the time of arrival, in later years improvised a 
 small grist-mill, the grinding stones being 
 made of "nigger heads," and the power being 
 furnished by a team of horses hitched to a 
 lexer which was attached to the upper stone. 
 It was a unique affair, but in the absence of 
 mills near at hand, served its purpose very 
 well. Eleazar Main, early in [813, came to 
 Delaware, where he joined Harrison's Army 
 111 the relief of Fort Meigs, after which he 
 returned and lived at the home of Joseph Cole 
 for a time. He then purchased a farm of his 
 own and built a cabin, which he replaced in 
 1 S_'4 with a brick house, made from brick 
 manufactured on the farm of his father-in- 
 law, Mr. Cole. lie was the first of seven 
 brothers to take up his resilience in the town- 
 
 ship, being followed August 10, 181 5, by Sa- 
 beers and Timothy. Lyman and Thomas Main 
 came next, less than a year later, being ac- 
 companied by mother and sisters, and some 
 time afterward. Jonas and John Main moved 
 in. This has been a family long prominent in 
 the township, and its representatives are more 
 numerous now than in the early days. Ben- 
 jamin Martin, the second minister of the old 
 Marlborough Baptist Church and the first resi- 
 dent minister, came to Troy Township in 1815. 
 settling on the farm now occupied by a grand- 
 son, Nehemiab Martin. He was a soldier of 
 the War of 1812, having been drafted into 
 the service immediately after his arrival at 
 Deer Creek, Ross County, Ohio, from Vir- 
 ginia. He had no opportunity to prepare a 
 home for his family, and his household goods 
 were still in the wagon in which they had made 
 the journey. Fortunately, he had an uncle 
 at Deer Creek who looked after Mrs. Martin, 
 and upon his return from the front' he found 
 them comfortably ensconced in a log cabin, 
 which had previously done service as a barn. 
 He was the father of fifteen children, and at 
 the present time a number of his descendants 
 reside in Troy and adjoining townships. 
 Samuel Wells, also a soldier of the War of 
 181 J. came in 181 1, Henry Cline in 1815. 
 Thomas Gill in 1816, and Henry Worlin=, 
 Jeremiah Williams and George Hunt were 
 among others who arrived prior to the or- 
 ganization of Troy Township. Samuel Gil- 
 pin settled on the Horseshoe at this time, 
 David Carter, a stonemason by trade, came in 
 181 7, and thereafter rapid strides were made 
 in the settlement of the township, among the 
 notable arrivals being the families of Craw- 
 fords, Eagons, Moses, Bushes, Darsts, Jack- 
 sons, Cozarts, Willeys and Bishops. 
 
 Miss Electa Wilcox taught the first school 
 in Troy Township in 1814, in a log cabin on 
 the farm of Joseph Cole, and several years 
 later the first school house, of the log pattern, 
 was erected. The first mill, as before men- 
 tioned, was that of Joseph Cole. In 1832 Ly- 
 man Main built .1 saw mill on Plorseshoe 
 Creek, and several years later his brother. 
 Timothy, erected one on the same creek, on 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 493 
 
 the boundary line of Oxford Township. A 
 small Still was operated in the early days by 
 David Bush, but its life was of short duration. 
 Robert Cole, horn February 8, iNio, was the 
 first white child born in the township, and 
 the first death recorded was that of Rebecca 
 Roath, wife of Nathan, who died in 1810. 
 The only postofnee was in the home of Joseph 
 , and that but a short time. 
 
 The officials of Troy Township for 1908, 
 as reported to the county auditor, are as fol- 
 lows : Levi Bishop and James E. Carter, 
 justices of the peace; F. A. Willis, William 
 Ziegler and James M. Worline, trustees: A. 
 D. Alain, clerk; John H. Schaffner, treasurer; 
 H. J. Strait, assessor; H. B. Alain and L. E. 
 Freshwater, constables; Ben Roberts, ditch 
 supervisor. 
 
SIDNEY MOORE 
 
Representative Citizens. 
 
 IDXEY MOORE, who was for nearly 
 sixty years connected with the hank- 
 ing interests of Delaware County, 
 fi ir the last twenty-four years of that 
 time up to his death in 1907 being 
 president of the Delaware County National 
 Bank, was born in what is now the city of 
 Delaware, December 16, 1821. His parents 
 were Sidney and Phoebe (Mann) Moore, both 
 natives of Vermont, who came to Delaware 
 County from the vicinity of Brattleboro, that 
 State, in pioneer fashion, but previous to their 
 marriage. Sidney Moore being the first ar- 
 rival. He was born March 16, 1788, and was 
 a yi mng man when he thiis set out to better his 
 fortunes in what was then the far west. In 
 his native State he had been closely identified 
 with military affairs, having served as ensign, 
 lieutenant, and captain in the First Regiment 
 of Vermont militia. In Ohio he was subse- 
 quently commissioned as lieutenant-colonel 
 and as brigadier-general, in later life being 
 usually known as General Moore. In Dela- 
 ware County he held civil office as sheriff, 
 recorder and auditor successively, always per- 
 forming his public duties to the satisfaction of 
 his fellow citizens. 
 
 His wife Phoebe, who was born near 
 Brattleboro. Vermont, January 3, 171)5. an( l 
 who was therefore nearly seven years his 
 junior, came to Delaware County with her 
 parents, they settling in the vicinitv of West- 
 field. By her marriage with Mr. Moore she 
 became the mother of three children, namely : 
 Emily, Sidney, and William. Emily, who was 
 
 born in Delaware. February 8, 1819, became 
 the wife of Stephen Stone and accompanied 
 her husband to Nebraska, where she died. 
 William, born May 2, 1835, in Delaware, i> 
 still a resident of this place, having always 
 made his home here. Sidney Moore, the el- 
 der, father of the above mentioned children, died 
 at the age of about seventy-eight years. His 
 wife long survived him. passing away in De- 
 cember, 1887, when lacking but fifteen days of 
 being ninety-three years old. They were 
 worthy and much respected people, who well 
 performed their part in life, and whose chil- 
 dren were living testimonials to a careful up- 
 bringing. 
 
 Sidney Moore, Jr.. the direct subject of 
 this sketch, was born in the family residence 
 on the northeast corner of Sandusky and Win- 
 ter Streets, the site of the house being now- 
 occupied by Smith's Clothing store. He be- 
 gan his education in the local schools and 
 continued it in the Academy until he had mas- 
 tered the essentials of a sound English train- 
 ing. Even at this early day he had a keen 
 appreciation of the value of time, and ap- 
 plied himself closely to his studies, as he did 
 later throughout his life, to his business duties. 
 He early felt attracted towards hanking as a 
 congenial sphere of activity, and having ac- 
 quired a knowledge of bookkeeping, he sought 
 and found employment with banking institu- 
 tions, in addition to his local connections, be- 
 ing employed for some three years in hanks 
 in Marion. Ohio, and Indianapolis. Indiana. 
 The greater part of his business career, how- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ever, was spent in his native city. He be- 
 came teller and bookkeeper for the Delaware 
 County branch of the State Bank of Ohio, 
 which began business in 1845, a °d later be- 
 came its cashier. He was made cashier of the 
 Delaware County National Bank, January 13, 
 1865, and continued in that capacity until 
 January 8. 1883, at which time he was elected 
 president of the bank, a position that he held 
 for the rest of his life. 
 
 Air. Moore began his business career on a 
 salary of $200 per year. In" those days busi- 
 ness was conducted upon very conservative 
 lines, and promotion was slow ; but he pos- 
 sessed in large measure the qualities that com- 
 pel success, and having chosen fur his goal 
 an honorable position in the business world, 
 he pressed forward with determination and 
 never looked back until he had attained it, 
 and was recognized by his fellow townsmen 
 as one of the leading factors in the business 
 life and prosperity of Delaware. He was for 
 sixty-two years identified with the Delaware 
 County Bank, with the exception of the three 
 years in .Marion and Indianapolis above re- 
 ferred to, and after he had demonstrated his 
 capacity, and had been elected president of 
 the institution, his advice was eagerly sought 
 by many of the men who had then or have since 
 attained prominence in the business life of 
 the community. Not a few of them today at- 
 tribute their success to his wise counsel or 
 ready help, which was never withheld from 
 those worthy of it. He seldom mistook his 
 man. being a quick reader of character, and to 
 have obtained his assistance was in itself al- 
 most a certificate of capacity and integrity. 
 In matters aside from business, hut connected 
 with the moral and material development of 
 his native city, his name was for main- years 
 a synonym for charily, philanthropy and benev- 
 olence. Among his many charitable deeds 
 may he mentioned his donation of the Home 
 Yued People, located on East William 
 Street. Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Moore was a prominent Free Mason, 
 belonging to Hiram Lodge, No. iN. of Dela- 
 ware, and having attained the Thirty-third de- 
 gree in the < >rder. As a token of his hiefh re- 
 
 gard for the Order he donated to it the splen- 
 did Temple on West William Street, which 
 is as well an ornament to the city as an evi- 
 dence of the liberal spirit and devotion of the 
 donor. In politics he was a Republican, but 
 never sought public office. It was Mr. Moore's 
 character to be thorough and concentrated. He 
 held that it was better to do one thing thor- 
 oughly and well than to dissipate one's ener- 
 gies in seeking to attain too many different 
 objects, and the wisdom of this policy was 
 exemplified in his own life. 
 
 Mr. Moore was twice married: First, 
 about 1 85 1 , to Miss Millie Stark, who lived 
 but a few years. His second marriage was 
 to Mrs. Sarah A. Bierce. widow of Alonzo 
 Bierce. and daughter of John and Margery 
 (Chain) Cunningham. Mrs. Moore was horn 
 in Columbiana County. Ohio, in 1828, and 
 when an infant about a year old, came with 
 her parents to Delaware Count}-, they settling 
 in Brown Township, where Mr. Cunningham 
 purchased and improved a farm, and where 
 he and his wife resided until reaching an ad- 
 vanced age, when they removed to Delaware. 
 Mr. Cunningham was born in Columbiana 
 County in 1801. and died in the city of Dela- 
 ware in 1858. His wife Margery, Mi's. 
 Moore's mother, was born in Columbiana 
 County in 1802. and died October 3. [854. 
 They were the parents of four children: Mar- 
 gery, who became the wife of James Harriott : 
 Eliza, wife of John Hill: Sarah, who married 
 Sidney Moore, subject of this sketch: and 
 Jackson, who is now a resident of Delaware. 
 The two last mentioned are the only members 
 of the family now living. Mrs. Moore's 
 grandfathers, Hugh Cunningham and Hugh 
 Chain, were pioneer settlers in Columbiana 
 County. By her marriage with Mr. Moore 
 she had no children hut by her first husband 
 she was the mother of two sons, namely : John 
 Bierce. who died at the age of eighteen years, 
 and Arthur \Y. Bierce. who is now a resident 
 of Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Moore died May 27. 1907, in his resi- 
 dence on North Sandusky Street, which he 
 hail erected in [868. His funeral service- 
 were conducted with the impressive rites of 
 
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 the Masonic Order, of which he was so devoted 
 a member, and his remains were laid to rest 
 in Oak Grove Cemetery. His departure was 
 not only a severe blow to his devoted wife, 
 who had sustained his hopes and shared his 
 triumphs through so many years, hut was also 
 felt as a sad loss to the community at large, 
 who realized that a strong man in character 
 and achievement, and a sterling citizen, had 
 gone from among them. 
 
 LIVER PERRY BIRD, of the firm of 
 Bird, Richey & Christian, proprie- 
 tors of the White Sulphur Stone 
 Company, of Scioto Township, is 
 one of the enterprising and success- 
 ful men of this section. He was born in Lees- 
 burg Township, Union County, Ohio, Aug. 
 jo, 1867, and is a son of Abner Johnson and 
 Catherine ( Newhouse) Bird. 
 
 The Birds came to Ohio from Pennsyl- 
 vania, where John Bird, the grandfather was 
 born January 10, 1801. When the latter had 
 reached manhood he accompanied his father, 
 Sylvester Bird, to Knox County, Ohio. He 
 married Keziah Johnson, who was born No- 
 vember 23, 1 80 1, and who was a daughter of 
 Abner and Alary (Lee) Johnson, the latter 
 of whom was a member of the distinguished 
 Lee family of Virginia. To John Bird and 
 wife were horn eight children, Abner John- 
 son being the second in order of birth. 
 
 Abner Johnson Bird was born in Knox 
 County, Ohio. March 9, 1827, and resided 
 there until shortly before his marriage, on 
 January 5. 1855. t< 1 Catherine Newhouse, who 
 was a daughter of William Xew-house. She 
 died January 5. 1885. Mr. Bird moved from 
 I 'elaware Count)-, where Mrs. Bird was born, 
 to Iowa, and while there one daughter was 
 born, Mary, who is now the wife of J. W. 
 Jacks, in. During the Civil war, Mr. Bird's 
 family lived in Morrow County, Ohio, he be- 
 ing absent for three years, serving- as a soldier 
 in the Eighty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry. After the war the family moved to 
 Union Count}-, where Oliver Perry was born, 
 
 and in 1868 Mr. Bird moved to Scioto T n 
 ship, Delaware County. For a number of 
 years he was a deacon in the old stone Pres- 
 byterian Church of South Radnor. 
 
 Oliver Perry Bird was educated in the 
 schools of Scioto Township and the Delaware 
 Business College. He then spent a year in 
 Texas, after which he was employed for three 
 years with the Northern Pacific Railroad at 
 Jamestown, North Dakota. In 1892, he re- 
 turned to Delaware County and was engaged 
 in farming in Concord Township until 1902, 
 when he came into possession of the old home- 
 stead, a well-improved farm of sixty-three 
 acres, where he carries on general farming 
 and stock raising. In 1904, Mr. Bird formed 
 a partnership with James Richey. under the 
 firm name of Bird & Richey, for the business 
 of operating two stone quarries in Concord 
 Township, and in 1906, with the admission of 
 Mr. Christian, the firm acquired eighty acres 
 of quarry land where a large business is done 
 in crushed stone. The firm gives employment 
 to twenty-five men and has the contract for 
 filling- twenty miles of county turnpikes. 
 
 September 23, 1886, Mr. Bird married 
 Harriet J. Hughs, who is a daughter of Jo- 
 seph E. Hughs, a resident of Concord Town- 
 ship, and they have four children, namely : 
 Catherine, who married John Richey, of War- 
 rensburg, and has two children — Naomi and 
 Jo K.; and Marie. Mary Marsena and Lucy 
 Trove. The family belong to the old stone 
 Presbyterian Church of South Radnor. 
 
 Up to 1896 Mr. Bird was identified with 
 the Republican party, but has since been an in- 
 dependent voter. He has been frequently elec- 
 ted to office by his fellow-citizens. For four 
 years he served as township clerk, in Concord 
 Township, for three years has been clerk 1 1 i 
 the School Board of Scioto Township, has 
 been a delegate to many conventions, and has 
 always taken an active part and done useful 
 work in public emergencies. In 1900 he com- 
 piled a very complete map of Delaware 
 County. Formerly a member of Hiram Lodge, 
 F. & A. M.. at Delaware he was demitte 
 Ostrander, and has never lost his interest in 
 Free Masonry. He belongs to Bellpoint 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Lodge, Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, 
 and he is a member of the Encampment at 
 Jamestown, North Dakota. 
 
 PERRY WINTERMUTE, who, for 
 a quarter of a century was a success- 
 ful business man and valued citizen 
 of Delaware, was born near Zanes- 
 ville. Ohio, December 15. 1832, and 
 died at Delaware, January 31, 1008. Mr. 
 Wintermute came to Delaware in [882 
 and embarked in a hardware business and 
 from that date until within a few years of his 
 death was an active business man of this city. 
 He was a loyal and patriotic citizen and during 
 the Civil war he served in the Federal army 
 as a member of the One Hundred and Forty- 
 fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
 Fi r fourteen years he was adjutant of the 
 George B. Torrence Post, Grand Army of the 
 Republic, at Delaware. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. Wintermute was married at 
 Zanesville, Ohio, to Ettie A. Buckmaster, who 
 survives him. They had four children, 
 namely: Nina W., now Mrs. J. T. Skidmore, 
 res ling at Chillicothe, Missouri; Pearl W., 
 now Mrs. Rae D. Henkle, residing at Cleve- 
 land; Dr. R. C. and Willie E., both of whom 
 arc now deceased. 
 
 From boyhood, Mr. Wintermute had been 
 a member of the Baptist Communion, and for 
 a space of twenty years he was a deacon in the 
 First Baptist Church at Delaware. He was 
 ever liberal with his means in behalf of charit- 
 able and benevolent purposes, both in and out- 
 the church, and the poor and needy al- 
 ways found in him a friend. Mr. Wintermute 
 was one of the oldest Free Masons in Ohio, 
 the date of his admission to the fraternity be- 
 ing 1857. He loyally kept his pledges and 
 was widely known in the organization and 
 when he died lie was laid to rest with Masonic 
 rs. Me was a man of strong convictions 
 never feared to follow a path he deemed 
 it, sometimes in the face of opposition. 
 This was particularly so when he assisted in 
 the organization of the strong anti-saloon so- 
 known as The Sons of Temperance. 
 
 1ORGE P. MILLS, who makes a 
 speciality of stock-raising on his farm 
 ^ I of 280 acres, which is situated in 
 Scioto Township, was born in Genoa 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 April 15, 1838, that being Easter Sunday. 
 His parents, Pierson and Elizabeth (Cramp- 
 ton) Mills, came to Ohio in 1836, from the 
 vicinity of Patterson, Putnam County, New- 
 York, bringing with them their older children. 
 The father was a blacksmith by trade and also 
 engaged in farming. In 1838 he settled on a 
 farm in Radnor Township, Delaware Count}', 
 on which he lived until 1846, when he moved 
 to Thompson Township, where he engaged in 
 work at his trade until 1853. He then re- 
 tired to Radnor Village, where he died in Au- 
 gust, 1874. He married Elizabeth Crampton, 
 and the}- were the parents of thirteen children, 
 the survivors of the family being as follows: 
 Esther, who resides at Delaware; George P.; 
 Nancy, who married Levi Bechtel, resides at 
 Bellefontaine, Ohio ; Rosanna, who is the 
 widow of Hugh Stevens, and lives at Troy, 
 Ohio. Of those now deceased : Hannah was 
 the wife of John J. Flemming, of Prospect. 
 Ohio: William lived at Glenwood, Iowa; Sa- 
 rah was the wife of Edward Covill ; and Ma- 
 ria Theresa was the wife of Alfred Rodman. 
 Both parents were exemplary members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. The father was 
 a local preacher during his residence in Rad- 
 nor Township, and he was accustomed to 
 cover the Delphi Circuit on horseback. 
 
 George P. Mills went to school through 
 boyhood in a log structure in the neighbor- 
 hood of his home, and afterward taught 
 school for several winters, rirst in Marion 
 Ci lunty, Ohio, and later in Jones County, 
 Iowa, lie remained in Iowa from i860 until 
 1863, when he went to Montana, where he 
 worked in the gold mines more or less con- 
 tinuously until 1866, when he returned to 
 Radnor 'Township, Delaware County, Ohio. 
 There he followed farming for ten years, after 
 which he came to Scioto Township. In 1883, 
 he bought the Freshwater farm which contains 
 280 acres, and on this large extent of land he 
 is engaged in farming and stock-raising. His 
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 hay, and to stock-raising. At the present 
 writing he has in his fields and pastures, thirty 
 polled Durham cattle, 220 Delaine sheep, and 
 many head of hogs. 
 
 On August 17, 1868, Mr. Mills was mar- 
 ried to Isadore E. Hammond, who is a daugh- 
 ter of Noah and Jane Hammond. Mrs. Mills 
 was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 
 14. 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have seven 
 children, as follows : Maude, who is a teacher 
 in the public schools of Ostrander ; Mary, 
 wb resides at Delaware, engaged in the prac- 
 tice of dentistry; Mark P.; George P.. Jr.. 
 who resides in MiH Creek Township, Union 
 County, Ohio; Hattie. who' married Harlan 
 Gordon, resides at Marion, Ohio: and Ed- 
 ward, who lives at Lamoure, North Dakota. 
 
 Mr. Mills is not identified with either of 
 the great political parties. His father was a 
 Democrat, but for a number of years he has 
 cast his vote for all candidates according as 
 they appealed to his sense of fitness for office. 
 He has frequently served his fellow-citizens in 
 responsible township positions, having always 
 taken an active interest in promoting the best 
 interests of his community. For seven years 
 he assumed the responsibilities and duties of 
 township trustee and for some twenty years 
 has served on . the School Board. He is one 
 of the township's substantial citizens and rep- 
 resentative men. The family residence, which 
 was erected in 1870, is constructed of bricks, 
 and is finished in its interim' entirely with 
 black walnut, from trees grown on the place. 
 
 HERMAN REIT), a prominent repre- 
 sentative of the business interests of 
 Delaware, until recently engaged in 
 the wholesale and retail grocery line. 
 "ii North Sandusky Street, was born 
 in 1 867. in Union County, Ohio, where he was 
 reared, and educated, ami first entered into 
 business as a grocery clerk. 
 
 Mr. Reid came to Delaware when about 
 twenty years of age, and for two years was a 
 clerk in a grocery store. He then embarked 
 in the same line, in partnership with ex- Post- 
 
 master L. Potter, the firm name being Potter 
 & Reid, which continued for fourteen years. 
 After Mr. Potter retired from business in or- 
 der to enter the political field, Mr. Reid con- 
 tinued the business alone, handling a large 
 trade both retail and wholesale, and having 
 traveling representatives. He has recently re- 
 tired from the grocery business, having sold 
 his interests to the Kirchner Brothers, and is 
 about to engage in other business. He is in- 
 terested also in real estate at Delaware, Co- 
 lumbus, Marion, and other points, and in ad- 
 dition to these interests, he is a director of the 
 Standard Novelty Company, the Mahoning 
 Oil Company, and other enterprises. 
 
 In 1888, Mr. Reid was married to Emma 
 Burns, of Union County, and they have five 
 children, namely: Lelia Pauline. George Clif- 
 ford, Percival B., Frederick Sherman, and 
 Richard Everett. Mr. Reid and family be- 
 long to the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
 he is a member of its Board of Trustees. His 
 fraternal relations are with the Knights of 
 Pythias and the Sons of Veterans. Mr. Reid 
 takes a good citizen's interest in civic matters 
 and has served on the City Council. 
 
 CLASON REID, who is engaged 
 in farming and stock-raising on 
 his valuable estate of fifty-two 
 acres, in Troy Township, makes a 
 specialty of the fancy poultry in- 
 dustry, conducting, in partnership with his 
 brother, Charles C. Reid, the Olentangy Poul- 
 try Yards. He was born in Delaware,, Ohio, 
 October 13, 1869. and is a son of Hon. Wil- 
 liam P. and Emmaletta (Chamberlain) Reid. 
 The late Hon. William P. Reid was a na- 
 tive of Ashley. Ohio. Fur many years he was 
 a prominent citizen of Delaware County, serv- 
 ing in the State Legislature and gaining great 
 reputation at home as a criminal lawyer. His 
 death took place in 1X79. The surviving mem- 
 bers of his family are: M. Clason, whose 
 name appear- at the head of this article; Wil- 
 liam ['.. residing at Toledo; Charles C, resid- 
 ing at Delaware; and Isabel, who married 
 Prof. Edwin C. Woolley. The latter fills the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 chair of English Literature, in the University 
 of Wisconsin, at Madison. 
 
 M. Clason Reid was educated in the com- 
 mon and high schools at Delaware, where he 
 continued to live until the fall of 1906, when 
 he came to his present farm in Troy Town- 
 ship. He made a scientific study of the busi- 
 ness in which he is engaged and has proved 
 the practical value of the modern methods he 
 employs. His farm has been stocked with 
 only registered cattle, hogs and poultry, the 
 value of which could be expressed only in 
 large figures. The Reid Brothers are raising 
 Red Polled cattle, Duroc Red hogs, Bourbon 
 Red turkeys and Rhode Island Red chickens, 
 finding a good and ready market for all they 
 can produce. The industry is a growing one 
 and the prospects of the firm are very bright. 
 
 ( )n October 29, 1903, Mr. Reid was mar- 
 ried t<> Mary Kraus, who was born in Dela- 
 ware, and who is a daughter of George and 
 Helena Kraus. Mr. Reid is a member of St. 
 Peter's Episcopal Church at Delaware, while 
 his wife belongs to St. Mary's Catholic 
 Church. Following in the footsteps of his 
 late father. Mr. Reid is a stanch Democrat, 
 and like him, he is also a man of public spirit, 
 lie belongs to the order of Eagles, at Dela- 
 ware, and tn the Olentangy Lodge, of Odd 
 Fellows, No. 53. in which he has passed all 
 the chairs, lie is one of Troy Township's 
 most enterprising and progressive citizens. 
 
 OBERT J. COX. formerly post- 
 master liir five years at Delaware, 
 where he lias lived somewhat retired 
 fur a number of years, was born in 
 1837, in a house on the city lol that 
 is now the -ite 'if his present dwelling, it then 
 being a pari of his father's farm. He is the 
 only child horn to his parents, Thomas W. and 
 Ann I'. (Jones) Cox, the latter of whom was 
 a sister of Judge Jones. The father of Mr. 
 Cox was burn in Warwickshire, England, and 
 came t" Delaware County, Ohio, and engaged 
 in farming. Both he and wife died at Dela- 
 ware, where he had followed his trade of 
 In nisi.- painting, fur some years. 
 
 Robert J. Cox was reared in Delaware 
 Count}-, and assisted in the management of the 
 home farm, also learning the painter's trade. 
 In 1862, he enlisted in Company C. Eighty- 
 sixth Regiment O. Y. I. He was mustered 
 into the service at Columbus, served eighteen 
 monts in Virginia, and in 1864 was mustered 
 out, returning to Delaware and resuming 
 work as a painter. For five years, during 
 the administration of President McKinley, he 
 served as postmaster of this city and has held 
 other public offices. He has been a very ac- 
 tive member of the Republican party, and for 
 ten years was chairman of the Republican 
 County committee, of which he was a member 
 for eighteen years. He is a director in the 
 Fidelity Building and Loan Association and 
 has other business interests. As commander 
 of George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, at Delaware, Mr. Cox 
 is widely known in Grand Army circles 
 through the State. He is also prominent in 
 Masonry, being a member of the Blue Lodge. 
 Chapter and Council at Delaware, of the Com- 
 mandery at Marion, and of Aladdin Temple, 
 Mvstic Shrine, at Columbus. 
 
 llu.\l AS S. JONES, general farmer, 
 of Scioto Township, owns a highly 
 cultivated farm of fifty acres anil is 
 one of the representative citizens of 
 this section. He was horn in Con- 
 cord Township, Delaware County, Ohio. Oc- 
 tober 30, 1875, and is a sun of Perry j. and 
 Ellen Jane (Murfield) Jones. 
 
 Perry J. Jones, father of Thomas S.. was 
 also a native of Scioto Township, where he 
 died September 13. 1900, aged fifty-one 
 years. He continued to farm the old home- 
 stead until 1880. when he moved to the farm 
 now owned by his son, Thomas S. He was 
 a Democrat, but took no very active part in 
 politics. He married a daughter of George 
 Murfield, who was a substantial farmer of 
 Concord Township. Of their eight children, 
 seven reached maturity, namely: Thomas S. ; 
 Harrison W., residing at Ostrander; Susan, 
 who married William Holly, of Liberty 
 
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 Township; William, residing in Scioto Town- 
 ship; Ernest, residing at Ostrander; Lena, 
 who married Eram Hall, of Liberty Town- 
 ship; and Myrtle M., who married Henry 
 Stawser, of Concord Township. Some years 
 after the death of her first husband. .Mrs. 
 Jones married Thomas Harris and they re- 
 side in Paulding County, Ohio. She is a 
 member of the United Brethren Church. The 
 Jones family is of Welsh extraction and the 
 grandfather of Thomas S. Jones came to Del- 
 aware County from Pennsylvania. In his 
 early years he followed shoemaking, but he 
 was a man of such excellent business qualifi- 
 cations that he soon enlarged his interests and 
 in the course of time became one of the most 
 extensive buyers of stock in this section. He 
 married Laand Stottlemyer, and he died at 
 Bellpoint about 1884. 
 
 Thomas S. Jones was educated in the 
 schools at Bellpoint and White Sulphur, and 
 remained on the home farm until his mar- 
 riage. He then engaged in farming in Craw- 
 ford County, and so continued until 1905, 
 when he purchased the home farm anil has 
 continued its cultivation ever since. He raises 
 all the leading cereals but makes corn his main 
 crop, and he keeps about fort}' head of hogs, 
 twenty of sheep and five of cattle, doing a 
 safe and satisfactory business. On October 
 4, 1 goo. Air. Jones was married to Lottie Haz- 
 lett, who was reared in Crawford County, and 
 who is a daughter of Mason Hazlett, of Sci- 
 oto Township. They have had four children, 
 the survivors bearing the names respectively 
 of Ardice Marie, and Mary Florence. The 
 two deceased were Bertha Elizabeth and Ruth 
 Arline. Air. and Mrs. Jones are members of 
 the United Brethren Church at Ostrander, and 
 the former is a stanch Republican in politics. 
 
 ULREV, proprietor 
 
 II XKI.F.S M. 
 of the only 
 
 Delaware County, located at No. 17 
 
 W. William Street, is a native of 
 
 Bethel. Clermont County. Ohio, and 
 
 son of William W. and Martha (Harris) Ul- 
 
 rev. On the paternal side he is of German an- 
 
 cestry. When a young man he learned the 
 carpenter's trade under his father, and worked 
 at it with him for several years. In 1882 he 
 came to Delaware, where his brother William 
 was established in business as a photographer. 
 This business he learned under his brother's 
 direction and remained with his brother until 
 1885. at which time he gave up photograph} 
 on account of his health. 
 
 He then went to work in a box fact' m\ 
 and in 1895 purchased his present business, 
 which had been established in the early 8o's 
 by John Bradbeer. His factory turns out 
 about 500 boxes per day, and he supplies 
 nearly all the cigar factories in Delaware, his 
 trade also extending to other parts of the 
 State. He keeps from six to seven hands con- 
 stantly employed. 
 
 Mr. Ulrey has attained his present posi- 
 tion as a prosperous manufacturer by his own 
 energy and thrift and by an intelligent grasp 
 of his opportunities. The elements of success 
 or of failure are inherent in every man's char- 
 acter, and Mr. Ulrey has shown unmistake- 
 ably that he is not to be counted among the 
 failures. He is a prominent member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, serving three years as 
 captain of the Uniformed Rank, and has been 
 recently elected for another year. He also be- 
 longs to the Independent Order of Foresters, 
 of the local lodge <>f which he is a charter 
 member. 
 
 Mr. Ulrey married Josephine, daughter of 
 Jacob Koch, of Adelphi, Ohio, and has one 
 son — Howard Stanley. The family are prom- 
 inent members of St. Paul's Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. Mr. Ulrey being librarian of the 
 Sunday school and leader of the orchestra. 
 He possesses considerable musical ability, es- 
 pecially as an executant upon various brass 
 instruments. He served nine months as cor- 
 net player in the Seventh United States Cav- 
 alry, enlisting in the spring of 1882. and be- 
 ing discharged at the end of the time men- 
 tioned on account of ill health. Air. Ulrey's 
 industrial achievements are an integral factor 
 in the business life of Delaware, and as such 
 are worthy of prominent mention by the local 
 historian. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ILLIAM C. BOVEY, notary pub- 
 lic at Ostrander and a leading citi- 
 zen, engaged in the carriage and 
 wagon manufacturing industry, 
 was born at Plain City, Ohio, May 
 2, 1859. and is a son of Emanual and Annie 
 ( Winget) Bovey. 
 
 The father of Air. Bovey was horn in 
 Maryland and died in Alabama in 1899. He 
 learned the trade of carriage-maker in his own 
 State and followed it there and for a short 
 time at Newark, Ohio, to which city he came 
 prior to his marriage, which later took place 
 at Ostrander. He then moved to Delaware 
 and a few years later to Plain City, and in 
 [889 to Athens, Alabama. He owned 160 
 acres of land in that vicinity and followed 
 farming together with work at his trade un- 
 til his death. He was a Democrat in his po- 
 litical views. He married Annie, a daughter 
 of Ezra W'inget, of Ostrander, Ohio, and five 
 of their children reached mature age, namely : 
 Mary, now deceased, who married Walter 
 Morrison, also now deceased; William C, 
 \\ hi ise name appears at the head of this article; 
 C. L. V. Bovey. who resides at Warrensburg, 
 Ohio; Emma, who married James W. McKit- 
 trick. of Ostrander; and Martin, who is de- 
 ceased. The parents of the above mentioned 
 family were worthy Christian people, the 
 father being a member of the German Baptist 
 Church and the mother the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 William C. Bovey was educated in the 
 public schools of Ostrander. He learned the 
 trade of carriage and wagon-making with his 
 father, and also learned blacksmithing, later 
 acquiring a practical knowledge of carriage 
 painting. Thus he is competent to do any 
 kind of work required in his manufactory, be- 
 ing able to construct, himself, every part of a 
 vehicle and turn out a finished product. He 
 probably has no equal in the county in this re- 
 spect. When his father left < Istrander in 
 r88o, he embarked in a general store business, 
 which he continued for two years and then 
 opened his present establishment, a commodi- 
 ous, well-arranged business house, which Mr. 
 I'.. vej has occupied ever since. I lis ground 
 
 floor is mainly taken up with stock and his 
 paint shop is on the second floor. He builds 
 wagons and carriages to order and does repair 
 work, having the larger part of the custom 
 from the surrounding territory. 
 
 Mr. Bovey was married first to Nellie 
 Rowland, a daughter of John Rowland, of 
 Radnor Township, and they had three chil- 
 dren — Annie, who married Lewis Howison, 
 of Bellpoint ; Ernest, who resides at Plain 
 City ; and Ethel, who married Raleigh Willis, 
 residing in Liberty Township. Mr. Bovey 
 was married secondly to Clementine Carrier, a 
 daughter of Joseph Carrier, of Ridgeville, In- 
 diana, and they have the following children : 
 Chloie, Frances C, Hazel Eldora, Dale, Car- 
 lyle, and Mary Ivadel. Mr. and Mrs. Bovey are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church, of which 
 he has been a trustee for nine years. He is 
 very active in Sunday-school and philan- 
 thropic work. 
 
 Mr. Bovey is a leading Democrat of Del- 
 aware County, and a very influential factor 
 in the public affairs of Scioto Township. He 
 served as township clerk for eight years, for 
 four years was clerk of the corporation of Os- 
 trander, and for four years has been a notary 
 public. Fraternally, he belongs to Ostrander 
 Lodge, No. 348 Knights of Pythias, and both 
 he and wife belong to the auxiliary order of 
 Pythian Sisters, in which Mrs. Bovey has held 
 the office of mistress of finance. 
 
 ffl FTER J. SCHAAF. proprietor of the 
 «pjj Brookside Farm, a successful breeder 
 of Percheron horses and a leading 
 agriculturist of Troy Township, re- 
 sides on his valuable farm of almost 
 1 01 1 acres, which was the scene of his birth. 
 July jo, 1854. 
 
 Ilis parents, Peter J. and Jacbbina D. 
 (Wagner) Schaaf, were both born in < ier- 
 many. The father was brought to America 
 by bis parents when he was seven years of 
 age. and was reared in Marion County, Ohio. 
 Following his marriage be came to Troy 
 Township and settled on the farm which his 
 
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CIIAL'NCEY HILLS 
 
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 son and namesake, Peter J., now owns, and 
 here he died in December. 1880. His wife, 
 Jacobina, was eleven years old when her par- 
 ents came to America, they settling on the 
 farm in Delaware County on which she and 
 her husband resided after their marriage. 
 Her father, John Wagner, was a well-known 
 pioneer. The surviving children of Peter J. 
 and Jacobina D. Schaaf are: Anna, 
 who married Peter Weisman, residing in 
 Paulding County; Peter J., subject of 
 this sketch, residing in Troy Town- 
 ship ; Rev. John C, pastor of the Reformed 
 Church at Canfield, Ohio; Flora E., who mar- 
 ried C. X. Cole, residing at Providence, Rhode 
 Island; Edward YV., a resident of Denver, 
 Colorado ; Ella F., who married A. P. Rode- 
 fer, residing in Troy Township; and Annetta 
 L., who married George Romoser, and resides 
 at Cardington, Ohio. The mother of the 
 above mentioned family died in June, 1904. 
 The father was a man of prominence in the 
 Reformed > Church and also in the public af- 
 fairs of the township. Of him it could be truly 
 said that his word was as good as his bond. 
 
 Peter J. Schaaf, Jr.. was reared in Troy 
 Township, which has always been his home. 
 Many members of the family have established 
 themselves in far-away sections, but he has 
 found sufficiently favorable opportunities in 
 the section in which he was born. For a quar- 
 ter of a century he has been engaged in breed- 
 ing registered Percheron horses, and the ani- 
 nals turned out from Brookside Farm, have 
 been noted for their good form and fine points, 
 according to established standards. 
 
 Mr. Schaaf was first married to Rosa Mar- 
 tin, who was a daughter or Rev. Benjamin 
 Martin, of Ashley, Ohio. She died leaving 
 one daughter, Carrie R., who was educated in 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, 
 and is a popular and successful teacher in the 
 public schools. Mr. Schaaf married secondly 
 Mrs. Helen Strawhacker, who was the widow 
 of George Strawhacker, formerly of Medina 
 County, and a daughter of Michael Grunin- 
 ger. Mr. Schaaf is a member of the Re- 
 formed Church and a liberal contributor to 
 its support, attending services at Waldo, Ohio. 
 In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 *ED PALMER HILLS, cashier of the 
 Delaware Savings Bank Company, 
 and president of the First National 
 Bank of Cardington, Ohio, was born 
 October 4, 1851. He comes of old 
 colonial stock, being a descendant in the eighth 
 generation of William Hills, who arrived in 
 Boston, Massachusetts, on the ship "Lyon" 
 from England, in September, 1632. He prob- 
 ably died at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1683. 
 He was married three times. His first wife, 
 from whom the subject of this sketch is de- 
 scended, was Phillis, daughter of Richard and 
 Sarah (Osborne) Lyman, who emigrated 
 from High Onger, Essex County, England, in 
 1631. 
 
 The next in the present line of descent was 
 William, second, who was born in Hartford, 
 Connecticut, about 1646, and who was buried 
 at Hartford, August 15, 1693. 
 
 The third generation in the line to the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was represented by Joseph, 
 who was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, 
 in 1683, and who died at Farmington, Con- 
 necticut. April 29, 1 75 1. He married Abigail 
 Noyes, who died September 2^, 175 1. 
 
 Joseph and Abigail were the parents of 
 David (fourth generation), who was born in 
 Farmington, September 15, 1716. He mar- 
 ried a widow, Mrs. Anna Hart, who was ,1 
 daughter of Zebulon Deming, the date of the 
 marriage being August 28, 17 — . She died 
 October 30, 1804. He died after June, 1790. 
 
 Amos, son of David and Anna Hills, is the 
 fifth link in our genealogical chain. He was 
 born in 1745, and died at Farmington, Con- 
 necticut, April 9, 1813. He married, in 1773. 
 Rachel Lewis of Middletown, who was born 
 in August, 1750. and died October 4. 1818. 
 
 Descending another generation, we come 
 to James Harvey (son of Amos), and grand- 
 father of Fred P. Hills, who was born i.i 
 Farmington. Connecticut, March 8, 1782. He 
 was educated at Yale College, and was a 
 graduate in medicine, which he made his pro- 
 fession. He removed to Darby Plains, Ohio, 
 and thence to Worthington, coming to Dela- 
 ware in 1822. At one time he was part owner 
 of what is now the Ohio State Journal. In 
 181 2 he marched with General Harrison to 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Fort Defiance. Here he was taken sick, and 
 his wife rode ioo miles through the trackless 
 forests to care for him, an instance of courage 
 and endurance by no means uncommon among 
 the women of pioneer days. Dr. Hills resided 
 in Delaware from 1822 until his death, which 
 occurred from milk fever, November 30, 1830. 
 An estimate of his ability as a medical prac- 
 titioner may be found in the chapter on the 
 "Medical Profession," in this volume. He 
 was a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. 
 & A. M., of Delaware. He married, in Sep- 
 tember, 1801. Beulah Andrews, who was born 
 April (>. [784, and died June 22, [866. They 
 were the parents of eleven children. 
 
 Chauncey Hills, eighth son and child of 
 Dr. James H. and Beulah Hills, and father 
 of the subject of this sketch, was born at 
 Worthington, Ohio, October 7, 1816. He was 
 quite young when the family came to 
 Delaware, and he was but fourteen when his 
 father died. He began at once, not only to 
 be self-supporting, but also to help his mother, 
 in spite of his youth, finding employment in 
 teaching school. At the close of the session 
 he found work in a printing office in Marion. 
 Afterwards he endeavored to apprentice him- 
 self to a saddler in Delaware, but a conflict 
 arose at to who was to select the suit of 
 clothes to be included in the compensation, 
 and the engagement was not made. Mr. Hills 
 diil not propose, boy though he was, that any- 
 one but himself should select his clothes. The 
 positive tastes and views of the boy were ap- 
 parent in the man. and were a potent factor in 
 his long and successful career. He was 
 modest, unassuming, and courteous, and Dela- 
 ware never had a more highly esteemed citi- 
 zen. A period of work in a store was fol- 
 lowed by study for the bar. but being offered 
 a position in the leading general store of Dela- 
 ware, be accepted, and his share of profits 
 for the first year was $3,000. the beginning 
 of his business success, and for more than 
 forty years his name was identified with the 
 dry-goods trade of Delaware. 
 
 In 18,^4 he purchased a small farm, which 
 he augmented to 400 acres, and called "Crystal 
 Spring Farm," from the beautiful spring of 
 
 clear crystal water located upon it. An inci- 
 dent published in the atlas of the county, in 
 1875. and which was given by Elam Vining, 
 who lived to be upward of ninety, and who 
 was told the story by one of the rescuing 
 party, lends interest to this spot. 
 
 "The Delaware and other tribes sent war 
 parties into Pennsylvania to depredate, destroy 
 and to take prisoners. One party was fol- 
 lowed by a band of rescuers. They separated, 
 and the Delawares came to their river camps. 
 This party had a young white girl in captivity, 
 and was traced by the pursuing party, among 
 whom were two brothers of the prisoner, 
 through Bowtown, and through the villages. 
 all of which were deserted. The light of a 
 fire glimmering to the north, directed their 
 steps to an assembly of the Indians engaged 
 in a war-dance. The maiden was seen fastened 
 to a stake near a fire. It was early evening, 
 and instant assault was ordered. A volley 
 from the whites killed one savage, wounded 
 others, and put the rest to instant flight. The 
 girl was released and the party returned home 
 in triumph. The spot which is of interest for 
 this rescue, is known as the Crystal Spring 
 Farm, on Clear Run, Troy Township." The 
 exact spot was at the spring. 
 
 The diversion which the farm afforded un- 
 doubtedly added health and strength and years 
 to Mr. Hills' life. In 1862 he moved from the 
 city to the farm, and remained there 12 years, 
 one of the happiest periods of bis life. The 
 land is limestone, situated in a fine gentle, roll- 
 ing country, with magnificent groves of oaks 
 and maples and other native trees, and pastures 
 of rich blue grass. 
 
 Here, in 1854, was laid the foundation of 
 his shorthorn herd, when the fine young bull, 
 Master Miller 693. and the beautiful young 
 Rose of Sharon heifer. Fanny Fern, by Prince 
 Charles the Second 32113, were purchased of 
 the Messrs. Renick. At this time and for 
 six years thereafter, the late T. C. Jones, his 
 brother-in-law, was associated with Mr. Hills, 
 the firm being Hills & Jones. In 1862 the 
 herd was divided. Mr. Hills also experi- 
 mented with various breeds of sheep, but the 
 Shropshires, of which be made many importa- 
 
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 tions, were his favorites. His success as a 
 breeder of shorthorns was well attested many 
 years ago by the choice of numbers of his herd 
 for export to Great Britain, where they graced 
 the pastures of Lord Dunmore, at Stirling-, and 
 produced descendants that were most success- 
 ful in the show -ring. Two animals wnich 
 Mr. Hills bred, were shipped to England and 
 sold for 1,500 guineas, about $7,500. He also 
 bred thoroughbred Yorkshire hogs. In 1872. 
 with his wife, ami his son. Fred Palmer, he 
 traveled extensively through Europe, and 
 visited many of the leading flocks and herds of 
 England. 
 
 In 1847 Mr. Hills married Margaret Copp 
 Williams, a nieee of E. D. Morgan, who was 
 at one time Governor of Xew York. They hail 
 a family of five sons and one daughter, namely : 
 Frank A., born August 21. 1849; Fred Pal- 
 mer, born October 4. 1851; Hosea \\\. born 
 July 30. 1853: Harry X.. born March 20. 
 1855: John W., born November 24. 1856; 
 James M., born December 10. 1858; and 
 Katherine M.. born June 22. 1861. who mar- 
 ried Dr. Ferris, of Brooklyn. Xew York, and 
 died May 5. 1907. John \Y. Hill- is one of 
 the best known live-stock artists in the coun- 
 try. 
 
 Chauncy Hills, in addition to his farming 
 and live-stock interests, was a director in sev- 
 eral Delaware banks, and president of the Gas 
 Company. All his business dealings were 
 characterized by probity and honor, and he 
 was personally a generous and helpful man. 
 He was a fine horseman, and excelled in 
 whatever he undertook, being always alert to 
 take advantage of opportunities, and keeping 
 ever before him the highest possible standard 
 as a goal. He selected always the best things 
 whenever he had a choice to make. He wrote 
 numerous articles on the breeding of cattle and 
 sheep for the Country Gentleman and other 
 stock and agricultural papers. Mr. Hills died 
 February 9. 1901. when past his eighty-fourth 
 year, having accomplished much work of per- 
 manent value to the community in which he 
 had spent the greater part of his life. 
 
 Fred Palmer Hills, the direct subject of 
 this sketch, in his early youth attended the 
 
 school ot .Mrs. Murray, a well known educator 
 of that day. and so continued his studies un- 
 til his parents removed to their farm in Troy 
 Township. He then passed under the care of 
 a private tutor. Miss Elizabeth Williams, com- 
 ing later under the tuition of Rev. James S. 
 Campbell, who was at that time and for many 
 years afterwards, superintendent of schools in 
 Delaware. In 1870. in company with J. D. 
 Wolfley, he went to Europe to master German 
 and French, and to secure the culture that 
 comes only from a residence abroad. They 
 spent a year in Hanover. Germany, and an- 
 other in Geneva. Switzerland, after which Mr. 
 Hills devoted six months more to travel. The 
 Franco-Prussian war broke out the first week 
 after they landed in Germany, and they had 
 an opportunity to witness a review of the Ger- 
 man troops, as they marched up "Unter den 
 Linden," by the statute of Frederick the Great, 
 in Berlin. This was a rare opportunity, as the 
 soldiers of all the various German states were 
 clad in the uniforms of their respective states, 
 or principalities, and presented a sight such as 
 will probably never be seen again. 
 
 Upon his return to Delaware Mr. Hills 
 engaged in the dry-goods business with his 
 father, under the name of C. Hills & Company. 
 He was already familiar with the business, 
 as he had had experience in the store before 
 going abroad, during his spare time. Later, 
 with his brothers, John and Harry X.. under 
 the firm name of Hills Bros., he bought the 
 business and continued it until 1882, when the 
 three brothers sold out to John W. Hills and 
 George Thirkield, the style of the firm be- 
 coming Hills & Thirkield. In 1877 Chauncv 
 Hills, V. T. Hills, Frank A., and the subject 
 of this sketch, formed the Hills Paper Com- 
 pany, and bought the mill at Stratford from 
 the estate of Mr. Hills' grandfather. Judge 
 Hosea Williams. In 1882 they sold 'out to 
 Edsall. Mills & Randall. Mr. Fred P. Hills 
 then went to Europe and visited about twenty- 
 five of the finest stock farms in Great Britain 
 and on the continent. He purchased $6,000 
 worth of thoroughbred shorthorns, registered 
 in the English herd books, among them being- 
 Wild Eyes Lassie. Windemere 3d, Countess of 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Oxford, Grand Duke Barrington 2d, and 100 
 Shropshire sheep. The Shropshire flock, 
 which was started at Crystal Spring Farm, in 
 1876, and is now kept at Oakland Farm, is 
 the oldest one in Ohio. The foundation stock 
 was imported from several of the most dis- 
 tinguished breeders in Great Britain. The 
 sheep from this flock have had a strong influ- 
 ence in improving the grade of sheep kept by 
 the farmers throughout this section of the 
 State. 
 
 After his return from Europe Mr. Hills 
 gave his entire time to stuck breeding on the 
 home farm — Crystal Spring Farm, in Troy 
 Township. In 1888 he became president of 
 the First National Bank of Cardington, and 
 since that time has spent one or two days 
 there every week. He also has charge of 
 Oakland Farm, in Peru Township, Morrow 
 County, which is the property of his wife — 
 her old home. Here they have about 60 head 
 of thoroughbred shorthorn and polled Durham 
 cattle. They have also about 20 horses, sev- 
 eral of them thoroughbred Percherons. For 
 10 years Mr. Hills also bred thoroughbred 
 Welsh ponies, and for a time, Angora goats. 
 
 In 1891 he helped to organize the Dela- 
 ware Savings Bank Company, of Delaware, 
 of which he has been cashier since 1892. He 
 is also a director of the Delaware Gas Com- 
 pany, and of the Delaware Ice and Coal Com- 
 pany, and is treasurer of the Citizens' Tele- 
 phone Company. He is interested in the 
 Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, 
 which is likely to be developed before long 
 into a splendid property, and also in the Ode- 
 vene Company, which controls a water equal 
 to the springs at West Baden, Indiana. He 
 also owns Greenwood Lake, which is a beauti- 
 ful spot and a favorite resort for picnics. 
 
 Air. Hills was married, October 16, 1884, 
 to Mary, daughter of Isaac H. and Caroline 
 (Clark) Pennock. Of this union there have 
 been tour children, of whom Beatrice, the 
 first-born, died in infancy. The survivors are: 
 Dorothy, Robert Pennock, and Mary Caroline. 
 Dorothy, a bright and scholarly young lady, is 
 attending private school in New York State. 
 She is an accomplished musician, being an 
 
 able executant upon the violin, piano, mando- 
 lin, and guitar. Robert also possesses musical 
 ability, being a good ameteur performer on the 
 flute. A taste for music is a family char- 
 acteristic, as Mrs. Hills is an accomplished 
 pianist, and Mr. Hills sang in the choir of 
 St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which all 
 the family are members, from 1869 to 1907. 
 He has also been treasurer of the church for 
 five or six years. Personally Mr. Hills in- 
 herits all of his father's best characteristics. 
 Thorough in his business methods of unim- 
 peached honor and probity, he is also in his 
 manners all that is implied by the word gen- 
 tleman, when used in its best and most com- 
 prehensive sense. He and his family are 
 among the most respected residents of Dela- 
 ware County. 
 
 RIFFITH C. OWEN, general farmer 
 
 and representative citizen, residing 
 
 M I mi his valuable property in Scioto 
 
 Township, which comprises 193 acres 
 
 of well-cultivated land, was born on 
 
 this farm, October 11, 1847. His parents 
 
 were John P. and Sarah (Warren) Owen. 
 
 John P. Owen was born in Wales. In 
 1826 he came to America and resided in 
 Oneida County, New York, until about 1834, 
 when he came to Delaware County, Ohio. He 
 was a carpenter and worked at his trade in 
 different sections of the country, passing ten 
 years in Louisiana. After he returned to Ohio 
 he married and then settled on the farm which 
 is now the property of his son, Griffith C. 
 Only three acres had been cleared, and his 
 first home was in a little log cabin which had 
 been left by the former owner. This was re- 
 placed in 1870, by the handsome brick resi- 
 dence now standing. On this place, John P. 
 Owen and wife spent the remainder of their 
 lives, which were years of industry, peace and 
 good will toward all who came to their hos- 
 pitable hearth. Mrs. Owen, whose maiden 
 name was Sarah Warren, was born in Ross 
 County, Ohio, and died May 8, 1877. She 
 had survived her husband some years, his 
 
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 death having taken place December 1. 1874. 
 
 Griffith C. Owen was reared on the home- 
 stead farm, which he assisted his father in 
 clearing- and developing, and he has followed 
 agriculture as an occupation from his youth 
 up. The cultivating of his broad fields, and 
 adding to his flocks and herds, have engaged 
 his chief attention, but he has also given some 
 time to public business. Politically a Demo- 
 crat, he was elected on that ticket trustee of 
 Scioto Township and also justice of the 
 peace, serving in the latter capacity for two 
 years. 
 
 .Mr. Owen was married first, January 27. 
 1870, to Melissa McFarlin, who was horn 
 March 4, 1847. m Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and died November 10, 1899, leaving nine 
 children — John \Y., Charles L.. Frank R., 
 James \\\. Arnold G., George S., Roy A.. 
 Gertrude E., and Ollie M. Air. Owen was 
 married secondly to Clara Ciller, who is a 
 daughter of Augustus Giller, of Lima, Ohio. 
 Mr. Owen has been identified with the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows for many 
 years. He belongs to the Encampment and 
 is past grand of Olentangy Lodge, at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 OHN FRANCIS GAYNOR, a lead- 
 ing citizen of Delaware, a member of 
 the City Council representing the 
 Fourth Ward, was born at Delaware, 
 Delaware County. Ohio, and is a son 
 of John and Anna (Ferris) Cay nor. 
 
 The father of Mr. Gaynor was hum in 
 County Kerry, Ireland, in 1834. and came in 
 1756 to Delaware, where he died October 17. 
 1864, at the age of thirty years. He married 
 Anna Ferris, also torn in Ireland, who still 
 survives, aged seventy-one years. They had 
 two children — Elizabeth and John Francis. 
 John Francis Gaynor was a student in St. 
 Mary's parochial school from early childhood 
 until he was ten years old. The death of his 
 father made it necessary that he should be- 
 come self-supporting even at that tender age 
 and he accordingly went to work in the chair 
 
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 factory at Delaware, where he remained until 
 1894. He had started at the bottom of the 
 ladder but through industry and capacity 
 moved upward step by step until he became 
 foreman of the large factory, which posit' n 
 he held for about fourteen years. He then 
 went into the wholesale beer business with 
 which he has been connected ever since, rep- 
 resenting the Springfield Brewery, of Spring- 
 field. For the past seven years he has also 
 been engaged in a live stock business, mainly 
 the buying and selling of horses. Mr. Gay- 
 nor has accumulated considerable property, 
 including a comfortable home in Delaware. 
 He also owns stock in the Electric Rolling- 
 Milling Company of Delaware. 
 
 In 1893, Mr. Gaynor was married to Mar- 
 tha A. Nelson, who is a daughter of Michael 
 and Mary Nelson, residents of Delaware. 
 They have one daughter, Anna Marie, who is 
 a bright student in St. Mary's parochial sch' 10I 
 at Delaware. Mr. Gaynor is a member of Di- 
 vision No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians, at 
 Delaware, of which he has been treasurer, and 
 he has been county president for several years. 
 He belongs also to the order of Eagles, Aerie 
 No. 370, of Delaware, of which he has been 
 both president and treasurer. Politically. Mr. 
 Gaynor is identified with the Democratic 
 party, and since early manhood he has taken 
 an interest in public affairs. He wields a 
 large amount of local influence and his election 
 to the City Council in 1907, shows the estima- 
 tion in which he is held by the people. 
 
 HAL'LES F. TURNER, superin- 
 tendent of motive power for the Co- 
 lumbus, Delaware and Marion Rail- 
 »™S?=!J way Company, with office and resi- 
 dence at Stratford, Delaware Town- 
 ship, was born in Van Wert, Van 
 Wert County. Ohio, March 2j. 1866. 
 smi of Ephraim and Frances V. (Sho- 
 w alter) Turner. His paternal grandfather 
 was a farmer who removed from Penn- 
 sylvania to Licking County. Ohio. Ephraim 
 Turner, who was a miller by trade, after his 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 marriage removed with his wife and eldest 
 child — a daughter — to Van Wert, and subse- 
 quently — about 1870 — to Berrien County. 
 Michigan. Here he died when the subject 
 of this sketch was about rive years old. Dur- 
 ing the Civil war he enlisted, but was dis- 
 charged from the service on account of ill 
 health. His wife Frances was a native of 
 Fairfield, Ohio. 
 
 Charles F. Turner acquired his early ed- 
 ucation in the schools of Berrien. County. 
 Michigan. At quite an early age he became 
 interested in the subject of electricity, which 
 he first studied at home, after working hours. 
 In order to obtain a sound theoretical knowl- 
 edge of the science, he entered, in 1894, the 
 Ohio State University at Columbus, where he 
 took a special course in electrical engineering. 
 He then came into practical touch with the 
 business, being employed successively by sev- 
 eral large electric roads in different parts of 
 ( Ihio and .Michigan, and during the past eight 
 or nine years he has been chief engineer for 
 several such roads, having full charge of 
 power and equipment. He entered upon the 
 duties of his present position on January 1st, 
 [908, but for five and a half years previously 
 had been chief steam and electric engineer for 
 the company. 
 
 The plant of which he has charge is one 
 of the most modern and best equipped to be 
 found anywhere, and gives employment to 
 about fifty men. all of whom are under Mr. 
 Turner's direction. The power plant contains 
 one steam turbine of 2.000 kilowatt capacity, 
 the latest type manufactured by the General 
 Electric Company; also an 800 kilowatt aux- 
 iliary turbine of the same type. The plant 
 runs twenty-four hours a day. and the latter 
 engine is used for night work. Both are con- 
 nected direct to the generators, which have a 
 power ^i -'.300 volts. There is a steam-driven 
 exciter of 2$ K. W. and a motor-driven ex- 
 citer of J; K. W. There are fourteen pumps 
 for various purposes; a battery of seven boil- 
 ers of a total horsepower of 2,000, the fur- 
 naces consuming forty-eight tons ol coal per 
 day. In addition to the car barns and power 
 plant, in the car-barn building is a fully 
 
 equipped machine shop, blacksmith shop, car- 
 penter shop and paint shop. 
 
 Mr. Turner married Ella Ford, a daughter 
 of Matthias Ford, of Columbus, Ohio. He 
 and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at Stratford, and number 
 many friends among the prominent residents 
 of the township. 
 
 LOYD K. WORNSTAFF, prominent 
 among Ashley's younger generation 
 oi business men and citizens, is super- 
 intendent of the village schools. He 
 is a native of Oxford Township, hav- 
 ing been born on the old home place Septem- 
 ber 19, 1881, and is a son of Sperry and Mary 
 E. ( Weiser) Wornstaff. 
 
 Upon the completion of his early educa- 
 tional training in the public schools of Ash- 
 ley. Mr. Wornstaff matriculated at Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University at Delaware, and in 1905 re- 
 ceived the degree of A. B. The following au- 
 tumn his professional career as an instructor 
 began with the position as superintendent of 
 the schools at Shauck, Ohio, in which capacity 
 he served two years. So successful was he in 
 his work that in 1907 he was called to fill a 
 similar position in the schools of his home 
 town of which he is a graduate. He is as- 
 sisted in his work by a corps of five teachers 
 and it is a curious fact that every one of them 
 is a resident of Ashley and a graduate of the 
 school in which he now teaches. 
 
 June 12. 1907, Mr. Wornstaff was united 
 in marriage with Elizabeth Wilt, who was 
 born in Ashley and is a daughter of J. F. and 
 Emma (Clifton) Wilt. After completing the 
 prescribed course in the public schools of her 
 home town, she attended Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity and was graduated in 1903 in vocal 
 and instrumental music. This was suppled 
 merited by a course of study in the Chicago 
 Conservatory of Music, after which she en- 
 gaged in teaching and concert work in Chi- 
 cago for two years. Endowed with a voice 
 of quality and having received the most care- 
 ful training her work met with flattering sue- 
 
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 ccs>. Fraternally Mr. Wornstaff is a member 
 of the college order Phi Delta Theta. He also 
 belongs to the Ashley Lodge of Free Masons. 
 
 HOMAS J. WINSTON, junior mem- 
 ber of the firm of Manville & \Yinst< m, 
 leading business men of Ostrander, 
 and a grain and stock farmer of 
 Scioto Township, was born in New- 
 ark, Ohio, September 15, 1844. an d is a son 
 of Timothy and Elizabeth (Jones) Winston, 
 The parents of Mr. Winston were born in 
 Wales. 
 
 Timothy Winston was a pattern-maker by 
 trade but when he came first to America and 
 settled near Newark, Ohio, he followed farm- 
 ing. After his marriage he established him- 
 self in the furniture business at Covington, 
 Kentucky, where he prospered for some five 
 years, subsequently losing his stock through 
 the explosion of a boiler and the fire which 
 followed. He next engaged in the wash-board 
 manufacture, at Cincinnati, but was again 
 burned out. For a third time he lost all he 
 had when his saw-mill burned, several years 
 later, at Fulton, then a suburb of Cincinnati. 
 These many disasters proved too much for 
 even a man of his energy and courage and a 
 mortal sickness came on him and he died in 
 1854. aged forty-three years. He died in the 
 belief that his widow and children would not 
 be left entirely unprovided for, in spite of his 
 many losses, as he had a farm in Illinois on 
 which coal had been found. Again misfor- 
 tune visited the family, as the administrator 
 of the estate only remained in charge long 
 enough to realize on every asset and then left 
 the country for Australia, having no concern 
 about Mrs. Winston's almost penniless condi- 
 tion. She remained at Cincinnati until [858 
 and then took her two surviving children and 
 went to Columbia County. Wisconsin, where 
 she died in i860, aged 39 years. 
 
 Timothy Winston was married twice, his 
 second wife being the mother of Thomas J. 
 Winston, of Scioto County. Of his family 
 born to his first marriage, the following 
 reached maturity: Samuel and Gwen, both 
 
 now deceased; Mary, who is the widow of 
 James Hackett, of Cincinnati., and Sarah, 
 now deceased, who married Joseph Mur- 
 ray, of Cincinnati. There were four 
 children born of the second marriage, two of 
 whom reached maturity, Thomas J., and Ed- 
 ward, the latter of whom is deceased. Tim- 
 othy Winston was a man of more than usual 
 parts. Combined with moral and physical 
 courage, he was energetic and far-seeing, 
 quick to grasp opportunities and able to mould 
 them to his purpose. He was a member of 
 the Town Council at Newark, Ohio, and took 
 an active interest in public matters in every 
 place in which he lived. For thirty years he 
 was identified with the Odd Fellows. 
 
 Thomas J. Winston resided from 1858 
 until he enlisted for service in the Civil war, 
 in Columbia County. Wisconsin. He was a 
 mere youth when he entered Company D, Six- 
 teenth Regiment. Wisconsin Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and during this term of enlistment of 
 three months duration, he was never called on 
 to leave the State. When the call came for 
 three-year men. he re-enlisted and the regi- 
 ment was then accepted as a part of the Fed- 
 eral Army. From the mustering camp at 
 Madison, Mr. Winston, with his regiment, 
 went to Cairo, Illinois, then down the river to 
 Pittsburg Landing, then on to Corinth, par- 
 ticipating in the siege and battles there. From 
 Corinth the regiment was ordered to Holly 
 Springs, thence to Louisville and on to Vicks- 
 burg. The brigade to which Mr. Winston 
 was connected was sent to Lake Providence, 
 Louisiana, and engaged in opening the famous 
 canal that was to connect the Mississippi river 
 with Lake Providence. Mr. Winston relates 
 that when the levee was tapped and the water 
 was admitted, it spread so rapidly, on account 
 of the high water in the lake at that time, that 
 for a distance of fifty miles the entire low- 
 lands were submerged and the men of the reg- 
 iment were obliged to climb trees in order to 
 avoid being drowned. For some three weeks, 
 only the upper stories of houses in this region 
 could be used. Sickness, during this time, 
 sadly decimated the ranks and at one time 
 there were onlv six men in Company D, who 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 were fit for duty. Mr. Winston being one of 
 this number. After the regiment had per- 
 formed its part in the siege of Vicksburg, it 
 was sent into winter quarters at Red Bone, 
 Mississippi, passing much of the winter of 
 1863-64 in fighting guerrillas. 
 
 At this time, Mr. Winston, with many of 
 his comrades, re-enlisted as veterans and all 
 such re-enlisted soldiers were given a furlough 
 of 30 days. During Mr. Winston's absence 
 his brother died. Later, at Clifton, Tennes- 
 see, the Seventeenth Army Corps was reor- 
 ganized, and it marched through Tennessee 
 and Alabama and overtook Sherman's army at 
 Big Shanty, Georgia. The members of Mr. 
 Winston's company were thrown out as skir- 
 mishers. The company took part in the bat- 
 tle of Kenesaw Mountain and in all the en- 
 gagements around Atlanta until the fall of 
 that city. When the army left Atlanta, only 
 five days' rations were issued, in fact they 
 were only half rations, dependence being 
 placed on the foragers for supplies. Mr. 
 Winston being one of these, he had many ad- 
 ventures and a number of narrow escapes 
 from capture and death. He relates one inter- 
 esting adventure as typical of others. Being 
 sent out as a non-commissioned officer in 
 charge of a squad of three foragers, he found 
 provisions scarce and told his men to scatter 
 and ordered that each one should work by 
 himself. All were well mounted and Mr. 
 Winston rode some seven miles through the 
 enemy's country, naturally on the outlook con- 
 tinually in some fear of attack. He finally 
 reached a place where he saw provisions in 
 plenty and there he ordered a servant to hitch 
 up a wagon, load it full of meat, corn and 
 poultry and a lot of tobacco, and congratulated 
 himself that he was going to get back to camp 
 with something worth while. When about a 
 half mile distant he was attacked by a band of 
 guerrillas, probably themselves out foraging, 
 and barely escaped with his life, losing his 
 load. Mr. Winston says he has not yet got- 
 ten entirely over his disappointment at losing 
 that really first-class load of provisions. War 
 in an enemy's country overturns all previously 
 established ideas of rightful possession, and 
 
 Mr. Winston recalls another incident, when, 
 on finding an open buggy standing in front 
 of a house, he took possession of it, quietly 
 loaded into it the full contents of a near-by 
 smoke-house and then peeped into the kitchen 
 to see if he was observed. There he saw three 
 loaded guns, which he proceeded to break and 
 then went back to drive off his buggy load of 
 eatables, but only to be confronted by three 
 very determined looking men, who demanded 
 by what right he was carrying off their goods. 
 He represented that he was transferring them 
 to a large body of Union soldiers in the near- 
 by wood, and as he had taken their guns and 
 was very frank about what he would do with 
 his own, if they followed, he managed to get 
 away. After some very diplomatic maneu- 
 vers and many adventures, he did really come 
 up with a regiment of Union troops and was 
 able to deliver his goods. When he reached 
 camp about midnight, all the soldiers were 
 roused and a great cooking went on, and Mr. 
 Winston asserts that eating continued until 
 morning. Want of space alone prevents the 
 recital of many other interesting adventures. 
 At Peach Tree Creek the regiment to 
 which Mr. Winston was attached, was at- 
 tacked seven times on July 22nd and had to 
 jump over their little works to fight on both 
 sides. On July 21st they were drawn upon 
 
 the extreme left wing of the army. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Winston's company, being the color company, 
 was given the tools to work with, and they 
 threw up breastworks, but by the time the 
 latter were complete they had to fall back and 
 straighten the line, leaving their breastworks 
 fifteen feet in advance. In their last charge 
 the Confederates came in behind their breast- 
 works and planted their colors there. They 
 were shot down time and time again, until 
 not another man was left to put them up and 
 the next morning Mr. Winston's company 
 found ninety dead men in that little enclosure 
 barely twenty feet long, they having piled 
 their dead up to defend their living, making a 
 useless sacrifice. Many incidents of that time, 
 some grotesque but the larger number pitiful, 
 are engraved on Mr. Winston's memory. He 
 was slightly wounded. He participated in the 
 
FREDERICK P. VERGON 
 
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 grand review at Washington and was mus- 
 tered out of the service at Louisville. Ken- 
 tucky. July 12. 1865. He is an honored mem- 
 ber and past commander of Joseph Tanner 
 Post. No. 531, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 at Ostrander. For a number of years he has 
 been a member of the Soldiers' Relief and 
 Burial Commission. 
 
 After the close of his military service. Mr. 
 Winston returned to Wisconsin, and in 1866 
 he came back to Ohio and settled down to 
 fanning- in Scioto Township. Delaware 
 County. He has resided on several different 
 farms, but in 1887 he bought his present farm 
 of 125 acres. This he devotes to grain and 
 hogs ; raising Poland China and Duroc varie- 
 ties, keeping about seventy-five head. He has 
 business interests at Ostrander. in 1903 enter- 
 ing into partnership with A. M. Manville, in 
 a hardware enterprise, under the firm name of 
 Manville & Winston. 
 
 On August 9, 1868, Mr. Winston was 
 married to Sarah Jones, who is a daughter of 
 Thomas Jones of Scioto Township, and they 
 had three children, namely : Edward, residing 
 in Scioto Township; Nora, who married A. 
 M. Manville; and Charles D. 
 
 REDERICK P. VERGOX. proprietor 
 
 of Greenwood Farm, near Delaware, 
 
 is one of the best known orchardists 
 
 in the United States. He was born 
 
 in the Department de Dieu, France, 
 
 n< it far from the boundary line of Switzerland, 
 
 December 16. 1829, and is a son of John G. 
 
 and Elizabeth (Berlett) Vergon. 
 
 John G. Vergon was a native of the same 
 French Canton, where he owned ii acres of 
 land, divided into 16 pieces. In 1834 he sold 
 his little property and came to America, reach- 
 in- Columbus from the Fa-t by the way of 
 river and canal, and settled in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, on the place now known as 
 Greenwood Farm. Although the property 
 was then wild and neglected. it> purchase in- 
 volved Mr. Vergon in debt, and he was further 
 handicapped by bis ignorance of the English 
 
 language. Thus it was remarkable that 111 
 a short time he had so bent circumstance^ 10 
 his will, through his native wit and ingenuity, 
 that he was able to invest in 115 acres of land. 
 a yoke of oxen, an old horse and a few cows. 
 From that beginning he prospered continuous!;, 
 until his death. His fields became fertile and 
 productive and his cattle and stock each year 
 largelv increased. Although several years be- 
 fore his death he was afflicted with partial 
 blindness, as long as he lived be retained his 
 active mind and quick intelligence. Of his 
 six children, two survive, namely: Margaret, 
 who is the widow of Frederick Berlett. and re- 
 sides in Troy Township ; and Frederick P. 
 
 Frederick P. Vergon had few educational 
 advantages in his boyhood but he made the 
 most of those he had and he became very pro- 
 ficient in penmanship. This has been particu- 
 larly noticed in the numerous contributions 
 that he has made to horticultural publications 
 during a period that covers many years. He 
 was 26 years old when he took charge of the 
 home farm and in 1852 he built the present 
 brick residence. In partnership with his 
 father, he bought 100 acres, then in the woods. 
 and he has personally assisted in clearing 150 
 acres from the native forest. During his 
 earlier years he drove an ox-team and did 
 hauling, winter after winter. In 1873 he made 
 Greenwood Lake, which is a body of water 
 covering 25 acres, surrounded by a grove of 
 18 acres. It was a great undertaking, to con- 
 vert this wild ravine into a lake and to sur- 
 round the latter with 900 evergreen, besides 
 the many deciduous trees. 
 
 With the assistance of his son. Mr. Ver- 
 gon turned tln^ favored spot into a pleasure 
 ground, which they conducted together for 
 many years, and he has always been proud 
 of the fact that it was a resort that prospered 
 without the sale of beer. During his long and 
 busy life he has been interested in numerous 
 enterprises, all of which have been sua 
 ful. this being due to his excellent judgment 
 and deliberate consideration of every business 
 principle. He built an ice In use on his grounds 
 and there were two seasons when there was 
 not a pound of ice in Delaware County except 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in his warehouses. In 1854 lie built his large 
 barn. At that time he was a breeder of Short- 
 horn cattle and had to compete with Judge 
 Jones and Chauncy Hills, who were two of 
 the oldest breeders in Ohio, but he produced 
 cattle that captured the prizes at the county 
 fairs, despite their competition. In 1888 he 
 disposed of his cattle and in the same year 
 he set out the bulk of his apple orchards, which 
 now cover more than fifty acres. At first he 
 followed the usual methods of fruit culture. 
 but he subsequently evolved the idea of a cold 
 storage plant, and in the first year he made 
 enough profit off his stored apples to pay for 
 the buliding of the plant. He has made him- 
 self thoroughly acquainted with the apple 
 business, and has been called upon to read 
 scientific papers on the subject before the Ohio 
 W'esleyan University at Delaware, the Ohio 
 State University at Columbus, at the State 
 Experimental Station and elsewhere. 
 
 Mr. Vergon married Kate A. Jones, who 
 was born in Virginia, but who has resided at 
 Delaware since she was 13 years of age. She 
 is a second cousin to "Stonewall" Jackson, the 
 renowned Confederate general. Of the seven 
 children born, to Mr. and Mrs. Vergon, six 
 reached maturity, namely : Frederick L. ; 
 Elizabeth; 1 [attic, who married Dr. A. E. 
 Smith, president of the Northwestern Univer- 
 sity at Ada; \nnie. who married George E. 
 Warner, residing at Warren, Ohio; John G.. 
 residing in Troy Township; and James C, 
 wlin is his father's partner, in politics Mr. 
 Vergon is a Republican ami attends his party's 
 primaries, but he has always declined to ac- 
 cept nomination to office. 
 
 \MF.S M. RICH KY. one of Dela- 
 ware's representative citizens, a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Bird, Richey & 
 Christian, proprietors of the White 
 Sulphur Stone Company, was born in 
 Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 June 23, [854. lie is .1 son of [saac Newton 
 and Eliza I McClure) Richey. 
 
 The Richey family is one of those whose 
 members have been of sufficient importance to 
 leave an impression on their day and genera- 
 tion, and thus make it an easy task to trace 
 the line for quite a distance back. William 
 Richey, the great-grandfather of James M.. 
 was born December 7, 1759, in Cumberland 
 County, Pennsylvania. He was reared a 
 farmer, but became better educated than many 
 of his companions and was a successful schi » >1 
 teacher for a number of years. He married 
 Catherine Hale, in 1780, she being his first 
 wife. She died in 1788, leaving four chil- 
 dren, and he then removed to Westmoreland 
 County, where he engaged in teaching. In 
 1792 he married Mary Kane, and three chil- 
 dren were born to them in Westmoreland 
 County. In 1796 they moved to Beaver 
 County, Pennsylvania, and while they resided 
 there six more children were added to the 
 family. In 1 81 3 he came to Ohio and settled 
 in Madison County, but February 2. 1819, he 
 removed to Union Count}', where he lived for 
 thirty years, his death taking place there Au- 
 gust 17, 1847. He belonged to the Reformed 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 James Richey. son of William and grand- 
 father of James M., was born in Beaver 
 County, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1798. In 
 [823 he married Sarah Newhouse, and came 
 to Delaware County in 1830, where he died 
 December 14, 1885. She was born in Picka- 
 way County, Ohio, May 26. 1801, and died in 
 Delaware County, December 2j. 1880. 
 
 Isaac Newton Richey. son of James and 
 father of James M. Richey. was born in Scioto 
 I "wnship. Delaware County. Ohio. July 24, 
 1826. His main occupation through life was 
 farming. On September 10, 1850, he married 
 Eliza McClure. who was a daughter of James 
 and Olive (Skinner) McClure, and they had 
 five children, namely: William, who was 
 born September 11. 1851, and who is now a 
 physician of Beggs, Oklahoma; lames M.. 
 whose name begins this article; Calvin, born 
 November 4. 185(1, who is a practicing physi- 
 cian at Jerome, Ohio; Isaac Newton, born 
 June 26, 1859, who is a resident of the State 
 
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 of California; and Sidney M.. born March 10. 
 1866, who is a practicing- physician of Francis. 
 Oklahoma, and president of a hank. 
 
 Mr. Richey's maternal grandfather. James 
 McClure, was horn near Greensburg, Penn- 
 sylvania, and died in Delaware County. Ohio. 
 in 1851). His parents. William McClure and 
 wife, were natives of Scotland. The family 
 came to Ohio when James was a young man. 
 and after a short stay in Perry County, came 
 on to Delaware. They settled on a wild tract 
 of land which was subsequently developed into 
 one of Scioto's most productive farms and is 
 now the property of John McClure. James 
 McClnre and wife were consistent members of 
 the Presbyterian Church and were connected 
 at the time of their death with the old stone 
 church at South Radnor. 
 
 James M. Richey was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools, and his industrial training was con- 
 fined to agriculture. About the time of his 
 marriage he bought his own farm, which is 
 situated south of Warrensburg, where he con- 
 tinued to carry on general farming, making 
 it his home until April, 1907. when he took 
 up his residence in Delaware. For a long time 
 prior to this, probably ten years, Mr. Richey 
 had a tenant established on the farm, devoting 
 much of his own time to building gravel roads 
 on township contracts. When the time came 
 that the public demanded stone roads, be 
 equipped a plant and quarried stone on his 
 own farm. This he continued as an individ- 
 ual enterprise until 1904, when he formed a 
 partnership with Oliver Perry Bird, under the 
 firm name of Bird & Richey, and the}- began 
 operating two cpiarries in Concord Township. 
 In August. 1906. they purchased the quarry 
 they are now operating, Mr. George B. Chris- 
 tian, of Marion. Ohio, becoming a partner at 
 this time, when the firm name became Bird. 
 Richey & Christian. Their source of supply 
 covers 100 acres, and thev manufacture 
 crushed stone for county turnpike roads, em- 
 ploving about fortv men. The company does 
 over twenty miles a year of turnpike-making 
 f< ir Delaware County. 
 
 On August 3. [873, Mr. Richey married 
 Ella Berlett, who is a daughter of John and 
 
 Amy (Davis) Berlett. of Scioto Township, 
 and they have had four children — Frank H.. 
 Ethel. John, and Raymond. Frank H. mar- 
 ried Rosa Synder. and is a prominent farmer 
 of Scioto Township. Me and his wife are the 
 parents of three children — Eliza. Kilbourne, 
 and lola. John married Catherine Bird, a 
 daughter of O. 1'. Bird, and they have two 
 children — Naomi and Jo K. Raymond, the 
 youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Richey. died 
 at the age of live years. Miss Ethel Richey. 
 who is a young lady of good business ability, 
 holds the position of deputy county clerk of 
 Delaware County, and is auditor of the Mag- 
 netic Springs Railroad. She has taken a good 
 deal of interest in the order of the Rebecca>. 
 being a member of Delaware lodge, of which 
 she is also past grand, and is past president of 
 the Ohio Rebecca Assembly, a notable honor 
 for a young woman. Mr. and Mrs. Richey 
 both belong to the Reheccas at Ruffner, of 
 which Mrs. Richey is past grand. From [897 
 to 1898 Mrs. Richey was superintendent and 
 matron of the Odd Fellows' Home. Mr. 
 Richey is past grand of the Ruffner Odd Fel- 
 lows' Lodge, and he has been a representative 
 ti 1 the grand lodge. He belongs also to Os- 
 trander Lodge. F. & A. M. The family he- 
 long to the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 ORACE (.ABRIEL, representative 
 
 citizen and successful general farmer, 
 
 residing en his carefully cultivated 
 
 farm of 110 acres, situated in Scioto 
 
 Township, was horn December 28, 
 
 1849, in Scioto Township. Delaware County, 
 
 Ohio, and is a son of Luther and Maria B. 
 
 i Lawrence) Gabriel. 
 
 The father of Mr. Gabriel was born in 
 Union County, Ohio, March 14. 1823. and 
 was reared at Milford Center. After bis mar- 
 riage. December 4. 1845, he came to Scioto 
 Township and bought a part of the Lawrence 
 farm, on which he lived during the remainder 
 of his life. He erected a log house, cleared his 
 land and raised cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. 
 He married Maria 1!. Lawrence, who was 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 born in Scioto Township, June 3, 1826. Her 
 ancestors, in the persons of John and Mary 
 (Townly) Lawrence, came to America during 
 the reign of George III. They settled near 
 Bi iston, Massachusetts, removing thence in 
 1770 to Adams County, Pennsylvania. Their 
 sun. Joseph Lawrence, was born in 1733 and 
 died in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 
 1705. He married Sarah Moffit, who was 
 born in 1743 and died September 12, 1839. 
 He probably served in the Revolutionary War. 
 Their eldest son bore the name of John, lie 
 became a distinguished man and was serving 
 his second term in the Pennsylvania Legisla- 
 ture when he resigned political honors in or- 
 der to take part in the War of 181 2. In 1796 
 he married Jeanette Cochran who was born in 
 Erie County, Pennsylvania, December 10, 
 1777, and died October 18, 1818. He moved 
 tu Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and from 
 there, in 1814. to Scioto Township, Delaware 
 County, where he died June 4, 1815. His 
 was the first burial in the cemetery north of 
 Ostrander. He was an intellectual and enter- 
 prising man, and hoped to be able to give his 
 children a good education. When he died his 
 widow was left in the wilderness home, with 
 but a little patch of cleared land around her 
 humble dwelling. His sons continued the 
 clearing of the farm and never had the chance 
 to become as well educated as their father. 
 
 Joseph Lawrence, a son of John and Jan- 
 ette Lawrence and the maternal grandfather 
 
 [orace Gabriel, was born in Pennsylvania, 
 .V ember 4. 17M7. came to Scioto Township 
 in [814, ami died .March 14, 1859. He mar- 
 ried his cousin, .Mary Cochran, who was born 
 Jul_\- i), [799. Of their nine children, eight 
 grew tu maturity, namely: Milo II.. Maria 
 Butler, Elanor Jam', John William and James 
 Smith, twins, Susan Emily, Roxanna Caroline 
 and Joseph Samuel. The mother of this fam- 
 ily died September 13. i860. Joseph Law- 
 rence was a fine singer; for many years he led 
 the church choir, and when an old man still 
 enjoyed attending singing school. All the 
 
 bers of the Lawrence family were reared 
 in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The children of Luther Gabriel and wife 
 were: Henrietta, born September 24, 1846, 
 who married Adam Newhouse ; Horace ; John 
 W., born May 26, 1852, residing in Scioto 
 Township; Joseph, born June II, 1854, re- 
 siding in Scioto Township; Edward S., born 
 July 6, 1857, residing in Scioto Township: 
 Rosalia, born July 2, 1858, residing at Os- 
 trander; and Otis C, born September 6, i860, 
 residing in Scioto Township. The Gabriel 
 family was reared in the faith of the Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 Horace Gabriel spent his boyhood attend- 
 ing the district school and in performing the 
 usual duties of the farm. When he was 
 twenty-tthree years old he bought 30 acres 
 of land, which he subsequently cleared and 
 disposed of very advantageously. He then 
 bought 50 acres and has since added to it 
 until at present he has 1 10 acres. He raises 
 cattle, sheep, horses and hogs, together with 
 corn, oats, wheat and hay. His farm is a busy 
 place during the summer harvests. 
 
 On March 13, 1873. Mr. Gabriel was mar- 
 ried to Susan Frey of Scioto Township, whose 
 father was killed on the western plains while 
 en route for California. They have two chil- 
 dren, Luther and Clarence. The elder son 
 assists his father on the farm. The younger 
 son, who resides at Van Wert, Ohio, married 
 Nellie Bevo. Mrs. Gabriel was reared in the 
 German Reformed Church at Delaware, but 
 attends the Presbyterian Church with her hus- 
 band, at Ostrander. Mr. Gabriel has been a 
 trustee of the latter for eighteen years. In 
 politics he votes with the Democratic party. 
 He is a member of the Maccabees organiz?- 
 tion at Delaware. 
 
 )S( )\ B. COLE, general manager of 
 the Galena Clay Products Company, 
 of Galena, is a well-known citizen 
 and general farmer of Berkshire 
 Township, residing on his valuable 
 
 f 42 acres, which is situated one- 
 Mr. Cole was 
 
 farm 
 
 half mile northeast of Galena 
 
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 born March 6, 1864, in Trenton Township, 
 
 Delaware County. Ohio, and is a son of 
 Thomas and Harriet (Leak) Cole. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Cole were both natives 
 of Trenton Township, where their respective 
 fathers. Merreen Cole and Cooper Leak, 
 were early settlers. Thomas Cole was reared 
 and educated in his native township and en- 
 gaged in farming there until 1870, when he 
 sold out and removed with his family to War- 
 ren. Huntington County. Indiana. Five months 
 later he returned to Ohio and bought a farm 
 in Harlan Township, Delaware County, on 
 which he remained until his death. May 15, 
 [882, when he was aged fifty years, one month 
 and five days. His widow, who was born De- 
 cember 14, 1 <S^ 5 . still resides on the farm in 
 Harlan Township. Of the family of nine chil- 
 dren, four survive, as follows: Ervin, who is 
 engaged in farming in Harlan Township ; 
 Ella, who married William Crabill, residing at 
 Centerville, Delaware County; William, re- 
 siding in Genoa Township, Delaware County ; 
 Edson B., whose name begins this sketch. 
 
 Edson B. Cole obtained a common school 
 education and remained on the home farm un- 
 til the age of twenty-one years, when he hired 
 out to neighboring farmers and after the 
 death of his father, worked his mother*s farm 
 for two years. For the twelve succeeding 
 years he rented land in Harlem Township, and 
 in iqoj, he purchased his present property in 
 Berkshire Township. Here he carries on gen- 
 eral agriculture. His property is favorably- 
 located for increasing value, being so close to 
 the growing city of Galena, and Sunbury ana 
 he has already seen the wisdom of his invest- 
 ment. In the spring of 1907 the enterprise 
 known as the Galena Clay Products Company, 
 was organized for the manufacture of tile and 
 brick. The officers are: William Roberts, 
 president; James Rose, vice-president: Joseph 
 J. Adams, secretary; F. C. Bennett, treasurer, 
 and Edson 1'.. Cole, general manager. The 
 prospects of the company are bright. 
 
 1 hi March 0. 1889, Mr. Cole was married 
 to F>tella Van Fleet, who was born in Galena, 
 Ohio. April 4. 1867, and who is a daughter of 
 Hiram and Thirza (Bancroft) Van Fleet. 
 
 They have one daughter, Velmah E., wdio 
 was born March 30, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Cole and daughter are members of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church, in which he has been 
 a steward since 1905. For a number of years 
 he has been very active in church work, has 
 served as chairman of the Board of Trustees, 
 been a class leader and superintendent of the 
 Sunday school. In his political opinions Mr. 
 Cole is a Democrat and since 1903, he has 
 been clerk of the Galena Special School Dis- 
 trict. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow, be- 
 longing to Galena Lodge, No. 404. 
 
 LLIAM C. NYE, one of Dela- 
 ware's leading business men, is 
 engaged in a real estate, insur- 
 ance and loan business, with ol- 
 fices at No. .48 North Sandusky 
 Street, was born July 20. 1847. in Tarlton, 
 Pickaw-ay County, Ohio. He was reared and 
 educated in his native place until he entered the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was 
 graduated in 1871. For the following twenty- 
 years he was extensively interested in the 
 buying and selling of stock, both he and his 
 father having large business connections in 
 that line. On December 1, 1891, Mr. Nye 
 came to Delaware and formed a partnership 
 with Judge Carpenter in a loan, real estate 
 ami insurance business. The firm was very 
 successful and continued until 1900, when Mr. 
 Nye purchased his partner's interest and since 
 then has managed his large business alone, 
 meeting with gratifying success. He handles 
 valuable property all over the county, does an 
 extensive loan and investment business, and 
 represents the leading fire, life and accident 
 insurance companies ••i the country. 
 
 In 1873, Mr. Nye was married to Ella V. 
 Lee, who was born at Urbana, Ohio, and who 
 is a daughter of Hiram and Caroline ( Mc- 
 Gruder) Lee. Mrs. Xye's ancestry on both 
 sides represents distinguished families of ..Id 
 Virginia. The late Gen. Robert E. Lee, com- 
 mander of the Confederate forces during the 
 Civil war. was a member of the same branch 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 of the Lee family from which she came. The 
 mother of Mrs. Nye at one time in her child- 
 hood attended a school which was taught by 
 John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Nye have three children, namely : 
 Mary Lee, who married Francis Pattison. an 
 attorney, who is a nephew of the late Governor 
 Pattison of Ohio; Carrie V., who married 
 Stanley Pettit. residing at Huntington, New 
 York, where he is engaged in a wholesale 
 grain business; and W. Stanley, who is a 
 student in the senior class of the Delaware 
 High School. 
 
 Mr. Nye and his family belong to St. 
 Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of which 
 he is a steward, and for the past seventeen 
 years he has been superintendent of the Sun- 
 day school. He retains his Greek fraternity 
 connection, being a member of the Phi Gamma 
 Delta, of the Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 
 LBERT C. MILLER, one of the lead- 
 ing lumbermen of Delaware County, 
 who operates a large saw-mill on 
 West Lincoln Street, Delaware, was 
 born in this city in 1872, and is a 
 son of Nathan and Mary (Fry) Miller. The 
 father of Mr. Miller was born in 1835, and 
 until he retired from active industrial life, was 
 engaged in fanning. He married Mary Fry 
 and they had three sons, namely: Raymond 
 N., residing at home; F. Ernest, who is en- 
 gaged in fanning; and Albert C. Nathan 
 Miller died August 14, 1907. Mrs. Miller 
 resides in 1 Jelaware. 
 
 Albert C. Miller secured a good common 
 school education and then turned his attention 
 to fanning for a few years, after which he 
 became interested in lumbering. It is his prac- 
 tice to purchase desirable timber tracts and 
 manufacture the timber into lumber, and in 
 1904 he established his present mill at Dela- 
 ware, lie does a large and constantly increas- 
 ing business. In [897, Mr. Miller was mar- 
 ried to Anna Bryson and they have a pleasant 
 home at Delaware. Mr. Miller is a member 
 of the Odd Fellows. 
 
 OSEPH E. HUGHS, who was for 
 many years an esteemed member of 
 the agricultural community in Con- 
 cord Township, was born in i8jj. in 
 Delaware, on the site of the present 
 Court House, and was a son of Rev. Joseph 
 S. Hughs, who came to Delaware County 
 from Pennsylvania in 1810, but was originally 
 from Ireland. The latter was a Presbyterian 
 minister and organized the first Presbyterian 
 Church in Delaware, and also the first churches 
 of that denomination in Liberty and Radnor 
 Townships. During the War of 1812 he had 
 an army appointment and was with General 
 Hull when he surrendered Detroit to the Brit- 
 ish. He was a man of unusual oratorical 
 ability, and was a Free Mason of high stand- 
 ing, being chaplain of the grand Lodge of 
 Masons of the State of Ohio. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated 
 in the public schools of Delaware. On com- 
 ing of age he began farming in Concord Town- 
 ship, being the owner of 163 acres. On this 
 farm he spent all the years of his life subse- 
 quent to his marriage, dying in 1890 at the 
 age of sixty-eight years. His wife, whose 
 name in maidenhood was Harriett Amelia 
 Day. to whom he was united in 1850. died 
 also on the old homestead, July 11, 1900, 
 aged seventy-four years. The} - were the par- 
 ents of nine children, of whom the following is 
 a brief record: Girard R. is a resident of 
 Columbus. James II.. who was a physician in 
 Delaware, died in California, to which State 
 he had gone in the hope of recovering his 
 health. Dorence E. is a physician of Dela- 
 ware. William L. resides in Jamestown, North 
 Dakota. Sarah E., who is now deceased, was 
 the wife of Frederick Smith of Delaware. 
 Amanda Ann is the wife of Martin Freese of 
 Jamestown, North Dakota. Amy Catherine 
 is the wife of John Kuhns of Scioto Township. 
 Charles died at the age of four years. Harriet 
 J. is the wife of O. P. Bird, of Scioto Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hughs were mem- 
 bers of the United Brethren Church, as were 
 all the children, and Mr. Hughs was an or- 
 dained preacher in that denomination. In poli- 
 
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 tics lie was a Republican, and he served accept- 
 ably as clerk of the township for a number of 
 years. He was a man the quality of whose 
 citizenship was never in doubt, and who stood 
 for what was highest and best in all that con- 
 cerned either public duty or the private re- 
 lations of life. His wife was a worthy help- 
 meet, and their home life was such that their 
 children are now all prosperous and esteemed 
 members of the community in which they re- 
 spectively reside. 
 
 EV. AARON J. LYON, 1). I)., who 
 since 1854. has been a member of the 
 North Ohio Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, is one 
 of the leading citizens of Delaware, 
 where he is identified with large and import- 
 ant interests. Mr. Lyon was born on bis 
 father's farm in Knox County, Ohio. June 
 <>. 1828, and is one of a family of five chil- 
 dren born to his parents, who were Daniel and 
 Hannah ( Dalrymple) Lyon. 
 
 Mr. Lyon secured his elementary education 
 in the local schools and was later — in 1854 — 
 graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity. Of this institution he is now the oldest 
 trustee, anil is the treasurer of the institution. 
 For many years he was in the active ministry 
 of the church. In 1905 he became president 
 of the Delaware Savings Bank Company, the 
 other officers being: C. B. Austin, vice-presi- 
 dent; F. P. Hills, cashier, and W. H. Bodur- 
 tha. assistant cashier. The board oi directors 
 include these well-known capitalists: A. J. 
 Lyon, C. B. Austin. B. E. Freshwater. Charles 
 Brundige. W. Shawaker, F. P. Hills. Colonel 
 J. M. Crawford, J. E. McCullough and T. C. 
 Jones. The institution was chartered under 
 the laws of Ohio and does a general banking 
 business, buying and selling foreign exchange 
 and acting as agent for ocean steamship 
 lines. Mr. Lyon is also president of the Elec- 
 tric Light and Power Company of Delaware. 
 Mr. Lyon was first married to Olive 
 Weatherby, who died in [876, and who was a 
 daughter of Edmond Weatherby. The tour 
 
 children of this marriage were: Lena, now- 
 deceased, who married William P. Sturges; 
 Clotilda, who married Rev. W. F. McDowell, 
 now a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church: Edmund 1)., who was graduated in 
 1882 from the Ohio Wesleyan University, and 
 who is now principal of the Woodward High 
 School at Cincinnati ; and Orrel, deceased, 
 who married Frank B. Gibson, residing at 
 Denver, Colorado. All of Mr. Lyon*s chil- 
 dren were graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. Mr. Lyon was married, secondly, 
 in 1878, to Rachel Hoy. Politically he is 
 identified with the Republican party. Fra- 
 ternally he is a Knight Templar Mason. Mr. 
 Lyon is hale and hearty at the age of 80 years, 
 and looks after his business interests with the 
 same caution and ability that he did when 25 
 years younger. 
 
 HARLLS K. WATKINS, a promi- 
 nent agriculturist of Radnor Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, was 
 born in this township in 1863. son 
 of Edward and Sarah ( Evans) 
 Watkins. His paternal grandparents, Evan 
 and Margaret ( Davis ) Watkins, were natives 
 of Wales, in which country the grandfather 
 died, his widow subsequently coming to 
 America with her children and settling in 
 Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio. One of her 
 sons. William, hail come to America pre- 
 \ iously and was already settled here. He 
 married Mary Jones, and among their chil- 
 dren was Sarah Jane, who is now the widow 
 of John Powell and resides in Radnor Village. 
 On her arrival, Mrs. Margaret Davis Wat- 
 kins built a small house in which she and her 
 family took up their residence, and her sons 
 soon acquired and set to work to clear a tract 
 of land. 
 
 Edward Watkins, father of Charles K.. 
 was but seven years of age when he accom- 
 panied his widowed mother to America. He 
 resided in Radnor Township for the rest of his 
 life, and at the time of his death, after eighteen 
 years of retirement, he owned 195 acres oi 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 land. He passed the years of his retirement on 
 a tract of ten acres in Radnor Village. As 
 already noted, he married Sarah Evans. 
 
 Charles R. Watkins was reared in Radnor 
 Township, of which he is now one of the lead- 
 ing men. He served on the School Board 
 frequently, has been assessor for eight years, 
 and supervisor for fifteen years. He is the 
 owner of the ten-acre tract in Radnor Vil- 
 lage already mentioned, on which his father 
 spent his last years. He married Grace 
 Maugans of Ostrander, and thev have three 
 children — Edward J., Wallace, and Elizabeth. 
 Mr. Watkins is a member of the Congrega- 
 te mal Church. 
 
 R. BENTON, proprietor of the Benton 
 Brothers Tile factory and owner of a 
 saw-mill, is one of the leading busi- 
 ness men of Scioto Township, and he 
 is a representative of two of the oldest 
 and most substantial pioneer families of this 
 section. Mr. Benton was born in Scioto Town- 
 ship. Delaware County. Ohio. November 5, 
 [855, and is a son of Benjamin Thomas and 
 Mary K. (Newhouse) Benton. 
 
 Benjamin Thomas Bent< m was born at 
 Pbillipsburg. Pennsylvania, November 22, 
 [824, and was nine years old when he accom- 
 panied his parents to Mt. Vernon, Knox 
 County, Ohio. There his father, Edward Wil- 
 liam Benton, remained until [829, when he 
 came to Scioto Township, Delaware County, 
 purchasing the farm on which the subject of 
 this sketch was born. 
 
 The Benton family originated in England, 
 and was transplanted to America by four 
 brothers, of whom Thomas II., the youngest, 
 became a distinguished American statesman 
 and the lather of the brilliant woman who be- 
 came the wife of Gen. John C. Fre- 
 mont. One of these brothers. Edward, 
 was the great-grandfather of J. R. lien- 
 ton. He bad three sons, one of whom went 
 to California and was lost sight of; another is 
 called to memory by the city of Benton Har- 
 bor, Michigan, which he founded; and the 
 
 third was Edward William, the grandfather of 
 J. R. Benton. 
 
 Edward William Benton was born April 
 4, 1782, in Maryland, where he subsequently 
 owned a plantation. This he abandoned on ac- 
 ci >unt of the slave laws, of which he did not ap- 
 prove. He moved to Pennsylvania and from 
 that State to Knox County, and subsequently 
 to Delaware County, Ohio. In 1806 he was 
 married, first, to H. Duvall, and secondly, in 
 1820, to Matilda Phillips. His children were: 
 Benjamin Thomas, Eli, Katherine, Anna, 
 Erasmus and Nancy. 
 
 Benjamin Thomas Benton resided until 
 bis death, which •occurred August 26, 1906, on 
 the farm in Scioto Township, purchased by 
 his father. He assisted in clearing this prop- 
 erty, which, in the memory of his son. was still 
 partly covered with native timber, and resided 
 in the log house bis father had constructed. 
 In his early political life he was a Whig and 
 later embraced the Republican party principles, 
 becoming a man of influence in his community 
 in public affairs. He was a Free Mason, be- 
 longing- to the fraternity at Delaware. He 
 was married August 13, 1846, to Mary K. 
 Newhouse, who was born January 2, 1825, 
 and who died January 9, 1901. She was a 
 daughter of William ,and Annie (Richey) 
 Newhouse. both members of the leading pio- 
 neer families. William Newhouse was born 
 in Pickaway County, Ohio, March 11, 1800, 
 and came with his parents, Anthony and Nancy 
 (Coons) Newhouse, to Delaware County, in 
 May. 1 814. On January 6, 1823, he married 
 Annie Richey, who was a daughter of William 
 Richey. After their marriage they settled 
 near Bellpoint but later removed to Union 
 County, whence they returned still later to 
 Delaware County, settling on the farm in 
 Scioto Township which is now owned by John 
 R. Newhouse. They had eleven children, 
 namely: Mary K., David Emery, Will 
 Lafayette. Isaiah, Belinda, John R., Catherine. 
 Nancy Jane. Adam, Joseph, and James II. 
 William Newhouse died December 6. 1842. 
 
 Benjamin Thomas Benton and wife had 
 six children, five of whom grew to maturity, 
 namely : William Edward, who was born 
 
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 5->9 
 
 April H). 1847, wno ' s engaged in the prac- 
 tice of medicine in Wyandot County, Ohio; 
 Thomas Byron, born November 29, 1851, who 
 died in November, [895; J. R., whose name 
 begins this sketch; and Xarcissa M. G., horn 
 May 14, 1858. married Hon. Brodrick, judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas at Marysvihe, 
 Ohio, and Charles B., who resides on the home 
 farm. Mr. Benton was a very active member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as 
 a trustee, steward and class leader. He was a 
 liberal contributor toward the building of the 
 W. C. T. U. hall. When the sturdy manhood 
 of the country was called on to rally to the 
 defense of Washington, in 18O4, Mr. Benton 
 became a member of the One Hundred and 
 Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and served as long as his services were 
 needed. He subsequently united with Tanner 
 Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which 
 he was past commander. After reaching the 
 age of sixteen years, with the exception of 
 two years spent in Iowa and the time covering 
 his army experience, Mr. Benton always lived 
 in Scioto Township. In 1856 he purchased 
 his farm from his father and contentedly 
 passed his life raising grain and livestock. 
 
 J. R. Benton, the direct subject of this 
 article, was reared in Scioto Township and 
 was educated at the Delaware Union schools. 
 After leaving school he learned the carpenter's 
 trade. In the fall of 1884. he entered into the 
 tile business on the home farm, and since 1895, 
 has been also in the sawmill business. In the 
 year above mentioned he moved to his present 
 place, where he has facilities for shipping his 
 entire product over the Big Four Railroad. 
 Since 1906 he has done a large amount of 
 building. His factory turns out 25,000 rods ot 
 tile a year and his tile business is a prosperous 
 industry. For twenty years Mr. Benton has 
 been also a large producer of honey. 
 
 Mr. Benton married Eva L. Brodrick, who 
 is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah P. (Hoff) 
 Brodrick. who reside near Lewisburg, Union 
 County. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Benton have had 
 four children, the three survivors being: Wy- 
 ville E., who married Florence James of Xew 
 Dover, O.. residing at Columbus; Dwight 
 
 Omar, who is a builder and contractor; and 
 Mary 1\., who married Lorenzo Dow Poling, 
 of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Benton and family 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Benton is past grand of 
 Edinburg Lodge of Odd Fellows and has 
 served as deputy to the Grand Lodge. Both 
 he and wife are members of Prosperity Lodge 
 of Rebeccas, of which Mrs. Benton is a past 
 noble grand, having been also a representative 
 to the superior bodies. She belongs also to the 
 Pythian Sisters, Xo. 261, of Ostrander. In 
 politics, Mr. Benton is a Republican. 
 
 OHX HIEL MILLER, M. D., a lead- 
 ing physician of Delaware, was born 
 October 6, 1858, in Greene County, 
 Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hiel 
 and Mary (Warrick) Miller. 
 The paternal grandfather was Jacob Miller, 
 who went to Greene County, Pennsylvania, 
 from Fayette County, settling there at an 
 early date ami acquiring more than one thou- 
 sand acres of land. Jacob Miller married 
 Sarah McConnell, who belonged to a promi- 
 nent and unmerous family for whom Connells- 
 ville, Pennsylvania, was named. On the ma- 
 ternal side, Dr. Miller is connected with Pat- 
 rick Henry, the orator and statesman, whose 
 services in Revolutionary times will never be 
 forgotten by patriotic Americans. Hiel Mil- 
 ler, father of Dr. Miller, was born in Greene 
 County, Pennsylvania, and died there at the 
 age of twenty-seven years, in 1863. Of his 
 four children two died in infancy. John Hiel 
 and Esther survive, the latter being the wife 
 1 if James Clouston, residing at Cameron, West 
 Virginia. Mrs. Miller was married, secondly, 
 to John Hinerman, and had one son, Ellsworth 
 Hinerman, who resides at Beaver, Pennsyl- 
 vania. After the death of Mr. Hinerman his 
 widow was married to Jesse Wells and one 
 son was born of the third marriage, James B. 
 Wells, who is a dentist engaged in practice at 
 McMechen, West Virginia. Mrs. Wells still 
 survives and is now aged seventy years. 
 
 Dr. Miller was a child of five years when 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 his father died. He attended the common 
 schi H ( ls. and in order to fit himself for the 
 pedagogic profession, spent two terms in a 
 private school, receiving a teacher's certificate 
 when but fifteen years of age. He was sub- 
 sequently engaged in teaching during eight 
 winter terms. By a course of home study lie 
 prepared for entrance into the college of Phy- 
 sicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, in 1885, 
 and after studying there, entered the Western 
 Pennsylvania Medical College, where he was 
 graduated in the class of [886-7, ut which he 
 hail the distinction of being president. He 
 obtained second honors in his class, and was 
 always a very popular member both with his 
 associates and the faculty. Dr. Miller immed- 
 iately entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion, locating first at Bristoria, Greene County, 
 Pennsylvania. He later practiced for one year 
 at Washington, Pennsylvania, and then came 
 to Delaware, where he has since been estab- 
 lished. During President Cleveland's first ad- 
 ministration, he was appointed a member of 
 the Board of Pension Examiners of Greene 
 County, Pennsylvania. In December, 1903. 
 he took the examination required by the Ohio 
 State Medical Examining Board, and became 
 a member of the Delaware County Medical 
 Society. He enjoys a large and lucrative 
 practice and occupies a prominent place among 
 the medical men of the county. 
 
 ( )n November 21, 1878, Dr. Miller was mar- 
 ried tn Charlotte A. Nuss, who is a daughter 
 1 if Joseph and Elizabeth (Geary) Xib>, of 
 Greene County. Pennsylvania. Their surviv- 
 ing children are: Floyd V., who is a student 
 at Starling Medical College, a member of the 
 class of 1909; Ethel, who is a student in the 
 Delaware High School; Ray, who is a clerk 
 in a dry goods store; and John and Earl, both 
 of whom are pupils in the public schools. 
 Three of their children died in infancy. The 
 eldest son, Leon, died of dyptheria, in 1896, 
 aged almost seventeen years. Furman, a 
 bright youth of thirteen years, was accident- 
 ally killed in the fall of [895, at Jacksonville, 
 Pennsylvania. Dr. Miller has long been an 
 active member of the Democratic party. Since 
 locating at Delaware he has been urged to ac- 
 
 cept party favors, and in 1907 was elected 
 
 f Delaware. 
 
 councilman-at-Iarge of the city 
 
 EV1 BISHOP, justice of the peace and 
 representative citizen of Troy Town- 
 ship, was born in Delaware County, 
 Ohio, October 22, 1830, and is a son 
 of James and Sarah (Cole) Bishop. 
 The maternal grandparents of Mr. Bishop, 
 Joseph and Mary Cole, came to Troy Town- 
 ship from Virginia, among the early settlers, 
 in 1808, locating in the dense woods that then 
 covered all this section, the mother of Mr. 
 Bishop being then eight years of age. The 
 father of Mr. Bishop came also from Smyth 
 County, Virginia, and settled in Troy Town- 
 ship in 1827. He was engaged all his life in 
 agricultural pursuits and was a cabinet-maker. 
 Upon the organization of the Republican party 
 he became identified with it and continued a 
 supporter of its policies until his death, in 
 1 884. He at one time served as clerk of Troy 
 Township. 
 
 Levi Bishop grew to manhood on the home 
 farm, assisting in its development, and in the 
 meanwhile securing a district school education. 
 He devoted himself to farming and stock- 
 raising. On December 25, 185 r, he was mar- 
 ried to Lydia Main, who was a daughter of 
 Lyman and Hannah Main. She died March 5, 
 1893. leaving one son, Wesley. 
 
 Wesley Bishop was born September 22. 
 1 !S 5 2 . and has always resided with his father 
 on the home place of 164 acres, which is 
 known as Pleasant Hill Farm. Since 1880 
 he has been engaged in the Merino sheep in- 
 dustry, and is now serving as secretary and 
 treasurer of the Ohio Merino Sheep Breeders' 
 Association, having served in this capacity 
 since 1897. This body was organized in [882 
 and Mr. Bishop was one of the charter mem- 
 bers of the association. He owns the largest 
 flock of pure-bred Merino sheep in Delaware 
 County and has done a great deal toward 
 raising the quality of the stock in this section. 
 He married Addie Rosella Jacoby, who was 
 born in Marion County, Ohio, and who is a 
 
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 53' 
 
 daughter of the late Jacob Jacoby, of Dela- 
 ware County. Wesley Bishop and wife have 
 had four children, namely: 0. Hartley, now- 
 deceased: Josie L., Archie J. and Violet R. 
 Mr. Bishop is a Republican. He belongs to 
 the order of Woodmen of the World. 
 
 For a number of years Levi Bishop has 
 served in the office of justice of the peace and 
 in this capacity is known and esteemed all 
 through Troy Township. Politically he is a 
 Republican. During the Civil war he served 
 with the 100-day men, called out in 1864, as 
 a member of Company C. One Hundred and 
 Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infan- 
 try, 1 icing stationed at Arlington Heights. 
 Washington, D. C. Mr. Bishop is one of the 
 older residents of Troy Township and he and 
 his son have been identified with a large part 
 of its material development, both being men 
 of excellent judgement and foresight and of 
 the best type of citizenship. 
 
 is large and the company .also do an extensive 
 business shipping to the eastern and southern 
 States. 
 
 E. KENDRICK, general manager of 
 the Scioto Lime and Stone Company, 
 at Delaware, which owns and oper- 
 ates the extensive plant on North 
 Sandusky Street, and the only hy- 
 drating lime machine in this part of Ohio, has 
 been identified with the interests of this city 
 since August, 1902. He was born in Michi- 
 gan, where he was also reared and educated, 
 and immediately prior to coming to Delaware, 
 he resided at Kalamazoo. In 1897 M r - Kend- 
 rick was married to Edith Belle McCartney, 
 who is also a native of Michigan. Mr. Kend- 
 rick is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 I lie Scioto Lime and Stone Company of 
 Delaware, owned by James Reamy. Jr., of 
 Baltimore. Md., is one of the city's large and 
 flourishing industries. Employment is af- 
 forded to from forty to fifty men in the busy 
 season, and the plant has a capacity of 1.000 
 barrels of lime per day. It is thoroughly 
 equipped with all manner of modern machin- 
 ery required in the business and stands alone 
 in this section in possessing the hydrating 
 machine mentioned above. The local trade 
 
 Ohic 
 
 IONATHAN KELLEY JAMES. M. 
 D., one of the leading physicians and 
 surgeons of Delaware County, who 
 has been a resident of Delaware since 
 [888, was born in Brown County, 
 . 'une 25, 1868, and is a son of Rev. 
 Evan Phillip and Lucy T. Kelley James. 
 
 Rev. Evan P. James, who was a minister 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born 
 in Wales. February 28, [828, and came to 
 America when nineteen years of age. For 
 forty years he was a member of the Cincinnati 
 M. E. Conference. He is now living retired 
 in Delaware. 
 
 Dr. J. K. James was educated in the best 
 schools available in the places where his father's 
 ministerial duties respectively located the fam- 
 ily, and in 1887 he was graduated from the 
 Bethel High School in Clermont County. He 
 then came to Delaware and spent four years 
 in the Ohio Wesleyan University. April 7. 
 1897. he was graduated from the Ohio Medi- 
 cal University, now the Starling Medical Uni- 
 versity of Columbus, Oho, and immediately- 
 settled down to the practice of his profession 
 m Delaware. He has been received with public 
 favor, and is in the enjoyment of a large and 
 lucrative practice both in the city and county. 
 He is a member of the Delaware County, the 
 Ohio State and the American Medical Asso- 
 ciations. At Delaware he has served as city 
 health officer and is at present a member of 
 the Board of Health. He enjoys the friend- 
 ship of all his fellow practitioners. 
 
 On April 20. 1897, Dr. James was married 
 to Maude Stanton, of Delaware. They have 
 one sun, Dorrance Stanton, who was born 
 February 24. 1900. Dr. and Mrs. James are 
 members of the William Street Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is a Mason. 
 He is physician and surgeon for a number of 
 the leading insurance organizations, including. 
 the Bankers' Life, the Hartford Life, the Co- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 lunibia Life, the Aetna Life and Accident and 
 the Connecticut Mutual, and is health ex- 
 aminer also for the Knights of Columbus. He 
 is a Republican in politics. 
 
 OSEPH H. RITTENHOUSE, of the 
 
 firm of J. C. Mangans & Company, 
 
 proprietors of the elevator at Os- 
 
 trander, and dealers in all kinds of 
 
 building material, also grain, flour, 
 
 hay, feed and coal, was born in Ross County, 
 
 Ohio, May 31, 1844, and is a son of Henry G. 
 
 and Margaret (Latta) Rittenhouse. 
 
 Samuel Rittenhouse, the paternal grand- 
 father, was born in Albemarle County, Vir- 
 ginia, and came to Ross County, Ohio, at an 
 early day. He settled within seven miles of 
 Chillicothe when a forest covered the whole 
 distance. He died in October. 1872, when 
 within a few months of being 100 years old. 
 
 Henry G. Rittenhouse, father of Joseph R., 
 was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 
 [812, and died in 1882. He was two years 
 old when his parents moved to Ross County. 
 He had but meager school advantages, his 
 whole term of school attendance not exceed- 
 ing three months,, but he was gifted with a 
 good intellect and became a well-informed 
 man. He followed the trade of tanner until 
 1850, and engaged in farming until 1854, 
 when he moved to Dover Township, Union 
 County, where he followed farming until 
 1N72. I lis last removal was to Henry 
 County, Iowa, where he continued agricultural 
 pursuits until his death. During the Mexican 
 War he took part in militia drill, but his regi- 
 ment was never called into action, lie mar- 
 ried a daughter of Moses Latta, of Ohio, and 
 they had nine children, seven of whom reached 
 maturity, namely : Thomas C, residing at 
 Wintield. Iowa; Joseph H. ; David, residing at 
 Muscatine, Iowa; Clara, now deceased, was 
 the wife of Frederick Swick, who is also de- 
 ceased: Sarah, who is deceased; Emma, who 
 married Samuel Connors, residing in Colo- 
 rado; and John, residing at Muscatine, Iowa. 
 The mother of the above mentioned family 
 
 died in 1897, aged seventy-two years. Both 
 parents were members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. 
 
 Joseph H. Rittenhouse was reared in 
 Dover Township, Union County, where he en- 
 joyed excellent school advantages. He was 
 but eighteen years of age when he became a 
 soldier in defence of the Union, enlisting Au- 
 gust 8, 1862, in Company F, Ninety-sixth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was 
 later transferred to Company C, One Hundred 
 and Twenty-first Regiment, being one of nine 
 extra men in the former regiment. He con- 
 tinued with this regiment without losing a 
 day, participating in all its dangers until June 
 2j, 1864, when he was wounded in the hip at 
 the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, the injury 
 being of so serious a nature that he was dis- 
 abled for further service and he received his 
 honorable discharge on May 30, 1865, the day 
 preceding his twenty-first birthday. 
 
 Mr. Rittenhouse then returned to Union 
 County, and when he had sufficiently recuper- 
 ated, he engaged in farming which he followed 
 there until 1872, when he came to Ostrander. 
 Here he has since resided, being closely identi- 
 fied with some of the most important interests 
 of the place. For many years after coming 
 here he was engaged in shipping stock and he 
 then became a member of the present firm. In 
 1892, poor health caused his temporary retire- 
 ment from business, but in 1906, with return- 
 ing health came renewed interests in business 
 affairs and since then he has been very active. 
 
 Mr. Rittenhouse married Amanda Carr, 
 who died December 6, 1906, at the age of 
 fifty-nine years. She was a daughter of Evan 
 and Phcebe Carr, residents of Scioto Town- 
 ship. Seven children were born to Mr. Ritten- 
 house and wife, five of whom reached ma- 
 turity, namely: Hugh C, a resident of Co- 
 lumbus; Henry E., who resides in Virginia; 
 Iva Lou, who married I. N. Gardner, residing 
 at Columbus ; Kerr, residing at New Streets- 
 vine. Ohio; and Bertha, who is a resident of 
 Crestline. In politics, Mr. Rittenhouse is a 
 Republican. He is a member and past com- 
 mander of Tanner Post, No. 531, Grand 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
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 533 
 
 HOMAS F. DYE, the efficienl super- 
 intendent of the State (iirls' Indus- 
 trial Home, at Delaware, was born 
 February 14. [860, in Meigs County, 
 Ohio, and is a son of Martin and 
 Martha ( Berkely ) Dye. 
 
 The parental grandfather, Martin Dye, 
 was born in Pennsylvania and removed from 
 that State to Meigs County, Ohio, where he 
 was one of the early settlers. His father, 
 Thomas Dye. was probably born in England. 
 Idie father of Thomas F. Dye followed 
 agriculture in Meigs County all his life. He 
 was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Thomas F. Dye was educated in the schools 
 of Meigs County, and remained until he was 
 seventeen years old on his father's farm, when 
 he engaged in farming for himself. From 
 early manhod he has been identified with poli- 
 tics and almost from that time has held pub- 
 lic and responsible offices. His first township 
 election was to membership on the Hoard of 
 Education, his second to membership on the 
 Board of Trustees, and at the general elec- 
 tion in 1893, he was made county commis- 
 sioner and served seven years as a member of 
 the Board of Commissioners of Meigs County. 
 On April 27, 1901. he was appointed by Gov- 
 ernor Nash a member of the Board of Man- 
 agers of the Ohio State Reformatory for 
 Boys at Mansfield, and served on that board 
 for over three years. On April 1. 11104. he 
 was elected superintendent of the Board of 
 Trustees of the (iirls' Industrial Home at 
 Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Dye is a man of striking personality. 
 Few men have a more accurate knowledge of 
 the industrial institutions of Ohio than he — 
 knowledge that has been gained from years oi 
 experience. He has been active in advocating 
 and securing appropriations for a half dozen of 
 the large buildings which have been added to 
 the Girls' Home, in the past three years. 
 Mainly through his efforts, what is known as 
 the "cottage plan" has been adopted, and a 
 building recommended and designed by him, 
 for the accommodation of seventy members of 
 the class designated Merit, has recently been 
 completed. It is a fine building, equipped 
 
 32 
 
 with all modern conveniences, with spacious 
 halls, reading" and reception parlors, well fur- 
 nished sleeping rooms, with the floors covered 
 with attractive rugs. It is the idea to develop 
 in the gir}s, by such attractive surroundings. 
 a proper pride, that may act as a healthy stimu- 
 lus to them after leaving the institution and 
 inspire them to worthy and successful effi ri 
 in the carrying out of their subsequent careers. 
 While this building will accommodate no more 
 than twenty per cent of the inmates, it stands 
 as a reward for excellency in studies and meri- 
 torious deportment. It cannot but have a 
 healthy influence on the life of all those who 
 become its inmates, and the bread thus scat- 
 tered on the waters may come back to Superin- 
 tendent Dye increased a thousand fold. 
 
 On September 29, 1879, Mr. Dye was mar- 
 ried to Addie C. Douglas, who is a daughter 
 of John and Fmeline Douglas, of Downing- 
 ton, Ohio. They have had four children, one 
 daughter and three sons, namely: Mattie 
 Blanche. John Martin, Douglas Franklin and 
 Charles Herman. In political sentiment. Mr. 
 Dye is a stanch Republican. He is a member 
 of Harrisonville Lodge. Xo. 411, F. & A. M., 
 of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern 
 Woodmen of the World. Since he was six- 
 teen years of age he has been a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 HOMAS J. GRIFFIN, who is engaged 
 in a grocery business in Delaware, 
 with commodious quarters at Xo. 177 
 East Central Avenue, is interested in 
 a number of the other successful busi- 
 ness enterprises of this city. He was born in 
 1857. in Delaware, in the same city ward in 
 which he still resides, and is a son of James 
 Griffin, who was born in Ireland and who 
 came to Delaware in 1835. 
 
 Thomas J. (iriffin spent his early life as a 
 school-boy and as an employe of several of 
 the city's industrial plants. He then took up 
 railroading, working for four years as a fire- 
 man and nine years as a freight engineer, and 
 subsequently spending four years in the pas- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 senger service. For six years lie served in 
 the office of chairman of the Locomotive En- 
 gineers' organization anil for two years was 
 chairman of the Adjustment Board of that 
 body. Since leaving the railroad, in 1895, 
 Mr. Griffin has been engaged in a grocery 
 business and in looking after his investments 
 in other concerns. He owns a one-fourth in- 
 terest in the Electric Rolling Mill Company, 
 and is a director in the Delaware National 
 Bank, in the People's Building and Loan Com- 
 pany, and in the Electric Light, Heat and 
 Power Company. For six years he served in 
 the City Council. 
 
 In Kj02, Mr. Griffin was married to Bessie 
 Agnes Quilter, who is a daughter of Daniel 
 Ouilter of Fremont. Ohio. He is a member 
 of St. Mary's Catholic Church. His fraternal 
 connections are with the Knights of Colum- 
 bus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the 
 Elks and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- 
 gineers. As a thoughtful citizen he has ever 
 taken more or less interest in politics, hut is 
 in no sense a politician. His business inter- 
 ests are comprehensive and he possesses the 
 capacity to look carefully after them. 
 
 HOMAS B. NEWHOUSE, a leading 
 citizen and prominent agriculturist of 
 Scioto Township, residing on his 
 finely-improved farm of 180 acres. 
 was born in this township, on the 
 farm of his grandfather. Samuel Newhouse, 
 January 30. 1806. Mis parents were Alexan- 
 der and Hannah (Bryson) Newhouse. 
 
 The Newhouse family originated in Eng- 
 land and the first of the name known in Amer- 
 ica settled in London County, Virginia, in 
 [740. \nthony Newhouse, the great-grandfa- 
 ther of Thomas B. Newhouse, was born in 
 Loudon County, Virginia, February 10. 1772. 
 When he was about four years of age his fa- 
 ther left lb .me to serve in the Patriot army in 
 tlie Revolutionary War. and he was eight 
 years old when his father died in the service. 
 \ntli"m assisted his widowed mother to rear 
 the younger children, lie was connected with 
 
 several military movements, first in 1794. 
 when he enlisted to assist in supressing what 
 was known as the Whiskey Rebellion, and 
 again, in 181 2. when he was a member oi 
 John Boggs' Company that went as tar as Fort 
 Defiance, in the Indian troubles on the border. 
 In 1798 he spent six months at Wheeling and 
 from there went to Fayette County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, where he was married March 28. 1799, 
 to Nancy Coons. 
 
 In the early part of 1800, with his father- 
 in-law. John Coons, and Henry Moore, he 
 moved to Pickaway County. Ohio, the women 
 of the part going down the Ohio River on an 
 old-fashioned keel boat, the only one running 
 at that period, while the men took what was 
 called the Zanes trail. The pioneers settled 
 on a partly cleared tract of Government land, 
 where the Indians had made some attempts at 
 cultivation, on Scipio Creek, in Salt Creek 
 Township. Pickaway Count)'. At that time 
 the nearest settlements were Chillicothe and 
 Lancaster, the former thirteen and the latter 
 eighteen miles distant. They subsisted on 
 corn which was brought on horseback from 
 Marietta and was reduced to meal by home- 
 made utensils, and on game which was abund- 
 ant all through the forests. For many years 
 their life was primitive, and while they had 
 no luxuries and few of the comforts of life, 
 they probably had as much contentment as 
 many of the present generation who are able 
 to make lavish expenditures. In January, 
 1814. Anthony Newhouse sold his farm of 
 iC)0 acres in Pickaway County and bought 
 200 acres in Scioto Township. Delaware 
 Count v. bringing his family, his household lie- 
 longings and some of his stock to the new 
 home in May of that year. 
 
 Samuel Newhouse, the grandfather oi 
 Thomas 11.. was born in Scioto Township, 
 Vugusl 21). [817. In [838, he married Sarah 
 McGee, who was born in 1816. Of their 
 eight children, five survived infancy, namely: 
 Nancy, Alexander. William, Nathan ami Mar- 
 tha. Samuel Newhouse followed agricultural 
 pursuits all hi-- life and when he could not 
 work his land he made barrels, having learned 
 the cooper's trade. He was one of the Eoun- 
 
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 535 
 
 ders of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 
 this section, and lie was one of the promoters 
 of the organization known as the Sons ol 
 Temperance. 
 
 Alexander Newhouse, son of Samuel and 
 father of Thomas B., was horn September 27, 
 1840. in Scioto Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio. He attended the district schools of the 
 township and grew to manhood on his father's 
 farm. After his marriage he moved to Adams 
 County. Illinois, where he was engaged in 
 farming for nine years, lie then returned to 
 Scioto Township and settled on his present 
 farm of 115 acres. For some twelve years he 
 lived retired, but during his active period he 
 raised a large amount of stock and also much 
 grain and hay. In August, 1864. he enlisted 
 for service in the Civil War, entering Com- 
 pany C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was 
 ordered to Kentucky and later to Tennessee, 
 where Mr. Newhouse became so ill that he was 
 returned to Camp Dennison. Later, when the 
 call was made for 100-day men, he enlisted in 
 Company K. One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was 
 stationed near Washington, D. C. During the 
 term of his first enlistment he participate! 1 in 
 the battle of Perryville. 
 
 Alexander Newhouse has three children by 
 his first marriage, namely : Thomas B., Wil- 
 liam, and Edgar. The mother of these chil- 
 dren. Mrs. Hannah Bryson Newhouse, died 
 while the family were residing in Illinois. Mr. 
 Newhouse subsequently married Lydia Hill, 
 of which union there is one child, Marie, who 
 is now the wife of Earl Dunlap, of Scioto 
 Township. Mr. Newhouse is a member of 
 the old stone Presbyterian Church of South 
 Radnor, in which he is an elder. He is a Dem- 
 1 icrat in his political views. 
 
 Thomas B. Newhouse was about one year 
 old when his parents moved to Vlam- County, 
 Illinois, and he was ten when the family re- 
 turned to Scioto Township, where he com- 
 pleted his education. He continued to live on 
 the home farm until his marriage, ami in [896 
 he settled on his present place, thirty acres ,,\ 
 which belonged to the farm which his great- 
 
 grandfather, Anthony Newhouse, secured for 
 two dollars an acre almost 100 years ago. Mr. 
 Newhouse cultivates about 120 acres of his 
 land, devoting from forty to fifty to haw forty 
 to corn, and twenty to oats, and having a large 
 amount of hay to sell. He keeps twenty-five 
 head of cattle, thirty of hogs, forty of pigs. 
 and twenty-five Delaine ewes, from which he 
 breeds. Mi". Newhouse's surroundings are 
 those of an enterprising and progressive far- 
 mer; his land is so thoroughly tilled, his stock 
 is in such excellent condition, and all of his 
 buildings are substantial in character, and 
 attractive to the eye. His fine two-story frame 
 residence, of twelve rooms, stands on the State 
 Road, and since he completed the improve- 
 ments on it in 1906, it is probably as fine a 
 home as can be found in this section. 
 
 On Thanksgiving eve, 1891, Mr. New- 
 house was united in marriage with Miss Lulu 
 Rittenhouse, who is a daughter of Hamilton 
 W. Rittenhouse, of Scioto Township. His 
 family now includes two children. Alexander 
 Hamilton and Pauline Estella. All the mem- 
 bers of the family belong to the Presbyterian 
 Church at Ostrander, Mr. Newhouse being one 
 of the elders. 
 
 ILLIAM BEVAN, a representative 
 citizen of Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and an honored survivor of the 
 great Civil War. who is exten- 
 sively engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits in Scioto Township, was born June 
 26. 1835, in Breconshire, South Wales, and is 
 a son of David and Margaret (Lewis) Bevan. 
 David Bevan. Si"., who was also a native 
 of Breconshire, South Wales, came from that 
 country to America in [842 with his wife and 
 six children, ami located in Delaware Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, where his wife's 
 sister and her four children lived. Mr. Bevan 
 settled in a little loo- cabin on a fifty-acre tract 
 on the Warrensburg pike, just north of where 
 his son David now lives, and here com- 
 menced clearing the heavily timbered land. In 
 a few years the family had a well-improved 
 
536 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 farm, and Air. Bevan prospered to such an ex- 
 tent that at the time of his death, May 23, 
 1879, lie was the owner of 400 acres of land. 
 He was a man of great energy and ambition, 
 was prudent and economical, and was esteemed 
 by all with whom he had dealings. For many 
 years he was engaged in dealing in and rais- 
 ing cattle and sheep, and in this line was as 
 successful as in his other operations, lie was 
 married to Margaret Lewis, who died in [863, 
 having been the mother of six children, name- 
 ly : Margaret, who died single; David, who 
 is one of the most prosperous farmers of I )ela- 
 ware Township, and who married Eliza Da- 
 vis: William: James and Charles, who are 
 now deceased; and Dinah, who keeps house 
 for her brother William. The parents of these 
 children were faithful members of the Congre- 
 gational Church. 
 
 William Bevan received a limited educa- 
 tion in the schools of Scioto Township, and in 
 his youth learned the trade of carpenter in 
 Delaware Township, an occupation which he 
 followed until the outbreak of the Civil War. 
 He enlisted September 26, iSo_>, in Company 
 
 C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in 
 Ins country's service until April. [865, when 
 he was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. 
 He continued with his company during the 
 first seven months of his enlistment, and dur- 
 ing his first winter in the army suffered many 
 privations, the cold at one time being so in- 
 tense that Mr. Bevan's cheek froze to the 
 ground while he was sleeping. After leaving 
 his regiment he served for ten or fifteen months 
 with the Pioneer Corps, and the balance of 
 his term of enlistment was spent in Company 
 
 D. L'nited States Engineer Corps. A cour- 
 ageous and ready soldier. Mr. Bevan gained 
 the respect of comrades and officers, and his 
 war record is one of which any man might 
 well be proud. 
 
 For some years after In- return from the 
 service, Mr. Bevan was engaged in working 
 at his trade, but in [888 be located on the old 
 home farm, which he has continued to operate 
 with much success to the present time, raising 
 large crops of grain ami hay and giving much 
 
 attention to stock dealing. The fine old resi- 
 dence on the property has been standing for 
 mam- years, and Mr. Bevan well remembers 
 helping the builder make the brick therefor 
 when he was nine or ten years old. While Mr. 
 Bevan did not have such educational advan- 
 tages as are extended to the youth of the 
 present day. he has been a great reader of good 
 literature, converses equally well in both Eng- 
 lish and Welsh, is familiar with the leading 
 topics of the times, and is one of the best 
 versed men in the Scriptures to be found in 
 this section. He is a great Bible student, and 
 is one of the leading members of the Welsh 
 Congregational Church. located at Radnor. 
 Formerly a Republican, Mr. Bevan has for 
 several years been identified with the Prohi- 
 bition party, but he has never aspired to pub- 
 lic office. He is unmarried and his sister 
 Dinah resides with him and manages the 
 In >useh< 'Id. 
 
 \RRY LEONARD was born Decem- 
 ber 17. 1865, in Brown Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, being the 
 sou of Jonathan and Elizabeth Leon- 
 ard, who were among the early 
 settlers of Delaware County. Jonathan Leon- 
 ard was born February 5, i8_>o. and came to 
 this count}' from Washington County, Penn- 
 sylvania, in [826. He was engaged in the oc- 
 cupation of merchant tailoring for eighteen 
 years. In [855 he engaged in farming and 
 for nearly one-half of a century lived on the 
 well-known farm in Brown Township, Dela- 
 ware County. Ohio. In [890, on account of 
 advanced age. he retired from the farm and 
 has since lived in the city of Delaware. Ohio, 
 retiring from active business. 
 
 Elizabeth Leonard is a daughter of .me of 
 the well known and pronounced advocates of 
 the abolition of slavery, and the sister of three 
 brothers who engaged in the war for the set- 
 tlement of the difficulties between the north 
 and the south. Both parents have been deeply 
 interested in public affairs and the welfare of 
 their children. 
 
SILAS \\. FOWLER. M. 1) 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 539 
 
 Thus the early year- of Harry Leonard 
 wer spent under the kind and parental care 
 of his parents on the farm. His education lie- 
 in the district school of his neighborhood, 
 subsequently he attended the Normal school 
 at Ada. Ohio, and spent several terms at the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. He read law in 
 the offices of Judge McEIroy and F. A. Owen 
 and was admitted to the bar in June. 1899, 
 
 -mil; with a grade above the average, and 
 after receiving his diploma at once engaged in 
 the practice of law at his present location. 
 No. ^,2' j North Sandusky Street, Dela- 
 ware. Ohio. In 1906 Mr. Leonard was ad- 
 mitted on examination to practice law in the 
 United States Courts as solicitor attorney and 
 counselor-at-la\v and proctor and advocate in 
 admiralty. Mr. Leonard is an ardent Republi- 
 can in politics, having served six years as jus- 
 tice of the peace in the City of Delaware. Ohio, 
 is a careful and accurate thinker, a student of 
 public and private affairs, a man of the strict- 
 est integrity and one whose moral character is 
 without reproach. Ever since Mr. Leonard 
 was seventeen year- of age he has been a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church, and has been 
 actively engaged in Sabbath school work, act- 
 ing as president of Brown Township Sabbath 
 School Convention for several years and 
 cunty secretary of Sabbath school work. 
 
 On June 15, 1905. Mr. Leonard was mar- 
 ried to Ruth I. Baker, who for many years 
 was a teacher in the public schools 01 Dela- 
 ware. Ohio. They have a happy and beautiful 
 home at 444 West William Street in the city 
 of Delaware. Ohio, and are the parents of one 
 child — Georgia E. 
 
 rf&j 
 
 [LAS W. FOWLER, M. 1).. of Dela- 
 ware, was born in 1X47. in Pratts- 
 ville. Green County, New York, the 
 fourth child of Charles M. and Cath- 
 erine Ann Fowler. His father was 
 - a native of Prattsville. while his mother 
 was horn in New Philadelphia. Tu-carawas 
 County. Ohio. The parents settled on a 200- 
 acre farm in Porter Township, Delaware 
 
 County, in 1 N47. when the subject 1 if tin- -ketch 
 was in In- infancy. 
 
 Silas W. Fowler received his primary edu- 
 cation in the common schools of the township. 
 In 1862-63 ne was sent to Central College 
 Academy. During the winters, at the age of 
 [5 and i(>. he taught school in the northern 
 part of Franklin County. His ordinary occu- 
 pations were interrupted by the Civil War, 
 and in the spring of 1864 he enlisted in the 
 One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment. O. 
 V. 1. After returning from the army, he 
 entered Oherlin College, where he remained 
 until the fall of 1868. He then began reading 
 medicine under the celebrated Dr. J. W. Rus- 
 sell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In 1869-70 he at- 
 tended the University of Michigan at Ann 
 Arbor, and in 1871 he was graduated from 
 Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 His father, having rented the farm, moved 
 to Delaware in 1869. and the son. in the year 
 of his graduation, settled in Delaware, where 
 he has been steadily engaged in the practice 
 of hi- profession, having for 32 years occupied 
 the same office. 
 
 Dr. Fowler has been engaged continu- 
 ously, more or less, in literary work, besides 
 establishing a large and lucrative practice. 1 le 
 has written articles for various medical jour- 
 nals. In 1880 he was a member of the corps 
 that wrote the Delaware County History, 
 writing the history of several townships and 
 of the medical profession ; and he has a >n- 
 tributed the history of the medical profession, 
 and of various schools of medicine from 1808 
 to the present time, as well as the history of 
 the secret orders of the county, for the present 
 history. 
 
 Dr. Fowler has been a frequent delegate 
 from the various medical societies to which he 
 belongs to the State Medical Association, the 
 American Medical Association, and to the 
 International Medical Congress. He has I 
 an extensive traveler, and while traveling has 
 been a close investigator of professional work 
 and schools. While visiting on the Pacific 
 slope one year, he had the good fortune 1 
 meet the celebrated Dr. Lorenz. and to study 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 his methods on the bloodless reduction and 
 treatment of the hip joint disease. While in 
 California he investigated the history of the 
 old Spanish missions, and wrote many letters 
 concerning' them which were published. He 
 made an extensive trip to Mexico and Cuba, 
 as well as through the southern and eastern 
 States of this country. Two years ago he 
 made a trip to the Orient, visiting the Azores; 
 Spain, northern Africa, Egypt, Palestine, 
 Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and other 
 European countries. While in the Orient he 
 made a special study of leprosy in its various 
 farms, and saw hundreds suffering from this 
 dread disease. He has prepared an article on 
 this ancient disease for the medical fraternity. 
 
 Dr. Fowler is a Free Mason, belonging to 
 the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Delaware Council, 
 the Commandery of Knight Templars at 
 Marion, Ohio, the Ancient and Accepted Scot- 
 tish Rite at Columbus, Ohio, and the Scioto 
 Consistory, being a Master and 32d degree 
 Mason. He is a member (if Asbury M. E. 
 Church, having been thus connected with it 
 since his early youth. His great-grandpar- 
 ents, grandparents, and parents were strict 
 Presbyterians. 
 
 The Doctor has always been interested in 
 the welfare of the town, and has written and 
 published several articles on the hygienic con- 
 dition of the city and its water supply, and 
 has also been interested in perfecting and ex- 
 tending the use of the valuable mineral w aters 
 in and around the city. 
 
 Dr. Fowler married Miss Iza Vail, a 
 graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, 
 and only daughter of the late Judge Isaac C. 
 and Clara B. Vail, formerly of Cleveland, 
 Ohio. 
 
 j|ON. JOHN D. VAN DEMAN. In 
 
 writing this history, it would lie a 
 
 serious omission if we failed to give 
 
 due prominence and attention to the 
 
 name of Van Neman. Since 1X24, 
 
 when the family first came to Delaware Coun- 
 
 tl, this name has been mounting constantly 
 
 higher and higher in public esteem, through 
 the conspicuous and honorable positions 
 held by father and son in the professions 
 of the ministry and the law. and by their right 
 attitude toward all questions affecting the pub- 
 lic weal, and their unselfish and untiring ef- 
 forts in forwarding every movement for the 
 common -good. 
 
 The family ancestry traces back to Rev. 
 John Van Deman, the great-grandfather of 
 the subject of this notice. He was a Presby- 
 terian clergyman, who. with his family, emi- 
 grated from Holland, and settled in Browns- 
 ville, Pennsylvania, at an early day. His son 
 John married a lady whose maiden name was 
 Hester. In 1804 the family, including their 
 son Henry, the father of Hon. John D. Van 
 Deman, moved to Ross County, Ohio, and set- 
 tled on a beautiful farm nine or ten miles from 
 Chillicothe. John Van Deman was a very suc- 
 cessful farmer, and a man of strong character, 
 serving fi ir years as an elder in the Presbyter- 
 ian Church. After his- ordination to the min- 
 istry, Rev. Henry Van Deman, in 1824, came 
 to Delaware County, and for nearly forty 
 years before his death, which occurred in 1872. 
 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in 
 Delaware. His wife, the mother of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, died on January 26. 1888. 
 aged eighty-six years. She was a native of 
 Kentucky, and her maiden name was Sarah 
 Darlinton. Her father. Gen. Joseph Darlin- 
 ton, was a member of the territorial legislature 
 of Ohio, and also a member of the convention 
 held in 1801, to frame the first constitution of 
 the State of Ohio. He was also a member of 
 the first Senate of Ohio. 
 
 Hon. John D. Van Deman was born in 
 Delaware, Ohio, February 12, 1832. When a 
 child, Mr. Van Deman received his primary 
 lessons from Mrs. Murray, in the basement of 
 the building located on the Court House lot, 
 on the second floor of which he completed his 
 legal studies preparatory to his admission to 
 tlie liar. President Hayes was also an alum- 
 nus of tlie same school. Young Van Deman 
 took the full classical course in the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, from which he was grad- 
 uated in 1851. Immediately thereafter he en- 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 54i 
 
 tered the law office of Powell & Buck, where 
 his legal studies were pursued for two years. 
 He was admitted to the Bar in [853, before the 
 District Court presided over by Hon. Allen G. 
 Thurman, then chief justice of the Supreme 
 Court of the State of Ohio, and began prac- 
 tice in Delaware, soon achieving a success 
 that was very gratifying. His first partner- 
 ship was with Judge T. W. Powell, which 
 continued until 1862. He then formed a part- 
 nership with the late H. M. Carper, which was 
 maintained without interruption until [889, 
 when Mr. Van Deman retired from general 
 practice. Theirs was the oldest law firm in the 
 State at the time of its dissolution. It is a 
 pleasing commentary on the carefulness and 
 the mutual confidence reposed the one in the 
 other, that when their final settlement was 
 made, covering the whole period of thirty-six 
 years of a partnership business, the final bal- 
 ance showed that one had received only one 
 cent more than the other. There had been no 
 comparison or settling up of personal accounts 
 of either with the firm from the beginning of 
 the partnership until its close. During all this 
 period, their relations were not only friendly 
 and cordial, but of the closest intimacy. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman's first case, was one which 
 became famous afterwards, from the principal 
 established in it when it reached the Supreme 
 Court. It was a question affecting the grade 
 of streets, and it became a leading authority 
 everywhere on that subject. Judge Powell 
 was associated with Mr. Van Deman in the 
 case. Colonel Crawford, an old lawyer, had 
 brought suit for damages against the city of 
 Delaware, for cutting down the street in front 
 of his residence. On a hearing in the District 
 Court. Judge Powell was trying to call to mind 
 a Latin maxim, which he thought was appli- 
 cable to the case, but which eluded his grasp. 
 Finally Judge Finch, a fine Latin scholar, said : 
 "Mr. Powell, you refer to the maxim, 'Dam- 
 num absque injuria.' " "Yes, yes," said Judge 
 Powell, "that is it." The Colonel, who was 
 not a Latin scholar, at once spoke up: "I'll 
 '■how you whether it is a damn tight squeeze 
 before I get through with you." There were 
 very few important cases tried in the courts 
 
 of Delaware Count) during the time of Mr. 
 Van Deman's active relations with the Bar in 
 which he was not engaged. One of the most 
 celebrated cases he managed was that of Lou 
 Honk, a manipulator oi Three Card Monte, 
 who killed a man on a Hocking Valle) train. 
 Of his argument in that trial, the Ohio State 
 Journal said: "His address was admired bj 
 all who were present: it was clear and sound 
 in argument, and his rhetoric was unusually 
 fine. The speech was pronounced one of the 
 best ever delivered at the Bar of Delaware 
 County. Another celebrated case was one 
 growing out of the failure of a bank at Lo- 
 gansport, Indiana, which was tried in the 
 Federal courts at Toledo. An attempt was 
 made on the part of the Indiana bank man- 
 agement to hold Mr. Thompson, a non-resi- 
 dent, as a stockholder in the bank. There was 
 a verdict against Mr. Thompson on the first 
 trial. The case was taken to the Supreme 
 Court of the United States, and the judgment 
 reversed. After a delay of eight years, the 
 case was again tried, and a verdict was hail in 
 favor of Mr. Thompson's estate, Mr. Thomp- 
 son having gone long before to his final ac- 
 count. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman always prepared his 
 pleadings with exceptional care and tried his 
 cases in court with great skill. He sometimes 
 perplexed a witness by his sharp cross-exami- 
 nation. An amusing incident illustrative of 
 this occurred during the trial of one of his 
 causes. The question related to the genuine- 
 ness of a signature. The defendant had veri- 
 fied his answer, and on the witness stand, as 
 an expert, had given his opinion against the 
 genuineness of the signature to the note. On 
 cross-examination. Mr. Van Deman required 
 the witness to state with positiveness his con- 
 clusions; then wrote something at the trial 
 table on a paper, which he folded up in view of 
 the witness ; then folded the paper on which the 
 defendant's answer was written, in such a way 
 as to expose the signature only. He handed 
 this paper to the defendant, asking him to ex- 
 amine the name and see if it was his signature. 
 The witness promptly denied it. at the same 
 time pointing out with particularity the let- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ters which showed it was not genuine. The 
 witness was then requested to unfold the pa- 
 per and tell the jury what it was. With com- 
 plete astonishment and some embarrassment, 
 he exclaimed: "Why, my God, it is my an- 
 swer in the case, and my signature to the 
 verification." His suspicion of a trap had led 
 him into error. The incident also shows the 
 weakness of that kind of expert testimony. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman has always been a Repub- 
 lican, but has rarely aspired to political hon- 
 ors, lie was satisfied with the emoluments, 
 as well as the fame which a lawyer who at- 
 tends strictly to the profession, may secure. He 
 was just entering his professional career when 
 the Republican party was burn. The condi- 
 tion of affairs and the issues which caused the 
 formation of that party were of deep interest 
 to him. and in [856 he took the stump in fa- 
 vor of Fremont and the new political platform, 
 which opposed the further extension of slav- 
 er; Frequent visits to the South had con- 
 vinced him that slavery was not such an in- 
 stitution that its wider spread over the virgin 
 territories of the nation was desirable, or for 
 the best prosperity of the country, lie he- 
 came acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in 
 [859, when the latter made his great speech 
 in Columbus against Stephen A. Douglas, 
 from the east side of the State House. He 
 was so charmed with the great simplicity, can- 
 dor, true nobility, and strong common sense of 
 the .Martyr I 'resident, that he became one of 
 his most zealous adherents, lie continued in 
 campaign work until after the campaign of 
 [884, when he retired from the political field. 
 leaving the more arduous service to younger 
 But in [896, when the national honor 
 was at stake, and when the question of giving 
 to the people a currency worth it- face value, 
 or one that could not be received in the mar- 
 kets of the world, was the burning one in 
 p tics, he again entered the field, and made 
 many speeches in Ohio; and under "the ap- 
 tmenl of the National Committee, spent 
 four weeks on the stump in Kansas, most of 
 the time in "Sockless" Jerry Sipson's Populis- 
 tic district. Prior to the organization of the 
 
 Republican party, Mr. Van Deman was a 
 Henry Clay Whig, and served as a delegate to 
 the last Whig convention in Ohio, when Nel- 
 son Barrier was nominated for Governor. He 
 was for four years prosecuting attorney of 
 Delaware County; four years mayor of the 
 city of Delaware; once a candidate for judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas of his subdiv- 
 ision, and later a candidate for Circuit Judge 
 of the Sixth Circuit of Ohio; but in both cases 
 the Democratic party had an overwhelming 
 majority, and though unsuccessful, he made a 
 satisfactory race, cutting down the majority 
 of his Democratic opponents over one thou- 
 sand votes. He was for several terms a 
 member of the City Council and its presiding 
 officer. The following resolution presented by 
 the late Gen. J. S. Jones, upon his retirement, 
 and passed unanimously, shows the opinion of 
 his fellow-councilmen : "We desire to express 
 our thanks and appreciation of our president. 
 Under his administration the business of the 
 Council has been transacted with accuracy and 
 dispatch. The expenses of the city govern- 
 ment have been largely curtailed, and. stimu- 
 lated by his example, other city officers have 
 been imbued with his commendable spirit of 
 economy and reform. Our Council meetings 
 have been exceptionally free from discord. No 
 ruling of the Chair has been questioned, be- 
 cause all have been fair and impartial. We 
 regret exceedingly that with the close of this 
 term, the city loses his experience and ability 
 in the direction of its government.*' 
 
 Mr. Van Deman's disposition is to be con- 
 servative, believing that permanent success for 
 the country will be found in guarding carefully 
 the public expenditures and discountenancing 
 appropriation of the people's money for ques- 
 tionable objects, rather than in hunting up new 
 forms of taxation, whereby the people become 
 oppressed and all kinds of modern official 
 graft flourishes, lie would reduce the taxes 
 to a minimum, and exact of all officials a faith- 
 ful performance ol duty and an honest execu- 
 tion of their several trusts. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman was a lieutenant of Com- 
 pany E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regi- 
 
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 543 
 
 ment U. S. I., in the Civil War. and a charter 
 member of George B. Torrence Post, G. A. R., 
 of which he is past commander. He served 
 as aide on the staff of General Alger, when 
 the latter was grand commander of the (i. A. 
 R. for the United States. 
 
 Mr. Van Deman has a talent for business 
 affairs which has been employed in various cor- 
 porations and private companies. He assisted 
 in organizing the Columbus & Toledo Rail- 
 road Company, and served as a director until 
 the sale of the road to the Cleveland syndicate. 
 For thirty-five years he was its counsel, and 
 he served the "Big Four" in the same capacity 
 for a period of nearly equal length. For about 
 thirty years he has been a director of the First 
 National Bank of Delaware, and is now its 
 president. 
 
 He has been a member of the Episcopal 
 Church for forty-two years, and is now its 
 senior warden. He has served for many years 
 ;;s president of the Board of Trustees for the 
 Diocese of Southern Ohio, a board having 
 the management of the church property of the 
 diocese, and the investment of its benevolent 
 and charitable funds. He organized and was 
 president of the first building association es- 
 tablished in Delaware, and has been connected 
 as director with one or more such associations 
 ever since. 
 
 In 1861 Mr. Van Deman married Lydia, 
 daughter of Judge R. E. Runkle, of Logan 
 County, Ohio, and they have three children — 
 Ralph H.. a captain of the general staff of the 
 United States Army, now detailed in the Mili- 
 tary Information Bureau, at Washington, D. 
 C. ; and two daughters, F.nnalla. and Mildred, 
 living at home with their parents. 
 
 In 1903 Mr. Van Deman. having rounded 
 .nit fifty years of work at the Bar, retired from 
 the profession. Success came to him as the 
 result of the determined application of his 
 abilities and powers along the rigidly defined 
 lines or labor, and the respect of the commun- 
 ity was given him in a free acknowledgment of 
 liis sterling worth, for he is a man of strong 
 individuality, great mental force, and utmost 
 rectitude in thought, word and deed. 
 
 'EPHEN POTTER, one of Dela- 
 ware's prominent citizens who is serv- 
 ing in his second term as count)- com- 
 missioner of Delaware County, was 
 born in Ireland, in 1844. His par- 
 ents brought him to America in 1845. settling 
 at Whitesboro, New York, where Stephen was 
 reared and attended school. 
 
 During early manhood, Mr. Potter worked 
 on a farm and then learned the cooper's trade 
 at which he was employed until 1871, when he 
 came to Delaware. Here he became connected 
 with the Big Four Railroad and for eighteen 
 years served as division master. He has al- 
 ways been popular with his associates, and. 
 without any self-seeking, he was appointed 
 !>' stmaster at Delaware, by President Cleve- 
 land during his first administration. Mr. Pot- 
 ter subsequently engaged in a grocery business 
 which he continued until he was first elected to 
 the office of county commissioner, on the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, although the county is normally 
 Republican. The office came to Mr. Potter 
 unsought but his administration of it was so 
 satisfactory to all parties, that he was reelected 
 in the fall of 1905. For ten years he served 
 as a member of the City Council of Delaware, 
 where his business discernment and public 
 spirit made him a very valuable official. 
 
 In 1 S77. Mr. Potter was married to Ellen 
 A. Hanlin. who was born in Canada, and they 
 have one son, Mark S., who is chief clerk in 
 the engineering department of the Iron Moun- 
 tain Railroad^ with quarters at Van Buren, 
 Arkansas. Mr. Potter is a member of St. 
 Mary's Catholic Church, of which he is trus- 
 tee. He is identified with the order of Knights 
 of Columbus. 
 
 Il.( ) D. GRAHAM, who for many 
 years was engaged in general 
 farming in Delaware Township, 
 was mie of the best known men of 
 his community, and in his death, 
 winch occurred in [902, Delaware Count) lust 
 'iiic 1 E lis representative citizens. Mr. Gra 
 
544 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ham was born in 1836, one mile north of Dela- 
 ware, in Delaware County, Ohio, and was a 
 son of John and Margaret (Gast) Graham. 
 
 John Graham was horn in New Hamp- 
 shire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his 
 father, who there abandoned him. bringing 
 the other children, with their mother, to Ohio, 
 and settling north of Delaware. John Graham 
 was reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and 
 learned the tailor's trade. He also succeeded 
 
 in securing what was considered as a g 1 
 
 education in those days, being regarded as a 
 good scholar. He married in Pennsylvania, 
 and on subsequently coming to Delaware, 
 Ohio, he had dealings with his father for 
 several years before either knew that they were 
 related. His death took place in the fall of 
 [878, when he had attained the advanced age 
 of ninety years, three months, and several 
 days. 
 
 Milo Graham located on his father's farm 
 in 187(1, the property subsequently coming to 
 him by inheritance. He engaged in general 
 farming, and kept several head of cattle, a 
 number of Chester White hogs and about 100 
 chickens, and was very successful in his op- 
 erations. Since his death his widow and -sons 
 have been cultivating this fine fiftv-nine-acre 
 property, devoting five or six acres to garden 
 trucking. Mr. Graham was a Democrat in 
 politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, 
 while his widow is a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at Stratford. 
 
 Milo Graham was married on August 30, 
 1877, to Alvesta Kroninger, who is the daugh- 
 ter of John Kroninger, and they had eleven 
 children, nine of whom grew to maturity, 
 namely: Jennie, who married Guy Stickney 
 of Delaware: Arthur, also of Delaware; Kath- 
 erine, who married Abraham Baker, of Dela- 
 ware: George, who operates the home farm; 
 Martha, the wife of Charles Nugent, of Colum- 
 bus; Ella, wife of (has. Thomas, of Delaware, 
 and James Calvin. Daniel and Lydia 
 Maybell, all residing at home. 
 
 John Kroninger. father of Mrs. Graham, 
 was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and there 
 learned the trade of blacksmith. On attain- 
 ing his majority, he came to Delaware Town- 
 
 ship, and engaged in blacksmithing north of 
 the city of Delaware. He subsequently re- 
 1111 ived to Stratford,, where he continued that 
 occupation. His latter years were spent in 
 farming on the east side of the river, near 
 Stratford, where his death occurred Septem- 
 ber 24, 1894. By his first marriage Mr. Kron- 
 inger had two sons, Peter and Hosea, and not 
 long after his first wife's death he was married 
 secondly to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had 
 seven children, the following six of whom 
 grew to maturity : James, a resident of 
 Shelby, Ohio ; George, who resides at Shepard ; 
 Alvesta, born May 5. 1853; Jacob; Daniel, 
 who lives in Shelby County, Illinois; and 
 Katherine, the wife of Charles Grojane, of 
 Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Kroninger contracted a 
 third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, 
 willow of Hugh Stickney of Union County. 
 The family were members of the Lutheran 
 Church. 
 
 ] C. FAY, M. D.. who has been engaged 
 in the practice of medicine and sur- 
 gery at Ostrander, since 1867. is the 
 oldest continuous practitioner in 
 Delaware County. He was born in 
 Darby Township, Union County, Ohio. August 
 10, 1843, all( l ' s a son ot Benjamin A. and 
 Hester Ann (Robinson) Fay. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of Dr. Fay 
 were David and Electa (Smith) Fay, who 
 came to Ohio from Rutland. Vermont, prior 
 to 1813. David Fay raised stock and quar- 
 ried stone on his farm in Vermont, but after 
 settling in Union Count}'. Ohio, he followed 
 farming. His son. Benjamin A. Fay. father 
 of the Doctor, was horn in Darby Township, 
 in 18 1 3. and died at Marysville, Union 
 County, in 1885. Mainly self-taught, as in 
 his youth educational apportunities in his sec- 
 tion were limited, he became a man of more 
 than ordinary importance in the communities 
 in which he lived. While carrying on, a farm 
 of 1 50 acres, he learned civil engineering with- 
 out instruction, and so thoroughly that the ac- 
 tive practice of this profession occupied a large 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 545 
 
 part of his time for many years. In i8(>o. 
 after being elected county surveyor of Union 
 County, he moved to Marysville, and contin- 
 ued in that office for six years. Prior to this 
 
 he had served as justice of the peace in Darby 
 Township, and tilled other offices. lie was 
 much interested in improving the stock of 
 sheep and horses and devoted time and money 
 to this object. His last years were passed in 
 honorable retirement. He married Hester 
 Ann Robinson, who died in 1888, leaving but 
 one child. 
 
 During his early years. Dr. D. C. Fay was 
 instructed entirely by his father, who was by 
 no means a lax disciplinarian, having regular 
 hours for hearing his son's lessons and requir- 
 ing that they be properly prepared; hence, 
 when opportunity was afforded for academic 
 instruction at Marysville and at Haysville, the 
 son was advanced far beyond others of his 
 age. For a part of the time while attending 
 Marysville Academy, he taught school, and 
 then entered upon the study of medicine un- 
 der Dr. J. M. Southard, of that place. After 
 attending one course of lectures at the Star- 
 ling Medical College, he entered the Medical 
 College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he was 
 graduated in 1867. In the same year he set- 
 tled at Ostrander, which village has since been 
 his home, although for many years his practice 
 included much adjacent territory, which he 
 covered on horseback. Dr. Fay may almost 
 be called the father of the medical guild in 
 Delaware County. He was a charter member 
 of the Delaware Medical Society and belongs 
 also to the Ohio State and the American Medi- 
 cal Associations. 
 
 Dr. Fay married Mar}- A. Liggett, who 
 is a daughter of Joab Liggett, a resident of 
 Scioto Township. They have one daughter. 
 Mima, who married Eugene C. Gee. Mr. 
 Gee is chief electrical engineer for the Bell 
 Telephone Company, at Tucson, Arizona. 
 Mis. Fay is a member of the Baptist Church 
 at Ostrander. Dr. Fay has never taken any 
 very active interest in politics. He has been 
 closely identified, however, with several of the 
 leading fraternal organizations. Since 1808. 
 he has been a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 
 
 158, F. & A. M., at Marysville: is past chan- 
 cellor of Ostrander Lodge, Knights of Pyth- 
 ias, and belongs to Edinburg Lodge, No. y<j. 
 ( Idd Fellows. He is the only living charter 
 member of this lodge and was the first to hold 
 the office of noble grand in this body. 
 
 EV. HERBERT WELCH, A. M.. D. 
 D., LL. D., president of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University. Some college 
 presidents are great executives, 
 some excel as educators, while others 
 show marked business ability. Seldom, in- 
 deed, are these qualifications combined 
 in one man, but Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity is unusually fortunate in hav- 
 ing such a man for its president. h 
 those who know Dr. Welch, the perfect balance, 
 the all-roundness of the man. is a constant 
 surprise. While an undergraduate he was a 
 man of no specialty. The fourteen prizes 
 which he won during his course — practically- 
 all that were open to him — show how he ex- 
 celled in each department of scholarship. This 
 characteristic has been notable throughout his 
 career. As a preacher of the gospel, he is 
 forcelul and effective: in dealing with business 
 problems, he shows a business ability uncom- 
 mon in professional men; as an executive, he 
 conceives big plans, and has a grasp of detail 
 that is truly astonishing when one considers 
 the many and varied lines of his work. Presi- 
 dent Welch is one of the most accessible of 
 men. He is never too busy to talk with any 
 student who seeks his counsel, whether it be 
 in regard to college matters or purely personal 
 affairs. 
 
