350 - MEMORIAL RECORD United States. His education has been gained entirely by observation and self-culture. After coming to Newark Mr. Moser learned the trade of a moulder with McCune & Ebersol, in whose employ he remained as foreman for a number of years. Some time afterward he rented the plant, which he subsequently purchased. In 1885 he associated with himself Capt. Joseph C. Wehrle, and three years later the firm increased their facilities by the erection of suitable buildings. .'So rapidly has their business increased that, instead of having eight employes as in 1885, they now (1894) furnish .steady employment : to a force of ninety men. From the 'factory are sent out stoves of every kind and grade, and the reputation of the concern for the quality of its work is unsurpassed by any foundry in the state. Owing to ill health Mr. Moser in 1890 disposed of his interest in the business, although his name was still retained in the firm title. Soon afterward, in April, 1890, Mr. Wehrle died, and left the request that Mr. Moser should superintend the business for the family. Acceding to the request, he has since had charge of the manufacturing department. He has other business interests, and is at present a stockholder in the Baltimore Bent Works. Politically a Democrat, he was for eight years a member of the City Council, and during one year of that time was its President. At present he is serving as a member of the School Board, of which he is President. The family residence, at No. 617 West Main Street, is graciously presided over by the amiable wife of Mr. Moser, whom he married in 1858. She was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, and was Miss Margaret, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Heck. There have been seven children born to this union, two of whom died in infancy. The others are: Mary, wife of James Whitaker, of Newark; Emma, who married Charles Luther, a resident of this city; Fannie; Ida, wife of John Richardson, also of this place; and Joseph, who married Ida Brubecker and follows the trade of a moulder in Newark: Socially, Mr. Moser affiliates with the Masonic fraternity, and has served as past Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men. is a member of the Subordinate Encampment and the Patriarch Militant, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the chairs. In religious belief he is a Lutheran. As a business man he has been more than ordinarily successful, and the fact that, beginning with no means, he has gained prosperity proves the possession on his part of energy, perseverance and wise judgment., RICHARD A. POUND. If to one class of people more than another Licking County owes a debt of gratitude, it is to the diligent, persevering farmers, on whom its prosperity so largely depends. Among the native-born citizens of Mary Ann Township who have here successfully followed general farming and stock-raising, may be mentioned the name of Mr. Pound, who was born October 6, 1846, upon the farm where he has since resided. A portion of the estate is his by inheritance, and the remainder has been acquired by purchase. Fifty-two acres have been placed under a high state of cultivation and embellished with suitable. buildings. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Pound was of Irish birth, while his maternal grandfather was a native of England. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Allison) Pound, were born in Orange County, N. Y., the former in 1800, and the latter in 1807. They removed to Licking County in 1841, and in the spring of the following yeai settled in Mary Ann Township, where both died, the mother in 1876, and the father two years liter. The children comprising the family were ten in number, of whom we note the following: Mary Ann married Perry W. Harris, and died in Putnam County leaving seven children, all of whom reside in Putnam County; Sarah, the wife of Joseph Hickey, lives in Washington Township, this county, and has four children; Samuel A., who married Lucinda Wilkin, is a farmer of Eden Township; Emily, the wife of David P. Hall, has four children; Maria, who married George Chilcoat, lives in Newton Township, and has four children; Joseph) MEMORIAL RECORD - 351 a farmer living in Washington Township, married Rachel A. Wheeler, and they have six children; Oliver died. in 1850, aged ten years; one child died in infancy; Richard A. is the ninth in order of birth; Nehemiah, the youngest, who lives in Mary Ann Township, married Margaret Miles, and they have two children. In the township of his birth our subject grew to manhood, meantime attending the public schools and gaining a practical knowledge of. agriculture. May 23, 1871, he married Jane Biggs, who was born in Licking County May 9, 1843. Her grandparents were numbered among the first settlers here, and the families of McQueen and Varner are still remembered by the people as among the pioneers of the county. Prior to her present marriage Mrs. Pound had been married, one son being born of that union. He married, and since the death of his wife, his two children, a son and daughter, make their home with our subject. Four children were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Pound. The eldest, Czar H., was born in Eden Township, Licking County, June 16, 1872. In childhood he was precocious and obedient to his parents. His boyhood days were passed much in the same manner as those of farm lads usually are, midst play and work, and attendance at the public school, where he learned rapidly. He had a fondness for baseball, Wrestling, and other athletic sports. Desiring to obtain a thorough education, he attended for a time the village school. at Hanover, and the Normal School at Fallsburg, passed a credible examination in the spring of 1892, and was awarded a certificate to teach. In the winter of 1892-93 he taught the' Snort Hall school in Eden Township, and the following summer attended the Normal term at Ada, Ohio. So acceptably had he performed his duties as teacher in the Snort Hall school, that they secured his services for the winter term of 1893-94. He continued to teach until about the middle of January last, when he had a severe attack of la grippe, which compelled him to give up his school. The disease terminated in consumption, of which he died at the home of his parents June 29, 1894, aged twenty-two years and thirteen days. January 15, 1893, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Newton Township, and the following Sunday was baptized 133.7. immersion-in Wilkin's Run, near his home, by the Rev. Mr. Wakefield. He was an unusually bright, intelligent young man of good habits and morals, and exemplary character, and had he been spared his would doubtless have been a successful life of usefulness.. The other members of the family are, Allie Belle, who was born September 10, 1874; is the wife of Frank Shannon, of Mary Ann Township. Edward R., who was born August 12, 1878, and Minnie Dell, whose birth occurred September 20, 1886, are at home. As a member of the Democratic party Mr. Pound takes an active interest in politics. He has served as Trustee of the township for two years, and has held' other official positions. In religious views he is liberal, but contributes to the support of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his wife, elder son and daughter belong. As a citizen he is progressive, and as a farmer energetic, persevering and capable, and his position is among the foremost residents of the township. JAMES CONARD WRIGHT. About a mile east of Fredonia lies one of the pleasant homes of McKean Township. The residence, a commodious structure, stands upon a hill from which may be seen much of the surrounding country. In the well kept grounds are a number of shade, evergreen and ornamental trees planted by the present owner many years ago. During the summer months fragrant flowers abound in rich profusion, and the visitor is invariably impressed with the evidences of .culture and refinement that surround the delightful home. The owner of this attractive place, James C. Wright, was born in McKean Township, January 4, 1827, and has been a life-long resident of this locality. His paternal gran d father, Abram Wright, was one of the early settlers of Licking County, where he served as Justice of the Peace when it was a part of Ross County. He was a soldier in 352 - MEMORIAL RECORD the War of 1812. The father of our subject, Jacob Wright, was born in Washington County, Pa., April 10, 1802, and was a boy of six years when the family came to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood. He was a man of considerable influence in McKean Township, of which he was a resident until death, and in which he served as Trustee and Justice of the Peace. In early life a Whig, he afterward affiliated with the Republican party, supporting its principles and voting for its candidates. He passed away May 8, 1881, aged seventy-nine years. The first wife of James Wright, our subject's mother, was born in Loudoun County, Va., March 31, 1806, and bore the maiden name of Sarah Conard. She came to Licking County in girlhood and was a resident of McKean Township until her death, February 14, 1877. Afterward Mr. Wright married Alcinda Hollingsworth, who is still living. After completing the studies of the common schools our subject entered the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, where he was a student for, two years. He has always resided in McKean Township and his occupation throughout his entire active life has been that of agriculture. He now owns two hundred and twenty acres, comprising one of the valuable homesteads of the township. An ardent Republican in political views, Mr. Wright is active in the local councils of the party and has held a number of offices, including that of Justice of the Peace. April 12, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Cynthia Branch, who was born in Orwell, Vt., June 26, 1827. At the age of eight years she came to Ohio with her parents, Wait and Abigail (Fuller) Branch, who were also natives of the Green Mountain State. The family settled in the village of Fredonia and there Mr. Branch carried on a tannery until 1851, when he removed to Illinois. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Wright has resulted in the birth of six children, five of whom are now living. They are, William P., a farmer residing in Bennington Township; James M., a mechanical engineer, at present superintending a pattern shop in Cleveland, Ohio; Emery M., for some years a teacher, but now a commercial traveler; Darwin Branch, deceased; Salmon Chase, who cultivates the home farm, and Minnie S., who resides with her parents. It is worthy of note that Mr. Wright has one of the largest and finest private collections of mineral specimens, shells and relics in the state. In it may be noticed specimens of nearly every land in the world, some of the curios being valuable relics of that extinct race, the Mound Builders, in the form of handsomely carved and highly polished images and tools made from stone. For what purpose many of these were used, the people of this age cannot even conjecture. Added to this, Mr. Wright has a large collection of old and rare coins of many nations and dates. This private museum affords food for study and thought on the part of the student of history.R REV. CALVIN W. SIFFERD, A. M., pastor of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, was born near Salisbury, Rowan County, N. C., November 5, 1850. He is of Pennsylvania descent, his paternal grandfather, Abraham Sifferd, having removed from the Keystone State to North Carolina, where he entered six hundred acres of land, and there spent his -remaining days. He had a large family, of whom Paul was among the younger. The latter 'was born in North Carolina and there studied medicine under a German physician of some note. Upon embarking in the profession he opened an office near Salisbury and there engaged in practice until his death, in October, 1893. Although not a politician, Dr. Sifferd took a deepinterest in all matters relative to public affairs or the advancement of .his community. For many years he was Judge in court, and also officiated in a number of responsible local positions. In his religious belief he was a Lutheran, and so tireless was he in the work of that denomination that he was familiarly known as the "saddle horse of the synod." He was one of the prime factors in the establishment of North Carolina College MEMORIAL RECORD - 353 and the female seminary at Mt. Pleasant, and was also prominently connected with the founding of other educational institutions. The mother of our subject, who was born in North Carolina, bore the maiden name of Margaret Peeler. She died in 1888, aged seventy-eight years. In the family there were eleven children, of whom Calvin W. was the youngest to attain to years of maturity, and the tenth in order of birth. There were five sons, two of whom ,died in early life. The others besides our subject are Miles H., who became a professor in a college in South Carolina, and J. L., who studied medicine, but does not practice the profession. After having received a good elementary education in the common schools, Calvin W. Sifferd entered the North Carolina College at Mt. Pleasant, and completing the course, was graduated in 1874. Later he entered the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Pa., where, as in the college, he took the course in one year less than usually required. Having a good physique and strong mental endowments, he was able to accomplish much more than was usually attempted by students. He was ordained to the ministry by the North Carolina Synod, and his first pastorate was at Anna, Ill., where he remained until June, 1886. At that time Rev. Mr. Sifferd was requested by the Secretary of the Board of Home Missions to come to Newark and take charge of the mission that had just been organized. At the time of his arrival he found a small organization, without any church property and laboring under many discouragements. Under his earnest efforts the congregation grew in size and interest, and the present membership is about one hundred and fifty. There have been about "three hundred admissions into the church, but the membership has been reduced owing to a large number of removals from the city. In 1889 they purchased the Episcopal Church property, which they now occupy. In connection with the church there is a flourishing Sunday-school, with an attendance of about one hundred and fifty. While this charge has required much of Mr. Sifferd's time, thought and earnest labor, it has not done so to the entire exclusion of other fields of work, and in addition to the discourses of Sunday morning and evening, he may often be found in neighboring towns on Sabbath afternoon., where he labors with zeal and earnestness to win souls to Christ. May 1, 1875, Rev. Mr. Sifferd secured an efficient helpmate, one who has since been of great assistance to him in his work, as he was then united in marriage with Mary R. Henkel, daughter of Rev. D. M. Henkel, D. D. This estimable lady was born in Goshen, Ind., received an excellent education at Bethlehem, Pa., and at the time of her marriage was teacher in a seminary at Mt. Pleasant, N. C. The family of which she is a member has long been represented in America, its first representatives in this country having settled at New Market, Va. Her grandfather, Rev. Charles Henkel, and his brother, Andrew, were the first members of the family who came to Ohio. Both were ministers, and their names are inseparably associated with the early history of the Lutheran Church in Licking County. GEORGE ROBERT BOLEN is a representative agriculturist of Hanover Township, and owns four hundred and forty acres of land lying in the valley of the Rocky Fork. Here he has resided for the past sixteen years, his attention being largely devoted to the cultivation of small fruits. He has a fine peach orchard of ten acres, and also the same amount planted to apple trees, and portions of each are in a bearing condition. The property, which was formerly known as the Forge farm, is in some respects a historical location, and upon it was built the first grist mill in the county. The Bolen family traces its lineage to Col. Robert "Bolling," who it is believed was at one time colonel under Cromwell, being exiled, as were all the officers under that eminent man. This same ancestor married a granddaughter of the Indian princess, Pocahontas, a fact of which the descendants are justly proud. The family was established in the Old Dominion prior to Colonial times, and 354 - MEMORIAL RECORD. was represented in the Revolutionary War. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Bolen, was a Drum-Major in the War of 1812. The parents of our subject were Edward and Mary (Bowen) Bolen. The latter was a granddaughter of one of the Revolutionary heroes who served during the entire period of that conflict, being an Orderly-Sergeant. Her father, Thomas Bowen, was in the War of 1812. Her mother, whose maiden name was Nellie Smith, was a member of one of the F. F. V.'s and was related to Governor Smith, of Virginia, who presided over the destinies of the state and was a general in the Confederate army. Prior to the war he represented his district in the United States Congress. In the parental family there were fourteen children, of whom John H. was the eldest. He and our subject were loyal to the Union during the Civil War, as was also the father. John boasts of his generalship in evading both armies and remained at home during the war, pursuing peaceful avocations. Nancy married George Behm and lives in Virginia. Frances became the wife of Jackson Dwyer and resides in the Old Dominion. Thomas was not able-bodied and also did not enter active service; he now lives in Virginia. James J., who for twenty years has lived in. Greene County, Ohio, was a soldier in .the Seventh. Virginia Regiment, C. S.. A., and was severely wounded at Malvern Hill, Va. Tompsey married Mallery Thornhill, and lives in Greene County, Ohio. Daniel was conscripted into the rebel army against his will, becoming a member of the Seventh Virginia Regiment, and died of typhoid fever at Richmond. G. R., of this notice, is next in order of birth; Sarah became the wife of John F. Monroe, and died in Licking County, leaving three children, one of whom, Levi G., is now local editor of the Times-Recorder, of Zanesville. Eliza, now the wife of Joseph Bailey, resides in Springfield, this state. Mary married Perry Judd, of Clarke County, Ohio. Carolina, who became the wife of Samuel Woodard, makes her home in Virginia. Addison and Charles T. are farmers of Clarke County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in Rappahannock County, Va., February 17, 1841, and grew to manhood upon his father's farm. At the time of the war he experienced the dangers„ inconvenience and financial losses resulting from being located on the border during the great Rebellion. The family suffered greatly in loss of property by depredations of the armies. The grandfather, who was a Democrat up to the secession: of Virginia, decided that he' could no longer affiliate with the side in favor of national dissolution and was afterward a Republican. His father, Edward Bolen, was a Whig in early life, and became a Republican on the formation of that party. Our subject is also a loyal citizen, and sacrificed considerable property in order to get away, from the south during the war. In his native county, January 17, 1861, Mr. Bolen married Mary F. Monroe, a member of a prominent Virginia family of German origin. and distantly related to President James Monroe. Six children were born of this union. James L.,whose birth occurred March 29, 1863, died February .22, -1873. The others are, Edward F., who was born June 16, 1865; Albert. H., July 7, 186.7; George W., October 8, 1869; Mary E., November 17,1871; Emerson A., May 4, 1874; and Cutie C., May 7, 1877. Emerson, who is a graduate of the Hanover High School, is a promising young man, whose poems and prose writings have appeared in print; he is now Superintendent of the Hanover Methodist Sunday-school and a zealous worker in the Christian Endeavor Society, which he has served as delegate to the State Convention. Mrs. Mary F. Bolen died in February, 1881. September 19, 1885, Mr. Bolen married Mrs. Julia A. (Davis) Hartuper, and two children bless this union, Lottie M., who was born July 30, 1886, and Robert P., December 19, 1888. In 1864 Mr. Bolen came to Ohio, where he engaged as a contractor for a time, and afterward operated a