 Dr. Welch was born in New York City. 
 November 7. 1X02, son of Peter A. and Mary 
 L. ( Loveland ) Welch. His father was a mer- 
 chant, as was also his maternal grandfather, 
 Oliver Loveland. His elementary education 
 was acquired in the New York Grammar 
 School No. 35, which he attended from 1N70 
 to 1877, being graduated with the Girard 
 medal. He then entered Brooklyn College 
 and Polytechnic Institute, and was graduated 
 
546 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 therefrom in 1880, with a diploma tor pro- 
 ficiency in the scientific course. From 1880 
 to 1882 he was engaged in private and school 
 study in the classics, becoming in the year last 
 named a student in the Wesleyan Umversit) 
 at Middletown, Connecticut, and so continued 
 until 1887, being out of college, however, in 
 l884-'85. He was graduated from the I'm 
 versity with the degree of B. A. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon 
 fraternities. 
 
 In 1887 Mr. Welch began his theological 
 studies in the Drew Theological Seminar}'. 
 from which he was graduated in 1890, with 
 the degree of B. D. He obtained his M. A. 
 degree from Wesleyan University in 1890, 
 alsi that of D. D. in 1902. and that of LL. D. 
 in 1906. He was a student in Oxford Uni- 
 versity (England) in i902- - 03. 
 
 1 )n his graduation from Drew Seminar}'. 
 being equipped for the ministry, he joined the 
 Xew York Conference of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and was appointed to Bedford 
 Station, where he served from [890 to [892. 
 1 1 i s next held of labor was in Xew York City, 
 in 1 Si )_>-'<)_:;. He was then transferred to New 
 York Fast Conference and appointed to Sum- 
 merheld Church. Brooklyn, which he served in 
 iSiy'i).\ IPs next pastorate was that of the 
 First Church at Middletown. Connecticut. 
 [898-1902, and was followed by a two years 
 pastorate at Chester Hill Church, Alt. Vernon, 
 Xew York, i9o; r Y)5. Dr. Welch is intensely 
 interested in the purely evangelistic side of 
 religious work, at the same time being a close 
 student of the relation of the church and of 
 ' Mianuy to public affairs and good citizen- 
 ship. In 1905 he accepted and entered upon 
 the duties of his present position as president 
 of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, 
 m which capacity lie has since continued to 
 e, with manifest benefit to the University 
 and to the unmixed satisfaction of its friends. 
 Welch has made some scholarly con- 
 tributions to religious literature, which have 
 been published in college and church periodi- 
 ^mong them ma) be mentioned, "Selec- 
 tions from the Writings of John Wesley," 
 Xew York, [901; and (published in pamphlet 
 
 form) the articles, "Albert S. Hunt. flie 
 
 College Student and the Christian Confes- 
 sion." and "The Resurrection the Crowning 
 Fact of Christianity." He also performed use- 
 ful services as a member of the Board of Man- 
 agers of the Sunday School Union, i892- - 96; 
 member of the Board of Managers of the Mis- 
 sionary Society, 1896-1905; member of the 
 Board of Managers of the Board of Education. 
 Freeman's Aid and Sunday Schools, 1907 to 
 the present time; and trustee of Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity, 1 90 1 -'06. 
 
 Dr. Welch, in his vacation intervals, both 
 during and since his student days, has spent 
 some time in travel, visiting Canada in 1S74 
 and 1882; the far west in 1879, i88_l-'85 and 
 1889; and Europe in 1897, 1899. and 1902- 
 '03. He was married June 3. 1890, to Ade- 
 laide F. McGee, of Plainfield, Xew Jersey, 
 whose father, James McGee. was a merchant 
 of New York City. Mrs. Welch's mother was 
 in maidenhood. Elizabeth A. Merklee. Two 
 children have come to bless the household of 
 Dr. and Mrs. Welch — Dorothy, born June 7, 
 1891 ; and Eleanor, born September 3. 1900. 
 
 Dr. Welch is one of the most modest and 
 unassuming of men. Generous to a fault,' he 
 has often sacrificed personal interests to aid 
 his friends, and his is the charity that "knoweth 
 no evil." The Doctor has a keen sense of 
 honor, and a fund of stories that is apparently 
 inexhaustible, in the telling of which he is 
 inimitable. Both the Doctor and Mrs. Welch 
 are strong in their social instinct, and are 
 capital entertainers, as those who have enjoyed 
 the free and open hospitality of their home will 
 testify. 
 
 AMES OUSEY, proprietor of the lead- 
 ing livery, feed and sale stable of 
 Delaware, < ihio, located at the corner 
 
 of Winter and North Union Streets. 
 
 and the owner oi a fine grain and fruit 
 farm of 100 acres on the Radnor pike, is one of 
 Delaware County's representative citizens, and 
 a survivor of the Civil War. Mr. Ousey was 
 born April 30. 1S47, near Xew ton. Sussex 
 
MARTIN MILLER 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 549 
 
 County, New Jersey, and is a son of Edward 
 and Anna (Washer) Ousey. 
 
 Edward Ouse) was born near Liverpool, 
 England, where he resided until sixteen wars 
 of age, at which time he came to America and 
 found employment in the iron mines of Sus- 
 sex County, New Jersey, remaining thus em- 
 ployed until 1851. In this year he came to 
 Orange Township, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 and began farming on his own account, being 
 followed here by his wife and family the fol- 
 lowing year. He was living at Westerville at 
 the time of his death. Mr. Ousey was a stanch 
 Republican in politics, and his patrii itism was 
 shown by his three years and nine months ser- 
 vice in the Union army as a member of Com- 
 pany D, Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry, during the Civil War. He was mar- 
 ried to Anna Washer, whose father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier and an old-time mail 
 carrier in New Jersey. Of this union there were 
 born six children, three of whom grew to ma- 
 turity, namely: William H.. who is now de- 
 ceased; Susan, also deceased, who was the 
 wife of William Lane, of Worthington, Ohio; 
 and James, whose name appears at the head of 
 this article. 
 
 James Ousey was educated in the common 
 schools of Orange Township, and was work- 
 ing on the home farm at the time the Civil 
 War broke out. In January, 18(4. at the age 
 of sixteen years, he enlisted in Company K. 
 Second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Heavy Ar- 
 tillery, and joined his regiment at Munfords- 
 ville. Kentucky, remaining with it until the 
 close of the war. when he received his honor- 
 able discharge. He then returned to the farm, 
 on which he worked until 1876, and in this 
 year became a railroad brakeman. being later 
 promoted to conductor. A severe injury to 
 his arm. which left it partially crippled, 
 caused him to abandon railroading, and in 
 May, [884. he established himself in the livery 
 business, in which he continued until 1888. 
 In this year be sold out and purchased a farm 
 in Henry Count}-, still keeping his residence 
 in Delaware, however, but this farm he soon 
 sold and purchased his present property of 100 
 acres on the Radnor pike, just outside of the 
 
 corporation limits of Delaware! This he oper- 
 ates as a grain and fruit faim. having [,500 
 apple trees, 500 pear trees, 200 peach trees 
 and 100 cherry trees. Mr. Ousey's tine two- 
 story brick livery stable at Delaware was built 
 by him in 1891, and he now keeps fourteen 
 horses and boards many more. 
 
 Mr. Ousey was married to Catherine Lien- 
 fenderfer, who came from Germany as a child 
 with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ousey are 
 members of Zion Reformed Church of Dela- 
 ware. Fraternally he is connected with Olen- 
 tangy Lodge, No. 53, I. O. O. F., of Dela- 
 ware, and in politics he is a stanch Republi- 
 can, although no office-seeker, preferring to 
 give his entire time and attention to his busi- 
 ness interests. 
 
 \I\TI\ MILLER, vice-president of 
 the First National Bank, at Dela- 
 ware, is one of the city's astute 
 financiers and most substantia] 
 citizens. He was born April 1. 
 18-7. in Bavaria, Germany, and is one of 
 a family of three children born to his parents, 
 who were Adam and Cunigunde Miller. At 
 the age of seven years he accompanied his 
 parents to America. A short stop was made 
 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they then 
 moved to Wheeling. West Virginia, where 
 they remained only a few months, thence 
 going to Columbus, where also a few 
 months only were spent, when the family 
 moved to Delaware, in either 1834 or [835. 
 Here the subject of this sketch took up his 
 schooling. When about 1 _> years of age he 
 began to learn the baker's trade with his 
 brother Adam, who had learned the trade of 
 baker and confectioner in Wheeling. For 
 several years .Mr. Miller worked at the trade. 
 at the same time attending school. When 
 Adam Miller went to California, the subject 
 of this sketch took a partnership in the baker's 
 business, and on Adam's return. Martin Mil- 
 ler bought out his interests, and thereafter 
 conducted the business alone, though in .1 
 different location. He succeeded and made 
 
DO'- 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 profitable investments, and having accumu- 
 lated much property, retired about 1882. 
 
 Mr. Miller was one of the first stockholders 
 of the First National Bank, and in 1895 was 
 elected its vice-president. He has been treas- 
 urer of the Delaware Electric Light, Heat 
 and Power Company since its organization, 
 and has also other business interests. Mr. 
 Miller was first married in 1847 tn -^' lss Lydia 
 Worline, by whom he had three children: 
 Mary R., who is now the widow of Hon. E. 
 1\ I'oppleton. formerly Congressman from 
 this district; Frances, wife of James Naugh- 
 ton, a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; and Wil- 
 liam M. who is single and resides at the- 
 parental home. Mrs. Lydia Miller died n 
 1875. and Mr. Miller was married second 
 in 1880, to Mary E. Moran, a native of Lo- 
 rain County, Ohio. The family residence is at 
 No. 32 West Winter Street. Mr. .Miller is a 
 Democrat in politics, and in religion a Cath- 
 olic. 
 
 OEL W. DILL, general farmer, stock- 
 raiser, and stock-feeder, of Radnor 
 Township, where he owns a farm of 
 208 acre--, is a representative citizen 
 of this section. He was born in this 
 township. March 8, 1853. and is a son of Au- 
 gustus 1!. and Elizabeth (Turney) Dill. To 
 trace his ancestral line on either side, a back- 
 ward glance at history is necessary, and we 
 therefore yield the pen to a member of his fam- 
 ily who thus briefly sketches his antecedents: 
 "1 Vrhap-. the annals of history do not fur- 
 nish examples of greater heroism and bravery 
 than the narrative of the siege of Boyne, 
 Through the reigns of Charles II. and James 
 II. the lot of the Protestants was a painful 
 lie 111 Ireland, as well as in Scotland. The 
 King countenanced the Roman Catholics in 
 Ireland, while the Free Kirk people were op 
 pressed by both the English prelates and Irish 
 papists. In the revolution oi 1689, when 
 fames ||. with his French allies, entered Ire- 
 land and made a stand against William of 
 Orange, the Roman Catholic armv joined his 
 
 army in large numbers; while the Scotch-Irish 
 in the North withstood him. They drove the 
 Irish from their borders and in Londonderry, 
 their chief city, withstood the most determined 
 siege in history. After one hundred and Ave 
 days the}- were relieved by the arrival of the 
 Orange fleet. Then ensued the sanguinary 
 conflict between the forces of the two kings, 
 known as the Battle of the Boyne. From this 
 period dates the feud between the Roman 
 Catholic Irish and the Orangemen the world 
 over. Some time after this, tired of the per- 
 secution of both the Roman Catholic and the 
 Established Churches, these more than Cove- 
 nanters although well-to-do in their adopted 
 country as manufacturers of linen — these 
 peace-loving Scotch-Irish — began to emigrate 
 tn the American colonies, many of them set- 
 tling in Maine, Xew Hampshire, and Massa- 
 chusetts, and many in Nova Scotia and New- 
 Brunswick. It is related that such a thing as 
 a Loyalist was unknown among the Scotch- 
 Irish. 
 
 "During the Revolution many of them rose 
 to places of distinction both in the army and 
 in the Civil government. Of the twenty-four 
 major-generals of the war, no less than half 
 were Scotch-Irish. The religious fervor of 
 these settlers, as well as their moraility, was 
 noticeable. Yet a witty humor was also a 
 prominent trait in their character. The lively 
 and the sedate, the old and the young alike 
 indulged in it and enjoyed it, and they took 
 care not to miss any proper occasion for sport. 
 
 "It is unfortunate that we are unable to 
 trace the ancestry of our family farther back 
 than to the grandparents of the older genera- 
 tion now living. The family came from the 
 county of Londonderry, Ireland, to Nova Sco- 
 tia, but the time cannot be definitely stated. 
 
 "John Dill, the paternal grandfather of the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Nova Sco- 
 tia about 1780. He married Sophia Beck- 
 with, a native of Maine, and they emigrated 
 to Baltimore, Maryland, in [819. They had 
 four sons born in Nova Scotia — David. John, 
 Edward, and Augustus B., and three in Bal- 
 timore — George 11.. Joseph, and James. In 
 [829 they moved to Columbus, Ohio, and the 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 55i 
 
 following year to Mifflin Township, Franklin 
 County, about six miles northeast from Co- 
 lumbus to the farm, which they made their 
 permanent home. John Dill had a very good 
 education lor his time and at once became a 
 leading citizen of the community, lie was a 
 
 g 1 business man and prospered, lie was 
 
 one "f the wealth}' men of his neighborhood, 
 owning at his death some 000 acres of land 
 and money besides. He was very public-spir- 
 ited and helped with money and influence 
 every worth}' enterprise. He was one of the 
 projectors of the Columbus and Sandusky 
 Turnpike, built in 1852, and its first treasurer. 
 He was often called upon to settle the estates 
 of his deceased neighbors, which work he 
 performed with good judgment and fidelity, 
 lie died in i860, aged eighty years, his wife 
 having passed away the year previous. 
 
 "Augustus B. Dill was born on the paren- 
 tal farm near Columbus, Ohio, and there re- 
 mained until after his marriage to Elizabeth 
 
 Turnev, which occurred March 
 
 1846. 
 
 They immediately removed to the wilds of 
 Mercer G unity, where he cleared the trees 
 from the spot where he built their cabin. Be- 
 coming dissatisfied there he sold his land — 
 Mine 500 acres — and came back to Franklin 
 County, and in 1848 to Delaware Count}', 
 where he lived only a short time, for he died 
 in 1855. at the early age of thirty-seven years. 
 He was a man of great energy and good bus- 
 iness faculties, and for the short time he lived 
 he accomplished much. Having been gone so 
 long, and those who knew him intimately hav- 
 ing also passed away, we are unable to give 
 much of his life story. He had a good edu- 
 cation, obtained in the schools of the early 
 days and by private study, and he had quite 
 an extensive library, perhaps one of the largest 
 in the township. He was a great reader and 
 was well informed upon the topics of the day. 
 Mr was an abolitionist and a Whig in poli- 
 tics and was violently opposed to ECnownoth- 
 ingism, then oik- of the burning questions of 
 the day. He was a man highly respected, and 
 his earlv passing away was sincerely mourned 
 by all who knew him. At the time of his 
 death lie owned 100 acres of land, having a 
 
 number of years previously purchased the 
 farm now owned by his son Joel in Radnor 
 Township, which at the time was heavily tim- 
 bered. To this property his widow and sons 
 added from time to time until -it reached its 
 present proportions. 
 
 "Augustus B. Dill ami his wife Elizabeth 
 were the parents of fixe sons — Wil- 
 liam Augustus. John Beckwith. David 
 Turney, Joel Wesley, and Charles Wal- 
 lace — and their history in brief is as fol- 
 lows; William Augustus married Alary 
 Elinor Farnum, daughter of Dr. and 
 Mrs. J. L. Farnum. she of Prospect, died in 
 1887 at the age of thirty-two years. They had 
 rive children — Mary Elizabeth, Dill Augusta, 
 Raymond, William Hoyt, and Walter Page. 
 John Beckwith married Jennie Merchant, and 
 died in 1889 aged forty years. His wife Jen- 
 nie died in 1907. They had four daughters, 
 of whom two died when young, the other two 
 being Agnes, wife of Leonard Harmon of 
 Prospect, and Jessie, wife of Charles Saner, 
 of Prospect. David Turney died in infancy 
 as did Charles Wallace. Joel Wesley, whose 
 name appears at the head of this article, re- 
 sides in the old home in Radnor Township. 
 
 "Elizabeth Turney Dill was horn in Mif- 
 flin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, No- 
 vember 18, 1818. She is a lineal descendant 
 of a French Huguenot family, who were 
 driven from France in the latter part of the 
 Fifteenth Century by papal persecution, a 
 short time previous to the revocation of the 
 Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Three broth- 
 ers — Daniel, Peter, and Adam Turney — leav- 
 ing a considerable property behind them, fled 
 their native country and landed in Philadel- 
 phia in 1668. Elizabeth Turney is a great 
 granddaughter of Daniel Turney, the Hugue- 
 not refugee. 
 
 "John Turney, grandfather, son of Daniel, 
 removed to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he 
 married Mary Grove. The fruit of this union 
 was six children — Daniel. Adam, John 
 Henry. Joseph. Susan (Robinson), Mary 
 1 Hawkins). Daniel married Susan Ridenour, 
 daughter of Mathias Ridenour and Catherine 
 (Fake) Ridenour, also .if Huguenot family. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 These pioneers came to Ohio from Westmore- 
 land County, Pennsylvania, and settled first in 
 Ross County, about 1806, and to Franklin 
 County in 1810. John Turney and Mathias 
 Ridenour had each entered large tracts of land 
 in Mifflin Township, Turney on Alum Creek, 
 Ridenour on Big Walnut, where the village 
 of Gehanna is now situated. 
 
 "Elizabeth Turney was married to Augus- 
 tus B. Dill, March 31, 1846. She was the 
 mother of five sons — Willam Augustus, John 
 Beckwith, David Turney. Joel Wesley and 
 Charles Wallace, of whom two died 111 infancy 
 — David and Charles — and John B. in the 
 prime of life eighteen years since. She leaves 
 two sons — William A. and Joel Wesley, seven 
 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. 
 In 1848 they came to Delaware Count)', where 
 she lived fifty-nine years on the same farm. 
 None who came in contact with Elizabeth 
 Turney Dill but felt at once the impress of 
 the strong character she possessed. No de- 
 scendant of the family more fully vindicated 
 the purity of descent in her own clearly de- 
 fined habits and strong decision of mind, from 
 thi ise sturdy French Huguenots who could 
 leave home, country, and fortune under the 
 bloody persecution of papal despotism, but 
 could not surrender their freedom of con- 
 science and the liberty to worship God in their 
 own way. She was the last of a large family, 
 namely : John, Jacob, Daniel. George R.. 
 Daniel. Henry, Mary (Dill). Susan (Bell), 
 Catherine (Noble), and Phebe ( Xoble). The 
 force and positiveness of mind was joined 
 with bodily strength which gave her a long 
 life — eighty-eight years, nine mouths and 
 twenty-eight days. She was a member of the 
 church for over seventy years, first of the 
 Presbyterian, later of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church for over fifty years. She was a sub- 
 scriber and constant reader of the Western 
 Christian Advocate, her church paper, for 
 over fifty years. She was mother to all. and 
 her works of charity and words of comfort 
 were always ready for those most in need. 
 Her heart was always open to the needy and 
 her deeds of kindness are best known bv those 
 
 she helped. She was thorough in religion, 
 remarkably even in temperament, generous to 
 a fault, always the same faithful friend to all 
 who knew her. A trusted friend, valued coun- 
 selor, wise and prudent in her advice, con- 
 stant in her affections. Her good ancestry 
 showed through all her life — a life that makes 
 the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom 
 in the dust. At life's sunset, in the shadows 
 of the day's decline, she stood looking back at 
 the graves of her household, where the little 
 children were put away with white hands 
 folded. How the older ones followed the 
 friends we best loved cut down in the prime 
 of life, while standing on the brow of the hill 
 with bright eyes looking to a happy future. 
 But for all this silence is the most expressive 
 language. We feel more than words can ex- 
 press while writing this brief sketch of the 
 mother who had been more to us than all else, 
 and whose light shines brighter in the Eternal 
 day." 
 
 In their early married life the parents were 
 members of the Presbyterian Church, but 'in- 
 later years Mrs. Dill united with the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Joel W. Dill acquired his education in the 
 district schools and at his mother's hands re- 
 ceived a careful and judicious training. His 
 whole life has been passed on the home farm. 
 and every part of it possesses more than a 
 money value to him on this account. He de- 
 votes thirty-five acres of his land to corn, from 
 thirty to thirty-five to wheat, and thirty-five 
 to hay. The remainder is mainly given over 
 to pasturage, as he raises and deals largely in 
 stock. His comfortable home — a two-story 
 brick residence of six rooms — was built by his 
 father in 1850, who then possessed the finest 
 house in the township. The other farm build- 
 ings were erected about the same time. Mr. 
 Dill is a' member of the Masonic Lodge at 
 Prospect, and of Deurwood Lodge. No. 153. 
 K. of P., also of Prospect. He belongs to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Prospect and 
 is a member of its official body. He is known 
 to all as a public-spirited and conscientious 
 citizen. 
 
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 Ili-'.SI.IA WORNSTAFF, a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Sperry & Worn- 
 staff, proprietors oi the Hank oi 
 Ashley, has been a life-long resilient 
 of Delaware County and is descended 
 on both sides from old established families of 
 this county. He was born on a farm west of 
 Ashley, in Oxford Township, and is a son of 
 Lewis and Sally Ann (Bartholomew) Worn- 
 staff. His grandfather, Daniel Wornstaff, was 
 the first of the family to locate in this county. 
 He was a native of Pennsylvania and at an 
 early date removed to Ross County, Ohio, and 
 came to Delaware County in [829. He bought a 
 farm of about 100 acres on the west branch of 
 the Whetstone River, and erected a log cabin. 
 Here he lived the life of a hardy farmer ana 
 converted his farm from a wilderness into 
 tillable land, remaining there until his death. 
 Lewis Wornstaff, father of Chesley. was 
 born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1822, and was 
 seven years of age when brought by his par- 
 ents to Delaware County. He grew up on the 
 old home place and then purchased a tract of 
 about fifty acres of unimproved land in Ox- 
 ford Township. He first erected a cabin of 
 poles and it was in this the subject of this 
 sketch was born. He subsequently built a 
 log cabin and finally a frame house which 
 stands on the farm now owned by his younger 
 son. He remained on the farm until his death 
 Jul}- 20, jSijo*, aged sixty-eight years, and at 
 that time he owned about 300 acres of land. 
 He married Sally Ann Bartholomew-, who 
 was born in Liberty Township, in [829, and 
 at the present time resides with her son 
 Sperry. at Ashley. Her father. Milton Bar- 
 tholomew, came from the Xew England States 
 to Delaware County at about the same time 
 the Wornstaffs came. He moved from Lib- 
 erty Township, where he first located, to Ox- 
 ford Township, where his death occurred. 
 Three children were born to Lewis Wornstaff 
 and wife: Chesley; a child that died in in- 
 fancy, and Sperry, who owns and resides on 
 the old home place. 
 
 Chesley Wornstaff was reared and re- 
 mained on the home farm until twenty-five 
 years old. in the meantime attending the dis- 
 33 
 
 trict schools and also the schools of Ashley. 
 He bought a farm of seventy-eight 
 acres known as the Eckles farm, one 
 and one-fourth miles southeast of Ashley, 
 and has always been very successful, ha\ in- 
 increased his holdings until he has 260 acres 
 in his home farm, and 110 acres in Peru 
 Township, Morrow Count}-. In 1884, in part- 
 nership with his brother-in-law, C. E. Sherry, 
 he established the Bank of Ashley,. with which 
 he has since been identified, but did not move 
 into town until 1888. He still oversees the 
 work on the farm, owns a fine brick In rate 
 here and has other property. 
 
 Mr. Wornstaff was married November 9, 
 1870, to Mary Ella Sperry. who was born in 
 Knox Count}-. Ohio, and is a sister of C. F. 
 Sperry. This union resulted in the birth of 
 one son. Albertus. who was bookkeeper in the 
 Bank of Ashley at the time of his death. 
 March 22, 1903, aged twenty-six years. A 
 mute from birth, he was of exceptional bright- 
 ness and possessed educational attainment-. 
 He was a graduate of the State Institution at 
 Columbus, and a graduate at Gallaudet Col- 
 lege, Washington, D. C. and his earl}' death, 
 amid bright prospects, was a sad loss to his 
 devoted parents. Albertus Wornstaff married 
 Laverna Carr. Mr. Wornstaff is a Republican 
 in politics, but has never taken an active part 
 in political affairs. 
 
 II. TON LIGGETT, now a highly 
 
 esteemed retired citizen of Scioto 
 
 Township, has long been one of 
 
 its most substantial and progres- 
 
 sive men. He was born on the 
 
 farm on which be lives, in Delaware Count}-, 
 
 Ohio, August 28, 1835. and is a son of Joab 
 
 and .Mar}- I Carr) Liggett. 
 
 Joab Liggett was born in 1806, in Hani} 
 County, now West Virginia, and was a child 
 when his parents. James and Susan (Carr) 
 Liggett, came to Delaware County. Ohio, and 
 settled south of the present town of Ostrander. 
 James Liggett was born in Virginia in 1770 
 and died in 18(14. His wife was born in [782 
 
554 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and died in 1856. James Liggett, Solomon 
 Carr and George Bean purchased 600 acre- ol 
 land when they came to Delaware Count)', and 
 a large part of Ostrander stands on land that 
 once belonged to the Liggett heirs. James 
 Liggett served irl the War of [812. His 
 children were: Job, Joab, Aimer. Absolom, 
 William. Amelia, Susan, Jarries, Conrad and 
 I rideon. The mother of the above family was 
 a devoted member of the Christian Church. 
 
 Joab Liggett was a successful farmer and 
 representative citizen. At the time of death 
 he owned 256 acres. He served as trustee oi 
 Concord Township, which then included a 
 part of the present territory of Scioto ["own- 
 ship, lie married a daughter of Solomon 
 ( arr, and they had the following children: 
 Sarah Jane, now deceased, who married Ham- 
 ilton \V. Rittenhouse; Milton, subject of this 
 sketch; Henry, Joseph and Priscilla, all now 
 deceased; and .Mary, who married Dr. I). C. 
 Fay, residing at Ostrander. The maternal 
 grandparents of the above family. Solomon 
 and Priscilla (Dean) Carr. were natives of 
 Virginia. The Cans were members of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 Milton Liggett attended the district 
 schools during boyhood when work on the 
 farm did not press too heavily, for at that 
 time the present well-cultivated acres belong- 
 ing to Mr. Liggett were in man}- parts still 
 covered with native timber, and lie assisted in 
 clearing and developing the place. He recalls 
 when the busy town of Ostrander was a belt 
 of w< odland. Mr. Liggett owns 200 acres of 
 fine 'and. on which lie formerly raised grain 
 and livestock, hut for some years he has rented 
 ■ mt both of his farms. 
 
 Inly 3, [856, Mr. Liggett was married 
 to Ann Carr, who died February 9, 1907, hav- 
 ing been horn in Scioto Township April 25, 
 1845, a daughter oi Gideon A. (arr. They 
 had two children, Maretta A. and William. 
 The former, now d< was the wife of 
 
 Milo Howey. She left two children: Wil- 
 liam Earl and Clyde 1.. William rents one of 
 his lather's farms. He married Anna Mc- 
 Kirgin, and they hive two children, Olgy and 
 Frank. 
 
 For a period covering thirty-six years Mr. 
 Liggett has been a Mason, entering the fra- 
 ternity at Marysville and demitting from Pal- 
 estine Lodge, X". 1 5<S. to Ostrander Lodge. 
 No. 594, of which he is one of the surviving 
 charter members. He has been a member of 
 the Baptist Church since 1857. his late wife 
 having also been connected with this religious 
 body, in which she was an active worker. Mr. 
 Liggett killed the last deer that was found in 
 this section, and can remember when it was no 
 rare sight to see a herd of them. 
 
 G. LYBRAND, president of the Del- 
 aware Chair Company, at Delaware, 
 ranks with the city's able business 
 men and is identified with a number 
 ■ 'I the prospering enterprise- of this 
 section. He was born in Pickaway County, 
 ( )hio, in 1845, and accompanied his parents to 
 Delaware in [857, where he attended school 
 until abi 'tit hj years of age. 
 
 In 1864, Mr. Lybrand enlisted for service 
 in the Civil War, entering Company G, 
 Eighty-fourth Regiment. O. V. 1.. and three 
 months later was elected captain of Company 
 D, One Hundred and Ninety-second Regi- 
 ment, O. V. 1.. and served as such 
 until the close of the Rebellion. He 
 participated in the Shenandoah Valley cam- 
 paign, and received an honorable discharge at 
 Winchester. Virginia. At this time his father 
 was engaged in a stove and hardware busi- 
 ness at Delaware, and Mr. Lybrand was asso- 
 ciated with him until 1870. when the Dela- 
 ware Chair Company was organized, the first 
 president of the company being Samuel Ly- 
 brand. The present officers are: R. G. Lybrand, 
 president and treasurer; A. Lybrand, vice- 
 president and secretary. In 1885 the com- 
 pany was incorporated with $150,000 capital 
 stock. The business is the manufacturing of 
 all kinds of chairs and is a very large and im- 
 portant industry of Delaware. Other con- 
 cerns with which Mr. Lybrand is connected 
 are. the Deposil Banking Company, of which 
 lie is a direct"!", and the People's Building and 
 
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 555 
 
 Loan Company, of which he is vice-president 
 and a member of the directing board. 
 
 In 1870, Mr. Lybrand was married to 
 Mary K. Ilurlbutt, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, 
 and they have three children: Mary 11., who 
 is the widow of Louis Welch; Blanche, who 
 is the wife of George N. Bates, of New Lon- 
 don, Connecticut; and Robert H., residing at 
 In une. The family belong to the Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Lybrand is a Republican, 
 and served two years as a member of the City 
 Council. Fraternally he belongs to the Blue 
 Lodge, \. &. F. M., and to the Chapter and 
 Council, at Delaware, and the Commandery at 
 Marion. He is a member of the Loyal Legion 
 and of G. B. Torrence Post, G. A. R. 
 
 \\AA AM POTTS, a substantial 
 farmer and well-known citizen of 
 Porter Township, residing 011 his 
 farm of <jS acres, was born Au- 
 gust 18. 1829. in Northumber- 
 land County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of 
 Charles and Mary Ann (Updyke) Potts. 
 
 The grandparents of William Potts were 
 William and Susan Potts, who moved from 
 Connecticut to New Jersey during the boy- 
 hood of their son Charles and remained in that 
 State during the rest of their lives. Charles 
 Potts was born in Connecticut in 1808 and 
 lived in New Jersey until he was twenty years 
 of age, when he moved to Pennsylvania. In 
 1828 he married Mary Ann Updyke. and eight 
 years later they removed to Ohio, settling' in 
 Licking County, near Utica. They had nine 
 children, namely: William, Catherine, Ben- 
 jamin. Joseph, John. Daniel. Susan. Marga- 
 ret, ami Mary. Five of their children were 
 born in Pennsylvania and four in Ohio. The 
 survivors are: Benjamin, William. Joseph, 
 Daniel, and Susan (Moore). 
 
 William Potts was a boy of eight 
 when his parents came to Ohio. The first 
 year was -pent with a maternal uncle livn 
 Utica, and then the family moved to 
 
 1 farm 
 
 the father bought near Mt. Vernon, in Knox 
 County. Five years later this farm was sold 
 
 and the family removed in Delaware County, 
 
 the father purchasing a farm mi which they 
 resided for twenty-seven years. Charles Potts 
 retired to Sparta after selling his farm and 
 died there six months later, aged sixty-five 
 years. His widow survived to the age of sev- 
 enty-five years. She was born in New 7 Jersey 
 in 1809. 
 
 Mr. Potts has been a resident of Delaware 
 County for the past thirty-five years and has 
 owned his present farm for thirty years. He 
 purchased this property from Attorneys Cur- 
 tis and Irvin of Mt. Vernon, who disposed of 
 it at sheriff's sale. Mr. Potts has made all 
 the excellent improvements here and his build- 
 ings are tasteful, substantial and attractive as 
 he put them up himself, being a skilled car- 
 penter. For the past twenty years he has 
 given the larger part of his time to general 
 farming. 
 
 In 1853, in Knox County, Ohio, Mr. Potts 
 married Malinda Spindler, who was born in 
 Pennsylvania in 1830, and died in Porter 
 Township April 14, 1905. She was a daugh- 
 ter of John Spindler. Mr. and Mrs. Potts had 
 seven children bom to them, namely: John, 
 James. Mary J.. Charles, Lenna. George and 
 William. John Potts was born in 1854 and 
 is a carpenter by trade, residing at Columbus. 
 He married Addie Pierce and they have two 
 children, Verna and Coral. James Potts, born 
 in Knox County in 1857, resides at Olive 
 Green, Ohio. He married « Par.a M r'am.eJl and 
 they have five children : Edith, Gertrude, Ad- 
 die. Ray, and Hubert. Mary Jane Potts, born 
 in Delaware County, in 1859, married Elmer 
 Mandrel and they reside near Delaware, Ohio. 
 They have two children. Alice and Howard. 
 Charles Potts, born in 1861, residing in Mor- 
 row County, married Hettie Chambers and 
 they have the following children: Elsie, Er- 
 nest, William. Belle. Fred and Mary Jane. 
 Lenna Putts, burn in 1863 and George Pott-. 
 burn in 1S05. both reside at home. William, 
 w In 1 was burn in 1N07, died in 1908. Mr. 
 Potts is a quiet, industrious, self-respecting 
 citizen, one who enjoys the esteem of the com- 
 munity in which he has lived for so many 
 years. 
 
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 HISTORY OK DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 D1AMES !•:. CARTER, a representative 
 ■ agriculturist of Troy Township, was 
 born December 26, [852, in Delaware 
 — I County, Ohio, and is a sun oi Hugh 
 and Nancy (Cash) Carter. 
 
 Hugh Carter, father of James E., was horn 
 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and 
 was taken to Belmont County, Ohio, by his 
 parents, in his childhood. He remained in 
 Belmont County until after his marriage and 
 the birth of two children, when he came to 
 Delaware, probably about 1832. being one of 
 the earliest settlers in Troy Township. He 
 built a log house in the depth of the woods, 
 and with his family, endured many pioneer 
 hardships. He died December 25, 1887. His 
 wife had passed away nine years previously, 
 the date of her death being December 28, 
 1878. Of their children the following sur- 
 vive: William, residing in Colorado; Keziah, 
 who is the widow of John Willey, residing in 
 Orange Township; John H.. residing in Marl- 
 borough Township; Ellen, who married James 
 Armstrong, residing in Belmont County ; 
 Helen, who nlarried Murray Francis, and re- 
 sides at Lima, Ohio; James E., whose name 
 begins this sketch; and Alice, who married 
 William Ryan, of Belmont County. 
 
 James E. Carter has devoted the larger 
 part of his attention since leaving school, to 
 agricultural pursuits and has made a specialty 
 of growing sheep, with other stock. He owns 
 109 acres of excellent land and is one of the 
 township's substantial men. 
 
 On January ,30, [879, Mr. Carter was 
 married to Mary Jones, of Franklin County, 
 ( ►hio, and they have one daughter. Mattie F., 
 residing at home. Mr. Carter and family be- 
 long to Troy Chapel Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, all being actively interested in its 
 good work. Politically, Mr. Carter is a Re- 
 publican. He has been willing to accept no 
 office except that of school director, but was 
 tendered the office of justice of the peace. He 
 belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias, at 
 I )elaware. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Carter were Francis 
 and Mary (Bebb) Jones, both of whom were 
 horn in Wales and came to Franklin County 
 
 with the early settlers. Their three surviving 
 children are: Mary (Mrs. Carter); Anna. 
 who is the widow of James H. Walker, now 
 residing in Delaware; and Sarah, who is the 
 widow of David Davis, residing in Delaware 
 Township. Mr. Carter is the only member of 
 his family residing in Troy Township. 
 
 EORGE KIRBY, one of the success- 
 ful agriculturists of Delaware Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, who is 
 cultivating his fine farm of more 
 than 100 acres, was born April 10. 
 i860, at Batesville, Albemarle County, Vir- 
 ginia, and is a son of William O. and Mary 
 A. (Mayrield) Kirby. 
 
 William O. Kirby. who was also a native 
 of Albemarle County. Virginia, received a 
 common school education, and being a natu- 
 ral mechanic followed carpentering until the 
 outbreak of the Civil War. He served four 
 years in the Confederate army and after the 
 close of the great struggle engaged in farm- 
 ing, as the freedom of the slaves had opened 
 opportunities for the individual farmer. Mr. 
 Kirby was married to Mary A. Mayrield, who 
 was born in 1827, and died in 1891, and they 
 had a family of children as follows: James 
 Henry, a resident of North Garden, Vir- 
 ginia; John, who died in infancy; Nancy 
 Jane, who married Joseph Mover: William 
 J., of Massey*s Mills. Nelson County. Vir- 
 ginia; Mary, who died at the age of twenty- 
 two years; George, subject of this sketch: 
 Hamilton, who lives at Scottsville, Virginia: 
 Catherine, the wife of Robert Freeman, of Al- 
 berene, Virginia ; and Calvin 0. 
 
 George Kirby received a common sch<">l 
 education in his native locality. On May 8. 
 [884, he removed to Ostrander, Delaware 
 County. Ohio, where he worked as a farmer. 
 and he continued thus employed until his mar- 
 riage, at which time he went to Watkins, Un- 
 ion Count}'. There he farmed on his own ac- 
 count until 1904, in the spring of which year 
 he purchased what is known as the James K. 
 Brittain farm in Delaware Township, a tract 
 
REV A. C. CRIST 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 559 
 
 of mure than ioo acres, eighty-five acres of 
 which are under cultivation. Mr. Kirby raises 
 oats, corn, wheat and hay, has a seventy-ton 
 sili i. operates a small dairy and keeps from 
 fifty to sixty hogs, and is considered one of 
 the township's good, practical fanners. In 
 political matters he is a Democrat, but he has 
 never cared for public office. 
 
 In 1802 Mr. Kirby was married to Mary 
 Easton, who is the daughter of Joseph and 
 Margaret Easton, and three children have 
 heen born to this union — Mary Ruth, Forrest 
 Fa-ton. and Paul Mayfield. Mrs. Kirby was 
 b -in in Coshocton County, Ohio, to which place 
 her father had emigrated at the age of sixteen 
 years with an elder brother, from Essex, Eng- 
 land. He subsequently followed agriculture 
 near Lafayette. Mrs. Kirby is a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 EV. A. C. CRIST. From the Herald 
 inn! Presbyter, a denominational or- 
 gan of the Presbyterian Church, we 
 quote the following: "Prominent 
 among the forces of Presbyterianism 
 in Delaware is Rev. A. C Crist, who resides 
 here, and who is a sort of pastor-at-large in 
 Marion Presbytery. By reason of his long 
 and successful pastorates at Iberia and Os- 
 trander, he is well, widely, and most favorably 
 kii' i\vn. As a teacher he has gained great 
 prominence. The lives of hundreds of stu- 
 dents have been powerfully impressed by his 
 noble individuality." 
 
 The Crist family traces hack through five 
 generations in this country to three brothers; 
 Johannas, Henricus and Stephanus Christus, 
 natives of Alsace. Germany, who were among 
 the large number of Huguenol refugees who 
 came to America during the latter part of the 
 17th century as a result of the revocation of 
 the Edict of Nantes. They settled in Orange 
 County, New York, and in course of time, the 
 name became Anglicized, the "h" and the "us" 
 g dropped. Henricus married Anne Bo- 
 dine, a full-blooded French woman who came 
 America with him. The families led the 
 
 agricultural life of those times, and continued 
 in the locality where they settled until Henry 
 Crist, the grandfather of A. C, moved to the 
 adjoining count)- of Sullivan. In religious 
 belief they were German Lutherans. Here our 
 subject's father, the third Henry in lineal de- 
 scent from the original Henricus, was born 
 January. 8, [81 1. He was a carpenter and 
 followed his trade most of his life. He moved 
 to Hocking Count), Ohio, in 1838, and resided 
 there until 1848, when he took up his resi- 
 dence in Union County. He cast his first 
 vote for Andrew Jackson, but was a stanch 
 Abolitionist, and upon the organization of the 
 Republican Party he identified himself with it. 
 
 He married Miss Marian Hollister of Sul- 
 livan County, New York, whose father was a 
 native of England. This union was blessed 
 by a family of eleven children. Two sons, 
 Abner B. and James Alfred, lost their lives 
 in the Union cause during the Rebellion, and 
 one son, Alexander, lost a leg and died from 
 the results of the injury, a few years after his 
 return home. Henry Crist and his wife were 
 for many years consistent members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Crist died Janu- 
 ary 30. 1 89 1, aged seventy-six. He died Jan- 
 uary 29, 1902, having only twenty-two days 
 previously celebrated his ninety-first birthday. 
 
 Rev. Asahel Clark Crist, the immediate 
 subject of this sketch, was born in Hocking 
 County, Ohio. April 19, 1845. tne nttn child 
 of his parents. He remained at home, helping" 
 to clear up the farm, until he was nineteen 
 years of age, having only the advantages of 
 the district school for three or four months in 
 the winter season. 
 
 During the summer of 1864. young Crist 
 served in Co. 1).. 130th Keg. ( >. V. 1.. and 
 entered the high school at Marysville, in the 
 fall of that year. He taught a district school 
 for three months during the winter. Our sub- 
 ject united with the Presbyterian Church of 
 Marysville, in the fall of 1805. and was taken 
 under the care of the Marion Presbytery (old 
 school) at Cardington, at the spring meeting 
 in 1806. That summer he was employed as 
 a colporteur for the Presbytery, and canvas 
 all that part of the Presbytery west of tin 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Four Railroad. The following winter he 
 taught a district school for three months and 
 attended the high school at Marysville the re- 
 mainder of the time. In July, 1867, he en- 
 tered Vermillion Institute at Haysville, Ohio, 
 and was graduated there in October, 1870. 
 He was tutor of mathematics for two years 
 of the time at Vermillion Institute, and by 
 that means helped to defray his expenses. Im- 
 mediately after graduating, he entered the 
 Western Theological Seminar}'. During the 
 junior vacation, he taught a select school at 
 Worthington, Pennsylvania, for five months. 
 Mr. Crist was licensed to preach at Liberty 
 Church, Marion Presbytery, at the spring 
 meeting, 1872, and supplied Brown, Kingston, 
 and Porter churches that summer. 
 
 Mr. Crist was graduated at Western 
 Theological Seminary, April, 1873, and im- 
 mediately took charge of Brown, Kingston 
 and Porter churches, living at Eden. He was 
 ordained at Trenton Church, April 23, 1874. 
 In 1875 ' le dropped Kingston and Porter, and 
 supplied Berlin and Brown until June, 1876. 
 During this time the church at Berlin was re- 
 built. He also supplied Ashley, in the even- 
 ing, for three months in the winter of 1875. 
 Me taught a select school much of the time, 
 during his residence at Eden, thus supplement- 
 ing his salary. 
 
 In the spring of 1876 lie was elected as 
 Professor of Languages in the Ohio Central 
 College, at Iberia, Ohio, and removed there 
 the 13th of August. In the spring of 1877, 
 Mr. Crist took charge of the Presbyterian 
 Church at Iberia in addition to his work of 
 instruction at the college. This pastoral re- 
 lation continued for twelve years. For about 
 live years of this time, lie supplied the pulpit 
 al Caledonia, Ohio, in the afternoons. In 
 March. [889, he took charge of the church at 
 ( (strander, being installed there in the first 
 week in March, and in connection with the 
 work of tins pastorate supplied Providence 
 and Jerome. This relation continued until 
 September 13, 1897. when it was dissolved. 
 
 (in August 21, [872, Mr. Prist was mar- 
 ried to Lovina II.. daughter of James Pocock. 
 While living at Eden, two children were born 
 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Crist — Bessie and Henry 
 Mickliff. Bessie, a bright, lovely girl, died 
 December 10, 1894, in the twenty-first year 
 of her age. Henry Wickliff, born November 
 19. 1873, was a graduate from Wooster Uni- 
 versity in 1897, after which he studied law 
 with James R. Lytle. Esq., of Delaware, and 
 was admitted to the bar on December 7, 1900. 
 He is one of the able and prominent young 
 attorneys of Delaware, and is now ( 1908) 
 campleting a term of three years as a member 
 of the General Assembly. It may be said' that 
 he has done more and better work as a repre- 
 sentative than an}- man of this count}" who has 
 had the office in recent years. 
 
 The only fraternal order with which the 
 subject of this sketch is connected is the 
 George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, ( '•. A. R., of 
 Delaware. When he was located at ( >s- 
 trander, he served as commander of the Jo- 
 seph Tanner Post of that town. 
 
 Probably no clergyman of any denomina- 
 tion in Delaware has such a wide personal 
 acquaintance with the citizens of this count}'. 
 To quote again from the Herald and Presby- 
 ter, "Every Sabbath finds him actively en- 
 gaged in the Master's service, filling some va- 
 cancy, encouraging some weak church, or 
 starting some new enterprise. Mr. Crist P 
 a man of high intellectual attainments, and is 
 possessed of rare social qualities." 
 
 DAM SIEGFRIED, agent for the 
 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at 
 Delaware, was born in Delaware 
 Township, Delaware County; Ohio, 
 March 23, 1837, and is a son of Wil- 
 liam and Susan ( Swartz ) Siegfried. 
 
 The grandparents of Mr. Siegfried came 
 to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1827. They 
 were Jacob and Elizabeth (Lantz) Siegfried. 
 both of whom were members of well-known 
 old German families of Berks and Northamp- 
 ton Counties. Jacob Siegfried located first 
 at Stratford, in Delaware County, but in a 
 few years he moved to a point north of the 
 town of Delaware, where he kept a tavern for 
 
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 56i 
 
 a short time. He died prior to 1848. aged 
 fifty-six years. His eight children were: 
 Angeline; William; Catherine, who married 
 Ephraim Willy; Sallie; Rebecca; Samuel; 
 [saac, who was blind from the age of eleven 
 years, was a broom-maker by trade and a nat- 
 ural musician; and Benjamin, who removed 
 from his farm north of Delaware to Colum- 
 bus, where he died. He married Harriet 
 Willy. Of the above family several never 
 married and all have passed away with the ex- 
 ception of Angeline, the first-born. She mar- 
 ried John Troutman and resides in Troy 
 Township, having reached the age of eighty- 
 six years. 
 
 William Siegfried, father of Adam, was 
 horn in Berks County, Pennsylvania, January 
 6, 1822, and was five years old when he ac- 
 companied his parents to Ohio. In November, 
 [848, he was married to Susan Swartz, who 
 was born October 17. 18.29. in Lehigh 
 1 1 nut v. Pennsylvania, and died August 31, 
 1905. She was a daughter of Daniel and Sa- 
 rah 1 Smith 1 Swartz. Daniel Swartz brought 
 his family to Ohio in [835, settling first in 
 Fairfield County. Conditions there did not alto- 
 gether please him and he left his family there 
 while he came on a prospecting tour through 
 Delaware County, covering the distance on 
 horseback. He found two tracts of land lo- 
 cated one and one-half miles north of Dela- 
 ware, which met his requirements, and these 
 he secured, and in 1836 brought his family to 
 Delaware Township. At that time the land 
 was all heavily timbered. He cleared it and 
 made most of the substantial improvements. 
 In 1849 he built a stone barn which still 
 stands, and which, at the time of its erection, 
 was the finest in the county. He also built a 
 residence, which his son-in-law, William Sieg- 
 fried, replaced, in 1876. with a fine brick 
 house. Daniel Swartz died in 1870. aged sev- 
 enty-seven years. His widow survived him 
 seven years and was seventy-seven years old 
 at that time. They had five children, namely : 
 Susan M., the mother of Adam Siegfried; 
 Daniel, who died in Delaware County; Ellen, 
 who married Lewis Graham, and lived ami 
 died in Marlborough Township; Caroline, 
 
 who married Daniel Miller, and died at Dela- 
 ware; and Elizabeth, who married Thomas 
 Slough, and died on the old homestead. Dan- 
 iel Swartz had 240 acres of land in his two 
 farms, and this was considered the finest piece 
 of agricultural property in Delaware Town- 
 ship. 
 
 William Siegfried took charge of the old 
 tavern on the Marion turnpike, north of Del- 
 aware, which he conducted for two and a half 
 years and then bought a farm adjoining that 
 property, on which he resided from 1852 un- 
 til the death of his father-in-law. Daniel 
 Swartz. He settled on the Swartz farm in 
 1871 and resided there until his death, wl ich 
 occurred May 0, 181)9. He and his wife had 
 seven children, as follows; Three daughters, 
 all of whom died in infancy: Adam, the direct 
 subject of this sketch; Samuel, born May 5, 
 1861, who married Martha Thomas, and re- 
 sides on his fine farm north of Delaware; Wil- 
 mer, born in 1804, who married Gwendolyn 
 Hudson, and now owns his father's first farm 
 and also the farm adjoining the old tavern 
 property; Charles, born in [869, who resides 
 in Delaware, having sold his farm and in- 
 vested in city realty, and who married Mary 
 Gross. 
 
 Adam Siegfried attended the district 
 school, the sessions of which were held in the 
 old stone school-house, north of Delaware. 
 He continued to work on the home farm until 
 he was twenty-two years of age, when he 
 married. He then farmed for several years 
 more in Delaware County, but in 1883. he 
 moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in which city he 
 resided for two years, being employed as a 
 shipping clerk in a lumber yard. His next 
 move was to Lincoln, in the same State, where 
 he remained until the fall of 1885, when he 
 returned to Delaware. He now remained on 
 his father's farm until 1891. when he em- 
 barked in a livery business at Delaware, which 
 he conducted for eighteen months. In [893, 
 Mr. Siegfried went to work for the Columbus 
 & Sandusky Short Line Railroad and contin- 
 ued as one of its employes after it became a 
 part of the Pennsylvania system, in 1903. He 
 has now maintained this connection for lift ten 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 years. He entered the railroad business as a 
 freight hand and baggage man and has been 
 steadily advanced to his present responsible 
 position as passenger and freight agent at Del- 
 aware. For fourteen years. Air. Siegfried re- 
 mained at his post without a single day of ab- 
 sence. His fidelity was recognized by the 
 company, which, in the summer of 1907. not 
 only gave him a vacation but presented him 
 with a pass over all its eastern lines. He thor- 
 oughly enjoyed this period of recreation but, 
 like the excellent business man that he is, was 
 ready to return to his routine work when the 
 vacation expired. 
 
 In 1880. Mr. Siegfried was married 
 (first) ti> Maria Stimmel, who was a daugh- 
 ter 'if John and llettie Ann Stimmel. They 
 had one son, John, who was reared mainly in 
 1 )elaware County and became a clerk in the 
 freight department of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
 road at Delaware. He was popular with his 
 employers and associates and was a valued 
 member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., 
 at Delaware. Ili> death took place February 
 1 _'. 1906, when he was aged twenty-four 
 years. He was buried with .Masonic honors, 
 fr< 111 the Masonic Temple at Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Siegfried was married secondly to Ida 
 
 is, in October, iK<j_\ She was reared west 
 of Delaware and is a daughter of David and 
 Sarah Davis. Of this union there are two 
 children. Paul I', ami Ruth Helen, aged four- 
 teen and eleven years, respectively. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Siegfried, like his father, 
 always been identified with the Demo- 
 cratic party. The elder Mr. Siegfried was a 
 stanch supporter of iis policies through the 
 greater part of his life and on man\' occasions 
 
 - elected to political office. In [874 he was 
 
 ted county commissioner of Delaware 
 
 County ami served in that capacity for three 
 
 3, In- election taking place when the 
 
 it) had an adverse majority of 600. Adam 
 
 2 fried has been equally successful in 
 overcoming the normal Republican plu- 
 rality. In [907 he was elected a mem- 
 of the City Council of Delaware. 
 coming the regular majority ..f 200 
 in the city, and in [89] was made 
 
 the Democratic nominee for sheriff and came 
 within three votes of being elected to this of- 
 fice. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 
 18, F. & A. M. He is a man who stands very 
 high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, one 
 whose business capacity and personal integ- 
 rity are universally recognized. 
 
 ;0L. JACOB AYRES, now 
 
 tired on his farm of 58 acres, a 
 valuable tract of land which is sit- 
 uated in Scioto Township, has many 
 valid claims to the respect of his fel- 
 low-citizens. Colonel Ayres was born in Pick- 
 away County. Ohio, March 1 _\ 1841, and is 
 a son of Isaac and Catherine (Freese) Ayres. 
 Isaac Ayres was born in 1810, at Harris- 
 burg, Pennsylvania, and died in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1872. He learned the 
 blacksmith's trade in York County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, which he followed more or less 
 throughout the entire period of his industrial 
 life. When he reached the age of twenty-one 
 years he started on foot and crossed the moun- 
 tains into Ohio, 'settling first in Pickaway 
 County, where he married. He remained there 
 until after the birth of five children, when he 
 came to Delaware County, locating near Bell- 
 point, where he acquired a small farm, the op- 
 erating of which was largely left to his son-,. 
 He was a man of sterling character and fre- 
 quently was invited to accept political office 
 but consistently refused. He was married 
 shortly after coming to Ohio, to Catherine 
 Freese, who was born in 1814, and died' in 
 1848. She was a daughter of Rev. Isaac 
 Freese. a minister of the German United 
 Brethren faith. He was born and married in 
 Germany and after coming to America settled 
 first in Pickaway County, but subsequently 
 moved to Bellpoint, where he conducted relig- 
 ious services in both the German and English 
 languages. The children born to Isaac Ayres 
 and his wife were: John, who died in the 
 service of his country, following the battle of 
 Perryville, Kentucky, as a member of Com- 
 pany C, One Hundred Twenty-first Regiment. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 503 
 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Ellen L., now cle- 
 ceased, who married Royal Edwards; Andrew, 
 who died in early manhood; Martha, who is 
 deceased; Catherine, deceased, who married 
 David Hamilton; Sarah, also deceased, who 
 married Frank Speese; Jacob, subject of this 
 article ; Abraham, who resides in Concord 
 Township; Hester Flora, who married John 
 Fuller, and resides at Roann, Indiana; Isaac, 
 and one child unnamed that died in infancy. 
 Both parents were very active church workers. 
 
 Jacob Ayres lived at home until his 
 mother's death, and attended what was called 
 the Haney School at Bellpoint. Until 1858 he 
 resided with Green Xeff, at Berlin Station, 
 and then, coming to Delaware, learned the 
 carpenter's trade with Henry Robinson and 
 ( 10 irge Perry. He continued to work as a 
 carpenter until he enlisted in the Federal 
 Army, on February 1, 1862. He became a 
 member of Company 1. Eighty-second Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was 
 sent to Grafton. West Virginia, thence to 
 Moorefield and later to McDowell, Virginia, 
 where the Union forces were defeated May 8, 
 1862, and retreated to Moorefield. Here 
 they were reinforced by General Fremont and 
 then crossed the mountains to Strasburg, 
 where they defeated General Jackson's forces 
 and drove him up the valley to Uarrisburg. 
 < ',( -mpany I then fell back to Middletown, and 
 from there went to Culpeper Court House to 
 reinforce General Banks, going thence to the 
 banks of the Rapidan River under General 
 Sickles. At this point, the force with which 
 I olonel Ayres was connected, being notified 
 of General Lee's advance, began a retreat to 
 Culpeper Court House. They subsequently 
 fought in the .second battle of Bull Run, un- 
 der General Pope, and after the defeat fell 
 back to Washington. The corps was left at 
 Arlington Heights to recruit, while the re- 
 mainder of the army went to lake part in the 
 battle of Antietam, as a part of the forces un- 
 I leneral McClellan. 
 
 After that battle the Eighty-second Regi- 
 ment was united with the Army of tin- Poto 
 mac and later took part in the battle of Chan- 
 cellorville under General Hooker. After his 
 
 defeat they crossed the Rappahannock River 
 and encamped in the Stafford Hills until Gen- 
 eral Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. The 
 regiment then broke camp and followed the 
 Confederate forces into Maryland, and thence 
 to Gettysburg. There, under Generals Rey- 
 nolds and Howard, the Eighty-second took 
 part in the first day's engagement. In relat- 
 ing the subsequent movements at Gettysburg, 
 Colonel Ayres' own vivid description may be 
 used to give a clear idea to the reader. 
 
 "At four o'clock in the afternoon we re- 
 treated to the village of Gettysburg and our 
 lines were re-established by General Hancock 
 and formed in line of battle around Cemetery 
 Hill. The right wing stationed upon Culp's 
 Hill was known as the Twelfth Corps and was 
 under General Slocum. and the Eleventh 
 Corps, under General Howard, joined the left 
 of the Twelfth and extended around the horse- 
 shoe bend of Cemetery Hill. The First Corps, 
 under General Newton, joined the left of the 
 Eleventh Corps and extended around the foot 
 of Cemetery Hill, to the Second Corps under 
 General Hancock and joined the left of the 
 First Corps and extended on down Cemetery, 
 Ridge and was joined on the left of the Sec- 
 ond Corps by General Sickles with the Third 
 Corps that extended down to Big and Little 
 Round Top. That position was held by each 
 corps until the close of the following engage- 
 ment. The second day opened upon the ex- 
 treme left at three o'clock by General Long- 
 street of the Confederates against Generals 
 Sickles and Hancock, and at eight o'clock 
 Ewell's Corps of the Confederate army moved 
 in upon the Union right and took the first 
 two lines of the Union works, this closing the 
 engagement of the second day. At the coun- 
 cil of the generals it was decided to open 
 against Ewell's corps as quick as they could 
 discern an object in the morning. Slocum be- 
 ing re-enforced. The attack opened early in 
 the morning upon Culp's Hill, and the Union 
 position was re-established, the battle closing 
 at eleven o'clock in favor of the Union forces. 
 At 1 40 p. m. the artillery duel opened the 
 advance of Pickett's charge, which immedi- 
 ately followed, and the Federal army was 
 
564 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 again victorious. The next day the scouts ad- 
 vanced and found that Lee was making ar- 
 rangements to retire, having withdraw 11 
 Ewelfs corps from the front of Culp's Hill, 
 and subsequently the Union army followed 
 Lee for one day, being then drawn hack to 
 Frederick City, and thence to Funkstown, 
 where they remained in line of battle until Lee 
 crossed the river. The Union army then 
 marched across the river again into Virginia 
 and hack to Bull Run battle-field, where the 
 Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were detached 
 from the Army of the Potomac and sent to 
 re-enforce Rosecrans of the Army of the Cum- 
 berland. On the 27th they started from 
 Bridgeport, crossed the Tennessee River, 
 struck the Trenton Valley at the foot of Look- 
 out Mountain, and at three o'clock in the af- 
 ternoon, being the advance scout (having 
 been detailed as a regular scout under Gen- 
 eral ( ). ( ). Howard in May. [863). 1 was 
 wounded at the junction of the railroad where 
 it passes around the mountain to Chattanooga 
 and remained there until January 23, when I 
 was furloughed from the hospital and went 
 In ime. 1 returned from there to Camp Chase. 
 Columbus, Ohio, and from there was dis- 
 charged for a gun-shot wound in my right 
 hip." In the limits of the present biography, 
 it would be impossible to give any adequate 
 account of the dangers, adventures and thrill- 
 ing escapes of Colonel Ayres, for, as a scout, 
 his was always the post of danger, the one 
 where hazard was the greatest, and for this 
 dangerous work only men of unflinching cour- 
 age were selected. Colonel Ayres has a war 
 record that should be preserved entire for it is 
 one to which his descendants can refer with 
 feelings of pride in years to come. In the heat 
 of battle, or in making his way cautiously to 
 watch the movements of the enemy in advance 
 of the army, or in carrying a message through 
 unfriendly territory. Colonel Ayres had sev- 
 eral Imrses shot from under him, and on one 
 occasion he ran a horse to death in making his 
 escape from his captors. On another occasion 
 he was taken prisoner in the Shenandoah Val- 
 ley, and as rain was falling as it does fall only 
 in Virginia, and the roads were such as only 
 
 Virginia can produce after such a rain, the 
 officers of the capturing part) - decided that 
 they would camp for the night in an old log 
 cabin in a lonely spot, picketing their horses 
 and taking their saddles and equipments 
 within the cabin. There were fifteen Confed- 
 erates in the party guarding Colonel Ayres. hut 
 that did not prevent the alert Union officer 
 from managing to get next to the door when 
 the tired part_\- lay down around the room to 
 sleep. All were worn out and all fell asleep 
 except the prisoner, who managed to slip out 
 of the door without arousing them, and catch 
 the halter strap on one of the picketed horses; 
 and while lightning flashed and thunder 
 rolled, a Union officer Was wildly galloping 
 bare-hacked in the direction of liberty which 
 was fifteen miles distant. Pursuit was con- 
 tinued for almost the whole distance to the 
 Union lines, the pursuers sometimes being -1 1 
 close that bullets whistled by the colonel's ears. 
 Fortunately he knew the men on picket duty 
 when he reached the Union forces and with 
 the cry. "A friend in trouble and the enemy 
 coining." he dashed by and fell exhausted in 
 the arms of his comrades. This thrilling ex- 
 perience was more than once almost duplicated 
 by him and its recital enables the reader in 
 these peaceful times to appreciate the nerve 
 ami valor of those who fought in the great 
 struggle of 1861-65. 
 
 Colonel Ayres was married to Mary P. 
 Rhoades. who was horn June 30. 1840. a 
 daughter of Valentine Rhoades of Scioto 
 Township, and who died March 9, 1907. leav- 
 ing behind a sweet and gracious memory. She 
 was a woman of many Christian virtues, one 
 who bore years of suffering with patience and 
 fortitude. There were four children born to 
 this union, namely: John J., who is an auc- 
 tioneer and carpenter; William A., who man- 
 ages the home farm: Rosa Mary, who is the 
 wife of Oliver Owens, of Radnor ; and George 
 E.. who resides in Thompson Township. Col- 
 onel Ayres has fourteen grandchildren. 
 
 After his marriage Colonel Ayres settled 
 in School District No. 1 1, Scioto Township, 
 in which he has lived ever since, and where he 
 has been a school director for eighteen years. 
 
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 565 
 
 In 1870 he settled on his present farm and for 
 twelve years followed carpenter work. In 
 [875 he began auctioneering', in which occu- 
 pation he continued for many years, being the 
 oldest living member of that craft in this sec- 
 tion. Although reared in a Democratic fam- 
 ily, he is a stanch Republican. He has served 
 Scioto Township as a trustee on many occa- 
 sions and has been elected when the Demo- 
 cratic normal majority has been 100. He is 
 a member of Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, I. O. 
 O. F.. at Ostrander, being past grand of the 
 same, and belongs to Tanner Post, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, at Ostrander. For a 
 considerable period he lectured through Ohio, 
 Indiana and Michigan on the subject of a Un- 
 ion ScoutV Personal Knowledge of the Battle 
 of Gettysburg, and everywhere his vivid story r 
 \\a^ listened to with interest and benefit. 
 
 AMES WILLIAM JACKSON, gen- 
 eral farmer and well-known citizen ol 
 Scioto Township, was born in Fau- 
 quier County, Virginia, November 10, 
 [853, and is a son of John S. and 
 Dorothy Ann (Wilkins) Jackson. 
 
 The father of Air. Jackson was also a 
 native of Fauquier County, Virginia. He was 
 a cooper by trade but after coming to Ohio in 
 1 S 5 7 , he followed general farming and the 
 raising of livestock. The first year after com- 
 ing to Scioto Township, John S. Jackson re- 
 sided at what is now called Eagleville. He 
 died at the age of sixty-one years. He mar- 
 ried Dorothy Ann Wilkins. who was also a 
 native of Virginia. Her death took place when 
 she was sixty-two years old. They had the 
 following children: George T., now residing 
 in Nebraska: John S., a resident of Montana: 
 Medora, who married Asa Franklin; Virginia 
 1 ; .. now deceased, who was the wife of Perry 
 Erwin, of Berlin Township: James William, 
 subject of this sketch: and Richard H. L.. re- 
 siding in Scioto Township. Both parents died 
 in [876. They were held in high esteem in 
 their community and were valued members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For over 
 
 twelve years John S. Jackson was a justice of 
 the peace. 
 
 James William Jackson remained on the 
 home farm until his marriage, and then moved 
 to Rush Township, Champaign County, where 
 he was engaged in farming" for four sears. 
 He then resided in New Dover, Union 
 County, for a few years, and later in Jack -on 
 Township, Union County, thence going to Lit- 
 tle Prairie Township, Marion County, and later 
 again to Jackson Township. He then settled on 
 the old Bird farm in Scioto Township, which 
 he continued to operate for six years. In [900, 
 he came to his present farm, which contains 
 fifty-five acres, forty of which he has under a 
 fine state of cultivation. He raises stock, 
 making a specialty of hogs, and grows , m , 
 oats, wheat and hay. November 11. [880, 
 Mr. Jackson married Mary Bird, who is a 
 daughter of Abner Johnson and Catherine 
 (Newhouse) Bird. On both sides Mr. Jack- 
 son belongs to prominent and substantial old 
 families of this section. Her mother. Cath- 
 erine Newhouse. born January 22. [831, in 
 Scioto Township, was married to Abner John- 
 son Bird, August 14, [856, and died January 
 5- 1885. 
 
 She (Catherine) was a daughter oi Wil- 
 liam Newhouse. who was born in Pickaway 
 County, Ohio, March 11, 1800, and came with 
 his parents to Delaware County in May. 1814. 
 On January 6, 1823. he married Annie 
 Richey. who was a daughter of William 
 Richey. They settled on the banks of a river 
 near Bellpoint, later moved to Union County 
 but subsequently returned to Delaware County 
 and settled on the farm now owned by John 
 R. Newhouse. in Scioto Township. They had 
 eleven children: Mary K.. David Emery, 
 Belinda. John R., Catherine, Nancy Jane, 
 Adam. Joseph, William Lafayette. James H., 
 and Isaac. William Newhouse died December 
 6, 1842. He served as township trustee. He 
 possessed mechanical genius, but followed agri- 
 culture as his life occupation. He constructed 
 the first wagon ever made in this section and 
 made many articles of household furniture. 
 
 Anthony Newhouse. father of William, 
 was born in London County, Virginia, Feb- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ruary 10, 1772. He was about four years old 
 when his father enlisted for service in the 
 Revolutionary war. When he was eight his 
 father died in the army, and Anthony re- 
 mained with his widowed mother and assisted 
 her in rearing the family. In 1794 he offered 
 his services to suppress what is known in his- 
 tory as the Whiskey Rebellion, and remained 
 in the military service for six months, going 
 as far as Fort Pitt, and afterwards returning 
 to Loudon County. In [798 be went to 
 Wheeling. West Virginia, where be remained 
 for six months, thence going to an old red 
 stone fort, the locality being now in Fayette 
 County. Pennsylvania. There be met Nancy 
 1 ms, to whom he was married March 28, 
 [799. From there, with bis father-in-law, 
 John Coons and family, and Henry More, he 
 moved to Pickaway County. Ohio, this being 
 in the early part of 1800, and settled on Scipio 
 Creek, in Salt Creek Township. The place he 
 ch"<e was one which the Indians bad cleared 
 and somewhat cultivated, but the surround- 
 ings were still wild in a large degree. The 
 nearest settlements were Chillicothe and Lan- 
 caster, the former thirteen and the latter 
 
 eighteen miles distant. 
 
 The little band of 
 
 settlers constructed cabins close together on 
 the banks of Scipio Creek, with an eye to pro 
 'ii from the Indians, who were almost 
 daily visitors. At this time the country was 
 yet unsurveyed, all of it being Government 
 land. The settlers subsisted on corn brought 
 on horseback from Marietta, together with 
 game which was plentiful. As there were no 
 mills, native ingenuity bad to fashion do- 
 me-tic utensils to take the place of that almost 
 necessary concomitant of civilization. What 
 was called a mortar was made out of a sawed- 
 off piece of log. eighteen inches in diameter 
 and two feet long. An iron wedge was 
 fastened on a strong stick, sometimes on a 
 well-sweep, and the corn was pounded by this 
 force in the scooped out end of the log until 
 it was fa ivly reduced to meal, which was then 
 
 led with a turkey win- until it was reason- 
 ably clear of chaff. It was then converted into 
 
 • \ and was the staff of life on which our 
 
 . er fi irefathers were fed. 
 
 In 1 81 2, Anthony Newhouse enlisted from 
 Pickaway County, in John Boggs' company, 
 under, command of General Tupper. and they 
 proceeded to Fort Defiance, to repulse the In- 
 dians. One night, while they were on the 
 way. they were surprised by a band of Indians, 
 one of whom struck Anthony Newdiouse's 
 horse on the thigh, making a deep, bad 
 wound. The poor animal made its way back 
 to Pickaway County on three legs. Mr. New- 
 house was discharged at LJrbana, Ohio. In 
 January. 18 14, be sold his farm of 160 acres 
 in Pickaway County and bought 200 acres in 
 Seioto Township from Henry Massie, of 
 Chillicothe, paying two dollars an acre. His 
 first journey to this section was made under 
 very uncomfortable circumstances, involving 
 the fording of Mill Creek in cold weather, and 
 the consequent freezing of his clothes on his 
 body. In the following May he started back 
 ti 1 Scioto Township, accompanied by his fam- 
 ily, and bringing with him three cattle and 
 three horses. Some of the descendants of these 
 transferred live stock are now owned by John 
 R. Newhouse. 
 
 The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are 
 three in number — Lenna Fay, Strother Bird 
 and James Arthur. Mrs. Jackson was reared 
 in the Presbyterian Church and she is an active 
 member of the old stone church of South Rad- 
 nor. Mr. Jackson takes no very active in- 
 terest in politics, although he votes as bis 
 lather did, with the Democratic party, but he 
 is ever ready to perform all the duties of a 
 
 HOMAS OWENS, a well known 
 prosperous farmer and a survivor of 
 the Civil War, resides on a valuable, 
 well improved farm of 100 acres in 
 Radnor Township. Delaware County, 
 
 < Ihio. Mr. Owens was born October 1. 1845. 
 
 in South Wales, and is a son of David and 
 
 Elizabeth (Griffiths) Owens, who were natives 
 
 of North Wales. 
 
 Thomas Owens lived in his native country 
 
 until reaching his eighteenth year, at which 
 
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 time he emigrated to America, leaving Wales 
 .May 1. [863, and taking passage at Liverpool 
 on the ship City of New York, of the Inman 
 line, which arrived at New York City in about 
 eleven days. He came immediately to Ohio, 
 locating for a short time at Marion, whence 
 he came to Delaware County, and engaged in 
 the lime business at Radnor, where he re- 
 mained for several years. He then returned 
 to Marion, near which place he carried on the 
 same business for a number of years, but sub- 
 sequently came again to Radnor Township, 
 where he has since made his home. For a 
 short time he was engaged in the manufacture 
 of lime, but he has mainly followed agricul- 
 ture, and his present farm is, through fertilty 
 of the soil and advantageous location, admir- 
 ably suited for general farming and stock- 
 raising. He has been very successful in his 
 operations and is classed with the substantial 
 men of the township. He enlisted in May, 
 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and 
 Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infan- 
 try, for service in the Civil War, and much 
 of his time in the service was spent in guard 
 duty at Arlington Heights. He received an 
 honorable discharge at Camp Chase. August 
 24, 1864. 
 
 Mr. Owens was married (first) to Ann 
 Williams, who was born in Wales, and of this 
 union there was born one son : Oliver Ivor, 
 who resides in Radnor Township. He mar- 
 red Rosa Avers, and they have four children — 
 Lloyd, Clyde, Myrtle' and Mildred. Mr. 
 Owens was married secondly to Mrs. Rebecca 
 Lewis, who was born in Wales, and she is also 
 deceased. On March 8, 1900 Mr. Owens mar- 
 ried for his third wife Mrs. Clara Thomas, 
 who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and who is 
 a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jester) 
 Johnson, who were natives of Butler County, 
 Ohio. Samuel Johnson was a well-known 
 hotel proprietor in his day, at one time keep- 
 ing the Burnett House at Cincinnati, where 
 King Edward of England, then the Prince of 
 Wales, stayed during his tour of this country. 
 Mrs. Owens' first husband was Samuel P. 
 Thomas, who was born in Kentucky and died 
 August 2, 1899. 
 
 In political matters Mr. Owens is a Re- 
 publican, and he has always been interested 
 111 public affairs, although he is no office- 
 seeker. With his wife he attends the Con- 
 gregational Church in the southern part of 
 Radnor Township. 
 
 ILLIAM W. JONES. Radnor 
 Township can boast of many good 
 farms and representative men, 
 and both may lie found respectivelv 
 in the property and person of Wil- 
 liam W. Jones, who owns a finely-cultivated 
 estate of 265 acres. Mr. Jones is one of the 
 township's native-born older citizens, his birth 
 having occurred November 4, 1825. He is 
 a son of John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones. 
 The parents of Mr. Jones were born in 
 Wales and came to America in 18 18, bring- 
 ing with them three children. They came as 
 far west as Delaware County, Ohio, the father 
 purchasing a wild farm in Radnor Township. 
 The family had few neighbors at that time, as 
 this section was only partially settled. John 
 P. Jones was one of the useful and hardy set- 
 tlers of pioneer days, and he continued to be 
 respected and esteemed until his death, which 
 took place in 1864. 
 
 William W. Jones was born and reared 
 in Radnor Township and obtained his early 
 know ledge of books in the old-time log school- 
 house near his father's farm. He grew to 
 manhood strong and sturdy, from the hard 
 discipline of clearing the land and putting it 
 under cultivation, and he has since continued 
 to follow agriculture. During the progress of 
 the Civil War be took a deep interest in public 
 matters and when the call came for ioo-d:u 
 men, in May, 1864, he went out with Company 
 A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to 
 Arlington Heights on guard duty. He was 
 in the service 115 days and was mustered 
 out in August, 1864. He is a member of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and is connected 
 with the post at Prospect. 
 
 On March 2$. 1852, Mr. Jones was mar- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ried to Eleanor Evans, who was born in 
 Wales, August 15, 1829. She is a daughter of 
 John and Margaret (Jones) Evans, who came 
 from Wales when she was in her third year. 
 They settled first at Philadelphia, later lived 
 at Pittsburg for a short time and then came 
 to Delaware County. She was still small 
 when they settled in Radnor Township, where 
 both parents died. Mrs. Jones has one brother 
 and nne sister, namely: John Evans, residing 
 in Scioto Township, and Elizabeth, who mar- 
 ried lames R. McKinney, late of Delaware. 
 Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six surviving 
 children: Margaret A., who married Evan 
 Price, residing in Radnor Township, namely. 
 John 1'. and Frank C, both residents of Rad- 
 nor Township; Mary P.. who married David 
 
 P. Pritchard, residing at Richw 1. Ohio; 
 
 Charles l\. residing in Radnor Township; and 
 Ella, who married Perry J. Griffiths, and re- 
 side- ai Radnor Station.- Delaware County. 
 Mr. Jones is a stanch Republican and takes 
 rable interest in public affairs as lie- 
 come- an intelligent citizen. For a number 
 of years he served as trustee of Radnor Town- 
 ship, and has acceptably filled other township 
 offices. Mrs. Junes belongs to the Baptist 
 Church of Radnor Township. They are well 
 known and very highly esteemed residents of 
 this section. 
 
 [RISTOPHER POTTER, a repre- 
 sentative citizen of Delaware, was 
 born in County Meath, Ireland, 
 March 27, [831, and is a sun of 
 John and Mary 1 Lynch) Potter. In 
 Ireland, John Putter was considered a man of 
 some little means and il was not with the 
 thought of increasing his own wealth that he 
 came with lus Family in America, in 1844. hut 
 with the hope that in this country his children 
 might find easier conditions and better oppor- 
 tunities than prevailed in his own land, lie 
 disco ered, however, as did many another e 
 
 I that the 1 ipital broughl so c< nfidently 
 from the old home soon melted away, in pro- 
 viding for a hundred unforseen wants. He 
 
 found after locating at Utica, Xew York, that 
 he was nut able to care as thoroughly for his 
 family as heretofore, and that his elder sons 
 would have to become self-supporting and help 
 to provide also for the younger members of 
 the family. He bought a small farm in West- 
 moreland Township, Oneida County, New 
 York, and settling on it devoted the rest of 
 his life to its cultivation, lie died in the fall 
 of 1 8 5 _» , at the age of sixty-five years. His 
 wife died in October, 1849, aged fifty-two. 
 Their second son, James, died in Ireland, in 
 [843, while serving an apprenticeship to the 
 blacksmith trade. The oldest of the family, 
 William, learned the carpenter's trade and 
 worked in Westmoreland, New York, where 
 he died in 1848. He married Bridget Devoe. 
 
 The other children of John Potter and wife 
 were: Ann. John, Christopher, Nicholas, 
 Mark. Francis and Stephen. Ann Potter mar- 
 ried Nicholas Walsh and accompanied him to 
 Rome, Xew York, where he had a position as 
 foreman on a boat in the service of the State, 
 lie probably met an accidental death as his 
 lifeless body was found in the sand after he 
 had been absent from home for an unusual 
 time. He left one child and his widow with 
 her babe came to Delaware County with Mrs. 
 Walsh's brother John, taking up their resi- 
 dence in a house owned by Christopher Potter. 
 opposite The Children's Home. John Potter 
 subsequently married and then bought prop- 
 erty on Central Avenue, Delaware, on which 
 he built a residence, and his death occurred in 
 March, 1907. Mrs. Walsh, who is now over 
 eighty years of age, makes her home with a 
 nephew. John Putter is survived by a son, 
 Frank Potter, who is employed by the Big 
 Four Railroad as baggage master. 
 
 Nicholas Putter resided on the home farm 
 until his father died, when he came to Dela- 
 ware. Ohio. After ti\-e years of railroad work 
 lie bought a farm in Troy Township, Delaware 
 County, un which he lived some seven years, 
 when he sold out and moved to Columbus. He 
 married Rosa Dunn, who died in 1891, and 
 they had four daughters and four sons. One 
 of his suns went to the EClondyke gold regions. 
 Another is employed as yard master for a 
 
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 railroad entering Columbus and one is a sta- 
 tionary engineer. Mark Potter also secured a 
 railroad position, being walking foreman for 
 a long period, for the Big Four Railroad, be- 
 tween Columbus and Lewis Center, Ohio, He 
 never married. He died at Columbus, where 
 he was first interred, but in 1907, his brother 
 Christopher had his body brought to Dela- 
 w are. 
 
 Francis Potter resided with his brother 
 Christopher until 1S5N. when he went to Se- 
 dalia. Illinois, where he was living when the 
 Civil War broke out, being engaged as a con- 
 tractor on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy 
 Railroad. He immediately enlisted in the 
 Federal Army and served three months and 
 then re-enlisted for three year-, but was taken 
 ill and refused hospital care, dying in the 
 service, in the hrst year of the war. He held 
 the rank of corporal. 
 
 Stephen Potter remained at home with his 
 father until the latter's death and then joined 
 his brother at Dresden, where he learned the 
 
 ier's trade. Later he came to Ohio, where 
 hi- brother Christopher extended to him a 
 helping hand, securing him a railroad position. 
 After frequent promotions, he was made yard- 
 master and thus continued until he was ap- 
 pointed postmaster of Delaware, by President 
 Cleveland, during the latter"s second adminis- 
 tration. Since retiring as postmaster, he has 
 twice been elected count}' commissioner of 
 Delaware County, largely on account of his 
 persona] popularity, he being a Democrat and 
 the county being normally Republican by a 
 majority of 600 votes. Stephen Potter mar- 
 ried Ellen Oualey. and they have one son. who 
 1- chief clerk at Little Rock. Arkansas, for the 
 Iron Mountain Railroad. He married and 
 hi- one son is employed in the office of the 
 locomotive department, being chief clerk for 
 the chief engineer of the Iron Mountain Rail- 
 way system. He also secured his position 
 through the g 1 office- of Christopher Putter. 
 
 Christopher Potter came to Ohio in the 
 spring of 1851, locating first in the city of 
 
 eland. He came to find work and it was 
 characteristic of the boy. as it later was of the 
 man, to find what he sought. He wa- soon 
 
 lured to check dff pork and beef, for a -alary 
 of $14 a month, shortly afterward finding an 
 easier position at the same salary with George 
 Nichols, near Elyria, and from there he went 
 to Detroit, Michigan. In the meantime he had 
 married and shortly afterward he secured a 
 situation as section foreman on the Lake 
 Sin ire Railroad, his first work being on the 
 construction of the line. Starting as section 
 boss with a salar) of $36 a month, he was soon 
 atter made conductor of a construction train. 
 From railroad work Mr. Putter turned his 
 attention t< > investing in land, this being just 
 the time when agents for Nebraska land were 
 visiting prosperous communities in the East. 
 Air. Potter invested some of his hard-earned 
 money in a land claim and traveled many miles 
 and lived on deer and corn pone in order to 
 reach it. When he finally found it he dis- 
 covered that it was occupied by a family of 
 squatters. The question of ownership was 
 amicably adjusted, however, the squatters pay- 
 ing for the claim, and he set out on foot on his 
 return journey, meeting on his way with many 
 adventures. 
 
 After his return to Ohio he resumed work 
 for the Lake Shore Railroad, receiving $60 
 a month, and he continued thus occupied for 
 some years. In 1857 he purchased a farm in 
 Lorain County. Ohio, which he subsequently 
 sold, buying other property. In 1858 he went 
 to Cleveland and became fireman on the Lake 
 Shore road. After his second marrage in the 
 following year, he moved with his wife to 
 Lewis Center, and in the spring of i860, for a 
 short time, resided in Delaware, but in the 
 same year he returned to Lewis Center, near 
 which he bought a farm of eighty acres, dur- 
 ing all this time retaining his position on the 
 railroad. At the beginning of the Civil War 
 he worked a large force of men, engaged in 
 purchasing Land and chopping wood. In 1870 
 he returned to Delaware and became road- 
 master between flu- city and Cincinnati, a po-' 
 sition he filled until [892, later taking in the 
 Columbus division from Columbus to Cleve- 
 land, and in October of this year tilling the 
 office of superintendent of stone quarries. Mr. 
 Potter then went to [ndianapolis and accepted 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tlie position of roadmaster on the Big' Four 
 Railroad, from Lafayette to Indianapolis, 
 where he continued for eleven months, going 
 thence to Desoto, Missouri, where he was 
 roadmaster from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff 
 and all branches, a position he retained until 
 1902. He took charge of the Bontair Rail- 
 road in .Missouri, where he remained one year 
 and was made roadmaster of the Cotton Belt 
 Railmad from Greenway to Pine Bluff. This 
 road he left in 1905. His last railroad employ- 
 ment was as roadmaster of the Magnetic 
 Springs Railroad, from which he retired in 
 November, 1907. Few railroad men are bet- 
 ter knjown or more kindly remembered by 
 their associates than Mr. Potter. 
 
 In 1 85 1. Mr. Potter was married (first) to 
 Catherine Burns, who was a daughter of Pat- 
 rick and Elizabeth Burns, of Brownhelm, 
 Lorain County, Ohio. They had one son. 
 George X., who died at the age of five years, 
 his death being followed four months later 
 by that of his mother. Mr. Potter was mar- 
 ried secondly, in 1859, to Emily Moran, who 
 is a daughter of Francis and Emily 1 Baldwin) 
 Moran. Mr. Moran was born in Ireland and 
 his wife iu Cuyahoga County, Ohio, removing 
 at the age of nine years to Lorain County. Of 
 Mr. I 'otter's second union there have been 
 four sons and one daughter, namely: George 
 F., Mary E, Francis C, William J. and Ed 
 ward S. 
 
 George F. Potter has been supervisor of 
 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Cin- 
 cinnati and Columbus for the past twenty 
 years. He married Mary Breen, a daughter 
 of Thomas and Ellen Breen, of Marion, Ohio, 
 and they have children — Emily N., Helen C, 
 Mary. Alice. George I'.. Dorothy and Mar- 
 garet. Mary E Potter married Joseph D. 
 Teasdale, and they reside at Kansas City. Mis- 
 souri, Mr. Teasdale being division superin- 
 tendent of the Kansas City Street Railway. 
 lie lias one child, William Bernard. Francis 
 C. Potter died in [887. lie was chief clerk 
 in the roadmaster's office at Delaware. Wil- 
 liam J. Potter is an engineer on the P>ig Four 
 Railroad running between Delaware and Cin- 
 cinnati, lie married Josie Sullivan, who died 
 
 in 1907. She was a daughter of Michael and 
 Mary Sullivan, residents of Delaware. Mrs. 
 William J. Potter left five children — Marie 
 Frances. Christina, Ellen, Edward and 
 James. Edward S. Potter died March 4. 
 1894, in Missouri, while in his father's employ. 
 he being a collector for the Baltimore & Ohio 
 and the Big Four Railroads. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members of St. 
 Mary's Catholic Church at Delaware. Mrs. 
 I 'otter was educated at the LTsuline Convent 
 at Cleveland. In 1873 Mr. Potter erected The 
 Children's Home, where he resided for thir- 
 teen years. He sold this beautiful property in 
 1885. In politics he is a Democrat, but when 
 he was a candidate for the Board of Public 
 Service at Delaware, he had no difficult}- in 
 overcoming a normal Republican majority of 
 from 400 to 450 votes. His fellow-citizens, 
 irrespective of party, hold him in high esteem. 
 
 \COB M. SCHAFFNER, formerly 
 sheriff of Delaware County, and a 
 public official of recognized worth, re- 
 sides on his well-improved farm of 
 twenty-seven acres, which is situated 
 in Troy Township. Mr. Schaffner was born 
 in this township. August 7, 1866, and is a son 
 of John and Mary (Bowers) Schaffner. 
 
 The father of Mr. Schaffner was born in 
 Switzerland and emigrated to America in 
 1854, locating in Troy Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1850, where his death took 
 place in 1905. He was twice married and his 
 first wife died in 1871 and his second wife 
 in 1904. Seven children of both marriages 
 survive, namely: John H., residing in Troy 
 rownship; Barbara L., who married S. R. 
 Eckels, postmaster at Ashley. Ohio; Ida M., 
 who married Isaac W. Kelchner, of Delaware. 
 Ohio; Jacob M., subject of this sketch; Carrie 
 1)., who married E L. Jolly, residing in Troy 
 Township; Clara B.. residing in Troy Town- 
 ship and Clarence E., residing at Troyton, 
 Ohio, where he is engaged in a mercantile 
 business. The late John Schaffner was a well 
 known and much respected citizen of Troy 
 
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 5/ J 
 
 Township, of which he served as trustee for 
 a number of years. In politics he was a Dem- 
 ocrat, lie belonged to the Reformed Church. 
 
 Jacob M. Schaffner was reared in Troy 
 Township and obtained his education in the 
 public schools. He assisted in the work on the 
 home farm and also taught music for several 
 years. From the age of maturity he has taken 
 an active interest in politics, being a zealous 
 Democrat, and in November. 1898, be was 
 elected sheriff of Delaware County, and gave 
 so excellent an administration of the office that 
 in November. 1900. he was re-elected, being 
 the first Democrat in Delaware County, who 
 was ever elected to this office for two consecu- 
 tive terms. For four succeeding years he per- 
 formed the onerous duties of sheriff with the 
 courage and impartiality that ensured him the 
 support and confidence of all law-abiding citi- 
 zens. 
 
 Mr. Schaffner was married March iy. 
 1896, to Louie M. Downing, who was born in 
 Troy Township, and is a daughter of Oliver 
 and Margaret Downing, of Delaware County. 
 Mr. Schaffner is a member of Lenape Lodge, 
 No. 29, Knights of Pythias. 
 
 A.MUEL B. MYERS, who was elect- 
 ed in 1907. for the third time, a jus- 
 tice of the peace in Ostrander, was 
 born in Mill Creek Township, Union 
 County, Ohio, November 30, 1850, 
 and is a son of Christian and Hannah (Gra- 
 ham) Myers. The grandfather of Mr. Myers 
 reared his family in Pennsylvania, and when 
 his son Christian was small he left home to 
 fight the Indians and never returned. 
 
 Christian Myers was born in 1809, and he 
 accompanied his mother when she came to 
 Mill Creek Township, Union Count). Ohio, 
 where she subsequently married Asa Robin- 
 son. Christian remained on his step-father's 
 farm until his marriage, when he bought the 
 farm which his son Samuel B. still owns but 
 does not operate himself. Although entirely 
 self-educated. Christian Myers was a man of 
 much importance in his community and com- 
 manded the respect of his fellow citizens. He 
 34 
 
 was a justice of the peace for mail) year- 
 was associate judge for some tune. His ac- 
 tivities were designed to promote the general 
 welfare and to raise his community to a higher 
 plane. He was particularly active in the Chris- 
 tian Church and often occupied its pulpit, his 
 exemplary lite making his appeals listened to 
 with a large measure of resultant good. He 
 died in March. 1861. his loss being deeplv re- 
 gretted throughout the community. His wife, 
 Hannah, who was born in the State of New 
 York, was a daughter of George Graham, a 
 native of England. 
 
 Samuel B. Myers was the youngest of his 
 parent's family of twelve children and is now 
 the only survivor. He was reared and edu- 
 cated in his native township and remained 
 on the home farm until the fall of 1887. when 
 he came to Ostrander, which thriving town 
 has been his home ever since. He has been 
 largely interested in lumbering, and at 1 me 
 time owned a saw mill. He buys standing 
 timber and manufactures lumber, which he 
 ships to all sections. He was early enlisted 
 into the ranks of the Democratic party, and 
 has always taken an interest in public matter-. 
 He has served for twelve years as a member 
 of the Town Council and has been township 
 assessor. 
 
 In 1872, Mr. Myers was married to Mary 
 A. Bean, who was born in Scioto Township. 
 Delaware County, and is a daughter of Hiram 
 Bean, and a granddaughter of George Bean, 
 who came to this section with, James Liggett, 
 ami Solomon Carr, in 181 7, from Hard}' 
 County, Virginia. These three pioneers to- 
 gether bought 600 acres of land in Scioto 
 Ti twnship, which was later amicably divided. 
 George Bean had 200 acres, and he carried on 
 farming and stock-raising, becoming a man of 
 prominence in his locality, and being foremosl 
 in promoting the civilizing agencies of the 
 time. He married Susie Carr and they had 
 seven children, of whom Hiram was the third 
 in order of birth. 
 
 Hiram Bean was born in Scioto Town- 
 ship and lived on the home place until i860, 
 when be moved to the north of Ostrander and 
 bought an interest in the Lawrence place. He 
 died in 1864. aged forty-seven year-, lie mar- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ried (first) a daughter of Abel Tanner, who 
 died in 1N45. leaving three children — George 
 H., residing in California, Mrs. Julia Cowles, 
 and Jesse. He married (secondly) Eleanor 
 Lawrence, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy 
 (( chran) Lawrence. Van Emmon, a resi- 
 dent of California, and Mrs. Myers are the 
 survivors of their three children. 
 
 Mr. and Airs. Myers have had six chil- 
 dren, the three who survive being the follow- 
 ing: Maw who married Joseph T. Richey, Of 
 Dover Township, Union County, Ohio; Flor- 
 ence, who married George Lowe, of Leesburg, 
 Lnion County: and Dana, residing at home. 
 Mrs. Myers is a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 Mr. Myers' fraternal connections include 
 membership in Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, < )dd 
 Fellows, of which he is past grand; and Os- 
 trander Lodge, No. 348. Knights of Pythias, 
 of which he is past chancellor. Mrs. Myers 
 is a member of the auxiliary order of Rebek- 
 ahs, 'in winch she has held official position. 
 
 OHN POWELL, who for many years 
 
 of his long and useful life occupied 3 
 prominent place among Radnor's re- 
 liable and substantial citizens, was 
 horn in the county of Llanafan. 
 Breconshire, Wale-. May 21, 1830, son of Rob- 
 ert and Ann ( William- 1 Powell. The father. 
 Robert Powell, emigrated with his family to 
 America about [845, and spent almost the en- 
 tire period of his life, after coming to Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, in Radnor. He married 
 in Wales, Ann Williams, and he and his wife 
 were the parents of two children — Margaret 
 and John, both of whom are now deceased. 
 
 John Powell was fifteen years old when he 
 accompanied his father to America. He at- 
 tended the Ohio Wesleyan Seminary, after 
 which he engaged in a hardware business at 
 Newark, where he resided For some years, lie 
 then came to Radnor, where he opened a 
 general -tore, which he conducted for thirty- 
 years thereafter, and also for several 
 - of that time carried on an undertaking 
 
 business. He also acquired 300 acres of land 
 and engaged extensively in sheep raising, f>oo 
 head being no unusual number for him to have 
 m his possession at one time. 
 
 In 1 Sj2 he was married to Sarah Jane 
 Watkins. who was born in Radnor. July 24, 
 [846, and who is a daughter of William and 
 Mary (Jones) Watkins, and a granddaughter 
 of Evan and Margaret ( Davis) Watkins. The 
 grandfather, Evan Watkins, never came to 
 America, but his widow and children all set- 
 tled in Radnor, Delaware County, the first of 
 the family to locate here being William Wat- 
 kins. Mrs. Powell's father. The grandmother. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Davis Watkins, 
 
 tilt a smal 
 
 log house, and her sons acquired and cleared 
 land. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Powell had five chil- 
 dren, four of whom now survive, namely: 
 William Robert, a well known architect, and a 
 graduate of Columbia University, who spent 
 two years studying in Europe; John Watkins. 
 who was educated at Oberlin College and the 
 State University at Columbus, and who oper- 
 ates the home farm, growing grain and hay : 
 David H. and Edwin K., residing at home, the 
 former of whom was educated at Culver Mili- 
 tary Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity. 
 
 Mr. Powell died June 15. 1902. He was 
 a member of the Masonic Lodge at Delaware, 
 and in politics a Republican. For many years 
 he was a director of the Delaware Savings 
 Bank. He was very strict in religious observ- 
 ance and in early life united with the Congre- 
 gational Church, his wife being a member of 
 the Presbyterian Church. He took an active 
 part in church work and for, twenty-five years 
 was superintendent of the Sunday school. 
 
 'AMUFL M. CLEAVER, who has 
 been more or less identified with the 
 sheep industry since boyhood and is 
 probably one of the best informed 
 men on the subject in the country, is 
 also the able secretary of the American and 
 Delaine-Merino Sheep Association, and re- 
 
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 575 
 
 side- on a beautiful farm of i 28 acres, known 
 as the "Maplewood Stock Farm," which is 
 situated on the Columbus, Delaware and Mar- 
 ion electric line, just south of the city of Dela- 
 ware. Mr. Cleaver was born at East Bethle- 
 hem. Washington County. Pennsylvania. April 
 [8, 1851, and is a son of Amos C. and Amelia 
 (Morris) Cleaver. 
 
 The Cleaver family to which he belongs 
 originated in Wales and in religious faith were 
 Quakers. John Cleaver, the grandfather, was 
 horn near Philadelphia, and later moved to 
 Washington Count}', Pennsylvania, where he 
 became a wealthy farmer and stock breeder. 
 He married Annie Vail and they had the fol- 
 lowing children : Amos G., father of Samuel 
 M. ; Eli. now deceased, who was formerly a 
 member of the Ohio State Legislature; Dr. 
 Hiram M., deceased, who was an instructor 
 in a medical college at Keokuk. Iowa; Bent- 
 ley, also deceased, who resided at Wapello, 
 low a: and John Ira. who resides at Center- 
 vine, Pennsylvania. 
 
 Amos G. Cleaver was born in Washing- 
 ton County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1897, 
 aged eighty-four years. As soon as his hoy- 
 hood days were over, he began to breed sheep, 
 and in 1858 he bought his first fullbred Merino 
 sheep in Vermont, although he had been en- 
 gaged in the sheep breeding industry for sev- 
 eral years previous. He was a man of sterl • 
 ing qualities, and public offices were frequently 
 tendered him. but he cared little for such 
 honors. He belonged to the Society of Friends 
 and lived faithful to their precepts. He mar- 
 ried Amelia Morris, who died in 11)05. a g e d 
 eighty-six years. She was a daughter of Sam- 
 uel Morris. They reared seven children, 
 namely: Lewis M.. Mrs. Annie Jones, Hiram 
 T., William H.. Airs. Elizabeth Linton. Sam- 
 uel M. and John, all residing at Centerville, 
 except Samuel M. and Lewis M., the last men- 
 tioned being a resident of Orlando. Florida. 
 
 Samuel M. Cleaver was a small boy when 
 he was first set to the task of tending -beep. 
 When he was four years old his father pre- 
 sented him with a sheep of his own. and he 
 has owned sheep ever since that early date in 
 his life. He attended school at Centerville but 
 
 liked better to be a shepherd than a student of 
 books. This early and continued interest in 
 the subject resulted in his becoming thor- 
 oughly posted on everything concerning the 
 care, breeding, and raising of sheep. He re- 
 mained at home until he was twenty-four 
 years of age. and until he was of age lie as- 
 sisted his father, after which he had an inter- 
 est in the home Hock. In 1876 he started out 
 for himself on a farm adjoining the home- 
 stead, with a thoroughbred flock made up if 
 the best blood to be found in the New Eng- 
 land States. He has continued that class of 
 breeding ever since. In 1879 he became a 
 member of the Vermont Sheep Breeders' As- 
 sociation and later he registered a portion of 
 his flock in the United States Sheep Breeders' 
 Association. 
 
 In 1889, Air. Cleaver assisted to organize 
 the Standard Sheep Breeders' Association and 
 for 16 years subsequently served as its able 
 secretary. He then helped to organize the 
 Consolidated Association of Merino^ Breeders, 
 which was made up of the several associations 
 in the United States, at which time (1905) 
 he was elected secretary to this body. In March 
 of the above named year, he bought his pres- 
 ent farm of 126 acres, all of which he devotes 
 to his sheep, keeping an average of 150 head 
 at all times. He buys several times as many 
 as he can raise but deals only in the offspring 
 of sheep which he has raised himself. He 
 owns some of the most noted rams in the 
 country, Gold Standard, Fortune, Improver 
 and Oil King having a great reputation with 
 breeds, in all sections. Formerly he exhibited 
 extensively both in Pennsylvania and Ohio, 
 but no longer goes to that trouble. Then he 
 sold to nearly all the exhibitors, while now 
 his best trade is only with the owners of the 
 finest flocks. He is always looking for un- 
 usually finely developed rams and when he 
 heard of the phenomenal American Model, he 
 purchased him and from his mating with 
 equally fine ewes, produced a strain that has 
 helped to make Maplewood Stock Farm still 
 more favorably known than formerly. Dela- 
 ware Count) may be congratulated on having 
 so competent a sheep breeder, and so useful a 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 citizen as Mr. Cleaver. For forty years he 
 successfully developed the sheep industry in 
 his native State, and his efforts have already 
 proven of the greatest benefit to sheep farmers 
 in Delaware County. 
 
 Mr. Cleaver married Ella Curry, who was 
 a daughter of Thomas Curry, of Washington 
 County, Pennsylvania, and they had one son. 
 Frank W., residing at Centerville. Mrs. Cleav.er 
 died in 1895. She was a devoted member of 
 the Christian Church. Mr. Cleaver married 
 for his second wife. Mrs. Mina Farquhar, 
 who is a daughter of William Keenan of 
 Monongahela City, Pennsylvania. Of this 
 union there is one child, Elizabeth. Mrs. 
 Cleaver was the widow of the late Dr. Charles 
 Farquhar, who left two children — William 
 and Blanche. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver are mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 LA - ERNEST DILSAVER, promi- 
 nent citizen and general farmer, re- 
 
 siding 
 
 on 
 
 Ins v 
 
 alualile farm in 
 
 Thompson Township, was horn n 
 Delaware County, Ohio, Ma}- 30, 
 [867, and is a son of Simon and Kate ( try- 
 ing ) Dilsaver. 
 
 The first members of the Dilsaver family 
 to come from Pennsylvania to Delaware 
 County were William 11. Dilsaver and his 
 brother, the former then in boyhood. He was 
 born July 5, 1814, and died May 28, 1901. 
 lie was reared in Ohio and married Sarah Dil- 
 saver. who was burn February 4. 1X16, and 
 died August 30. [896. They had four chil- 
 dren: Lavina, who married William Wiles, 
 died in Michigan; Jane, who lives in Michi- 
 gan, is the widow of Louis Gearhart, formerly 
 cf Virginia; Simon, father of Guy Ernest 
 Dilsaver; and Martha, who is the wife of 
 Benson Smith, residing in Michigan. Simon 
 Dilsaver was born in Thompson Township. 
 Delaware County. ( (hio, in 1N42, and has been 
 a life-long resident oi this township, lie mar- 
 ried Kate Irving, who was burn in [841, in 
 Liberty Township, near Powell, Ohio, and is 
 
 a daughter of William and Eliza (Rhodes) 
 Irving, who lived in Delaware and Union 
 Counties. To this union was horn one son. 
 Guy Ernest. 
 
 (in}' Ernest Dilsaver was reared on his fa- 
 ther's farm of 135 acres, which is a part of the 
 old homestead property on which William H. 
 Dilsaver settled. Very little change has been 
 brought about during the lifetime of Mr. Dil- 
 saver, his parents having lived all their mar- 
 ried life in the same residence and even the 
 cook-stove has not been moved for forty vears. 
 Mr. Dilsaver was mainly educated in the 
 schools of Thompson Township and his life 
 has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. For 
 seven years following his marriage be resided 
 on his father 's farm and then moved to bis 
 present farm which he purchased from Jane 
 Pitcher, and here he has engaged in general 
 farming. He has an excellent farm and has 
 placed it under a fine state of cultivation. 
 
 In December, 1887, Mr. Dilsaver married 
 Alice Manuel, who was reared in Union 
 County. Ohio, and is a daughter of A. J. and 
 Sarah (Franklin) Manuel. The father of 
 Mrs. Dilsaver was born in Virginia and her 
 mother in Scioto Township, Delaware County. 
 Ohio. Both are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dil- 
 saver have three children: Paul Irving, Clif- 
 ford and Burr. Paul Irving was born June 
 10. 1889, and died August 7. [905, aged six- 
 teen years, one month and twenty-eight days. 
 Despite his youth he had attained to the stature 
 of a full-grown man, at the time of his death 
 being six feet, two inches in height. Clifford, 
 born May 27, 1895, an ^ Burr, born December 
 20, 1 901, are both attending school. 
 
 Mr. Dilsaver has been identified with the 
 Republican party ever since the first election 
 of the late President McKinley and he has 
 taken a very active interest in public matters 
 and works loyally for his friends in 'the vari- 
 ous campaigns. \ : <>v a period of eighteen 
 months he served as a justice of the peace and 
 on numerous occasions he has attended county 
 and Congressional conventions as a delegate. 
 recently being a member of the convention 
 that cast 1,501 votes for Delaware County. 
 
JAMES B. HODGES 
 
MRS M \RV H. HODGES 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 58i 
 
 AMES B. HODGES, who is the owner 
 of nearly 400 acres of farming land in 
 Radnor Township, Delaware County. 
 is a progressive and public-spirited 
 
 citizen, and a veteran of the great 
 Civil war, in which he participated for over 
 three years. He was horn near Delaware, 
 Ohio, Feb. 7. 1844, and ' s a s " u of Nathaniel 
 W. and Sallie A. ( Underhill) Hodges. 
 
 Nathaniel W. Hodges was born in Massa- 
 chusetts, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, 
 at an early day, being one of the pioneer set- 
 tlers in the vicinity of Delaware. During the 
 gold excitement of 1840. Mr. Hodges went to 
 California by the overland mute, and there fol- 
 lowed blacksmith ing in the mining district for 
 eighteen mouths. On his return he engaged 
 in agriculture, which he followed for the rest 
 of his active period. His death took place in 
 Delaware. He held the office of trustee for 
 a number of years in Radnor Township. 
 
 James B. Hodges was reared to manhood 
 in Delaware County, and acquired his educa- 
 tion in the schools of Radnor Township. On 
 November 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company 
 E. Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, which was first connected with the 
 Eastern Army and was later transferred to 
 the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Hodges 
 participated in all the movements of his regi- 
 ment until the battle of Port Republic, where 
 he was wounded and captured by the Confed- 
 erates, by whom he was held prisoner at var- 
 
 points for three months. At the end of 
 this time he was duly exchanged and rejoined 
 his regiment, becoming brigade orderly, a 
 rank in which he served during the rest of his 
 term of enlistment. During his long and ac- 
 tive service Mr. Hodges won the esteem of his 
 comrades, and the respect of his officers, by 
 his bravery, cheerfulness, and faithfulness to . 
 the cause, and his war record was one of which 
 any man might well be proud. On receiving 
 his honorable discharge, he returned to Rad- 
 nor Township, where he has since carried on 
 agricultural pursuits. 
 
 . Mr. Hodges was married to Mary G. 
 Howison, who was horn in Radnor Township, 
 
 to them four children were born — Clar- 
 
 ence O., Homer 11.. Orrie J. and Watterman 
 M. Clarence O. married Lelia Sullivan, of 
 Union County, Ohio, and they have one 
 daughter, Avanelle E. He resides in Radnor 
 Township on one of his father's farms. Homer 
 H. took for his wife Nella V. Rosencrans of 
 Kankakee. Illinois. They have one son, Wil- 
 bur R. This family resides in Columbus, where 
 Homer H. is employed on the Columbus Dis- 
 patch, being at the head of the classified de- 
 partment of advertising. Mr. Hodges is a 
 popular comrade of the Grand Army Post 
 and Union Veteran League, both of Delaware. 
 He is a Republican in politics. With his wife 
 he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
 Warrensburg, Ohio, where he is now serving 
 in the capacity of trustee. 
 
 ARLES CRYDER. who is now 
 serving in his third term as trustee 
 of Scioto Township, carries on gen- 
 eral farming and stockraising on his 
 well-improved property which con- 
 sists of 156 acres. Mr. Cryder was born April 
 28, 1863. in Scioto Township, Delaware 
 County Ohio, and is a son of John M. and 
 Mary (McClure) Cryder. 
 
 The Cryder family can be traced back to 
 1710. when John Jacob Cryder (or Kreider) 
 fled from Switzerland to Wurtemburg, Ger- 
 many, on account of religious persecution, and 
 subsequently — about 17 16 — sailed from Rot- 
 terdam for America, reaching Lancaster 
 County as one of the earliest settlers. His 
 grandson. Michael Cryder. was born at Lan- 
 caster, in July. 1 74J and was a son of John 
 Jacob Cryder. Jr. Michael Cryder married 
 first Susan Carpenter and they had three sons 
 and three daughters, namely: Israel. John. Dan- 
 iel. Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. For his second 
 w 1 fe he married Salome Carpenter and they 
 had five children. In 1771, Michael Cryder 
 moved to Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, 
 where he acquired a large tract of land. \\ hen 
 the Revolutionary War broke out. he was ap- 
 pi nited a commissary officer and for the sup- 
 plies he furnished to the s, ildiers. he accepted. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Continental notes, which were never re- 
 deemed, and this resulted in his having to sell 
 his property. He was an old man when he 
 came to Ross County. Ohio, in 1797. His son, 
 George Sewirt Cryder, the grandfather of 
 Charles Cryder, was born in Pennsylvania and 
 there married Leah Stattenberg. He settled 
 at White Sulphur Station in 1848. He par- 
 ticipated in the Mexican War. 
 
 John M. Cryder was a son of George S. 
 and Leah (Stattenberg) Cryder, and the 
 father of Charles Cryder. He was born at 
 Alexandia, Huntingdon County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, October 5. 1837, and died in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, March 24, 1894. He was five 
 years old when he accompanied his parents to 
 White Sulphur Station. Delaware County. 
 Early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company 
 < i. Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 remained in the service for three years. He 
 was taken prisoner and before being ex- 
 changed suffered confinement at Belle Isle, 
 after which he was very ill and it is probable 
 that he never fully regained his former health. 
 His record is that of a brave and efficient sol- 
 dier. In 1877 he bought a farm situated on 
 what is now known as Klondyke Road. He 
 followed agricultural pursuits during the re- 
 mainder of his life, and was a man who stood 
 high in the regard of his fellow citizens. In 
 [859 he was married to Mary McClure. She 
 was a daughter of James McClure and was 
 born in Scioto Township. Delaware Countv, 
 Ohio, August 3. 1837. She still survives and 
 is a consistent member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 Mr>. Cryder came of Scotch ancestry. Her 
 father, James McClure. was born near Greens- 
 bur,^. Pennsylvania, and was a young man 
 when he accompanied his parents to Ohio and 
 settled on what is now the John McClure farm. 
 At that time it was a heavily wooded tract, 
 covered with valuable oak, walnut and maple 
 trees, and it was necessary to clear a spot be- 
 fore a loo- cabin could he erected. The grand- 
 parents of Mrs. Cryder, William McClure and 
 wife, came originally from Scotland. James 
 McClure raised cattle and sheep and became 
 a man of considerable substance. In politics 
 
 he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a 
 Mason. He married Olive Skinner, who was 
 a daughter of Robert Skinner, of Perry 
 County, Ohio, where the McClures stopped 
 for a short time after reaching Ohio prior to 
 settling in Delaware County. To this mar- 
 riage the following children were born: Wil- 
 liam, now deceased; Eliza, also deceased, who 
 was the wife of Isaac Newton Richey, of 
 Scioto Township; Jane, who married I. R. 
 Xewhouse. of Scioto Township; Robert, now 
 deceased; Mary, who is the widow of John 
 M. Cryder; Isabella, who married William H. 
 Cutler, of Delaware; James, deceased; John 
 McClure; and Olive, who is the widow of 
 Emory Cutler, and resides at Barnesville, 
 Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McClure joined the "Id 
 stone Church at South Radnor, in their later 
 years, but he had helped to build the church at 
 Delaware. James McClure died in 1851,. aged 
 sixty-four years. His widow survived until 
 the age of 98 years, dying in January, 
 [899. 
 
 The children of John M. Cryder an.' his 
 wife were: Charles, born in 1803; George S., 
 born in 1867; Robert, born in 1870; John M., 
 born in 1872; and Louella. born in 1881, who 
 is the wife of Fred Davis, residing at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 Charles Cryder was educated in the local 
 schools and when he was eighteen years of age 
 he rented the home farm and continued to 
 operate it until after his marriage. In 1885 he 
 purchased his present farm of his father and 
 this be has successfully conducted ever since, 
 lie carries on a general agricultural line, 
 raises the crops that do best on his land, cul- 
 tivating seventy acres, and both raises and 
 buys stock, having eighty acres of permanent 
 pasture. He keeps about 100 head of sheep, 
 thirty hogs, twenty head of cattle, all of ac- 
 knowledged superiority of breed. 
 
 October 25, 1891, Mr. Cryder married 
 Elizabeth Cryder, who is a daughter of John 
 Cryder, a remote relative of his own. Mrs. 
 Cryder's paternal grandfather was Emanuel 
 Cryder. Her maternal grandfather was Ben- 
 jamin Cryder, and the latter was a son of John 
 Cryder, who was a son of .Michael Cryder, 
 
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 583 
 
 who was the ancestor of her husband's family 
 who founded that line in Ohio. 
 
 John Cryderj the father of Mrs. Charles 
 Cryder, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb- 
 ruary 24, [834. He married Rebecca J. Cry- 
 der. February 5, 1 S 5 7 . who died November 
 20, 187(1. her birth having taken place June 
 17. 1836. She was a daughter of Benjamin 
 Cryder, a son of John and a grandson of 
 Michael Cryder. The father of Mrs. Charles 
 Cryder was a general farmer. In [86] he 
 moved to Illinois, for four years previously 
 having been a guard in the penitentiary at 
 Columbus. In politics, he was a Democrat, 
 lie had the following children: Helen Adelle, 
 Levi Calaway, .Martha Alice. Elizabeth, Henry 
 M., Mary A., James \\\, Amanda Lillie, Min- 
 nie M. and John T. The mother of Mrs. 
 Cryder was a worth)- member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, to which religious body her 
 husband gave liberal support. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cryder have four 
 children, namely: Mildred, John. Annabelle 
 and Nellie. In almost every generation of the 
 Cryder family the name of John appears, it 
 being one that is perpetuated as a token of re- 
 spect and affection for those who have pre- 
 viously born it. Mrs. Cryder is a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church at Warrens- 
 burg, of which her husband is an attendant 
 and supporter. Like other members of his 
 family, the latter is a Democrat. He has 
 held township offices and takes an active in- 
 terest in public affiairs. He is a member of 
 Ruffner Lodge No. 330. I. O. 0. F., at War- 
 rensburg and is a past grand of the order. 
 
 VIN X. GARDNER, whose tine dairy 
 farm is situated in Libert}' Township, 
 has been a life-long resident of the 
 portion of Delaware County lying 
 within one mile of Powell. He was 
 born three-fourths of a mile south of that vil- 
 lage. February 9, 1850, and is a son of Jona- 
 than and Delia ( Brenton ) Gardner. 
 
 Joseph Gardner, the paternal grandfather, 
 was one of the earliest settlers in Delaware 
 
 Count\ and his was the first burial that 
 place in the Powell cemetery. The gi 
 mother was Nancy Pond, a widow, who had 
 formerly lived in Knox Count}-. Jonathan 
 Gardner, father of In in X.. was born in Ver- 
 mont and accompanied hi-- parents to l v 
 County, Ohio. He married Delia Benton, who 
 was born on the banks of Alum Creek, near 
 Westerville, and they settled on a farm south 
 of Powell. They had the following children: 
 Nettie, now aged about sixty-six years, mar- 
 ried Rev. J. G. Evans, of the Methodist I 
 copal Church, and the)- reside near Kank 
 Illinois; Lyman, aged sixty-three years, mar- 
 ried Lillie Hall, a daughter of Gordon Hall, 
 and he is now engaged in a banking business 
 at Worthington; Bryon A., residing east of 
 Powell, married Florence Lowery, a daughter 
 of John Lowery; Isabel is survived by her 
 husband. Edward Xeds. residing in Franklin 
 County, Ohio, anil one son Robert Franklin 
 Xeds; and Franklin and Henry, both of whom 
 died young. Jonathan Gardner is dece 
 but his venerable widow still survives. SI 
 indeed a remarkable lad}-, being in full pos- 
 session of all her faculties although she cele- 
 brated her ninetieth birthday on April 24. 
 1908. More than this, she appeared on this 
 happy occasion in a becoming costume made 
 by Iter own hands, the dainty stitching on it 
 putting machine work to shame. Her hands 
 have ever been useful ones and for years were 
 busy doing helpful things for others. Since 
 there is no longer am- need for her practical 
 use of them, she has gratified her love for 
 beautiful objects by doing fine bead and • 
 fancy work and so accurately and exquisitely 
 that her display took first prize at a late 
 held at Kankakee, where she has been a resi- 
 dent for the past twelve years. 
 
 Irvin X T . Gardner attended the district 
 schools in his boyhood but as his eldest brother 
 entered the army to serve in the Civil War. he 
 was obliged to take up the work on the 
 while young. Following his marriage be en- 
 gaged in general farming for twenty-five ; 
 and during this time also did stock-buying I 
 a large extent. In [884 he came to his present 
 place, where he has 132 acres, and for the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 past two years he has followed dairying, milk- 
 ing thirty cows and ships from fifty to sixty 
 gallons of milk per day to Columbus, lie has 
 greatly improved his farm since settling ort it. 
 as lie found nothing here but an excellent well. 
 He built first what is now the rear of his 
 handsome residence, which he later completed, 
 subsequently adding fine barns and commo- 
 dious sheds. He also cleared a large part of 
 the farm. He remembers that in his boyhood, 
 an old log house stood on the place. 
 
 In 1872. Mr. Gardner married Mary 
 Burss, who died in 1879. She was the only 
 child of Amter Burss, of Libert)' Township. 
 Mr. Gardner was married (second) in 1881, 
 t" Martha Washington Tone, who is a daugh- 
 ter "i Lafayette Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner 
 have had four children, namely: Lora, who is 
 the wife of J. I'. Drumhiller, residing in Lib- 
 erty Township; Lillie and Guy, both deceased; 
 and Jay T., who manages the home farm for 
 his father. He married Amelia Pounds, who 
 i~ a daughter of William Pounds, and they 
 have one sun. Lesley. 
 
 .Mr. Gardner is a member of Powell Lodge, 
 Odd Fellows, No. 465J of Lowell Lodge, 
 Knights of Pythias, No. 684; and of the Im- 
 proved Order of Red Men, Tribe Xo. 112, at 
 Hyattsville. Formerly lie was identified ac- 
 tively with the Republican party, but in recent 
 years has been independent in his views. He 
 1- ;i trustee of Liberty Township, having 
 
 ed frequently in this office, and his official 
 act- have been very satisfactory in In- fellow 
 citizens. 
 
 EV. JOHN FRANKLIN SHAFFER, 
 
 1 >. 1 ».. \\ In ' for nearly a quarter of a 
 century ha- been in charge of the 
 Lutheran Church at Delaware, was 
 born on hi- father's farm in Fairfield 
 nty, ( >hio, March 28, [837, and is a son of 
 
 S. and Sarah I Stuckey I Shaffer. 
 
 The Shaffer famil) has been settled in 
 
 for many years, coming to tlii- State 
 
 from the rich agricultural regions of Pennsyl- 
 
 a, where many still reside to perpetuate 
 
 the honorable old name. Isaac Shaffer, the 
 grandfather of Rev. Shaffer, was born in Lan- 
 caster County. Pennsylvania, in 1768. coming 
 from there to Fairfield County, in 1798.* and 
 locating in the wilderness before the county 
 lines were drawn and when the larger num- 
 ber of inhabitants were Indians. He located 
 on a desirable tract of land very near to what 
 is now the county seat and he it was who sug- 
 gested the naming of the place Lancaster, in 
 memory of the old home toward which his 
 thoughts so often turned. The town of Lan- 
 caster was laid out in the fall of 1800 and Mr. 
 Shaffer's farm, a few miles to the southward, 
 became doubly valuable. Here he lived until 
 he passed away, at the age of eighty-two 
 years. He had married Julia Reem. also of 
 Lancaster and also of German extraction. At 
 the time of death, the Shaffer children each 
 received 200 acres of land and as there were 
 six in his family, this amounted to a large 
 body. 
 
 John S. Shaffer, father of Dr. Shaffer, 
 was the youngest son of his parents, and was 
 born in Fairfield County. Ohio, June 20, 1807. 
 At the age of twenty-one years he married 
 (first) Mary Koontz, who subsequently died, 
 leaving two sons, who survived to early man- 
 hood. He was married (secondly) to Sarah 
 Stuckey. and to this union were born ten chil- 
 dren. Mr. Shaffer continued his father's ag- 
 ricultural activities and through a long ex- 
 emplary life remained a leading man in his 
 community. He was particularly active in 
 Christian work and fellowship, being one of 
 the pillars of the Lutheran faith in Fairfield 
 County. It was mainly through his efforts 
 that a congregation was organized at Ham- 
 burg, and in the building of the church he as- 
 sumed one-sixth of the expense and also sub- 
 sequently provided for a large part of it- 
 maintenance. He was one of the trustee-, 
 also an elder and for twenty years was super- 
 intendent of the Sabbath school. He was a 
 man beloved for bis many virtues and admired 
 for bis sterling character. He died April 20. 
 [875, at Carthage, Missouri, to which place 
 he had moved in 1869; he was aged sixty- 
 eight years and three months. 
 
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 58; 
 
 Up to the aye of seventeen years, the sub- 
 ject of tin's sketch, who was the fifth child of 
 his parents, assisted in the management of the 
 home farm, attending school as opportunity 
 was afforded. The youth of that day had few 
 educational advantages, and no matter how 
 ambitious and intellectual a boy might he, he 
 was fortunate, in that section of Fairfield 
 County, if he could obtain three or four 
 months' instruction during the winter in the 
 country school. Young Shaffer was excep- 
 tionally bright, and long before he entered 
 Wittenberg College, in 1854, he had mastered 
 everything taught in the rural schools. At 
 Springfield he entered earnestly into study. 
 taking the regular literary and classical course 
 as then prescribed, and when he graduated he 
 -i' d fifth in a class of ten students, and with 
 one exception, was the youngest member o\ 
 that brilliant class. 
 
 After graduating at Wittenberg College, 
 Mr. Shaffer at once began the study of theol- 
 ogy, entering the theological seminary con- 
 nected with Wittenberg College, and remained 
 until he completed the course. He was li- 
 censed to preach in 1861, by the Miami Synod. 
 convened at St. Paris, and was ordained a 
 minister of the Lutheran Church, at Circle- 
 ville, in 1862. His first appointment was to 
 the church at Xenia, Ohio, and when Mr. 
 Shaffer took charge it was in poor condition 
 both as to membership and interest. Under 
 his pastorate it was revived and has had a 
 continuous, steady growth up to the present 
 time. At the time of his resignation of the 
 charge, some twenty years later, it had in- 
 creased in spirituality, membership and ma- 
 terial possessions. 
 
 Dr. Shaffer has been the recipient of many 
 honor.- in his church and has effectively tilled 
 many very responsible positions. lie was 
 thrice elected secretary of the Miami Synod 
 and four time- it- president, lie was retained 
 
 ■lie directorate of Wittenberg College by 
 tlie Miami Synod, for nearh a third of a cen- 
 tury, the college hoard twice elected him its 
 president, and on numerous occasions lie rep- 
 
 nted his synod in the general synod, lie 
 lias served on the Examining Committee to 
 
 examine candidates for the ministry, for more 
 than thirty year-. While residing at Xenia, 
 Dr. Shaffer took an active interest in civic 
 matters pertaining to educational movements 
 and for fifteen years served as an examiner of 
 teachers for the county schools; for twelve 
 years he served in the same capacitv for the 
 city schools, and for fifteen years served on the 
 Xenia Board of Education. He has never lost 
 his deep interest in educational progress and at 
 the time of this writing, is serving as clerk of 
 the School Board at Delaware. 
 
 In March. 1881, Dr. Shaffer moved to 
 Springfield in order to give his children what 
 he deemed better educational advantages, plac- 
 ing them in his alma mater. Wittenberg Col- 
 lege. He continued, however, to supply his 
 charge at Xenia until a successor could be 
 found, which was done in the following June, 
 the old pastor never, in the meantime, having 
 disappointed his congregation on a single oc- 
 casion. He also supplied the churches at West 
 Liberty and Tippecanoe City for some months. 
 In addition to his pastoral work. Dr. Shaffer 
 has done much literary work, all showing a 
 high grade of scholarship. From September, 
 1881, to December. 1885. he prepared the 
 comments on the Sabbath school lessons for 
 the Lutheran Evangelist, and within this pe- 
 riod also provided many articles covering a 
 wide range of subjects for that and other pa- 
 pers. For two years he was associated with 
 Dr. Ort as editor of the Evangelist, and with 
 Dr. Singley a- corresponding editor. He also 
 taught in the theological seminary connected 
 with the college the important branches of 
 Hebrew. Biblical Archaeology, Sacred Philol- 
 ogy. Biblical Evidences, Church History and 
 Catechetics. 
 
 However, under this stupendous amount 
 of work. Dr. Shaffer began to find his former 
 robust health breaking down, and as his soul 
 yearned for the regular work of the ministry, 
 when the opportunity came to organize a 
 church at Delaware, he came to this city. This 
 organization was effected in November, [885, 
 and in eleven month- the little but enthusiastic 
 congregation dedicated a line brick church, 
 with a seating capacity of 500. In June. 1887, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the board of Wittenberg College, at the rec- 
 ommendation of the faculty, conferred upon 
 Rev. Shaffer, the degree of D. D. He has re- 
 mained in this charge ever since, each year but 
 serving to bind pastor and congregation in 
 closer bonds. With the exception of Dr. 
 Stuckenberg, Dr. Shaffer is given credit of 
 having had more to do than any other man in 
 bringing into existence the Women's Home 
 and Foreign Mission Society of the General 
 Synod. 
 
 On September 18, 1862. Dr. Shaffer was 
 married to Eliza Jane Puterbaugh, of Xenia, 
 who died in .March. 1873. She left five chil- 
 dren — Sallie M., Franklin Newton, who died 
 at the age of thirty-live years. Walter St. Clair, 
 Augusta Vernon, and John Samuel. Dr. 
 Shaffer was married (secondly) October 8, 
 1N74, to Margaret Ellen Barns, who died May 
 23, [882. She left one child. Ella, who died 
 at the age of three months. Dr. Shaffer was 
 married, for the third time, July 3, [884, to 
 Kate M. Boggs, of Zanesville. Of this union 
 there have been two children — Ralph Boggs, 
 who died at the age of eight months, and Elida 
 .Marguerite, who is a member of the class of 
 '09, < ). W. U. Miss Boggs had consecrated 
 herself to foreign missionary work, and in 
 [880 had sailed for India, being the first repre- 
 sentative of the Women's Missionary Society 
 to that country. On account of the intense 
 heat of that land she broke down in health and 
 was forced to return. Since then she has been 
 verv active in the tield ot home missions. 
 
 OHN RATHBONE STANBERY, a 
 progressive farmer of Liberty Town- 
 ship, who owns land amounting to 453 
 acres, was born in the city of Zanes- 
 ville, Muskingum County. Ohio, June 
 ig. [836, and is a son of Charles and Mary 
 ( Smith ) Stanbery. 
 
 Jonas Stanbery. the grandfather of John 
 R., was born in New York and he accompanied 
 Stephen I!. Munn, to Ohio, both coming as 
 land speculators. They located land in Mus- 
 kingum, Fairfield, Licking, Delaware. Frank- 
 
 lin, Pickaway, Madison and other counties of 
 Ohio east of the Scioto River. Jonas Stan- 
 bery held more than a hundred thousand acres 
 in his own right. In the disposal of this prop- 
 erty he was both just and generous, accepting 
 almost any kind of commodity from the set- 
 tlers in payment lor land. It was a source of 
 satisfaction to him that no pressure had ever 
 caused him to sue for a debt. 
 
 Jonas Stanbery married Ann Lucy Sea- 
 man and they both lived into advanced age. his 
 death occurring at Zanesville, in 1838. at the 
 ag-e of seventy-two years. The following 
 children were born t<> Jonas and Ann Lucy 
 Stanbery: Augustus. George, Henry. Ed- 
 ward, Charles and Howard. Henry Stanbery 
 was the eldest of the family and he became a 
 lawyer and subsequently filled some of the 
 highest positions of State and Nation. From 
 being attorney-general of Ohio, he was chosen 
 by President Andrew Johnson as a member of 
 his cabinet and filled the high office of attor- 
 ney-general of the United States until such 
 time as he resigned in order to take up the de- 
 fense of the President in the impeachment 
 proceedings. After General Stanbery's efforts 
 had been crowned with success, he was re-ap- 
 pointed to the office be had so ably tilled pre- 
 viously, but the Senate never confirmed this 
 second appointment. He later engaged in the 
 practice of law in Campbell Count}-, Ken- 
 tucky, but the greater part of his time was 
 taken up in practice in the Federal Courts. He 
 died in New York city. He was married ( first ) 
 to a daughter of General Beecher, of Lancas- 
 ter, Ohio. His second marriage was to Cecelia 
 Bond, who was a daughter of William Key 
 Bond, who was a member of Congress from 
 Ohio and was a resident of Chillicothe. Of 
 the other children of Jonas Stanbery, Edward 
 was a physician and he practiced at Newark, 
 Ohio, where he died. Charles Stanbery was 
 the father of John R. Stanbery. Howard 
 Stanbery spent the whole period of his life at 
 Zanesville. George Stanbery died while he 
 was at school, at Athens, Ohio. Augustus was 
 the only member of the family to die in child- 
 hood. 
 
 Charles Stanbery, father of form Rath- 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 537 
 
 bone Stanbery, was born in 1809, in the city 
 of New York, and in 1814 he accompanied 
 his parents to Ohio. They established the 
 family home at Zanesville, and young Charles 
 was afforded excellent educational advantages 
 both in that city and at Athens, Ohio. He be- 
 came a member of the Bar and had the pros- 
 pect of much professional success, when the 
 death of his father called him to take charge 
 of the large estate and the management of this 
 required the greater part of his subsequent at- 
 tention. Soon after his marriage he moved 
 to Delaware County, from there to Lancaster 
 and later to Columbus, where he lived for a 
 number of years. His large interests, how- 
 ever, in Delaware County, finally required him 
 to give them his personal attention and in 
 [856 he returned and settled in Liberty Town- 
 ship, on the Scioto River. In the same year 
 he erected here a fine mansion and in this 
 beautiful home both he and wife lived until 
 death. 
 
 Charles Stanbery was married at Zanes- 
 ville to Mary Smith, who was a daughter of 
 Hon. Theophilus Smith, judge of the Supreme 
 Court of Illinois. She died in March. 1883, 
 at the age of seventy-two years. She was sur- 
 vived by her husband until 1802, when he was 
 in his eighty-htird year. They had four chil- 
 dren : Clara S.. John R.. Charles and Ed- 
 ward. The only daughter of the family, Clara 
 S., is the widow of Col. George W. Neff, and 
 resides in Liberty Township, Delaware Coun- 
 ty, Ohio. Colonel Neff died in 1882. He 
 was a native of Ohio and be served as second 
 lieutenant in the Second Regiment, Kentucky 
 Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in West 
 Virginia and was confined for thirteen months 
 in prison, during three of which he was under 
 sentence of death. After his release from the 
 Charleston jail, he was commissioned colonel 
 of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry. Two daughters. Laura and 
 May, and three sons, Ambrose, George and 
 Bond, survive him. Ambrose Neff married 
 Jennie Abert, whose father was an officer in 
 the Regular Army. They live at Elmwood. 
 George Neff married Margaret Wallace and 
 thev reside in New York city, where he is a 
 
 large contractor and mechanical engineer. 
 Bond resides also in New York, where he is in 
 business as a hydraulic engineer. Charles 
 Stanbery resides on the old Stanbery farm on 
 which his father settled in 1856. He was edu- 
 cated in the district schools, at Cincinnati and 
 at Zanesville. He acrries on general farming 
 on 150 acres. He is a member of the Knights 
 of Pythias at Powell. Mr. Stanbery is unmar- 
 ried. Edward Stanbery married Emma New- 
 ell and they are residents of Chicago. Illinois. 
 and have four children. Frank, Edward, 
 Emma and Helen. Mr. Stanbery represents 
 the Royal Insurance Company of London, 
 England. 
 
 John R. Stanbery attended the Columbus 
 High School and the Capital University, it 
 Columbus, Ohio. He accompanied his parents 
 to Liberty Township, when they came here in 
 1856, and he has lived here ever since, with 
 the exception of five years, during which he 
 was an employe of the Cincinnati & Zanesville 
 Railroad and lived at Zanesville. Agricultural 
 pursuits have afforded him more content than' 
 either a mechanical, commercial or profes- 
 sional career, although he is well equipped for 
 either. His large estate is under a fine state 
 of cultivation and he has it stocked with su- 
 perior breeds of cattle and other livestock. He 
 is undoubtedly one of the county's best and 
 most successful farmers. 
 
 John R. Stanbery was married at Zanes- 
 ville, Ohio, to Annie Martin, who was a 
 daughter of Alfred Martin. Mrs. Stanbery 
 died in 1901. Her death removed from both 
 family and social circles a lady of beautiful 
 presence and lovable personality. She is sur- 
 vived by two daughters. Adaline and Mary. 
 The former is the wife of Edward S. Menden- 
 hall, of Delaware. Ohio, and the latter is the 
 wife of Miles T. Watts, of Cincinnati. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mendenhall have one daughter. An- 
 nie. Mrs. Watts is a lady of literary talent 
 and is an acceptable contributor to various 
 publications of the day. including McClure's 
 magazine. She belongs to a pleasant lite 
 circle at Cincinnati, where her work is much 
 appreciated. 
 
 Mr. Stanbery is identified with the Hem- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ocratic party, the family Eor several genera- 
 tions having been connected with that organi- 
 zation. He is interested in public and local af- 
 fairs tn the extent of faithful citizenship, but 
 he has never been willing to accept office. 
 
 K (MAS A. FRYMAN, one of Thomp- 
 son Township's representative citi- 
 zens, owning a valuable farm of sev- 
 enty-three and one-half acres, has re- 
 sided here ever since 1850, with the 
 exception of three years which he dedicated to 
 the service of his country. Mr. Fryman was 
 bom in Monroe County, Ohio. January 21, 
 1N44. and is a son of George and Margaret 
 (Porterfield) Fryman, and a grandson of 
 George and Mary Fryman, who lived and died 
 in Pennsylvania. 
 
 George Fryman moved from Monroe to 
 Belmont County. Ohio, and from there to 
 Delaware County, which he reached March I, 
 [850. lie was welcomed by his brother. John 
 Fryman, who had come to Delaware County in 
 1833, from Pennsylvania, subsequently being 
 followed b) his brothers and two sisters, Mary 
 A. and Margaret. Mary A. was the wife of 
 Louis II. Vincent, and Margaret was the wife 
 of Robert Craig. All are now deceased. One 
 brother. Samuel. mined from Delaware 
 County lo Oregon, Holl County, Missouri, 
 prior to the Civil War. and two of his sons 
 id in the Confederate army, and one son 
 and a son-in-law were soldiers in the Union 
 army. 
 
 In 1857. George Fryman, father of Thomas 
 A., purchased twent) acres of land in the 
 \vi ods, in Thompson Township, which he later 
 cleared and improved, and he resided on the 
 place until the close of his life, September 30, 
 [899, wlu-n aged eighty-eight years, five 
 months and nineteen days, lie married Mar- 
 el I '1 irterfield, who was 1" irn [une 9, 181 3, 
 who died in August, [902, aged eighty-eighl 
 S, two months and ten days. She was 
 burn in America but was ,,f [ r j sn parentage. 
 Three Porterfield brothers came from Ireland 
 and -ettlcil in Belmonl Countv, Ohio, one of 
 
 these, Alexander Porterfield, being her father. 
 There were nine children born to George Fry- 
 man and wife, three of whom died in infancy 
 and four of whom survive. The record is as 
 follows : Mary Jane married Salathail Rose 
 and died in June, 1873. Susanna is the widow 
 of Dexter Durfey and resides at Marion, Ohio. 
 Christiana, who was born December 27, 1841, 
 died November 2$, 1843. Thomas A. was 
 the fourth born in this family. John, who 
 was born December 15. 1846. died November 
 24. 1847. Margaret Elizabeth, who was 
 born September 13, 1848, married John Agin 
 after the close of the Civil War. and died Sep- 
 tember 27. 1868. Sarah C. married David 
 Williams and they live in Thompson Town- 
 ship. Martha E. is the widow of John Wil- 
 liams and resides in Thompson Township, 
 just west of her brother, Thomas A. Hannah, 
 the youngest, was born October 26. 1857, died 
 January 7, 1863. 
 
 Thomas A. Fryman attended the district 
 schools near his home. He was but seventeen 
 years of age when he enlisted for service in 
 the Civil War, entering Company F, Ninety- 
 sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at 
 Camp Delaware, on August 4, [862. On the 
 first of the next month the regiment was sent 
 to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there to 
 Memphis, Tennessee, and then on to Vicks- 
 burg, where it was stationed until the sur- 
 render of that city. From Vicksburg the regi- 
 ment was sent in pursuit of General Johnson, 
 first to Jackson and from there to New Or- 
 leans, and then to Matagorda Bay. then back 
 to Vicksburg. Mr. Fryman participated in the 
 Red River campaign and assisted in the cap- 
 ture of Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, Fort 
 Gaines and Mobile. After the battle of Mo- 
 bile the young soldier was mustered out and 
 returned to Cam]) Chase. Ohio, July 29, 1865. 
 going from there to his home. Although he 
 was prostrated by a sun stroke, at Jackson. 
 Mississippi, he returned comparatively tin- 
 harmed notwithstanding his post of duty had 
 frequently been one of the greatest danger, 
 and his record shows that he never evaded any 
 service. 
 
 Mr. Fryman then resumed the peaceful 
 
COL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD 
 
MRS. SARAH H. CRAWFORD 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
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 pursuits of agriculture and has given much at- 
 tention tn raising hogs, each year having a 
 large number to put on the market. He has 
 added to the original farm and has improved 
 the land by thorough cultivation and has 
 erected new buildings and remodeled the old 
 ones. A part of his residence was the old 
 home of his uncle John and, although con- 
 structed or logs, was considered a very fine 
 house when it was built, the best one in the 
 whole township. In 1903 he erected his pres- 
 ent substantial barn. 
 
 Mr. Fryman married Evaline Durfey, who 
 is a daughter of James and Jane ( Nafus ) Dur- 
 fey. and a granddaughter of Ebenezer and 
 Malinda Durfey. James Durfey was a tailor 
 by trade, residing in Union Count}', where 
 Mrs. Fryman was born. Mr. and Mrs. Fry- 
 man have had six children, namely : Ettie 
 Elnora, Sarah C, George J., Cora. William 
 Oscar and Thomas Ray. Ettie Elnora was 
 horn in 1867 and married Archibald Black. 
 They reside one-half mile distant from Mag- 
 netic Springs, in Union County. They have 
 had seven children : Clyde, Claude, Clifford, 
 Clinton, Mary Evaline, Thomas Call, Clay- 
 ton and Zola, the latter being deceased. Sarah 
 C. was born in September. 1870. married John 
 Gabriel and they lived in Radnor Township 
 near Prospect. They have three daughters 
 and two sons: Florence, Carl. Grace, Frances 
 and Lester. George J. was born September 
 6, 1873, married Bertha Williams of Wyan- 
 dot County and they live in Union County. 
 They have one child, Dorance. Cora was born 
 September 30, 1876, married Nelson C. Fry- 
 man and they reside in Thompson Township 
 and have two sons and one daughter : Ernest, 
 Max and Mildred. William Oscar was born 
 September 30, 1879, married Lydia Smart of 
 Union County and they have one child. Leah 
 Evaline. Thomas Ray was horn in June. 
 1 88 1. He married Clara Rider ami they have 
 one daughter, Clara Louise. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Fryman is a Democrat. 
 For fifteen years he has served as a justice of 
 the peace and for thirty years has been a use- 
 ful member of the township Board of Educa- 
 tion. He has always taken an active interest 
 
 in advancing his community and is identified 
 with the various movements which have made 
 this one of the most intelligent and progressive 
 sections of Delaware County. 
 
 OL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD, an 
 honored resident of Delaware, has 
 been identified with the interests of 
 Delaware County, in public office 
 and private business, all his life. He 
 was born in Delaware, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, June 11, 1834, and is a son of Colonel 
 James W. and Nancy (Stephen) Crawford. 
 The name of Crawford is a familiar one in 
 Ohio history, and has been particularly con- 
 spicuous in public and military life. Colonel 
 William Crawford, who was burned at the 
 stake by hostile Indians, on Sandusky Plain, 
 was a kinsman of the present representative 
 of the name. This same Col. William Crawford 
 served in Braddock's army, and was Colonel 
 of the Fifth Virginia Regiment that served 
 under General Washington during the war of 
 the Revolution. James W. Crawford, father 
 of James M., was an officer in the War of 
 1812. Two brothers served in the war with 
 Mexico, and two brothers and five nephews 
 assisted, with Colonel James M. Crawford, in 
 suppressing the Rebellion of 1861-5. Of these, 
 two were killed in battle and two were mor- 
 tally wounded, while another died at the close 
 of the war from disease contracted in the 
 service. Still another member — one of the 
 younger generation — kept up the family pres- 
 tige by serving in the Spanish-American War. 
 as a member of President Roosevelt's Rough 
 Riders. 
 
 James M. Crawford was reared and edu- 
 cated in Delaware, where he learned the trade 
 of painter, which he followed until 1858. On 
 the 1st of February. 1859, he joined with a 
 party of nine other men. at Gabon, Ohio, who 
 crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountain-. 
 where he engaged in mining with various re- 
 sults. Returning to Delaware in December, 
 1859, he there resumed his trade, which he fol- 
 lowed until the opening of the Civil war. Then. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 not content with offering his own services to 
 aid in preserving a united country he exerted 
 himself to secure the enlistment of his friends, 
 and with such good success that with one 
 day's effort he raised a company, which was 
 organized April 16, 1861, of which he was 
 made captain. This company was immedi- 
 ately offered to the governor of Ohio, and 
 through Captain Crawford's energetic efforts, 
 it became the first accepted military organiza- 
 tion of the State for the Civil War service. The 
 company, together with another Delaware 
 County company, was assigned to the Fourth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These 
 Delaware companies were lettered respectively 
 C ami I. and the record shows that the officers 
 of Company C were the only ones commis- 
 sioned as early as April 16, [861. 
 
 Early in May, 1861, this regiment was en- 
 listed for the three month' service, and before 
 it was disbanded — in fact in June, [86] — it re- 
 enlisted for three years. After serving with 
 Company C until November 14. [862, Captain 
 Crawford reluctantly resigned his commission 
 on account of severe and repeated hemorrhages 
 of the lungs, and returned to Delaware. As 
 soon as his health permitted, he entered ac- 
 tively into the recruiting service and so con- 
 tinued until he was appointed colonel of the 
 Ohio National Guard, and was assigned to the 
 duty of instructing and disciplining the troops 
 assembled at Columbus, in response to the 
 Governor's call, for the defense of the State 
 against Morgan's raiders. In this position Col- 
 onel Crawford won signal honors and was 
 complimented by the Governor as well as by 
 the department commander. This did not 
 close his military career, for he subsequently 
 enlisted for the service of 100 days, in the One 
 Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. N. G., 
 and commanded a detachment from the regi- 
 ment for garrison duty at Forts Tillinghast 
 and Craig, winch protected the chain of forti- 
 fications south of Washington, D. C. On his 
 return from this service he was honored by 
 electi n as colonel of the Twenty-first Regi 
 ment, ( ). \. G. 
 
 In [866 Colonel Crawford resumed work 
 at his trade and continued to be SO occupied 
 
 for a number of years. In the spring of 1866 
 he was appointed United States revenue as- 
 sessor in Delaware County, and served in that 
 office for five years. He then engaged in a 
 real estate and insurance business, in which 
 he remained interested until 1884. In the year 
 last mentioned he and his wife were elected 
 superintendent and matron respectively of the 
 Girls' Industrial Home, and they continued, 
 With slight intermissions, m those positions 
 until 1892. The records for those years show 
 how admirably the institution was conducted, 
 and how thoroughly qualified were both Col- 
 onel Crawford and his efficient wife for the 
 discharge of the duties they had assumed. 
 
 On his return to Delaware from the Girls' 
 Industrial Home, he was offered a lucrative 
 position in Chicago, Ills. Mr. J. K. Newcomer 
 at that time was making a strenuous effort to 
 organize a local company for the purpose of 
 building an electric railway within the city 
 limits. Thinking the project might prove to 
 be a benefit to the city, Colonel Crawford was 
 induced to join in the enterprise. He there- 
 fore declined the Chicago proposition, and at 
 once joined the promoters with his usual zeal, 
 to help in carrying out their plans. A com- 
 pany was soon organized and incorporated 
 under the laws of Ohio. When the company 
 advertised for bids for the construction of the 
 road, he anticipating the advantages that might 
 accrue from the stimulus given to home labor, 
 determined to put in a bid. His bid. being 
 much lower than that of any other contractor, 
 was accepted and the contract given to him. 
 The work was immediately commenced and 
 was satisfactorily completed within the limits 
 of the contract. 
 
 Prior to the extension of the line into the 
 grounds at Greenwood Lake. Colonel Craw- 
 ford endeavored to secure a lease on the prem- 
 ises for the purpose of developing more fully 
 the natural beauty of this pleasant resort. Not 
 being able to secure sufficiently satisfactory 
 terms, according to the value of the property, 
 upon which to base a lease, he abandoned 
 further effort along this line and turned his 
 attention toward the development of the great- 
 est natural asset within the limits of the city. 
 
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 595 
 
 To this end he purchased and moved into the 
 pleasant home place afterward known as Five 
 Oaks, on We^t Central Avenue, this being in 
 the fall of i Si)-- The property purchased lies 
 in close proximity t'> the well known Indian, 
 or Little's Springs, whose healthful waters 
 have inspired hint to a continued effort to gel 
 hi- neighbors interested with him in the de- 
 velopment of these beautiful grounds, whose 
 resources seem to he beyond all present calcu- 
 lation. At tin- writing there is an organiza- 
 tion known as the Mineral Springs and Sani- 
 tarium Company, of which he is president, 
 with a capitalization of $150,000, ami with 
 bright prospects of realizing their plans and 
 seeing their efforts for the construction of the 
 necessary buildings crowned with success. 
 
 Colonel Crawford entered the political 
 arena in 1855. and has been an active worker 
 in the ranks of the Democracy ever since, hut 
 side-stepped in i860 and [864 to vote for that 
 greater Democrat, Abraham Lincoln, holding 
 that he violated no tenet of his party in so 
 doing. He has been many times called to the 
 chairmanship of the County Committee, and 
 served as a member of the State Central Com- 
 mittee in 1884, when he stood Spartan-like 
 against the machinations of the schemers in 
 the committee to thwart the will of the people 
 by placing another candidate in the field from 
 Ohio against Judge Allan G. Thurman. the 
 people's choice for the Presidency. He went 
 t" Chicago with Judge Thurman and was se- 
 lected by him as the custodian of his head- 
 quarters during the struggle in the National 
 convention. During- the Colonel's long service 
 he has been frequently chosen as a delegate to 
 Democratic State conventions. He was a 
 delegate to the National convention at Cincin- 
 nati in 1868. and an alternate at the National 
 convention at Chicago in 1890. While Col- 
 onel Crawford has displayed much activity in 
 business and political affairs, his home life has 
 been to him the sphere in which he realized 
 the greatest degree of happiness, and in which 
 he found the deepest sentiment- of his nature 
 capable of their fullest expansion. He mar 
 ried in 1864, Sarah M. Henry, a refined and 
 accomplished lady, who was a native of Shell i\ 
 
 County, Ohio. When he and hi- good wife 
 moved to their suburban home, they felt that 
 they had found a real haven beneath the tre 
 and among the birds — a situation in which 
 ethical culture becomes a pleasure and the fre- 
 quent touch of Nature leads to a closer touch 
 with the Creator. This quiet retreat became a 
 refuge to all who sought its hospitality and 
 appreciated the privilege of a free pull at the 
 latch string, that ever hung on the outside of 
 the door. Many of the recipients of the foster- 
 ing care bestowed upon them in earlier years, 
 returned, bearing mementos of their apprecia- 
 tion of the kindness and consideration ex- 
 tended to them in the days of their youth. To 
 the Colonel and his wife these visits were like 
 bread cast upon the waters, that returns after 
 many days. 
 
 This retreat was their happy home until 
 August 15, 1903. when the deepest shadows 
 that ever fall upon any household, en- 
 compassed theirs. It was then that the good 
 wife anil co-worker in public and private life, 
 who was the light and the joy of their home 
 for nearly forty years passed to her reward. 
 Her death brought grief to all who had had 
 the privilege of knowing her, kind and affec- 
 tionate remembrance being shown by main' 
 wards of the State upon whom she had lav- 
 ished so much sympathizing care. 
 
 Colonel Crawford remained at the old 
 homestead until June, 1907, when he sold his 
 place and located on North Franklin Street, 
 where he now resides. 
 
 Colonel Crawford has been financially in- 
 terested in a number of important enterprises 
 in this section. His connection with the Dela- 
 ware Electric Railroad and its construction, 
 and with the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium 
 Company, has been already noticed. He is 
 also a director in the Citizens Savings Bank. 
 He belongs to Hiram Lodge, No. 18. F. & A. 
 M.. to the Chapter and Council at Delaware. 
 and to the Commandery at Marion. He has 
 been a member of the local Grand Army post 
 from it- organization. For half a century he 
 ha- keen a member of William Street Metho 
 di-t Episcopal Church, and also teaches a 
 large class in the Sunday school. He has 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 served as justice of the peace for two terms, 
 commencing in 1877 and closing in 1883; and 
 was a member of the city School Board six 
 years, 1894 to 1900. A man of tried integrity 
 and public spirit, with a readiness to sacrifice 
 himself for the interests of others, yet of- good 
 business ability, social in his nature, with a 
 cheerful disposition and kind and genial man- 
 ners, sucb is Colonel Crawford as his neigh- 
 bors see him. The weight of years has made 
 little impression on him, nor ever will in any 
 essential respect, for he is pre-eminently one 
 of those who may wear out but will never rust 
 out. 
 
 ELYLY CASS CLICK, one of Con- 
 cord Township's leading men. 
 owning 300 acres of valuable land. 
 was born in Concord Township, 
 Delaware County. Ohio. Decem- 
 ber 9, 1851. 011 a farm within one-half mile 
 from where he now resides, lli-- parents were 
 Lyman T. and Ellen Matilda (Dunlap) Glick. 
 Lyman T. Glick came to Delaware County 
 from Licking County. Ohio, about [840, and 
 purchased a farm near Plain City, but later 
 sold that land and bought fifty-eight and one- 
 third acres in Concord Township. He en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits through life and 
 also acted as agent for various concerns. He 
 died at the age of fifty-seven years. About 
 1N47 he married Ellen Matilda Dunlap and 
 there were six children born to them, namely: 
 Lafayette and Esther, both of whom died 
 young; Julian Andrew, who lived to the age 
 of -'_' years: Melvm ( !ass ; Leroy Addison, 
 residing in Liberty Township, married (first) 
 [da May Thurston and (second) Mary 
 Thompson; and Elisha Murry, who is engaged 
 in farming in Franklin County, married Emma 
 Hard. 
 
 Melvin Cass Glick grew to nianh 1 in 
 
 Concord Township, where, since lie finished 
 going to school, he has carried on agricultural 
 activities. He has lived on his present farm 
 for the past 26 years. Prior to that he rented 
 land for a number of years. When he con- 
 
 tracted to purchase his first farm of 41 and 
 three fourths acres, he paid $252.50 to seal the 
 bargain, and went into debt for $800. This 
 does not seem such a large amount to him 
 now, but many years of hard work and pro- 
 vident saving followed before Mr. (dick and 
 his estimable wife felt themselves entirely free 
 of incumbrance and ready to enjoy the fruits 
 of their persevering labor. When Mr. Glick 
 came here he found the land much run down 
 ami requiring a large amount of fertilizing and 
 careful managing to make it productive. He 
 immediately began to build up the land and also 
 to make necessary improvements and in the 
 course of a few years built the present sub- 
 stantial farm buildings. The little log cabin in 
 which Mr. and Mrs. (dick went to housekeep- 
 ing, after the}- came to this [dace, still stands. 
 Mr. Glick has made a specialty of raising 
 horses, mules and ponies. He keeps an aver- 
 age of 35 head and has two registered Perch- 
 eron stallions. His farm is noted over a large 
 territory for the fine mules anil Shetland ponies 
 raised here. A recent sale of mules for $475, 
 and an offer of $450, for a second pair, indi- 
 cate the valuable animals he keeps. He aims 
 to sell from five to six head of horses annually. 
 His livestock are well cared for, comfortable 
 shelter being provided, with an abundance of 
 clear water. 
 
 In 1 87 1, Mr. Click married Susan Ann 
 Edwards, who is a daughter of James ami 
 Margaret Edwards. Her parents are deceased 
 and she was born near Rochester, in the State 
 of New York. Her parents moved to Frank- 
 lin County, Ohio, about 1857 and purchased a 
 farm, and sold it in about two years later and 
 purchased another in Delaware County, Ohio, 
 where she was reared. She has two sisters: 
 Margaret, who is the wife of J. P. Seeley. re- 
 siding in Seward County, Nebraska ; and Car- 
 rie Emmeline, who married Nelson Emmer- 
 son, residing at Seattle, Washington. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. (dick have had four children, 
 namely: James Terrell, who died in 1906, 
 aged 33 years; Addie, who married R. B. 
 Maddox, resides in Liberty Township, and 
 they have two daughters. Marjorie and Laura : 
 Carrie Bell, who resides at Brooklyn, New 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 597 
 
 York; and Turney Edward. The latter is a 
 young man of 20 years residing at home. In 
 National politics, Mr. Glick votes the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, but is independent in local af- 
 fairs. He belongs to Protection Lodge. No. 
 219, I. O. O. F., at Jerome. 
 
 HARLES CARLSON, one of Liberty 
 jy/g] Township's excellent citizens and 
 representative farmers, was born 
 November J3, 184J. in Sweden, 
 where his father, Charles Carlson, 
 lived and died. 
 
 In 1869. when 27 years of age, Mr. Carl- 
 son came to America and after a pause in New 
 York, proceeded to Burlington, Iowa, remain- 
 ing in that State for five years, variously en- 
 gaged. Prior to reaching Delaware County, 
 September 10. 1875. ' ie had worked at Toledo. 
 Ohio, and for a short time he engaged in rail- 
 road work in Delaware County, but finally 
 w 1 irked at farming on the place on which he 
 has resided ever since. 
 
 On September 26, 1876, Mr. Carlson was 
 married to Dora Case. The grandparents of 
 Mrs. Carlson were Lumis and Lucinda Case 
 and Roswell and Nancy Tuller. Both fami- 
 lies came to Ohio from Connecticut and the 
 maternal grandparents died on the present 
 farm, their burial being at Powell. The pa- 
 ternal grandparents settled at Beechtown, 
 
 < (hio, and the grandfather died at Marietta, 
 and both he and wife were interred in Grove 
 Cemetery, Delaware. August Case, father of 
 Mrs. Carlson, was born in 1816, and died of 
 cholera at Delaware. Ohio, in 1854. He had 
 the contract to carry the mail prior to the 
 building of the railroad to Delaware. He mar- 
 ried Cynthia Tuller. who was born at 1'oweli. 
 
 < »hio, in [819, and died in 1880. aged 61 years. 
 They had three -"lis and two daughters, 
 namely: Oscar, born April 6, 1S40. residing 
 at Powell ; Josephine, horn February 13. 1842, 
 married Winfield S. Marks, residing in Liberty 
 Township; Cicero, born June 13. 1N44. is en- 
 gaged in farming in Liberty Township: Mr-. 
 Carlson, horn February [8, 1851 ; and Lumis, 
 
 35 
 
 born August 2, 1854, who is a conductor on 
 the Hocking Valley Railroad. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have had five chil- 
 dren, as follows: Cicero, born July i 1. [877, 
 is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Rail- 
 road, married Gertrude Johnston and they re- 
 side at Columbus; Fred, born March 1, 1879, 
 is in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express 
 Company, at Chicago; Worthy, born April 9, 
 1 88 1. is an employe of the Hocking Valley 
 Railroad; Victor, born February 18, J884, is 
 also with the Hocking Valley system ; and 
 Guy, born June 16, 1888, who died September 
 28, 1888. 
 
 Mrs. Carlson has resided on the present 
 home farm, containing 147 acres, since she was 
 eight years old, and Mr. Carlson has resided 
 here since 1875. In 1882 the comfortable resi- 
 dence was built and many improvements have 
 since bee'n made. Mr. Carlson is a member of 
 Powell Lodge, No. 4, Odd Fellows, and of 
 Powell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. I lis eld- 
 est son, Cicero, is a Mason. In politics, Mr. 
 Carlson votes independently, doing his own 
 thinking and supporting the candidates who, 
 in his judgment, will best carry out the law-. 
 -The family is one which stands very high in 
 general esteem in Liberty Township. 
 
 D. KING who is serving in his fourth 
 year as auditor of the city of Dela- 
 ware, ranks with the leading- and 
 representative citizens of this locality. 
 He was born at Springfield. Ohio, 
 where he lived until 22 years of age, clerking 
 in a drug store after completing his educa- 
 te n. 
 
 For three years after leaving Spring 
 .Mr. King was connected with the drug h< 
 ot ( )rr. Brown & Price, at Columbus, and then 
 came to Delaware, where he embarked in a 
 drug business for himself. This was si: 
 quently developed into the drug firm of Miller 
 & King, which continued for one year, and for 
 three years afterward. Mr. King was engage 1 
 in a cigar business. Me disposed of his cigar 
 interests to accept his present office, in which 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 he has proved so efficient and reliable that it is 
 doubtful it the city has ever had a more popu- 
 lar official. In addition to performing the du- 
 ties of city auditor, he is also clerk of the 
 Council, has served as clerk of the Board of 
 Public Service, is clerk of the Board of Public 
 Safety and of the Board of Library Trustees, 
 and secretary of the Sinking Bund and Tax 
 O immission. 
 
 On September 22, 1892, Mr. King was 
 married to Emma C. Eagle, who is a daughter 
 of the late Frank Eagle, of Spring-field. He 
 and his wife have had five children, namely : 
 Helen Marie, Carl Francis, Robert Edward, 
 Frank D., Jr., and Paul Anthony. The fourth 
 child, Frank D., Jr.. died September 9, 1907, 
 at the age of three years ami two months. Mr. 
 King is a member of St. Mary's Church. 
 
 Mr. King is very prominent in fraternal 
 circles and has frequently been honored with 
 official positions in various organizations. He 
 belongs to the B. P. O. Elks, No. 76, and for 
 three years was secretary of the local bod); 
 to F. O. Eagles. No. 376, and for four years 
 
 - its secretary, and one year worthy presi- 
 dent, and is a life member of this organization, 
 lie belongs also to Council No. 1056, Knights 
 of Columbus; Pasl Commander Camp. No. 
 50, Suns of Veterans; Court No. 1883, For- 
 esters; Branch No. 79. Catholic Knights of 
 Ohio; and Tent. No. 246, Maccabees. He is 
 
 tified with the Commercial Club. 
 
 RUCE CHARLES, an enterprising 
 citizen of Thompson Township, who 
 is doing a prosperous grist- and saw- 
 mill business, and also runs a cider- 
 press, was born in Harrison Town- 
 ship, Licking County, Ohio, August 17. 1X54, 
 son of Simon and Amanda (Channel) Charles. 
 I IN paternal grandfather was one of the first 
 settlers in Licking County, there being but 
 live others there when he arrived. Aboul the 
 time there arrived in Harrison Towu- 
 . Solomon Channel, the maternal grand- 
 father 1 m' Mr. Cbai^ 
 
 Simon Charles, father of Bruce, was born 
 in the State of New Jersey, and came to Ohio 
 with his parents. In 1859 he purchased the 
 mill now owned by the subject of this sketch. 
 It had been built in 1834 by Roswell Fields, 
 from whom it passed into the possession of his 
 sun. Samuel Fields, who sold it to Mr. 
 Charles, and it is still known as the Simon 
 Charles Mill. The millwright was Henry- 
 Waits, who became of unbalanced mind and 
 one of whose peculiarities it was to imagine 
 that all the mills he had built were his own 
 personal property. He used frequently to visit 
 Mr. Charles, always carrying with his his 
 boot-jack, and also a pole with a hook on' the 
 end for pulling people out of the water. The 
 sash, saw upright, and gearing that are still 
 in the mill were put in by Henry Waits 74 
 years ago. The framework, hewed sills and 
 braces, and the siding of black walnut, is all 
 his work, also the machinery, except two 
 
 wooden cog-wheels. 
 