general store at Hanover for three years. Purchasing property in Perry ToWnship, he turned his attention to the cultivation of peaches, grapes, berries, etc. On selling that place he bought the farm where he has since resided. In religious belief he and his family are Methodists. Politically, he stands by the Republican Harty at all times. He was in 1893 the candidate MEMORIAL RECORD - 355 of his party for the office of County Commissioner. The Democratic majority in this county is usually-thirteen hundred, but he cut this down to six hundred, thus showing his popularity as a man, and also the recognition of his ability as an official in a very important public position. He has been an extensive traveler, and was among the enthusiastic admirers of President Harrison, who visited at his home during his first campaign for the Presidency. He has seen all the presidents except Cleveland since the time of Lincoln. Socially, he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having belonged to a lodge in Newark, with which however he is not at present affiliated. WILLIAM H. SCOTT enjoys the distinction of having been engaged in business in Newark for a longer period than any other citizen of the place. He was both here February 21, 1831, being a son of Robert and Margaret (Evans) Scott. His paternal grandfather, Hugh Scott, was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish lineage, and as early as 1808 came to Licking County, settling in Franklin Township, where he cleared a farm in the midst of the surrounding woods. The two-story log house erected by him is still standing as a monument to his pioneer labors. A man of great industry and perseverance, he succeeded in clearing three hundred acres, and upon that estate he resided until his death, at the age of eighty-eight years. The father of our subject was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1802, and was one of a family that included six sons and four daughters. He grew to manhood upon the home farm, and in youth learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, at which he worked in Newark for some years. He died in this city at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife, who survived him about nine years, passed away at the age of about seventy-five. From his service in early manhood as Captain of the state militia he gained the title by which he was familiarly known. In the family of Captain Scott there were six children, four of whom attained years of maturity, as follows: William H.; George, deceased, formerly a prominent business man of Newark; Martha, who married W. E. Osborn and lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mary, who is unmarried and lives in Newark. The subject of this sketch was a student in the common schools in boyhood, and after having learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, embarked in business in 1852, since which time he has continued in the same line. At first his shop was small, but the stock was gradually enlarged until finally his establishment became the largest in the city. He owns considerable real estate, including a fine business block and a large livery stable, which he rents. In 1854 Mr. Scott married Anna Brooks, who was born in New York State, reared in Canada, and was at the time of her marriage a resident of Newark. Politically he stands by the Democratic party. He is a man of sterling principles, and has attained his present position, both socially and in business circles, by the qualities of heart and mind which have endeared him to his associates and brought him the good-will of his fellow-citizens. Socially he is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Newark, and the consistory at Cincinnati. Commencing in business poor, he has made every dollar of his present possessions by industry and good judgment in investments. He is a Director in the Newark Savings Bank, and owns several residences in the city. An intelligent and broad-minded man, it is hardly necessary to add that he keeps posted on the leading subjects of the day, and has contributed his full quota toward the advancement of the city of which he has been a life-long resident. WILLIAM W. EARHART. Old almost as the eternal hills, is the saying that the "angel death loves a shining mark." It was his when he claimed Mr. Earhart, one of the leading citizens of the county. For 356 - MEMORIAL RECORD many years a resident of Hanover Township, he was here born September 19, 1824, and here, after a lingering illness of several years, his eyes closed in death, December 5, 1890. The place of his birth was only about a half-mile distant from the place of his death, and having spent so many years of his life in this locality, he was well known by the citizens and universally esteemed for his noble qualities of heart and mind. The father of our subject, John B. Earhart, removed from Hagerstown, Md., to Licking County, Ohio, and settled on a tract of land adjoining the old Stanbery farm in Madison Township. He was a boat Captain, and at an early age our subject learned to drive on his father's boat before there were any railroads in Newark or the vicinity. Later he became Captain of a boat owned by James Smith, of Newark, after which he bought the "C. Delano" and "Walter Smith," and for a period of twenty-five years his principal occupation was that of freighting at all points along the Ohio Canal, from Cleveland to Portsmouth. In June, 1857, Mr. Earhart married Miss Susan C., daughter of George Lynn, and sister of the late William Lynn, at one time Treasurer of Muskingum County. In the fall of 1857 Captain Earhart moved to Adair County, Mo., near the present site of Kirksville, and purchased a farm. After a sojourn of one year there he returned to Newark. In the spring of 1863 he purchased a boat of James Smith and resumed canal boating, which he followed until the fall of 1865, when he quit, the business permanently. He then purchased the Williams tavern, six miles east of Newark, where he kept an inn and farmed until 1872. Disposing of the property he purchased a part of the Colonel Hollister estate, near Hanover, and building a house, made it his home until death. During a long period of service as a member of the Board of Education, Captain Earhart was influential in establishing and organizing the Hanover public schools. He served in a like capacity while living in Madison Township, and also filled the position of Trustee of that township. He was a Republican in a Democratic township, but his peculiar fitness and ability secured his election, notwithstanding the fact that he represented the minority party. He was a member of the Pioneer Society of Licking County. Possessing a retentive memory, he took great delight in narrating various incidents of his eventful career. In his death an honored and patriotic citizen was lost, but he left to his descendants an untarnished name more precious than great riches. The Captain was the third son in a family of seven children. His brother, Abram, seventy-four years of age, resides in Kirksville, Mo., and his sister, Mary A., who was born June 30, 1832, is living so far as known. His wife, who still makes her home on the old farm, is a native of Hardy County, Va., and was born September 6, 1832. Orphaned at the age of twelve years, she came about that time to Ohio with a brother and sister, settling with them in Muskingum County. Ten children were born to Captain and Mrs. Earhart, of whom seven are living and three deceased. The eldest, William Henry, a fruit grower and farmer of Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, also serving as Postmaster and Justice of the Peace, married Miss Hattie R. Higgins, of Hanover; he is a native of Adair County, Mo., born June 20, 1858. Julia Belle, who was born October 21, 1860, in Licking County, became the wife of Z. T. Dumbauld, and died at Lock 17, Tuscarawas County; George W., who was born in Muskingum County, in January, 1863, died at the age of one year, six months and two days; Nellie Grant, who was born December 30, 1864, died aged twelve years, seven months and twenty-six days; Annie Sherman was born February 8, 1867, and was so named on account of having been born on General Sherman's birthday, and received his photograph and auto. graph in acknowledgment; Carrie Randall was born May 10, 1869; Mary Margaret, September 19, 1871; Charles Edward, December 14, 1873; Grace Adelle, January 2, 1877, and Bettie Lynn, June 17, 1879. With the exception of the eldest son and George W,, the children were born in Licking County. Mary M. was married September 19, 1893, to Edward Nussbaum, and resides at Lock 17, Tuscarawas County. The others are under the parental roof. Charles Edward, the only son at home, operates the farm, being assisted by his mother's counsel and experience. He is a young man of MEMORIAL RECORD - 357 superior intelligence and ability. Carrie and Mary are graduates of the high school at Hanover, which the other children also attended. William, Annie, Carrie and Mary have successfully engaged in teaching; Gracie is now (1894) entering the senior year in the Hanover High School. The family is one of high social standing, and the young people are very popular in this community. SOLOMON C. SMITH. A traveler in Mary Ann Township would note with pleasure the evidences of prosperity to be seen upon the farm where Mr. Smith and his family make their home. The estate comprises one hundred and fourteen acres, the natural advantages of which have been increased by careful management. A complete line of farm buildings may here be seen, and the most casual observer will note that they are substantial and conveniently located. Our subject having retired from active manual labor, the land is tilled by his son, John Ira, a capable and energetic young man. The parents of the subject of this notice were Adna and Phoebe A. (Carpenter) Smith, both of whom were natives of Orange County, N. Y., the former born May 16, 1797, and the latter February 4, 1800. In the fall of 1846 they removed to Licking County and located upon the farm now occupied by our subject. At that time the land had been partly improved and placed under cultivation, but there still remained considerable pioneer work for the family to do. Adna Smith and his good wife were the parents of eleven children. Of that number five are now living, four in Ohio and one in Missouri. Concerning their life record we note the following: Joseph H., who was born June 2, 1823, married, became the father of one child, Mary J., and died in Licking County August 7, 1875. Julia Ann was born September 10, 1825, and died December 12, 1839. Our subject, the next in order of birth, was born in Orange County, N. Y., May 14, 1827. Mary Elizabeth was born June 27, 1829, and died August 10, 1831. Elijah F., who was born May 1, 1831, died at the age of forty-one years, leaving a wife but no children. Abigail J. is the wife of Charles Wilkin, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. John C., a farmer in Mary Ann Township, married Charlotte A. Beabout, who died leaving two sons; later he married Rebecca J. Raynor, by whom he has twin daughters. Daniel Albert, who was born October 26, 1837, is a jeweler at Pierce City, Mo., and is married. Eliza A. was born September 14, 1839, and died December 5, 1847. Emily was born January 24, 1842, and died June 29, 1872. Amy, whose birth occurred October 24, 1844, married David Layman and lives in Washington Township, Licking County. Concerning the next to the youngest child of the family it is related that when a child she was greatly troubled with asthma. She was told that if she would put a lock of her hair in a tree without the knowledge of any other person, she would be cured of her ailment. Accordingly she secured' an auger and bored a hole into an oak tree, placing in the hole a lock of her hair and plugging up the hole. About forty years afterward, and twenty-five years after she had passed from earth, the tree was cut down by a nephew of Mrs. Smith, and in splitting it up, the hair was found in an excellent state of preservation. This relic was exhibited to the writer and is carefully treasured in the family Bible. Upon the farm where he now lives our subject has resided since the age of nineteen with the exception of twenty-four years. For many years he has had the cheerful and efficient assistance, in all his undertakings, of his estimable wife, whom lie married August 26, 1850. Miss Clarinda Mulock, as she was known in maidenhood, was born April 1, 1829, and is the daughter of William and Hannah (Hawkins) Mulock, natives of Minisink, Orange County, N. Y., where she was born. Jesse Mulock, the grandfather of Mrs. Smith, came from Ireland with his parents when he was six years old, landing at New York when that city was a small village. He there grew to manhood, and married Amy Raynor, after which they settled at Minis-ink, Orange County, N. Y., among the Indians, 358 - MEMORIAL RECORD from whom he bought his land. He was successful, became quite wealthy, and reared a large family, of whom William, the father of Mrs. Smith, was the youngest. She was one of four children born of her father's first marriage, her mother dying at the age of twenty-six. The other children were, Mary Jane, who died in childhood; Lewis, who passed away at the age of twenty-six, and Samuel, who resides at Junction City, Perry County, Ohio. For his second wife Mr. Mulock married Harriet Eliza Raynor, who bore him ten children, eight of whom are living at this writing (1894). Squire, the eldest, was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, and was seriously wounded in an engagement. He was one of the number of Union soldiers who scaled the walls at Charleston and charged the rebels with bayonets. He is now a resident of Franklin County, Ohio. The others are, Julia Ann, Harriet Eliza, Doc, Jesse, John, Chauncy and George, all of whom live in Missouri. The mother of this family died about six years ago, while the father passed away at the home of our subject in 1879. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born four children; the eldest of whom, Mary Jane, was born May 26, 1851, and died on the 14th of July the same year. John Ira, whose birth occurred October 10, 1853, married Miss Ruth Davis, who died-seven years after their wedding, leaving one son, Angus Garfield; as his second wife he chose Lillie May Strawsnyder, who was born in Perry County, this state, her parents having come there from Pennsylvania. This union is blessed by one son, Ulysses Eugene. Laura Ellen, who was born March 2, 1858, married Miles 0. Weakly, and they with their son Arthur live upon a farm in Mary Ann Township; Emma Florence, who was born June 22, 1861, died September 3, 1879. At the marriage of his daughter, Mr. Smith presented her with a farm of one hundred and fifty acres: It has always been his desire to give his children every advantage possible, and as a result of his care and his wife's training they are honored citizens and respected by all who know them. Politically our subject is a Republican, and supports the principles laid down by that party at every election. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as are also his family. Mrs. Smith is an amiable woman, capable of making and retaining friends, and looking well to the ways of her household. To her husband she is all that a good wife can be, and to her neighbors she is a kind friend. Their pleasant home is often visited by their many friends, who are attracted hither by the genial courtesy of the host and pleasant manners of the hostess. CHARLES E. MOORE, contractor and builder, and dealer in coal, is numbered among the progressive and efficient business men of Newark, where he has resided since 1887. While he has made his home in this city for a comparatively brief period, he has already gained a substantial position among its solid business men, and by the uniform reliability of his transactions and his integrity of character has gained the confidence of the people with whom he associates. A native of West Virginia, our subject was born in Jefferson County, November 2, 1855. His parents were James and Susan (Colclasier) Moore, both natives of Virginia, in which state their entire lives were passed, the former dying in 1863, and the latter in 1886. Charles E. received' a fair common-school education in the home locality. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he served a regular apprenticeship, and has since almost continuously worked at his trade. In 1881 he visited Newark, spending a couple of weeks in this city, after which he went to Columbus, Ohio, and. for one year was in the employ of the Hocking Valley Railway Company. At the expiration of that time Mr. Moore embarked in business as a contractor and builder, in which he engaged successfully at Columbus until 1887, and since then has been similarly occupied at Newark: He makes a specialty of the erection of private residences, and those which he has erected bear evidence of his skill, taste and ef- MEMORIAL RECORD - 359 ficiency. In September of 1891 he opened a coal office at No. 118 Clinton Street, where he has since conducted an increasing trade. Socially he identified with the Woodmen of the World. In his political views, while not a strong partisan, he is firm in his allegiance to the principles of the Republican party. November 26, 1891, occurred the marriage of Charles E. Moore and Miss Ida Inlow, a native of Newark, where the wedding was solemnized. She is the daughter of Asbury and Nettie Inlow, both of whom were born in Ohio, and is an accomplished and cultured young lady, who is highly regarded in social circles. As a citizen Mr. Moore is public-spirited, as a neighbor accommodating, and as a friend kind and thoughtful. To a marked degree he enjoys the confidence of the community. His success may be attributed to his industry, perseverance and sound business sagacity. JOHN S. EDMAN. As one of the number whose energy and ability have contributed to the development of the material resources of Licking County, we present the name and life record of this representative agriculturist of Burlington Township. Though not at present actively engaged in the tilling of the soil (usually renting his land on shares), he still maintains a general supervision of his property, and finds sufficient to engage his attention in the oversight of his extensive interests. In addition to the occupation of a farmer he has also been a veterinary surgeon during most of his active years, and though not a graduate of any school, has always been very successful in the treatment of the various ailments of stock. Born April 11, 1826, about one mile from his present home, Mr. Edman is thoroughly identified with the history of this part of the Buckeye State. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Edman, who was a German by birth, settled in Virginia on coming to this country, and thence came to Licking County in 1812, locating on a portion of the farm now owned by our subject. The mother of John S., known in maidenhood as Mary Stephens, was born near Dublin, Ireland, and came to America an orphan when about seven years old. In Burlington Township, Licking County, she became the wife of John Edman about 1816, and their family consisted of the following-named children: Nathan C., Dolly, Nancy, Samuel L., John S., Milton L., William C. and Mary Ann. John S., William C. and Mary Ann are all that are known to be living, William C. being a farmer in Burlington Township, and Mary A. living with a niece in Homer. When last heard of. Samuel was living in Oklahoma Territory. The boyhood days of our subject were passed on the home farm. The schoolhouse in which he gained the rudiments of his education was a typical pioneer " temple of learning." There was no floor save mother earth. Light was admitted through greased paper placed in the wall where a piece of log had been cut out for the purpose. The pupils sat on slab or puncheon benches, and conned their lessons from text books as crude as their surroundings. While the information obtained under these circumstances was meagre, it has since been increased by close observation and thoughtful reading of good literature. December 15, 1854, Mr. Edman married Miss Huldah Vance, who was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 29, 1833, being a daughter of Jacob Vance. Their family consists of the following named children: James S., Mary C., Lewis L., Loyal C., Ida B., Dona Inez, Thomas P. and Josephine Adell. Of these, James, Loyal and Lewis are married; Ida B. is a school teacher, having prepared for the profession at Hartford Normal School, whence she went to Yellow Springs and from there to Pataskala; Dona is a dressmaker. The children are all well educated, refined and energetic, constituting a family of which their parents may well be proud. Upon political questions Mr. Edman has decided views, and while he has voted with both of the old parties, he cannot endorse the principles of either. He has never been identified with any secret organization, in fact, is opposed to such so- 360 - MEMORIAL RECORD cieties. With his wife he holds membership in the Christian Church in Knox County. His farm consists of two hundred acres, devoted to the raising of cereals and improved with substantial buildings. Mrs. Edman also owns a small farm. They are highly esteemed throughout this community, and have the friendship of all who know them. JAMES L. SINSABAUGH. One of the leading business enterprises of Utica is that conducted by the firm of Sinsabaugh & McConnell, of which, the subject of this sketch is a member. They are among the leading contractors and builders of the city, and are also the owners and proprietors of a planing-mill and a sawmill, their ventures in various lines having been most successful. To their energy and skillful management is due in no small degree the development of the material resources of the place. A native of Ohio, the subject of this sketch was born in Fairfield County, September 11, 1852, being a son of George and Elizabeth (McCray) Sinsabaugh, of whom further reference is made on another page of this volume. His father, a man of broad learning and deep piety, was for many years a minister of the Gospel, and also operated the farm which he owned. Upon the home place the early years of our subject were passed and in the common school he gained a fair education, to which he has later added by studious habits, close observation and thoughtful reading. At the age of eighteen years Mr. Sinsabaugh commenced to work at the trade of a carpenter and soon joined his brother, with whom he worked. In 1871 he came to Utica, where for eight years he followed his chosen occupation. In 1879 he became a member of the firm of Sinsabaugh, McConnell & Co., which has since conducted a large and profitable business. Of this firm his brother David A. was also a member; the latter has gained considerable note as the patentee of the invincible opera chair, an invention that is becoming favor ably known in the markets of the country. In the spring of 1893 David A. Sinsabaugh sold his interest to his partners and the firm became Sinsabaugh & McConnell. The lady who in 1891 became the wife of Mr. Sinsabaugh was formerly Miss Elzena Johnson and was born in Knox County, Ohio, being a daughter of Henry Johnson. Two children bless the union, Leslie and an infant daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Sinsabaugh worship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are active workers, and to the support of which they are liberal contributors. In his political views he is a Republican and upon the ticket of that party was elected to the position of Trustee of Washington Township, but not caring for public office, he resigned at the expiration of his first year of service. He supports all measures originated for the promotion of the best interests of the town and county, and Utica has no citizen More public-spirited than he. JOHN N. STONE, M. D., of Hanover, though one of the youngest physicians and surgeons of the county, already commands a large and rapidly increasing field of- practice and skillfully handles the cases entrusted to his care. He is a native of Madison Township, Licking County, and was born January 2, 1869, to Evan P. and Lavina (Morgan) Stone. The family of which he is a member is noted for longevity; his paternal grandmother drowned herself at the age of ninety-three, while the paternal grandfather attained the great age of one hundred and five. Both were probably natives of Maryland. The father of our subject was born in Georgetown, Md. (now D. C.), December 16, 1816, and during the most of his active life followed the mercantile business. He was three times married, his first wife being Mary A. Wickham, while his second union was with Margaret Thompson. His first union resulted in the birth of six children, MEMORIAL RECORD - 361 while by his second marriage he had two pairs of twins. Our subject is a son of the third marriage, which resulted in the birth of three children. Evan P., Jr., was born September 14, 1863, married Miss Mattie Vandenbark, a native of Hanover Township, and is now an employe of the Columbus, Flocking & Shawnee Railway Company at Columbus. Eva, who was born May 20, 1868, is a teacher of music and lives with her mother in Hanover. Some years before the birth of our subject, Evan P. Stone came to Ohio. During the war he speculated largely in salt, from which he realized handsome returns. Socially he was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. Though somewhat lacking in educational attainments, he was a man of excellent business ability. His speculations in grain and produce were generally successful from a financial point. A genial, whole-souled man, his benefactions were so large and his generosity so unlimited that, though having accumulated a large property in lands, flouring mills, etc., he died a comparatively poor man. After gaining the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Clay Lick, our subject entered the Hanover graded schools and in 1887 was graduated from the high school of this village. For one year prior to finishing the course, he engaged in teaching, meanwhile also carrying on his studies, and he continued to teach for four years after graduation. The high school course at this place is thorough, including three years of Latin, the higher mathematics, general history, botany, bookkeeping, etc. While teaching, our subject commenced to read medicine alone, and afterward continued his studies in the office of Dr. Lisle, later was with Dr. Hamilton, and subsequently with Dr. Alexander. In 1889 lie entered upon a three years' course in medicine at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated in 1892 with a high standing in his class. Leaving college, he entered upon the practice of his profession in his home town, Hanover, the following day. Here he has built up an excellent practice, exceeding his own highest expectations. June 8, 1892, Dr. Stone married Miss Hallie, daughter of Jasper and Frances (Lane) Welsh, the former a farmer of Muskingum County. Her mother dying when she was small, Mrs. Stone then went to live with her maternal grandparents, under whose roof she grew to womanhood. She is an intellectual and accomplished lady, and engaged in teaching for some years prior to her marriage. Of her father's family there are four sons and two daughters now living, viz.: Louis, John, Minnie, Hanle, Miles and Harry. In her religious connections she is identified with the Presbyterian Church. Politically the Doctor is an active Republican and votes and works for the principles of the party. Socially he is a member of New Home Lodge No. 338, A. F. & A. M., at Hanover. In his profession he has attained a reputation for skill and ability which many older practitioners might justly envy. GEORGE MARKLEY, an influential citizen of Newark, succeeded in business J. V. Burner & Co. in 1859, and 1880 added undertaking to the furniture, since which time he has conducted a lucrative and extensive trade in both lines. He is a native of Pennsylvania and was born in Lancaster County, December 18, 1825, to John and Sarah (Reeder) Markley, also natives of the Keystone State. The father was born in Lancaster in 1786, and in youth learned the trades of carpenter and cabinet-maker. In 1830 he came to Ohio, where two years later his wife passed away. The parents of our subject had a family of twelve children, six of whom were living at the time of the death of the mother. These were, Mary, who married Michael Halm and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Lydia, formerly the wife of Benjamin Monett, of Columbus, Ohio, but who died in 1845; our subject; John and Isaac (twins), the former of whom died in Columbus, while the latter resides in Cleveland; and Louise, who married Mr. Townsend, and died in Franklin County, Ohio. The father resided successively in Wayne, Holmes, 362 - MEMORIAL RECORD Columbiana and Franklin Counties, and in 1859 came to Newark, where he died in 1874, aged eighty-eight years. After the death of the mother, which occurred in Franklin County, the children were placed in the care of different families to be reared. Our subject became a member of the family of Nelson Shannon, a farmer of that county, with whom he remained until eighteen years old, meanwhile attending the district schools in the winter. In return for his services on the farm he received his board and clothes. On commencing to learn his trade he became an apprentice of his brother-in-law, Mr. Halm, who paid him $20 the first year, $30 the second, and $50 the third. Afterward he did journeyman work in various towns in Ohio. Coming to Newark in 1859, Mr. Markley embarked in business on a small scale, his stock being valued at $500. For some time he rented a store room, which however was destroyed by fire in 1866. He then purchased a lot and built his present business house. This is a three-story brick structure, 20x80, in which he carries a complete assortment of furniture, including all the most modern designs. As a business man he displays a wise sagacity and keen discrimination, while his genial courtesy brings him the esteem of his customers. At No. 116 North Third Street stands an elegant brick residence, which 4 the home of Mr. Markley and his family. His wife, whom he married in 1864, was born in this city and is a daughter of the late Samuel Wilson, who for some time conducted a harness shop in Newark. His daughter, Miss Helen, received excellent advantages in her girlhood and was fitted by training at home and in the schools for the charge of a home of her own. She is an accomplished lady, highly esteemed in social circles, though her aspirations center in her home and in the welfare of her husband and her child. A son and daughter blessed the union, but the former, Charles by name, died at the age of five years. Queen is at home. Socially, Mr. Markley is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry. Politically, he is a Republican, and has served as a member of the City Council. At the present time he is a Trustee of Cedar Hill Cemetery. WILLIAM TUCKER, a resident of Gratiot where he is extensively engaged in the manufacture of tile, was born June 11, 1841, and is the second son of Stephen R. .and Sarah Tucker, of whom further mention is made on another page of this volume. He enjoyed the advantages of the common schools and acquired a good knowledge of the elementary branches of science. His early childhood years were passed upon a farm, but at the age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade,. of which he acquired a thorough knowledge, being thus employed until the opening of the Rebellion. Since the war, however, he has done but little in that line. The war record of Mr. Tucker is worthy of especial mention. He is one of the valiant defenders of the Old Flag, to whom we are indebted for the preservation of the Union. On the 2d of May, 1864, his name was enrolled as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and he was assigned to duty at North Mountain, W. Va., where the regiment was scattered along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as guards. While thus employed Companies B and F were captured, July 3, 1864, by the rebel General Early. From North Mountain they were taken to. Lynchburg, and eventually to the stockade at Andersonville, where they remained about three Months. All the horrors of that prison pen Mr. Tucker fully experienced, and can bear witness to the fact that the accounts published of the treatment to which the prisoners were there subjected have not been exaggerated. He drank of the far-famed "Providential spring " in Andersonville, and says it is a veritable fact that pure, cold water gushed from the earth where always before had been solid MEMORIAL RECORD - 363 ground. After three months of suffering in Andersonville, he was removed to Charleston, where the Union officers who were prisoner were placed on the fortifications as hostages to prevent the Union batteries from shelling the city. After a two weeks' stay there, he was taken to Florence, where he was kept in prison about four months. When the orders for removal came, the prisoners did not know that they were to be returned to the Union lines, but thought they were to be transferred to another prison. Their joy was unbounded when they saw the blue coats and the Old Flag as they approached Wilmington, N. C. There they were paroled and turned over to the Government. Mr. Tucker was mustered out of the service March 12, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He returned to his wife and two daughters in Gratiot, but was greatly enfeebled in health as result of his prison sufferings. As a partial compensation for loss of health, lie is in receipt of a small pension from the Government. November 2, 1885, Mr. Tucker was bereaved by the death of his wife. They had become the parents of four children. Mary I., who was born September 25, 1860, married John C. Watch, now deceased; she passed away February 17, 1893, leaving one child, Ethel, who lives with her grandfather. Ailie L., born November 21, 1862, married William M. Smart, became the mother of three children, and died July 6, 1891. Walter E. was born February 25, 1865, and was killed November 16, 1892, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, of which lie was an employe at that time. Frank G. was born August 27, 1868, and is employed by the Newark Machine Company of Columbus. The second marriage of Mr. Tucker took place August 18, 1887, at which time Miss Bytha A. Varner, daughter of Isaac Varner, late of this county, became his wife. This union has resulted in the birth of one child, Edna May. Mr. Tucker is extensively engaged in the manufacture of tile, for which he finds a ready sale. He manufactures. the various sizes from two to ten inches. In political matters he is active and energetic, and since the war has been a stanch Republican. For twenty years or more he has been a member of the Meth-. odist Episcopal Church, and gives of his means to the support of the Gospel and all religious and benevolent enterprises undertaken by his, church. Socially he belongs to Hamilton Post No. 311, G. A. R., in which he has served in various official capacities and has been Commander one term. THOMAS SIMPSON. Success is the creature of energy and tact. Men may sometimes blunder into fortune, but unless they possess sterling qualities, the sequel to their lives is apt to prove that they were unworthily intrusted with great advantages. Opportunities come to every man, but only a few seize them and rise with them to success. It is not because their opportunities are greater, but that they possess the qualities which in all ages have been recognized as masters of success, and by which they are enabled to take advantage of that "Tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Neglected, all the voyage of their lives Is bound in shallows and in miseries." These truths have been happily expressed in the saying that "every man is the architect of his own fortune." Such may with justice be said of Thomas Simpson, a well known business man of Newark and for many years proprietor of the Simpson Foundry. He began a poor boy and for some time was in the employ of others, but he possessed the energy and ability that almost invariably bring to their owner a large measure of success. He was born in Yorkshire, England, July 20, 1829, and in 1841 accompanied the family to America, where in his father's foundry he learned the trade of a moulder. After the family returned to Newark from Somerset he worked in foundries in various cities. After the death of his father our subject again worked in the foundry, and with his brothers continued the business. At present he is the sole proprietor and through his efforts he has enlarged the business and increased the financial standing of 364 - MEMORIAL RECORD the concern. This is one of the oldest foundries in the state and is at present located on West Main Street, where Mr. Simpson erected the necessary buildings. He makes a specialty of custom work and enjoys the confidence of business men throughout the state. In 1859, Mr. Simpson married Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Sarah (Yates) Gardner, and they are the parents of six children, namely: Joseph, a moulder in Camden, N. J.; Alice, a teacher in the Newark public schools; John, Cora, Francis and Walter. The family residence was built by Mr. Simpson and is situated near the foundry, making it convenient for him. While he is not interested in politics, he is well informed upon the great issues of the age, and is loyal to the Government under whose protection he has spent the most of his life. His belief religiously is in sympathy with the doctrines of the Baptist Church and he is identified with that denomination. MEMORIAL RECORD - 367 ENDYMION S. BROWN, M. D. In modern times the number of gentlemen who, beginning without capital, have gained wealth and influence is so large that such cases have ceased to be remarkable. The qualifications, however, necessary to bring about such success have never ceased to be worthy of our admiration. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is one of the number of progressive, skillful physicians to whom success has come as the result of unwearied application. Without money or influential friends he started out in life and for some time taught school in order to secure the funds necessary to complete his collegiate education. Through devotion to his profession he has gained success. The family of which Dr. Brown is a member was long identified with the history of Virginia, where his paternal ancestors were owners of plantations and slaves. His grandfather, who owned a distillery, also had a large plantation in Fauquier County, Va., and owned sixty slave's. Besides these occupations he operated two flour mills, conveying the flour as well as the whiskey from his distillery by eanss of two six-horse wagons to Alexandria, Va., whence they were shipped to England. He was accustomed to take a horse-back ride every day, and on one of these trips he was thrown from the horse and killed. When his will was read it was found that he had freed all his slaves, giving to those who were married $200 and a horse, while the unmarried men and women each received $175. Endymion Southard Brown, the only son of Archibald W. and Rebecca Brown, was born in Perrytown, Licking County, Ohio, December 13, 1840. His preliminary education was acquired in the district schools. In 1859 he was a student in the West Carlisle Academy; and the following year he entered Granville College. After completing his studies in that institution he commenced the study of medicine, and in 1869 was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College. During the same year he opened an office at Pataskala, Ohio. On the 1st of April, 1871, the Doctor came to Newark, where he soon became known for his skill in the diagnosis of difficult cases, as well as an expert pathologist. Through strict attention to his pro- 368 - MEMORIAL RECORD fession, as well as unremitting energy, genial manners and thorough honesty, he succeeded in building .up a large practice. He was one of the first members of the Licking County Medical Society and served as its Secretary, also as a delegate to the State Medical Society which convened at Put-in-Bay, near Sandusky, Ohio. For several years he was physician and surgeon for the city, township and county, and he served as physician to the Board of Health for four years. All of these offices he filled with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the public. May 16, 1872, the Doctor married Miss Mary Shaw Roe, daughter of Dr. Thomas H. Roe, of Newark, and they are the parents of one child, a daughter, Emma Northover. Mrs. Brown was born at Hazlewood, near Newark, June 6, 1848. Her parents, natives of England, emigrated to this country in 1837, and from Cleveland journeyed to Newark on one of the Ohio canal packet boats. In this city her father read medicine, and in 1840 was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. For about two years after graduating he was assistant to the professor of surgery. While in Philadelphia he was elected a member of several of the most prominent medical societies of the city. He received diplomas from the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, the Physicians' Hospital and the Philadelphia Military School. From Philadelphia he returned to Newark and commenced the practice of medicine. However, he was better known as a surgeon than a physician, having evinced a fondness for surgery from the beginning of his studies. He gradually rose to eminence as an operative surgeon and was favorably known throughout central Ohio as a skillful and safe operator. Dr. Brown is one of a family of three children that grew to maturity, Endymion S., Mary Frances and Lucy Ellen. The family is of English extraction, Grandfather Brown having emigrated to this country from England. The Doctor's father was born in Virginia, while his mother was a native of Newark, Ohio, her parents having, come hither from New Jersey and Pennsylvania and her grandparents having emigrated to America from Scotland and England. Archibald Wilson Brown and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than a half-century, and in looking back over the family history we find in all the representatives the loftiest principles of honor applied to the discharge of important official functions. MRS. EMELINE C. MOUNT, wife of Peter Mount, and a resident of Granville Township, is a native of the Green Mountain State. She was born in Corinth, Orange County, February 27, 1820, being a daughter of James and Emeline (Slaughter) Brown, who came to Licking County in 1837 and settled in Liberty Township, where they spent the remainder of their days. Under the instruction and guidance of her father, who was a school teacher, our subject received a liberal education, and after coming to Ohio was for four years successfully engaged in teaching. January 5, 1842, Miss Emeline C. Brown became the wife of John C. Johnson, who was born in New Jersey and died in Licking County July 7, 1874. The only child born of this union died in infancy. On the 30th of January, 1876, Mrs. Johnson was united in marriage with Peter Mount, who was born in Monmouth County, N. J., October 8, 1819. On coming to this state he settled in St. Alban's Township, Licking County, whence he removed a few years ago to his present home in Granville Township. He has been three times married. His first union was with Miss Gertrude Jobes, and they became the parents of seven children, only three of Whom are now living, Samuel, Richard and Charles. After the death of Mrs. Gertrude Mount he married Mrs. Harris. The political questions of the age receive from Mr. Mount due attention and he gives his support to the principles advocated by the Republican party. In religious belief he is a Baptist. . His life has been that of a quiet, industrious and unostentatious farmer, who has endeavored to do unto others as he would have them do unto him. Not MEMORIAL RECORD - 369 only, has he trained his sons by example and precept for honorable careers, but he has also assisted them financially, and although he has given each of them a good start in life still retains a sufficient amount to render his home comfortable in his declining days. Mrs. Mount is a member of the Methodist Church and is a sincere Christian lady, who delights in doing good and is a friend to all worthy and deserving enterprises. She has exceeded the allotted age of three-score years and ten, and is still in the enjoyment of excellent health, with intellect unimpaired 1537 the flight of time. For her many acts of kindness she is loved, honored and trusted by the people of the county where she has so long resided. BURTON CASE. As a representative of the native-born citizens of Licking County who have spent their entire lives upon the farms they still cultivate, we present the name of Mr. Case, the well known resident of Granville. Upon his farm, consisting of four hundred and twenty-five acres, he engages in raising the various cereals to which the soil is adapted and also makes a specialty of raising standard and trotting-bred horses and merino sheep. In addition to this property he owns one hundred and seventy-eight acres south of Granville. Upon the place where he now lives our subject was born July 27, 1851, to Lucius and Mary (Rose) Case, descendants of old New England families. The father was also born on this farm, to which in 1808 the grandfather, Grove Case, Jr., came with his father, Grove Case, Sr., from Simsbury, Conn., where the family was founded in Colonial times. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Levi Rose, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and served as Captain. The Rose family came to this county in 1805 with the Granville colony. The father of our subject died July 3, 1866, but his widow still survives. They had two sons and three daughters, namely: Gilbert Grove and Celia, deceased; Helen, now Mrs. E. F. Hobart, of Granville; Burton, of this sketch, and Mary, wife of J. V. Minton, of Westfield, N. Y. Our subject, the next to the youngest of the family, was educated in the common schools and Denison Univerity, but did not take a regular collegiate course. His occupation throughout life has been that of a farmer, and the success which has attended his efforts proves the wisdom of his choice. The political questions and great issues of the present age receive from Mr. Case the attention they deserve from every loyal, public-spirited citizen. His political viws bring him into affiliation with the Republican party, and he uniformly gives his ballot and influence to the men and measures advocated by that party. In the success of his party he maintains a deep interest and he believes that by the maintenance of its platform the best interests of the nation will be subserved. Socially he is a member of Center Star Lodge No. 11, F. & A. M., and also holds membership in the chapter and commandery of Newark. On the 28th of December, 1876, Mr. Case was united in marriage to Miss Dora Howland, daughter of John L. and Elma (Gosnell) Howland, at the present time residents of Granville. Two children bless the union, named Stella and Helen. The family is well known in Granville and both Mr. and Mrs. Case enjoy the regard of a large circle of acquaintances. WILLIAM L. WHITECAMP. Many of the enterprises of Newark have gained for their projectors considerable local fame, and a few of the more prominent concerns have established an extended reputation throughout Ohio. In the latter class stands the Baltimore Bent Works Company, of which the subject of this notice is the Secretary, and the success of which is 370 - MEMORIAL RECORD largely due to his ability and judicious management. The Baltimore Bent Works were founded at Baltimore, Ohio, in 1888, at which time Dr. H. I. Hummel, William L. Whitecamp and J. C. Wintermuth formed a partnership and established the business. In 1891 they removed the plant to Newark and incorporated under the laws of Ohio as the Baltimore Bent Works Company, the officers being William. E. Miller, President; L. P. Schaus, Treasurer, and William L. Whitecamp, Secretary. They have built an excellent plant, fully equipped with the best machinery, and furnish employment to more than forty men. The products consist of all kinds of bent wood used in manufacturing carriages and wagons and find market throughout the United States. Dr. Hummel and Mr. Whitecamp own a controlling interest in the business, of which the latter is the manager. The timber used is principally hickory and oak and is nearly all found in Licking and adjoining counties. CHARLES E. HOOVER. With the progress and development of Licking County Mr. Hoover has throughout life been intimately associated. For some time he was a resident of McKean Township, but since 1883 his home has been in Newton Township, where he owns a finely improved farm comprising one hundred acres. In agricultural circles he is well ,known and is recognized as a careful, energetic farmer, who by his advanced ideas and progressive principles has done much to improve the farming interests of his section. The parents of our subject are Charles and Mary H. (Franklin) Hoover. The father came to Newark about 1810 and for some time was variously employed, conducting a lumber business, later owning a livery stable, and afterward becoming a grocer. In company with Mr. Koos he contracted to grade the Newark, Sandusky & Mansfield Railroad for four miles. He continued to .live in Newark until 1852, when he removed to McKean Township, and purchasing a sawmill and a farm, continued to operate both until 1859. He then disposed of that property and purchased what is now known as the Abe Wright farm, situated near Fredonia, in McKean Township. There he continued to make his home until he passed from earth, in November, 1866. A public-spirited, energetic citizen, he contributed his full quota to the advancement of Newark as well as the entire county. The first marriage of Charles Hoover occurred about 1820 and united him with Rachel Hersey, who died twenty years afterward. In Newark in 1842 he was united with Mary H. Franklin, daughter of the late Edward Franklin, of Newark. They became the parents of three children: Charles E.; Mary, the wife of George T. Nash, and Olivia, who married George W. Rugg, of Newark. The wife and mother died at Newark in the summer of 1888. The subject of this notice was born in Newark January 28, 1844, and after completing the studies of the common schools was about to enter Wesleyan College at Delaware, when his plans were -changed by the Rebellion. Though a mere youth, he determined to give his service, and his life if need be, to his country, and accordingly. on the 16th of October, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company A, Tenth Ohio Cavalry, in which he served for three years. At Resaca, Ga., while in w command of a picket line, he as shot in the right arm and also injured in the back; in consequence of which he was discharged from the army. At that time he was under General Kilpatrick and was Quartermaster-Sergeant, commanding the platoon of one company on the picket line. Returning to Ohio, Mr. Hoover remained an inmate of his father's home in McKean Township until he established domestic ties.. His marriage on Christmas Day of 1871 united him with Miss Attie S., daughter of the late Josiah Brackett, of Fredonia. They had two children, Florence -and Charles, the latter dying in infancy. Mrs. Attie S. Hoover died in McKean Township in October, 1880, and our subject was again married, MEMORIAL RECORD - 371 his union taking place January 12, 1882, in McKean Township, and uniting him with Miss Mary, daughter of the late Richard Swartz, of McKean Township. Two children bless this union: Charles F. and Uri E. In 1883 Mr. Hoover removed from McKean to Newton Township, where he has since taken an active part in local affairs. While residing in McKean Township he was for ten years Township Clerk and also served as a member of the School Board. In religious matters he is an active worker and is especially interested in the Sunday-school. Socially he affiliates with the Masonic fraternity. WILLIAM FROST PRESTON is a member of one of the pioneer families that came to Licking County in 1811. He was born at Chatham, Newton Township, January 5, 1819, and is .a son of Samuel and Rachel (Frost) Preston, natives of Washington County, Pa. After their marriage they came to Licking County and made for themselves a home in the forests of Newton Township. There were four Preston brothers who settled in this county: Nathan in 1808; Samuel in 1811, and Jonathan and Jacob in 1813, all locating in the same neighborhood and within a mile of one another. Jacob, who never married, died on the anniversary of his birth, at the age of eighty-four. The other brothers married and each had a-family of twelve children. Samuel, father of our subject, was a Captain of militia at d a man of some prominence in his locality. His family consisted of three sons and nine daughters, all of whom attained years of maturity, and five are living at this writing (1894). The name of Preston has been associated with the history of Licking County for almost a century, and its members have been industrious, honest, upright and useful people. William F. was reared to manhood in Newton Township and received a limited education in the old-fashioned subscription schools. His first teacher was a Mr. Maxfield, a shoemaker by trade, who made shoes in the school room, working at his bench while hearing recita tions by the classes. Mr. Preston left home in the fall after he became of age, and began farming for himself on rented land. Six years later he bought one hundred and thirty-seven acres in McKean Township, and from time to time purchased other tracts until his landed possessions aggregated three hundred and sixty-five acres. He continued farming and sheep raising until 1874, when he traded his home farm for city property and removed to Newark, still retaining two farms, on which his son and daughter reside. October 15, 1840, Mr. Preston married Miss Mary Weaver, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Kiter) Weaver, with whom she came to Burlington Township in childhood. Three children blessed this. union, Silas 0., Elizabeth Angeline and Frances Caroline (twins). The wife and mother passed from earth on the 10th of October, 1874, and her remains were interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The second marriage of Mr. Preston took place February 22, 1877, his wife being Mrs. Catherine Elliott, of Mt. Vernon, who died in 1887. The only son of Mr. Preston, Silas 0., was educated at Denison University, and is now engaged in farming in Newton Township. He has five children living, Charles M., Delmer H., Daisy May, Floyd B. and Fay, and has lost two sons and a daughter. Frances Caroline married Z. Davis, now deceased, and at present is living on a farm in McKean Township. She has lost one child and has four living, Guy W., Winfield J., Samuel and Angie M., all of whom were born in Butte County, Cal. Mr. Preston has a pleasant home at No. 279 Locust Street, which is presided over by his daughter, Miss Angie, an estimable and cultured lady. She and her sister were educated at the Granville Female Seminary. In politics Mr. Preston has usually supported the candidates of the Democratic party, but in local affairs favors the best man, regardless of party 372 - MEMORIAL RECORD ties, never giving his support to an intemperate man for any office. For some time he served as Trustee and also held the office of School Director for twenty-five years. He belongs to the Christian Church and has always contributed liberally to the support of the Gospel. His life has been characterized by many acts of charity to the poor, and his religion has been of that practical kind which seeks the uplifting of humanity, and the alleviation of suffering. Socially he is a Mason and for many years was an active member of Farmers' Lodge No. 382, A. F. & A. M., of Fredonia, in which he filled the office of Worshipful Master for six years. He began life almost empty handed, but by industry, perseverance and honest dealings has achieved success, and is now living retired in the .enjoyment of a competence and a well earned rest. WILLIAM J. CULLY. The farming interests of Union Township have an able representative in the subject of this sketch, who has been a life-long resident of the county, having been born in Newark, February 7, 1828. His father, Thomas Cully, who was born near Wheeling, W. Va., February 16, 1796, was one of the early settlers of Licking County. Here on the 12th of April, 1827, he was united with Mary Taylor, a native of Madison Township, this county, born March 19, 1809. In 1830 the family removed to the present site of the village of Hebron, settling on an adjacent farm. Thomas Cully laid out a portion of the village, which from 1835 until the close of the war was a prosperous town. The advent' of the railroad and the discontinuance of traffic on the Ohio Canal and National Road soon built up rival towns elsewhere, and to-day Hebron, though a pleasant village of three hundred people, is not doing the business it did a. half-century ago. Our subject in earlier life was accustomed to see merchants from Columbus at Hebron, having come here to receive their goods, as this was the nearest point on the canal; he also remembers when the citizens of Newark came here to trade. Until about 1830 Thomas Cully operated a general store at Hebron and dealt extensively in grain and produce. A successful business man, as well as a man of strict integrity, he accumulated a fine property by industry and careful attention to business. His death occurred August 9, 1854, at the age. of fifty-eight. Afterward his widow made her home at the old place, and at her death, May 2, 1875, at sixty-six years, her son James A., in whose family she had lived, became the owner of her share of the estate. The family of Thomas Cully consisted of the following children: William John; Mary, born April 2, 1830, who is the widow of Dr. Ristler and resides in Hebron; Margaret, who was born December 30, 1833, and died at the age of, nineteen months; Thomas, who was born September 25, 1838, and died of consumption March 29, 1859; Rachel A., who was born July 22, 1841, is the widow of Albert D. Wells and resides in Hebron; George, who was born November 29, 1843, and died November 23, 1854; and James A., born February 18, 1847, and is represented elsewhere in this volume. In boyhood years our subject was kept closely in school, though, boy-like, he would often have preferred to be elsewhere. About 1845 he began to learn the tanner's trade, at which he was employed until 1850, his father owning a tannery at Hebron. .While in some respects this occupation was objectionable, yet he preferred it to work in his father's store, as with the independence characteristic of the American citizen, he preferred to be at the head of a business rather than to be under the orders of others. After having engaged in, practical business for a few years, he became aware of a deficiency in his education and told his father he must go to school. The father, ever ready to render aid, encouraged him in his decision and stated that he would attend to the tannery, but the son declined to take a partner, saying that he would attend to the concern on Saturday. This he did, while he spent a year- at Granville Academy. Going to Baraboo, Wis., in 1852, Mr. Cully embarked in the dry-goods business, continuing two years. In June, 1854, he visited Licking County while en route to New York for goods. In the latter city he met his father and mother, the MEMORIAL RECORD - 373 former being there under treatment for cancer. Finding that the case was incurable and that he had been named in the will as executor of the estate, he returned to Wisconsin without purchasing goods, sold out the business and came back to Hebron in time to be present at his father's death and burial. Assuming control of the estate, he has since been identified with the farming interests of the county. July 5, 1854, Mr. Cully married Miss Ellen J. Dunbar, a native of Canton, Stark County, Ohio, born March 22, 1828. It was at his father's request that the wedding was solemnized just before his death, he stating that he wished to die assured that his wife would have a pleasant home during her declining years. The following children were born to the union: Mary E., born March 19, 1855, who resides at home; Lillian F. (her twin sister), now the wife of Francis Aid, a civil engineer of Cincinnati, residing in Granville; John Thomas, born May 4, 1857, and died January 23, 1864; William, who was born August 31, 1858, and died October 4 of the same year; Frederick S., born October 1, 1860, who married Miss Cora Minthorn and is a civil engineer by occupation, his home being in Hebron; George T., born February 2, 1862, who married Miss Lucy Stoolfire and is a railroad contractor living in Muncie, Ind.; and Robert D., born January 21, 1863, who superintends the work on the home farm. When Mr. Cully started west his father gave him $1,200, which lie invested in his mercantile business. He inherited $5,000 less the sum previously advanced. The party to whom he sold his stock of goods in Wisconsin failed and he lost it all. He lost heavily in buying the stock on the homestead after his father's death, so that lie has accumulated through personal exertions the greater portion of his possessions. He owns three hundred and twenty-five acres of land, of which two hundred are included in his homestead. This is a fine farm of bottom land, level and fertile, containing good buildings and a commodious brick residence. In political matters Mr. Cully is a recognized leader in the Democratic ranks, and while never an aspirant for official position, he has held the office of Township Trustee for many years. In religious matters he is liberal. Socially he has been identified with the Masonic order about twenty years. He has witnessed many wonderful changes in this section of the state, including the advent of the railroad into Licking County, thus displacing the slow-going coach and canal packet. He has also witnessed the erection of the great telegraph lines which bear instantaneous intelligence of robberies, murders, wars, havoc and personal news from ocean to ocean, thus displacing the swift messengers whom he has seen riding through the township en route from Washinton, D. C., to the great west, with their flaring trumpet to warn people of their approach; but while he has witnessed all this and much more that cannot be enumerated, he sees no greater thrift, prosperity and happiness to-day than there was before the advent of these modern wonders. HENRY BEEM was born in Lima Township, Licking County, October 6, 1828, and upon the farm where he was born he has passed his entire life, a period of sixty-six years. He and his sister, Catharine B., wife of Enoch Beels, are the only survivors of a family of three sons and five daughters born to the union of Andrew and Elizabeth (Miller) Beem, natives of Allegany County, Md. His father, a farmer by occupation, came to Ohio in 1809, before the city of Columbus had been founded, and when many of the now flourishing cities of the state were unmarked by any sign of habitation. He located permanently in Ohio in 1811, at which time he made settlement near Newark, Licking County. About 1817 he bought the farm now owned by our subject. Here he continued to make his home until November 28, 1863, when he passed away at the age of eighty-three years. A little more than one year afterward, on the 12th of December, 374 - MEMORIAL RECORD 1864, his wife died aged seventy-four years. In religious belief he was a Universalist, and she was a member of the Methodist Church. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Michael Beem, was of Welsh and German descent, his grandfather, having been born in Wales. For seven years he served as a soldier in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War, and was a personal acquaintance of General Washington, behind whom he frequehtly rode upon a campaign against the British. He was taken prisoner shortly before the close of the war. His occupation was that of a farmer. With eight sons and four daughters he came to Ohio, and settling in Licking County, continued to reside in Jersey Township until his death, in 1852. Though he attained an advanced age, dying when between ninety-five and ninety-six years old, he retained his mental and physical activity until shortly before his demise. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Chris topher Miller, was born in Maryland, of German descent, and spent his entire life as a farmer in the state of his nativity. As long as his parents lived, our subject remained with them. He had two brothers, Michael and Frederick G., and the father divided the land among the sons, giving the old homestead with fifty-eight acres to Henry, who took care of him until his death. On the 21st of October, 1856, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Straight) Mann, natives of New Jersey. Seven children blessed the union: Thomas Andrew, Al:. bert A., Vilora A., Frank S.,Vorhees B., Henry L. and Homer L., of whom the latter died in infancy. Thomas A. married Miss Amanda Souders, and they have two daughters, Minnie L. and Oudra M. Albert A. chose as his wife Lucy Clotts, and they are the parents of one son, Howard L. Vilora A., the wife of George Clotts, has one son, Herbert V. Frank S. was united with Miss Lillie Merril, and they have one child, Gettie M. The old homestead, which has been the life-long abode of Mr. Beem, is under a high state of cultivation and contains first-class improvements. Both he and his wife are held in high esteem throughout the community. Their home is the abode of hospitality, and they are genial, sociable people, who easily win friends and as easily retain them. Politically the Democratic party and principles receive his support. He is connected socially with Jersey Lodge No. 533, I. O. O. F. WILLIAM J. MOSSMAN, a prominent agriculturist of Madison Township, resides upon the Shawnee farm, so called in recognition of the relics of that race to be found thereon. He was born in Clarke County, Ohio, March 9, 1861, and is the son of Samuel and. Elizabeth (Jordan) Mossman. The father was born in Rockingham County, Va., in 1825, while the mother was a native of Mason County, W. Va., and was born in 1832. The family consisted of seven sons and three daughters, of whom William J. is the fourth in order of birth. Two died in childhood, while the eldest son, Charles, a teacher by profession, died in Cabell County, W. Va., at the age of twenty-one. The five surviving sons, Joseph H., John M., Robert Lewis and William J., reside in Licking County. John M. is a talented and successful teacher, and is Vice-President of the Teachers' Institute of the county. Robert O. has also been engaged in teaching for the past three years. The father was also a teacher for about twenty years. The two surviving daughters, Harriet and Jane, are married, as is also Joseph H. Harriet married LaFayette Collins, of Newark, and they have four children. Jane is the widow of the late Summerfield Fulk, and has two children. Joseph, who married Emma Holman, lives on the home farm. Until the age of fourteen our subject attended the common schools. His father being a teacher by profession, he enjoyed excellent home advantages, and secured a good education.. May 15 1888, he married Mrs. Matilda (Shaw) Gutridge,' the widow of Elisha Gutridge and the daughter of William and Mary Shaw, who were early settlers MEMORIAL RECORD - 375 of Madison Township. Mrs. Mossman was born upon the farm where she now lives, and which she inherited from her father. By her first marriage she has two children, Mary Estella and LeRoy Everett, who are fourteen and twelve years of age respectively. Three children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mossman, Madge, Ida May and Howard William. As a member of the Democratic party Mr. Moss-man takes a deep interest in public affairs, and supports public-spirited measures. He and his wife are active members of the Christian Union Church and are leading workers in the Sunday-school, he having been Superintendent a number of times and she having taught a class. He belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization of farmers in Madison Township. Upon his farm he engages in the raising of cereals, and always devotes considerable time to the raising of cattle and hogs, in which he has met with success. The place consists of two hundred acres, bearing good improvements and embellished with an elegant residence, erected in 1890. All other buildings necessary to the proper management of the place may be found here, and altogether the estate is one of the best in the township. JOHN G. JONES. In Newton Township there is no citizen who to a higher degree enjoys the confidence of the people than the subject of this sketch, a life-long resident of Licking County. By his energy and resolute force of character lie has not only advanced his material success, but has given an impetus to the growth of the township, and is now actively forwarding various enterprises for its advancement in important directions. On New Year's Day of 1851 the subject of this sketch was born in Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio. His parents, Henry Lloyd and Mary E. Jones, were natives of South Wales, and were married in Licking County, after which they settled in Granville Township. He was a stonemason, which trade he followed throughout many years of his life, though at a somewhat advanced age he abandoned his trade for the occupation Of a farmer, and was engaged in tilling the soil in Granville Township at the time of his demise. His wife also died in that township. The subject of this sketch is the second of four children, the others being Maggie, Mary A. and Harry L. In the common schools of the home locality he was a diligent student whenever an opportunity was presented, and there he gained a practical knowledge of the three Rs. His education has since been extended by reading and observation, so that he is now a well-informed man. From boyhood he was familiar with farming pursuits, and chose agriculture when the time came for him to select a life vocation. Succeeding events have proved his choice to be a wise one. The first marriage of Mr. Jones took place March 4, 1871, in McKean Township, this county, his bride being Miss Jane Henthorn. Their wedded life was of brief duration, for the wife passed away October 19, 1877, in McKean Township. Mr. Jones was again married in this county on the 1st of January, 1880, his wife being Miss Christina McLain, an estimable and amiable lady, who has spent her entire life in this county. In social circles Mr. and Mrs. Jones are popular and well known, and to their hospitable home often come their hosts of personal friends, to enjoy with them a few hours of congenial intercourse. The principles of the Democratic party have secured the hearty allegiance of Mr. Jones, who never fails to uphold the candidates of that political organization. A man of keen intelligence, he supports all measures seeking to develop the material resources of the county. In April of 1891 he was elected one of the Trustees of Newton Township, and in the spring of 1894 he was reelected to that office, in which he is still serving. As a public official, private citizen and successful farmer, he enjoys the regard of the people of the 376 - MEMORIAL RECORD community, who realize that in him they have one who is deeply interested in the promotion of the best interests of the township, and the development of the vast resources of the county. JOHN SIMPSON, President of Simpson's Soap Manufacturing Company of Newark, succeeded Ira Abbott in the business in 1865, and associated with Michael Tyrer conducted the enterprise under the firm name of Simpson & Tyrer. Afterward he became the sole proprietor and so continued until 1892, when he took into the firm his son, Frederick W., and the business has since been carried on as Simpson's Soap Manufacturing Company. The factory is located at No. 265 West Main Street, and here are manufactured various brands of laundry soap, including "Rock," "Sunnyside," "German" and "Brown." A large per cent. of the output is sold in the home market, and its good qualities commend it to all housewives. Near Halifax, in Yorkshire, England, the subject of this notice was born August 8, 1831, tieing a son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Shepard) Simpson, natives respectively of Yorkshire and Bath. The father was a son of John Simpson, who owned and operated an iron foundry, in which the former was also interested, being the general manager. In 1841 he emigrated to this country and settled at Newark, where he purchased the log cabin built during the campaign of 1840, and familiarly known as General Harrison's Buckeye log cabin. This he turned into a foundry, which was called the Buckeye foundry. In 1843 he sold out and removed to Somerset, Ohio, where he was similarly engaged. While there he advocated the development of the Shawnee mines, and became well known as the pioneer of the iron industry in Perry County. Returning to Newark in 1850, Joseph Simpson purchased the foundry he had previously operated, and this he continued to manage until his death, in 1856, at the age of fifty-six. His wife survived him until 1865. She was an Episcopalian, while he was liberal in his religious opinions. They had three sons and one daughter: Thomas, of Newark; John; Emily, who died in childhood; and Joseph, who is engaged in business at Columbus, Ohio. The father of this family had one sister, Harriet, who came to the United States; she married William Peel, and died in Springfield, Ill. A boy of ten years when the family came to Newark, our subject here learned the moulder's trade and worked in the foundry with his father for several years, and after the death of the latter, he with his brothers continued the business. In 1859 he went to Texas, and in Galveston was foreman in a foundry for two years, when the business became dull and unprofitable. Later he worked in a soap factory, and thus was introduced to his present business. The state of Texas started a foundry and he was requested to assist in putting the plant into operation, which he did. During the Civil War our subject was drafted into the Confederate army, but as his sympathies were not in that direction he had no desire to assist in fighting their battles. Accordingly he secured a horse and rode into Mexico, where much of his time was spent for fourteen months, although soon after going into that country General Banks with his troops appeared at the Rio Grande, thus rendering it safe for him to return to the other side. He served as engineer on a steamboat for the United States army, furnishing supplies, and subsequently operated a condenser on Brazos Island. Meantime his family were in Austin, and for a year received no tidings from him, nor he from them. Fortunately, he persuaded a Confederate soldier to mail a letter from him to them, which not only allayed their fears on his account, but also secured his personal safety, for they drove a horse and wagon to Matamoras, where they met him. He then returned to Newark, where he has since engaged in the soap business. In the spring of 1859 Mr. Simpson married Miss Catherine B. Tyrer, a sister of his partner, and a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Tyrer. Mrs. Simpson was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and MEMORIAL RECORD - 377 accompanied the family to the United States in 1854, settling in Newark, where her parents died. She is of German descent, and the family name was originally spelled Theurer. To her marriage there were born six children: Mary Ann, who is now the wife of William Allison Monroe, of Spokane, Wash.; Kate B., a teacher in the public schools of Spokane; John M., also a resident of Spokane; Carrie B., who died in 1890, at the age of twenty-three years; Fred W., who is associated in business with his father; and Emma, wife of William Zentmeyer, of Newark. Believing in free trade as a national institution, Mr. Simpson naturally supports the Democratic party. He has served as a member of the City Council, and has been tax appraiser of the city. He was one of the founders of one of the most prominent concerns of its kind in the city, the Time Building Association Company, in which he is now a stockholder. Socially he is a member of Newark Lodge No. 97, A. F. & A. M.; Warren Chapter No. 6, R.. A. M.; Bigelow Council No. 7, R. & S. M., and is also a Knight Templar. JAMES C. LINN, who is numbered among the successful business men of Newark, became a resident of this place in 1874 and for the eight years ensuing was employed at his trade, that of a carpenter. Since that time he has devoted his attention principally to the occupation of a contractor and has superintended the erection of many of the finest structures in the city. While he has made a specialty of the building of residences, he has not confined his attention exclusively to that work, but has also built some of the most substantial business blocks of the place. He had the contract for the woodwork for both the high school building and the paper mill, and these structures stand as monuments to his skill and efficiency. The Linn family is of Irish descent and the name is variously spelled by different representatives. An uncle of our subject in California. also one in Indiana, spell the name Lynd, while other relatives use a somewhat different combination of letters, spelling the name Lynn. From the Emerald Isle our subject's grandfather emigrated to the United States and settled in Greenfield, Washington County, Pa., where he engaged in farming. He had a family of four sons and five daughters, and of these John, the father of our subject, was born in Washington County June 20, 1828. During the Civil War he was engaged as a boat builder, though his principal occupation was that of farming. He died January 5, 1894. His wife, Nancy Sibbitt, was also born in Washington County, Pa., and died in 1862. The family of John Linn consisted of six children, of whom James C., the eldest, was born in Greene County, Pa., September 17, 1849. Rachel Matilda married George Fetherland and died in Washington County, Pa.; William is a builder at Tiffin, Ohio; John I., a farmer, cultivates the old homestead in Washington County; Margaret married William Snyder and resides in Washington County; Matthew is a carpenter in West Berkeley, Cal. Politically the father was a Republican and held various local offices. In religious belief he was a member of the Disciples' Church, while his wife was a Baptist. When a lad of twelve years our subject was orphaned by his mother's death and from that time forward he was obliged to make his own way in the world. In Pennsylvania he learned the trade of a carpenter, which he has since followed. November 19, 1876, he married Mary E. Smallwood, who was born near Dresden, Ohio, and they are the parents of five children, Clarence E., Fannie E., Orrin J., Edna and Calvin. The great issues of the age receive due attention from Mr. Linn, who is a progressive citizen and a firm advocate of the principles of the Republican party. At the present time he is serving as-a member of the City Council, and uses his influence to secure the adoption of such measures as will most rapidly enhance the prosperity of the people. He is a Director in the Home Building Association Company and deals in real estate, owning considerable 378 - MEMORIAL RECORD improved property, including his commodious and modern residence at No. 140 Granville Street. In his religious connections he is a Baptist and is a Trustee in that church. He is a member of the United American Mechanics and is at present an officer in that organization. WILLIAM BRADDOCK PARKER. Reference to the agricultural, interests of this county would be incomplete were no mention made of Mr. Parker among others engaged in tilling the soil. The farm of which he is the owner and proprietor consists of fifty-five acres and is pleasantly situated in Mary Ann Township, in the midst of a fine farming region. So successful has he been in his chosen occupation that his opinions upon all matters pertaining to agriculture carry with them great weight in the community in which he lives. Within a mile of his present home in Mary Ann Township the subject of this notice was born April 3, 1854. He is the fourth among ten children comprising the family of William and Ruth (McVey) Parker, natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Upon the home farm he spent the years of boyhood and youth, and in addition to gaining a thorough knowledge of agriculture he also learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for several years. He still continues to do all his own work in that line. In Mary Ann Township December 7, 1876, occurred the marriage of William B. Parker and Miss Achsah Billman. Her parents, Henry and Barbara (Haines) Billman, came to Licking County about ,,1844 from Coshocton County, and here they reared their family of five sons and four daughters, of whom Mrs. Parker is the youngest. She is a lady of refinement and amiable disposition and is especially devoted to the welfare of her husband and children. Of the latter there are six living, and two, Dilmer B. and Luther, died in infancy. The others are Harley Virgil, Ada, Charles, Ray, Gertie and Mertie (twins), all of whom are with their parents and are students in the public schools of the district. As a member of the Democratic party Mr. Parker takes an intelligent interest in matters of local and national importance. All progressive measures receive his sympathy and active support, and he favors any enterprise calculated to promote the welfare of his fellow-citizens. For eight years he resided in St. Louis, that being the only period of his life spent outside of the township. While a resident of that place lie served for five years as a member of the