 During the Civil Wat- 
 
 Simon built the residence in which his son 
 Bruce now lives, the entire building, including 
 24 doors, being all of black walnut. He was 
 well qualified for such an undertaking, as he 
 was a cabinet-maker bv trade and also a maker 
 of caskets for burial purposes. He manu- 
 factured the casket in which Waits was buried. 
 In the prosperous days of the Pennsylvania 
 and Ohio Canal he spent 11 years at Warren, 
 Ohio, engaged in building canal boats. He 
 was a member of the Grange and in politics a 
 Democrat. His death took place about 30 
 years ago. By his wife Amanda, daughter of 
 Solomon Channel, he had 11 children, nine of 
 whom were born in Licking County. Two 
 were born in this (Thompson) Township, 
 namely : Stephen Charles, who died about 
 fifteen years ago and who was a partner of the 
 subject of this sketch, and Almeda, who mar- 
 ried O. D. Browning, and died March 13. 
 [908. Of the others, Caroline was accidentally 
 burned to death at the age of 17 years; Griffith 
 died from diphtheria in [867; Bruce is a mil- 
 let of Thompson Township and the direct sub- 
 ject .if this article; Frank died from diphtheria 
 at the same time as Griffith — [867; James, the 
 
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 599 
 
 only living full brother of Bruce Charles, re- 
 sides in Gallion, Ohio, and is a freight con- 
 ductor in the employ of the Erie Railroad. 
 
 The mother of the above mentioned chil- 
 dren died in March. [867, and Simon Charles 
 subsequently married for his second wife Mrs. 
 Armentrout of Licking County. Of this 
 union there is one child, William Simon 
 Charles, who is a printer residing in Spokane, 
 Washington. 
 
 Bruce Charles was five years old when he 
 ace mipanied his parents to Thompson Town- 
 ship, and he has ever since resided here. Me 
 distinctly remembers helping to drive the 
 cows from the old home when the family made 
 the journey here in wagons. He was early 
 initiated into the milling" business, and for 
 mam- years was a useful assistant to his father. 
 On the latter's death he came into possession 
 of the mill property, which he has since ci m- 
 ducted and greatly improved, having installed 
 modern machinery, including a 25-horse- 
 power -team engine and a 14-horsepower gaso- 
 line engine. He owns in all about 90 acres 
 of land, including the mill property which 
 covers 1 1 acres. In addition to the original 
 milling plant he has installed a powerful hy- 
 draulic cider-press. These enterprises are all 
 in flourishing condition, due to Mr. Charles's 
 capable business management. In politics he 
 is a Democrat and he belongs to the Modern 
 Woodmen, having first joined the order at 
 Warrensburg but being now a member of the 
 Camp at Prospect. 
 
 Mr. Charles was married. December 9, 
 [881, to Miss Mary Love, a daughter of 
 Leonard Love. Mrs. Charles's father died 
 when she was four years old. Her mother 
 was in maidenhood a Mis- McVeigh. The 
 household of Mr. and Mrs. Charles has heen 
 enlarged by the birth of four children 
 and one daughter, namely: Blanche, who 
 married six years ago William Hansome, of 
 Magnetic Springs, a conductor on the Mag- 
 netic Spring Electric Road, and has a daugh- 
 ter — Lucille: Carl, residing at home; Earl, re- 
 siding at home, who is assisting his father in 
 the mill: and Melvin, who i< attending school. 
 
 Mrs. Charles died in March. L908, at the 
 age of 49 years, five months and _'i days. 
 
 Few women in the community were more 
 highly esteemed. She was a faithful member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she 
 joined in Fulton Creek Chapel, subsequently 
 becoming a member of Thompson Chapel. In 
 the winter of 1907-08 she spent four months 
 in Tryon, North Carolina, with the view of 
 benefitting her health, which had become im- 
 paired, and when she started on her journey 
 40 or more of her friends and neighbors ac- 
 companied her to the train to bid her farewell. 
 While in Tryon. her active, helpful disposition 
 prompted her to organize the Aid Society, the 
 first of its kind organized in that place. She 
 always took an active part in church and mis- 
 sionary work, and for two years was superin- 
 tendent of the Sunday school. Her loss was 
 deeply felt, not only by her husband and chil- 
 dren, but also throughout the community ac 
 large, the members of which realized that ." 
 true Christian woman and a kind and hos- 
 pitable neighbor had passed from among them. 
 Her memory will long he kept green in the 
 hearts of her many friends. 
 
 ILLIAM W. WILLIAMS, who was 
 for many years one of the best 
 known citizens and most promi- 
 nent agriculturalists of Troy 
 Township, was born in this town- 
 ship August 2 j. 1835. son of William B. and 
 Margaret (Davis) Williams. His parents 
 were natives of Wales. William B. Williams 
 coming from that country when a boy with his 
 mother and step-father. They settled in Troy 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he 
 spent the industrial period of his life engaged 
 in agriculture. 
 
 William W. Williams was reared to man- 
 li 1 in Troy Township and secured his edu- 
 cation in the public schools. He then engaged 
 in fanning and soon became well and favor- 
 ably known as an agriculturist and breeder oi 
 horses. In 1870, in company with Stephen 
 Thomas, he made a trip to France, being inter- 
 ested in a company organized for the purchase 
 of French drait horses, of which they brought 
 hack four head. ■ In r888 he returned to 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 France in his own interest, bringing back three 
 head. Through his efforts the quality of draft 
 horses in this section was largely improved. 
 So- successful was he along these lines that at 
 his death he left an ample estate, including a 
 farm in Radnor Township and one in Troy 
 Township, on the latter of which in a pleas- 
 antly situated brick dwelling, Mr. Williams's 
 widow and her son, William L., now reside. 
 Mr. Williams was always an industrious and 
 energetic farmer. Although, as already indi- 
 cated, he accumulated in time a large amount 
 of property, he aimed less to increase the 
 quantity than to improve the quality of that 
 which he had. His farm in Troy Township 
 has been described as "undoubtedly the best- 
 equipped farm in that part of the county, in 
 point of farm buildings, tiling, and fruit cul- 
 ture." He was a faithful member of the Bap- 
 tist Church, which Mrs. Williams also attends. 
 On January 6, 1871, he was elected deacon of 
 the church and served faithfully as such until 
 his death, which occurred February 17. 1907. 
 A kind husband and father and an obliging 
 neighbor, he was honored and esteemed by his 
 fellow citizens, who knew him also as a man 
 of much public spirit and many sterling char- 
 acteristics. In politics he was a Republican, 
 and be took much interest in the educational 
 progress of the township. 
 
 < )n June 8. [865, Mr. Williams was mar- 
 ried to Eliza R. Lewis, who was born October 
 24. [836, in Licking ( bounty, ( >hio, and w ho 1 • 
 a daughter of John and Sarah (Hughe-) 
 Lewis, natives of Wales and early settlers 
 in Licking Count). Ohio. The marriage of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Williams was blessed by the 
 birth of two children — Lizzie A., who is the 
 wile of John Pugh, residing in Radnor 
 Township; and William L., residing with his 
 mother in To >\ L i\\ nship. 
 
 V. C< iXKI.IX, M. 1)., .-, leading citi- 
 oi I 1 oy Township, w here he 
 owns a \ aluable farm, ic cres of 
 land, well-improved ; ix\ under thor- 
 ough cultivation, has been promi- 
 nently identified with the Eclectic School of 
 
 Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his de- 
 gree in i860. He assisted to organize the 
 Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first 
 vice-president, and served also as the president 
 of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin 
 belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. 
 He was born in Morrow County. Ohio. No- 
 vember 21, 1 832, and is a son of Jacob and 
 Orra (Payne) Conklin. 
 
 The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new 
 England birth, his father coming from Ver- 
 mont and his mother from Connecticut. Ja- 
 cob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 18 12. 
 and alter its close, in 1814, he settled first in 
 Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to 
 that section which became Morrow County. 
 where be died in 1875. 
 
 Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow 
 County and enjoyed educational advantages at 
 Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he 
 taught school for some years, in this way pro- 
 viding for his own prefessional education. He 
 was graduated from the Eclectic Medical In- 
 stitute at Cincinnati, in i860, and practiced 
 subsequently at Waldo and at South Wood- 
 bury, in 1875 coming to Delaware County. 
 Lor many years Dr. Conklin was one of the 
 leading medical practitioners in this section 
 and few men are better known. Public affairs 
 and local good government have claimed his 
 attention, in the light of good citizenship, and 
 he has long been identified with the Republi- 
 can party, with strong views in favor of tem- 
 perance. 
 
 On November 12, r86i, Dr. Conklin was 
 married to Maria Hull, who was born in 
 Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter it 
 Nathaniel and Nancy (Wyatt) Hull, both i 
 whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G., 
 Ph. D., a member of the faculty of the Uni- 
 versity of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of 
 Biology; and Eva C, who married Charles 
 Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the 
 V-bury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Dela- 
 ware, lie is identified with several leading 
 fraternities and has hern an ( )dd Fellow since 
 1856 and a Mason for about 37 years. 
 
WILLIAM JAMES LYTLE 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 603 
 
 AMES ROBERT LYTLE, A. M., at- 
 torney and counsellor at law, of Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, is a man of prominence 
 in his profession and is widely known 
 throughout this section of the State. 
 He was born in Clear Creek Township, Fair- 
 field County, Ohio, April 9, [841, and is a 
 son of James and Catherine (Freymyer) 
 Lytle. 
 
 James Lytle, the father, was horn in Lan- 
 caster Count}-, Pennsylvania, and there re- 
 ceived an educational training in the public 
 schools. He was a remarkably fine penman, 
 and became known as a broad and liberal- 
 minded man. In 1837, he came west to Ohio, 
 and engaged in farming in Wayne Count}' for 
 1 me year, then removed to Clear Creek Town- 
 ship in Fairfield County, where he purchased a 
 farm. He followed general farming. His 
 wife died in 1855. aged forty-two years, and 
 he followed her to the grave in 1866. She also 
 was horn in Lancaster Count}-, Pennsylvania, 
 and was a daughter of Jacob Freymyer. Four 
 children were the issue of their union, as fol- 
 lows: Catherine A., deceased, who first mar- 
 ried Dr. C. C. Bryson, ami later John T. 
 Evans, who at that time was clerk of the court 
 in Delaware County; John, who died at the 
 age of twenty-one years: James Robert, whose 
 name heads this sketch; and William F., who 
 enlisted in Co. 1. Ninetieth Regiment, O. V. I., 
 and was captured by guerrillas on Strawberry 
 Plains, just after the battle of Chickamauga, 
 and was never heard from afterwards. Mr. 
 Lytle was of the Episcopal faith, and his wife 
 of the Lutheran. He was originally a Whig 
 in politics, and later joined the Know-Noth- 
 but became a Republican upon the organ- 
 ization of that party. A strong Abolitionist, 
 he was connected with the Underground Rail- 
 road during the war. 
 
 James Robert Lytle was reared in Fair- 
 field County and received a rudimentary edu- 
 11 in the common schools. He entered 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, but after attend- 
 ing that institution one year, was obliged to 
 return home and take charge of the farm, his 
 lu-other having enlisted in the service of the 
 
 Union Army. He continued at home until 
 the spring of 1804. when he enlisted in Co. 1, 
 One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, O. 
 V. I., and went with his regiment to Baltimore, 
 where for one hundred days they guarded rail- 
 roads about that city. Immediately after his 
 return home from the war, he re-entered Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, from which he was 
 graduated in June, 1868. During his vaca- 
 tions he had read law under the direction of 
 Jones & Hippie of Delaware, and in June, 
 1869, he was admitted to the bar, just one year 
 from the date of his graduation. He went 
 to Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, and en- 
 gaged in practice one year, then returned to 
 Delaware and formed a partnership with his 
 former preceptor, Gen. John S. Jones, under 
 the name and style of Jones & Lytle. This 
 association of legal talent continued for a pe- 
 riod of twenty-five years, during which time 
 the firm was identified with much of the im- 
 portant litigation in the courts of Delaware 
 County. Since April 1, 1895, Mr. Lytle has 
 practiced alone and has maintained the pres- 
 tige established in earlier years. He has been 
 especially active in practice before the Bureau 
 of Pensions, having procured the grant of 
 more than fifteen hundred pensions. He also 
 procured bounty for many of the veterans or 
 their families, and his familiarity with the 
 bounty records of Delaware County resulted 
 in the exposure of the bounty frauds and the 
 saving to Delaware County of more than $20,- 
 000. Among the important cases with which 
 Mr. Lytle has been identified, was the prose- 
 cution through the United States Circuit 
 Court of two suits for the heirs of Leonard 
 Case, a multi-millionaire of Cleveland, in 
 which he was opposed by many lawyers, 
 among the number being some of the most 
 distinguished practitioners before the bar in 
 Ohio. The number of defendants in one of 
 these cases was 648, and the land involved was 
 valued at many millions, including- the sites of 
 Case Library and the City Hall in Cleveland, 
 about one mile of lake front, some 4,000 lots 
 in all. and 1,900 acres of land adjoining Cleve- 
 land. Mr. Lytle is attorney for the Fidelity 
 
604 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Building Association and Loan Company, and 
 numbers among his clients many other of the 
 important business concerns of Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Lytle cast his first presidential ballot 
 for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has ever 
 since been an active participant in political 
 affairs. He was identified with the Republi- 
 can party until 1894, and during that time 
 served two years as chairman of the Republi- 
 can County Central Committee. He has since 
 that date been a supporter of the Democratic 
 party, and has served two years as chairman 
 of the Democratic Executive Committee. In 
 1894, he was Democratic nominee for Probate 
 judge and was honored with a large vote, 
 being defeated by 339 votes, while the head of 
 the ticket was defeated by McKinley, the Re- 
 publican candidate for governor, by 969 votes. 
 
 July 28, 1808, James 1\. Lytle was united 
 in marriage with Miss Cornelia Ann Chase, 
 whii was born in Porter Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Rev. Ira 
 and Jane (Wilcox) Chase, a record of whom 
 appears on another page of this work. Her 
 paternal grandparents came from England 
 and were of noble birth, and Mrs. Lytle has in 
 her possession the Chase coat of arms. She is 
 descended from Aquilla Chase and one of the 
 lines to the noted Chase-Townly estate in Eng- 
 land. Her father was a cousin of Salmon P. 
 Chase, one of Ohio's greatest governors, and 
 also an uncle of Governor Chase of Indiana. 
 Mrs. Chase was a native of Rhode Island and 
 was a near relative of the two brothers. Gen- 
 eral and Bishop Rosecrans, who were former 
 residents of Delaware County. She also was 
 related to Livingstone, the noted explorer. 
 Mrs. Lytle attended Wesleyan University and 
 afterward studied art under a private tutor, 
 being a great lover of nature and fond of land- 
 scape paintings, she has quite a collection of 
 her own work. She continued her art work 
 for several years after her marriage. She 
 has always been very much interested in the 
 poor of the city and was for a long time con- 
 ference treasurer of the Woman's Home Mis- 
 sionary Society of the Ohio Conference of the 
 Methodist Kpiscopal Church. Quiet and re- 
 tiring in her tastes, she has been found mostly 
 
 in that sphere of comparative seclusion which 
 is bounded by the domestic relations in life, 
 her greatest interests centering in home and 
 family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle have reared a 
 family of three children, one son and two 
 daughters, whose honorable and useful lives 
 evidence the careful training of a devoted 
 mother. The children are as follows : Wil- 
 liam James, graduated from the public schools 
 of Delaware in 1886, from Ohio Wesleyan 
 University in 1890, and then took up the study 
 of law. He served as assistant postmaster in 
 the city of Delaware for nearly three years, 
 discharging eyery duty to the satisfaction of 
 his many friends. During this time he con- 
 tinued the studies of his chosen profession and 
 had almost completed his legal course, when 
 he was taken ill. and went to the far west hop- 
 ing to regain his health, but all in vain. After 
 leaving California, he went to Arizona where 
 he died in November, 1898, in the prime of 
 life. Mr. Lytle was a young man of superior 
 ability, of fine character, and noble ambitii >n. 
 He was a member of the I. O. O. F., Knights 
 of Pythias, and the Order of Elks. Baroness 
 Viola Lytle von Uchtritz was the second child 
 born to our subject and his wife; and Countess 
 Nelly Lytle Eulenburg was the youngest of the 
 family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle are active members 
 of St. Paul's M. E. Church, of which he is 
 steward and was treasurer for many years. 
 Fraternallv, he is a member of Hiram L dge, 
 Xo. 18., F. & A. M.: Delaware Chapter No. 
 54, R. A. M. ; Delaware Council, No. 84. R. 
 & S. M.; and George B. Torreuce Post. ( i. 
 A. R. 
 
 LLIAM F. CRICKARD. M. D.. 
 
 physician and surgeon at Dela- 
 ware, has been a resident of this 
 city for the past 30 years, hut was 
 born in Muskingum County, Ohio, 
 lie is a son of James and Eliza Ann (South- 
 ard) Crickard. 
 
 The parents of Dr. Crickard settled on 
 a farm in Delaware County, during the lat- 
 ter's bovhood. In 1861 the father entered 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 605 
 
 the Federal army as wagon-master of the 
 Eighty-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served 
 in the conflict lor four years. He was pro- 
 moted tu the rank of second and later to that 
 df first lieutenant, subsequently was commis- 
 sioned a captain and still later brevet major. 
 For two years he faced all the chances of hat- 
 tie. When the Twentieth Army Corps was 
 organized it was sent to Tennessee, anil the 
 regiment with which Major Crickard was con- 
 nected participated in all the battles' from 
 Chickamauga to Atlanta, was at Jonesboro 
 and with Sherman in his march to the sea. At 
 Savannah he was placed in charge of 1.000 
 men. commissioned to take them to Xew York. 
 After this service was performed, he rejoined 
 his regiment. Major Crickard had a record of 
 being in 36 general engagements, and he did 
 not escape injury. He received a serious 
 wound in the elbow of his right arm — the bul- 
 let which caused it never being extracted, and 
 another wound in the temple, where he was 
 struck by an exploding shell. His subsequent 
 life was spent on his farm. Six of his seven 
 children still survive, as follows: James, re- 
 siding at Vernon. Jennings County, Indiana; 
 John and Dr. William F., both residing at 
 Delaware; Malissa; Lydia. who is principal 
 of the North Delaware Union School ; and 
 Cora Belle, who married Charles Copeland. 
 and with her husband is a teacher in the Saiftl- 
 wich Islands. 
 
 Dr. Crickard obtained his literary educa- 
 tion in the schools of Delaware, and took his 
 first course of medical lectures at Cleveland 
 and his second at Cincinnati. Subsequently 
 he took special courses in Philadelphia and 
 Xew York, being under the direct instruction 
 of Dr. Hearn, the first assistant of Dr. Gross, 
 the eminent specialist, at Philadelphia. In 
 .Yew York he went before the arm}' Examining 
 Hoard and after satisfactorily standing all 
 tests, he returned to Delaware and has been 
 engaged in the practice of his profession in 
 this city ever since. He has always been a 
 close student and in 1874-75 he took a special 
 course with the celebrated Dr. Smith, of 
 Cleveland, in diseases of the eye. ear, nose and 
 throat. Dr. Crickard is a member of the Dela- 
 
 ware County Medical Society and of the Ohio 
 State Medical Society, and keeps well posted 
 on all the advances made in his science. 
 
 In 1 88 1 Dr. Crickard was married to Mar- 
 garet Edwards, then of Delaware Count}, but 
 a native of Racine, Wisconsin. They have 
 a pleasant home in Delaware and Dr. Crickard 
 has well-appointed offices at No. 59 North 
 Union Street. He is a member of the Wil- 
 liam Street Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Fraternally, he is connected with the Kinghts 
 of Pythias and the Eaeles. 
 
 I". HOWALD, the owner of an excel- 
 lent farm of 103 acres in Marlborough 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 where he has been prominently identi- 
 fied with public matters, was born No- 
 vember 10. 1849. m Licking- County. < > 
 and is a son of Andrew and Fannie (Lantz) 
 Howald. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Howald. who were 
 natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland, came 
 to America in 1848. and settled at once in 
 Licking County, Ohio, from whence they re- 
 moved in 1850 to the woods of Marlborough 
 Township, Delaware County, and here the re- 
 mainder of their lives was spent, the father 
 dying in 1868 and the mother some time later. 
 J. F. How-aid secured his education in the 
 district schools of Marlborough Township, 
 whence he had been brought as an infant, and 
 here he has engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 all of his life, being now the owner of 103 
 acres of fine property, in a good state of culti- 
 vation. Mr. Howald is one of Delaware 
 County's progressive citizens, and is a leader 
 in any movement calculated to be of benefit 
 to his community. For nine years he served as 
 trustee of Marlborough Township, which he 
 also represented at county conventions he! 
 Delaware, and he has been much interested in 
 educational matters in his section of the county. 
 He is a consistent member of the Reformed 
 Church at Prospect, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Howald was married to Hattie Weiser, 
 who is a daughter of the late Solomon B. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Weiser, of Delaware. Ohio, and to this union 
 there were born three children, namely: Wil- 
 liam A., who is the popular proprietor of the 
 well known "Candy Kitchen" restaurant at 
 Delaware; Nettie Irene, who is the wife of 
 Frank Detwiler of Marion, Ohio: and Maud 
 I-... wife of J. O. Wilcox, who is a partner of 
 his father in the implement business at Ashley, 
 Ohio. 
 
 XDREW J. BAGLEY, a leading citi- 
 zen of Orange Township and one 
 of her self-made and substantial men, 
 engages in farming and stock-raising 
 on his property situated here, which 
 cn-ists of 218 acres of very valuable land. 
 Mr. Bagley was born April 23, 1838, in Mus- 
 kingum County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel 
 and Sarah (Lenhart) Bagley. 
 
 The pioneer of the Bagley family in Ohio, 
 was the grandfather, Reuben Baglev, who 
 started from Loudoun County. Virginia, in i 
 two-horse wagon, with his wife, five sons and 
 three daughters, the names of his children be- 
 ing John, Benjamin. Samuel. Hiram and 
 Christopher, and Sarah, Betsey and P. ill v. 
 Reuben Bagley settled in Muskingum Count v. 
 At this time the son Samuel was a boy of 10 
 year- and he grew to manhood on the pioneer 
 1 and was subsequently married in Mus- 
 eum County to Sarah Lenhart. She was 
 born in 1805 and died in June. [861. Her 
 parents were John and Eliza ( Morgan) Len- 
 hart. Samuel Bagley was married (second) 
 in [862, lo l.ovitha Mathews, both deceased. 
 In 1851 the parents of Andrew J. Bagley re- 
 ed from Muskingum to Vinton Count v. 
 1 ! where they lived until death, the mothe\ 
 at the age of 56 years and the father aged y~ 
 For 55 years he was a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church and was conscien- 
 ni hi- support of all its uplifting agencies. 
 I 1 1 many years he was a subscriber to a re- 
 ligious journal and on the day of his death, 
 ■ I a distance of a mile and a halt in 
 er to get it from the pi 1st office, ile was 
 lenly stricken, and with apparently no 
 
 suffering passed out of life, leaving behind him 
 the record of a good man. His 1 1 children 
 were born to his first union and two of these 
 died in infancy. James William, the oldest 
 survivor, resides at Logan, Hocking County. 
 Ohio. Andrew J., of Orange Township, is 
 the second in order of birth. Spencer resides 
 at Rock Island, Illinois. John L. resides at 
 Logan, in Hocking County. Samuel H. and 
 Christopher both reside in Worth Count)', 
 Missouri. Eliza Amanda died in Athens 
 Countw Ohio. Arie Jane and Martha reside 
 at Columbus. 
 
 Andrew J. Bagley attended the district 
 schools of Vinton County and spent his boy- 
 hood on the home farm, after which he worked 
 for a time through the neighborhood. When 
 the Civil War was precipitated, Mr. Bagley's 
 thoughts turned toward a military life, one 
 strange enough to a country-bred youth, and 
 his mind was. soon made up. On July 14. 
 1861, he enlisted in Company C. Thirty-ninth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a com- 
 pany that was recruited in the neighborhood 
 of Nelsonville. For a few days the regiment 
 was detained at Cincinnati and at camp at 
 Springfield and then was sent on to St. Louis, 
 where it embarked for Island No. 10, down 
 the Mississippi River. The military annals 
 of the time tell how Xew Madrid was cap- 
 tured, with 1,600 Confederates evacuating 
 Island No. 10. The regiment went on down 
 the mighty river to Fort Pillow, and from 
 there to Hamburg Landing. There the Thir- 
 ty-ninth Regiment formed a part of the left 
 wing of the army that participated in the bat- 
 tle of Shiloh which followed, and then con- 
 tinued to pursue the enemy to Farmington, 
 where the latter made a slight stand, and then 
 fell back to Corinth. Four regiments, includ- 
 ing the Thirty-ninth, with a battery, were then 
 detailed to guard the M. & C. Railroad. From 
 there nearly the entire brigade went to Mem- 
 phis. Tennessee. 
 
 At Memphis, in the winter of [863-64, 
 Air. Bagley re-enlisted as a veteran, marched 
 with his regiment from that city to Chatta- 
 nooga. There General Sherman consolidated, 
 his forces for the Atlanta campaign, and Mr. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 607 
 
 Bagley was with the part of the army that 
 pursued General Joseph Johnson, participating 
 in that series of great battles reaching from 
 Ringgold Station to Resaea. Dallas, Big Shanty 
 and Kenesaw Mountain, followed by Mari- 
 etta. Bethel Church and Chattahoochee River. 
 He was also in the engagement at Decatur 
 and in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. I lis 
 regiment marched then to Jonesboro and to 
 Lovejoy Station and after following" General 
 Hood and lighting in the battle at Franklin, 
 returned to Atlanta. As a member, succes- 
 sively, of the 17th. 14th. 15th and 20th Army 
 Corps, he saw extreme military hardship. He 
 took part in the march to the sea and assisted 
 in the taking of Atlanta and of the opening 
 up of communication from there to Beaufort, 
 South Carolina. His regiment reached that 
 
 il by steamer, disembarked there and went 
 on to Columbia, South Carolina, and from 
 there to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and later 
 to Raleigh, and at that city Mr. Bagley wit- 
 nessed the meeting of those two great com- 
 manders, Generals Grant and Sherman. The 
 fight at Raleigh. North Carolina, was the last 
 one in which Mr. Bagley took part. He was 
 promoted several times and during the last 
 year's service he was with a four-gun battery. 
 He was present at the Grand Review at Wash- 
 ington City. He is one of the 250,000 men 
 out of the 300,000 first enlistments, who veter- 
 anized. He was finally mustered out. after 
 four years of faithful service, at De- 
 troit. Michigan, and reached his home 
 in June. [865. He is a valued mem- 
 ber of Price Post, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, at Westerville. and prizes those 
 
 sions when he can talk over those old days 
 
 anger and hardship, but yet of great en- 
 thusiasm and patriotism, with comrades some 
 of whom stood at his side when both faced 
 almost certain death on many a southern bat- 
 tle-field. 
 
 Mr. Bagley has devoted himself to agri- 
 cultural pursuits ever since the close of his 
 army life, and he has been a resident of Dela- 
 ware Count}- for the past 30 years. His first 
 purchase of land was of <)0'_. acres, which he 
 
 sequently traded for his present farm, pay- 
 
 ing a difference of $6,500 in cash. This prop- 
 erty .Mr. Bagley acquired through hi-- own per- 
 sistent industry, he being entirely a self-mad- 
 man. His farm is so situated that it is well 
 adapted to both the growing of grains and the 
 developing of line stock. He has made many 
 substantial improvements and his surroundings 
 indicate thrift and good management. 
 
 In the fall of 1865, Mr. Bagley was mar- 
 ried (first) to Hannah Allen, who was a 
 daughter of David Allen, of Athens County, 
 Ohio, and three children were born to this 
 union, namely : William Sherman, who re- 
 sides at Portland, Oregon; Sarah Agnes, who 
 married William Jacox. and they reside in 
 Orange Township and have two children, 
 Harold and Wilbur; Samuel Fenton, who mar- 
 ried Kate Sapp. They have four children — 
 Glenn, Paul. Merrill and Edgar. On April 
 24. 1SX4. Air. Bagley was married (second) 
 to Sarah Frances Irwin, who was born in Ber- 
 lin Township, Delaware County. Ohio, and is 
 a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Cashner) 
 Irwin. They have three children: Leroy, 
 Leona and Lodemia. Leona married Arthur 
 Freeman, a native of Delaware County, and 
 they reside on the home place. They have 
 three children. Frances Lucile. Willis and in 
 infant. For 21 years Mr. Bagley has been 
 a justice of the peace of Orange Township. 
 
 IT'S KING COXE, a leading citi/e.i 
 of Thompson Township, was horn 
 on the old mill property on which he 
 resides, Jul}- 9, 1 846, and is a son 
 of John W. and Mary (Williams) 
 Cone. 
 
 Cephas Cone, the grandfather, was of New 
 England origin. His parents at one time re- 
 sided in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 
 which region they came, at an earl}- day, to 
 Delaware County. Ohio. They were among 
 the earliest settlers in Kingston Township. 
 Cephas (one married Almira Munson, a 
 daughter of William Munson and a descend- 
 ant ot a Captain Munson. who came from 
 England t< 1 America in [1 137. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 John W. Cone, father of Titus King Cine, 
 was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 
 6, i (Soy. He learned the trade of a woolen 
 mill worker and after following- the same in 
 various sections, in 1831, he located at Dela- 
 ware ami shortly afterward rented a woolen 
 mill which he operated for several years. In 
 1838 he purchased the farm which is now the 
 property of Titus King Cone, and here he 
 built a woolen and a saw -mill. The land was 
 heavily timbered when he came to it and in 
 clearing and cultivating his farm ami in ac- 
 tively pushing his mill and other interests, his 
 time was fully occupied into advanced age. He 
 died November 24, 1891. In politics he was , 
 Democrat and on account of his sterling char- 
 acter he was frequently chosen for offices of 
 trust and responsibility in the township, by 
 his fellow citizens. He married Mary Wil- 
 liams, who was born in Cardiganshire, South 
 Wales, in 1814, and died in Ohio in [885. 
 Of the 13 children of this marriage eight sons 
 and four daughters grew to maturity. 
 
 Titus King Cone attended the district 
 schools through boyhood and the Radnor 
 High School, and spent a short time at the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, in 
 the spring of 1867. After he returned home 
 he continued working on the farm during the 
 summers and in the woolen mill during the 
 winters until the mill was burned in 1874. 
 after which he gave bis attention exclusively to 
 farming. After his marriage he resided on 
 a farm in Thompson Township located one 
 mile west of his present property. His father 
 was a large land owner, having 600 acres in 
 Delaware and [60 acres in Wyandot County, 
 and when he died, in the division of the estate 
 the present farm came to Titus King, on which 
 he settled in [902. He has here 1 10 acres, on 
 which he carries on mixed farming, raising 
 considerable grain and some excellent stock. 
 Mr. (one and his brother, F. I'., are the 
 only representatives of this old pioneer family 
 ot the township now residing within its bor- 
 ders. 
 
 On April 2, 1885, Mr. Cone was married 
 to Alice Detwiller, who is ;i daughter of fohn 
 and Mary (Ely) Detwiller. John Detwillei 
 
 was born in Switzerland and his wife in Penn- 
 sylvania. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. 
 (one was Benjamin Ely, who, at one time, 
 kept a grocery store at Delaware, where he 
 died. Mr. and Mrs. Detwiller lived on a farm 
 one-half mile from that of Air. Cone. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Cone, like his father, has 
 been a supporter of the Democratic party since 
 he reached manhood, but has never taken any 
 very active part in local campaigns. His main 
 interests are centered in his home and farm. 
 
 LINTON 0. HAWES, one of Liberty 
 Township's representative citizens, 
 was born at Lewis Center, in 
 
 Orange 
 
 Delaware 
 i860, and 
 ( Searles ) 
 
 Township, 
 County, Ohio, March 22, 
 is a son of Orlando O. and Lucy 
 Hawes. 
 
 The paternal grandfather was Benjamin 
 A. Hawes. who was born in Fairfield County. 
 Connecticut, and when he came to Ohio, set- 
 tled first at Euclid, near Cleveland, where he 
 married Mary Walton. She was a daughter 
 of Davis Walton. Benjamin A. Hawes 
 born January 24. 1799. and his wife was born 
 August 21, 1804. He died in 1885 at the age 
 of 86 years and was survived four years by his 
 wife, who died aged 85 years. They had the 
 following children: Minerva, who married 
 T. T. Wilcox, had her home in Orange Town- 
 ship and died at Edison. Ohio; Fannie, who 
 resided in Orange Township, married John 
 Hall and died young; Orlando O. ; Luva, who 
 married James Slane, died in Orange Town- 
 ship; Elizabeth, who married John Keller; and 
 Mary, who married Philander Searles. All 
 are dead except Elizabeth, who is a widow. 
 
 In 1826 Benjamin A. Hawes settled in 
 Orange Township, Delaware County, later 
 moved to Liberty Township for a short time 
 and then returned to Orange Township. By 
 trade he was a carpenter and be assisted to put 
 up some of the first buildings at Cleveland. 
 He worked on the frame jail which took the 
 place of the old log calaboose at Cleveland, it 
 to,, having long since given way to the march 
 
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 of progress, it being a fact that malefactors 
 in modern times are much hotter housed than 
 were honest man in the days of our grand- 
 fathers. 
 
 Orlando Hawes, father of Clinton O., was 
 born in Liberty Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio. June 9. 1S31. and died in [862, aged 
 31 years. He married Lucy Searles, who was 
 born in 1840, and died in 1892, aged 52 years. 
 Her father, Lewis Searles. came to Lewis 
 Center from Galena, where he engaged in a 
 mercantile business until his death. A family 
 of five children was born to Orlando O. Hawes 
 and wife, namely: Alice. .Minerva and Wil- 
 lard, all died young; Lucy Luella, who was 
 reared at Akron, married Michael Birming- 
 ham, and died at Akron, in September. 1894; 
 and Clinton O. Mrs. Hawes remained a 
 witlow for some years and then married Demp- 
 ster Gifford and became the mother of four 
 more children: Horace, Lelland. Minnie and 
 Edward. Minnie is deceased. 
 
 Clinton O. Hawes remained in Orange 
 Township until he' was 25 years of age. attend- 
 ing school at Lewis Center and keeping busy 
 at various employments. He worked on farms 
 in Orange and Liberty Townships to some ex- 
 tent and then learned telegraphy, which he fol- 
 lowed for seven years. He was both operator 
 and agent at Radnor and later at Powell, 
 working as night operator at the latter point 
 until lie turned his attention to farming and 
 dairying, when he gave up work at the "keys." 
 He owns a tidy little farm of 27 acres adjoin- 
 ing Powell and its convenient location near the 
 town, assists in making his dairy industry a 
 profitable one. 
 
 On March 7. [887, Mr. Hawes was mar- 
 ried to Emma L. Bennett, who is a daughter or 
 E. A. and Mary (Clements) Bennett, of 
 Orange Township. Mrs. Hawes was born in 
 Champaign County, Ohio, but her father was 
 born in Orange Township, Delaware County, 
 where both he and wife reside, in comfortable 
 circumstances, his age being 70 and that of his 
 wife 66 years. 
 
 In political sentiment. Mr. Hawes is in ac- 
 cord with the Socialist party. He -is a mem- 
 ber of Powell Lodge, Knights of Pythias. \'o. 
 
 684. lie has been clerk oi Liberty Township 
 for the past five years and served three years 
 as notary public for the township. 
 
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 EUBEN G. DICKERSON, who is a 
 leading citizen of Orange Town-hip. 
 where he has his valuable and well- 
 improved farm of 99^ acres under 
 a fine state of cultivation, was born 
 1843, m Orange Township, Delaware 
 Ohio, and is a son of Lewis and 
 
 County, 
 
 Cynthia (Noble) Dickerson. 
 
 The Dickerson family is of English extrac- 
 tion and it was founded in Xew Jersey by 
 Lewis Dickerson. the great-grandfather of 
 Reuben G. His son. also Lewis, became the 
 grandfather, and the third Lewis was the fathei 
 of Reuben G. Dickerson. Lewis Dickerson 
 (3) was born in Tompkins Count}-. New 
 York, November 6, 1810, and in 1832 he 
 came to Sandusky, Ohio, and from there, in 
 1833, to Orange Township. Delaware County. 
 With the exception of one year later spent in 
 Xew York, and two years of residence at 
 (aldington, Lewis Dickerson lived continu- 
 ously to his death on the present home farm 
 to which he came in 1856. He died December 
 15, 1883. 
 
 On October 9, 1836, Lewis Dickerson was 
 married to Cynthia Noble, who died October 
 20, 1898. She was born near Powell, in 
 Liberty Township, Delaware County. Ohio. 
 June 20. 1822, and was a daughter of James 
 and Salomy (Graves) Noble. The Graves 
 family came to Licking County from Connecti- 
 cut among the pioneer settlers. There were 
 two sons born to Lewis Dickerson and wife: 
 James H. and Reuben G. Both sons proved 
 themselves brave men and loyal soldiers. 
 James H. Dickerson enlisted in the Federal 
 army from the State of Xew York, in [861, 
 becoming a member of Company 1), Seventy- 
 fifth Regiment. New York Volunteer Infantry, 
 lie accompanied his comrades to Santa Rosa 
 Island, Florida, where he remained for a time 
 at the navy yard and was then sent to Louisi- 
 ana and after the capture of Xew Orleans, by 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Admiral Farragut, he was under the com- 
 mand of General Benjamin Butler until ( ien- 
 eral Banks assumed command. Later he took 
 part in the Red River campaign and was ai 
 Alexandria. Pleasant Hill and the siege of 
 Port Hudson. After the fall of this strong- 
 hold his corps joined Franklin's Corps of the 
 Army of the Potomac, and they fought the 
 battle of Cedar Creek, where he also served 
 under General Sheridan. When he finally re- 
 ceived his honorable discharge, he had alread) 
 served fifty-eight days over his term of enlist- 
 ment. Although he escaped serious injury, he 
 had had two horses shot from under him. 
 After the close of his military service he went 
 to New York, where he was married to Laura 
 Fuller, after which he returned to Delaware- 
 County and took up his residence at Lewis 
 Center, where he died May 4. [903. 
 
 Reuben < '•. Dickerson obtained his edu- 
 cation in the district schools. He remained on 
 his father's farm until 18 years of age. when 
 he offered his patriotic services in defense of 
 his country. On August 2, 1861. he enlisted 
 at Delaware, Ohio, in Company A, Second 
 Battery, United States Infantry, under Cap 
 tain Eystier, and was mustered in at Camp 
 Thomas, then went to Lebanon, Kentucky, and 
 from there, on February 14. 1862, the First 
 and Second Battalions started on a march to 
 Mill Springs, where they engaged in battle. 
 after which they returned to Bawlstown, 
 where Mr. Dickerson was left in a hospital. 
 where he remained for six weeks. He re- 
 joined Ins regiment April 12. [862, at Pitts 
 burg Landing, then went on to the approacn- 
 ing battle of Corinth, and after the siege and 
 evacuation of that city, and his regiment was 
 detailed to guard the line of the M. & C. Rail- 
 road, he was discharged, on account of physi- 
 cal disability, August [3, [862. Mr. Dicker- 
 son gave himself a few months in which to re- 
 cuperate, and then re-enlisted, on fune 20. 
 1863, entering ( ompanv M. first Regiment. 
 Heavy Artillery. lie was stationed at 
 Fort Whittlesley, opposite Cincinnati, until 
 February, [864, when the battery was sent to 
 Nicholasville, Kentucky, marched from there 
 to Point Burnside near Somerset, and then 
 crossed the mountains to Knoxville, Tennes- 
 
 see, conveying the baggage on the hacks of 
 pack mules. Air. Dickerson. with his com- 
 rades, did guard and garrison duty along the 
 line of the East Tennessee & Virginia Rail- 
 road, until November, 1864, when they en- 
 tered the northeastern part of Tennessee in 
 order to cut off General Lee's retreat through 
 Tennessee Gap. The First Artillery took 
 part in numerous skirmishes with General Jo- 
 seph Wheeler. On July 25, 1865, Mr. Dick- 
 erson was a second time honorably discharged 
 from his country's military bonds, at Knox- 
 ville, Tennessee, when the regiment was mus- 
 tered out. 
 
 Mr. Dickerson returned to Ohio and for 
 one year followed farming on the homestead 
 and continued to be variously engaged until 
 1872. when he began railroad work on what 
 was then the C, C, C. & 1. line, but is now the 
 Big Four Railroad. He worked seven years 
 as foreman and fireman on a construction train 
 and for 12 years he was employed by the 
 line as an engineer. He continued railroading 
 until Jul\-. [890, when he settled down to 
 farming. He has greatly improved his prop- 
 erty since settling on it. erecting a handsome 
 residence and adding to the appearance and 
 convenience of the other buildings. He carries 
 011 a general agricultural line. For about six 
 years he has been engaged quite extensively 
 also in contracting and has built a number 
 of the excellent turnpike roads in this sec- 
 tion. 
 
 On December 9, 1868, Mr. Dickerson was 
 married to Amelia W. Lewis, who is a mem- 
 ber of a very prominent family of Delaware 
 County. Her father, the late William T. 
 Lewis, was horn in Xew Jersev. in February, 
 1811, and died at Lewis Center. Delaware 
 County, in 187(1. He married Sarah Fowler, 
 who was horn also in Xew Jersev. January 
 3, 1822. and died in Ohio, April 20, [900 
 They came to Delaware County in [843 
 settled on farming land which later became 
 the site of the village of Lewis Center, which 
 was named in honor of William T. Lewis, 
 lie was the first postmaster and the leading 
 man id affairs in the town for many years, and 
 donated a number of the puhlic buildings to 
 the place, including the public school and the 
 
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 Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage. 
 In 1849 he went to California, hy the overland 
 route, and returned by way of the Isthmus 
 of Panama, remaining in the far West until 
 1851 and while there was engaged in mining. 
 The children of William T. Lewis ami wife 
 were: Eliza J., who married George Hender- 
 son, of Springfield; Mary P., who married 
 Alexander S. Hempstead, residing in Colum- 
 bus; Amelia; Sarah E., who married Lewis 
 Carter, residing at Columbus; Augusta X., 
 who married E. I. Prentice of Mississippi, 
 died in Paulding County. Ohio; Anna C, who 
 married Dr. R. C. Alexander, residing at 
 Springfield; Katherine X., who died unmar- 
 ried; and Josie R.. who married W. H. Taft, 
 residing at Columbus. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson have had four 
 children, two sons and two daughters, namely : 
 Lewis H., who died aged one year and ten 
 months; Charles, who died aged eleven years 
 and ten months; Sarah Elizabeth, who mar- 
 ried A. L. Grove, anil they have three chil- 
 dren, Ruby, Okey and Robert ; and Ruby 
 Catherine, who married Edwin Joslin. They 
 have three children. Ruth. Charles and Rich- 
 ard. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Dickerson is a Republican 
 and he has served as justice of the peace, as 1 
 member of the School Board and in othei 
 offices and is his party's candidate in the com- 
 ing campaign for the office of count v com- 
 missioner. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow 
 and a Mason, a member of Hiram Lodge, 
 Chapter and Council at Delaware. Formerly 
 he was a member of the Brotherhood of Loco- 
 motive Engineers. He is a valued comrade 
 of George 1'. Torrance Post. Grand Army oi 
 the Republic, at Delaware. 
 
 R. ALBERT ERXEST WEST- 
 BROOK, who has been engaged in 
 medical practice in Ashley for a pe- 
 riod of forty-two years, is also the 
 proprietor of a drug store at this 
 place. He was horn December 17. 1841 1. in 
 the hotel conducted by his parents at Wood- 
 
 bury, which at that time was quite a town in 
 Peru Township, then in Delaware Count v. but 
 now in Morrow County. He is a son of 
 Solomon Westbrook, and a grandson of |bhn 
 Westbrook, who settled in Cananda"igua 
 County, Xew York. The Westbrook family 
 originally came from Germany, two brothers, 
 John and Leonard, coming to this country at 
 an early date. 
 
 Solomon Westbrook, the Doctor's father, 
 was born in 1798 in Canandaigua Count}-, 
 Xew York, and in 1816 moved to Johnstown, 
 Licking County, Ohio. He married Mrs. 
 Mathena Crawford, nee Edmunds, it being the 
 second marriage for both. He had one son 
 by his first marriage, and she had six children 
 hy her first marriage to William Crawford. 
 She was a daughter of Samuel Edmunds, who 
 also came from Canandaigua County, Xew 
 York to Johnstown, Ohio. Of the children of 
 their several unions, but one aside from Dr. 
 Westbrook is living— the latter's full sister. 
 Jane, who is the widow of Robert Gardner, 
 and lives one mile north of South Woodbury. 
 
 Solomon Westbrook followed farming un- 
 til after his marriage, at Johnstown, and then 
 conducted a hotel until 1836. He then went on 
 horseback to New Orleans, where he practiced 
 medicine for one year, after which he returned 
 to his old home, and then shortly afterward 
 journeyed in the same manner to Canada and 
 hack. In 1849 lle went to Missouri, and from 
 St. Joseph crossed the plains to San Francisco 
 with a company from Delaware, Ohio. He 
 drove three yoke of oxen and walked even- 
 step of the way. .Many were the hardships 
 endured by the party, and their condition upon 
 their arrival in San Francisco was pitiable. 
 Mr. Westbrook had nothing to eat Inn one 
 cracker per day for twenty-six days and one 
 of tlic party, Dr. Mann of Delaware, died oi 
 scurvy after his arrival. Mr. Westbrook re- 
 mained two years in the West, working in the 
 gold mines, and upon his return to Ohio had 
 $500. in gold, being no richer and no poorer 
 than when he left home. 
 
 Dr. Albert E. Westbrook was reared in 
 Woodbury and attended Mi. Hesper Semi- 
 nary, a well known institution of learning of 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 that day located little more than a mile south 
 of tlie village. He attended Ohio Wesleyan 
 University at Delaware one year, in 1857, and 
 afterward read medicine under the preceptor- 
 ship of Dr. I. H. Pennock, preparatory to 
 entering Cincinnati College of Medicine and 
 Surgery, from which institution he was grad- 
 uate' 1 with the degree of M. D. on February 
 22. 1863. In August of that year he entered 
 the 106th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as as- 
 sistant surgeon, and served until the war 
 closed. He was on detached duty at Gallitan, 
 Tennessee, where he had charge of the Post 
 1 [ospital ; and was medical director on the staff 
 of Brig.-Gen. E. A. Payne. He had charge 
 of Fts. Negley, Huston and Morton, at Nash- 
 ville, and was on duty also at Stevenson, Ala- 
 bama. For a time he served as surgeon in the 
 68th Regiment, X. Y. Vol. Inf., at Bridgeport, 
 Alabama. He was mustered out June 29, 
 [865, at Nashville. The Doctor has preserved 
 ever) order received while in the service and 
 has the bridle, saddle and spurs which he 
 used. At present he is the only physician 
 living in Delaware County who served as such 
 in the army. 
 
 ' >n .August 10, [865, Dr. Westbrook came 
 to Ashley and engaged in the practice of medi- 
 cine, in which he has since continued — a period 
 of forty-two years. For the past twenty-five 
 years he has also conducted the only drug 
 store in Ashley. He is a prominent citizen 
 and a successful man. He is a member of the 
 American Medical Association; the Ohio State 
 Medical Society, and the Delaware County 
 Medical Society, having served one term as 
 president and also as vice president of the 
 latter. 
 
 In [866 Dr. Westbrook married Amanda 
 
 E. Cunard, a daughter of Judge S. T. Cunard, 
 
 who wa^ a prominent jurist of Mt. Gilead, 
 
 She died April 17. [885, leaving three 
 
 . as follows: Edward Cunard West- 
 
 , w ho is engaged in farming in < K fi ml 
 
 Township, and who married Britta Cline, by 
 
 win m he has one son — Cline Edmunds; Blanch 
 
 Alberta, wife of John T. Olds, a hard- 
 
 merchant of Ashley, who has one son— Neil 
 
 Albert : and ( ,1 ai e Sumni r, ■■•. hi 1 married 
 
 Wesley McCurdy, a clothing merchant of Ash- 
 ley, and has children — Lois, Amanda, 
 Lawton \\ '., Lloyd, and Rose Cunard. Dr. 
 Westbrook was married a second time, in 
 1886, to Rose M. Cunard, a daughter of Cap- 
 tain L. M. Cunard of Mt. Gilead, Ohio. 
 
 • Dr. Westbrook is a Republican in politics 
 and has held numerous local offices. He was 
 instrumental in establishing a graded school 
 here, but it was only after a determined fight 
 on his part and that of a few other enterpris- 
 ing and public spirited men who stood with 
 lum. He was elected on the first Board of 
 Education and served nine years, and was 
 three times a member of the Town Council. 
 Fraternally, Dr. Westbrook is a member of 
 Ashley Lodge, No. 404, F. & A. M., and was 
 formerly a member of the Chapter at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 ICERO T. CARSON was born on the 
 farm 011 which he now resides, in 
 Concord Township. Delaware 
 County, Ohio, February 23, 1837. 
 He is a son of William and Eliza 
 (Thompson) Carson, and a grandson of 
 Samuel and Abigail (Black) Carson. 
 
 The Carsons came to Delaware County 
 among the pioneers and Samuel Carson ac- 
 quired a large body of land in Ohio, amount- 
 ing to about 1.200 acres. He was a soldier in 
 the War of 181 2. He died December 2^, 
 1834. in his sixty-second year. He married 
 Abigail Black, who died March 22. 1838. in 
 her fifty-sixth year. William Carson, the father 
 of Cicero T.. was born in March. 1S02, before 
 the family left Pennsylvania, and he died in 
 Delaware County, Ohio, May 9. 1873, in his 
 seventy-second year. I te was the eldest born 
 of a family of five sons and two daughters, the 
 others being: Mar)-, who remained unmar- 
 ried; Samuel, who went to California in 1849, 
 was killed in Oregon, b) the Indians; John B., 
 who married Jane Carson, of Chillicothe, 
 moved to McLean County. Illinois, where he 
 died; James, who married [sabella Johnson, 
 moved to the vicinity of Topeka, Kansas. 
 
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 where he died; Joseph M.. who married Anna 
 Mary [senberg, died in Delaware Count) : and 
 Nancy Jane, who never married. All mem- 
 bers of the above family have passed out oi 
 life. 
 
 William Carson was a small boy when his 
 
 its came to < mio and settled first at Chilli- 
 cothe, in Ross County, lie was to. years oi 
 
 vhen his father settled on the east hank 
 he Scioto River, opposite to the present 
 State institution, the Girls Industrial School. 
 When William Carson married he brought his 
 bride to the house in which they thereafter 
 and where their children were all hum. 
 They were six in number, two of whom died 
 in infancy. Cicero T. was the second born 
 in the family and the others who survived 
 were: Joan Vbigail, Mary E. and William 
 W. Juan Abigail was married (first) to 
 Thomas 1'.. Johnson and accompanied him to 
 the South, where he died prior to the Civil 
 War. She returned to Delaware county and 
 was married (second) to John II. Shearer, 
 who was then the editor of the Marysville 
 Tribune, to which his son. John Shearer suc- 
 ceeded. Mary E. Carson was married (first) 
 to Edward Goddard, of Lexington, McLean 
 County, Illinois, and (second) to Dr. James 
 Southard, of Marysville, and is the widow of 
 the latter. She resides on Oak Street. Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio. William W. Carson married 
 Rel ecca Chenoweth, and he is survived by hi.-, 
 widow and one son and three daughters. The 
 niducts the Hocking grocery store at 
 Delaware. 
 
 Cicero T. Larson attended school at Dela- 
 ware. Ohio, until he was 14 years of age, 
 and when 17. he went to Memphis. Tennes- 
 see, and subsequently took a business course 
 at the Male High School, in Germantown, 
 Shelby County. Tennessee. He remained in 
 that State for two years and then returned to 
 the North and became bookkeeper in the 
 Marysville Bank. After a business experience 
 years he spent one year in the imi 
 
 ; at Delaware. In 1 Son he went as far 
 in; Kansas, w here he was en- 
 
 1 in teaching school when the Civil War 
 broke out. lie remained there for two vears, 
 
 during this period having enjoyed the privilege 
 
 of casting his vote in favor of the admission of 
 Kansas as a State of the Union, and voted for 
 Abraham Lincoln, which was his first vote, 
 and then returned to Ohio and took up his 
 residence on the farm where he now lives. 
 After his return he entered the Federal Army, 
 enlisting in Company K. One Hundred and 
 Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, with the rank of sergeant. This regi- 
 ment was stationed at Fort Tillinghast and 
 witnessed the first work done on Arlington 
 Heights, in preparing the beautiful grounds 
 for a sacred resting-place for the Nation's 
 slain. He remained in the service until the 
 close of the war and was honorably discharged 
 at Camp Chase, at Columbus. 
 
 On December 24, 1S74, Mr. Larson was 
 married to Carrie Yeend, who died March _\ 
 kjoo. She was a most estimable lady, one 
 whose many personal attributes endeared her to 
 all who knew her. She was horn at Chelten- 
 ham. England, and was a daughter of John 
 R. and Mary (Swain) Yeend. When she 
 w as seven years of age, her parents came to 
 America and settled in Geauga County. Ohio, 
 where she was reared and educated. She was 
 appointed the first matron of the Girls' In- 
 dustrial Home, and she continued in that po- 
 sition for five years. Having no children of 
 their own. Mr. and Mrs. Carson adopted an 
 orphan babe. Minnie C. when she was but 
 three days old, whom they reared to happy 
 womanhood. She subsequently married Elijan 
 Howard and they have one daughter. Carrie 
 Lillian. 
 
 Mr. Carson has heen engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits ever since his marriage. 
 Shortly after that event he purchased a farm 
 of almost 300 acres, in Delaware County, on 
 which he resided for over 20 years, hut sold 
 thai property in 1903, and then moved hack 
 to the old homestead, where he still continues 
 to farm, in association with his son-in-law, 
 Elijah I low ard. 
 
 The Springview Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, in Concord Township, was named by 
 Mr. and Mr-. Carson, it being chosea on ac- 
 
 til of its proximity to the White Sulphur 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Springs. During the years following its 
 founding Mrs. Carson was a very active mem- 
 ber and she and Mr. Carson started the Sun- 
 day school which was the real beginning of 
 the church which was later erected. Mr. Lar- 
 son remains one of the church trustees. Both 
 he and his wife were interested in the Liberty 
 Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and assisted 
 its early efforts very materially. Mr. Carson 
 takes no active part in political campaigns. 
 
 0~OWARD CLIFTON CRANE, M. I)., 
 who has heen continuously engaged 
 in the practice of medicine at Eden, 
 for the past 14 years, was horn in 
 Porter Township, Delaware Count}', 
 Ohio, September 29, 1864. He is a son of 
 Elbert and Ellen (Her) Crane. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of Dr. Crane, 
 Amza and Ardilla 1 Hopkins) Crane, came to 
 Ohio and settled in Morrow County, in 1834. 
 They had four sons and six daughters, 
 namely: Alson, Zebulon, Elbert, Washing- 
 ton, Mary Ann, Sarah. Alba Cincla, Sarah 
 (2), Elizabeth and Jane. The maternal 
 grandparents of Dr. Crane were Captain Wil- 
 liam and Jane G. (Grej I Her. They came to 
 Delaware County about [833, and so wild was 
 all this territory that they had to cut a path 
 through the foresl in order to reach their land 
 in Porter Township. Captain I lei- operated a 
 canal boal between Cleveland and Portsmouth, 
 in [834. There were two daughters in the 
 Her family. Ellen B. and Elizabeth. The lat- 
 ter was married ( first 1 to Samuel Marshall. 
 who died at Mansfield, Ohio, and (second) 
 to Christopher Chase, of Marion. 
 
 Elbert Crane, father of Dr. Crane, was 
 horn in New York, his parents at that time be- 
 ing residents of Putnam County, and he accom- 
 panied them to Morrow County, Ohio, where 
 they died, lie still resides in Porter Town- 
 ship. Delaware ( bunty, his age hem- 77 years. 
 lie married Ellen Her, who was born in 
 Delaware County, and died January 22, 1908. 
 They had the following children: Alwyn M., 
 who has heen engaged in the practice of medi- 
 
 cine at Marion for _»o years, and is a gradu- 
 ate of the Columbus Medical College, married 
 (first) Mary Crouch, and (second) Susan 
 Johnson; Florence May, who is deceased; 
 Thurston, who manages the home farm in 
 Porter Township ; Howard C. : William I . 
 whose home is at Minneapolis, Minnesota, is 
 a traveling salesman, and married lone Oliver; 
 Jennie C, who was educated at the Ohio S. U. 
 at Columbus and the O. W. U. at Delaware, 
 is a successful teacher in the public schools of 
 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Nellie M., who 
 was also educated as was her sister, is engaged 
 in teaching at Troy, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Crane was primarily educated in the 
 public schools and completed his medical train- 
 ing at Starling Medical College, and was grad- 
 uated in the class of 1894. After a short resi- 
 dence with his brother at Marion, Dr. Crane se- 
 lected Eden as a promising field for himself 
 professionally, and here he has remained to the 
 present day. He has built up a large ami 
 satisfactory practice, to which he gives his 
 entire attention. He is a member of the Dela- 
 ware Count)- Medical Society and of the Ohio 
 State Medical Society. Fraternally he is a 
 Knight of Pythias, and is connected with Wil- 
 liams Lodge, No. 53d. In political sentiment 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 In [903 Dr. Crane was married to Mar- 
 garet Ross, who is a daughter of Melancthon 
 J. and Ada (Matthews) Ross. She was born 
 in Virginia. Her father was born at Sara- 
 toga, New York, and her mother at Eden. 
 Ohio. They reside in Delaware County. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM E. HA \S. mayor ot 
 Delaware. Ohio, was born December 
 17. 1874. at Bucyrus, Craw 
 1 ounty, Ohio, and is a son of J. L. 
 and Mary ( Frank ) I laas. 
 The parents of Mayor Haas were born and 
 reared on farms in Crawford County. Ohio. 
 In 1X7(1 l ' H A came to Delaware, and J. E. 
 Haas has been employed in the blacksmith de- 
 partment of the shops belonging to the Big 
 Four Railroad, in this city, for the past 31 
 
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 years. His family consists of four sons and 
 three daughters, namely: Anna, who married 
 Frank \ ining, who is a member of the police 
 force at Delaware; William E. ; Charles 0-, 
 who is in business at Delaware; Matilda, who 
 married Edward Schweitzer, at Delaware; 
 Vincent, residing at Moxahala, Ohio, where he 
 is serving as secretary of the Chapman Coal 
 .Mining Company; Joseph, who died aged four 
 months; and Frances, who is the possessor of 
 rare musical talents, which have been well 
 cultivated. 
 
 During his boyhood, William E. Haas at- 
 tended the parochial schools at Delaware, and 
 when it became a family law that he should 
 become self-supporting, he went to work in -i 
 chair factory and continued his studies at 
 night, in the public schools. Very much as 
 many other ambitious youths, he tried one po- 
 sition after another in the endeavor to make 
 the most of his time and opportunities, going 
 from the chair factory to a grocery store and 
 from there to a cigar factor)-, and later reach- 
 ing the firm of Downheimer & Grasser, with 
 which he learned the trade of cigar-making. 
 On January 1, 1898, he entered into partner- 
 ship with J. P. Grasser. in the manufacture oi 
 cigars, under the firm style of Grasser & 1 laas. 
 Mr. Haas attends to all the outside work of the 
 firm and writes all the advertising matter, 
 which, on account of the extent of the business, 
 is very heavy. Employment is given to from 
 eight to 14 expert cigar-makers, and the firm 
 has several exclusive brands which have 
 proved to be favorites with the public. 
 
 On June jo. [896, Mr. Haas was married 
 to Catherine Hoch, who is a daughter of Jo 
 seph Hoch. who resides at Lancaster. Ohio. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Haas have two children. Alary 
 Catherine and Anna Josephine, both of whom 
 attend school. The family belong to the Cath- 
 olic Church. 
 
 For the past two years. Mayor Haas has 
 been the only Democratic member of the Dela- 
 ware City Council. He has been a leading and 
 influential member of his party for some - 
 and his nomination to the highest civic office, 
 September 27. [907, was a token of harmony 
 in the Democratic ranks. He was elected \o- 
 
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 vember 6, 1907. receiving a majority of [2 
 electoral votes. Personally, .Mr. Haas is very 
 popular in Delaware, where he has been for so 
 long a sterling and public-spirited citizen, and 
 hence the satisfaction on his election was wide 
 spread. He is a member of the Commercial 
 (luh. in the deliberations of which he takes 
 an active and interested part, and he belongs 
 to the fraternal orders of the Knights of Co- 
 lumbus, the Eagles, and the United Com- 
 mercial Travelers. 
 
 Tl ARLES FRANCIS TALLEY, M. 
 
 D.. physician and surgeon at Powell. 
 
 and physician for the State Indus- 
 
 &5^U trial Home for Girls at this point. 
 
 was born in Concord Township, 
 
 Delaware County, Ohio, September 15, 1864, 
 
 and is a son of Nelson E. and Eliza ( Edel- 
 
 man ) Talley. 
 
 The father of Dr. Talley was born in Penn- 
 sylvania and came to Ohio when he was a 
 voting man, settling first at Prospect, in 
 Marion County. He was of French extraction. 
 He married while he lived at Prospect and 
 afterward moved to Concord Township, in 
 Delaware County. His family included 10 
 children, namely: Sarah, residing in Concord 
 Township; Mar}-, who is the widow of Charles 
 Vienot, residing in Scioto Township; William, 
 residing in Texas; Annie, deceased, was the 
 wife of William Spero, of Concord Town- 
 ship; John Frederick, residing at Delaware, 
 who married Flora Oiler, a daughter of George 
 W. Oiler; Andrew Jackson, residing in Con- 
 cord Township, who married Maggie 0. Con- 
 nor, of Evarisville, Indiana; Nelson R.. re- 
 siding at Evansville; and Charles Francis, 
 Twi 1 children died in infancy. 
 
 Dr. Talley was educated in the common 
 and high schools of Concord Township, grow 
 ing to manhood on his father's farm. In 
 1884, he entered the Miami Medical Coll 
 at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 
 [886. In the same year he located at Hyatts- 
 ville. where he engaged in practice until the 
 spring of [896, when he came to Powell. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 where, for full 11 years he has been faithfully 
 a Lged in the practice of medicine and sur- 
 gery, in the meanwhile building up a reputation 
 which has carried his name over all this section 
 uf the State. He is a valued member of both 
 the Delaware County and the ( )hio State Medi- 
 cal Associations. He has business interests 
 in this section and owns a one-third interest 
 in The Powell Flour and Feed Milling Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Dr. Taller was married to Lucy B. Mar- 
 quett, who is a daughter of Warner Marquett, 
 of Liberty Township. He is a Republican in 
 his political sentiment- and fraternally he be- 
 rs to the Elks, the Knight- of Pythias and 
 tin Odd Fellows, and to Hiram Lodge. No. 
 [8, F. & A. M., at Delaware. Dr. Talley 
 stands high professionally and equally so per- 
 Si 'lially. 
 
 h 
 
 ENJAMIN POWERS, the son of 
 Avery Lowers and Prudence Benja- 
 |gj min. was horn at Franklinton, Ohio 
 (now Columbus), on October 7, 
 [800. Ill- father. Avery Lowers. 
 Jr., who came of good old New England stock, 
 was horn in Old Norwich, Connecticut, Janu- 
 ary 22. 1772. and was married to Prudence 
 Benjamin on January 12. 1797. in the old 
 Griswold Church of that place. They re- 
 moved to Norwich. New York, being the first 
 white settlers there and giving the name to 
 the settlemenl after the old Connecticut home. 
 They afterwards moved to Franklinton, Ohio, 
 where the subject of this sketch was horn. 
 
 Pari of his boyhood was spent in Frank- 
 linton, where he often hunted squirrels on the 
 sighl of the present capital grounds, which was 
 then a thickly winded tract of land. After 
 some ears the family removed to a farm be- 
 low Delaware about six miles, situated on 
 tlu e -1 bank ol the Olentangy River, neat 
 what was then known as the Carpenter farm. 
 From there in a short time the) moved to the 
 village of Delaware. 
 
 Early in life he was left without a father. 
 for \ver3 Powers. Jr.. was killed by the In 
 
 - (ul_\- 26, [812, while serving his country 
 
 as a soldier near Sandusky. Ohio, during the 
 War of 1X1 j. lie received the usual scanty- 
 educational advantages of the times, and as a 
 young man learned the trade of a printer. 
 He entered the employ of William Little, a 
 pioneer merchant, whose place of business was 
 the southwest corner of Sandusky and Winter 
 Streets. He dealt 'in general merchandise, 
 and bought and sold hides, furs, pelts and 
 tallow. 
 
 In the year 1828 he entered into partner- 
 ship with William Little in the conduct of the 
 same business, a partnership which lasted for 
 a number of years. The firm was later 
 changed to Powers & Bennett. For a num- 
 ber ot years, in partnership with Chaunce\ 
 Hills, he conducted a dry goods business in the 
 city. 
 
 Benjamin Powers was always active in the 
 business life of Delaware, and in 1857, with a 
 few other citizens, he organized the Bank of 
 Delaware, which in 1864 transferred its busi- 
 ness to the First National Bank of Delaware, 
 at present one of the solid financial institutions 
 of our city. He succeeded P. D. Hillyer as 
 president of the Bank of Delaware and con- 
 tinued to serve the two institutions as presi- 
 dent until he was forced to resign on account of 
 failing health in 1880. 
 
 Benjamin Powers was married to Eliza- 
 beth Storm, September 16, 1829, and this 
 happy union continued for over 55 years. Six 
 children were born in this family — Maria E., 
 Charles A., Henry Y.. William L., George 
 \Y. and Louis E. Powers. Most of this large 
 family grew to mature years, and two of them 
 are now living in Delaware — Henry V. and 
 George W. Powers. 
 
 He was one of the first members and for 
 many years an officer and staunch supporter 
 of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. A gentle, 
 kindly, dignified. Christian gentleman, who 
 tited to do his duty in all things, fie never 
 sought for public office, yet he was the kind 
 of man in whom people always placed implicit 
 trust and confidence. He served his city as a 
 member of the Common Council. He died 
 January 6, [884, aged 84 years, his wife liv- 
 ing about one vear after his death. 
 
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 AMES \V. HARSH, a prominent agri- 
 culturist oi Delaware County, Ohio, 
 who owns and operates a magnificent 
 tract of 600 acres in Radnor Town- 
 ship, was born December 22, 1851, in 
 Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of Caleb 
 and Catherine (Gracley) Harsh, and a grand- 
 son of Jacob Harsh, a native of Wurtemberg, 
 Germany. 
 
 larsh was born in Wurtemberg, 
 Germany, and in 1830. as a boy, came to 
 America with bis parents, and settled in the 
 - 1" Marion County. Ohio. Here he fol- 
 lowed the trade of tanner until 1852. in which 
 year he removed to Delaware County, settling 
 on a farm on the Scioto River in Radnor 
 Township, where the remainder of his life was 
 spent. He was an industrious farmer and 
 aide business man. and in his death Delaware 
 County lost one of its progressive, public- 
 spirited citizens. During the latter part of 
 his life he was a Republican in politics, and his 
 religious belief was that of the Presbyterian 
 Church. Of the children of Caleb and Cath- 
 erine (Gracley) • Harsh, seven grew to ma- 
 turity, namely : James W. ; Martha, who is 
 the wife of Titus Jones of Radnor Town-hip; 
 Alary E., who is the widow of Finley Tyler, 
 late of Scioto Township, where Mrs. Tyler 
 uo\\ resides: Sarah S.. wife of Bertrand 
 Smith, of near Stratford. Delaware County : 
 Emma L.. who married Dr. T. lv. Jones, of 
 Radnor, Ohio; Ella V., who is the wife of 
 Foster Evans of Scioto Township: and 
 Charles F., who lives in Radnor Township. 
 
 James YV. Harsh was brought by his par- 
 ent- from Marion County to Delaware Count} 
 as a boy. and since that time he has always 
 resided in Radnor Township. He received his 
 education in the public schools, after leaving 
 which he engaged in farming and stock-rais- 
 ing, and his well-cultivated tract of 600 acres 
 is one of the finest farms in Radnor Town- 
 ship. Mr. Harsh is a Democrat in politics, 
 and he has always taken an active interest in 
 public matter-, serving a number of years 
 as a member of the Board of Education of 
 Radnor Township. 
 
 In March. t88o, Mr. Harsh was married 
 to Mary Criglar, who was born in Delaware 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and 
 daughter of the late James Criglar. who was 
 a well-known citizen of Delaware Town-hip. 
 There were six children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Harsh, two of whom died in infancy, the sur- 
 vivors being: James \\\. Jr., Charles C, 
 Margie and Nellie, all residents of Radnor 
 Ti iwnship. 
 
 APT. CLIFTON W. WILES, super- 
 intendent and general manager for 
 the Delaware Water Company, a 
 Civil War veteran, and one of the 
 leading citizens of Delaware County, 
 was born at Freetown, Cortland County, New 
 York, March 26, 1843, son OI Peter and Nancy 
 ( Hall ) Wiles. His paternal grandfather was 
 a native of Germany who came to this coun- 
 try about the year 1800, settling in Onondaga 
 C< iunty, New York. 
 
 Peter Wiles was born in Onondaga 
 County, New York, May 17. 1814, and spent 
 his industrial years in farming and dairying, 
 giving particular attention to the latter in- 
 dustry. During the greater part of his life 
 he was a resident of Cortland County, and 
 he died June 6. 1862, at the age of 48 years. 
 He was a man of considerable musical ability, 
 being leader of a choir and a good performer 
 on the piano, organ, and violin. His wife 
 Nancy was a daughter of Caleb Hall, of Her- 
 kimer County. New York, and was born in 
 1N17, and died April 10. 1878. They were 
 the parents of three children, namely: Clif- 
 ton W.. whose name appears at the head of 
 this article ; Emma, who married John Len- 
 non, and is now deceased with her husband: 
 and Ella, also deceased, who was the wifi 
 William D. Tuttle, an attorney of Cortlan ', 
 County. New York. Airs. Peter Wiles, mother 
 of the above mentioned children, died :i ! 
 [876 o,- 1877. aged 03 year-. 
 
 The early life of Clifton W. Wiles was that 
 of a farmer's boy, with the Old Red School 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 House to direct his steps in the path oi knowl- 
 edge. The Civil War interrupted for a time 
 his progress in the ordinal')- activities of life, 
 and he enlisted, September 20, 1862, in Com- 
 pany L, Tenth New York Cavalry, and was 
 made trumpeter of his company. The first 
 battle in which he participated was that of 
 Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 12-13, 
 [862, he was detailed as private orderly foi 
 General David H. Russell, who commanded 
 a brigade in the Fifth Corps, and who was 
 killed in the battle of Winchester; and re- 
 mained with him during the battle and for 
 some time after. 
 
 In January, 1863, his regiment was as- 
 signed to the brigade commanded by General 
 Kilpatrick in the division commanded by Gen- 
 eral D. McM. Gregg of the Cavalry Corps. 
 This command was actively engaged in the 
 Stoneman raid and the battle of Chancellors- 
 ville, followed by the cavalry hattles of Brandy 
 Station, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. 
 At the battle of Gettysburg, that soon fol- 
 lowed, his regiment was engaged on July 2d 
 with Johnson's Confederate division on the 
 Hanover Road, and again on the 3d with 
 Smart's cavalry on the Kummell farm. The 
 men of his regiment were the first Union 
 troops to enter the citv after the battle, driv- 
 ing out the rear guard of the enemy. 
 
 Following was the battle of Mine Run and 
 several minor engagements. 
 
 In the spring of [864 the cavalry under 
 Sheridan accompanied ami co-operated with 
 Grant in the battles of the Wilderness and 
 
 subsequent engagements, 
 
 including 
 
 the raid 
 
 and battle of Trevillion Station, and the Rich- 
 mond raid and the battle of Haws Shops, fin- 
 ally arriving, July 2d. with Grant's army in 
 front of Petersburg. 
 
 I rom this time to April 9, [865, the regi- 
 ment was constantly engaged in picket duty, 
 and raids in the enemy's country. 
 
 On the opening of die spring campaign, 
 March 28, [865, Mr. Wiles was assigned to 
 duty as aide-de-camp to General Henry !•'.. 
 Davies, commanding the First Brigade, Sec- 
 ond Division of the Cavalry Corps, and par 
 ticipated in the battles oi Dinwiddie Court 
 
 House, Five Forks, Jettersville, Sailor's Creek, 
 l'armville, and Appomattox, and at the sur- 
 render of Lee's army. He lost two horses 
 killed under him — one at Sulphur Springs. 
 Virginia, October 12, 1863, and one at Tre- 
 villion Station, June 1 1, 1864; and was injured 
 by a shell at Middleburg. June 19. 1863. His 
 regiment was finally discharged in August. 
 [865. During his entire service of nearly 
 three years, he was never in a hospital, away 
 from his regiment, nor absent a single day 
 from duty, except to obtain horses. On ac- 
 count of services rendered he was recom- 
 mended for a commission, but not mustered on 
 account of the close of the war. 
 
 After his discharge from the army Mr. 
 Wiles took up and completed his school work 
 at the New York Central College. After serv- 
 ing for several years in construction and engi- 
 neering work pertaining to waterworks supply, 
 he came to Delaware, Ohio, in April, 1892. as 
 superintendent and general manager of the 
 Delaware Water Company, and has been con- 
 stantly engaged in this work to the present 
 time. He has for many years been a mem- 
 ber of the American Water Works Associa- 
 tion, and is a past president of the Central 
 States Water Works Association. He has 
 been called upon on several occasions to in- 
 spect and report upon the conditions and value 
 of water works plants in other cities. 
 
 In 1902 he was commissioned as honorary 
 aide on the staff of Governor Aaron T. Bliss 
 of .Michigan (who was a comrade in his regi- 
 ment), with the rank of Colonel. He has 011 
 several occasions served as aide-de-camp on 
 the staff of the commander-in-chief of the 
 ( band Army of the Republic, with the rank 
 of Colonel. He is now an officer and past 
 commander of the local Grand Army post, and 
 colonel of Encampment No. 107. Union Vet- 
 eran Legion. 
 
 .In 1894 he was commissioned by Gover- 
 nor MeKinlcy as battalion adjutant in the 
 fourteenth Ohio National Guard, and in [81 ; 
 by Governor Bushnell as captain and inspector 
 of rifle practice, in the same regiment, which 
 rank he held on the opening of the Spanish- 
 American War. and with his regiment pre- 
 
FLEETWOOD COURTWR1GH I 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 6-^3 
 
 pared for active service at Camp Bushnell; 
 but (in account of the rank lie held he was 
 not allowed to muster into the United States 
 service, but was appointed provost-marshal 
 
 of Camp Bushnell. in which position he served 
 until the camp was broken up. 
 
 He was appointed a member of the Board 
 of Trustees of the Delaware City Library by 
 Mayor H. H. Beecher, and is secretary of the 
 Commercial Club of this city. 
 
 Captain Wiles married Anna, daughter of 
 
 eph Bates, of Cortland. New York. Febru- 
 ary 17. 1869, and he and his wife are the 
 parents of two children — Nellie, who is re- 
 siding at home, and Arthur, a mechanical and 
 electrical engineer, who graduated in the class 
 of '05 at the Case School of Applied Science. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Colonel Wiles is a member of Hiram 
 Lodge, No. i8, F. & A. M., having been de- 
 mitted to this lodge from Marathon Lodge, 
 No. 438, of Cortland County. New York, 
 where he was made a Mason in 1866. He also 
 belonged to the Chapter and Commandery at 
 Cortland. New York, and to Cortland Com- 
 mandery No. 50. joining the chapter here 
 about the same time that he was transferred 
 by demit. His Masonic affiliations further 
 include membership in Alladin Temple. Mys- 
 tic Shrine, at Columbus. He is a member of 
 George B. Torrence Post, G. A. R.. and is 
 past commander of Grover Post of Cortland. 
 New Y rk, and past commander of the posl 
 in Delaware. He has also been colonel of the 
 Union Veteran Legion in Delaware for five 
 or six years. Colonel Wiles is a Republican in 
 his political views. He takes a good citizen's 
 interest in he progress of the community, and 
 is este med and respected wherever known. 
 
 LEETWOOD COURTWRIGHT. a 
 prominent resident of Columbus, 
 where he has large and valuable real 
 estate interests, was horn on a farm 
 that he still owns, in Concord Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, Augusl 1 _\ 
 1838. His parents were John and Martha 
 I Mitchell ) Courtwright. 
 
 The earliest Courtwright to establish him- 
 self in the United States was Jesse Court- 
 wright, the grandfather, who, it appears, made 
 the grave mistake of leaving Canada, his na- 
 tive land, when war was in progress, and on 
 that account was not permitted to return, e 
 after peace was declared, although, by that 
 time, he had made a home for himself and 
 family in the alien country. He settled on 
 land in Union County, Ohio, and lived in this 
 part of the State during the remainder of his 
 lite. His remains lie buried in Franklin 
 County, Ohio. 
 
 John Courtwright, father of Fleetwood, 
 was eight years of age when the family settled 
 in Ohio. He acquired a large amount of land 
 and lived an agricultural life. He married 
 Martha Mitchell and they resided many years 
 in Delaware Count}- and then moved to Co- 
 lumbus, where they subsequently passed away 
 and their burial was in Green Lawn cemetery, 
 Columbus. The only survivor of their eight 
 children is the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Fleetwood Courtwright attended school in 
 the neighborhood of his home, all through his 
 boyhood, but he acquired further knowledge 
 than that found in ' his school hooks. When 
 only twelve years of age his father encouraged 
 him in exercising his pronounced business tal- 
 ents, and since that age Mr. Courtwright has 
 been more or less of a trader. When his par- 
 ents subsequently decided to move to Colum- 
 bus, he made up his mind to buy 225 acre- 
 his father's farm, which was exceedingly val- 
 uable property. To the elder Courtwright's 
 surprise, his son was able to make a cash pay- 
 ment of $4,000, and readily gave his note-. 
 agreeing to pay $1,000, annually, until the 
 whole sum of $12,500 should lie paid. In less 
 than six months. Mr. Courtwright had pur- 
 chased 150 acres more, giving notes for the 
 same. His growing indebtedness greatly wor- 
 ried his father, but it in no way frighti 
 the son. who never failed to pay his notes 
 when they came due. This has always I 
 Mr. Courtwright's policy in handling business 
 deals of great magnitude and he has been ex- 
 ceedingly successful. His remarkable fore- 
 sight and husiness acumen have enabled him 
 to find fortunes where less favored men w 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 have only met with failure. He has prospered 
 in various speculative lines, including real es- 
 tate, wool and stock. His present property in- 
 terests are large. He owns 600 acres of valu- 
 able farming land in Delaware, Union and 
 Franklin Counties, together with property in 
 the city of Columbus to the value of several 
 hundred thousand dollars. He built the large 
 structure that stands on the corner of Long 
 and Randolph Streets, Columbus, and the fine 
 brick residence which is on the home farm, 
 where he passes a great deal of his time . 
 
 Mr. Court wright was married, first, to 
 Mary Jones, a daughter of Thomas Jones, w It" 
 was engaged in the milling business in Frank- 
 lin County. They had two daughters and two 
 si >ns. The latter were twins and both are in >\v 
 deceased. Of the daughters. Olive and Mary, 
 the former married a Mr. Trice, and the latter 
 became the wife of John Freshwater, a resi- 
 dent of Concord Township. At her death 
 Mary left one daughter — Annie — and two 
 sons — Elmer and Stanley Freshwater. After 
 the death of her mother, Annie Freshwater 
 took charge of her father's house and looked 
 after the comfort of the family. Later she he- 
 came a successful teacher in the public schools 
 of Concord Township. 
 
 Mr. Courtwright was married, secondly, 
 to Jennie F.. Hill, who is a daughter of Rob- 
 ert Hill, of Union County. Ohio, and of this 
 union there are three children— Nellie, Clydie 
 and Fleetwood. Xellie married J. I'. Stoltz 
 and they reside in New York city, where Mr. 
 Stoltz owns much valuable property. They 
 have one son, Fleetwood Stoltz. Clydie mar- 
 ried a Mr. (ioff and they reside at Pueblo, 
 < olorado, where the latter is engaged in large 
 
 business enterprises. Fleets 1 Courtwright, 
 
 the only son. has already demonstrated much 
 business ability, displayed in the management 
 of more than one hundred thousand dollars' 
 worth of property with which his father has 
 endowed him. Mr. Courtwright has taken 
 pleasure in providing for different members of 
 his family during his life time and he has not 
 forgotten the claims of Hianty and benevo- 
 lence. 
 
 OBERT WALLACE, a prominent 
 citizen and trustee of Marlborough 
 Township, whose farm of [-,C_- 
 acres is credited with being one if 
 the finest in this section, was born 
 February 2. 1847. m Troy Township, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, and is a son of John and 
 Margaret (Giffin) Wallace. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Wallace were born in 
 Scotland and the father came to America 
 when nineteen years of age. and the mother 
 was brought across the Atlantic when she was 
 a child of four years. For a number of years, 
 John Wallace resided in Belmont County. 
 Ohio, coming from there to Troy Township. 
 Delaware County, where he lived until his 
 death, when aged seventy-four years. He 
 was a very successful farmer and was a highly 
 respected man in every relation of life. For 
 a long period he was one of the pillars. - 
 speak, of the Presbyterian Church at I ' 
 He gave his political support to the Rep- 
 can party. His death removed one of Dela- 
 ware County's valued citizens. 
 
 Robert Wallace was reared in Troy Town- 
 ship, and he obtained his education in the dis- 
 trict schools, and remained in that section un- 
 til 1878. when he settled on his present farm 
 in Marlborough Township. His interests here 
 have been largely of an agricultural nature, 
 but during seventeen years, in addition to car- 
 rying on his farm, he maintained also a ware- 
 house at Ashley. Ohio, where lie engaged in 
 buying grain, hay. seeds and other farm pro- 
 duce. He has also been a very successful 
 stock raiser. While closely attending to his 
 own affairs, Mr. Wallace has always found 
 time, however, to give a good citizen's atten- 
 tion to public matters in his community, and 
 has served both mi the School Board and as 
 township trustee. 
 
 Mr. Wallace was married (first) to Mar- 
 garet Klee, who was a native of Marlborough 
 Township. She had two children, namely: 
 Maud F., who married Harry Blair, residing 
 at Ashley, Ohio; and Benjamin F., residing 
 in Brown Township. Delaware Count}-. Mr. 
 Wallace was married (second) to Nettie 
 Lewis, who was born in Oxford Township. 
 
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 62: 
 
 Delaware County, and is a daughter of Jerome 
 Lewis. Mrs. Wallace accompanied her par- 
 ents when they removed from Oxford to Marl- 
 borough Township, she at that time being four 
 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have a 
 beautiful home, the residence being of brick 
 construction and its surroundings exceedingly 
 attractive. Air. Wallace is a leading member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at West 
 Oxford. Oxford Township, and has been a 
 church official for a considerable period. 
 
 LEXAXDER X. DECKER, con- 
 tractor and builder, residing at War- 
 1 ensburg, was born at Fain iew . Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio. June 24, 1859, 
 and is a son of Frederick and Eliza 
 G. 1 Reynolds) (Nash) Decker. 
 
 Frederick Decker was born in Hoboken, 
 Xew Jersey, and came from there to Craw lord 
 Count}-. Ohio, building a grist mill near 
 Bucyrus. Afterward he came to Delaware 
 County and built a stone mill north of Dela- 
 ware, which he sold some years later. He then 
 bought the Snyder mill, which he rebuilt, but 
 in a few years sold that property also. He was 
 a man of excellent business qualifications and 
 his financial operations were successfully con- 
 ducted. Later he erected a mill at Mill Creek. 
 where he was engaged in milling for several 
 years. He then moved to Fairview. where he 
 bought a mill on the present site of Warrens- 
 burg, and also purchased farming land. This 
 mill he operated for almost thirty years, con- 
 tinuing thus occupied until his death. From 
 1858 he also engaged in farming and was an 
 extensive agriculturist, owning from 500 to 
 600 acres of land. He was a successful grower 
 of sheep, keeping 1.200 to 1.400 head, and he 
 raised enough grain to feed all his stock. Until 
 1S72 he was identified with the Republican 
 party, after which he cast his influence in 
 favor of the Prohibition party. 
 
 Frederick was twice married. The chil- 
 dren of the first marriage were: Clark, now de- 
 ceased, but formerly a resident of Kansas; 
 
 Greeley, residing at Franklin County. Kansas; 
 Julia, deceased; Alfretta, who married Dr. 
 Willis, residing at Delaware: LeRoy. a resi- 
 dent of Cleveland; Margery, who is deceased; 
 Samuel R.. residing in Scioto Township: and 
 Alvin O.j who is deceased. Frederick Decker 
 was married secondly to Mrs. Eliza G. 1 Xash) 
 Reynolds, who was born in Vermont and who 
 was the widow of Solis Reynolds. The chil- 
 dren of her first marriage were: Albina. a 
 resident of Xebraska ; Richard C. residing ai 
 Wichita. Kansas; Marion, who resides in Os- 
 trander; and Solis. wdio is a physician residing 
 at Indianapolis. Of Frederick Decker'- sec- 
 ond marriage the following children were 
 born: Alexander X... whose name begins this 
 article; D., residing at Warrensburg: and 
 George W. and William Xew ton. both resid- 
 ing in Columbus and F. E. Decker residing 
 the home farm. The family was reared in 
 the faith of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Alexander X. Decker was four years old 
 when his parents moved to Scioto Township, 
 where he was reared and educated. \\ hen 
 about sixteen years of age he started to learn 
 the carpenter's trade, working for one year 
 with Charles Robinson, from whom he learned 
 the first principles, after which he put them 
 into practice and taught himself, undoubtedly 
 having a natural bent in this direction. For 
 twenty years he operated a farm of eighty 
 acres, which he sold in 1906, and since then he 
 has devoted his entire attenton to building and 
 contracting. He gives employment to several 
 helpers, and his contracts take him all over 
 Delaware and Union Counties. He is con- 
 sidered a very expert workman and is one who 
 is never obliged to fold his arms for lack of any- 
 thing to do. 
 
 Mr. Decker married Rosa F. Mason, a 
 daughter of James B. Mason, of Delaware 
 Township, and they have three children, 
 namely: Lorain; Grace, who married Leo 
 Smith": and Eliza Caroline. Mr. Decker and 
 family belong to the old stone Presbyterian 
 Church at South Radnor. He is an Independ- 
 ent in politics. For many years he has been a 
 member of Ruffner Lodge of Odd Fellow-. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 DW'ARD KENT, one of Concord 
 
 Township's foremost citizens, who 
 
 resides on his valuable farm of 104 1 _. 
 
 acres, where he carries on general 
 
 farming was born in Jerome 
 
 Township, Union County. Ohio, November 2, 
 
 1855. He is a son of Elijah and Charlotte 
 
 1 X orris) Kent. 
 
 Elijah Kent was horn in Madison County. 
 Ohio, in 1S23. and settled in Union County 
 in young manhood, and in Concord Township, 
 Delaware County, about the close of the Civil 
 War, purchasing the Carson farm of 250 
 acres. He died at the age of sixty-three years. 
 He married Charlotte Norris, who was born 
 in Harrison County, Ohio, and accompanied 
 her parents, Edward and Susan Norris to 
 Union County, where she was reared and mar- 
 ried. Her parents died at Richwood, Ohio. 
 She survived until February 14. 1907, dying 
 at the age of seventy-three years. Elijah 
 Kent and wife had eight children, namely: 
 George, residing in Thompson Township. 
 married Maggie Swartz; Edward; Dennis, re- 
 siding in Concord Township, married Amelia 
 Bass; John, residing in Scioto Township; 
 Silas, residing at Urbana, Ohio, married Hat- 
 tie Ellis; Benjamin, residing in Kansas, mar- 
 Jane Martin; Jane, deceased, who mar- 
 ried 1 first ) Isaac [ones, and (second) Newton 
 Howard; and Ellen, who died aged eight 
 
 \tter his school days were over, Mr. Kent 
 settled down to farming and has devoted him- 
 to agricultural pursuits ever since. 
 ugh Iik industry and his practical 
 methods he has reaped abundant success. He 
 has a well cultivated farm, on which he has a 
 valuable silo, and he also carries on dairying, 
 keeping, about twenty-five cows and selling 
 forty gallons of milk per day at Columbus. He 
 has continued to improve Ins property ever 
 since it came into his possession and in 190^ 
 completed the building of a very substantial 
 barn. 
 
 Mr. Kent married Jennie Rutherford, wdio 
 
 is a daughter of Archibald Rutherford, who 
 
 le of the prominent ami substantial citi- 
 
 of ( oncord Township. They have two 
 
 daughters, namely: Lurabella, who married 
 William Blainey, a successful farmer of Con- 
 cord Township; and Esther Irene, who is a 
 school girl of twelve years. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Kent is a Republican, but 
 lie takes only a good citizen's interest in pub- 
 lic affairs. The family is one that is well and 
 favorably known all through this section. 
 
 CTOR ARXOLD WILLIAMS, in 
 
 former years well known throughout 
 Genoa Township as a prosperous 
 farmer and stockraiser. was born on 
 the farm of which he was afterward 
 the proprietor, in August, 1839. His parents. 
 William and Lucinda (Phelps) Williams, 
 were married in Blendoii, Franklin County, 
 Ohio. William Williams, who was a native 
 of this State, in his youth accompanied his 
 father to Delaware County, they being among 
 the pioneers of Genoa Township. Here the 
 elder Williams, grandfather of the subject of 
 this sketch, bought some hundreds of acres of 
 land from the Government, a part of which he 
 subsequently cleared. He spent the rest of his 
 life on his property, engaged in agriculture, 
 being known as a good reliable citizen. 
 
 William Williams also became a prosper- 
 ous farmer and was a much respected citizen 
 of this township. He and his wife Lucinda 
 were the parents of a large family of fifteen 
 children, all of whom were born on the present 
 homestead, which was purchased by him. This 
 originally consisted of 140 acres, most of 
 which he cleared, besides making the present 
 improvements. He owned in all several 
 hundred acres in Genoa Township. In politics 
 he was a Republican. He died on his farm 
 here at a ripe age. 
 
 Victor Arnold Williams was educated in 
 the district schools of Genoa Township, and 
 was reared to agricultural pursuits, which, 
 with stock-raising, he followed through 
 life, lie was married September 12. [865, to 
 Priscilla Martin, a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 daughter of Richard Martin, who was in his 
 latter years a farmer of Genoa Township, but 
 
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 627 
 
 who is now deceased. Richard Martin was 
 a native of Pennsylvania, in which State he 
 married. His wife was in maidenhood Sarah 
 Konkel. and was bum. reared, and educated 
 in Pennsylvania. They were of German and 
 Welsh ancestry respectively. They were the 
 parents of thirteen children — eight sons and 
 five daughters — nine of whom were horn in 
 Genoa Township and four in Pennsylvania. 
 The family came to Delaware County in 1852, 
 Mr. Martin conducting- a grocery store for a 
 number of years in Genoa Township. In addi- 
 
 • to his mercantile business, he conducted a 
 small farm, and resided on it until his death, 
 which occurred when he was sixty-five years 
 old. He was a life long Democrat, and a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Williams located on the 
 present place at the time of their marriage. 
 Though they never denied themselves any of 
 the reasonable comforts of life, they were 
 frugal and industrious, and attained a fair 
 measure of prosperity. Mr. Williams died in 
 1903, at the age of sixty-four years. He was 
 widely known and respected, and his death re- 
 moved from the community one of its best 
 citizens, and a worthy representative of its 
 agricultural interests. He was a Republican 
 politically. Mrs. Williams continues to reside 
 on the homestead and enjoys the esteem of all 
 who know her for her kind, neighborly charac- 
 teristics. She has been the mother of five 
 children — three sons and two daughters — 
 namely: Lucinda. Clayton. Erne. Clifton, and 
 Clarence, all of whom are worth}' members of 
 1 immunity. 
 
 ARE PARKER INGALLS, a lead- 
 ing farmer and stock-raiser of Genoa 
 T wnship, was born on his farm, 
 September 14. 1848. His parents 
 were Joseph B. and Elizabeth 
 ip 1 Ingalls. 
 The late Joseph 1'.. Ingalls, father of Trail 
 P. Ingalls, was born in Franklin County, 
 Ohio, February 2. 1S15, and was a son of 
 Thomas Ingalls. and a grandson of Josepb 
 _ lis. who was a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 
 War. Thomas Ingalls was a native of Ver- 
 mont and was a pioneer settler in Franklin 
 County, Ohio. He married Sarah Bigelow, 
 also of Vermont, and together they reached 
 Franklin County in 1814 and established their 
 pioneer home on land which is now the site of 
 the town of Westerville. Subsequently he 
 purchased land on the county line between 
 Franklin and Delaware Counties. He lived 
 to the age of seventy-seven years, but his wife 
 died aged fifty-five. 
 
 Joseph B. Ingalls was the eldest born of his 
 parents' family. He was a wagonmaker by- 
 trade and did a large business in the days 
 when the strongly built farm wagons was 
 needed to transport commodities over the 
 highways from the farms far distant from 
 trade centers. Mr. Ingalls also manufactured 
 furniture and was skilled in all kinds of me- 
 chanical industries. In 1835 he came to Genoa 
 Township and bought 80 acres of land on 
 which he built a cabin, and continued to make 
 improvements until he had developed a fine 
 farm. For man}- years he served as a justice 
 of the peace and his judgment and counsel 
 were sought on all matters concerning the pub- 
 lic welfare and in many cases of private 
 trouble. He was a promoter of the schools 
 and of religious movements and always a con- 
 sistent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 Joseph B. Ingalls was married (first) to 
 Anna Maria Westervelt. who was born in 
 Dutchess County. New York, and they had two 
 children, both daughters. The first wife died 
 in 1845. and in 1S47 Mr. Ingalls was married 
 (second) to Elizabeth Bishop. She was born 
 in Franklin County. Ohio, and was a daughter 
 of John Bishop, who came to Ohio from 
 Dutchess County. New York. The}'' had two 
 sons. I 'earl P. and Pursus B. 
 
 Pearl P. Ingalls was reared on the home 
 farm, obtaining his education in the district 
 schools. In [863 he enlisted for service in the 
 Civil War. entering Company 'A, Sixtieth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, ami he 
 participated in ten of the leading battles of the 
 period, including the battle of the Wilderness. 
 His regiment was the second to enter Peters 
 burg during the engagement there. \tter the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 close of his military service lie returned home 
 and entered Otterbein University at Wester- 
 ville, where he completed his interrupted edu- 
 cation. 
 
 When he was 26 years of age, Mr. Ingalls 
 married Emma Crayton, who is a daughter of 
 of Rev. J. A. Crayton of the United Brethren 
 Church. They have cine daughter, Laura, who 
 is the wife of Otis L. Bowers, who is an elec- 
 trician of Columbus. They were both students 
 and graduates of Otterbein University. 
 
 Mr. Ingalls is a stanch Republican and has 
 been active in party affairs for many years. 
 He has served as justice of the peace and as 
 township treasurer for many years and almost 
 any local office might be his for the asking. 
 Grand Army matters are of great interest to 
 him and he is past commander of James Price 
 Post, No. 50. He is a charter member of the 
 Knights of Pythias and first chancellor com- 
 mander of the same; is past noble grand of 
 Rainbow Lodge of Odd Fellows and is a 
 council member of the Masons and past master 
 of Blendon Lodge. Mrs. Ingalls has been an 
 officer of Blendon Grange, Patrons of Hus- 
 bandry and both belong to the order of the 
 Eastern Star. They maintain a pleasant, hos- 
 pitable home and have a wide circle of friends. 
 Mr. Ingalls carries on a general agricultural 
 line. lie has improved his farm and has 
 stocked it with a fine grade of cattle, horses 
 ami other live stock. Mr. Ingalls is a mem- 
 ber of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church and 
 Mrs. Ingalls of the United Brethren. 
 
 EORGE W. JONES, formerly one -1 
 the leading citizens of Delaware 
 County, Ohio, who was prominently 
 identified with the agricultural and 
 political interests of his township 
 and county, died at his home in Radnor. No- 
 vember 1. 1907. Mr. Jones was born August 
 24. [839, in Licking County, Ohio, and was a 
 son of David and Elizabeth (Evans) Jones, 
 natives of South Wales. 
 
 David Jones, father of ( leorge W.,came from 
 Wales to America with his family in 1K34, 
 and for a time resided at Albany, New York. 
 
 moving later to Licking County. Ohio. He 
 erected a blacksmith shop near Newark, where 
 he carried 011 his trade for a number of years, 
 but in 1848 he removed with his family to 
 Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 settling on 200 acres of land in the woods 
 north of Radnor village, where he carried on 
 agricultural pursuits and blacksmithing. his 
 shop being situated in what is now Radnor. 
 Some years prior to his death he returned to 
 South Wales, where he died in 1885, his wife 
 having passed away in Radnor Township in 
 1876. David Jones was a Democrat in poli- 
 tics, and his religious connection was with 
 the Congregational Church. Of the 1 1 chil- 
 dren born to him and his wife, all are grme, 
 the last to depart this life being George W., 
 and Ellen. She was the wife of Elias Kyle, of 
 Richwood, Ohio, and died in December, 1907. 
 
 George W. Jones was reared to manhood 
 in Radnor Township, whence he had come 
 from Licking County when nine years old. 
 He received his education in the public schools. 
 On November 8, 1861, he enlisted for service 
 in the Civil War, in Company E. Sixty-sixth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which 
 regiment became a part of the Army of the 
 Potomac and was later transferred to General 
 Sherman's command. Mr. Jones participated 
 in numerous battles, among which may be 
 mentioned Antietam. Gettysburg, Chancellors- 
 ville. Lookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge 
 and Peach Tree Creek, and others of minor 
 importance. At Chattanooga, Tennessee, his 
 regiment was joined to General Sherman's 
 force and Mr. Jones participated in the siege 
 of Atlanta. He was honorably discharged 
 March 14, 18O5, having served four months 
 more than his enlisted term of three years. 
 He nobly performed a soldier's duties, and 
 faced dangers and endured hardships with a 
 courage and heroism that won him the esteem 
 and confidence of his comrades and super 
 After the war Mr. Jones returned to Dela- 
 ware, and there was engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits, owning a fine farm of fifty acres. 
 hut residing in Radnor village. 
 
 On February 25, 1809, Mr. Jones was 
 married to Elizabeth Humphreys, who was 
 born August iS. [838, in Radnor Township, 
 
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
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 Delaware Count}', Ohio, and is a daughter of 
 Humphrey and Margaret (Griffiths) Humph- 
 reys, who were natives of Wales and early set- 
 tlers of Radnor township. Mrs. Jones has two 
 surviving sisters, and one halt-sister: Mary 
 A., who is the widow of Evan B. Jones, late 
 "i" Radnor Township: Margaret A., who is 
 the wife of George Perry, residing in Dela- 
 ware: and Josephine, who is the wife of Evan 
 Jones, residing in Lieking County. 
 
 Mr. Jones was a member of the Congre- 
 gational Church at Radnor, in which he served 
 .1- deacon and treasurer. In political matters 
 he was a Democrat, and he has served as a 
 trustee of Radnor Township, and for six years 
 was a commissioner of Delaware County, dur- 
 ing the last three of which time he was presi- 
 dent of the board. He always interested him- 
 self in every movement which he believed 
 would he of assistance in the development of 
 his section, and he was one of the greatest 
 friends of the cause of education in Radnor. 
 He was known to be a man of strict integrity 
 and reliability and no one in Radnor Town- 
 ship stood higher in public esteem. 
 
 OX. HEXRY R. SMITH, at one time 
 prominent as a legislator and Mill 
 well remembered for his activity in 
 securing the passage of a number of 
 important measures, and his sturdy 
 opposition to iniquitous bills introduced in the 
 legislative body, was for many years active in 
 the ministry. Owing to ill health he was 
 obliged to seek an outdoor life and as a result 
 t< h ik to agricultural pursuits, and has a farm 
 of 180 acres, near Leonardsburg. 
 
 Rev. Smith was born at Sarahsville, Noble 
 County, Ohio, April 29, 1846, and is a son of 
 John W. and Sarah (McGarry) Smith. John 
 W. Smith was born in the North of Ireland. 
 and upon coming to the United States located 
 in Sarahsville, Ohio. He was a member of the 
 United Presbyterian Church, hut as there was 
 no church of that denomination in his vicin- 
 ity, he attended the Wesleyan Methodist 
 Church. He was a very active anti-slavery 
 
 man. and the ministers who came to preach 
 abolition were welcomed at his home, although 
 they were threatened, egged and subjected to 
 other indignities. lie had two cousins, G& 
 H. and John, both of whom were Presbyter- 
 ian ministers in Washington. I). ('.. and a 
 brother, Matthew, who was a United Presby- 
 terian minister in Iowa. 
 
 He married Sarah McGarry, who was born 
 in Noble County, Ohio, and was a daughter of 
 John McGarry, who came from the North of 
 Ireland. She had a brother Samuel, who vvas 
 the first probate judge of Noble County. A 
 cousin of Dr. Smith. David Morrison, was a 
 later incumbant of that office. John \Y. and 
 Sarah Smith were parents of the following 
 children : Henry R. : Jane Elizabeth, deceased, 
 who was the wife of L. W. Thompson; John 
 W.. who died in 1907, at Sarahsville. Ohio: 
 Matthew L., who lives on the old home place 
 at Sarahsville: and Hugh, who also live- at 
 Sarahsville. 
 
 Henry R. Smith was reared at Sarahsville 
 and attended the public schools and taught in 
 the schools of the county for several years. In 
 1808 he entered Ohio Wesleyan University at 
 Delaware and attended nearly three years, after 
 which he was a student at Oberlin College for 
 two years, and while there had a call, in [873, 
 to fill a vacancy in the pulpit, his charge in- 
 cluding Wesleyan Methodist churches in Ben- 
 nington Township, Morrow County, and Ox- 
 ford and Orange Townships, Delaware Coun- 
 ty. After two years he accepted a call to the 
 Sarahsville Weslyan Methodist Church, and 
 during his long pastorate there exerted a pow- 
 erful influence for good in the community. 
 His advanced stand on public questions to 
 which he gave fearless expression resulted in 
 his nomination in 1879, on the Republican 
 ticket, and subsequent election, to the State 
 Legislature, although he had not solicited the 
 office. In 1881 he was returned to the Legis- 
 lature for a second term. He was one of the 
 pioneers in the movement to regulate saloons 
 and during his second term introduced and 
 secured the passage of a bill requiring them to 
 close on Sunday. The liquor organizations 
 brought all their powerful influences to bear in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 an attempt to defeat the measure, and resort 
 was had to anonymous letters threatening Air. 
 Smith with death. One letter signed "Mes- 
 senger of Freedom" contained a picture of 
 crossed daggers and an hour-glass with the 
 sand nearly run out. Journals puhlished in 
 interest of the liquor traffic villified, abused 
 and ridiculed him and the community he rep- 
 resented, hut without avail. He was called 
 Saint Smith. Crank. Sunday Bill Smith, etc. 
 The stronger the opposition, the harder he 
 fought, and so forceful was lie in championing 
 the cause of law and order, that his speeches 
 were more widely published and commented 
 upon by the press of the State than those of 
 any other member of that body. 
 
 A hill had been introduced for the taxation 
 of churches and it looked as though it would 
 pass until Rev. Smith, without any prepara- 
 tion, in the final hour of debate, took the floor 
 and extemporaneously delivered a masterful 
 speech showing the influence of the church for 
 good, and the questionable aim of those foster- 
 ing the hill. 
 
 Among the press comments on his ability 
 and demeanor as a legislator, we quote the fol- 
 lowing in appreciation of his efforts: "Hon. 
 il. R. Smith of the Legislature from Noble 
 County, is recognized as one of the most in- 
 dustrious and clear-headed members of the 
 House. In his seat every day during the ses- 
 sion, he votes intelligently on every measure 
 thai comes up, and his votes are always casl 
 in the interest of economy and honest laws. 
 Mi- speeches on local option and against the 
 hill taxing property have received more gener- 
 al publication and comment throughout the 
 State than an\ speeches made in the Legisla- 
 ture." 
 
 .The following letter, accompanying a gift 
 ol two volumes of Harper's Cyclopedia of 
 United Slates History, is self explanatory: 
 "I Ion. I lenrv Smith, 
 
 .My Dear Sir: 
 
 You have had a laborious task as member 
 
 1 ommittee on Enrollment and Revision, 
 and I desire to acknowledge the service you 
 have rendered the House and also myself by 
 
 the presentation to you of the accompanying 
 volumes, 
 
 Very Respectfully, 
 
 O. J. HODGE, 
 
 Speaker." 
 In 1884, Rev. Smith returned to pastoral 
 wank at Morton's Corners and continued until 
 1889, when ill health compelled him to leave 
 the ministry. He then moved to Leonards- 
 burg, where he has since followed farming 
 with beneficial results. Always a Prohibition- 
 ist in principle, he was in 1895 tne nominee of 
 that party for secretary of State. Tn 1907 he 
 was elected justice of the peace of Brown 
 Township. Mr. Smith was delegate to the 
 General Conference of his denomination for a 
 number of terms. He has been a member of 
 the Book Committee of his church for 12 
 years. 
 
 Henry R. Smith was united in marriage 
 to Celia L. Potter, October 16, 1879, at Leon- 
 ardsburg, Ohio, Rev. George Richey perform- 
 ing the ceremony. Mrs. Smith was born in 
 Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio, and is 
 a daughter of Israel and Phoebe (Whipple) 
 Potter. After completing a course of instruc- 
 tion in the public schools she attended Sharp's 
 Business College at Delaware, receiving a di- 
 ploma. She then engaged in artistic studies 
 in the Ohio Wesleyan University, developing 
 a talent she has possessed from childhood. Al- 
 though she has. at different times, given les- 
 sons in painting, her accomplishment has 
 mainly been used for the pleasure it gives her 
 and others. With an eye for symmetry and 
 beaut}', she can paint scenes from nature rap- 
 idly and without studious effort, and has re- 
 produced numerous views in the vicinity, with 
 which she has been familiar all her life, one 
 being of the old Rotter homestead. These, to- 
 gether with paintings of flowers, reproduc- 
 tions of other paintings, her crayon portraits 
 and pencil sketches, ornament her home and 
 those of her friends and make a beautiful col- 
 lection. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Smith have three children as 
 follows: Henry Richey, who graduated from 
 Delaware High School, completed the classi- 
 
GEORGE STOKES 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 633 
 
 cal course in Ohio Wesleyan University in 
 1907, and after pursuing post graduate work 
 in the oratorical and commercial courses he ac- 
 cepted the principalship of Gibsonburg, Ohio, 
 High School. Walter Reed, who is farming 
 the home place, and Esther, who is attending 
 school. 
 
 -EORGE STOKES, a leading citizen 
 V h ot ~ Concord Township, residing on 
 his well-improved farm of 126 acres, 
 was born in Somersetshire. England, 
 November 24, 1821;, and is a son of 
 Tin unas and Elizabeth (White) Stokes. The 
 parents of Mr. Stokes were born in Somer- 
 setshire and both died in England. They had 
 two children, George and Mary Ann, the lat- 
 ter of whom married John Carp. Thomas 
 Stokes was a malster and brewer by occupa- 
 tion. 
 
 < ieorge Stokes attended school in his child- 
 hood, near the family home, and when he had 
 grown older, his father sent him to a school 
 in the city of Bath, where he remained for 
 several years, having two yearly vacations — 
 in mid-summer and at Christmas. These were 
 great occasions, as time-honored old customs 
 were observed in the family home. In [848, 
 (ieorge Stokes was married to Annie Hill, 
 who is a daughter of George and Elizabeth 
 Hill. She also was horn in Somersetshire, 
 England, and attended school with Mr. Stokes. 
 Prior to their coming' to America, in [851, 
 they had a daughter, Sarah Ann. born to them, 
 January 14. 1850. who married James Mad- 
 dox, who resided on the farm which Mr. 
 Stokes now owns, in Concord Township. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Maddox had two daughters, Mary 
 and Jessie. The latter died at the age of 
 twenty-two years. The former married John 
 Rutherford and thev reside in Morrow 
 County, Ohio. The_\' have four children. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Stokes had a son born in 1858. in 
 Union County. Ohio. They gave him the 
 name of the grandfather, in England — Thomas 
 Stokes. He died in 1802. leaving a widow 
 and one daughter, both of whom are eng; 
 
 in teaching, the former, in the public schools 
 of Delaware. 
 
 When Mr. Stokes and family came to 
 America, they settled in Jerome Township, 
 Union County, Ohio, which continued to be 
 their home until 1863. In 1858, Mr. Sto|< L -s 
 was engaged to do all the butchering and pre- 
 paring of meat tor Mr. Wilson, who then had 
 charge of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, 
 and after completing that contract, in- 1859, he 
 returned to visit his aged parents in England 
 and remained with them for four months. In 
 March, 1863, he returned to Ohio, and bought 
 the farm on which he resides, moving to the 
 Springs in the same year. At that time this 
 land was in heavy timber and much effort 
 has since been expended in clearing', cultivat- 
 ing and improving it. For a season the fam- 
 ily lived in an unpretentious house, but later 
 erected the substantial one now standing. For 
 twenty-seven years Mr. Stokes was employed 
 on the property which was acquired by the 
 State of Ohio for a site for the Girls' Industrial 
 Home, in Delaware County, and thereby 
 earned a large part of the capital which he 
 has been able to use to such good advantage 
 in the improvement of his present property. 
 His whole lite has been a busy and useful 
 one. 
 
 In national affairs, Mr. Stokes is a zealous 
 Republican, but in local affairs he is influ- 
 enced by the special fitness of candidates, aside 
 from party lines. He is a member of Lodge 
 No. 225, Knights of Pythias, at Bellpoint. 
 
 LEXANDER M. JACOBS, notary 
 public, and senior member of the 
 firm of A. M. Jacobs & Son. manu- 
 facturers of monuments, at Ostran- 
 der. was born at Hopewell, Perry 
 County, Ohio, June [9, 1844, and is a son 
 of Levi and Elizabeth < Bear) Jacobs. Toliver 
 Jacobs, the grandfather of Alexander ML, was 
 born in Virginia, came to Ohio in [836, and 
 died in 1858. He married Lucretia Walker, 
 whose father served seven years in the Ri 
 lutionary War. Thev lived in a loe house on 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 their clearing in Perry County, and shared in 
 the hardships and privations endured by the 
 early settlers. 
 
 Levi Jacobs, son of Toliver ami father of 
 Alexander M., was born near Richmond. Vir- 
 ginia, in [816. He had few educational ad- 
 vantages in his boyhood, and to learn to read 
 attended school for three months after he was 
 married, thus showing a creditable determina- 
 tion to make up to some extent for his lack of 
 early opportunities. He learned the carpen- 
 ter's trade with his lather and he was 20 years 
 of age when he accompanied the latter to 
 Perry County, where he worked first at Ins 
 trade, but later gave his entire attention to 
 farming. He married a daughter of Joseph 
 Bear, of Perry County, -and they had six chil- 
 dren, four of whom survived infancy, namely: 
 Alexander M., subject of this sketch; John 
 W., who died in 1907: Marion, who resides 
 at Findlay, Ohio; and Sarah E., who is the 
 wife of Elmer Dunlap, of Deshler, Henry 
 I ounty, Ohio. He was a leading member, as 
 had been his father, of the Christian Union 
 Church. 
 
 When Alexander M. Jacobs was three 
 years old his parents moved to Big Lick Town- 
 ship. Hancock County, Ohio, and he obtained 
 his education in a log school-house, a mile and 
 a half distant from his home, which was 
 reached by means of a corduroy road. The 
 country was very wild for miles around and 
 Mr. Jacobs' early advantages were few. al- 
 though settlers soon came and the most incon- 
 venient features of pioneer life were gradually 
 overcome. lie learned the carpenter's trade, 
 at which he worked until 1888. when he 
 moved to Cary, Ohio, ami entered into the 
 monument business, remaining there for seven 
 years. In [899, he came to Ostrander and 
 
 larked in the same line of business here, his 
 s.n Lewis having become his partner in [892, 
 when tlie linn style of A. M. Jacobs & Son 
 was adopted. Another son of Mr. Jacobs is 
 employed in the business but is not a partner. 
 This firm dors a very large business, tilling 
 contracts all over Delaware, Union and Alar- 
 ion ('.rallies, and occasionally work- comes 
 distant points. This satisfactory 
 
 condition of affairs speaks well both for the 
 quality of their work and the honorable busi- 
 ness methods followed by the firm. 
 
 Mr. Jacobs was married (first) to Cor- 
 delia McRill, a daughter of Benjamin McRill, 
 who was Mr. Jacobs' first school teacher. Of 
 the five children born of this marriage, four 
 survive, namely : Lewis, junior member of 
 the firm; Charles, residing at Ostrander, who 
 married Delia Tong; Frederick; and Rosa. 
 who married Ashley Alspach, residing at Os- 
 trander. Mrs. Jacobs died in 1880, aged 34 
 years. She was a consistent member of the 
 L'nited Brethren Church. Mr. Jacobs was 
 married (secondly) to Sarah E. Pendleton, 
 who was born in Concord Township, and who 
 is a daughter of William Pendleton, a pioneer 
 settler there. Three children were born of 
 the second marriage, one of whom died young, 
 the two survivors being Jessie and Walter. 
 Mr. Jacobs was very active in Sunday-school 
 work and was an elder in the Christian Union 
 Church, in Hancock County. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Jacobs is affiliated with the 
 Democratic party. From 1883 until 1892 he 
 served as a justice of the peace in Hancock 
 County, and in 1901 he was elected to the 
 same office and served three years at Ostran- 
 der. He has been a notary public for the past 
 five years. His public services have been 
 faithfully and efficiently performed. While 
 residing at Cary, Ohio, he joined the Tribe of 
 Ben Hur. and he belongs also to the Odd Fel- 
 low s. having held official position in Fountain 
 Lodge, No. 353, at Vanlue, Ohio. 
 
 EV. IRA CHASE was born at Ban- 
 gor, Maine, on the 12th day of April. 
 A. D.. 1809. llis progenitors were 
 of English origin and came from the 
 nobility of England. His family 
 still have in their possession the design of their 
 coat-of-arms. The motto inscribed thereon is 
 "Ne cede malis," "Never yield to discourage- 
 ments," which seems to have been a prominent 
 characteristic of the family and was very 
 marked in the subject of this sketch. The 
 
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 early history of the Chase family in America 
 daie- hack to the year (630, when three broth- 
 ers, William. Thomas and Aquilla, landed on 
 the continent, having come here with the fleet 
 which brought John Winthrop, the Puritan 
 or of Massachusetts to American soil. 
 In 1639, two of these brothers, Thomas and 
 Aquilla, became the first settler- of Hampton, 
 New Hampshire. They remained there un- 
 til [652, when Thomas died, after which 
 Aquilla removed to X'ewhury and remained 
 there until his death. He left a large family 
 of children who settled in various part- ■ [ 
 New England, and from this family came the 
 subject of this sketch. 
 
 Rev. Ira Chase's father's name was Elipha- 
 let Chase, and he was born March 26, 1 775. 
 Hi- mother's name was Susan Mugget, and 
 she came from a prominent and wealthy family 
 of Massachusetts. His parents were married 
 May 1, 1794. and were both devout members 
 of the Episcopal Church. They had a family 
 of ten children, some of whom died before 
 they arrived at their majority. The father 
 was a merchant in Bangor, Maine. After his 
 death the family removed to the West. One 
 of the older brothers. John M. Chase, settled 
 in the State of Michigan, where he reared a 
 family of six sons, all of whom became pro- 
 fessional men. and like their ancestors were 
 enthusiastic politicians, one son being elected 
 r of Indiana. Another brother. Rev. 
 Ebenezer B. Chase, was a prominent minister 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church and trav- 
 eled through Ohio and will be remembered by 
 many as one of the most eloquent and zeal- 
 ous preachers in the Ohio Conference. He 
 married Miss Catherine Rosecrans, a sister of 
 the late Bishop and General Rosecrans. The 
 youngest brother. Silas H. Chase, graduated 
 from the Medical College in Cincinnati and la- 
 ter o mpleted a course in law. after which he 
 located in the above city where he became in- 
 timately associated with his cousin. Salmon 
 P. Chase, who was United Slate- senator, 
 then governor of ( Ihio and later chief justice 
 of the United State-. Dr. Silas Chase re- 
 moved to Washington, 1). C, about the time 
 his o -~ : -.\ became chief justice, where he died 
 
 while yet in the prime of life, and just before 
 
 his hopes for promotion had been realized. 
 The subject of this -ketch was educated in 
 Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and studied medicine for 
 several months under the tutelage id" Dr. Rus- 
 sell, one of the most prominent physicians in 
 the State. But having been impressed, when 
 hut a boy, with the feeling that he was called 
 to preach the Gospel, he yielded to his early 
 convictions and abandoned his chosen profes- 
 sion and began the study of theology. He was 
 licensed to preach by the Quarterly Conference 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the 
 • Mm. Conference, when hut 19 years of age. 
 after which he continued his studies for several 
 years and in the autumn of 1N34 he was ap- 
 pointed to Greenville Circuit, Darke County, 
 Ohio, his colleague being Rev. William IS. 
 Christie, who later became a noted divine of 
 the Methodist Church. 
 
 It was during his pastorate at Greenville 
 that he was married to Jane Wilcox, of Wilkes- 
 barre, Pennsylvania, who had been spending 
 several months in Ohio with her sister. Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Stark, the wife of Mr. James Stark, 
 one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of 
 Kingston Township, Delaware County. An 
 incident occurred the day previous to his mar- 
 riage, which showed the true courage and de- 
 votion of Mr. Chase. He started from Green- 
 ville on horseback to meet his chosen bride in 
 Kingston Township. It had been a very 
 rainy season and when he reached the Scioto. 
 on the road between Marysville and Dela- 
 ware, he found the water raging and the river 
 overflowing its banks, and there being no 
 bridge, he was advised that it was not safe 
 tor hint to cross, but he determined to stem 
 the flood and he guided his horse to land, be- 
 tween the two enormous boulders, on the east 
 side of the river. Had he failed to land between 
 these two boulders, both rider and steed would 
 have perished. But Mr. Chase arrived safely 
 and was married on the eleventh day of June. 
 [835, according to promise. 
 
 Mr. Chase's next appointment was Medin 1. 
 in the Western Reserve. While traveling 
 this circuit he had as his colleague, Kduard 
 fhompson, who afterward became Bishoj 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 the Methodist Church. His next work was 
 on the Norwalk circuit, which at that time ex- 
 tended as far west as the village of Toledo, 
 Ohio, and during' his pastorate there, he estab- 
 lished the first Methodist Episcopal Church in 
 what is now the city of Toledo. In his travels 
 lie was obliged to cross what was then known 
 as the Great Black Swamp. Mr. Chase and his 
 ever faithful wife made many trips together 
 through those dangerous and malarial regions 
 and while there he contracted what was at 
 that time commonly known as "preacher's sore 
 throat," and he was obliged to withdraw from 
 the active work. With the hope of being hene- 
 fittecl by a pure country atmosphere, he located 
 on a farm in 1'orter Township, Delaware 
 Count)'. Ohio. He was during this time trans- 
 ferred to the Central Ohio Conference and was 
 called to fill a vacancy at William Street 
 Church of Delaware, the pastor. Rev. Mr. 
 Sawyer, having died. Mr. Chase filled his 
 pulpit until the next conference. While on his 
 farm Air. Chase still felt a lively interest in 
 all public affairs and filled numerous positions 
 of responsibility in the county as well as in the 
 church, lie also manifested a marked inter- 
 est in the politics of his county and State. He 
 originalK belonged to the old Whig party, 
 but allied himself with the Republican party 
 at its organization, from his Puritan training 
 be bad earl)- learned to view all questions in 
 their moral aspect ami so from the beginning 
 of his career he was the friend of the slave 
 and during the anti-bellum days his home 
 became a prominent station on the Under- 
 ground Railway, and many timid and fright- 
 ened fugitives were directed from there to 
 the next station north and their larders were 
 filled with supplies for the next night's jour- 
 ney. 
 
 'fhe home of Rev. and Mrs. Chase dur- 
 ing the time they resided on the farm was 
 also the hostelry for Methodism in. all that 
 ■ pai't of the county. Their doors were always 
 open to the ministers, who would often travel 
 many hours overtime to reach this pleasant 
 and hospitable home. 
 
 Re\ . [ra Chasi married, as above stated. 
 Miss Jane Wile- ;e parents were from 
 
 Rhode Island. She was born in Poughkeepsie, 
 \ew York, and later removed to Wilkesbarre, 
 I 'a., where her brothers had purchased many 
 hundred acres of land in Luzerne County 
 and owned and opened the first anthracite coal 
 mines in the Wyoming Valley. Mrs. Chase was 
 related by marriage to David Livingstone, the 
 celebrated African exnlorer. and was also -\ 
 cousin by birth to General and Bishop Rose- 
 crans. Mrs. Chase was a woman of beaut)' 
 and charm and her married life was one of 
 happiness, unbroken, until her death which oc- 
 curred on December 2, 1882, and the memory 
 of her virtues and charities have never been 
 forgotten. 
 
 To Rev. and Mrs. Chase were born six 
 children, one son and rive daughters. The 
 eldest daughter, Elizabeth Jane, married Doc- 
 tor Philander F. Beverly, who was a promi- 
 nent physician in Columbus. Ohio, and during 
 the Civil War be was appointed assistant 
 surgeon of the Thirtieth Regiment of Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry. His wife was a devout 
 and efficient worker in the Woman's Home 
 Missionary Society of her church and was 
 greatly beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. 
 Beverly died in September. [895, and her hus- 
 band survived her but one year, be having died 
 in December. 1896. 
 
 'fhe son, William B. Christie (who was 
 named lor his father's first colleague in the 
 ministry), married Elizabeth Marshall and re- 
 sides in Marion, Ohio. 
 
 The second daughter, Cornelia Ann, mar- 
 ried James Robert Lytle, an attorney at law. 
 and resides in Delaware. Ohio. 
 
 'fhe third daughter. Elnora Edmonia, mar- 
 ried Gilbert M. Blackford, who was at one 
 time a hardware merchant, but now a travel- 
 ing salesman. 
 
 'fhe fourth daughter. Mildred Madora. 
 graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University 
 and became a successful teacher in the West, 
 having taught in the University <>f Arizona. 
 
 The fifth daughter, Viola Adelthia, married 
 Rev. Job,, Collins Jacks,,,,. I). D., Ph. D., whe 
 is a prominent minister of the Gospel in the 
 Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episco 
 ( burcli. He has filled the most prominent pul- 
 
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 pits in the conference, and was called to the 
 leading Methodisl Church at Appleton, Wis- 
 consin, also to Jerse) City and Paterson, New 
 Jersey, lie returned to Ohio ami became on? 
 of the founders of the Anti-Saloon League of 
 ( mio and was later elected editor of the Ameri- 
 can Issue, the leading organ of the \nti-Sa- 
 loon League of Ohio, lie is now the National 
 Editor of the American Issue of the Anti-Sa- 
 loon League of America, with headquarters at 
 Chicago. Illinois. Dr. Jackson has heen one 
 ol the most faithful and courageous workers 
 in that organization. 
 
 Rev. Ira Chase has long since gone to his 
 final reward, he having died on the fifteenth day 
 of September, A. I).. 1S87. Prof. William ( i. 
 Williams of the Ohio Wesleyan University at 
 Delaware (in his life sketch of Rev. Chase. 
 in the Western Christian Advocate) says: 
 "Rev. Ira Chase was a man of rare virtues, 
 patient under all circumstances, never being 
 known to murmur or repine, lie was a quiet 
 yet firm Christian, and as his own religious 
 life ripened and deepened, he felt an increasing 
 solicitude for those around him. His life was 
 good and his death was triumphant." 
 
 YMAN JEROME CRUMB, a pros- 
 perous farmer of Delaware Township, 
 was horn in Orange Township, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, February 15, 
 1857. son of James H. and Elizabeth 
 Martha ( Faulkner ) Crumb. 
 
 The lather of Mr. Crumb was horn in 
 Madison County. New York, and was [6 yi ai 
 oi age when he accompanied his father. 
 Stephen Crumb, to Delaware County. In his 
 boyhood he drove two horses along the tow- 
 path on the canal and later adopted farming 
 for his life work. When _> 1 wars old lie mar- 
 ried and then bought a farm of So acres in 
 Orange Township, from which he cleared the 
 heavy timber, all the work being accomplished 
 by his own hands. He subsequently be< 
 the owner of 1 s, , acres, and as his means grew 
 more ample, he invested in farm machinery. 
 Me was a man of more progressive ideas than 
 37 
 
 many of his neighbors, and was proportion- 
 ally successful. | n early life he was a \\ big, 
 hut later became a Republican, lie married 
 Martha Faulkner, and seven of their 10 chil- 
 dren grew up to maturity, namely: Mary X.. 
 who died at the age of [9 years; Eunice AI.. 
 who married Gordon S. kumiss and. with 
 her husband, is now deceased; Lyman Jerome, 
 whose name begins this article; Harvey ].. 
 who resides in Lebanon. Missouri ; William B , 
 who resides on the home farm in Orange 
 Township; Hiland F., who is a resident of 
 Auburn. Xew York; and Julia E., who mar- 
 ried James Harris and resides at Monett. Mis- 
 souri. James H. Crumb was horn October _>;. 
 [823, ami died January 15. [890, in his 67th 
 year. His wife, who was born April 1. [826, 
 survived him until January. 1900. They were 
 faithful and consistent members of the I nited 
 Brethren Church, quiet, unassuming, virtuous 
 people, whose presence was a benefit to the 
 community in which they resided. 
 
 Lyman J. Crumb, the direct subject of this 
 sketch, remained on the home farm until he was 
 25 years old. acquiring a good common school 
 education and an agricultural training that has 
 proved of great advantage to him since. He 
 was subsequently engaged in a saw-mill and ■ 
 tile manufacturing business for three vears, in 
 partnership with Frank Johnson, under the 
 firm name of Crumb & Johnson. In 1885 Mr. 
 I rumb withdrew and came to Delaware, where 
 he carried on a dairy business for six years, 
 during which time he had a paying milk route, 
 selling to private families. He had clean ami 
 sanitary quarters at No. 55 West William 
 Street. In 1891 he bought 50 acres .if his pres- 
 ent farm, subsequently acquiring the remain- 
 der — 65 acres, making 115 in all. He culti- 
 vates about 75 acres and devotes the rest to 
 pasturage, also retaining his interest in the old 
 homestead consisting of 32 acres. He keep- 
 30 or more head of cattle, and from six to 
 eight head of horses, raising a number each 
 year. His buildings, including a [20-ton silo, 
 are substantial and appropriate, their capacit) 
 !n-iii- ample for the needs of the farm. From 
 [895 to M)i 17 he supplied Moimeit I [all v\ ah 
 milk, since which time he has sold to the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 creamery. In 1881 Mr. Crumb contracted for 
 and built the brick school building' in Sub-dis- 
 trict No. 10, Berlin Township. 
 
 Mr. Crumb married Ella May Besse. who 
 is a daughter of the late Dr. Henry Besse, 
 of Delaware, and a graduate of the Ohio W'es- 
 Ieyan University, at Delaware, Class of '76. 
 Thev are the parents of three children — Stan- 
 ley. Dale and Pearl. The family are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. 
 Crumb is a Democrat. 
 
 >HN WHERRY, a prominent farmer 
 
 and stockraiser of Genoa Township, 
 
 residing on his valuable farm of 122 
 
 acres, is an honored survivor of the 
 
 great Civil War in which he took an 
 
 active part. He was born in Pennsylvania, 
 
 Ala) i). [838, and 1- a son of Samuel and 
 
 Sarah 1 ( ialey ) Wherry. 
 
 Mi'. Wherry is of German-Irish extraction. 
 In [856 Samuel Wherry brought his family 
 from Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled on a 
 farm - f 60 acres which he purchased in Genoa 
 Township, Delaware County, which he culti- 
 vated for two years and also followed the 
 blacksmith trade. In 1858 he went to Missouri 
 and there worked at his trade until the time of 
 hi- death which took place in middle life. 
 Of his 11 children four reached maturity, 
 namel} ; Samuel. John, Alary Jane and Eliza- 
 beth, the two latter being since deceased. 
 Samuel Wherry was a Republican in his po- 
 litical views. 
 
 John Wherry accompanied his father to 
 Missouri in 1858, hut in June, [860, lie re- 
 turned I the old homestead in Genoa Town- 
 ship and in the following vear ne xvas married. 
 Shortly afterward Air. and Airs. Wherry set- 
 tled on the Steele homestead and to the old 
 farm 1- added until his land aggregates 
 
 122 acre-, and here lie has carried on a gen- 
 eral line I agriculture for many years. In 
 [864 Mr. Wherry enlisted for service in the 
 . ntering ( 'ompany H, < >ne I [un- 
 dred.and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer In- 
 rv, with which he remained connected until 
 
 the close of the Rebellion and the return of 
 peace, his discharge bearing the date of June 
 28, 1865. He saw hard service, participating 
 in the battles of Nashville and Murfreesboro, 
 Tennessee; Athens. Alabama; the evacuation 
 of Decatur; the siege of Murfreesboro; Over- 
 alls Creek: battle of the Cedars, and the battle 
 at Wise Fork, North Carolina. His record 
 shows that at all times he was a fearless, effec- 
 tive soldier ever at the post of duty. 
 
 On Macrh 20. 1801, Air. Wherry was mar- 
 ried to Margaret Ann Steele, who was horn 
 in Carroll County, Ohio, August 2^, [839, 
 and is a daughter of William Stewart and 
 Margaret (McEldary) Steele. William S. 
 Steele was born in Pennsylvania, April 29, 
 [805, went to Carroll County, Ohio, in young 
 manhood and on December 23, 1834, was mar- 
 ried to Margaret McEldary. who was horn in 
 Pennsylvania, April 20. 1815. They had 1 1 
 children, three of whom were born in Delaware 
 County. In 1X41) Air. Steele moved to the 
 latter county and bought a farm of 100 acres 
 in Genoa Township, paying $11 per acre and 
 cleared 50 of the same, later selling 50 of the 
 original purchase and still later buying 60 
 more acres. He died on the present farm of 
 Mr. and Airs. Wherry, aged 83 years. He was 
 a leading member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wherry's one daughter and 
 three sons were born on the home farm. 
 namely : Eva Adelle, George Grant, William 
 Sherman and Nathaniel. The daughter is 
 deceased. Mr. When'}' is a stanch Republi- 
 can. 
 
 ILLER BROTHERS, undertakers 
 and embalmers. at Delaware, have 
 one of the best equipped establish- 
 ments, in their line, in this State, 
 and the)- enjoy the confidence of 
 the public to a large degree. The firm of Mil- 
 ler Brothers is made up of O. F. and H. II. 
 Miller, and is located at No. 20 East William 
 Street. 
 
 ( ). F. Miller was horn in Harrison County, 
 Ohio, hut was taken, in childhood, to Co- 
 
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 639 
 
 ti 11 County, where lie attended the public 
 and later the Ohio Normal University 
 at Ada. lie is a member of the Masons, the 
 i ellows and the Knights of Pythias. He 
 attends to the main business of the firm. He 
 is a graduate of the Champion College of 
 Embalming and was licensed by the Ohio State 
 Board ot Embalming. In addition to his ser- 
 vices, two other graduate embalmers are ein- 
 1 1. !•'. Miller is a member of the Wil- 
 liam Street Methodist Church. 
 
 H. H. Miller, the second member of the 
 firm, is an evangelist and has been in the field 
 for the past five years and will soon receive 
 his theological degree from the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. 
 
 The Miller Brothers established themselves 
 first at Chesterville, Morrow County, where 
 they remained for some years. They then re- 
 moved to Ashley, Delaware County, remaining 
 there for three years and then coming to Dela- 
 ware. As funeral directors they are widely 
 known and during the past year their services 
 were engaged 139 times, an unusual record for 
 any • me firm. 
 
 LLIAM W. McKENZIE, president 
 of the McKenzie Lumber Com- 
 pany, at Delaware, has been a 
 resident of this city since 1897. 
 He was born in Scotland in 1870. 
 and was 14 years of age when he came to 
 America. Mr. McKenzie completed his edu- 
 cation at Tiffin, Ohio, and was then engaged 
 for about 10 years in getting out timber for 
 the manufacture of section rods, being located 
 at Bloomville during this time. Later he went 
 to West Mansfield, where he carried on a lum- 
 ber business for four years, and then came to 
 Delaware, where the lumber firm of McKenzie 
 & Thompson was established. Subsequently, 
 Mr. McKenzie bought Mr. Thompson's inter- 
 mi established the McKenzie Lumber 
 . of which he 1- president. The com- 
 pany does business on Easl Winter Street, and 
 they operate a planing and a saw-mill together 
 with a rod factor), doing both a retail and 
 
 wholesale business. Mr. McKenzie is also 
 president of the Chaseland Building Company 
 and is a large owner of valuable real estate in 
 this section. 
 
 In June, 1900, Mr. McKenzie was married 
 to Rachel B. Colber, and they have three chil- 
 dren — Marguerite, Frances Marie ami Mary 
 Olive. The family belong to the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. Mr. McKenzie's fraternal 
 connections include membership in the Odd 
 Fellows and the Masons. In the latter organ- 
 ization he belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter 
 and Council, at Delaware, the Commandery at 
 .Marion, and the Shrine at Columbus. 
 
 ODNEY. D. McGONIGLE, one of 
 
 the best-known residents of Oxford 
 Township, extensively engaged in 
 general farming and stock-raising, 
 making specialties of French draft 
 horses, Shorthorn cattle and American Merino 
 and Delaine sheep, has been a life-long resi- 
 dent here, having been born on his present 
 farm February 24. 1848. He is a son of Rob- 
 ert Jones and Almira (Foust) McGonigle, and 
 a grandson of Joseph McGonigle. 
 
 Joseph McGonigle came to America from 
 Ireland when a young man and located in 
 Virginia. He served through the War of 
 1812, and subsequently while in the Indian 
 War, passed through the part of Ohio which 
 was later to become his home. Upon settling 
 in Ohio he first located in Ros> County, but a 
 few years later, in 1825. he came to Oxford 
 Township, in Delaware Count}-, where he pur- 
 chased 200 acres of unimproved land. He first 
 built a log house of the pioneer type, and set 
 about clearing the place. Some years later 
 he erected a more substantial house and lived 
 in it the remainder of his days. He was a man 
 of fair education for those days and for a time 
 taught school. While a resident of Virginia, 
 he was joined in marriage with Elizabeth 
 Jones, who was born in that State and came of 
 one of the first families of Virginia. 
 
 Robert J. McGonigle was horn in Virg 
 January 6, 1N17, ami was very young- when 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 his parents came to Ohio. Here he grew to 
 maturity, living with his people until alter his 
 marriage when he built a house on the same 
 farm where his son Rodney D. now lives. He 
 followed farming throughout his entire life, 
 dying on the home place, April 8, 1892. His 
 wife, Almira Foust, was born in Oxford 
 Township, December 28, 1819. and they were 
 parents of the following children: Chauncey 
 H, deceased, lived in this township; Mary 
 died in young womanhood; Elizabeth died aged 
 about six years; Sidney died aged three years ; 
 Rodney I).; and Joseph A., living in Olympia, 
 Washington. Robert J. McGonigle was a jus- 
 tice of the peace for some years. 
 
 Rodney D. McGonigle was reared on the 
 home place and received his educational train- 
 ing in the public schools. He has followed 
 agricultural pursuits entirely and has made a 
 specialty of stockraising. In 1904 he began 
 growing American Merino sheep, purchasing 
 from some of the best-known breeders in the 
 United States. He has met with success and 
 is establishing quite a reputation, having taken 
 prizes at the State fairs in Ohio. Virginia, 
 Illinois, Michigan and Xew York. He has 
 made many sales at big prices and has shipped 
 to Texas, Xew Mexico and Idaho, as well as 
 to States nearer home, lie is a stockholder 
 and director in the Farmers Savings Hank at 
 Ashley. Mr. McGonigle is one of the fore- 
 most men of the township, enterprising and 
 public-spirited, and is held in highest esteem 
 by his fellow citizens. 
 
 September 4. 1870, be was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ella ( i. (.'line, who was born 
 in Marlborough Township. Delaware County, 
 and is a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth 
 (Downing) ('line, pioneers of that vicinity. 
 Seven children were born to them: Maude, 
 born December 24. 1871, is the wife of Charles 
 II. I 'ill and has two children. Walter and 
 Rodney; Murray IS., a physician, bom Sep- 
 tember 12, 1X73, married I'ersis Scheble and 
 has two children. Ruth ami Mary; Mary, born 
 August 22, 0S75, married Orrie Jeffrey and 
 they have two children, Lorain and Ellen; 
 Myra. born April 11. 1N7N. married Dallas 
 
 eman, and they have on I >a\ ; Robert 
 
 Mart, born December 2^, 1880; Tod (Mine, 
 born June 16, 1882; and Walden, born June 
 3, 1SS4, died October 11. 1XS4. Mr. Mc- 
 Gonigle is a Democrat in politics and has 
 served six years as township trustee. He is 
 a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 He belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Ashley, 
 and to the Patrons of Husbandry. 
 
 LIHU CLARK, retired farmer and 
 veteran of the Civil War. is a well- 
 known resident of Ashley, Ohio. He 
 was born in the northwestern part of 
 Oxford Township. Delaware County. 
 August 9. 1837, and is a son of Isaac and 
 Clarissa (Gale) Clark. 
 
 Isaac Clark, father of Elihu, was born in 
 Xew York State and at an early date came' 
 west to Ohio, locating in Oxford Township, 
 Delaware County, on what was known as the 
 Henry Foust farm, and near there he owned a 
 tract of 50 acres on which he resided some 
 years, then moved to the farm of 50 acres on 
 which his son was born. Here he resided until 
 his death. I lis union with Clarissa Dale re- 
 sulted in the birth of twelve children, of whom 
 three survive, namely: Elihu; John, who is 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits in Berlin 
 Township: and Mary Jane, who is the wife of 
 Edward Morgan, now living in Kansas. 
 
 Elihu Clark was reared on the home place 
 and received his educational training in the 
 common schools of that neighborhood. Ik- 
 helped to clear the home property, a part of 
 which was heavily timbered, and followed 
 farming until he entered the army. He en- 
 listed August 13, 1862, in Company D. One 
 Hundred and Twentv-first Regiment, Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, and after a service of 10 
 months re-enlisted in Company F, of the One 
 Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment. Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, lie continued in active 
 service until the close 0!" the Civil War. and 
 participated in many important engagements, 
 among them Cedar Creek. Petersburg and 
 Sailor's Run. He was in the Army of the 
 Potomac, and in the summer of [864 was with 
 
ELMER A. WIGTON 
 
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 643 
 
 General Sheridan's forces in the Shenandoah 
 Valley, and was with General Grant's through 
 the Virginia campaign. He participated in the 
 Grand Review at Washington, I). C, and was 
 then mustered out and discharged in July, 
 1865. 
 
 Alter returning home he remained until 
 the following spring, after which he followed 
 general farming on the second purchase of his 
 father and with much success. In [882 he 
 erected a handsome brick residence in which 
 he lived until 1899. when he sold his property 
 and unwed to Ashley, buying a small home 
 there, lie is now living in retirement in the 
 enjoyment oi a well earned rest after years of 
 acth ity. 
 
 October 10. [863, Mr. Clark was united in 
 marriage with Miss Margaret Felky, a native 
 of Delaware County, Ohio, and they became 
 the parents of three children, as follows : Eva, 
 deceased, who married Byron Porterfield, left 
 two children. Vita and Fay; Josephine, who 
 married William Morehouse of Columbus, has 
 two children. Pearl and Verner; and Chesley, 
 who lives in Ashley, married Bertie Vining 
 and has two children. Merle and Lloyd. In 
 1885 Mr. Clark was deprived of the com- 
 panionship of his beloved wife and helpmeet 
 by death. Politically, he is a Republican, lie 
 is a member of J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, 
 G. A. R.. at Aslilev. 
 
 LMER A. WIGTON. There are few- 
 residents of Delaware County, in all 
 probability, who have passed through 
 so many thrilling experiences and 
 survived more dangers or encoun- 
 I more adventures than Elmer A. Wigton, 
 who spent many years on the frontier, on the 
 outskirts of civilization, but who now is an es- 
 teemed citizen of Liberty Township. Mr. 
 Wigton was born in Brown Township, Dela- 
 ware County. Ohio. June 22. 1839, and is 1 
 -on of Sylvester and Elmina (Bern 1 Wig- 
 I 
 
 The paternal grandfather, Thomas Wig- 
 ton, was born in Pennsylvania in 1777 and 
 
 came to Delaware County in 1819. He set- 
 tled on a farm in Kingston Township, near the 
 Blue Church, where he lived until 1852, when 
 he moved to Berkshire. Four years later he 
 settled on a farm between Berkshire and Sun- 
 bur}', a property that is occupied by his grand- 
 son, Charles Wigton, and his mother. Thomas 
 Wigton died in 1877 when almost 100 years 
 old. His children were respectively as fol- 
 lows: David, Sylvester, Abiram, Jacob. 
 James, Frazier, William. Mrs. Samuel Hall. 
 Mrs. Orlin Root. Mrs. Joel Root. Mrs. Benja- 
 min Lee. Mary Jane and Mrs. Peter Colum, 
 all of whom are now deceased. 
 
 The maternal grandparents of Mr. Wigton 
 were William and Electa Perry. After the 
 death of William Perry his widow married 
 Benjamin McMaster. The Perry children 
 were: William A., Elmina Rachel, Philemon 
 F. ; and the McMasters children were: Rob- 
 ert ( iordon. Horace P. and William A. ; and 
 the children of the McMaster-Perry mar- 
 riage were: George, Esther, Hiram and 
 Elosia. 
 
 The father of Mr. Wigton was born in 
 Pennsylvania, in 1812. and was seven years of 
 age when he accompanied his parents to Dela- 
 ware County. Fie died in Brown Township, 
 in March, 1873, a g e( l sixty-one years. In 
 1837 he married Elmina Rachel Perry, who 
 was born in Liberty Township, Delaware 
 County. Ohio, October 11, 1819. Alter the 
 death of Sylvester Wigton, she married Dr. 
 Besse, of Delaware. The parents of Mr. Wig- 
 ton settled in Brown Township, one and one- 
 half miles west of Eden, when the country was 
 yet all covered with forest. They had two 
 children: William Perry and Elmer A. The 
 former was born June 14. [838. In [862, just 
 before entering the army, he married Esther 
 E. Holt. He was a member of the Ninety- 
 sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 was killed at Arkansas Post, in February, 
 1 803. 
 
 Elmer A. Wigton always had a strong in- 
 stinct of direction and a faculty for woods 
 travel. When a mere child of only four or five 
 years of age, he would go far out into the 
 dense woods alone and ramble about in every 
 
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 direction, amusing himself by throwing sticks 
 at wild turkeys, and when he thought he had 
 them driven far enough away, he would strike 
 out in the right direction for the little cabin 
 which was his home at that time. This latter 
 feat he would perform as accurately as a pig 
 would have done if it had been carried away 
 in a sack and then turned loose. 
 
 About 1844 or '45 Brown Township was 
 almost an unbroken wilderness, with the ex- 
 ception of the small patches that had been 
 cleared around the cabins of the few hardy pio- 
 neers that came in from the East to establish 
 new homes for themselves. Many times these 
 settlers would become uneasy about their chil- 
 dren when they had not seen or heard them 
 for an hour or two, fearing they were lost in 
 the woods. In those days there was more of 
 .harmony and friendly feeling existing between 
 neighbors than now. They would take their 
 families and pay their neighbors a visit and 
 have a good time and a good dinner. On such 
 occasions a strong cup of coffee, with cream 
 and maple sugar, hot biscuit with flutter and 
 maple syrup or honey, chicken and dumplings. 
 fried ham, boiled eggs, mashed potatoes, boiled 
 parsnips, pumpkin pie and cakes sweetened 
 with maple sugar — all the cooking done on the 
 fireplace — would have been considered a good 
 dinner, and would not be very bad to take 
 m nv. 
 
 At one time a family, the children of which 
 ranged in age from eight to twelve years, 
 came to the cabin of Sylvester Wigton, the fa- 
 ther of the subject of this sketch, where 
 they were cordially received. Neighbor set- 
 tler and Mr.. Wigton were busily engaged in 
 talking, when all of a sudden neighbor said, 
 "Where are the children? I haven't heard 
 them for some time: I am afraid they are lost." 
 Mr. Wigton looked up in his good natured 
 manner, and said, "They are not lost, for lit- 
 tle Elmer followed them, and he will keep 
 with them. When he gets hungry and tired, 
 he will say, '1 am going In. mi-.' They will all 
 be hungry about that time, and that little pig 
 will start out on a bee-line fur home." Neigh- 
 bor said, apparently with -Mine surprise. "Sup- 
 pose they have rambled around in the woods 
 
 until they do not know where they are, and he 
 starts nut in the wrong direction?" Mr. Wig- 
 ton said with a smile, "He was never known to 
 go the wrong way ; I have had him in test f> ir 
 over a year. He has followed me many times 
 into the woods, so thick with spice brush that a 
 person could not see out one rod from where 
 he started, and I would then ask him, 'Which 
 way is home?' He would raise his little hand 
 and point the right direction every time." 
 
 Mr. Sylvester Wigton was also a good 
 
 w Is traveler. He was never known to get 
 
 lost, or t<> hunt for the moss which is always 
 more plentiful on the north side of the stand- 
 ing tree in order to keep his course, although 
 he traveled many dark, cloudy nights through 
 the woods, and showed many lost persons to 
 their homes. 
 
 Elmer A. Wigton in his boyhood days, 
 went to school winters in the old log school- 
 In mse, and in the summer assisted his father 
 in clearing the land and raising crops. Tins 
 life continued until March 6, i860, when he 
 left the parental roof and started for the We-r. 
 going by rail to Cincinnati, where he took a 
 steamer down the Ohio River. Then he took 
 the steamboat "White Cloud" and went up the 
 Missouri for Leavenworth, Kansas. It was 
 the month of March, when the Missouri River 
 is lower than at any other time of year. It w as 
 then so low that in many places the boat had 
 to lie moved by use of the spar and capstan. 
 Many times passengers were landed and 
 walked up the river a mile or more until deep 
 water was reached, when the boat would make 
 a landing and take them aboard. On March 
 26th he arrived at Leavenworth, having been 
 twenty days on his journey. He remained in 
 the city the first night; in the morning taking 
 his grip-sack, he started out on the Lawrence 
 and Leavenworth road, continuing on that 
 road until he came to the stream. Little 
 Stranger. Here there was a hotel which was 
 a stage station on the route between Leaven- 
 worth and Lawrence. Here he took dinner 
 and in the afternoon, abandoning the road, he 
 went across the prairie in a southwesterly di- 
 rection, and at night put up at John Wright's 
 on the south bank <>i the Big Stranger, where 
 
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 lie remained a week, daily walking about the 
 adjoining country, and down into the Dela- 
 ware Reservation which was near by. The In- 
 dians were more of a curiosity to him at that 
 time than they were later. Since then Mr. 
 Wigton has passed weeks at a time without 
 seeing - any other class of people. 
 
 On the 1 6th of April he started on another 
 tramp, going in a westerly direction. After 
 traveling fourteen miles, he pulled into the lit- 
 tle town of Osackee. The next day he took the 
 stage for Le Compton, which was the first pro- 
 posed capital of Kansas. He remained in this 
 town and vicinity during the greater part of 
 the summer of i860, and in August left for 
 the southern part of Kansas and northern part 
 of Indian Territory. In October, i860, while 
 stopping at Le Roy, on the Neosha River in 
 southern Kansas, he first met Capt. E. H. 
 Mosley, the great trader and trapper oi the 
 Southwest, lie was a hardy frontiersman, 
 about fifty-four years of age, with long brown 
 hair, and flowing whiskers mixed with gray. 
 He wore a drab coat and badger-skin cap, to 
 which raccoon skin was hanging in the rear. 
 While on the plains he always had a revolver 
 and a long knife hanging to his belt, and 
 would entertain newcomers from the east with 
 his thrilling adventures and hair-breath es- 
 capes from the Indians. This humorous old 
 pioneer took quite a fancy to young Wigton, 
 giving him a new name, which clung to him 
 for years — Wild Buck, ddie Captain insisted 
 on Buck accompanying him to the extreme 
 frontier, which he consented to do. Soon after 
 this an old Indian trader had returned to his 
 trading post, which at that time was situated 
 on the southwest bank of the Arkansas River, 
 about one mile west of where Wichita now 
 stands. At that time the region was the home 
 of the wolf and the huffalo. The old Captain 
 and a man named Moxley on the west hank 
 of the Little Arkansas River, at the crossing 
 of the old California trail of '49, which place 
 is now within the limits of North Wichita, had 
 the only houses west of EI Dorado, which is 
 situated on the Big Walnut, twenty-five miles 
 east of Wichita. 
 
 At the time young Wigton arrived at the 
 trading post, Captain .Mosley had several men 
 in his employ putting up hay, there being nu- 
 merous stacks which had been mowed on the 
 surrounding- prairie. A few days later an old 
 Frenchman accompanied by an Indian came 
 into the post, and requested Captain Moslej to 
 take some merchandise and go with them to 
 their camp, as they had many buffalo robes and 
 other articles of traffic to dispose of. After 
 loading some prairie schooners. Captain Mos- 
 ley said, "Now, Buck, come and go with me. 
 and we will see Indians in their purity. We 
 will he off in the morning, as the wagons will 
 be loaded tonight, and then we will have noth- 
 ing to do but to yoke up the oxen — there were 
 six yoke to a wagon — and start." In the 
 morning when all was ready to start. Captain 
 Mosley said to the little Frenchman, Lob, 1 by 
 name. "I will expect you to guide me to your 
 cam]), as you have not vet told me where it is 
 located." At this request, Lobo told the In- 
 dian in his native tongue to act as guide. The 
 Indian adjusted his blanket and started on 
 about twenty paces in advance of the rest of 
 the party. The whole outfit was soon moving, 
 and Buck was standing with his rifle on his 
 shoulder ready to start out on his first trip to 
 an Indian camp. Captain Mosley gave a few- 
 orders to the men who were to remain at the 
 post, and shouldered his favorite old rifle, 
 "Sweet Lips," as he called it, said "We will 
 go." Captain Mosley and Buck walked slowly 
 and steadily on their way, about a quarter of a 
 mile in the rear of the outfit. They did not 
 come up with it until it had reached a little 
 stream called the Cow Skin, about eight miles 
 fn mi the post. Here they had unyoked the 
 oxen and struck camp to remain for the night. 
 By this time there were many clouds in sight 
 giving prospects of rain. By the time the cook 
 had dinner ready, the clouds had become 
 dense, and Captain Mosley said. "1 wish it 
 would rain, for it has not rained for so long 
 that I have almost forgotten what it looks 
 like." This was in the fall of i860, the driest 
 year ever known in that part of the country. 
 Night passed but without rain, though it was 
 
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 still dark and cloudy. They broke camp at an 
 early hour, and lie lore they had traveled one 
 mile drops of rain began to fall and soon it 
 was raining quite hard and the prairie was be- 
 coming quite muddy. Captain Mosley, Buck, 
 I.obo, the extra man and the cook, sought 
 shelter in the wagons, while the ox-drivers 
 and the Indian walked on in the rain. 
 
 While the Captain and Lobo were busy 
 talking. Buck was seated in front on a package 
 of goods looking out into the rain. After a 
 short time. Captain Mosley came to the front 
 of the wagon and seated himself on some 
 goods. His face wore an uneasy expression. 
 He said, "Well, Buck, how are you making it 
 sitting here in silence this rainy day?" "Cap- 
 tain," was the answer. "1 do not think I will 
 ever learn to travel on the plains, although 
 when I was four or five years old 1 was con- 
 sidered equal to a pig in traveling in the 
 woods. Now here 1 am with an Indian guide 
 at our head — and 1 have heard that they were 
 the best guides in the world and can always 
 strike their point under any circumstances — 
 and I have been sitting here all the morning 
 looking out in front, with my eye on the guide, 
 and my mind wholly on the run of our travel, 
 anil it does seem to me that we have been 
 steadily swinging to the left, and are now- 
 headed to the north of the place we came from 
 this morning. 1 have never felt so com- 
 pletely lost in my life." The Captain said, 
 "Buck, you are right; that damned Indian has 
 turned us around, and I am going to get out 
 and do some guiding myself." The French- 
 man said, "That [ndi-on is one good gui-eed. 
 lie was raised on the pvai-ree, and he does 
 know where he does go." "I do not care what 
 he knows. I ain going to get out and guide this 
 outfit." By the time he had alighted from the 
 wagon, the Indian had stopped and was look- 
 ing at the ground. When Mosley came up to 
 him he was standing as still as a mile-post, and 
 
 ng at the tracks the) had made an hour or 
 two before. The Captain turned the outfit 
 around to a southerly direction and headed to- 
 ward the Ninnesqua, and the Indian crawled 
 into a wagon and covered his head with a 
 blanket. When they hail gone about a mile, it 
 
 stopped raining and the sun came out. Mosley 
 threw his blue blanket on the ground, mo- 
 tioning to the teamsters to pick it tip and con- 
 tinued on. As Buck was tired of riding, he 
 jumped out of the wagon and started on at a 
 rapid pace to overtake Mosley. By the time 
 he caught up with him they were at the banks 
 of the Ninnesqua, and Mosley was looking for 
 a place to stop for the night. After locating 
 the camp, they were busily engaged in gather- 
 ing wood. The sun was still shining, but low. 
 They had a tire burning when the wagons 
 came up. Coffee was soon made and the cook 
 was occupied in making bread. Each man 
 had his piece of buffalo meat cooking in a 
 manner to suit himself. This was the second 
 day out from the post, and they were only 
 twenty-five miles away. When they had fin- 
 ished supper the sun had set. it was growing 
 dark, the wind had shifted to the northwest 
 arid the air was getting quite cold. The stars 
 were shining and everything was wet with 
 dew, and the silence of the night was soon 
 broken by the keen sharp yelling of the 
 coyotes and the low mournful howl of the big 
 gray wolves. In the morning there was a 
 heavy white frost on the vegetation, appar- 
 ently the first frost of the season. 
 
 After supper the Indian bad crawled out of 
 the wagon and walking to the camp said, "1 
 know where I am now, our camp is about live 
 miles (holding up the fingers of one hand to 
 indicate the number) from the place. Mr. In- 
 dian now acted as guide. As we reached the 
 summit of the elevated prairie, we could see 
 vast herds of horses grazing on the descend- 
 ing prairie, and farther on could be seen small 
 clumps <>f trees, which were at the head of a 
 small stream called Shumacusse. This was the 
 lout; looked-for cam]), and the first Indian 
 Indian camp Buck was ever in. In this camp 
 could lie seen Indians from the smallest 
 pappoose in a parted raw-bide baby-cage sus 
 pended from the limb of a tree up to the big 
 laz) buck sunning himself 1 n the south side of 
 a hill. Buck made himself useful in assisting 
 the Captain in measuring out merchandise. 
 Maii\ times during tin- day the Captain and 
 he were invited into the lodges of the chief- 
 
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 and of the noble bloods for a feast, which in- 
 vitation could not he refused without insulting 
 the Indian. The cook, the extra man and the 
 teamsters were invited into the lodge of Lobo 
 and the other lodges of low rank. Lobo was 
 living with an inferior looking old squaw, and 
 though lie had lived many years with the In- 
 dians, he seemed to he of low rank in the vil- 
 By evening the cargo was very much 
 reduced. When the cargo from a wagon was 
 removed, the cover and bows were laid aside 
 and the bed of the wagon was filled with buf- 
 falo robes, piled up until the top of the load 
 projected over the sides and from there up 
 would he ten feet wide and seven feet high, 
 there being many hundred robes in the pile. 
 Trading had about ceased when night came 
 i in. Bon-fires were being kindled. Small 
 brush was gathered and saturated with buffalo 
 tallow, and these when set on fire produced a 
 brilliant light. As the fire began to burn, one 
 could see the numerous warriors taking from 
 their belts a small sack containing red, yellow 
 and black paint, and a small looking-glass in- 
 serted in a board handle like a hair brush. In 
 the morning the wagons were started back 
 with the cargo. Mosely and Buck remaining in 
 the camp. They were gone about four days, 
 and by the time the}- returned, the entire stock 
 of merchandise was sold out. The return 
 cargo consisted of buffalo tallow and robes, 
 dressed buckskin and robes. Mosley was to 
 guide the outfit hack. He stayed in just about 
 foot behind Buck, and every once in a 
 while would ask, "Where are we going now ?" 
 Buck would reply. "I think you are about 
 right," and then conversation would be re- 
 sumed. 
 
 After they had been hack at the post a few 
 ;, an outfit was rigged up for a wolf hunt. 
 Flour, coffee, sugar, dried fruit, beans, for the 
 men. and a large stock of strychnine for am- 
 munition for the wolves. The party consisted 
 of \-hby. Engal, Condit, Hayden. Moffit ami 
 Wigton. When the party was ready, Moslej 
 "If you are attacked, \-hley. you are 
 Captain or this outfit, and 1 will expect every 
 man to he under your command. Buck, you 
 are the guide of this party, and Ashley. 1 want 
 
 you to understand that he is the guide of the 
 part\, I tuck, you go smith to the Cimron 
 (Cimarron), and if you cannot find plenty of 
 wolves there, go up the Cimron until you do 
 find them." 
 
 It took six days to reach the Cimarron, and 
 then there were no buffalo or wolves. They 
 started slowly up the stream until they reached 
 the salt plain country. There they found 
 plenty of wolves and made a grand hunt. The 
 party got over a thousand wolf skins. Each 
 man got one-half of what he made, the Cap- 
 tain furnishing all supplies, except fire arms 
 and blanket. Baits poisoned with strychnine 
 were set about dusk at evening for the wolves. 
 One day on reaching camp, it was discovered 
 that the Indians had been there, cut the tents 
 and cut up the wagon and pitched it into the 
 stream. They had taken all the provisions, so 
 the party started back to the trading post. The 
 third day they were going a little north of 
 east, and when they reached a certain point a 
 dissension arose as to the direction they should 
 take. The party broke up. different one- go- 
 ing in the direction they thought right, only 
 Moftit. the youngest man in the party remain- 
 ing with Buck, the official guide. They 
 reached .Mosley on the fourth day, having had 
 nothing to eat since the morning of the day 
 they started hack, except a few black walnuts 
 which they had found on the evening of the 
 third day. When Mosley saw them, he said, 
 "What the devil are you doing there?'" "We 
 have been robbed by the Indians." "Have 
 they killed the men?" "No, the men left me at 
 the Minnesqua." "Well, that's a devil of a 
 note: which way did they go?" He was told 
 the direction taken by the different men. It 
 was several day- before the balance of the 
 party staggered into camp one and two at j 
 time, and most of them with badly frozen 
 limbs. In the interval Mr. Wigton spent two 
 days with an old hunter. James Dewit. 
 
 Early in 1861, a party came down off the 
 Cimarron River, to the trading post, report- 
 ing that two of their party, Shaw and Green, 
 had been killed by the Indian-. Mr. Wigton 
 with Mr. Ashby and Mr. Ingle, went in search 
 and found Shaw's body, which had been 
 
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 scalped, but Green's body was never recov- 
 ered. In a few days, Air. Wigton and bis 
 companions returned to the post and shortly 
 afterward Captain Mosley went back to bis 
 residence on Fall River, twenty-five miles east 
 of Eureka, Butler County. Kansas. Mr. Wig 
 ton there raised some recruits to pursue the In- 
 dians, who had a council and camp at the 
 mouth of Fall River. It was this camp that 
 Air. Wigton and Mr. Ingle raided, carrying 
 oft" the Indian horses to Leroy, where they re- 
 mained a few days, when Captain Mosley 
 came with his ox-train of hides, to ship to St. 
 Louis from Leavenworth. When the trader 
 reached St. Louis they found that city in an 
 uproar, and Captain Mosley could not sell his 
 cargo and left Air. Wigton in charge, while 
 he went to Peoria, Illinois. Subsequently, Mr. 
 Wigton placed the cargo of hides on a boat 
 and shipped the same to Peoria, where Mr. 
 Mosley traded the most of them for corn, 
 which he shipped to Kansas. 
 
 Air. Wigton then left Captain Mosley and 
 went to Michigan. He also visited Chicago, 
 and then returned to Leavenworth, going 
 thence to Denver, from which city be went 
 back to Leavenworth with a four-mule team, 
 in preparation for entering the Government 
 transportation service. He remained at dif- 
 ferent points in Kansas and Nebraska until 
 June, [862, when be started south with the 
 first and second Indian regiments to Fort 
 Scott, where he was employed in handling- 
 transportation. He was a member of the no- 
 ted Colonel Coffey expedition and in Decem- 
 ber, [862, participated in the fight at Perry 
 Grove, later at White River, and at Spring- 
 field, Missouri, in March', [863, after which 
 he returned to Fort Scott. In the fall of this 
 year be went to Fort Smith to pass the winter. 
 
 Up to January, [865, when Mr. Wigton 
 reached Leavenworth again, his life was 
 one round of dangerous adventure and 
 on several occasions be was the only 
 member of bis party who entirely es- 
 caped injury. He remained in the service of 
 the Government until October, (865, when be 
 was honorably discharged, having spent the 
 previous summer putting up bay on the plains. 
 
 He remained at Fort Scott, engaged in a traf- 
 fic business for a time and then went down into 
 the Indian Nation, with Chester Turtle, of 
 Topeka. He remained variously engaged on 
 the frontier of Kansas, until 1875, and then 
 went into Western Texas, and in the sprim. of 
 [879, from there to Las Vegas, New Alexico. 
 A few days later he went to Fort Union, in the 
 Government employ, under Captain Hooker, 
 as chief packer on the Apache expedition 
 and remained out in the transportation service 
 until September, a number of the men and 
 horses of the troop being killed in the mean- 
 while. He remained at Las Vegas also as in- 
 terpreter for Obirn & Hosick, of Chicago, 
 dealers in hides. In 1882, he made a prospect- 
 ing trip west of Las Vegas for coal and 
 worked a coal bank that would have been 
 profitable if transportation facilities had been 
 near. Mr. Wigton then built a small mill near 
 Mineral Hill and he also often served, as .1 
 guide to tourists in the mountains, who v Yited 
 the Mineral Hill Resort, which is 10.000 feet 
 above sea level. 
 
 The time came, however, when Air. Wig- 
 ton felt a longing for the scenes of his early 
 life and he came back home in February, 
 1896. He is a member of Lodge No 421. Odd 
 Fellows, at Ashley. Ohio. In politics, he is a 
 Democrat. He is engaged in the milling busi- 
 ness at the old Beaver Mill, which he owns. 
 He speaks Spanish, keeping himself in prac- 
 tice by reading aloud to himself Spanish pa- 
 pers. He also speaks four Indian tongues. 
 
 K. WYLIE, proprietor of a flourishing 
 hoop and stave manufactory at Dela- 
 ware, is a son of Abraham P. and 
 *^ a<ffl l Sarah E. (McConnell ) Wylie. and a 
 grandson, on the paternal side, of 
 Robert and Elizabeth (Patterson) Wylie. The 
 grandparents were early settlers in Logan 
 County, Ohio, Robert Wylie being an industri- 
 ous and successful farmer. They professed 
 the faith of the old Scotch Covenanters and 
 were earnest Christian people. 
 
 Abraham Patterson Wvlie, son of Robert 
 
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 649 
 
 and father of the subject of this article, was 
 born in Richland Township, Logan County, 
 ( )hio, and is now living ( iox>8) at the age of 
 67 war-. lie has followed the trade of lum- 
 I erman all his life. During the Civil War 
 he served in the One Hundred and Thirty- 
 second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After its 
 close he became proprietor of a portable saw- 
 mill. About 1883 he located at Bell Center, 
 where he was engaged in the milling business 
 until the spring of 1904. lie is now a resident 
 of Lawrence County. Tennessee, and is still 
 actively engaged in business pursuits. His 
 wife Sarah, who was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 died about five years ago at the age of 63. She 
 bore her husband two children — J. K., born 
 January 2. 1869. who is the subject of the 
 present notice: and Margaret P.. who is now 
 the widow of J. C. Todd, of Lawrenceburg, 
 Tennessee. Mr. Wylie's parents, like his 
 grandparents, were members of the Covenant- 
 er-' Church. 
 
 J. K. Wylie was educated in the district 
 school. When old enough to enter the in- 
 dustrial ranks, he began to learn the milling 
 business with his father, and by application 
 and industry he graduallv acquired a very 
 thorough knowledge of it. In 1904 he started 
 in the business for himself in Wyandotte 
 County, Ohio, where he continued until De- 
 cember. 1906. He then purchased his present 
 plant in Delaware of Reyes & Worlogs, of 
 New York City, and has since taken rank 
 among the prosperous manufacturers of the 
 county. He has doubled the capacity of the 
 plant, manufacturing about thirty thousand 
 hcops and thirty-six thousand staves daily, and 
 shipping his product to all parts of the coun- 
 try. He gives employment to about 30 men 
 on an average, and has worked up such a large 
 and profitable business connection, that he no 
 longer has occasion to advertise. His goods 
 command a steady market, and he never has 
 any difficulty in disposing of all that he can 
 produce. He is one of those who act up to the 
 maxim — '"Push your business and your busi- 
 ness will push you." He shows an intelligent 
 interest in local affairs, though without caring 
 to take office. 
 
 Mr. Wylie married Mary P.. daughter of 
 William and Sarah Stough, of Bellefontaine, 
 Logan County. Ohio, and has two children — 
 William A. and Dwight < 1. The family are 
 members of the United Presbyterian Church 
 at Belle Centre. 
 
 ON. EMMETT MELVILLE WICK- 
 HAM, Common Pleas judge for the 
 First Sub-division of the Sixth Ju- 
 dicial District, embracing Delaware. 
 Knox and Licking Counties, was born 
 in Genoa Township, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 October 29. 1859, son of Kitridge Havens and 
 Marinda Rose (Sebring) Wickham. 
 
 He is a descendant, in the eighth genera- 
 tion, of Thomas Wickham. born in England 
 in 1624, who settled in Weathersfield. Con- 
 necticut, in 1648. becoming a freeman 10 years 
 later. He followed the occupation of merchant 
 and was a man of some prominence. His 
 death is believed to have occurred about the 
 year 1690. His wife, whose given name was 
 Sarah, died in January, 1700. 
 
 Joseph Wickham. son of Thomas, through 
 whom the present line descends, was born in 
 Weathersfield. Connecticut, in 1662. He was 
 a tanner and land owner and quite wealthy for 
 his day. He married Sarah Satterlee, of 
 Southampton. Long Island, in which locality 
 he settled about the time of the marriage. He 
 was at Southampton as early as 1698. and at 
 that time had one child — Joseph. Later he re- 
 moved to Southold, where he received land in 
 return for setting up a tannery, which he 
 agreed to run for seven years. He was one 
 of a company organized to repel a threatened 
 invasion of Dutch settlers from New York, 
 which, however, did not take place. At the 
 time of his death he owned Robin's Island, 
 comprising 400 acres. He died in 1734. His 
 wife died previous to 1725. They had five 
 sons and one daughter, of whom the youngest 
 son, Jonathan, comes next in the present line 
 of descent. Joseph bequeathed his lands to his 
 eldest son. Joseph. Jr.. and also stated in his 
 will. "I bequeath to my daughter. Elizabeth, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 my mulatto girl until she shall arrive at the 
 age of 30 years, when it is my will that she 
 shall have her freedom." Elizaheth married 
 the son of the Lord of the manor of Gardiner's 
 Island, which lies east of Long Island. He 
 gave to his four youngest sons the rents and 
 profits of certain lands for a certain number 
 nf years, which had been bequeathed to Joseph. 
 
 left Long 
 
 In 1740 the four younger sons 
 M.md and went up the Hudson River. Two 
 1 if them — William and Samuel — settled in 
 Orange County, New York, near the site of 
 the present city of Middletown. Benjamin 
 and Jonathan settled in the eastern part of 
 Dutchess County. At the time of the Revolu- 
 tionary War this Jonathan, though living, was 
 
 t Id to serve. 
 
 Jonathan Wickham, son of the Jonathan 
 above mentioned, and great-great-grandfather 
 of the subject of this sketch, was horn in 
 Dutchess County, and was a member of the 
 "Associated Exempt" during the Revolution- 
 ary War. I le was twice married. His second 
 wife, through whom the present line of descent 
 was continued, was Susan, daughter of Robert 
 Wilkinson. After the Revolutionary War 
 Jonathan and his family left Dutchess Counts 
 and settled at Plattsburg, Xew York, where 
 he followed his trade of miller, conducting the 
 first mill established at that place. Here a 
 gloom was cast over the family by the murder 
 of lu's wife's father, Robert Wilkinson, who 
 had accompanied them to Plattsburg. While 
 returning from Dutchess County, where he had 
 gone to collect money or dispose of property, 
 Mr. Wilkinson was knocked from his horse 
 by desperadoes, robbed and murdered. His 
 body was found in a small stream of water 
 by the roadside. A son of Jonathan Wick- 
 ham liv his first wife, and also named Jona- 
 than, organized a posse and traced the mur- 
 derers to Canada, where they were captured. 
 P.eing brought hack to Plattsburg. they were 
 there tried, convicted, and hanged. Jonathan 
 and Susan (Wilkinson) Wickham had nine 
 children — six sons and three daughters — of 
 whom the second son, Ahaz, comes next in the 
 1 logical line now under consideration. 
 Ahaz Wickham learned the trade of mil- 
 
 ler under his father. When he was about 
 20 years old he moved to old Saratoga, now 
 Schuylerville, Xew York. This was about 
 1802. At Saratoga he married Eunice Welch, 
 and they became the parents of 12 children. 
 six sons and six daughters. In January, 1849, 
 his wife died at Middle Grove, Saratoga 
 County, and he went to Schroon Lake, where 
 he had a son living. Here he remained, re- 
 siding with his son, until his own death, which 
 took place in January, 1 S 5 < > . 
 
 His wife, Eunice, was a daughter of Jo- 
 seph and Eunice Welch, the former of whom 
 was living at Richmond, Berkshire County, 
 Massachusetts, at the outbreak of the Revolu- 
 tionary War. He was captured by Indians and 
 remained a prisoner in their hands for a year 
 before making his escape. He took part in the 
 fight at Bunker Hill, being first lieutenant of 
 his company. Subsequently serving in the 
 expedition against Canada, he was there cap- 
 tured by the English and Indians and was 
 taken to Halifax, where he was kept on board 
 a British prison ship for nine months. He was 
 then parolled and sent to Boston, where he 
 resided until 1781. He died at old Saratoga 
 in 1825. his wife passing away two years 
 later. 
 
 Asa Wickham, son of Ahaz and grand- 
 father of Hon. Emmett M. Wickham, was 
 horn March 29, 1803. in old Saratoga. When 
 a boy he worked under his father in the mill. 
 hut on reaching the age of 12 he was appren- 
 ticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he 
 subsequently followed more or less all his life. 
 He also acquired the trade of basket-making, 
 and was engaged to some extent in tanning, 
 conducting a small tan-yard in connection with 
 his shoe-making. During his apprenticeship, 
 when he was about 16 or 17, having received 
 a whi]i] ling with a strap, he ran away from 
 his master and returned home, where his 
 mother, a woman of stout frame and Strong 
 character, kept and protected him. At Schroon 
 Lake, in 1823, he met and married Sarah 
 Wiswell. their union being solemnized in De- 
 cember of that year. They had nine children 
 —four sons and five daughters. In May, 
 [834, the family migrated to Ashtahuh 
 
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 County, Ohio, making the journey from Sche- 
 nectady to Buffalo by the Erie Canal, and 
 thence to Ashtabula County. Here they resided 
 for two years. Mr. Wickham being engaged in 
 shoemaking. In the spring of [836 they moved 
 again, this tune to Black Lick, Franklin 
 Count}', in which place they were located for 
 15 years. Then, in the spring of 1851, they 
 made their last migration, coming to Dela- 
 ware County and settling in Genoa Township. 
 where Asa Wickham died, alter a long, in- 
 dustrious and well spent life, on April 23, 
 1888. The last 3- years of his life had been 
 spent in Genoa Township, where he was gen- 
 erally esteemed as a good and useful citizen, 
 well endowed with intelligence, industry and 
 perseverance. During his residence in New 
 York State he was connected with the militia. 
 in Essex County, serving in the capacity of 
 drummer. 
 
 His wife, Sarah, was a daughter of Moses 
 and Keziah (Woods) Wiswell. Her father. 
 a native of Shoreham, Vermont, removed to 
 Schroon Lake, Essex County. New York. His 
 wife Keziah was a daughter of Joseph and 
 Keziah (Goddard) Woods, who were natives 
 of Massachusetts and later lived in Vermont. 
 Joseph Woods was a minute man in the Revo- 
 lutionary War and was a resident of Boston 
 at the time of the battle of Lexington. Bunker 
 Hill and Saratoga, in which he participated. 
 He died October 12. 1807, and was buried at 
 Sudbury. Vermont. 
 
 Among the children of Asa was Kitridge 
 Havens, who has been mentioned at the be- 
 ginning of this sketch as the father of it- di- 
 rect subject. He was born at Crown Point, 
 Essex County, New York, September 16, 
 1833. Like his father, he became a master of 
 several trades, being a shoemaker, basket- 
 maker, and stone cutter. He took up the last 
 mentioned trade about [875, the two othet 
 trades he had acquired having by thai time 
 
 OTie unprofitable. lie crime to Delaware 
 County in the fall of [850. and removed to 
 Delaware City in [892. Like his progenitors 
 in the paternal line for several generations 
 back, he was a Democrat in politics. In [890 
 he was elected justice of the peace, having 
 
 previously served as constable. His death took 
 place December 18, 1899. 
 
 ( )n January 9, 1859. he was married to 
 Marinda R. Sebring, who bore him three chil- 
 dren, namely: Emmett Melville, whose name 
 begins this article; Myrtie V.. wife of George 
 H. Rickner, of Mansfield; and Asa I... who 
 now resides in Genoa Township. The nn ither 
 of these children, who was a member of the 
 Baptist Church, was born June 9, 1834, and 
 died February 11, 1907. She was a daughter 
 of Josiah and Sarah ( Adams ) Sebring. and 
 a granddaughter of Fulkard Sebring. of Ly- 
 coming County, Pennsylvania. Josiah Se- 
 bring was born in Pennsylvania about 1705. 
 and died in Kosciusko County. Indiana, in the 
 spring of 1870. He was a farmer and settled 
 in Indiana in 1853. He had accompanied his 
 father from Pennsylvania to Franklin County, 
 Ohio, in 1810. Three years later they settled 
 in Genoa Township, where the father bought 
 a large tract of uncleared land. 
 
 Sarah Adams Sebring. above mentioned, 
 was born in 1796 and died in 1874. She was 
 a daughter of David Adams, a Revolutionary 
 soldier, who enlisted in 1778. when he was 
 but ib J 2 years old. After his return from the 
 army he married, at Wilkesbarre, Pennsyl- 
 vania, Elizabeth, daughter of Rulif and Mary 
 Fischer, of Amsterdam. Holland. In 1814 he 
 brought his family to Harlem Town-hip. 
 Delaware County, and he resided here until 
 his death. His wife Elizabeth died in 1854, 
 when in her 89th year. 
 
 Emmett Melville Wickham acquired his 
 elementary education in the township schools, 
 which he attended until he was twenty years 
 of age. In the spring of 1880 he secured 1 
 teacher's certificate and began to teach in his 
 home district, where he continued for three 
 months. lie continued in the occupation of 
 teaching in Delaware County for 1 _' year-. 
 In the fall of [889 he began the study of law. 
 and he was admitted to the Bar December 3, 
 1891. by the Supreme Court of Ohio. In the 
 following June he gave up teaching and in 
 September. rgo2, entered the office of Hon. 
 F. M. Marriott, with whom three year- later 
 he formed a partnership under the firm name 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 of Marriott & Wickham. This was continued 
 until December, 1896, when it was dissolved 
 owing to Mr. Wickham having been elected 
 for the term of five years to the Common 
 Pleas bench. In 1901 he was a candidate for 
 re-election, but was defeated by the narrow 
 margin of eight votes. His term on the bench 
 expiring February 8, 1902, in the following 
 July he formed a partnership with Messrs. 
 Marriott and Freshwater under the firm name 
 of Marriott, Freshwater & Wickham. In 1906 
 he was re-elected Common Pleas Judge, and 
 accordingly, on December 31st the partnership 
 was diss. ihed. Judge Wickham has demon- 
 strated that he possesses in a high degree the 
 judicial temperament, united with a firm grasp 
 of the principles of bis profession, and his 
 demeanor on the bench has been marked by 
 an unfailing courtesy that has made him popu- 
 lar among all the brethren of the Bar. He is 
 a member and officer of Lenape Lodge, No. 
 jo. K. P., anil of Delaware Lodge, No. 76. 
 B. P. O. E., of which he is exalted ruler. 
 
 Judge Wickham was first married August 
 14. 1888, to Joanna, daughter of Jacob and 
 Maria Ekelberry. of Delaware. Of this union 
 there was one son, Joy Carroll, born March 
 28, [890. He was married for the second 
 time. July 23, 1903, to Anna A., a daughter of 
 Tobias Frederick and Susannah (Wells) 
 Reichert. The children by this marriage are: 
 Frederick Reichert, born September 5, 1904; 
 and Susanna, born November 11, 1906. Mrs. 
 Wickham is a member of Asbury Church. 
 Both she and her husband are highly esteemed 
 and have a wide social acquaintance among the 
 refined and cultivated people, of Delaware 
 County. 
 
 MDREW F. M< >SKS. one of Liberty 
 Township's representative citizens, 
 wlio carries on general farming on 
 his valuable farm of -cj 1 . acres, was 
 born April [8, r.861, in Delaware 
 nty, Ohio, and is a son of Flavel and Eliza- 
 beth M' ises. 
 
 The Moses family was established in Dela- 
 ware County by Salmon and Orpha Moses, the 
 grandparents of Andrew F. They came to 
 this section from Litchfield County, Connecti- 
 cut, in 1817, and settled on the farm which 
 is now owned by a granddaughter, Mrs. Helen 
 Jewell. At that time all this part of the coun- 
 try was heavily timbered and but few pioneers 
 bail yet dared the dangers and hardships which 
 attended founding homes in such a wilderness. 
 Salmon Moses, however, was a man of sturdy 
 strength and of enterprising character. He built 
 his log cabin in a clearing he made in the great 
 woods and gave assistance to his neighbors as 
 they gradually settled in his vicinity, and later 
 was one of the builders of the first church 
 edifice in this section, which was the first 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Powell. Sal- 
 mon A loses and wife had five children, three 
 daughters and two sons, namely : Dorcas, 
 who married Ebenezer Pike; Flora, who was 
 not married; Flavel : and Russell, who died 
 in Liberty Township. He married Alice 
 Gregg. Salmon Moses died in 1869. at the 
 age of 76 years. 
 
 Flavel Moses, father of Andrew F. Moses, 
 was three and one-half years old when his 
 parents came from Connecticut to Delaware 
 County and here the whole of his life was 
 passed. He devoted his attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits, acquiring considerable property, 
 and at the time of his death he owned 344 
 acres of valuable land. For nearly 90 years 
 he was a resident of Delaware County, where 
 he died May 27. 1905. in his 93d year, lie 
 gave liberally in support of schools and 
 churches and was a consistent member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. He married 
 Elizabeth Dunton, who was born April 17. 
 [820, and died February 25, 1901. They had 
 the following children: Orpha, who married 
 Robert Conroy, residing at Powell, has four 
 children; Sarah, who married Albert Standish, 
 who is in the seventh generation from Miles 
 Standish, residing at Columbus, has three chil- 
 dren; Mora E, who married L.'V. Humphrey, 
 residing at Lake Arthur. New Mexico, has 
 three children: William, residing on the farm 
 on which his father settled and in the house 
 
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 lie built, married Susan, a daughter of Miles 
 Case, and they have two children; and An- 
 drew F. 
 
 Andrew F. Moses was reared on his 
 father's farm and attended the public schools 
 at Pi ..ell. In [882 he was married to Emily 
 E. Scott, who is a daughter of Andrew J. 
 and S irali \. (Goshage) Scott, and they have 
 had five children horn r < > them, as follows: 
 Blanche. Aha M., Helen !•.. Guy S. and Mary 
 A. Blanche married John Penn and they re- 
 side south of Stratford and have two chil- 
 dren, Florence and Hazel Naomi. Aha M. 
 married Charles A. Coldflesh and they reside 
 at Fairview, They have two children. ( iu\ 
 M. and Irene. Helen E. married Finest 1'.. 
 Vigar. The other members of the family re- 
 side at home. 
 
 Mr. Moses is a stanch Republican. His 
 busii ess lias been farming" and he has devoted 
 almost all of his time to this line, but for 
 five years he had charge of the rural mail 
 delivery route from Powell, during which time 
 he faithfully performed the duties pertaining 
 t< 1 that office. 
 
 EORGE HENRY SEESE, a leading 
 
 citizen of Orange Township, who 
 
 owns a valuable farm of 130 acres, 
 
 which he devotes to general farming, 
 
 stockraising and dairying", was born 
 
 April 7, [856, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 
 
 not far from Strasburg, and is a son of David 
 
 and Susan ( Wallick ) Seese. 
 
 The Seese family came of German ances- 
 ivhi settled in Westmoreland County, 
 Pennsylvania, and from there George Seese, 
 the g ther of George Henry Seese. came 
 
 to Ohi at an early day. settling in the wil- 
 derness of Tuscarawas Comity, a long distance 
 from civilization. At that time he was obliged 
 tiles to reach a mill. George Wal- 
 lick. the maternal grandfather, was also a 
 pioneer in the same county and the families 
 oi Seese and Wallick lived in close proximity. 
 Grandfather Seese reared 1 _' children and 
 ler Wallick reared eight. The for- 
 
 mer died aged 56 year-, but Grandmother 
 Wallick survived to be 72. David Seese, 
 father of George Henry, was born July 28, 
 [828, and still survives, the only remaining 
 member of his family, lie married Susan 
 Wallick, who died about [893, aged 56 years. 
 Ten children were born to them, namely : Jose- 
 phine, deceased, was the wife of J. H. Burris; 
 George H. ; Charles F., a prominent educator 
 and man of public affairs now filling a profes- 
 sorship in a Cleveland school, was formerly 
 principal of the Hudson High School and 
 served several terms in the State Legislature 
 from Summit County; S. B. E., residing at 
 Seattle, Washington, is general agent for the 
 Xew York Life & Accident Insurance Com- 
 pany, formerly a resident of Toledo; Tena 
 Melvina. who married William Grennell, a 
 resident of Massilon. Ohio; Sarah Elizabeth, 
 residing at Massilon, married Dudley Koontz; 
 Amanda Jane, unmarried, resides at Massilon; 
 William Grant, who is engaged in educational 
 work, married Orpha Kohr : and the others 
 died in infancy. Both parents of Mr. Seese 
 were well known in the community in which 
 they lived and enjoyed the esteem of those who 
 knew them. 
 
 George Henry Seese went to school in 
 Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, an 1 
 attended the Hartline district school. He has 
 followed agricultural pursuits ever since, work- 
 ing for six years by the month in his native 
 county, following his marriage. In 1893 he 
 bought his first farm, a tract of land in Liberty 
 Township. Delaware County, on which he in- 
 curred an indebtedness of $.2,000. Trior to 
 the purchase of his present fine farm he sold 
 that property at a profit of $1,000. This 
 speaks well for his business capacity as well 
 as his industry and perseverance. He has 
 been blessed with a wife who has greatly as- 
 sisted him in providently taking care of his 
 earnings and he gives her credit for a large 
 part of his success. The}' began life together 
 with not a dollar of capital and hue proved 
 
 that money, while a very g i possession, is 
 
 not necessary to happiness. They can lool 
 over their broad acres, enjoy the comforts of 
 their nice buildings and take pride in their 
 
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 valuable stuck, and know that these things are 
 theirs through honest effort on their part, with 
 assistance from no outside party or any specu- 
 lative investment. The farm they have owned 
 for the past six years is valued at fully 
 $12,000. 
 
 On April 10, 1880, Mr. Seese was married 
 to Almeda C. Hum's, who is a daughter ol 
 Jonathan and Mary (France) Burris, who 
 "lived and died in Tuscarawas County. They 
 have had two sons and two daughters born to 
 them, namely: Ilurles R., who is engaged 
 in farming in Liberty Township, was married 
 to Myrtle R. Bennett and they have one child: 
 Porter 11., residing one-quarter of a mile from 
 his father, does his farming for him and mar- 
 ried Ethel Fate; Tessie May is the wife of 
 Ralph Brintlinger. residing in Liberty Town- 
 ship, south of Powell; and Susie B.. who 
 recently married Darrel Hursey, resides at 
 home. 
 
 hi politics, Mr. Seese is a very active and 
 influential Republican and is his party's candi- 
 date fur nomination lor county commissioner. 
 He is known to he both capable, honest and 
 public-spirited and he has an army of good 
 friends. For the past 20 years he has been 
 prominent in political matters in this section. 
 During his residence in Liberty Township, he 
 served several terms as township trustee. Fre- 
 quently he has served as a delegate to State 
 conventions and he was appointed on the 
 Centennial Committee from Orange Township 
 to represent Delaware Count}. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Seese were reared in the United Brethren 
 faith but at present they are united with the 
 Presbyterian Chinch of Liberty Township. 
 
 HARLES CURTISS STEDMAX. 
 secretary and general manager of 
 'lite Cook Motor Company, at Dela- 
 ware, is one of the enterprising 
 and successful young business men 
 of this city. 1 le was born in Randolph Town- 
 ship, Portage County, Ohio, December 5, 1871. 
 and is a son of I dward K. and Martha A. 
 1 ( Gardner 1 Stedman. 
 
 The great-grandfather, Edwin Stedman, 
 and the grandfather, William Stedman. came 
 from Xew York State and settled in I'm 
 County. In 1861 William Stedman becaj ie 
 colonel of the Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer 
 Cavalry, and served with distinction through 
 the Civil War. Later he became closely 
 identified with the Republican party in Ohio, 
 and was a strong supporter of the political am- 
 bitions of James A. Garfield. After the lat- 
 ter's election to the Senate, he testified to his 
 appreciation of Mr. Stedman's loyalty by 
 bringing about the latter's appointment as 
 consul to Cuba. Both men. united in friend- 
 ship, were fated to fall by the hand of an as- 
 sassin, Mr. Stedman being the victim of a 
 Spanish insurgent in r868. He had married 
 Samantha Elmore, whose people came from 
 Connecticut to Ohio in an ox-cart, among the 
 early pioneers. 
 
 Edward Elmore Stedman. father of I'. C. 
 Stedman. was born in 1843. and died No- 
 vember 15, 1906. He was reared on his 
 father's farm and later learned the watchmak- 
 ing trade at Ravenna. At the opening of the 
 Civil War. with his father and two brothers. 
 Wallace and Charles, Mr. Stedman entered the 
 Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and 
 was twice discharged on account of disability. 
 When he served last it was in the capacity rj] 
 chief bugler. He then went into the jewelry 
 and watch business but continued ill health 
 forced him to give it up. and in 1872 he re- 
 turned to the farm in Randolph Township. 
 This farm he sold in 1879 and moved to New- 
 ton ['"alls, Ohio, where he resided until his 
 death, having been on the road for several 
 years previously, in the interest of an inven- 
 tion of his own on which he had secure 
 patent. He was a member of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic Post at Xew ton Falls. Like 
 bis father and grandfather, he was a mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity, with which he 
 united in Ravenna. In politics be was a Re- 
 publican. 
 
 In [869 Mr. Stedman was married to Mar- 
 tha Aldula Gardner, daughter of William 
 Gardner, oi Freedom, Ohio. They bad 
 children: William G., residing at Clevel: 1 d, 
 
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 C. C.j Winnifred, wife of F. A. Starr, resid- 
 ing at Newton Falls; Roy C, residing at 
 Akron; and Olive, wife of Homer J. Crane, 
 residing at Columbus. The mother of the 
 above family still survives and resides at New- 
 i' n Falls. She is a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 C. C. Stedman was reared at Newton 
 Falls and after attending school through early 
 boyhood, he went to Akron as an apprentice 
 in the machine shop of the Starr Drilling- Ma- 
 chine Company, where lie remained rive years, 
 gaining a thorough knowledge of the business. 
 He came then to Delaware and in 1895 en ~ 
 gaged in the well drilling business with War- 
 ren H. Williams and they continued togethe' - 
 for two years when Mr. Stedman purchased 
 hi- partner's interest and continued alone until 
 1904. From 1896-98 he was engaged also in 
 dealing in bicycles. He disposed of his other 
 interests when he entered into his present con- 
 nection in 1904. 
 
 For one year, 1898, Mr. Stedman taught 
 the clarinet and the Mute in the Delaware 
 Conservatory of Music. He is a natural musi- 
 cian, has been an expert performer since he 
 was 12 years of age, but has mainly followed 
 it as a pastime. 
 
 Mr. Stedman married Monette Carr, who 
 is a daughter of S. T. Carr, of Ostrander. In 
 politics, he is identified with the Republican 
 party. 1 le belongs to the American Federation 
 of Musicians, to the Commercial Travelers of 
 America and to the Elks. 
 
 OUNT BOTHO EULENBURG, who 
 
 comes of one of the wealthiest and 
 must distinguished families of the 
 German Empire, was born in Ber- 
 lin, Germany. His father. Count 
 Frederick Eulenburg, represented the German 
 Government at one time as special embassador 
 to London, and an uncle, Prince Philipp Eu- 
 lenburg, is one of Germany's greatest states 
 men and a great favorite of the Kaiser. The 
 Eulenburgs have for more than a century held 
 the highest positions in the Empire, in both 
 
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 army and state. The family genealog) dates 
 back to the year 1 [56, and comes of the roy- 
 alty in Saxony. The mother of Count Botho 
 was a multimillionairess at her marriage and 
 is one of the most prominent society women 
 oi Berlin. She is an enthusiastic horse- 
 woman, and has one of the best appointed 
 stables in Germany. Count Botho is highly 
 educated, having attended the universities of 
 Halle, Frankfort and Berlin. He is an accom- 
 plished linguist, speaking a number of lan- 
 guages, and has traveled extensively over the 
 world. Upon attaining the age of thirty 
 years, he will receive the title of Court Cham- 
 berlain at the Kaiser's Court, the present Mas- 
 ter of Ceremonies being an uncle, Count Au- 
 gust Eulenburg. 
 
 Countess Nelly Lytle Eulenburg 
 youngest daughter of James and Cor- 
 nelia (Chase) Lytle, was lorn in Delaware, 
 ( )hio. Her early education was received in a 
 private school and was supplemented by a 
 course of study in Ohio Wesleyan University 
 at Delaware. Upon leaving the latter institu- 
 tion, she went to Berlin, Germany, to visit her 
 sister. Baroness von Uchtritz, and also to com- 
 plete her education. She is possessed of many 
 accomplishments, has a charming voice, and in 
 
 addition to her native 
 
 -English- 
 
 speaks German, French and Italian fluently. 
 Like her sister, she is endowed with unusual ar- 
 tistic and musical talent. High-spirited, i iriginal 
 and brilliant, with personal beauty and wealth 
 of charm, she soon won many friends and in 
 society circles attained the center of highest 
 favor. She was a guest at man}- social func- 
 tions attended by the Royal family, and, with 
 her sister. Baroness von Uchtritz, was pre- 
 sented at the Kaiser's Court during her first 
 winter in Berlin. On the following evening, 
 at one of the most elaborate social functions 
 of the year, a Charity Ball given l>v the no- 
 bility of Berlin, in which the Baroness von 
 Uchtritz and Miss Lytle took an active part, 
 the latter made the acquaintance of Count 
 Botho Eulenburg, whom she afterward mar- 
 ried. This occasion marked the beginning of a 
 friendship between them that was enduring. 
 and she was appointed a guest of favor by his 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 noble family. In the autumn of 1904, Count 
 Botho ami Miss Lytle were married in the 
 Garnison Church in Berlin. Mrs. Lytle, of Del- 
 aware, being present at the ceremony. They 
 are congenial and happy in their married life, 
 both being lovers of music and works of art, 
 and the exhilaration of outdoor sports. 1 he 
 Countess is an expert marksman and a great 
 lover of horses, and the prediction is made by 
 her friends that she will take rank among the 
 famous horsewomen of the Empire. 
 
 HOMAS \Y. LEA, a well-known resi- 
 dent of Oxford Township, lives on 
 his improved farm of 180 acres two 
 miles south of the village of Ashley. 
 He is a native oi Porter Township, 
 Delaware County, where he was born Novem- 
 ber 10. 1853. and is a son of Benjamin and 
 Nancy ( VVigti m ) I.ea. 
 
 Benjamin Lea was born January 9, [8 17. 
 in the parish of Kidderminster, County of 
 Worcester, England, and was a son of Jacob 
 and Mary Lea. both of whom were born in 
 England, >rmer, September [8, 1773, 
 
 the latte'r, January 9, 1775. and neither 
 came to this country. Benjamin was 
 reared in England and at the age of nine years 
 me a weaver of : ' and other kinds 
 
 of carpet. lie was an expert at that work. 
 following it successfully for some 18 years 
 in New York Cilv after coming to America, 
 lie served one year and four months in the 
 British Army and his father then purchased his 
 release. He was married to Thurza Holmes, 
 March [9, 1832, and immediately after came 
 to the United State-, landing in New York 
 with just S5. 00 in his pocket. There he fol- 
 lowed his trade as mentioned, prospered and 
 became the owner of a home. In 1847 he 1 
 west to Delaware Count)', Ohio, purchasing a 
 farm of So acres in Porter Township, and 
 in 1854 traded that pn perty for too acre- in 
 ( Ixford Township, the most of which was tim- 
 berland. Although the railroad ran less than 
 a quarter of a mile from the farm, at only- 
 one place could a glimpse of a passing train 
 
 be had, so heavy was the growth of timber. 
 Mr. Lea lived on this place until his death. 
 February 16, 1888. Religiously he was a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. By his 
 first wife he had six children : Mary Thurza, 
 horn August 11, 1833. died young; George, 
 horn March 14. 183d. lives at Mt. Vernon, 
 Ohio: William II., horn January 23, 1838, is 
 deceased; John D.. born February, 1839, is 
 deceased; Charles, born December 1, 1842, is 
 deceased; and Thurza Ann. who was the wife 
 of \V. W. Hill, was horn October 11, 1844, 
 and died in 1906. After the death of his first 
 wife at an early age. Mr. Lea formed a second 
 union in New York City with Mary Ann Alli- 
 son, who died leaving one son. Alexander, now 
 deceased, who was horn January II, 1848. 
 His third marriage was with Xancv Wigton, 
 who was bom July 18, 1817. and was a daugh- 
 ter of Rev. Thomas Wigton. who crossed the 
 Allegheny Mountains in a wagon on his way 
 from Pennsylvania to Delaware County, Ohio 
 He located first in Kingston Township, and 
 later in Berkshire Township on a farm now 
 owned by a grandson. He was a hardy old 
 pioneer, who was the father of 14 children, ali 
 of whom but one he survived, dying at the 
 age of 99 years. Mrs. Lea died October 4. 
 1891, after giving life to two children: 
 Thomas W. ; and Crania Adell. the latter of 
 whom was bi rn December jo, JS54. and died 
 in April, [885. She was the wife of Edward 
 Whipple, of Oxford Township. 
 
 Thomas W. Lea was reared on the farm 
 on which he now lives and received his edu- 
 cational training in the schools of this vicinity. 
 He assisted in clearing the home farm, also in 
 tilling it, and has always lived here and en- 
 ■gaged in general farming. Upon his father's 
 death he 1. ought the interests of the other 
 heirs, and to the original farm has added 80 
 acres. He is one of the substantial men of the 
 community, and is held in highest esteem. 
 
 October jo. 1876, Air. Lea was joined in 
 marriage with Elizabeth Slack, who was horn 
 in (Ixford Township, December 9. 1857. and 
 is a <laughter of Seth and Sarah (Dodd) 
 Slack, concerning whom may he found facts 
 in another part of the work. Seven children 
 
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 were the issue resulting from this union: 
 Wellie E., born November 22, 1877, married 
 Lillian Shoemaker and has two children, Ken- 
 neth and Margaretta; Harry L., born July 5. 
 [879, married Clara Bell and has two chil- 
 dren. Merle and Robert E. ; a babe born "May 
 1. [881, died unnamed; Orton G., born Sep- 
 tember 5, [882, is attending Ohio Wesleyan 
 University; Ross E., born October 4. 18X4; 
 Una E. born February u. 1887; Walter T., 
 born May 27, 1889; and Lloyd H.. born No- 
 vember 19, 1893. 
 
 Mr. Lea is a Republican in politics, and 
 served as a member of the School Board 21 
 Iso as township assessor. He served 
 as township trustee several terms, receiving the 
 three-year term on his first election as a result 
 or having the largest number of votes. Fra- 
 ternally, he is a member of the Masons. Odd 
 Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Lea 
 is a member of the Rebekah Lodge 
 Pythian Sisters. 
 
 ESLEY Z. EVANS, proprietor or 
 the Delaware Creamery, one of 
 Delaware's important industrial 
 concerns, was born at Delaware, 
 Ohio. August 8, 1852, and is a 
 son of Thomas and Isabella (Johnson) Evans. 
 The paternal grandfather, Thomas Evans, 
 was horn at Milton, Pennsylvania, and sur- 
 vived to be ninety-two years of age, dying in 
 [888. He came to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, al a 
 very early day. where he worked as a plas- 
 terer and also acquired land .and engaged in 
 tannin--. He was married several times, the 
 grandmother of Wesley Z. Evans being 
 named Phebe Nevyns. She was horn in Kelly 
 Township, Union County. Pennsylvania, 
 April 19, 1798. and died November 25, [843. 
 She married Thomas Evans in April, [826, 
 .accompanied him to Ohio in 1841. 
 Her father. Christian Nevyns, was born 
 November 1, 1759. probably in Bedmin- 
 ster Township, Somerset County. Xew Jer- 
 sey, and died November 1, 1815. lie married 
 Lucretia Chamberlain. In 1780 his name ap- 
 
 pears on the pay roll of Major William 
 Beard's company at Elizabethtown, and lie- 
 also served in Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck's com- 
 pany, First Battalion of Somerset in the Rev- 
 olutionary War. In 1793. he moved to North- 
 umberland County. Pennsylvania, with wife 
 and two children. His father was Peter 
 Nevyns, born near Three Mile Run. New Jer- 
 sey, baptized April 23, 1727, died after 1800. 
 He married Maria Van Doren. His father was 
 Roeloff Nevyns, horn in 1087 in New Jersey, 
 married Catalyntje Lucasse Van Yoorhees. 
 He was a man of more than ordinary piety 
 and with great capacity for organization and 
 evangelistic work. His father was Pieter 
 Nevyns of Flatlands, Xew York, born in New 
 Amsterdam, baptized February 4, 1663, at the 
 Xew Amsterdam Dutch Church, died 
 29. 1740. He married Janetje R el 
 Schenck. He was the y< lunger 1 if two sons of 
 Johannes Nevyns, the origintal immigrant, 
 who was born in Holland in i (| 27. arrived in 
 America in 1651, and died in 1672. He mar- 
 ried Adriaentje Bleijck. Further informal 
 may be gained by consulting a genealog 
 record of this family which was published in 
 1900. 
 
 Thomas Evans learned the tinner's trade 
 at Mt. Vernon and worked at the same there 
 for a number of years and then came to Dela- 
 ware. In the days of the California gold fe- 
 ver, he accompanied a party from this city. 
 but his health and he returned to the East, 
 coming by way of the Isthmus of Panama. 
 He then opened up a business of his own at 
 Delaware, which he continued until 1870, 
 when he sold his interests to his son. Wesley 
 Z. Evans. For many years Mr. Evans was a 
 very prominent political factor. For 20 years 
 he published the Delaware Signal, a complete 
 file of which may he found in the Slocum 
 Library and a most interesting collection 
 It was a prohibition journal, as Mr. Evans 
 was one of the leading prohibitii 1 the 
 
 State. On several occasions he was placed on 
 the State ticket as a representative of that 
 party. He was a man of sincere devotion to 
 duty and his influence was far-reaching. 1 Le 
 was active both a- a Mason and as an Odd 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Felluw. for a long time was a member of Hi- 
 ram Lodge, F. & A. M., and was past grand 
 of Olentangy Lodge. No. 53, Odd Fellows. 
 
 Thomas Evans married Isabella Johnson, 
 who died April 15, 1889. in her sixty-second 
 year. She was a daughter of Zechariah John- 
 son, who was a pensioner of the War of i8u. 
 accredited to New York. There were six 
 children born to this marriage, namely: Wes- 
 ley Z. ; Aaron, residing at O ilumbus, was 
 li-rn August 6, 1854; Jessie, residing at Co- 
 burg, Ontario., is the wife of James E. Skid- 
 more; Mary Belle, residing in Xew York 
 City; Thomas B., who died in 1885: and Mi- 
 nerva, residing at Buffalo, is the wife of Mel- 
 vin E. Wilkinson. Miss Alary Belle Evans 
 is the publisher of two newspapers for the 
 Home Missionary Society of the Methodist 
 Eipscopal Church, and has distinguished her- 
 self both for her literary talent and her finan- 
 cial ability. Since she has taken charge of the 
 Home Mission and of the child's paper, they 
 are both paying investments. Thomas Evans 
 died April 15, [888. For a long period lie 
 had been a worthy member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and had officiated in many 
 official positions. He was a man of sterling 
 character, admirable in every relation of life. 
 
 The birthplace of Wesley Z. Evans was in 
 a house which then stood where now the Ma- 
 sonic Temple structure stands. He attended 
 the Delaware schools, completed the High 
 School course and spent two years in the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University. For one year he was 
 employed as a clerk at Cleveland, and then 
 assisted his father in conducting a general 
 hardware business, which he purchased in 
 [876. He continued the hardware and stove 
 business and added plumbing and roofing to 
 his other lines, and for seventeen years he led 
 the trade in the lines mentioned. In 1803. 
 Mr. Evans sold out to K. J. Pumphrey, but 
 he is still interested in the property on which 
 the business is located. He then turned his 
 attention to the manufacturing of tile and for 
 some six years was secretary of and a director 
 in the Delaware (lay Manufacturing Com- 
 pany. He built up what is known as the Un- 
 ion Grocery Company, and from [899 until 
 1905, he was engaged in a successful grocery 
 
 business. In 1901, Mr. Evans established the 
 Delaware Creamery, for the manufacture of 
 butter and condensed milk. This is the onl} 
 condensing plant in Delaware County. The 
 business is a large one and constantly increas- 
 ing. During 1907 a business of $75,000 was 
 done and prospects are bright for a great in- 
 crease in the current year. 
 
 Mr. Evans married Ida Loveridge, who is 
 a daughter of Philip Loveridge, of Knox 
 County. Ohio, and they have had four chil- 
 dren, namely: Harold, who died aged four 
 and one-half years; Adelaide, who was a grad- 
 uate in [907, at the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity; Paul, who is a member of the class 1 a" 
 [910 at the University, and Harriet. Mr. 
 Evans and family belong to the Williams 
 Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He is 
 a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F, & A. 
 A I., and of Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, Odd 
 Fellows, of which he is past grand. 
 
 HE BANK OF ASHLEY was es- 
 tablished in 1884 with a capital stock 
 of $15,000 by C. F. Sperry and C. 
 Wornstaff, proprietors. The Bank 
 has been situated at its present loca- 
 
 tion since its founding, 
 
 the building 
 
 been built at that time, and the business bouses 
 of the village which were a considerable dis- 
 tance from it then, have since gradually built 
 on both sides until now the Bank is in the 
 business center. 
 
 Charles Fremont Sperry, who was born 
 February 17, 1858, in Knox County. Ohio, 
 is a son of Peter W. and Jerusha (Wilson) 
 Sperry. both of whom came of old families 
 from Pennsylvania. His father was a native 
 of Knox Couutw Ohio, and there followed 
 farming for some years, when he moved to 
 Utica, Ohio, and established a private bank, 
 which he conducted successfully for many 
 years. The last few years of his life were 
 spent in retirement in the enjoyment of a well 
 earned rest after years of unceasing activity. 
 His widow, who still survives him, continues 
 a resident of L'tica, Ohio. 
 
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 his parents moved to Utica, Ohio, and there 
 his primary education was supplemented by 
 a course at the Utica High School after which 
 he attended Duff Business College of Pitts- 
 burg, Pennsylvania. Air. Sperry has never 
 engaged in any other business than banking 
 and was for seven years in the bank with his 
 father at Utica, after which he came to Ash- 
 lex, and in 1884 established in partnership 
 with his brother-in-law, C. Wornstaff, the 
 present Bank of Ashley, and has attained an 
 enviable reputation in this community as a ca- 
 pable and successful business man. 
 
 On September 23, 1880. Mr. Sperry was 
 united in marriage with Maine B. Chapman, 
 of Licking County, and a daughter of Sidney 
 A. and Eliza (Fuller) Chapman, the latter 
 of whom is living at the advanced age of 78 
 years. Six children have been bom to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Sperry. namely: Edwin Ray, who 
 i~ bookkeeper in the Bank of Ashley, mai 
 Dawn Sherman, and they have one son, Ed- 
 win : Teressa E., wife of \Y. A. Barnes, lives 
 in Cleveland: Arthur Leon, is a senior in the 
 Law Department of the Ohio State Univer- 
 sity: Earl Chapman, is engaged in the grocery 
 store of his brother-in-law. in Cleveland; 
 Grace Marguerite; and Robert Theodore. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Sperry is a Republican and 
 has served as corporation treasurer for several 
 term> and is the present incumbent of that of- 
 fice . 
 
 IANKLIN ELLIOTT SMITH, a 
 
 representative citizen of Orange 
 
 Township, where he is engaged in 
 
 operating a farm of 175 acres, giving 
 
 the main part of his attention to 
 
 dairying, was born in Delaware Count}'. < >hio, 
 
 December 3, r86i, and is a son of Horace F. 
 
 and Maria ( Elliott ) Smith. 
 
 The family to which Mr. Smith belongs 
 was established in Orange Township, Dela- 
 ware County, by his grandfather, Benjamin 
 Smith, who eame here at an early day from 
 Syracuse, New York. He was a carpenter by 
 
 trade but he purchased the present farm in 
 order to provide independence for his family, 
 settling in the green woods and courageously, 
 with his faithful wife, taking up the burden of 
 pioneer hardship. Horace F. Smith accom 
 panied his bather to Delaware County, where 
 he -till lives. To his marriage with Maria 
 Elliott, two sons were born: Franklin' El- 
 liott and Lewis M. The latter was born July 
 9, 1804. and is a farmer in Orange Township. 
 He married Minnie Slain and they have three 
 children. The father married (second) Airs. 
 Elizabeth Skeels, widow of Henry Skeels. 
 During the Civil War he served in the Ninety- 
 sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
 
 Franklin Elliott Smith was reared on the 
 home farm on which he still resides and he has 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits all his 
 life. IR* has found dairying a profitable 
 branch of the business and keeps from 17 to 
 25 head of cows. He raises enough proi 
 to feed all his stock. 
 
 In 1885 Air. Smith married Anna AA'ith- 
 row, who is a daughter of Henry and Nancy 
 rhornburg) Withrow. She was born and 
 reared in Orange Township, her parents hav- 
 ing come here from Morrow County, and her 
 mother still survives. Air. and Airs. Smith 
 have had three children: Lila, who is de- 
 ceased: Josie, who married Frank Holt, re- 
 siding at Columbus, have one daughter, i 
 ence; and Mamie, residing at home. In [886, 
 Air. Smith came to the present farm to make 
 his permanent home and here he has continu- 
 ousl) In id for the past 21 years. The house, 
 with the exception of a dining-room, which 
 has since been added, is the same as when his 
 grandfather built it. 
 
 In politics, Air. Smith is a Democrat and 
 1- serving his third term on that ticket as town- 
 ship trustee. Although the township is nor- 
 mal!}' two to one Republican, Air. Smith's 
 popularity was shown at the last election for 
 trustee by his receiving two votes to one of his 
 opponent. In 1905, he served as a delegate to 
 the State convention that nominated Gover- 
 nor Pattison and he has been a delegate to 
 every county convention, with one exception, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 since 1896. He is a member of the benefi- 
 cial"}- order of the Maccabees and carries a one 
 thousand-dollar policy in that organization. 
 
 LATT PI. PERRY, residing on his 
 farm oJ 175 acres, in Thompson 
 rownship, all of which he has under 
 cultivation, was born in Leesburg 
 Township, Union Count}-. Ohio, Oc- 
 tober jo. 1869, ani ' > s a son of Albert T. am! 
 Laura A. ( Irving ) 1 'erry. 
 
 Henry Perry, the paternal grandfather of 
 Piatt II., was horn in Wales and accompanied 
 his parents to Radnor Township. Delaware 
 County, when the country was still covered 
 with forests and wolves and other wild ani- 
 mals were almost the only other live things in 
 the wilderness. When he grew to manhood he 
 married Martha Lavender, who was probably 
 born in Thompson Township, and they had a 
 family of several children. He subsequently 
 removed to Thompson Township and later to 
 Bokes Creek Township, in Logan County, 
 where he lived during the last 25 years of his 
 life, his death taking place in July, 1889, at 
 the age of 63 years. 
 
 Albert T. Perry was born in Union 
 County. Ohio, August [8, [846, and died Au- 
 gust 25, [906. Until withm a year before his 
 death he resided in Leesburg Township, Un- 
 ion Count}-, but tlie last year of his life was 
 
 ed at Marion. | [e left an estate aggregating 
 nearly 401 1 acres of land. During the Civil War 
 he saw service as a member of. Company (i, 
 One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He married a 
 daughter of William Irving, of Thompson 
 Township, who settled in Delaware County at 
 an early day. and she is still living. The three 
 surviving children are: Piatt II.: Roland P., 
 residing at Marion; and William, who man- 
 ages the home place in Union County. The 
 late Albert T. Perry was a man of tine char- 
 acter and enjoyed the confidence and esteem 
 of his fellow citizens. Politically he was a 
 Republican. 
 
 Piatt II. Peri'}- attended the country 
 schools through boyhood and remained on the 
 homestead farm until his marriage, shortly 
 after which he moved to Logan County, where 
 engaged in farming for two years. In the 
 spring of 1893 he came to Thompson Town- 
 ship, settling un his farm, where he has since 
 been engaged in growing wheat, corn, oats 
 and hay and in raising horses, cattle, sheep 
 and hogs. He is considered one of the suc- 
 cessful agriculturists of this section. 
 
 < in March 16. i88y. Mr. Perry was mar- 
 ried to Mar}- Delia Hupp, who is a daughter 
 of Henry Hupp, residing in Claybourn Town- 
 ship, Union County, ami the}- have two chil- 
 dren: Jennie E. and Ora V. Both Mi-, and 
 Mrs. Perry are social by nature and he is a 
 member of Magnetic Springs Lodge, No. 380, 
 Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chan- 
 cellor and has been a representative to the 
 Grand Lodge, while she is a member of the 
 Pythian Sisters and holds the office of past 
 most excellent chief. 
 
 ORRINGTON CLINE, a member of 
 the Board of Education of Marl- 
 borough Township, residing on his 
 valuable farm of 132 acres, which is 
 situated on the east branch of the 
 Olentangy River, was born March 17. [866 
 in Marlborough Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, and is a son of Samuel D. and Lucinda 
 J. ( Schultz ) Cline. 
 
 Samuel D. Cline was born also in Marl- 
 boro'ugh Township and was a son of Henry 
 Cline and a grandson of Henry Cline. and 
 great-grandson of Conrad Cline. the latter of 
 whom was a Revolutionary soldier. Henry 
 Cline. Si., served in the War of [812. lie 
 was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied 
 his father to Kentucky, thence to Pickaway 
 County, Ohio, and thence to Delaware 
 County. Samuel D. Cline lived in Marlbor- 
 ough Township from 1833 until 1861;. during 
 his active years having engaged in the manu- 
 facture of woolen goods, having his factory 
 
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 situated on the Olentangy River. Later he 
 removed his mill to Cardington, Morrow 
 County, Ohio, where he had better facilities 
 ami was able to carry on a more extensive bus- 
 iness, lie died there in [876. lie married 
 Lucinda J. Schultz ami all of their children 
 survive: Wellington, Corringti n ami Arling- 
 ton, the latter of whom now resides in Marion 
 County, while Wellington resides in Delaware 
 County. Samuel D. Cline was a Democrat. 
 
 Corrington Cline was four years old when 
 his father moved to Cardington and he lived 
 there until the death of his father, when he 
 was nine years 1 £ age. He then accompanied 
 other members of the family to Marion 
 1 ' unity, where they all lived for a time, and 
 later to Marlborough Township, where he has 
 resided ever since. His main occupation has 
 been farming and his excellent property shows 
 the care and attention devoted to its develop- 
 ment. 
 
 On March 22, (888, Mr. Cline was mar- 
 ried to Elizabeth Hauck, who was born in 
 Marlborough Township, and is a daughter of 
 Peter Hauck, of Delaware County, and they 
 have six children: Erwin C, Orrin L, Toura, 
 Annita, Lela and Erma. Mr. Cline has reason 
 to tike a great deal of pride in his family of 
 bright, attractive children. Erwin C. gradu- 
 ated from the Ashley High School in 1903, 
 in a class of 20, bearing off all the honors. 
 although then but 13 years of age, subse- 
 quently graduating irom the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University at Delaware, with equal credit. 
 He took a course in the classics at the Uni- 
 versity, graduating with the highest honors in 
 June. 19.07. and is now assistant superintend- 
 ent of the Covington, Tennessee, schools. He 
 has a high testimonial from President Welch 
 of the ( ). W. U. Corrington Cline has served 
 as justice of the peace and has held other of- 
 fices, taking the most interest in those identi- 
 fied with educational work. He has been of- 
 ficially connected with the Elm Tree School 
 for a number of years. He is a stanch Demo- 
 crat in his political views, and for 11 years 
 served as township committeeman, lie beli ngs 
 to Ashley Lodge, Xo. 421, Odd Fellows, in 
 which he has passed all the chairs. 
 
 one of the well 
 
 esteemed rcsi- 
 
 1 )elaware C tinty. 
 
 ATHAN MARBLE 
 
 known and highly 
 
 dents of Sunbury 
 
 1 'bio. who is now living retired after 
 
 a long and useful life, was born No- 
 vember 29, [829, in Belmont County. Ohio, 
 and is a son of Ephraim and Leanna (David- 
 son) Marble. 
 
 Nathan Marble, grandfather 1 f Nathan, 
 came from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on the 
 Monongahela River, and settled at Rising 
 Sun, Indiana, where both he and wife died 
 well advanced in years. Mr. Marble culti- 
 vated a large tract of land near Rising Sun. 
 Ephraim Marble, father of Nathan, was 
 a native of Pennsylvania, where in young 
 manhood he engaged as a millwright. He 
 came to Ohio at a very early day. and settled 
 near \Y< 11 ister, Wayne O unity, where his 
 father had purchased 040 acres of land for 
 him, but the Indians and wild animals were 
 so troublesome that the pioneers deemed it wise- 
 to return to Pennsylvania. Later, however, 
 they returned to Ohio, settling near Byesville, 
 in Guernsey County, where Mr. Marble pur- 
 chased 80 acres of land, and here the remain- 
 der of his life was spent, partly in agricultural 
 pursuits and partly as a miller, in the em] 
 of Joshua live. Being a millwright Mr. Mar- 
 ble built a boat, which he loaded with Hour and 
 piloted it to Dresden, on the Muskingum 
 River, in [838. While on the trip he con- 
 tracted typhus fever, and. although a powerful 
 man physically, this disease caused his death in 
 the prime of life. His wife survived until 1892, 
 when she died at a very old age. Both be- 
 longed to the Society of Friends. Mrs. Mar- 
 ble's parents came from Pennsylvania to ( Ihio 
 at a ver\ early day, and settled in Belmonl 
 County, where her father purchased land. 
 Here both parents spent the remainder of their 
 lives, Mrs. Davidson being aged over too 
 years at the time of her death. To Ephraim 
 Marble and his wife the following children 
 were born: Reese. Nathan. Talitha. Chris- 
 tine, Sarah Ann. Esther and Mary Ann. 
 
 Nathan Marble spent his schooldays at 
 Byesville, and came to Sunbury, Ohio, in 
 [845. In his youth he learned the cabinet- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 making trade, which he followed for many 
 years. On October 14, 1863, he enlisted in 
 the First Regiment, United States Volunteer 
 Engineers. Captain William Lawrence, and 
 served until June 9, 18(15, when he was hon- 
 orably discharged and mustered out. The 
 most of his service was at Chattanooga, Ten- 
 nessee, where he saw Jefferson Davis as a 
 prisoner, and at various times he was engaged 
 in the sharp skirmishing which ti » >k place 
 there. On his return from the war Mr. .Mar- 
 ble resumed his business of cabinetmaking and 
 undertaking, and continued until recent years, 
 when he retired from active life. 
 
 On June 1. [852, Mr. Marble was mar- 
 ried to Louisa Kempton, who was a daughter 
 of Henry and Louisa (Wright) Kempton, 
 natives 1 f Maine, and to this union there were 
 bom eight children, as follows: Lewa J).. 
 Mattie Jane. Fannie F., Hannah Jane, 
 Wright, and three who died in infancy. Lewa 
 D. married (first) Henry Peck of Sunbury, 
 by whom she had three children, married 1 sec- 
 ond) her first husband's half-brother, Clinton 
 X. Peck, and they had one son, and married 
 (third) Thomas L. Dorman, and now resides 
 in Morrow 1 ounty, Oregon. Mattie Jane 
 married Charles Crego, by whom she has a 
 daughter, Bertha, and lives in Sunbury. Fan- 
 nie F. married Norman Patrick, of Sunbury, 
 and they have two children. Armond and 
 Christian. Hannah Jane married Charles 
 Wormell, of Trenton Township, Delaware 
 County, and they have eight children, Pearl. 
 Wright, Edwin, Fannie, Irene. Stanley. Reese 
 and Velmas. Wright Marble married a lady 
 in Indianapolis, and makes his home in Birm- 
 ingham, Alabama. The mother of these chil- 
 dren died April 3, [877, aged 44 years. 13 
 days, in the faith of the Christian Church. 
 Mr. Marble was married (second) to [ose- 
 phine Warner, and they had one child, Mary 
 Maud, who died aged 20 years. Mrs. Marble, 
 who was born December to, 1857, and was a 
 daughter of William Warner, a half-brother 
 of Genera] Robert E. Let-, died August 29, 
 [889, in the faith of the Methodist Church. 
 
 Mr. Marble was married (third) to Cath- 
 erine Little, who is a daughter of John Little. 
 Mr. Marble is a member of the Baptist 
 
 Church. Mr. Marble is a 32d degree Scot- 
 tish Rite Mason, and also belongs to L. A. 
 Myers Post No. 287, G. A. R., of which he 
 was adjutant for one term. In political mat- 
 ters he is a Republican and for a time served 
 in the Sunbury city council. 
 
 RANK E. WHIPPLE, cashier of the 
 Farmers Savings Bank Company of 
 Ashley and one of the most promi- 
 nent citizens of that village, was born 
 four miles southeast of Ashley, in 
 Peru Township, in what was then Delaware, 
 now Morrow, County. Pie was born Novem- 
 ber (1. 1853, on the old family homesteacl where 
 his grandfather, Reuben Whipple, settled in 
 1818. Reuben Whipple came from Rhode 
 Island with his family at that time, but had 
 - iously been here to secure a location and, 
 had 140 acres of land wholly uncleared. He first 
 made a clearing for a log cabin, and then set 
 about converting his land into tillable, shape. 
 He was a hardy pioneer and became one of the 
 most prosperous farmers in the township. He 
 was a carpenter and mechanical genius and 
 erected a house and barn on his place, which 
 were unexcelled in that vicinity for many 
 years. These buildings were built on a more 
 substantial plan than those of modern type 
 and are still in service on the farm in good re- 
 pair. He had a carpenter shop on his place, 
 and followed his trade for some years. He 
 married Sally C ok, and of their children, one 
 was Noah Whipple, father of Frank E. 
 
 Noah Whipple was born in Rhode Island, 
 July 7, 1X11, and was seven years old when 
 the family moved west to Ohio. Throughout 
 his active career he farmed the home place, 
 but moved to Ashley with bis son ['"rank E. in 
 1895. He resided here until a short time be- 
 fore his death, which took place in Massillon, 
 Ohio, in January, [900, while visiting a 
 daughter. His wife's maiden name was Mar- 
 garet Elliott, and she was born in Virginia. 
 Her father, Archibald Elliott, came from Vir- 
 ginia ami first settled in Blendon Township, 
 Franklin County, moving subsequently to 
 Eden Station. Delaware County. Mrs. Whip- 
 
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 pie died November 5, 1895. Of seven chil- 
 dren born of their union five are living, as fol- 
 lows: Phoebe (Kohler), of Ashley; Ella 
 (Wallace), a widow residing in Ashley; J. C. 
 who resides near Leonardsburg ; Frank E. ; 
 and Flora I Benedict ). who lives in Massillon, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Frank E. Whipple was reared on the home 
 farm and although a well-informed and broad- 
 guaged man. his educational training - was lim- 
 ited to the common schools. He followed 
 farming until his connection with the bank be- 
 gan, although he had moved to Ashley in 
 1895. He added to the home place, and still 
 owns 180 acres of it, and also has a valuable 
 farm of 135 acres adjoining the corporation 
 on the east. He recently erected a tine two 
 story pressed brick building in the business 
 centre of Ashley, with two store rooms on the 
 main Hoor, ami a hall for Knights of Pyth- 
 ias above. Mr. Whipple was the first pres- 
 ident of the Farmers Savings Bank Company, 
 >j\ which he was one of the promotors and in- 
 corporators, and served as such until January 
 1. 1907. since which time he has been cashier. 
 A careful, capable business man. his success 
 lias been uninterrupted. He is a man of pub- 
 lic spirit and has done much to advance and 
 develi p the interests of Ashley. 
 
 On October 15, ii 
 
 Mr. Whipple was 
 
 united in marriage with Xettie Slack, who 
 was born in Oxford Township, and is a 
 daughter of Nathaniel Slack. They have a 
 daughter. Pearl, who married Harley Dennis, 
 1 >f Ashley, on June 6, 1907. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Whipple is a Republican 
 and served as a member of the School Hoard 
 for seven years. He is fraternally connected 
 with the Knights of Pythias and the F. et A. 
 M. of Ashley. 
 
 WID BEVAN, one of the leading 
 citizens and most successful agricul- 
 turists of Delaware Township, Dela- 
 ware County, < >hio. who is now living- 
 retired, was born April 20, 1829, in 
 Breconshire, South Wales, and is a son of Da- 
 vid and Margaret (Lewis) Bevan. 
 
 David Bevan, Sr., who was also a native of 
 Breconshire, South Wales, came from that 
 country to America in 1842 with his wife and 
 six children, and located in Delaware Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, where his wife's 
 sister and her four children lived. Mr. Bevan 
 settled in a little log cabin on a fifty-acre tract 
 just north of where bis sou David now lives, 
 and here commenced clearing the heavily lim- 
 bered land. In a tew years the family had a 
 well improved farm, and Mr. Bevan prospered 
 to such an extent that at the time of his death, 
 May 23, [879, he was the owner of 400 acres 
 of land. He was a man of great energy and 
 ambition, but was prudent and economical. Ik- 
 was also engaged for a number of years in rais- 
 ing and dealing in cattle and sheep. Mr. Bevan 
 was married to Margaret Lewis, who died in 
 1863, having been the mother of six children : 
 Margaret, who died single; James, who is also 
 deceased; William, who lives in Scioto ["own- 
 ship ; David; Charles, who is deceased; and 
 Dinah, who resides with her brother William. 
 William Bevan served three years and two 
 months in the 121st Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, during the Civil War. and par- 
 ticipated in all the actions of his regiment. 
 
 David Bevan went to school in his native 
 country, and when thirteen years of age came 
 with the family to America, lie remained on 
 the home farm until twenty-seven years oid, 
 when he began operating on his own account 
 on the ro6-acre, farm on which he now re- 
 sides, and where he continued actively in ag- 
 ricultural pursuits until 1899; but lie con- 
 tinued to deal in cattle, sheep and hogs, in 
 which occupation he had been engaged for 
 many years, until the fall of 1906. Mr. Bevan 
 is the owner of 800 acres of land, mosl of 
 which is being cultivated by tenant farmers, 
 lie is one of Delaware Township's best known 
 men. and has the honor and esteem of all with 
 whom he has come in contact. 
 
 Mr. Bevan was married to Eliza Davis, 
 who was born in Wales, December id, [829, 
 and who came to this country with her par- 
 ents when two and a half years old. Four 
 children came to brighten the home life of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bevan. as follows: Margaret Clara, 
 born May 25, 1857. and residing at home; 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 David Willard, burn September 22, 1859. who 
 died March 29, 1906; Elizabeth Emma, bom 
 June 6, [864, who died April 13, 1887; and 
 Edward James, burn March 21, 1867, and re- 
 siding at borne. Mr. Bevan and wife belong 
 to the Congregational Church, in which he 
 has been a deacon for main- years. 
 
 AYLOR DONOVON, a substantial 
 citizen and self-made man of Dela-' 
 ware County, Ohio, who owns and 
 operates a farm of 1N4 acres in Marl- 
 borough Township, was born No- 
 vember 24, 1850. in Chester County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and is a sun of John and. Elizabeth 
 (Wagonseller) Donovon, natives of Pennsyl- 
 vania. 
 
 In 1859 Taylor Donovon was brought by 
 his parents from his native place to Delaware 
 County, Ohio, where his father established 
 himself in the butchering business, an occupa- 
 tion which he followed until a short time prim- 
 to his death in [865. Taylor Donovon learned 
 the butchering business with hi-- father, and 
 in 1873 engaged therein on Alain Street. Del- 
 aware, where he remained until 1SN0. and in 
 that year removed to Montgomery County, 
 Iowa, where he engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits for twelve years. Mr. Donovon then re- 
 moved to Sunbury, Ohio, where he spent 
 nearly twelve years, and in 1903 he removed 
 to his present property, one of Marlborough 
 Townships hot farms. Mr. Donovon en- 
 gages in a general line of farming and stock- 
 raising. His efforts have met with success 
 and lie is placed with the solid, substantial men 
 of his township. 
 
 On December 25, [881, Air. Don- won was 
 married to Ida C. Mason, who was born 
 March i<;. [861, in Montgomery County, 
 Iowa, and is a daughter of Parley J. and Su- 
 san C. (Bean) .Mason, who were natives of 
 Xew Hampshire and early settlers of Mont- 
 gomery County, lowi. love children have 
 been born to Mr. and Airs. Donovon: James, 
 residing in Marlborough Township; George, 
 residing at Sunbury, Ohio; Nellie M., Blanche 
 
 and Joseph. Mr. Donovon is a Democrat in 
 his political views, and while a resident of 
 Sunbury served as a member of the Town 
 Council. He has always been interested in 
 educational movements., and has been found 
 in the front rank of all enterprises calculated 
 to be of benefit to his township. 
 
 DWARD M. HALL, M. D., has been 
 a resident of Delaware, Ohio, since 
 [889" In 1862, when id years of 
 age, he enlisted in the One 
 Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, but, being under 
 age and size, he was at first rejected by the 
 mustering officer, who afterwards, when as- 
 sured by the Colonel of the regiment that he 
 was competent to perform the clerical duties 
 to which he bail already been assigned, per- 
 mitted bis name to remain on the rolls. 
 
 He served with his regiment till shortly 
 
 after the battle of Chickamauga when, for 
 
 1 rial service rendered Gen. James B. Sted- 
 
 nian. be was appointed by him his division 
 
 pi istmaster. 
 
 On the Atlanta campaign, however, he 
 took up the duties of a soldier, and on the 6th 
 day of August, when his divisii n was occupy- 
 ing an important and hazardous position, re- 
 ceived a gunshot fracture of his left thigh and 
 was sent to the field hospital, where he had 
 careful attention from the late Dr. T. B. Wil- 
 liams of this city, who was then division sur- 
 geon. A few weeks afterwards, on being 
 transferred from Chattanooga to Nashville, 
 Tennessee, the hospital train was thrown from 
 the track and he was so severely injured that 
 be was compelled to remain in the hospital 
 111 mi\ mi iiiths. 
 
 While in general hospital at Jeffersonville, 
 Indiana, and still obliged to use crutches, he 
 was appointed executive clerk to the board of 
 surgeons of the hospital. At the time 1 .en. 
 Sherman's army was ordered to Louisville, 
 Kentucky, to be mustered out of service, 
 many soldiers from the hospitals, he among 
 the number, were detailed to prepare the mus- 
 
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 iii 1 ut mils. His assignment was that oi 
 chief clerk in the office of Col. Flint at Gen. 
 Palmer's headquarters, where he remained 
 from May till August, [865, when he was 
 mustered 1 >ut 1 i service. 
 
 At Shell vville, Tennessee, in 1863, he was 
 taken sick with the prevailing camp disease, 
 from the effects of which he has never fully 
 recovered. 
 
 On returning home, broken in health and 
 still suffering' from his wound, he was obliged 
 to abandon the idea of a university education, 
 and spent such time as he was able during the 
 next two or three years in reading, prepara- 
 tory to taking up the study of medicine, which 
 he did, later, graduating- in 1871. 
 
 In 1874, Dr. Hall was married to Laura 
 Beaver Nevius, daughter 1 f Aaron C. Nevius 
 of Fredericktown, Ohio. The Nevius family 
 is of Dutch extraction, Aaron C. Nevius* being 
 fifth in descent from Johannes Nevius, who 
 after being graduated from the University of 
 Leyden, emigrated to New Amsterdam, now 
 New York, in 1651, and in 1653, at its organ- 
 ization, became a member of the Court of 
 Burgomaster- and Schepens, serving seven 
 years as Schepen. and afterwards as city sec- 
 retary, which office he held when the city sur- 
 rendered t<> the English in [664. 
 
 The wife of Aaron C. Xevius. Sarah Bea- 
 ver Nevius, was a daughter of Rev. Peter Bea- 
 ver, of the Philadelphia Conference, and a 
 granddaughter of George Beaver, a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier. Site, also, was an aunt of 
 ex-Gov. James A. Beaver of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Dr. Hall's maternal ancestors emigrated to 
 New England about the middle of the eight- 
 eenth century. David Brown and Hardy Run- 
 dall, great-grandfathers. David Brown I 
 Scotland, making his permanent home at 
 Greenwich, Connecticut, and Hardy Rundall 
 from England, at the nearby town of Nor- 
 walk. 
 
 During the Revolutionary war. when the 
 English troops, in 1770. raided Ndrwalk, 
 Fairfield and New Haven. Hard}- Rundall, Jr., 
 a colonel of light dragoons in the English 
 army, took leave of his family at Norwalk, af- 
 ter which he sailed for England, not to re- 
 turn. 
 
 His paternal ancestors settled in Xew Jer- 
 sey early in the eighteenth century in the vi- 
 cinity of Morristown, where his grandfather. 
 Caleli Hall, was horn in [780. Hi- grand- 
 mother, Sarah Anderson, was a daughter of 
 Col. Richard Clough Anderson, a well known 
 Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Three children have been horn to Dr. and 
 Mrs. Hall: Mary, who died in 1893, in her 
 seventeenth year, while attending the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University: Aletheia. who married 
 Philo M. Buck, Jr., after their graduation 
 from the O. W. U, and who reside in St. 
 Louis. Mo.; Edward M-. Jr.. who after gradu- 
 ating from the Ohio Wesleyan University, 
 ti ok up the study of law and graduated from 
 the law department of Harvard College, and 
 is now practicing law in Cleveland. Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Hall is a.member of the American 
 Medical Association, the State Medical and 
 County Medical Societies, and was president 
 of the County Society in 1905. 
 
 While not seeking political preferment, he 
 has taken great interest in political questions 
 since his boyhood, and has given ready sup- 
 port to such measures as have had for their 
 object improved conditions or better citizen- 
 ship. 
 
 At the time of his removal to this city, 
 he was serving his fourth term as a member of 
 the Board of Education of Fredericktown, 
 and was a member of the Board of Examining 
 Surgeons for Pensions for Knox County. 
 
 ( >hlo. 
 
 For about twelve years he has been presi- 
 dent of the Board of Directors and Trustees 
 of Oak Grove Cemetery Company, and has 
 been a member of the Board of Trustees of the 
 Delaware Young Men's Christian Association 
 since its organization. 
 
 Y IHN J. AYRF.S. one of Scioto Town- 
 ship's leading citizens, an auctioneer. 
 carpenter and stonemason, wa- horn 
 in Scioto Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, May 24, [865. His 
 
 parents were Col. Jacob and Mary P. 
 
 (Rhoades) Ayres. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The father of Mr. Ayres has long been a 
 prominent citizen of this section, having set- 
 tled on his present farm in Scioto Township 
 in 1870. He was born in Pickaway County. 
 Ohio, March 12, 1841. During the greater 
 part of the Civil War he served as a Union 
 scout and only retired from the service after 
 being severely wounded. For some years af- 
 ' ter the close of the war he traveled through 
 Ohio, Indiana and Michigan giving lectures 
 on the battle of Gettysburg, in which he took 
 a prominent part. He married Mary P. 
 Rhoades, who died March 9, 1907. 
 
 John J. Ayres was educated in the public 
 schools of Scioto Township and at Delaware, 
 after which he taught school for three years. 
 In the meanwhile he learned the carpenter's 
 and also the stonemason's trade and has 
 worked at these more or less ever since, now- 
 having a hue building and contracting trade 
 through Delaware and Union Counties. He 
 has .lone a large amount of work in this section 
 and in 1S87 lie built his own commodious res- 
 idence, in 1904 remodeling it and making it 
 still more attractive and valuable. In [882, 
 Mr. Ayres began auctioneering in partnership 
 wiih his father and they continued together 
 until 1 0:07, when Colonel Ayres retired. 
 
 In 1887. Mr. Ayres was married to Annie 
 McCombs, a daughter of Frank and Catherine 
 McCombs, of .Magnetic Springs, Ohio, and 
 they have had five children, the three survivors 
 being: Carl Abner, Goldie May and Myrtle 
 I. mile. Mrs. Ayres is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church, which Mr. Ayres attends 
 and to which he gives a liberal support. In 
 politics, be is identified with the Republican 
 party, lie is a member of Edinburg Lodge, 
 Odd Fellows, at ( Istrander, of which he is past 
 errand. 
 
 T. McCARTY, M. I)., a practicing 
 
 physician located at Cheshire, where 
 he has built up a lucrative practice 
 and identified himself with the town's 
 various interests, was born in [868, 
 near the county seat of Washington County, 
 
 Pennsylvania, and is a son of A. J. and .Ma- 
 tilda (Wilson) McCarty. 
 
 The father of Dr. McCarty was born in 
 Pennsylvania. For many years he followed 
 farming and worked at blacksmithing, in 
 Washington Count}', where he was a well- 
 known and respected citizen. In bis political 
 life he was a Democrat. He died in 1904, 
 aged 76 years. He married Matilda Wilson, 
 who was also born in Pennsylvania, and she 
 died, in 1897, in Delaware County, Ohio, aged 
 63 years. They had the following children: 
 John, a resident of Washington County, Penn- 
 sylvania; Dora C, residing with her brother 
 at Cheshire; Simon C, who resides in Kansas 
 City; Mrs. Martha Gleason, residing in 
 Kingston Township, Delaware County; Mrs. 
 Belle Harrison, residing at Marion. Ohio; and 
 Dr. I. T., of Cheshire. 
 
 Dr. McCarty came to Delaware County in 
 1880. and after completing his literary educa-' 
 tion he began the study of medicine and was 
 graduated with his degree from the Western 
 rve College, in 18117. He entered upon 
 practice at Olive Green, in Kingston Town- 
 ship, Delaware Count)-, where he remained 
 three years and then came to Cheshire. II ere 
 he has a wide circle of both personal and pro- 
 fessional friends. 
 
 ESLEY G. McCURDY was born 
 on the old home place in Oxford 
 Township, Delaware Count}-. 
 Ohio, July 7, 1869, and is a son of 
 John and Amanda (Kohler) Mc- 
 Curdy. 
 
 John McCurdy was born in York Count}'. 
 Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1849 or 
 1850, when he came west with his wife and 
 three children. He located on swamp land 
 about three miles south of Ashley, and erected 
 a cabin on the highest part of his farm. It 
 was in this cabin Wesley ('■. McCurdy was 
 born. In the early days, before tiling was 
 made use of, a pan was utilized to scoop up 
 water for washing purposes, and many make- 
 shifts were necessary to make house-keeping 
 
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 67 1 
 
 possible in the wilderness. Mr. McCurdy set 
 about placing his farm in tillable condition, 
 made clearings and built a barn. These prim- 
 itive buildings lasted some years, and were 
 then replaced by modern structures, lie lived 
 on the In mie place the remainder of his life, 
 dying at the age of about 84 years. He was 
 united in marriage with Amanda Kohler, sis- 
 ter of Charles Kohler of Ashley. This union 
 resulted in the following issue: Maria 
 (White), who lives in Kingston Township; 
 Daniel, who lives southeast of Kilbourne; 
 Charles, who is engaged in the horse business 
 in Marion, Ohio; John J., who lives near 
 Westtield. Morrow County; Joseph A., who 
 lives in Ashley; Elizabeth, who died at the age 
 of 29 years; William, James, and Edward, 
 who live on the old home farm ; and Wesley 
 G. Mr. McCurdy was a Republican in poli- 
 tics and served some years as township trustee, 
 also in other local offices. Airs. McCurdy still 
 resides at the old family home at the advanced 
 age 1 if 81 ' years. 
 
 Wesley < '<. McCurdy was reared on the 
 hi nne farm in Oxford Township, and attended 
 the public schools of that vicinity. Upon com- 
 ing to Ashley he clerked in a grocery for 
 J. C. Eckals for one year, then formed a part- 
 nership with J. T. Olds and conducted a hard- 
 ware store with much success for a period of 
 u years. Dissolving partnership in January, 
 
 1904, Mr: McCurdy fur three years dealt in 
 high class horses extensively, buying ami ship- 
 ping to points where they could be sold to ad- 
 vantage. An excellent judge and experienced 
 li tndler of horses, he followed this business 
 until tlie market value of roadsters became 
 such as to preclude further profitable opera- 
 tions along that line. 
 
 On April 1. 1896, Mr. McCurdy was joined 
 in marriage with Miss Grace Sumner West- 
 brook, whi 1 was born in Ashley and is a 
 daughter of Dr. E. A. Westbrook. Four 
 children bless their union, namely: Lois 
 Amanda, bum July 27. [897; Lawton \V.. 
 burn September 9, [898; Lloyd E, born April 
 23, 1901 ; and Rose Cunnard, born March 2, 
 
 1905. Mr. McCurdy is a Republican in poli- 
 tics and has served on the School Board and" 
 
 in the village council. A member of the Ma- 
 sonic Lodge, he has served two years as 
 treasurer. Religiously, he is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McCurdy 
 is a popular man. following up-to-date busi- 
 ness methods, and the success attending his 
 efforts is well merited. 
 
 DWIX LUTHBEN HEMSTEAD 
 fur nmre than forty years was a 
 well-known resident of Sunbury. 
 lie was a native <>; Connecticut, 
 where he was born in [826. The 
 larger part of his life was passed in Ohio, his 
 father, Charles Hemstead, having brought his 
 family to Delaware County at an early peril id. 
 and Mr. Hemstead died at his home in Sun- 
 bury. July 2. 1901, aged y^ year-. 
 
 The boyhood of Edwin L. Hemstead was 
 spent on his father's farm but as the latter was 
 a school teacher as well as farmer, the b \ 
 had excellent educational training and spent 
 some time at Central G illege. When he left 
 home he went to Columbus, where he learned 
 the blacksmith's trade. He married Eliza 
 Williams, who was born April 5, 1825. at Ge- 
 neva. Delaware County, Ohio, who is a 
 daughter of Thomas and Phebe ( Seaburn) 
 Williams. The Williams family came to Del- 
 aware County from Pennsylvania. There 
 were five children in the family. Mr. Wil- 
 liams owned a farm in Geneva Township. 
 
 After his marriage. Mr. Hemstead contin- 
 ued to work at his trade at Columbus, ami his 
 capable wife started a millinery business, hav- 
 ing previously learned this trade, and they 
 prospered and accumulated enough capital to 
 invest in various properties after they came to 
 Sunbury. in 1857. Mr. Hemstead carried on 
 his blacksmith business there for some \ 1 
 i>nl_\- giving it up after he had been seriously 
 injured by a vicious horse. He was subse- 
 quently appointed mail carrier and served for 
 a Imig time between Mi. Vernon and Central 
 College. He was a man of much energy and 
 enterprise and possessed excellent busin'i 
 judgment. In all his dealings with his rellow- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 citizens he was hi nest and upright, while to 
 his family he was kind and thoughtful. 
 
 Mr. ami Mrs. Hemstead had three chil- 
 dren: Martha Augusta. Smith Webb, and 
 Charles Burr. Charles Burr Hemstead is a 
 prominent physician and surgeon who is lo- 
 cated at Croton, Morrow County, Ohio. He 
 has been called for consultation to Cincinnati 
 and other points. Both of the older children 
 died of diphtheria. Martha Augusta aged 
 seven years and eight months and Smith Webb 
 aged two years. Mrs. Hemstead is very com- 
 fortably provided for. She resides alone at 
 Sunbury where she owns two valuable lots of 
 three acres each, seven acres of pasture land 
 and other tracts, all being land that is yearly 
 increasing in value. 
 
 In politic. Mr. Hemstead was a stanch 
 Republican. He was a member of the Odd 
 Fellows organization and of the Masons, hav- 
 ing been instrumental in organizing the first 
 Masonic Lodge at Sunbury. 
 
 OSEP11 11. CUNNINGHAM, who is 
 engaged in the florist business in Del- 
 aware, has been thus established in his 
 present location on West William 
 Street, since [890. He was born in 
 Liberty Township about three miles west oi 
 Hyattsville, son of George and "Mar)' J. (Har- 
 ris) Cunningham. I lis father, a native of 
 Edinburg, Scotland, and a machinist by trade, 
 emigrated to this country, settling in Marietta, 
 Ohio, where he followed his trade for a while, 
 subsequently removing to Liberty Township, 
 Delaware County. lie enlisted in Company 
 F, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 died in the spring of [863, while serving with 
 his regiment in the Civil War. He was a 
 Free Mason, belonging to the lodge of that or- 
 der at Marietta. 1 I i < wife was a daughter of 
 Joseph Harris of Concord Township. They 
 'had two children: Joseph II.. the subject of 
 this notice, who was born July 25, 1 S 5 5 . and 
 Edward, who is now a resident of Cleveland, 
 ( Ihio. Mrs. George Cunningham died in June. 
 1905. at the age of about 65 years. 
 
 Joseph H. Cunningham acquired his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Marietta and Liberty 
 and the old High school at Delaware, lie be- 
 gan industrial life in the employ of George 
 W. Campbell, who was formerly secretary of 
 the Ohio State Horticultural Society, and later 
 its president, and who was a man widely 
 known in horticultural circles. Under his in- 
 struction Mr. Cunningham acquired a thor- 
 ough knowledge of horticulture and floricul- 
 ture, rem lining with him until 1890, when. 
 as alread\ noted, he started out for himself at 
 his present location. His first greenhouse was 
 72x20 feet. With the gradual but steady in- 
 crease in his business he enlarged his facilities 
 until he now has 10,000 feet of glass. He 
 does a general business in greenhouse, bedd 
 and flowering plants, shipping his floral pro- 
 ducts to all parts of the country. Few people 
 in Delaware realize what a complete and well 
 ordered establishment he has, containing ev- 
 er) thing that can be needed for any kind of 
 floral decoration. His natural taste in such 
 matters has been cultivated and perfected by 
 the thorough training he received under his 
 former in ted employer, and the produd 
 his art, in the line of floral decorative work, 
 m the highest degree tasteful, and appropriate 
 to the occasion for which they are intended. 
 The existence here of so complete an estab- 
 lishment of this kind is another proof, added 
 to the many contained in these pages, that Del- 
 aware need not fear comparison with any city 
 of its size in all that goes to illustrate the pro- 
 gressive and up-to-date character of its cit- 
 izens. 
 
 Mr. Cunningham is a Republican in poli- 
 tics and has served four years as a member of 
 the City Council. He belongs to Hiram 
 
 [ge, I-'. & A. M. : Olentangy Lodge. No. 
 53. 1. O. 0. I'"., and to Lenape Lodge. No. 20. 
 K. I'., all of Delaware. 
 
 Mr. Cunningham married Emma J. Gen- 
 ier. a daughter of John S. Genier. of France, 
 lie and his wife have been the parents of five 
 children, of whom four are now living, 
 namely: Irene M., George W., Mary M., and 
 Jean J. The family are members of St. Pe- 
 ter's Episcopal Church. 
 
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 6?3 
 
 f.OEL LETTS, who was one of Berk- 
 shire Township's most highly es- 
 teemed citizens, successful business 
 men and prominenl fanners, was 
 born in Morgan Township, Knox 
 Ohio, August e8, [82fi, and died at 
 [896. I lis parents 
 
 Count] 
 
 Sunbury, Ohio, May .25 
 
 were John and Mary (Hanna) Letts. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Letts were born in 
 Pennsylvania and they were among the pio- 
 neer settlers of Knox County, Ohio. The 
 father secured 400 acres 1 f wild land and set- 
 tled on it when Indians still roamed through 
 the uncleared forests and game and wild ani- 
 mals were plentiful all through Morgan 
 Township. The parents of Mr. Letts died 
 there. They had ten children and all of this 
 larg£ family were sons with one exception. 
 
 Joel Letts was the third member of his 
 parents' family and he remained on the home 
 farm and assisted in the clearing and develop- 
 ing of the land, remaining until his marriage, 
 October 4. 1859, to Ella Lace. Mr-. Letts 
 was bcrn in Luzerne County. Pennsylvania, 
 June 7. [830, and is a daughter of Michael 
 and Elizabeth (Jones) Lace. They also were 
 natives of Luzerne County, and the paternal 
 grandparents, Michael and Anna | Freeman) 
 Pace, were born in Pennsylvania. The great- 
 grandfather, Michael Pace, was born in Ger- 
 many. Mr. and Mrs. Letts had three children, 
 namely: Edward Howard, born February 18, 
 [861, died October 19, [865; Arthur Reed, 
 born February 4. 1866, residing in Florida; 
 and Lillian M., who was born March 17. 
 [868. She married Frank Whittier, who is 
 connected with the Sunbury Nczcs. 
 
 The late Joel Lett- owned 100 acres of 
 valuable ' land adjoining Sunbury, on the 
 southwest, and also a good house and im- 
 proved lot in Sunbury. He carried on farm- 
 in-- and for tive years was also interested in 
 a hardware business at Sunbury, for two years 
 with a Mr. Payne and tor three years alone. 
 His store was destroyed by fire and he never 
 resumed business but lived retired for three 
 years prior to his death. He was an upright, 
 Christian man ami for many years had been 
 a class leader in the Methodisl Episcopal 
 
 Church, lie was also a man who unswerv- 
 ingly followed the path he believed to he right 
 and this was particularly shown in the matter 
 of prohibition. He hail been a temperance ad- 
 vocate from his youth and when the question 
 came up at the polls, he was the first voter of 
 the Prohibition ticket in Berkshire Township. 
 
 K. JONES, M. D., physician and sur- 
 geon at Radnor, was horn in Troy 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 April id, 1853, and is a son of Wil- 
 liam and Hannah ( Humphreys) 
 Jones. 
 
 The father of Dr. Jones was born in Mont- 
 gomeryshire, Wales, in 1N00. and died at Rad- 
 nor. Ohio, in [889, aged 83 years. He re- 
 mained in his own country until a man of 35 
 years and then came to America, later settled 
 in Troy Township. Delaware County, Ohio, 
 where he carried on farming and stockraising 
 until 1885. when he retired to Radnor. He 
 married a daughter of Edward Humphreys. 
 The latter was a native of Wales and an early 
 settler in Troy Township. William and Han- 
 nah Jones had three children to -row to ma- 
 ture years, namely: Elizabeth, T. K. and 
 Ruth A. Elizabeth is deceased. The father 
 was a Welsh Presbyterian in his religious 
 faith, but the mother was a Congregationalist. 
 The paternal grandfather was a soldier in the 
 English army. 
 
 Dr. Jones was educated in Troy Township, 
 in the Ohio Business College at Delaware and 
 at the Normal School at Worthington, Ohio. 
 Lor several winter terms he taught school, en- 
 gaging in farming during the summers and 
 while teaching began the study of medicine 
 under Dr. Fowler, a practitioner at Delaware. 
 He attended the Columbus Medical College. 
 where he was graduated in 1883. He estab- 
 lished himself at Radnor, where he has re- 
 mained ever since, his practice extending over 
 a wide territory. in earlier years he did a 
 great deal of driving through the country, but 
 latterly his practice is more restricted. He is 
 a member of the Delaware County Medical 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Society and the Ohio State Medical S< iciety. 
 
 Dr. Junes married Emma Harsh, residing 
 at Radnor and they have three children, 
 namely: .Martha J I., Albert H. A. and C. Ir- 
 win. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, while Dr. Jones con- 
 tinues in his mother's faith ami for several 
 years served as trustee of the Radnor Congre- 
 gational Church. 
 
 Politically, Dr. Jones is a Republican. 
 Fraternally, he belongs t< > Prospect Lodge. F. 
 & A. M., and of Radnor Lodge of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and has served as district deputy grand 
 master of the latter organization. Mrs. Jones 
 belongs to the auxiliary li dges of these orders, 
 the Eastern Star and the Rebekahs. Dr. Jones 
 and wife are among the most esteemed citi- 
 zens of Radii* ir. 
 
 JM 
 
 TANLEY BELL, a veteran of the 
 Civil War and trustee of Oxford 
 Township, has been a life long resi- 
 dent of this community. He was 
 horn two miles southeast of Ashley. 
 Oxford Township. January i, 1843. and is a 
 son of Henry and Mar)- ( Miller) Bell. 
 
 Henry Bell was born in Maryland, and 
 came west to Zanesville, Ohio, walking ami 
 carrying his carpenter's tools. His wife came 
 into possession of a piece of land in Oxford 
 Township, Delaware County, upon which they 
 moved. This they cleared and elected thereon 
 buildings, some of which still stand. Mr. 
 Bell became a man of prominence in this vi- 
 cinity and was frequently called upon to fill 
 local offices, lie served several terms as 
 township trustee. He married Mary Miller, 
 who was born in Zanesville, Ohioj and was a 
 daughter of Jesse and Mary Miller, her father 
 being a shepherd and a very wealthy man. 
 Henry Bell and wife became parents ,,f the 
 following children: John, w no lives in Co- 
 lumbus: Sarah (Poale) deceased; Mary, who 
 h\es on the old home place; Stanley: Robert, 
 who also lives on the old home farm; David, 
 who lives east of Delaware: and Celia, who 
 resides on the old home place. Mr. Bell was 
 
 an Abolitionist prior to the Civil war and later 
 a Republican. 
 
 Stanley Bell was reared in Oxford Town- 
 ship where he attended school and worked at 
 home until the Civil War was in progress. 
 He was very anxious to enter the service but 
 could not secure the consent of his father who 
 needed him at home and wished him to remain 
 in school. In 1863, he accompanied his 
 father to Ashley, to see some soldiers depart 
 for the front, and while his father's back was 
 turned jumped tin the train. He enlisted for 
 three months service in Company C. Eighty- 
 fifth ( ). Y. I., at the end of which time he re- 
 turned home for three weeks. He then re-en- 
 listed in Company II. One Hundred and Sev- 
 enty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 served till the war was over. He fought at 
 Murfreesboro, Stone River and Nashville and 
 in many skirmishes of importance. While in 
 action. General Jones observed him in an act 
 of bravery and had him advanced in rank to 
 Sergeant-Major. He was with General Sher- 
 man's Army at Raleigh, North Carolina, 
 where the war closed, and from there returned 
 to Washington. D. C, and was discharged af- 
 ter taking part in the Grand Review. After 
 returning home he remained there until 
 March, iSoo. when he located on 50 acres in 
 Oxford Township. This land he improved, 
 erected a residence and the necessary buildings 
 ami resided there about 25 years. He then 
 moved across the line into Peru Township. 
 Morrow County, where he lived until October 
 17, 1904, then bought 23 acres of the old B. 
 S. Brundage place, lying within the corpora- 
 tion limits of the village of Ashley. He has 
 a comfortable home, built of brick, and de- 
 votes his time to farming on a small scale. 
 
 In [868, Mr. Bell was united in marriage 
 to Harriet Walters, who was born in Oxford 
 Township, and is a daughter of Hosea and 
 Hannah (Heverlo) Watters. They had the 
 following children: Harry, who lives in 
 Cleveland; Bertha, who married Marion Hat- 
 ton, lives in Brown Township; Lena, who 
 married Frank Librock, lives in Delaware; 
 Arthur, who lives in Delaware, married Minta 
 Hupp, and has a son, Clyde Stanley; Joseph. 
 
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 who is attending a dental college in Columbus; 
 
 Clara, who lives in Oxford Township, is the 
 wife of Harvey Lea. by whom she has two 
 children : Merle and Robert E. ; and May and 
 Elizabeth, both of win mi are at home. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Bell is a Republican and at 
 the present time is serving as township trustee 
 and health officer. He formerly served two 
 terms as trustee, and was also member of the 
 School Board. He belongs to the Grange, 
 and to J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G. A. R. 
 at Ashley. 
 
 REM J. HEALY, a leading citizen of 
 Concord Township, residing on his 
 well-improved farm of 152 acres, was 
 horn where he now resides, on the old 
 Healy homestead in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, August 10. 1850, and is 
 a son of F.henezer and Sophronia (Cotton) 
 Ileal}', and a grandson of Ehenezer and 
 Eunice (Crossman) Healy. The first mem- 
 ber of the Healy family that is on record as 
 resident in America, came from England in 
 1630 and settled at Roxbury, .Massachusetts. 
 Ehenezer Healy, paternal grandfather of 
 Erem J., was horn at Newton, .Massachusetts, 
 February 3, 1768, and died at Sennett, New 
 York, September 22, 1857, aged nearly ninety 
 years. In 1793 he settled in Cayuga County. 
 New York, where he bought an undivided half 
 of lot 8, on which the town of Sennett now 
 stands, paying $2.50 ner acre, which he added 
 to an adjoining farm he already owned. In 
 the autumn of 1793 he returned to Newton, 
 Massachusetts, where he was married to 
 Eunice Crossman. In the following February, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Healy started for New York, 
 reaching the new home in thirteen days. Ehen- 
 ezer Healy was a man of great enterprise and 
 became prominent in the section in which he 
 settled. His farm lay on the line of travel to 
 the Western Reserve, and for a number of 
 years he kept a well-patronized tavern. He 
 a deacon in the Baptisl Church. Ill- wife 
 died September [6, [810. They had the fol- 
 lowing children: Lyman \\\. John Mason, 
 
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 Nathaniel, Ehenezer and Sallie, twins. Eliza 
 H., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Ileal) 
 was married (second) to Anna Leonard. 
 March 11, 1S11, and they had one son, George. 
 Mr. Healy built his barn in 1796 and in it the 
 first Baptist Association in Cayuga County 
 was formed in 1801. 
 
 Ebenezer Healy (2d), father of Erem J., 
 was horn in Cayuga County, New York, Janu- 
 ary 29, 1806. He grew up on his father's 
 farm and was married November 5, [838, to 
 Sophronia Cotton, who was horn in 1809. and 
 died November 29, 1884. aged seventy-five 
 years. Immediately after marriage, Ebenezer 
 Healy and bride set out to find a western 
 home. They traveled to Buffalo, thence to 
 ( lc\ eland, and from there by way of canal to 
 Columbus, where Mrs. Healy remained, while 
 her husband started out prospecting, traveling 
 over a large part of the neighboring country 
 on foot. Finally he found land to please him 
 — a farm well located and with fertile soil — 
 152 acres situated in Concord Township. 
 Delaware County, and this he bought. The 
 land at that time was largely covered with tim- 
 ber. By December 5, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Healy had established their household goods 
 which they had brought from New York, in a 
 temporary dwelling on the new farm and in 
 this location Ehenezer Healy (2d) remained 
 until his death, which occurred October 25, 
 [873, when he was sixty-seven years old. His 
 three children were: Erem J., subject of this 
 sketch; Eunice, who died at the age of ten 
 years: and Eliza, who married James T. 
 Hutchinson, residing at Delaware. 
 
 Erem J. Healy grew to manhood on the 
 present farm and obtained his schooling in the 
 district schools. In 1870 he was married to 
 Mary J. Freshwater, who died in 1890, a 
 thirty-six years. She was a daughter of George 
 and Sallie freshwater, the former of whom 
 was the first white child horn in Concord 
 Township, where he died in 1906, at the age 
 of ninety-three year-. His wife died in 1872. 
 They had five children. The children bori 
 Mr. and Mrs. Healy were as follows: Sarah 
 Sophronia. who married George Berlet 
 reside- on a farm near Delaware, and has two 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 daughters — Helen and Florence; Eliza Rae, 
 who married Frank Loveless, a mail clerk on 
 the Big Four Railroad, residing at Cincinnati, 
 and has one daughter — Violet; Alice,' who 
 married H. O. Moore, a farmer of Concord 
 Township, and has two children — George and 
 Harold: and Minnie, who married W. C. Mc- 
 Cloud. who is engaged in farming in Concord 
 Township. Mr. Healy was married (sec- 
 ondly) October 26, 1893, to Estelle Krohn, 
 who is a daughter of H. S. and Anna Eliza- 
 beth ( Swisher) Krohn, and who was educated 
 in the Galion High School and Otterbein Uni- 
 versity, and for five years was a successful 
 teacher in various high schools. They have 
 two bright boys — Eldredge J., aged thirteen 
 -. and Russell Krohn, aged five years. 
 Mr. Healy is a director in the Deposit 
 Bank at Delaware. He is a member of the 
 order of Knights of Pythias, being connected 
 with Lodge No. 525 at Bellpoint. He has 
 long been a leading factor in local politics and 
 has represented Concord Township on the Re- 
 publican Central Committee, for a number of 
 years. He has been very active in educational 
 movements and largely through his efforts the 
 township high school was established here, it 
 being the first one in the county outside of 
 Delaware. He is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church. 
 
 STER GILEAD PEET, a representa- 
 tive citizen of Thompson Township, 
 where he is engaged in farming and 
 sheep-raising, was born in Berlin 
 Township, four miles east of Dela- 
 ware on the Sunburv Pike, June 20. [855. 
 His parents were William J. and Anna 
 (Welch) Peet, and he is a grandson of Alba 
 Peet, who migrated with his family from 
 Connecticut to Franklin County, ( Ihio, prior b 
 [830, settling near Worthington. They re- 
 sided there about nine years and then came to 
 Berlin Township, Delaware County. Alba 
 Peet's wife was in maidenhood a Miss Orton. 
 Alba Peet removed subsequently to Delaware, 
 where he died in [876 at the age of 84 years. 
 
 He and his wife reared three children, namely: 
 Judd, who died in 1862; Orpha, who married 
 David Croncelton and died in Delaware about 
 1904 at the age of 84 years; and William J., 
 father of the subject of this sketch. Their 
 other children, of whom they had several, died 
 young. 
 
 William J. Peet was horn in Connecticut 
 and accompanied his parents when they re- 
 moved to Ohio, he being then about nine years 
 of age. He was brought up to agricultural life 
 and while a resident of Berlin Township he 
 purchased a farm there. This he sold in 1862 
 and purchased land in Thompson Township, 
 taking up his abode in the house that is now the 
 property of his son Lester. In 1882 he re- 
 moved to Richwood, where he died in 1886. 
 At the time of his death be owned a farm of 
 221 acres. He was three times married: 
 First to Penelope Halley. who bore him one 
 daughter, Ida. The latter married a Mr. 
 Thurston, of Knox County, and died subse- 
 quently in Paulding Count}-, Ohio. Mr. Peet 
 married, secondly, Anna Welch, who was a 
 daughter of Hiram Welch and a native of 
 Delaware County. Of this union there were 
 three children, namely : Lester Gilead, sub- 
 ject of this article; William L., who resides 
 in Richwood. Union County, Ohio; and 
 Fannie, who died in infancy. William J. 
 Peet's third wife was a widow. Mrs. Melissa 
 Evans. They were married in 1861, and she 
 is still living at the advanced age of 92 years. 
 Mr. f^eet removed in 1882 to Richwood, where 
 he died four years later at the age of 69. 
 
 Lester G. Peet was educated in the district 
 school, which he attended for some time in 
 Richwood and for about a year in Delaware. 
 He was married in 1X82 to Miss I lattie Cone, 
 a daughter of John and Mary (Williams) 
 Cone, and located on the farm which he now 
 owns and cultivates. This union has been 
 blessed by the birth of four children, namely: 
 Mary B., Georgianna, Ralph C, and Stanley, 
 all of whom are residing at home. Stanley, the 
 youngest, being now t8 years old. 
 
 In [899 Mr. and Mrs. Peet removed to 
 Richwood in order that their children might 
 have the advantage of the superior schools 
 
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 there. Mr. Peet goes out daily to his tarn: 
 which comprises 250 acres and which he has 
 improved considerably since it came into his 
 possession. Besides carrying on agriculture, 
 he feeds Western Iambs for the market. He 
 is a member of the Rising Sun Lodge, No. 
 72. K. of P., at Richwood, and he and his 
 wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church in that place. He is a Democrat po- 
 litically and has served as township clerk and 
 
 trustee and is now a member of the Scl 1 
 
 Board. A good, practical farmer, he is one 
 cf the successful men of the township, of which 
 he and his wife are among the most respected 
 residents. 
 
 LONZO FLEMING HOSKINS, a 
 prosperous and enterprising general 
 farmer, of Thompson Township, was 
 born on the homestead where he now 
 resides. April 8. 1855, son of Jacob 
 and Elizabeth (Fleming) Hoskins. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather. John Hoskins. was a na- 
 tive of Wales, who emigrated to America 
 about 1807, landing in the city of Baltimore. 
 He was an earlv settler in Delaware County, 
 locating first near Millville, now Warrens- 
 burg, later settling on a farm adjoining that 
 of the subject of this sketch to the south. The 
 farm was then covered with heavy timber, no 
 improvements having been made, and should 
 therefore be referred to in this connection as 
 wild land rather than a piece of agricultural 
 property. He built a log- cabin on it and began 
 the arduous work of clearing- oft" the timber. 
 In course of time the improvements made by 
 him completely changed the aspect of the place. 
 The log cabin gave way to a brick house, and 
 smiling fields appeared instead of the trackless 
 forest. There he and his wife spent the rest 
 of their lives. Their family included 12 chil- 
 dren, several of whom died in infancy. The 
 foil,, wing is their record in brief: Jane, mar- 
 ried John Randall. Rachel became the wife 
 of John Lenox. Betsy married Owen Avery. 
 Another daughter. Ann, married George 
 Mover. Henrv married a Mis> Fields. Ja- 
 
 cob ( lather of the subject of this sketch) mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Fleming. Perry married Han- 
 nah Deck. Ebenezer never married. 
 
 Jacob Hoskins was bom on the farm in 
 Thompson Township above referred to, March 
 21, 1822. and resided there all his life. He 
 married Elizabeth Fleming, who was a daugh- 
 ter of Crazier Fleming, a native of Ireland, 
 who settled in Radnor Township. Delaware 
 County, at an early day. Jacob Hoskins set- 
 tled on the farm now owned and occupied by 
 his son Alonzo, and made thereon some of the 
 first improvements, building the present resi- 
 dence about 1870. Soon afterwards he erected 
 the barn that stands on the farm. The first 
 house was a weather-boarded building, which 
 was destroyed by fire, after which Mr. Hos- 
 kins erected a log house. About 1870 he 
 built the present residence. His wife Eliza- 
 beth died in 1862. She had borne him six 
 children, as follows: Oliver, who was a drug- 
 gist residing in Prospect, married Miss Ellen 
 Greek; Jennie who died in 1862; Alice, who is 
 single, resides in Prospect ; Alonzo F. mar- 
 ried Miss Jennie Fields, daughter of Marshall 
 Fields, of Delaware County, Ohio; Ida. who is 
 single, resides in Prospect ; and one son who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Alonzo F. Hoskins was educated in the 
 district schools and was brought up to farm 
 life and labor. He was married in 1882 and 
 subsequently resided in several different 
 places, being a resident of Union County for 
 nine years. For the past seven years he has 
 occupied the old Hoskins homestead in Thomp- 
 son Township, the farm which he owns and 
 cultivates successfully, containing 103 acres. 
 He is a highly esteemed citizen of the town- 
 ship and is well versed in the science of farm- 
 ing. He is a member of Prospect Lodge. F. 
 & V M., No. 144: Durwood Lodge. K. of P.. 
 at Prospect (No. 153): and of the Prospect 
 
 Lodge of Modern W Imen. He is a member 
 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Hoskins died February 15. 
 1903. She and her husband had been the 
 parents of the following children : Ethel, re- 
 siding at home: Annie B., wile of Albert B. 
 Keef, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; and Leah. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 who married Dillon Howser, and has one son 
 ■ — Robert Hoskins Howser. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Howser reside in Richwood. 
 
 HARLES E. McELWEE, who 
 conies of an old and respected Dela- 
 ware County family, is a prosperous 
 farmer and also an undertaker, and 
 resides in Harlem Township. He 
 was born in this township May 14, 1869. and 
 is a son of Joseph and Mary (Haycook) Mc- 
 Elwee, and grandson of John McEhvee. 
 
 John McEhvee was born in Virginia and 
 there grew to maturity and was married. His 
 first wife's maiden name was Orndorff, and 
 they reared six sons and three daughters, of 
 whom Joseph was the oldest. His second wife 
 was Margaret Haycook and they had four 
 daughters and one son. He came to Delavtare 
 County, Ohio, at an early age and here lived 
 the remainder of his life. Joseph McEhvee 
 was born in Virginia ami was young- when 
 his parents came to Ohio, and received his 
 education in the schools of Harlem Township. 
 He has always followed farming, owning a 
 farm of 125 acres in addition to property in 
 Centerville, and has ranked as one of the pro- 
 gressive men of the community for many 
 years. He married Mary Haycook, who was 
 born in Harlem Township and is a daughter of 
 Amos Haycook, who was a native of New 
 Jersey. Amos Haycook came to Harlem 
 Township, Delaware County, at an early- 
 period and followed fanning near Center- 
 ville where he owned property. This mar- 
 riage resulted in the birth of two children: 
 Charles E. ; and Zora, who is the wife of 
 Luther Johnson, an implement dealer of Wes- 
 terville. Joseph McElwee is a Republican in 
 politics. He is a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias at Centerville. 
 
 I harles E. McElwee was reared. on the 
 home farm and was educated in the common 
 schools of Harlem Township, and a high 
 school in Franklin County. He began farm- 
 ing in his youth and has always followed that 
 
 occupation, and has also engaged in the under- 
 taking business. 
 
 September 27, 1888, Mr. McElwee was 
 joined in the bonds of matrimony with Miss 
 Lucy Wilcox, who was born near Richwood, 
 Union County, September 26. 1868, and is a 
 daughter of Martin Wilcox, who was born 
 in this county and made his home here all 
 his life. He was engaged in farming in Berk- 
 shire Township. He was an unusually well- 
 informed man, having been a great traveler, 
 visiting in many States and viewing many 
 points of historical interest. Mr. and Mrs. 
 McElwee have four children : William. 
 Blanche, Charles and Lucy. All were born on 
 the farm on which they now live. Fraternally, 
 he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, at 
 present serving as master of exchequer, and 
 has filled all the other offices, and twice he has 
 been a delegate of the home lodge to the 
 ( hand Lodge. He is also a member of the 
 Patrons of Husbandry and both he and wife 
 belong to the auxiliary lodge. They are 
 consistent members of the Christian Church. 
 
 I. BOLLOCK, cashier of the Dela- 
 ware National Bank, was born at 
 Port Clinton. Ohio, in i860, and 
 came to Delaware in 1887. His edu- 
 cation was secured at the points where 
 his father, who was a minister in the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church, happened to be sta- 
 tioned, but it was thorough and practical, and 
 was completed at the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity. Mr. Pollock entered into business as 
 bookkeeper for W. Z. Evans, with whom he 
 remained for over six years. He then came to 
 the Delaware County National Hank as teller 
 and bookkeeper, later becoming assistant 
 cashier, and in 1900 was elected cashier. The 
 Delaware National Bank began its career as a 
 branch of the old State Hank of Ohio, and 
 was established in 1845, being succeeded in 
 [865 by the Delaware County National Bank, 
 which institution became the Delaware Na- 
 tional Bank, January 7, 1905. lis officers are: 
 
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 V. T. Hills, president; L. L. Denison, vice- 
 president, and E. I. Pollock, cashier. It lias a 
 capital stuck of $150,000, and is a carefully 
 and profitably managed institution. As cashier 
 Mr. Pollock has made man}- friends for the 
 bank, his genial manner and accommodating 
 demeanor making him an agreeable person 
 with whom to do business. 
 
 In 1SS4 Mr. Pollock was married to Alice 
 C. Armstrong, of Delaware. He has always 
 taken a good citizen's interest in public affairs 
 and for a number of years has been president 
 of the City Council. He retains his old fra- 
 ternity membership, in the Beta Theta Pi So- 
 ciety of the < )hio Wesleyan University. He is 
 a member of the St. Paul's Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, which he is serving as a steward. 
 
 OSEPH 11. ANDREWS,a well-known 
 resident of Delaware Township, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, who owns and 
 operates a fine farm of 50 acres, was 
 horn July 27, 1869, in Concord Town- 
 ship. Delaware County, and is a son of Dr. 
 Hugh B. and Mary E. ( Dall ) Andrews. 
 Hugh Andrews, grandfather of J. H.. was 
 horn in 1781, in Dauphin County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and came to Ohio when u years old. 
 He served in the War of 1812, being with Hull 
 when he surrendered, and after the war set- 
 tled in Fairfield County, Ohio, where he fol- 
 lowed the trade of tailor and later took up 
 farming, which he continued until his death. 
 His son, Dr. Hugh B. Andrews, was born 
 October 6, 1819. in Fairfield County, and in 
 the spring of 1852 came to Delaware County, 
 where for many years he practiced medicine, 
 but subsequently settled on a farm in Concord 
 T vvnship consisting of 85 acres, where he lias 
 since carried on general farming and stock 
 raising. Originally a Whig, Mr. Andrews is 
 now a Republican. He is a' member of the 
 United Brethren Church. Air. Andrews was 
 married to Alary E. Dall, who was the daugh- 
 ter (if James Dall. and five children were born 
 to this union: John and James II., who are 
 deceased; Nettie E., who is the wife of David 
 Bailey of Concord Township; Maggie, who 
 
 married Adron Cook of Concord Township; 
 and J. H. 
 
 J. H. Andrews received a common school 
 education in his native township, and spent one 
 year at Lebanon, Ohio, and two years at what 
 is now Ada University. He taught several 
 terms before entering the last named institu- 
 tion. He left school to make his campaign for 
 the office of count}' recorder, to which he was 
 elected in 1899, and in which he served until 
 September, 1906. On April 1, 1907, he pur- 
 chased bis present farm of fifty acres in Dela- 
 ware Township, where he gives special atten- 
 tion to the raising of corn and hay, selling 
 most of the latter, while the former is fed to 
 his fine Chester White hogs. 
 
 Air. Andrews was married to Jessie C. 
 Cutler, who is the daughter of Orange D. Cut- 
 ler, formerly of Jerome, but now of Delaware, 
 Ohio. One daughter. Alary Stiles, has been 
 horn to this union. Mr. Andrews and his 
 wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Fraternally he is connected with 
 Delaware Lodge No. 76 of the Elks, of which 
 he is esteemed loyal knight, and the Odd Fel- 
 lows at Jerome, Ohio, of which he is past 
 grand and of which he was district deputy 
 grand master for four years ; and at one time 
 was a member of Delaware Encampjnent N . 
 52, of the Odd Fellow-. 
 
 ROF. CYRUS B. AUSTIN. D. D., 
 Dean of Women of the Ohio We— 
 leyan University, and professor of 
 Mathematics and Astronomy on the 
 faculty of that institution, was horn 
 in Clinton County. Ohio, son of David S. and 
 Lois (Smith) Austin. The Austin family is, 
 well and favorably known throughout Clin- 
 ton County, where Prof. Austin's father was a 
 substantial farmer and a man of large influ- 
 ence in civic and religious matters. He was 
 a local preacher in the Methodist Church. His 
 death occurred in (886. His wife, the Profes- 
 sor's mother, is still living in Wilmington, 
 Ohio. The}' reared a family of eight chil- 
 dren. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Cyrus B. Austin acquired his elementary 
 education in the schools of his native county, 
 and subsequently entered the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, where he was graduated in 1879. 
 Immediately following his graduation he was 
 elected Tutor of Mathematics in the univer- 
 sity. A few years later he was made a profes- 
 sor in the department of which he is now the 
 head. In 1883 he was placed in charge of 
 Monnett Hall, the home for the young women 
 of the university, which position he still holds 
 with the official title of Dean of Women. Since 
 1883 Monnett Hall has been greatly improved 
 and its size more than doubled. Twelve teach- 
 ers and 260 pupils reside in the building. Mon- 
 nett Hall was formerly the Ohio Wesleyan 
 Female College, and was founded in 1854; ad- 
 ditional facts in regard to it may be found in 
 another part of this volume. 
 
 Dr. Austin was married in 1884 to Mary 
 McVay, who is a daughter of Jason McVay, 
 formerly of Columbus, Ohio. They have 
 three sons — Jason McVay, Raymond Brooks 
 and Cyrus Bash lord, of whom the two elder 
 are students at the Ohio Weslevan Univer- 
 sity, while Cyrus is attending the public 
 schools. Dr. Austin is a member of the Cen- 
 tral Ohio Conference of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, of which church the family are 
 all members. Politically he is a Republican. 
 His fraternal affiliations are with the Delta 
 Tau Delta Fraternity and the Free Masons. 
 
 P. WINTERMUTE, who is inter- 
 ested in a number of business enter- 
 prises at Delaware, notably the 
 Delaware Hardware Company, was 
 born February 25, 1N54. in Muskin- 
 gum County, Ohio, son of ^.shfordby and 
 Mary (Fleming) Wintermute. When he was 
 six years old, the parents of Ah-. Wintermute 
 moved to Licking County, where his boyhood 
 was spent. lie was about 21 years of age 
 when he came to Delaware County and found 
 a position as clerk in a mercantile store at Nor- 
 ton, but four years later he returned to Licking 
 Count v. where he carried on a similar business 
 
 for four years. He then went back to Norton 
 and bought a half interest in the store of his 
 uncle, J. F. Wintermute, when the firm be- 
 came A. P. Wintermute & Company, and this 
 firm continued in business until 1893. when 
 J. H. Schaaf bought the interest of J. F. Win- 
 termute, the style being then changed to Win- 
 termute & Schaaf. The firm later pur- 
 chased a hardware store at Waldo. When the 
 partnership was dissolved, Mr. Wintermute 
 took the Norton store which he conducted un- 
 der the name of A. P. Wintermute until 1003. 
 when he sold out and came to Delaware. In 
 January, 1906, he purchased an interest in the 
 Delaware Hardware Company and he has 
 made a number of other excellent investments 
 in this city and the vicinity. 
 
 In 1878. Mr. Wintermute was married to 
 Emma E. Schaaf. who was born in Marion 
 County, right on the Delaware Count}- line. 
 They have two children: lmogene and Edna. 
 The family belong to the Asbury Methodist 
 Episcopal Church of Delaware. 
 
 While still a resident of Norton. Mr. Win- 
 termute was elected township treasurer, in 
 [884 and served in that capacity until his re- 
 moval to Delaware, in 1903, resigning after 
 serving seven days in the new term t> 1 which 
 he had been re-elected. In 1884 he was ap- 
 pointed postmaster under a Republican admin- 
 istration and served continuously until 1003. 
 with the exception of three years during the 
 administration of President Cleveland. 
 
 EORGE T. WOLFLEY. postmaster 
 
 at Radnor, has been prominent in 
 the affairs of this section of Dela- 
 ware County for many years. Me 
 was born at Radnor, Ohio. May 22. 
 1 837, and is a son of George and Nancy 
 (Perrv) Wolfley. and a grandson of Lewis 
 Wolfley. 
 
 Lewis Wolfley was born in Germanv and 
 after he came to America he settled in Penn- 
 sylvania, where he married Mary Tute for his 
 second wife. George Wolfley, son of Lewis 
 and .Mary (Tute) Wolfley. was born in Lan- 
 
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 caster County, Pennsylvania, July 8, [807, and 
 died at Radnor, December 29, [879. When 
 he was three months old his parents moved to 
 Lancaster, Ohio, where they resided until the 
 death of the father. On .May 3, [823, George 
 Wolfley came to Radnor, with his widowed 
 mother, teaching several terms, having settled 
 on a farm which was situated one and one-half 
 miles of what is now Radnor village. The 
 first settler on the place had been a pioneer of 
 1805 and he left a log cabin into which the 
 Wolfley family moved. George Wolfley re- 
 sided "ii that farm until 1871. when he sold 
 out ami moved into Radnor. He was a man of 
 sterling traits of character, active in both pub- 
 lic affairs and in the educational and religious 
 advancement of his community, lie was one 
 of tlie pillars of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church and was as firm in his belief as were 
 his neighbors and close friends. John Humph- 
 reys and James Kyle, in theirs, the former be- 
 ing a Congregationalist and the latter a Bap- 
 tist. These three representative men con- 
 trolled and promoted many of the industries of 
 the neighborhood' and were warm friends as 
 long as thev lived. In his political views. 
 George Wolfley was first a Whig and later a 
 Republican. For twenty-five successive years 
 he served as township clerk and he filled other 
 offices. 
 
 George Wolfley married Nancy Perry. 
 who was a daughter of Robert Perry. He was 
 born in Wales and left home when a boy of 
 [6 years with the intention of being a sailor, 
 and came to America on a vessel in that ca- 
 pacity. When again on land he decided to 
 make the United States his. home, and after 
 working at farming for four years in the State 
 of New York, he went to Baltimore, with the 
 intention of returning to Wales in order to 
 bring his parents hack with him. As he walked 
 down a street in that city he was amazed to 
 see a woman who walked with his mother's 
 peculiar gait and when he stopped her it 
 proved indeed to be the mother whom he had 
 imagined to be in Wales. The meeting was an 
 affecting" one and the mother had no idea that 
 her sailor son was in America. The Perry 
 family, consisting of father, mother, Roberl 
 
 and several other children, then made their 
 way to Delaware County, Ohio, and were the 
 first settlers in Radnor Township, this being 
 in 1803. In 181 [, Robert Perry married Sarah 
 Hoskins and their first child was the mother 
 of Mr. Wolfley. She was born March 22. 
 [812, and died August 24. [894. Henry and 
 Robert Perry helped to organize the first 
 Methodist Episcopal Church in the township, 
 the first place of worship being a log cabin. 
 Robert Perry was one of the first trustees of 
 the township. He died in September, [852, 
 aged 66 years. 
 
 When Robert Perry found his parents in 
 Baltimore, he learned that they had left Wale-. 
 in 1802. Together they came to Ohio and 
 reached Radnor Township in May, [803, 
 where Henry Perry secured 100 acres of land 
 and he remained with his sous until the fol- 
 lowing Julw two of them having accompanied 
 him. the rest of the family having remained 
 in Baltimore. They made the trip from that 
 city to Radnor in a cart, and the family was 
 reunited in November. The two sons who 
 were left in the woods alone were Levi and 
 Reuben and they had early learned the use of 
 firearms. Game was plentiful and they had 
 no difficulty in finding sufficient food and by 
 the time the father returned thev were able to 
 show him a large part of cleared land. They 
 had many undesirable visitors in wandering In- 
 dians, who were not always friendly, and were 
 invariably thievish. On numerous occasions 
 the Perry boys were forced to show their met- 
 tle but there is no record that they ever 
 evinced any cowardice or failed to rout their 
 enemies. They were pioneers by instinct anil 
 when they grew to manhood and the country 
 in their neighborhood had become settled, they 
 left home and again became pioneers, making 
 homes for themselves in the still uncivilized 
 regions of Indiana. 
 
 Of the seven children born to George 
 Wolfley and wife, the survivors are four, but 
 six passed infancy, namely: Lewis, who is a 
 veteran of the Civil War. resides at Olathe. 
 Kansas, having served in Company A. One 
 Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Na- 
 tional Guard; Robert, who died in Kansas in 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 1896, was a member of the same regiment; 
 George T. ; Sarah, who was accidentally killed 
 in a runaway, at the age of six years; Eben- 
 ezer. residing at Edgerton, Kansas, served in 
 the Civil War as a member of the Second 
 Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery; John M., 
 who died in 1881, served in the Ohio National 
 Guard; and Margaret Ellen, who married 
 William H. Dildine, of Prospect. 
 
 George T. Wolfley attended the local 
 schools and later spent three years at the ( )hio 
 Wesleyan University, following which he 
 taught several terms of school. In 1867 he 
 moved to Shelby County, Illinois, where he 
 engaged in teaching school during the winters 
 and farming during the summers until 1876, 
 when he returned to Delaware County and for 
 seven years engaged in farming in Troy Town- 
 ship. In the spring of 1883 he came to Rad- 
 nor, where he embarked in a mercantile busi- 
 ness and conducted a store for twenty and one- 
 half years, on April 1. 1904. selling it to Pow- 
 ell & Coonfare. From 1888 to 1904. Mr. 
 Wolfley was in the tile business under the firm 
 name of Wolfley & Son. during which time he 
 erected all the buildings used in the industry 
 and carried on a large trade. From 1897 until 
 [904 he gave his attention to managing the 
 mill, his son and partner. H. W Wolfley, hav- 
 ing moved to Prospect. In 1889, Mr. Wolfley 
 was first appointed postmaster at Radnor, by 
 President Harrison, and held the office for 
 four years. On January 1. [898, he was ap- 
 pointed postmaster by President McKinley 
 and he has been the incumbent ever since. He 
 is an ardent Republican and is in close touch 
 with political matters in this section. On va- 
 rious occasions he has been elected to other 
 offices, being one of the reliable and substan- 
 tial men of the community, but he has not 
 
 At political favors for himself and when 
 he was elected justice of the peace for Rad- 
 nor, he refused to serve. During his first resi- 
 dence in Troy Township he served as a trus- 
 tee and also served one year in Radnor Town- 
 ship as assessor. In [864, Mr. Wolfley en 
 1 in Company P. One Hundred and For- 
 ty-fifth Regiment. Ohio National Guard, and 
 
 accompanied his command when it was sent to 
 the defense of Washington. 
 
 Mr. Wolfley was married to Louisa Darst, 
 who is a daughter of Samuel Darst, of Troy 
 Township, Delaware County, and five of their 
 six children reached mature years, namely: 
 Harvey W., residing at Prospect; Jennie F., 
 who married Thomas L. Wiggins, residing at 
 Portales. New Mexico; Nannie B. ; Cora L, 
 who married Daniel Ritter, residing in Radnor 
 Township, and Hattie. Mr. Wolfley and fam- 
 ily belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 in which he is a trustee, and has held all of the 
 offices of a layman. He is a member of Pros- 
 pect Lodge, F. & A. M., and he served four 
 years as master of Tower Hill Lodge, No. 
 493, in Illinois. 
 
 AMES R.THOMAS, who owns a mag- 
 nificent farm of 200 acres in Radnor 
 Township, on which he is extensively 
 engaged in farming and stock rais- 
 ing, was born February 11. 1863. in 
 Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and is a son of James and Elizabeth ( Evans I 
 Thomas. 
 
 James Thomas, father of James R.. was 
 born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, and died in 
 Radnor Township. April <;, 1891. aged 74 
 years. At the age of 12 years he accompanied 
 his parents to America. They lived for three 
 years at Utica. New York, and then came to, 
 Delaware. Mr. Thomas was employed in 
 Pettibone's hotel and drove a stage coach for 
 a number of years, after which he bought a 
 farm in Troy Township on which he remained 
 until 1855, when he came to Radnor Town- 
 ship, selling his Tmy Township farm and buy- 
 ing one north of Radnor village. It was wild 
 land at that time, which he cleared off and 
 here developed a valuable property. He mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Evans, who was also born in 
 Montgomeryshire, Wales. They had 11 chil- 
 dren, nine of whom survived infancy, namely: 
 Mary,, who is the widow of David W. Jones. 
 resides at Radnor; Robert, who lives in Rad- 
 
\SHTON STOVER COXKLIN 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIYK CITIZENS 
 
 687 
 
 in r Township; Margaret, who is the wife of 
 Rees W. Jones, of Radnor Township; Wil- 
 liam, who died in February, 1907, was the first 
 break in the mature family in fifty years; 
 Ji 1 i 1 1 . who lives in Radnor Township ; Eliza- 
 beth, who married Charles Dildine, of Ash- 
 ley Township: James R. : Martha, who mar- 
 ried Samuel Seigfried, residing - in Delaware 
 Township; and Alice, who married William 
 Wiser of Troy Township. The parents reared 
 their children in the faith of the Congrega- 
 tional Church. 
 
 James R. Thomas remained at home and 
 
 issisted his father until his own marriage. He 
 was educated in the excellent public schools of 
 Radnor Township and his interests have been 
 centered almost entirely in this section. In 
 
 [884 he bought his present farm of 200 acres 
 and has 100 acres under the plow, but wheat 
 is the only crop he markets, lie keeps 30 head 
 of Shorthorn cattle. 100 Chester White hogs 
 and from ro to 12 burses. He erected a very 
 tine residence on his farm and a substantial 
 barn 40 by 50 feet in dimensions, with 16-foot 
 pi >sts. 
 
 Air. Thomas married Lavina Feaster. who 
 is a daughter of James Feaster. of Troy 
 Township, and they have five children: Ha- 
 zel. Goldie, Wealthy. Erma and Arden James. 
 Mr. Thomas and family belong to the Congre- 
 gational Church. In political sentiment, Mr. 
 Thomas is a Republican, but his interest is 
 only that of a good citizen who is anxious ti > 
 see the laws upheld. 
 
 SHTOX STOVER CONKLIN, cash- 
 ier of the Deposit Banking Com- 
 pany, of Delaware, was born in 
 [870, in Berlin Township. Delaware 
 County. Ohio, and is a 50H of the 
 lin G mklin. 
 John Conklin was born in Licking County, 
 . and was brought to Orange Township, 
 Delaware O unity, in childhood. During the 
 Civil War he served as a member of Com- 
 pany C. Fifth Independent Cavalry, which was 
 afterward merged with the Thirteenth Ohio 
 
 Volunteer Cavalry. He returned unharmed 
 from the army, and the rest of bis life was 
 passed as a farmer and stock-raiser. 
 
 Ashton S. Conklin was educated in Ber- 
 lin Township, where he subsequently taught 
 school, remaining six years in one district. In 
 1894 he came to Delaware and accepted the 
 position of deputy county clerk, in which he 
 continued until June, 1898, when he began 
 work fur the Deposit Banking Company as 
 bookkeeper. In October, 1900, he was elected 
 assistant cashier and served in that capacity 
 until he assumed the duties of county auditor, 
 tn which position he was elected in the fall of 
 1904. and in which he made a. good record. 
 April 1, 1908, he was elected to his present 
 position as cashier of the Deposit Banking 
 Company. Politically, he is a Republican and 
 he has always been more or less active in poli- 
 tics, and is in close touch with the leader^ of 
 his party in this locality. 
 
 In October. 1901, Mr. Conklin was mar- 
 ried to Loma Owen, who is a daughter of H. 
 F. Owen. He belongs tn the United Brethren 
 Church. Fraternally, he is connected with 
 the Masons, and the Knights of Pythias, and 
 belongs socially to organizations which have 
 charity for their object. 
 
 AVID T. PERKINS, who has been 
 prominently identified with the de- 
 velopment of Ostrander; was born 
 October 25, 1840. in Dover Town- 
 ship, Union County. Ohio, on Little 
 Mill Creek, and is a son of Schuyler and Re- 
 becca (Rittenhouse) Perkins. 
 
 Schuyler Perkins was born in Albemarle 
 County, Virginia, a son of Samuel Perkins. 
 and he remained in his native State until after 
 marriage and the birth of one child, when he 
 moved tn Iv^s County, Ohio. He remained 
 there two years, when, having found land ti > 
 suit him better in Dover Township, Union 
 County, he brought his family tn tin- section, 
 where he secured 137 acre- for Si. 37 an 
 In order to make his payments be was oblige 1 
 to sell his "dandy-wagon," to chop down ti 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and tn exercise every known principle oi strict 
 economy. He gradually cleared his land and 
 put in a first crop, but the work was weari- 
 some and often discouraging' as he had neither 
 farm implements nor machinery. He built on 
 his land the log cabin in which his son David 
 T. was horn and continued to live in it until 
 he erected a substantial frame house. At the 
 time of his death he was the owner of several 
 hundred acres of excellent land which he had 
 acquired through farming and stock raising. 
 He married a daughter of Henry and Martha 
 (Turner) Rittenhouse, and they had 12 chil- 
 dren horn to them, of whom the following 
 reached maturity : William H.. residing in 
 Dover Township; Samuel Price, who died 
 aged eighteen years; Martha Jane, who is the 
 widow of Perry J. Sherman, residing in Dover 
 Township; James H., residing at Hutchinson. 
 Kansas; David T. ; Frances Elizabeth, de- 
 ceased, who was the wife of William Abrams, 
 of Iowa; Daniel Morgan, residing in Okla- 
 homa; and Adoniram Judson, residing at ( >-- 
 trander. Schuyler Perkins was a faithful 
 member of the Baptist Church and in earlv 
 days frequently rode six miles on horseback 
 in order to attend religious exercises. 
 
 David T. Perkins obtained his education 
 in a log school-house near his home, three 
 months in the winter being all that was of- 
 
 forded him, as from bOyh 1 lie was kept busy 
 
 on the home farm, on which he continued to 
 live until he was 2] years old. He then vis- 
 ited Indiana and remained one winter in Ful- 
 ton County, during which time he was first 
 married, after which he returned to Dover 
 Township and engaged in farming for a few- 
 years. After his wife's death he went back to 
 Indiana and lived for two years with his fa- 
 ther-in-law, and then returned once more to 
 Doyer Township, where he purchased a farm 
 of 100 acres, which he operated until 1907. 
 He now owns 105 acres of land which he uses 
 for grazing in summer, also owns 54 acres in 
 and adjoining Ostrander. 
 
 Mr. Perkins was one of the organizers of 
 the Ostrander Banking Company. In 189] 
 he bought 66 acres f land from Dr. John 
 Fields, which he platted and made into town 
 
 lots. He erected his own fine two-story brick 
 residence on the southwest corner of North 
 and Fourth Streets. All of the attractive and 
 substantial houses which stand on Fourth 
 Street and on the south side of North Street, 
 west of Mr. Perkins' residence, are built mi 
 the laud which he has improved since [891. 
 Probably more than any other individual. Mr. 
 Perkins has developed ami improved Ostran- 
 der. 
 
 Mr. Perkins was married (first) in Fulton 
 Ci unty, Indiana. March 31. 1863. to Lydia A. 
 Hudkins. a daughter of Daniel and Sarah 
 Hudkins, residents of Kewanna, Indiana. 
 They had three children: Marion P., born 
 March 3, [864, residing at Muscatine, Iowa; 
 Sarah Rebecca, who died in infancy; and 
 Olive Candace, who was bom September '1. 
 1866, and died aged 26 years. Mrs. Perkins 
 died April 12, [871. She was a consistent mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Church. Mr. Perkins was 
 married (second) September 18, 1873. to 
 Melissa ( i. Rittenhouse. who was born March 
 2T,, 185 1. and died February 18. 1905. She 
 was a daughter of Thomas Rittenhouse and 
 a granddaughter of Samuel Rittenhouse ami a 
 grandniece of Henry Rittenhouse, who was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. To his second marriage 
 .Mr. Perkins had horn the following children; 
 Floron D., born July 4. 1874. who is a mem- 
 ber of the faculty of a Baptist College at Wil- 
 liamsburg, Kentucky: Norman B., born June 
 17, 1877, residing at Williamsburg; Cora 
 Belle, born June 13. 1N78. who married Frank 
 Shover, of < tstrander; James E., born July [8, 
 [880, residing at Westburn. Tennessee: Maude 
 M., burn April 18, 1883. who married Prof. 
 Harvard Valance, residing at Columbus; and 
 Ervin C, born May 2, [893, residing at Wil- 
 liamsburg, Kentucky. 
 
 In political preference, Mr. Perkins is a 
 Democrat but he is not active in politics. On 
 several occasions he has accepted office, but 
 has never sought it and has served as trustee 
 of both Dover and of Scioto Townships. He 
 is a member of Palestine Lodge. F. & A. M.. 
 at Marvsville. Union County, Ohio. He is a 
 member of Springdale Baptist Church. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZEN'S 
 
 689 
 
 [1 >M \S B. JONES, a prominent re- 
 tired fanner of Radnor Township, 
 was born in Belmont County, Ohio, 
 December 20, [834, and is a son of 
 Nicholas and Elizabeth (Warner) 
 Jones. 
 
 The founder of this family in America was 
 Griffin Jones, who came from England to 
 America at a very early day. when somewhat 
 advanced in years, but his son Edward, who 
 was the grandfather of Thomas E., was born 
 after he settled in Virginia. Edward Junes 
 learned the carpenter trade and he also was 
 employed as an overseer on Virginia planta- 
 tions. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 
 and received a land warrant on that account, 
 but he never made use of it. His last years 
 were spent at the home of his son Nicholas, in 
 Delaware Count}', Ohio, where he died in 
 1856, at the age of 62 years. He married 
 Nancy Wharton and they had several chil- 
 dren. She had five brothers, all of whom he- 
 came ministers either of the Baptist or the 
 Methodist Episcopal faith. 
 
 Nicholas Junes was born near Fredericks- 
 burg. Virginia, in January, 1807. and died in 
 ( )hio, in 1868. He remained in Virginia until 
 the construction of the National road was un- 
 der way, when he came to Ohio and engaged 
 as a hotel clerk at Morristown, in Belmont 
 County. He married Elizabeth Warner, who 
 died in 1883, aged 72 years. She was a daugh- 
 ter of Henry Warner, who kept the hotel at 
 Morristown, in which Mr. Jones was em- 
 ployed as a clerk. To this marriage were born 
 12 children, the following of whom grew to 
 maturity : Edward, who was a physician, 
 died in Missouri: Thomas I',.; Nicholas, who 
 resides in Nebraska; Winfield S., who resides 
 at Moberly, Missouri; Mary, who is the wife 
 of Sidney Howe, of Black Rock, Arkansas; 
 Charles, who resides near Rochester, New 
 York; and Stella, deceased, who married Ru- 
 ins Wells of Chicago, who is also deceased. 
 
 Nicholas Jones and wife continued to live 
 in Belmont County, until after the birth of 
 Thomas B.. when they came to Troy Town- 
 ship. Delaware County, where Mr. Jones built 
 a log cabin in the woods and subsequently 
 
 cleared up an excellent farm. He was a man 
 of more than ordinary intelligence and force 
 of character and so impressed his fellow citi- 
 zens that for many years he was retained in 
 public office. In politics he was first a \\ lug 
 and later a Republican and he was elected a 
 justice of the peace in Troy Township and 
 served for u consecutive years. In 1847 he 
 was elected sheriff of Delaware County, an 
 office he efficiently filled for four years, leav- 
 ing it to became county auditor fur a like pe- 
 riod. He then returned to Troy Township, 
 where he bought what was known as the 
 broom-corn farm, hut five years later he sold 
 that property and retired to Delaware, where 
 the remainder of his life was passed. Both 
 he and wife were leading members of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 Thomas B. Jones was educated in the pub- 
 lic schools of Troy Township and at the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University. He engaged in farm- 
 ing with his father until his marriage in 1861 
 and continued to live in Troy Township until 
 1866, when he came to Radnor Township: In 
 the above year he bought his farm of 187 acres 
 on which, until within the past two years, he 
 has carried on general farming and stock rais- 
 ing. He made all the improvements here and 
 erected all the buildings except the residence. 
 
 In 1 861, Mr. Jones was married to Ellen 
 Bush, who is a daughter of David Bush, of 
 Troy Township. Mrs. Jones was a school 
 teacher for a number of years in southern Ohio 
 and in Iowa, prior to her marriage. Of the 
 ten children born to Air. and Mrs. Jones, all 
 but one reached maturity, as follows: Louis 
 J., residing at Lorain. Ohio: .Mice, who mar- 
 ried Cadwallader Price, residing at Magnetic 
 Springs, in Union Count}': Thomas Bennett, 
 deceased: Walter A., residing in Concord 
 Township; Victor W., residing at Columbus: 
 Hosea H.. residing in Radnor Township: 
 Elizabeth, who married Edmund Morrison, re- 
 siding on the home place; and Anna, who 
 married Frank < iraham. residing in Thomp- 
 son Township. Mr. Jones and family belong 
 to the Baptist Church at Radnor. 
 
 Among the many recollections of his boy- 
 It 1, Mr. Jones recalls seeing a party of W'y- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 andot Indians riding through Troy Township 
 on their way to the Ohio River. They im- 
 pressed him as a very jolly company, singing 
 as they went on out of hearing. They never 
 returned to this section. Mr. Jones remem- 
 bers also the mob that came out from Colum- 
 bus, in 1844, for the purpose of tearing down 
 the gates along the Columbus & Sandusky 
 turnpike road. When they reached Tin mias 
 Casey's gate, in Troy Township, they found 
 a band of militia awaiting them and when the 
 mob persisted in tearing clown the gate, the 
 militia fired and wounded one of the invaders. 
 In spite of the militia the gate was demol- 
 ished. 
 
 IM 
 
 OHN P. CRASSER, a prominent busi- 
 ness citizen of Delaware, senior mem- 
 ber of the cigar manufacturing firm 
 of Grasser & I bias, was born in Ba- 
 varia, Germany, July 10, 1858. and 
 1- a sun of Michael and Eva ( Bayerlein) 
 Grasser. 
 
 The father of Mr. Grasser was also a na- 
 tive of Bavaria, where he was a man of con- 
 siderable importance, being a general fanner 
 and owning 100 acres of land, a very large 
 amount in that country of small farms. He 
 never came to America, but survived in his 
 own land into advanced age, dying December 
 14. 1903, when 83 years old. He married 
 Eva Bayerlein, who died in 1893, aged j^ 
 years. Their family consisted of six sons and 
 two daughters, two of the former coming to 
 America, John I', and John George. 
 
 John 1'. Grasser was reared in the town of 
 Neudorf and was educated in the parochial 
 school, his parents being of the Catholic faith. 
 He assisted his father on the home farm until 
 [882, when lie crossed the Atlantic and joined 
 his brother, who had settled at Baltimore, 
 Maryland, in [872. \i'ter a visit of two 
 months there, Mr. Grasser came to Ohio, 
 reaching Delaware November 2j. [882. He 
 continued to be active in various lines of in- 
 dustry at Delaware until [886, when he he- 
 came a stockholder in the Delaware Co-opera- 
 
 tive Cigar Company and went to work for this 
 concern. In 1893 ne formed a partnership 
 with August Dauernheim under the firm name 
 of Dauernheim & Grasser and they purchased 
 the business of the Delaware Co-operative 
 Company and continued together until 1897, 
 when Mr. Grasser bought out his partner's 
 interest. He continued to carry on the busi- 
 ness alone until 1898, when he admitted W. 
 E. Haas to partnership and the firm style be- 
 came Grasser & Haas. Employment is given 
 to about nine people and 400,000 cigars are 
 annually turned out. The leading brands are 
 the Henry Gray, the Ripper and Tom Watts, 
 the last being a ten cent cigar. 
 
 In 1903. Mr. Grasser re-visited his native 
 land and while there made some investiga- 
 tions into his ancestry. He found it easy to 
 trace back to Hans Grasser, a senator in Nurn- 
 berg in 1452. The family own a coat of 
 arms which displays the symbols of eagle, 
 sickle and crown, each of which have a dis- 
 tinctive significance. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Grasser is a Democrat. He 
 is a member of the Catholic Church and of 
 many of its strong organizations, including 
 the Catholic Society, of which he has been sec- 
 retary and treasurer at various times; of the 
 Knights of Columbus: of the Catholic Knights 
 of Ohio, of which he is treasurer. He is 
 treasurer also of the Federation of Catholic 
 Societies. He is a member of the fraternal 
 order of Eagles. He is a public-spirited, pro- 
 gressive man. one who has prospered through 
 his own efforts. He has literary tastes and 
 takes pride in his private collection of well-as- 
 sorted literarv works. 
 
 \MILTOX W. RITTENHOUSE, a 
 
 retired farmer of Scioto Tow; 
 who has resided at Ostrander 
 [903, still retains 122 acres of land 
 in Delaware County and 120 acres in 
 Union County. Ohio. He was born in Al- 
 bemarle County. Virginia, January 24, 1834, 
 and is a son of Henry and Martha ( Turner ) 
 Rittenhouse. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 691 
 
 Henry Rittenhouse was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania and was taken in childhood to Vir- 
 ginia by his father, who settled in the rich 
 lands of Albemarle Count}-, where he ac- 
 quired a large plantation and slaves to work 
 it. He died on his Virginia land prior to the 
 Civil War and during the great struggle about 
 one-third of the estate was lost. It made no 
 difference to Hamilton \\\, however, as he 
 never claimed any part of it. Henry Ritten- 
 house married Martha Turner, who was a 
 daughter of Terrence Turner, who was a 
 wealthy Virginia planter and a strong sup- 
 porter of President Andrew Jackson. Of the 
 ten children horn to this marriage. Hamilton 
 W. was the youngest. His paternal grandfa- 
 ther probably was born in Germany and he 
 took part in the Revolutionary War. while his 
 father served in the War of 18 12. 
 
 Hamilton W. Rittenhouse was reared and 
 educated in Virginia. In 1855 he came to 
 Scioto Township, Delaware County, and set- 
 tled south of Ostrander, where he engaged in 
 farming and raising cattle, horses, hogs and 
 sheep. During his last years on the farm he 
 gave a large acreage to hay. He was one of 
 the organizers of the Ostrander Banking Com- 
 pany and has been one of its Board of Direc- 
 tors ever since, with the exception of the 
 year 1902. He has always taken an interest in 
 the progress and development of this section 
 and has been a patron of school and church. 
 His grandfather and his father were stanch 
 Democrats, but he is an independent voter, se- 
 lecting his candidate according to his own 
 judgment. He is pronounced in his temper- 
 ance views. He has never sought political of- 
 fice but served for 12 years as trustee of S 
 Township and always held himself ready to 
 perform any act of good citizenship which 
 would be for the general welfare of his com- 
 munity. 
 
 Mr. Rittenhouse was married (first) to 
 Jane Liggett, who was a daughter of Joab and 
 Mary (Carr) Liggett. They had one. child, 
 James II.. who is deceased. Mr. Rittenhouse 
 married for his second wife, Sarah J. Elsom, 
 
 mghter of Nelson Elsom. of Albemarle 
 County, Virginia, and their children who 
 
 reached maturity were: Nelson, now deceas- 
 ed; Eva, who married Alexander Mosely, of 
 Union County; Lulu, who married Thomas 11. 
 Newhouse, of Scioto Township; and Bernard 
 H.. residing at Ostrander. Mr. Rittenhouse 
 was married (third) to Amanda J. Reed, who 
 1- a daughter of William Reed, of Union 
 County, Ohio. Many years ago, in the in- 
 fancy of the Marysville lodge, Mr. Ritten- 
 house was made a Mason and later, when a 
 Masonic lodge was established at Ostrander, 
 he secured a demit on account of convenience. 
 He has never lost his deep interest in the fra- 
 ternity. He is a deacon in the Baptist Church 
 at Ostrander and one of its most liberal sup- 
 porters. 
 
 ON. THOMAS R. SMITH, one of 
 Delaware County's leading citizens, 
 who represented the county in the 
 seventy-third and seventy-fourth ses- 
 sions of the Ohio General Assembly, 
 and is prominently identified with large public 
 and private interests of this section, reside- 
 on his well-cultivated farm of 22^ acres, which 
 is favorably located on the Sunbury Turnpike 
 Road, in Berlin Township. He was born on 
 tin- farm, in 1838, and is a son of Rodney and 
 Delilah (Reynolds) Smith. The grandpar- 
 ents of Mr. Smith were William and Luanda 
 1 Witter) Smith, natives of Massachusetts, 
 who came to Ohio and settled in [816 on the 
 farm now owned by him. 
 
 Rodney Smith was about fifteen years of 
 age when his parents settled here, and he as- 
 sisted to clear the farm, which then contained 
 320 acres. He erected the present residence, 
 it taking the place of the log cabin built by the 
 grandparents. For a number of years Rodney 
 Smith kept a country tavern, and his sun re- 
 members seeing the road in front of the house 
 rilled with wagons and teams, and sometimes 
 the guests would he so numerous that 
 women would frequently be obliged to sleep 
 on the floors of the inn, while the men would 
 take up their night quarters in the wagon.-,. 
 Rodney Smith lived to lie Si y< age, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 dying in 1882. His wife. Delilah, died in 
 1866, at the age of 57. They were parents of 
 1 1 children — ten sons and one daughter. 
 
 Thomas R. Smith was the fifth of the 
 above family in order of birth, and he re- 
 mained under the parental roof-tree until he 
 was 17 years of age, being absent only during 
 one term of school, which he spent at Berk- 
 shire. By teaching school during the winter 
 seasons he obtained the means to attend the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was 
 graduated in 1863. From there he went to 
 Memphis, Tennessee, where he taught school 
 for one year, and then to Cleveland, Ohio, 
 where he taught one year in the Military In- 
 stitute. He subsequently returned to Dela- 
 ware, where he read law under Hon. James l\. 
 Hubbell and was admitted to the Bar in 1866. 
 After two years of law practice at Delaware, 
 he removed to Marion County, where he oper- 
 ated a cattle ranch for fifteen years. While re- 
 siding in that county he served one term as 
 countv school examiner, but accepted no other 
 public office. 
 
 When .Mr. Smith's father died, he bought 
 the homestead and took possession and has 
 continued to reside in Berlin Township ever 
 since. In addition to carrying on agricultural 
 operations on a large scale, he is extensively 
 engaged in raising fine Delaine Merino sheep, 
 keeping a flock of 400 head. From early man- 
 hood he lias taken an active interest in politics 
 and has always been influential in the Republi- 
 can party. For many years he served as justice 
 <pf the peace and during his presence at Co- 
 lumbus, as a member of the seventy-third and 
 seventy-fourth General Assembly, he took part 
 in the memorable contest which gave the late 
 Senator Manna his seat in the L'nited States 
 Senate. From its date of organization, Mr. 
 Smith has been identified with the Patrons of 
 Husbandry, for many years served as master 
 of the subordinate lodge, for ten years was 
 secretary of the State organization, and for 
 four years was master of the same body. 
 
 In 1N07, Mr. Smith was married to Ca- 
 melia Gooding, of Marion County, < >hio, who 
 died in 18X0, aged forty years. In 1881 Mr. 
 Smith was married (second) to Lucy A. 
 
 Gooding, a cousin of his former wife. Not 
 having any children of his own. Mr. Smith 
 reared two girls and adopted a boy, the latter, 
 Chiton Smith, being now a resident of Ari- 
 zona. Of the two girls who found a home 
 and protection with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Anna 
 Bluhm died aged 22 years. Mary Bluhm mar- 
 ried and now resides near Madison, Maine. 
 
 At certain times in the proper season Mr. 
 Smith's friends and neighbors may find him 
 buisily engaged with his lawn mower, an im- 
 plement he greatly values. He takes a land- 
 scape gardener's delight in his beautifully 
 kept lawn and has been heard to say that in 
 bis opinion, a utensil of this kind should 
 closely follow the purchase of a plow. He 
 was the first one in the vicinity to make use 
 of a lawn mower and his example has been fol- 
 lowed to a large extent, so that along Sun- 
 bury Road beautiful lawns are the rule, in- 
 stead, as formerly, the exception. The pub- 
 lic is greatly indebted to men like Mr. Smith, 
 whose care and love for the beautiful provide 
 almost park-like highways along which to 
 travel. Mr. Smith takes a good citizen's inter- 
 est in the cause of education, and is at pres- 
 ent president of the local School Board. 
 
 OSES GINX, a highly respected and 
 well-known retired citizen of 
 Galena, was born in Trenton 
 Ti >wnship, Delaware County. 
 Ohio. May 2, 1834, and is a son 
 of James and Effie (Brown) Ginn. 
 
 James Ginn was born in Delaware, Sep- 
 tember 12. 1795, and was a son of John Ginn, 
 who was born in Ireland. The latter brought 
 bis family to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1812, 
 and settled on land he procured from the Gov- 
 ernment, in Trenton Township, which was 
 covered with a heavy growth of timber. James 
 Ginn was seventeen years of age at this time 
 and he assisted his father in making a home 
 in the wilderness. He was married in Trenton 
 Township, to Effie Brown, who was born in 
 Connecticut. June 16, 1798. and was a daugh- 
 ter of Ezekiel Brown, who had come from 
 
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 Connecticut to Delaware County among the 
 
 early settlers. After his marriage, James Ginn 
 bought 125 acres of land in Trenton Town- 
 ship, which he cleared and improved, and on 
 that farm he died. March 2, i860. He was 
 survived many years by his widow, who died 
 at Galena, April 6, 1885. They had a family 
 of five daughters and four sons. The sur- 
 vivors are: Mrs. Mary Jane Huff, widow, re- 
 siding at Columbus; .Mrs. Levina Watts, 
 wid.»w. residing in Berkshire Township; Eliza 
 Ann, who married Reuben Perfect, residing at 
 Galena; and Moses Ginn, residing at Galena. 
 
 Moses Ginn attended the district schools 
 during his youth, as opportunity was afforded, 
 and he remained with his parents until he was 
 22 years old. .For one year he worked on the 
 farm of Robert McAllister, and then bought a 
 farm of 63 acres, in Geneva Township, on 
 which he lived for three years, when he sold 
 and then rented for the next fi mr years. Mr. 
 Ginn then bought a farm of 62 acres, in Har- 
 lan Township, but when a good opportunity 
 offered, two years later, he sold it and bought 
 one-half of the old homestead farm, on which 
 he lived for three years. This he subsequently 
 sold to William D. Miller, who still resides 
 there. Mr. Ginn then went into the business 
 
 getting out timber for lumber and staves 
 and remained interested in that business for 
 jo years. In 1872 he came to Galena, where 
 he has lived ever since with the exception of 
 four years, from 1880 to 1884, during which 
 period he lived at Westerville. Since 1900, 
 Mr. Ginn has lived retired, owning a house 
 and four acres of land at Galena. 
 
 On October 9, 1850. Mr. Ginn was mar- 
 ried to Sarah R. Carter, who was born in 
 Herkimer County. New York. July 6. 1830, 
 and died November 20. 1900. She was a 
 daughter of George Rodney and Julia (Fos- 
 ter 1 Carter, who were natives of Connecticut. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ginn had the following children 
 born to them: Edna A., born May 12. 1:859, 
 married Wellington Mills, and died June 4, 
 [893; Helen M.. born January 20, 186T, died 
 July 12. 1896; Maynard L., born November 
 25. 1803. died October 18. [864; Bertha M., 
 born January 30. 1867, married W. H. Camp- 
 
 bell, postmaster of Galena, Ohio; and Frank 
 E., born September 2T,. 1871, residing at 
 Santa Cruz. California. 
 
 Mr. Ginn is identified with the Republican 
 party and on numerous occasions he has 
 served in local offices, having been school di- 
 rector and road superintendent, lie is a mem- 
 ber of Rainbow Lodge, No. ^t,j. Odd Fellows, 
 at Westerville, Ohio. 
 
 RAM HEINLEN, general farmer 
 and representative citizen of Kings- 
 ton Township, of which he was a 
 trustee for six years, resides on his 
 val uable farm of 102 acres, all of 
 which he has cleared with the exception of 
 fifteen acres. Mr. Heinlen was born in Mor- 
 row County. Ohio, October 14, 1839, and is a 
 son of Jacob and .Mary (Wittenberg) Heinlen. 
 Jacob Heinlen was born in Germany, 
 March K.. [799, and died in Ohio. June 12. 
 J< s 74- After reaching America he worked 
 hard and soon paid the man wdio had advanced 
 his passage money. On the same sailing ves- 
 sel came Mary Wittenberg, who was also born 
 in Germany, December 8, 1803. They both 
 landed in Ohio in 18 18, where they became 
 acquainted and subsequently were married. 
 Jacob Heinlen entered 45 acres of Government 
 land in Westfield Township, Morrow County, 
 although at that time the territory was all 
 known as Delaware County. He resided on 
 his land there until the close of his life, a 
 sturdy German farmer, one who gained and 
 kept the respect of all who knew him. II is 
 wife survived him but two years, her death 
 taking place July 19. 1876. They had thirteen 
 children, the six survivors of the family being 
 the following: Emanuel, residing in North 
 Missouri: Rebecca, who married Eli Rhodes, 
 residing in Will County, Illinois; Abram; 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Petre, widow, residing at 
 Denver, Colorado; Lydia. who married Hiram 
 Howard, residing at Marshall, Saline County, 
 Missouri ; and Reuben, residing a t Syracuse, 
 Kansas. 
 
 Abram Heinlen secured a good district 
 
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 school education and remained with his par- 
 ents until the fall following the opening of 
 the Civil War. Air. Heinlen was a loyal sup- 
 porter of the Government and in October, 
 1861, after the summer work on the farm was 
 completed, he enlisted for service, entering 
 Company B, Forty-third Regiment, Ohio Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, under Captain Marshman. 
 The Forty-third Regiment was assigned to 
 duty in the Army of the Mississippi, where it 
 gave a good account of itself, bearing off 
 honors for gallantry in the battles of New 
 Madrid, Island No. 10 and Corinth. The ex- 
 posure and hardship fell too heavily on Mr. 
 Heinlen. and in the fall of 1862, he was honor- 
 ably discharged on account of disability. After 
 his return he worked on various farms for 
 si itne years before he bought his present prop- 
 erty in Kingston Township. At that time it 
 was a dense tract of timber, but Mr. Heinlen 
 has cleared all but one fine piece of fifteen 
 acres and has all the rest under good cultiva- 
 tion. He is one of the township's industrious 
 men and is numbered with her substantial 
 ones. 
 
 Mr. Heinlen was married (first) in Feb- 
 ruary, j 870, to Lydia E. Schults, who died in 
 A[a_\'. [891, and is buried in Marlborough 
 Township, Morrow County, Ohio. She was 
 a daughter of John and Susan (Gingrich) 
 Schults, who were natives of Pennsylvania. 
 There were two children born to this mar- 
 riage, namely: Thomas I., born July 5, [871, 
 a mechanic, residing in Delaware Township; 
 and Alton Ray, born October 19, 
 1873, residing at home. Mr. Heinlen 
 was married (second) September 27, 1892, to 
 Mrs. Cordelia (Cross) Christ, who is a 
 daughter of Reynolds and Louisa (Farley) 
 Cross, and was the widow of Julius V. Christ, 
 who died February 8, 1889. Mr. Christ left 
 two children: Lewis \\'., residing in Morrow 
 County, and Mrs. Samuel Hutchison, residing 
 in Kingston Township. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Heinlen is a Republican 
 and he has served in township offices; for six 
 years being township trustee. He is a leading 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 and formerly a trustee. 
 
 florist, residing 
 
 OBIAS C. BREECE, 
 
 near Berlin Station, on the Berlin 
 turnpike, was born in 1 841, in Brown 
 Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and is a son of Lewis and Sarah 
 (Smith) Breece. 
 
 Lewis Breece was born in Pennsylvania 
 and made his first visit to Ohio in 1825. He 
 subsequently returned to the East and in 1829 
 he was married to Sarah Smith, with 
 whom he returned to Delaware" County 
 and settled in what was then a wild region 
 although it was but two miles east of Dela- 
 ware. Lewis Breece cleared up an excellent 
 farm and continued its improvement through 
 his active years. He died on this land in 
 1 87 1, aged 65 years. His parents were Daniel 
 and Abigail (Love) Breece, natives of Penn- 
 sylvania, who came to Delaware County after 
 their son had settled here and spent their re- 
 maining years with him. Lewis Breece mar- 
 ried as above noted. Sarah Smith w; 
 daughter of Nathan and Rhoda 1 Love) Smith. 
 They were natives of Pennsylvania, from 
 which State they later moved to New York 
 and from there to near Pontiac, Michigan, 
 where they subsequently died. Lewis and 
 Sarah Smith had ten children, as follows : 
 Amy Ann, Minerva, Delilah. Lorane, Celia. 
 Biancy, Melvin W., Tobias E., Bethesby and 
 Olive. Of this large family eight still survive, 
 the youngest of whom is 60 years of age. 
 
 Tobias C. Breece attended school until 
 aobut 18 years of age and then learned the car- 
 penter trade. At the outbreak of the Civil 
 War he enlisted in the Federal Army, entering 
 Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 
 served as a brave and faithful soldier for three 
 years, during this long period participating in 
 many dangerous battles and a protracted 
 
 series of tiresome marches. With great g 1 
 
 fortune, however, lie reached home in safety. 
 In 1805, Mr. Breece was married to Susan 
 C. Osborn, who is a daughter oi Henry and 
 Mary A. (Havens) Osborn, natives of New 
 Jersey, who came to Delaware County in 1S52. 
 locating at Berlin Station, where Mrs. Osborn 
 died. There Air. Osborn passed the remainder 
 

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 of his life, with the exception of the last two 
 years, which were spent in Delaware. He died 
 March 7. [898. Mr. and Mrs. Breeee have 
 four smis, namely: Melvin J., who is super- 
 intendent of the water-works at Galion, Ohio ; 
 Henry 1... residing at Delaware, following the 
 carpenter trade; Archie O., residing in Texas; 
 and Clayton A., residing at home. 
 