Village Council. Returning to his native township he was elected to the office of Trustee and still holds that position. He and his wife are sincere Christians and faithful members of the Disciples' Church. In addition to his farm, he owns some valuable town property in St. Louisville. His success has been achieved unaided, and he well deserves the high regard in which he is held by all his acquaintances. JESSE R. MOORE. When contemplating the present condition of this state and noting the wonderful development of its resources and growth of its civilization, due credit should always be given to those who stood in the vanguard and bore many privations that we of the present generation find it hard to realize. Among these pioneers the late Mr. Moore was numbered, and as such our readers will be pleased to note this sketch of his life, which is herewith presented in outline. The details of his work, of his struggles and successes, hardships and comforts, must be left to the imagination of the reader. In this connection it will not be amiss to mention somewhat briefly the parentage of our subject. His father, Samuel Moore, was born in New Jersey and removed from there to Shenandoah MEMORIAL RECORD - 379 County, Va., coming thence to Ohio in 1817. On his arrival in this state he settled in Licking Township, Licking County, where he continued to reside until his death, on Christmas Day of 1849. His wife bore the maiden name of Christina Brumback and was a native of Virginia; she .attained a venerable age and died in Licking County June 19, 1870. The parental family consisted of six children, two sons and four daughters, who attained mature years. Jesse 1Z., the eldest of these, was born in Shenandoah County, Va., April 1, 1810, and was a child of seven years when he accompanied his parents to the Buckeye State. His early boyhood was passed amid rural surroundings and in the enjoyment of such opportunities as belonged to the time and place. In his youth he learned the trade of a carriage and wagon maker, and under his father gained a practical knowledge of all kinds of wood work. For many years he followed his trade, but his later years were devoted to agriculture. In Newark Township, November 6, 1839, Mr. Moore Was united in marriage with Miss Hannah, the daughter of John and Julia (Johnson) Riddall, who in an early day came from Vermont to Cleveland, Ohio, and there died. Mrs. Moore was born in Cleveland, November 14, 1822, and was orphaned by the death of her parents when she was a mere child. She was then adopted into the family of Amos Halliday, with whom she remained until her marriage. Her union resulted in the birth of nine children, as follows: Marian F., the wife of Thomas K. Sutton; Christina J., who married Gideon Sutton; Samuel E., who chose as his wife Miss Tillie Bussey; Lillie H., the wife of Carl Funke; Aurelia N., Mrs. Oliver Haynes; Clara A., the wife of W. B. Ogden; Fannie I., who married Henry S. Fleck (see his sketch on another page); Ellen I., who died in infancy, and Jesse S., who passed away in boyhood. So successful was Mr. Moore in his agricultural enterprises that he became the owner of about nine hundred acres. Upon his farm he erected a substantial set of buildings, and there, surrounded by all the comforts of life, he remained until called from earth, August 6, 1887. He was a witness of much of the growth of the country, and had an honorable part in promoting its material prosperity. A public-spirited citizen, he did good service in civic office and filled for sonic time the position of Justice of the Peace. His death was a loss not only to his family, but also to his fellow-citizens, who realized that in his death one of the best citizens was gone hence. His widow still makes her home on the old homestead in Licking Township. EMMETT PATTERSON. The agriculturists of Licking Township, as a rule, possess general intelligence, thorough understanding of their calling, and great energy, and they therefore rank well among the farmers of Iowa. Among those who for years, have successfully pursued the peaceful occupation of tilling the soil is the gentleman above named,. who is a representative farmer and stock-raiser of Madison Township. This has been the only home he has ever known, and here he was born January 11, 1838. The Patterson family is of Irish descent, and James W., the father of our subject, was a native of County Down, whence he emigrated to America in 1801. After a short sojourn in America he went back to Ireland, and upon returning to this country settled in Licking County, Ohio, prior to his marriage. He was united with Ann M. Casterline, a native of Ohio, and both now lie buried in Madison Township. Their family numbered four children, our subject being the only son. Mrs. Elizabeth Belford resides in Granville, Ohio; Mary became the wife of William Condon and lives in Logansport, Ind.; Mrs. Margaret Wilson, the third sister, died in Madison Township in 1889, leaving one daughter. The subject of this notice received a fair education in the public schools, and began business on his own account immediately after the war. He was one of the many who responded to his country's call in the dark hours of its peril. His name 380 - MEMORIAL RECORD was enrolled as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guards, and the regiment was soon ordered to the front, serving in Maryland and Virginia. He participated in two general engagements and several skirmishes. Failing health, however, rendered his service shorter than he desired. He served until the expiration of his period of enlistment, and desired to again go to the front, but was prevented on account of his health. In 1865 Mr. Patterson took for his life partner Miss Carrie Wilson, daughter of Stewart and Lovina Wilson, whose sketches appear herein. Two children comprise the .family of our subject and his wife, James S. and Olive E., both under the parental roof. They have enjoyed excellent educational advantages, and are well informed and popular young people. Politically, Mr. Patterson is an" active and energetic Republican, and has never voted any other ticket save that of his chosen party. The family is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The home farm is one of the best in the township and contains all the accessories of .a model estate, together with every convenience for the successful prosecution of general farming and stock-raising. FRANK DENMAN. Farming and stock-raising have formed the chief occupation of this gentleman, and the enterprising manner in which he has taken advantage of every method and idea tending toward the enhanced value of hiss property has had considerable to do with his success in life. His farm, consisting of one hundred and thirty acres, is probably the best improved estate in Hanover Township. A fine large house and three commodious barns are among the improvements made within the last fourteen years. In Perry Township, Licking County, March 26, 1850, was born Frank, son of Philip R., and Susan (Platt) Denman. The paternal grandfather, also named Philip Denman, came to Licking County from New Jersey in 1804, and began the improvement of the farm now owned by our subject. While thus engaged, a mound of considerable size was which upon opening was found to contain human bones. Judging from the" length_ of the thigh bones, size of skull and -teeth; it is believed that this extinct race were giants in stature. Applying the usual rule, they were not less than seven feet high. The clay from this mound is now used as an approach to one of our subject's fine barns. The father of our subject was numbered, among the leading citizens of Perry Township. He and his wife had five children, of whom three are now living, Frank being the eldest. Leonora is the wife of John. W. Gardner, of Fallsbury Township. Ida J. married. George S.. Frost, one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and then living at. Denman 's Cross Roads, near the village of Reform. That dread disease, consumption, carried him to a premature grave May 15, 1894, at the age of thirty- three years. He was well-to-do and left his widow and two children in comfortable circumstances financially. To the knowledge acquired in the public schools, our subject has added the information gained only by careful reading, close observation and self-culture. He was the only son and the main stay of his parents, with whom he remained until their demise. His father was one of the wealthiest men in Licking County, and at the time of his death was the owner of a large amount of valuable property in Licking County. besides real estate in Rockford, 111. For -many years before his death, he placed the management of his business affairs in the hands of his son Frank, in whom he relied so greatly, that he named him as his executor without bond. The division of the property was made through the influence of our subject, and was generally satisfactory. The father passed away April 20„1886, while the mother died July 16, 1884. February 25, 1877, occurred the marriage of Frank Denman and Miss Nancy Gault. This lady is the daughter of James and Rachel Gault, natives of Ohio, the latter of whom died October 2, 1876, MEMORIAL RECORD - 381 and the former May 22, 1879. To Mr. and Mrs. Denman have been born three sons, as follows: Alva, whose birth occurred June 5,1879; Clarence, June 13, 1882; and Charles, April 25, 1886. These are bright and intelligent boys, whose prospects for the future are very bright. They are enjoying excellent school advantages, attending the Hanover graded schools nine months each year. In political faith the father of our subject was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, the principles of which he afterward zealously supported until his death. Our subject is also an active Republican. Baying traveled considerably, he has gained a broad fund of information, which makes him a genial companion. He enjoys the esteem of all who know him, and in his community he is an acknowledged authority on all questions in controversy or in litigation between neighbors. THOMAS WESLEY SHANNON, a representative farmer of Madison Township, was born here June 15, 1849, and is the son of Thomas and Elmira (Hoyte) Shannon, both of whom were natives of Licking County, the former born October 28, 1819, and the latter in 1823. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Shannon, was born in Pennsylvania in 1780 and came to Licking County at an early date in the settlement of Ohio. His family consisted of the following-named children, Margaret, Lanty, Henry, Susan, Thomas, Mary and Elizabeth, all of whom settled in this county and all are now deceased. The parents of our subject died in Madison Township, the father at the age of seventy-two, and the mother when sixty-nine. Four children were born to.them, three of whom are living, viz.: Sarah, now Mrs. Nathan Denman, living in Perry Township, this county; Thomas Wesley; Celieh, who died in early youth; and William W. Our subject had the advantages of a good education and grew to manhood on his father's farm. He began life on his own account prior to his marriage and without other means than a strong constitution and willing hands. The first wife of Mr. Shannon was Mandilla, daughter of Josiah Johnson, a native of Licking County. The only child born of this union died in infancy, and the wife and mother died of consumption after less than two years of wedded life. Their marriage took place in September, 1870, and she passed away April 5, 1872. The second union of Mr. Shannon occurred September 12, 1880, his wife being Miss Elizabeth Wales, who was born in Madison Tonnship, and has always made this her home. Her parents, Henry and Louise (Schaefner) Wales, were natives of Germany, the father emigrating to America at the age of fourteen years, and the mother coining two years prior to her marriage They have always lived on the same farm in Madison Township, where they now make their home. Mrs. Shannon is one of six children, namely: Louise, who is unmarried and at home; Elizabeth; George, who died unmarried in 1893, at the age of thirty-nine; Caroline, who married Samuel Drumm, of Madison Township, and they have four children; Henry, who married Miss Flewelying, a resident of Newark and an employe of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company; and William, who married Miss Davidson and lives on the old homestead. Two uncles of Mrs. Shannon, Michael and Fred Schaefner, were soldiers during the Civil War, the former serving through the entire period of the Rebellion and participating in many of its decisive engagements, being with General Grant at the surrender of Lee, as well as through the final campaign. Fred served over two years and also took part in many battles. Mr. and Mrs. Shannon are the parents of two children, Laura and Webster, who are students in the district schools. While a Democrat in questions of national importance, Mr. Shannon is unbiased by party lines in local affairs and votes and works for the best man. He is a public-spirited, progressive citizen 382 - MEMORIAL RECORD. and takes an active interest in the great questions of the age. He has never sought office, though he is now one of the Trustees of Madison Township, having been elected on the Democratic ticket. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the Masonic order and belongs to Hanover Lodge No. 338 at Hanover, in which he has held various official positions. Prior to his father's death Mr. Shannon had accumulated a snug little sum, mostly in cash, and from his father's estate he inherited about $3,000. He is now the owner of a small farm in Madison Township, in which is a fine bed of brick moulding sand. This he delivers to brick kilns and receives a fair compensation therefor. He is a man of industry, energy and good judgment, and is numbered among the highly respected citizens of the township. MEMORIAL RECORD - 385 ANDREW J. CRILLY. Business men of Newark, as of other enterprising towns, are its. bone and sinew, and draw to its centralizing influence such citizens as are of profit and will enhance its prosperity. The subject of this sketch is a prominent and influential real-estate dealer of this city. Being endowed by nature with excellent judgment and sound common sense, he has added to these qualities an enviable reputation for progressiveness, integrity and honorable dealing, and his exceptional business ability is recognized by all his associates. A native of the county in which he now lives, Andrew J. Crilly was born July 10, 1848, and is a son of Andrew and Grace (Mossman) Crilly, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The paternal grandparents came to this country. from Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania, where occurred the birth of their son Andrew in 1805. The latter, when a young man, was for a time employed on the national road from Cumberland, Md., to Springfield, Ohio, and also worked on the Ohio Canal. His marriage occurred in Licking - 16 - County, and he ,resided in Jacksontown until his death, at the age of sixty-two years. His wife survived him several years. In the parental family there were nine children, seven of whom attained to mature years, two dying in infancy. John is a resident of Kansas; Mary married John Thompson and lives in Licking County; Ella, the wife of Stephen Thompson, also resides in Licking County; Edward makes his home in Michigan; Louise is the wife of James Fulton, of Licking County; William died at the age of twenty-two years. Andrew J. was reared in this county, and after finishing the studies of the common schools, entered the profession of a teacher, which he followed for some time. For three years he was Principal of the Jacksontown schools, spending the vacations in farm work. Coming to Newark, Mr. Crilly was appointed Deputy Sheriff' by George W. Hall, under whom he served for four years. He was also deputy under James M. Brown for four months, and at the resignation of that gentleman he was appointed by the County Commissioners to fill the unexpired 386 - MEMORIAL RECORD term. This he did with such credit to himself and in such an efficient manner that at the expiration" of the term he Was re-elected. At the close of that term he was again elected to succeed himself. After having served for three terms he retired from the office, in 1893, and has since been engaged in the real estate business. In politics a Democrat, Mr. Crilly has been elected to other positions aside from the one above mentioned and has served as Assessor, Constable and Justice of the Peace of Licking Township.- Frequently he has been a delegate to county and district conventions, and was Secretary of the Democratic Executive Committee during the campaign of 1892. Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd. Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Master of Hebron Lodge No. 116, A. F. & A. M., of which he has been a member for twenty years. The marriage of Mr. Crilly united him with Miss Mary E., daughter of Jacob and Susan Moon, and a native of Franklin Township, Licking County. Five children bless the union, Etta M., Clyde G., Maud O., Bertha L. and Mary F. JAMES SIMPSON, an honored resident of To bow, and a veteran of the late war, was born in Hanover Township, Licking County, June 17, 1817. His father, Isaac Simpson, was born in Petersburg, Hardy County, Va., and was twice married, his first wife, Susan Green well, being also a native of Hardy County. Three children resulted from this union: Thomas, Solomon and Nancy. The two sons are deceased; the daughter married a Mr. Cline and removed to, Texas, where it is believed the family was murdered by Indians. During the year 1803, accompanied by his family, Isaac Simpson came to Licking County and settled in Bowling Green Township, whence in the fall of 1807 he came to Hanover Township. So poor in purse was lie at the time of coming to this state that fifty cents represented his entire capital, but he was rich in courage, in determination and in energy, so that in time he gained a large degree of success. Though poor himself when he came here, he was a member of a wealthy Virginian family, and his father was a prosperous farmer of the Old Dominion. Losing his first wife by death in Hanover Township, Isaac Simpson afterward married Miss Rachel Baker, who was born at Lost River, Hardy County, and was a member of a leading family in that section of Virginia. Seven children were born of this union, of whom three sons and one daughter still survive. The mother, after a lingering illness, departed this life, having been tenderly cared for during her declining years by our subject, who with the true filial spirit surrounded her in sickness with every comfort and bore all the expenses incident to burial. The early years of our subject were spent on his father's, farm. He attended the subscription schools, 'but his education was received principally by private instruction from' his father, and later by reading and observation. He commenced to learn the trade of .a blacksmith, but never completed his apprenticeship. His time prior to the war was devoted to clearing the land and engaging in general farm work. For several years he engaged in driving stock across the Alleghanies. When about twenty-two he became a member of Levi Claypool's family, with whom he remained for sixteen years. Afterward he worked six years in the employ of Norton Claypool, a son of Levi. He was thus employed when he decided to enlist for service in the Civil War. November 10, 1861, Mr. Simpson enlisted as a member of Company B, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, being then about forty-five years old. With his regiment he participated in battles, sieges 'and marches for fifteen months, when he was prostrated by disease and finally was discharged from service. Asa partial recompense for disability incurred in the army and in recognition of his faithful services, he receives a pension of $16 per month. Although physically unable to engage in any business or perform any kind of labor, he receives only about MEMORIAL RECORD - 387 one-half the pension allowed by law for such disability. Since his discharge he has never been able to perform ordinary manual labor, and now in his seventy-seventh year does not claim a much longer lease of life. For the past four years he has made his home with a family in Toboso. He has no relatives living except two brothers, Jonathan, in his eightieth year, and Aaron, sixty-seven years old, and a sister, Mrs. Mahala Parsons, who lives in Indiana. Socially, Mr. Simpson is closely identified with Lemert