 For some 20 years following his marriage. 
 Mr. Breeee worked at the carpenter trade, 
 after which he settled on his present place. Ik- 
 has always had a taste for flowers and after 
 coming here engaged in raising them as a 
 business. He has a beautiful, well-arranged 
 home and grounds, with equipments for grow- 
 ing and caring for tender plants. Mr. Breeee 
 is a highly respected citizen. He is a man of 
 temperance and is identified with the Prohi- 
 bition party. 
 
 ARON EDGAR vox UCHTRITZ, 
 
 one of Germany's most celebrated ex- 
 plorers and a retired officer oi the 
 German Hussars, was born in Castle 
 Tzschocha, Silesia. Germany. He is a 
 man of high educational attainments, speaks 
 seven different languages and is Doctor of 
 Medicine. Philosophy, Natural History and 
 Geology. He attended college at Hirschberg 
 and Dresden, and later the Universities of 
 Halle, Frankfort and Berlin. In 1889-1890, 
 he made several trips into the unexplored re- 
 gions of Brazil, principally in quest of game, 
 ami from [891 to 1893 explored southwest 
 Africa in the interest of the German Govern- 
 ment, with a view to establishing German col- 
 onies in that country. He was the first white 
 man to succeed in crossing the Sahara Desert, 
 pushing his way forward and encountering 
 the many dangers from savage natives and un- 
 salubrious climate with an indomitable will 
 power and characteristic energy and bravery. 
 It was Baron von Uchtritz's favorable report 
 ■ 'f the great value of this vast country, which 
 induced the German Government to retain it 
 instead of selling it to Great Britain, as had 
 been recommended by the German Secretary 
 
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 of State. During [893-1894, Karon von 
 Uchtritz was chiei (if an expedition from Cam- 
 eron to Lake [sod, the success of which placed 
 him among the bravest and most celebrated of 
 African explorers. Numerous battles were 
 fought with powerful and fanatic Moham- 
 medans, but the brilliant military tactics and 
 genius of the leader made every engagement 
 a victory. The greatest success was in ac- 
 complishing the surrender of the powerful 
 state of Bubanzidah, which had been regarded 
 as almost unconquerable. Baron von Uch- 
 tritz, having acquired some vast tracts of land 
 for the use of the German colonies, returned 
 to his native land. Having gathered some 
 very valuable data while on these expeditions, 
 from his notes he compiled and published a 
 book of 573 pages, a work of much merit. In 
 appreciation of the results accomplished -on 
 this expedition, the German Emperor con- 
 ferred upon the Baron a very high decoration, 
 with an additional decoration for per- 
 sonal bravery. He was soon after his 
 return united in marriage with Miss 
 Viola Lytle, oldest daughter of Hon. 
 and Mrs. James R. Lytle, of Delaware. 
 Ohio, an event which marked his retirement 
 from the field of exploration, although he has 
 since made some very interesting trips into 
 Northern Norway, Sweden and Lapland, bent 
 on sport and scientific research. He has al- 
 ways been accompanied on these trips by his 
 wife, who is a fine shot and an enthusiastic 
 horsewoman. 
 
 Baron Edgar von Uchtritz comes of one of 
 the oldest and wealthiest families of Germany, 
 and is youngest son of Baron Otto von Uch- 
 tritz. Members of this family served as chiefs 
 of their clans in the days before Germany was 
 Christianized, and a very early record in 
 Prague mentions the name, with the informa- 
 tion that its bearer was a relative of Unata, a 
 powerful Bohemian king who lived about the 
 time of Charlemagne the Great. From that 
 time the name appears frequently in the pages 
 of German history. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was Princess Wartenslaben, who also was 
 of a distinguished old German family and was 
 a descendant of General Wartenslaben. who 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 was 1 ne of Frederick the Great's most trusted 
 and honored generals. One of her brothers is 
 still living and is a celebrated general ami per- 
 sonal friend of the Kaiser. Baron Edgar has 
 one brother and two sisters. The brother, 
 Baron Bolco, was court chamberlain to Em- 
 peror Frederick and serves in a similar capac- 
 ity to Emperor William, this being a distinc- 
 tion granted for life. He is one of the official 
 ministry of the Royal household, first lieu- 
 tenant in the Garde Landwehr Cavalierre, and 
 a Knight in the Order of St. John. The older 
 sister is the wife of the Austrian ambassador 
 to Spain. Count Welsersheimb, who also rep- 
 resented Austria at the international peace 
 conferences at The Hague and at Algeria. The 
 Countess was considered one of the must 
 charming women at the Court of Vienna and 
 was a great favorite of the Empress, from 
 whom she received the title of honor, "Palast 
 Dame," or in English, Palace Lady. The 
 youi ger sister of Baron Edgar married a dis- 
 tant relative of the Hungarian line of 
 Uchtritz, his title in English phraseology be- 
 1 Count \iin Uchtritz. lie is a man 
 of note in Hungary and his father. Count von 
 L'chtritz, paid tor the education of Liszt, the 
 great composer. Castle Tzschocha, the pres- 
 ent home of the Uchtritz family, was origi- 
 nally built more than eight hundred years ago, 
 but has been rebuilt and modernized and is 
 now 1 ne of the most beautiful and interesting 
 castles in the German Empire. Connected 
 with it are several thousand acres of land and 
 numerous beautiful hunting forests. 
 
 Baroness Viola Lytle von Uchtritz, 
 eldest daughter of James Robert and 
 Cornelia I Chase ) Lytle, is a native of Dela- 
 ware. Ohio. Her early education was re- 
 ceived under the direction of a private tutor 
 and later in Ohio Wesleyan University at 
 Delaware, from which institution she was 
 graduated with high honors in the class of 
 1S04 She is a musician of marked ability on 
 the piano, harp, violin and cymbal. After 
 completing a special course in literature under 
 Prof. John 11. vmi Cleve, she. accompanied 
 by her chaperon, went to Berlin, Germany, to 
 complete her musical education and to get a 
 
 1111 ne perfect knowledge of the German and 
 French languages. Her brilliancy and origin- 
 ality, together with a charming personality, 
 soon made her a great favorite 111 society. Dur- 
 ing the first winter in Berlin she made the ac- 
 quaintance of Baron Edgar von Uchtritz, who 
 was attracted by her beauty and personal ac- 
 complishments. Congenial in their tastes, 
 friendship soon ripened into a deeper attach- 
 ment and in 1805 they were married. Sev- 
 eral months were spent by them in touring 
 America, visiting the many points of scenic 
 beauty and historic interest, and both being 
 fond of travel they have since visited the vari- 
 ous countries of Europe and foreign lauds. A 
 mutual interest in hunting and in natural his- 
 tory and geology led them into Northern Nor- 
 way, Sweden and Lapland. Both are musi- 
 cally talented and are devotees of outdoor 
 forms of sport, the Baroness developing into a 
 fine horsewoman under the instructions of her 
 husband, whose military training in the Hus- 
 sars made of him a superior rider. Besides 
 English — her native tongue — the Baroness is 
 conversant with the French, German and Ital- 
 ian languages, and has attained success as a 
 writer of stories, main- of which have appeared 
 in both German and American magazines. 
 
 EORGE W. POWERS, cashier of the 
 
 First National Bank. Delaware, is 
 
 one of the leading business men of 
 
 the city, in which he was born, in 
 
 1846. He is a son of Benjamin 
 
 Powers, who was an early settler in this part 
 
 of Ohio. After completing his education, he 
 
 entered the First National Bank in a clerical 
 
 position, remaining until 187-'. when he went 
 
 to Dayton, where he was in a grocery business 
 
 until 1875. He then returned to Delaware and 
 
 to the First National Bank, soon afterward 
 
 becoming assistant cashier, and he served as 
 
 such until 1884, when he was elected cashier. 
 
 In [876, Air. Powers was married to Mary 
 
 E. McKinney, who is a daughter of Robert 
 
 .\U Kinney, a prominent farmer of Radnor 
 
 township, and they have four children: Rob- 
 
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 ert B., Harry \Y., Helen M. and Lawrence A. 
 Robert graduated with the degree of B. S., 
 from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1902, 
 since which time he has been assistant cashier 
 of the First National Bank. He is a member 
 of the .Masonic fraternity and of the Phi 
 Gamma Delta and the Theta Nu Epsilon col- 
 lege societies. Harry W. Powers, teller 111 
 the First National Bank, was educated at the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University School of Business. 
 Helen M. Powers, like her brothers, was edu- 
 cated at the Ohio Wesleyan University. Law- 
 rence A. is still a student in the Delaware 
 schools. The family is identified with the 
 Presbyterian Church. Mr. Powers and two 
 older sons are well known in banking circles, 
 almost their whole business careers having 
 been identified with banking interests. 
 
 MONROE CREGO, a successful agri- 
 culturist of Berkshire Township, re- 
 siding on his well cultivated farm of 
 100 acres, was born in Guernsey 
 County, Ohio, December 18, 1837, 
 and 1- .1 son of Charles and Eliza 1 Clark) 
 Crego. 
 
 Charles Crego was born in Otsego County. 
 New York, and was a son of Lester and Mary 
 ( Chase ) Crego. They came to Guernsey 
 C tunty at an early day. Charles Crego grew 
 to manhood on his father's farm and married 
 Eliza Clark, who was born in Maryland. Her 
 parents were Levi and Eliza (Basward) 
 Clark, who also were early settlers in Guernsey 
 Ci unty. Some 2? years after his marriage, 
 Charles Crego removed from ( iuernsey 
 O lunty to Knox County. Ohio, and five years 
 later to Berkshire Township. Delaware 
 County, where he died at the age of 82 years. 
 The mother of J. Monroe Crego spent the last 
 years of her life with this son, dying at his 
 home, in June, 1905. aged 85 years. The 
 family contained 13 children, nine of whom 
 still survive. 
 
 J. Monroe Crego resided with his parents 
 until he was 21 years of age, when he married. 
 He learned the carpenter's trade in Knox 
 
 County and worked at thai until March. 1863, 
 when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, 
 entering Company 1), One Hundred and 
 Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and was assigned to the Army of the 
 Potomac. He continued in the service until 
 the close of the war and, although participat- 
 ing in many battles and skirmishes, survived 
 them all and returned practically unharmed 
 to his family. For Mime years he followed his 
 trade after coming to Berkshire Township. 
 Delaware County, and then purchased his 
 farm of 100 acres, all of which he has placed 
 under fine cultivation. 
 
 Air. Crego was married (first) August 1, 
 [858, to Alice Mitchell, who was born in 
 Knox County, Ohio, and died June 14, 1898, 
 and is buried at Galena. She was a daughter 
 of Allen and Margaret (Hawkins) Mitchell, 
 who were natives of Vermont. To this mar- 
 riage were born six children, two of whom are 
 deceased, the survivors being: Luella, who 
 married William Garlinghouse. residing in 
 Berkshire Township; Clara, who married Wil- 
 liam McWilliams, residing in Berkshire 
 Township: Oren, residing in Knox County; 
 and Caroline, who married Elmer Jaycox. re- 
 siding in Berlin Township. Delaware County. 
 Mr. Crego was married (second) October 17, 
 1901, to Josephine Hoy, who was horn in 
 Fairfield County. Ohio, and is a daughter' of 
 Peter and Catherine ( Erick) Hoy, who were 
 born in Pennsylvania and came as early set- 
 tler^ to Fairfield County. 
 
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 ENJAMIN F. DAVIDS, a representa- 
 tive citizen of Radnor Township, 
 owns the old homestead farm of 175 
 acres, which is situated in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and on this place he 
 horn April 9. 1S46. His parents were 
 Sylvanus and Margaret (Evans) Davids. 
 
 Thomas Davids, the grandfather of Ben- 
 jamin F., was horn in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 
 and he died in Delaware County. September 
 5, 1S10. The inscription on his tombstone in 
 Radnor cemeterv shows that his was the sec- 
 
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 ond burial there. He left his widow with 
 ten children, their ages ranging from 19 years 
 to infancy. The land he secured was un- 
 cleared and consisted of a. large acreage, the 
 village of Radnor now standing on what was 
 once his farm. He was one of the early set- 
 tlers in Radnor Township but lived but a short 
 time after reaching here. 
 
 Sylvanus Davids, father of Benjamin F.. 
 was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1797, 
 and died in Delaware County, in 1872. He 
 was about two years old when his parents emi- 
 grated from Wales to America and settled in 
 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where 
 the family lived until June, 1810, when re- 
 moval was made to Delaware County. The 
 early death of his father placed heavy respon- 
 sibilities on him. He cleared many acres of 
 land of the virgin forest. At the time of his 
 marriage he settled on the farm which is now 
 owned by his son Benjamin F. At first a rude 
 log house was the home but it soon gave way to 
 a comfortable hewed log house and later to 
 a substantial brick residence. He carried on 
 general farming until the close of bis life. For 
 many years he was a township official and 
 through his whole career was noted for the 
 manly qualities which have always marked 
 men of his family. They have all prospered 
 through industry, and they have been univers- 
 ally held as reliable, honest and upright citi- 
 zens. Sylvanus Davids married Margaret 
 Evans, a daughter of Thomas Evans. She 
 was born in Carmarthen, Wales, in 1805, and 
 died in 1878. They had ten children, seven 
 of whom grew to maturity, namely : Thomas, 
 who is deceased; Mary, who married Charles 
 Robinson, is deceased ; Isabella, who married 
 John Bonner, is deceased; Margaret, who mar- 
 ried ( first) Henry Hermon and ( second) 
 William Ferguson, resides at Columbus, a 
 widow; Sarah M., who lives at home; Julia, 
 deceased, who married (first) Leander Carr 
 and (second) Robert Ferrier; and Benjamin 
 F. The family belonged to the Radnor Bap- 
 tist Church, the parents being among its 
 founders. 
 
 Benjamin F. Davids has always resided on 
 the home farm, his longest period of absence 
 
 being during the Civil War. when, as a mem- 
 ber of Company A, One Hundred and Forty- 
 fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he 
 assisted during the summer of 1804, in the 
 guarding of Washington City. His interests 
 have always been centered in agricultural pur- 
 suits. He added to the land secured from his 
 father's estate, and of his farm of 175 acres, he 
 cultivates 140 acres, selling nothing he pro- 
 duces except his wheat. He is largely in- 
 terested in raising fine horses, hogs and Short- 
 horn cattle, keeping from 40 to 50 head of the 
 latter. Mr. Davids takes justifiable pride in 
 his well-improved farm and his other posses- 
 sions. His home and surroundings are so at- 
 tractive that they excite favorable comment 
 from the passing stranger. In 1882 he built 
 the fine brick residence, two stories in height. 
 containing 14 rooms, the most commodious 
 house in Radnor Township, and its inside 
 equipments equal its outside appearance. In 
 1888 he erected his fine barn with dimensions 
 of 64 feet in length with an ell, 50 feet in width 
 and with 18-foot posts. 
 
 On October 22, 1874, Mr. Davids married 
 Lucy E. Humphreys, a daughter of Morris 
 Humphreys of Radnor, and four of their six 
 children reached maturity, as follows: Gert- 
 rude, William, John E. and Margaret I. Mr. 
 Davids and family belong to the Baptist 
 Church and he is a member of the committee 
 on Missions. In politics, he is a Republican 
 and has served as township trustee and in 
 other offices. 
 
 D. STAYMAN, a well-known re- 
 tired citizen of Delaware, who has 
 been identified with the express busi- 
 ness at this point for over 40 years 
 and has been a resident here since 
 September, 1845, was born in 1837. at Fred- 
 erick, Maryland, and is a son of George F. 
 Stayman. 
 
 The late George F. Stayman came to I >ela- 
 ware County in 1845 an( l founded the Loco 
 Foco, which was the first Democratic paper 
 established here. He conducted it until [865, 
 
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 when he sold out the plant, and in 1847 it be- 
 came the Standard and now is the Journal- 
 Herald. Mr. Staynian published the Clark 
 1 ounty Democrat, for several years and then 
 went into the hotel business at Springfield and 
 later at Piqua. He then removed to Colum- 
 bus, where he died in 1888. • 
 
 One of the earliest and best schools which 
 V. D. Stayman attended, was his father's 
 printing office, in which he was setting type 
 when but eight years old. He remained con- 
 nected with printing and newspaper work until 
 [858, when he became connected with the ex- 
 pros business, first with the United States Ex- 
 press Company and later with the American 
 Express Company, being the agent for the lat- 
 ter at Delaware for about 40 years. Since 
 1903 he has lived retired from active business. 
 
 In 1868. Mr. Stayman was married to; 
 Sarah S. Lamb, who died in 1904. She was 
 a daughter of Henry Lamb, who was one of 
 the first white children born in the county. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stayman had one son, Guyton, 
 win ) is a resident of Indianapolis. Indiana, 
 where he is engaged in an insurance business. 
 On January 2. 1908, Mr. Stayman took for 
 his second wife. Miss Nellie F. Pratt, a native 
 of Delaware, Ohio, and formerly librarian of 
 the City Library. 
 
 During all his active years. Mr. Stayman 
 was more or less concerned in politics and has 
 always taken a great interest in public affairs. 
 Fraternally he belongs to the Elks and the 
 Odd Fellows. He is a member of the vestry 
 of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. 
 
 T. CARR, a retired farmer residing 
 at Ostrander, was horn August 19, 
 1849, at Ostrander, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and is a member of 
 one of the old and important families 
 of this section. 
 
 S. T. Carr was reared on the home farm 
 and was educated in the common schools. In 
 [872 he bought the David Pike farm, which is 
 ited two and one-half miles north of Os- 
 trander. on which he resided for ten years. He 
 
 owns 102 acres and one-half of the old home 
 farm, about 70 acres, using the latter for 
 pasturage and renting the former. " In 1882 he 
 built his commodious residence of twelve 
 rooms. Mr. Carr was one of the organizers 
 of The Ostrander Banking Company. 
 
 Mr. Carr married Lizzie David, a daughter 
 of Thomas E. David of Radnor Township, 
 and they have five children, namely: Ella, 
 who married E. W. Thompson, cashier of the 
 Citizens National Bank of Wooster; Ethel M., 
 who is the wife of William Harris, cashier of 
 The Ostrander Banking Company; Monette, 
 who married C. C. Stedman, superintendent of 
 the Cook Motor Works at Delaware; Jean, 
 wife of Raymond E. Dix of Cleveland, Ohio; 
 and Marie, a high school student at Ostrander. 
 The family belong to the Baptist Church. In 
 politics, Mr. Carr is a Republican. He has 
 served for a number of years as member of the 
 School Board but is not a seeker for public 
 office. 
 
 EORGE F. ELSBREE, who is num- 
 bered with the leading citizens of 
 Orange Township, has resided for 
 the past 41 years on his present farm 
 of 137 acres. He was born Septem- 
 ber 9, 1834, in Orange Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and is a son of Collins P. and 
 Matilda (Norton) Elsbree. 
 
 Collins P. Elsbree was born in 1800, in 
 Dutchess County. New York, and in 181 1 he 
 accompanied his step-father, Jeremiah Mc- 
 Cumber, to Orange Township, Delaware 
 Count v, returned to his native place in 1816. 
 and came back to Ohio in 1822. He had two 
 half-brothers and two half-sisters, namely : 
 Alva. Nahum, Phebe and Nancy. Alva Mc- 
 Cumber lived to the age of 91 year- and 
 Nahum McCumber to be 93. In 1827. Collins 
 P. Elsbree was married to Matilda Norton, 
 who was a daughter of Captain Joab Norton. 
 an officer in the State militia. He came from 
 Hartford, Connecticut, to Ohio, and landed at 
 Worthington, in 1806 and settled in Orange 
 Township. Delaware County, in 1807. A rude 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 log cabin in the forest was the first family 
 home. Captain Norton died at Delaware. He 
 erected block houses all along the Sandusky 
 turnpike and when he built at what is now the 
 town of Norton, the settlement was named in 
 his honor. He became the owner of a number 
 of large farms and also of property at Dela- 
 ware. The land on which the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University stands was once owned by him, 
 and he also owned the corner of Sandusky and 
 William streets, on which the present Inter- 
 urban station of the C. D. & M. road is lo- 
 cated. He owned a tannery which was situ- 
 ated on the property where the college now 
 stands. He was one of the civilization builders 
 of his time. The children of Joab Norton 
 were the following: Desdemona, who mar- 
 ried Jacob Coldflesh, lived and died in Liberty 
 Township, Delaware County ; Edward ; Ma- 
 tilda, who was the mother of George F. Els- 
 bree; and Minerva. She was married (first) 
 to Samuel Falkner and they resided in Union 
 County, Ohio. She was married (second) 
 to John Gordon and they moved to Wisconsin. 
 
 Prior to returning to Ohio, Collins P. Els- 
 bree learned the trade of distiller and when he 
 came to Delaware County he established the 
 first distillery on the Whetstone River, known 
 now as the Olentangy River. Later he sold 
 the same to Simon Thomas. His first pur- 
 chase of land was 67 acres of John Goodrich, 
 which he sold to George Gooding. In 1847 ne 
 bought 137 acres at Lewis Center Corners and 
 remained on the same until his death, in 1880. 
 He was a great fancier of fine stock. His fam- 
 ily consisted of four sons and two daughters, 
 those who survived infancy being: Gustavus, 
 who died June 29, 1877; Augustus C, who 
 served in the Union army during the Civil 
 War, in Company H, Ohio National Guard. 
 owns 240 acres of land in Orange Township, 
 married Elizabeth Case; George F. ; Cicero 
 M., who owns 200 acres of land in Orange 
 Township, married Adaline Crawford; and 
 Eliza, who died aged [6 years. 
 
 George F. Elsbree attended the local schools 
 through his boyhood and as he increased in 
 age became of more ami more value to his 
 father in managing the home property. On 
 
 December 18, 1866, he was married to Caro- 
 line J. Case, who is a daughter of Rev. Titus 
 and Hannah (Fisher) Case. Mrs. Case was 
 a daughter of Isaac Fisher, who came to Ohio 
 from Bergen County, New Jersey, in 1809. 
 Grandfather Fisher settled on the edge of 
 Franklin County. The paternal great-grand- 
 father, George Case, came to Delaware 
 County in 1806 and when he died he was 
 laid to rest on a quiet part of his own farm. 
 His son, Titus Case, was born in 1797 and was 
 nine years old when he accompanied his 
 father, who had been a Revolutionary soldier, 
 to Ohio, from Simsbury, Connecticut. He be- 
 came a preacher and elder in the Christian 
 Church. The children of Rev. Titus Case and 
 wife were: Fredonia C, who married Irvin 
 Thurston; Elizabeth A., who married A. C. 
 Elsbree; Miles S., who married Emily J. Bar- 
 tholomew; and Caroline J., who became the 
 wife of George F. Elsbree. The two sur- 
 vivors are Mrs. Elsbree and Miles S., the lat- 
 ter of whom resides near Hyattsville. 
 
 In 1867, Mr. and Mrs. Elsbree settled on 
 this pleasant old farm and they hold a deed 
 from the Maynard family which first owned 
 this property before it came into the possession 
 of the Elsbrees. In 1S95, the old house was 
 destroyed by fire, but Mr. Elsbree has rebuilt. 
 Here he has continued to successfully carry 1 >n 
 a general line of farming and is one of the 
 township's substantial men in every particular. 
 In 1864, when the call came for defenders of 
 the National Capital. Mr. Elsbree went out as 
 a member of Company H, Ohio National 
 Guard, and remained at Arlington Heights, 
 near Washington, as long as the alarm con- 
 tinued. 
 
 OHN H. PRICE, member of the Board 
 of Education, of Troy Township, re- 
 siding on his well-cultivated farm of 
 22H acres, is a representative citizen 
 of this section. Mr. Price was born 
 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio. 
 July 6. 1859, and is a son of John R. and Eliz- 
 abeth ( Powell) Price. 
 
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 The parents of Mr. Price were born in 
 Wales and came to America in [859, settling 
 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, prior 
 to the birth of their son. John R. Price died 
 in 1X77. He was a worthy member of the 
 Calvinistic Methodist Episcopal Church. He 
 was twice married and seven of his children 
 survive, namely: Reese, residing in Delaware 
 Township; Sarah, who married Frank Dix, 
 residing in Brown township; John H. ; Cad, 
 a resident of Union County. Ohio; Thomas 
 R., residing in Radnor Township; Charles X., 
 who resides in Radnor Township; and Mary 
 E., also a resilient of Radnor Township. 
 
 John 11. Price was reared in Radnor 
 Township and attended the district schools 
 as he had opportunity in the meanwhile re- 
 ceiving a practical training in agriculture, on 
 his father's farm. He continued to live in 
 Radnor Township until the spring of 1889. 
 when he came to Troy Township, where he 
 has successfully engaged in farming and stock- 
 raising until the present time. His land is 
 productive, his methods of working it are en- 
 tirely up-to-date, and he is considered one of 
 the substantial farmers of this section. 
 
 Mr. Price married Amanda Miller, who is 
 a daughter of John and Catherine Miller, 
 formerly of Delaware Township. Delaware 
 County. Mr. and Mrs. Price have five chil- 
 dren: John A., Grace C. Walter P., Flor- 
 ence L. and Bernice. The family belong to 
 the Congregational Church at Radnor. 
 
 Mr. Price is a Republican and as a member 
 of that party has frequently been elected to 
 township offices. For four years he served as 
 trustee of Troy Township and two terms as 
 treasurer and is a valued member of the town- 
 ship Board of Education. 
 
 EORGE ALBERT SHUSTER, a 
 highly esteemed resident of Dela- 
 ware Township, who is engaged in 
 general farming on his tract of 50 
 acres, was born on his present farm 
 in Delaware County. Ohio, May 31, 1840. and 
 is .1 son of George and Catherine (Morgan) 
 Sinister. 
 
 George Sinister was born Januarj jj, 
 1809, m Pennsylvania, and died in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, aged 82 years. He was 
 nine years old when he was brought 
 to Morgan County, Ohio, by his father, 
 John Sinister. I lis educational 
 tunities were decidedly limited, and he went 
 barefooted winter and summer until he worked 
 for the money with which to buy himself his 
 first pair of shoes. For nine years Mr. Shuster 
 worked on the National turnpike, and then 
 came to Delaware Township, where he 
 worked on the Mull turnpike until he ptir- 
 chased the farm now owned by his son George 
 Albert, then a tract of 115 acres, of which he 
 later sold 15 acres to his father-in-law. On 
 locating on this property, Mr. Shuster found 
 it heavily timbered, the only clearing that had 
 been done being that cut by the coon hunters. 
 He was married to Catherine Morgan, who 
 was the daughter of Jacob Morgan, of Hamil- 
 ton County, and they had ten children, five 
 of whom grew to maturity: John, who re- 
 sides at Pana, Christian County, Illinois-, 
 Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Henry 
 Swartz, of Delaware Township; Rachel, who 
 married Josiah Hill, of Delaware Township; 
 George Albert ; and Clara, of Delaware Town- 
 ship. The mother of these children died in 
 1 90 1, aged 82 years. 
 
 George Albert Shuster was reared on the 
 home farm. When but 14 years of age he 
 decided to become a soldier in the Civil War. 
 and being large for his years convinced the 
 recruiting officer that he was eighteen. He 
 was mustered into the Union Army February 
 4. 1864, and went first with his regiment to 
 Munfordsville, Kentucky. Later he was at 
 Bowling Green. Charleston. Rnoxville, Straw- 
 berry Plains and Lowden, Tennessee, and re- 
 ceived his honorable discharge. August 29, 
 1865, despite bis youth, having served his 
 country faithfully for 19 months and 24 days. 
 Since returning from the war. Mr. Shuster has 
 engaged in cultivating his 50 acres, hay being 
 the principal crop of the farm, and he also 
 keeps nine head of horses and colts. Mr. 
 Shuster is a Democrat in politics, but has 
 never cared to hold office, preferring to give 
 his entire attention to his farming inter. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUN1Y 
 
 He is acknowledged to be one of Delaware 
 Township's good, practical farmers, and his 
 standing as a citizen in his community is de-~ 
 servedly high. 
 
 Air. Sinister was married to Alvira Stick- 
 ney, who is the daughter of Hugh Stickney of 
 Union County. Ohio, and 11 children were 
 born to this union : George, who died from 
 decease contracted during the Cuban War; 
 Emma, who is the widow of Michael Mc- 
 Carthy, of Delaware; Margaret, deceased, who 
 was the wife of Sherman Moore; Edward, 
 who lives at home; Catherine, who is the 
 widow of George Home; Frank, who lives in 
 Delaware; Samuel, of Berlin Township; Eliza- 
 beth, who is the wife of Howell Thomas, of 
 Columbus; Hugh, of Berlin Township; and 
 Esther and Susan, twins. 
 
 EES PRICE, general fanner, dairyman 
 and stock-raiser, in Radnor Town- 
 ship, was born in Breckonshire, 
 South Wales, August 12. 1851, and 
 is a son of John R. and Margaret 
 1 Morgan) Price, and a grandson of Rees and 
 Margaret (Jones) Price. 
 
 John R. Price grew to manhood in his 
 native land and engaged in farming and also 
 was a collector for a number of years prior 
 ming to America. He married the daugh- 
 ter of a neighbor, Rees Morgan, and they had 
 two children: Rees and Margaret, the latter 
 of whom died aged 24 years. John R. Price 
 and wife were consistent members of the Cal- 
 vinistic Methodist Church and the former was 
 a singer in the choir, possessing the fine voice 
 which is so general a gift to natives of Wales. 
 After the death of his first wife, John R. Price 
 married Elizabeth Powell and eight children 
 were bom to thai union. In June, 1858, he 
 brought his family to Radnor Township and 
 settled on what was known as the Thomas 
 Lewis farm, on which he lived the remainder 
 of his life. In politics, he was a Republican. 
 lie died in his 57th year. December 10, 1877. 
 Rees Price was reared in Radnor Town- 
 ship and obtained his education in the district 
 
 schools. From boyhood he was accustomed to 
 farm work and when 19 years old he started 
 out to make his own way in the world, secur- 
 ing employment on the farms in Delaware 
 County. After his marriage he settled in 
 Radnor Township where he has operated dif- 
 ferent farms, locating on his present one in 
 1905. In 1908 he and his son, Ora C, leased 
 the Thomas Joy farm in Delaware Township, 
 and took possession April 1, 1908. He has 
 dealt in horses for a number of years and is 
 an excellent judge of all kinds of livestock. He 
 keeps several cows, keeps about 100 head of 
 Duroc Jersey hogs and raises enough on his 
 land so that he is not obliged to buy feed. His 
 operations are on so large a scale that he re- 
 quires the assistance of two men to supple- 
 ment the work of himself and son. 
 
 Mr. Price married Rena Russell, a daugh- 
 ter of J. B. Russell, of Thompson Township, 
 Delaware County. She died May 8, 1906, 
 aged 49 years. She was a most estimable lady 
 and was beloved by all who knew her. She 
 was an active member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church at Prospect, of which Mr. Price 
 is one of the stewards. Three children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Price, namely: Lyda, 
 who married C. H. Penry. residing in Radnor 
 Township, and Leora C, who assists his 
 father. One child died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Price is a Republican. He is a mem- 
 ber of Ruffner Lodge, No. 320, Odd Fellows, 
 of Warrensburg, of which he is past grand 
 and he is past chief patriarch of Delaware En- 
 campment. He belongs also to the Modern 
 Woodmen of America and is past chief for- 
 rester of lamp No. 4102. 
 
 H. DAVIS, residing on his well-culti- 
 vated home farm of 86 acres, owns 
 land in Troy Township aggregating 
 220 acres, and is one of the substan- 
 tial as well as leading citizens and 
 public-spirited men of this section. Mr. Davis 
 was born in Radnor Township, Delaware 
 Connt\. Ohio, February 14. 1850, and is a 
 son of John H. and Maria (Hughes) Davis. 
 
RESIDENCE vnd BARN of IIIKAM WRIGHT, SCIOTO TOWNSHIP 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 707 
 
 The parents of Mr. Davis were born in 
 the north of Wales. They came to America 
 and settled in Delaware Count}', Ohio, in 
 1832, locating in Radnor Township among 
 the first settlers. John 11. Davis was an 
 
 orable, upright man. a faithful member of 
 
 the Calvinistic Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 He was one of the founders of the old church 
 
 in Radnor Township and his funeral sermon 
 
 the hist ever preached under the old roof. 
 
 H. H. Davis attended the schools in the 
 neighborhood of his home, during his boy- 
 1. and grew to manhood on the home farm. 
 He remained in Radnor Township until 1SS5. 
 when he came to Troy Township, where he 
 has resided ever since. He is one of the lead- 
 ing men of his community, taking an active 
 part in all that pertain- to the public welfare. 
 E r six years he served as trustee of Troy 
 Township and for 14 years has been a member 
 of the Board of Education. He belongs to 
 Radnor Lodge. No. 250, Odd Fellows, at 
 Radnor. 
 
 Mr. Davis married Melinda Gust, of Pu- 
 laski County. Indiana, and they have had four 
 children, namely: Lewis: William H.. who 
 died March 17. 1908, aged 16 years. 11 
 months: Guy. and Charles A., who died aged 
 2\ years. Mr. Davis and family belong to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Radnor. 
 
 IRAM WRIGHT, one of the vener- 
 able residents of Scioto Township. 
 Delaware County, Ohio, and the 
 owner of an excellent farm of eighty- 
 six acres, was bom December _><i. [825, 
 in Barrington, Licking County. Ohio, and is a 
 f David and Chloe (Wells) Wright. 
 
 Simeon Wrieht, 
 
 the grandfather of 
 
 Hi 
 
 ram. was a native of Vermont, and one of the 
 itain b ys during the Revolution- 
 ary War. Late in life he followed his son to 
 Ohio, and his death occurred at the age of 
 ninety-seven year-, near Hartford, Licking 
 
 nty. 
 
 David Wright, father of Hiram, was born 
 on Otter Creek. Rutland, Vermont, whence he 
 
 came to Ohio after his first marriage, bring- 
 ing with him three children, and settling as a 
 pioneer in St. Albans Township, Ricking 
 Countv. Later he purchased eighty acres oi 
 land in Barrington, which he cleared from the 
 vv ods, building a log house in which the sub- 
 ject of this sketch was born. In about [840 
 the family removed to Milford Township, 
 Knox County, where they resided about twelve 
 years, and in 1852 they located in Scioto 
 Township, Delaware County, on Bokes 
 Creek. David Wright was a remarkable man 
 in many ways. He was within ten days of be- 
 ing ninety-three years of age at the time of 
 hi- death in July, 1S70, and with the exception 
 of his eyesight, which had failed to some ex- 
 tent several years prior to his demise, he was 
 in full possession of every faculty. For seven- 
 ty-five years he used tobacco. Mr. Wright 
 vva- always a hard-working, industrious man. 
 and accomplished more hard work at the age 
 of seventv-five years than do the young men 
 of one-third of that age today. During the 
 War of [812 Mr., Wright served with the 
 country's forces on Lake Champlain. He was 
 made a Master Mason in Vermont, and oc- 
 casionally attended meetings at Delaware. In 
 political matters Mr. Wright was a Democrat. 
 and he was the only man in Barrington to vote 
 for Andrew Jackson, when the latter first ran 
 for President. He was a justice of the peace 
 for many years, and was well known for his 
 honest dealings with his fellow-men. David 
 Wright was married three times, and had chil- 
 dren by each marriage. His third wife was 
 Chloe Wells, who was a daughter of Israel 
 Wells of Granville. Lebanon County, and 
 they had two children, of whom Hiram grew 
 to maturity. The family were members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Hiram Wright was educated in the dis- 
 trict schools during the days when the pupils 
 brought axe- and chopped down trees for fuel 
 to heat the log schoplhous'e. lie grew up on 
 the home farm, where he remained until his 
 father's death, at which time he purchased [50 
 acre- on Bokes Creek, about thirty acre 
 which had been partly cleared. There he re- 
 sided until 1SS5. when he removed to hi- ; 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ent eighty-six acre tract, which he had pur- 
 chased in 1870, selling- his original farm to 
 his grandson, Charles Wright. His present 
 tine residence was erected in 1883, and in- 
 cludes ten rooms and a good cellar. He en- 
 gaged for some time in stock-raising, and dur- 
 ing the war bought and sold sheep and horses. 
 He now keeps ten cattle, ami is quite exten- 
 sively engaged in butter-making. 
 
 Mr. Wright was married first to Sarah 
 Simons, daughter of John Simons, of Homer. 
 Licking County, and to this union there were 
 horn five children, one "of whom grew to ma- 
 turity: Henry, of Magnetic Springs. Mrs. 
 Wright died in the faith of the Christian 
 Church, and Mr. Wright was married sec- 
 ondly to Mrs. Rachel Green, a widow, who is 
 the daughter of George McElroy of Harrison 
 County. Mrs. Wright had two sons, Lawson 
 and Cassius, by her first marriage. In politi- 
 cal matters Mr. Wright is a Democrat, and 
 he has served as justice of the peace for one 
 term and as township trustee for twelve years. 
 Mrs. Wright is a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church of Radnor Township. 
 
 OIIX G. YERGON, a prominent and 
 
 influential citizen of Troy Township, a 
 
 member of the Board of Education, 
 
 a large land-owner and a successful 
 
 farmer and sheep grower, was born in 
 
 Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 
 July 10, 1865, and is a son of Frederick P. 
 
 and Catherine (Jones) Vergon. 
 
 The father of Mr. Vergon was born in the 
 eastern part of France, and the mother in Vir- 
 ginia. She belongs to the old and aristocratic 
 Jackson family, from which came the great 
 Confederate officer, known as "Stonewall" 
 Jackson. Frederick 1'. Vergon is one of the 
 most highly respected aged residents of Dela- 
 ware County. He was about three years of 
 age when he was brought to America by his 
 parents, who came directly to Delaware 
 County and settled in Delaware Township, 
 where, in the course of time, he acquired valu- 
 able tracts of land. He was the original 
 
 owner of Greenwood Park, which he devel- 
 oped and kept up for the city of Delaware, for 
 a number of years, at last selling his interests 
 when he could no longer devote his time to its 
 care and further improvement. He retains 
 fifty acres of land which he devotes mainly to 
 growing choice winter apples. He has been 
 a leading authority on horticulture, for many 
 years, and has been called all over the State 
 to give lectures on this subject, before horti- 
 cultural organizations. He is a valued mem- 
 ber of the William Street Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, at Delaware. He has resided 
 in Delaware Township ever since 1836. His 
 surviving children are the following: Fred- 
 erick L., and Elizabeth, both residing in Dela- 
 ware Township; Hattie. who married Edwin 
 A. Smith, wdio is president of the Ohio 
 Northern University at Ada, Ohio; John G. ; 
 James C, residing in Delaware Township; 
 Annie, wdio married George Warner, residing 
 at Warren, Ohio; and Mary M. 
 
 John G. Vergon has been identified with 
 the interests of Delaware Township all his life. 
 He obtained an excellent common school edu- 
 cation and has taken part in the township's 
 pleasant social life, been interested in its public 
 affairs and has contributed his substantial in- 
 fluence to further development and public im- 
 provements. He served some five years dur- 
 ing young manhood, as a member of Com- 
 pany K, Fourteenth Regiment. Ohio National 
 Guard, at Delaware. Mr. Vergon is num- 
 bered with the prosperous agriculturists of 
 Troy Township, successfully raising the grains 
 of tliis climate and growing many sheep. 
 
 Mr. Vergon married Emma E. Troutman. 
 who is a daughter of Jonathan and Angeline 
 Troutman, the former of whom is deceased. 
 Mis. Troutman resides with her daughter. The 
 Troutmans were among the early settlers of 
 Troy Township and Mrs. Troutman can re- 
 call many interesting pioneer experiences. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Vergon have two daughters, Marie 
 and Catherine. Mrs. Vergon is a member of 
 St. Mark's Lutheran Church, at Delaware, 
 while Mr. Vergon and his daughters belong 
 to the William Street Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
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 709 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Vergcm is a Republi- 
 can. He is serving his first term as a member 
 of the Board of Education of Troy Township, 
 and his advice and good judgment gives 
 materia] assistance to his co-workers. 
 
 '.I'.S W. JONES, a representative 
 citizen of Radnor Township, where 
 he has a farm of 175 acres under cul- 
 tivation, was born at Llanafan Fawr, 
 Breconshire, South Wales, Novem- 
 ber 13, 1S45. arK ' ' s a son ,lf ^ ees T. and Sa- 
 rah ( Williams) Jones. 
 
 The father of Mr. Jones was bom in the 
 same section of South Wales as saw his own 
 birth but in an adjoining parish. Llanafan 
 Fechan, May 2. 1804. and died in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1891. He followed farm- 
 ing in his native land until [861, when he 
 came to America and in the fall of that year, 
 purchased a farm of 175 acres, in Radnor 
 Township, on which he lived during the re- 
 mainder of his life. Almost 80 acres of his 
 farm was timbered and he sold 20 acres in 
 \\ 1. In early days he was a strong anti- 
 slavery man and later became an ardent Re- 
 publican. He married a daughter of David 
 Williams, who was born in the same parish as 
 himself, and of their six children, the follow- 
 ing five reached maturity : Alary, deceased, 
 married Evan F. Jones, residing in Norwich 
 Township. Franklin County; Thomas Wil- 
 liams, residing in Sugar Creek Township. Put- 
 nam County; David, who died in 189] ; Rees 
 W. ; and Elizabeth, who married John A. 
 Price, residing in Radnor Township. Rees T. 
 Jones and wife were worthy members of the 
 Congregational Church. The mother of the 
 above family died in her 75th year. February 
 .20. 1884. The paternal grandfather. Thomas 
 Jones, lived to the age of 90 years, but never 
 left Wales. 
 
 Rees W. Jones commenced his education 
 in Wales and completed it with two terms in 
 the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. 
 He taught school during nine winters in Rad- 
 nor Township and has never lost his interest 
 
 in the educational advancement of the town- 
 ship. He has never sought a position on the 
 
 School Board, but his fellow-citizens have 
 elected him a member for 14 years and he has 
 been a valuable addition to a body of very 
 earnest men. From boyhood he has continued 
 -ui the home farm, where he raises corn, 
 and hay for feeding purposes and wheat for 
 sale. He devotes considerable attention to 
 stock and his fields and pastures show many 
 horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. 
 
 On September 20. 1870, Mr. Jones was 
 married to Margaret Thomas, who is a daugh- 
 ter of James Thomas of Radnor, and they 
 have had seven children, namely; James R., 
 residing at Roosevelt, Washington; David V., 
 residing at Great Falls, Montana; T. Arthur. 
 who is a member of the class of [909 at the 
 Ohio State University; Sarah E. ; Margaret 
 A.; John W. and R. Ellsworth. For many 
 years Mr. Junes has been a deacon in the * 
 gregational Church. The fine two-story brick 
 structure in which Mr. Jones and family live, 
 was built for a tavern about two years before 
 the Big Four Railroad was put through this 
 section, and it was one of the chief stopping 
 points on the old turnpike from Sandusky and 
 Columbus. In politics, Air. Jones is a Repub- 
 lican and on that ticket he was twice elected 
 township trustee. 
 
 ILI.IAM H. MARRIOTT, a re- 
 tired farmer and stock raiser of 
 Delaware Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and an honored 
 veteran of the great Civil War. in 
 which he took an active part, was born in 
 Knox County. Ohio, March 23, 1842, and is a 
 son of Henry T. and Rebecca (Penn) Mar- 
 riott. 
 
 William Marriott, the grandfather of Wil- 
 liam H., was a native of Maryland, and a 
 captain during the War of 1812, in which he 
 was wounded. He came to Ohio at an early 
 day and settled near UTica. Licking County. 
 Mr. Marriott married Edith Waters, al 
 native of Maryland, and of their children 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Henry T. was the eldest. Henry T. Mar- 
 riott came to Utica, Ohio, as young man. and 
 spent all of his life as a farmer and 
 stock raiser, dying- in 1875, aged sixty-nine 
 years. He was a leading member of the Meth- 
 odist Church, and was a man well known for 
 his many sterling qualities. He married Re- 
 becca Penn, who was the daughter of Joseph 
 Penn of Maryland, and she died in 1881, 
 aged ~~, years. After the death of Joseph 
 Penn Marriott at the siege of Vicksburg, 
 there was not a death in the family for 42 
 years. Mr. and Mrs. Marriott were the par- 
 ents of u children, ten of whom grew to ma- 
 turity : Thomas, who is deceased; Ann. de- 
 ceased, wdio married Isaac Yeomans; Joshua. 
 who resides at Richwood.; Albert, who is de- 
 ceased; Caroline, who is the wife of Joel Gra- 
 ham of Richwood; Joseph 1!.. who was a 
 member of Company B, Thirty-second Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil 
 War; William H. ; Henry \V., who is de- 
 ceased; Franklin \\'., who lives at Columbus; 
 and Orville, who is a resident of Richwood. 
 
 William II. Marriott was taken to Rich- 
 wood by his parents when he was three years 
 old, and there he grew to manhood on the 
 home farm. In iSdt he enlisted in Company 
 B, Thirty-second Regiment. Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry, and was sent to Beverly, West Vir- 
 ginia, where he fought in the mountains until 
 the surrender of Harper's Ferry, when the en- 
 tire army at that point was captured. After 
 being exchanged he was sent with bis regi- 
 ment to Memphis, and assigned to John A. 
 Logan's Division, and thereafter saw very 
 active service, participating in the battles of 
 Green Bar, October 3. [861; Camp Alle- 
 gheny. West Virginia, December 13. 1861.; 
 Mellow ell, Virginia, May 8, [862; Cross 
 Keys. Virginia, June 6, [862; Port Repub- 
 lic, June 9, [862; Harper's Ferry, September 
 12-15, [ 862; Raymond, Mississippi, May 12. 
 1863; Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1. [863; 
 Jackson, Mississippi, May 14. [863; Cham- 
 pion Hills. May 10. [863; Siege of Vicksburg, 
 May iS to |„ly 4. [863; Baker's Creek. Mis- 
 sissippi. February 4. [864; Clinton, Missis- 
 sippi, February 5, [864; Kenesaw Mountain. 
 
 June 9-30, 1864; Xickajack Creek, Georgia, 
 July 6-10, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July jo. 
 [864; Atlanta, July 21-22, 1864; and Siege of 
 Atlanta, July 28 to September 4, 1864. Mr. 
 Marriott was continually with his regiment, 
 engaging in every battle, skirmish and march 
 in which it took part, and he was never in need 
 of hospital service. Always a brave and cheer- 
 ful, faithful and hard-fighting soldier, he 
 earned the respect of officers and comrades 
 alike and made for himself a war record second 
 to none, in being present in every engage- 
 ment. He was mustered out of the service at 
 Louisville. Kentucky, in September. 1864. 
 
 After the war Mr. Marriott went to Cham- 
 paign, Illinois, arriving there a day or two 
 after President Lincoln's death, and remained 
 there for 20 months, engaging in farming. In 
 1867 he returned to Utica, Licking County, 
 Ohio, and for five years was a clerk in a store, 
 after which he went to Richwood, and there 
 engaged in business with L. H. Hastings, un- 
 der the firm name of Hastings & Marriott. In 
 1873 Mr. Hastings retired, and Mr. Marriott 
 continued the business with his brothers, un- 
 der the firm name of Marriott Brothers, until 
 1886, at which time he removed to a farm 
 three and one-half miles north of Richwood. 
 and engaged in general farming and, stock 
 raising. In 1893 he moved to Delaware in or- 
 der to give his sons better educational advan- 
 tages. 
 
 Mr. Marriott was married January 1, [873, 
 to Melissa Farrington, who is the daughter of 
 Peter II. Farrington, of Tomkins County, 
 New York. Five children were bom to this 
 union, of whom two grew to maturity: Fran- 
 cis Irvin, chief draftsman of the Mexican 
 Central Railway at Aguas Calientes. Mexico, 
 who was born November 18. 1 S77 ; and Car- 
 roll P.. of Tryon, North Carolina, who was 
 bom April 13. 1882. 
 
 In politics Mr. Marriott is a Jeffersonian 
 1 lemocrat, and he has always taken a great in- 
 terest in political- principles, but not in being 
 candidate for office, lie is a member of the 
 Union Veteran Legion of Delaware, and with 
 his wife attends the Williams Street Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church. 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 711 
 
 M. SYCKS, who in point of service 
 is the oldest insurance man at Dela- 
 ware, lias made this city his place of 
 residence for the past 33 years and is 
 thoroughly identified with its various 
 interests. He was born in Greene County, 
 Pennsylvania, April 9, [846. 
 
 Mr. Sycks was about u years of age when 
 his parents removed from Pennsylvania to 
 Perry County, Ohio, where his boyhood was 
 spent. His early education was secured in the 
 local schools and he subsequently became a 
 student in the National Normal University at 
 Lebanon, where lie was graduated in 1873. 
 The following year was passed at Ansonia, 
 Darke Count}-, where he served as principal 
 of the schools, and in the next year he came to 
 Delaware. He continued teaching in Dela- 
 ware County, until 1879, acting also for sev- 
 eral years as outside passenger agent for the 
 Lake Erie and Western Railroad. In 1880 
 he went into general insurance, opening up an 
 office at Delaware, writing his first risk on 
 Jul)' 15th following, in the Connecticut Fire, of 
 Hartford. He still carries the same parties 
 on his books. Later. Mr. Sycks added deal- 
 ing in real estate and handling" loans and in- 
 vestments, to his insurance business, and he 
 has very convenient quarters at No. 22 North 
 Sandusky Street. He represents all the lead- 
 ing local mutual companies, together with the 
 most important organizations outside, and is 
 also agent tor the Anchor and the North Ger- 
 man Lloyd steamship lines, and the Allen 
 State line of steamers. He is one of the city's 
 progressive, busy men. 
 
 On Christinas eve, 1873, Mr. Sycks was 
 married to Miss Martha Cary, who is one of 
 the John Cary descendants — the family being 
 one of the oldest in England. The Rev. Seth 
 Cary of Boston and General Samuel Cary are 
 her kinsmen. A long line' of her ancestors 
 may he found in the following hooks: "The 
 Cary Family in England" -and "The Car) 
 Family in America." She has proven herself 
 to be a faithful helpmate to her husband and a 
 wise and good mother to her children. The 
 latter are four in number, namely: Anna. 
 
 who married Prof. T. Howard Winters, of 
 [ronton, Ohio; Dana Cary. who is engaged in 
 an insurance business at St. Louis, Missouri; 
 and Grace C. and Mary, both of whom are 
 residing at home. The family belong to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. 
 Sycks has been a steward for many years. 
 Politically. Mr. Sycks is affiliated with the 
 Democratic party. While taking an active in- 
 terest in public affairs and willing to work for 
 his friends, he has consistently refused all 
 political favors for himself. 
 
 AC( IB G. ROSENTHAL, secretary of 
 The Delaware Light, Heat & Power 
 Company, secretary of The Elec- 
 tric Roller Milling Company, and 
 secretary of The Delaware Water 
 Power & Realty Company, has been identified 
 with the business interests of Delaware for 
 many years. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, 
 September 29, 1851, and is a son of Simon 
 and Theresa ( Ullman) Rosenthal. 
 
 The grandfather of Mr. Rosenthal was 
 Rabbi Bernhard Rosenthal, a Hebrew teacher 
 and German scholar, who was a native of 
 Wurtemberg, Germany. Simon Rosenthal 
 was born also at Wurtemberg, where he grew 
 to manhood, receiving a technical education. 
 He was employed by the German Government 
 as a bridge architect. Wishing to escape mili- 
 tary service, for which he had no taste, he left 
 his native land and came to America, throwing 
 his fortunes in with others of 1848, who 
 formed the revolutionary colony which in- 
 cluded the late distinguished Gen. Carl Schurz. 
 Mr. Rosenthal settled first at Cincinnati, went 
 from there to Dayton and in 185 1 to Car- 
 dington, Ohio, where he established himself 
 in a hardware business. In 1859 he returned 
 to Cincinnati and went into the wholesale fish 
 business with a partner, under the firm name 
 of Rosenthal & Kauffmau. During the Civil 
 War. Mr. Rosenthal returned to Cardington 
 and embarked in a dry goods and grain bus- 
 iness. He was elected county auditor and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 moved to Alt. Gilead, where he died soon after 
 his term of public service closed. He was a 
 member of the Odd Fellows at Cardington 
 and of the Be Nai Beretta, at Cincinnati. He 
 married in German}', but all his seven children 
 were born in America, namely: Mier, resid- 
 ing at Delaware; Jacob G. ; Hattie, deceased, 
 was the wife of David Mezger; Charles, re- 
 siding at Cleveland; Hannah, wile of Lee 
 Goldsmith, residing at Cleveland; and Emma, 
 wife of William Simms, residing at Mt. Gil- 
 ead. The mother of the above family died m 
 1905. aged 83 years. The father died in De- 
 cember, [884, aged 59 years. 
 
 Jacob G. Rosenthal was educated in the 
 public schools of Cardington and Cincinnati 
 and remained in the latter city until 1872, 
 employed by his father in the hardware bus- 
 iness. He then came to Cardington and be- 
 came his father's partner in the dry goods line, 
 under the firm name of S. Rosenthal & Son, 
 which continued until [879, when the partner- 
 ship was dissolved and Jacob G. Rosenthal 
 came to Delaware, where he carried on a gro- 
 cery business for 20 years. In [898 he sold 
 his grocery interests and lias given practically 
 all his 'time ever since to the promotion of the 
 enterprises with which he is at present con- 
 nected. He was one of the organizers of The 
 Delaware Light, Heat & Power Company 
 and has bad charge of its business ever since. 
 Mr. Rosenthal possesses the business acumen 
 and the foresight and judgment which enable 
 him to handle large affairs with ease, and his 
 standing in the commercial life of Delaware 
 is one of prominence. 
 
 In 1876, Mr. Rosenthal was married to 
 Rebecca Mayer, who is a daughter of Alex- 
 ander Mayer, of Cardington, and they have 
 one daughter, Blanche. They are members of 
 Scoville Avenue Jewish Temple, at Cleveland, 
 and are interested in its various benevolent 
 agencies. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Rosenthal is a Democrat 
 and he has served as treasurer of Delaware 
 Township. He is a member of Olentangy 
 Lodge, Odd Fellows; of Hiram Lodge, No. 
 18, F. & A. M. ; Lodge of 1'erfection at Co- 
 lumbus and the Consistory at Cincinnati. 
 
 IEUTEX.W'T-COLONEL BENSON 
 
 WALKER HOUGH., a prominent 
 citizen of Delaware, and a member 
 of the law firm of Overturf & 
 Hough, leading attorneys, was born 
 March 3, 1875, nl Berkshire Township, Del- 
 aware County, Ohio. He is a son of Leonard 
 Samuel and Mary (Linn) Hough. 
 
 The Hough family was prominent in New 
 England before becoming established in Ohio. 
 In 1 81 2, one of its members, Dr. Sylvester 
 Hough, the great-grandfather of Colonel 
 Hough, left Connecticut and came to Dela- 
 ware County, settling in Genoa Township, 
 where he engaged in a mill business in addi- 
 tion to his professional work. He married 
 Sarah Williams and one of their sons they 
 named Orsamus Daniel. He was born in Bur- 
 lington, Vermont, and was brought to Genoa 
 Township when three years old and lived a 
 long, active and useful life which closed Oc- 
 tober 10. 1 89 1. After his marriage at the age 
 of 24 years, he conducted his father's farm 
 for a year and then moved to Brown Town- 
 ship and there operated a grist mill for 15 
 years, in partnership with his brother-in-law. 
 Kil bourne Thrall. This was an old water- 
 power mill and during about six months of the 
 year lack of water kept it idle, and during 
 these periods he cleared up a farm of 114 
 acres. After the death of his father, in 1847, 
 he bought the old homestead and lived on it 
 for several years and then sold and bought 
 342 acres of Peter Van Sickle and 1 1 7 acres 
 from another party, later purchased what was 
 called the Prince farm and kept on acquiring 
 land until at the time of his death he owned 
 1,000 acres. The only financial assistance he 
 had ever had was the sum of $192, received 
 from his father's estate, securing all the large 
 fortune which he left to .his descendants 
 through his own sagacity and industry. 
 
 Upon the organization of the Sunbury 
 Bank, Mr. Hough became a director and held 
 this office for many years. He was active in 
 all public-spirited movements and was one of 
 the stockholders and organizers of that large 
 enterprise, the Delaware, Berkshire & Sun- 
 bury turnpike mad. For six years he was 
 
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 count}- commissi if Delaware County, 
 
 served as many year- as township treasurer 
 and as a justice of the peace. Upon the res- 
 ignation of Hon. J. R. Hubbell, lie was elected 
 to fill the vacancy in the Legislature, and in 
 1 he was elected t< 1 succeed himself. He 
 was twice married, his first wife being Corin- 
 thia Charlotte Thrall, a member of one of the 
 earliest families in Brown Township. She 
 was l»'rn at Granville, Ohio, July 3, 1812. and 
 died April 1. 1878. the mother of four chil- 
 dren. Clarissa Almira married Otho H. Wil- 
 liam-, a farmer and merchant. Leonard Sam- 
 uel, father of Colonel Hough, was the only 
 Charlotte A., residing at Delaware, is 
 the widow of Benjamin 1'.. Walker. One 
 child 'lied in infancy. Mr. Hough married for 
 his second wife the widow of Dr. McMillan. 
 Leonard Samuel Hough was born August 
 3. 1835, an d died April 8. 1879. He was 
 reared and attended school at Kilbourne. He 
 ssed much of his father's excellent busi- 
 sense and at one time, in partnership 
 with the latter, owned 1.000 acres of land in 
 Berkshire Township. He was an extensive 
 farmer and stockman. On October 19, 1870, 
 he married Mary Linn, a relative. Her mother 
 was a daughter of Dr. Daniel Hough, who 
 was a physician of Seneca County. Ohio, and 
 a brother of Dr. Sylvester Hough, the paternal 
 grandfather of Colonel Hough. There 
 were three children born to the above mar- 
 riage, namely: Clara, born in 1874. who died 
 in infancy ; Benson W. ; and Leonard T., who 
 was born July 31. 1879. The mother survived 
 until September 1. hjoo. 
 
 O lonel Hough attended the district 
 schools until he was nine years old and then 
 accompanied his mother to Delaware, where 
 he completed the High School course, then 
 spent three years in the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity and in 1899 graduated from the Ohio 
 State University with the degree of B. L. 
 Ab^ut 1897 ne m "st began to read law. with 
 the firm of Overturf & Coyner, and he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in [899 and for three years 
 practiced alone. In 1902 he entered into part- 
 ner-hip with Hon. X. F. Overturf. and the 
 present strong law firm then formed has con- 
 tinued to the present. 
 
 ( olonel Hough has been prominent in 
 State military affairs for a number of years 
 and has won his present high rank through 
 faithful service. In 1892 he enlisted in Com- 
 pany K. Fourth Regiment. Ohio National 
 Guards, serving five years. The pressure of 
 other duties kept him out of the service for a 
 time, but in January. 1902, he was eK 
 first lieutenant, in June. 1902. captain, and in 
 June. 11)05. major of the Third Battalion, 
 Fourth Regiment, and in July. 1906. he was 
 commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth 
 Infantry. He was the seventh major this com- 
 pany has turned out in the State, and the sec- 
 ond lieutenant-c 'lonel. 
 
 On June 25, 1902, Colonel Hough was 
 married to Edith B. Markel, who is a daughter 
 of Jeremiah Markel. of Delaware, and they 
 have oik- son, Benson Markel. who was born 
 December 24. 1905. Colonel and Mrs. Hough 
 belong to the Presbyterian Church. He is a 
 member of the V. M. C. A. and of the Com- 
 mercial Club, is a charter member of the Del- 
 aware Club and a member of the Elks, at Del- 
 aware, and retains his connections with his 
 college fraternities, the Phi Gumma Delta, the 
 Theta Nu Epsilon and the Phi Delta Phi. In 
 politics he is a Republican and from 1902 until 
 1906 he served as city solicitor of Delaware. 
 
 ILLIAM M. HUMPHREYS, gen- 
 eral farmer and representative 
 citizen of Radnor Township, Del- 
 aware County. Ohio, was born on 
 the homestead where he lives, 
 July 14. 1859, and is a son of Morris and 
 Margaret Elizabeth ( Wasson) Humphreys. 
 The Humphreys family was established in 
 Radnor Township as early as 1818, by John 
 Humphreys, the grandfather, who was a pio- 
 neer in this section. He was a native of 
 Llangadran, Montgomeryshire. North Wales. 
 from which country he came to America and 
 settled in Delaware County. Ohio, where his 
 descendants have since been representative cit- 
 izens. In April. 1825. he married Elizabeth 
 Chidlaw, who was a sister of Rev. Benjamin 
 W . Chidlaw. She died October 27. 1830. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 John Humphreys died at Cincinnati, Decem- 
 ber 9, 1873, and is buried in the Radnor cem- 
 etery. He had three children : Ann, Benja- 
 min Chidlaw and Morris. His farm of 100 
 acres was swamp and timber land and thus he 
 had the double task of draining as well as 
 clearing the property. He served as one of 
 the first township trustees. 
 
 Morris Humphreys was burn in Radnor 
 Township and he spent his whole life on the 
 farm on which his father had settled. He died 
 August 2$. 1899, having been born June 26, 
 1829. On April 3, 1851, he was married to 
 Margaret E. W'asson, who died January 21, 
 1895. She was a daughter of William M. and 
 Lucy ( Minter) W'asson. They had the fol- 
 lowing children: Lucy Elizabeth, born Janu- 
 ary 17, 1853, married Benjamin Davids, of 
 Radnor Township; John W'asson, who -was 
 born December 29, 1854, resides at Prospect. 
 Ohio; Margaret Ann, born December 29, 
 1856, married John L. Ransome, who resides 
 two miles north of Prospect; William McVey; 
 Mary Arcena, born December 25, 1861, mar- 
 ried John B. Davis; Harriet Louise, born July 
 29, 1864, married Eugene J. Young, and they 
 reside in Pleasant Township, Marion County; 
 Benjamin Chidlaw, born December 9, 1866, 
 resides at Richwood; and Morris James, who 
 died in infancy. .Morris Humphreys and wife 
 were members of the Presbyterian Church, of 
 which he was a trustee. 
 
 The maternal ancestors of William M. 
 Humphreys, the Wassons, were of Scotch-Ir- 
 ish extraction. Prior to the Revolutionary 
 War three of the name, Thomas, James and 
 Elizabeth, came to America, where they sub- 
 sequently became separated. Elizabeth becom- 
 ing the wife d an officer in the Patriot army. 
 Her brothers never heard more concerning 
 her. James went to Missouri and he also be- 
 came lost to Thomas, who was the maternal 
 grandfather of Mr. Humphreys. Thomas 
 served through the entire period of the Rev- 
 olutionary War and at its close he settled in 
 Pennsylvania, where he married Margaret Mc- 
 Cleland, who was also of Scotch-Irish ances- 
 try. They lived in the Conococheague Valley. 
 in Pennsylvania until the death of Thomas, 
 
 after which, when the youngest son became of 
 age, the homestead was sold and a part of the 
 family moved to Path Valley, Pennsylvania. 
 They had children; John, James, William, 
 Elizabeth, William McCleland, Robert 
 Thomas and Mains. 
 
 William McCleland W r asson was a quar- 
 termaster during the War of 1812 and after 
 its close he settled at Dayton, Ohio, for a short 
 time and then returned to Pennsylvania to 
 search for his mother and brothers. He found 
 that they also had gone to Ohio and became 
 established in Radnor Township, Delaware 
 County, and here be joined them. He was 
 born April 28, 1790, and was married to Lucy 
 Minter on April 3, 1828. She was born Sep- 
 tember 3, 1799, and died August 30, 1864. 
 They had seven children, the mother of Mr. 
 Humphreys being the first born. William M. 
 Wasson and wife lived on the farm now- 
 owned by Charles Gallant, in Radnor Town- 
 ship, where Mr. W'asson died when his oldest 
 child was 14 years of age. His widow was a 
 very capable, energetic woman. She reared 
 ■her children carefully, gave them educational 
 opportunities and four of them became teach- 
 ers. 
 
 William McVey Humphreys has always 
 lived on the old homestead in Radnor Town- 
 ship. The line two-story brick house was built 
 by his father, in 18(15, tne material for its con- 
 struction having been made on the place. The 
 brick used in the building of the Baptist 
 Church at Radnor as well as other buildings 
 on the farm, were burned in the same place. 
 Mr. Humphreys like his father, has carried on 
 main' industries here, making himself inde- 
 pendent of outside help, to a large degree. He 
 adopts business methods in operating his farm 
 and has prospered accordingly. Formerly he 
 raised many Percheron horses and now raises 
 sheep, cattle and hogs, together with the 
 grains which do well in this section. 
 
 On January 14, 1891, Mr. Humphreys 
 was married to Martha Davies, who is a 
 daughter of John B. and Mary Davies. Mrs. 
 Humphreys was born in Blaina, Monmouth- 
 shire. South Wale-. April 20, 1863. They 
 have had three children, namely: Walter 
 
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 / i/ 
 
 John, born April 13, [892; Alary Elizabeth, 
 born December 3, [899; and Margaret Ann. 
 born June 25, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Hum- 
 phreys are members of the Congregational 
 Church, in which he is a deacon. 
 
 During the closing years of her life, die 
 mother of Mr. Humphreys was an invalid and 
 to ease many weary hours she occupied her- 
 self in compiling a family record which she 
 subsequently published. To this memorial ot 
 her patience and family pride, the present bi- 
 1 igrapher is indebted. 
 
 EE ATHERTON, general farmer, re- 
 siding on his finely-improved farm of 
 eighty-six acres, in Thompson Town- 
 ship, was born near Newark. Ohio, 
 March 9, 1848. and is a son of Au- 
 gustine Washington and Cynthia (Taft) 
 Atherton. 
 
 Thomas Atherton, the great-grandfather 
 1 if Lee. came from Shippensburg. Pennsylva- 
 nia, tn Newark. Ohio, when the latter was a 
 mere hamlet of log cabins on the frontier. His 
 Mm. John Atherton. was probably the first 
 manufacturer at Newark, his industry being 
 the making of chairs. John Atherton was 
 born at Shippensburg and he became a man of 
 consequence in the new country where he and 
 his father were pioneers. He gave up his 
 manufacturing business while still young and 
 bought a farm two miles north of Newark, 
 which he operated during the remainder of bis 
 life. He married Achsa Ackley. whose father 
 was a pioneer of Licking County, and a vet- 
 eran of the War of [812. John Atherton and 
 wife had three children, namely : Augustine 
 Washington; Walgrave, who resides near 
 Madison. Wisconsin, and who married a Miss 
 Fleek in Licking Count}'. Ohio; and Gibson, 
 win 1 is now deceased. The latter was a very 
 prominent member of the bar at Newark, was 
 twice elected to Congress, and subsequi 
 served on the Supreme Bench of Ohio. 
 
 Augustine Washington \therton was horn 
 on his father's farm near Newark. February 
 10. 1824. and died June 15, [889. lie mar- 
 
 41 
 
 ried Cynthia Taft. who was born August jo. 
 [825, and who still survives, being in the en- 
 joyment of health, and the center of a vei") 
 devoted family circle. There were seven chil- 
 dren born of the above marriage, namely: One 
 mhi. Herbert, i- serving his third term as 
 mayor of Newark, Ohio; Lee. who is the di- 
 rect subject of this article ; Alice, now de- 
 ceased, who was the wife of helix Blizzard, of 
 Newark; Wallace, who was killed on the rail- 
 road, at Bement, Illinois; Gibson, who died at 
 Magnetic Springs; Warren, who is a black- 
 smith in Newark; Tohn, who left home and 
 has not been heard of for many years. Au- 
 gustine W. Atherton served as lieutenant of a 
 home company during the Civil War, but 
 never enlisted. Otherwise, he spent his life in 
 the section in which he was born. He was 
 a member of a Masonic Lodge north of New- 
 ark and always took an interest in the frater- 
 nity. In politics he was a Democrat but he 
 never consented to hold office. He was one 
 of the founders of the Christian Union Church. 
 
 Lee Atherton remained on the home farm 
 until he was twenty-one years of age. He 
 then went on the road as a commercial trav- 
 eler, first handling notions, but later glass- 
 ware, and covering a territory that reached 
 into Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, 
 Virginia and Kentucky. In 1877 he settled 
 down to farming, in Licking County, Ohio, 
 and in [880 he purchased his present farm in 
 Thompson Township. He has made all the 
 improvements here and owns one of the most 
 attractive properties in this section. 
 
 Ill .1876, Mr. Atherton was married ti 1 
 Ella Pound, who is a daughter of Isaac 
 Pound, of Orange County. New York, and 
 they have two -mis — Bert, residing on the 
 home place, and Edson, who is a resident ot 
 Scioto Township. 
 
 In politics. Mr. Atherton is a Democrat 
 and has been township trustee for a number 
 1 if years. \t the time of his last election he 
 received every Democratic and Republican vote 
 pulled except one. He is a member of Pros- 
 pect Lodge, No. 444. F. & A. M.. and of Mag- 
 netic Springs Lodge, No. 380, Knights 
 Pythias, of which he is past chancellor, ami he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 has been sent as a representative to the Grand 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 H. GERHARDT, M. D.. who for 20 
 years has been prominently identified 
 with the medical profession of Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, is one of the 
 leading citizens of Sunbury. Dr. 
 Gerhardt was born near West Jefferson. Mad- 
 ison County, Ohio, June S. [858, and is a son 
 of Christian and Magdalena (Gerich) Gar- 
 hardt. 
 
 Christian Gerhardt was a native of Ger- 
 many, where he held an important government 
 position. Owing to reverses in fortune he 
 came to America with his wife and six chil- 
 dren, and settled in Madison County. Ohio, 
 where for many years he engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. Later in life he removed to 
 \\ est Jefferson, where he conducted a bakery 
 up to the time of his death, which occurred in 
 [872, in his /Jd year. His wife died in 1891, 
 aged 73 years. Both were Lutherans in re- 
 ligious belief. Christian Gerhardt and his 
 wife had seven children, as follows: Caro- 
 line, who is the wid « of William Erb, re- 
 sides at Lilly Chapel. Ohio; Lizzie, who is the 
 widow 1 i Petef Schmiegel, resides at Cincin- 
 nati. Ohio; Catherine, who is the wife of 
 George Haffner, of Columbus; Mary, who 
 also resides at Columbus; Lmil. who served 
 in the Civil War. was accidentally killed at 
 Columbus; Christian, who was accidentally 
 shot by a comrade during the Civil War; J. 
 H., residing at Sunbury. 
 
 Dr. 1. H. Gerhardt was reared on his 
 father's farm in Madison County, and when 
 10 or 12 years of age removed with the family 
 to West Jefferson, where he assisted his father 
 in the bakery business. Hi- preliminary edu- 
 cation was -ecurcd in the public schools, and 
 he began the study of medicine at Columbus, 
 graduating from the Columbus Medical Col- 
 li- e in [882, at which time be chose the town 
 of Hebron as his field of practice and remained 
 there for about one year. 1 1c then received an- 
 appointment as assistant physician at the Ohio 
 
 State Penitentiarv, in which capacity he 
 served for three years, and in 1887 he came 
 to Sunbury, where he has built up a large and 
 lucrative practice. 
 
 On July 8, 1890, Dr. Gerhardt was mar- 
 ried to Emma Ayres, who was born in Spring- 
 field, New; York, and is a daughter of Albert 
 and Martha (Casler) Ayres. Mrs. Gerhardt 
 taught for 13 years in the Sunbury public 
 schools and three years in the Primary Depart- 
 ment of the Coshocton public schools. Jesse 
 Ayres, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Ger- 
 hardt. was a son of Jesse Ayres. a Revolution- 
 arv soldier, and was born in Massachuseti-. 
 whence his parents had come from Ayrshire. 
 Scotland, early in the 17th century. Jesse 
 Ayres was a .manufacturer of woolen goods 
 until reaching old age, when he took up the 
 growing of hops and continued in that occu- 
 pation till his death, which occurred in his 94th 
 year in New York. He enlisted in the War 
 of 18 1 j. but being under age did not see ser- 
 vice. Mr. Ayres married Nancy "Myers, who 
 died at the age of 67 years, and they had nine 
 children. Mrs. Gerhardt's maternal grand- 
 father, Solomon Casler, was a native of New 
 York, of Dutch extraction, and was a con- 
 tractor for ornamental work in the finishing 
 of houses. He married Louvina Riker, and 
 she died of cholera in 185 1, leaving her hus- 
 band four children. Mr. Casler lived to be 
 nearly 90 years old. 
 
 Albert Ayres, father of Mrs. Gerhardt. 
 was born in New York State, and in 1871 
 came to Coshocton County, Ohio, from 
 whence he removed in 1882 to Columbus, and 
 there has been engaged in the grocery business 
 for a number of years. He married Martha 
 Casler, who died in January, 1902, aged 62 
 years, and to them were born two children: 
 Mrs. Gerhardt, and Renetta, who was the wife 
 of Edward Sargent of Columbus. 
 
 Dr. Gerhardt and bis wife are members of 
 the Baptist Church, of which he is a trustee. 
 He belongs to Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, of 
 Masons, and Sunbury Lodge, No. 321, Knights 
 of Pythias, and he and his wife are also mem- 
 bers of the Eastern Star. He was surgeon in 
 the Ohio National Guards, Seventeenth Reg- 
 
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 719 
 
 iment, for eight years. Politically, the Doc- 
 is a Democrat, and for several terms 
 - a member of the city council. 
 
 DGAR JONES, a representative citi- 
 zen and prosperous farmer of Rad- 
 nor Township, belongs to one of the 
 early pioneer families of this section. 
 He was burn in Greene County, 
 Ohio, January 21, [854, and is a son of Philip 
 and Jane (Tomley) Jones. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Edgar Jones 
 was John P. Jones, who founded this family 
 in ( Ihio. Both be and his wife, Mary Penry, 
 were b< >rn in Wales. With their three chil- 
 dren they came to America in 18 18. John P. 
 Jones was one of the earliest settlers in Rad- 
 ii' >r T< wnship, Delaware County, where he 
 purchased 180 acres of wild land, developed 
 a fine farm and lived respected and esteemed 
 on his own property until his time of death, 
 in 1864. The maternal grandfather of Ed- 
 gar Jones was also a man of sterling charac- 
 ter. He was born in England, January 12, 
 1780, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, 
 November 28, 1857. In early manhood he 
 went to Wales, where he married and then en- 
 gaged in farming in that country until 1840, 
 when he brought his wife and four children to 
 America. On the farm he subsecjuently bought 
 in Radnor Township, Delaware County, he 
 spent the remainder of his life. Of his five 
 children those who reached maturity were : 
 William, Hannah and Jane, all now deceased, 
 and Richard B., who resides in Radnor Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Philip Jones was born on the Penlyn farm, 
 in Radnor Township, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 July 17. 1820, and died at Delaware, Novem- 
 ber 23. 1896. He followed an agricultural 
 life until May, 1896, when he retired and took 
 up his residence at Delaware, having lived 
 continuously in Delaware County with the ex- 
 ception of 1854-5, when he resided in Greene 
 County. On the Republican ticket be was fre- 
 quently elected to office and he served as town- 
 ship trustee, clerk, treasurer and land ap- 
 
 praiser. He married Jane Tomley, who was 
 born June 28, 1822, ami died January 2j, 
 1898. They had the following children: Ed- 
 gar; Susan, who married J. D. Griffith, who 
 holds the responsible office of assistant Con- 
 gressional postmaster, Washington, D. C. ; W. 
 (iu\-. residing at Delaware; Jennie F., resid- 
 ing at Delaware; and Jessie, who married W. 
 E. Harris, residing at De Graff, Logan 
 County, Ohio. Mrs. Jones was a member or 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. 
 [ones was a Presbyterian. Both were con- 
 scientious Christian people. 
 
 Edgar Jones was reared to manhood on 
 the old home farm. His early education was 
 obtained in the local schools, following which 
 he spent three years in the Ohio Western Uni- 
 versity, at 1 )elaware. A decade of educational 
 work followed, nine years of teaching through 
 Delaware County in various districts more or 
 less intelligent, and one year at Prospect. His 
 vacations were usually busy seasons on the 
 farm and since 1882 he has devoted all of his 
 attention to agricultural pursuits. To the 
 grandfather's estate of 180 acres, Edgar Jones 
 and his father added 20 acres. After the old 
 home residence was destroyed by fire on No- 
 vember 12, 1 90 1. the estate was divided, Ed- 
 gar Jones receiving" 120 acres as his portion. 
 In April, 1904, he bought his present farm of 
 108. acres. For a number of years he gave a 
 large amount of attention to growing Shrop- 
 shire sheep from imported stock, and he has 
 exhibited all over the State, but for the past 
 12 years he has made a specialty of hogs. He 
 has a valuable herd of Shorthorn cattle and a 
 number of fine horses. The hay, corn and 
 oats he raises he uses for feed but he sells his 
 wheat. 
 
 Mr. Jones married Anna Davis, who is a 
 daughter of John J. Davis, of Delaware. Sh<? 
 was born June 28, 1855. She is a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, 
 
 In political sentiment Mr. Jones is a Re- 
 publican, but he takes only a moderate inter- 
 est in party affairs. He is known to be a pub- 
 lic-spirited and conscientious citizen and in 
 1907 his fellow-townsmen elected him town- 
 ship trustee. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ELL TEED COURTER. senior pro- 
 Is J! prietor of Pleasant Hill stuck farm, 
 which is located in Delaware Town- 
 ship and is operated under the firm 
 name of P. T. Courter & Sons, is 
 one of this section's must progressive agri- 
 culturists and stockmen. He was born in Es- 
 sex County, New Jersey. August 25, 1840, 
 and is a son of Henry M. and Desire C. E. 
 ( "feed ) Courter. 
 
 The Courters are of Scotch and Dutch an- 
 cestry, and although of several generations 
 back, the solid qualities belonging to this com- 
 bination are apparent in the present represen- 
 tatives of the family. Henry M. Courter was 
 horn in Essex County, New Jersey, and was 
 a son of Henry and Charlotte (Terrell) Cour- 
 ter. He learned the shoemaking trade, which 
 he followed until he came to Ohio in 1857, 
 when he bought a home in Berkshire Town- 
 ship, to which he brought his family in the fol- 
 lowing year, and remained a resilient of Del- 
 aware Countw until his death. He passed the 
 closing three years of his life at the home of 
 his son, Pell T. Courter. The mother of Mr. 
 Courter was a member of one of the oldest 
 families of Essex County, New Jersey, and 
 her father. Pell Teed, was a prominent mem- 
 ber of a family that had been established at a 
 very early date by burghers from Amsterdam, 
 Holland, who settled in Livingstone To.wn- 
 ship, Essex County. As Desire Teed, she was 
 married ( first ) to John Jones, who died in Co- 
 lumbiana County, Ohio, a few days before the 
 birth of her son, John F. Jones. She subse- 
 quently married Henry M. Courter, and the 
 following children reached maturity: George 
 H., deceased; Pell T. : Josiah, deceased; Amzi, 
 residing at Galena. Ohio; Charlotte, who mar- 
 ried L. W. Miller, residing at Bellefontaine ; 
 and Wesley, residing al Mi. Pleasant, Michi- 
 gan. The parents of the above children were 
 faithful members of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Pell Teed Courter, who bears his maternal 
 grandfather's name, was eighteen years of age 
 when the family came to Delaware County, 
 Ohio. In those days a parent was obliged to 
 die sum of two dollars a month in order 
 to have his child attend school, and after he 
 
 was eight years old, Mr. Courter was not af- 
 forded many months of schooling. When 1 1 
 years old he went to work at the shoe bench 
 and soon learned all the details of shoemaking. 
 and by the time he was 12 yars old he went to 
 a journeyman shoe shop and took a job to 
 w -i irk on his own account. At that time it was 
 the custom for the shoemaker to take his work 
 home with him. and it was with some misgiv- 
 ings that the proprietor of the shop gave the 
 yi iiing workman his first two-dozen shoe or- 
 der. His attitude changed, however, when 
 the well-made shoes were returned to him, a 
 rigid inspection failing to show any defect, 
 and after that, Mr. Courter had no difficulty 
 in securing all the work he could do. The 
 thoroughness which marked his boyish efforts 
 has attended all his enterprises and undoubt- 
 edly has been one of the factors in Mr. Cour- 
 ter' s business success. 
 
 Until 1883 Mr. Courter followed shoe- 
 making, then became foreman in a shoe store 
 for some three years, after which he engaged 
 in clerking hut became interested in farming 
 in 1 88 1_, when he took charge of his father-in- 
 law's farm, on the east side of the river. Here 
 again his thoroughness and attention to detail 
 brought about success and in the spring of 
 i8ij4 he bought his present farm containing 60 
 acres. This he has operated mainly as a stock 
 farm, making a specialty of thorough-bred 
 swine and sheep, favoring the Chester White 
 hogs and the Shropshire sheep, all registered, 
 and giving a great tleal of profitable attention 
 to choice poultry, especially to Rose Comb 
 Brown Leghorns. He raises also good crops 
 of corn, oats, wheat and hay. 
 
 When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Cour- 
 ter was j 1 years of age and was making an 
 ample living working at his trade and was 
 busy with plans for the future. When the 
 first call came for troops these plans were put 
 to one side ami he. with other loyal young 
 men of his acquaintance, went forward and in 
 a spirit of true patriotism, offered life and ser- 
 vice in defense of country. In April, [86l, 
 he became an enlisted private in Company 1, 
 Fourth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 anil with his comrades was sent to Camp Den- 
 
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 721 
 
 i] and kept there through the first enlist- 
 ment. In October, 1861, he re-enlisted, en- 
 tering Company E, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, winch was soon sent across the 
 
 river into Virginia. 
 
 From Wheeling the reg- 
 
 iment followed down the Baltimore & Ohio 
 Railroad to Martinsburg, and thence to Win- 
 chester and then on to Fredericksburg. On 
 June 9, 1862, he participated in the fight with. 
 General Jackson's troops at Port Republic, 
 where he was unfortunate enough to be taken 
 prisi ner. He was sent first to the Lynchburg, 
 Virginia, Fair Grounds, and from there to 
 Belle Isle, where he was kept until September 
 13th, when he was paroled and transferred to 
 Annapolis and thence to Alexandria. Vir- 
 ginia. He was detained there until Novem- 
 ber _'Oth, when he joined his regiment at Boli- 
 var Heights. On account of disability he was 
 then ordered to he examined and in Novem- 
 ber, 1862, he was honorably discharged. He 
 is a member of the George B. Torrence Post, 
 < .rand Army of the Republic. In his political 
 affiliation, Mr. Courter is a Republican. He 
 has never been an active seeker for office but 
 has served as township trustee. 
 
 Mr. Courter married Eliza Kruck, who is 
 a daughter of Mathias Kruck. She was horn 
 in Delaware Township. Delaware County, 
 Ohio, where her father settled in [842. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Courter have had three children: 
 Harry. Clara and Walter. The latter is de- 
 ceased but is survived by his widow and two 
 si ins. Ralph and Perry. Harry Courter, the 
 surviving son of P. T. Courter, 1- associated 
 with his father in operating the farm and is a 
 very enterprising, intelligent and successful 
 business man. He married Emma Salisbury 
 and they have one son. Earl H. The only 
 
 jitter, Clara, married John H. Maxton, re- 
 siding at Van Wert, Ohio, and they have four 
 children: Ruth, Jean Marguerite, Reid and 
 Vesta. 
 
 Mr. Courter and family are identified with 
 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He 
 has long been actively interested in the same, 
 serving for years as one of the trustees and 
 for some time was superintendent of the Sun- 
 day-school. For a long period he has been 
 
 an enthusiastic and practical supporter of this 
 congregation and in large measure, to his ef- 
 forts its well being and strength is due. In 
 like manner he has supported public-spirited 
 enterprises in his community, being one of the 
 first to recognize the importance of good roads 
 to insure speedy and safe transportation, to 
 introduce improved machinery on his own 
 farm and to encourage its use by others, while 
 his efforts to raise the grade of stock to a high 
 standard, has been of great value to all this 
 section. He is one of its most representative 
 men. 
 
 RIFFITH G. BENEDICT, proprie- 
 tor of the Benedict Evaporating 
 Company, manufacturers of evapo- 
 rated sweet corn and fancy evapo- 
 rated apples, and one of the leading 
 business men of Delaware Township, was born 
 in Peru Township, in what is now Morrow 
 County, Ohio, October 3, 1^45. and is a son of 
 Aaron L. and Phebe (Wing) Benedict. 
 
 The progenitor of this old and honored 
 family was Thomas Benedict, who was born 
 in 1617 in Nottingham, England, where he 
 married Mary Bridgum. and came to America 
 in 1038. Their son, John, was born during 
 the 1 640s. and his son Joseph, had a 
 Aaron, who was born December 6, 1740. in 
 Connecticut, and married Elizabeth Knowles, 
 who was born Februery 20. 1 74 1 . and died 
 August 15, 1821. Aaron Benedict, son of 
 Aaron and Elizabeth (Knowles) Benedict, 
 was burn November 25. 1769, in New Mil- 
 ford, Connecticut, and in the fall of 1795 emi- 
 grated to New York State with his wife. Es- 
 ther Lancaster, who was born April 24. 1776, 
 and died September 25, 1S25. They cami 
 Ohio in 1812, and here the remainder of their 
 lives were spent. Mr. Benedict was an elder 
 in the Society of Friends. 
 
 Aaron L. Benedict, father of Griffith G., 
 was bi rn in Peru Township. Clinton County. 
 New York, the third child and only son of 
 Aaron and Esther (Lancaster) Benedict. He 
 was eight rears of age when the family came 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 to Ohio, and the larger part of his education 
 was acquired in an old log schoolhouse. He 
 grew up on the home farm, which he helped 
 to clear and cultivate. Here his death oc- 
 curred June 25, 1867. He was a preacher in 
 the Friends Church. He married Phebe 
 Wing, who was born July 22, 1808, and died 
 August 20, 1884, and was a daughter of Mi- 
 ner Wing, originally of Dutchess County, 
 New York. Of their children, seven grew to 
 maturity : Amelia, who married Jonathan 
 Stanley, both now being deceased; Livius A., 
 of Peru Township: Charity T., who is de- 
 ceased; Lydia, deceased, who married Joseph 
 Johnson; Edward A., a resident of Salem, 
 Columbiana County; Griffith G. ; and Agnes 
 S.. win 1 resides on the old home place. 
 
 Griffith G. Benedict was educated in the 
 district schouls as well as a private school, and 
 remained at home until the death of his father. 
 In 1876 he came to his present farm of 17 
 acres, where he embarked in trucking, in 
 which he has continued to a certain extent to 
 the present time, making a specialty of bush 
 fruits and strawberries. He also keeps a 
 small dairy, selling his milk to a creamery. 
 Mr. Benedict started the first fruit and corn 
 evaporating business in the county, in a small 
 way, with a home-made dryer, but by 1888 
 his business had increased to such an extent 
 as to warrant the erection of a large building, 
 which he fitted with the most modern machin- 
 ery. He now evaporates from 25.000 to 
 50.000 pounds of sweet corn and as high as 
 2,000 bushels of apples during the short sea- 
 son, which lasts not more than two months, 
 and his business is still the only one of its kind 
 in Delaware County. Some years ago Mr. 
 Benedict purchased an additional 33 acres, and 
 also rents property. The home that stood on 
 the original 17-acre tract has been changed 
 into a modern residence, and large, substan- 
 tial buildings have been erected, making his 
 property one of the most desirable in this sec- 
 tion 1 if the tow nship. 
 
 On July 23, 1N74. Mr. Benedict was mar- 
 ried to Ellen Willits, who is the daughter of 
 Joel Willits. of Cardington Township, Mor- 
 row County, Ohio, and two children have been 
 born to this union: Ethel and Frances W. 
 
 Mr. Benedict is an active Prohibitionist. 
 In religion Mr. and Mrs. Benedict are mem- 
 bers of the Friends Church. 
 
 leading business citi- 
 
 H. RICHEY, a 
 
 zen of Warrensburg, and one of the 
 
 substantial men of Scioto Township, 
 
 where he owns two valuable farms, 
 
 comprising 143 acres, was born in 
 
 Scioto Township, Delaware County. Ohio. 
 
 January 25, 1874. and is a son of James M. 
 
 and Ella (Berlett) Richey. 
 
 James M. Richey, father of F. II., is one 
 of Delaware's representative citizens, and is a 
 member of the firm of Bird. Richey & Chris- 
 tian, proprietors of the White Sulphur Stone 
 Company. He was born June 23. [854, in 
 Scioto Hownship and is a son of Isaac New- 
 ton and Eliza (McClure). Both the Richeys 
 and the McClures were pioneer settlers in Sew 
 oto Township. 
 
 F. H. Richey was reared on the home farm 
 and secured his education in the schi - I 
 Scioto Township. When he was 20 years of 
 age he started out in life for himself, as a hay 
 and straw dealer, and has remained connected 
 with this industry ever since. He does a large 
 business, shipping straw to Cleveland and hay 
 to West Virginia, by the 100 car loads. He 
 has a tenant on his farms, where he devotes 
 four or five acres to apple orchards and raises 
 150 head of sheep and from 15 to 18 head of 
 cattle. 
 
 Mr. Richey married Rosa Snyder, who is 
 a daughter of Leonard Snyder, and they have 
 three children : Eliza, Kilbourn and Amy 
 Iola. Mrs. Richey is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. In politics. Mr. 
 Richey is a stanch Democrat and for six years 
 he has been a member of the Board of Elec- 
 tions, a township trustee and a member of the 
 School Board for seven years. His fraternal 
 connections include Ruffner Lodge, No. 330, 
 Odd Fellows, of Radnor, of which he is past 
 grand, Ruffner F.ebekahs. Lodge No. 248, and 
 Scioto Camp, No. 92, of Woodmen of the 
 World, of which he is an official. 
 
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 DWARD D.JONES, one of the oldest 
 and most highly respected citizens of 
 Radnor Township, was born at 
 Llangaffan, Breconshire, South 
 Wales, April 16, (826, ami is a son 
 oi Daniel and Sarah (Jefferson) Jones. 
 
 The father of Mr. Jones was horn in Brec- 
 onshire and never left his native place, where 
 he died when aged 69 years. He was a small 
 farmer and was a man of great industry. He 
 married a daughter of 1 high Jefferson, who 
 resided in Radnorshire. South Wales, and 
 they had six children, Edward I), being the 
 youngest member of the family and the only 
 survivor and the only one who came to 
 America. The family was reared in the faith 
 of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Edward D. Jones grew up on his father's 
 little farm and attended the schools near his 
 home, lie was more ambitious and venture- 
 some than the other members of the fam- 
 ily and when he reached manh 1 
 
 he decided to emigrate to America, 
 where he hoped industrial opportunities 
 were better than in his own land. He 
 felt unwilling, however, to have the Atlantic 
 Ocean roll between him and the maiden of his 
 choice, therefore he was married January 30, 
 1852, and on April 12 following, he embarked 
 with his bride on the sailing vessel "States 
 Rights." for the United States, which landed 
 them safely eight weeks later, at Castle Gar- 
 den, New York. Mr. Jones came to Radnor, 
 Delaware County. Ohio, where he found em- 
 ployment and worked industriously until he 
 had accumulated enough capital to purchase 
 jo acres of land in Radnor Township, near 
 Warrensburg. Here he first built a humble 
 1' g cabin and then cleared and fenced his 
 property and during the 12 years which he 
 spent on it, put it under a fine state of culti- 
 vation. In 1864 he bought his present farm 
 of a little over 100 acres. 35 of which had been 
 cleared, and a comfortable log cabin stood on 
 the place, in which the family resided until 
 I884. In that year he built the present fine 
 two-story frame house, which contains 12 
 large rooms. His substantial barns were 
 erected three years after he look possession of 
 
 the farm. Mr. Jones during his active years 
 rawed many horse-, cattle, sheep and h >gs and 
 also sufficient grain with which to feed them. 
 Mr. Jones is a man of independent means hut 
 every dollar he has made through In- own ef- 
 forts. The only advantage he had over many 
 others who started out in life at the same time 
 he did. was the possession of unusual physical 
 strength and to this he added industry, clean 
 living and continued prudence. 
 
 Mr. Jones was married to Mary Davis, 
 who died in 1886, aged 51 years. She was 
 the beloved mother of a large family, three of 
 which died and eight survived to maturity, 
 namely: Miriam, who grew to womanhood, 
 married Joel Griffiths, and died in Radnor 
 Township; Sarah, deceased, who married 
 Evan T. Jones, who reside- at Richwood; 
 Isaac, who is deceased: Elizabeth, wdio mar- 
 ried Stephen Davis, residing in Radnor Town- 
 ship; Mary Ann, who married William Her- 
 bert, residing in Radnor Township ; Ruth, who 
 married Edward Hadley, residing in Radnor 
 Township: Alice, who married Griffith Rob- 
 erts, who operates the Jones farm; Martha, 
 win 1 married James Osborne, residing in Rad- 
 nor Township. Mr. Jones and family belong- 
 to the Congregational Church, in which he is 
 a deacon. Since the election of President Lin- 
 coln, he has been identified with the Republi- 
 can party, but has prohibition tendencies. He 
 attributes a large measure of his excellent 
 health of mind and body to the fact that he has 
 been temperate in all things and has never 
 used either tobacco or liquor. He is a man 
 who in every way deserves the high regard in 
 which he is held by his fel'ow citizens. 
 
 OHN COWGILL, one of Delaware 
 Township's substantial agriculturists, 
 who owns and operates a fine farm of 
 mi >re than 200 acres, was born July 
 18, 1842, in Jefferson Township. Lo- 
 gan County, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and 
 Mary ( Everett ) Cowgill. 
 
 Thomas Cowgill, the grandfather, was 
 
HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 born in Frederick County, Virginia, July 27, 
 1777. and died September 16, 1846. He was 
 a blacksmith by trade, an occupation which 
 he followed in his native locality until his mar- 
 riage, and then removed to Columbiana 
 County, Ohio. Mr. Cowgill married Sarah 
 Antrim, who was born September 16, 1780. 
 in Stafford County, Virginia, and died June 6, 
 1868, and to them there were born the follow- 
 ing children: Ann, born November 27, 1800, 
 in Culpeper County, Virginia, died October 
 13. 1873; Henry, born in Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, October 30, 1802, died September 12, 
 [869; Susanna, born November 1. 1804. died 
 February 8, 1851; Daniel, born October 8. 
 180(1, died Aprd 8. 1896; Sarah, born Sep- 
 •tember 3, 1809; Thomas, born June [9, 1812; 
 Joseph, born May 15, 1814; Levi, born April 
 8, [816, died June 5. 1859; Lydia, born in 
 Champaign County, Ohio.. February i, 1818; 
 John, born January 4, 1820, resides in Frank- 
 lin County. Ohio; and Eli, born May 27, 1822. 
 The family were Quakers. 
 
 Daniel Cowgill, father of John, was born 
 between Lisbon and Salem, in Columbiana 
 County, Ohio, October 8, 1806, and as a boy 
 accompanied his parents to Champaign 
 
 mty, where he received a limited education 
 and learned the trade of cabinet maker and 
 undertaker. lie located in Zanesfield, Logan 
 Count}-, where he established himself in busi- 
 ness, and lie always spoke with pride of having 
 made Samuel Kenton'-, coffin. In 1850 Mr. 
 Cowgill engaged in farming on rented land 
 near Delaware, but two years later purchased 
 the farm now owned by bis son John, which 
 he continued t<> operate until his death. He 
 was first a Whig and later a Republican in 
 us. ami served as justice of the peace of 
 Logan County for nine years, and as trustee 
 f r a long peril id. 
 
 Mr. Cowgill was married (first 1 to llepse- 
 beth Stokes, who was born December 24, 
 iSin. and died August 14, [836, and they had 
 two children: Deborah, who was born De- 
 cember 15, 1831; and Joseph Stokes, born 
 May 4. 1834. Mr. Cowgill's second marriage 
 to Mary Everett, who was born August 
 31, 181 I, and died May 15. 1875. daughter of 
 
 Thomas Everett of Champaign County. Of 
 their children, five grew to maturity : Sarah, 
 born December 29, 1840, is the widow of John 
 Sites and lives at Camp Chase, Franklin 
 County; John; Rev. Josephine, twin of John, 
 for several years was a missionary in Pales- 
 tine, ami is now located at Los Angeles, Cali- 
 fornia, where she still carries on missionary 
 work; Ottaway C, born September 25, 184(1. 
 died July 31, 1888; and Daniel E.. born April 
 12. 1854, at one time principal of the schools 
 of Delaware, is now located at Columbus. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cowgill were members of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cowgill having 
 had to leave the Quaker faith to muster in the 
 old militia, as he was unable to pay the fine for 
 111 t mustering. 
 
 John Cowgill received his education in his 
 native township and at Delaware, where he 
 taught school for three terms, farming dur- 
 ing the summer months. His parents had es- 
 tablished a small dairy, and this he greatly en- 
 larged, operating a milk route until Septem- 
 ber, 1902, keeping about 30 head of cattle, 
 and raising most of bis feed. He now has 20 
 bead o.f cattle and 123 sheep, and about half 
 of his farm is under cultivation, four acres be- 
 ing devoted to apple trees, although the prin- 
 cipal crops are corn, oats, wdieat and hay. The 
 residence and main barn were built by Mr. 
 Cowgill's parents, but the additions and other 
 buildings have been built by him. Fraternally 
 he is connected with the Lodge and Chapter 
 of the Masonic order. He is a Republican in 
 politics, and was township trustee for six years 
 and land appraiser two terms. 
 
 On May 2j , 1875, Mr. Cowgill was mar- 
 ried to Ellen X. Yates, who was born January 
 15, 1832. in Knox County, Illinois, and is a 
 daughter of Thomas Yates, and to this union 
 there were born five children: John Arthur, 
 born July 2J , 1870, resides in Delaware; Mary 
 Everett, born October 8. 1877, married Wil- 
 liam Griffith, of Delaware; Margaret Elnora, 
 born October 1, 1880. died January r6, 1896; 
 
 Thomas Elw I. horn July jj. 1885, is a 
 
 member of the class of [908 at the Ohio State 
 University; and Oliver Clyde, born February 
 15. 1NN7/ 
 

 
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 Mr. Cowgill is a Presbyterian, while his 
 wife is a member of William Street Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and is very active in church 
 and charitable work, having been for some 
 years president of the Aged People's Home. 
 
 1. ADAMSON, of the firm of Schop- 
 pert & Adamson, lumber merchants. 
 at 1 Kt rander. was horn in Randolph 
 County, Indiana, April 16, 1867, and 
 is a son of Ira and Nancy (Will- 
 more) Adamson. 
 
 The Adamson family is of English extrac- 
 The grandfather of J. i. Adamson was 
 Abraham Adamson, who was a pioneer in In- 
 diana, where he became prominent in public 
 affairs. The maternal grandfather was a na- 
 tive of Virginia. Me married Eliza Love, 
 whose mother was a Harrison, belonging to 
 the old Virginia family from which came two 
 presidents of the United States. 
 
 Ira Adamson, father of J. I... is a highly 
 respected retired citizen of Winchester. In- 
 diana. He served as a soldier in the Union 
 army during the Civil War and is a member 
 nf the Grand Army Post at Winchester. He 
 was a successful farmer for many years and 
 for 15 years prior to retiring from active life, 
 he was engaged in the bee business. He is 
 a Republican in his political views and has 
 frequently held township offices. He married 
 a daughter of William C. Willmore, of Win- 
 chester, who still survives. For 14 years Mr. 
 Willmore was county recorder. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Adamson had 10 children, namely: Willis A.. 
 residing at Saratoga, Indiana; Mary E.; Sa- 
 rah: Jesse W.. residing on the home farm: 
 Alice A.; John W.. deceased; J. I.: George 
 W.. residing at Everett. Washington, was 
 clerk of the court there for eight years; and 
 Hannah and Edith. The parents of this fam- 
 ily are members of the Baptist Church, in 
 which the father has been very active for many 
 rs, frequently occupying the pulpit, lie is 
 n> i\v in his 77th year. 
 
 J. I. Adamson was reared in Indiana and 
 educated in the Randolph High School 
 
 and the National Normal University at Leb- 
 anon, Ohio, remaining in the latter institution 
 fir two years, after which he returned to Win- 
 chester and taught in the public schools for the 
 next five years. Failing health compelled him 
 to abandon teaching and for the seven follow- 
 ing years he engaged in farming in Scioto 
 Township. In 1X91 he came to Ostrander and 
 entered into partnership with J. A. Hayes, in 
 the hardware line, under the firm name of 
 Hayes & Adamson, which continued two 
 years, when Mr. Adamson closed out his in- 
 terest. For -iime four or five years he then 
 conducted a restaurant. In the fall of 1905, 
 he bought a farm of Albert Huntley, but re- 
 turned to Ostrander in a few months and en- 
 tered into partnership with his present asso 
 ciate. The firm operates a portable sawmill, 
 deals mainly in hard wood and ships largely 
 to Dayton. Ohio. Mr. Adamson was one of 
 the organizers of the Ostrander Banking Com 
 pan}-, at Ostrander, and with the exception of 
 one year, has been one of its directi irs ever 
 since its beginning. 
 
 Mr. Adamson married Minnie Manville. 
 who was born in Scioto Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, 
 Lois Ellen. In politics. Mr. Adamson is a 
 stanch Republican. He is a member of Os- 
 trander Lodge. F. & A. M., and of Edinburg 
 Lodge. Odd Fellows, of which he is past 
 grand, and has also held the office of district 
 deputy grand master. He is one of Ostran- 
 der's representative men. 
 
 ENJAMIN V. ax.) LYMAN 1'. Mc- 
 MASTER, extensive land owners 
 and farmers of Brown Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, have at- 
 tained a high degree of success and. 
 are widely known throughout the county. 
 Operating under the firm name of McMaster 
 Brothers, they have cultivated the tract of 425 
 acre- left by their father, and to this added 
 from time t<> time until the farm has been al- 
 most doubled in size. In pasl years they 
 bought, raised and fed -tuck on an extensive 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 scale, making a specialty of high grade Short 
 Horn cattle and standard-bred draft horses 
 and roadsters. They have bred and raised 
 some fast horses, which made fine records 
 for speed on various race courses. In Short- 
 Horn breeding they have favored the red, and 
 have a large herd almost uniformly of that 
 color. Substantial men of the public spirited 
 type, the McMaster Brothers have always 
 worked for those improvements which tend to 
 add to the comforts of life, as well as to en- 
 hance the value of property, in Brown Town- 
 ship. 
 
 The McMaster family has long been one 
 of prominence in Delaware County. Benja- 
 min McMaster, the grandfather, was born 
 September 24, 1795. in Ontario County, New 
 York, and was the third in a family of four 
 children, lie was quite young when his father 
 died, and in 1813 located in Scioto County, 
 Ohio. 'There he operated the first saw-mill 
 in the county, and sawed the lumber used in 
 the old State House in Columbus. In [814 
 he moved to the village of Worthington, and 
 lived in part of the bouse in which Colonel 
 Kilbourne kept tavern. In the latter part of 
 the same year, he came to Delaware County 
 and cleared twenty acres for Dr. Warren. In 
 1817 he went to Champaign Count}', and the 
 next year married a daughter of Lemuel G. 
 Humphrey, of Liberty Township, Delaware 
 County, who lived but a few year-. Shortly 
 afterward he again came to Delaware County 
 and bought 100 acres of land on Elm Creek, 
 upon which he built a cabin of the pioneer 
 pattern, moving into it about ten o'clock one 
 cold December night, when about fifteen 
 inches of snow covered the ground. This is 
 a little evidence of the hardships of the pio- 
 neer days. lb- worldl) possessions at that 
 time were one yoke of steers, one heifer, ten 
 head of young hogs, a dog. a small supply of 
 household goods and provisions, and fifty dol- 
 lars in money, lie cleared ln- farm, which 
 was considered in those days the finest im 
 proved and richest in Brown Township, it 
 being bottom land, which before the days . .1 
 extensive drainage was not subject to fre- 
 quent inundation as at present. Benjamin 
 
 McMaster resided on this farm until (85 
 when he moved to Ashley and erected a ware- 
 bouse and forming a business partnership, be 
 continued in this business until his death in 
 1888. By his first marriage, Benjamin had 
 three children, namely: Robert; Horace, who 
 in 1852 bought the farm settled upon by bis 
 father and William. His second marriage was 
 with Electa Perry, widow of William Berry, 
 by whom be had three children — Alvin, El- 
 mina and Philemon Perry. The children of 
 her second union : George. Esther, Hiram and 
 Eloisa. This hardy old pioneer treated lus 
 own and the Berry children with the same 
 kindness and consideration, and assisted each 
 to an excellent start in life. 
 
 Robert G. McMaster. lather of the Mc- 
 Master Brothers, was born December 3. 18 18, 
 and grew to manhood on the home estate in 
 Brown Township. He worked out by the 
 month for two years for David Bush, and 
 with the aid of bis father bought 100 acres 
 of land which was the nucleus of the large 
 farm of McMaster Brothers. This place was 
 very little improved and Robert lived in a 
 cabin for some years. He bought and bred 
 stock with good results, financially, and added 
 to his realty holdings until at his death, Febru- 
 ary 28. 1873, he had 423 acres. He was 
 joined in marriage with Mary Worline. who 
 was born in Troy Township, and was a daugh- 
 ter of Henry Worline. She died December 
 10, 1847. five children having been born of 
 their union, as follows: Benjamin F., born 
 September 15. 1842: Lyman P., born April 
 6, 1844; Theodore D., born October 2T,, 1843. 
 died June 24. 1889; Mary Emma and Mary 
 Etta, twins, born December 3, 1847. The 
 latter died young and the former is the widow 
 1 if David ( ). Jones, by whom she had a daugh- 
 ter, Hattie R. Jones. Mrs. Jones lives on the 
 farm her grandfather settled on and improv.ed. 
 Robert G. McMaster was a Democrat and al- 
 though not active in politics served as township 
 trustee and once was a candidate for county 
 commissioner. Religiously, he was a mem- 
 ber of the Universalist Church. 
 
 Benjamin F. McMaster served nearly three 
 years in the .army during the Civil War. having 
 
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 the rank of corporal, lie enlisted August i 3. 
 [862, in Company 1). One Hundred and Twen- 
 ty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 was mustered in September 10, anil in just 28 
 days thereafter participated in the battle oi 
 Perry ville, Kentucky. He was with the Army 
 of the Cumberland. He took part in many 
 important engagements, among them: Chick - 
 amauga; Chattanooga, where they had three 
 or four days' fighting; accompanied General 
 Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta, being 
 in spirited action at Kenesaw Mt.; Rome, 
 Georgia; Red Oak Station, Georgia; and 
 Jonesboro. After arriving at Atlanta, Davis' 
 Division, of which the One Hundred and 
 Twenty-first Regiment was a part, was de- 
 tached and sent to Florence, Alabama, after 
 which they rejoined General Sherman at At- 
 lanta, and on November 15, began the memor- 
 able march to the sea, arriving at Savannah, 
 on December 10, 1864. On January 20th be- 
 gan the invasion of South Carolina, and then 
 of North Carolina, actions at Averysboro, 
 Bentonville and Goldsboro, making their ex- 
 pedition. The army arrived at Raleigh, North 
 Carolina, where they were located at the time 
 of General Johnston's surrender. Proceeding 
 northward they participated in the Grand Re- 
 view at Washington, D. C, and were there 
 honorably discharged, June 8, 1865. Al- 
 though passing through the war without seri- 
 ous sickness or injury, he had numerous nar- 
 row escapes. At Kenesaw Mountain, where 
 164 of the regiment met death in about fifteen 
 minutes of fighting, a piece of shell struck and 
 bent the barrel of Air. McMaster's gun, ren- 
 dering it useless, but saving him from in- 
 jury and possible death. On June 19, 1865, 
 he returned home to Brown Township, where 
 he has resided continuously since. 
 
 Lyman P. Mc. Master, who has always been 
 rec< ignized as a capable business man. was 
 called upon to serve as commissioner of Dela- 
 ware County, serving three years, one year 
 being chairman of the board, in a most effi- 
 cient manner. He was elected on the Demo- 
 cratic ticket by a majority of 480 votes, al- 
 though located in a Republican stronghold. 
 He has also served two terms as township 
 trustee. 
 
 F. WILT, a prominent and influential 
 general merchant of Ashley, enjoying 
 an extensive and lucrative patronage 
 
 from the citizens of this community, 
 was born October 3. [849, in Clarion 
 County. Pennsylvania, and is a son of John 
 and Catherine Wilt, both of whom were na- 
 tives of Germany, who located in Clarion 
 Count}-. Pennsylvania. 
 
 Mr. Wilt spent the first 17 years of his 
 life 111 Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and on 
 April (1, 1867, when about 17 years old. came 
 to Ashley with James L. Wray, who established 
 a general store on the site where Mr. Wilt's 
 present store is located. He continued in the 
 employ of Air. Wray until the latter failed m 
 business, when he sold out the stock for the 
 receivers; after which he formed a partnership 
 with Air. Corbett, with whom he continued 
 associated for five years. He then sold his 
 interest in the firm and clerked for others for 
 about five or six years. In [882 he established 
 his present business. He has gained an envi- 
 able reputation as an honest and up-to-date 
 merchant, and his customers always receive 
 prompt and courteous attention. He erected 
 his present two-story building in 1883, having 
 been previously located a few doors west. He 
 carries a full line of dry goods and shoes and 
 aNo ;i >mall line of groceries and notions. Air. 
 Wilt is a man of more than ordinary business 
 ability, am 
 has been well earned. 
 
 On October 28, 1877. Mr. Wilt was joined 
 in marriage with Emma Clifton, who was born 
 in Perry County, Ohio, and to them were born 
 the following children: George Clayton, born 
 August 3. 1878, died on December 15, 1880; 
 Merril, born February i<>. 1X80. died January 
 2, 1S81 ; Elizabeth I'.elle. born April 22, iSSj, 
 married L. K. Wornstaff, superintendent of 
 the public schools of Ashley: Marie, born 
 February 16. 1884; Marion Muriel, was born 
 April 24. 1885. who is the wife of Ralph Da- 
 vis, a teacher in the public schools; Genevieve, 
 born August 19, 1889; and Harold, who was 
 born in November, 1892, and died May 3. 
 1894. 
 
 Politically identified with the Republican 
 party, Air. Wilt served six years as township 
 
 the success attending his efforts 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 clerk, was six years a member of the Sc1im.i1 
 Board, and for four years had charge of the 
 postoffice of Ashley, during President Harri- 
 son's administration. He is a member of the 
 Ashley Lodge, F. & A. M. 
 
 IMOTHY GOMER JONES, general 
 farmer of Radnor Township, was 
 born July r8, 1853, ' n Radnor Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, and is 
 a son of Evan T. and Ellen (Junes) 
 Jones. 
 
 Evan T. Jones was born in South Wales, 
 in 1818. and died in Ohio, January 18. 1896. 
 He grew to manhood in South Wales and 
 on coming to America settled in Radnor 
 Township, near the river, where he acquired 
 a farm of 97 acres. At one time he was an 
 active member of the Odd Fellows and as- 
 sisted in erecting the fraternity's building at 
 Radnor. In politics he was a Democrat. He 
 married the widow of his brother Thomas. 
 She was born in North Wales and was a 
 daughter of David Jones. The four children 
 of the second marriage who grew out of in- 
 fancy were: Elizabeth, who married James 
 Paulding, residing at East St. Louis, Illinois: 
 Thomas T.. residing at Prospect : Timothy G. ; 
 and Alary Ellen, who married Robert Thomas, 
 residing in Radnor Township. Mr. and 
 .Mrs. Jones are members of the 1 Congregation il 
 Church. 
 
 Timothy Comer Jones was six years old 
 when his parents moved to the farm he now 
 o\\n>. and his father built the residence and 
 other structures. He secured his education 
 in the district schools and his occupation has 
 always been farming. To the original acre- 
 age of the farm he has added until he now 
 owns 143 acres. This In- has under a tine state 
 of cultivation. Like his father. Air. Jones 
 believes in the principles of die Democi 
 party. 
 
 On February 14. 1N7N. Mr. Jones was 
 married to Elizabeth Jane Jones, who is a 
 daughter of John A. and Mary (Newell) 
 Cones. Three children have been born to 
 
 them, of whom one is deceased, the two sur- 
 vivors being: Evan T.. residing at Pincon- 
 ning, .Michigan, and John A. Air. and Airs. 
 Jones belong to the Congregational Church 
 at Radnor, of which he has served as a 
 trustee. 
 
 John A. Jones, father of Airs. Timothy 
 G. Jones, was born in North Wales and died 
 in Ohio in 1895, a g ef l 7° years. He grew to 
 manhood on his father's farm in Wales prior 
 to coming to America with his bride. In [854 
 they reached Columbus, Ohio. Here he learned 
 the blacksmith's trade which he followed until 
 within five years of his death. For _' 1 years 
 he worked in the Aliami shops and was also 
 employed in the Panhandle Railroad shops, 
 later going into business for himself. Of his 
 five children four reached maturity, namely: 
 Elizabeth Jane: Airs. Catherine Williams; 
 Mary Ann, who is the widow of George F. 
 Twitchell, of Columbus, Ohio; and Emma 
 Gertrude, also a resident of Columbus. 
 
 )HN J. MILLER, a progressive farmer 
 of Delaware Township, residing on 
 his valuable farm of 75 acres, was 
 born in Baden, Germany. October 2^. 
 1845. and is a son of Jacob and Eliza- 
 beth (Wightman) .Miller. The father of Air. 
 Miller died in Germany, after which his mother 
 came to America, where two of her sisters and 
 a brother had already settled. She located 
 for a few years in Franklin Township and then 
 moved to Delaware Township. 
 
 John J. Aliller spent the larger part of his 
 boyhood with his uncle. Warner Marquette, oi 
 Liberty Township, where he was given school 
 advantages. When the Civil War broke out 
 he was assisting on the farm. He enlisted in 
 Compan) E, Second Regiment. Ohio Volun- 
 teer Heavy Artillery, and was stationed'in 
 Kentucky. Tennessee and Georgia. He is a 
 member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 After he returned from the army. Mr. 
 Aliller rented land for several years, after 
 which he bought about 50 acres in Delaware 
 Township, which, added to 25 acres inherited 
 
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 by his wife, makes a compact farm, large 
 enough For easy handling, and here Air. Miller 
 has earned on general farming- and stock-rais- 
 ing. He cultivates about 60 acres of his land, 
 raising corn, oats, wheat and hay, and as he 
 believes in using fertilizer, he has good crops 
 when many others fail. lie keeps seven head 
 of cattle, makes high grade butter, has 25 
 head of thoroughbred Duroc hogs and pays 
 considerable attention to poultry. 
 
 Mr. Miller married Mary Elizabeth Lind- 
 ner, who is a daughter of Frederick G. Lind- 
 ner, of Delaware Township, and they have 
 had nine children, the four who grew to ma- 
 turity being: Frank, is married, resides at 
 Delaware: Harry, also married, resides in 
 Delaware: Katherine, who married George W. 
 Owen, of Delaware Township; and Ellsworth, 
 who resides at home. Mrs. Miller is a mem- 
 ber of the Lutheran Church. Formerly Mr. 
 Miller was identified with the Democratic 
 party, but he has been a Republican since the 
 second administration of President Cleve- 
 land. He is no seeker fi >r 1 iffice, but always 
 take- an active interest in electing those who 
 have records as good citizens. He is an in- 
 telligent, well-informed man and has adopted 
 modern methods of agriculture, his land show- 
 ing the results of his care. He built the pres- 
 ent comfortable residence. 
 
 ILLIAM L. PEET, who has lived 
 retired from active pursuits, in his 
 pleasant home at Richwood, since 
 [880, still owns his farm of 170 
 acres, a part of the old l'eet home- 
 stead, which is situated in Thompson Town- 
 ship. Mr. l'eet was horn in Delaware County, 
 Ohio. July X. [856, and is a son of William 
 J. ami Anna ( Welch ) Peet. 
 
 Air. l'eet is a member of one of the old- 
 est families of New England. His ance 
 John Peet, crossed the Atlantic, from Duffield 
 
 parish, Derbyshire. England, in the g 1 ship 
 
 "Hopewell," in 1635. He died in [678, aged 
 Si years. John Peet (2d) married Mary 
 Morehouse in [696 and they had three daugh- 
 
 ters and three sons, one of the latter being 
 1 lavid l'eet. who was horn June 30, [698. I le 
 was married to Alary Titherton, October II, 
 [719. One of his sons, Samuel Peet, known 
 as a hermit, devoted his life to the study of 
 astronomical science. He married Sarah Wild- 
 man. It was probably his brother, Lemuel 
 Peet, who was the great-grandfather of Wil- 
 liam L. Peet. He died in an old age at the 
 home of his son, \||>a l'eet, in Berlin Town- 
 ship, Delaware County. 
 
 Alba l'eet. grandfather of William L., was 
 horn in Litchfield County. Connecticut, and 
 from there came to Franklin County, Ohio, 
 accompanied by his father ami his own family. 
 This was about 1830, and he settled on a 
 farm within two miles of Worthington, his 
 near neighbor being Ossian Gardner, with 
 whom he later became interested in the manu- 
 facture of brick. For 15 years they did an 
 extensive business for the time, and their 
 product was used in the construction of main 
 of the buildings in the heart of the present 
 city of Columbus. Alba Peet resided near 
 Worthington for about jo years, when he sold 
 his farm there and bought one situated in Ber- 
 lin Township, four miles east of Delaware. 
 There were 200 acres in this tract, very little 
 of which had yet been cleared. Air. Peet sold 
 that farm 10 years later, after which he re- 
 sided at Delaware, where he died in 1879, 
 aged 84 years. He was a man of sterling- 
 character, strong in his convictions of right. 
 Politically, he was an old-time Democrat. He 
 was married (first) to Harriet Orton and 
 lour of their five children reached manhood, 
 namely: William J.; Or ha (born in [824, 
 died in 1905). who married David Cronkel- 
 ton, and left two children — Herman (de- 
 ceased) and Helen Af., who is the widow of 
 Dr. Calvin Welch, of Delaware; and Frank- 
 lin and J-udd, both of whom are deceased. 
 Alba Peet and wife were among the early 
 members of the Methodisl Episcopal Church 
 in this section, and were most worthy people in 
 every particular. 
 
 William J. Peet was horn in Liti 
 County. Connecticut, and was twelve years old 
 when he accompanied his parents to < Ihio. I [e 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 remained at home until he was 21 years old, 
 when he visited a section then seemingly on 
 the western border of civilization — Wisconsin 
 and Minnesota. After living there for eight 
 years, he returned to Delaware, where he was 
 married (first) to Pamela Halley. They had 
 one daughter, Ida. who married a Air. Thurs- 
 ton and is since deceased. 
 
 Just prior to the Civil War. William J. 
 Peet moved to Thompson Township and 
 bought a farm to which he continued to add 
 until he owned 221 acres. There he lived 
 until he removed to Richwood, where he re- 
 sided for a number of years before his death. 
 In politics he was a Democrat and he took an 
 important part in his township's affairs and 
 served in the offices of trustee and treasurer. 
 He wa- married (secondly) to Anna Welch, 
 who was a daughter of Hiram Welch and they 
 had three children, two of whom survive — 
 Lester G., residing at Richwood, and William 
 L. William J. Peet married for his third 
 wife. Mrs. Melissa Evans, who still survives, 
 at the age of 90 years. 
 
 William L. Peet continued to reside on the 
 old homestead in Thompson Township until 
 [888, when he moved to Richwood. He mar- 
 ried Lida Marriott, who is a daughter of J. 
 1'. Marriott, of Richwood. and they have two 
 children: Harry E. born in 1881, and re- 
 siding in Chicago, and Judd M., born in 1885, 
 who is residing at home. Airs. Peet is a mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to 
 which Mr. Peet gives liberal support. He 
 was reared politically in the principles of the 
 Democratic part)- and still votes for its candi- 
 dates, but is never an active participant in 
 political campaigns. 
 
 EXTER X. DALTON, one of the 
 highly esteemed citizens of Delaware 
 Township, Delaware Count v. Ohio, 
 who is carrying on general farming 
 on an 82-acre tract, was born No- 
 vember 3, [835, in Bainbridge, Chenango 
 Countv. Xew York, ami is a son of Isaac and 
 Eliza (Miller) Dalton. 
 
 Isaac Dalton, who was also a native of 
 Xew York, came to Ohio about 1845, an d re- 
 mained for a year or two in Delaware County, 
 subsequently removing to Illinois, where he 
 and his wife spent most of their lives. They 
 had these children: Eveline and Adeline, the 
 former of whom is deceased: Dexter X.; Mar- 
 garet. who is deceased; James, who was born 
 in Ohio: Airs. Lorette Perry, who resides at 
 Momence, Illinois; and Mary. 
 
 Dexter N. Dalton was nine or ten year> of 
 age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio, 
 and made the trip further West with them, 
 but subsequently, when 15 years old. re- 
 turned to Delaware County, wdiere he lived 
 until 22 years old. being engaged in farm 
 work. He then again went West, where he 
 farmed until 1863, in which year he enlisted 
 in Company D. One Hundred and Thirteenth 
 Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and 
 served about one year, being ill most of the 
 time. After receiving an honorable discharge, 
 Air. Dalton went to Onarga, Illinois, where he 
 made his home until 1902, in that year pur- 
 chasing his present farm of 82 acres, where he 
 carries on general farming. Air. Dalton is 
 also the owner of a fine tract of 134 acres in 
 Oxford Township, which is being cultivated 
 by his son, William D., as a general farm. 
 
 Air. Dalton was married (first) to Ella 
 M. Libhart, who was born in Michigan, and 
 was the daughter of P. T. B. Libhart. Airs. 
 Dalton died in 1879, aged 28 years, having 
 been the mother of eight children, of whom 
 seven grew to maturity, as follows : Francis 
 H., who assists his father on the home farm; 
 Fred L, who lives in Illinois; Fannie J., who 
 married Christian Thompson, a resident of 
 Minnesota; William D.. of Oxford Township; 
 Fletcher L., who lives in Montana; Floyd A., 
 who also resides in Montana; and Ferdinand 
 O.. who is deceased. Charles A., died in in- 
 fancy. Air. Dalton was married, secondly, to 
 Sarah J. Johnson. Airs. Dalton is a member of 
 the Congregational faith, but for convenience 
 attends the Alethodist Episcopal Church with 
 her husband. He is connected with the Grand 
 Army of the Republic Post at Onarga. Illi- 
 nois. 
 
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 [MBALL SEDGWICK, secretary and 
 manager of the Sunbury Co-operative 
 Creamery Company, at Sunbury, 
 
 ( >lii". was born in this place, July 17, 
 [862, and is a son of William S. and 
 Irene 1 Kimball 1 Sedgw ick. 
 
 The father oi Mr. Sedgwick was formerly 
 a minister in the Baptist Church and became 
 State superintendent of Sunday schools for 
 that body for the State of Kentucky, lie was 
 May J4. 1836, was reared at Duncan 
 Falls. Ohio, and died in Kentucky, Septem- 
 ber 29, 1866. He was married to Irene Kim- 
 ball. September 25, [861. She contracted a 
 second marriage, with the late George Arm- 
 strong, who died January 29, 1886. Of the 
 first marriage there were two children — Kim- 
 and George. The latter was accidentally 
 killed on the railroad, when 16 years old. Of 
 the second marriage there was one son — 
 Charles O., who resides with his mother in 
 Sunbury, and who. since 1894, has been assist- 
 ant cashier of the Farmers' Hank, of this place. 
 
 Kimball Sedgwick obtained his education 
 in the schools of Sunbury and took a business 
 course in a commercial college at Cleveland, 
 Ohio. When 16 years of 
 clerk in a dry 
 when 22 years old he conducted a dry goods 
 ami grocery business, in which he continued 
 to be interested for 15 years. 
 
 Mr. Sedgwick was married in February, 
 1884, tn Sarah Louise Brown, who was horn 
 in Lake County, Ohio, and who is a daughter 
 of Watson H. and Sarah 1 Armstrong) Brown. 
 They have three children, namely : George, 
 Elizabeth and Roland. In politics be is a Re- 
 publican. He is a Mason and a member of the 
 Eastern Star. 
 
 On the death of Joseph Kimball 1 his 
 uncle), who was prominently identified with 
 the Sunbury Co-operative Creamery Company. 
 Mr. Sedgwick sold out his mercantile interests 
 and became secretary and manager of this 
 concern which has been organized since Janu- 
 ary 28, [892, by the farmers and citizens of 
 this vicinity. For 11 years, the late Joseph 
 H. Kimball was secretary and manager, and 
 the late Otis H. Kimball, formerly president of 
 
 age he became a 
 g Is store at Sunbury and 
 
 the Farmers' Hank, was treasurer for 1 _' 
 years. 
 
 Iln- enterprise has proved profitable from 
 the -tart. Milk to the amount of 2,298 pounds 
 was received May 2, 1892, with 22 patrons. 
 A stead) growth has followed and in the 
 month of July. [907, the amount of milk re- 
 ceived was 1.927. 106 pounds and the amount 
 of butter produced was 110,000 pi muds, with 
 1.034 patrons. In 1907 the vast sum of $223,- 
 OOO was paid out tn farmers. In 1901 the 
 creamery commenced establishing skimming 
 statii n- and they now have them at 
 Cheshire. Cond'it, Centervillage, Eden and 
 Marin. 1. embracing territory of about 15 mile- 
 radius. Their products are shipped to lead- 
 ing points, and they have no second quality. 
 The officers -1' the company are: L. lames 
 Wilson, president; William" D. Miller, vice- 
 president; C. ( ). Armstrong, treasurer, and 
 Kimball Sedgwick, secretary and manager. 
 The board of directors is made up of the fol- 
 lowing leading citizens: James Cockrell, Jas- 
 per Boyd. John Landin, Edwin .Phillips, 
 Samuel Rosecrans, L. James Wilson and Wil- 
 liam _D. Miller, the most of whom have been 
 in office since the establishment of the busi- 
 ness. During the year 11)06-07, there has been 
 erected a modern, fire-proof plant, built ac- 
 cording to sanitary principles, that is not ex- 
 celled in any way by any other in the coun- 
 try. The plant has cost about $30,000, and 
 the location covers three and a half acres. The 
 business is conducted with farmers on a 
 strictly co-operative plan. It is one of the 
 most prosperous industries of Delaware 
 County. 
 
 HARLES C. MILLER. In naming 
 the progressive men of Delaware 
 County, Ohio, mention sin mid lie 
 made of the late Charles C. Miller, 
 a leading agriculturist and business 
 man. in whose death Delaware Township losl 
 one of its most highly esteemed citizens. .Mr. 
 Miller was born in Delaware Township. Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio. November S, i8;j. and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 was a son of Henry and Angeline (Brower) 
 .Miller. 
 
 Henry Miller, who was a mason by trade. 
 carried mi that occupation for many years in 
 connection with farming in Delaware Town- 
 ship, where his death occurred. He married 
 Angeline Brower. and they had three children, 
 two of whom grew to maturity: Sarah, who 
 is the widow of Enos Houser, of Berlin Town- 
 ship; and Charles C. 
 
 Charles C. Miller received his education in 
 the common schools, supplemented by a course 
 at business college, after leaving which he 
 returned to the home farm, and there spent the 
 remainder of his lite. The tract, which origin- 
 ally consisted of 300 acres, now comprises 167 
 acres, and was operated by Mr. Miller's widow 
 until 1903, who erected a fine barn in 1899, 
 the house having been built by Mr. Miller. He 
 carried on general farming and raised cattle, 
 sheep and liQgs, and in addition thereto was 
 engaged in the hardware business at Delaware 
 from [889 until his death, which occurred De- 
 cember 20, 1892. Although popular in his 
 community, a leading Democrat, and often 
 urged to accept public office. Mr. Miller would 
 never consent to do so. Fraternally he was 
 connected with Lenape Lodge, No. 29, Knights 
 of Pythias of Delaware. He was a member of 
 the Reformed Church, of which he was a dea- 
 con for many years. 
 
 On August 10, [876, Mr. Miller was mar- 
 ried to Anna II. Jennings, who is the daugh- 
 ter of Sylvester Thrap Jennings. Sylvester T. 
 Jennings was born October 6, 1S11. and died 
 March 2. [862. lie was married (first) to 
 Charity Scott, who was horn December 2. 
 [814, and died February 21. 1850. Of the 
 children of this marriage two are living: Mrs. 
 Mary E. Williamson, of ECilbourn, Ohio; and 
 Edward, who resides at Fort Worth, Texas. 
 Mr. Jennings was married ( secondly) to Ange- 
 line (Carr) Smart, who was b rn January 1. 
 1819, and who died January 5, 1871). There 
 were four children born to this union, three 
 of whom grew to maturity, namely: Martha', 
 born July 7, 1857, who married Gideon Lig- 
 gett 1 deceased ). and lives at Delaware; \nna 
 H. and Roberl Elmer, who is now deceased. 
 
 Mrs. Miller was horn and reared about 
 one mile from where she now resides. She- 
 attended the common schools and High School, 
 and after graduating from the latter taught 
 school for a short time. She and her hus- 
 band had three children, one of whom sur- 
 vives — Elmer C, horn January iq, 1885. 
 carries on the home farm, being engaged in 
 general farming. Mrs. Miller and her son 
 are members of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 HE UNION HANDLE AND MAN- 
 UFACTURING COMPANY, which 
 is the largest business concern in the 
 village of Ashley, was established 
 July 1, 1905, and gives employment 
 to 40 men. They manufacture farm and 
 garden tool handles, wagon stock, wood spe- 
 cialties, and bending materials, and ship their 
 goods to all parts of the United States and 
 Canada; some of their goods go to foreign 
 countries, also. Plans have recently been 
 completed for a 40- foot addition to the pres- 
 ent building and machinery purchased for the 
 manufacturing of wood "D" scoop and spade 
 handles, this addition to be completed and 111 
 1 iperatii >n within 60 days. 
 
 H. D. Hale, who is manager of the Union 
 Handle and Manufacturing Company, was 
 horn October 19, [865, in Arcadia. Hancock 
 County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas J. and 
 Mary " i Miller) Hale. ddiis branch of the 
 Hale family, who originally came from the 
 East, are an old and well known family in 
 Hancock County, and are blood relation to 
 Senator Hale, and also to Nathan Hale. 
 
 Mr. Hale was reared and grew- to manhoo 1 
 on a farm in Hancock County, and when about 
 23 years old engaged in a general saw-mill 
 business at Arcadia. He continued in this 
 business with much success for a period of 
 seven years, when he was burned out. sul 
 quently removing to Mt. Vernon, where he was 
 again engaged in the same business for about 
 one ami a half years. I le then went to Center- 
 burg and for a time dealt in lumber and wagon 
 materials ; thence to Columbus, Ohio, where 
 
CHARLES KOHLER 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 73', 
 
 he continued to deal in lumber for five years, 
 after which he sold oul and came to Ashley. 
 At one tunc he was engaged for three years as 
 wood-handle buyer for the Geneva Tool Com- 
 pany, and was also interested in plants at Cir- 
 cles die. and Marysville, as well as operating 
 a factory in Delaware where the McKenzie 
 Lumber Plant is now located. Upon locating 
 in Ashley in 1905. Mr. Hale established his 
 prosent business, the Union Handle and Man- 
 ufacturing Company, which is the must exten- 
 sive business concern in this community. 
 
 Mr. Hale was united in marriage, March. 
 1888] t<i Emma Wells, of which union there 
 were born four children — Flossie M., Ethel L. 
 Paul E., and Fred W. Politically, Mr. Hale 
 is a Republican and has held various township 
 offices. Fraternally, he is a member oi the 
 Masonic Lodge of Bucyrus, and • if the Knight - 
 of Pythias of Arcadia. 
 
 HARLES KOHLER, a veteran of 
 the Civil War and a well known 
 farmer of Oxford Township, now- 
 living in retirement in the village of 
 Ashley, was born November 29, 
 1832, in York County. Pennsylvania. He is 
 a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Morningdoy- 
 ler) Rubier, who were the parents of [2 chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Henry Kohler was also a native of York 
 County. Pennsylvania, and never resided in 
 Ohio. He was a soldier in the War of [812, 
 and during his early days was a weaver by 
 trade. He also operated a shad fishery for 
 about twenty years, and owned a farm, which 
 his son Charles operated. 
 
 Charles Kohler was reared on his father's 
 farm in York County, Pennsylvania, and re- 
 ceived his education in the township schools. 
 He remained at home until 24 years of age, 
 when he came to Oxford T iwnship, Delaware 
 County, and resided with bis brother-in-law. 
 John McCurdy, until his marriage, when he 
 purchased a trad of 50 acres in < )xford Town- 
 ship, and started to housekeeping in a log house 
 • mi that place, lie subsequently increased his 
 
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 farm to 110 acres, and later bought 50 1 
 acres, which he gave to a daughter. He has 
 since added 40 acres to the home farm on 
 which his son now resides, and continued liv- 
 ing there until tyoo when he came to \-bley 
 and purchased a home. He made all of the 
 improvements on the farm and partly cleared 
 it. Mr. Kohler was a carpenter by trade and 
 during his early days devoted much of his time 
 to that work. In September, 1862, Mr. Kohler 
 enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and 
 Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 
 Ashley, and was mustered in at Delaware 
 and served for three years, until the closi 
 the war. He served in the Central Army 
 under General George H. Thomas, and wa- 
 in all of the battles of the Army of the Cum- 
 berland, and afterwards was with General 
 Sherman's forces on the march to the sea. At 
 the close of the war he remained at Wash- 
 ington for three weeks, and participated in the 
 Grand Review. He was discharged and mus- 
 tered out at Columbus. 
 
 Mr. Kohler was married December 20, 
 1866, to Phoebe Whipple, a daughter of Noah 
 and Margaret (Elliott) Whipple, and a sister 
 of F. E. Whipple. Mrs. Kohler was born in 
 Peru Township, Morrow County, now Dela- 
 ware, and attended the old log school hi uses 
 of Drown and Peru Townships. She recalls 
 the building of the Big Four Railroad through 
 here and saw the first train go through. The 
 farmers volunteered assistance in its construc- 
 tion, and she often carried dinner to her father 
 when he worked on it. Mr. and Mrs. Kohler 
 bad two children — Louie Gertrude and Frank 
 Noah. The former was born February 10, 
 [868, married Frank P. Barton and lived on 
 a farm adjoining that of her father. She died 
 June 21, [898, leaving one son. Charles Fred- 
 erick Barton. The son. Frank Noah, was born 
 October 22. 1870. and has always lived on the 
 home place. He married Maude Raines 
 has four children — Thelma Lucille, Harry 
 Wallace, Merle Marie and Ruth Esther. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Kohler is a Republican. 
 and has served as constable and supervisor. 
 He was formerly a member of Coomer Post, 
 G. \. R., of Ashley. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNT V 
 
 ■ HE FARMERS SAVINGS BANK 
 COMPANY, of Ashley, was estab- 
 lished in business February 9, 1905, 
 with a capita] stock of $25,000. Mr. 
 F. E. Whipple being the first presi- 
 dent of that institution and, Mr. B. A. Durkee, 
 cashier, serving as such until January 1, 1907, 
 when the following officers were elected: \Y. 
 Slack, president; T. J. Cole, vice-president; F. 
 E. Whipple, cashier; and J. F. Riley, assistant 
 cashier. The directors of the bank are all 
 well known business men, as follows: W. 
 Slack, T. J. Cole. I. F. Wilt, H. Blair, Isaac 
 Clark, B, F. McMaster, and R. D. Mc- 
 ( i' migle. 
 
 The Farmers Savings Bank Company 
 erected a fine two-story brick building, the 
 second door being occupied by the Masonic 
 Lodge, the main floor consisting of three store 
 rooms and the bank. 
 
 EORGE ARMSTRONG, who was 
 born at Sunbury, Ohio, May 26, 
 1843, died' at Ellsworth, Kansas, 
 January 29. 1886. 
 
 The late George Armstrong was 
 educated in the Sunbury schools and Dela- 
 ware University. On April 16, 1861, he en- 
 listed for service in the Civil War. entering 
 Company C, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry. This regiment was connected 
 with the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. 
 Armstrong served as a faithful soldier, being 
 promoted from the ranks to be corporal of his 
 company, until he was honorably discharged, 
 in August, 1X1.5. After the organization of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, he became 
 identified with it. He was a member of the 
 Baptist Church and served on its Board of 
 Deacons. In politics he was a Republican. He 
 belonged to the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 The parents of the late George Armstrong 
 were Charles and Elizabeth (Slocum) Arm- 
 strong. They were born in Pennsylvania and 
 came to Delaware County, Ohio, and Charles 
 
 Armstrong bought a farm near Sunbun 
 
 1897. at the home of her granddaughter. Mrs. 
 Kimball Sedgwick, in Sunbury. Lor two 
 terms he served as treasurer of Delaware 
 Count)'. Of his 11 children, his son George 
 was the fourth in order of birth. 
 
 April 
 April 
 
 George Armstrong was married (first) 
 
 '/• 
 
 0X07, to Emily Kimball, who died 
 Two children of that niar- 
 
 V 
 1875. 
 
 nage survive — Burt D.. residing at Delaware, 
 Ohio: and Mabel, who married Y. E. Bre- 
 voort. Mr. Brevoort is engaged in business at 
 Columbus.' Mr. Armstrong was married 
 (secondly) May 24, 1876, to Mrs. Irene 
 (Kimball) Sedgwick. A son, Charles O. 
 Armstrong, is assistant cashier of the Sunbury 
 Farmer's Bank. Mrs. Armstrong was born 
 in Marion Count}', Ohio. September 21, 1X43. 
 and is a daughter of Elias and Irene A. 
 (Ticknor) Kimball, natives of Lebanon, New 
 Hampshire, who came to Marion County, 
 Ohio, in 1839. Elias Kimball was a merchant, 
 ami in 1844 he engaged in a general mercan- 
 tile business at Sunbury, which he continued 
 until 1864. At that time he practically re- 
 tired, but resumed business activity in 1872. 
 when he became one of the organizers of the 
 Sunbury Bank, of which he was the first 
 president, remaining such until his death, De- 
 cember 2T,, 1872. 
 
 which he died in 1870. His wife 
 
 on 
 died in 
 
 LLIAM ZIEGLER. a member of 
 the board of trustees of Troy 
 Township, is a leading citizen of 
 this section and resides on his 
 valuable farm of 1 14 acres., which 
 he has under an excellent state of cultivation. 
 He was born in Delaware Township. Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio. March 30. 1861, and is a 
 son of Frederick and Sarah (Biber) Ziegler. 
 Frederick Ziegler was also born in Dela- 
 ware County and still survives, being a resi- 
 dent of Berlin Township. His father. Reuben 
 Ziegler, was born in Berks County. Pennsyl- 
 vania, and came to Delaware County and 
 Township, at a very early day. Frederick 
 Ziegler married Sarah Biber and they had 
 seven children, namely: William: Anna, who 
 
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 married Claj Walker, residing in Missouri; 
 Frederick, who resides at Marshall. Arkansas; 
 Alice, residing in Berlin Township; Luther, 
 .1 resident of the State of Missouri; Edward, 
 residing in Troy Township, and John, who 
 resides in Delaware County. Alter many 
 years of residence in Delaware County, Fred- 
 erick Ziegler went to Missouri, but in the 
 spring of 1907, he settled in Berlin Town- 
 ship. He is a Democrat. For many years 
 he has been a worthy member of the Lutheran 
 Church. 
 
 William Ziegler was reared in Delaware 
 Township and there attended the public 
 schools. He has always found his chief in- 
 terest in farming and has been very success- 
 ful in bis agricultural operations. In 1902 he 
 came to Troy Township, having resided for 
 some years previously in Marlborough Town- 
 ship. Since settling here he has become iden- 
 tified with the public affairs of the township 
 ti 1 Mich a degree that he was elected a meni- 
 ber of the Board of Trustees and is making a 
 useful official. 
 
 Mr. Ziegler married Attie Schneck, who is 
 a daughter of Thomas Schneck, of Troy 
 Township, and they have bad the following 
 children : Clyde C. Karl. Otto, Harry, 
 Lowell. Clara B. and Florence. Mr. Ziegler, 
 with bis family, belongs to the Lutheran 
 Church at Delaware. In politics, he is a Dem- 
 ocrat. 
 
 ELLINGTON SLACK, president of 
 the Farmers' Savings Bank Com- 
 pany of Ashley, was horn on the 
 old home farm which he now 
 owns, September 22, 1854. He is 
 - 11 of Seth and Sarah (Dodd) Slack, and 
 randson of Ralph and Margaret (Riley) 
 Slack. 
 
 Ralph Slack, the grandfather, was born in 
 Pennsylvania, February 17. 1777. and about 
 1895 moved west to Franklin County. Ohio. 
 Some time after he located in Berkshire Town- 
 ship. Delaware County, and about 18 15 came 
 to Oxford Township, and obtained from the 
 
 State a tract of land which now forms the 
 southeast part of the village of Ashley. 1 
 he later sold off in small parcels. He lived 
 here until his death in 1855. He married 
 Margaret Riley, who was born in Virginia in 
 1783, and was brought to Ohio by her par- 
 ents in 1800. She died in Ashley, September 
 1, 1846. 
 
 Seth Slack, father of Wellington, was 
 born on the old home place in Oxford Town- 
 ship, June 6, j8kj. and died December 25, 
 1S80. He lived on his father's farm until 
 [854, when be moved to the farm which the 
 subject of this sketch now owns, and in 1868 
 erected the first brick house built in this vi- 
 cinity. He was a prosperous and successful 
 man. He married Sarah Dodd, who was born 
 in Milton, Delaware. August 7, 1822, and is 
 a daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Lane) 
 Dodd. She now makes her home with her son, 
 Wellington. She is the mother of the fol- 
 lowing children: Albert L., of Greencamp. 
 Marion County; Thomas C, who lives in Rus- 
 sylvania, Logan County. Ohio; Margaret 
 (Hyatt), who died in 1900 in Iowa; Charles 
 O., who lives south of Ashley; Mancy, wife 
 of Monroe Marsh, who lives in North Okla- 
 homa; Wellington, subject of this article; 
 Elizabeth, who married T. W. Lee, of Ox- 
 ford Township; and Eunice, who died in 1887 
 unmarried. Seth Slack was a Republican in 
 politics and served as township trustee for 
 some years. 
 
 Wellington Slack was reared on the home 
 place and in his youth attended the schools of 
 that vicinity. He has farmed the property 
 ever since old enough, and still does at the 
 present time, although he has lived in Ash- 
 ley since 1892. He was one of the organizers 
 and incorporators of the Farmers' Savings 
 Bank Company, and has served as director 
 since its inception in February, 1905, and as 
 president since January 1, 1907. He is one 
 of Ashley's most successful business men and 
 public spirited citizens. 
 
 February 7. 1900. Mr. Slack was united in 
 marriage with Mary Lanius. who was born in 
 Greencamp, Marion Count}-, Ohio, and is a 
 daughter of Henrv and Mary Lanius. Po- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 litically, Mr. Slack is a Republican, and fra- 
 ternally a charter member of the K. P. Lodge 
 at Ashley. 
 
 EORGE W. MILLER, one of Dela- 
 ware Township's representative citi- 
 zens, who is owner of 150 acres of 
 fine farming land, was born June 3. 
 1871, in Delaware Township, Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, and is a son of John and 
 Catherine (Siegfried) Miller. 
 
 Henry Miller, his paternal grandfather, 
 was a native of Pennsylvania, whence he came 
 to Ohio in 1836. and settled on 80 acres of 
 land, most of which was heavily timbered. He 
 erected the brick house now occupied 1>\ 
 Georg-e W. Miller, which is still in a goo:, 
 state of preservation, and here the remainder 
 of his life was spent. 
 
 John Miller, who was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania in 1827, came with his parents to Ohio, 
 and his entire life was spent on the farm. 
 to which he added from time to time, and at 
 the time of his death, in [886, it consisted of 
 270 acres. He made a specialty of sheep rais- 
 ing, and became one of the township's leading 
 citizens, serving as township trustee, to which 
 office he was elected on the Democratic ticket, 
 for many years. He was a member of the 
 Reformed Church, of which he was elder for 
 man}' years, and in the faith of which his wife 
 died in May. 1903. at the age of -2. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Miller were the parents of seven 
 children, namely: Frances, who is the widow 
 of Johnson White, who resided in Delaware 
 Township; Henry, who lives in Delaware 
 Township; Forest, who was a resident of Troy 
 Township, and was killed by a train. Decem- 
 ber 7. 1907; Emma, who is now deceased: 
 \nniida. who married John Trice, of Troy 
 Township: Minnie, who married Kuicn Suit, 
 of Huntington, Indiana; and George W. 
 
 George W. Miller received a common 
 scho,] education, and has always made his 
 home mi the old original farm. lie owns 
 150 acres, but cultivates about 73 acres, rais- 
 in- corn. oats, wheat, hay and potatoes. 
 
 sometimes marketing some of the hay. He 
 has 175 head of sheep and from 15 to 20 cat- 
 tle, and sells his milk to creameries in his 
 section. 
 
 June 10, 1896, Mr. Miller was married to 
 Millie Darst. who is a daughter of D. 1'. Darst, 
 and to this union there have been born three 
 children — Arthur C, Raymond L. and Wal- 
 lace H. Mrs. Miller is a Presbyterian in her 
 religious belief, while her husband is a mem- 
 ber of the Reformed Church. In political mat- 
 ters he is independent, casting his vote rather 
 for the man than for the party. 
 
 DWARD WHIPPLE, a prosperous 
 farmer residing in Oxford Town- 
 ship, Ohio, comes of one of Dela- 
 ware county's oldest and most promi- 
 nent families. He was born in Brown 
 Township, December io. 1852, a son of Lewis 
 and Almira (Brown) Whipple, and a grand- 
 son of Reuben Whipple, mention of whom is 
 made elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 Lewis Whipple was horn September 22, 
 1814, in Rhode Island, and was four years of 
 age when his parents came to Delaware 
 Count}-, locating in what is Peru Township. 
 Morrow County. Here he grew to maturity, 
 receiving a limited education in the common 
 schools of the pioneer type. In his early days 
 he followed the trade of cabinet-maker. He 
 and his brother James purchased 100 acres of 
 land in the northwest part of Brown Town- 
 ship which they afterward divided. 1 .e 
 Whipple cleared his 30-acre tract and farmed 
 it with success, adding thereto from time to 
 time until he was possessed of a large estate. 
 He owned the too acres on which his son 
 Edward now- lives and the 52J/2 acres owned 
 by Wellington C. Whipple, and at his death 
 still owned 243 acres. He was a man of high 
 principle, a credit to the community in which 
 he lived, and his death, which occurred Sep- 
 tember 28, 11)04. was mourned as a sad 
 by his fellow men. He married Almira 
 Brown, who was born in Connecticut, August, 
 [821, and who was a young girl when her peo- 
 
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 pie came west to Marion Count). Ohio. In 
 her latter years she resided with her son \Y. 
 C. Whipple, dying March 4, 1908, at the ad- 
 vanced age of 87. The following children 
 blessed this union: Harriet, wife of Albert 
 McCreary, now deceased, lived in Oxford 
 Township; Adelia, wife of Orville Slaw son; 
 Samantha. wife of Charles Olmsted, lives in 
 Washington, I). C. : Adelia and Smith, twins. 
 of whom the former is the wife of Samuel 
 Primmer and lives in Marion County, and the 
 latter died at the age of one year: Edward, 
 subject of this sketch: Omar H., who con- 
 ducted a store at Leonardsburg, but is now de- 
 ceased: Wellington C, who lives on a farm 
 ining the old home place: Laura, wife of 
 Newton Grant, of Ashley: and one who died 
 unnamed. 
 
 Edward Whipple attended the schools of 
 his home district and lived at home until his 
 marriage at the age of 25 years. He then 
 moved to his present farm of 100 acres in the 
 southwest part of Oxford Township. He 
 made mosl of the improvements on this farm 
 and has followed general farming and stock- 
 
 - ig with g 1 results. In 1891 he erected 
 
 immodious home — one of the best in the 
 vicinity. 
 
 March 15. [877, Edward Whipple was 
 joined in marriage with Eurema Adell Lea, 
 a sister of Thomas W. Lea. She died in 
 1885, leaving three children, namely: Ona 
 Lester, born October 2, 1878, a resident of 
 Kingston Township, who married Blanch 
 Rile}' and has three children — Norma. Dor- 
 othy, and Riley; Winifred Isabel, born Febru- 
 ary 5, [881, who married Harry Blair of 
 Columbus and has a son — Harry Mitchell: 
 Thomas Lea. born December 3, 188}, who died 
 I (ctober 8, E884. 
 
 Mr. Whipple married secondly, October 
 12, 1887. Cora Raines, a native of Brown 
 
 raship and daughter of James and l.ydia 
 (Evans) Raines, who now live in Oxford 
 Township. This union resulted in the follow- 
 ing- issue: Ray Arthur, horn December 28, 
 1 NSw : Klaude Arnold, horn November 20. 
 1894, and Give Bryan, born September 1. 
 [891 i. The last mentioned takes his second name 
 
 from the illustrious William Jennings Bryan, 
 who upon being apprised of the fact by a sister 
 of Give Bryan, wrote a pleasing letter, which 
 she still treasures. Politically, our subject is 
 a Democrat and served three years as Town- 
 ship trustee. Fraternally he is a member of 
 the Patrons of Husbandry; Knights of 
 Pythias, and Pythian Sisters, to which Mrs. 
 Whipple also belongs. 
 
 ENRY M. ROGERS, a representative 
 farmer and successful stock-raiser of 
 Genoa Township, residing on his 
 well-improved farm of 136 acres, 
 was born in Genoa Township, Mela- 
 ware County, Ohio, and is a son of Jeremiah 
 H. and Sarah ( Prosser) Rogers. 
 
 The Rogers family is of Scotch-Irish ex- 
 traction. It was the great-grandfather. Bixby 
 Rogers, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, 
 as the pioneer of the family and after serving 
 as a soldier in the War of 181 2. in the follow- 
 ing year entered land in Delaware County 
 which he cleared and occupied until his death. 
 He married in Pennsylvania and became the 
 lather of five sons, two of whom subsequently 
 owned and cleared farms in Genoa Township. 
 Samuel Rogers, grandfather of Henrv M.. 
 was born in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1804. 
 and hence was nine years old when he was 
 brought to Delaware County, where the rest of 
 his life was spent. He taught the district 
 school (luring young manhood and also en- 
 gaged in farming. He continued to live on the 
 homestead until 1846. when he bought 50 
 acres of the farm in Genoa Township now 
 owned by his grandson, Henry M., which he 
 cleared and partly improved. In Genoa Town- 
 ship he married Sarah Closson, who was horn 
 in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of Daniel 
 Closson. who was horn in Pennsylvania, Oc- 
 tober 19, 1794. and who was a pioneer settler 
 of Genoa Township, to which he came in [818. 
 lie took up a farm which was then covered 
 with timber and which he cleared. He brought 
 with him three children and seven more were 
 horn to him in Genoa Township. In 1850 he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 moved tn Illinois, where Jie died nine years 
 later. One son, Jeremiah H., was bom to 
 Samuel Rogers and wife. In politics, Samuel 
 Ri igers was a Democrat. 
 
 Jeremiah H. Rogers was born July 3, 
 1832. in Genoa Township. He attended the 
 district schools and grew to manhood on his 
 fathers farm. In 185 1 he was married in 
 Genoa Township to Sarah Prosser, who was 
 born in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1833. There 
 were nine children born to this union — seven 
 suns and two daughters — namely: George 
 A., William Clark, Charles Daniel, Henry M., 
 Samuel L., John P.. Stephen H., Dura J. and 
 Mary L. Like his father and grandfather, he 
 was a stanch supporter of the principles of the 
 Democratic party. 
 
 Henry M. Rogers obtained his education 
 in the district schools of Genoa Township. 
 When he was 17 years of age, he left home 
 and from that time on made his own way in 
 the world. He purchased his present farm 
 from his father and has made must of the 
 substantia] improvements on the place. He 
 carries on general agriculture and raises quite 
 a large amount of valuable stock. 
 
 On March 25, 1883, Air. Rogers was mar- 
 ried to Laura J. Meeker, who was born at 
 Galena, Delaware County, being the second of 
 four daughters of Wickliff C. and Mary L. 
 I Cunningham) Meeker. Mr. Meeker came 
 tu Delaware County in boyhood and was 
 reared by his uncle. Victor Arnold, and learned 
 the tanning- business which he followed in 
 connection with farming. He was married a 
 second time and reared seven children by that 
 marriage. When Mrs. Rogers was 13 years 
 "Id she went to reside in the home of her 
 aunt, Margaret Yates, and she was educated 
 in the schools of Delaware and Galena, and 
 prior to her marriage taught school for two 
 years. She is an intelligent, well-informed 
 lady. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have three chil- 
 dren — Leonard G.. born June 20, [884; Edna 
 G., horn December 15. [892; and Monna M., 
 born April 25, [895. Mr. Rogers and his 
 family belong t,> the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and 
 politically he is active in the Democratic 
 party. 
 
 ORACE A. SILVERWOOD, whose 
 
 fine farm of 87 acres is situated in 
 Troy Township, is a well-known 
 agriculturist of this section ami is a 
 survivor of the great Civil War. He 
 was born October 13. 1845. U1 Wayne County, 
 Michigan, and is a son of James F. and Eliza- 
 beth (McPherson) Silverwood. 
 
 Both parents of Air. Silverwood were born 
 in Pennsylvania, but the ancestry on the pa- 
 ternal side was English and on the maternal 
 Scotch. John McPherson, the maternal grand- 
 father of Mr. Silverwood, was a soldier in the 
 War of 1 812, and from the same family came 
 the brave and beloved ( leneral McPherson, who 
 fell in front of Atlanta. In 1859, James F. 
 Silverwood moved from Wayne Count}'. 
 Michigan, to Delaware County, Ohio, settling 
 in Troy Township, where he resided until his 
 death at the age of j^, years. His widow, who 
 survived him, attained the advanced age of 
 ninety-three. 
 
 Since he was about 12 years of age. 1 1 
 A. Silverwood has lived in Troy Township. 
 He attended the public schools and the High 
 School at Delaware, and, for six months, the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University. On May 10, 
 1864, he enlisted in answer to the call'for 100- 
 day men, entering Company C, One Hundred 
 and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., which was 
 attached to the Army of the Potomac, and un- 
 til his honorable discharge, in the following 
 September, he was stationed mainly at Arling- 
 ton Heights, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mr. Silverwood married Mary E. Spauld- 
 ing. who is a daughter of Ellis Spaulding, 
 of P>erkshire Township, Delaware County, 
 and they have two children — Olney James 
 and Jay Gordon.. The former is a graduate 
 ol the Ohio Wesleyan University, class of 
 1900, and is now principal of the High 
 School at Newton, Kansas. The second son 
 resides at home, assisting his father. He is 
 a student in the Delaware High School, class 
 of 1908. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Silverwood is a stanch Re- 
 publican. He has served three years as town- 
 ship assessor and in 1890, was census enumer- 
 ator of Troy Township. He is a leading mem- 
 ber and liberal supporter of Troy Chapel. 
 
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 743 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, a steward and a 
 trustee in the same. Air. Silverwood is largely 
 a self-made man. having made his own way 
 
 in the world after being equipped with a g 1 
 
 education. 
 
 /- 
 
 care 
 
 OHN J. MILLER, a representative 
 agriculturist of Marlborough Town- 
 ship, whose well-cultivated farm of 
 2 acres testifies to the intelligent 
 given it. is a well-known and 
 highly respected resident of this section, lie 
 horn January 23, [849, in Marion County, 
 Ohio, and is a son of John and Sarah 1 1'atter- 
 - m 1 Miller. 
 
 The father of Mr. Miller was horn in Fair- 
 field County, Ohio, and the mother in Penn- 
 sylvania. The paternal grandfather was Ja- 
 cob Miller, a native of Virginia, and an early 
 settler in Waldo Township. Marion County, 
 where he left a family. John Miller lived 
 in Marion County for a long period, lie mar- 
 ried Sarah Patterson and five of their children 
 still survive, John J. being the only one resid- 
 ing in Delaware County. 
 
 John J. Miller was reared in Waldo Town- 
 ship, Marion County, and obtained his edu- 
 cation in the district schools. He has been a 
 farmer ever since earl} - manhood and from 
 youth has been accustomed to an agricultural 
 life, almost from that time having made his 
 own way in the world. Through perseverance 
 and industry. Mr. Miller acquired property 
 and resided in Troy Township for a number 
 of years prior to [885, when he settled on his 
 present farm in Marlborough Township. 
 
 On December 25. 1870. Mr. Miller was 
 married to Susan Ashhrook. who was horn 
 in Delaware County, and is a daughter of 
 Solomon Ashhrook. a former prominent resi- 
 dent of Troy Township, who died in Septem- 
 ber, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had six chil- 
 dren, of whom one is deceased, the five sur- 
 vivors being. Charles, residing on the home 
 farm: William, a resident of Troy Township: 
 Alice, who is the widow of the late Oliver 
 Clark, of Marlborough Township, and resides 
 
 in Troy Township; Carrie, who married 1 
 ford Sherman, residing in Morrow County; 
 and Lulu, residing in Marion Count}. Mr. 
 Miller's son Charles married Ida B. Y 
 of .Marion County. Both he and hi- father 
 are stanch Republicans. Mr. Miller i- a dea- 
 con in the Baptist Church and formerly set 
 a- < me of it- trustees. 
 
 )BERT R. DAVIS, chairman of the 
 hoard of trustees of Radnor Town- 
 ship, and a prominent and influential 
 citizen of tin's section, resides on his 
 valuable farm of 89 acres which he 
 has placed under a fine state of cultivation. 
 Mr. Davis was born December u. 1854. in 
 Radnor Township. Delaware County. Ohio, 
 and is a -on of John H. and Maria I )a 
 
 The parent- of Mr. Davis were nativi 
 Wales. After marriage they emigrated to 
 America and about 1842 settled in Radnor 
 Township, Delaware County. Ohio. They 
 there passed the remaining years of their lives, 
 John H. Davis dying in 1893, having survived 
 his wife for some years. He was a de 
 in the Calvinistic Methodist Episc 
 Church, at Radnor. 
 
 Robert R. Davis grew to manhood in 
 Radnor Township, attending the local schools, 
 and since youth has been engaged here in 
 agricultural pursuits. In addition to cultivat- 
 ing his ample farm. Mr. Davis has been en- 
 gaged in the threshing business for the past 
 quarter of a century, in partnership with H. 
 H. Davis, under the firm name of R. R. and 
 H. H. Davis. He is considered one of the 
 substantial and representative men of his com- 
 munity. 
 
 In early manhood. Mr. Davis was married 
 to Elizabeth Davis, who was horn in Radnor 
 Township and is a daughter of the late lame- 
 Davis, formerly a well-known farmer of this 
 section. Mr. Davis is affiliated with the Pres- 
 byterian Church at Radnor, being a deacon 
 in the same. Airs. Davis belongs to the Con- 
 gregational Church. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Davis is a Re- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 publican. He has been an active member of 
 his party and on many. occasions has been sent 
 as a delegate to count)- conventions. He has 
 dune much to forward the cause of education 
 in his township. For nearly eight years he has 
 been township trustee and for a considerable 
 part of this time has been chairman of the 
 board. Mr. Davis belongs to the Odd Fel- 
 lows at Radnor, and has passed all the chairs 
 of Radnor Lodge, No. 250. 
 
 \'S( ).\ JAMES, a prominent citizen of 
 Troy Township, one of her honor- 
 able board of trustees, resides on his 
 farm of 57 acres, which is situated 
 near Troytown. Mr. James was 
 born in Union County, Ohio, October 7, 1871, 
 and is a son of Lemuel and Sarah A. (Fogle) 
 James. 
 
 The parents of Mr. James were born in 
 Noble County, Ohio, but they have resided at 
 New Dover, Union County, for man)' years. 
 Lemuel James has served a number of terms 
 as township trustee of Dover Township and 
 was a man of local prominence during his 
 active years. His surviving children are: 
 
 ill E., who married Frank Montgomery, 
 residing at Marysville, Ohio; Mary, who mar- 
 ried William Bonnett, residing in Union 
 1 nty, Ohio; Lydia, who married William 
 Walker, residing in Union County; Rose, who 
 married Albert Phillips, residing in Union 
 County; Elizabeth, who married George 
 Black, residing in Union County; Anson, 
 whose name appears at the head of this sketch; 
 William, residing in Union County; Sylves- 
 ter, residing in Scioto Township, Delaware 
 
 nty; Perry, a resident of Union County; 
 Youtha, who married Charles Ligget, resid- 
 
 in Union Count}-; Florence, who married 
 R. Benton, residing at Columbus; and Emma, 
 who married Percy Freshwater, residing in 
 Delaware County. 
 
 \11s011 James was reared on his father's 
 farm in Dover Township and attended the lo- 
 cal schools through boyhood, afterward en- 
 
 ng in general agriculture. In the fall of 
 
 1897 ne settled on his present farm, which he 
 has placed under a good state of tillage, and 
 raises hay, corn, wheat, oats and potatoes, 
 with some stock. 
 
 Mr. James was married in Delaware 
 County, to Louie Robinson, who is a daughter 
 of the late John Robinson, of Troy Town- 
 ship, and they have one daughter. Brunette. 
 Mr. James is a member of the Baptist Church, 
 to which his daughter also belongs. Mrs. 
 James died January 20, 1908. aged 40 years, 
 10 months and 28 days. Mrs. James was also 
 a Baptist. 
 
 Politically, Mr. James is a strong Republi- 
 can. He is serving both as township trustee 
 and as school director of District Xo. 7. and 
 takes a great deal of interest in the perform- 
 ance of his official duties. 
 
 ACOB A. MILLER, formerly a well- 
 known farmer and highly respecte ' 
 citizen of Delaware Township, was 
 born in this township in 1830, and 
 spent his entire life on the home farm 
 of 100 acres, on which he died October }. 
 1881. 
 
 On September 13, 1864, Mr. Miller was 
 married to Josephine Eury, who is a daughter 
 of Jesse M. and Mary (Kline) Eury, and a 
 granddaughter of Samuel and Sarah Eury, 
 who were farming people of Unionville, Mary- 
 land. Jesse M. Eury was born near Union- 
 ville, Frederick County, Maryland, March 25, 
 [813, and died December 21, 1890. He re- 
 ceived a common school education, and early 
 in life learned the trade of miller, at which 
 he became an expert, for many years being a 
 Hour inspector at Baltimore. He made his 
 way to Delaware. Ohio, on horseback, and 
 followed milling here for several years, hut 
 finding that it did not agree with his health. 
 he embarked in agricultural pursuits, settling 
 in [842 on a property about three miles south 
 of Delaware. Later he removed to the Co- 
 lumbus Pike, hut subsequently sold his prop- 
 erty here and located on the Libert) Road, 
 where he resided until his death, being en- 
 
ZENAS L. WHITE 
 
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 s g-ecl in farming and stock-raising. He was 
 a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 
 his political views were those of the Dem- 
 ocratic party. On March 28, [839, Mr. Eury 
 was married to Mary Kline, who was a daugh- 
 ter of Michael Kline, of Berks County, Penn- 
 - mia. and they had one child — Josephine. 
 
 Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Mil- 
 ler has capably managed the home farm of 
 100 acres, about one-half of which is under 
 cultivation, and raises large crops of corn, 
 wheat and hay, also giving some atten- 
 tion to cattle raising. When Mr. and Mrs. 
 Miller first located on this property the build- 
 ings were in" very had condition, but in 1905 
 Mrs. Miller remodelled the house, having pre- 
 viously erected new outbuildings which had 
 been destroyed by fire. Mrs. Miller is a 
 
 iful member of the German Reformed 
 Church. 
 
 ENAS LEONARD WHITE, presi- 
 dent and manager of The Z. L. 
 White Company, which conducts one 
 of the must successful department 
 stores of Columbus, Ohio, was tor 
 many years a resident and well known business 
 man of Delaware. Ohio. 
 
 Mr. White was horn in Brown Township, 
 ware County, Ohio, and is a son of 
 ge and Elizabeth (Leonard) White. Hi- 
 grandfather. Fisher White, whose given name 
 was derived from his mother's maiden name. 
 was born near ■Baltimore. Maryland, and was 
 a farmer throughout life. In [802 he re- 
 moved to Washington Count}-. Pennsylvania, 
 and there lived until his death. George White 
 - horn in Washington County. Pennsyl- 
 vania, in 180.2. and lived there until after his 
 marriage, then about the year 1825 moved 
 with his family to Delaware County. Ohio. 
 He located upon a farm in Brown Township 
 and lived there until 1 S 5 5 . then sold out and 
 moved to Centerburg, Knox County, Ohio. 
 The last two years of his life were passed 
 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he died in Febru- 
 ary, i860. He was a member of Hiram 
 
 Lodge. No. [8, F. & A. M., of Delaware. He 
 and his wife were members of the Methodisl 
 Episcopal Church, and he assisted in building 
 the church at Eden. He married Elizabeth 
 Leonard, a daughter of Joseph Leonard, who 
 came from Green County, Pennsylvania, at an 
 early date and located in Brown Township. 
 Seven children were born of this union, of 
 whom our subject is the only one now living. 
 Four grew to maturity, as follows: Eliza, de- 
 ceased wife of Andrew Fry of Brown Town- 
 ship; Leah, now deceased, formerly wife of 
 James Sackett ; Fisher, deceased ; and Z. L. 
 Franklin died when 13 years old. 
 
 Zenas L. Wdiite lived upon the farm until 
 he was fourteen years of age. He attended the 
 common schools of his home district and 
 Centerburg High School two years, after 
 which he attended Ohio Wesleyan University. 
 He then went to Mt. Vernon and clerked in a 
 
 dry g Is -tore for two years, after which he 
 
 returned to Delaware County, and in partner- 
 ship with his brother, Fisher, opened a gen- 
 eral store at East Liberty, Porter Township, 
 under the firm name of F. & Z. L. Wdiite. 
 They began in the fall of 1860 and after a 
 time our subject purchased the interest of his 
 brother, continuing there fine years. He was 
 then located in Cardington five years, and in 
 1870 moved his business to Delaware, where 
 he continued alone, except for three or four 
 years during which time he had a partner, 
 until 1884. The success with which he had 
 met prompted him to seek a larger field for 
 operations, and in that year he removed to 
 Columbus, locating at Xo. 102 High Street, 
 where he still continues. There he first had as 
 partners W. B. Denman and J. W. Stevenson, 
 business being conducted under the firm name 
 of White. Denman & Co. At the end of the 
 first year he purchased the interests of his 
 partners, and took into partnership his son. 
 Homer E. White, and Mr. J. R. Lane, the 
 firm name becoming Z. L. White X Company. 
 The firm continued unchanged until the death 
 of Mr. Homer F. White in [892, Mr. Lane 
 continuing in the business until [897, at which 
 time Z. L. White again become sole proprietor. 
 In 1903 The Z. L. White Company was in- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 corporated, with Mr. White as president and 
 manager, and has since continued the business 
 with uninterrupted success. Mr. White is also 
 identified with other business interests, being 
 president of the Buffalo Fertilizer Company; 
 president of the Pennsylvania Fertilizer Com- 
 pany of Scrantoh, Pennsylvania; president ot 
 the Columbian Building, Loan and Investment 
 Company of Columbus; and vice-president of 
 the City National Bank. He founded the 
 Homer E. White chair of economics at Ohio 
 Wesleyan University shortly after the death 
 of his si in. with an endowment of $30,000, 
 and in addition he contributes annually to its 
 support] lie has ever evinced a deep interest 
 in educational matters, contributing liberally 
 of time and money to the cause. He has been 
 a trustee of Ohio Wesleyan University for a 
 period of fourteen years, and served two years 
 on the School Board for the city of Columbus, 
 one year of thai time presiding over that body. 
 He also is a trustee of the Chautauqua Insti- 
 tution at Chautauqua, New York; and is 
 trustee and treasurer of the Protestant Hos- 
 pital at Columbus. 
 
 Mr. White was joined in marriage with 
 Helen Blayney, a 1 laughter of George Blayney, 
 of Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 and she died 111 1878, leaving two children: 
 Homer E., who died in 1892; and Anna W., 
 a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, who 
 is wile of Edward D. Jones, professor of 
 I conomics at the University of Michigan. 
 Airs. White was a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. He formed a second mari- 
 tal union with Miss Eliza Frey, who was born 
 in Porter Township, Delaware County, where 
 her father. Rev. James Frey, a Baptist min- 
 ister, had a charge for many years. One child 
 was born to them and died in infancy. Re- 
 ligiously, they are members of the Broad 
 Street M. E. Church at Columbus, in which 
 Mr. White has filled all the offices save that 
 of president of the board of trustees. He is 
 at present serving as secretary and treasurer. 
 I [e ha> been a ( Christian f ir nn ire than 50 years. 
 \t East Liberty he was a member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, was elder three years, and 
 was superintendent of the Sabbath School all 
 
 the time he resided there except for a part of 
 the first year. Politically, he has always been 
 a Republican. 
 
 IERMAX FAIRCHILD, a well- 
 known citizen of Westerville, who is 
 a retired farmer of Plarlem Town- 
 ship, was born in Delaware County. 
 Ohio, March 9, 1832. and is a son of 
 Benjamin Mosley and Mary Ann (Lydey) 
 Fairchild. 
 
 Benjamin Mosley Fairchild was born in 
 Bennington County, Vermont, May 24, 1783. 
 His father died when he was a child and he 
 was reared by an uncle who lived in the Green 
 Mountains. In 1808 he came to Granville. 
 Ohio, and was in the employ of Benajah Cook 
 for one year and then purchased a farm of 
 175 acres in Harlem Township, which he 
 cleared and somewhat improved, and on which 
 he lived until the close 'of his life, his death 
 taking place December 27. 1871. He was mar- 
 ried in Harlem Township to Polly Bud. who 
 was reared in Delaware County, and who died 
 after the birth of four daughters and one son. 
 lie was married secondly to Mrs. Mary Ann 
 (Lydey) Johnson, a widow with four sons 
 and two daughters. Three children were horn 
 of the second marriage. Mr. Fairchild is the 
 eldest of the children and the only survi 
 Benjamin M. Fairchild built a saw-mill and a 
 grist-mill on Duncan Run and he became a 
 man well and favorably known all through 
 this section. 
 
 Sherman Fairchild was reared on his 
 father's farm and went to school in an old log 
 building used for this purpose. On March 
 20, 1853, he was married to Phebe Jane Wil- 
 liams, who was born in Plain Township, 
 Franklin County. ( )hio, January 26. 1836, and 
 was a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Wil- 
 liams, of Plain Township, who had come from 
 New Jersey and settled there at an early day. 
 with their nine children. He traveled over 
 600 miles with his family, in a wagon, finally 
 settling in Plain Township, where he became a 
 man of much prominence. Fie owned land and 
 
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 took part in public affairs, serving 14 years as 
 a justice of the peace on the Democratic ticket 
 and filling other township offices. Two more 
 children were horn to him alter coming to 
 Ohio, Mrs. Fairchild being one of the two sur- 
 vive irs 1 if the family. 
 
 For several years after his marriage. Mr. 
 Fairchild rented the home farm and then 
 boughl 55 acres in Harlem Township, which 
 he subsequently increased to 13c; acres. This 
 land he greatly improved, building three resi- 
 dences and making it very valuable. He 
 carried on general farming, operated a stone 
 quarry on his land and raised a large num- 
 ber of sheep, which he exhibited at the agri- 
 cultural fair in Delaware County. In young 
 manhood, Mr. Fairchild was somewhat noted 
 for his athletic feats and was a champion 
 jumper in the friendly contests engaged in 
 by the young men at that time, having a record 
 1 if a jump of 21/^ feet. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild had three sons and 
 * me daughter, namely: Frances Fredonia, 
 who married John Rhodes; Benjamin Sher- 
 man; Richard Lee; and James Loved, all of 
 whom were horn in Harlem Township. In his 
 political views he has always been a Republi- 
 can. His father served as a captain in the 
 War of 1812. 
 
 general 
 
 BERT P. RODEFER, 
 
 farmer, owning 84^ acres of excel- 
 lent land in Troy Township, was 
 born in Delaware Count}'. Ohio. No- 
 vember 11, 1867, and is a son of 
 Silas and Martha (Wallace) Rodefer. 
 
 Silas Rodefer was born in Belmont County, 
 Ohio, in 1844, and came to Delaware County 
 witli his family in the spring of 1807. settling 
 in Troy Township, where lie became a well- 
 known and respected citizen. A Republican in 
 politics, he has served as trustee and in other 
 capacities. For some years past he has resided 
 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He married Martha 
 Wallace, who died in August, 1896. His sur- 
 viving children are: Albert P.; Harry E., 
 
 residing at Columbus: and John W., residing 
 at Prospect, ( >hii >. 
 
 Albert P. Rodefer was reared and edu- 
 cated in Troy Township, and here his chief 
 interests have always been centered. His life 
 has been mainly devoted to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and he is a successful farmer as well 
 as enterprising citizen. He is a Republican 
 and has served four years as trustee of Troy 
 Township. On June 29. 1898, Mr. Rodefer 
 was married to Ella F. Schaaf, who i~ a 
 daughter of the late Peter J. and a sister of 
 Peter J. Schaaf, of Troy Township. They 
 have two surviving children, namely : Ralph 
 and Helen. Mr. Rodefer and wife belong to 
 the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 OHN P. JOXF.S, a prominent citizen 
 
 of Radnor Township, who is serving 
 
 in the office of township trustee, i- the 
 
 owner of an excellent farm of 134 
 
 acres. He was born February 19, 
 
 [854, in Radnor Township, Delaware Count}'. 
 
 Ohio, and is a son of William W. and Eleanor 
 
 ( Evans ) b >nes. 
 
 John P. Jones, grandfather of John P.. 
 was a native of Wales who came from that 
 country to America in 1818, and settled in 
 Radnor Township, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 where he died in 1804. His son William W. 
 Jones was born in Radnor Township, and mar- 
 ried Eleanor Evans, by whom he had six chil- 
 dren: Margaret A., the wife of Evan Price, 
 of Radnor Township; John P., subject of this 
 sketch; Frank C, who resides in Radnor 
 Township: Elizabeth, wife of David L. Prich- 
 ard of Union County; Charles I 7 ., of Radnor 
 Township: and Ella, who is the wife of Perry 
 J. Griffith, of Radnor Station, Ohio. William 
 W. Jones has served as a trustee of Radnor 
 Township, and is rated as one of its oldest 
 citizens and stanchest Republicans. 
 
 John P. Jones was educated in the public 
 schools of his native locality, and since early 
 manhood has been engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits, lie owns a line farm of \ ^ \ acres 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in Radnor Township, which includes the 65- 
 acre tract on which he resides, and his opera- 
 tions have been most successful. Mr. Jones 
 is one of the township's leading Republicans, 
 and is now serving in his sixth term as town- 
 ship trustee, having been president of the 
 board, lie is a member of the Baptist Church 
 at Radnor, with which his family is also con- 
 nected. Mr. Jones married Sarah Prichard, 
 who was born in Radnor Township, and who 
 is a daughter of the late William Prichard. Of 
 this union there were born five children, of 
 whom four survive, namely: William P., 
 Mabel E., T. Arthur, and Rossford. 
 
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 ERDINAND J. BURKARD, one of 
 the representative men of Delaware 
 County, Ohio, whose fine farm of 1 to 
 acres is situated in Delaware Town- 
 ship, was born on his present prop- 
 ulv 25, 1838, and is a son of Adam 
 and Elizabeth .Miller ( Wightman ) Burkard. 
 Adam Burkard was horn December 8, 
 1817, in Baden, Germany, where he served in 
 the German army and received his honorable 
 discharge. When 27 years old he came to 
 America, and for a short time followed the 
 trade of cooper, later engaging in wood-cut- 
 ting and teaming in New York State. In the 
 early fifties Mr. Burkard came to < )hio and set- 
 tled first at Columbus, but later removed to 
 Delaware Township, where for two years he 
 was in the employ of John Owen. He then 
 purchased [9 acres of land to which he later 
 added 1 _> acres. On this property Mr. Burk- 
 ard spent the remainder of his life, his death 
 occurring November 14, 10,04. He was mar- 
 ried to Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, at Columbus, 
 Ohio, who was the daughter of Anthony 
 Wightman and widow of Jacob Miller, and 
 of this union there were born five children, 
 three of whom grew to maturity, as follows: 
 Anna, who is the wife of Emil Fritchy of 
 Fairfield, Illinois: Ferdinand J.; and Sarah. 
 who married John Grotty, of Delaware. Mrs. 
 Burkard died in [885, aged 60 years, in the 
 
 faith of the Catholic Church, of which her 
 husband was also a member. 
 
 Ferdinand J. Burkard received his educa- 
 tion in the common schools of his native local- 
 ity, and remained at home until he went to 
 Delaware to learn the blacksmith's trade, at 
 which he worked for two years and a half. 
 He then returned to the home farm, where 
 he worked with his father until his 30th year, 
 when he purchased the Matthias Smith farm 
 of 80 acres. He now owns altogether about 
 i 10 acres, of which about 70 acres are under 
 cultivation, being devoted to the raising of 
 corn, oats, wheat and hay, and he also engages 
 in the raising of hogs, sheep, cattle and horses. 
 
 Mr. Burkard was married to Mary M. 
 Phillips, who was born in Coshocton County. 
 ( lino, and is the daughter of Theophilus Phil- 
 lips, a native of New York State. Three chil- 
 dren have been born to this union: F. Earl, 
 who lives at Columbus, Ohio: Dolly L., and 
 Raymond Arnold. Mr. Burkard is a Catholic 
 while Mrs. Burkard is a member of the Bap- 
 tist Church. In political matters Mr. Burkard 
 is a Democrat, and he has been much inter- 
 ested in the success of his party in his com- 
 munity. He is one of Delaware Township's 
 enterprising agriculturists, and his many ster- 
 ling qualities of character have won the re- 
 spect and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 OUIS B. JACKSON, a prominent citi- 
 zen and representative farmer and 
 stock raiser, of Troy Township, where 
 he owns a valuable farm of 260 
 acres, was born in Delaware County, 
 Ohio, January 4, 1853. and is a son of James 
 B. and Sarah (Bush) Jackson. 
 
 The late James B. Jackson, whose death 
 took place in March. [904, was born in New 
 York and was 16 years of age when he accom- 
 panied his parents to Delaware County, where 
 he lived to the venerable age of 80 years, pass- 
 ing away at Delaware. He is survived by his 
 widow, who reside- in Delaware and who has 
 reached her 81st year. Mr. Jackson was a 
 
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 valued member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 He was well and favorably known all through 
 Troy Township ami is kindly remembered by 
 old friends of man} years standing. 
 
 Louis B. Jackson was reared in Troy 
 Township, where he obtained his early educa- 
 tion, and he later attended the ( )hio Wesleyan 
 University at Delaware. Since completing 
 his studies he lias given his attention to agri- 
 cultural pursuits. The present farm was for- 
 merly the property of his maternal grandfa- 
 ther. Hon. David Bush, who was a man of 
 large fortune and of political prominence, serv- 
 ing in the Ohio State Legislature. He died in 
 [867. 
 
 On May 3, 1888, Louis B. Jackson was 
 married to Ida Ford, who was horn in Licking 
 ( ounty, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late 
 Thomas Ford, a former resident of Delaware 
 County. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have two chil- 
 dren — Jennie J. and Walter F. 
 
 In politics. Mr. Jackson supports the can- 
 didates of the Republican party and he has 
 served as township clerk. He is one of the 
 leading members of Troy Chapel Methodist 
 Episcopal Church and has served as a trus- 
 tee of the same. He takes much interest in 
 school advancement and in public improve- 
 ments and in all that concerns the best wel- 
 fare of his community, at the same time set- 
 ting an example along the lines of progressive 
 agriculture. 
 
 ENRY I). YATES, a leading business 
 citizen of Delaware, who is located 
 at No. 50 North Henry Street, where 
 he deals in coal and all kinds of ma- 
 sons' supplies, retain- also his farm 
 of [go acres, located in Delaware and Berlin 
 Townships, Delaware County, which he con- 
 tinued to operate until 1900. Mr. Yates was 
 born in Kno\ County, Illinois, in 1855, and 
 -on of Thomas and Margaret (Cunning- 
 ham) Yates, Thomas Yates was an extensive 
 Farmer and large raiser and dealer in stock. 
 He carried on an extensive business for many 
 years, buying and shipping to eastern markets. 
 
 He was well know,, for his pronounced prohi- 
 bition views. He died in io V _>. and is sur- 
 \ ived by his widow. 
 
 Henry I). Yates was reared on his father's 
 farm, and after completing his education en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits and gave much 
 attention to raising thorough-bred Holstein 
 cattle, an industry in which he continued until 
 1900, when he "left the farm and has since 
 made his home at Delaware. His ancestor, 
 came from Virginia, and his grandfather. 
 John Yates, was one of the earliest settlers in 
 Delaware County, where the family has ever 
 since been one of substance and local promi- 
 nence. In [884, Mr. Yates was married to 
 Cornelia Thome, of Holmes County, Ohio, 
 and they have four children: T. Ray, Edith. 
 Zaidee Lois, and Pauline. Mr. Yates'is a Ma- 
 son and a Knight of Pythias. 
 
 HOMAS BURNSIDE. formerly a 
 representative farmer and stockraiser 
 of Genoa Township, where he owned 
 240 acres of very valuable land, was 
 horn in Ireland in 1836, and was 
 quite small when he accompanied his parents 
 t' 1 America. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Burnside settled in 
 Muskingum County, Ohio, where Thomas 
 Burnside was reared and attended the district 
 schools. He married Sarah I-:. Clements, who 
 was horn in Muskingum County. September 
 1. [835, and is a daughter of Andrew and 
 Margaret (Collins) Clements. They were 
 both born in England hut were reared and 
 married in Ireland. They had seven children. 
 ■ me of whom was horn in Ireland. Andrew- 
 Clements acquired 300 acres of land in Mus- 
 kingum County and was one of the extensive 
 farmers of his section. He took considerable 
 interest in public matters and voted with the 
 Republican party. He died December 23, 
 1884, bis wife having died in the previous 
 October. Mrs. Burnside's brother, William 
 I "I m Clements, served four years in the Civil 
 War. 
 
 In 1865, two years after their marriage, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Burside came to Delaware 
 County and located on the present farm. They 
 were accompanied by Mr. Burnside's brother, 
 who assisted him in making the improvements 
 which render this one of the finest farms in 
 the township. Mr. Burnside took much com- 
 fort in his pleasant home and had great pride 
 in his family. He died at the age of 40 years 
 and is survived by his widow and one son, 
 Thomas Edwin, the latter residing on a part 
 of the farm where he also has made many im- 
 provements. Mr. Burnside was a member of 
 the Episcopal Church, in which faith Mrs. 
 Burnside was reared. 
 
 EREDITH MEREDITH, who is 
 serving his second term as county 
 commissioner of Delaware County, 
 resides on his excellent farm 01 
 1 21 1 acres, which is situated in 
 Radnor Township, where he has carried on 
 farming and stock-raising, since 1870. and is 
 engaged in the manufacture of Radnor White 
 Lime. Mr. Meredith was born in December, 
 [846, in South Wales, and is a son of William 
 and Anna Meredith, who spent their lives in 
 that country. 
 
 Meredith Meredith acquired a fair educa- 
 tion as he was growing to man's estate, in his 
 native country, where he remained until after 
 his marriage and the birth of one child, when 
 he came to America, accompanied by his fam- 
 ily. Reaching Marion, Ohio, early in 1868, 
 he remained there until the following May, 
 when he settled in Radnor Township, Dela- 
 ware County. Since taking up his residence 
 in this county, Mr. Meredith has proved his 
 good citizenship; through industry and perse- 
 verance he has acquired valuable property, 
 and by honesty, intelligence and public spirit, 
 has secured the confidence and esteem not only 
 of his neighbors, but of the inhabitants of the 
 county in general. He has creditably filled a 
 number of local offices and his re-election to a 
 second term as county commissioner is proof 
 that he made a satisfactory record during his 
 firsl incumbency of that office. 
 
 Mr. Meredith was married in Wales to 
 Gwenny Rees, and they have- had nine chil- 
 dren, seven of whom are still living, namely : 
 Maria M.; Annie Rachel, who married Wil- 
 liam Disbennett, the well-known tile manufac- 
 turer, at Radnor Station; Daniel, residing at 
 Radnor; Mary, who married William Lug- 
 ger, and resides in Delaware; Sadie, and Ed- 
 ward. The two deceased are William and 
 Elizabeth. Mr. Meredith and family belong 
 ti 1 the Congregational Church. He is a mem- 
 ber of Radnor Lodge, No. 250, Odd Fellows, 
 at Radnor. 
 
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 PERRY WORNSTAFF, a well known 
 resident of Ashley, has been a life 
 long resident of Oxford Township. 
 He has a valuable farm of 298 acres 
 about one-half mile west of the vil- 
 lage and also operates the public stock scales at 
 Ashley. He was born on the old home farm 
 which he now owns, May 15, 1856, and lived 
 there until 1890, when he purchased his pres- 
 ent home and moved to Ashley. He is a son 
 of Lewis and Sally Ann (Bartholomew) 
 WornstafT, and a grandson of Daniel Worn- 
 staff, who about 1827 moved from Ross 
 County, Ohio, to Westfield Township, Mor- 
 row County, being one of the pioneer settlers 
 in this vicinity. 
 
 Lewis WornstafT was born in Ross County, 
 Ohio, in 1822 and was about five years of age 
 when his parents moved to Westfield Town- 
 ship. There he grew to man's estate and early 
 in life moved to Oxford Township, purchas- 
 ing a small tract of land. To this he added 
 from time to time until at his death he had 
 about 290 acres. He made most of the im- 
 provements on the place, followed farming 
 and stock-raising extensively, and met with 
 much -success as a stock dealer. He lived in 
 Ashley during the last few years of his life. 
 He married Sally Ann Bartholomew, who 
 was born in Oxford Township. Delaware 
 County, September 23, 1827, and is a daugn- 
 ter of Milton Bartholomew, one of the pio- 
 neers of the county. He came from Vermont 
 
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 his wife from Quebec, Canada. Three 
 children were born to Lewis and Sally Ann 
 Wornstaff, namely; Chesley, mention of 
 whom appears elsewhere in this work; Chaun- 
 cey, who died in infancy: and Sperry, the sub- 
 ject i f this .-ketch. Mrs. Wornstaff is now 
 residing with her & n Sperry. 
 
 ember 13, 1877, Sperrj Wornstaff 
 married Mary E. Wiser, who was born in 
 Westfield Township, and who tlied January 
 28, 11. Lloyd K., of Ash- 
 
 ley. Mr. Wornstaff is a Republican, and was 
 formerly quite active in politics. He served 
 four years as mayor of the village, five years 
 
 member of the Village Council, and one 
 year as land appraiser. He is fraternally a 
 member of the Ashley Lodge, F. & A. M. 
 
 who 
 
 SRAEL POTTER, who was promi- 
 nently known throughout Delaware 
 County, was for many years a resident 
 of Leonardsburg, Brown Township. 
 He was born September 29, 1806, in 
 Chenango County. Xew York, and was a son 
 of Asahel and Ann (Benton) Potter. 
 
 Asahel Potter and his wife were both na- 
 tives of Connecticut and at an early date 
 moved to Chenango County, Xew York, 
 where their son Israel was born. In February, 
 (817, they emigrated to Ohio in a covered 
 wagon, drawn at first by a yoke of oxen and 
 one horse. Crossing mountains and streams, 
 and over bad roads, their progress was very 
 slow and attended with great difficulty. The 
 horse gave out and it was necessary to re- 
 place him. After 47 days of hardship and 
 ition, they reached Fairfield Comity. 
 ( )hii . with a few household goods and ten 
 doll irs in money. After one year they moved 
 to Franklin County, and three years later to 
 Peru Township, then a part of Delaware 
 ( 1 nitty, but now Morrow. 
 
 Israel Potter grew to maturity in Morrow 
 County, and gave evidence of great energy 
 and ability in his youthful days. He had but 
 limited educational advantages, but through- 
 out his life was a student of economic ques- 
 
 tions and matters of national import. lie 
 taught school when he was about _• 1 years of 
 age. When matters of public interesl arosi 
 he gave public expression to his views, his 
 articles appearing in many journals, lie was 
 a thinker and a leader, and in the days of 
 slavery was an important factor in the under- 
 ground railroad. He identified himself with 
 the first organization opposing the liquor traf- 
 fic, and was an earnest advocate of temper- 
 ance. In his early manhood he engaged in 
 selling books for a Cincinnati firm, receiving 
 as compensation $30 per month and expenses, 
 a good salary for those days. He then turned 
 his attention to farming and stock dealing, 
 and many were the interesting accounts of his 
 trips which he recalled in his later years. He 
 made sixteen trips with cattle to Michigan, 
 and was in the city of Adrian when the first 
 train ran through- there in 1841. In 1858 he 
 moved from the old place in Peru Township to 
 Leonardsburg. where he became possessed of 
 large landed interests, and where he resided 
 until his death on November 4. 1895. His 
 widow survives him and resides with daugh- 
 ters at Leonardsburg. 
 
 Mr. Potter was an active member of the 
 Wesleyan Methodist Church, and his death 
 was a sad loss to the community in which he 
 labored so long and faithfully. A broad- 
 minded, thinking man, he did much in the way 
 of making public improvements and elevating 
 the moral tone of the community. 
 
 SCAR A. PETERS, residing on a fine 
 farm of 83 acres one mile west of 
 the village of Ashley, is a prosperous 
 farmer and one of the substantial 
 citizens of the community. He was 
 born October 23, 1857, in Fairfield County. 
 Ohio, and is a son of Abram and Isabel (Kin- 
 more) Peters. 
 
 Abram Peters was burn in Fairfield 
 County, < Ihio, and was a son of Daniel Peters, 
 who came to Fairfield County from Lancaster 
 Count}-, Pennsylvania. Abram was a black- 
 smith and followed his trade with success until 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUXTY 
 
 he moved to Delaware County in 1859. He 
 first located on the \Y. C. Durkee farm in Ox- 
 lord Township and afterward purchased a 
 tract of fifty acres in the same township. Here 
 he lived and farmed until his death. He was 
 joined in marriage with Jsaliel Kinmore, who 
 was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and was 
 a daughter of Adam Kinmore. a native of 
 Ireland, who upon coming to the Cnited 
 States located in 1'ickawav County at a very 
 early period. This union was blessed with the 
 following children: Salema, wife of Dr. J. E. 
 Herriott, of Union Count)-, Ohio; Belle R., 
 wife of VV. M. Stephens, of Ashley; May S.. 
 who died unmarried; Oscar A., subject of this 
 sketch; and Charles 1., who died of injuries 
 received in a street car accident in Chicago. 
 
 Oscar A. Peters was two years old when 
 his parents came to this township, and here he 
 has resided continuously since. He attended 
 the public schools and lived on the home place 
 until [893, when he purchased a tract of 83 
 acres west of Ashley, which comprises the 
 farm on which he now lives. It was then only 
 partly cleared, Mr. Peters clearing fully half 
 of it and tilling the entire place. He has made 
 all the improvements, erecting a barn and 
 other necessary outbuildings and remodeling 
 the house. He has followed general farming 
 and has been very active in raising sheep, cat- 
 tle and hogs. Enterprising and public-spirited, 
 he has made a success of his work, and enjoys 
 the goodwill and esteem of his fellow-citizens 
 ti 1 a marked degree. 
 
 April 1. [883, Mr. Oscar A. Peters was 
 joined in marriage with Miss /ana Foust, who 
 was born in Westfield Township, Morrow 
 County. She is a daughter of Wilson and 
 Lucy (Durkee) Foust. and a granddaughter 
 of \hraui Foust, who was one of the pioneers 
 of Weslield Township, having come from 
 Pennsylvania early in the Nineteenth century. 
 Wilson Foust has been a life long resident of 
 Westfield Township, where he now lives at 
 the advanced age of 87 years. His wife is 
 past 73 years, and both are active minded and 
 in good bodily health. They became parents 
 of the following children: Warren, of Chey- 
 
 e, Wyoming; Bruce., who lives near Buf- 
 
 falo. \. V. : Ella ( Barber), of Westfield; Rev. 
 O. K. Foust, of Westfield; Zana. now Mrs. 
 O. A. Peters; Myra (High), of Westfield; 
 and K. K., of Westfield. Air. and Mrs. Peters 
 have one daughter, Lola, wife of Arthur 
 Boyer, and a granddaughter. Xatella Boyer. 
 
 RCIIIBALD H. RUTHERFORD, a 
 
 leading citizen of Concord Town- 
 ship, owns about 512 acres of fine 
 Ohio land, 100 of which is situated 
 in Morrow County, 262 acres in 
 Liberty, and 150 acres in Concord Township, 
 Delaware County. Mr. Rutherford was born 
 in Fairfield County, Ohio, September 23. 
 [833, and is a son of Henry and Ruth ( Van- 
 mitre) Rutherford. His paternal grandfather 
 was Archibald Rutherford, who settled in 
 Fairfield County prior to 1821. Archibald 
 served as a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 
 Henry Rutherford was born in Virginia 
 in 1S01, and grew to manhood in that State, 
 where he married Ruth Vanmitre, who was 
 born there in 1804. After removing to Ohio. 
 they settled in Fairfield County, where they 
 remained for a number of years. Subsequently 
 they removed to Delaware County, where he 
 spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1892. 
 Hi- wife was aged 82 years at her death in 
 1890. Their children were: Mary Ann, who 
 married Thomas Hess, is deceased; Abraham, 
 who is deceased, is survived by his widow; 
 Isaac, who married, first, Sarah Webster and, 
 secondly, a Miss Merrill; and Archibald H. 
 
 Archibald 11. Rutherford came to Dela- 
 ware County about [848 and through boyhood 
 and manhood assisted his father to clear the 
 pioneer farm. The father, who was a shoe- 
 maker by trade, needed the help of bis - 
 when the heavy clearing of the land became a 
 necessity, and the subject of this sketch re- 
 members that he hewed every log that went 
 to the building of the first house on the farm. 
 The present residence, which succeeded the 
 old log one. was built about the close of the 
 Civil War. For a few months the subject of 
 this sketch attended the district schools. On 
 
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 the death of his father, which occurred in 
 (892, Mr. Rutherford inherited One-half of 
 the home farm, lie earned his first money by 
 raking wheat for his grandfather Rutherford, 
 working by the day and month at fifty cents 
 per day. and afterwards receiving $10 to $12 
 per month until his marriage. He then bought 
 50 acres of wild land and set to work to bring 
 it into a state of cultivation. His entire time 
 since has been spent in farming and stock- 
 raising, and as already noted, he has attained 
 1 -ratifying success. Each year has seen the 
 amount and value of his possessions increased, 
 and he is the more to be congratulated in that 
 his present prosperity is the result of his own 
 persevering industry backed by sound judg- 
 ment. 
 
 On September 29. 1858. Mr. Rutherford 
 was married in Concord Township, to Eliza 
 Jane Glazer, a daughter of William and Ma- 
 tilda ( Warner ) Glazer. Her father was born 
 in Pennsylvania and her mother in Maryland. 
 They settled, at an early day, near Norton 
 Center, in Delaware County, and both subse- 
 quently died there. Of their children to reach 
 mature years: William, now 80 years of age, 
 resides at Norton Center; Bennett is deceased; 
 Mary Ann is the widow of Lewis Case and 
 lives at Cleveland; Marian, wife of James 
 Mark, lives in Missouri; and Eliza J. is now 
 Mrs. Rutherford. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford 
 have been the parents of the following chil- 
 dren : Mary Ann, who married Marion Jones, 
 resides in Concord Township and has seven 
 children — Martha. Ruth, Henry. John, Mary 
 lata, and May and Jay ( twins 1 ; Eugenia, who 
 married Edward Kent, resides in Concord 
 Township and has two children — Lura and 
 Esther; John, who married Mary, daughter 
 of James Mattox, resides in Morrow County 
 and has four children — Harry, Lloyd. Archi- 
 bald and Charles; Martha, who married Wil- 
 liam Hall, resides in Liberty Township and 
 lias two children — Bessie and William: 
 Thomas, who married Edith Blaine, re-ides at 
 Hyattsville and has two children — Frederick 
 and Paul; Jessie, who married Frederick 1 bar- 
 ter, has two children — Dalton and Morris; 
 Lee. who married Eva McComber, resides 
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 with his father and they have one child — Mar- 
 shall ; and Bennett, Peter and Ruth, are all 
 deceased. Until after the birth of four chil- 
 dren, Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford lived in Lib- 
 erty Township. He purchased his farm in 
 Concord Township during the Civil War. He 
 has continued to buy land, considering it one 
 of the safest of invesments. 
 
 In politics. Mr. Rutherford is a Democrat. 
 for a time he was connected with the Grange 
 lint at present belongs to no fraternal organiz- 
 ation. He is a citizen of high standing in 
 Concord Township and his judgment is con- 
 sulted when matters of importance to the c< im- 
 munity are brought forward. 
 
 EPTER STARK, formerly one of 
 Delaware County's most substantial 
 citizens, and during bis whole life 
 identified with the agricultural and 
 stock interests of Kingston Town- 
 ship, was born in this township, April [3, 
 1830, and died April 26, 1907. His parents 
 were Oliver and Eliza ( Patrick) Stark, the lat- 
 ter of whom was the first white child born in 
 Kingston Township. 
 
 Cepter Stark spent his whole life on the 
 farm on which he was born, although he owned 
 hundreds of acres of land in other parts ,,1 
 Delaware County. Plis widow owns in one 
 tract 718 acres of farming and grazing land 
 in Kingston Township. Mr. Stark was the 
 largest landowner and tax payer in the town- 
 ship. He was an extensive raiser of horses, 
 rattle, boys and sheep, a heavy buyer and 
 Shipper, and he also dealt in wool. During the 
 progress of the Civil War, Mr. Stark supplied 
 many horses and cattle to the Government, 
 and in this way laid the foundation of bis 
 large fortune. 
 
 Mr. Stark was married, first, to Sylvia 
 Benton, who died in January. [882. She was 
 the mother of five children, namely: Charles, 
 who died in infancy; Grace, who married 
 Frederick Keesing, residing in New Sfork: 
 I Ilanche. who married David Cupp, residing in 
 Indian Territory; Ethel, now deceased, who 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 married Dr. Harry Van Kirk; and Burt Ben- 
 tun, who died in 1902. Mr. Stark was mar- 
 ried, secondly, October 11, 1883. to Nina 
 R< ss, who was born at Freeport, Illinois, Janu- 
 ary 8. 1S59, and who is a daughter of William 
 and Ellen (Whitney) Ross. John Ross, the 
 grandfather of Air-*. Stark, was one of the 
 four original settlers in Delaware Count)-. 
 William Ross died in the spring of [880, aged 
 49 years, and his remains lie buried at Dela- 
 ware. The mother of Mrs. Stark lives on her 
 farm in Kingston Township, having reached 
 the age of j$ years. Mr. and Airs. Stark had 
 two sons — Glenn J., born November 1, 1884; 
 and Cepter Ross, born December 5, 1899. 
 They reside with their mother on the home 
 farm. The handsome residence, completed in 
 1905, is of frame construction and equipped 
 with all modern conveniences, including a sys- 
 tem of hot and cold water, with gas for heat- 
 ing and lighting. 
 
 -Mr. Stark was the last survivor of the 
 organizers of the Sunbury Bank, and was its 
 president at the time of his death, owning one- 
 half of the stock of the institution, lie was a 
 man of great business capacity. Personally 
 he could count as friends almost all who came 
 into close relations with him. He was frank, 
 generous, open-handed, ready in every emer- 
 gency to render practical aid as well as ju- 
 dicious advice. His death was not only a 
 severe blow to his family, but was a great loss 
 to the community at large. 
 
 ILDEX SEYMOUR SCOTT, who is 
 a representative of one of the oldest 
 and mi 1st prominent families of 
 Brown Township, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, has been a resident of Eden 
 nearly all his life and has been identified at 
 different times with various business enter- 
 prises, lie was born in Franklin County, 
 Ohio. January 6, 1839, and is a son of Sey- 
 mour and Louise (Elmer) Scott. 
 
 Seymour Scott was born in Litchfield, 
 Connecticut, and was a stone mason by trade. 
 He moved from his native place to Delaware 
 
 Count}'. Xew York, where he was subse- 
 quently married. He next moved to Florence, 
 Erie County, Ohio, where he followed his 
 trade, assisting in the erection of the first fur- 
 nace at Vermilion. Upon removing to Frank- 
 lin County. Ohio, he followed farming until 
 April 1, 1839, then located at Lockwin, where 
 he conducted a store at a time when there were 
 but two buildings in the place. He remained 
 there one year and on April 1, 1840, bought 
 out a general store at Eden, in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, and settled on the property now 
 owned by James Leech. He continued to con- 
 duct this store until 1863. when he sold and 
 moved to Centerburg, where for a period of 
 seven years he conducted a general store. In 
 1870 he retired from active business and re- 
 turned to Eden where he lived at the home of 
 his daughter until bis death, in April, 1877. 
 He was a large property owner at one time, 
 but bad disposed of most of his holdings. He 
 married Louise Elmer, who was a daughter of 
 Calvin Elmer, who at an early period came 
 from .Yew York State to Eden and located 
 where Robinson's blacksmith shop now stands. 
 Two children were born of this union: Louisa, 
 who died in Delaware, July 15, 1877, was the 
 wife of John A. Carothers ; and Tilden S. The 
 mother of Mrs. Scott died April «j, 184(1. 
 
 Tilden Seymour Scott was reared in Eden 
 and attended the local schools and also the 
 I lelaware public schools for two terms. He 
 worked in the store with his father, but had in 
 the meantime learned the trade of a carder and 
 cloth dresser. He accpiired a steam grist mill, 
 which had been established in 1849, being the 
 first one in the county, which he operated, and 
 in addition did carding, pressing and dyeing, 
 as well as cabinetmaking. When bis father 
 left Eden in 1863, .Mr. Scott and his brother- 
 in-law purchased the store, but after conduct- 
 ing it a short time traded it and the mill for a 
 farm in Oxford Township, Butler County. He 
 never moved there, however, and after a couple 
 of years disposed of it. In the meanwhile he 
 engaged in farming half way between Eden 
 and Delaware. In 1866-67 be was at Smith's 
 Ferry and Island Run. in Beaver County, 
 Pennsylvania, and upon his return to Eden 
 
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 ;hed his home in the house in which he 
 resides. He engaged temporarily in busi- 
 ness at Centerburg in 1869, and in the fol- 
 lowing year he and his brother-in-law bought 
 the stock and brought it to Eden, where for 
 some years the\ conducted a store. Mr. Scott 
 had in 1870 traded for a store in Delaware 
 which he conducted until 1876, carrying a 
 line of boots and shoes, hats and caps and 
 gentlemen's furnishings. At the end of that 
 time he sold out in Delaware and returned to 
 Eden where he continued his store until 1878. 
 He then resumed farming in Brown Township 
 and continued until the early nineties, when he 
 sold out. During the past fifteen years, in 
 n, he has traveled about selling engines 
 and threshing machinery and fertilizers. On 
 November 19, 1863, Mr. Scott was united in 
 marriage with Octavia B. Thrall, who was 
 born in the house in which she now lives, April 
 25, 1841, and is a daughter of William Kil- 
 ■ie Thrall, who was the first postmaster 
 here, the post office being named Kilbourne in 
 his honor. He was born in Grandville, Ohio, 
 ' 1 ber 14, 1809. and was about 20 years old 
 when he came here. For many years he oper- 
 ated the old water mill which he had con- 
 structed in partnership with O. D. Hough, and 
 became a man of importance here. He married 
 Phoebe Thurston, and of their children, Mrs. 
 Scott was the only one to grow to maturity. 
 Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Scott, namely: Harry Seymour, born April 
 7. 1805. married Levetta Bowers and they 
 have three children. Hazel. Donald and Graces 
 William, born October 8, 1869; and Lillian, 
 born October 9, 1873. married Harry H. Hip- 
 pie, and they live in Delaware. Politically. 
 Mr. Scott is a Republican and at one time 
 served as township clerk. 
 
 LLIAM BAZIL CAMPBELL, one 
 of Delaware's leading business 
 men, who has been identified with 
 grocery interests since 1891, was 
 born in Delaware Township, Dela- 
 ware County. Ohio, January 25, 1857. He is 
 
 a son of Ransome and Henrietta (Lugenbeel) 
 Campbell. 
 
 Ransome Campbell was horn in New Jer- 
 sey and came to Delaware in early manhood, 
 and was employed as a millwright at the paper 
 mill at Stratford for a time, later becoming 
 a contracting carpenter. He died in 1899 
 aged about 71 years. He married a daughter 
 of Bazil and Sevilla Lugenbeel, who still sur- 
 vives at the age of 68 years. They had two 
 children — William Bazil and Alary, the latter 
 of whom is now deceased. She was the wife 
 of Dr. F. A. Stickney. who is a practitioner 
 of medicine at Kilbourne. 
 
 William Bazil Campbell was educated in 
 the schools of Delaware Township and at 
 Stratford, later taking a business course in a 
 commercial college at Delaware. After leav- 
 ing school he learned the carpenter's trade, 
 working later for fifteen years as a house car- 
 penter, and for three years in the shops of the 
 Big Four Railroad. In 1891 he embarked in 
 a grocery business at his present location in 
 Delaware, where his business capacity and en- 
 terprise have caused him to prosper. He has 
 been an active political factor at Delaware and 
 is serving his second term as a member of 
 the Board of Public Service, having been elec- 
 ted on the Republican ticket. He has served 
 six years as a member of the City Council. 
 
 In 1 88 1, Mr. Campbell married Susan C. 
 Burroughs, who is a daughter of Daniel and 
 Elizabeth Burroughs, of Delaware. They 
 have two children — Arthur Ransome and Sa- 
 villa. The son is his father's assistant in the 
 store. The daughter married Charles Smith 
 and they reside at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Campbell have a pleasant home on the corner 
 of Liberty and Eden Streets. He is a member 
 of Olentangy Lodge, No. 53. Odd Fellows, at 
 Delaware. 
 
 HARLES B. LEE, a well known resi- 
 dent of Ashley, Ohio, who is now 
 living in retirement from business 
 activities, comes of a family long 
 prominent in this vicinity. He was 
 born at Columbus, Ohio, February 6, 1828, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 and is a son of Asa and Sarah (Meacham) 
 Lee. His family runs back in this countrj to 
 the colonial clays, when two brothers crossed 
 from London, England, one locating in New 
 York and the other in Virginia. 
 
 Asa Lee and his brother Timothy came 
 west to Columbus, Ohio, and there followed 
 the trade of cloth-dressing. In [828, Ya 
 Lee moved with his wife and four children to 
 what is now Peru Township, Morrow County, 
 at that time, Delaware G mnty. There he 
 acquired 84 acres of land in the woods and 
 erected a log cabin, in which he lived and 
 followed his trade until April, 1833. He then 
 returned to Franklin County, dying there in 
 August of the same year. 
 
 Charles B. Lee was but three months old 
 when his parents first moved to Peru Town- 
 ship, and was but ten years old when his 
 widowed mother returned with five children 
 to that farm in the woods which they still 
 owned. There he grew to manhood, helping 
 to clear and cultivate the farm. He later pur- 
 chased a 50-acre timber tract for himself, but 
 as there was no house upon it continued to 
 reside on the home place. Selling this piece of 
 land, he purchased an old sheep farm of 91 
 acres, with a cabin on it, and on this he and 
 his young wife lived and labored in pioneer 
 fashion. He subsequently disposed of this 
 place and went to Iowa, where he bought an 
 80-acre farm and erected a dwelling. He soon 
 returned to Peru Township and purchased 208 
 acres of his brother, and to this added 50 acres. 
 Here he successfully carried on operations un- 
 til 1882, when he exchanged the property for 
 the old Solomon Rosevelt farm of 150 aero 
 in Oxford Township, Delaware County, just 
 
 ond the eastern limits of the village of 
 Ashley. Upon this place is an old house, which 
 in its day was of unexcelled magnificence, fin- 
 ished throughout in hard wood, and costing in 
 its erection Si 1.000. In [892, Mr. Lee erected 
 comfortable home in Ashley, in which he has 
 since resided. 
 
 t harles 1'.. Lee was married April 4. [852, 
 to Letta Grant, who was horn in Brown Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, < >hio, and is a daugh- 
 ter of Aaron and Dianna (Whipple) Grant. 
 
 Three children were born to them — Otto, 
 Charles Wellington, and Grant. Otto, who 
 was born March 29, 1853, lived on the home 
 farm in Oxford Township until his death in 
 August, 1901. He married Louisa Rudolph 
 and had two children. Claude and Maude. 
 Claude Lee married Bessa Dennis and they 
 have two children. Dorris and Miriam; 
 Charles Wellington Lee, second child of the 
 subject of this sketch, was born September 15, 
 1857. and died at eight years as the result of 
 an accident; Grant Lee, born July 19, i86( 
 married Mabel Oliver and they had one child, 
 Hugh, who is a teacher in the public schools. 
 Mr. Grant Lee died in November, 1890. 
 
 Politically, Charles B. Lee has been a Re- 
 publican since the organization of the party, 
 but has frequently cast his ballot for men on 
 the opposing ticket. He served as land ap- 
 praiser one year, and was once elected justice 
 of the peace by an overwhelming majority, but 
 as it was without his consent or desire, he re- 
 fused to serve. 
 
 AMES STANDLEY SALMON was 
 born on the farm on which he now 
 lues. May 15, 1830, and is a son of 
 John and Anna (Standley) Salmon. 
 His grandfather Salmon came from 
 France to Dutchess Count}. New York, at an 
 early date. 
 
 John Salmon, father of James S., was born 
 in Dutchess County, New York, in 1791. and 
 leaving home, a young man in search of work. 
 he arrived at the Marietta settlement in < >' 
 There he entered the employ of a widow, Mrs. 
 Anna Breck, whom he shortly married. Mrs. 
 Salmon, whose maiden name was Anna 
 Standley, came of one of the earliest families 
 of the .Marietta settlement and was herself 
 the second white female born there, the date 
 of her nativity being January 1, 1791. Of her 
 marriage with John Breck there were three 
 children — one son and two daughters — as 
 lows: John, who died at the age of 14 
 Seraph (Alney). who died April 2, [842, in 
 Brown Township; and Cynthia, who married 
 
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 William Elliott, and died in Cleveland at the 
 advanced age of 84 years. They continued to 
 reside at Marietta until 1824, when they sold 
 their tract of 25 acres there and moved to Ge- 
 nua Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where 
 they rented for one year. They then spent a 
 year in Kingston Township, subsequently buy- 
 ing 100 acres of land on the State Road in 
 Brown Township, for which the}' paid the sum 
 of three dollar- per acre. This they began to 
 clear and cultivate, and it has since become one 
 of the most valuable farms in the township. 
 Mr. Salmon died on the home place April 14, 
 [864, and his widow survived him three years, 
 dying July 23. 18(17. m Indiana, whither she 
 had gone to live with a son and daughter. 
 Their union was blessed with the following 
 children: Mixenda. who married Solomon 
 Shoemaker and went to live in Whitely, In- 
 diana, where she died in i8<jq; Benjamin who 
 died in Indiana, January 13. 1904; Jacob, who 
 died in Licking County: Jacob R., who died 
 October 2. 184(1; Thomas, who died March 1, 
 [847; James S., who is still living at the ad- 
 vanced age of 78 years; and Selden, who died 
 at the age of six weeks. John Salmon was 
 
 g nally a Whig and later a Republican m 
 
 litics. He served in the War of 1812, and 
 tried to enlist during- the Civil War. 
 
 James S. Salmon has always lived in 
 Brown Township, and in his youth attended 
 the "Id log school house of his district. When 
 he rir>t took hold of the home farm there was 
 but little of it cleared, and most of the other 
 improvements were made by him. He later 
 ad' led fifty acres of partially cleared land, and 
 then fn mi time to time added 1 >ther tracts 
 until he now possesses 2S5 acres, all under 
 a high state of cultivation. He has followed 
 general farming and stock-raising. 
 
 September 18. 1851. Air. Salmon was 
 
 united in marriage with Sarah A. Randolph, 
 
 vas born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, 
 
 and who is a daughter of Marsh Fritz and 
 
 sandra (Styles) Randolph. Her father 
 
 - born and reared at Staten Island. New 
 
 York, while her mother's people came from 
 
 Virginia. This union resulted in the birth 
 
 1 . ne s«>n. John, who was born July 31. [852, 
 
 and died January 27, 1878. Mr. Salmon is 
 a Republican in national politics, but in local 
 politics is independent. He served three vears 
 as township trustee, but declined to run again 
 for the office. 
 
 AMUEL ANDERSON MOORE com- 
 mander of Post No. 531, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, at Ostrander, 
 is one of Concord Township's repre- 
 sentative citizens. He was born in 
 Harmony Township, Morrow County, Ohio. 
 February 16, 1844, and is a son of Samuel 
 and Priscena (Thompson) Moore. 
 
 The Moore family is of Scotch-Irish de- 
 scent and there is reason to believe, from the 
 family history and other evidence, that one of 
 its earlier members was the great Irish poet, 
 Thomas Moore. Samuel Moore was born in 
 Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was four 
 years old when he accompanied his parents, 
 William and Amelia Moore to Ohio. 
 They settled in Athens County, from which 
 section they later moved to the eastern part of 
 Delaware County, locating in Peru Township. 
 Still later they removed to Hancock County, 
 where they died. The Thompson family, to 
 which Mr. Moore belongs on the maternal 
 side, is of German extraction and the maternal 
 grandfather, John Thompson, married a lady 
 of Welsh extraction. He was born in 1782 
 and died in 1866. coming to Athens County. 
 Ohio, in 1808. The Moores and the Thomp- 
 sons, as families, had much to do with expel- 
 ling the Indians from along the Scioto River 
 and the Maumee Valley. 
 
 Samuel Moore, father of Samuel Ander- 
 son, was born in 1813 and died in 1886. lie 
 married Priscena Thompson, who was born in 
 1812 and died in 1896, aged eighty-four years. 
 They had nine children, as follows: Martha 
 A., who married William H. Cox, residing at 
 Delaware: William N., who married Elizabeth 
 Rowland, was a member of Company A. One 
 Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, during the Civil War, died in 
 Henry County. Ohio; John T.. who was a 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 member of Company E, Sixty-sixth Regiment, 
 Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died in prison July 
 30, 1862, at Lynchburg, Virginia; Samuel A., 
 whose name begins this sketch; Rebecca P., 
 deceased, who was the wife of Austin May- 
 field; Joseph Vinton, who met an accidental 
 death by scalding when four years of age; 
 Amelia Ellen, who died aged nine years from 
 diptheria; Henry Monroe, residing at Dela- 
 ware, who married Lucy Williams; and one 
 child died in infancy. 
 
 Samuel Anderson Moore obtained his edu- 
 cation in the district schools and was trained 
 to agriculture on his father's land. He has 
 owned many farms, all of which he has im- 
 proved before disposing of them, and has re- 
 sided in various sections. When he started 
 out for himself he settled for one year in Rad- 
 nor Township and then went to Iowa, where 
 he "prospected" for a time and then purchased 
 a farm. When he returned to Ohio he bought 
 a farm of 103 acres in Scioto Township, Dela- 
 ware County, and in Leesburg Township, 
 Union County, residing there for 18 months. 
 After disposing of that farm he returned for 
 a year to Radnor Township and then moved 
 to Henry County, Ohio, where he lived nine 
 mi mths, acquiring 220 acres in that county. 
 He again returned to Radnor Township and 
 bought a farm on which he lived for five years, 
 from which place he moved to a farm of 154 
 acres which was situated north of Bellpoint, 
 and there he resided for 17 years. After sell- 
 ing the farm mentioned, he bought 170 acres 
 in Berlin Township which he kept for two 
 years when he traded it for 16 town lots at 
 Monon, Indiana, and bought 160 acres in 
 White County, Indiana, 68 acres in Cass 
 County, 480 acres in Hodgeman and Finney 
 Counties, Kansas and a square at Lyons, Kan- 
 sas. Still later, Mr. Moore bought 100 acres 
 south of Bellpoint, Delaware County, which 
 he kept for two years. After selling that prop- 
 erty, he bought 800 acres in 1 'helps County, 
 Missouri. At a later date he sold his Indiana 
 land and town lots receiving in exchange 203 
 acres in Pike County, Ohio, later trading the 
 Pike County farm for a fruit farm in Ross 
 
 County, Ohio. Mr. Moore is too good a judge 
 of property to ever fail in making an advan- 
 tageous deal. He also owns 80 acres in Arkan- 
 sas. In 1887, he purchased 146 acres in Hock- 
 ing County and subsequently traded his fruit 
 farm for 156 acres in Union County, which 
 he sold in 1902, investing in 473/ acres on the 
 Plain City Road, in Concord Township, Dela- 
 ware County, and also bought 36J/2 acres of 
 the Cutter farm in this vicinity. In the spring 
 of 1907 he bought an adjoining 37^2 acres. 
 
 In the fall of 1895 he bought three lots 
 and a residence, taking possession of them in 
 the spring of 1896, and retaining a part of 
 that land until the spring of 1904. At that 
 time he also purchased his present residence 
 with twelve acres attached, and has since made 
 many substantial improvements here. Mr. 
 Moore has always left every place he ever 
 owned in better condition than he four, 
 taking pleasure in improving" his property ami 
 naturally adding greatly to its selling value. 
 He still retains 80 acres in Concord Tow 1 
 and 640 acres in Missouri, together with his 
 valuable residence property and a stone quarry. 
 
 Mr. Moore was married March 2j. 1869, 
 to Agnes Rider, who was born in Ritchie 
 County, Virginia, and who is a daughter of 
 James and Julia ( Betts ) Rider, who came 
 from Virginia and settled in Kingston Town- 
 ship, Delaware County. They had the fol- 
 lowing children born to them : Thomas Pres- 
 ton, born March 1, 1870, married Edith 
 Hutchisson, and they reside at Bellpoint and 
 have three children — Frank, Lottie and Ray- 
 mond; Homer O., township treasurer, i 
 August 18, 1 87 1, married Alice Healey. a 
 daughter of Ervin J. Healey, and they have 
 two children — George and Harold ; Charles 
 Monroe, born March 10. 1873, is a farmer, 
 married Minnie E. Jones, daughter of Ji >hn 
 and Elizabeth Jones and they have two chil- 
 dren — Geneva and Clarendon; Myrtle May 
 and Eugene Clay, twins, were born June 3. 
 1875. the former of whom married Daniel 
 Smart and has two children — Russell and Clif- 
 ford, and the latter married Sadie Orella Phil- 
 lian and has one child, Stanley Elwood : and 
 
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 Edna May, who married Nelson Blinn, and 
 has two children — Nellie and Mildred. 
 
 1 hiring the early part of the Civil War, 
 Mr. Ah lore made five attempts to enter the 
 army but always met with refusal, but on May 
 2, [864, he was sworn in as a member of Com- 
 pany A. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Infantry, and accompanied the 
 command to Arlington Heights for the de- 
 fense of the city of Washington. As long as 
 the danger of invasion was imminent, the 
 troops were kept at Washington, after which 
 they returned to Camp Chase and Mr. Moore 
 was honorably discharged August 24, 18(14. 
 At two different times he offered his services 
 after his discharge hut was rejected. He has 
 been actively identified with the affairs of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic and is the cap- 
 able commander of Posl No. 53] at Ostrander, 
 On several occasions he has attended the State 
 encampments, and has also visited the general 
 encampments more than that number of times, 
 going as far as San Francisco. In 1905 he 
 attended the State encampment at Dayton. 
 
 Mr. Moore is a stanch Republican and has 
 been a prominent factor in county politics for 
 many years. For six years he served in the 
 office of infirmary director and during that 
 time, according to the records, he made many 
 collections. When he was sworn in the insti- 
 tution was $29,000 in debt, and at the end of 
 his administration the debt was not only dis- 
 charged but there was $3,000 in the treasury. 
 
 Mr. Samuel A. Moore is a 'Republican in 
 politics and believes in the honest administra- 
 tion of government. He is opposed to rings 
 and to graft in any form and is in favor of 
 cleansing the party whenever corrupt persons 
 get into office, instead of going over to the 
 enemy. He discovered and exposed the great 
 bounty frauds. He believes in the practice of 
 temperance and has never used intoxicating 
 liquors or tobacco in his life. He honors the 
 "Boys in Blue" of 1861-65 and believes our 
 Government and Flag the best and grandest 
 of any now existing. Such is Mr. Moore's 
 moral and political creed, and in the most im- 
 portant respects there will be few to differ 
 from him. 
 
 [LLIAM ROSS PORTER, a rep- 
 resentative citizen of Brown 
 Township, residing mi dlis valu- 
 able farm of [87 acres, was born 
 April 12, [845, where he now re- 
 sides, in a building which then occupied the 
 site of his present resilience. He is a son of 
 Joseph C. and Margaret (McCurdy) Porter. 
 The father of Mr. Porter was born in 
 York Count)-, Pennsylvania, in [806, where 
 he remained until after his marriage and the 
 birth of two children. In the spring of 1840. 
 he reached Oxford Township. Delaware 
 County, locating one mile north of where he 
 finally settled. He purchased a tract of land 
 but did not retain it on account of flaws in the 
 title. He then came to Brown Township and 
 bought 48 acres, on which stood a log barn 
 and a small brick building which had been used 
 for silk-worm culture. The land was covered 
 with mulberry trees. Joseph C. Porter lived 
 to the age of 87 years. He was a man of im- 
 portance in his community and served botl 
 township trustee and as a justice of the peace. 
 His death took place March 2<.j, 1894. He 
 married Margaret McCurdy, who was born 
 September 29. 1813. and died March 25, 
 1898. Their family consisted of five sons and 
 five daughters, namely: Maria Jane, born 
 September 2j, 1835. died March 25, 1852; 
 James Alexander, born July 31, 1837. was 
 killed at the battle of Chickamauga, during the 
 Civil War. a member of Company D. One 
 Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry; John McCurdy. born Oc- 
 tober 27, '1840, died February 3, 1885: Mar- 
 garet Rebecca, born January 27 ■, 1843. married 
 B. F. Longwell, and died October 8. [885; 
 William R. ; Martha Elizabeth, horn May 17. 
 1847, married James Carlisle, now deceased, 
 and her home is at Mt. Gilead; Daniel Clark, 
 born September 9, 1840. died August i 1. 1887. 
 survived by his widow, formerly Jennie 
 Reeves, of Bridgeton, New Jersey: Joseph Ir- 
 vin. born April 1. 1852. married Harriet John- 
 son, formerly of Delaware, but now they re- 
 side in California; Mary Caroline, born July 
 22, 1836, residing in Kansas, married Rev. 
 Nelson A. Shedd; and Olive Isabel, who was 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 born January 19, i860, married Dr. Stickney 
 and they reside at Kilbourne. 
 
 William R. Porter was married June 6, 
 1900, to Ella Pettibone Moore, a widow with 
 two daughters, Florence and Natalie Moore. 
 whose father, John Moore, had been a resident 
 of Brown Township. Mrs. Ella Porter is the 
 daughter of Hector H. and Mary ( Hunter) 
 Pettibone, who came to Delaware from Con- 
 necticut in their childhood, and with the ex- 
 ception of a few years spent their entire lives 
 there. Mr. Porter is a Republican, but has 
 accepted no public office except that of school 
 director. His farm is one of the most desir- 
 able ones within a radius of seven miles of 
 Delaware. 
 
 HARLES T. GRANT, a resident of 
 Ashley, Oxford Township, who is 
 now living in retirement, comes of 
 one <>f the pioneer families of this 
 vicinity. He was born January 28, 
 1823, in Providence. Rhode Island, and was 
 about six years of age when brought by his 
 parents to Delaware County, Ohio, where he 
 has since lived continuously, although in dif- 
 ferent townships. 
 
 Charles Tilson Grant is of Revolutionary 
 stock on both sides of the house, the Grants 
 and Whipples having come to this country 
 during colonial days. He is a son of Aaron. 
 Jr., and Dianna (Whipple) Grant, a grandson 
 of Aaron, and great-grandson of Lbenezer 
 Grant. The last named was the first of the 
 family to come to America, having come from 
 Scotland, where the family was prominent 
 hack t" the time of the deadly feuds that ex- 
 isted between the Grants and McPhersons. 
 Ebenezer Grant came to this country prim- to 
 the Revolutionary War. in which two of his 
 sons served, John being a drummer and Bryer 
 a hfer. Both served under ( leneral Warren 
 in the battle of Bunker Hill and were in other 
 memorable struggles. Ebenezer was twice 
 married, having three sons, Bryer, Jabez and 
 John by his first wife, and four l>v Ins second, 
 namely: Rhodes. Eliphaz, Aaron and Rufus. 
 
 Aaron Grant, Jr., left Rhode Island in Oc- 
 tober, [829, in company with his family and 
 his brother-in-law, James Whipple, whose fa- 
 ther. Reuben Whipple, had previously moved 
 west and located in what is now Peru Town- 
 ship. Morrow County, then Delaware County, 
 on a farm which is still in the family, it being- 
 owned by his grandson, Frank Whipple. Mr. 
 Grant, upon arriving at Sandusky City. Ohio, 
 employed a wagoner named Morris to haul 
 them and their possessions to Delaware Coun- 
 ty. They made the journey with a five-horse 
 team, and at places was obliged to go ahead 
 and cut a way through the timber. It was a 
 memorable trip, in which thev met some In- 
 dians and killed game in abundance. Jason 
 Whipple having a new cap gun, one of the first 
 guns of that pattern made. Aaron bought a 
 farm of 100 acres of Israel Daggett, but as 
 the puncheon had been taken out of the cabin 
 on the place, thev rented a double cabin of 
 Milton Van Duser, on the opposite side of the 
 road. This place had been unused for a time 
 and wild turkey filed through it in search of 
 corn. The Indians had been on the place the 
 previous year, and two camp grounds on the 
 farm are still discernible. 
 
 Charles Tilson Grant was reared on his 
 father's farm in Brown Townshp, which he 
 helped to clear. He attended an old log school, 
 taught by Cynthia Finch, two miles distant 
 from his home. He followed farming on the 
 home place, having bought out the other heirs, 
 and lived there until in the nineties, when he 
 retired from active business and located in 
 Ashley. He sold the farm in 1903. 
 
 February 17. 1861, Mr. Grant married 
 Diana Hibbard, who was born January 6, 
 1X42. in Morrow County, and was a daughter 
 of Lucius Hibbard. She died July [2, 1905. 
 leaving two children — Horace Plum and Mary 
 Emma. Horace Plum, horn April 8, 1862, 
 lives in Ashley. He married May Perfect and 
 had a son, I. eon, and formed a second union 
 with Daisy Gano ; Mary Emma, second child 
 nf Mr. and Airs. Grant, horn July 12. r866 
 married Eugene Watters and has a daughter 
 Shirley. I'< litically, Mr. Grant is a Dem- 
 ocrat and served as infirmary director three 
 
JOHN WASHINGTON NASH 
 
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 ■<>7 
 
 year-, being elected in face of overwhelming 
 odds, lie was formerly a member of the 1'a- 
 - of 1 lusbandry. 
 
 flOHX WASHINGTON NASH, who 
 was, for many years, one of Delaware 
 County's substantial men and honor- 
 able and upright citizens, acquired and 
 left intact a valuable farm of 148 
 acres, situated in Berkshire Township, and ad- 
 joining- the city of Galena, on the west. Mr. 
 Nash was a Virginian and was born in the 
 capital city of Richmond, September 14. 18,7. 
 son of John W. and Martha (Green) Nash. 
 His grandparents were natives of England. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Nash both died when 
 he was about 10 years of age. but he con- 
 tinued for about seven years longer to reside 
 at Richmond, and then accompanied a family 
 named Shaffer, to Delaware County. For 
 some time he continued to live with this 
 family, and assisted them in getting settled. 
 but later engaged in farm \v< irk throughout 
 1 Delaware County. After his marriage, in 
 1 84 1. he rented a farm for one year and then 
 bought what was known as the Williams farm, 
 containing 148 acres. This property he al- 
 ways retained and continued to improve it as 
 long as he lived. He also acquired other 
 farms and became known as a capitalist and 
 financier. He owned stock and was a member 
 of the Board of Directors of both the Sunbury 
 and Westerville banks. During the larger 
 part of his life he was engaged in general 
 farming and stock-raising. Mr. Nash was a 
 man of exemplary life and he was held in the 
 highest esteem by all who knew him. At vari- 
 ous times and when his fellow citizens de- 
 manded it. he accepted the duties of public of- 
 fice, and he ever proved a faithful, efficient and 
 valuable official. In his political views he was 
 a Democrat. 
 
 On September .21, 1841, Mr. Nash was 
 married to Sarah Ann Rose, who was born near 
 Galena. Ohio. February jo. 1820, and who 
 died Jul\ 9, [897, surviving her husband from 
 March 30, [893. She was a daughter of 
 
 James and Elizabeth (Slosson) Rose, who 
 were natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Nash had four children, two of whom died 
 in infancy. The two daughters who reached 
 maturity were Ann Eliza and Mary Oliver. 
 The former was born February 27. 1845. and 
 married Samuel Fancher. She died August 
 21, 1898. and was laid to rest in Grundy 
 County, Illinois. 
 
 Miss Mary Oliver Nash was born on the 
 old home place, in the old log house. July 25, 
 1850. In 1855 her father built the present 
 frame residence, a commodious structure of 
 ten rooms, and he made all the other improve- 
 ments which have served to increase its value. 
 Mi-- Nash rents the farm of 148 acres, it be- 
 ing her own property. She is interested also 
 in several local enterprises, owning stock 
 which has proved excellent as an investment. 
 Miss Nash was educated at Galena and com- 
 pleted the High School course there. She is 
 a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Galena, with which she has been 
 identified since 1866. 
 
 residing 
 
 ARLES C. COWGILL 
 on a well-appointed farm near the 
 city ot Delaware, in Brown Town- 
 ship, comes of a prominent old 
 family of Delaware County. His 
 grandfather. Daniel M. Cowgill, Sr.. was born 
 in Connecticut and was the first of the family 
 to come to Ohio, settling in Delaware County 
 in 181 1. His father was of English birth, 
 and came to the I nited States with his two 
 brothers. He acquired several hundred acres 
 of land south of Delaware, in Delaware Town- 
 ship, and in the following- year joined the 
 American army for service during the War of 
 1812. He later sold that farm and located on 
 one of j^ acres across the line in Brown Town- 
 ship. His wife's maiden name was Finley, 
 and she died very young. 
 
 Daniel M. Cowgill. Jr., father of Charles 
 C, was born in Delaware Township. Novem- 
 ber 7. 1827, and has lived in Delaware County 
 all his life, except the pasl twelve winter-. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 which he has spent in California. While here 
 he resides among his children. Upon first 
 leaving his father's home lie was for three 
 years located on a farm east of Alum Creek in 
 Berlin Township, after which lie purchased 
 what has since heen his home place, a tract 
 of 130 acres on the Sunbury mad. He also 
 purchased the farm on which Charles C. Cow- 
 gill now lives, the latter having bought it of 
 him in 1903. He had other tracts which have 
 heen divided among his children. He mar- 
 ried Eliza Allgire, who was born near Canal 
 Winchester, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and 
 they became parents of six children : William 
 L.. win) died at the age of 21 years; John M., 
 of Delaware; Charles C. ; Alary Louisa, wife 
 of David Lackey, residing near Cheshire; 
 Celina Cora, was the wife of Frank Ferguson, 
 who died in 1907, and lived in Van Wert 
 County; and Clara J., wife of Wallace Fergu- 
 son, who lives on the old home place. Politi- 
 cally. Mr. Cowgill is a Republican. In 1864 
 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty- 
 fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at 
 Delaware, and was in the too-day service. 
 
 Charles C. Cowgill was horn one mile 
 south of his present place, in Berlin Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, March 31. 1856, and 
 received his educational training in the district 
 schools and at the Delaware high school. He 
 remained on the home place until he was 23 
 years of age. In [879 he came to his present 
 farm which he rented until 1903, when he pur- 
 chased it as mentioned above. It contains 1 15 
 acres, on which he has erected a comfortable 
 residence and made most of the improvements. 
 He follows general farming and dairying and 
 has always met with satisfactory result-. 
 
 October 28. 1X7(1. Charles C. Cowgill was 
 united in marriage with Maggie Darrah. who 
 was horn three miles east of Sunbury, in 
 Delaware County, and is a daughter of Samuel 
 and Elizabeth (Young) Darrah. Three chil- 
 dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cow- 
 gill : Herbert R., horn July 3. 1884. who is a 
 machinist in Delaware; Homer F... born Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1886; and Paul S., horn April 1. 
 [889. Mr. Cowgill casts hi- vote for the can- 
 didates of the Prohibition party. He is a mem- 
 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
 Delaware. His fraternal connection is with 
 the Patrons of Husbandry. 
 
 E. COWLES. M. D., physician and 
 
 surgeon, residing at Ostrander, was 
 
 ^ a born near Bell Point. Delaware 
 
 County, Ohio, August 6, [862, and 
 
 is a son of Homer J. and Julia A. 
 
 (Bean) Cowles. 
 
 During his active years the father of Dr. 
 Cowles engaged in farming. He is now a 
 resident of Pittsburg. For some fifteen years 
 he was clerk of Concord Township and 
 served as a justice oi the peace. He is a mem- 
 ber of Edinhurg Lodge. Odd Fellows, of Os- 
 trander, being past grand of the same. The 
 mother of Dr. Cowles was a daughter of Hi- 
 ram Bean, a resident of Scioto Township, who 
 was a son oC George Bean. The latter was 
 born in Virginia and settled in Scioto Town- 
 ship in 1 81 7. He founded this pioneer fam- 
 ily in this section. The parents of Dr. Cowles 
 had nine children, eight of whom grew to ma- 
 ture years, as follows: Samuel J., residing at 
 Findlay, Ohio; G. E.. residing at Ostrander; 
 Olive S.. who is deceased; Orva A., who mar- 
 ried X. H. White, residing at Delaware: Fr; nk 
 H. residing at White Sulphur, Ohio; Ora V... 
 who married J. C. McCrea, residing at Dela- 
 ware; Fred H.. residing at Dayton; and Oma 
 A., who married William H. Miller. 
 
 Dr. Cowles belongs to a pioneer family of 
 Delaware also on the paternal side. His 
 grandparents were Samuel J. and Parthenia 
 (Ackerman) Cowles. The grandfather was 
 born in Xew York and he was brought to the 
 Western Reserve by his parents who were 
 among the earliest settlers of Concord Town- 
 ship. He acquired a part of the old farm and 
 lived in Concord Township until his death, 
 when almost 01 years of age. His father at 
 one time owned the property on which the old 
 Mill Creek mill stood. 
 
 Dr. Cowles was educated in the public 
 schools of Bell Point. His medical reading 
 was done under the supervision of Dr. J. H. 
 
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 Field, a well-known practitioner of Ostrander, 
 after which he attended lectures at the Co- 
 lumbus Medical College, where he was grad- 
 uated in 1889. He located at Ostrander, 
 where he enjoys a large and lucrative 
 practice. He keeps closely in touch with the 
 advance of medical science and is a member 
 of both Delaware County and Ohio State 
 Medical Societies. He has taken a more or 
 less active interest in count}- politics and in 
 1907 he was elected township treasurer. For 
 three years he served as a member of the 
 School Board of Ostrander village. He be- 
 longs to Lodge No. 348. Knights of Pythias. 
 at Ostrander. 
 
 Dr. Cowles married Hattie, daughter of 
 James S. and Rehecca A. Seymour, residents 
 of Findlay, Ohio, and they have one son, Dor- 
 ence S. Dr. and Mrs. Cowles are members 
 of the Baptist Church, of which he is treasurer 
 and a trustee. He occupies a leading place 
 among the representative citizens of Delaware 
 I '■ nntv. 
 
 oridox McAllister, whose 
 
 large and well-kept farm is situated 
 in Thompson Township, resides in 
 a comfortable home at Pichwood, 
 which he has occupied for the past 
 six years. He was born near Sunbury, in 
 Trenton Township. Delaware County, Ohio, 
 November 13. 185 1. and is a son of Jesse N. 
 and Emily ( Gildersleeve) McAllister. 
 
 Mr. McAllister is of Irish-Scotch ancestry. 
 His grandfather. Abdul McAllister, was horn 
 in Pennsylvania and was one of the pioneers 
 of Delaware County. Jesse X. McAllister 
 was born also in Pennsylvania and was 11 
 years old when he accompanied his parents 
 to Trenton Township. Delaware County, 
 where he was reared and where he subse- 
 quently married. When his son Coridon was 
 two years old he moved to Thompson Town- 
 ship, where he bought a farm of 72 acres, on 
 which he lived until within 18 or 20 years of 
 his death, when he moved to Claybourne 
 T' iwnship, in Union County, wdiere he owned 
 
 two farms. He died August 3, 1901, in his 
 81st year. In politics he was a Republican 
 and he served as trustee of Thompson Town- 
 ship. Of his three children, two grew to 
 turity, namely: Coridon and Henrietta, the 
 latter of whom married George Hancock 
 Richwood. 
 
 From the age of two years until [882, 
 Coridon McAllister lived in Thompson Town- 
 ship. He then spent one year at Richw 1 
 
 and then moved back on the farm, where he 
 remained until 1900, when he moved to Dela- 
 ware, for two years, hut later returned I 
 Richwood. Mr. McAllister makes a specialty 
 of sheep-feeding on his large farm of 450 
 acres, 400 of which he has under cultivation. 
 He buys in the fall, feeds and sells in the 
 spring-, his dealings reaching from 1.200 to 
 1300 head. He has a sheep barn with dimen- 
 sions of ^2 by 120 feet with 18-foot posts, 
 which he built in 1893. and another barn 44 
 by 84 with 25-foot posts, and this barn has a 
 wing 24 by 48 feet, and he has a 300-ton silo. 
 He also feeds some cattle and hogs and gr 
 corn, hay and wheat. 
 
 Mr. McAllister married Jennie E. Adams, 
 who is a daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth 
 Adams, of Richwood. They have a family of 
 six children, as follows : [Margaret, who is a 
 teacher in the Akron. Ohio, public sch 
 John, residing at Richwood ; Frederick, resid- 
 ing- at Delaware: Leah, who is a student in the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware: and 
 Timothy and Helen, at home. Mrs. McAl- 
 lister is a member of the Presbyterian Church, 
 to which Mr. McAllister gives liberal sup- 
 port. He is a man of public spirit and g 1 
 
 citizenship. 
 
 ARRV W. JEWELL, B. A., senior 
 
 member of the law firm of Jewell & 
 Benton, prominent attorneys at Dela- 
 ware, was horn in Porter Township. 
 Delaware County. Ohio. November 
 
 19, 1872. and is a son of Warren S. and Laura 
 
 A. (Moody) Jewell. 
 
 Mr. Jewell's grandfather, Harrison Jew- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ell, was born in New Jersey and came to Ohio 
 at an early day. settling at Utica, in Licking 
 County, where he acquired farm property and 
 became a man of substance. Warren S. Jewell 
 was born on this farm, in 1842, completed his 
 education in an academy at Granville, Ohio, 
 and then engaged in a mercantile business in 
 Hilliar Township, Knox County, for a few 
 years, but in 1865 purchased and moved on a 
 farm of 300 acres in Porter Township. For 
 years he has been extensively interested in the 
 Delaine sheep growing industry, keeping 300 
 head and taking pride in having one of the 
 finest flocks in the State. In politics, Warren 
 S. Jewell is a Republican and he has served 
 in township offices for years, fie is a mem- 
 ber of East Liberty Lodge, Knights of Pyth- 
 ias. He married Laura M ly, who is a 
 
 daughter of Rev. William Moody, who was 
 one of the pioneer preachers of the Christian 
 Church in this section. They have had five 
 children, namely: Eva, who married Levi 
 Blacklidge of Porter Township; Harry W. ; 
 Walter M., residing in Knox County; Mary, 
 who married Charles Lone, of Licking Coun- 
 ty; and Clifford W., residing in Porter Town- 
 ship. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are leading mem- 
 bers and generous supporters of the Christian 
 Church in Centerburg, Ohio. 
 
 Harry W. Jewell attended the district 
 schools of Porter Township until he was four- 
 teen years of age and then entered the Cen- 
 terburg High School in Knox County and 
 went from there to Hiram College, where he 
 was graduated in 1895, w ' tn tne degree of B. 
 \. lie then entered the law office of McElrov 
 & Carpenter, and be was admitted to the Bar 
 in [897. Lie practiced alone until March u, 
 iqoj. when he formed a partnership with B. 
 P. Benton, of Delaware, and the firm has 
 forged rapidly to the front, at present occupy- 
 ing a leading place in the profession at Dela- 
 ware. In politics. Mr. Jewell is a Republican 
 and ever since attaining manhood he has taken 
 a deep and intelligent interest in public mat- 
 ters, lie has been a prominent factor in his 
 party, exerts a wide influence, and in [908 was 
 put forward by his party as its nominee for 
 Congress, lie i- largely identified with busi- 
 
 ness interests in this section, is vice president 
 of the Cook Motor Company and is one of 
 the directors of the First National Bank. 
 
 Mr. Jewell was married in 1895 to Mamie 
 E. McGuire, who is a daughter of John Mc- 
 Guire, of Centerburg, Ohio, and they have one 
 son, Arthur Raymond, who was born July 7, 
 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are members of 
 the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jewell being a 
 member of the board of trustees. He is senior 
 warden of Hiram Lodge. No. 18, F. & A. M., 
 at I )elaware. 
 
 CARLES H. STALEY. who has 
 
 been a resident of Concord Town- 
 ship for the past 45 years, was born 
 July 11, 1850, at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and is a son of Vincent and Isabel 
 Staler. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Staley were both born 
 in German)'. The mother, while still Miss 
 Isabel Smith, came to America and to Pitts- 
 burg, Pennsylvania, with her sister, Mrs. 
 Hartkorn. The father accompanied bis par- 
 ents to Muskingum County. Ohio, and later 
 became a clerk in the Gait House, at Cincin- 
 nati. He was married in that city and moved 
 to Delaware in 1857, and became manager of 
 the Wilson Hotel at Sulphur Springs, where 
 he remained until his death in 1861. His 
 widow subsequently married John Sutley, who 
 died some 13 years ago. since which time she 
 has resided at Columbus. She is now 87 
 years of age, and comes of a long-lived fam- 
 ily, her father living to be 90 years old and 
 her grandfather, to be 95 years. Vincent 
 Staley and wife had three children, two sons 
 and one daughter, namely : Charles H. ; Jo- 
 sephine, who married Michael Moran, is a 
 widow and resides with her mother: and 
 Frank, residing at Ostrander, who married 
 Elizabeth Chambers. 
 
 Charles II. Staley has given his main at- 
 tention through life to agricultural pursuits. 
 He has lived 51 years in Delaware County, 
 six of these in Liberty and the remainder in 
 Concord Township. 
 
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 In [872, Mr. Staley was married to Mar- 
 el Lorvery. They have had seven chil- 
 dren, namely: Frank, who married [dajones; 
 Mary, who married William Hannah, and re- 
 sides at Indianapolis; Harry, who married 
 Laura Seller, and resides in .Marion County, 
 1 )hio; Minnie, wife of Clarence Smale. resid- 
 ing in Delaware County: Eve. who married 
 Burton Andrews, and resides in Union Coun- 
 ty; Edward, residing at Zanesville, where he 
 married Rose Huff (he served in the Span- 
 ish-America War and spent three years in 
 ( ulia 1 : and Josephine, who resides at home. 
 
 Mr. Staley is affiliated with the Democratic 
 party and has been active in township and 
 county politics. He has served two terms as 
 township trustee and two terms as township 
 treasurer. He is a representative citizen of 
 Concord Township and few are better known. 
 
 ILLIAM H. McWILLIAMS, a 
 leading citizen of Berlin Ti iwn- 
 ship. resides on his farm of 82 
 acres on the Cheshire turnpike 
 road, was born in Washington, 
 Xew Jersey, and is a son of Marshall and Clar- 
 ( Smith ) McWilliams. 
 The father of Mr. McWilliams was horn 
 in Xew Jersey, and when he took possession 
 of the land which his son now occupies, in 
 [840, it was covered with a dense forest. His 
 original purchase was of fifty acres and he 
 erected the first board house in this section. He 
 added to his land until he owned 1 jo acres. 
 Until the issues of 1861, he was a strong Dem- 
 ocrat, but after that year he was identified 
 with the Republican party until his death, 
 which took place in 1N70. at the age of 74 
 years. His father. John McWilliams. was 
 horn in Ireland and he founded the family in 
 Xew Jersey. Marshall McWilliams married 
 a daughter of Rev. Jonas Smith, who was a 
 minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Mrs. McWilliams was horn and reared in Xew 
 Jersey. The children of Marshall McWil- 
 nd wife were as follows: Smith, re- 
 siding in Berlin Township; Henry. John. Ly- 
 
 dia J., who married Edgar Gregory, residing 
 
 m Berlin Town-hip: William H., Ann. who 
 married a Mr. Moore, residing in Michigan; 
 Marshall G., residing at Urbana, Ohio; 
 one other that died in infancy. 
 
 William II. McWilliams remained at home 
 giving assistance to Ins father until he was 
 22 years of age, when he enlisted in Company 
 G, Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry. In 1862 he was taken prisoner and 
 was confined on Relic Isle for 14 months, finally 
 being paroled and subsequently exchanged. Ik- 
 returned to his regiment and was honorably 
 discharged at Camp Harker, East Tennes-ee. 
 near Nashville, after three years of military 
 life. He then returned home after his mar- 
 riage in 1868. and engaged in farming a shorl 
 distance from the home place, coming to the 
 present farm after his father died, where he 
 has resided ever since. 
 
 In 1868. Mr. McWilliams was married to 
 Prudence Mcintosh, of Champaign County. 
 Ohio, who is a daughter of John Mcintosh, a 
 pioneer wagon-maker in Champaign County. 
 Mr. and Mrs. McWilliams have three chil- 
 dren — John Stanley. William Edward and 
 Emma Grace. Mr. McWilliams is a stanch 
 Republican and has been active in public mat- 
 ters in his township. He has served as town- 
 ship treasurer. He is a member and liberal 
 supporter of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 SAAC MARION FREESE, one of Con- 
 cord Township's most respected citi- 
 zens, residing on his farm of 33 acres, 
 has been a resident of this township 
 all hi- life with the exception of two 
 years. He was born in Delaware County, 
 Ohio. July 17. 1844. and is a -on of Isaac 
 Hester (Gates) Freese. 
 
 The grandparents. John and Mary Frees, 
 came- from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early 
 date, settling first in Pickaway Count}', and 
 coming thence to Delaware Count}' about 
 1838. John Freese purchased a farm of 
 acres on the east hank of the Scioto River, 
 one-half mile south of Bellpoint, for which he 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 paid SO. 25 an acre. Isaac Freest-, father of 
 Isaac M.. later acquired one-half of this land. 
 At that time it was all covered with timber 
 and the family endured many pioneer hard- 
 ships before their wild surroundings were 
 changed. John and .Mary Freese had the fol- 
 lowing children: Jacob, who died after set- 
 tling in Illinois; Isaac, father of Isaac M.; 
 John, who died in Concord Township and left 
 four children; Abraham, who died in Concord 
 Township, leaving seven suns and two daugh- 
 ters: Henry, who died in Concord Township, 
 leaving one child; Mary, who married Henry 
 Oiler and removed to Illinois; and Annie, who 
 married Henry Black, and died in Scioto 
 Township. The grandparents lived to old age 
 and they now rest in the Oiler cemetery, on 
 the banks of the Scioto River. 
 
 Isaac Freese, father of Isaac M., was 
 born in 1803 and lived to the age of 88 years. 
 On his land he built a comfortable log cabin 
 and there all his family were reared, enjoying 
 all the necessities of life even if they had but 
 few of the luxuries. He was a man of sterl- 
 ing character and lived respected and esteemed. 
 He married Hester Gates, who died in 1870, 
 aged 62 years. She was a daughter of Na- 
 thaniel and Nancy (iates. who came to Con- 
 cord Township, Delaware County, from Ma- 
 rietta, Ohio. There were seven children born 
 to Isaac and Hester (Gates) Freese, namely: 
 Loretta, Lavinia, Perlina, John, Isaac M., An- 
 nie, and Catherine. Loretta. who married 
 Ni irmari Collins, moved to Moultrie County, 
 Illinois, where both died. They are survived 
 by one of their four children — Lewis Collins, 
 now of Delaware; Lavinia married J. N. Sa- 
 ger, of Liberty Township, and moved to King- 
 man, Kansas, where she died, leaving five 
 children. Perlina, who married Stephen 
 Freshwater, of Concord Township, is sur- 
 vived by her husband and four children. John, 
 who married Jane Hamilton, died in Moultrie 
 County, leaving three children. Annie is the 
 wife of Joseph Evans, and resides in Liberty 
 Township; she has eight children. Catherine, 
 who was married (first) to John Gamble and 
 (secondly) to Charles B. Johnson, of Con- 
 
 cord Township, had one child — daughter — by 
 her first marriage and seven children by her 
 second. 
 
 Isaac M. Freese in his boyhood, attended 
 the district schools and was reared on his fa- 
 ther's farm. At that time the township and 
 even the county was but sparsely settled and 
 he enjoyed few of the social advantages 
 winch his grandchildren have in abundance. 
 lie did much hard work and assisted in im- 
 proving the home place until he turned his at- 
 tention to other pursuits. He has owned his 
 present farm since 1865, on which he has 
 made all the improvements, but during the 
 greater part of his life he has been engaged in 
 a mercantile business, spending two years in 
 Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Freese was married (first) in 1863, 
 to Susan Watson, who was a daughter of W. 
 T. and Jane (Beckley) Watson. The chil- 
 dren born of that marriage were : Mary, who 
 died aged sixteen months; Lavinia, who mar- 
 ried Frank McKinnie, of Delaware, and has 
 eight children — Blanche, Rusk, Chester, Eliza- 
 beth, Ray. Nona, Ivalon and Clinton; Cora 
 Irene, who married William Engard, resides 
 in Delaware, and has four children — Peter, 
 Marion, Walter and William; Martha Jane, 
 who married William Reese, residing at Dela- 
 ware, has three children — Marguerite, Frank 
 and Marion ; Susan, who married Frank Reese, 
 resides at Delaware and they have five living 
 children — Arthur. Clifford, Ralph, Lawrence 
 and Dorence; and Walter Isaac, residing at 
 Delaware, married Augusta Berlett and they 
 have four children — Anna Maria, Donald, 
 Ruth and Roy. In May, 1880, Mr. Freese 
 was married "(secondly) to Mrs. Sarah Jane 
 Warren, wdio is a daughter of Nelson R. and 
 Eliza (Edleman) Talley. They have two 
 children. Iva and William Andrew, the latter 
 of whom resides at home. The former mar- 
 ried William Webster. Jr., of Concord Town- 
 ship, and they have three daughters: Bere- 
 nice. Marian and Florence. By her former 
 marriage, Mrs. Freese had two children. Fred- 
 erick Raymond, who is a prominent citizen of 
 Montana, where he was elected a member of 
 
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 773 
 
 the State Legislature, in 1906; and Frank D., 
 who is the wife of George McKetrick, resid- 
 ( Columbus, Ohio. 
 Fur many years, probablj over a half cen- 
 Mr. Freese has been a member of the 
 United Brethren Church. Formerly he be- 
 d ti the Republican party, but in late 
 - he has thrown his influence in the direc- 
 tion of the Prohibition party. 
 
 OHX H. WARREN formerly treas- 
 urer of Delaware County and long- 
 identified with the agricultural inter- 
 ests of Scioto Township, has been a 
 resident of Delaware since 1906. He 
 1 in Radnor Township, Delaware 
 Count}'. Ohio. October 20. 1833, and is a son 
 of William M. and Mary (Jones) Warren. 
 
 Thomas Warren, the grandfather of John 
 H.. was one of the hard}' pioneers of Radnor 
 T wnship, Delaware County, where he cleared 
 land and erected a log house in the wilderness. 
 He was born in Pennsylvania and was of 
 So itch-Irish extraction. 
 
 William M. Warren, son of Thomas, was 
 born in 1802, in Pennsylvania, and died in 
 Ohio in 1882. He accompanied his parents to 
 Delaware County and grew to manhood on the 
 h< mie farm near Radnor. A few years after 
 In- marriage, he moved to what was then the 
 village of Millville, the name of which was la- 
 ter changed to Warrensburg, he being the 
 first of the family to locate there; and for 
 many years following he was a justice of the 
 peace for Scioto Township. He was active 
 in public affairs and was frequently sent as .1 
 delegate to important part}- councils and was 
 the member from Delaware County in the 
 Ohio Constitutional Convention. Like many 
 other strong men of high character of his day, 
 he was prominent in Masonry and belonged to 
 Hiram Lodge. Xo. 18, E. & A. M., at' Dela- 
 ware. He married Mary Jones, who was 
 horn in that part of Radnor Township which 
 is now included in Scioto Township. Her fa- 
 ther, John Jones, was horn in Wales. Four 
 of their -ix children reached maturity, name- 
 
 ly: Robert W. and Benjamin !•'.. both now 
 deceased; and John II. and William M.. the 
 latter residing at Warrensburg. The parents 
 of the above family belonged to the old stone 
 Presbyterian Church of South Radnor. 
 
 John H. Warren was about three year-, old 
 when his parents moved to Warrensburg. He 
 can recall the first school he attended, which 
 was held in a log house furnished with slab 
 seats. When 18 years old he came to Dela- 
 ware and for a few years he worked as a clerk, 
 the city being then of so insignificant a size as 
 to enable him to know personally every resi- 
 dent. After gaining some mercantile experi- 
 ence, he returned to Warrensburg, where he 
 opened a general store and built a brick store 
 building, his brother. William Warren, enter- 
 ing into partnership with him. They con- 
 tinued the business for eight years, under the 
 firm name of J. II. Warren & Company, when 
 John H. sold his interest to his partner and 
 retired from the firm. Shortly afterward, in 
 1876. he was elected county treasurer, a re- 
 sponsible office that he filled very efficiently 
 for four years, and during this period he re- 
 sided at Delaware. Upon the expiration of 
 his term of office. Mr. Warren engaged in 
 farming in Scioto Township, and he con- 
 tinued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 until 1906, when he retired to Delaware, mak- 
 ing his home in a comfortable residence on the 
 northwest corner of Liberty and Griswold 
 Streets. During his life on the farm, he was 
 also engaged for some years in operating a 
 flour mill. His rural industries are continued 
 by his sons. 
 
 Mr. Warren married Annie E. Austin. 
 who is a daughter of John Austin, a resident 
 of Scioto Township, and they have had nine 
 children, namely: Harry G., residing in 
 Scioto Township; Mary Belle, now deceased, 
 who is survived by her husband. William 
 Sipes; Nellie, residing at Mt. Gilead. Ohio, 
 who married Sherman Jackson: Charles F., a 
 resident of Columbus; Eugene A., residing on 
 the home farm: Caroline M., residing in 
 Scioto Township, who married Ernest Decker: 
 Miller M.. residing in Scioto Township; Fan- 
 nie, who is now deceased: and Louise, residing 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 in Thompson Township, who married Merlin 
 Stults. Mrs. Warren is a member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church and a sympathetic worker in 
 the field of charity. In politics, Mr. Warren 
 has always been a Democrat and he has been 
 an influential member of his party in this sec- 
 tion. He is a Mason, belonging to Hiram 
 Lodge at Delaware. 
 
 [LBERT W. LAIRD, general farmer. 
 residing <m his valuable estate of 
 § I 166 acres, which is situated in Scioto 
 Township, was born May 17. 1846, 
 in Oxford Township, Butler Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, and is a son of Henry Wolcott and 
 Susanna Martha (Brown) Laird. 
 
 Tracing the Laird family as far back as 
 the grandfather of Gilbert \\\. who was Glover 
 Laird, it is found that he was born in the city 
 of Glasgow, Scotland, where he was probably 
 educated well and before he came to America 
 learned the trade of shoemaker, a valuable 
 one in the section in which he subsequently set- 
 tled. He was married (first) to a Miss Wol- 
 cott, who was born in Vermont, ami they 
 started west as pioneers, he purchasing a farm 
 in Michigan, from the government. Glover 
 Laird was residing in St. Joseph County when 
 the government shipped the Indians from De- 
 troit across the river. He built a log cabin 
 on his land and lived in it until be was ready to 
 build a substantial frame house, lie reared a 
 large family by bis firsl marriage, no children 
 being burn of bis second union. He was first 
 a Whig in politics, and later a Republican, and 
 he was connected with the Free Masons, 
 which, in those early days, was a very strong 
 bond. 
 
 Henry Wolcott Laird was bum in Nota- 
 way Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan, 
 in 1812. and died October i. [881. He was 
 1 If-educated man. like many of the leading 
 men of our land, studying at night by the light 
 1 the fireplace and working by day as a car- 
 penter and house painter. When bis mother 
 died he bought tin- home farm and lived there 
 through the remainder of his life, liis wife 
 
 Susanna, was a daughter of William Brown, 
 who was once a slave-owner in Maryland, 
 where she was born, and who subsequently 
 gave his slaves their freedom and moved to 
 ( Ihio. Mrs. Laird lived to lie more than 86 
 years old, her death taking place May 11. 
 1 003. During her long life she remained a 
 true gentle woman, having come from a dis- 
 tinguished ancestrv which included the Web- 
 ster family of New England. Although con- 
 ditions in Michigan, in 1852. after she had ac- 
 companied her husband there, prevented the 
 habit of lavish hospitality that came to her al- 
 nii >st as an inheritance, she made welcome all 
 who came to her home and until the close of 
 her life turned a ready ear to every one in 
 sorrow, distress or need. She became the be- 
 loved and honored mother of nine children, 
 seven of whom grew to maturity, namely: 
 William Henry, residing at Sandusky; George 
 C, residing at Menden, Michigan; Gilbert W.. 
 a resident of Scioto Township. Delaware 
 County. Ohio; James M., residing at Vicks- 
 burg, Michigan: John Marion, who resides a.t 
 Menden, Michigan; Charles W.. who resides 
 at Leesburg. Union County, Ohio; and Caro- 
 line, who married William Reinhardt, re 
 ing at Sandusky. Ilemw W. Laird was promi- 
 nent in Michigan political life, was a great 
 campaign speaker, and on one occasion was the 
 chosen candidate of his party for the State As- 
 sembly. He belonged to the Masonic lodge at 
 Centerville, Michigan. 
 
 Gilbert W. Laird was eight years old when 
 bis parents moved to Michigan. He attended 
 school in St. Joseph County and continued on 
 the home farm until 1878. when he purcha 
 bis present land. He engages here in general 
 farming and stock raising and uses for 
 all the grain he grows with the exception of 
 wheat. 
 
 On December 12, 1878, Mr. Laird was 
 married to Maggie K. Bird, who is a daughter 
 of Oliver Terry Bird, a leading citizen of 
 Scioto Township. Mr. and Mrs. Laird have 
 had four children, namely: Myrtle M.. 
 is now deceased; Merle M., who married B. 
 \l. Huff, residing at Massillon, Ohio; and 
 Maude B. and Claude C, who are twins. Mr- 
 
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 Laird is a member of the Christian Union 
 Church ami is active in benevolenl work. In 
 politics, Mr. Laird is identified with the Re- 
 publican party, but has no political ambition. 
 lie performs all the ordinary duties of a good 
 citizen, but has always declined to accept pub- 
 lic office. 
 
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 ETH GARDNER, a prosperous agri- 
 culturalist and representative citizen 
 ef Troy Township, who has resided 
 on his excellent farm of 71 acres, 
 since the fall of 190O. was born in 
 Berkshire Township, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 January 23. 1851, and is a son of Reuben C. 
 and Lydia (Rolloson) Gardner. 
 
 Reuben G. Gardner was burn in New Jer- 
 sey, but 61 years of his life were passed in 
 Delaware County, Ohio, and for 50 years he 
 was a prominent farmer of Berlin Township. 
 His death took place in Eebruary, 1905. He 
 married Lydia Rolloson, who was born in 
 Delaware County and who is also deceased. 
 Of their children, the following' survive : 
 Phebe I., who married William B. Shaw, of 
 Berlin Township; John M., residing at Van 
 Wert, Ohio: Harriet, who married Nathaniel 
 Perhamas, of Van Wert, Ohio; Seth. residing 
 in Troy Township; Eunice, who married 
 Charles U. Hall, of Berlin Township; Ciers, 
 residing at Van Wert; Lemuel J., residing in 
 Berlin Township; and Martin L.. residing in 
 Nebraska. 
 
 When Seth Gardner was about four years 
 old, his parents moved from Berkshire to Ber- 
 lin Township, and he resided there until he 
 reached manhood, in the meanwhile securing 
 a common school education. He then started 
 • nn fi >r himself, for in all essentials he is a 
 self-made man. After learning the carpenter's 
 trade he engaged in work in Delaware, and 
 for twenty years was occupied there as a car- 
 penter and contractor, remaining in that city 
 until he retired to his farm in [906. His land 
 is well located and is capable of a high state 
 of cultivation. 
 
 On April 13, 1869, Mr. Gardner was mar- 
 ried to Susanna B. Davisson, who was born 
 44 
 
 near New Madrid. Missouri, and is a daugh- 
 ter of Luke ami Anna ( Black) Davisson, both 
 natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have 
 had five children, of whom the only survivor 
 is a daughter, \daline. who married Arthur 
 Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis have one daugh- 
 ter, Lena. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are mem- 
 bers of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, at Delaware. Politically, the former 
 is a Republican. Fraternally he belongs to 
 the Knights of Pythias and to the Improved 
 order of Red Men, having passed all the chairs 
 in both lodges. 
 
 OHN W. W ATKINS, general agricul- 
 turist, owning 131 acres of valuable 
 land situated in Radnor Township, 
 was born on this farm. June 24. [843,, 
 ami is a son of Watkin and Mary 
 (Jones) Watkins. 
 
 The paternal grand father was Evan Wat- 
 kins, who died in Wales, and bis widow sub- 
 sequently emigrated to America with her six 
 children. Watkin Watkins was born in Llan- 
 ervill, Wales, in [809, and died in 1844. He 
 was about 12 years old when his mother came 
 to America and settled in Radnor Township, 
 Delaware. County, where he attended the early 
 schools. He remained on the farm until he 
 was approaching manhood, when he went to 
 Buffalo and shipped as a fireman on a steamer, 
 later becoming an engineer. He continued to 
 live at Buffalo but purchased the present farm 
 when it was practically all forest. He en- 
 gaged in farming for several years before his 
 death. Lie married Mary Jones, who died in 
 September, 1905, aged 87 years. She was a 
 daughter of John P. Jones, who came to Rad- 
 nor Township from Wales, in 1820. Later 
 Mrs. Watkins contracted a second marriage, 
 be coming the wife of Richard Bunford, of 
 Radnor Township. To her first marriage were 
 born two children. Dates, residing at Wells- 
 ville, Kansas; and John W. To her second 
 marriage two children were born. Philip and 
 Alary A. She was a member of the Congre- 
 gational Church. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 |..hn W. Watkins was reared in Radnor 
 Township, where he attended the country 
 schools and worked on the home farm. In 
 [864 lie enlisted in Company A. One Hundred 
 and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry and was honorably discharged in the 
 following September. His service was guard- 
 ing the defenses of Washington City, He is 
 a member of Mounts Post, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, at Prospect. After his return 
 from the army he remained at home, farming 
 during the summers and teaching school dur- 
 ing the winters, until 1870. when he married. 
 He then purchased the home farm of 86 acres 
 and to that has added 45 acres. He devotes 
 his land to corn, hay, oats and alfalfa. He 
 has 15 head of cattle, 15 of sheep. 60 of hogs, 
 12 of horses and raises from two to four 
 horses every year. He is a first-class, practi- 
 cal farmer and he enjoys the prosperity which 
 results from industry and good management. 
 
 .Mr. Watkins married Mary Jones, who is 
 a .laughter of Evan Jones, a resident of Scioto 
 L vvnship. Of their six children, five survive, 
 namely: Watkin. residing in Thompson 
 Township; William, residing in Radnor Town- 
 ship; Lida, who married Emlin Jones, resid- 
 ing in Radnor Township; and Delia and 
 lzates (i., both residing at home. The family 
 belong to the Congregational Church, in poli- 
 tics, Mr. Watkins is a Republican and has 
 served as assessor and land appraiser. He was 
 his party's candidate on one occasion for 
 county treasurer and was defeated by a very 
 small majority, lie is a member of the Na- 
 tional Union and also of the Odd Fellows 
 belonging to Radnor Lodge since 1S67. of 
 which he is past grand, lie is a representa- 
 tive citizen 1 if this sectii >n. 
 
 [842. 
 
 HEODORE F. BLAKELEY, senior 
 member of the general mercantile firm 
 of Blakeley & Williams, at Sunbury, 
 Ohio, vvas bom in Lincoln Town- 
 ship, Morrow County, Ohio, Maj 20, 
 
 llis parent- were Roberl and Hannah 
 
 ( Kin-man ) Blakeley. 
 
 The grandfathers of Mr. Blakeley, on both 
 sides of the family, came from other points. 
 but were early settlers in Ohio. The paternal 
 grand lather, Thomas Blakeley, was born in 
 Ireland, where he married Rosina Richards. 
 They emigrated to America and settled first 
 at Reading, Pennsylvania, later coming to 
 Ohio. He acquired much land and was con- 
 sidered a successful business man. He met 
 his death by accidental drowning in Walnut 
 Creek, in Franklin County. He had six chil- 
 dren. The maternal great-grandfather of 
 Mrs. Blakeley, Alexander Kingman, was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. Grandfather Joseph 
 Kingman was born in Vermont, served in the 
 War of 1 81 2 and came to Ohio from Xew 
 York. His first wife was Susan Woods and 
 his second Sarah Harendine. He was a far- 
 mer in Morrow Count}*, where be died. 
 
 Robert Blakeley was born in 1818, in 
 Pennsylvania and came to Ohio, in 1820, with 
 his parents. He lived in Franklin County un- 
 til 1834, and from that time until his death he 
 resided in Morrow County. He married Han- 
 nab Kingman, who died in 1900, aged 80 
 vears. In early life she united with the Meth- 
 odist Church, but later became a Presbyterian. 
 Robert Blakeley survived his wife until Au- 
 gust 28, 1905. He also belonged to the Pres- 
 byterian Church. Their family consisted of 
 five sons and three daughters. 
 
 Theodore F. Blakeley was reared on the 
 home farm in Morrow Count}', and was edu- 
 cated in the district schools and the Card'ing- 
 ton High School. He was 18 years of age 
 when he left home and became clerk in a store 
 conducted by James S. Trimble, at Mt. Gilead. 
 and he resided in that town for eight years. 
 He then moved to Cameron, Missouri, where 
 he embarked in business for himself, conduct- 
 ing a general store for three years, after which 
 lie was in business at Olive Green or Kingston. 
 Delaware County. Ohio. In 1873 he came to 
 Sunbury and went into partnership with his 
 brother, Perry Blakeley. They were associ- 
 ated in a general mercantile business until 
 [885, when Perry Blakeley sold his interest 
 to the firm of Kimball & Williams, the style 
 then becoming Blakeley, Kimball & Williams. 
 
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 In [890, Mr. Kimball retired and the present 
 firm name of Blakeley & Williams was adopt- 
 ed. This firm does a very large business, oc- 
 cupying two floors and basement, which are 
 well stocked with seasonable goods. The trade 
 rating of the firm is very high, and the con- 
 fidence inspired by their honest methods of 
 dealing extends all through this section. 
 
 ( In April J4. 1870. Mr. Blakeley married 
 Anna Mosher, who is a daughter of David and 
 Phebe (Buck) Mosher. Mrs. Blakeley is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Fraternally. Mr. Blakeley is a 32nd degree 
 Mason and belongs to Sparrow Lodge No. 
 400. F. & A. M., and Delaware Chapter, and 
 to Alt. Vernon Commandery at Columbus. 
 He takes no very active part in politics, but 
 is identified with the Democratic party. 
 
 E LACY WALDRON, a representa- 
 tive and prominent citizen of Brown 
 Township, tormerly count) commis- 
 sioner of Delaware County, for two 
 terms, was born in Kingston Town- 
 ship. Delaware County. Ohio. July 25, 1833. 
 and 1- a son of William and Mary (Wheeler) 
 Waldron. 
 
 William Waldron. the father, was horn in 
 New York. 40 miles south of the metropolis. 
 January 25, 1804. and he died in Kingston 
 Township. Delaware County. Ohio, June 29, 
 1883. He married Mary Wheeler, who was 
 born April 26, 1808, and died October 10. 
 1871. She was horn and reared in Luzerne 
 County. Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas 
 Wheeler, who settled in Berkshire Township. 
 In 1816, the paternal grandparents of De 
 Lacy Waldron, Cornelius and Nancy Wal- 
 dron, came with their children to Kingston 
 Township, Delaware County, and the grand- 
 father built the log house that stood so long'. 
 It was then surrounded by forest, there being 
 very few other settlers in the township. The 
 children born of the two marriage- of Corne- 
 lius Waldron have all passed away. The 
 three children born to William and Mary Wal- 
 dron were: De Lacv : Maria, who died aged 
 
 six years; and Mary, who married Benjamin 
 F. Elliott and who resided two two mile- 
 north of Sunbury. until her death. March iN. 
 1905. 
 
 De Lacy Waldron was reared on the farm 
 on which his grandfather settled in 1816. 
 His father added to the original tract, making" 
 it over 300 acres, 190 of which the present 
 Mr. Waldron owns. He was educated in the 
 district schools, at Olive Green, and at West- 
 erville College. When he married he settled 
 on the home farm and there carried on gen- 
 eral farming ami stock raising until 1896, with 
 the exception of three years, during which he 
 was engaged in a hardware business at Mag- 
 netic Springs, and a short period spent at Sun- 
 bury. Since 1896 he has been a residence of 
 Kilbourne. Lie has witnessed many changes 
 during his long residence here and has been 
 identified with much of the progress which has 
 civilized the country and brought prosperity 
 to it. 
 
 Mr, Waldron was married January 1. 
 1863. to Angeline Stark, who is a daughter of 
 Oliver and Elizabeth (Patrick) Stark, and a 
 granddaughter of John Stark, who died in 
 Luzerne County. Pennsylvania. Oliver Stark 
 came from that locality on horseback, when 
 21 years of age. He settled in Kingston 
 Township and became a man of wealth and 
 prominence, serving six years as county com- 
 missioner and lor j^ years as a justice of the 
 peace. He died in 1880, aged J J years. His 
 wife, Elizabeth, who died aged 85 years, was 
 born in Kingston Township, a daughter of 
 Joseph and Sarah 1 Taylor) Patrick, who came 
 to that town-hip from Pennsylvania, being 
 among the very first settlers there. Joseph 
 Patrick was one of the leading men of his day 
 in this section. It is related that the forest 
 was so dense and entirely pathless, when he 
 first settled here, that on one occasion he was 
 lost within a short distance of his home and 
 after much wandering approached it and did 
 not recognize it until hi- wife called his name. 
 He acquired a large ami unit of land and each 
 one of his children were given property. Three 
 daughters and two sons were born to Oliver 
 Si ark and wife, namely : Septer, Sarah. Mary, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Angel hie and John Joseph. Septer Stark be- 
 came the largest land owner in Delaware 
 County, at the time of death, owning 3,000 
 acres. He was married (first) to Sylvia Ben- 
 ton and (second) to Maria Ross. Sarah 
 Stark married Samuel Wilcox and died in 
 Porter Township. Mary married James Sher- 
 man and died in Porter Township. John Jo- 
 seph, who resides on the old Stark homestead 
 in Kingston Township, married Anna Robin- 
 son. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Waldron have one son, 
 Homer, who was born July 9, 1865. He re- 
 sides at Lewis Center, where he is manager 
 of a creamen- plant, lie married Emma 
 Owen, and they have one daughter, Christovel, 
 a beautiful girl of [5 years. In politics, Mr. 
 Waldron is a stanch Republican and he has 
 held many offices of responsibility. In 1894 
 he was first elected county commissioner and 
 assumed the duties of this office in September. 
 1895, and was re-elected in 1897, his official 
 life closing in the fall of 1901. In young 
 manhood he united with the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church and he has been very active in for- 
 warding its interests, serving in many 1 tfficial 
 positions. Mrs. Waldron also is active in 
 church work. 
 
 DAM S. SHOEMAKER, of Ashley. 
 Delaware Count}-, Ohio, is a minis- 
 ter of the Primitive Baptist Church 
 and has three charges — at Ashley, 
 Pleasant Run in Fairfield County, 
 and Rock}- fork, in Marion County. He is 
 .1 veteran oi the Civil War. and for many 
 years was honored with the office of mayor of 
 the village in which he resides. 
 
 Elder Shoemaker was born north of Ash- 
 ley, in that part of Morrow County which 
 was then Delaware County, .March 9, [832, 
 and is a son of Daniel and Harriet (Smith) 
 Shoemaker. Daniel was a young man when 
 in 1820, he came with his father. Adam Shoe- 
 maker, from Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 
 They stopped at Zanesville a short time, then 
 came to Delaware County, locating a half mile 
 
 north of Ashley. Daniel later left that place 
 and bought a farm half a mile east of Ashley, 
 in Oxford Township, on which he lived until 
 his death in 1842. He married Harriet Smith, 
 a daughter of Elijah Smith, who came with 
 his family from New York State at about the 
 same time that the Shoemakers did. He lo- 
 cated one-half mile east of Aside}-. The fol- 
 lowing children were born to this union: 
 Adam S. : Adelia, now deceased, who was the 
 wife of T. M. Seeds; Milton B.. who was 
 fi >r man}- years a prominent citizen of Ashley, 
 where he erected the first flour mill and was 
 identified with important business interests, 
 and who died in tyo(>; and Adeline, who died 
 of typhoid fever in 1867. Mr. Shoemaker and 
 his wife were members of the Primitive Bap- 
 tist Church. She died in 1890 at an advanced 
 age. 
 
 Adam S. Shoemaker was reared on the 
 old home place and attended the schools of 
 this vicinity. Ashley was at that time an un- 
 cleared timber tract. He remained on the 
 home place and farmed until 1859, when he 
 sold his interest in the farm and bought a place 
 one mile south of Ashley, where he remained 
 ten years. He sold out there, then lived in 
 Lincoln Township, Morrow County, for seven 
 years, after which he moved to Clark County, 
 Iowa, where he farmed for five years. He re- 
 turned to \shlev in 1SS1 and has lived here 
 continuously since. He operated a saw mill 
 a few- years, and during the past nine years has 
 been writing fire, tornado and lightning insur- 
 ance. 
 
 In January, 1865, Mr. Shoemaker enlisted 
 in Company G, Eighty-eighth Regiment, O. 
 V. I., and served until the war closed, being 
 mustered out July 3, 1865. He was located at 
 Camp Chase, where they guarded 30,000 pris- 
 oners, and he will newer forget the rejoicing 
 of those men when news reached them of the 
 end of the war and their early return home. 
 Elder Shoemaker began preaching in the 
 Primitive Baptist Church in 1863 and has 
 had care of churches most of the time since. 
 His ministerial work has carried him ex- 
 tensively over the states of Ohio, Indiana and 
 Iowa, 
 
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 July 21, [853, Mr. Shoemaker married 
 
 Man \nn Smith, who was born in Morrow 
 ( '. iunt) . ( >ln> 1, and w In 1 w as a daughter oi Ne- 
 hemiah and Experience (Carpenter) Smith. 
 She died in 1894, having been the mother of 
 eight children, namely : Daniel X.. now residing 
 in Missouri, who married Lizzie Dixon and 
 has two children — Lloyd and Grace ; Welling- 
 ton M., who married Lucy Sherwood and has 
 three children — Lewis, Blanche and Laura; 
 .Millard A., now of Topeka, Kansas, who mar- 
 ried Ann Bishop, and has six children — May, 
 Walter. Edna. Hazel. Wilma and Zelda: Les- 
 ter E., who married Mary Sherwood and lives 
 in Ashley; Adeline, wife of Elmore Coomer 
 and mother of a daughter — Flossie Marie; 
 Harriett, who died in 1890; Emma, wife of 
 Orrie G. Benedict, who has a son. Murray, and 
 two daughters — Buelah Dawn and Thelma 
 Gertrude; and Milton Henry, who is a drug- 
 gist in Dayton. Elder Shoemaker formed a 
 second marriage April 3. 1898, with Airs. 
 Mary J. Ogden. nee Thomas, who died sud- 
 denly in November, 1907. Mr. Shoemaker 
 is a Republican in politics and cast his first 
 presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He 
 served on the School Board 13 years and as 
 mayor of the village 1 1 years. 
 
 IOMAS MERCER SEEDS, for 
 many years a prominent business man 
 of Ashley, Delaware County Ohio, is 
 now living in retirement. He has re- 
 -ided here almost continuously since 
 he was 19 years of age and is widely known 
 ami mg the people of this vicinity. He was 
 horn in Chester County. Pennsylvania. No- 
 vember 8, [835, and is a son of Job and Mary 
 1 Mercer ) Seeds. 
 
 Job Seeds was born and reared in Ches- 
 ter County. Pennsylvania, and during his 
 younger days taught in the public schools. Lie 
 then followed surveying for some years, and 
 then engaged in farming.. He was first lo- 
 cated on Brandywine Creek, where the fa- 
 mous battle of that name was fought during 
 the Revolution, but moved from there to Co- 
 
 lumbiana County, Ohio, where he lived until 
 his death. He married Mary Mercer, a native 
 of Chester County, and they became parents of 
 the following children: Edward, deceased; 
 Thomas Mercer; Paschal, who now lives in 
 California; Hannah, deceased; Margaret, wife 
 of William Brown, deceased, resides in ( o- 
 lumbiana County. Ohio; and Mary, deceased. 
 Thomas M. Seeds was reared in his native 
 count}- and there learned the trade of shoema- 
 ker. He was 19 years old when, in 1854. he 
 came west alone, and began working at his 
 trade in the establishment of Aaron More- 
 house, near Ashley. After one year he moved 
 to Stantontown and continued his trade for a 
 like period, then returned to Ashley. In 1862 
 he formed a partnership with M. B. Shoema- 
 ker, and under the name and style of Seeds & 
 Shoemaker conducted a general store, includ- 
 ing hardware and groceries, until 1879. ' n 
 the meantime he also engaged extensively in 
 buying and shipping grain. Then in partner- 
 ship with his son. under the firm name of T. 
 M. Seeds & Son. he conducted a general hard- 
 ware store, including a stock of farming uten- 
 sils, general hardware and builders' supplies. 
 In connection with this enterprise they op- 
 erated the only lumber yard in the village. 
 Finally Mr. Seeds and his son dissolved part- 
 nership, when he took the hardware and his 
 son the lumber business, and he continued in 
 the hardware line until 1896, since which time 
 he has lived in retirement. About 1873, be 
 erected a modern brick residence on a tract of 
 four and a half acres he owns, adjoining the 
 village, and resided there until 1904. when 
 he moved to his present location. On July 26, 
 [856, Mr. Seeds was married (first) to 
 Adelia Shoemaker, who was born and reared 
 in Delaware County, and was a daughter of 
 Daniel Shoemaker. She died October 10, 
 1903. having given birth to nine children, the 
 record being as follows; Rosa married Rob- 
 ert Sherman of Dayton. Tennessee, and have 
 the following offspring: Blanche, wife of John 
 Reidy, has three children: Dawn, wife of 
 Ray Sperry, has three children. Lillian and 
 Edwin Sperry. and a daughter, Julia Mc- 
 Gough by a first marriage; Walter. Bessie and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Belle. Edward Seeds, second child of Mr. 
 Seeds, married Lillian Baumbarger and has 
 one sun, Cyloneous. Weston, residing at Co- 
 lumbus, married Kitty Gilbert and they have 
 one son. Gerald. Etta married Melvin Mc- 
 Conbrey of Algier, Ohm. and the}' have a son, 
 Ray. Myrtie married Frank VVigton, and they 
 have a son, Harry Seeds Wigton. 
 
 Mr. Seeds was married (second) Novem- 
 ber 23, 1904, to "Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughrey) 
 Waugh, who was horn in Knox County, Ohio, 
 September 9, 1840, and is a daughter of Sam- 
 uel and Julia Ann (Harris) Laughrey. She 
 first married Samuel Waugh, by whom sin- 
 has four children living: William E., who re- 
 sides in California; Samuel Charles, who lives 
 in California; Elizabeth Viola, who is the 
 wife of Josephine Doty, of Leonardsburg, 
 Ohio; and Nancy Rosella, who is the wife ot 
 Wilber Wandell oi California. Religiously, 
 both Mr. and Mrs. Seeds have been Spiritual- 
 ists for nian_\- years. Mr. Seeds served for 
 years as township and village treasurer .and is 
 a Democrat in politics. 
 
 S. CRUIKSHANK, who is a lead- 
 ing general farmer and fruit grower 
 of Liberty Township, owns and re- 
 sides on a very valuable farm of 22] 
 acres, this being a part of the farm 
 of 500 acres originally secured by his grand- 
 father, George Cruikshank, soon after the 
 War of [81 2'. 
 
 George Cruikshank was a native of New 
 York and belonged to a family that came to 
 America in [760. He married Elizabeth 
 Conway, who was born in Ireland, and they 
 came to Delaware County from Salem. Wash- 
 ington County. New York. The property that 
 George Cruikshank secured had been obtained 
 from the Government prior to this, by ' reneral 
 Stansbury. No improvements had been made. 
 but a few of the trees had been slashed to mark 
 a pith through the forest. The children of 
 George and Elizabeth Cruikshank were: 
 Alary, who married John Dutcher; William. 
 I (avid ( I., w hi i was b irn in 
 
 who died yi mug 
 
 1808. married Eliza Eaton; Jane C. who 
 was born November 2, 1814, married Joseph 
 Leonard; William (2), who was born in 1816, 
 married Cynthia Fisher: Elizabeth, who was 
 horn in 181 9, died in 1820; George H.. who 
 was born Apirl 4. 1821, was the father of A. 
 S. Cruikshank; and James, who was born in 
 1823. married Lucia Kenyon. 
 
 Of his father's estate, (ieorge H. Cruik- 
 shank owned 221 acres. He followed agri- 
 cultural pursuits until his children were old 
 enough to require educational opportunities, 
 when he moved to Delaware tp give them the 
 benefits of excellent schools and resided there 
 for about 2^, years. He died at the home of 
 his son. A. S.. on the present farm. January 
 10, 1902, aged 81 years. George H. Cruik- 
 shank was married. June 5. 1850. to Augusta 
 
 F. Smith, who was a daughter of Alw 1 
 
 Smith. She was born in 1822 and died De- 
 
 • 
 
 cember 25. iSyj. The children of (ieorge H. 
 Cruikshank and wife were as follows: Har- 
 riett Jane, who was born May 4. 185 1. died 
 in 1854; Alwood Smith; George Thompson, 
 who was born October 23. 1854, died in Oc- 
 tober. 1835; Frederick W, who was born Au- 
 gust 10, 185(1. died August 2j. 1856; Mary 
 Augusta, who was born June 25, [858, mar- 
 ried Rev. Edwin Brown. June 18. 1884. and 
 they reside at Lawton. Oklahoma; Martha 
 Elizabeth, who was born October [6, [860, 
 died April 9, 1875; Peter, who was born July 
 22. 1862, died September 2^, 1862; Lucy Joy. 
 who was born September 2. 1803. married 
 Newton II. Fairbanks and they reside at 
 Springfield. Ohio; and Dora, who was born 
 February 4, 1866, died July 8, [866. 
 
 Alwood Smith was born December 25, 
 1852. He obtained his education in the sch ols 
 at Delaware and the Wesleyan University, 
 and was about 21 years old when he adopted 
 farming as his life work'. After his marriage 
 he located on his present farm and here he 
 has engaged in general farming and has given 
 nsiderable attention to growing tine fruit. 
 In [878 he married Viola J. Pollock, who is 
 a daughter of S. D. and Mary (Taylor) Pol- 
 lock, of Delaware County, but formerly ol 
 I.odi, Medina County, Ohio.' Mr. and Mrs. 
 
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 Cruikshank have had four children: Alwood 
 Pollock, Mabel Janett, .Mary Augusta and 
 George Harvey. The eldest son was born 
 January 25, 1880. lie was educated in the 
 common and High School at Delaware and 
 served in the Spanish-American War in Porto 
 Rico, as a member of Company K. Fourth 
 Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is 
 now engaged as one of the engineers at the 
 Stratford power house, for the C. D. M. Com- 
 pany. He married Gertrude Snyder. The 
 eldest (laughter, Mabel Janette, was born 
 March jo. [885, and died while a student at 
 the Wesleyan University, July 15. 1906. The 
 passing away .if this daughter was a grevious 
 affliction t" the family. Mary Augusta, hum 
 1 let iber 28, 1887, is now a student of the ( Ihio 
 Wesleyan University, and ( ieorge Harvey. 
 born March 6, 1891, is a student in the Dela- 
 ware High School. The family residence was 
 built stout and strong by the grandfather of 
 Mr. Cruikshank. Idle stone house on the 
 farm, just south of the residence, was erected 
 by the father of Mr. Cruikshank. and in it the 
 latter was horn. 
 
 In political views, the Cruikshanks have 
 been identified with the Republican party since 
 its formation hut in addition to this they have 
 1 ecu zealous prohibitionists and to such an 
 extent that the late George H. Cruikshank was 
 at one time the candidate for the State As- 
 sembly on the Prohibition ticket. Like his 
 father. Mr. Cruikshank is a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church at Delaware, in which he 
 is an elder. He has been active in all move- 
 ments designed to promote agricultural inter- 
 ests ami for a number of 3'ears was a member 
 1 if the < iranee. 
 
 APT. J. F. CURREN, whose period 
 I of residence at Delaware covers al- 
 most half a century, is one of the 
 city's reliable business men. as well 
 a- a deservedly honored veteran of 
 the Civil War. He was born September 10. 
 [839, in Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son 
 of Stephen Curren. 
 
 Joseph Curren, the grandfather, located in 
 Delaware County in [808, coming from Wash- 
 ington County, Virginia, and was one of the 
 pioneer teachers in this section, lie went on 
 horseback to East d'ennessee. where he mar- 
 ried, and brought his bride back with him in 
 the same way, and settled permanently in 
 Delaware County, where his son, Stephen Cur- 
 ren, was horn in 18 16. The latter became a 
 man of substance and prominence in Delaware 
 ( ounty, For a number of years he was en- 
 gaged in a general mercantile business at Nor- 
 ton, Waldo, Leonardsburg and Ashley. 
 
 J. F. Curren was 18 years of age when he 
 came to Delaware, and his education was ob- 
 tained entirely in the schools of his native 
 county. In [861 he enlisted as a private in 
 Company D. Twentieth Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and was mustered into the service at 
 Camp Chase, Columbus. He participated in 
 the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Land- 
 ing, Shiloh, Bolivar, and luka, and in those 
 which occurred daily while the army was get- 
 ting in the rear of Vicksburg. The Twentieth 
 Infantry on every occasion gave a good ac- 
 count of itself. It went to Memphis and then 
 to Yazoo Bend, through Louisiana, and took 
 pari in the battle at Port Gibson. In the en- 
 gagement at Raymond. Tennessee, the regi- 
 ment lost heavily and went thence to Jackson, 
 Champion Hill and Black River, and came up 
 in front of Vicksburg mi May 18, taking part 
 in the charge on the city on May _'jd. Cap- 
 tain Curren, during all these movements, was 
 ever at the post of duty. After the fall of 
 \ icksburg he accompanied the regiment to Me- 
 chanicsburg, and later back to Vicksburg, and 
 on November 10. 1863, he was sent home on 
 recruiting service. On the 18th of April, fol- 
 lowing, he was made regimental adjutant o( 
 the Sixtieth Regiment, ( >. V. I., which was as- 
 signed to the Ninth Corps, and on May 5, 1 
 part in the memorable battle of the Wil 
 ness. Here, with his comrades, he was for 
 five hours under fire. At Nye Run they were 
 again in battle for five hours, and out of three 
 companies of 200. 98 were killed and wounded. 
 On May 12th. came the terrible battle of 
 Spottsylvania, and later that of Cold Harbor. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Following that came 36 hours of marching be- 
 fore the regiment was halted in front of Peters- 
 burg, where, after a rest of -'4 hours, these 
 brave men were again called into action, and 
 made that fierce charge which opened the siege, 
 17th June, [864, and in this Captain Curren 
 was wounded and lost his right arm. 
 
 Here it may be mentioned as a curious co- 
 incidence that Captain Curren's mother's great- 
 grandfather lost his right arm, June 17. 1775. 
 at the battle of Bunker Hill. Captain Curren's 
 injury necessitated his being taken to a hos- 
 pital at Washington, D. C. and he soon went 
 Ik ime on furlough. In October, [864, he re- 
 joined his regiment in front of Petersburg, and 
 was then transferred to the Veteran Reserve 
 Corps, .subsequently being sent to the Resen e 
 garrison on Galloup's Island, Boston, where 
 he remained until the close of the war. llis 
 service was of long- duration and filled with 
 severe hardships, but he emerged from all 
 dangers with but one serious wound and had 
 been gradually promoted to high rank. 
 
 Shortly after his return to Delaware, Cap- 
 tain Curren became an agent in the Refugee 
 Bureau, under General Howard, and served at 
 different places in North Carolina, until De- 
 cember 31, 1868. Subsequently, he served 
 as postmaster at Delaware for twelve 
 years and a half, later entering into 
 a manufacturing business at Columbus, 
 in which he continued for but a short 
 time. In 1885 he opened a tire insurance office 
 at Delaware, located at j,j> _. North Sandusky 
 Street, where he has carried on business ever 
 since. In [895 Captain Curren established the 
 Citizens hire Insurance Association, of which 
 he has been secretary since its organization. 
 
 Captain Curren was married February 1. 
 [866, to Mary A. Gavitt, and they have three 
 children: Lena O, who married John W. 
 Roby, a proniinent attorney residing at Lima. 
 Ohio; Arthur J., residing- at Elyria, Ohio, 
 where he is manager of the Citizens' Tele- 
 phone Company; and Marie, who resides at 
 home. Captain Curren is a valued comrade 
 in the local post of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic, and of the Union Veteran Legion, 
 lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 ( Ihurch. 
 
 ILLIAM HARRIS, A. B., a leading- 
 citizen of Ostrander, is cashier of 
 the Ostrander Banking Company 
 and is identified with cither suc- 
 cessful enterprises of this section. 
 Mr. Harris was born at Victoria, in Mon- 
 mouthshire. Wales, November _>_•, 1870, and 
 is a son of Edwin M. and Elizabeth ( Wat- 
 kins) Harris. 
 
 Victoria, the birthplace of Mr. Harris, has 
 been the family home for generations. The 
 grandfather was a sailor and like many others 
 who have followed the sea, made one voyage 
 from which he never returned. Edwin M. 
 Harris was born in 1840 and was a child when 
 his father was lost. He learned the trade of 
 molder. which he followed in his own country 
 until 1880. when he came to America and re- 
 sumed work at his trade in Cleveland, Ohio, 
 which he has but recently given up. He is a 
 member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, 
 having joined the order in Wales. He mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Watkins and they have three 
 surviving children : William, residing at Os- 
 trander ; Cyrus M., residing at Cleveland; and 
 Elizabeth, who married John Mosely, residing 
 at Cleveland. The family was reared in the 
 Ci ingregational Church. 
 
 William Harris was ten years old when his 
 parents came to America. He was educated 
 in the public schools of Cleveland and at Hiram 
 College, graduating from the latter institution 
 in 1897, having taken the theological course. 
 In June, 1897, lie was ordained to the ministry 
 of the Christian Church. Prior to this he had 
 taken charge of the Christian Church on West 
 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, where he con- 
 tinued for three years, removing from there to 
 West Mansfield, Logan County. He remained 
 in this charge for two years and his last settled 
 pastorate was in Paulding County, where he 
 was stationed for two or more years. 
 
 In the spring of 1905, Mr. Harris came 
 to Ostrander and entered into business, on the 
 first of the following July assuming the duties 
 of cashier of the Ostrander Banking Company. 
 He has been interested in the organization of 
 several telephone companies and is secretary 
 and a director of the Crooksville Company. 
 The Ostrander Banking Company was or- 
 
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 ganized in March. [903, and it does a general 
 commercial banking business and has a savings 
 
 department. The bank has proven very popu- 
 lar and profitable, its deposits now being some 
 Si 1 5.1 Kin. while the total resources of the bank- 
 are $150,000. The president of the banking 
 company is W. II. Carr, its vice-president is 
 I. C. Maugans, while the following capitalists 
 make up its board of directors: W. 11. Carr, 
 J. C. Maugans, Marion Kirkland, H. \Y. Rit- 
 tenhouse and J. 1. Adamson. 
 
 Mr. Harris married Ethel M. Carr, who is 
 a daughter of S. T. Carr. a prominent resi- 
 dent of Ostrander, and they have two chil- 
 dren, namely: Helen Elizabeth and David 
 Carr. The family attends the Baptist Church. 
 
 In political sentiment, Mr. Harris is a Re- 
 publican and in 1907, he was elected to mem- 
 bership on the School Board, although the 
 township is strongly Democratic. He is a 
 member of both the Masons and Odd Fellows, 
 being connected with Ostrander Lodge, No. 
 594. F. & A. M., and the Chapter at Delaware, 
 in the former fraternity, while in the latter, he 
 is a member of Edinburgh Lodge and is past 
 grand of White Lodge at West Mansfield and 
 belongs to the Encampment at Middleburg. 
 Mr. Harris is an esteemed citizen of Ostrander. 
 a man who exercises a strong and helpful 
 personal influence in the community. 
 
 OHX RICHEY XEWHOUSE, one of 
 Scioto Township's most honored citi- 
 zens, who has spent almost the whole 
 of his long and useful life on his pres- 
 ent farm, is a worthy representative 
 of two of the pioneers of Delaware County 
 and can claim a Revolutionary ancestor in the 
 person of his great-grandfather. Mr. New- 
 house was born in Union County. Ohio, Au- 
 gusl 27, [829. His parents were William and 
 Annie (Richey) Newhouse. 
 
 The history of the Newhouse family is 
 very interesting. The family is of English 
 origin and the first members came to Loudoun 
 County, Virginia, prior to 1740, in which year 
 the great-grandfather of John Richey was 
 
 born. When be attained manhood, he mar- 
 ried a lady who wa^ also of English extrai I 
 and they reared the following children: Jona 
 than. Isaac. Anthony. Ettra and David. He 
 died of camp fewer, when forty years of age, 
 having served in the Patriot army from Lou- 
 doun County, from 1776 to 1780. 
 
 Anthony Newhouse. the third son of the 
 above family, became the grandtather of John 
 Richey New house. He was eight years of age 
 when his father died in the army, and with bis 
 older brothers he was forced to assist his 
 widowed mother in providing for the needs of 
 the family. He remained closely at home until 
 1704. when General Washington called for 
 soldiers to assist in suppressing what is known 
 to history as the "Whiskey Insurrection." 
 Anthony Newhouse responded and remained 
 in the service for six months, or until the in- 
 surrecti' nists had been subdued, accompanying 
 the command of General Lee as far as Fort 
 Pitt, where the city of Pittsburg now stands. 
 He returned to his home in Virginia and re- 
 mained there, following his former pursuits, 
 until 1798, when he visited Wheeling for six 
 months and went from there to old Red Stone 
 Fort, the site of which is now included in 
 Fayette County, Pennsylvania. 
 
 At that place. Mr. Newhouse became ac- 
 quainted with Nancy Coons, to whom he was 
 married. June 28, I7<)<). and through this mar- 
 riage the Newhouse family became established 
 in Ohio. His father-in-law. John Coons, had 
 decided to become a pioneer and settled in the 
 rich country offered to those who sought per- 
 manent homes, in Pickaway County. Ohio. 
 Early in the year 1800, a party consisting of 
 John Coons and family, Henry More and 
 family and Anthony Newhouse and family, 
 started on what was then a long and perilous 
 journey, for which they made great prepar- 
 ation. They journeyed to Wheeling. Virginia, 
 on the Ohio River and there the men put their 
 wives aboard an old-fashioned keel-boat which 
 plied up and down the river, by which route 
 they were to reach the mouth of the Scioto 
 River. When their families and possess 
 were safely started, the men set out for the 
 same point, along what was called "Zane's 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Trace," being really the first road in the State 
 of Ohio, covering the distance to Chillicothe. 
 When the "house-boat" party, as we might 
 term it in modern days, reached the mouth 
 of the Scioto, it was necessary to take a still 
 smaller vessel in order to ascend the narrower 
 stream. They boarded what was termed a 
 "pirogue," which was the Indian name for a 
 primitive boat, sometimes consisting of several 
 caimes fastened together and sometimes of a 
 kind of flat-boat with a sail, and by this means 
 they safely reached Chillicothe and joined their 
 husbands. A still further journey had to be 
 made up the Scioto Creek until they reached 
 some land that had been previously cleared 
 ami partially cultivated by the Indians, and 
 here they stopped and built log cabins very 
 close together, mainly for protection, as the)' 
 were daily visited by the Indians and they 
 were far from civilization, the nearest settle- 
 ment being Chillicothe. thirteen miles away, 
 while Lancaster was eighteen miles distant. 
 At this time all the land in this vicinity be- 
 longed to the Government, the county not hav- 
 ing been yet surveyed. Luring the first year, 
 the little colony subsisted on corn which was 
 brought from .Marietta, either by way of the 
 river or on horseback, and on game, there be- 
 ing an abundance of deer and wild turkeys, 
 while bears were often killed. There was thus 
 no danger of hunger, and the wild berries and 
 wild honey found in the forest, gave variety to 
 the fare. During the residence of the family 
 in Pickaway County the following children 
 were born; William. Sarah, Elizabeth, John, 
 [saac, Margaret and F.ura. 
 
 In [812 Anthony Newhouse had his second 
 military experience. He enlisted from I'ick- 
 awaj County in John Boggs' company, under 
 the command of General Tupper, who was 
 sent to Fort Defiance to fight againsl the In- 
 dians. Mr. Newhouse was discharged at IT- 
 bana, Ohio, but before he reached there, his 
 faithful horse had been so disabled b) the 
 tomahawk of an Indian, that it was almost 
 worthless. In 1N14 Anthony Newhouse sold 
 In- farm of [60 acres in Pickaway County 
 and bought 200 acres in Scioto Township, 
 from Henry Massie, oi Chillicothe, paying 
 
 for it at the rate of two dollars an acre. In 
 May of that year he started with his family 
 for Delaware County, bringing with him three 
 cows and three horses. John R. Newhouse 
 has now among his stock, descendants of the 
 horses his grandfather brought from Pickaway 
 County. 
 
 William Newhouse, father of John R., was 
 born March 11. 1800. He was married to 
 Annie Richey, January 6. 1823, and they set- 
 tled on the bank of the Scioto River, near 
 Bellpoint, from which place they removed, in 
 [825, to Union County, but in the fall of 1829 
 they returned to Scioto Township and settled 
 on the farm now owned by John R. New- 
 house, who was then six months old. Here 
 the father died December 6, 1842. His occu- 
 pation was farming but he was possessed of 
 so much mechanical skill that he constructed 
 a large number of the necessities of the house- 
 hold, including furniture, utensils and shoes. 
 He built the first wagon that was ever made in 
 this section. 
 
 The children born to William Newhouse 
 and wife were the following: Mary K., born 
 January 2, 1825, married Benjamin T. Benton, 
 August 13. 1840. and died January 19. 1901 ; 
 David Emery, born August 26, 1826, died 
 in Wapello County. Iowa, February 20, 1856; 
 Belinda, who was married November 15. 1849. 
 to Washington Jones Warren, died at Ash- 
 land, [1 wa; John R.; Catherine, born January 
 22. 183 1. was married in 1855, t0 Abner John- 
 son Bird, and died in [885; Nancy Jane, born 
 June 30. [832, was married in 1857 to Levi 
 Hart, and died in 1901 ; Adam, born January 
 30. 1X34. resides in Scioto Township; Joseph, 
 born in 1836. lives in Buffalo, Missouri; Wil- 
 liam Lafayette, born June 12. [838, died June 
 30. [855; James 11.. born in 1840. died in 
 1899; and Isaiah died in infancy. 
 
 John R. Newhouse has engaged in general 
 farming and stock-raising and has raised many 
 horses. His farm contains 82 acres and be 
 has all but 15 under cultivation. lie cast his 
 first 1 'residential vote for Zacbary Taylor, 
 and all through the period of the Civil War 
 he was identified with the Republican party, 
 'out since then his interests have centered more 
 
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 in the Prohibition party which he is happy to 
 see is winning consideration all over the land, 
 the people beginning to value its principles and 
 aims as he has done for many years. In many 
 respects. Mr. Newhouse stands alone, being 
 the oldest school-teacher living in the western 
 part of Delaware County, having out-lived his 
 co-workers and many of his pupils; is the 
 oldest member of the old Stone Church of 
 Radnor and the oldest Sunday school superin- 
 tendent in Delaware County, and- the oldest 
 elder in the Presbyterian Church, in point of 
 service, in the Marion Presbytery, which in- 
 cludes Marion. Delaware. Union and Morrow 
 Counties. He is also the oldest justice of the 
 peace in the count}'. He has held all the town- 
 ship offices and has been at the head of all 
 public-spirited movements. Since December 
 10. 1853. he has been a Mason, belonging first 
 to Fidelity Lodge at Bellpoint, later demitting 
 to Hiram Lodge, at Delaware, and is the old- 
 est member of the fraternity in the countv. 
 
 On April 6. 1858, Mr. Newhouse was mar- 
 ried to Jane A. McClure, a daughter of James 
 McClure. She was born April 1. 1831. Of 
 their seven children, six reached .maturity.- 
 Emma, born February 7. 1859, married D. E. 
 Hughes. December 15, [881, and they reside 
 at Delaware. They have one daughter, Har- 
 riet, who was born November 7. 1884. David 
 Emery, born July 26, r86l, died November 
 22. 1884. Nellie, born June ] _\ 1865, married 
 A. H. Fawcett, June 11, t8go. and they have 
 four children: Clyde, born March 31, 1891 ; 
 Fern, born February 9, [893; Edgar, born 
 November 2j. 1894; and Guy II.. born Oc- 
 tober 11. 1905. Annie Olive, born November 
 12, 1870, married Harry S. Britton, Septem- 
 ber 14. 1890, and died at Chicago, Illinois. 
 April 22, 1898, leaving two children: Co- 
 rinne, born August 24, 1891 ; and Pauline, 
 born September 19. 1893. Mary lata, born 
 December 13. 1872. married William Brown, 
 February 1. [893, and they have one child, 
 Chester Dean, lorn May 20. [897. Chester 
 P.. bom November 21. 1N74. married Mary 
 K. Oiler, April 21,- [898, and they have one 
 child. John R., born February 11. [899 
 
 )N. THOMAS P.. POWELL, for 
 many years numbered among Dela- 
 ware's most prominent citizens, lias 
 been a resident of Columbus, Ohio, 
 since 1SS7. A lawyer by profession, 
 his successes have been such as to gain for him 
 a prestige not only throughout the State of 
 Ohio, but in the industrial and financial cen- 
 ters of the country as well, and it has been his 
 fortune to represent many of the largest cor- 
 porate interests of the United States in a legal 
 capacitv. He comes of a distinguished family 
 of Delaware county, the name of Thomas W. 
 Lowell, his father, being inseparably linked 
 with the history of the city of Delaware and 
 institutions, as its guiding genius during its 
 constructive period. 
 
 Thomas L. Lowell was born. February 20. 
 1N42. in the old family home located on what 
 is now the campus of Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity in Delaware, a building which subse- 
 quently served as the residence of the incum- 
 bent presidents of the University for many 
 vears. He is a son of Thomas Watkins and 
 Elizabeth (Gordon) Lowell, and paternally is 
 descended from the Ancient Britons, the 
 Lowells and Watkins, the latter being the 
 family name of his grandmother, tracing their 
 lineage back to ancestors who were in the 
 Saxon invasion of (ireat Britain, in the Fifth 
 Century of the Christian Era. These names 
 are contained in the earliest year-books and 
 literature of the Saxons, adorning the pages 
 of the history of their country and race. 
 
 Thomas Watkins Powell was born near 
 Cowbridge, Montgomeryshire, in South Wales, 
 in November, 1707. mid was four years of age 
 when brought to America by his parents. He 
 was reared at Ltica. New York, in the beauti- 
 ful Mohawk Valley, where he attended the 
 Academy, availing himself of the limited ad- 
 vantages at hand for the procurement of an 
 education. An insatiable thirst for km wledge 
 could not be denied, and through self instruc- 
 tion and individual research he in time be- 
 came one of the most scholarly of men. Upon 
 leaving school lie read l;i\\ al Ltica until [819, 
 then went to Canton, Ohio., where hi- p 
 
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 aration for the legal profession was continued 
 under the preceptorship of Hon. James \Y. 
 Lathrop. In 1820 he was admitted to the 
 bar at Wooster, Ohio, and duly licensed to 
 practice by the Supreme Court of the Circuit. 
 He immediately after located at Perrysburg, 
 Ohio, where he engaged in practice about 10 
 years, and while there served as prosecuting 
 attorney, auditor and clerk of courts of Wood 
 County, discharging the duties of these various 
 offices at the same time. He moved to Dela- 
 ware. Ohio, about 1830. and soon after pur- 
 chased the land surrounding Sulphur Springs, 
 now a part of the Ohio Wesleyan University 
 campus, and erected the Mansion House, 
 which is now used as Elliott Hall, one of the 
 University buildings. He built, also, cottages, 
 bath houses and bowling alleys, this being for 
 some years a fashionable resort patronized by 
 those in search of health and pleasure. Num- 
 bered among his guests at different times were 
 men who occupied high stations in life, notably 
 William Henry Harrison. President of the 
 United States. Judge Campbell of the United 
 States Court died there in 1832. Air. Powell 
 erected a cottage on the ground, in which he 
 and his family resided, and in which our sub- 
 ject and his wife were both born. He finally 
 disposed of this property to the University. 
 He was in the active practice of his profession 
 in Delaware during this time, and for a period 
 of [5 years was Probate Judge of the county. 
 1 le refused such offices as were not in line with 
 his professional work, and twice refused the 
 nomination for Congress, in 1840 and in 
 [846, at a time when the nomination of his 
 party meant almost certain election, lie was 
 originally a Whig, in politics, then a Republi- 
 can during the Civil War and until i,X-_>. when 
 he withdrew his support from that party be- 
 cause of its reconstruction policies. 
 
 • Mr. Powell was ever foremosl in the public 
 enterprises of Delaware, lie was influential 
 in bringing the first railroads into the city; 
 built the 'ild flax-mill, now in use as the chair 
 factory; and assisted in establishing the 
 foundry on East William Street. A man .if 
 intellectual attainments and literary ability, 
 with a masterly grasp of the subjects at hand. 
 
 as the author of "Powell's Analysis of Ameri- 
 can Law." a work on "Appellate Jurisdiction" 
 and "'The History of the Ancient Britons and 
 their Descendants," he erected a monument to 
 his name which will endure. As to Mr. 
 Powell's career, his ability and achievements, 
 and the attributes which went to make his 
 character, a more comprehensive account is 
 given elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 Thomas E. Powell was reared in Delaware 
 and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, from 
 which he was graduated in 1863. He then 
 read law under the direction of his father 
 and was admitted to the liar in 1866. Im- 
 mediately thereafter he formed a partnership 
 with Mr. W. P. Reid, an association of legal 
 talent which continued under the firm name 
 of Reid & Powell, until the senior partner's 
 death in 1879. During this time they had 
 erected the Reid & Powell Block, a three- 
 story brick building situated on the southwest 
 corner of Sandusky Street and Central 
 Avenue. Our subject continued in practice in 
 Delaware until 1887, a greater part of the 
 time as senior member of the firm of Powell, 
 < iill & Kauffman, his partners being Judge J. 
 S. Gill and Frank Kauffman. The latter sub- 
 sequently withdrew from the firm, but Powell 
 & dill continued until 1887. At that time 
 Mr. Powell moved to Columbus, and the firm 
 nf Powell, Owen, Ricketts & Black was 
 formed. Hon. S. X. Owen had but recently 
 retired as Judge of the Supreme Court, and 
 was the first to sever his connection with the 
 firm, retiring from practice some eight or ten 
 years later. Upon the elevation of Mr. Black- 
 to the bench as Probate Judge, the partnership 
 was dissolved and Mr. Powell has since con- 
 tinued alone in practice. He has had con- 
 nection with some of the must important liti- 
 gation in the Ohio Courts, a notable case, in 
 which he represented the plaintiff, being the 
 Deshler Will Case, involving more than a half 
 million of dollars. The successful prosecution 
 of this case, which was before the courts for 
 nearly 12 years, brought him a fee of $60,- 
 000. He has been attorney for the American 
 Sugar Refining Company of New York, The 
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 Coal Company, The National Cash Registei 
 Company, and mam other large corporations 
 of New York and Ohio. During his practice 
 in Columbus, his tecs from New York have 
 exceeded those from Ohio, notwithstanding 
 the fact he has tried cases in near]}' every 
 count} in the State. lie has tried cases in 
 nearly one-half the states of the Union, and 
 appeared in all the courts, from the Common 
 Pleas to the United States Supreme Court. 
 Ik- has. without doubt, tried more cases than 
 an_\- other lawyer in Ohio now living. The 
 extent of his practice bespeaks his ability, his 
 comprehensive knowledge of the law. his 
 forensic ability, and his rank among the lure- 
 most of his pn rfession. 
 
 Mr. Powell was a Republican in politics 
 until 1872. since which time lie has been most 
 active in the affairs of the Democratic part}', 
 being a prominent figure at count}. State and 
 national conventions. He served as presi- 
 dential elector from his district in 1872, and 
 two years later was nominated for Congress 
 in that district, which was strongly Republi- 
 can. Although he met with defeat there was 
 much glory in the fact that he was the first 
 Democrat to carry Delaware G unity in a 
 Congressional race. In 1873 he was the party 
 nominee for attorney-general of Ohio, and in 
 1 878 was presidential elector at large for Ohio ; 
 in 1887. he was nominated for governor of 
 Ohio against Senator Foraker; he was dela- 
 gate-at-large to the Chicago convention which 
 nominated Cleveland for President, and placed 
 in nomination the name of Governor Hbadley. 
 Of commanding presence and pleasing voice, 
 employing the choicest diction in his speech 
 and appealing to the better judgment and rea- 
 son of man. he is gifted beyond measure with 
 the power to sway an audience, and has many 
 times been called upon to place the name of 
 a friend before a convention, lie presented 
 the name of Allen C. Thurman at the St. 
 Louis Convention in 1888: the name of Gen- 
 eral Thomas Ewing for governor in [878; 
 and the name of Durbin Warren for governor 
 in 1885. Fraternally. Mr. Powel] is a mem- 
 ber of Hiram Lodge. No. [8, F. & A. M., at 
 Delaware. He helped to organize the Dela- 
 
 ware Chair Company in 1N70, and has been 
 a director of it ever since. 
 
 Our subject was joined in marriage with 
 Miss Eliza Thomson, a daughter of Bishop 
 Edward Thomson, first president of Ohio 
 Wesleyan University, a sketch of whom ap- 
 pears in connection with the history of the 
 University. Six children were born of this 
 union: Edward T., a graduate of Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University and an attorney at law, who 
 has offices with his father; Maria, wife of 
 Rev. Charles W. Watson, D. D., secretary of 
 the Presbyterian Board of Missions of Phila- 
 delphia; Cornelia, who lives at home: Ray- 
 mond, of Tucson, Arizona: Warren T.. who 
 graduated from Ohio State University with 
 the class of 1907, spent one year in Japan as 
 teacher of English in the University of Tokio; 
 and Harold is a member of the class of [.909, 
 (Him State University. Religiously. Mr. 
 Powell is a member of the Broad Street M. E. 
 Church, tn the support of which he has con- 
 tributed liberally. 
 
 AY \\". BARTON, a prominent citi- 
 zen, large landowner and successful 
 farmer of Berkshire Township, was 
 born at Columbus, Ohio. March 4. 
 1861. and is a son of William and 
 Sarah ( Inks ) Barton. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Barton were natives 
 of Niagara Count}-, Xew York. The}- were 
 married at Columbus, Ohio, in 1850. The fa- 
 ther, William Barton, was a prosperous real 
 estate dealer at Columbus for a number of 
 years and continued to reside there until his 
 death, which took place April 7. 1Q05. his 
 wife's death having occurred in the preceding 
 month! The}- had four children, namely: 
 Mar}-, who died aged sixteen years; Helen, 
 who married John Braddock, residing at New- 
 ark. Ohio; Clay \\. : and Nellie, who died 
 aged seventeen years. 
 
 Clay W. Barton was educated in the 
 schools of Columbus and prior to going 
 the real estate business with his father, was a 
 clerk for two years in the office of the C. II. 
 
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 B. & T. Railroad. Under his father's super- 
 vision, Mr. Barton developed into a successful 
 business man. and continued his residence at 
 Columbus until 1886. He then bought 150 
 acres of farming land adjoining Sunbury on 
 the south, where he has since carried on gen- 
 eral agriculture. In April. 1906. he purchased 
 a second farm of 116 acres in Geneva Town- 
 ship, which he rents. He is identified with 
 many of the leading business concerns of this 
 community. He owns considerable stock and 
 is a director in the Sunbury Farmers' Bank 
 and has other interests. He also owns val- 
 uable city realty at Columbus and is inter- 
 ested in the Smith Chemical Company, manu- 
 facturers of fertilizers in that city. 
 
 In [888 Mr. Barton was married to Anna 
 Moore, who was born at Philadelphia, Penn- 
 sylvania, and who died at Sunbury. Ohio. 
 April 1. 1895. She left one child. Ethel, born 
 in February. 1890, who died October 7. 1902. 
 Mr. Barton was married, secondly. May 13, 
 [907, to Mrs. Ella (Mains) Ford, widow of 
 the late Benton Ford and daughter of John 
 Mains. Mrs. Ford had three daughters — 
 Catherine. Estella and Ruth, all attending 
 school. In politics, Mr. Barton is a Repub- 
 lican, and since 1897 he has been a trustee 
 of Berkshire Township. He is a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and has 
 served on its Board of Trustees. 
 
 1 )X. THOMAS W. POWELL. 1 The 
 present article is from a sketch of 
 fudge Powell written by Hon. |. R. 
 Hubbell.) 
 
 The ancestors of the subject of 
 this memoir, both paternal and maternal, lived 
 in South Wales, and they trace their lineage 
 back among the \ncient Britons, to the Saxon 
 invasion of Great Britain, in the Fifth Century 
 of the Christian era. The names of Powell 
 and Watkins can be found in the earliest vear- 
 
 1 ks and literature of the Welsh people and 
 
 adorn the brightest pages in the history of 
 their o nintry and race. 
 
 Tin imas Watkin Powell, lawyer, legislator 
 and author, and in his day widely known to his 
 brethren of the bar, and literary circles, was 
 born in Wales in the latter part of the year 
 1797. In the early part of the year 1801, 
 his father, Watkin Powell, with his young 
 family immigrated to America and settled in 
 the upper part of the Mohawk Valley, in the 
 State of Xew York. The name of bis maternal 
 grandfather was Watkins. 
 
 Utica at that time was a small village, 
 compared with its present magnificence and 
 grandeur, and the country around it was new, 
 the population sparse, and as a matter of 
 course, the means for the education of the 
 young m en of that day were limited. Young 
 Thomas sought and obtained such an education 
 as the opportunities afforded. 
 
 During the second war with Great Britain, 
 then a mere youth, he drove his father's team 
 with the baggage of a regiment, in the spring 
 of 1813, to Sackett's Harbor, and entered the 
 place at the close of the battle. 
 
 In September, 181 4, he was appointed by 
 the military authorities to a post of great 
 trust and responsibility — the bearer of dis- 
 patches to Plattsburg; and at the close of that 
 battle he entered the town with dispatches to 
 General McCombes. 
 
 Thirst for knowledge was the ruling pas- 
 sion of young Powell's life, and after the War. 
 of 1812. for about two years he was favored 
 with the privilege of attending an academy in 
 Utica. where he studied and mastered such 
 branches as are taught at such institution-, 
 including the higher branches of mathematics, 
 for which he had a taste, and great genius to 
 excel. 
 
 It was ever with him a subject of regret, 
 that bis opportunities in early life to obtain a 
 more thorough education were so limited, lint 
 such was the order of Providence. Had he 
 been indulged in the natural bent of his mind, 
 he would have devoted his life to literature. 
 and undoubtedly acquired fame in the Republic 
 1 if letters. 
 
 After he left the Academy he entered the 
 law office of Charles M. Lee. Esq.. of Utica', 
 
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 as a law student, when about the age of 20. 
 Jn the year [819 he came to Ohio, and he 
 passed his quarantine as a law student in the 
 office of Hon. James \Y. Lathrop at Canton. 
 In the year 1820 at Wboster, Ohio, he was 
 duly licensed by the Supreme Court' on the 
 Circuit, to practice in the several courts of 
 record of the State; and he immediately lo- 
 cated at Perrysburg, on the Maumee. in the 
 practice of the law. But the country being 
 new and the business insufficient to occupy his 
 time, he accepted both the offices of county 
 auditor and prosecuting attorney of Wood 
 County. At that time under the law, the 
 count}' commissioners appointed the auditor, 
 and the Common Pleas Court appointed the 
 prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Powell held 
 these two offices in Wood County for a period 
 of 10 years consecutively. 
 