Post No. 71, G. A. R, at Newark. Politically he was an old-line Whig as long as the party existed, and since that time he has affiliated with the Republicans. Though not connected with any religious organization, he believes in the inspiration of the Scriptures and the divinity of Jesus. As one who sacrificed his health for the preservation of the Union, he is entitled to the respect of all patriotic citizens, whatever their political belief. GEORGE M. CHAPPELEAR. The village of Gratiot contains among its representative citizens no gentleman who takes a warmer interest in its progress or aids in a higher degree the development of its material resources than he whose name introduces this sketch. Born in Muskingum County, this state, August 18, 1854, he is the son of Allytt W. and Elizabeth (Searsh) Chappelear. His father was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1812, and his mother in Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1818, and they were married in Muskingum County, August 31, 1837. Ten children comprised the family of A. W. Chappelear, of whom the eldest, William A., was a soldier during the late war. Shortly after his return from service he was united in marriage, May 19, 1864, with Miss Margaret McMullen. He now conducts agricultural pursuits and also follows the occupation of an undertaker, Samantha, who married Barton Ewers, February 28, 1867, is now a resident of Muskingum. County, Ohio. Margaret A. died in childhood. Isaiah, who was born August 7, 1844, died March 3, 1892, from the effects of disease contracted in the army. He married Elizabeth Howard, who survives him, being a resident of Indiana. Howard, whose birth occurred February 19, 1847, and whO is now a carpenter of Gratiot, married Mary E. Tucker and they have six children. Elizabeth R. died in girlhood. Martha Ann, born December 28, 1851, is the wife of J. H. Smart, a carpenter of Newark. Our subject is the next in order of birth. Ella J., born March 20, 1857, married G. W. Lake, of Gratiot, and they have two children. Mary L., the youngest, died in infancy. About 1815 A. W. Chappelear accompanied his parents to Ohio and settled with them in Morgan County, where they remained until death. His occupation was that of a carpenter, which he followed throughout his entire life. Even when advanced in years he retained to a large degree the physical strength and mental vigor of youth. When seventy years of age he framed a large barn and with such precision was the work done that every piece fitted in its place as perfectly as was possible. His death, occurred in Gratiot, October 28, 1888, and his wife died April 3, 1892, both at an advanced age. In boyhood the subject of this sketch learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he still follows, in connection with the management of a general repair shop. December 23, 1880, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter of John and Amaretta (Cool) Lawyer, and a native of Muskingum County. Mrs. Chappelear received in girlhood an excellent education and was a teacher for sometime prior to her. marriage. Two children bless the union, Louada and Clyde Everett, now (1894) twelve and five years of age respectively. Socially Mr. Chappelear is identified with Jackson Lodge No. 85, A. F. & A. M., in which he is serving his third year as Secretary. He is also a member of Horican Lodge. No. 192, I. O. O. F., and is the Noble Grand elect for the term of July, 18947 to January, 1895. In both lodges lie has 388 - MEMORIAL RECORD also served in various other capacities, and is active .and earnest in the support of their principles. Three of his brothers served during the late Rebellion and he would have showed his loyalty in the same way but for his youth. Politically he is a Democrat, to which party all the members of the family have given their allegiance. His wife has been a consistent and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her twelfth year, and he is in hearty accord with the church and its teachings, although not identified with any denomination. J JOHN W. L. MOTHERSPAW. The valuable farm owned and cultivated by this gentleman is the embodiment of perfection in a country home. A commodious house adorns a most beautiful building site. Several large barns afford space for storing grain and fodder, as well as comfortable winter quarters for the stock. About the entire place prevails an air of thrift and prosperity. The estate consists of two hundred acres of excellent land, mostly in the bottom and . hence more easily operated, as well as much more fertile than hilly lands. Born July 10, 1864, our subject is still on the sunny side of life. He is a native of Franklin Township, Licking County, as were also his parents, Samuel and Mary Ann (Swisher) Motherspaw, the former having been born in 1825, and the latter in 1830. He is the only son and has five sisters, of whom three survive, viz.: Sarah, who married Harvey Cooperider, of Franklin Township, becoming by that union the mother of three sons, Oren E., Homer A. and Edgar (deceased); Nora E., Mrs. J. M. Dusthimer, of Franklin Township, who has two children, Samuel L. and Maly Alta; and Sevilla, who married Samuel J. Parr,. of Franklin Township, and has four children, Bessie, William C. (deceased), Orville J. and Maude. Emma V. died at about the age of sixteen years, and Louisa passed away in early youth. Among the farmers of Franklin Township, Samuel Motherspaw occupied a prominent position, and here, where his entire life was spent, well and favorably known in social and political circles. His .death, August 28, 1889, was regretted by a large circle of friends. His wife preceded him in death ten days, passing away on the 18thAugust, 1889. Thus was the family and community bereft of two worthy people within a brief -space of ten days, an.d their sudden demise was mourned by all who knew them. The subject of this sketch is a progressive and prosperous young man, whose lot in life has fallen in pleasant places. He inherited a valuable property, to which by industry and economy he will doubtless add in the future. In the common schools of Franklin Township he acquired a fair education, and now, through systematic reading, keeps himself well posted on current events of importance. September 3, 1885, he married Phoebe C., daughter of Hamilton and Phoebe Irwin, natives of Licking County. Her parents now make their home in Franklin Township, where her father is a representative farmer. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin there were five sons and three daughters. Washington the eldest son, and now a well-to-do farmer of Wilson County, Kan., married Martha I. Osborn, and they have one daughter, Alice. Rachel V., the wife of J. S.. Courson, of Franklin Township, has two sons, Howard and Herbert: John .S. died while serving as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. Jacob LeRoy also died in the army. Cordelia A., wife of T. R. Wilson, resides in Newark and has six children. Henry C. married Emma Moore and they have one child, Ivy; at present he is engaged in. agricultural pursuits in Franklin Township; Alice died in childhood. R. F., a merchant of Kansas, is married and has two children, Thessie and Darl. Mrs. Motherspaw is the youngest child of her parents, and by her marriage has become the mother of . two children, Harlan Earle and Carl C., the elder seven and the younger four years old. Throughout the county Mr. Motherspaw is well known as an extensive breeder of fine stock, especially thoroughbred Jersey cattle. He has a fine herd of cows and calves, of which he may well be proud. The butter Which he sells com- MEMORIAL RECORD - 389 mands the highest market prices, and he also sells the surplus- of his herd at good figures. As a stock-raiser he combines excellent judgment with shrewd business discernment, and although engaged in this department of agriculture but a short time, he has already gained prominence by reason of his keenness, tact, energy and sound common sense. LEVI KNOWLTON. For many years one of the successful merchants of Utica, this gentleman now devotes his attention to the management of his four finely improved farms and to his duties as senior member of the real-estate firm of Knowlton & Alsdorf. His connection with the latter enterprise covers a period of more than twenty years, during which time he has platted several additions to the city. As a shrewd and capable business man he has not only secured his own success, but has also contributed to the welfare of the people and the prosperity of the city where he has always made his home. This sketch would be incomplete were no mention made of Levi W. Knowlton, father of our subject, and for years one of Licking County's Most honored citizens. A farmer's son, he was born in North Adams, Mass., in 1803, and there he grew to manhood. About 1824 he started on foot for the far distant west, as Ohio was then considered. He visited some friends on the way and finally reached his destination,. Putnam, now a part of the city of Zanesville, Ohio. There he entered the flour mill owned by his uncle, a Mr. Whipple, in whose employ he served as cooper, engaged in making flour barrels. .Later he became shipping clerk for Judge Buckingham, an extensive merchant of the town, and there he was from time to time promoted until he became chief clerk in the establishment. At Zanesville, Ohio, March 18, 1832, occurred the marriage of Levi W. Knowlton and Miss Amanda Hollister. The latter, who was born in Glastonbury, Conn., in 1800, came' to Ohio to keep house for her brother, John Hollister, a widower. For a time she resided in Hanover, Licking County, and there began the first Sabbath-school ever held in the township. Later she removed to Zanesville, where she met and married Mr. Knowlton. After marriage they lived in Zanesville for one year and then removed to Utica, where Mr. Knowlton became a partner in the firm of Hillyer, Warner & Co. One year later he withdrew from the firm and built a store room and embarked in business alone. Until his death, in 1870, he conducted an extensive mercantile trade and also dealt in real estate and grain, manufactured potash, built a railroad station and elevator, and engaged in pork-packing. These various enterprises he conducted in such a manner as to prove the possession of exceptional business qualifications. A prominent trait in the character of Mr. Knowlton was his loyalty to principle. At all times he had the courage of his convictions, nor did he ever suppress an opinion for policy's sake. Naturally his frankness brought upon him the ill will of those who opposed him in political or moral questions, while on the other hand he always retained the respect- of all who knew him and the warm esteem of his more intimate associates. In politics a Whig, he was strongly opposed to slavery and on that account his place of business was egged and his life threatened, but he never swerved from what he considered the pathway of duty and always had the courage to meet an enemy face to face. At the organization of the Republican party he became one of its supporters and continued to advocate its principles until death. For many years he officiated as Mayor of Utica. During the Civil War he belonged to the Union League, which was the only secret society with which he was ever identified. In early life he united with the Congregational Church, but as that denomination was not represented in Utica he became a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for many years served as one of its Elders. The mother of our subject passed away in 1868, after having had three children, of whom Levi is the eldest. Amanda E., who married Capt. Xenophon Wheeler, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., 390 - MEMORIAL RECORD leaving three children.. Mary A. is the wife of Henry Baker and resides on a farm in Livingston County, Mo. The only son in the family, our subject, was educated by private tutors and was also a student in the college at Oberlin, Ohio. Early gaining a thorough business education while assisting his father in the store, in 1858 he became a partner in the business, the .firm name becoming L. W. Knowlton & Son. At the death of his father he became sole proprietor of the business and continued until March, 1889, when he relinquished the active management of the establishment. It is now conducted under the firm name of A. W. Nicholas & Co. A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Knowlton was Mayor of Utica for a number of years and at present is a member of the City Council. He was nominated by his party for the Legislature, but was defeated with the balance of the ticket. During the late war he enlisted as a member of Come- pany I, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, of which he was Second Lieutenant, his brother-in-law, Xenophon Wheeler, being Captain. He took part in the capture of Cumberland Gap and also participated in many skirmishes. At the expiration a his period of service he was mustered out, in March, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio. At present he is serving as Past Commander and Chaplain of Channel Post No..188, G. A. R. May 13, 1861, Mr. Knowlton was united in marriage with Fannie C., daughter of William and Sarah (Reed) Alsdorf. Two children blessed the union, of whom the only son, Arthur, died in October, 1880, aged. eighteen years. Mary E. is the wife of Willard R. Kimball. The Knowlton and Alsdorf families have preserved the records of their ancestry more than three hundred years. We find their names in the Colonial history as participants in the stirring events of the early settlements of New England and New York. The home of the Knowltons was in Shrewsbury, Mass., that of the Hollisters in Glastonbury, Conn., and that of the Alsdorfs in the Mohawk Valley and along the Hudson. The three families were noted as revolutionists. They joined the Republic and opposed the Mother Country, giving no small assistance in the formation of a new government, to the principles of which they have since been intensely loyal. As a matter of interest we give in brief the genealogical .fines of descent: Capt. William Knowlton, navigator, died at sea in 1633; Thomas, born in 1622, died .in 1692; Thomas, born in 1643, died in 1717; Thomas, born in 1670, died in 1740; Abraham, born April 30, 1703, died in 1767; Paul; born April 17, 1736, died June 27, 1799; Paul, born October 23, 177.0; died August 31, 1847; Levi W., born June 11, 1803, died September 18, 1870; Levi, born May 2, 1834; Arthur, born August 6, 1862, died October 27, 1880. Below we give the genealogical history of the Hollister family: Lieut. John Hollister, born in England in 1612, emigrated to Connecticut in 1642, and died in April, 1665; John, born in 1644, married Sarah Goodrich November 20, 1667, and died in Glastonbury November 24, 1711; Thomas, born January 14, 1672, married Dorothy Hill and died in Glastonbury October 12, 1741; Josiah, born June 7, 1696, married Martha Miller January, 18, 1718,and died in Glastonbury July 12, 1777; Elijah, born in May, 1729, married Mehitable Judd October 1, 1752, who died in her twenty-sixth year; afterward he married Mary Pratt and died in Glastonbury January 10, 1785. John, son of Elijah and Mehitable (Judd) Hollister, was born February 2, 1756, and December 6, 1781, married Mary Welles, daughter of William Welles, of Glastonbury; lie died on the 27th of February, 1835. Amanda, tenth child of John and Mary (Welles) Hollister, born in Glastonbury, Conn., January 24, 1800, married Levi Whipple Knowlton at Putnam, Ohio, March 18, 1832, and died in Utica, Ohio, October 25, 1868. Her mother, Mary, the daughter of William Welles, who was the son of Hon. Thomas Welles, the latter being a son of Capt. Samuel Welles. The father of the last-named, Samuel, was born in Essex County, England, in 1630, and was the son of Gov. .Thomas' Welles, who arrived with his family from England in 1636, was Governor of Connecticut in 1655, also in 1658, and died in office January 14, 1660: The homes of this branch of the Welles family have been in and near Glastonbury, in the Connecticut River Valley. The following is a brief outline of the genealogy MEMORIAL RECORD - 391 of the Alsdorf family: Lawrence Alsdorf, an emigrant to America about the year 1760, from the north of Germany, near Holland, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served under General Washington. He settled in the Mohawk Valley in the vicinity of Schenectady, passed his life in the counties of Saratoga and Schenectady and died there, leaving two sons, named Sylvester and Seaman. Sylvester Alsdorf, eldest son of Lawrence, was born near Schenectady, N. Y., and there died. His family consisted of four sons and three daughters. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. William Alsdorf, third son of Sylvester, was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., in the year 1814, and there in 1836 married Sarah Reed, who was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1815, and emigrated to America in 1833. They removed to Licking County, Ohio, and settled near Utica in the year 1839. Their present home is in Utica. They are the parents of four sons and three daughters. Fannie Catherine Knowlton, eldest daughter of William and Sarah Alsdorf, was born April 13, 1842, and became the wife of Levi Knowlton May 13, 1861. THOMAS S. O'BANNON. Few among the residents of Licking County have made their homes here for so long a period as has the honored gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. He was born in Madison Township. November 16, 1817, and here he has since resided, the witness of the many improvements that have been wrought in this locality during the past seventy years. His life occupation has been that of farming, but now, having accumulated a competence, he lives somewhat retired from active labor, the home farm being operated by his son Charles. The history of the O'Bannon family in Ohio dates back to the year 1803, when the paternal grandfather of our subject purchased five hundred acres of the rich bottom lands on the Licking River, the finest agricultural region in the state. On coming to this state his sole possession was a copy of the Life of Washington, a volume given him from the home library in Virginia. The first representative of the family in America was our subject's great-grandfather, an Irishman by birth, who settled in the Old Dominion in Colonial times. The father of our subject, William O'Bannon, was twenty years of age when, in 1803, he settled in Madison Township. About the same time he. married Miss Margaret Seymour, a friend of his childhood, who came to Ohio with her parents. Of their children we note the following: Patsy was born May 28, 1804; Catherine, December 1, 1805; Presley, November 6, 1807; Elizabeth, March 7, 1809; Mary, November 6, 1810; William, March 14, 1813; Susan D., February 11, 1815; Joseph, in 1816; Thomas S., in 1817; George and James R. (twins), January 25, 1819; and John, September 6, 1825. Of this family only two now survive, our subject and his sister Mary. The latter is the widow of Adam Seymour, and lives with her children near St. Louisville, this county. The second wife of our subject's father was Mary 0. Burnum, whom he married when our subject was nine years old. The death of William O'Bannon occurred in 1856. We copy the following from the Newark Advocate in relation to his demise: "Died, on Thursday, January 8, at his residence in Madison Township, this county, William O'Bannon, Sr., in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Judge O'Bannon was born in Hardy County, Va., December 23, 1782, and immigrated to this state and settled in Madison Township, Licking County, in 1803. He was a man of sound judgment and indomitable energy, and by his industry and foresight accumulated a large fortune. He was a strictly just and upright man. In all his business transactions with the people for a period of more than half a century he was never guilty of an unfair, dishonest or dishonorable act." December 6, 1842, our subject married Mary J. Maholm, who was born in Salem, Ohio, April 21, 1820. Four sons were born to this union. James, whose birth occurred at midnight on the last day of the year 1847, is now a resident of Los Angeles, Cal.; Henry Clinton, who was born March 8, 392 - MEMORIAL RECORD. 