 In the discharge of his official and pro- 
 fessional duties, he was prompt, and noted for 
 In- pmbity as well as his ability. 
 
 In the year 1830, the Maumee Valley not 
 growing in population and not meeting with 
 tlie commercial and business success that was 
 anticipated by the first settlers, in order to ob- 
 tain a wider held for the practice of his pro- 
 fession, he removed to Delaware, where he 
 resided for more than 50 years, and until his 
 death. He immediately entered upon a lucra- 
 tive and extensive practice, and from the very 
 outset, his business proved to he commensurate 
 with his abilities and integrity. For more 
 than 30 years, he was regarded by the bar in 
 Delaware, and throughout the counties in 
 Central Ohio, as a strong and successful law- 
 yer. In special pleading and equity to which 
 be devoted special attention he excelled. His 
 industry was untiring both in his profession 
 and as a student. Law. history and literature 
 remained his constant attention, when not oc- 
 cupied with the cares and duties "i" his busi- 
 ness, ami pn fessional engagements. He was 
 noted for his zeal for his clients" interests and 
 welfare, in both civil and criminal cases. Po- 
 litic and intelligent his society was courted by 
 his lirother lawyers at the bar. and in whatever 
 circle he entered he was always welcome. 
 
 Probably no lawyer in Ohio in assisting 
 young men to. the bar. did more or had more 
 
 students than Mr. Powell. Among the law- 
 yers who acquired celebrity in professional or 
 political life, or both, we can name among his 
 students. Hon. C. Sweetser, who was a suc- 
 cessful lawyer and a member of Congress from 
 1849 to I 8S3; subsequently Edward Jones, 
 Esq., who died young, and who at the time of 
 his death was prosecuting attorney of Dela- 
 ware County. Mr. Jones had acquired so 
 much reputation as a lawyer and public- 
 speaker, that it was thought that if he had 
 lived, he would have reached the very highest 
 round in the ladder of fame. His brother, 
 Hon. Thomas C. Jones, scarcely less dis- 
 tinguished, was both State Senator and Com- 
 mon Pleas and District Judge for 10 years. 
 Hon. Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of 
 Texas. General J. S. Jones, a member of the 
 Forty-fifth Congress, and others making a 1' >ng 
 roll, were among the number of his law stu- 
 dents. 
 
 The bar in Central Ohio when Mr. Powell 
 entered upon the practice in Delaware was 
 distinguished for its ability. Gustavus Swan 
 and Ovis Parish of Columbus, Ewing and 
 Stanbury of Lancaster,' William Sanbury of 
 Newark, Delano and Curtis of Mt. Vernon, 
 Godman and Bowen of Marion, Stewart and 
 Bartlv of Mansfield ami others with whom he 
 was frequently associated as co-counsel, or 
 pitted against in the trial of causes, were able 
 lawyers. In this brilliant array. Mr. Powell 
 stood abreast with the foremost as an advo- 
 cate and trial lawyer. 
 
 Painstaking and laborious in the prepara- 
 tion of his cases, he was never taken by sur- 
 prise by his adversary in the trial of a cause. 
 His earnest and persuasive style of elocution 
 was entertaining and instructive, to both Court 
 and jury. Punctilliously honest, he was the 
 very soul of honor, and his earnest manner 
 impressed the Court and jury with the sin- 
 cerity of his convictions. 
 
 To his industry in his profession and let- 
 ter^, Mr. Powell added great enterprise in all 
 matters of interest to the public. He projected 
 and prosecuted to completion the improve- 
 ments at the Sulphur Springs, at Delaware. 
 known as the "Mansion House," which in its 
 early history was a fashionable resort as a 
 
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 watering place; and which subsequently se- 
 cured to Delaware, the "Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity." He built the flax-mills at Delaware, 
 and thereby secured the extensive chair factory 
 upon the same site, now known and patronized 
 in every State in the Union; and by his enter- 
 prise and patronage, greatly aided in the es- 
 tablishment and success of the foundry and 
 machine shops of that city, lie had an exqui- 
 site taste for horticulture and -the arts — especi- 
 ally architecture. His knowledge of the arts 
 by study and cultivation, was of a high order. 
 All his life he was free from very vice of 
 dissipation. To billiards and cards he was a 
 stranger. 
 
 Although he took a lively interest in public 
 affairs he was never partisan, lie believed 
 in the brotherhood of man and sympathized 
 with the afflicted, either in mind, body or estate 
 — it made no difference to him whether the 
 sufferer was white or black, degraded or vir- 
 tuous, his hand was ever ready to extend him 
 relief. His whole life was signalized with 
 acts of charity, and he was never known "to 
 turn the poor away unalmsed." 
 
 He was never a place seeker. The offices 
 he filled so well were forced upon him. and 
 accepted seemingly against his will. He filled 
 many offices of trust both before and after he 
 came to Delaware — prosecuting attorney, 
 representative and Senator in the State Legis- 
 lature, lie was a member of the Constitu- 
 tional Convention of '73 and for main' years 
 in the later part of his life he was count) 
 judge. The writer was a law student of Mr. 
 Powell, and lor several years occupied Ins 
 office and knew him well. On two different 
 occasions he could have been elected to Con- 
 gress if he had given his consent to run. In 
 [840 he could have been elected, and again in 
 [846, but be would not consent to give up his 
 lucrative professional practice for a seat in 
 Congress. lie thought the claims upon him 
 of his young family were superior to the 
 claims of his country, and at that time men 
 seemed to be more honest than they do now, 
 and no honest man then sought a seat in Con- 
 for the purpose of making a fortune. 
 
 The period of bis legislative service was 
 
 between the years of 1840 and 1847. an d 
 among his associates in the Legislature were 
 Seabury Ford, of Granger, afterwards gov- 
 ernor; William L. Perkins, of Lake; Kelly, -1 
 Geauga; Alfred Kelly, of Franklin ; General 
 Eckly, of Carrol; General Schouck and Gov- 
 ernor Anderson, of Montgomery; Colonel 
 Chambers and General Godard, of Muskin- 
 gum; Judge I'.. 1 ; . Wade, of Washtabula; 
 lion. B. Stanton, of Logan, General Louis H. 
 Godman, of Marion; Colonel John Cheny. of 
 Fairfield; Judge B. S. Cowen, of Bellemont; 
 General Samson Mason and General Charles 
 Anthony, of Clark — some of whom had al- 
 ready and others subsequently acquired a na- 
 tional reputation in the councils of the Nation. 
 In point of ability. Air. Powell stood in the 
 front rank, by the common consent of all. 
 
 He gave the profession in which he was so 
 useful and an ornament, two books which are 
 highly prized by the bench and bar, viz. : 
 1'owell's "Analysis of American Law" and a 
 work on "Appellate Jurisdiction." The latter 
 is a book much needed by both bench and bar. 
 It is a work not previously embodied in the 
 form of a separate treatise ; the author, there- 
 fore, was in a great measure obliged to analyze 
 the subject for himself and gather his ma- 
 terials in a path not previously pursued. It 
 presents an important subject, holding an 
 intimate relation to every thing connected with 
 the trial of litigated cases — thus involving 
 every interest in the law, and important prin- 
 ciples in practice. It is a work every prac- 
 ticing lawyer should have in his library, and 
 every student should read. 
 
 Mr. Powell's "Analysis of American Law" 
 is a work of one volume, containing 724 pages, 
 and has received the highest commendation of 
 the ablest jurists of the country, among whom 
 the writer begs leave to mention the late 
 Thomas Ewing, who was recognized at the 
 time of his death as the ablest lawyer in 
 America and perhaps in the world. The writer 
 has been recently shown an autograph letter 
 from Mr. Ewing to Mr. Powell in which he 
 says. "I have given your ' Analysis ^\ Ameri- 
 can Law' such examination as time would per- 
 mit, and am greatly satisfied with it. It is 
 
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 indeed a worthy contribution to our noble pro- 
 fession. During my professional career I have 
 felt esprit de corps strongly, and 1 would at 
 any time rather have been the acknowled 
 head of the bar than President of the United 
 States. Your work encourages high aspira- 
 tion-, resting on intellectual culture, and ele- 
 vated morality, i thank you for it." 
 
 To the beginner in the study of the law. 
 it is a nio-t invaluable work, and cannot fail to 
 occupy a most important place, in the course 
 of preparation, for the practice of the law. 
 Even- student of Blackstone is constantly per- 
 plexed with doubts as to how much of it is 
 applicable to our institutions, and is recognized 
 as law. by our courts. Hence the necessity 
 of some work that would bear the same rela- 
 tion to the laws of this country, that Black- 
 stone's Commentaries do, to the laws of Eng- 
 land, has long been felt. This want has been 
 practically supplied by the lectures of Chan- 
 cellor Kent of New York, Judge Tucker of 
 Virginia, and Judge Walker of Ohio. The 
 work of Chancellor Kent is too elaborate and 
 profound a discussion of the principles of the 
 common law. and international law. as well as 
 the jurisprudence of the United States to be 
 adapted to beginners in the study of law. Of 
 all American works, the Analysis best answers 
 the demand. 
 
 The author, in arranging this Analysis, 
 followed the arrangement of Mr. Justice 
 Blackstone, who followed the Analysis of 
 Lord Hale, in his preface to Role's Abridg- 
 ment. But it must lie admitted that it C an 
 improvement over the Commentaries of Black- 
 stone. 
 
 The Commentaries are divided into four 
 bonks: Rights of Persons, Rights of Things. 
 Private Wrongs and Public Wrongs. This 
 Analysis divides the whole body of the law 
 into these four well known divisions: Public, 
 Private, Civil and Criminal Law. which may 
 well be considered, to be the division of law 
 according to its natural order. The reasons 
 for adopting this mode ami division of the 
 subject will be apparent to the reader by ref- 
 erence to the commencement of the First 
 Book of this Analysis, and he will then see 
 
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 how naturally the law will fall into these four- 
 fold divisions; and it is that which is the 
 easiest to be followed in the study. 
 
 It can be safely affirmed as a book [or 
 student, and beginner, and for our schools and 
 colleges, it is the best that has been given to 
 the legal profession by any American author. 
 
 The Hon. T. C. Jones, who was judv 
 the District and Common Pleas Courts for 
 io years, said he "had found it the most con- 
 venient book for reference, for the proper 
 statement of any elemental'}- principle, or es- 
 tablished rule of law, and in this respect of 
 great utility to the intelligent citizen as well 
 as to the law student and practitioner. 
 
 It is said the artful French diplomat Tal- 
 leyrand used language to conceal his thoughts 
 — such is not the language used by Air. Powell 
 in his books. He expresses his thoughts so 
 clearly, they are readily understood by the in- 
 telligent student; nor is his composition 
 freighted, like some old authors, with Nor- 
 man, French and Latin quotations, and there- 
 by, to be pedantic, made unintelligible to the 
 average American student. 
 
 In early life his thoughtful mind was dis- 
 ciplined, and his diction formed by reading the 
 best elementary authors, on the English com- 
 mon law. He was a life-long student in his- 
 tory, literature and belles-lettres; and he loved 
 the black letter literature of the law. He 
 wrote and spoke the language of a cultured 
 lawyer, and it is the simplicity of his style 
 that makes his books so entertaining to the 
 readers. 
 
 Although Mr. Powell for more than 50 
 years had been engaged in collecting the ma- 
 terial and facts for "The History of the 
 \ncient Britons and their Descendants," it 
 was only written during the years 1875, 
 and 'jj; and that arrangement for its publi- 
 cation was not made until 1880. The sight 
 of the author at that time had become so im- 
 paired he was unable to examine proof sheets 
 1 >r make ci irrections of errors, and the pub- 
 lishers, in the printing and publication of the 
 history, refused to take upon themselves any 
 responsibility; the process of publication was 
 slow, and the author could only make 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 rections of errors in the proof sheet by hear- 
 ing it read by kind friends who volunteered 
 tu do so. The writer mentions this fact to 
 show under what disadvantageous circum- 
 stances the history was published. But it was 
 fortunate for him that defective vision was 
 his only infirmity, for at that time his memory 
 was good and his mind had lost hut little of its 
 maximum strength. 
 
 All people both barbarous and civilized in 
 proportion to their intelligence entertain a 
 sentiment of reverence for their ancestors, and 
 this sentiment of veneration for the memory 
 of his ancestors, the Ancient Britons, was a 
 striking feature in the character of our author. 
 Mr. Powell was a thorough Welshman, and as 
 a descendant of the Ancient Britons, was 
 pr< ud of his race. If. he had not been a be- 
 liever in the brotherh 1 of man, he would 
 
 have claimed for Wales, the claim of the 
 Established Church, that Christ died for Eng- 
 land. 
 
 Hume and other historians commenced 
 their history with the Roman Invasion under 
 Julius Caesar about 50 years before the Chris- 
 tian Era. Mr. Powell in his history goes back 
 oi the Roman period, more than five hundred 
 years through a long and bewildered track" of 
 time. The author, as he said himself, pro- 
 duced this history under peculiar circum- 
 stances, for he left his native land, and came 
 to America So years before its publication, 
 and during that long life he lived on the border 
 of a new country, and among a border people, 
 who were always generous and kind to him: 
 and still he never lost his love for his native 
 land, nor his regard for the history of his .an- 
 cestors. During that time in the midst of cir- 
 cumstances adverse to the studv of history, and 
 literature, and engaged in the profession of the 
 law. with a vim to an active practice, and its 
 studj a- a sci< ncc. he did m it neglect 1- 1 di 
 what leisure tune he could to the study of 1ns- 
 : and especially that of his native land and 
 pei 'pie. 
 
 Toward the close of a long life thus de- 
 
 1 in the midst of an arduous profession, 
 
 and more than the ordinal')' struggles, and 
 
 conflicts in the battles of life, he resolved to 
 put into the form of history, the ideas and 
 knowledge he had collected on the subject, in 
 his former hours of leisure and amusement. 
 
 This history contains information not to be 
 found in any other one book. The author as- 
 sumes for reasons which he makes clear, that 
 the human family bad a common origin, and 
 that the Creator placed their cradle in some 
 delightful place in the border of that great and 
 fertile valley in Western Asia, watered by 
 those rivers, so well known in connection with 
 whatever is most venerable in antiquity — the 
 Tigris and the Euphrates; and we may add, 
 that aside from the authority of Moses in the 
 Ancient Book of Genesis, the world has what 
 is called the secular and profane history, to 
 ci infirm this belief. 
 
 While the Bible is to be relied upon as a 
 sound revelation as to things spiritual and re- 
 ligious — as to our knowledge of the true and 
 living God, our duty to Him and ourselves, 
 and to each other, it was not intended to teach 
 tis science, geology or chronology, and other 
 things that are strictly secular matters, but 
 even in these matters it is as much to be re- 
 lied upon as ancient and profane history. We 
 learn from Moses and his writings, that the 
 inhabitants of the Earth after the flood have 
 descended from Xoah and his three sons and 
 their families. 
 
 From the cradle of the human family in 
 the Tigro-Euphrates Valley in Western Asia. 
 Mr. Powell in his history traces the line known 
 in history as the Cimri round the north coast 
 of the Euxine Sea. into Western Europe, and 
 across the British Channel into the Island of 
 Creat Britain. This history in its accuracy 
 and research shows vast erudition. The curi- 
 ous student, anxious for information concern- 
 ing the Celtic race, can have his curiosity grati- 
 fied by the perusal of the instructive pages of 
 this "History of the Ancient Britons, and 
 their Descendants." 
 
 In 1830. about the time of his removal to 
 Delaware, Mr. Powell was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth Gordon, a most estimable lady who 
 like himself had literary tastes and accom- 
 
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 plishments. lie survived his wife only a few 
 years. By this marriage five children survive 
 their parents, two daughters and three suns. 
 The oldest daughter is the wife of Dr. Stam- 
 baugh, of California. The youngest daugh- 
 ter. Mi>s Ilellena Powell, is the proprietress 
 and occupant oi the old Powell Homestead in 
 I (elaware. 
 
 Of the three sons, ( ieneral Eugene Powell 
 was the oldest. lie raised for the Fourth 
 Regiment, (J. V. I., a company which was 
 one of the very first in the war of the Great 
 Rebellion, and rose to the rank and title of 
 brigadier-general at the close of the war. An- 
 other son is Dr. Llewellen Powell and resides 
 in Delaware. The youngest son is Hon. T. 
 P. Powell, a leading lawyer and practitioner 
 in Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Another daughter, Miss Annie, married T. 
 H. Ricketts, Esq., law partner of his brother- 
 in-law, Hon. T. E. Powell, of Columbus, Ohio, 
 hut died soon after her marriage. The young- 
 est daughter of this family was Alary, a mosl 
 beautiful and promising Miss, who died when 
 about 12 years of age. 
 
 < >u the 1 2th day of December. A. D., 1882, 
 in the 80th year of his age, this venerated sage 
 ami patriot, without an enemy in the world, 
 seemingly without pain, passed to his final 
 rest, greatly lamented by all who knew him. 
 
 )HX BERLETT, who resides 0,1 his 
 valuable farm of Go acres, is one of 
 the representative men of Delaware 
 Township and belongs to an old pio- 
 neer family of this county. Mr. Ber- 
 lett was born in Scioto Township, Delaware 
 1 ounty, Ohio, October 8, 1851, and is a son 
 of Peter and Mary Ann | Rupp) Berlett. 
 
 Peter Berlett was born in 1816, in Canton 
 Blamonz, Prance, and he accompanied his par- 
 ents to America in [833. For some years he 
 was handicapped by reason of not understand- 
 ing the English language, hut this disad- 
 vantage he overcame while assisting his father 
 in getting settled in the new country, neces- 
 
 sarily meeting many people and learning in 
 the course of business transactions. IK- had 
 learned the wagon-making trade in his own 
 land, hut mainly followed fanning after com- 
 ing to Ohio. Peter Berlett, grandfather of 
 John Berlett, settled first in Stark County, 
 but five years later came' to Delaware County. 
 He was a blacksmith hut engaged in farming 
 after coming to America. He was successful 
 in his undertakings, being a type of thrifty 
 French settler, one whose characteristics were 
 inherited by his descendants, all of whom 
 proved to he men of character and of good 
 citizenship. The venerable grandfather lived 
 to within five years of the century mark, dying 
 in 1877. Peter Berlett, the father of our sub- 
 ject, became possessed of a tract of 200 acres 
 of timber land after coming to Delaware 
 Count) - , and alter clearing it. raised cattle and 
 sheep quite extensively. 
 
 John Berlett remained at home until his 
 marriage, when he moved to his present farm, 
 011 which he had previously built his comfort- 
 able residence. He continued to improve his 
 property, and in 1903 he built his present sub- 
 stantial barn, a commodious building with di- 
 mensions of 50 by 40 feet, with 22-foot posts.' 
 He rotates his crops, having 50 acres under 
 cultivation, raising corn, oats, wheat and hay. 
 He feeds his stock all he grows except his 
 wheat. He keeps 10 head of cows, selling his 
 milk to a local creamery, has about seven head 
 of horses and 25 head of Chester White hogs. 
 
 Mr. Berlett married Annie Eliza McFar- 
 land, who is a daughter of William (1. Mc- 
 Farland, of Scioto Township, and they have 
 had three children, of whom the two survivors 
 are: Augusta May. who married Walter 
 Freece, residing at Delaware ; and Harry 
 Thurston. Mr. and Mrs. Berlett are mem- 
 bers of the L'nited Brethren Church, of which 
 he has been a trustee. In politics. Mr. Berlett 
 lias identified himself with the Republican 
 party, and < m numerous occasions he has been 
 elected to Township office. For three terms 
 he served as township assessor, during tin's 
 time working faithfully for the good of the 
 community. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 INFIELD SCOTT MARKS, rep- 
 resentative citizen and general far- 
 mer residing on his excellent farm 
 of ioo acres, which is situated 
 three-fourths of a mile east of 
 Powell, was born on the Olentangy River, in 
 Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 one mile east of Powell, December 4, 1839. 
 His parents were Sheldon and Ann (Knight) 
 Marks. 
 
 The paternal grandfather, Edward Marks, 
 lived and died in Hartford County. Connecti- 
 cut, and from there Sheldon Marks and all 
 his children, except Winfield Scott, came to 
 Delaware County prior to 1839. Sheldon 
 Marks was horn June 4, [792, in Connecticut, 
 and died at Powell, Ohio, in [878. He mar- 
 ried Ann Knight, who was horn in Pennsyl- 
 vania. January 6, 1800. and died in [879. Her 
 parents were very early settlers oi Delaware 
 County and they lived in the lower house, near 
 the river, on the Powell road. Eight children 
 were horn to Sheldon Marks and wife, name- 
 ly: Lorenda, who died one year after her 
 marriage with Sylvester Andrews, residing at 
 Bellfontaine ; William Edward married Phebe 
 Dedrick ami they resided at Columbus, where 
 he died; Sylvester died in childhood; Erastus 
 Bryant, residing at Lowland, near Cincin- 
 nati, married Lucy Dedrick; Miles Cordon 
 died in California; Milow married Mary Bar- 
 ber and died in Illinois. Thaddeus Stevens 
 married Marcella Stanberry and died at Co- 
 lumbus; and Winfield S.. of Liberty Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Winfield Scott Marks went to school in 
 Libert) Township in his boyhood, taking ad- 
 vantage of the rather meager educational op- 
 portunities afforded the youth of his day. He 
 earl) became acquainted with work on the 
 farm and has made agriculture his main oc- 
 cupation through hie. When he was young a 
 large part of his present well-cultivated prop- 
 erty was yel covered with forest trees, and the 
 present highway on which so much traffic 
 passes his door, was then hut a path through 
 the woods. For the past jo years, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Marks have lived on the present farm 
 and prior to that they lived on the old Marks 
 nestead. 
 
 In [859, by marriage, Mr. Marks became 
 connected with two of the oldest and most 
 prominent families of Liberty Township. His 
 bride was Josephine Case, who is a daughter 
 ni Augustus Lumis and Cynthia (Tuller) 
 Case, and a granddaughter of Augustus and 
 Lucinda (Curtis) Case, natives of Pocahon- 
 tas Count), West Virginia, who first settled on 
 the Scmto River in Concord Township, Dela- 
 ware County. The children of the grandpar- 
 ents were : Augustus, who was small when 
 the family came to Ohio; William Hunter; 
 Rufus Timothy; Lewis Enos ; and Ann. who 
 married Joseph Wells. The father of Mrs. 
 Marks was born in 1816 and died in 1834. 
 after moving to Delaware, aged 38 years. He 
 married Cynthia Tuller. who was born and 
 died at Powell. They had five children : James 
 Oscar, Ahhie Josephine. Philander Cicero. 
 Dora and Lumis Augustus. James Oscar Case 
 served as a member of the Xinety-sixth Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the 
 Civil War. He was married (first) to Mar- 
 tha Tone and 1 secondly 1 to Olive Vance. 
 Philander Cicero married Emma Collier and 
 they reside at Powell. Dora married Charles 
 Carlson, a prominent farmer of Liberty Town- 
 ship. Lumis Augustus is a conductor on the 
 Hocking Valley Railroad. He married Mari- 
 etta Case and they reside at Columbus. 
 
 The children horn to Mr. and Mrs. Marks 
 were: Milo Sheldon. William Oscar, Clara 
 Edna, Edward Cicero, Lilliebelle, Alvin Hal- 
 stead. Harry Raymond and Mary Ann. Milo 
 Sheldon was employed on the railroad, where 
 be was killed, leaving a widow and two chil- 
 dren. William and Carl. William < '-car died 
 March 24, 1866. Clara Edna married John 
 Hall, residing at Arlington Heights, Cincin- 
 nati, and they have one daughter, Stella. Ed- 
 ward Cicero married Josephine Case, a daugh- 
 ter of Levi Case, and they reside at 
 Hyattsville. They have three children- 
 Luis, Sheldon and Ellsworth. Edward 
 C Marks served in the army in the 
 Philippine Islands for eighteen months. 
 He enlisted for three years as a member of 
 Company B, Seventeenth Regiment, < Ihio Vol- 
 unteer Infantry and at Port Thomas was 
 transferred to the Twenty-third Regiment, 
 
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 < >hio V< lunteer Infantry. He saw service in 
 Luzon and at lolo. Lillibelle married Harry 
 Wilcox and died at Powell, in [890. Their 
 only child is also deceased. Alvin Halstead 
 married Charlotta Thomas, a daughter ot 
 Charles Thomas, and they reside at Winnipeg. 
 Manitoba. Harry Raymond married Myrtle 
 Black, a daughter of William Black, and they 
 reside on the home farm. Mary was born Oc- 
 tober jo. 1883. and died April 14. 1886. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Marks is a Democrat, but 
 is liberal in his views on many public ques- 
 tions. He is a very highly respected citizen. 
 
 r s 
 
 LBERT HUNTLEY, a retired far- 
 
 mer of Scioto Township, who has 
 
 been a resident of Ostrander since 
 
 1904. is one of the best-known men 
 
 of this section. He was born in 
 
 Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 
 January 25. 1838. and is a son of William 
 
 and Abigail ( Marden ) Huntley. 
 
 The Huntley family is of English extrac- 
 tion and it was founded in America by Mr. 
 Huntley's great-grandfather, who settled in 
 New Hampshire about the same time that 
 William I'enn came to Pennsylvania. Lemuel 
 Huntley, grandfather of Albert Huntley, was 
 born in Coos County, New Hampshire, where 
 he engaged in farming. He and wife died at 
 the home of their son. William, in 1854, 
 aged respectively eighty-eight and eighty-six 
 years. 
 
 William Huntlev was born in Coos Coun- 
 ty, New Hampshire, in 1799. where he grew 
 to manhood. He then went to Vermont, and 
 after his marriage came to Ohio, settling at 
 Tallmadge Center. Summit County. From 
 there he came to Delaware County, in (836, 
 and settled on what is now known as the Da- 
 vid Bevans farm. He was one of the earliest 
 settlers and he had to clear his forty acres of 
 land, where he built a log house in which he 
 lived for many years. During the War of 
 181 2 he served in the militia. The last 
 twenty years of his life were spent with his 
 son, Albert, and his death took place in 1878. 
 
 He married Abigail Marden and they had six 
 children, namely: Lavina, now deceased, who 
 married Lyman Tuttle, of Delaware: Anna. 
 also deceased', who married, first, Frank Cole. 
 and second, Joseph Davis; William, who is 
 deceased: Mary Ann. also deceased, who mar- 
 ried Valentine Wilson; Albert, subject of this 
 sketch: and Oscar, who is no longer living-. 
 
 Albert Huntley was educated in the schools 
 of Delaware Township. He then learned the 
 trade ol carriage-smith, developing an unsus- 
 pected talent for all kinds of blacksmith- 
 work. This has led to his invention of a num- 
 ber of valuable agricultural implements, some 
 of which he has patented. He invented a sin- 
 gle wheat drill, the utility of which has been 
 very generally recognized and large sales of 
 which have been made all over the country. 
 He is the inventor also of a corn busker which 
 can he operated either by hand or by mechani- 
 cal power; and of the Perfection fence post, 
 which is made of cement, that composition 
 which bids fair to take the place of building 
 materials of all kinds, in the near future. Mr. 
 Huntley long since recognized its great possi- 
 bilities. He followed blacksmith work for 
 eleven years before he purchased the home 
 farm. In 1887 he bought a farm of 130 acres 
 in Scioto Township, situated on the State 
 Road, subsequently adding to it until it con- 
 tained 165 acres. This he sold in 1904, with 
 the exception of forty acres. He formerly 
 carried on general farming, making a spe- 
 cialty of hay. of which he marketed fifty tons 
 ■ in an average, and also raised livestock. 
 
 Mr. Huntley has always been a loyal citi- 
 zen. During the Civil War he served 100 
 days as a member of Company 1). 145th Regi- 
 ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Gen- 
 eral Alger, who commanded the troops oc 
 cupying Forts Whipple, Woodbury, Tilling- 
 hast and Albany. After the crisis was 
 the 145th Regiment was sent back to Camp 
 Chase. Ohio, where it was honorably dis- 
 charged. Mr. Huntley is a member of Tan- 
 ner Post, I .rand Army .if the Republic. 
 
 Mr. Huntley married Emily [ones, who 
 is a daughter of John Jones, of Radnor Town- 
 ship, and they had two children. Charles and 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Ella, both of whom are now deceased. Charles 
 Huntley died in December. [907, and is sur- 
 vived by his widow, whose maiden name was 
 Alice Houtz. Mr. Huntley and wife belong- 
 to the Presbyterian Church at Ostrander. In 
 his political views the former is a Democrat 
 but he has never been an active politician. He 
 has always been recognized as a citizen of re- 
 liability and one on whom dependence could 
 be placed in any public emergency. 
 
 EN. EUGENE POWELL, whose 
 death occurred March 17, 1907, at 
 Columbus, Ohio, of which city he 
 was a resident during the latter years 
 of bis life, was a native of Delaware. 
 Ohio, and a resident there until his removal 
 to Columbus in [888. He is well remembered 
 by the people of Delaware County as a man of 
 sterling quilities and unimpeachable integrity, 
 oik- who was devoted to those things held most 
 sacred in life — family, religion and country. 
 He was not of that type given to the acquire- 
 ment of riches, to the exclusion of the de- 
 velopment of the liner qualities of manhood, 
 although he was successful in a business way. 
 He was charitably inclined, and was ever 
 ready to give assistance to the families to 
 those patriots who gave their lives in defense 
 of the Union, or to those who emerged from 
 that terrible struggle in impaired health, unfit 
 to cope 111 the business world with those more 
 fortunate. He bore an honorable record for 
 services, as private and officer, during the Civil 
 War. and in after years was frequently called 
 
 a to serve the public in fiduciary capacity. 
 
 \s soldier or public officer, be conscientiously 
 
 gave his best efforts, and the place he held in 
 
 the esteem and confidence of his fellow men is 
 
 one time cannot change. 
 
 Genera] Powell was born in the family 
 home on what is now the campus of ( >hj \\ es- 
 levan University, November id. [835, and 
 was a son of Thomas W'atkin and Elizabeth 
 (Gordon) Powell, concerning whom an ex- 
 tended account appears on another page of this 
 work-. The Powell family traces its lineasre 
 
 back to the Ancient Britons, in the Saxon in- 
 vasion of Great Britain, in the Fifth Century 
 of the Christian Era. It became established in 
 South Wales, where Thomas W. Powell was 
 born in November, 1797. He was four years 
 of age when brought to America by his par- 
 ents, who located at Utica, Xew York, where 
 he was reared and educated. As above men- 
 tioned an account is elsewhere given of his 
 subsequent career at Canton and Perrysburg, 
 Ohio, and at Delaware, the scene of bis great- 
 est activity, and of his fame as lawyer and 
 author. 
 
 Eugene Powell was reared in Delaware, 
 attended the public school and Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. Upon leaving school he went to 
 Conneaut, Pennsylvania, with an uncle. 
 David Powell, a well known manufacturer. 
 He erected the first water works plant in Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio, and after an absence of two years 
 returned to Delaware. Ohio. He soon after 
 enlisted as a private in the same company with 
 Colonel Crawford, 4th Reg. O. V. 1.. for 
 service during the Civil War. He was elected 
 captain, and later was transferred to the 66th 
 Reg. 0. V. I., of which be was made major; 
 he was advanced to lieutenant-colonel, acting 
 o lonel, in which capacity he served until near 
 the close of the war, then became colonel of 
 the 193d Reg. 0. A". 1. After the battle of 
 Antietam, in which he was wounded in the 
 face and neck, he was brevet brigadier-general. 
 He was in many of the important engagements 
 of the war. among them: Rich Mountain, 
 Romney, Winchester. Ft. Republic. Cedar 
 Mountain, Winchester, Antietam. Chancellors- 
 ville, Dumfries. Gettysburg, Lookout Moun- 
 tain. Dug Gap, Resaca, Xew Hope Church. 
 Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta. Savannah. Me 
 was in the campaign through the Caroli 
 ami then came north to Washington. I). C., 
 where he was mustered out. He was offered 
 the commission of major in the regular army 
 of the United States, but declined in order to 
 return to peaceful pursuits. His longest ser- 
 ice was with the 66th Regiment, in which he 
 enjoyed the greatest popularity among officers 
 and men. Owing to temporary physical dis- 
 ability he was about to resign his commission 
 
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 at one time, but General Thomas would not 
 have it so, and with the comment that "Powell 
 was too -.»k1 an officer to lose," sent him to 
 the military hospital at Lookout Mountain. 
 He was peculiarly well lined for military ser- 
 vice, of commanding presence, being of good 
 physique and handsome features, and a natural 
 born leader of men. When a boy he had or- 
 ganized a military company in Delaware, and 
 a brilliant army career was before him had 
 he wished to enter the regular army at the 
 close of the war. He was modest and un- 
 assuming, and was scrupulously neat in his 
 persona] appearance, it being noticed that 
 when his regiment came in irom a long march. 
 tired and eager for rest, he was never too 
 weary to first make himself tidy. 
 
 Upon his return from the front, or soon 
 after, he was appointed by President Johnson 
 as internal revenue collector, an office he filled 
 for several years. lie was a Democrat in 
 politics, but always reserved the right to vote 
 as he pleased, regardless of party affiliations. 
 He was elected to the Ohio Stale Legislature 
 in 1 87 1 and [873, serving his constituents in 
 a most capable manner. He helped organize 
 the Delaware Fence Company, which he man- 
 aged, and was secretary of the Board of .Man- 
 agers of the Ohio Penitential}'. He later 
 served as National Bank Examiner for several 
 years. He was a member of the committee 
 which disburses State funds to families of 
 indegent soldiers, under appointment of Gov- 
 ernor Nash, and was appointed by the same 
 governor to the committee that built Memorial 
 1 [all, at Columbus. 
 
 General Powell was joined in marriage 
 with Miss Louise Falconer, a daughter of 
 Cyrus Falconer, M. D.. of Hamilton, Ohio, 
 one of the best known physicians of Southern 
 Three children blessed this union: 
 Mary Louise, wife of Captain Alexander T. 
 Ovenshine, Seventh Regiment, U~. S. A., sta- 
 
 ed at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas; Eliza- 
 beth, whose death occurred just six wei 
 prior to that of her father, was wife of Cap- 
 tain Hjalmar Erickson, Seventh Regiment, C. 
 S. A., stationed at Fort Brady, Michigan; and 
 Frederick Falconer is a member 1 f the 1 
 
 of [909, Ohio State University. Mr-. Powell 
 is a member of the Broad Street Presbyterian 
 Church, which her husband also attended and 
 supported liberally. She was a member of the 
 Ladies' Christian Union of Delaware, serv- 
 ing as ward visitor; and was one of the 
 original hoard of trustees of the Children's 
 Home, of which she served a- secretary sev- 
 eral years, also as president. She continued 
 active in this work until her removal from 
 Delaware, which was looked upon as an irre- 
 parable loss to the city. A woman of culture 
 and refinement, of true Christian character, 
 active in the work of alleviating the sufferings 
 of humanity, she had won her way into the 
 hearts of the people who much regretted her 
 departure. General Powell was fir many 
 years an active member of Wells Post. ( i. 
 A. R., of Columbus; and of the Loyal 
 Legion. 
 
 ERRY VV. WILLEY, M. D., a rising 
 young physician, now in Columbus, 
 Ohio, is a native of Delaware 
 Count)', horn in Troy Township, 
 January 20, [873. His parents were 
 John and Keziah (Carter) YYilley, and he is 
 a grandson of Samuel Willey, who was an 
 early settler in Troy Township. This pioneer 
 of the family in this section, did not remain 
 here to finish his days, but in the late titties 
 went west, first to Iowa and thence to Mis- 
 souri, where he died. 
 
 John Willey. father of Dr. Willey. was 
 lorn in Tro) Township, May "23, 1837, and 
 was engaged all his life in agriculture. In 
 iqoo he removed to < (range Township, where 
 he engaged in farming. During the Civil War 
 he was a member of Company C, One Hun- 
 dred and Forty-fifth Regiment. O. X. G., and 
 served in defence of Washington, being 
 charged with his company. Pie was a mem- 
 ber of the [.0.0. F. Lodge at Westfield, Mor- 
 row County, and held in it the rank of Past 
 Grand. In politics he was a Republican and at 
 different times served on the township hoard, 
 being a member of it at the time of his death, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 which i ccurred June 13, 1007. His wife. 
 Heziah, was a daughter of Hugh Carter, who 
 was one of the first settlers in Trow Township. 
 Seven of their children attained maturity, 
 namely: Dora, wife of Joel Inskeep, of Troy 
 Township; Allie, wife of Charles Weiser, of 
 Troy Township; James Willey, of Morrow 
 County; Hosea, who is a resident of Manlius, 
 Illinois: Nancy, wife of Thomas Singery. of 
 Lancaster, Ohio; Perry W., whose name ap- 
 pears at the head of this article; Josephine. 
 wife of Ernest Rousch, of Columbus, Ohio. 
 The mother of the above mentioned family 
 resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. 
 She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, as was also her husband. 
 
 Perry W. Willey was graduated from the 
 Delaware High School in the class of '((4. He 
 then entered the Starling Medical College at 
 Columbus, from which he was graduated in 
 1897. He began the practice of his profes- 
 sion' at Lewis Center and there continued it 
 successfully for a number of years. In 1004 
 he was elected coroner, and was subsequently 
 re-elected to that office after serving one year 
 of his second term on account of his removal 
 to Columbus, January 15, [908. This move 
 he resolved on in order to obtain a wider field 
 for the exercise of his talents. Here he has a 
 fine office with a thoroughly up-to-date equip- 
 ment, and it is a safe prophecy, in considera- 
 tion of his record up to the present time, that 
 he will make his mark in his new field of en- 
 deavor. I lis practice is general and he is care- 
 fnl to keep in touch with the pro-res- made 
 in each branch of his profession. Dr. Willey 
 i- a member of the State and County Medical 
 Societies, of the American Medical Associa- 
 tion, and also of the Mississippi Valley Medi- 
 cal Association, lie is a frequent contributor 
 of medical papers which he is called on to 
 read before one or another of said societies. 
 He is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. iS, F. 
 & \. M. ; Lewis Center. No. 636, K. of 1'.. 
 <»f which ho is Past Chancellor, being now 
 representative to the Grand Lodge, in which 
 capacity he has served several times before; 
 also of the Pythian Sisters, and of the Fra- 
 ternal < )rder of Eagles, Acne No. 297, Colum- 
 bus. The Doctor belongs to Lewis Center 
 
 M. E. Church, to which his father formerly 
 belonged. In politics lie is a Republican, but 
 has served in no public office save that of 
 coroner, as already mentioned. The location 
 of his present office is at Xo. 1385 Summit 
 Street. Columbus. 
 
 OBINSON BROS. Sherwin S. 
 Robinson, furniture dealer and 
 funeral director of Ostrander, Ohio, 
 was born in this county on what is 
 known as "Three Oaks Farm." three 
 miles north of Ostrander. on July 19, 1868. 
 He is the eldest son of Rubens W. and Hat- 
 tie Watson Robinson, and a grandson of John 
 Robinson, the artist and sculptor, who came 
 to this country from London. England, in 
 [832, and settled in this county in 1833. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his hoy- 
 hood days on the farm and received his edu- 
 cation in the Ostrander public schools. On 
 November 20. 1896, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Alary E. Bell, a daughter of William 
 and Margurette Smart Bell. She was born 
 at Macomb, Illinois, June 28, 1869. Mr. and 
 Airs. Robinson have two daughters, Elizabeth 
 L. ami Winifried. They are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. Politically, Air. Robin- 
 son is a Prohibitionist, public-spirited and 
 enterprising; fraternally, he is a member of 
 ( >strander K. of P. Lodge, Xo. 348, and of the 
 Woodmen of the World. Delaware Camp. 
 
 (In January 1. [897, Sherwin S. Robin- 
 ■son, now the senior partner of Robinson Bros., 
 succeeded J. H. Afillisou by purchasing his 
 furniture and undertaking establishment. In 
 the autumn of 1901. Harry W. Robinson, who 
 was in Alaska at that time, purchased a half 
 interest in the business and thus gave the pub- 
 lic the firm of Robinson Bros., who conduct 
 one of the leading furniture and undertaking 
 establishments of the country. This store has 
 the record of furnishing as many homes 
 annually as any other furnishing house in this 
 and adjoining counties. The firm has had 
 the satisfaction of furnishing a good many 
 homes outside of this State. 
 
 Harry W. Robinson, of the firm of Rob- 
 
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 'i Brothers, Furniture dealers and funeral 
 directors, is the son of Rubens VV. and Hattie 
 Watson Robinson, whose biographical sketch 
 appeared in the History of Delaware County, 
 published in [880, who at that time, were liv- 
 ing Mil the home (arm known as "Three ( >aks 
 Farm," three and one-half miles north of Os- 
 trander. This farm is now owned by Mr. 
 Rol insi n's mother, who resides in Ostrander, 
 his father having died on the 30th of April, 
 [8 97 . 
 
 1 he firm familiarly known as Robinson 
 Bros, is located on the corner of Second and 
 North Streets. Ostrander, in a large two-story 
 frame building, which they purchased in Sep- 
 tember. 1901. and remodelled to suit their 
 purposes. It is divided into three apartments. 
 The first floor, which is 30x75 feet, is given 
 up to furniture and is filled with everything 
 pertaining to a first-class home furnishing es- 
 tablishment; the second floor, 30x50 feet, is 
 the carpet, rug and drapery department. A 
 large stock of wall paper is also carried. Ad- 
 joining these rooms on the first floor, is their 
 undertaking parlor, which is modernly finished 
 and where the}- carry a complete line of under- 
 taking supplies, a line of caskets which is 
 seldom found outside of the city undertaking 
 parlors, covering a wide range, from the ordin- 
 ary caskets to the most beautiful hand-carved 
 solid mahogany and quartered oak state 
 caskets. This firm especially prides itself in 
 its funeral furnishings, having every modern 
 convenience pertaining to this line of work. 
 which classes them among the leading under- 
 takers of the county. Both members of the 
 firm are State licensed embalmers and di- 
 rectors. 
 
 Harry \Y. Robinson was born on the farm 
 in this county. April [9, [872; he is the third 
 chilil of a family of three children — Sherwin 
 S., Bessie A. and Harry VV. Bessie died No- 
 vember 30. 1900. Harry VV. Robinson re- 
 ceived his education 'in the public scl Is. and 
 
 al the age of 20 graduated from the X. P. 
 A. 11. and Business College at Delaware. 
 Alter this he spent some three years in the 
 telegraph and express office on the Big Four 
 Railway. While at home on a vacation from 
 
 London, Ohio, Madison County, in the sum- 
 mer of 1896, he met Miss Gertrude Latham, 
 of Delaware, a young lady of nearly 10 sum- 
 mers, win, was also visiting at the home of his 
 nts, and. as Mr. Robinson explains it, 
 "Dan Cupid was there, too." 
 
 In the fall of [896 Harry resigned his po- 
 sition and engaged with Prof. Lewis L. Le- 
 May in connection with the N. P. A. Ii. & 
 Business College at Delaware. Ohio. The fol- 
 lowing year, on account of his father's con- 
 tinued poor health, he returned home, where 
 he remained until after his father's death. 
 
 Late in the fall of 1897. when the first 
 reports of the discovery of gold in Alaska were 
 made known. Harry Robinson organized a 
 party of six to start for the Northern Gold 
 Fields, the following February, 1808. The 
 party was composed of J. J. Cone, F. J. Leeds. 
 J. F. Haas. Fred Travis and Julius Herdegi n. 
 Harry Robinson and Mr. Cone left Ostrander 
 on the afternoon of February 15th for Chi- 
 cago, where the}' met the balance of their party 
 at the Tremont Hotel, and here they more 
 full}- made their arrangements, taking into 
 their part}' two old gentlemen from Mt. 
 Pleasant. Michigan — E. W. Ellis and S. D. 
 Eldred. who afterward proved of much value 
 to the part}- when it came to boat building. 
 
 The party of eight left Chicago 1 n the 17th 
 for St. Paul', via the C. M. & St. P. Ry.. ar- 
 riving at 7 :3c A. M., the 18th. and leaving 
 at 1:30 P. M.. for Seattle, Washington, via 
 the Great Northern Railway. After over three 
 days' continuous travel across the plains, 
 through and over the Rocky and Cascade 
 Mountains, they arrived in Seattle at 4 P. M. 
 on the 2 1 st. having at times traveled hundreds 
 of miles through a seemingly uninhabited 
 country except for an occasional rancher's 
 cabin, a tribe of Pawnees, or cattle to break 
 the majestic solitude. 
 
 The party spent seven days in Seattle, with 
 a view to purchasing their outfits, as every 
 man going into the Klondike was obliged to 
 take with him an outfit of clothing and pro- 
 visions that would last one year. The cloth- 
 ing, outside of common wearing apparel, con- 
 sisted of moccasins for the feet, made by the 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Indians, usually from moose hides, which are 
 made large enough to slip on over from one 
 to six pairs of sucks, as the weather some- 
 times requires it; snow shoes, ice creepers, 
 snow glasses, several pair- of German socks. 
 and a Parka, which fits like a gown, covering 
 the body from the top of the head to the feet, 
 and is very warm. The provisions were as 
 condensed as it is possible to make them, in 
 the way of beef extracts, milk, cream, sacha- 
 rine tablets, for sweetening, etc.; dried 01 
 evaporated fruits and vegetables of all kinds 
 put up in heavy canvas sacks and canvas- 
 covered boxes, as nearly water-proof as it was 
 possible to prepare them. In order to save 
 paying the heavy duty on all goods taken from 
 the United States into the British territory. 
 the party decided to go to Vancouver, British 
 Columbia, and purchase their outfits. Leav- 
 ing Seattle on the 27th for Vancouver, via the 
 S. & I. Railway, the)' arrived at their desti- 
 nation at 4:30. At Surnas, on the Dominion 
 line, the Canadian custom officers boarded the 
 train, ami examined all baggage and collected 
 duties. 
 
 After staying in Vancouver 11 days pur- 
 chasing their outfits, the party sailed for Skag- 
 way, Alaska, on the ocean steamer Centennial. 
 a large English vessel, built in 1862. There 
 were three women and 362 men aboard, des- 
 tined to Fort Wrangle, Skagway and Juneau. 
 While crossing Queen Charlotte's Sound, they 
 were in a severe hail and wind storm, lasting 
 for eight hours; every passenger was sick in- 
 cluding several of the ship's crew. Upon the 
 upper deck were 85 dogs, which the rocking 
 of the vessel seemed to effect very much in 
 the same way as it did the first-class pas- 
 sengers. In narrating the story, Mr. Robin- 
 son said they all made noises similar and of- 
 fered a liberal di in tlie fish. 
 
 At 12 o'clock noon they passed into Dixon. 
 Strait, where the vessel was protected by the 
 inland route: many interesting things were 
 
 ; at Wrangle, which is a pom and an Indian 
 Camp of the Siwash Tribes. Near the wharf 
 are a number of "totem poles," the Indians' 
 God, that they worship. Some oi the p 
 were newly carved with gruesome heads and 
 
 images, while others were decayed and moss- 
 covered, which have evidently been standing 
 through man_\- summer suns and wintry bliz- 
 zards. Some have panels let in, encasing the 
 ashes of the dead chiefs. Large game abounds; 
 there were 15 fresh-killed deer hanging in 
 fnnit and on the sides of one Indian's cabin. 
 
 The party arrived at Skagway. March 
 15th, and after a delay of three days, they got 
 their papers through the Custom House, 
 which was in the United States territory. 
 Upon looking over the trail leading from 
 Skagway through the Porcupine Canyon to 
 the summit of the Rocky Mountains, which 
 was over and through the White Pass, it was 
 found impossible to draw a sled with a team, 
 as the part)- had anticipated doing. The warm 
 Chinook winds and warm sunshine had melted 
 the snow and exposed the many rocks and 
 bowlders that only a few days before had been 
 covered with snow, in such a way that only a 
 pack train, or man on foot could travel, with 
 any degree of safety. So facing these con- 
 ditions there was but one thing to do; em- 
 ploy a man with a pack train and pay him the 
 price of five and one-half cents per pound to 
 "pack" the outfits to the summit or boundary 
 line between Alaska and the Dominion of 
 Canada — a distance of 22 miles, which all the 
 way was very dangerous, being through deep 
 canons, and over and between great rocks and 
 holes in the ice. There were 36 mules and 
 burros in the pack train, each carrying from 
 two to three hundred pounds on their back', 
 one mule following another. Usually the man 
 in charge of the mules would ride at the head 
 of the pack, the head mule, with a bell .around 
 his neck', and the rest following as closely as 
 they could walk, single file. There were hun- 
 dreds of mules being thus used on the trail; 
 horses were of little use for packing in this 
 way, as a misstep usually meant a broken leg. 
 
 Reaching the Summit on March 21st with 
 their outfits, they found plenty of snow and 
 the trail in good condition for sledding. Here 
 dogs were put into use for hauling the out- 
 fits, usually from two to seven dogs in a team, 
 driven tandem fashion and drawing from 400 
 to Sou pounds. Oftentimes one could look 
 
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 ahead for a mile and see that single file of mov- 
 ing feet onward pushing to the promised land; 
 first a dog team pulling until their tongues 
 were hanging from their mouths; next a man 
 witli a rope passing around his body and either 
 end attached to a sled, loaded with bacon and 
 beans, pulling until their eyes were bulging 
 fnnii their sockets; then another man with his 
 partner, a good faithful dog. the truest and 
 staunchest friend a man ever had in the north 
 country — pulling their burden together, each 
 knowing it contained their rations, and each 
 willing that the other should have his share — 
 some men cursing and some in good humor. 
 Such were the daily scenes for several weeks. 
 CO '1111- the entire trail from the Summit of 
 the Rocky Mountains to the head waters of 
 Lake Bennett, which is a tine body of water, as 
 it lies in one beautiful long stretch between 
 the mountains. There are on its shores mag- 
 nificent pine forests, which extend away up 
 into tlie clouds and in its clear mirror scores 
 of snowy peaks are reflected. 
 
 Upon reaching this lake, one begins to 
 look fur a favorable and cosy spot, one that 
 will make him feel as though he were at home, 
 for here he must stay until he has whip-sawed 
 enough lumber out of the rough tree to make 
 a boat 'i sufficient size to carry from two t<> 
 five passenger^ and their outfits. Mr. Robin- 
 son and his part}- hand-sledded their outfits 
 down Lake Bennett to an island, now known 
 a- "Dead Man's Island," as there were three 
 men who lost their lives near there, by break- 
 ing thn ugh the ice. and who were later buried 
 on the island. To the left of this island the 
 party made their camp, six of them in the 
 party — Travis and Herdegan had dropped out, 
 eat many others had done. There, day 
 after day, they converted themselves into 
 miniature saw -mills. To one who has never 
 had any experience in whip-sawing, the work 
 is very laborious. On April toth they finished 
 cutting lumber for boats. .Mr. Eldred and .Mr. 
 Ellis built them — two in number — each large 
 enough for three passengers and their outfits. 
 As the ice had not left the lake yet. the party 
 spent their time in hunting, there being much 
 game. The ice froze to a depth of eight feet. 
 
 and when it thaws it becomes honey-combed 
 and is very treacherous to travel over. On 
 April 12th, near Mr. Robinson's camp, three 
 men were seen on the trail and were warned 
 that the ice was unsafe. Not taking heed, 
 they were soon through the ice and struggling 
 for their lives. One of them was rescued by 
 the Robinson party and two of them drowned 
 — Mr. Burns from Kansas and Mr. Richards 
 from Frenchtown, Montana. The bodies were 
 recovered and buried on the island in rude 
 coffins or boxes made fn m lumber which was 
 w hip-sawed. 
 
 ( )n May 28th the lake seemed clear 1 
 and on this memorable day hundreds of boat- 
 on Lakes Bennett, Linderman and Taggish, 
 were launched with their precious loads. We 
 -ay precious, because after one has packed and 
 pulled, carried and rolled a sack of dried apples 
 or 1, tans over glaciers, mountain t< ps and 
 snow banks for six months lie begins r< ■ feel 
 an attachment for it. and this was what the 
 parties had been waiting nearly six week's for; 
 and now rhe way was opened from Lake Lin- 
 derman to the Bering Sea. nearly 3,000 miles. 
 and over water as treacherous as a boat ever 
 traveled, as wrecks were scattered at nol in- 
 frequent intervals all along the n Lite. Some- 
 times the boats were broken in equal parts, 
 which meant total destruction to the outfit, 
 and oftentimes death to its occupants, whose 
 final resting place was usually marked by a 
 posl squared on all sides, with the name 1 
 the unfortunate man written upon one 
 with a lead pencil. 
 
 Upon reaching Caribou Crossing, a nar- 
 row at the lower end of I a 1 mett, the 
 part}' found an ice-jam in the gorge and 
 blockading the wa\ for several hours. The 
 next morning the channel was cl< 
 all boats to pass. When the ice broke \< se 
 in the .gorge it swamped and wrecked a 1 
 boat —that of a Jew — who was single-handed, 
 and who lost his entire outfit, which so dis- 
 enheartened him that he took his own life. 
 
 On June 1st the party arrived at Taggish 
 Lost, another police headquarters, the business 
 of whose occupants it was to inspect all boats 
 and contents and confiscate all gi ods that were 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 being smuggled. While in camp at the mouth 
 of White River, on the night of June tst, a 
 part\- of Siwash Indians attacked the pros- 
 pectors while in their boats five miles up the 
 river, shooting one and killing him instantly, 
 but only inflicting a flesh wound on the other, 
 who made his way to the sin ire and back to the 
 mouth of the river, where the other members 
 of their part\- were in camp, and related his 
 experience. A part} - was formed of a dozen 
 prospectors and two police from Taggish Post 
 to go in search of the Indians, whom they 
 found near the scene of the shooting the even- 
 ing before. The Indians, six in number, were 
 sitting carond their campfire. The police ere] it 
 upon them covering them with their rifles lie- 
 fore the Indians discovered them. The entire 
 hand were marched ahead to Taggish Post, 
 where three of them were convicted of the 
 shooting and taken to Dawson City in Jul}'. 
 During the following winter one died from the 
 close confinement and the other two were 
 hanged in March. 
 
 They told a rather grewsome story in re- 
 gard to this execution that ma}' sound rather 
 improbable, hut which was vouched for by re- 
 sponsible parties. It was the first hanging that 
 was ever performed at Dawson City and the 
 hands of < >ne of the Indians were not securely 
 strapped. When the drop was made, he freed 
 his hands and reached above his head, grasped 
 the rope and drew himself up. Whereupon 
 our (if the attendants grasped him around the 
 hod\. and hung on until life was extinct. 
 
 (hi June 4th the party arrived at the treach- 
 erous and dangerous While Horse Rapids, 
 where mam boats were wrecked and lives lost 
 and men were driven insane. ( m the after- 
 noon of June 3rd three men lost their lives by 
 striking a large rock which lies in the middle 
 of the canon, about 20 rods above the rapids. 
 About ten t"ds below the rapids is another 
 rock}' projection where 35 boats were wrecked 
 in one week's time. Miles ('anon is just above 
 White Horse Rapids, and the river Hows 
 through a narrow avenue between perpen- 
 dicular granite walls. Through this gorge the 
 boats were driven at a terrific speed 
 
 On June 12th. while in camp for the night, 
 Mr. Robinson took a pan and panned his first 
 pieces of gold from a bar at the mouth of Big 
 Salmon River, which specimens he still has. 
 
 The party continued on their journey from 
 day to day, with nothing worth}- of special 
 mention, except that not a single day passed 
 that they did not pan gold from the bars along 
 the Kwichpak or Yukon River, hut not in pay- 
 ing- quantities ; it was very light, but could be 
 fi lund on any bar. 
 
 On July 9th the part}- arrived at Dawson 
 City, which was a city of tents with a popula- 
 tion of more than 10,000. At that time there 
 were very few substantial buildings — a few 
 large warerooms owned by the Alaska Com- 
 mercial Company and the National Alaska 
 Trading Company, three banks in log build- 
 ings; the mining recorder's office being a log 
 cabin, as was also the penitentiary : and three 
 log cabin churches and two hospitals, also 
 built of logs cut from spruce trees. This re- 
 markable city of mushroom growth is located 
 on the bank of the 1- 'ukon River, parti}' border- 
 ing on the mouth of the Klondike River in an 
 angle formed by the two streams coming to- 
 gether. Here was the landing for the thou- 
 sands of prospectors who by grit, pluck and 
 perseverance had reached their destination, 
 but not their fortune, which required a goodly 
 portion of the three above essentials before 
 a man got it. as this was a new world to every 
 one of them, a climate entirely different from 
 what they were used to. The ground was 
 in izen from the grass roots clear through to 
 the other side, except for the three summer 
 months commencing with June, during which 
 time the ground thaws to the depth of about 
 three feet. During these months it is one con- 
 tinuous day. the sun shining continually. On 
 the 2 1st and 22nd days of June one can see 
 the Midnight Sun. its orb not disappearing 
 from one's sight during the 48 hours. As the 
 summer wanes the sun travels southward, each 
 day growing shorter, when in the last days of 
 September it disappears entirely from one's 
 sight. Then the dark season begins and lasts 
 nearly six months. At no time is it brighter 
 

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 OLD STONE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 SCIOTO TOWNSHIP 
 
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 than a gray dawn, which occurs between the 
 hours of 9 \. M. an.l 3 1'. M.. the balance oi 
 the _'4 hours ol each day being darkness. At 
 this season it is very cold, the thermometer 
 often registering 60 degrees below zero, and 
 during the month of January, in [899, it reg- 
 istered at one time 80 degrees below zero. 
 This was the coldest night on record at Daw 
 s< m City up to that time. 
 
 Had it ni t been for the extremely dry at- 
 mosphere one could not have endured such ex- 
 treme cold. It was not uncommon to hear of 
 1 r find some prospector frozen to death. Dur- 
 ing the winter of 1899 while Mr. Robinson 
 and his party were returning from a prospect- 
 ing tour on a tributary of the Klondike River, 
 they discovered a tent some distance from 
 their trail. Thinking it- was a good chance to 
 get warm and cook their dinner, they ap- 
 proached the tent and throwing the flaps back, 
 were horrified to see the bodies of two men 
 frozen in death. One was wrapped in his 
 blanket lying on some spruce boughs, while the 
 other was on his knees with his head drooping 
 forward, his chin resting on his breast. He 
 was frozen perfectly rigid. He had endeav- 
 ored to start a fire; a few shavings were lying 
 in front of him and his knife was still grasped 
 in his hand. They were hunters and from ap- 
 pearances had been dead for several days. 
 
 Upon arriving at Dawson and spending' a 
 few days looking over the situation, four of 
 the party. Eldred, Ellis, Leeds and Haas, all 
 being men past middle life and their pluck 
 pretty well spent, explained to the others that 
 they were very much needed at home and that 
 they must go at once. This they did, selling 
 their outfits, which brought good prices. 
 Sugar at that time was selling at $1.00 per 
 pound, dried fruits, y^ cents; butter, which 
 was put up in pound tins, sold for Si. 50; flour 
 at Si 0.00 per sack; and fresh meat at $1.50 
 per pound. 
 
 During the winter months of 1898 and 
 1899 the subject of our sketch and Mr. Cone 
 prospered together. In March Cone located 
 and worked a claim on Montecristo Gulch, 
 which he operated for several months, cleaning 
 up a considerable amount of gold. Selling his 
 
 interest in the claim, he went to Nome, re- 
 maining there for some time. He then re- 
 turned to his family, who at that time w< • 
 living in Kansas. Mr. Robinson continued 
 prospering, and in July. 1899. with his part- 
 ner, James Drummond, a Scotchman, located 
 a claim on upper Bonanza Creek. This they 
 continued to work together until in Septem- 
 ber, 1901, thawing the dirt in the winter by 
 means of wood fires, which was the way the 
 mining was operated, hoisting it by means of a 
 windlass and dumping the gravel which con- 
 tained the gold in a large heap or mound 
 which was later sluiced when the gold was 
 separated from the dirt and gravel. 
 
 This was the most interesting part of the 
 mining when yi u could look in the bottom of 
 the sluice box and see the little yellow chunks 
 of gold and dust lying between the riffle 
 poles. As the mining in the Klondike is all 
 placer, there being no gold-bearing quartz, or 
 lode-, sometimes the gold which is commonlj 
 called "gold dust" was found five feet below 
 the top of bed rock, where it had been washed, 
 settling between the crevices of the rocks at 
 an age when the country had a much warmer 
 climate than it has at the present time. It has 
 every evidence of at one time having been 
 tropical, as the skeletons of the mastodon are 
 often taken from the frozen earth at a depth 
 of fifteen feet, the bones and tusks being al- 
 ways in a good state of preservation. Lava 
 beds are greatly in evidence. A few old, well 
 defined volcanic cones, which are no longer 
 smoking, can be seen from "the Dome." From 
 this promontory, which is the divide between 
 the Great Stewart River and the Klondike 
 River — from this elevation which stands alone 
 and is several thousand feet above the sea level 
 and unapproachable in its grandeur — one gets 
 his first extended view of Alaska. Through 
 the blue haze stretching out over fifty miles of 
 fool hills, across the great valleys, peak be- 
 yond peak rise the snow-capped Rockies [50 
 miles away. Any attempt, however graphic, 
 would fail to give the reader an adequate con- 
 ception of the grandeur of this scenery. 
 
 The subject of this sketch left Daw -on 
 City on September 8, 1901, on The Eldorado, 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 a Yukon River steam-boat, and arrived at 
 White Horse Rapids on the l6th, Sunday 
 evening, where lie took the train overland for 
 Skagway, a distance of ioo miles, over the 
 same route that the prospectors had traveled 
 1)\ foot and with dog teams three years before, 
 undergoing many hardships. Now he was able 
 to skim over the country in ease and elegance 
 in a day. covering the same territory that be- 
 fore had taken weeks to do. Yet the former 
 trip had had its joys; the traveler filled with 
 great expectations had time to enjoy the thou- 
 sand and one charming views along the way; 
 the fresh, invigorating mountain air gave him 
 an appetite that enabled him to do justice to 
 his own cooking, and it gave him a much 
 clearer conception of the extent of the country. 
 
 Mr. Robinson took very much the same 
 route homeward on the ocean as he did when 
 going into the country. After reaching the 
 States, he visited San Francisco, Sacramento, 
 Sa,lt Lake City. Denver, and many other 
 points of interest in the West. Arriving home 
 late in October, 1901. he at once engaged in 
 the business he is now pursuing. 
 
 The following summer he erected a nice 
 comfortable home and on October 1, 1902, was 
 married to Miss Gertrude E. Latham, of 
 Delaware. They have two children, Jeannette 
 A. and Eugene L. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson 
 are Presbyterians. Politically the former is a 
 Republican; fraternally, a member of Eden- 
 burgh Lodge, 1. O. (). P.. No. 467. 
 
 RANK ALBERT STICKNEY, M. 
 1).. is not only a leading physician at 
 Kilbourne, hut is also the oldest medi- 
 cal practitioner in this section. He 
 was born in Union County, Ohio, 
 near Marysville, September 8, [853, and is a 
 son hi Hugh and Hannah ( Draper) Stickney. 
 
 The father of I )r. Stickne) died in I 
 1 bunty when he was three years old and his 
 mother took her three children and moved to 
 Delaware Township, Delaware County, where 
 he attended school until [3 years old. He 
 then went to work in the paper mill of An- 
 
 drews & Perry, at Stratford, Ohio, where he 
 remained for five years, going thence in the 
 employ of the same company, to Henry, Mar- 
 shall Count)', Illinois, for two years. From 
 Henry he went to Monroe Falls, Summit 
 County. Ohio, where he worked for the 
 Cleveland Paper Company for two years and 
 a half. Then returning to Delaware, he en- 
 tered the office of Dr. E. H. Hyatt, to pur- 
 sue medical studies. These studies he con- 
 tinued for six years in Delaware, after which 
 he entered the Columbus Medical College at 
 Columbus, where he was graduated in the 
 spring of 1880. He practiced his profession 
 for a short period in Delaware, but in 1882 he 
 established himself at Kilbourne, then called 
 Eden, where he has been continuously en- 
 gaged ever since. When he came first to this 
 section his practice necessitated riding mam- 
 miles over the country, and in April. [907, he 
 sustained injury to his right knee, which re- 
 sulted in the death of the bones of the knee 
 joint and in this way he had the misfortune 
 to lose his leg just above the knee, July 7. 
 1907. Nevertheless he has taken care of the 
 largest practice of any physician in this entire 
 section. He is a member of the Delaware 
 County Medical Society. 
 
 In December. r88r, Dr. Stickney was mar- 
 ried to Mary L. Campbell, who was a (laugh- 
 ter of Ransome and Henrietta (Lugenbeel) 
 Campbell, the latter of whom is now living. 
 Mrs. Stickney died in [895, having been the 
 mother of three children, namely: One who 
 died in infancy; Ethel May, wdio married 
 Henry Stelzer. resides near Sunbury and has 
 one child; and Edith F., who married Clar- 
 ence F. Myers, residing at Ashley. Dr. Stick- 
 ney was married again, November 30, 1899, 
 to Olive 1. Porter, who is a daughter of Jo- 
 seph and Margaret Porter. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Stickney have one son, Robert Porter, an in- 
 teresting child of four years. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Stickney are members of die Presbyterian 
 Church, of which Mrs. Stickney has been or- 
 ganist for a number of years. 
 
 Dr. Stickney is a member of Hiram Lodge, 
 Xo. [8, F. & A. M.. at Delaware; Big Wal- 
 nut Lodge. Xo. 70S. I. O. O. F., at Olive 
 
MR. and MRS. WAIN HA/.LTON and DAUGHTER 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 Green, and Williams Lodge, No. 556, Knights 
 of Pythias, at Kilbourne. He has passed all 
 the chairs in this organization and represented 
 hi> lodge at the Grand Lodge at Springfield, 
 Ohio. Politically, he is a Republican and has 
 been very active in working for his party's 
 success. He was elected treasurer of Brown 
 Township, November 5, 1907. ami fur u 
 years was a director for the Special District 
 of Eden on the School Hoard. In [904 he 
 built his handsome residence with a convenient 
 office attached. He is one of Crown Town- 
 ship's representative men. 
 
 AIN HAZLTOX. one of Dela- 
 ware's substantial and representa- 
 tive business men, is the operator 
 of a stone quarry, and for years 
 has been engaged in contracting 
 and in road and street building. He was born 
 in Perry Count)'. Ohio, in 1845, an 'l is a s " n 
 of William and Anna ( Rader) Hazlton. Wil- 
 liam Hazlton, the father, who was a farmer, 
 removed from Perry County to Delaware 
 County in 1850, settling in Libert}' Township. 
 He and his wife Anna were the parents of two 
 sons — David, now a resident of Delaware, and 
 Wain, whose name begins this sketch. Mrs. 
 William Hazlton's father. David Rader, was 
 a pioneer settler in Delaware County. 
 
 When Wain Hazlton was eleven years of 
 age Ins father removed from Libert}' to Ox- 
 ford Ti wnship, the part in which he settled be- 
 ing little more than a wilderness at that time, 
 and here the hoy grew to manhood. When 
 about twenty-eight years old he came to Dela- 
 ware, finding employment in teaming' and lum- 
 bering, for four years being engaged in get- 
 ting out ties for the H. V. Railroad. He then 
 began turnpike contracting, his first work of 
 this kind being the building of four miles of 
 road in Union County, Ohio, then the "Pan- 
 handle" road in Delaware County. Later he 
 engaged in street building, his first work in 
 this line being the construction of Eaton 
 Street. Afterwards he built West Lincoln 
 Avenue, the Horseshoe Turnpike, Wesl (iris- 
 
 wold Street, the Cheshire Turnpike, and ( after 
 grading Pennsylvania Avenue), the old E 'ton 
 Turnpike, which was, perhaps, the most ex- 
 tensive piece of work, and then came the west 
 end of the Elm Valley Road, lie then built 
 a street in the East End, an extension of 
 Cheshire Road to William Street, then the 
 Berlin Township Road in the East End, then 
 Ross Street; he then graded Columbus Ave- 
 nue and later Monroe and Oak Hill Avenues, 
 then the west end of the Bowtown Road. Ills 
 work was now interrupted by trouble with his 
 eves, and he was obliged to rest for some six 
 years. He then resumed his old work, build- 
 ing the east end of Bowtown Road, North 
 Franklin Street, Elizabeth Street. Katherine 
 Street, the Elm Valley Turnpike, Shannon 
 Street, and Oak Street, and lastly the Jen- 
 nings Turnpike. All of this work proved very 
 satisfactory and Mr. Hazlton's long experi- 
 ence has made him an expert in this line of 
 construction. 
 
 Mr. Hazlton has two and a half acres of 
 land situated in the city, northwest of the H. 
 Y. depot, on which is situated the quarries, 
 which he has owned and operated for about 
 thirteen years. Here during the busy season 
 from forty to 100 men are employed, or an 
 average of about fifty for the season. Mr. 
 Hazlton also owns a fine farm of 1 17^4 acres 
 in Delaware Township, close to the city. In 
 the latter he has also large real estate inter- 
 ests. 
 
 On December 21, 1865, Mr. Hazlton was 
 married to Harriet Frost, a daughter of Elias 
 Frost of Delaware County, Ohio. He and 
 his wife are the parents of six children, all of 
 whom reside in Delaware, namely: William. 
 George, John. Clarence. Lt'tie. and Bessie, the 
 last mentioned of whom married Harry Slack. 
 
 Mr. Hazlton. his wife, and daughter Ef- 
 fie started on a journey to Florida, January 6, 
 
 8, arriving at St. Petersburg, that State. 
 
 January 9th. They remained there until Feb- 
 ruary 27th. From there they went to Clear 
 Water, where they remained till March u. 
 thence going to Jacksonville. March 24. They 
 then continued their journey to Chattanooga, 
 Tennessee, and from there returned to Dela- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ware, March 26th. Mr. Hazlton says of this 
 trip: "This was the most enjoyable journey 
 of my life — many wonderful sights, never to 
 be forgotten. We don't know how beautiful 
 God has made this great world until we have 
 made a tour about it. Then we are led to ex- 
 claim: 'How marvelous are thy works, O 
 Lord.' God has made everything beautiful 
 and supplied all our wants through his son 
 Jesus Christ." 
 
 Mr. Hazlton is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church at Delaware, and the church 
 edifice was erected by him without one cent 
 of cost to the organization. It stands as an 
 eloquent monument to his philanthropy. 
 
 m 
 
 \LMON MOSES. One of the promi- 
 nent < Id families of Delaware County 
 was established in Liberty Township 
 as early as 1817, by Salmon Moses, 
 who came to the Western Reserve 
 from Connecticut in that year and secured 
 land which has never since been out of his 
 family, it now being owned by his grand- 
 daughter, who is the wife of James Jewett, a 
 prominent citizen of Liberty Township. 
 
 Salmon Moses was born in Connecticut, in 
 [793 and died in Delaware County. Ohio, in 
 [869, aged 76 years. In early manhood he 
 married Ophelia Case, also of Connecticut, 
 and they had five children, two of whom were 
 born in that State. The four to survive child- 
 
 li 1 were: Flavel, who died in [906, aged 
 
 9] year>. who married Elizabeth Duncan: 
 Dorcas, who married Ebenezer Pike, and died 
 in Libert\ Township; Flora, unmarried, who 
 died in [899, and Russell Bigelow, who was 
 the father of Mrs. James Jewett. 
 
 Salmon Moses bought first a tract of [16 
 acres, in Libert \ Township, after reaching 
 Delaware County, on winch he erected a log- 
 cabin, of the pioneer type, and proceeded to 
 clear up his land, developing a productive 
 farm and adding to its extent. lie lived out 
 his life on this farm, taking a part in the 
 early township government, and lending his 
 influence, and giving his advice in matter- of 
 public moment. 
 
 Russell Bigelow Moses was born in Lib- 
 erty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, April 
 1, IcSjj. and died April 21, 1S88. In 1849 ^ :e 
 was married to Aly Gregg, who died in 1 S 7 7 . 
 She was a daughter of William and Sarah 
 (Withrbw) Gregg. The Greggs came to 
 Delaware Count}- in [836, from Washington 
 County, Pennsylvania. Their children were: 
 Henry, Jane. Eliza, Aly. James. Sampson. 
 Israel. Hannah. Sarah. Elmina, William Har- 
 rison and Ahygia Newton. Three members 
 of the Gregg family still survive. Russell B. 
 Moses and wife had but one child — Helen — 
 who was married, in 1892, to James Jewett. 
 Mrs. Jewett has spent her whole life, with the 
 exception of three years, on her present farm. 
 
 Salmon Moses was 1 me of the men who 
 organized the first Methodist Episcopal 
 Church which formed the nucleus of the Pow- 
 ell (hutch. The first building was a log one 
 and Mr. Moses often entertained the early 
 preachers. I lis son. Russell B., was equally 
 active in church affairs and also took a promi- 
 nent part in township matters. He was a Re- 
 publican in his political views and served in lo- 
 cal offices. 
 
 SA ULREY, township clerk of Genoa 
 Township, a successful farmer and 
 popular school teacher, was born in 
 Delaware Count}-, Ohio, March 2 1 . 
 1X71), and is a son of George and 
 Evelyn ( Johnston ) Ulrey. 
 
 George Ulrey was bom in Licking County, 
 Ohio, where he married Evelyn Johnston, a 
 native of that county, and they had two chil- 
 dren, namely: Rilla and Asa. In 1875, 
 G& rge Ulrey came to Delaware County and 
 settled in Genoa Township, where he rented 
 land for a time anil then purchased 45/4" 
 acres, also located in Genoa Township. In 
 politics he is a stanch Democrat. He is a lead- 
 ing member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 Asa L T lrey was educated in the district 
 schools, the Westerville High School, and 
 Westerville College, and after completing his 
 collegiate course began teaching in the district 
 
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 Si 7 
 
 schools, lie taught two years in Genoa Town- 
 ship and one year in Franklin County. At 
 the time of his marriage he settled on his pres- 
 ent farm which he has operated ever since, 
 and has proved his practical ability as an agri- 
 culturist. 
 
 On April u, 1906, .Mr. Ulrey was married 
 to Caroline Fairchild, who was born in Har- 
 lem Township, Delaware Count}-, Ohio, and 
 is a daughter of Richard and Alice (Showa'l- 
 tei 1 Fairchild. The paternal grandfather of 
 Mrs. Ulrey was Sherman Fairchild. who was 
 one of the earliest settlers of Harlem Town- 
 ship, coming to that section from Pennsylva- 
 nia. Mr. Ulrey has been identified with the 
 Republican party ever since he reached ma- 
 turity. He has taken an active interest in 
 ti wnship affairs and is serving at present as 
 ti iwnship clerk. 
 
 OX. JOHN" A. CONE, probate judge 
 of Delaware Count}-, was born in this 
 count}-. January 17. 1836, son of 
 John W. and Mary (Williams) 
 Cone. He is a grandson <<i Cephas 
 Cone, who was of Xew England origin. The 
 latter's parents were at one time residents of 
 Wyoming, Luzerne Count}', Pennsylvania, 
 from which place they came at an early date 
 to Delaware Count}-. Ohio, settling in Kings- 
 ton Township, where the}- were among the 
 first arrivals. Cephas Cone, it is supposed. 
 came to an untimely end. lie set out from 
 Westlield for Zanesville to buy land, having 
 in his possession a considerable sum of money, 
 and as he was never more heard from it is 
 probable that he met with foul play. 1 lis wife. 
 in maidenh 1 Almira Munson, was a daugh- 
 ter of Wilmot Munson, whose family mi- 
 grated from Xew England to Luzerne Coun- 
 ty, Pennsylvania. They were descendants of 
 1 aptain .Munson. who came to America from 
 England about [637. A genealogy of the 
 family has been published in which the line of 
 descent can be readily traced. 
 
 John W. Cone, son of Cephas and father 
 of the subject of this -ketch, was born in 
 
 46 
 
 what is now Kingston Township. January 6th 
 or 7th. [809. When he was very young, his 
 people moved to Westfield, then in Delaware 
 Count}-, but now in Morrow County. 
 reaching the age ot fourteen he came to Dela- 
 ware and became an apprentice in the woolen 
 mill of King- & Barrett. Before the exp 
 tion of his apprenticeship, the mill chat 
 hands, becoming the property of Colonel Ben- 
 jamin Allen. After completing his appren- 
 ticeship, he took a tramp east, stopping at Ha- 
 gerstown, Maryland, where he worked for 
 several months at his trade. He then re- 
 turned to Delaware. In the next season he 
 made another trip east, but this time failed 
 to find work, and returning- to Ohio, finally 
 found employment at Lancaster. About [831 
 he took up his residence in Delaware, and 
 soon after rented the woolen mill, which he 
 carried on for a year or two. He then gave it 
 up and bought an unimproved farm in Rad- 
 nor Township, which he set about clearing. 
 After spending a year or two at this work, he 
 removed to the village of Delhi, now Rad 
 Village, and entered into mercantile business 
 with his wife's brother. Morgan Williams, they 
 occupying a frame building on the pre 
 site of the postoffice. A year or two later Mr. 
 Cone returned to Delaware and again rented 
 the woolen mill from Colonel Allen. Tin's 
 he now conducted until March. 1838. He then 
 bought a saw mill in Thompson Township, 
 on the Scioto River, also putting in a car- 
 machine, which in the summer time was kept 
 running day and night. He was thus occupied 
 until 1844, when he and Dr. Joseph Cox 
 erected a woolen mill on that site, and under 
 the firm name of Cox & Cone did a good busi- 
 for a number of years. About 1S50 Mr. 
 ('one bought out Dr. Cox and subsequently 
 conducted the mill in his own name until 1N7 
 The business included the manufacture 
 
 woolen dress g 1- of all kinds, and blank 
 
 In addition to his eight sons, whom he 
 employed, he had outside help to the extent 
 of three or four hands. For some years - 
 vious to ibis. Mr. ('one had taken advant 
 1 f every opportunity to acquire good farm 
 lands, and in order to give his undivided at- 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 tention to farming, he now gave up the milling 
 business, the mill being leased by his son, Nel- 
 son W.. and John Wiles, who conducted it un- 
 til it was destroyed by fire in [873. Mr. Cone 
 subsequently continued actively engaged in 
 general farming and stuck raising until his 
 death, which took place on November 24. 
 1891. He was a Democrat in politics and 
 served as justice of the peace for one term, de- 
 clining re-election. lie was also for some 
 time township treasurer, and during his in- 
 cumbency of that office, so honest were the in- 
 habitants and so quiet and orderly was the 
 township, that he found it unnecessary to have 
 a lock on the money drawer or to keep the 
 office door locked. His wife Alary was a 
 daughter of William Williams, and was born 
 in Cardiganshire. South Wales, in 1814: she 
 died in 1885. She had borne her husband 13 
 children, of whom but one failed to reach ma- 
 turity, and nine are still living. The follow- 
 ing is their record in brief: Allen W. is now 
 deceased. Nelson W. was captain of Com- 
 pany C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regi- 
 ment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was dis- 
 charged for disability. He died in 1886. 
 John A. is the direct subject of this article. 
 Margaret Almira is the widow of J. F. Smith 
 and resides in Delaware. Thomas Benton is 
 a resident of Wellsville, Kansas. Livonia is 
 the wife of J. F. L'tz. of Delaware. Mary 
 Salome, who is now deceased, is survived by 
 her husband, Hon. John McClure. of Scioto 
 Township. Titus K. resides on the old mill 
 property in Thompson Township. William J. 
 is ,1 resident of Delaware. Frank Pierce re- 
 sides in Thompson Township. Harriet J. is 
 the wife of Lester G. I'eet of Richwood. James 
 I. 1- a resident of Paola, Kansas. 
 
 John A. Cone, with whom this article is the 
 most directly concerned, acquired his elemen- 
 tary education in the district school, and aft- 
 erwards became a student at the Ohio Wes- 
 leyan University, where be spent a couple of 
 years — 1858, [859. In the spring of 1861 he 
 began the study of law in the office of Reid & 
 I aton, but the momentous events that were 
 now taking place in connection with the slave- 
 rebellion, bad an unsettling influ- 
 
 ence upon all grades of society, especially upon 
 the youth of the land, and in the following 
 year be enlisted in the three months' service in 
 Company C, Eighty-sixth O. V. 1. After his 
 return from this service, he resumed his law 
 studies, reading during the summers and 
 teaching school winters until 1864. He then 
 enlisted again, going on the hundred days' 
 service, as lieutenant in Company E, One 
 Hundred and Forty-fifth O. V. I., the regi- 
 ment being ordered to the defence of Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 In 1805 Mr. Cone was admitted to the liar, 
 and in the following year he began the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Delaware, where, in 
 the early part of 1867 he became editor of the 
 Delaware Herald. This position he resigned 
 in the summer of that year, and went to Mor- 
 row County, where he remained for a year. 
 Returning to Delaware County in the fall oi 
 1868, he taught school until 1871, both in the 
 village and country by turns. In 1871 he re- 
 moved to Radnor Village, where also he taught 
 school, and was there until the spring of 1897. 
 He was also postmaster there four years, un- 
 der Cleveland's first administration, served as 
 justice there for 18 years, and was township 
 clerk for 16 years, also being engaged more or 
 less in the practice of his profession. In T897 
 he came to Delaware and opened a law office. 
 In the fall of 1905 he was elected probate 
 judge, taking office in February of the follow- 
 ing year, and he has since capably performed 
 the duties of this position. He is a member 
 of George B. Thomas Post, No 60, G. A. R., 
 of Delaware, of which be is past commander, 
 and also belongs to Radnor Lodge, No. 330. 
 I. O. O. F, of which he is a past grand. In 
 politics he has always been a Democrat. 
 
 Air. Cone married Mary E. George, a 
 daughter of Rev. Elias George, of Radnor. 
 He and his wife are the parents of one child — 
 Stella ( ',., who is a teacher in the Delaware 
 public schools and principal of the North 
 Building. Mr. Cone's family are members of 
 the Baptist Church, and are as well known 
 throughout the county as they are highly es- 
 teemed and respected. 
 
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 :NRY JOHN JARVIS, infirmary di- 
 rector in Delaware County and a 
 prominent citizen of Brown Town- 
 ship, where he owns a farm of 70 
 acre-, was born in Orange Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio. March 6, 1854. and 
 - hi of Henry J. and Caroline K. ( Knapp) 
 
 Henry J. Jarvis, father of Henry John, 
 was born in England and was 17 years of age 
 when he came with his parents to Delaware 
 County. The rest of the family, with the ex- 
 ception of Henry J., went West shortly after 
 coming here. H. J. was the railroad agent and 
 justice of the peace of Orange. The Jarvises 
 were among the early settlers, as were also 
 the Knapps. the latter being identified with the 
 affairs of Liberty Township, where many of 
 the name may yet be found. In early man- 
 hood, Henry J. Jarvis married Caroline K. 
 Knapp, who still survives, aged 82 years. 
 They had three children: Henry John; 
 Grace, who married David Douglas, and died 
 at Iberia. Morrow County, Ohio; and a child 
 died in infancy. During the Civil War. 
 Henry J. Jarvis went into the service as first 
 lieutenant of Company < 1. Ninety-sixth Regi- 
 ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died soon 
 after leaving Delaware County, at Memphis, 
 Tennessee. His remains were returned to his 
 home and were laid to rest in the Liberty 
 Cemetery, in Liberty Township. 
 
 Shortly after the close of the Civil War, 
 Henry John Jarvis went to Wisconsin, where 
 he remained nine months, but he was mainly 
 reared by his mother and attended the district 
 schools in Brown and Liberty Townships. 
 For the past nine years he has lived on bis 
 present farm, devoting the larger part of bis 
 attention to raising first-class road horses. He 
 does a great deal of training also, both of his 
 own colts and those of other raisers of horses 
 in this section. 
 
 On November 12. 1884, Mr. Jarvis mar- 
 ried to Amanda Moore, who is a daughter of 
 the late Levi Moore, of Brown Township. 
 Mrs. Moore still survives. Mr. Jarvis is a 
 stanch Republican and he has been active in 
 politics for many years. For a long period he 
 has served as a member of the School Board 
 
 and in the fall of 10.04 was elected an in- 
 firmary director and is now serving in his 
 fourth year as such. He is a member of Wil- 
 liams Lodge, No. 550. Knights of Pythias, at 
 Kilbourn. 
 
 EV. PHILIP STEYLE, rector of St. 
 Mary's Catholic Church, Delaware, 
 was born at Fenetrange, Department 
 of the Meurthe-et-Moselle,' in France, 
 on the 14th of October, 1848. After 
 attending the elementary schools of his native 
 town, he studied the classics and philosophy 
 in the colleges of Ponta-Mousson and Nancy. 
 At the age of nineteen years be came to 
 America, and after finishing his theological 
 studies in the Provincial Seminary of Troy, 
 New York, was there ordained a priest for the 
 Diocese of Columbus, in June. 1871. He had 
 charge of St. John's Church at Bellaire, Ohio, 
 until 1873. Thence he went to Portsmouth, 
 Ohio, where he remained until October, 1883, 
 since which time he has been stationed in Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 Father Steyle's pastorate here has been 
 crowded with useful labor, and its results are 
 plainly manifest in the greatly improved con- 
 dition of the parish and in the high moral and 
 Christian tone which prevails generally among 
 all those who have come under his influence. 
 The material improvement is visible in the 
 church, school, parsonage, convent, and ceme- 
 tery, all of which institutions are largely his 
 work, as before his arrival in Delaware, al- 
 though St. Mary's already had a numerous 
 congregation, practically nothing had been at- 
 tempted in the way of buildings. He suc- 
 ceeded in infusing into his parishioners much 
 of his own indomitable energy and spirit of 
 persevering Christian zeal, with the result of 
 bringing the parish into its present flourishing 
 condition, with tasteful and adequate build- 
 ings, and all the necessary equipment for the 
 sacred ministrations and the maintenance of 
 religion and Christian education. 
 
 While these and other practical labors con- 
 nected with his charge have taken up much of 
 Father Steyle's time, they have not prevented 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 him from adding- to his stores of secular knowl- 
 edge, in which direction he made an auspicious 
 beginning during his university days. He is 
 a linguist of rare attainments; in addition to 
 French, his native tongue, and the classical 
 languages, Greek and Latin, he possesses a 
 firm mastery over German, Italian, Spanish, 
 and modern Greek, and even has a good knowl- 
 edge of Arabic. His English diction is so 
 pure and idiomatic that few hearing him 
 preach or lecture would suspect him to be other 
 than an American. The illusion is borne out 
 by his appearance and deportment, in which 
 there is little to suggest a Gallic origin; yet by 
 descent, birth and education, he is a French- 
 man of purest blood. His manners are unas- 
 suming and he is retiring and studious in his 
 habits. He is also an amateur musician of 
 ability, being proficient in both vocal and in- 
 strumental music. He is now in his 6otb 
 year — at that period of life when, though the 
 bodily powers have lost in some degree their 
 original force, the mental faculties are often, 
 as in Father Steyle's case, at their period oi 
 ripest development. Secure in the love and 
 devotion of his parishioners, he also has the 
 respect and good-will of the members of other 
 religious congregations, both Catholic and 
 Protestant, and of the people of Delaware gen- 
 erally, who recognize in him a faithful and 
 efficient pastor, and a scholarly and refined 
 i hristian gentleman. 
 
 EORGE F. MILLER, a leading citi- 
 zen o G lie 'i d Ti iwnship, wfo > is 
 engaged m general fanning and 
 t< ck-raising on his valuable estate of 
 209 T j aero, was burn October 22. 
 [856, in ( a ishocton ( omitv. ( )hio, and is a son 
 of George F. and Rhuhamina (Hamersley) 
 Miller. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Millei th natives 
 
 1 oshocton Count} and both died early, the 
 father in 1803. aged 38 years and the mother 
 in 1864, aged 36 years. They had five chil 
 dren, of whom the three survivors 
 
 George F., subject of this sketch ; Lydia, who 
 resides with her brother; and Catherine, who 
 is the widow of a Mr. Baker, and reside- in 
 ('oshocton County. 
 
 George F. .Miller in his youth attended the 
 district school and completed his education in 
 the High School, in the vicinity of his home. 
 He was reared on the home farm and from 
 boyhood has been accustomed to an agricul- 
 tural life. After his marriage he moved to 
 Delaware County and in the spring of [880, 
 he purchased the William Cutler farm, which 
 contained 107J2 acres, for which he paid 
 about one-half, of his capital of $3,000. To 
 this he later added the Zimmer farm and now 
 has enough land on which to carry on his ex- 
 tensive operations successfully. 
 
 On March 21, 1880, Mr. 'Miller was mar- 
 ried to Hannah Fitch, a daughter of John M. 
 and Hester Fitch, both of whom are deceased. 
 but who were formerly residents of Coshocton 
 Ci tinty. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had six 
 children, the three survivors being: Oliver 
 Perry, residing in Concord Township, who 
 married Ethel Morris and has two children — 
 Lawrence Ward and Letha May; Ada May. 
 who married Elmer Zimmerman and resides 
 with her husband on Mr. Miller's farm in 
 Concord Township, having one child — Gladys : 
 and George Earle. who resides with his father. 
 Mr. .Miller is a Democrat but takes no very 
 active part in politics. He is a charter mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Pythias organization at 
 Bellpoint. 
 
 [OMAS CLIVE JONES, president of 
 the Delaware Gas Company, is one oi 
 
 the most experienced and best known 
 
 men of the country. Mr. )■ 
 was born November 17. [867, on his 
 father's farm in Troy Township, Delay 
 County, and comes of 1 Id pioneer families 
 both sides. His maternal grandfather, Jn 
 Hosea Williams, was one of the prominent 
 men in the early days of Delaware County. 
 Mr. b'nes received his education through 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 823 
 
 the public schools and later enjoyed the aca- 
 demic advantages at Gambier, Ohio, following 
 which he took a commercial course at the 
 Spencerian Business College, Washington, 
 I). C. Returning to Delaware he began his 
 business career as a collector for the company 
 of which he is mm the head. He was with 
 the Columbus Gas Company as teller in 1886- 
 1NN7. For the following three years he was 
 concerned in a coal and teed business at Dela- 
 ware, under the firm style of Baker & Jones, 
 
 then resumed relations with the Delaware 
 
 Company, of which he was elected super- 
 intendent in 1891. In this capacity he served 
 the company until 1905. when he became its 
 
 lent. In 1 90 1 Mr. Jones purchased a 
 third interest in the Coshocton (Ohio) Gas 
 G impany. Under his supervision the plant 
 
 entirely remodelled and at a later date he 
 equipped it for the use of natural gas. In 
 [902 under his direction the plant of the Dela- 
 ware Company was reconstructed for the dis- 
 tribution of natural gas. It is one of the most 
 perfect systems in the State: one year of care- 
 ful oversight was necessary to accomplish the 
 change, but its operation has fully justified 
 the expenditure of talent and money involved. 
 Mr. Junes was elected to membership in 
 the Ohio Gas Light Association in 1892, the 
 Western Gas Association in [895, the Ameri- 
 can Gas Light Association in 1898. the Michi- 
 gan Gas Association in 1900; he became a 
 charter member of the Natural (ias Associa- 
 
 of America in 1906 and a charter mem- 
 ber of the American (ias Institute in 1906. 
 He was several years a member of the Execu- 
 tive Committee of the Ohio Association and 
 its secretary from 1898 to 1906, during which 
 time he edited and published all of the annual 
 
 ■lie- of proceedings for the association. 
 He was elected treasurer of the American < ias 
 Institute in rgo6. Mr. Jones has contributed 
 many papers to the publications of these as- 
 
 itions ami is by gas men everywhere recog- 
 nized as one of the influential experts in the 
 nee and practical art of gas production, 
 manufacture, transmission and distribution. 
 II-- printed opinions form a valuable contri- 
 bution to the literature of the subject during 
 the last 1 ; years. 
 
 In 1889 -Mr. Jones was married to Sue E. 
 Baker, who is a daughter of Mr. Henry L. 
 Baker, a former mayor of Delaware. They 
 have one -on. Thomas Clive, Jr. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jones are members of St. Peter's Episco- 
 pal Church, of which Mr. Jones has been 
 a vestryman for a number of years. 
 
 OX. PRESTON B. PLUMB, who was 
 among the most distinguished of 
 Delaware County's sons, was born in 
 hj this county. October u, 1837. His 
 educational opportunities were lim- 
 ited, as were those of most of the youth of 
 his dav in this section. Early in life he learned 
 the printer's trade and when [9 years of age. 
 went to Emporia. Kansas, then a small, strug- 
 gling village. Here he established a weekly 
 paper, which he called the Nezt's, and at first 
 he himself had to perform all the work of the 
 various functionaries of a newspaper office, 
 from printer's devil to editor. Later, his en- 
 terprise proving successful, he was enabled to 
 employ help. He soon became prominent 
 among the "Free-Soilers" of Kansas and in 
 [859 was a member of the Leavenworth Con- 
 stitutional Convention, which asked for the ad- 
 mission of Kansas into the Union as a free 
 state. While editing his paper he studied law 
 and was admitted to the bar in 18(11. In 
 1862 be was a member of the Kansas Legis- 
 lature and soon after became reporter in the 
 Supreme Court. In August of that year he 
 enlisted as second lieutenant in one of the com- 
 panies of the Eleventh Kansas Infantry, and 
 was successively captain, major and lieuten- 
 ant-colonel, serving throughout the war. 
 
 Mr. Plumb was again in the Legislature in 
 1867-68 and during the latter year was speaker 
 of the House. He was next elected prosecut- 
 ing attorney for Lyon County. Kansas, after 
 which he was for a number of years a mem- 
 ber of the law firm of Ruggles & Plumb. Ik- 
 later gave up his practice to become president 
 of the First National Bank of Emporia. It 
 was while he was in this position, that he was 
 elected, in 1S77. to the United States Senate, 
 on the Republican ticket, taking his seat on 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 March 4, 1877. He was re-elected in 1883 
 and 1888. Mr. Plumb's name was frequently 
 mentioned in connection with the presidential 
 nomination of his party. He was an inde- 
 fatigable worker and was accurately informed 
 upon all public questions. He was successful 
 in Whatever he undertook and acquired con- 
 siderable wealth. 
 
 Mr. Plumb was married to Carrie South- 
 wick of Ashtabula, Ohio. They were the par- 
 ents of two sons and three daughters. Mr. 
 Plumb died suddenly on December 20, 1891, 
 from apoplexy, induced by overwork. 
 
 ]OI IX F. BOUGHER, a prosperous 
 young farmer of Liberty Township, 
 has been located on his present farm 
 of 121 acres, formerly known as the 
 Charles Alder place, since 1808. He 
 was born July 8, 1874. and is a son of Benja- 
 min and Clara (Macabee) Bougher. 
 
 Benjamin Bougher was born in 1849, at 
 Rockbridge, Hocking County, Ohio. In 1872 
 lie moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, settling 
 mx miles south of Circleville, on the Chilli- 
 cothe turnpike road, and resided there for 
 about twenty-five years, removing then to Co- 
 lumbus, where he fills the position of watch- 
 man for the McCune Block. His parents were 
 Henry and Katie Bougher. To Benjamin 
 Bougher and wife the following children were 
 born: Louise, who married Dennis Rader. 
 residing at Circleville; John Frederick, resid- 
 ing in Liberty Township; Leroy, born June 
 25, 1878, who is associated with his brother 
 John F. in farming, and who married Olive 
 Hardin, of which union there are two children 
 — Louise and Frank; Clinton, born in 1882, 
 who died aged three years; Arthur, residing 
 in California; and Edward, who died August 
 31, [906, at the age of 17 years. 
 
 John F. Bougher was educated in the 
 schools of Pickaway County, and was reared 
 to be a fanner. He married Victoria Hardin, 
 who is a daughter of K rider and Alice ( Lever- 
 ing ) Hardin, and they have two children — 
 John II. and Benjamin. Mr. and Mrs. 
 
 Bougher are members of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church at Stratford. In politics, he 
 is a Democrat. He is numbered with the sub- 
 stantial men and progressive citizens of 
 Liberty Township. 
 
 FXRY E. SHARP, who is engaged in 
 business as a hardware merchant and 
 is a partner in the flour and feed 
 mill at Powell, was born in Lawrence 
 County, Ohio, September 28. 
 and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth 1 \\ ise- 
 man) Sharp. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Sharp removed from 
 Lawrence to Gallia County, Ohio, and in 1866, 
 from Gallia to Delaware County, where the 
 mother died, in 1870. and the father, June 25, 
 1905, aged /2 years. Their surviving chil- 
 dren are: Annie M., residing at Long Beach, 
 California, where she is engaged in teaching 
 school; Daniel Arthur, residing at Bn 
 port, Nebraska; Henry E.. residing at Powell; 
 Charles, a resident of Arlington. Colorado; 
 R. B.. who resides at Hugo, Colorado, where 
 he has been engaged in sheep raising; Julian 
 E., residing at Columbus, a traveling salesman 
 for the Hanna Paint Company; and George E., 
 residing in Powell. 
 
 Henry E. Sharp was reared and educated 
 in Powell and with the exception of eight 
 years, has made this place his home since he 
 was six years old. Having gained some mer- 
 cantile experience with his father, who con- 
 ducted a general mercantile business at Lowell, 
 for a number of years, in 1893. ne embarked 
 in business for himself, opening up a well- 
 stocked hardware store here, and he has a m- 
 tinued in the same business until the present 
 time. Having been a resident here for 41 
 years, he is known to almost every one. and as 
 a business man and as a private citizen, enjoys 
 general esteem. 
 
 On June [8, 1897, Mr. Sharp was married 
 to Laura Felkner, who is a daughter of J. L. 
 and Ellen (Carr) Felkner, of Ostrander. Ohio. 
 Nominally, Mr. Sharp is a Democrat, but he 
 is liberal in his political views. For almost 
 
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 six years he served as township treasurer and 
 has also filled the offices of assessor and clerk. 
 Fraternally, he belongs to the Powell Lodge, 
 No. 465, ( >dd Fellows, Powell Lodge, Knights 
 of Pythias, and Delaware Lodge of Elks, 
 No. 76. 
 
 AMES JEWETT, a leading citizen and 
 fanner of Liberty Township, was 
 born October 5, 1865, in Clinton 
 Township. Franklin County, Ohio, 
 and is a son of Elam and Sarepta 
 1 Richards 1 Jewett. 
 
 The founder of the Jewett family in 
 Franklin County, Ohio, was Elam Jewett. the 
 great-grandfather, who came with his family 
 from Vermont. lie died in [826, on a farm 
 north of Columbus. lie was accompanied by 
 his son. Benjamin Franklin, who resided in 
 Franklin County, where lie died in 1867. lie 
 was twice married and he had the following 
 children : Henry, a retired physician, residing 
 at Chaceland, a suburb of Columbus, who 
 served all through the Civil War: Laura, re- 
 siding at North Columbus, wdio is the widow 
 of Tillman Guinn ; Elam, father of James 
 Jewett; John, a farmer, residing southeast of 
 Hillyard; Cyrenas, a farmer, residing at Olen- 
 tangy; and Jerod O., now a substantial citi- 
 zen of Worthington. The Jewett family 
 springs from two brothers who emigrated t" 
 Vermont from England. The great-grand- 
 father, the grandfather and the father of 
 James Jewett, all lie buried in the same ceme- 
 tery in Franklin County. Ohio. 
 
 Elam Jewett was born in Franklin County, 
 in 1837, where he engaged in farming until 
 his death. He married Sarepta Richards, who 
 still survives, at the age of 70 years. .Mr. and 
 Mrs. Jewett had three children, namely: 
 James; William, residing in Liberty Town- 
 ship, who married Mary Brobeck : and Henry, 
 win 1 resides with his mother in Franklin 
 County. Elam Jewett and family assisted in 
 the founding of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Powell. Grandfather Jewett owned 
 a farm of 150 acres north of Columbus and 
 
 a part of the old farm is still in the p 
 of the family, all of whom are peoph 
 stance and prominence. 
 
 In [892 James Jewett was married to 
 Helen Moses, who i> the only daughter •_>] 
 Russell B. and Aly (Gregg) Moses. Mr. 
 Jewett and wife own 280 acres of rich farm- 
 ing land in Delaware and Franklin Counties. 
 For several years Mr. Jewett has also been 
 engaged in buying grain at Powell. He is 
 one of the enterprising and successful mei 
 this section. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett belong to 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
 EORGE F. HOGANS, who has 
 an instructor in the public sch 
 of Berkshire and Genoa Townships 
 l g^™ l for a period of more than 25 years. 
 comes of an old and respected family 
 of Delaware County. He was born in Berk- 
 shire Township. January 13. 1861. and is a 
 son of John Wesley and Drucilla (< 
 Hogans. 
 
 John W. Hogans was born and reared in 
 Delaware County, Ohio, whither his father, 
 John Beverly Hogans. had come at an early 
 date. The father first settled in Ox 
 [Township, where he followed farming, then 
 moved to Genoa Township, where he rented a 
 farm for some years, but at the time of his 
 death was living in Franklin County, ( 1 
 John W. Hogans was reared on the farm and 
 attended the district schools in his younger 
 days. Upon leaving the parental roof he 
 rented a farm in Genoa Township, and there- 
 after rented different farms in various 1 
 of Delaware O unity. He died in Delaware 
 Township, in 1863. at an early age. He mar- 
 ried Drucilla Crane, who was born in Con- 
 necticut and was a young girl when her par- 
 ents came west to Delaware Count}'. 
 they purchasing a farm of 35 acres in Genoa 
 Township. There she was reared to maturity 
 and educated in the public schools. Three 
 children blessed her union with Mr. Hogans. 
 namely: George F.. Nellie, and John Wes- 
 ley. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 George F. Hogans, being- but a child when 
 his father died, was thereafter reared by his 
 grandmother. He completed the prescribed 
 course of study in the district schools of Genoa 
 Township, after which he attended Otterbein 
 College at Westerville two years. In 1880 
 he purchased his present farm of 30 acres 
 in Genoa Township, and has at the present 
 time a finely improved place. He erected the 
 house and buildings, and all improvements 
 are the result of his own thrift and energy. 
 In addition to fanning he has engaged in 
 teaching in Genoa and Berkshire Townships 
 for more than 25 years, and his work as an 
 educator has been most gratifying. He is 
 one of the progressive, public-spirited men of 
 this section of the county, lending his support 
 to ill measures and enterprises tending to 
 benefit the community. 
 
 Air. Hogans was united in marriage, De- 
 cember 24, 1884. with Miss Susie McMahon, 
 who was born in Genoa Township, and is a 
 daughter of John and Honorah McMahon. 
 Her parents were born in Ireland and came to 
 America after their marriage. Genoa Town- 
 ship being their home from an early period. 
 Three children are the issue of this union : 
 Frances, who is also engaged as a 
 teacher; Lela Eva; .and Ralph Emerson. They 
 were all born in their present home. Mr. 
 ns has taken an active interest in political 
 affairs, and has been unswerving in his sup- 
 port of Democratic principles. He served some 
 years as justice of the peace and as town- 
 clerk, proving a most capable official. 
 Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 I' m \S M. COLE was formerly, for 
 
 some [2 year-,, a prominent farmer 
 
 residing m Harlem Township, and 
 
 his death, which occurred on May 
 
 15. iN,X_>. was mourned as a sad loss 
 
 community. I le was born in Licking 
 
 ity, "hio. April 10, [832, and was a son 
 
 [erreen and Sarah 1 Harris 1 Cole. 
 
 Merreen Cole was born in Maryland Sep- 
 tember 22, 1800, and was a son of Thomas 
 and Rachael Cole. He was reared in his native 
 state but was a young man when he moved 
 to Ohio, finally settling in Licking County. 
 There he lived and farmed some years after 
 his marriage, afterwards moving to Delaware 
 County. He purchased a tract of 112 acres in 
 Trenton Township, to which he subsequently 
 added, and thereon erected a frame house. He 
 cleared the land and made many improve- 
 ments and resided there until his death. He 
 was a Democrat in politics. 
 
 Thomas M. Cole was five years of age 
 when his -parents came to Delaware County, 
 and here he was reared and attended the com- 
 mon schools. He resided with his parents un- 
 til his marriage, and then for twelve and one- 
 lialf years lived on the old Cole homestead 
 in Trenton Township. He then moved to In- 
 diana, where he purchased a farm, but about 
 five months later he sold it and returned to 
 Delaware County. In 1870 he purchased the 
 farm on which his widow now resides, con- 
 sisting of 162 acres, and here carried on 
 operations until his death in 1882, as above 
 noted. He made many improvements on the 
 place, farmed his land successfully, and was 
 classed among the progressive and public- 
 spirited men of Harlem Township. In addi- 
 tion to general farming he dealt quite exten- 
 sively in stock. Mr. Cole was united in mar- 
 riage, September 25. 1856. with Miss Harriet 
 D. Leak, who was born in Trenton Township. 
 Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of 
 A. C. and Elizabeth ( Ginn ) Leak. Her 
 Father was born in New Jersey, August 5, 
 [809, and was a young man when he accom- 
 panied his father, John Leak, to Trenton 
 Township, Delaware County. Ohio. John 
 Leak acquired a large farm in Trenton Town- 
 ship, which he largely cleared, and became a 
 man ol considerable local prominence. A. C. 
 Leak was married November 24, [831, tc 
 Elizabeth Ginn, who came of a prominent old 
 Delaware Count} family, and shortly after- 
 ward they began conducting a hotel in con- 
 nection with farming. They continued in the 
 
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 827 
 
 hotel business throughout the remainder of his 
 life and were widely known throughout this 
 section of the country. Mr. Leak also operated 
 an ashery for many years, marketing his prod- 
 uct at Zanesville. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet 1). Cole, nee Leak, was reared 
 in Trenton Township, and received as good 
 an education as the schools of that period af- 
 forded. As a result of her marriage with Mr. 
 . the following children were born: Er- 
 vin M., October 3, 1857; Ella D.. July 18. 
 : William M., April to. 1862; Edson 
 P.. .March 6, 1SD4: Milton D.. deceased De- 
 
 ber 24. 1902, horn February 8. 1866; 
 Charles E.. born July 2^,, 1808. died Decem- 
 ber 20. 1901 ; one who died in infancy; Aha 
 M., born May 13, 1877; and Mary E.. born 
 July 26. 1881, deceased November 5, [881. 
 All of the children were born in Delaware 
 1 inty. 
 
 CM DEL P. SHUR, president of the 
 Deposit Banking Company, at Dela- 
 ware, has rilled this responsible po- 
 
 sitii n fi ir the past 30 years. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Shur was born in Knox County, 
 Ohio, December 18. 1826, and is one of a 
 family of 11 children. His parents were Ja- 
 tnd Margaret (Porter) Shur. The Shur 
 family, which is one of the prominent and 
 wealthy one- of Delaware, was also one of 
 stance and importance in Knox County, 
 where Jacob Shur carried on agricultural pur- 
 until his death. 
 Samuel P. Shur obtained his education in 
 the district schools, and after leaving his 
 father's farm, in 1842. he engaged as a clerk- 
 in a dr) g Is store in Chesterville, where he 
 
 remained for eight years. He then started in 
 
 business for himself at Cardington, Ohio, and 
 
 there about two and a half year-, after 
 
 which he opened a dry goods store at Cale- 
 
 ia, Marion County. Six months later he 
 
 sold out and went to Marseilles, where he was 
 
 _ ged for eight years in the same business. 
 
 He then came to Delaware and conducted a 
 
 similar business here until 1901. since which 
 
 time he has devoted his whole attention to 
 banking. The Deposit Banking Company 
 was organized in 1868, and in [890 was in- 
 corporated as a State bank. It is a depositary 
 of county, city and township funds. It- policy 
 has always been conservative, and in this way 
 the safety of the funds entrusted to it has been 
 guarded. The officers of the bank are: 
 Samuel P. Shur. president : C. Riddle, vice- 
 president: and R. M. Avery, cashier. Its 
 Hoard of Directors is made up of the follow- 
 ing substantial citizens: R. C. Lybrand, \Y. 
 R. Carpenter. L. |. Healy, George W. Tones, 
 C. Riddle, S. P. S'hur, and R. M. Avery. 
 
 Mr. Shur married Emily T. Truesdale. a 
 daughter of Stephen Truesdale. He and his 
 wife are the parents of two children — Ida May, 
 who is the wife of Edward Welch, of Dela- 
 ware: and Harry Clyde, who is in the hotel 
 business in Brookston, Minnesota. Politically, 
 Mr. Shur is a Republican. Since 1847 be 
 has been a member of the Masonic Order. 
 
 OHN E. PCGH, a general farmer of 
 Radnor Township, where he own- 1 [3 
 ■ ure- of excellent land, was born in 
 Delaware. Ohio. February 21, [860, 
 and is a son of George and Ellen 
 I Williams 1 Pugh. 
 
 The father of Mr. Pugh was born Januan 
 1. 1818, in Wales, where he. lived until 23 
 years of age. He then came to America and 
 settled in Ohio, securing employment as a 
 blacksmith with E. R. Thompson, at Delaware. 
 In 1849 he crossed the plains to California and 
 spent some time in gold-seeking, but soon 
 found that he could make more by working 
 steadily at his trade than by mining. He 
 found plenty of blacksmith work to do in 
 California and remained there until 1853. con- 
 ducting a shop of his own. He then returned 
 to Delaware and entered into partnership with 
 J. J. Davis, under the firm name of Davis 
 & Pugh. This partnership was continued for 
 six years, but after [859 Mr. Pugh worked, 
 alone. About this time he came to Radnor 
 and bought 75 acres of the farm on which 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUN1Y 
 
 his son John E. now lives, which he cultivated 
 lor the rest of his active years. He died 
 February _\ 1891. In politics he was a Re- 
 publican. At the time of his death he had 
 been an Odd Fellow for 45 years, having- been 
 initiated in Lodge No. 9. at Columbus. He 
 was a member of Olentangy Lodge, of Dela- 
 ware, of which he was past grand, and was 
 also past chief patriarch of the Encampment. 
 
 George Pugh was twice married, first, No- 
 vember 14, 184-'. to Jane Thomas, a daughter 
 of William and .Margaret Thomas. They had 
 two children. Elizabeth and William T., the 
 latter of whom now resides at Oleathe, Kan- 
 sas. The former. Elizabeth, married Hum- 
 phrey Griffiths, of Radnor, but is now de- 
 ceased. Mr. Pugh was married, secondly, 
 March 13, 1857. to Mrs. Ellen (Williams) 
 Jmies. and of this marriage John E. Pugh, of 
 Radnor Township, is the only surviving child. 
 Vlrs. Pugh was, born in Wales, in October. 
 [828, and .accompanied her parents to America 
 in [840. She was married, first, to Thomas 
 Jmies, who was born in Wales and resided 
 until death at Columbus. Ohio. He left one 
 child. Mary A., who married D. I). Williams, 
 residing in Troy Township, Delaware County. 
 Mrs. Pugh died July 27, (888. 
 
 John E. Pugh was reared in Radnor Town- 
 ship and attended the public schools during 
 
 boyhood, beginning to assist his father as - 
 
 as he was old enough, lie succeeded to the 
 possession of the homestead farm, and to the 
 original acreage has added until he now owns 
 113 acres, on which he carries on general 
 farming and stock-raising. His main crops 
 are wheat and haw I le has been very suc- 
 cessful in raising an excellent grade of horses, 
 cattle, sheep and hogs. The grounds which 
 surround his line home, which stands near the 
 village of Radnor, show careful cultivation 
 nd an appreciation of the beautiful in nature. 
 \ general air of thrift and prosperity marks 
 the whole place. 
 
 February 11. 1 81 > 1 . Mr. Pugh married Liz- 
 \. Williams, a daughter of \Y. \Y. and 
 Eliza \\. Williams, residents of Troy Town- 
 ship, lie and his wife are the parents of three 
 children, namely: Ellen Williams, bom May 
 
 30, 1894; George Lewis, born January 24, 
 1897; and Mar_\' Barre. born October 7. 1904. 
 Mrs. Pugh is a member of the Baptist Church 
 and Mr. Pugh is a Congregationalist in re- 
 ligion. He is in no sense a politician, but is 
 identified with the Republican party. Fra- 
 ternally, he is an Odd Fellow, belonging to the 
 lodge at Radnor, in which he has held "facial 
 position. He is known and respecn 
 useful and public-spirited citizen. 
 
 I 
 
 VROX PROUTY, general farmer 
 
 leading citizen of Scioto Township, 
 was horn in Troy Township. Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, November 1. 
 [857, and is a son of Stephen Merritt 
 and Sarah Ella (Peck) Prouty. 
 
 The father of Mr. Prouty was born near 
 Oswego, New York. May 14. 1825. and 
 March 18. 1906. When 12 years old he ac- 
 companied his father, Abel Prouty, to Ohio. 
 The Prouty s settled in Delaware County 
 among the pioneers of 1837, and Abel Prouty 
 was an excellent type of that sturdy bod 
 men. He continued to live in this section until 
 [859, when he moved still farther west, to 
 Wayne County, Michigan, where he died in 
 1875, aged 75 vears. His first wife was Sarah 
 Dudley, who died when Stephen Merritt was 
 four vears old and his one sister. Jerusha, still 
 younger. 
 
 Stephen Merritt Prouty was old er 
 to he 1 if great assistance to his father on his 
 pioneer farm. The family lived one year at 
 Marion, Ohio, and then on the Silven 
 farm in Troy Township, and Stephen Merritt 
 Prouty lived in that township until 1904. In 
 that year he bought a farm in Thompson 
 Township, on which he lived for one year, 
 and in 1905 he purchased the Mooney farm 
 in Delaware Township, on which bis widow 
 now resides. He married Sarah Ella Peck, 
 who was horn in Knox County, Ohio, and 
 who was a daughter of Benjamin Peck, a 
 native of Cleveland. Ohio. A family of 10 
 children were born to Stephen M. Prouty and 
 wife, namely: Byron, subject of this sketch: 
 
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 Clifton, residing at Fullerton, Nebraska; 
 Emma C, who married VV. C. Diven, residing 
 at Delaware; Chauncy, who died in March, 
 [899; Harvey, residing in Delaware Town- 
 ship; Oren, residing at Summers, Montana; 
 Martha S.. deceased, who is survived by her 
 husband, Robert L. Evans, of Radnor Town- 
 ship; Jessie G., who married James Kyle, re- 
 siding in Radnor Township: and two died in 
 infancy. The parents were consistent mem- 
 bers of the Baptist Church at Radnor. 
 
 On the maternal side. Air. Prouty's an- 
 cestors came from Xew England. His great- 
 grandfather, Rev. Silas Peck, was a pioneer 
 minister of the Methodist Episcopal faith, in 
 Michigan, and he traveled over many miles on 
 horseback in the early days before any roads 
 had been cut through the forests. Benjamin 
 Peck, the maternal grandfather, was born at 
 Cleveland, Ohio, and he married Mary Albey, 
 a daughter of Jesse Albey, of Cleveland. Ben- 
 jamin Peck was a carpenter and he followed 
 liis trade both at Cleveland and Detroit. Four 
 years after the birth of Mrs. Prouty, May 
 17. 1838. he settled in Delaware County. 
 There were many Indians still wandering- 
 through this section, and on one occasion Mrs. 
 Peck was greatly alarmed because an old In- 
 dian squaw persisted in her attempt at bar- 
 gaining for little Sarah Ella, then an attrac- 
 tive child of four years. 
 
 Byron Prouty was educated in the country 
 schools near his home and remained with his 
 father until he was 23 years of age. He then 
 visited Monroe County, Michigan, where 
 other members of the family had settled. He 
 remained in Michigan for nine years, mainly 
 engaged in farming. In the summer of 1898 
 he returned to Troy Township and shortly 
 afterward bought his present farm, a valuable 
 tract of 78 acres. 65 of which he has under 
 cultivation. He raises cattle, sheep, horses and 
 hogs, and grows corn, oats, wheat and hay. 
 He has a well-equipped farm, follows practical 
 methods and makes use of improved ma- 
 chinery. 
 
 Mr. Prouty married Mary 1 'aimer, who is 
 a daughter of E. R. Palmer, of Monroe 
 County, Michigan. Her grandfather, Henry 
 
 Palmer, came to Michigan as a pioneer, from 
 Herkimer County, Xew York. They have 
 had four children, namely: Emma C, who 
 married Clarence Bell, residing at Ostrander; 
 Harry, who died in infancy; Floyd Emerson, 
 and Vesta rainier. Mr. and Mrs. Prouty are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church at Os- 
 trander. In his political views, Mr. Prouty 
 is in sympathy with the Republican party. In 
 1907 he was elected a member of the School 
 Board, the township thus securing the services 
 of an intelligent, conscientious citizen, well 
 qualified to make a capable official, as his rec- 
 ord up to date proves. 
 
 ALVIN C. DUNLAP, a prominent 
 business man of Delaware, who has 
 been identified with the lumber in- 
 terests of this county for the whole 
 industrial period of his life, was 
 born May 5, 1858. in Delaware Township, 
 Delaware County, Ohio, son of James H. and 
 Sarah M. (Cowles) Dunlap. . His parents, 
 who are now deceased, were early settlers in 
 the count}-. They are survived by four of their 
 10 children. 
 
 Calvin C. Dunlap was reared in Delaware 
 Township and assisted on the home farm dur- 
 ing his boyhood. He early became interested 
 in timber lands, in which he invested largely, 
 and for several years he operated a saw-mill. 
 Later he established a retail lumber business 
 at Delaware, and also became proprietor of 
 a planing-mill, which is situated at the junc- 
 tion of West William Street with the H. V. 
 Railroad, where he has excellent facilities for 
 shipping. He does a large business in sash, 
 doors, and blinds, and he adds to the extent of 
 his business interests by dealing also in sand. 
 cement, plaster, and lime. A man of capital, 
 he is concerned in a number of the success- 
 ful business enterprises of this locality, being 
 a member of the Cook Motor Company. 
 Though never prominently active in politics, 
 he has been a good citizen in all that the word 
 implies, and all matters of public interest re- 
 ceive his careful attention. He has been 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 closely connected with the growth and de- 
 velopment of Delaware along many lines. 
 
 In [876 Mr. Dunlap was married to Mary 
 S. Converse, and they have had a family of 
 six sons and six daughters, the survivors of 
 whom, being married, have added 15 grand- 
 children to the family roster. The record in 
 brief of these children is as follows: Jennie 
 E., who is the wife of Rev. Sager Tryon, of 
 Newark. Ohio, has five children — Mary, 
 Agnes, Margaret. Pauline, and Anna. Ivy G., 
 wife of E. Brush Welsh resides in Delaware 
 County and her children are Gladys, Mildred, 
 Calvin Stanley, and Russell. Raymond B. is 
 a minister of the Congregational Church in 
 Clovis, California; he married Margie Howi- 
 son and has two children — Paul and Dorothy. 
 Earl T., who is a farmer of Delaware County, 
 married Marie Newhouse and has two chil- 
 dren — Edna and Elma. George A., who is 
 associated in business with his father, mar- 
 ried Effie Anderson. Wealthy L., is the 
 wife of Guy Mussard, a farmer of Delaware 
 Township, and has had two children — Gwen- 
 dolyn and Edward \V. — both oi whom are 
 now deceased. The other children were: 
 llattie May, Clarence ]•'... Mary Grace, Opha. 
 Calvin Joy and Ralph Willard. Hattie May 
 and. Ralph Willard both died in infancy. The 
 family are all members of the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
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 ICTOR B. WELLER, M. I)., physi- 
 cian and surgeon at Ostrander and 
 health officer of Scioto Township, 
 was horn at New Dover, Union 
 County, Ohio. July 26, [877, and is 
 a son of John B. and Emma (Judy) Weller. 
 Edward Weller, the paternal grandfather of 
 Dr. Weller. was born in England, where he 
 married before coming to America ami settling 
 at Watkins. Ohio, where he established a 
 ery. lie met with better success after re- 
 moving i,, Marysville. where he engaged in 
 the manufacture of tile in connect ion with that 
 of pottery. He died at Marysville. in [884. 
 
 aged 80 years. Of his six children. John B. 
 Was the fourth in order of birth. 
 
 John B. Weller was born near Watkins 
 and was reared and educated at Marysville, 
 where he learned the pottery business with 
 his father, hut after the latter's death he did 
 not continue the industry, turning his atten- 
 tion instead to farming. He is a highly re- 
 spected resident of Xew Dover. He served 
 three years in the Civil War as a member 
 of the Thirty-fourth Regiment. Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, and is a valued member of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic post at Marys- 
 ville. He belongs also to the Odd Fellows and 
 .Masonic bodies at Marysville and to the 
 Knights of Pythias at New Dover. He mar- 
 ried a daughter of Michael Judy, a well-known 
 citizen of Peoria, Ohio, and three of their 
 four children survive, namely: Victor B.. 
 Ethel and Frederick. John B. Weller and 
 wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 Dr. Weller was educated in the schools of 
 Xew Dover and Marysville and read medicine 
 under Dr. W. F. White, of the latter place, 
 from whose instruction he entered Starling 
 Medical College, where he was graduated in 
 1901. He settled at New Lewisburg, Cham- 
 paign County, Ohio, where he practiced suc- 
 cessfully for three years and then came to 
 ( Istrander, opening his office here July 7. 
 11)04. Dr. Weller was very cordially received 
 and is in the enjoyment of a large and lucra- 
 tive practice. He also immediately won the 
 confidence of the public and in the election fol- 
 lowing his settlement here, he was elected 
 township physician and township health of- 
 ficer. He keeps full}' abreast of the times in 
 medical science and is a valued member of 
 Delaware County. Ohio State Medical Socie- 
 ties and of the American Medical Association. 
 
 Dr. Weller married Lid 1 Loveless, who is 
 a daughter of William 11. Loveless, of New 
 Dover. Dr. and Mr-. Weller had one son. 
 John, who died in infancy. Fraternally, Dr. 
 Weller is connected with Ostrander Lodge, 
 [•". & A. M., Marysville Chapter, R. A. M.. 
 Raper Commandery, K. T.. at Urbana, and is 
 
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 past chancellor of Ostrander Lodge Knights 
 of Pythias. lie retains membership in his 
 college society, the Phi Sigma Psi Chapter 
 at Columbus. lie is identified in politics with 
 die Republican party. 
 
 UGH BOYLE McKAY, a well-known 
 resident of Eden and a veteran of the 
 Civil War, was burn in Greene 
 County, Pennsylvania, December 18. 
 1840. and is a son of Alexander and 
 Maria 1 I '« tyle I McKay. 
 
 The parents of Mr. McKay came to Dela- 
 ware County. Ohio, from Washington County. 
 Pennsylvania, and settled at Eden, in [852. 
 The father was born in Greene County, Penn- 
 sylvania, and died in Ohio. June 26, 1878. 
 For 25 years he was the postmaster at Eden. 
 In 1829 he was married to Maria Boyle, who 
 was horn at Alexandria, Virginia, April 3, 
 E803. She lived to the unusual age of 96 
 years. 45 of which had been spent in Eden. 
 She was an honored member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at this place, having brought 
 her letter of admission from the church to 
 which she belonged in her former home. Five 
 sons and three daughters were born to Alex- 
 ander McKay and wife, but two of which 
 children now survive — Hugh Boyle and Mrs. 
 Mary Dutton. The five sons served in the 
 Civil War. two of them meeting a soldier's 
 death, namely: John, who died from wounds 
 received in battle at Bolivar, Tennessee, and 
 Alexander, who was instantly killed at the 
 battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana. The 
 others were: Samuel Parker and James P., 
 both of whom died in Chicago; Keziah. who 
 married Jacob Pettit, and died near Eden; and 
 Elizabeth Calista, who died in infancy, in 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 Hugh Boyle McKay was [3 years of age 
 when he accompanied his parents to Dela- 
 ware County, and he continued to live in 
 Brown Township until he first enlisted for 
 service in the Civil War. He entered Com- 
 pany C, Twelfth Regiment, Illinois Volun- 
 
 teer Infantry, and after completing his first 
 term of three months, he re-enlisted in the 
 same company, at Gain., [llinois, on the same 
 day that he was mustered out. lie took part 
 in many of the notable battles of the war. 
 was at the capture of Forts Henry and Donel- 
 son and fought also at Pittsburg Landing. 
 On the second day of the last mentioned bat- 
 tle, April 7, 1862, Mr. McKay was shot 
 through the hand. Although his injury was 
 a serious one. he continued in the service until 
 the close of the war, becoming a member 
 the Veteran Corps and acting as a proi 
 marshal guard. He was honorably dis- 
 charged, in 1865, at Gamp Chase, Columbus. 
 He then went to the West, making the long 
 trip across the plains, and shortly afterward 
 began freighting from Leavenworth to New 
 Mexico. For 14 years Mr. McKay led almost 
 as dangerous and adventurous a life as during 
 the war, after which he returned to Ohio and 
 settled down at Eden, acquiring the home 
 place. 
 
 After his return to Eden from the West. 
 Mr. McKay married Mrs. Millie Covner. on 
 November 29, 1888. Mrs. McKay was L 
 widow- and is a daughter of Ralph and Betsey 
 Longwell. who came here as pioneers and 
 took up Government land at an early day. Air. 
 and Mrs. McKay had one son. Lloyd, who 
 died at the age of two years. By her former 
 marriage, Mrs. McKay had four children — 
 Harry, Maud, Edward and Archie. Mr. Mc- 
 Kay is a stanch Republican in politics. He 
 is a member of the Grand Army Lost at 
 Delaware and of the Knights of Pythias 
 Lodge at Eden. 
 
 U'ni! KRONINGER.a representative 
 
 citizen of Delaware Township, where 
 
 he is engaged in general farming and 
 
 truck gardening on his 30-acre farm. 
 
 was born in Delaware Township. 
 
 Delaware County, Ohio, April 20, [856, and 
 
 is a son of John and Elizabeth (Swarrz) 
 
 l\r< minsrer. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 John Kroninger was born in Pennsylvania 
 in 1812, ami there learned the trade of black- 
 smith. On attaining his majority, he came to 
 Delaware Township, and engaged in the 
 blacksmith business north of the city of Dela- 
 ware, but subsequently removed to Stratford, 
 where he also carried on blacksmithing. His 
 later years were spent in farming on the east 
 side of the river, near Stratford, where his 
 death occurred September 24, 1894. By his 
 first marriage Mr. Kxoninger had two sons, 
 Peter and Hosea, and not long after his first 
 wife's death he was married (second) to 
 Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven chil- 
 dren, six oi whom grew to maturity: James, 
 
 Shelby County, [llinois; George, who re- 
 sides at Shepard ; Alvesta, the widow of 
 Milo 'Graham; James and Daniel, who live in 
 Shell iv County, Illinois; and [Catherine, the 
 wife of Charles Grogan, of Delaware, Ohio. 
 Mr. Kroninger's third marriage was to Mrs. 
 Hannah Stickney, who was the widow of 
 Hugh Stickney of Union County. The family 
 were members of St. Mark's Lutheran Church 
 at Delaware. 
 
 Jacob Kroninger remained on the home 
 farm until eleven years of age, and when 
 [8 years old returned thereto and managed it 
 until his father's death. Since that time Mr. 
 Kroninger has owned the farm, which con- 
 sists of 30 acres, four or five acres of which 
 he devotes to truck. He has over 400 apple 
 trees. 100 peach trees. 25 pear trees, and also 
 gives much attention to the raising of goose- 
 berries, currants, strawberries and quinces. He 
 raises from 200 to 300 chickens annually, and 
 has been very successful in this industry. 
 
 On May i<X, 1898, Mr. Kroninger was 
 married to Mrs. Agnes Brahm. who is the 
 widow of Jacob Brahm, and daughter of 
 Thomas Luke, of Delaware Township. Three 
 children have been horn to them: Robert, 
 Raymond and Carrie. By her former mar- 
 riage Mrs. Kroninger had three children: 
 George, Ethel and Lottie Brahm. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Kroninger are members of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church at Stratford. In poli- 
 tics, he is a Prohibitionist, but has never cared 
 to hold public office. 
 
 AMES A. H. HARTER, a representa- 
 tive agriculturist of Delaware County, 
 Ohio, who cultivates a fine tract of 
 50 acres in Delaware Township, was 
 horn on Sugar Run, Delaware Town 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, October 21, 
 [843, and is a son of Henry and Catherine A. 
 M. B. (McCutcheon) Darter. 
 
 Andrew Harter, the paternal grandfathei 
 of the subject of this sketch, came from 
 Northumberland Count)', Pennsylvania, and 
 was of Pennsylvania-Dutch stock. On arriv- 
 ing in Delaware County he bought the farm 
 which is now known as the Peter Weiser farm 
 in Delaware Township. Failing to get a good 
 deed for it, he lost his property, and then pur- 
 chased what is known as the Otho Williams 
 farm, where he lived and where his death took 
 place in 1846, when he was ripe with years. 
 He was the father of two children, James A. 
 II. and Mary M. X., the latter of whom makes 
 her home with her brother. About tS months 
 after her husband's death. Mrs. Harter settled 
 on the farm on which James A. H. Harter now 
 lives, on which the only building at that time 
 was a log cabin. The second year after com- 
 ing here. Mrs. Harter erected the present resi- 
 dence, and made many other improvements, 
 including the building of fences and the plant- 
 ing of fruit trees, and here her death occurred 
 March 1, 1888. 
 
 fames A. H. Harter secured his education 
 in the common schools of Delaware Township, 
 and was reared on the farm on which he has 
 always lived. The property consists as above 
 stated, of 50 acres. 40 of which are under 
 cultivation, and Mr. Harter raises large crops 
 of corn, oats, wheat and hay, feeding every- 
 thing hut wheat. He keeps from six to eight 
 head of cattle and eight or ten of hogs. He is 
 considered one of the good, practical farmers 
 of Delaware Township, and as a man and a 
 citizen is held in the highest esteem. In 1865 
 or Ah Mr. Harter began running a threshing 
 machine, and ran it for about 34 years, without 
 missing a season. 
 
 April 16, 1880, Mr. Harter was married to 
 Rebecca Ann Fegley, who is the daughter oi 
 Henry Fegley of Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. 
 
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 Harter attend the Presbyterian Church, which 
 liberally. The former's political 
 i is with the Republican party, hut he 
 r been a politician. 
 
 IOSEPH WILLIAMS SMART was 
 long i >ne i if Scii 't' i T iwnship's nn st 
 respected citizens, where he owned 
 much property and lived a long and 
 exemplary lite. lie was born in 
 township, Delaware County. Ohio. 
 Augusl 17. 1N42. and is a son of Isaac and 
 Eliza 1 Williams ) Smart. Lie died November 
 1. 1884. Isaac Smart was born on the site 
 e present city of Columbus and was a 
 pioneer in Scioto Township, where he ac- 
 quired a farm in what is called the North 
 Wcx 1. lie built there a log house, wisely 
 choosing a location near a spring of water, 
 and engaged in fanning all his subsequent life. 
 He reared a large family. 
 
 ph. Williams Smart was reared on his 
 father's farm. When the Civil War was de- 
 clared, he enlisted in 1861, entering Company 
 K. Sixty-sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and remained in the service three years 
 and nine months. He was a brave and capable 
 soldier, firmly enduring the many hardships 
 and facing the dangers incident to active mili- 
 tary life. On two occasions he was wounded, 
 first at Cedar Mountain, when s, nne of his 
 teeth were shot out, and second at Leach Tree 
 Creek, when he received a wound in the hip. 
 In [874 Mr. Smart was married to Mary 
 Richey. who was born October 11. 1837, and 
 who -till survives, in perfect mental and 
 physical health. She is a daughter of James 
 Richey. a former teacher and a justice of the 
 ■ ■ f Scioto Township. There were six 
 children horn to Mr. and Mrs. Smart, four of 
 whom grew to mature years, namely: • Wil- 
 liam P.; Edith, who married Edward Slocum; 
 James Richey. and Joseph Clay, all residing in 
 Scioto Township. The late Joseph Williams 
 Smart was a worthy member of the old Stone 
 Presbyterian Church at South Radnor, and 
 was one of its trustees. Mrs. Smart belongs 
 to the Presbyterian Church at Ostrander. 
 
 Mr. Smart bought his first farm after his 
 marriage and during his lifetime owned 1 
 different farm, buying a large one at each 
 change. He carried on general farming and 
 raised stock. In his early years of manhood, 
 he voted with the Democratic party hut in late; 
 years he became a Prohibitionist. He was a 
 kind and affectionate husband, a careful father 
 and on honorable member of his community. 
 
 M. A\ ERY, until recently cashier of 
 the Deposit Banking Company, at 
 Delaware, which position he resigned 
 April 1. [908, belongs to one of the 
 old pioneer families 1 f Delaware 
 < bunty. He was born at Delaware. Delaware 
 County, Ohio, in 1871, and is a son of the 
 late Jasper Avery. Judge Frederick Avery, 
 the grandfather of R. M. Avery, was one of 
 the earliest settlers of Delaware County, where 
 he became a man of great prominence. He 
 served as judge on the Common Pleas bench 
 and was one of the political factors of his 
 day. Lor man)- years he was an active pro- 
 moter of the "underground railway," making 
 his home a secret station for fugitive slaves. 
 Jasper Avery, father of the subject of this 
 sketch, was engaged in farming- through his 
 earlier life, but for a long period preceding 
 his death was associated with the V. T. Hills 
 Company. 
 
 R. M. Avery was graduated from the Dela- 
 ware High School in 1888, and in the fall of 
 the same year he entered the employ of the 
 Deposit Banking Company, as a messenger. 
 His fidelity and efficiency were rewarded by 
 consecutive promotions until in 180,8 he was 
 elected cashier. His recent resignatii m from 
 this position has been mentioned above. He is 
 a member of the Board of Directors and a 
 stockholder in the institution. In 1899, R. 
 .M. Avery was married to Daisy Seegar. who 
 is a daughter of Dr. Seegar. of Logan County, 
 Ohio. They have one child. Florence. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Avery are members of the William 
 Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
 Avery being church treasurer. Fraternally, he 
 is connected with the Knights of Pythias and 
 the Elks. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 LLEX V. GILLET, general farmer 
 and representative citizen of Marl- 
 borough Township, where he owns 
 
 an excellent farm of 175 acres, which 
 is well adapted to the growing of all 
 the grains of this climate, is a native of Marl- 
 borough Township, Delaware Comity, Ohio, 
 where he was -born February 6, 1857. He is 
 a son of Harvey and Elizabeth ( Baker) Gillet. 
 The late Harvey Gillet was one of Marl- 
 borough's most prominent and esteemed citi- 
 zens. He was born in Ohio, while his parents 
 were making the journe) from Connecticut. 
 His father. Joseph Gillet, was a pioneer set- 
 tler in .Marlborough Town-hip, locating in this 
 section before the native forest had been 
 cleared off. Harvey Gillet was reared in the 
 log cabin home and the few educational ad- 
 vantages he had in boyhood, were obtained in 
 the district schools. llis whole active life 
 was passed in this township, which he served 
 in many offices of responsibility, being a 
 trustee and member of the School Hoard. He 
 was also a liberal supporter of the church and 
 was ever willing to further plans made for the 
 public welfare. He was identified with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Norton and 
 served as the superintendent of its Sunday 
 school tor a long period. His kindness and 
 charity were known far and wide and there are 
 many today who still can recall his helpfulness 
 when they needed assistance. He was a mem- 
 ber of the lodge of Odd bellows at Westfield, 
 Ohio. He married Elizabeth Baker, who was 
 born in Ohio and who died April 9, [895. 
 
 Mien V. (iillet was reared on bis father's 
 farm in Marlborough Township and he ob- 
 tained liis education in the common schools. 
 I le lias resided on his present farm since 1904, 
 although his whole life, with the exception of 
 a short period passed 111 Waldo Township, has 
 been spent in Marlborough Township. Like 
 his father and also his brother. Harlos Gi 
 let, who is a large farmer ami stock-raiser at 
 Xorton Station, Allen Y. Gillet is a stanch 
 Republican, having supported the candid 
 -if that party since coming to manhood. 
 
 On February <>. [882, Mr. (iillet was mar- 
 ried to Eva II. Smith, who is a daughtei 
 the late Calvin Smith, of Oxford Township, 
 
 and they have two children: Fay and Cloice 
 A. For the past 20 years, Mr. Gillet has been 
 a member of Lenape Lodge. No. 29, Knights 
 of Pythias, at Delaware. 
 
 IS. EMMA 
 GRIFFITH, 
 
 magnificent 
 
 CHAMBFRLA1X- 
 residing on her 
 farm of over 500 
 acres, situated in Delaware T wn- 
 ship, is one of the best-known and 
 v esteemed residents of this section. 
 Mrs. Griffith was born in Rome Township. 
 
 in?] 
 
 Lawrence County, Ohio, October 
 
 1 Si ,( , 
 
 and is a daughter of John O. and Sarah Naomi 
 (Coulter) Miller. 
 
 Mrs. Griffith remained at home with her 
 parents until her marriage, attending the town- 
 ship schools and becoming skilled in all house- 
 wifely arts. On July 21, 1887, she was mar- 
 ried (first) to John Henry Chamberlain, who 
 was born in Delaware County, in June. [839, 
 and who died March 7, 1896. He was a son 
 of William and Mary (Gardner) Chamber- 
 lain, and a grandson of Justus Chamberlain, 
 who was a captain in the War of t8l2. In 
 the same year, William Chamberlain was born 
 in Xew England and was seven years of age 
 when he accompanied his parents to Delaware 
 County. The family settled on the farm that 
 Mrs. Griffith now owns. It originally con- 
 tained 135 acres, to which a quantity of land 
 has been added through wise . investments. 
 John 1 1. Chamberlain was the only child of his 
 parents and inherited the home property, which 
 lie increased to ^y^ acres. He was an edu- 
 cated, well-read men. having been a student 
 at the Ohio Western University. He left 
 two children: William Miller, wdio was born 
 November 29, 1888. He was a student in 
 Delaware High School, but bad to give up 
 school when within two months of gradu; 
 on account of his eyes giving out: and M; 
 born December 11. iS<)i, a student in the 
 Delaware High School, class of [909 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain took a keen practical 
 interest in agriculture, and was very success- 
 ful, always giving much credit to his capable 
 wife for her good judgment and executive 
 
CAPT. ELI AS COLE 
 
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 839 
 
 ability. He was a member of the William 
 Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 ( )n March 31, [897, Mrs. Chamberlain was 
 married to Thomas E. Griffith. Mr. Griffith 
 was horn in South Wale-. August 7. 1867, 
 and was educated in Llandovery College. His 
 father. Thomas Evan Griffith, was a Welsh 
 Esquire, who owned an estate of 2,700 acres. 
 on which he raised sheep, and Thomas grew 
 up 111 the sheep and cattle business. Prior to 
 [892, when he came to America, he had been 
 superintendent of his father'-- estate. After 
 visiting the great Columbian Exposition, at 
 Chicago. Mr. Griffith engaged in farming in 
 Delaware Township, and in [897, after his 
 marriage with Mrs. Chamberlain, took charge 
 of her many farm and stock interests. The 
 acreage has been increased and 200 acres are 
 given to pasturage, while 300 acres are culti- 
 vated. No products of the farm are sold, ex- 
 cept stock and cattle, milk and wheat. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Griffith keep j^ head of cattle. 
 among them being a number of full-blood Ter- 
 se} s, milk about 50 cows and sell to the cream- 
 ery. They have three registered stallions and 
 raise both draft and trotting horses, keeping 
 jo head on hand all the time. Many Berk- 
 shire bogs are also raised. Only persons of 
 thorough knowledge and much experience 
 could successfully manage so large a stock and 
 dairy farm as this, making it what it is — one 
 of the most successful enterprises of Delaware 
 Township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Griffith are 
 members of the William Street Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. In politics. Mr. Griffith 
 is a Republican, but he takes no very active 
 interest in public matters. 
 
 APT. ELIAS COLE, who was for 
 
 many years one of the best known 
 
 and most highly respected citizens 
 
 of Ashley, Delaware County. Ohio, 
 
 was born in Troy Township, this 
 
 county. September 4. 1834. His parents were 
 
 Hugh and Mary (Main) Cole, bf.ch natives 
 
 47 
 
 of Delaware County. His paternal grand- 
 father was Joseph Cole, a native of Virginia, 
 w h 1 fi night against Great Britain in the War 
 of 1812. 
 
 Elias Cole was reared to man's estate in 
 Delaware County. Ohio, acquiring his literary 
 education in the public schools of Marlborough 
 Township, and at the same time receiving his 
 industrial training on his father's farm. He 
 was married in [856, and engaged in agricul- 
 ture, gradually turning his attention, however, 
 chiefly to the breeding of merino sheep, the 
 raising of Plymouth Rock poultry, and to bee 
 culture, soon becoming one of the best known 
 apiarists in the county. 
 
 The even tenor of his life was. however, 
 interrupted by the Civil War. Feeling his 
 country's call to be paramount to any con- 
 siderations of self-interest, he enlisted, in 
 April, 1861. in Company C, Twenty-sixth 
 Regiment. ( ). V. I., in which he served for 
 over three years, being honorably discharged 
 in July. 1804. with the rank of captain. Dur- 
 ing his service in the army he kept a journal 
 in which he recorded from day to day all 
 interesting events, and which was subsequently 
 printed. From it we find that he left Ashley, 
 April 22. 1861, for three months' service, was 
 detained at Delaware with the other recruits, 
 where the work of drilling commenced. On 
 the 24th. word being received that the requi- 
 sition for three months' men was filled, the 
 company disbanded, and immediately reor- 
 ganized as a company of minutemen, the dril- 
 ling being continued while awaiting orders 
 from the Governor. Xews of the acceptance 
 of the company was received, and on June 15. 
 after bidding farewell to their assembled 
 friends, they set out for Camp Chase, near 
 Columbus. Here they elected officers and the 
 work of drilling was continued. On the 29th 
 Mr. Cole was visited in camp by his wife and 
 some friends, with whom, having obtained 
 leave of absence, he spent the rest of that clay 
 and part of Sunday, the 30th. The interval 
 between this date and August 1 st was spent 
 mainly in camp, in drilling and doing guard 
 duty. On August 1. the regiment, under com- 
 mand of Colonel E. R. Fyffe, took train for 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Cincinnati, where late that night they were 
 transferred to the steamer J. 11. Done, bound 
 up the river for Point Pleasant, Virginia, ami 
 soon found themselves in rebel territory. 
 
 On August 10, while on a march from 
 Charleston. Virginia, to Summerville, James 
 Cole, a brother of the subject of this sketch, 
 lost his life by the accidental discharge of a 
 gun. August 28th the force to which the 
 regiment was attached was attacked by the 
 enemy and several guards were killed. < hi 
 September 3, another slight brush occurred 
 with the enemy on which occasion, however, 
 the latter were the sufferers. From this time 
 on there were plenty of alarms and skirmishes, 
 and the regiment sustained some slight losses. 
 In the latter part oi September the regiment 
 became attached to General Rosecrans' com- 
 mand. About a month later Mr. Cole was 
 taken sick and came under the doctor's care. 
 December 24, Mr. Cole, in company with an- 
 other soldier. John Black, was detailed to go 
 to Ohio on recruiting duty, and accordingly 
 started next morning, going by way of Cin- 
 cinnati and Columbus and reaching home De- 
 cember 29. Some time was spent in visiting- 
 friends and attending parties, and on Januarj 
 16 the men set out to rejoin their regiment, 
 which had been ordered to Louisville. Ken- 
 tucky. On March 8, they marched for Nash- 
 ville, where they arrived on the 12th. On the 
 29th they left that place, and on April 4. 
 while en route to Savannah, were attacked, 
 with the 17th Indiana by a body of 800 rebel 
 cavalry, whom they routed, taking seven pris- 
 oners, On the 8th they arrived at Savannah, 
 where they saw plenty of evidences of the re- 
 cent battle 1 of Shiloh ), the ground being cov- 
 ered with dead rebels. 
 
 Mr. Cole's journal gives a lively and de- 
 tailed account of each day's experiences — the 
 duties performed, the movements of the regi- 
 ment, with numerous incidents illustrating the 
 fatigues, hardships, occupations, disappoint- 
 ments, and successes of a soldier's Hie in war 
 time. Here and there is a bit of homely but 
 faithful description of a line sunset or a pic- 
 turesque landscape, showing in the writer a 
 keen appreciation on' the beauties of nature, 
 
 even when seen under adverse conditions. It 
 would be impossible in the space here available, 
 to do more than briefly refer to the more im- 
 portant incidents of Mr. Cole's three years of 
 service. He seems to have attracted the notice 
 of his officers for his capacity and faithful per- 
 formance of duty, for on December 17th he 
 was appointed regimental postmaster. The 
 Twenty-sixth was highly commended by 
 Brigadier-General Wood for its efficiency in 
 marching and manoeuvering and his gallantry 
 in action. It took part in the fighting at Mur- 
 freesboro, during which time, however, Mr. 
 Cole was absent in Nashville on postal busi- 
 ness. 
 
 From time to time we read of his forward- 
 ing money home, of company, brigade, and di- 
 vision drills, of reviews by General Rosecrans. 
 On July 7 and S salutes were fired in honor 
 of the Union victories at Gettysburg and 
 Vicksburg. On August 12, we find Mr. Cole, 
 who is still regimental postmaster, writing a 
 letter to the Delaware Gazette. After si >me 
 long marches and the crossing of the Cumber- 
 land Mountains, in the ascent of which the 
 men had to help in pulling - up teams and half- 
 loaded wagons, we find the note: "After 
 crossing the Cumberland Mountains I conclude 
 not to dispute the fact that Bonaparte did 
 cross the Alps, but am well satisfied he never 
 crossed the Cumberland." 
 
 On September 9th they were at Chatta- 
 nooga, where they saw some rebels, and a few 
 days later they lost several men in a skirmish. 
 On the 19th the regiment took part in the 
 bloody battle of Chickamauga, in which it 
 was much cut up. losing over 60 per cent, of 
 the men in killed and wounded. Sergeant 
 Cole received a gun-shot wound in the right 
 shoulder. On October 22. he was granted a 
 furlough and started for home. After a pleas- 
 ant month spent in visiting his friends and in 
 recuperating his health, during which time. 
 however, he lost the opportunity of participat- 
 ing with the regiment in the famous assault 
 1 n Mission Ridge, he set out to rejoin his 
 regiment. Before doing so he visited the bat- 
 tlefields of Mission Ridge and Lookout Moun- 
 tain. Some time was spent in camp and then 
 
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 841 
 
 the Twenty-sixth, as a part of Thomas's com- 
 mand, set out with Sherman on the famous 
 march to Atlanta. Previous to this, however, 
 most of the men had been mustered out and 
 had re-enlisted as veteran's. Mr. Cole, with a 
 numbei 01 others, had not re-enlisted, but 
 the) were hot yet dismissed, and accordingly 
 started on the Atlanta campaign. They ac- 
 companied the regiment to Resaca, Georgia, 
 and thence to Adairsville. New Hope Church, 
 l'icketts Mills, Ackworth, Lust Mountain, 
 Mti'l'h Creek. Kenesaw . and Marietta. 
 Georgia" which they reached July 3d, soon after 
 coming in sight of Atlanta. On the I2th the 
 
 i r for the return of the non-veterans to the 
 rear, to he mustered out of the service, was 
 received, and on the next day they left the 
 cam]), hound for home. On the 25th they 
 were mustered out of the service at Chatta- 
 nooga, and five days later Mr. Cole found 
 himself once more in the bosom of his family, 
 his service in the war for the Union having 
 la-ted three years, two months, and twenty- 
 five days. Events now pointed to the ap- 
 proaching dissolution of the Confederacy, ami 
 Mr. Cole no longer deemed it his duty to en- 
 gage in further military service. He resumed 
 agricultural pursuits, gradually turning his at- 
 tention more and more to sheep raising, and to 
 bee and poultry culture, as already noted else- 
 where in this article. He gained a wide repu- 
 tation for the excellence of his merino sheep 
 and his Plymouth fowls. He continued suc- 
 cessfully engaged in these occupations up to 
 the time of his death, which occurred October 
 8. i8 93; 
 
 In his demise the county lost one of its 
 most progressive and respected citizens — one 
 who had always had the best interests of the 
 community at heart. He was for some years 
 one of Marlborough Township's most useful 
 and popular officials, serving at different times 
 as justice of the peace, assessor and town treas- 
 urer, h politics he was a Republican. He 
 was a prominent member of the Masonic order 
 in this \icinity. being made a Mason in Lodge 
 407. al Ashley, August 18, [869. Of this 
 
 •■ he was a charter member. Passing 
 through the intervening- degree-, he became a 
 
 Royal Arch Mason in March. [871. At dif- 
 ferent times he was Master of Ashlev Lodge. 
 He kept in touch with his old time military 
 comrades as a member of the Union Veteran 
 Legion of Delaware, and of the Regimental 
 Association, of which he was elected president 
 in August, 1893. In [890 Captain Cole was 
 elected count}' treasurer, and after serving one 
 term, was re-elected. His death took place 
 shortly before the close of his second term in 
 this office. For many years Captain Cole was 
 an earnest and consistent member of Marl- 
 borough Baptist Church. The Ohio Soldier 
 of June • 30.- 1897. said of him: "Comrade 
 Cole was in some respects a remarkable man, 
 quiet and unassuming, hut possessed many ac- 
 complishments. He was a good soldier and a 
 true Christian gentleman. He completed his 
 three years" service, not by inherent strength of 
 body, but by quiet determination to do so, 
 and by carefully abstaining from all excesses, 
 saving his strength for supreme moments of 
 fatigue and exposure. A more careless man, 
 or. one addicted to excesses, would have been 
 compelled to yield, or more likely would have 
 d.ied before the expiration of his term of ser- 
 vice." 
 
 For the purposes of reference we append a 
 table of the distances travelled by the Twenty* 
 sixth Regiment. O. V. L; also Captain Cole's 
 Masonic Record : 
 
 DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY THE TWEXTY-SIXTH 
 REGIMEXT, O. V. I. 
 
 Miles. 
 Camp Chase to Cincinnati (by rail) .... 1 10 
 Cincinnati to Charleston. \Y. Va. (Wa- 
 ter) -. 270 
 
 Charleston to Sewall Mountain 77 
 
 Sewall Mountain to Fayetteville 55 
 
 Fayetteville to Loop Creek 22 
 
 Loo]) Creek- to Louisville, ECy. 1 water). 440 
 
 Louisville to Bardstown 39 
 
 Bardstown to Glenbrook 43 
 
 Glenbrook to Munfordsville 10 
 
 Munfordsville to Howling Green 42 
 
 Bowling Green to Tennessee line 2~ 
 
 Tennessee line to Nashville 39 
 
 Nashville to Columbia, Tenn (.0 
 
8 4 2 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Columbia to Savannah, Tenn '80 
 
 Savannah to Pittsburg Landing ( water) 10 
 
 Pittsburg Landing to Corinth, Miss. . . . 28 
 
 Corinth to Alabama line 30 
 
 Alabama line to Florence 30 
 
 Florence to Huntsville 79 
 
 Huntsville to Shelbyville, Tenn 57 
 
 Shelbyville to Dechard 35 
 
 Dechard to Fayetteville and back jj 
 
 Dechard to top of Cumberland Mts. ... jt, 
 
 Cumberland Alts, to Murfreesboro 55 
 
 Murfreesboro to Nashville 30 
 
 Nashville to Bowling Green, via Gal- 
 latin 73 
 
 Bowling Green to Munfordsville 42 
 
 Munfordsville to Louisville, via West 
 
 Point 76 
 
 Louisville to Bardstown, via Fairfield.. 43 
 
 Bardstown to near Camp Dick Robinson 51 
 
 Camp Dick Robinson to Wild Cat 46 
 
 Wild Cat to Silver Spring, Tenn., via 
 
 Crab Orchard 196 
 
 Silver Spring to Nash\ ille 20 
 
 Nashville to Murfreesboro 30 
 
 Murfreesboro to foot of Cumberland 
 
 Mountains, via Manchester 53 
 
 Foot to foot of Cumberland Mountains, 
 
 via Tracy 36 
 
 Foot of Cumberland Mountains to Chat- 
 tanooga, via Shellmound 53 
 
 Chattanooga to Chickamauga, Ga -'3 
 
 ( hickamauga to Chattanooga, via Ross- 
 
 ville 14 
 
 Chattanooga to Knoxville and Straw- 
 berry Plains and return 357 
 
 Chattanooga to Columbus, ( )hio, and re- 
 turn to Charleston, Tenn. ( rail ) . . . . 1310 
 
 Charleston to Kingston, Ga 95 
 
 Kingston to Kenesaw, via Xew Hope, 
 
 etc 66 
 
 Kenesaw to (amp south of Chattahoo- 
 chee River 20 
 
 Chattahoochee River to Marietta 11 
 
 Marietta to Chattanooga ( rail ) [18 
 
 Chattanooga to Columbus and Ashley. 
 
 Ohio ( rail ) 659 
 
 T ital 5202 
 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 Marched 22j$ 
 
 B) rail 2203 
 
 1 >y water 726 
 
 Total 5202 
 
 The above is exclusive of all scouts, forag- 
 ing expeditions, etc., of the Twenty-sixth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry in its three years' service. 
 Trips by rail were made in freight and cattle 
 cars, and by water were deck passage. 
 
 CAPTAIN COLE'S MASONIC RECORD. 
 
 Aug. [8, [869 — Was this day made a Ma- 
 son in the E. A. M. degree in Lodge No. 407. 
 Ashley, Ohio; J. F. Doty, acting W. Mas- 
 ter. 
 
 Sept. 29, [869 — Was this day passed to 
 Fellow Ira ft degree ; Brother J. F. Dotv. act- 
 ing W. M. 
 
 Nov. 3, [869 — This day raised to the sub- 
 lime degree of Master Mason, with Brother 
 Worshipful Master Sidney Moore in the East. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1871 — Promoted to the more hon- 
 orable degree of Mark Master, and passed to 
 the degree of Pasl Master. Brother Sidney 
 Mo, .re. Most Excellent High Priest. 
 
 March 3, 1871 — Admitted to the degree of 
 .Most Excellent Master; Brother Sidney 
 Mi ore, Most Excellent High Priest. 
 
 March 14, 1871 — Exalted to the sublime 
 and honorable degree of a Royal Arch Mason. 
 Comrade Sidney Moore, Most Excellent High 
 Priest. 
 
 Mr. Cole was married January 31. [856, 
 to Catherine Black, who was born in Marl- 
 borough Township, "Delaware County. Ohio, 
 June 4. 1835. a daughter of Christian and 
 Phebe ( Elliott) Black. Mrs. Cole's father was 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother of 
 Delaware County, Ohio. Mr. ami Mrs. Cole 
 were the parents of nine children, of whom 
 there are six now living. They are as fol- 
 li >ws : 
 
 Charles, who is a resident of Novinger, 
 Missouri; Milo, residing at Queen City, that 
 
AXD REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 843 
 
 : Burton, who is a resident of Marl- 
 borough Township; Luis, wife of Eugene 
 Nash, of Delaware, Ohio; Katie, wife of Wil- 
 liam 1 per, residing al Marion, Ohio; Elias 
 ).. who is a resident of Alton. Kansas. The 
 three deceased are Fred, Mary and Velorus. 
 Mrs. Elias Cole -till survives her husband 
 and resides in Marlborough Township, where 
 -In- owns over 70 acres of excellent land. She 
 is a member of Marlborough Baptist Church, 
 to which her husband belonged and has taken 
 an active part in its works of charity and Chris- 
 tian usefulness. The mother of a worthy 
 family, all the members of which show the re- 
 sults of her careful training", she has well 
 performed her part in the most sacred relations 
 of life, and now lives honored and respected 
 as she is widely known in the community 
 where she has so long had her home. 
 
 RAY H. CARR, president of the Os- 
 strander Banking Company, and 
 a prominent citizen of Ostrander, 
 U was horn on the old Carr home- 
 stead in Scioto Township, Dela- 
 ware County. Ohio, September .20, i860, and 
 is a son of Gideon S. and Elizabeth ( Ander- 
 son) Carr. 
 
 The paternal grandfather was Solomon 
 Carr. 1 orn in 1775. who came to Scioto Town- 
 ship in [817, and in company with James Lig- 
 gett and George Bean, also from Hardy 
 County. Virginia, now West Virginia, in- 
 vested in 600 acres of wild land. The first 
 night after completing this purchase the 
 friends spent with a fourth friend named Hin- 
 ton, who suggested that he be appointed to 
 apportion the land, and. the plan was accepted 
 and the land was divided by him into four 
 part-. Solomon Carr received 150 acres, and 
 that part of Ostrander lying north of North 
 Street stands on a portion of the original Carr 
 place. Solomon Carr died in 1847. He mar- 
 ried a sister of George Bean and they reared a 
 number of children and through marriage and 
 inter-marriage, the Carr family is connected 
 with many of the leading ones in this section. 
 
 Solomon Carr was born in 1775 and died in 
 [847. Priscilla Carr was horn in 1783 and 
 died in [862. 
 
 Gideon S. Carr was born on the farm 
 which hi- father settled, in [821, and died 
 on the same place in [898. lie followed an 
 agricultural life. Most of the improving was 
 done during his possession of the property, 
 nearly all of the substantial buildings having 
 been planned and erected by him. lie mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Anderson and thev had four 
 children, namely: Emma, who married J. ( . 
 Faulkner; S. T., residing at Ostrander; Wray 
 H. ; ami Homer, who died in infancy. Gideon 
 S. Carr and wife were members of the Baptist 
 Church and were active in all its helpful 
 nicies. 
 
 Wray H. Carr supplemented the education 
 he received in the public schools of Ostrander 
 with a business course at a commercial college 
 at Delaware. He continued to operate the 
 home farm in Scioto Township, which became 
 his own property, until 10,06, carrying on ex- 
 tensive operations. Since January, 1904. he 
 has been president of The Ostrander Banking 
 Company, of which he was one of the organ- 
 izers. This institution is in a prosperous con- 
 dition, at the present time (1908) having re- 
 sources of $50,000, with savings deposits of 
 about $75,000. The business has always been 
 conducted along conservative lines and flurries 
 in Wall Street or in other financial centers have 
 no power to disturb its usual quiet and sale 
 business course. 
 
 Mr. Carr was married (first) to Lillie 
 Crayton, who was a daughter of J. A. Cray- 
 ton, of Westerville. She is survived by two 
 children: Howard, residing at Columbus, and 
 Lillie. at home. Mr. Carr was married (sec- 
 ond) to Elizabeth Crayton. also a daughter 
 of J. A. Crayton. Mr. and Mrs. Carr are 
 members of the United Brethren Church at 
 Ostrander. in which he is a trustee. 
 
 Mr. Carr is a stanch Republican and has 
 been a trustee of Scioto Township for the past 
 seven year-. lie belong- to Ostrander Lodge, 
 No. 594, F. & A. M., and of Edinburg L 
 No. 4(17. Odd Fellows, of which he i- past 
 grand. 
 
8 44 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 HARLES M. SHIVELY. a general 
 fanner and stock-raise? of Delaware 
 County, Ohio, who has been promi- 
 nently identified with the agricul- 
 tural and public interests of Dela- 
 ware Township, was born August 4, 1865, in 
 Delaware, Ohio, and is a son of John and 
 Eliza B. (Cooke) Shively. 
 
 John Shively was horn in Fairfield County, 
 Ohio, January 12. 1824. and in his native place 
 followed the trade of carpenter until coming 
 to Delaware, Ohio, over half a century ago. 
 at which time there were hut twelve houses 
 here. He engaged in the coopering business 
 in a small way, and it so increased in volume 
 that he was forced to employ from seven to 
 ten hand-, and his barrels were shipped all 
 over the State of Ohio. The last 25 years of 
 his life were spent on the farm now occupied 
 by his son, Charles M., and here he erected 
 the comfortable brick residence. He was a 
 veteran of the 145th Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
 teer Infantry, and was connected with the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. Prior to the 
 war. Air. Shively was a Democrat, hut after 
 its termination he became a Republican. Mr. 
 Shively was married to Eliza B. Cooke, who 
 was a daughter of Isaac Cooke, and to them 
 11 children were born. 10 of whom grew to 
 maturity, namely: Mrs. Alary Barry, now 
 deceased; Edward \\\. who resides in Spo- 
 kane, Washington; John \Y., who is deceased; 
 Silas ('., who lives in Radnor Township; Al- 
 fred, oi Kingston Township; Franklin B., a 
 resident of Delaware; Anna May, who mar- 
 James Grubb, of Delaware: Charles Al.; and 
 William and Lewis X.. both of Delaware. 
 Airs. Shively died September 28, [896, aged 
 65 years. She and her husband were both 
 members of the United Brethren Church, but 
 there being no church of that denomination 
 in their locality. Air. Shively attended the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford, 
 where he acted in the capacity of Sunday 
 scho '1 teacher and class [eadei 
 
 Charles AI. Shively was reared in the city 
 of Delaware, and there attended the public 
 schools, lie has always lived on the farm of 
 his father since its purchase by the latter, with 
 
 the exception of a period of seven years, dur- 
 ing which it was carried on by his brother 
 William. The property, which consists of 62 
 acres, does not suffice for his extensive opera- 
 tions and consequently he rents the James R. 
 Lvtle farm and several other tracts, devoting 
 about 50 acres to corn, 70 acres to hay. 25 
 acres to oats and 25 acres to wheat. He has 
 given much attention to the breeding of regis- 
 tered Poland China and Jersey Red hogs, of 
 which he raises about 100 annually, and he 
 also has 12 Jersey dairy cows, selling his milk 
 ti ' a creamer)'. In addition he raises French 
 draft horses, and about 150 sheep. In addition 
 to his fine residence. Air. Shively has two ex- 
 cellent barns, one 40x50 feet with 14-foot 
 posts and sheds, and the other 45x22 feet 
 with 22-foot posts. He is a good practical 
 agriculturist and excellent business man. and 
 is held in high esteem by all who know him. 
 Air. Shively was united in marriage with 
 Mary P.. Miller, who is the daughter of Henry 
 and Eliza (Frye) Aliller, and to this union 
 there have been born four suns, namely : 
 Ernest A P. horn February 1. 1.889; Chauncey 
 P.. born March 17, 1890; Bert AP. born Au- 
 gust iv [892; and Charles R.. born October 
 10. 1898. 
 
 Airs. Shively has been a member of the 
 Presbyterian Church for 25 years, and Air. 
 Shively's religious connections are also with 
 this body, but formerly he was a member of 
 the C. li. Church. 
 
 OHN C. WALLACE, a representative 
 
 agriculturist of Troy Township and a 
 well-known breeder of Short I lorn 
 cattle and American Delaine and Me- 
 rino sheep, registered stock, is one oi 
 the township's most enterprising and prog 
 sive men. lie was born December 14. 1 
 in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, 
 ami is a son of Richard and Jane (Calloway) 
 Wallace. 
 
 The father of Air. Wallace was born in 
 Belmont County, Ohio, in 1833, being a son 
 of John Wallace, who came to Belmont County 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 84= 
 
 from Scotland. Richard Wallace was nine 
 years old when the family settled in the north- 
 ern-part of Troy Township, where John Wal- 
 lace and wile died. Richard Wallace married 
 Jane Galloway, who was horn in Scotland. 
 lie \\a^ residing with his son, John C, at the 
 time of his death. March 1. 1908. During- his 
 active years he served as township trustee and 
 for many years as justice of the peace. His 
 surviving children are: Elizabeth J., who 
 married William E. Gallant, residing in Dela- 
 ware Township; John C. ; James E.. residing 
 at Trinidad. Colorado: and Robert A., resid- 
 ing at Cumberland City, Tennessee, where he 
 is postmaster. 
 
 John C. Wallace was reared in Tro} 
 Township and completed his education at the 
 Ohio Business College, Delaware, where he 
 was graduated in 1880. For about 20 years 
 be was engaged in manufacturing drain tile, 
 and (in addition to farming) operated a saw- 
 mill, but both the above mentioned industries 
 he has abandoned. He has two valuable 
 farms in Troy Township, aggregating 22J 
 acres, and he devotes the greater part of his 
 attention to raising fine sheep, and also, since 
 [897, to raising registered Short Horn cattle. 
 
 Mr. Wallace was married, December 29, 
 [886, to Emma Anson, who was born at Cleve- 
 land, and is a daughter of Edmund Anson, 
 a native of England, who is now residing in 
 Delaware Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace 
 have three children — Galen A.. Florence (I. 
 and Mary K. 
 
 For five years Mr. Wallace served as a 
 member of Company K. Fourteenth Regiment. 
 Ohio National Guards. He takes an active 
 part in township affairs and served four years 
 as treasurer of Troy Township and several 
 years as township clerk. He and his wife 
 are members oi the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 W < )!'■ IK (WALD, a well-known citi- 
 zen of Marlborough Township, 
 ware Count}". Ohio, owns an excellent 
 propert) of i7-''_> acres, on which he 
 has resided, with the exception of a 
 short time, since 1850. Mr. Howald was born 
 
 July 25, 1838. in Canton Berne, Switzerland, 
 and is a son of Andrew and Fannie (Lantz) 
 I h>wald. 
 
 .Mr. 1 low aid lived in bis native country 
 until reaching the age of ten years, when with 
 his parents he came to America, the family 
 living tor two years in Licking County, < (hi >. 
 whence they subsequently came to Delaware 
 County, locating in a log cabin in the woods 
 of Marlborough Township. Young Howald 
 received bis education in the district schools, 
 after which he engaged in agriculture, in 
 which occupation he has continued up to the 
 present time, being the owner of a line trad of 
 1 72 'A acres of fertile land. In partnership 
 with his son. John C. Howald, he is exten- 
 sively engaged in breeding the famous De- 
 laine sheep, and is one 1 f the best known men 
 in this line of industry in the township. 
 
 Jacob Howald was married to Nancy May- 
 field, who is a daughter of the late James May- 
 field of Marlborough Township, and there 
 were six children born of this union, namely: 
 Frank E., a well-known medical practitioner 
 of Atlanta, Georgia; John C. ; and James A., 
 who lives in Marlborough township, and is 
 engaged in farming: and three others who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. 1 |o\\ aid i< a stanch Republican in poli- 
 tics, and for some years served as trustee of 
 Marlborough Township. He is a faithful 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 of Norton. Ohio, of which he has served for a 
 number of years as trustee. Progressive and 
 public-spirited in a high degree. Mr. Howald 
 is an industrious and useful citizen, and justly 
 deserves the high esteem in which he is held 
 by his fellow -townsmen. 
 
 John C. Howald, son of Jacob, was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Marlborough 
 Township and at Michael's Commerc 
 lege at Delaware. < »hio. I le owns a gi od farm 
 of 131 acres, carries on general farming, and 
 is extensively engaged in sheep raising. Like 
 his father be is a stanch adherent 1 f the prin- 
 ciples of the Republican party, and is 
 serving his first term as township trustei 
 Marlborough Township, which he has also 
 represented at a unity o ;i\ entii 
 [893 to [897 Mr. Howald resided at Atlanta. 
 
846 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Georgia, where he was a charter member and 
 secretary of the first white Republican Mc- 
 Kinley Club to be organized in the State. He 
 is a member ol the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Norton, Ohii 1. 
 
 \RRY J. JAMISON, a well-known 
 citizen and leading horse breeder of 
 Delaware Township, was horn No- 
 vember 22, 1865, in Delaware Town- 
 ship, Delaware County. Ohio, and is 
 a son of George W. and Mary (Nye) Jami- 
 
 Si 'It. 
 
 Robert Jamison, the great-grandfather of 
 Harry J., was a native of Pennsylvania, who 
 came to Delaware Township, Delaware Coun- 
 ty. Ohio, in 1811, and settled in the wilder- 
 ness as a pioneer. He was here engaged in 
 farming until the outbreak of the War of 
 [812, when he enlisted therein and served 
 faithfully. His death occurred on the old 
 homestead, which was built by him on the east 
 side of the river, and which is still standing, 
 in [840, aged 72 years. He married Esther 
 Baird, who was a native of Virginia, and she 
 died in [852, aged 82 years. 
 
 James M. Jamison, grandfather of Harry J., 
 was born in the "Pan-Handle" district, in Vir- 
 ginia, March 4, 1808. and came with his par- 
 ents to Delaware Township, remaining on the 
 old home farm until [866. In that year he re- 
 moved to Delaware, where his death occurred. 
 In [835 he was married to Elizabeth High, 
 who was born in Berks County. Pennsylva- 
 nia, 111 [816, and was a daughter of Benjamin 
 High, who came to Delaware County in 1832 
 and settled two miles m tiIi 1 >f 1 )elaware, where 
 he died 111 [834. Mr. and Mrs. Jamison had a 
 family of eight children, two of whom died in 
 infancy. By hard work and many sacrifices. 
 three daughters — Angeline, Esther and Mil- 
 lie — qualified as teachers, .-mil each had taught 
 school about five years when they married. 
 Angeline married George Martz; Esther mar- 
 ried Jacob Marl/ of Darke County, Ohio; and 
 Millie became the wife 1 1" William McGugin, 
 one of the proprietors of the Olive Furnace, in 
 
 Lawrence County. ( >f the other children. An- 
 nie Eliza died in 1876, and George W and 
 Robert 1'.. graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University in 1870- 
 
 George W. Jamison, father of Harry J., 
 was born January 18, 1841, in Delaware 
 Township, Delaware Count}-, Ohio, and until 
 13 years of age was employed on the home 
 farm. At this time he removed to Darke 
 County, Ohio, and was employed in the Court 
 I louse at Greenville, as a clerk in the treas- 
 urer's and clerk's offices, for about six years. 
 At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted 
 at Greenville in the Eleventh Regiment, Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, serving his term of three 
 months. In the same year he enlisted from 
 Delaware County, in Company E, Sixty-sixth 
 Regiment, Ohio A r olunteer Infantry, as a pri- 
 vate, but was made sergeant on the organiza- 
 tion of the regiment. He participated in all 
 the movements of his regiment until Novem- 
 ber, 1862, when with about 800 other sick and 
 wounded soldiers he was taken to Fairfax 
 Seminar)-, Virginia, where his mother came to 
 nurse him, and where he remained about two 
 weeks. He was then transferred to Bellevue 
 Hospital, New York, and remained there un- 
 der Mrs. Jamison's care about four weeks, 
 when he received an hororable discharge and 
 returned home. Soon thereafter he went out 
 with the Fifty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer 
 Infantry as sutler, and remained about eight 
 months, and on his return went to Greenville, 
 wdiere he filled the position of agent for the 
 t olumbus & Indianapolis Central Railroad for 
 about [8 ni' nths. At the end of this time Mr. 
 Jamison came to Delaware County, where he 
 was occupied in [arming and stock raising un- 
 til his death, May [9, 1902. In [864 he was 
 married to Mary J. Nye, who was a daughter 
 of William Nye, who came to Delaware 
 County in [832, and two children were born 
 to them — Harry John and Mary Nye. Mary 
 Nye married James Duckworth of Orange 
 Township, Delaware Count}-, in 1890. and to 
 them was born one daughter, Darline, who is 
 now living with her uncle, Harry J., and at- 
 tending High school, her mother having died 
 in icj<>4, at the age of 33 years. 
 

 MR. wi, MRS. DAVID BUSH 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 849 
 
 Harry J. Jamison was roared in the home 
 farm, and remained at home until 1895, when 
 he removed to Ins present stock farm, where 
 lie raises stock, road horses being his favor- 
 ite. From his boyhood Air. Jamison has been 
 fond dI' horses ami engaged extensively in 
 breeding them. I lis first colt, "Belle (asset." 
 was bred by his father, and was taken by 
 Harry J. Jamison when she was one year old, 
 in [889. She retired with a record of 1 3/<4- 
 Mr. Jamison now owns the trotting stallion 
 "Hesperus 34379," and a number of cults by 
 him — the fastest horse ewer brought into this 
 section of the State, with a record of 2:09^, 
 bought by .Mr. Jamison when a yearling and 
 developed by him. Hesperus is the sire of a 
 number of fast horses. Mr. Jamison is ac- 
 knowledged to he one of the best judges of 
 Horse flesh in the county, and his advice is 
 often sought in this line. Fraternally he is 
 connected with the Elks, Delaware Lodge, No. 
 76, and politically he is independent, voting 
 rather for the man than for the party. 
 
 .Mr. Jamison was married to Nellie Fur- 
 man, who is the daughter of Perry Furman of 
 Scioto Township, and this union has been 
 blessed by the birth of a son, Walter P. Mrs. 
 Jamison is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. 
 
 CSTIX B. WILSON, a highly re- 
 spected resident of Troy Township, 
 who has resided in Delaware County, 
 !l Ohio, for over a half century, and 
 
 who owns 360 acres of land in Marl- 
 borough Township, in two farms, which are 
 adjudged the most valuable ones between Dela- 
 ware and Marion, Ohio, comes of an old Xew 
 England family. He was horn in Hillsboro 
 County, Xew Hampshire, January 3. [832, 
 and is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth ( Fair- 
 banks) Wilson. 
 
 James Wilson, the grandfather, was a sol- 
 dier in the Revolutionary War. Alexander 
 Wilson was horn in Xew Hampshire and his 
 wife in Massachusetts, and they reared their 
 family in Hillsboro County. There Austin I'.. 
 
 Wilson grew up and obtained an excellent 
 education for his time, enjoying academic ad- 
 vantages at Francestown, New Hampshire, 
 for several terms, and supplementing this by 
 the practical experience of after life. In [854 
 he came to Delaware County and at first en- 
 gaged in a livery and omnibus business at 
 Delaware, after which he went to Marion 
 Countw llinois. and there followed farming 
 for several years. In 1866 he returned to 
 Delaware County and settled in Marlborough 
 Township, where he continued in agricultural 
 pursuits until 1898. In that year he came 
 to Troy Township, where he has since re- 
 sided. 
 
 On May 8, 1865, Mr. Wilson was married 
 to Mary Bush, who was horn in Troy Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio. April 25, 1834, 
 and is a daughter of Hon.. David and Eliza- 
 beth (Wilson) Bush, the former of whom 
 was a native of Orange County. Xew York, 
 and the latter of Hillsboro County, New 
 Hampshire. Hon. David Bush came with his 
 parents, Isaac and Sarah Bush, from Xew 
 York to Delaware County, when he was twelve 
 years of age. He became a prominent citizen 
 of this county and was elected a member of 
 the State Legislature. One of his sons. Louis 
 Bush, of Troy Township, served two terms as 
 county commissioner oi Delaware County. 
 The mother of Mrs. Wilson was eighteen years 
 of aire when she came to Delaware County. 
 Of the children of David Bush and wife, four 
 survive, namely: Sarah M., who is the widow 
 of the late James B. Jackson, and resides at 
 Delaware; Elizabeth, who lives in Troy Town- 
 ship: Mary; and Ellen, who married Thomas 
 II. Jones, who resides in Radnor Township). 
 David Bush left 1,600 acres of land at the 
 time <>f his death, located in Delaware and 
 Marion Counties. 
 
 Mr. and Mis. Wilson have had four chil- 
 dren, namely: Austin A., residing in Marl- 
 borough Township; David A., residing in Troy 
 Township; Harry I'... residing in Marlborough 
 Township; and Minnie, who is deceased. For 
 a number of years prior to her marriage. Mrs. 
 Wilson taught school in Delaware County. 
 Politically, Mr. Wilson is a Republican. 
 
8 5 o 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 HOMAS J( INES, for many years one 
 of the best known, and at the time of 
 his death, February iS, 1908, one of 
 the oldest residents in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, resided on the Alder- 
 brook farm in Delaware Township. He was 
 born July 29, [823, in Breconshire, Wales, and 
 is a son of William and Gwen (Williams) 
 Junes, 
 
 William Jones was also a native of Brecon- 
 shire, Wales, from which country he came to 
 America with his wife and live children in 
 [832, settling at Columbus. Mere Thomas 
 Junes resided until 17 or [8 years of age, at 
 which time he learned the saddler and harness- 
 maker's trade, and then went to Worthing- 
 ton, where he remained for a few years. Mr. 
 [ones then entered into business lor himself 
 on the Darby Plains, but aftei 
 
 here he engaged in 
 
 his marriage 
 
 and 
 
 sheep and Percheron horses, being the pio- 
 neer in this industry in the State. In 1879 he 
 located on his present farm, which he had 
 purchased several years previously, ami here 
 he continued to operate until [899, when he 
 retired from active pursuits, the responsibility 
 oi management being undertaken by his 
 daughter, Miss Winifred. The farm, a tract 
 of 70 acres, about jo of which are under culti- 
 vation, is one of the finest of its size in the 
 township, and on it a large barn was erected 
 in 1904. About 1884 .Mr. Jones imported 
 some Welsh ponies to America, and he has 
 since continued to breed tins stock, usually 
 having about 14 on hand, lie has also bred 
 Shetland ponies and Percheron horses, and 
 has given much attention to cattle and sheep 
 raising. 
 
 Mi'. Joiu-s was married to Alarum Xew- 
 ton, who was horn near Plain City, Ohio, 
 daughter of Albert Newton, who removed 
 from Xew York State, where he was a far- 
 mer, to Darby Plains, < >hio. lie married Har- 
 riet McCloud, a native of Connecticut and sis- 
 ter of Dr. McCloud, a member of the Legisla- 
 ture and Constitutional Convention of Ohio. 
 Mrs. Mariam Jones died in April. 1903, aged 
 ncarh j< ) year-, m the faith oi the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, having been the mother of 
 
 six children, of whom five grew to maturity. 
 These were as follows: Harriet, now de- 
 ceased, who was the wife of J. 1). Jones. M. 
 D., of Cleveland; Charles M., who conducts 
 the old homestead at Plain City; Albert X.. 
 who also resides at Plain City; Ellsworth E., 
 of Los Angeles, Cal. ; and Winifred, who re- 
 sides with her father and conducts the home 
 farm. 
 
 Mr. Jones was formerly a Whig, and is 
 now connected with the Democratic party, 
 Although not a politician, he served as trustee 
 of Darby. From his youth up Mr. Jones was 
 a member of the M. E. Church. He was made 
 1 Free Mason at Plain City. During his long 
 and useiul life he has seen man}- changes come 
 over this section. At the time he first located 
 in Columbus, it was such a small place that he 
 was personally acquainted with every one that 
 lived there, and often as a lad he played ball 
 where the State House now stands. He is 
 a man of much energy and many progressive 
 ideas, and deserves the esteem in which he is 
 held bv his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 EORGE COYNER, the eighth son of 
 David H. and Eliza C. Coyner, was 
 born at Lexington. Richland County, 
 Ohio, on June 5. 1858. His early 
 childhood was spent in Virginia, the 
 native State of his parents. During the Civil 
 War, at the death of his mother, he with the 
 1 est of the family, except four brothers who 
 were in the Union army, returned to the home 
 State of his father and mother. They were 
 only permitted to remain there a short time, 
 owing to the father's sympathy with the 
 North, where they were compelled to flee to. 
 coming to Columbus, Ohio, where the father 
 enlisted as chaplain of the Eighty-eighth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, located at Camp Chase. 
 After the close of the war the father located 
 at Eden, Delaware County, where he engaged 
 in the ministry for a number of years, he being 
 a graduate of Washington and Lee's College 
 of Virginia, and of the Princeton Theological 
 Seminary. Being also a man of high literary 
 
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 attainments, he devoted special attention to the 
 cthirat i. •!) of his son George, who alter com- 
 pleting his course in the public schools, was 
 placed under the special instruction of private 
 tutor-. He then completed his course at the 
 University of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1879. 
 
 He was married to Eunice A. Hippie. 
 daughter of (1. W. and Ann Hippie, of Eden. 
 Of this marriage three sons were born, only 
 one of whom is now living, he being a resi- 
 dent of Delaware. 
 
 The first political preferment that was be- 
 stowed upon Judge Coyner was his election 
 to the office of township clerk in Brown Town- 
 ship, in r88o, for five consecutive years there- 
 after. He was then appointed superintendent 
 of the County Infirmary, which position he 
 filled from 1889 to 1892. For a number of 
 years Judge Coyner had spent his spare time 
 in reading law. and at the expiration of his 
 term as superintendent, he attended the Cin- 
 cinnati Law College, from which institution he 
 was graduated at the head of his class in 1893. 
 and entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion at Delaware. In 1895 ne was elected to 
 the office of pn secuting attorney and was re- 
 elected to the same office in three years. In 
 1902 he was elected to the office of Common 
 pleas judge in the First Subdivision of the 
 Sixth Judicial District of Ohio, which pi si- 
 tion he filled for five years! So unswerving 
 was Judge Coyner's devotion to the trust re- 
 
 • 1 in him that during his entire political 
 career covering a period of 20 years, his rec- 
 ord is without a scar or blemish. 
 
 OHX VELEY, residing on his farm of 
 140 acres, which is situated in a de- 
 sirable section of Troy Township, 
 has devoted himself for many years to 
 general farming and dairying, finding 
 in it both pleasure and profit, lie was horn in 
 :■ County, Ohio. January 14. [836, 
 and is a son ol Peter and Margaret (M; 
 Veley. 
 
 The father of Mr. Veley was horn in New 
 York and the mother in Virginia, the latter in 
 
 [813. She was three years old when her par- 
 ents lirought her to Delaware County, settling 
 in Troy Township. They were John and 
 Mary Main, who became well-known farmers 
 in this section. Peter Veley, father of John, 
 made his first visit to Tro) Township when 
 he brought a lady to this neighborhood, with a 
 two-horse team, but he returned to New York 
 after a short stay, and it was si me years later 
 before he came to remain permanently, buy- 
 ing lands, a part of which his son John -till 
 owns. When he settled here his neighbors 
 were Indians and the uncleared forest covered 
 a large part of the land which is now in so 
 fine a state of cultivation. He died in Octo- 
 ber. 1838. Of his children two still survive — 
 John and Harriet, the latter of whom is the 
 widow of Francis Ashwill. Mrs. Ashwill 
 lives near Cincinnati. Ohio. 
 
 John Veley was deprived of his father's 
 care and protection when in his third year. 
 He remained with his mother until he attained 
 his majority, in the meanwhile securing his 
 education in the district schools. On March 
 10, 1859. he was married to Charlotte Surles, 
 who was born in Berlin Township, Delaware 
 Count\. November 15. 1836, and is a daughter 
 of Charles and Esther (Bockoven) Surles. 
 The father of Mrs. Veley was born in Con- 
 necticut, and be died when she was in her 
 fourth year. On the maternal side, her grand- 
 parents came from New Jersey and they were 
 earl_\- settlers in Berlin Township. To John 
 Veley and wife were born nine children, seven 
 of whom survive, namely: Carrie, who mar- 
 ried Edgar Main, residing in Delaware Coun- 
 ty: Milo, also a resident of Delaware County; 
 Esther, wdio married E. \V. Pittman, residing 
 in Troy Township; John A., residing in fro}' 
 Township; Peter If. residing in Marion, Ohio; 
 James, a resident >>i Troj Township; and 
 Lester II.. also residing' in Troy Township. 
 Emma and Mitchell are deceased. 
 
 Mr. Veley has ever been a loyal and pub- 
 lic-spirited citizen. In 18(14 he enlisted in 
 Company C, One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infarttry, which 
 left Delaware on May [Oth, for Lamp CI 
 and was then -cut to Arlington Heights ami 
 
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 served 100 days, the period of enlistment. Mr. 
 Veley then returned to his farm and has been 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits here ever 
 since. He operates a large milk business, in- 
 cluding a daily route to Delaware, under the 
 name of the Horse-shoe Dairy. 
 
 ON. HOSEA WILLIAMS was one of 
 Delaware's prominent and useful 
 men. who through a lung and honor- 
 able" life contributed to the develop- 
 ment and upbuilding of the industries 
 and enterprises which have made the city as 
 stable and prosperous as it is today. Judge 
 Williams was horn in Berkshire Count} - , Mas- 
 sachusetts Migust 3. [792, and was a son of 
 Abraham and Anna (Chamberlain) Wil- 
 liams. 
 
 As the name partly indicates, the Williams 
 family originated in Wales and family records 
 disclose that it was founded in America by 
 several brothers who emigrated to New Eng- 
 land in the latter part of the 17th century. 
 Charles Williams, the immediate ancestor of 
 the branch of the family to which Hon. Hosea 
 Williams belonged, died at Colchester, Con- 
 necticut. April 14, 1740. aged 94 years. He 
 was survived by six sons, one of whom. Na- 
 than Williams, was married September 16. 
 1 7-'5- to Elizabeth Lewis, also <u Welsh ex- 
 traction, and they reared a family of four sons 
 and five daughters. Abraham Williams, the 
 eldest of these sons, born Jul}' _' 1 . ij-'d. mar- 
 ried Vesta I hint and they were the grandpar- 
 ents 1 if Judge Williams. 
 
 Abraham Williams, son of Abraham and 
 lather of Judge Williams, was bom Septem- 
 ber id. [765, and married Anna Chamber- 
 lain. They resided in Berkshire County, Mas- 
 sachusetts, until after the marriage of their 
 only child. Hosea, in [817. The family then 
 started for the still undeveloped region known 
 as the Scioto Valley, Ohio, stopping at the 
 little village of Delaware, and renting quarters 
 there until a comfortable home could be pro- 
 vided on the farm of 300 acres which had been 
 purchased and which lay two miles west of the 
 
 hamlet. Abraham Williams and wife, after 
 seeing the young couple comfortably settled, 
 returned to Massachusetts, where they re- 
 mained until 1825, when they rejoined Judge 
 Williams and family and removal was made 
 to Delaware, where both Abraham Williams 
 and wife died. 
 
 Hosea Williams was 25 years of age when 
 he came to Delaware Count}-. His education 
 had been that usually afforded the sons of 
 well-to-do parents, in Berkshire County, and 
 for a short time he had been engaged in clerk- 
 ing at 1'ittslield. On May 29, 1817, he was 
 married to Charlotte Elizabeth Avery, who 
 was a half-sister of the late Governor Morgan. 
 of New York, and was a sister of the late 
 Judge Frederick Avery, of Delaware. The 
 Avery and the Morgan families can trace their 
 genealogies far back and there have been 
 many intermarriages, the first of these in New- 
 England having been that of Deacon William 
 Morgan, son of Glamorganshire James Mor- 
 gan, to Margaret Avery, daughter of Captain 
 James Avery, of Groton, Massachusetts. July 
 17, 1696. Mrs. Williams died February 23, 
 1839, having been the mother of five daugh- 
 ters and one son, the latter of whom died in 
 infancy. The daughters were: Anna, who 
 married Rev. John W. White; Harriet, who 
 married Judge Thomas C. Jones ; Margaret, 
 who married Chauncy Hills; Caroline, who 
 married Dr. John A. Little, and Charlotte. 
 Judge Williams was married (secondly) in 
 October. 1N41, to Mrs. Clarinda D. Starling. 
 who died in August, 1876, following the 
 death of Judge Williams, which occurred Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1876. 
 
 Upon the return of his parents from New 
 England, in [825, Mr. Williams moved from 
 the farm, on which, in [823 he had built a 
 commodius frame residence, to Delaware, 
 where he embarked in a general mercantile 
 business, which he continued for many years. 
 He was a man of character and enterprise 
 and was an active promoter of the various 
 agencies which go to the upbuilding of a com- 
 munity. When he came to Delaware there 
 was much to he done in the way of erecting 
 churches and schools, in building and improv- 
 
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 ing the highways, in introducing various utili- 
 ties to contribute to the health and comfort ol 
 the residents of the growing town, and also 1 in 
 making and regulating laws for its honest gov- 
 ernment Judge Williams was just the man to 
 recognize all these demands and as one of the 
 capitalists and public-spirited men, he became 
 a leader in main of the must important move- 
 ments. 
 
 While still residing- on his farm, Mr. Wil- 
 liams had been elected county commissioner, 
 afterward became a village official and still la- 
 ter judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 
 1845 ne was elected the first president of the 
 Delaware County branch of the State Bank of 
 Ohio, and until the expiration of its charter, 
 was a member of the State Board of Control 
 of this institution. When the Delaware bank 
 was reorganized and became the Delaware 
 County National Bank, Air.. Williams -was 
 elected president, a position he filled continu- 
 1 nbly until his death. 
 
 Judge Williams was chosen a member of 
 the first Board of Directors of the Cleveland, 
 Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, serving 
 for many years as such. In association with 
 Judge Howard, in 1838. he erected a paper 
 mill in what is now known as the village of 
 Stratford. Subsequently this mill was de- 
 stroyed by fire, but was rebuilt and became a 
 valued industry of this section. The death of 
 Judge Williams marked the passing of one of 
 the old-time men of capacity, sterling honesty 
 and honorable ideals. 
 
 1AKLES STAXBERY, a leading 
 and representative citizen of Liberty 
 Township, was born at Columbus, 
 Ohio, July 18. 1S44. and is a son of 
 Charles and Alary (Smith) Stan- 
 bery. 
 
 Air. Stanbery attended the district schools 
 during his boyhood, as lie was mainly reared 
 pn a farm, and completed his education in the 
 schools of Cincinnati and Zanesville. Air. 
 Stanbery has devoted his attention to agricul- 
 tural interests and resides on his valuable farm 
 
 of 150 acres, which is situated in Liberty 
 Township, this being the old homestead farm 
 on which his lather settled in [856. Ills land 
 is well cultivated and his practical methods 
 have resulted in large agricultural returns, lie 
 is one of the few survivors of one of the finest 
 old families of Delaware County, and one that 
 has been identified for over a half century 
 with the progress of Liberty Township. Hav- 
 ing lived for fifty years on this farm and in the 
 same house, no citizen of the township is bet- 
 ter or more favorably known than he. Mr. 
 Stanberj has never married, tie was reared 
 politically in the Democratic party but is in- 
 clined to be independent and think for himself. 
 He has always taken an interest in having wise 
 and liberal laws enforced. He belongs to the 
 Knights of Pythias at Powell. 
 
 AIOT1IY C. STONE, a representa- 
 tive citizen of Concord Township, re- 
 siding on a valuable farm of 240 
 acres, which he devotes to farming 
 and stock raising, was born in Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, November 3. 1853. and is 
 a son of Leander and Rachel (Coe) Stone. 
 
 Leander Stone was born in 1809, in \~er- 
 mont, and was brought to Ohio by his parents, 
 when he was four years of age. His father. 
 William Stone, settled near Amity, Madison 
 Ci unity, where he passed the remainder of his 
 life. Leander Stone grew to manhood in 
 Madison County, and prior to coming to Dela- 
 ware County, he was married to Rachel Coe. 
 In 1838 he settled on the farm which his son, 
 Timothy C, now owns, and he acquired 300 
 acres. Here he died July jo. [869, at the age 
 of 60 years. The maternal grandparents of 
 Air. Stone were Ransome and Elizabeth Coe, 
 natives of Pennsylvania, who were early set- 
 tlers in Franklin County. Ohio. Air. Stone's 
 mother survived until May 1 _\ [897. Leander 
 Stone and wife had four children, the three 
 in addition to the subject of ibis sketch being : 
 Samuel Ransome, residing in Franklin Coun- 
 ty, who married Alary Chapman and owns val- 
 uable property in Columbus: and Alvin, who 
 
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 died at Memphis, Tennessee, of an attack ol 
 measles, while serving" in the Civil War as a 
 member of Company E, Ninety-sixth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry; and Krastus, who is en- 
 gaged in farming in Scioto Township, Dela- 
 ware County, and who married Hester Gates. 
 Leander Stone cleared the larger part of his 
 land and made many improvements, including 
 the building of the present comfortable resi- 
 dence, which took the place of the log- cabin, 
 in which his children were born. In politics, 
 he was affiliated with the Democratic part)-. 
 
 Timothy C_. Stone attended the district 
 schools and through youth assisted Ins lather 
 on the farm. In 1886, he was married to 
 Eunice Black, who is a daughter of Robert and 
 Mary Black, of Union County, Ohio. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Stone have four children — Maudie 
 Louise, Harold. Nellie Duckworth and Rob- 
 ert Thurston. With the exception of a brief 
 period, Mr. Stone has pass L -d his whole life 
 on the present farm, where his interests have 
 been largely of an agricultural nature during 
 all this time. Although he did not build the 
 present house, he has made man)- improvements 
 ami has erected substantial farm buildings of 
 all kinds on the place. 
 
 lie 1- a strong supporter of Democratic 
 principles. Mr, Stone enjoys the confidence of 
 his fellow citizens of Concord Township, to 
 a very large extent and they have frequently 
 shown their estimate of his character and ca- 
 pacity by electing him to office, lie has served 
 lor five years as township treasurer. He is a 
 member of Lodge No. 525, Knights of Pyth- 
 ias, at Bellpoint. 
 
 \COI', KINNEL, one of Delaware 
 Township's highly esteemed citizens. 
 w hi 1, after a long and useful period of 
 activity is now living retired, is the 
 owner of a line farm of 48 acres. .Mr. 
 Kinnel was born June 4, [838, in Heine. Gei 
 
 ly, and is a son of Jacob and Caroline 
 1 ( lir:-1niai] ) Kinnel. 
 
 Jacob Kinnel. the grandfather of Jacob, 
 was a native of Germany, and came to Amer- 
 
 ily. with the exception of his son, Jacob, who 
 remained in Germany. The grandfather set- 
 tled in Columbus, Ohio, where he followed his 
 trade all of his life. Jacob Kinnel, father of 
 Jacob, was a shoemaker of Berne, Germain*, 
 where he died in 1850, at the age of 42 years. 
 He married Caroline Christman. who was a 
 daughter of Daniel Christman. 
 
 Jacob Kinnel received a common school 
 education in his native country and then 
 learned the trade of shoemaker, which he fol- 
 lowed until attaining his majority. He then 
 entered the German arm) - , in which he served 
 six years. At the expiration of his term of 
 service, he came to America, and from [865 
 to 1868 worked at his trade in New York City, 
 coming in the latter year to Columbus, Ohio, 
 where he continued at shoemaking until 1874. 
 He then removed to Washington Township, 
 Franklin County, where he cultivated a rented 
 farm for nine years, subsequently removing to 
 Delaware County. Here he operated a rented 
 farm until 1894, and in this year he purchased 
 his present farm then a tract of but nine acres. 
 To this he added from time to time, raising all 
 kinds of garden truck, and he attributes ins 
 success to carefullv watching the market and 
 giving special attention to the public demand.- 
 lie also raised corn, oats and hay. and kept 
 about 150 chickens. In politics Mr. Kinnel is 
 a Republican, and while in Columbus he was 
 connected fraternally with the order of Red 
 Men. 
 
 Mr. Kinnel was married (first) to Kather- 
 ine W'esterville, of Columbus, Ohio, who died 
 in 1874, in the faith of the German Lutheran 
 Church, and to them one child was born — 
 Jacob, who resides at Larimer, Pennsylvania. 
 In [875 Mr. Kinnel was married (secondly) 
 t- Vtrs. Magdalena Frye, widow of David 
 Frye and daughter of Conrad Gast, of Colum- 
 bus, a stone cutter by trade. Mrs. Kinnel was 
 born November 17, [836, in I Iessen-Cassel. 
 Germany, and came to America in iXOd. two 
 years after her first husband. David Frye, who 
 was born in Unternausbaeh, Germany-, am! 
 who died in [872, aged 45 years. By her first 
 marriage Mrs. Kinnel had four children: An- 
 
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 hie, who is the wife of A. J. Topping of Dela- 
 ware: Clara, the wife of Thomas Davis oi 
 Radnor Township; one who died in infancy; 
 
 and John, who is at home, and with his half- 
 brother is engaged in the trucking business on 
 the home farm, which he conducts in the same 
 intelligent and successful way that his father 
 did. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinnel two children 
 have been hum. namely: Edward, who mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Knowlton, has two children — 
 William and Marie: ami Caroline, who is the 
 wife of Marimi Pendelton of Delaware. The 
 family are members of the English Lutheran 
 Church. 
 
 ILAS J. MANN, whose death mi De- 
 cember i, 1900, was mourned by the 
 citizens of Harlem Township as a 
 sad and irreparable loss to the com- 
 munity, was a veteran of the Civil 
 War, in which he served with honor and credit. 
 and was one of the leading agriculturists in 
 Delaware County which had been his home 
 throughout nearly the entire of his life. He 
 was born in Harlem Township. Delaware 
 O unty. Ohio, December 31, 1838, was a son 
 of Abijah and Betsey (Adams) Mann, and 
 grandson of Shuah and Nancy (Oldham) 
 Mann. 
 
 Shuah Mann, the grandfather, was a na- 
 tive of New Jersey, where he lived and fol- 
 lowed farming lor many years. He finally 
 moved to Franklin County. Ohio, where he 
 was elected justice of the peace and served 
 continuously in that capacity _>i years, and al- 
 though he had attended school hut 11 days 
 in his life, he discharged the duties of his 
 office so intelligently and conscientiously that 
 not a single one of the many cases decided by 
 him was reversed on appeal. lie married 
 Nancy Oldham, who was also horn in New 
 Jersey. Her father was a captain in the Revo- 
 lutionary War. and during hi s lifetime served 
 nine year- as constable, five years as justice 
 of the peace, and three years as sheriff of his 
 county. To this union were borrl 1 _> chil- 
 dren. Mr. Mann died in August, [865, and 
 
 was survived by his widow. Religiously, 
 they were (if the Methodist faith and a 
 church workers. 
 
 Abijah Mann was born near Paterson, 
 New Jersey, July 22. 1813, and was there 
 reared until eighteen years of age, attending 
 the common schools and then hem- engaged 
 in charcoal burning and cutting hoop-poles. 
 At that age, with a brother, he ran off with 
 a man who was engaged in buying stock and 
 came West. In 1835 he landed in Licking 
 County, Ohio, where he commenced working 
 out by the month, hut in a short time his 
 father came out to take the hoys hack home. 
 Abijah would consent to return only on con- 
 dition that his father would dispose of his 
 property in New Jersey and move to Ohio, 
 and the latter after an investigation into the 
 character of the land and the prospects in this 
 new country finally acquiesced. Returning to 
 his old home, Abijah Mann served as ap- 
 prentice at masonry until the following year 
 when the family moved to Franklin County, 
 I >hio. There he lived until his marriage, after 
 which he went to Chicago. Illinois, and 
 worked at his trade, helping build the first 
 brick house erected there. He was offered 
 forty acres of land if he would locate in that 
 now great city, wdiose future greatness he lit- 
 tle realized, and he declined the offer. He 
 returned to Ohio, locating in Harlem Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, where he set up house- 
 keeping, making most of the furniture they 
 used, himself. He continued farming and 
 worked at his trade until [852, then went west 
 to [owa, where he purchased 250 acres of land. 
 He continued his j< urney west to California, 
 wdiere in the gold fields he made the money 
 to pay for his purchase. Upon his return to 
 Iowa in 1854, he found his land had trebled 
 in value, and sold out. He again came back to 
 Delaware County, Ohio, and purchased 1 10 
 acres lying a quarter of a mile west of Center-^ 
 ville. on which he thereafter resided until his 
 death, 'January H>, 1S74. His wife, wl 
 maiden name was Betsy Adams, died here in 
 t866. I'hey were parents of 10 children, as 
 follow-,; \hijah : Silas J., our subject; Lucy 
 A. ( Swickard I ; Newton : I >r. 1 [enry L. ; 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 dary D. ; Nathan A. ; Isadora Ann (Edwards I ; 
 Norman X., deceased; Nancy E. Abijah, the 
 eldest of the family, was born in 1836 and 
 died in 1838. The remainder, except Nor- 
 
 man X., grew to maturity. 
 
 Lucy A., the eldest daughter of Abijah 
 and lletsv Mann, was born in Harlem Town- 
 ship, Delaware County, Ohio, July 4, 1 841. 
 After her marriage in September, [859, t> > 
 Davis W. Swickard, the) moved to Pike 
 County, Ohio, and later to Colony, Kansas. 
 
 Newton .Mann, son of \bijah and Betsy 
 Mann, was born March 19, 1844. and when 
 17 years of age entered Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity, teaching and attending school for five 
 years. After graduation he spent one season 
 in lecturing, appearing in many of the cities 
 of the State. In t866 he went west to Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas, where he taught school and 
 read law under the preceptorship of judge 
 Gardner. He was admitted to the Bar in 
 [868 and embarked in practice. He located 
 at Toiiganoxie, Kansas, where he served sonic 
 years as police judge, and in 1876 was elected 
 judge of the Leavenworth County Court, again 
 moving to the county seat. There he resided 
 until his death, being one of the most promi- 
 nent residents of that city, lie was a mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church. In [871, Judge 
 Mann married Elizabeth Wambaugh, by 
 whom he had three children. 
 
 Henrj L. Mann, fifth child horn to Abijah 
 and Betsy Mann, was horn June 7. 1S47. and 
 ;il the age of iS years left home, going to 
 I lardin County, where he clerked in a store for 
 a time. He then returned to Delaware County 
 and engaged in teaching in the public schi «>N. at 
 the same time attending- school himself. He 
 read medicine under the direction of Dr. An- 
 drews, of Westerville, and in February, [875, 
 graduated with the second highesl honors from 
 Starling Medical College of Columbus. The 
 same year he embarked in practice at Wapa- 
 koneta, < ihio, where he rose to high standing 
 in his pn cession. Muring President Gar- 
 field's administration he was appointed medi- 
 cal examiner in the United State- Pension 
 Office. June 6, [877, he was united iii mar- 
 riage with Mi-- Frances [ngerham, a daugh- 
 ter of Dr. [ngerham. of Coshocton, Ohio. 
 
 Madary D. Mann, son of Abijah and 
 Betsy Mann, was horn October 15, 1850, and 
 received a superior educational training. He 
 attended school at Reynoldsburg, and subse- 
 quently pursued a course of study in Otterbein 
 University at Westerville. In 1S75 ne went 
 to Kansas and engaged in teaching school for 
 nine months, at the end of which time he en- 
 tered the law department of the University of 
 Michigan at Ann Arbor. After graduation 
 from that institution in March, 1877. he lo- 
 cated at Paulding, Ohio, and the following 
 year was elected prosecuting attorney of 
 Paulding County. October 10, 1878, he was 
 joined in marriage with Alice McMillen of 
 Paulding. They are consistent members of 
 the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Nathan A. Mann, the next in order of 
 birth, was horn August 24. 1852, and at the 
 age of 20 years engaged in the sale of sew ing 
 machines and organs. After one year at that 
 work he entered Otterbein University at Wes- 
 terville, and in 1875 entered the law depart- 
 ment of the University of Michigan, in the 
 same class as his elder brother. After gradu- 
 ation in March. 1877. he went west to Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas, to engage in practice with his 
 brother. Judge Mann, under the firm name of 
 Mann & Mann. 
 
 Isadora Ann (Mann) Edwards was horn 
 February 11, 1856, and after completing a 
 common school education attended Otterbein 
 University at Westerville. She later taught 
 in the public schools and also served as superin- 
 tendent of the Sabbath school of the M. E. 
 Church at Centerville. She was married to 
 Mr. L. S. Edwards and now resides in Los 
 ( iatos, California. 
 
 Nancy E. Mann, the youngest of the 
 famih of \lu jah Mann and his faithful wife, 
 was horn August 18. [861, and attended the 
 schools at Westerville, Ohio. In 1877 she 
 went west to Leavenworth. Kansas, where her 
 brothers were located, and there completed a 
 course in music, becoming an accomplished 
 musician. She also is a devout member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal ( duirch. 
 
 Silas J. Mann, the direct subject of this 
 sketch, was reared in Harlem Township, and 
 there received his educational training in the 
 
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 common schools. He remained on his father's 
 farm until the war lire ike out, then on August 
 8, [862, responded to his country's call by 
 enlisting in Company G, Forty-fifth regiment, 
 ( ). Y. I. He participated in numerous im- 
 portant engagements and on July 4, [863, ac- 
 companied his regiment in the memorable pur- 
 suit of the Morgan raiders, in which they 
 were on the inarch constantly for 28 days. 
 During that time they passed through the 
 State> of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, a dis- 
 tance of fourteen hundred miles, making an 
 average of 50 miles per day. a truly remark- 
 able accomplishment. This long tramp proved 
 too much for many of the soldiers, among 
 them being Mr. Mann, who was incapacitated 
 for some time. On November 23, [864, he 
 was transferred to the Eighth Veteran Re- 
 serve Corps, stationed at Camp Douglas, Chi- 
 cago, and while in the service there became 
 a member of the Post band. This band 
 played for twenty days at the North- 
 west Sanitary Fair, and established an 
 enviable reputation. July 4. 1865, at the 
 close of the war, Mr. Mann was honorably 
 discharged and at once returned to his home in 
 Delaware County, Ohio. He was married in 
 the fall of the same year and set up house- 
 keeping in Centerville, where he remained un- 
 til he located on the farm in Harlem Town- 
 ship, where he died. He owned 150 acres of 
 land, upon which he made extensive improve- 
 ments, erecting a large modern home, a sub- 
 stantial barn and outbuildings. He farmed ac- 
 cording to up-to-date methods and was ever 
 classed with the progressive element of the 
 people, among whom he stood foremost. 
 
 September _' 1 . [865, Silas J. Mann was 
 joined in marriage with Miss Julia A. Stan- 
 sell, who was sixth of a family of nine chil- 
 dren born to George Stansell and his wife. 
 her natal day being October 1. [841. Her 
 lather was born in Palmyra, New York, in 
 [798, died September 10. 1855, ;m '' was sur " 
 vived fourteen years by his widow. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Silas J. Mann became the parents of two 
 sons, namely: Arthur C. born August 14. 
 tX-o: and Jasper 1)., born February 5, [876. 
 Both are men of educational attainments. 
 
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 The)' attended the district schools in the vi- 
 cinity of their home, alter which they engaged 
 in teaching for a number of years, then sup 
 meriting their education by a course of study 
 in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. 
 They reside on the home place and are suc- 
 cessfully engaged in farming, although the) 
 have frequently, in the past, taken mam- 
 pleasure trips to different parts of this country. 
 visiting points of historical interest and scenic 
 beauty. They are broad minded men and have 
 always evinced an earnest interest in the de- 
 velopment and improvement of their home 
 community. Mr. and Mrs. Mann also reared 
 an orphan girl. Miss Daisy 1'. Cochran, who 
 was born August jo, 1875. and is a daughter 
 of Thomas ami Emma Cochran. 
 
 Silas J. Mann took a deep interest in the 
 public affairs of his township and count}', and 
 not infrequently was called upon to serve in 
 official capacity. He was an active Republican 
 in politics, and was elected on the ticket of that 
 party as township trustee, serving seven years, 
 and as a member of the Board of Education of 
 Harlem Township. He was elected county 
 commissioner in November, 1888, and re- 
 elected in November. 1891. serving two full 
 terms. That he discharged the duties of his 
 office in an efficient and satisfactory manner is 
 attested by the fact that in 1895 he was ap- 
 pointed to fill an unexpired term of nine 
 months in the same capacity. He served as 
 president of the Delaware Agricultural Society 
 two years, and was director of that body three 
 wars. Fraternally, he held membership with 
 Galena Lodge, No. 404. I. O. O. F. ; Center- 
 ville Lodge No. 645. K. I\ : and Charles SI 
 Post, No. 59, G. A. R.. at Galena. He was a 
 faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, to which his family also belong - . 
 
 lott I 
 
 AMb'.S CLARK WHIPPLE, a success- 
 ful farmer of Brown Township, was 
 bom in Peru Township, Morrow 
 County. Ohio. January _>N. 1N50. audi 
 is a son of Noah and Margaret (El- 
 
 Whipple. 
 
86o 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 The paternal grandparents of Mr. Whip- 
 ple were Reuben and Sarah (Cooper) Whip- 
 ple and they settled in Morrow County in 
 t8l8. The land they -elected was covered 
 with a natural growth of timber and they made 
 the first improvement. The second log cabin 
 which they erected is still standing on the 
 place. They had live sons, namely: Barton. 
 [ason, Noah, Lewis and James, all of win mi 
 have passed away. Noah Whipple was born 
 in 1S11. at Providence. Rhode Island, and he 
 accompanied his parents to Ohio and was 
 reared in Morrow County. After his mar- 
 riage to Margaret Elliott, he began farming 
 ■ hi tlic home place. She was hum in 1813, in 
 Virginia, and she accompanied her parents 
 to Brown Township, Delaware County, when 
 
 they made the overland trip in her childh 1. 
 
 They were the first settlers mi Mr. Whipple's 
 present farm, where they made the first im- 
 provements. Noah Whipple remained mi the 
 
 e farm for a time and then purchased a 
 -mill place near the present home of James 
 
 : . Whipple, in Brown Township, but la- 
 ter returned to Morrow County, and in [885 
 he retired and moved to Ashley, where he 
 died in 1900, aged 88 years. His wife (lied in 
 [895. They had eight children, namely: 
 
 111. who died 111 [906, at Ashley, married 
 Marv ■ Chadwick ; Rachel, deceased, who mar- 
 ried George W. White, of Kingston Town- 
 ship, Delaware County; Phebe, who married 
 Charles Kohler, residing at Ashley; Mary El- 
 len, residing at Ashley, is the widow of John 
 I'.. Wallace: Albert, who died in childhood; 
 James Clark; Frank E., who is engaged in a 
 banking business at Ashley, married Xettie 
 Slack: and Josephine, who married Wilbur 
 Benedict, residing at Massillon, Stark County, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 lames Clark Whipple secured his educa- 
 tion in the district schools of Morrow County 
 and was reared to agricultural pursuits on Ins 
 father's farm. In the fall of iXjj. he was 
 married to Alary Dodge, who is a daughter of 
 George W. and Janette (Mickle) Dodge, 
 George W. Dodge accompanied his parents 
 from New York to Holmes County, Ohio, 
 when quite young, where they died. The 
 
 mother of Mrs. Whipple was born in Scot- 
 land and was five years old when her father, 
 Alexander Mickle. brought the family to 
 .America, settling lor a time in Canada, but 
 subsequently coming to Delaware Count}-. At 
 this time there was but one building on the 
 east side of the river, and that was a cabin. 
 Mr. Mickle died in Delaware County and his 
 widow in Nebraska. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Whipple have had four 
 children: Ernest. Bertha, Winifred and 
 (■race. Ernest is a resident of Oak Park. Illi- 
 nois. He married Hattie Green, a resident 
 of Chicago, and they have two children, Fran- 
 cis and Grace. He was formerly in the em- 
 ploy of the late Marshall Field. Bertha mar- 
 ried Orrin Reed and they reside in Brown 
 Township. Winifred died April 11. 1904. 
 She was the wife of Jacob Raines and left one 
 child. Winifred, who resides with her grand- 
 parents. Grace married Jacob Raines and 
 they reside in Brown Township. 
 
 Mr. Whipple purchased his farm of 197^ 
 acres on which he resides, in April, 1874. 
 renting a house until he could erect the present 
 commodious residence. He has made all the 
 improvements here and engages in profitable 
 farming and stock feeding. He is a Republi- 
 can and has occasionally consented to serve 
 in township offices. He is one of the repre- 
 sentative men of his community. 
 
 RLIN C. DE GOOD, who enjoys the 
 distinction of being the oldest school 
 teacher, with respect to years of 
 sen-ice. in Delaware County, is a 
 highly esteemed resident and leading- 
 citizen of Scioto Township. He was born at 
 Sparta. Morrow County, Ohio, July 17, 1849. 
 and is is a son of Joseph O. and Nancy (Vin- 
 ing) De Good. 
 
 The De Good family can be traced back to 
 1770. when the great-great-grandfather of the 
 present generation crossed the Atlantic ocean 
 from France and settled at Hagerstown, Mary- 
 land. He fell a victim of the British in the 
 Revolutionary War. He left one son, Joseph. 
 
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 then an infant, who never could recall any- 
 
 o of the family. Left an orphan at an early 
 
 lie was reared by strangers, and died in 
 
 \ County, Ohio. He married a widow. 
 
 Mrs. Taylor, who was a sister of the great 
 
 British naval commander. Admiral Nelson. 
 
 He lived with his wife and five children at 
 
 Hagerstown, Maryland, until the youngest 
 
 - six year- of age. hi 1812 he crossed the 
 
 tains and settled in Washington County, 
 Pennsylvania, at a village called Ten Mile 
 Creek, later removing to Knox County. Ohio. 
 Joseph O. De Good, father of Orlin C, was 
 born in Pennsylvania, but he was reared in 
 Ohio. He was a man of quick intelligence. 
 but without educational advantages in his 
 youth, and after his marriage he was taught, 
 as was one of the Presidents of the United 
 States, to read and write by his wife. He 
 worked at the cooper's trade until 1856, when 
 he bought a farm in Bennington Township, 
 Morrow County, consisting of 50 acres, on 
 which he built a shop and combined cooper- 
 ing with farming until his death, in 1858, at 
 the early age of $j years. He was one of his 
 township's most popular citizens and had filled 
 many official positions, and at the time of his 
 death he was the Republican party's candidate 
 for sheriff' of Morrow Count}'. He married a 
 most estimable lady, one who had much to do 
 with shaping his career. She was a daughter 
 of Calvin Vining, of Morrow County, and 
 was a school teacher at the time of her mar- 
 She died in 1854. when but 29 years 
 of age. leaving two children: Armine. who 
 is the widow of Elias Good, of Danville. Illi- 
 
 - ; and Orlin C. Both parents were mem- 
 
 1 if the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Orlin C. De Good was bereaved of both 
 parents in childhood. He spent several years 
 member of the family of Thomas H. Mad- 
 den and during that period attended the coun- 
 try schools. When he was 14 years old he 
 went to Nashville. Tennessee, where he se- 
 cured a position in the Quartermaster's De- 
 partment, hut within six months he became 
 sick and returned to Ohio, going to live with 
 an aunt in Scioto Township, whose husband 
 was in the army. In 1807. Mr. De Good be- 
 gan to teach school, in which occupation he 
 
 continued in this section until [906, a period 
 covering 39 years. He has seen class after 
 class go out from under his instruction to take 
 their places in life and often his interest has 
 followed their careers for years. Few men in 
 this section are better known or more highly 
 esteemed than Mr. De Good. 
 
 In 1870 he purchased a farm of 40 acres, 
 on which he now resides, having added to it 
 from time to time until it has reached the ex- 
 tent of 100 acres. It was all wild land when 
 he came here and he has not only cleared it 
 all. but has put up all of the substantial build- 
 ings. He rai-e- from 40 to 50 sheep and about 
 100 hogs of the Jersey Red variety. He makes 
 a specialty of growing the Golden Mammoth 
 corn, some of the ears of which are 15 inches 
 in length and have other desirable qualities. 
 Mr. De Good introduced it into Ohio from 
 Illinois, where it was originated. 
 
 Mr. De Good married Gertrude Robinson, 
 who was born in Scioto Township. They 
 had five children and two grew to maturity, 
 namely: Robinson and Claude O. Mrs. De 
 Good is a member of the Christian Union 
 Church, while Mr. De Good is a Quaker. He 
 was identified with the Republican party until 
 [896, since which time he has voted independ- 
 ently, taking no active interest in politics. He 
 is an Odd Fellow and belongs to Edinburg 
 Lodge, at Ostrander. and was connected with 
 the Cood Templar organization as long as it 
 was in existence. 
 
 H. KELLOGG, a well-known busi- 
 ness man and progressive and enter- 
 prising citizen of Delaware, which 
 city has been his home for a 
 number of years, has been connected 
 with the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 
 Company since 1880. Mr. Kellogg was born at 
 Erie. Pennsylvania, and is a son of Dr. S. R. 
 and Lucy (Church) Kellogg. 
 
 On both -ides Mr. Kellogg comes from old 
 Colonial families whose names have been con- 
 nected with New England history for genera- 
 tions. Dr. S. R. Kellogg was born at Shef- 
 field. Massachusetts, as was his father. 5 
 
862 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Kellogg. The latter, with four brothers, served 
 m the Revolutionary War and prior to that, 
 Lieut. Joseph Kellogg, of Deerneld, Massa- 
 chusetts, was a noted Indian fighter and the 
 
 old Kellogg homestead, on which land st 1 
 
 the block house, at Sheffield, was once the 
 scene of many savage conflicts. This land has 
 never gone out of the family nor has the old 
 Indian title been changed. 
 
 R. 11. Kellogg completed his High school 
 education at Hartford, Connecticut, and then 
 studied pharmacy, hut before he had an oppor- 
 tunity to practice his profession to any great 
 degree, the Civil War came upon the country. 
 and in [862 he enlisted as a private in the Six- 
 teenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, 
 made up at Hartford. This regiment became 
 a part of General Burnside's corps, and saw 
 service in Virginia and the Carolinas, princi- 
 pally. Mr. Kellogg participated in the battles 
 of Antietam, Fredericksburg. Suffolk and 
 the siege of Plymouth. At that point the 
 whole regiment (excepting one company) was 
 captured by the Confederate- ami he remained 
 a prisoner of war for nearly eight months, con- 
 lined mainly at Andersonville. lie was finally 
 paroled and exchanged and subsequently was 
 mustered out of the service in June. [865, 
 having been in the army three years, lacking a 
 few days. I lis rank was then that of ser- 
 geant-major, following promotion from pri- 
 vate and sergeant. 
 
 \fter the close of the w 
 
 followed the drug business foi 
 
 Mr. Kellogg 
 >out one year 
 and then became interested in life insurance, 
 and with the exception of seven years, during 
 which he was engaged in the manufacture of 
 paper, in Connecticut, he has been in insur- 
 ance. After his appointment as general agent 
 lie worked as such for the Connecticut Mu- 
 tual until 1883, when he came to t incinnati 
 a-- general agent of ( )hio, and in [886 hi- pi 
 ers wire further extended, he being made dis- 
 trict superintendent of agencies lor Ohio, In- 
 diana and West Virginia, a position be still 
 fills. 
 
 Iii [868, Mr. Kellogg was married to 
 Amelia C. Gallup, and they have four children. 
 namely: Florence; Emily, who married 
 Charles W. Riddle, residing at Delaware; 
 
 Anna F., who is a teacher in the Delaware 
 public schools; and Rossiter, residing at To- 
 ronto, Canada, where he is in a machinery busi- 
 ness. Mr. Kellogg and uamily belong to the 
 Presbyterian Church and he is a member of 
 the board of trustees. His fraternal relati 
 include the Royal Arch Masons and he belong- 
 also to the Grand Army of the Republic, the 
 New England Society, and the Army and 
 Navv Club of Connecticut. His business of- 
 fices are at No. 56/^ North Sandusky Street. 
 
 LBERT INGHAM MOSES, presi- 
 dent of the Board of Education of 
 Troy Towatship. is a prominent citi- 
 zen of this section and resides 1 m a 
 valuable farm of 35 acres, which is 
 situated on the Pan-Handle Turnpike, wdiere 
 he has lived since 1873. Mr. Mose- was born 
 in Delaware County, Ohio. August 8, 1839. 
 and is a son of John. Jr.. and Dorcas (Clem- 
 ens ) Moses. 
 
 Jacob Moses, the great-grandfather of Al- 
 bert I., was a soldier in the Revolutionary 
 War and served five years as a ranger on the 
 border and through him his descendants are 
 eligible to membership in the various horn >r- 
 able organizations which have for their object 
 the perpetuation of the fame of Revolutionary- 
 ancestors. The certificate of his service read-. 
 as follows : 
 
 "Harrisburg, Pa.. 
 April 15, 1901. 
 To Whom it May Concern; 
 
 I hereby certify to the following Revolu- 
 tionary service of Jacob Moses: 
 
 Jacob Moses was a private soldier in the 
 War of the Revolution, a ranger on the Fron- 
 tier, 1778-1783. For this reference see Perm- 
 
 Vol. 23. 
 
 Page -'03. 
 
 svivama Archives. 
 Series. 
 
 \ ery Truly Yours, 
 
 Geo. Edward Reed, 
 
 Stale Librarian and Ed. 1'enn. Archive-. 
 
 John Moses, son of the above mentioned 
 Jacob, was born in Bedford County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and followed the peaceful pursuits of 
 
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 agriculture. Accompanied by his sun, John 
 Moses, Jr., he came to Ohio in 1808. and set- 
 tled in Perry County. In young manhood, the 
 younger John Moses came to Delaware County 
 
 and planted one crop, in Troy Township, re- 
 siding during this period, with David Dix. 
 who was an old settler. Later he accompanied 
 his father and family to Marion County, 
 where he resided for some years. Subse- 
 quently lie returned to Delaware County and 
 became a contractor and builder. He died 
 aged 7') years. He married Dorcas Clemens 
 and two of their children survive: Allien 
 Ingham and John P.. the latter of whom re- 
 sides in Rush County, Indiana. 
 
 Alhert Ingham Moses was mainly edu- 
 cated in what was known as the Central 
 School, at Delaware, and he remained at home 
 until he was about twenty years of age. In 
 [859, Mr. Moses went to Leavenworth, Kan- 
 - s. where he joined three acquaintances from 
 Delaware County, and the four started for the 
 regions of Colorado, with a wagon and 
 ox-team. Alter 52 day- of travel they reached 
 their destination and subsequently prospected 
 at Central City and worked in the mines in 
 various sections, gaining a large amount of 
 experience. Mr. Moses at length returned to 
 the East, locating at Elkhart Grove, Logan 
 County, Illinois, where he became manager 
 for a party who was engaged in buying "and 
 shipping grain, and he remained there until 
 he enlisted for service in the Civil War. on 
 April 17, [861. 
 
 .Mr. Moses then became a private in Com- 
 pany E. Seventh Regiment. Illinois Volunteer 
 Infantry, which subsequently became a part 
 of the army under the direct command of 
 Gen. I". S. Grant. Private Muses performed 
 -Idler'- duty at various points in Illinois. 
 during the term of In- first enlistment, and 
 after it had expired lie re-enlisted, "ii August 
 9. [861, entering Company K. Twenty-eighth 
 Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which 
 became a part of the Army of Tennes-ee. He 
 remained in the service until November 23, 
 rS 5, when ill health induced his Resignation. 
 At that time he was acting assistant quarter- 
 master of brigade. During hi- long period of 
 army life. Mr. Moses saw much hard service 
 
 and participated in many of the ni"M notable 
 battles of the great war. He was in action at 
 Belmont. Pittsburg Landing. Big Hatchee 
 River, Port Henry, Siege of Vickshurg, Sec- 
 ond battle of Jackson. Spanish Fort and 
 Blakely. the taking of Mobile, and numerous 
 minor engagements, skirmishes and weary 
 marches. That he was a brave and capable 
 soldier is proved by his numerous promotions. 
 At the battle of Pittsburg Landing he received 
 his commission as second lieutenant and later 
 was commissioned first lieutenant, captain 
 and major. 
 
 After this long absence. Mr. Moses re- 
 turned to Delaware County, and fur some 
 years was obliged to nurse himself back to 
 health, residing at Delaware. During a part 
 of this time he served as clerk in the county 
 recorder's office and in the office of the pro- 
 bate judge. He then engaged at work as .1 
 carpenter and builder and for a number of 
 years after settling in Troy Township, gave at- 
 tention to the growing of small fruits. For a 
 considerable period he has lived retired from 
 active effort. 
 
 Mr. Moses married Sarah Gross, a daugh- 
 ter of Michael and Elizabeth Gross, of Troy 
 Township, who came to Ohio from Berk- 
 County, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Mi 
 have two sons: Walter H.. residing at Car- 
 lisle. Warren County. Ohio: and Albert G., 
 residing in Liberty Township, Delaware 
 Count}-. 
 
 For many years, Mr. Moses has been iden- 
 tified with school interests in Troy Township 
 and is serving as president of the School 
 Board, making a capable and useful officer. 
 He belongs to George B. Torrence Post. Grand 
 Army of the Republic, at Delaware, and al- 
 to the Union Veteran Legion, No. 7. at Dela- 
 ware. 
 
 m-OX. THOMAS C. JONES, whose 
 name is enrolled as one of Delaware's 
 mi -t distinguished citizens, was born 
 February 9, t8i6, in the pa 
 of My fi id, Montgomeryshire, North 
 Wales, and was a child of six years when 
 
86 4 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 lie accompanied his parents to America. 
 
 Early in the autumn of [822, Robert Junes, 
 father of Thomas C, with his brother, David, 
 and other members of the family, reached the 
 little frontier village of Delaware, after a long 
 period of peril and hardship on sea and land. 
 As early as 1820, David Jones had purchased 
 a farm near Delaware, where other Welsh 
 families had settled, but Robert decided to lo- 
 cate ■.nine miles further eastward. Here 
 Thomas C. Jones was reared to the age of [8 
 years, attending the district school as opportun- 
 ity was afforded, and working in the meanwhile 
 in]- his father and neighboring farmers. He 
 then learned the carpenter's trade, at which he 
 subsequently worked in both Cincinnati and 
 St. Louis, but he had already decided that he 
 would follow the example of his brother, and 
 by diligent study, prepare himself for the pro- 
 fession <>f law. Hence, in the fall of 1836 he 
 entered the law office of his brother Ed wan 1, 
 lnit the death of the latter in 1838. disar 
 ranged his plans and placed the responsibility 
 on him of making a trip to England to look 
 after an estate in which his father had an en- 
 tailed interest. 
 
 During Ins absence of iX months, he suc- 
 cessfully settled up the necessary business in 
 England, and. wherever he had the opportun- 
 ity, attended sessions of court and kept up 
 with his law studies. In the spring of 1841 
 he passed an examination before the Supreme 
 Court of Ohio then holding its sessions at 
 Gallipolis, was licensed to practice and chose 
 Delaware as the field of future practice. His 
 ability was immediately recognized l>v one of 
 the most noted jurists of the State, the late 
 jwlv;^ Sherman Finch, who invited .Mr. Jones 
 to partnership and this legal connection con- 
 tinued for live years, much to the advantage 
 1 >i both partners. 
 
 In [843, Air. Jones moved to Circleville, 
 Pickaway County, where he continued in ac- 
 tive practice tor 1 • years, winning public ap- 
 proval by Ins able handling of many import- 
 ant cases ,,f litigation, and then returned to 
 Delaware County, where he purchased a farm 
 ami became much interested in breeding tine 
 stock. In [856 he entered into a law partner- 
 
 ship with the late H. M. Carper, of Delaware, 
 and later entered into politics more actively 
 than formerly. In 1859, Mr. Jones was elected 
 to the State Senate, on the Republican ticket, 
 in which he served two terms, during this time 
 being chairman of the Commitee on Public 
 Works and a member 01 the finance and ju- 
 diciary committees. 
 
 In the fall of 1861, Senator Jones was 
 elected judge of the first sub-division of the 
 Sixth Judicial District, and was re-elected in 
 1866, thus serving ten years on the bench with 
 an efficiency seldom equaled, those being- 
 times of great public strain and stress. By 
 this time Judge Jones had become a man of 
 great prominence in his district and well 
 known all over the State of Ohio, and in [868 
 he was made chairman of the Ohio delega- 
 tion at Chicago, which nominated the ticket 
 of Grant and Colfax. Again, in 1876, he 
 served in the Republican National convention 
 and took pleasure in supporting his old friend 
 and school-mate, Rutherford B. Hayes, fi <r 
 the presidency. Although he had never since 
 held political office, on many occasions he had 
 been honored with appointments to those of 
 great responsibility. 
 
 As early as 1859, Judge Jones was elected 
 a member of the State Board of Agriculture, 
 serving one year as president and one year as 
 acting president. As trustee of the Ohio Agri- 
 cultural College and an official member of the 
 board, he was deeply interested in all its work 
 and in every possible way promoted its ef- 
 ficiency. In 1876 he was one of the jury se- 
 lected to award the honors m the cattle depart- 
 ment of live stock, at the Centennial Exhibi- 
 tion, at Philadeplhia, and was chosen chair- 
 man of the same. In 1881 he was appoii 
 on a commission under a special act of * n- 
 gress to examine and rep >rt on the agricul- 
 tural needs and resources of the Pacific States, 
 in association with Professor llilgard. of the 
 University of California, and ex-Governor 
 Robert Furnas, of Nebraska. As a writer he 
 had a national reputation, on agricultural and 
 associate topics. He was elected the first 
 president of the Ohio Association of Breeders 
 of Short Horn Cattle. Judge Jones became 
 
GEORGE W. KWTER 
 
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 867 
 
 eminent in every line to which he devoted at- 
 tention and maintained his hold on public in- 
 terests long after many of his contemporaries 
 
 in years had passed away. 
 
 In 1842, Judge Jones was married to 
 Harriet Williams, who was a daughter of the 
 late Judge Hosea and Charlotte Elizabeth 
 ( Avery ) Williams, and four children were 
 born of this marriage, namely: Rev. Hosea 
 Williams, Dean of the Theological School of 
 Kenyon College; .Arthur Hamilton, residing in 
 Upper Sandusky, who was long interested 
 with his father in breeding and dealing in 
 live-stock near Delaware; Charlotte Martha, 
 who married Archibald L'ybrand, residing at 
 Delaw are ; and Thomas Clive, who is engaged 
 in business at Delaware. 
 
 Judge Jones and family were always de- 
 voted members of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church. For many years be served as a trus- 
 tee of Kenyon College and the Protestant 
 Episcopal Seminary at Gambier. His death, 
 which occurred August 12, 1892, removed one 
 of the most useful and distinguished of Dela- 
 ware County's adopted sons, and it will be 
 long ere bis services are forgotten by those 
 who have the best interests of ibis section at 
 heart. 
 
 /ed 
 
 lORGE W. BAXTER, formerly a 
 well-known citizen of Radnor Town- 
 § I ship, where he owned a valuable 
 farm of almost 150 acres, died at bis 
 home. August 12. [899, and is sur- 
 his widow and four children. Mr. 
 Baxter was born in Franklin County. Pennsyl- 
 vania, June id. [836, and was a son of John 
 D. and Elizabeth Baxter, natives of Germany. 
 After the parents of Mr. Baxter emigrated to 
 America, they settled in Pennsylvania, where 
 they resided until their son, George W„ was 
 nineteen years of a.^e, when they moved to 
 Kansas. Later, George W. Baxter came to 
 Ohio, settling in Marion County, where he 
 lived lor some years, and prior to bis marriage 
 he followed the carpenter's trade. After mar- 
 rying he settled down to farming in the north- 
 
 ern part of Radnor Township, Delaware 
 ( ounty. He was careful and industrious and 
 prospered, carrying on extensive farming and 
 stock-raising and remaining thus occupied un- 
 til near the end of his useful life. 
 
 On October 3. [872, Mr. Baxter was mar- 
 ried to Alsina A. Coleman, who was born No- 
 vember 17. [843, in Marion County. Ohio, 
 and who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah 
 ( Schultz) Coleman. Her parents were na- 
 tives of York County, Pennsylvania, and when 
 she was nine years old they removed from 
 Marion to Delaware County, settling in ( ix- 
 ford Township, where she was reared and 
 was married. Her mother died in her eighty- 
 filth year and her father in his eighty-eighth 
 year. Their family consisted of seven chil- 
 dren, namely: Alsina A.; Absalom B., resid- 
 ing in Morrow Count)'; Theresa M., who mar- 
 ried Edward Houseworth, residing in Oxford 
 Township; James E.. residing in Morrow 
 County: Lucinda J., who married Samuel 
 Strine, residing in Oxford Township; Sarah 
 A., who married John Waddel. and resides ' m 
 Oxford Township; and Eva A., who married 
 Clyde Smith, and resides in Trumbull County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 The late George W. Baxter was a man of 
 sterling character, a good and worthy citizen 
 in every relation in life. When his country 
 was in danger of disruption he responded. 
 early in 1862. to the call for troops, and for 
 three years risked life and health in the Fed- 
 eral army, as a member of Company II. Sixty- 
 third Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry. 
 He took part in the famous march to the sea 
 under Sherman; and at various times faced 
 the enemy on the battlefield. He was for- 
 tunate enough to escape injury, and was hon- 
 orably discharged and returned safely to his 
 home. In politics he was a Democrat. For 
 many years be was a worthy member of and 
 liberal contributor to the Lutheran Church. 
 He was widely known and bore the reputation 
 of being a man of honest purpose and ex- 
 emplary life. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Baxter bad four children. 
 namely: Arthur A., a farmer residing in Troy 
 Township; Walter M.. residing in Radnor 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Township on the home farm; Henry C, also 
 residing in Radnor Township; and Corda M., 
 residing at home with her mother. Mrs. Bax- 
 ter manages the home farm sinee the death of 
 her husband and is ably assisted by her son. 
 who takes all the care from her shoulders. She 
 is a highly esteemed lady and is a valued mem- 
 ber of the Lutheran Church at Prospect. 
 
 HARLES OTIS LITTLE, whose 
 death occurred January 21, 1898, 
 was fur many years a prominent and 
 important figure in the financial cir- 
 cles centering at Delaware. Ohio. 
 sessed of the highest attributes of man- 
 I, he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of 
 his fellow-citizens to a marked degree, and al- 
 though his death was not unexpected, it came 
 as a -ad shock to the community in which he 
 had lived so many years. 
 
 .Mr. Little was horn in Delaware. Ohio. 
 February [8, 1839, and was a son of William. 
 Sr., and Catharine VV. (Wood) Little. The 
 father was horn in Columbia, Connecticut, 
 December 24, 1770. and died in Delaware. 
 Ohio, November 30, 184s. His wife was a 
 daughter of George and Elizabeth Wood. In 
 in 8, William Little, Sr., came to Delaware. 
 1 ' 1, from Worthington, to which village he 
 had emigrated from Connecticut. I lis trade 
 was that of saddler, hut it is doubtful if he 
 ever followed it after coming here, as a mer- 
 cantile life offered greater inducements. He 
 one of the earliest and most successful 
 merchants of this city, lie first purchased a 
 small stock of goods that had been sent up 
 from Worthington as a branch business, and 
 tin- h e later moved into the small brick build- 
 ing which still is standing, on the southwest 
 corner of Winter and Sandusky Streets. He 
 made annual trips in Philadelphia to purchase 
 Is, wagoning his goods home, frequently 
 at the excessive rate of $18.75 P er [ °° lbs., 
 these trips consumed from six weeks to 
 two months of time. Mis invoices included 
 velvets, satins, silks, cassimeres and com- 
 moner cloths, as well as sh«,es. crockery, hard- 
 
 ware, medicines and groceries. In 18 17, a 
 hank was started in Delaware, in which it is 
 said he was the largest stockholder. The 
 brief history of this bank and Mr. Little's 
 amusing method of closing it up. are related 
 in the chapter on Banks and Banking. He 
 was a charter member of St. Peter"s Episcopal 
 Church in 181 7, and was a vestryman from 
 the beginning. In 1827, he and his wife 
 helped to organize the first Sunday school in 
 Delaware. He gave the lot on which the 
 Episcopal Church was built, it being a part of 
 a large tract of land owned by him, which in- 
 cluded that now occupied by Monnett Hall, 
 that being where his residence was located, 
 Campbell's Stone Quarry, and the Mineral 
 Springs property on West Central Avenue. 
 The beautiful stone residence, now owned by 
 Ohio Wesleyan University and known as Art 
 Hall, was the familiar residence of Mrs. Geo. 
 W. Campbell, daughter of Wm. Little, Sr. 
 William Little. Sr., was the first treasurer of 
 the Delaware County Agricultural Society, or- 
 ganized in 1833. He was a charter member 
 of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M.. of which 
 he also was first senior deacon. 
 
 Charles ( His Little was educated at Ken- 
 yon College and bad as a classmate and friend. 
 Colonel James Ixilbourn, of Columbus, who 
 belonged to the same fraternity, Delta Kappa 
 Epsilon. He studied law and was admitted to 
 the bar of Delaware County, but never prac- 
 ticed his profession. He was for many years 
 a director and cashier of the Delaware Sav- 
 ings Bank. He was secretary and treasurer 
 of one of the early building and loan associa- 
 tions which was successful and paid out. He 
 also was cashier of the Delaware Savings 
 Bank for a vear or two from its organization, 
 but resigned on account of ill health and spent 
 the last eight years of his life in various parts 
 of the country, seeking such relief as changes 
 in climate and environment would bring him. 
 
 Mr. Little enlisted, January id. [863, as 
 a private in Company H, Ninety-fifth Regu- 
 lars, ( ). V. I.; was promoted to sergeant. 
 March 5, [864; on July 22, 1865, was trans- 
 ferred to Company E, Seventy-second Regu- 
 lars, ( ). V. L, and was mustered out August 
 
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 [6, 1865. He was never injured, though on 
 
 occasion a shell hurst at his feet, killing .1 
 
 t near by. He was a fine penman and of 
 superior education, and this fact was taken 
 advantage of by Colonel William L. McMil- 
 len. whose dissipated habits were well known. 
 After doing a private's duty all day. Little was 
 kept in the headquarters figuring and writ- 
 ing •• until the small hours of the morning. 
 Though of trail constitution and anything 
 but rugged, hebore the imposition without a 
 murmur, losing sleep at night and doing .1 
 soldier's work every day. This proved too 
 much for his comrades' sense of justice and 
 they started a movement which resulted in his 
 being detailed to duty at Washington. He 
 was a member oi George B. Torrence Post, (!. 
 A. R.. at Delaware. 
 
 ( >ctober 23, 1879. Mr. Little was united in 
 marriage with Miss Julia Griswold Howard, 
 who comes of pioneer Delaware County 
 families on both sides of the house. She is a 
 daughter of Henry Howard and Catherine 
 (Thomson) Howard, and a granddaughter of 
 Caleb and Electa (Griswold) Howard. Caleb 
 Howard, the grandfather, came from New 
 England and settled at Worthington, Ohio, at 
 an early date. In [823 he and Anthony Wal- 
 ker formed a partnership and engaged in the 
 mercantile business, but continued only a short 
 time. It was he. who. with Judge Hosea Wil- 
 liams, in the spring of [838, purchased the 
 
 flouring mill and water-power privileges at 
 Stratford. They built a tine stone dam and 
 on October 1. 1839. began operating a paper 
 mill. In the fall of 1844. he sold out to Hiram 
 < "1. Andrews. He was a member of Hiram 
 
 ge, No. 18, F. & A. M.. and in 1S54 he- 
 came a charter member of Delaware Chapter. 
 No. 54. R. A. M.. of which he was first excel- 
 lent scribe. Caleb Howard was joined in 
 marriage with Electa Griswold. a daughter of 
 Ezra Griswold. 
 
 Ezra Griswold, maternal great-grandfather 
 
 of Mrs. Little, was horn in Connecticut and 
 
 accompanied his father's family to Worthing- 
 
 1 Hiio. in 1S03. He died in 1863. at the 
 
 age of 71 years. At an early date he estab- 
 
 ■ 1 a paper at Worthington, which he later 
 
 removed to Columbus, and the present Ohio 
 State Journal is the outgrowth of this paper. 
 He sold this publication and in partnership 
 with Judge Smith established The Monitor; 
 he soon sold out to his partner, hut being a 
 practical printer continued to work at the case 
 in the same office tor some time. We next find 
 him hack in Worthington where he estab- 
 lished the Columbian Advocate and Franklin 
 Chronicle, the first issue of which appeared 
 January 7, 1820. After the issue of Septem- 
 ber 24. 1821. he removed the paper to Dela- 
 ware, where the next issue was dated October 
 10. 1821, under the name of the Delaware 
 Patron and Franklin Chronicle. In an edi- 
 torial Air. Griswold says: "The reasons 
 which have induced us to move are many: 
 but the most important one is the fact that our 
 business in this place has been so small that 
 we do not realize money enough to purchase 
 the paper on which we print, and have been 
 compelled to draw from other sources a con- 
 siderable portion of the expenses of the es- 
 tablishment. We expect, by blending it with 
 other business, to proceed with less embarass- 
 ment in Delaware." He had the same year 
 purchased of Colonel Byxbe what became the 
 famous old Griswold Inn, which was located 
 on Sandusky Street, the present site of the 
 Donovan Hotel. He carried on the business 
 of publishing his paper in the hotel until 1N22. 
 then moved across the street, and in April, 
 1824, moved into a building on the southwest 
 corner of Sandusky Street and West Central 
 Avenue, which had been erected for a hi tel 
 and was ttsed for that purpose for many years 
 by Mr. Griswold. Later the name of the pa- 
 per was changed to the Delaware Patron and 
 Sandusky Advertiser, and appeared under this 
 title until May 13, 1830, when it was changed 
 to the Ohio State Gazette and Delaware 
 County Journal. The following January, Mr. 
 Griswold sold the paper to Wm. Milliken & Co. 
 who changed the name of the paper to the 
 Delaware Journal, but he continued as its edi- 
 tor. Evidently the sale was not finally consum- 
 mated, as Mr. Griswold remained with the 
 paper and on December jj. 1834. sold it to 
 G. W. Sharpe. retiring at that time from the 
 
870 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 field of journalism. He was elected associate 
 judge of the Common Pleas Court of Dela- 
 ware County by the Legislature in [832, and 
 filled the office until 1842. In 1846 Judge 
 Griswold made an addition to Delaware of 
 26 lots, located between Franklin and Liberty 
 Streets, through the center of which (iris- 
 wold Street passes. Fraternally, he was a 
 member of Hiram Lodge. No. 18, F. & A. M.; 
 and in 1853 was a charter member of Dela- 
 ware Chapter. No. 54. R. A. M.. of which he 
 was the first most excellent high priest. 
 
 Henry Howard, father oi Mrs. Little, was 
 born in the old Griswold Inn. at VVorthington, 
 Ohio, and died < (ctober 2 1 . [807, at Cuyahoga 
 Falls. Ohio, aged 85 years. In his youthful 
 days he attended the common schools and later 
 Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. He went 
 to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and engaged in the 
 manufacture of paper until the nijills there 
 were destroyed by lire, after which he went 
 on the road as a traveling salesman. He mar- 
 ried Catherine Thomson, a daughter of Wil- 
 liam Thomson, of Delaware. The genealog) 
 of the Thomson family is traceable hack to 
 "lie oi the ancient clans of Scotland. Seven 
 children bless this union, six of whom grew 
 to maturity, namely: Mary, of Cuyahoga 
 halls; Catherine, now deceased, formerly wife 
 of J. H. Smith, a hardware merchant of Co- 
 lumbus; Julia Griswold f Little 1 ; Fannie, wife 
 of Charles Howland, of Cuyahoga Falls; 
 Elizabeth, who became the second wife of J. 
 II Smith; Jessie, who died in infancy; and 
 Charles Henry, who resides at the old home 
 in Cuyahoga halls. Religiously, all were mem- 
 bers of the Episcopal Church at Cuyahoga 
 halls. When Mrs. Little's father enlisted in 
 the Civil War, he left a wife ami seven chil- 
 dren behind him. I [is wife, a woman of faith, 
 plucky and very capable, and withal a woman 
 "i very attractive appearance, upon learning .if 
 her husband's determination to go to the front, 
 remarked: "All right; if it is the Lord's will. 
 it must he so." I [ e sent home all his pay, 
 and during his absence she nol onlj provided 
 for the young and growing family, but saved 
 money enough to buy a house and lol on 
 Broad Street, one of the most beautiful resi- 
 
 dence streets in Cuyahoga Falls. After liv- 
 ing in this In line ior 40 years, they had the 
 misfortune of being burned out, but the L 
 was immediately rebuilt. 
 
 Charles Otis and Julia G. (Howard) Lit- 
 tle became parents of three sons, as follows: 
 John Howard, now a resident of Columbus; 
 Charles Stanley, a member of the Class of 
 1910. in Ohio Weslevan University; and Wil- 
 liam Henry, a student in the Class of 1912. 
 Religiously, our subject was a devout member 
 nf St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which he 
 was junior warden for a period of 2$ years. 
 A man oi the highest Christian character he 
 observed the strictest interpretation of the 
 word "honest}" in his business dealing-, and 
 he was not only held in highest esteem, but 
 we may safely say he was without an enemy 
 in the world. Mrs. Little, a woman of culture 
 and charming personality, resides in a beauti- 
 ful home on West Winter Street. 
 
 EARLY FRANKLYN POP- 
 
 I'LLTOX. in whose death, which 
 occurred May <>. 1899, Delaware lost 
 mie of the most distinguished men 
 who ever claimed that city as home, 
 was a man of exceptional ability as a lawyer 
 and statesman. He had a very extensive prac- 
 tice during the 38 years of his professional 
 career in that city, and was called upon to rep- 
 resent the people in the Ohio State Senate, and 
 later in the halls of Congress. 
 
 Mr. Poppleton was born at Belleville, 
 Richland County. Ohio, September 29, [834, 
 and was a son of Samuel and Julia A. ( Smith ) 
 Poppleton. He came of a prominent Xew 
 
 England family 
 
 ot English extraction, the 
 
 history of which is traceable back to Sir Wil- 
 liam Poppleton, who fought at Marston Moor. 
 There is also a town near York, named Pop- 
 pleton. Samuel Poppleton, great grandfather 
 of our subject, came from the North of Eng- 
 land to America some time during the colonial 
 days. He was a soldier in the Revolution- 
 ary War and was standard bearer with 
 Ethan Allen at the taking of Ticonde- 
 
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 roga. He was in the battles oi Crown 
 I '"int and Quebec, and at the surrender of 
 Cornwallis. Eight times he went out as a 
 minute man and participated in eight of the 
 battles of the war. lie was buried at Belle- 
 ville, Ohio. Daniel Poppleton, grandfather of 
 our subject, came from Vermont to Richland 
 County, Ohio, where he was among the early 
 settlers. He was a farmer by occupation. He 
 and three brothers were soldiers in the Conti- 
 nental Army during the Revolution. 
 
 Samuel Poppleton. father of Hon. H. F. 
 Poppleton, was born in Vermont, July 7, 1793, 
 and made the most of a farm boy's educational 
 opportunities. In his younger days he united 
 with the Methodist Church, in which he was 
 subsequently ordained a minister. He enlisted 
 fur service during the War of i8r_\ and at its 
 close moved to New York State. There he 
 was united in marriage with Parthenia Stein- 
 beck, who died early in life. He later came 
 to Ohio, locating in Richland County, where 
 his father had settled; he served as local 
 preacher in the M. E. Church and also traveled 
 about considerably. In 1839 or l &4°> he em- 
 barked in the mercantile business with his 
 son-in-law, F. W. Strong, at Mansfield, Ohio, 
 and for many years was identified with the 
 business interests of that city. Then, in order 
 to give his children superior educational ad- 
 vantages, he removed to Delaware. Ohio, 
 where his death occurred on September 23, 
 1864. His second marriage was with Miss 
 Julia A. Smith. February 3. 1828, she being 
 a native of Canada, where she was born 
 February 1. 1808. of New- York parents. Six 
 children were born of their union: Emery, who 
 for a period of 25 years was secretary of the 
 Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad; Cora, wife 
 of Judge Lake, of the Supreme Court of Ne- 
 braska; Zaida (Linnell), who died at Elyria; 
 I 'arthenia. deceased wife of Judge Stevenson 
 Burke, of Cleveland; H. H. Poppleton. a 
 prominent lawyer of Cleveland, and fur years 
 general attorney for the Big Four Railroad 
 System : and Early Franklyn. 
 
 Early Franklyn Poppleton received a pre- 
 liminary educational training in the schools 
 of Belleville and Mansfield. Ohio, supple- 
 
 mented by a course in Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity at Delaware, lie read law under the pre- 
 ceptorship of Judge Burke, of Elyria, and was 
 admitted to the bar there, in September. [858. 
 In 1 801. he came to Delaware and opened an 
 office for practice, and for many years there- 
 after was identified, either as attorney for the 
 plaintiff or defense, with most of the import- 
 ant litigation tried in the courts of Delaware 
 County. Possessed 'if a keen, perceptive mind, 
 a logical reasoner and eloquent speaker, he 
 was quick to discern a salient point in an op- 
 ponent's case and in forcible language drive 
 home a telling blow. He was accredited with 
 having the greatest native ability of any law- 
 yer who ever practiced at the bar of this 
 county. His brilliancy in professional work 
 brought public recognition and he was fre- 
 quently called upon to serve in official capacity. 
 He was fur six years a member of the I 
 Council of Delaware, most of that time as 
 president of that body. In 1870 he was elected 
 tn the Ohio State Senate, and in 1874 to the 
 L'nited States Congress, his work in both 
 bodies evidencing the highest order of states- 
 manship. He was highly esteemed as a man 
 of true worth, and his rugged honesty and 
 genial nature made him popular with all 
 classes. 
 
 Mr. Poppleton, in early life, was married 
 tii Miss Adaline Chase, of Detroit, who died 
 in 1868, Mr. Frank Chase Poppleton. of Pros- 
 pect, being their eldest son. He was married 
 the second time to Mary R. Miller, of Dela- 
 ware. They have two sons — William Miller 
 and Early Samuel. 
 
 LLIAM LITTLE, president of the 
 West Side Dime Savings Bank of 
 Columbus. Ohio, is well remem- 
 bered by the citizens of Delaware. 
 Ohio, as a resident of that city, 
 where he was prominently identified with the 
 banking interests for a period of thirty year-. 
 He was born in Columbus, July 5. 185 t . and is 
 a son of Dr. John A. and Caroline V. 1 Wil- 
 liams ) Little. 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 Dr. John A. Little was bom in Delaware. 
 Ohio, December 7, [825, and came of a 
 prominent old family of that city, the early 
 history of which is given in another part oi 
 this work. He was educated in the common 
 schools and at Kenyon College, after which he 
 read medicine under the directions of Dr. 
 Jones, of Columbus. He attended lectures in 
 the Medical Department of the University of 
 Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and subse- 
 quently at the Louisville Medical College. He 
 began practice at Sandusky, Ohio, where he 
 continued a few years', then moved to Colum- 
 bus. He practiced in that city until April, 
 [865, at which time he again took up his resi- 
 dence in Delaware. He enjoyed a large and 
 remunerative practice and continued to reside 
 there until his death, which occurred January 
 '.v 1<v v7- I'"-' was a member of the Order of 
 Odd Fellows at Columbus, lie was joined in 
 marriage with Caroline M. Williams, a daugh- 
 ter of Judge Eiosea Williams, and they were 
 parents of six children, four of whom grew to 
 maturity, as follows: William; Carrie, wife 
 of 1 harles Converse of San Francisco; Anna, 
 wife of Fred II. Avery, of Xew Lexington, 
 Ohio; and Alary, wife of W. Linton Pettibone, 
 
 Cleveland. Religiously, Mrs. Little was a 
 member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in 
 I lelaware. 
 
 William Little attended the public schools 
 in Columbus, and after the removal of his 
 parents to Delaware attended Ohio Wesleyan 
 University. lie entered Delaware County 
 National Bank March 1. [870, beginning at 
 the lowest round of the ladder in the bank 
 business; but by close application to business 
 he mastered the details of banking and rose 
 step by step until January [3, 1883, he was 
 made cashier of this institution. Courteous 
 and accommodating, but withal a conservative 
 and practical man. his success in that position 
 was assured and hi rilled it with credit to him- 
 self and the institution until August, 1900. In 
 the latter year he returned to Columbus and 
 assisted in organizing the West Side Dime 
 Savings Bank, of which he became cashier and 
 a director. It was eminently desirable that a 
 man of his great experience be at the helm in 
 
 the launching of this new venture, and the 
 success of the institution from the first was 
 a justification of his selection. He served as 
 cashier until March 7, 1906, since which time 
 he has filled the office of president. During his 
 long career in business he has been identified 
 with numerous enterprises, and is at the pres- 
 ent time a director of the Sun Manufacturing 
 Company, a thriving business enterprise en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of novelty goods, 
 show cases, cofifee mills and lawn furniture, 
 among other things. 
 
 Mr. Little was united in marriage. March 
 9. 1882, with Miss Rose Olds, a daughter of 
 Joseph H. Olds. M. D., of Circleville. Ohio. 
 They have two children — Bessie and William. 
 Religiously, Mr. Little and his family belong 
 to the Trinity Episcopal Church of Columbus. 
 In politics he is a Republican but has never 
 sought political preferment. 
 
 County. 
 
 IOMAS WEIANT, justice of the 
 peace, residing on his valuable farm 
 of 58 acres, in Kingston Township, 
 is a leading citizen of this section. 
 He was born in Northampton 
 , Pennsylvania, May 23, 1835, and is a 
 son of Henry and Mary (Sigenfoose) Wei- 
 ant. The father of Mr. Weiant was born 
 in Prussia-Germany, and the mother was born 
 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They were 
 farming people in comfortable circumstances. 
 Their family consisted of three sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 Thomas Weiant is a self-made man. He 
 had no school advantages whatever. The 
 fifth member of his parents' family, he re- 
 mained on the home farm until he was 19 
 years of age, when he and his brother William 
 decided to strike out for themselves. They 
 had n<> capital and it is doubtful if they had 
 the approval of their parents, but the}' were 
 young, brave and hopeful, and started on the 
 long tramp to Licking County, Ohio, with 
 tew possessions except their guns. The 
 youths were i«; days on the road and reached 
 Jacksontown, Licking- County, December 31. 
 
\ \K( i\ S G< >i ©RICH 
 
MRS. SARAH II Gl M IDRICH 
 
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 875 
 
 [854. For three years 
 
 Thomas Weiant re- 
 
 mained with his brother, engaged in farm 
 \v«»rk. and then hired out to a fanner near 
 L'tica, ( Ihio, where he remained until his mar- 
 i iage, August 25, 1S70. 
 
 This first marriage was to Mary McKin- 
 ley, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio. 
 At death she left three children, namely: 
 Robert, residing- in Kingston Township; Alice, 
 who married William Dwinnell, residing in 
 Kingston Township; and Ida, who married 
 Eugene Williams, also residing in Kingston 
 Township. Mr. Weiant was married secondly, 
 in [872, to Rebecca McKinley, his sister-in- 
 law, who was born in Williams County, < )hio. 
 There was no issue to this marriage and Mrs. 
 Weiant died March 10, 1907. Her burial was 
 in the old Eden cemetery at Green Mound. 
 Mr. Weiant subsequently contracted a third 
 marriage with Catherine I Brewer I Campbell. 
 a daughter of Richard Brewer of Erie County. 
 Ohio, who originally came from New York 
 State, where he was engaged in farming. He 
 died May 6, 1890. at the remarkable age of 
 108 years. The mother was 87 years old at 
 the time of her death. Mrs. Weiant and 
 James Brewer, of Erie County, are the only 
 survivors of 12 children. 
 
 When first married, Mr. Weiant purchased 
 one acre of land, on which he lived until 1865, 
 when he bought 15 acres in Radnor Township, 
 Delaware County. Here he lived until he 
 moved to Bowling Green Township. Marion 
 ( ounty, where he purchased 50 acres of unim- 
 proved land, as an investment, which proved 
 a wise 1 me. as in four years he sold out. mak- 
 ing Si. 000 on the deal. He then purchased 
 Si acre-, in the vicinity, for which he paid $18 
 an acre, and this, too, proved a good bargain. 
 as eight years later he sold the property for 
 $43 an acre. Mr. Weiant then came to Kings- 
 ton Township and purchased the farm on 
 which he has lived ever since. Although Mr. 
 Weiant had no advantages m his youth equal 
 to thc^e In- has given his own children, lie is 
 a well-informed man. alert in business and in- 
 fluential in his neighborh 1. In politics he 
 
 is a Democrat and mi that ticket was elected 
 justice of the peace, an office he has filled to 
 
 the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. He is 
 a member of Olive Green Lodge, No 708 
 Odd Fellows. 
 
 ,LISON EBENEZER GOODRICH, 
 
 a prosperous agriculturist, and one 
 "I the leading citizens of Liberty 
 Township, Delaware County, was 
 horn on his present farm, August 17. 
 1851, son of Aaron S. and Sarah (Hardin) 
 Goodrich. He is a grandson, on the paternal 
 side, of Ebenezer Goodrich, horn in Farming- 
 ton, Connecticut, in 1780. who married, in 
 1813, Elizabeth Dixon, a daughter of Abel 
 Dixon. 
 
 Ebenezer Goodrich came to Worthington, 
 Ohio, in 1803, with Col. James Kilbourn, 
 grandfather of the present Col. James Kil- 
 bourn, (if Columbus, and in 1S05 he settled on 
 the present Goodrich farm, situated ten and a 
 half miles south of Delaware, in the southeast 
 corner of Liberty Township, and on the Olen- 
 tangy River. This section was at that time an 
 unbroken wilderness, inhabited only by wan- 
 dering Indians. Mr. Goodrich built a log cabin 
 and set to work to clear a tract of land. He 
 suffered the usual hardships and inconven- 
 iences of pioneer life, but being industrious, 
 brave and persevering, he stuck to his task, 
 and in course of time was repaid b) seeing his 
 tract of wild land gradually begin to assume 
 the appearance of a homestead. The log house 
 was replaced by a more comfortable frame 
 residence, and this in turn sjave nlace to the 
 fine and commodious residence now occupied 
 by his grandson, which was erected in [867. 
 Ebenezer Goodrich was a prominent man 
 among the early settlers. lie served against 
 Great Britain in the War of iNi_>. and 
 after his return home was elected or appointed 
 a justice of the peace. About this time he 
 married, as above noted. He died < >ctober 15. 
 [846, at the age of sixty-six years.' lie anil 
 his wife were the parents of eight children- 
 four sons and four daughters — all of whom 
 were horn on the farm now occupied by Mr. 
 Allison E. Goodrich. The sons were: Aaron 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 S. 
 
 daughters 
 
 Edward, William, and Highland; the 
 Adeline, who married Hiram 
 Payne, and died in Morrow County, Ohio; 
 Orvilla, who married Minor P. Tone, and dud 
 in Liberty Township; Minerva, who was the 
 wife of Samuel Menthorn and lived and died 
 on the Goodrich farm, and Sarah, who died 
 when young. 
 
 Aaron S. ( ioodrich. son of Ebenezer and 
 Elizabeth (Dixon) Goodrich, was bom on the 
 parental homestead, October S. 1814. Such 
 literary education as he possessed was ob- 
 tained in the district school, but though the 
 seed was -canty, it fell upon good soil, for he 
 was naturally endowed with a high share of 
 intelligence, and bad both the will and capac- 
 ity tii make the best of his opportunities. The 
 knowledge Ik- obtained in the old log school- 
 house was supplemented in later years by read- 
 ing, for to the end of his life he kept in touch 
 with current events, and he had an abundant 
 share oi that more practical knowledge which 
 comes from mingling with one's fellowmen in 
 the daily walks of life, the interchange of ideas 
 and individual opinions, and from the faithful 
 performance of life's practical duties. More- 
 over, be had not only this superior knowledge; 
 he hail also what was of much more import- 
 ance — character. Jn all that pertained to the 
 moral nature, he was a man of high ideals 
 based upon the principles of the Christian re- 
 ligion, and bis virtues as a neighbor and citi- 
 zen caused him to be widely esteemed through- 
 out tin township, lie died February 21, 1896, 
 when in his eighty-second year, on the farm 
 on which he was born, and to the cultivation 
 and improvement of which he had devoted his 
 active life, lie was a member of Liberty 
 I 'resbyterian Church, 
 
 \aron S. Goodrich was married December 
 27, [849, to Sarah Hardin, who was born in 
 Liberty Township, December 10. [827, a 
 daughter of John arid Sarah (Carpenter) Har- 
 din. Her father, who was a native of Mari- 
 etta. ( )hio, came to Delaware County in 1806, 
 and settled in Liberty Township. He was ,, 
 on of Isaac Hardin (buried in Liberty ceme- 
 i'b.0 was of the old 1 lardin stock of 
 Kentucky, and a veteran of the French and 
 
 Indian War. in which he served under Brad- 
 dock, and also of the Revolution. In the for- 
 mer of these wars he had received a severe 
 wound in the head which necessitated the in- 
 sertion of a silver plate, and this memento of 
 his campaign be was obliged to wear to the end 
 of his life. He was the father of a good old- 
 fashioned family of nine children, whose names 
 were respectively (including the marriage 
 names of the daughters): James Hardin, 
 Mary Patton, Isaac Hardin, Mahala Conway. 
 Nancy Cronkleton, John Hardin. Lydia Rich- 
 mond, Sarah Friend and Samuel Hardin. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah (Crpenter) Hardin, mater- 
 nal grandmother of Mr. Goodrich, was a 
 daughter of Captain Nathan Carpenter, who 
 settled in Liberty Township, Delaware Count)-, 
 on May 1, 1S01. He was born at Rehoboth, 
 Massachusetts, in 1757, and took an active 
 part in the Revolutionary War, fighting for 
 the independence of the colonies. He served 
 at Bunker Hill, where he was wounded, and 
 where his brother was killed; also at Saratoga 
 and Monmouth. After the battle of Mon- 
 mouth he returned home and married Miss 
 Irene Reid. He subsequently rejoined the 
 army under Washington and fought to the 
 close of the struggle. After coming to Dela- 
 ware County, he and his wife went through 
 the usual pioneer experiences, including 'an 
 occasional adventure with Indians. Their 
 family in time numbered ten children, who as 
 they grew up), became mutually helpful, and 
 as other settlers kept coming and the popula- 
 tion increased, they were in time placed within 
 reach of most of the comforts and conven- 
 iences of civilized life. Capt. Carpenter died in 
 1814, at the age of fifty-six years, his death 
 being the result of an accident. While re- 
 turning from Delaware one night on horse- 
 back, by the river road, he was swept from his 
 horse by the over-hanging branch of a tree and 
 fell on the rocks below, sustaining fatal in- 
 juries. He was highly esteemed and bis un- 
 timely demise was regarded as a great loss to 
 the community. 
 
 The children of John and Sarah ( Carpen- 
 ter) Hardin were: Solomon, John, Isaac, 
 Sarah (Mrs. Goodrich). Irene (Mrs. Bow- 
 
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 877 
 
 1, and Laura Hardin, all of whom are now 
 ' deceased. 
 
 Aaron S. and Sarah (Hardin) Goodrich 
 had a family of three children, namely: Alli- 
 son Ehenezer (whose name appear- at the 
 this article, George Blucher, and Wil- 
 liam Hiland. Of the two latter, the follow - 
 
 is a brief record: George Blucher, born 
 December 22, 1852, acquired his education at 
 Wi rthington and at the Ohio Wesleyan I 
 versity, at Delaware. He removed to Okla- 
 homa, where for some year- he was engaged 
 in the cattle business, lie now resides in 
 - -hard, that State, wdiere'he follows the oc- 
 cupation of a merchant. He married Fritzie 
 
 h Wright, daughter of Hon. James I 
 Wright, of Worthington, Ohio, and has two 
 children — George and Margaret. 
 
 William Hiland Goodrich was horn April 
 7. 1854, and passed his school days at Worth- 
 ing!' n. He went to Kansas, where he en- 
 ed successfully in the cattle business in 
 Pratt and Barber Counties. He met with an 
 accidental death at the early age of twenty- 
 nine years. On Thursday. November jo, 
 [885, he had accompanied his employes on a 
 wolf hunt, and was returning, when his horse 
 stepped into a buffalo wallow and fell heavily, 
 throwing Mr. Goodrich and falling upon him 
 with its entire weight, the saddle striking him 
 in the back. He lingered until the following 
 Sunday night, when he expired. He was a 
 man of fine physique, tall and well formed, and 
 his character was such as to make him be- 
 loved, both by his employes and by all with 
 whom he came into close contact. His death 
 brought heartfelt sorrow to a wide circle of 
 friends and caused the most poignant grief to 
 his parents and the other members of the home 
 
 ily. His remains were brought home and 
 now rest in Oak Grove Cemetery. Delaware. 
 
 The distressing death of Mr. William H. 
 Goodrich was followed a little over three 
 years later by that of his mother. Mrs. Sarah 
 
 drich, who passed away on Sunday. De- 
 cember 23. 1888. at the age of sixty years. She 
 was a woman of beautiful Christian charac- 
 ter — a devoted wife and mother, and as a 
 friend and neighbor, one whose departure cast 
 
 a gloom over the entire community. 
 
 She an- 
 swered the final call with unshrinking forti- 
 tude and a faith that took hold on thing- above, 
 looking forward to a happy reunion with her 
 ed ones in the presence of her Redeemer. 
 Her son. George Blucher, who was hurrying 
 home from the \\ est to spend Christmas with 
 his mother, arrived too late to behold her alive. 
 For her. and such as her, were the words of 
 the Master spoken — "Well done, good and 
 faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy 
 Lord." 
 
 Alii 
 
 I . G01 drich. the remaining member 
 
 of the family, the date of whose birth has 
 been already given, acquired his elementary 
 education in the district schools, and later en- 
 tered the Obi' ) Wesleyan University, from 
 which, after a course lasting six years, he was 
 graduated in [873, with the degrees of A. B. 
 and A. M. For a while after leaving college. 
 Mr. Goodrich combined the occupations of 
 teaching- school and farming. He is the pres- 
 ent president of the School Board of Liberty 
 Township, having been a member of it for the 
 last twelve years. The major part of ljis time 
 has been devoted to improving the old Good- 
 rich homestead, of which he is now the owner, 
 in which work he has been very successful. He 
 was married, in March, 1880. to Miss Jessie 
 Youmans, a daughter of William C. and Mary 
 (Synder) Youmans, of Liberty Township. 
 Mrs. Goodrich's father came to Ohio from 
 Xew Jersey in [835, settling first in Licking 
 County, whence he came subsequently to Lib- 
 ertv Township, Delaware County, his advent 
 here being soon after the close of the Civil 
 War. Both he and his wife are now deceased. 
 his death occurring in [896, when he had at- 
 tained the advanced age of eighty-five years. 
 Mrs. Youmans. who was born in 1816. died 
 December JJ. ig02, at the age of eighty-six. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich take a natural 
 pride in the beautiful old home of the Good- 
 rich family, in which they reside, and where 
 they dispense, upon suitable occasions, a gen- 
 uine and old-fashioned hospitality. They 
 keep up the custom, established more than one 
 hundred years ago, and which has since been 
 followed by the family, of having an open 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 door to every reputable stranger. Mr. Good- 
 rich was for a short time in former years en- 
 gaged in mercantile business, but since then Ins 
 time has been taken up with the duties pertain- 
 ing to the care of the homestead, and those 
 connected with public affairs, in which he lias 
 taken some part, having served lor some ten 
 years as an active member of the Republican 
 County Central Committee, in addition to his 
 work in connection with the School Board. 
 He and his wife are earnest and useful mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church, and there are 
 few, if any people, more highly esteemed in 
 Liberty Township. 
 
 LINTON E. SHARP, a representa- 
 tive farmer and stockraiser of Genoa 
 Township, where he owns a valu- 
 able and well-improved farm, was 
 born in Genoa Township, Delaware 
 County, Ohio, June 12, 1X46. His parents 
 were Stephen and Hester Ann (Oldham) 
 Sharp. 
 
 The Sharp family came from New York 
 to Ohio, and Garrett Sharp, accompanied by 
 his family, settled in Franklin Comity in 
 1810. He bought 400 acres of land, the 
 greater part of which was situated in Dela- 
 ware Count}', and much of this he cleared, 
 erecting buildings on several parts of it. He 
 lived to the age of 84 years and was the 
 father of 14 children. His wile was Anna 
 ( ii iodspeed. 
 
 Stephen Sharp was born in New York, 
 April 23, 1S07, and was a child of three years 
 when his father moved to Franklin County. 
 He attended the old subscription schools and 
 later, for many years, taught school. In child- 
 hood he was accidentally injured by fire which 
 caused him to partially lose the use of one 
 hand. He -was, nevertheless, active in farm 
 work and with the assistance of his sons 
 cleared up a farm of 117 acres, on which he 
 resided until bis death, in his eightieth year. 
 He was a man of legal learning and of great 
 force ot character and be served so long and 
 so efficiently as a justice of the peace that he 
 
 was known all over Delaware County. He 
 also assisted in helping the southern slaves to 
 escape bv operating one of the stations of the 
 Underground Railroad. In politics he was an 
 old-line Whig, a Know-nothing, and later 
 identified himself with the Republican party. 
 In religious belief and observance he was a 
 Methodist. Stephen Sharp was married 
 (first), February 7, 1833, to Julia Dixon, of 
 a pioneer family of Delaware County. At 
 death she left one daughter, Emily Ann. In 
 1839 Stephen Sharp married (secondly) 
 blester Ann Oldham, who was born in New 
 Jersey, November 6, 1819. She was seven 
 years of age when she accompanied her par- 
 ents to Delaware County, where her father, 
 Thomas Oldham, cleared up a farm. The chil- 
 dren born of Stephen Sharp's second marriage 
 were: Andrew Jackson, one who died in in- 
 fancy, Clinton E.. William Isaac, Anna C, 
 Stephen Alfred. John Wesley (deceased in in- 
 fancy 1 and Louis Franklin. All were born 
 on the old homestead and all are now deceased 
 except the eldest and Clinton E. 
 
 Clinton E. Sharp attended the district 
 schools and from boyhood was trained in the 
 hard work that falls to the lot of farmer boys. 
 For 19 years after marriage. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sharp lived on their farm in Genoa Township. 
 In i.XJSN he moved on his present place on 
 which he has made all the excellent improve- 
 ments. He carries on a general farming line 
 and raises considerable stock. Mr. Sharp is 
 a charter member of the [as. Price Post of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and has held all 
 the offices. He saw some very hard service in 
 the Civil War. On February 20. 1864, he en- 
 listed for the three years' service, 111 Company 
 A, Sixtieth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer In- 
 fantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel McElroy and 
 served until the close of the war as sergeant, 
 participating in the following battles : The 
 Wilderness, Nye River, Spottsylvania Court 
 Mouse, North Ann Harbor. Bethesda Church, 
 Shady drove. Cold Harbor, Gaines' Mill, the 
 two days' battle and the siege of Petersburg 
 aiid the capture of the same. He also wa- 
 in the battle of Stedman. He was woun 
 in the battle of Petersburg. June 17. [864, in 
 
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 the left fore arm and elbow. He was dis- 
 abled for a while but returned to duty in 
 tune tn participate in the siege of Petersburg, 
 and was mustered out in July, [865. His 
 military record shows that he was a brave, 
 efficient soldier and is entitled to the esteem in 
 which he is held as such. 
 
 Several years after his return from the 
 army, on October 21, iN<>8, Mr. Sharp was 
 married to Martha A. Hutches, who was born 
 in Mifflin Township; Franklin County, Ohio, 
 February 24. [846, and is a daughter of Na- 
 •than and Mary A. (Williar) Hutches. He 
 and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican in 
 politics. Mrs. Sharp is a charter member of 
 Jas. Trice Woman's Relief Corps, X". 80. 
 
 Her father. Nathan Hutches, was h<>ni in 
 Muskingum County, Ohio, February 3. 1817, 
 where lie was married to Mary A. Williar, who 
 was a daughter of John and Rachel Williar, 
 and was born in Frederick' County, Maryland, 
 May 7. I1S17. and died when 87 years old. 
 She came by stage coach to (thin in 1837. 
 (Abigail Pretsman, paternal grandmother of 
 Ali^. Sharp, died at the remarkable age of 
 108 years, and the maternal great-grand- 
 mother. Mary Decker, died aged 99. ) In 
 [840 they moved to Franklin County and lo- 
 cated in Mifflin Township, moving later to 
 Blendon Township, where he followed the 
 carpenter's trade for some years and then 
 cleared up an 80-acre farm and engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits, moving to Genoa Town- 
 ship, where he bought [go acres, lie cleared 
 a part of this land also and was one of the 
 most progressive men of his neighborhood, lie 
 was the first one to recognize the value of 
 tiling and he was a pioneer in raising tine 
 stock. He died at Westerville in his eighty- 
 third year. His family consisted of eight 
 daughters and three sons, namely: I'riscilla, 
 Amanda. Jasper X., Samantha. Martha A.. 
 Nathan S., Medora and David, twins; Mary 
 Luella, Cloa J. and Evelyn, all born in Frank- 
 lin County. Jasper served in the One Hundred 
 and Thirty-third. < ). V. I., and died in service. 
 Mr. Hutches was a Republican and Know- 
 nothing in his political views, and was a 
 Methodist in his religious belief. 
 49 
 
 QRTLO HILL, a leading citizen of 
 Concord Township, belongs to 
 old pioneer families which have 
 been .identified with the develop- 
 ment of this section of Delaware 
 County almost from its first days of settle- 
 ment. Mr. Hill was born in Concord Town- 
 ship, Delaware County. Ohio, on a farm one- 
 quarter of a mile distant from his present 
 home, April 22, [862, and is a son of Solomon 
 and Mary (Jackson) Hill. 
 
 He is a great-great-grandson of Joseph 
 Hill, who originally resided in the vicinity of 
 Wurtemburg. Germany. At one time this Jo- 
 seph became mixed up in a quarrel and dur- 
 ing the heat of it struck the other man ami 
 thought he had killed him. His friends, being 
 of the same belief, advised him to enlist in the 
 army. He did so, entering the service in 
 Hungary and serving seven years. He subse- 
 quently heard from home that the other man 
 had recovered, and. in company with 1 _> other 
 men. none of whom wanted to spend their 
 lives in the Hungarian service, made his 
 escape. Providing themselves with cavalry 
 horses, they rode to the coast, where they 
 swam their horses to a small island about 
 half a mile from the coast, from which they 
 knew a boat would sail for America. They 
 were pursued and fired at. but escaped injury. 
 They traded their horses and personal be- 
 longings for a passage to this country, and 
 after landing in America they went to Penn- 
 sylvania. Mr. Hill married in this country. 
 He served under Braddock in the French and 
 Indian War. and during the rout which fol- 
 lowed that rash general's disastrous defeat, 
 while driving an amunition wagon, picked up 
 a flint-lock rifle, which interesting relic is now 
 owned by his great-great-grandson. Murtlo 
 11,11. 
 
 The first member of the Hill family to 
 come to Ohio from Pennsylvania was Stephen 
 Hill, the great-grandfather of Murtlo. lie 
 brought his family with him into the wilder- 
 ness, reaching Concord Township by means ,,[ 
 a row boat on the Scioto River. Here he 
 took up 1.300 acres of Government land, and 
 it may be well to remark that the subject of 
 this sketch is the only one of the Hill name 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 now living on the original tract. He chose 
 for his permanent location a spot that re- 
 sembled his <ild home in Rostraver Township, 
 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where 
 the land lav high and dry above a swift cur- 
 rent, and he lived to see the wisdom of his 
 civ ice. his large family thriving in this health- 
 ful place. He married Marium Martin, and 
 they had the following children: Rachel, who 
 married Joel Marsh, an early settler and 
 prominent man of Delaware County; Betsey, 
 who married Christopher Freshwater, and re- 
 in I oncord ITownship; Sally, Benjamin 
 foshua, all unmarried, who resided in the 
 sti ne house situated on the west side of the 
 
 to River and were locally known as her- 
 mits. Joshua and Sallie never having left their 
 home for 40 years. /Mam. who was married 
 (first) to Hester Marsh and (second) to 
 Mary (Modem and David, Joseph, Stephen, 
 Mary and George. At that time Westerville 
 Worthington were the nearest markets. 
 Hills raised, many hogs and drove them 
 back to Pennsylvania to sell, the family mainly 
 subsisting on game, which was plentiful, dur- 
 ing the early years. The Hill log cabin was 
 of the first built in Concord Township, 
 and the second Stephen Hill built the first 
 1 b ig hi iuse. 
 
 Stephen Hill (2d), grandfather of Murtlo 
 Hill, was born in Pennsylvania in [796. He 
 
 impanied his parents to Ohio and died in 
 Concord Township in 1N71, aged 7^ years. 
 He married Susan Lukenbill, who was horn in 
 [805 and died in 1S77, aged 72 years. She 
 was a daughter of David Lukenbill whose wife 
 was a Croninger, They had nine children — 
 Dolly, Kate, Susan. Polly, Margaret. Lydia. 
 John, Peter and Henry. 
 
 Stephen Hill (2d) had four children — one 
 son and. three daughters, namely: Solomon; 
 Sarah Ann. who married John Crawford, is 
 now his widow and lives on a part of her 
 father's farm; Cynthia, who is the widow oi 
 James Craw lord, and resides in the city of 
 Delaware; and Elizabeth, who married Henry 
 Cole, and resides in Michigan. 
 
 Solomon Mill, father of Murtlo Hill, was 
 bom May 28, [825, on the farm in Concord 
 
 Township, on which his father settled and 
 where he grew to manhood. The Hills, as 
 indicated above, originally owned a large body 
 of land in Concord Township, and the Girls' 
 Industrial Home now stands on a part of the 
 original Hill estate. All of the bricks used in 
 the construction of these buildings, with the 
 exception of the pressed brick, were made on 
 the place. Solomon Hill was clerk at the 
 Mansion House, which was the leading hotel 
 at White Sulphur Springs, for a number of 
 years and for nine years he was postmaster 
 and 15 years storekeeper at Rathbone, Ohio. 
 and was mainly instrumental in securing an 
 overland stage route from Delaware to this 
 station. 
 
 Solomon Hill was married (first) to 
 Rachel Kilbury (now deceased), and there 
 were two children born of that marriage — 
 Asa and Melvina, both of whom are deceased. 
 In i860 Mr. Hill was married (second) to 
 Mar}- Jackson, who was a daughter of William 
 and Catherine (McKitrick) Jackson. William 
 Jackson was horn January 27, [813, in Stark 
 County, ( )lho. and was ii years of age when 
 his parents, Francis and Fanny (Diltz) Jack- 
 son, came to Licking County, Ohio. The lat- 
 ter, who was unable to speak English, had 
 been chosen by lottery by her husband, who 
 could not speak Dutch, from a ship load of 
 maidens, g 1 and virtuous girls, who. accord- 
 ing to a common and reputable custom of the 
 day had come from a port in Holland for the 
 purpose of marrying and accompanying set- 
 tlers into the wilderness. She proved a most 
 
 mable woman, one who was helpful to her 
 husband in every way and one to whom her 
 descendants can refer with feelings of the 
 highest respect and deep affection. 
 
 When William Jackson was fifteen years 
 old his father died and about a year later he 
 secured work on public buildings of various 
 kinds, which kept him employed until he was 
 _'_' years old. He assisted in building the 
 National turnpike road in Licking County, 
 which runs but a few feet distant from the 
 grave of his father, who was buried on his 
 own farm, stepping off the distance for his 
 grave before the highway was constructed. 
 
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 883 
 
 In [839 he moved to Jerome Township, Union 
 Count}', where he lived until [864. lie then 
 removed to Concord Township, Delaware 
 ( ounty, where he acquired a farm of 236 
 acres, on which he died in [894. lie married 
 Catherine McKitrick, who died in [890, aged 
 71 years. She was a daughter of James and 
 Alary 1 Smith ) McKitrick. Her father, who 
 was of Scotch-Irish extraction, resided first 
 in Licking County, Ohio, and died at the age 
 o 97 years, while en route to Oregon after 
 having lived in Scioto Township. He was 
 twice married and his children were: John, 
 James, George, Eliza, Emily, Ann. Susan. 
 Harvey and Freeman. James McKitrick 
 served as a soldier in the War of 1812. and 
 held land warrants from the Government for 
 that service. 
 
 To William and Catherine Jackson were 
 horn twelve children, five of whom still sur- 
 vive, namely: Mar)-, who is the widow of 
 Solomon Hill; Elizabeth, who married Harvey 
 Turner, and resiJ.es in Licking (/ounty; Susan, 
 who married (first) Tillman Seiner, (sec- 
 ondlj ) Henry Zimmer, and is now deceased: 
 lame-, who married Annie Fox, resides in 
 Concord Township; William Hobbs, who was 
 a brave soldier in the Civil War. and died in 
 the service; Lewis, who newer married, and is 
 now deceased: Marcella. who married Stephen 
 Xestley. and resides in Licking County; 
 Arthur, who married Susan Held, died in 
 Concord Township, in September, 1907; 
 Emily, who died in infancy; Smith Atwood, 
 who died aged 18 months; and Emma, who 
 jvas married (first) to Daniel Corbin, (see' 
 "iid 1 to Lincoln Diven. and (third) to Albert 
 Marctim, resides in West Virginia, and Har- 
 vey, who married Anna Zimmers. 
 
 The children of Solomon and Mary ( Jack- 
 son 1 Hill were: Ruth, who married Dunbar 
 C. Kilhury. resides at Hewitt. Arkansas, and 
 has three si .11s — Alarley Cyrus. Frank Richard 
 and Robert Murtlo; Murtlo; and Susan, who 
 was horn February 10. [872, and died in in- 
 fanc\ . 
 
 Murtlo Hill was reared on the old home- 
 1 farm and attended school in the neigh- 
 borhood, in what was then District No. c, 
 
 but in township changes has become District 
 No. 4. after which he went into partnership 
 with his father in a mercantile business which 
 he continued for 24 years. Failing health 
 caused him to sell his store and to turn his 
 attention to a more active life, which he finds 
 in managing his farm ot 50 acres and in at- 
 tending to a farm-implement, buggy and 
 wagon business, in which he is in partnership 
 with his brother-in-law, D. C. Kilbury. Mr. 
 Hill owns other property and is interested in 
 other enterprises. He possesses the entire out- 
 fit of The Moyer Medical Company, which he 
 purchased from Air. Moyer's heirs. 
 
 In 1892 Air. Hill was married to Mollie 
 E. Sheen, who was horn at Zanesville, Ohio. 
 She is a daughter of Patrick Sheen, of that 
 city, where her ancestors were very earl}- set- 
 tlers. Air. and Airs. Hill have two children: 
 Ruth, who was horn December 10, 181)4, ail( l 
 Mary Harland, who was horn March 5. 1897. 
 Both daughters attend the same school in 
 which their father was educated. 
 
 In National politics, Air. Hill is a Re- 
 publican, hut m local matters he makes an inde- 
 pendent choice. He is a member of Hiram 
 Lodge. No. 18. F. & A. AL. at Delaware, of 
 the Red Alen and of the Elks, Tribe Xo. 112, 
 at Hyattsville. He belongs also to the Lake- 
 side Club, of the latter place. 
 
 having 
 
 IKXKY C. MADDOX, a representative 
 agriculturist and leading- citizen of 
 Liberty Township, residing on his 
 valuable farm of 300 acres, is one of 
 the older residents of this section, 
 owned this property since 1865. He 
 was born December 15. 1832. in Warren 
 County. Virginia, and is a son of Bennett Disi .11 
 and Mary Ann (Horn) Maddox. 
 
 Both the Maddox and Horn families were 
 of Virginia ancestry for generations. The 
 paternal grandfather was J. Xotley Maddox, 
 who reared his family in Rappahannock 
 Count}', where he was a large planter. He 
 was a man of military prowess, having served 
 in the defense of Washington against the Brit 
 
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 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ish. in the War of [812, and in the Whiskey 
 Insurrection. The maternal grandfather. John 
 Horn, was born in Virginia, but came to Ohio 
 in 1830 and lived during- the rest of his life in 
 Licking- County, where he gained a local repu- 
 tation as a skilled millwright. Bennett Dison 
 Maddox, father of Henry C. Maddox, was 
 borri December 5, 1804, in Rappahannock 
 County, Virginia, and died in Virginia from a 
 stroke of paralysis, Ma\ 28, 1874. lie re- 
 moved in early manhood, to Warren County, 
 where he acquired much property and there 
 reared his large Family of thirteen children, 
 five sons and five daughters reaching maturity. 
 < If these. Henry C. was the eldest. Three 
 children died in infancy and the following sur- 
 vived to take an active pari in life's struggle: 
 John X.. residing on the old homestead in 
 Warren County, Virginia; Elizabeth, de- 
 ceased; William B., deceased; Martha. Lucy, 
 Hester, and Herselia, all widows, residing in 
 Virginia; Bennett, who served in the Con fed 
 erate army, and died from wounds received 
 when raiding with Colonel Mosby; Travis S.. 
 residing in Augusta County, Virginia; and 
 Duncan, formerly a resident of ( )hio, who died 
 at Lexington. Kentucky. 
 
 Henry C. Maddox was reared on his fa- 
 ther- plantation in Virginia and attended the 
 subscription schools in his boyhood. In [857 
 he came to Ohio, and on April 22. 1858. he- 
 was married at Delaware to a young lady 
 who was a student at the time in the Delaware 
 Female Seminary, now the Wesleyan. She 
 was Elizabeth A. Frederick, a daughter of 
 John and Catherine Frederick. They came at 
 an early day to Ohio from Virginia and set- 
 tled first in Licking County, moving thence to 
 Granville. Later. Mr. Frederick built a mill 
 on the Scioto River in Delaware County that 
 was long known by his name. Loth Mr. and 
 Mrs. Frederick spent their last years at the 
 home of Mr. Maddox. A son died 111 Illinois. 
 Mrs. Maddox being the only survivor of her 
 family. 
 
 In his younger years, Mr. Maddox worked 
 as a carpenter and assisted in the building of 
 the Girls' Industrial Home, of Delaware' 
 
 inty. After turning his attention to farm- 
 
 ing, he rented land for four years, making 
 his first purchase in 1865 of 140 acres of his 
 present farm. To this he continued to add un- 
 til he now owns 300 acres of some of the 
 finest soil of Delaware County. He found 
 here a primitive log house and log barn. In 
 [879 he started the erection of his present 
 commodious brick house, which was speedily 
 completed, and finished with the care that his 
 knowledge of building insisted 011. He has 
 made main- other improvements and owns a 
 property of which he has every reason to he 
 pri aid. 
 
 Air. and Mrs. Maddox have had eight chil- 
 dren, namely: Olive, Frederick L.. Harry, 
 Ralph B., John W*.. Catherine. Floy and Ruth. 
 Olive I- the widow of James B. Andrews, who 
 died in 1904. Their one son. Henry Simon, 
 died m [901. Frederick T. married Cora Wil- 
 lis, a daughter of Brainard Willis, and for the 
 past ten years they have resided in Chicago, 
 Illinois. Harry, who owns a large farm in 
 Delaware County, married Alchea Hamilton. 
 daughter of Robert Hamilton, of Delaware. 
 He has two sons. Robert ami Charles. Ralph 
 B. married Addie Glick, daughter of Cass and 
 Susan (Hick, and owns a larm in Delaware 
 County. John W. married Clara Grumley, 
 daughter of Sebastian Grumley, of Libert) 
 Township, and they have two daughters. Mary 
 and Garnett. They own a farm in Delaware 
 County. Catherine married Charles Gooding. 
 a son of Frank Gooding, of ( (range Township. 
 and thee have one son, Frank, and they also 
 own a farm in Delaware County. Floy mar- 
 ried Harry Gooding and they have two s, ms. 
 Bennett and Harold, and own a farm in Dela- 
 ware County. Ruth married John (). Good- 
 ing, of Orange Township, and they have one 
 daughter. Ada. Mr. Gooding deals in hay 
 and gram, at Lewis Center. 
 
 Mr. Maddox has always been identified 
 with the Democratic nartv. but he has never 
 sought political preferment. During the Civil 
 War, four of his brothers served in the Con- 
 federate army, lie was then living in Ohio 
 and received a commission as lieutenant, but 
 never saw service. For forty-two years he has 
 resided on his present farm and during this 
 
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 88:; 
 
 long period has lived at peace with his neigh- 
 bors, has assisted in upholding the laws of the 
 land, has worked with his fellow-citizens for 
 the general welfare and each year has widened 
 his circle of friends and well-wishers. lie is 
 an honest, upright man in business, a liberal 
 contributor to charitable objects, and a man 
 whose judgment is consulted and whose ad- 
 vice is taken on all matters of local importance. 
 
 OL. GEORGE B. DONAVIN, a dis- 
 tinguished citizen and business man 
 of Columbus, Ohio, was for many 
 years prominently identified with 
 the business interests of the city of 
 Delaware. He was founder and is president 
 i if the various George B. Donavin enterprises 
 of Columbus, which include: The George B. 
 Donavin Co., dealing in uniforms and mili- 
 tary merchandise, of which he is also manager. 
 Mr. S. ( i. Smith being secretary and treasurer; 
 The Capitol Clothing Company, makers of the 
 Capitol Hand Made Clothing, of which Mr. 
 J. A. Metcalf i^ secretary and manager; and 
 the Quad Stove Manufacturing Company, of 
 which Mr. J. M. Armstrong is secretary and 
 manager. 
 
 Colonel Donavin was horn in Mt. Vernon, 
 Ohio, August 27. 1858. and is a son of John 
 Wesley and Catherine (Trone) Donavin. His 
 great-grandfather. John Donavin, was the first 
 of the family to locate on American soil, com- 
 ing at an early day from the North of Ire- 
 land. He was originally a weaver by trade 
 and upon shipping, signed his name Donovan 
 and gave his trade as that of a weaver. He 
 was taken from the vessel by the King's 
 Guard because tradesmen were not allowed 
 to leave the country, and for this reason he 
 renounced his trade. He then signed as Dona- 
 vin. changing the spelling of his name, and 
 gave his occupation as that of laborer. Hav- 
 ing renounced his trade for the purpose of 
 emigrating, his conscience forbid him return- 
 ing to it. and he worked as a laborer and 
 farmer the remainder of his days. He died 
 in [864. at a very advanced age. He located 
 
 near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, where his 
 son. Levi Kirkwood Donavin, grandfather of 
 our subject, was horn. The latter, in [869, 
 moved to Ohio, where he died in May. 1887. 
 at the age of 81 yen-., lie married Mary l\. 
 McConnell, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 
 who was horn in [800 and died in [894 
 
 John Wesley Donavin was born in Ship- 
 pensburg. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 
 February id. 1833. and there received his 
 educational training in the common schools. 
 He learned the trade of a cigar maker, and 
 followed it in his native place and at Mt. 
 Vernon, Ohio, whither he moved in 1853. He 
 continued his trade at the latter place about 
 four years, then entered the employ of George 
 B. Potwin, a wholesale grocer. In 1864 he 
 came to Delaware, Ohio, and established a re- 
 tail grocery and produce business, in partner- 
 ship with his former employer, under the firm 
 name of Donavin & Potwin. This con- 
 tinued until the death of Mr. Potwin three 
 years later, when his interest was purchased 
 by John Stough, a brother-in-law of Mr. 
 Donavin. The firm of Donavin & Stough con- 
 tinued until 1870, after which Mr. Donavin 
 carried on the business alone until 1873. '* 
 being located where the Candy Kitchen now 
 is. He then sold out to organize, instruct and 
 manage the Original Tennesseeans. an organi- 
 zation of singers under the authority of the 
 Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, which attained fame through- 
 out this country. It was the most successful 
 venture of the kind ever undertaken, the or- 
 ganization continuing for a period of 13 years, 
 and under the capable management of Mr. 
 Donavin was a distinct financial success. They 
 sang plantation melodies and appeared in 
 nearly everv state in the Union, and we may 
 safely say no man did more to bring the name 
 of Delaware prominently before the people 
 than did Mr. Donavin. He made friends by 
 the thousands in all parts of the country, and 
 was particularly well known to the Metho- 
 dists, from the highest dignitaries t«> the sex- 
 tons of the church. He was endowed with 
 unusual natural ability as a choral director. 
 He was in charge of the William Street M. 
 
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 E. Church choir from [864 until 1873, and 
 was director of the Harmonic Society, a 
 chorus of go voices. In (868 lie organized a 
 political glee club, composed of girls whose 
 ages ranged from [2 to 18 years, which sang 
 political songs and became famed throughout 
 the district. From that time until his death he 
 was depended upon by the Republican cam- 
 paign managers to furnish the music. In 
 1883 Mr. Donavin and his sons, Levi K. and 
 George B., purchased the American House in 
 Delaware, which they remodelled in 1885, and 
 the hotel ha-- since been operated under the 
 name of The Hotel Donavin. John W. Dona- 
 vin retired from the amusement business in 
 1886, and thereafter conducted the hotel until 
 his death. June 28, [893. 1 le was a man much 
 loved and respected, and his death was 
 mourned as an irreparable loss to the com- 
 munity in which he had lived so many wears, 
 lie was united in marriage with Catherine, 
 a daughter of Charles Trone, of Shippens- 
 burg, Pennsylvania, and they had three chil- 
 dren, as follows; I.. Kirkwood, of Colum- 
 bus; Colonel George B. ; ami Marie, a pro- 
 fessional concert singer of New York City, 
 whose musical training was had under Madame 
 Marchesi of Paris. Religiously, he ami his 
 wife were both active members of the Wil- 
 liam Street M. E. Church. Next to religion 
 came politics with him, and although he was 
 always an active worker for Republican suc- 
 cess, be was never an office seeker. He was 
 honored b) Ins party with the nomination for 
 State Senator at, one time, but as the district 
 was then overwhelmingly Democratic, the 
 odds againsl him were too heavy and he was 
 I le joined 1 brain I ,odge, No. t8, 
 b. & A. M., in the earl) sixties; and Delaware 
 Lodge, K. I'., in [888. 
 
 ge !'>. Donavin attended the public 
 schools of Delaware, and Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity, after which he entered upon his busi- 
 career. lie was firsl clerk an- T. C. 
 O'Kane when be opened. Ins bookstore, on 
 September i. [873, ami o ntinued in that em- 
 ployment for two years. lie then learned the 
 trade .if a printer with the Delaware Herald, 
 and in 1878 joined his father as advance 
 
 agent for The Tennesseeans. He remained 
 with that organization until August. 1885, 
 when I Intel Donavin was opened with him as 
 manager, lie continued in that capacity until 
 October, 1889. then was with the Delaware 
 Electric Light Company one year as manager. 
 At the end of that time he purchased a one- 
 third interest in the clothing business of R. S. 
 Stern & Co., now known as the Standard 
 Clothing Company. In 1893 ne purchased the 
 Steiai interest and changed the name of the 
 firm to George B. Donavin & Co. In June. 
 [895, a branch store was established in Co- 
 lumbus under the name of the Capitol Clothing 
 I o.. with John A. Metcalf as half owner and 
 manager. The business was incorporated in 
 April, 1902, with Air. Donavin as president. 
 and is one of the largest and most successful 
 clothing houses in the city. January 1. [898, 
 the Delaware store was moved to Columbus 
 and consolidated with the Capitol. In con- 
 junction with Mr. Joseph A. H. Myers, he, in 
 1897, invented the army cooking stove, and 
 April. [898, Mr. Metcalf succeeded to Mr. 
 Myers interest. For three vears these port- 
 able cooking ranges were sold to the United 
 States Government under the firm name of 
 George B. Donavin & Co., and sub-contracts 
 let to stove manufacturers. The business grew 
 with such rapidity that it was derided to or- 
 ganize a new company to engage in their 
 manufacture, and in April, 1901, the Quad 
 Stove Manufacturing Company was incor- 
 porated, with Mr. Donavin as president and 
 John M. Armstrong, formerly of Pumphrey 
 & Armstrong of Delaware, as secretary and 
 general manager. In 1907 the company 
 erected a two-story brick building on First 
 Avenue, east of High, where they have since 
 conducted a thriving business. The George 
 B. Donavin Company was a part of the busi- 
 ness in Delaware as early as 1X1)4. making 
 uniforms and military merchandise. It was 
 moved to Columbus and was maintained as a 
 departmenl of the Capitol Clothing Company, 
 until January. 1007. Its growth made it 
 necessary to seek larger quarters and separate 
 incorporation, with the result that the George 
 B. Donavin Company was incorporated and 
 
HENRY C. VOUNG 
 
MRS. EMMA II YOUNG 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 891 
 
 installed at Nos. 9-17 South High Street. 
 Mr. Donavin is a director in the Security 
 Savings Bank Company, and has other busi- 
 ness interests. 
 
 Colonel Donavin became a member "i 
 Hiram Lodge, No. [8, F. & A. M., at Dela- 
 ware, and now holds membership in Magnolia 
 Lodge. No. ji\ at Columbus; lie is a mem- 
 ber of ( )lentangy Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Dela- 
 ware, and assisted in the organization of Dela- 
 ware Lodge, No. 76, B. P. O. E., of which 
 he was secretary four years and is past exalted 
 ruler. He was one of the members of the 
 original Lodge, I. 0. R. M. He has been 
 especially prominent in the work of the 
 Knights of Pythias. He joined Lenape 
 Lodge. No. 29, in July, 1882, of which he is 
 past chancellor and for 12 years has served as 
 grand master of exchequer of the State of 
 Ohio; he also was Sir Kinght in Delaware 
 Division. No. 14. I'. R. K. I'., beginning in 
 1882. He was elected lieutenant and then 
 became quartermaster of the First Regiment, 
 and was appointed colonel and assistant com- 
 missary general of the Ohio Brigade. I'. R. 
 K. P., now serving as colonel on the retired 
 list. He became a member of Company K, 
 of Delaware. Fourth Regular 0. X. G. and 
 was detailed as assistant to the quartermaster 
 of the regiment. In 1893 he was commissioned 
 captain and quartermaster of the regiment, 
 and as such was mustered into the service of 
 the Lnited States in 1898. serving under Gen- 
 erals Miles. Brookes and Grant in the Porto 
 Rican campaign. In January, urn. he was 
 appointed colonel and assistant quartermaster- 
 general bj Governor Nash, and served ioui 
 years in that office, then being placed on the 
 retired list with the rank of colonel. 
 
 Colonel Donavin was united in marriage 
 with Edith S. Jones, a daughter of David S. 
 and Lenore Joins. ,,f Marion. Ohio, and they 
 have three children, namely: Lieutenant 
 Charles S., Twenty-seventh United States In- 
 fantry, was graduated from West Point in 
 1905. and served in Cuba during [906-1907. 
 April 30. 1908. he was detailed as instructor 
 in the United States Military Academy, 
 
 where he will he stationed for four years, lie 
 was horn May 1 _'. [882; Kirkwood H., horn 
 June [6, t886, is a member of the Class of 
 [908 at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, 
 Maryland, and has been assigned duty on the 
 battleship Kentucky, with the fleet now g 
 abound the world; Mary Lenora, horn >< 
 tolier id, [890, is receiving her educati 
 training at (iunston Hall, Washington. I). ('. 
 Religiously, Colonel Donavin and his family 
 are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church 
 at Columbus. lie is an unswerving Re 
 publican in politics, and while a resident of 
 Delaware took an active part in the affairs of 
 his party. He served four years as treasurer 
 of Delaware Township. He is a man repre- 
 sentative of the highest type of citizenship, 
 has made a success of everything he has under- 
 taken, and enjoys the confidence and esteei 
 the people to a marked degree. 
 
 ENRV CLAY YOUNG, for three 
 years a justice of the peace ami one 
 of the prominent citizens of Genoa 
 Township, resides on his valuable 
 farm of 250 acres, which he devotes 
 to farming and stock-raising. Pie was horn in 
 Noble County, Ohio, January 30, [856, and 
 is a son of Henry James and Mar) A. ( Da- 
 vidson ) Young. 
 
 Henry James Young was born near P 
 dence, Rhode Island, in 1819, and was six 
 years old when his parents came to ( )hio and 
 settled in Noble County. Their condil 
 were such that it became necessary for them to 
 permit their son, Henry James, to 1 
 out until he was sixteen years of age. when he 
 started ou! for himself, with al 
 capital, and from that time on made his 
 way in the world. That he was industi 
 and that he possessed unusual jr. 
 shown by the fact that by the I 
 fort}' years old he was worth 1, having 
 
 made it all by farming and raising tob 
 He owned 2,500 acres of land in \ 
 lit v. For some forty vears he was a local 
 
892 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 preacher in the Methodist Church. Politically, 
 he was a Republican. He married Mary A. 
 Davidson, who was born in Virginia ami was 
 brought l>v wagon to Noble County in her 
 childhood. They were the parents of four 
 sons and three daughters. Henry James 
 Young died in Noble County in 1890. 
 
 Henry Clay Young was reared in Noble 
 Comity, where he attended school through 
 boyhood. He later taught school for about 
 thirteen years and also assisted on his lather's 
 farm. In 1890 he left Noble County and' 
 moved to Columbus, where he worked for the 
 streel railway company ami was a conductor 
 on their lines for twelve years.. In 1901 he 
 came to Delaware County and settled on his 
 present farm, which lie had bought two years 
 previously. He has made many tine improve- 
 ments here, including the laying of eight miles 
 of tiling, lie carries on general fanning and 
 stock-raising and has paid particular attention 
 to sheep breeding. 
 
 Mr. Young was married in Guernsey 
 County, in 1880, to Emma 1. Houseman, who 
 was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, and who 
 is a daughter of William and Elizabeth 
 1 rhompson) Houseman. William Houseman 
 was a man of large means, a general merchant 
 for man) years at the village of Senecaville. 
 lie died from the effects of an accident Oc- 
 tober 10. [871. Mrs. Young's grandfather, 
 William Thompson, donated the land on which 
 the town was built. He died in 1831 during a 
 cholera epidemic. He was judge of the Com- 
 mon I 'leas Court. Mrs. Young was liberally 
 educated and taught school and also instru- 
 mental music, possessing decided musical tal- 
 ent. Air. and .Mrs. Young have one son, 
 Carl Houseman, who was born in Noble 
 County, \ngust 17. [881, ami is now a prac- 
 ticing attornex al < < ilumbus. 
 
 Mr. Young has been a very active mem- 
 ber ol the Republican party in this section for 
 many years and for six years has served as a 
 delegate to the county conventions. At present 
 be is serving as a member of the township 
 School Board, and is justly considered a thor 
 oughly representative citizen. 
 
 IOMAS W. DISBENNETT.* an en- 
 terprising young business man -of 
 Radnor. Ohio, who has been promi- 
 nently identified with the various 
 interests of the village for some 
 years, was born October 16, 1873. ' n Union 
 County, Ohio, and is a son of Noah and 
 .Mary C. ( Hodge) Disbennett. Noah Dis- 
 bennett was born in Hocking County, Ohio. 
 and his wife in Union Count}-, and they are 
 now well-known residents of Raymond, in the 
 latter county. 
 
 Thomas W. Disbennett received bis edu- 
 cation in the schools of bis native locality, and 
 in 1892 came to Delaware County, where for 
 si ime years he was engaged as a o >oper in 
 the employ of M. Meredith, proprietor of the 
 Meredith Lime Kilns. In 1904 he engaged 
 in the manufacture of drain tile, and his busi- 
 ness has grown to large proportions, his pres- 
 ent plant being well equipped for the manu- 
 facture of all kinds of drain tile, from three 
 to eighteen inches in diameter. In connection 
 with this he operates a saw-mill and cider- 
 press, and with his brother, J. R. Disbennett, 
 engages in threshing, under the firm name of 
 Disbennett Brothers, having a large patronage 
 among the farmers of Delaware County. Mr. 
 Disbennett gives his business his personal at- 
 tention and watches his output so that the 
 standard is kept up to the point which first 
 attracted attention and caused continued 
 growth. He is progressive, wide-awake and 
 thoroughly modern in his ideas and puts upon 
 the market goods which cannot be duplicated 
 at a less price. He is substitute mail carrier 
 011 Rural Free Deliver}- Route No. 2. 
 
 On December 12, 1895. Mr. Disbennett 
 was married to Rachel Meredith, who is a 
 daughter of Al. Meredith, count}- commis- 
 sioner of Delaware Count}-, and a well-known 
 business man of Radnor Township. Three 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dis- 
 bennett : Howard M.. Thomas A. and Bessie 
 C. In political matters. Mr. Disbennett is a 
 Democrat. He is fraternally connected with 
 Radnor Lodge. No. 250, of Odd Fellows, and 
 with the Masonic order at Prospect, Ohio. 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 893 
 
 1 me < if the fi nuul- 
 
 if tlie leading families of Genoa 
 
 leading member of the Methodist 
 
 MANUEL ALKIRE,* 
 ers 
 
 Township and for many years an 
 
 hi inured citizen and successful farmer 
 
 of Delaware County, was born in 
 
 Franklin County, Ohio, February 23, [847, 
 
 and died August .20, 1902. His parents were 
 
 William and Mary (Riser) Alkire. 
 
 The Alkire family is of German extraction. 
 William Alkire was born in Lewis County, 
 West Virginia, and accompanied his parents to 
 Franklin County in [827, settling on what 
 was called Big Run near the Scioto River. 
 His father. John Alkire. had served in the 
 War of the Revolution. From Franklin 
 County William Alkire came to Delaware and 
 In tight a farm of [20 acres on which he lived 
 until his death. He was a life-long Republi- 
 can in his political views. For main years 
 he 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 Emanuel Alkire was reared in Franklin 
 County and was married August jo. 1873. to 
 Sarah J. Rammelsburg, who is a daughter of 
 the late William Rammelsburg. who was horn 
 in Hanover, Germany. He came to America 
 with his parents when he was three years old 
 and he was left an orphan, his parents dying 
 of cholera at Columbus. Near that city Wil- 
 liam Rammelsburg married Henrietta Clau- 
 -011, also of German descent, and they had two 
 sons and four daughters. He bought a farm 
 oj 120 acres in Genoa Township which he 
 improved and lived on until his death. In 
 politics be was a Democrat: in religious faith. 
 a Universalist. 
 
 After marriage Emanuel Alkire moved on 
 the place still occupied by his widow, having 
 fallen heir to 30 acre- of valuable land, to 
 which he added 10 acres, putting the whole 
 under fine cultivation, and making also all 
 the substantia] improvements. Mr. and Mr-. 
 Alkire had the following children born to 
 them: Mary. William. Florence, Emma and 
 Jacks, in, the only survivor being the youngesl 
 -on. Mr. Alkire always took an intelligent 
 interest in public matters and was ever ready 
 to promote progress and good feeling in his 
 
 own community. lie was a Republican in 
 politics. 
 
 In [906 the Alkire family, a numerous one 
 in tin- section of Ohio, held a notable family 
 reunion and representatives were present from 
 many other States. This widely known family 
 has always been noted for its many sterling 
 characteristics, and those who bear the name 
 at present are walking worthil) in the foot- 
 steps of their forebears. 
 
 ill.X H. CARTER.* a representative 
 agriculturist of Marlborough Town- 
 ship. Delaware County. Ohio. who. 
 with his brother William, owns 
 and operates the Carter Brothers' 
 farm, a tract of 640 acres of excellent land, 
 was born May -'3. 1830. in Belmont County. 
 ( )hio. and is a son of Hugh and Nancy ( Cash) 
 Carter. 
 
 Hugh Carter was born in Washington 
 County, Pennsylvania, in 1N07. and as a boy 
 came to Ohio with his parents, settling in Bel- 
 mont County, where he was reared to man- 
 hood. In 1837, after his marriage, he re- 
 moved to Troy Township. Delaware County, 
 where he became an early settler, and there 
 the remainder ot his life was spent, his death 
 occurring December 25, 1888. Hugh Carter 
 was a hard-working and industrious farmer, 
 and his passing away lost to Troy Town-hip 
 one of its representative men. 
 
 fohn H. Carter was about nine months of 
 age when taken by his parents from Belmont 
 County to Delaware County, and here he was 
 reared and received his education. Since at- 
 taining his majority he has been engaged in 
 farming and stock-raising, and with bis 
 brother William operates the well known 
 Carter Brothers' farm of (40 acres, one of the 
 most valuable in Marlborough Township. In 
 political matters Mr. Carter is a Republican. 
 With his wife he attends the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church at Norton, Ohio. 
 
 On October 14. [866, Mr. Carter was mar- 
 ried to Elizabeth Mayfield, who was a daugh- 
 
894 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 ter of James and Jane Mayfielcl (both now- 
 deceased ). who were former residents of Marl- 
 borough Township. There were four children 
 horn to Mr. and Mrs. Carter, two of whom 
 survive — Mary, who is the wife of Watson 
 Shaw, resides at Butte, Colorado: and Wil- 
 liam C. 
 
 OHX J. COOK,* a prosperous farmer, 
 owning two hundred acres of land in 
 Harlem Township. Delaware County, 
 ^J < Ihio, comes of one of the oldest fami- 
 lies of tlie county. Ik- was born in 
 this township December 14, [868, is a son of 
 John, Sr., and Helen (Tompkins) Cook, and 
 a grandson of Benjamin Cook. 
 
 Benjamin Cook, the grandfather, was born 
 in New Jersey, and was one of the pioneers 
 of Delaware Count), Ohio, where he located 
 about the year of [800. 1 [e at that time made 
 the first purchase of land recorded in Harlem 
 Township, buying of a nian named Duncan 
 nearly 4,000 acres of tiniherland. There he 
 led a home, made a clearing and followed 
 fanning the remainder of his life. He was 
 married before coming to this country and his 
 large estate was divided among his six chil- 
 dren, much of it being still owned hv his de- 
 scendants. 
 
 John Cook, Sr.. was born on the old home- 
 stead in Harlem Township, and was educated 
 in the primitive schools of that period. He 
 came into possession of e s of the old 
 
 1 00k farm, which he cleared ami improved, 
 ting a home and good substantial farm 
 buildings. He was a prosperous man and was 
 highly regarded by hi- fellow-citizens. He 
 lived to a ripe old age, dying in his 82nd year. 
 I [e married Helen Tompkins, who was born in 
 New York State and was a young girl when 
 her parents came west to 1 >hii . I [er father 
 conducted the first mercantile establishment in 
 the town of Harlem, where he lived until the 
 latter years of his life when lie moved to the 
 West. Air. and Airs. Cook became parents of 
 six children, two sons and four daughters. 
 
 John J. Cook was reared on the old home 
 place in Harlem Township and attended the 
 public schools of the home district. Earlv in 
 life he began farming and this has been his life 
 work. When married he mined to his present 
 farm of two hundred acres, made many im- 
 provements, and now has one of the most val- 
 uable farm properties in this section of the 
 county. Energetic and of undoubted ability 
 he has made a success of his work and takes 
 rank among the substantial citizens of Har- 
 lem. 
 
 John J. Cook was married November 23. 
 [892, t.i Miss Millie Gorsuch, who was horn 
 in Harlem Township and is a daughter of Da- 
 vid Gorsuch, who also was a native of that 
 township. Her grandfather came here from 
 the East early in the Nineteenth century. Four 
 children were born of this union: Forrest J.; 
 Harry Dean; Byron, deceased; and Eunice F. 
 ( lur subject has been a life long Republican and 
 has taken an earnest interest in the success of 
 that party. Fraternally, he belongs to the 
 Knights of Pvthias. 
 
 B. MATTHEWS,* chief of police, 
 of Delaware, of which city he has 
 been a resident for 18 years, was 
 born in 1869, in Gallia County. 
 Ohio, and came to Delaware 
 Count) in [889. 
 
 i laving his own way to make in this world. 
 Air. Matthews. In earl)- manhood, worked first 
 on a farm and then engaged in draying for a 
 time, subsequently embarking in a grocer)' 
 business, which he conducted for two years. 
 He then became a member of the Delaware 
 ce force and after serving four years, was 
 made city marshal and served in that position 
 fi r two years, when he was re-elected for two 
 \ears nmre. carrying the city by the largest 
 vote polled. After serving one year, the now 
 code was adopted and be was then appointed 
 chief of police, a position he has held until 
 the present, a period of 11 years, and his ef- 
 ficiency is shown by the fact that in all this 
 
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 
 
 895 
 
 time he has never been called before the Mayor 
 or the- Board of Safety to explain any of his 
 acts or orders. Aside from his official busi- 
 ness, he has engaged in considerable real es- 
 tate dealing, buying, selling' and building. 
 
 In March. [880, Chief Matthews was 
 married to Alice R. Goddard, who was born 
 and reared in Delaware County and is a 
 daughter of 11. C. Goddard. They have three 
 children, namely: Pearl, Hazel and Eleanor. 
 With his family, Mr. Matthews belongs to the 
 Presbyterian Church. He is a charter mem- 
 ber of the Ohio Police Association and has 
 served as secretary of the same and belongs 
 also to the International Association ol * hiefs 
 of Police. He belongs also to the Masonic 
 fraternity. 
 
 NRY U. KISTLER, M. D.,* a suc- 
 cessful physician and surgeon lo- 
 cated at Sunbury, Delaware County, 
 Ohio, and one of the town's leading 
 and representative citizens, was horn 
 March 25, [879, at Lancaster, Ohio, and is a 
 son of Samuel A. and Florida (Lindley) 
 Kistler. 
 
 Samuel Kistler, the Doctor's grandfather. 
 was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 
 and an early settler in the vicinity of Carroll, 
 Ohio, where he died aged about 80 years, hav- 
 ing -pent his life in agricultural pursuits. His 
 wife, who was horn in Fairfield County, ( Ihio, 
 was accidentally killed in middle life. They 
 had [2 or 13 children. On the maternal 
 Dr. Kistler'- grandfather was Ziba Lindley, 
 a tanner, who was horn in Athens County. 
 Ohio. His wife was Mary Bartlett, and they 
 were the parents of a large family. 
 
 Samuel A. Kistler. who was an attorney 
 aw, practiced at 1 er, Ohio, for fifty- 
 
 years, and there his death occurred February 
 1. 1899, his wife passing awaj December 9th 
 oi the same year. In religions belief she was 
 a Cumberland Presbyterian, while Mr. Kistler 
 was a member of the German Reformed 
 Church. They were the parents of 11 chil- 
 dren, as follows: Dr. Samuel L., residing ai 
 
 l.o- Angeles. California; Charles li.. who is 
 engaged in farming- near Pickering. Ohio; 
 .Mar\- K., who is tin- wife of Dr. Park of Los- 
 well, Ohio; Dr. George I'... residing at New- 
 comerstown, Ohio: John !■".. who is engaged 
 in contracting- at Lancaster, ( Ihio; Florida M.. 
 who is the wife of Dr. \\ . V. Sprague of 
 Chauncey, Ohio; Daisy l;., who is a teacher of 
 elocution at Columbia, South Carolina: Dr. 
 Henry B.. whose name begins this article: 
 Homer K., who is engaged in civil engineer- 
 ing; and two who died in infancy. 
 
 Dr. Henry P>. Kistler was reared in Lan- 
 caster. Ohio, where he attended the public 
 schools, and in 1898 he entered Sterling Medi- 
 cal College,' from which he was graduated in 
 [902. In February, 1903. he began practicing 
 in Sunbury. where he has since continued with 
 much success. His profession connects him 
 with the county. State and National medical 
 societies, and he also belongs to Sparrow 
 Lodge. No. 4(10, of Masons, Sunbury Lodge, 
 Knights df Pythias, and Lodge No. 70 of 
 Elks of Delaware. Politically he is a Social- 
 ist, and he is now serving- as a member of the 
 Hoard of Health, and as secretary of that body. 
 On April 8. 1903, Dr. Kistler was married to 
 Edith Dell McLaughlin, who is a daughter of 
 Joseph and Eliza (Danford) McLaughlin. 
 One daughter has been born to this union — 
 Florida Dell. 
 
 John McLaughlin, the paternal grandfa- 
 ther of Mrs. Kistler, was a native of Ireland, 
 from which country he came to America and 
 settled on a farm in Noble Count}-. 
 where he died aged 87 years. lie married 
 Man- Taylor, who died at the age of 73 years, 
 and the_\- were the parents of nine children. 
 On the maternal side. Mrs. Kistler's grandfa- 
 ther was Robert Danford, who >rn in 
 Noble Count}- and spenl most of his life in that 
 section, where be died aged 62 years. 1 It- 
 was a soldier during the Civil War. lie mar- 
 ried .\Iar_\- A. Groves, who bore him four chil- 
 dren and died aged 78 years. 
 
 Joseph McLaughlin, father of Mrs. Kist- 
 ler. was a native of < >hio, and was engaged in 
 stock dealing at Caldwell. Noble County, 
 
8g6 
 
 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 
 
 where he now lives retired. He served in the 
 Union army during- the Civil War. .Mrs. Mc- 
 Laughlin, who was also a native of Ohio, died 
 December 24, [890, aged 37 years, having - 
 been the mother of six children, namely: Ed- 
 ward E., who resides at Murphysboro, Illinois; 
 Robert B.. a resident of Mount Liberty, Ohio; 
 Adda I., who married Wayne Young, of Sul- 
 phur, Indian Territory : Ocy < ).. a resident of 
 Caldwell. Ohio; Edith Dell, who married Dr. 
 Kistler; and Mary E. Dr. and Mrs. Kistler 
 are members of the Methodist Church. 
 
 1LLIAM M. BRICKER,* general 
 farmer in Kingston Township, re- 
 siding on his well-cultivated farm 
 of iod acres, was born in Dela- 
 ware Comity. Ohio, April 5. [855, 
 and is a -on of Christopher C. and Eliza ( El- 
 liott 1 Bricker. 
 
 The grandparents of William M. Bricker 
 were David and India (Cox) Bricker, natives 
 oi Pennsylvania, who came to Licking Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, at a very early day. Both parents 
 oi Mr. Bricker were born in Licking County, 
 and after marriage they drove to Champaign 
 County, where they owned a farm and lived 
 for a time. This land they subsequently -old 
 and came in their wagons to Delaware Coun- 
 ty, where Christopher C. Bricker acquired 350 
 
 acres of land situated in Kingston and Berk- 
 shire Townships. His death preceded that of 
 his wife and when she was left a widow she 
 went to live with a daughter, where she died 
 in 1880. They were most worthy people and 
 were respected and esteemed by those who 
 knew them. Four of their children still sur- 
 vive. William M. being the youngest of the 
 quartet. 
 
 Until he reached his 23d year. William M. 
 Bricker resided under the parental roof, as- 
 sisting in the management of the home farm 
 and attending the local schools during boy- 
 hood. In 1S7S he purchased his present farm, 
 which bad previously been placed under culti- 
 vation. It is excellent land and well adapted 
 to a general line of agriculture and to dairy- 
 ing. Mrs. Bricker produces very fine butter 
 which finds a ready market. 
 
 On April 23. 1895, Mr. Bricker was mar- 
 ried to Maryette Johnson, who was born in 
 Morrow County. Ohio, February 2, 1S54. and 
 is a daughter of Morgan and Eliza (Potter) 
 Johnson. Morgan Johnson was born in Vir- 
 ginia and died in Ohio, in 1900, aged 76 
 years. His widow was born in 1835, in 
 Kingston Township, and she resides on her 
 farm in that part of Delaware County. Mr. 
 Bricker has continued to improve his property 
 ever since settling on it. and some years since 
 built his comfortable frame house of eight 
 rooms. 
 

 
 
 
 
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