1851, lives in Fairmount, Cal., where he operates a stage line. George was born February 27, 1854, and died at the parental home February 15, 1870. Charles, who was born. August 13, 1857, now operates' the home farm. He married Miss Annie Montgomery, and they are both consistent mem bers of the Presbyterian Church. Since 1859 Mr. O'Bannon has made his home on the farm where he still resides. He assisted in the organization of the Republican party in Licking County and has ever since supported its principles, though he has never cared for office, preferring to devote his attention to the cultivation of his farm. He is a genial gentleman, well informed on the topics of the day, and has been a useful citizen during his long life in this county. JOHN W. LAKE, a prominent and representative farmer of Madison Township, is a Virginian by birth and was born in Fauquier County, October 20, 1833. His parents, John J. and Mary (Casey) Lake, were natives of the Old Dominion and both died in Hampshire County, the former in September, 1861, and the latter surviving him about fifteen years. The father was an extensive land owner and operated his plantation with slave labor, which was the only means of tilling the soil until the Emancipation Proclamation liberated the slaves. During the war the family suffered considerable loss of property, aside from the liberation of their slaves (about twenty in number), the loss being largely in stock, grain and injury to trees and buildings. There were eight children in the parental family, of whom our subject was the third. Mary died in young womanhood. Anna Maria, the widow of Charles G. Slemaker, lives in Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va. Minerva, the widow of Jacob A. Marker, resides in Alaska, W. Va. Enoch B., with his family, has resided in Licking County, Ohio, for about twenty years. Elyira married Hiram Baker, who owns a portion of the old homestead and resides in Mineral County, W. Va.; they hive five children. Rebecca L., who married Mason T. Moore, lives in Perry County, Ohio. Edward died when a young man. In the private schools of Virginia our subject received a fair education. In the spring Of 1858 he came to Ohio and settled in Hanover Township, Licking County, where he purchased a farm. This he operated for some years, but in 1878 sold the property and removed to his present beautiful home in Madison Township. December 2, 1856, in this county, he married Miss Harriet, daughter of George and Mary (Davis) Colvin, prominent citizens of Licking County and the owners of the farm where our subject now lives. A portion of this valuable property came to Mrs. Lake by inheritance, and she and her husband own jointly one hundred and eighty-one acres of excellent. land, bearing superior improvements and a beautiful residence. Her father, George Colvin, died July 25, 1881, aged seventy-three years, two months and twenty-two days. He had four children, viz.: William D., who died at home as the result of disease contracted while serving his country; Mrs. Lake; Mary Josephine and Martha Louisa, who died in childhood. The parents were early settlers of Muskingum County, later came to Licking County, where they remained until death. They were a worthy couple, and their memory will long be revered by those who knew them. Mr. and Mrs. Lake have been deeply bereaved in the loss by death of all their children. M. Ella, who was born July 4,1859, had all the advantages that wealth and social position can afford and became an accomplished, amiable and refined young lady, but it was not decreed that she should remain with her parents as a benediction to their old age; she was called. from earth June 14, 1882, when less than twenty-three. Alice I. died April 7, 1869, at the age of four months and fourteen days. William E. passed. away April 3, 1876, aged four years, five months and twenty-seven days. In religious belief Mrs. Lake is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a lady of MEMORIAL RECORD - 393 culture and superior education, having acquired her training principally in the female seminary at Zanesville, this state. The life occupation of Mr. Lake has been that of a farmer, and in addition to his home place he owns valuable real estate in Columbus, Ohio. A public-spirited citizen, he has the courage of his convictions under all circumstances, and in his ballot is unbiased by party lines. JOSEPH H. NEWTON. Early in the year 1836, on the 10th of January, Joseph H. Newton was born. His parents, George F. and Eliza Gray Newton, were living at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, at that time. His father removed to Holmes County, Ohio, when the subject of this sketch was two years ofd. He acquired a common-school and academic education and at the early age of eighteen left the student's desk for the printer's case. He learned the trade of a printer in the office of the Holmes County Farmer, of which paper his father at that time was the owner and proprietor. Mr. Newton's rise was rapid. When twenty years of age, an age at which most young men are still dependent on their parents, he became the editor of the paper, which was the organ of the Democratic party of Holmes County. A year later he and his brother, David G. Newton, wrote after their names publishers and proprietors. December 16, 1858, he was married to Miss Anna M. Sproal, a prominent and highly esteemed young lady of Millersburg, Ohio. By this marriage three children were born, two of whom, a son and daughter, died in infancy. The third, his daughter Eliza, is the wife of Andrew H. Pierson, the business manager of the Newark Advocate. In the summer of 1859 Mr. Newton sold his interest in the Holmes County Farmer to Judge J. A. Estill. The following year he was appointed Deputy Auditor, his father at that time being the Auditor. The regard and esteem in which Mr. Newton was held by his neighbors was evidenced in 1869, when he was elected Auditor. He took possession of the office in March, 1870, and served two terms. He at that time and afterward held a number of minor positions of trust and responsibility, and was for ten years a member of the Board of Education of Millersburg. Mr. Newton actively participated in 1869 in the extension of what is now the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad from Millersburg to Mt. Vernon and Columbus. The road in those days had its terminus at Millersburg, but through his enterprise, coupled with that of prominent citizens of Mt. Vernon interested in the company, it was extended to the state capital. In 1873 he was one of the prime movers in the Dresden branch of this railroad, the completion of which, however, was delayed some years on account of the financial panic of that year. During the period from 1870 to 1875 he was engaged in the coal and coal-land business, the latter Portion of which time lie had an office in Cleveland.. In the spring of 1877 lie became occupied with J. A. Caldwell in the publication of local historical works, which engagement continued for nearly three years. During this time Mr. Newton wrote and edited histories of the counties of Clearfield, Jefferson and Venango in Pennsylvania, the four counties of the Pan Handle in West Virginia, and the counties of Belmont and Jefferson in Ohio. Some of these works contained an exhaustive history of that interesting period in western annals, when the Ohio River was the dividing line between the western frontier, settled by the whites, and the trackless wilderness which was the abode of powerful tribes of hostile Indians, the preparation and editing of which required extensive and careful research. In January, 1880, Mr. Newton became an editorial writer on the Wheeling Register, and manager of the weekly edition of the paper. In March of the same year, he severed his connection with the Wheeling Register to become editor of the Newark Advocate. He was associated with J. A. Caldwell in the purchase of the Advocate, and on the 10th of March of that year the first number of the paper was issued under their ownership. Un- 394 - MEMORIAL RECORD. der the aggressive management of Mr. Newton the Advocate at once sprang to a position of prominence and importance. It became in two short years a recognized power, not only in county, but in state politics. The paper is in every respect a Democratic organ. The principles of Jefferson's party are vigorously supported, and its uncompromising stand for Democratic doctrine at all times has earned for it a well deserved place among the foremost Democratic papers of the state. Whatever principle, measure or act possesses the virtue of Democracy is sure to find in the Newark Advocate a fearless champion. It is not difficult to ascertain the man to whom the paper is indebted for its present influence and power. It is Mr. Newton. He is careful to keep the Advocate free and clear from all factional differences that may arise in his party, and regarding political policy his favorite expressions are that he "tries to publish a paper for all the Democrats" and one devoted to "giving reasons why an American citizen should be a Democrat." A practical printer, understanding perfectly the essentials of a good paper, he brought to his new venture extensive and valuable experience. The possessor of a vigorous style, his editorial utterances are models of pure, concise, forcible English. Two years after be took charge of the Advocate, the Daily Advocate was started by him. The Daily ,Advocate' was 'a big venture when we consider the time at which its publication was begun. In Ohio only the cities of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Steubenville.. and Dayton had Democratic daily papers. In cities the size of Newark and much larger, no Democratic daily then flourished. Perhaps no instance could be furnished better illustrating the enterprise of Mr. Newton than the fact that the Daily Advocate was commenced at such a time, and the success that it achieved is owing, no one will deny, to the energy and push of its founder. For a number of years after it was started the Newark Daily Advocate was the largest Democratic daily paper published in any city the size of Newark in this state. Conservative in its estimates of men and of doctrines, fearless in its advocacy after decision is once made, always guarding zealously the good name of the paper, and never opening its columns. to any matter which would bring the paper into disrepute or the blush to any cheek, it is to-day pointed to with pride by every intelligent citizen of Newark, irrespective of party. A sound business policy, closely adhered to, has kept it free from shoals, and it is sailing smoothly on prosperous waves. In the spring of 1883, Mr. Caldwell retired from the Advocate. At that time Mr. Newton undertook to organize a company, and the result of his efforts was the incorporation of the Advocate Printing Company, Mr. Newton remaining the editor of the paper, and Andrew H. Pierson becoming its business manager. The Advocate's field of usefulness immediately widened. Those who were fortunate enough to join with Mr. Newton in the enterprise have never regretted it. The company is the owner of the best equipped plant in central Ohio, and is doing a large and lucrative business. But the Advocate's success, great as it is, need afford no subject of amazement. The paper is but a strong reflection of the personality of the man who himself has made life a success, and who to-day controls and directs the course of the paper. Mr. Newton, aside from his public work, is a great admirer of Izaak Walton, and an enthusiastic angler. His fondness for this sport and his knowledge of fish culture received recognition from Gov. James E. Campbell, who in March, 1890, appointed him a member of the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. This appointment came entirely unsolicited, and it was celebrated by his friends, who appreciated the appointment in a becoming manner. They arranged a banquet in. honor of the appointee at the Tubbs House, which was attended by all of the prominent citizens of Newark, who assisted in making merry an evening of rare pleasure. He 'Served four years on the Board, and was then compelled to resign on account of numerous other duties, which made it impossible for him to give the position proper at-ten tion. On June 19, 1893, Mr. Newton's eminent services for the cause of Democratic doctrine in the county and throughout the state received suitable recognition at the hands of President Cleveland. He was appointed Postmaster of the city of New- MEMORIAL RECORD - 395 ark. On the 1st of July of the same year, he took charge of the office and is still serving in this position. The appointment of Mr. Newton to this prominent position is a well merited compliment to the able and unfaltering support he has always given to Democratic principles. The fact that it met with the approbation and unstinted praise of the entire community added not a little to the pleasure of receiving the appointment, and testified to the wisdom displayed in the selection. Mr. Newton still directs from the editorial tripod the course of his excellent paper. The Advocate is an important factor in state politics, and its influence is rapidly increasing, a fact which is gratifying not only to the people of Newark, but also to its editor and helmsman, Joseph H. Newton, to whom all credit is due. WILLIAM P. NEIBARGER has known no other home than Madison Township, and here he was born January 5, 1846. The farm which he owns and operates consists of one hundred and seventeen acres, largely devoted to the raising of stock and grain, although Mr. Neibarger is also giving considerable attention to the cultivation of small fruits with a view to adding to the family revenue thereby. From his youth he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and displays a special aptitude for his chosen calling, in which he has achieved noteworthy success. The Neibarger family is of German and English extraction and was represented in Virginia for several generations prior to its settlement in Ohio. The parents of our subject, William and Mary (Tebo) Neibarger, were natives of the Old Dominion, but came to Licking County with their respective parents when quite young. Here they were married and this was their home throughout their entire wedded lives. The mother was the first to pass to the beyond, her death occurring in No- vember, 1868. The father survived her for some years and passed away December 21, 1880. There were born to William and Mary Neibarger three sons and one daughter. Calvin married Miss Jane Smith and resides in Kansas,. being a dentist in Hutchinson. Albert first married Miss Margaret, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, his wife dying in Indiana where he then resided. He was later united with Miss Emma Ketchum, and they now live on the old homestead in Madison Township. Angeline became the wife of John Crawford, who is now living in Washington County, Iowa, retired from agricultural work-. The family enjoyed good educational advantages, and two of the brothers were teachers for some years. The early years of our subject were spent under the parental roof, on the old home farm. Establishing home ties, he married Miss Martha A. Wolfe, a native of Franklin Township, Licking County, the ceremony which united their destinies being. solemnized November 18, 1870. Her parents, John and Margaret (Crawford) Wolfe, were born and reared in Franklin Township, and there they still reside. Mrs. Neibarger is the eldest of four children. Her sister, Mary Elizabeth, is unmarried and resides with her parents. Albert C. married Miss Alice, daughter of William Beall, a retired farmer residing in Newark; they reside in Madison Township and are the parents of three sons and two daughters, viz,: Leon, Mabel, Stanley; and Cara and Katie (twins). Parker Lee, Mrs. Neibarger's other brother, cultivates the home farm and resides with his parents. Nine children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Neibarger, eight of whom are living, namely: Mary, Charles Orville, Henry Curtis, Jennie. Florence, Arthur C., Anna, James and Blanche. Horace was drowned in the' spring when thirteen months old, having toddled away from his nurse and fallen in the spring. The children have enjoyed the advantages of the excellent public schools of the district, and the second son is now attending Ada (Ohio) College, with a view to fitting himself for professional work. Mr. Neibarger is active in politics, being a stanch Democrat in principle. He has held various official positions in his township. In religious belief he 396 - MEMORIAL RECORD and his family are members of the Christian Union Church, and take an active interest in church and Sunday-school work, giving liberally to the support of the Gospel and other religious and charitable. enterprises. Mrs. Neibarger is of Scotch-Irish descent, and some of her ancestors were of remote German extraction. Her maternal great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and fought under General Wayne. ROBERT FULTON, who for many years was actively engaged as an agriculturist, but is now retired from business cares, was born in Berkeley County, Va., March 1, 1819. His parents, Robert and Jane (Latin) Fulton, were natives of Ireland, and were there reared and married. Immediately after their marriage they took passage for America, and landing in this country, proceeded to Virginia and made settlement in Berkeley County. After a few years spent there they came to Licking County, Ohio, in 1825. Here the father engaged to work on the Ohio Canal, which was then in process of construction. He commenced to farm. rented property, and being frugal and industrious, he was soon able to make a small payment upon the farm which our subject now owns. As time passed by, he succeeded in completing the payments, and gave 'his attention to the improvement of the estate. Here his death occurred in 1852. His wife passed away some years later. There were in the parental family three sons and three daughters,. but the only survivors are Robert and Nancy. The latter is the wife of John McMillan, a prosperous farmer, who lives near our subject. William, who was the eldest of the family, settled north of Newark, where he died, and his wife is also deceased. They had a large family, some of whom remain in Licking County, while others have removed west. John M. is the father of J. Willis Fulton, whose sketch appears in this volume. Martha became the wife of Jacob Hartshorn and they died after having had four children. In the subscription schools of early days, our subject gained a fair knowledge of the common branches, and as he has always been a thoughtful reader and a close observer, he is well informed. December 10, 1844, he married Miss Jane Keeran, a native of Augusta County, Va., born in January, 1820. She came to Licking County in company with her parents, Samuel and Sarah (Lilly) Keeran. To Mr. and Mrs. Fulton three children. have been born,. The eldest, John Wesley, married Ellen Williams and they have two children, Harry and Robert; they reside upon the old homestead. William L. married Julia Glick, and they have had six children, one of whom is deceased; they reside in McPherson County, Kan., where he is a farmer and stock-raiser. Martha J. is the wife of O. B. Young, and has three daughters, Laura, Helen and Hazel. Having accumulated valuable possessions, Mr. Fulton is surrounded by all the comforts of life and his declining years are provided against want. His success is due to his enterprise, thrift and excellent judgment, and he well deserves the prosperity that has come to him. He is a man of sincere Christian belief, and his life has exemplified the earnestness of his religious belief. He has maintained an active interest in county, state and national affairs, and usually casts his ballot with the Democratic party, though at times, especially in local affairs, he votes with the opposite party when he believes the interests of the people will thereby be best subserved. EDWIN R. CORNELL resides in St. Alban's Township, on the farm where his birth occurred, July 28, 1821. He is a member of a pioneer family of Licking County and a grandson of Gideon Cornell, one of the early settlers of MEMORIAL RECORD - 397 Granville. The latter was a silversmith by trade and came west to Ohio in 1805, settling in Granville, where his death occurred one year later. His family numbered the following children: Gideon, for many years an agriculturist of St. Alban's Township, and who died in this county; Isaac, Who removed to Texas; Sylvanus, who located at Alexandria and there died; Archibald, father of our subject; Naomi, who married Judge Holmes, and died in Marion, Ohio; Mrs. Charlotte Stewart, who died in Zanesville, this state; Mercy, wife of Rev. Samuel Carpenter; and Ruth, who married and is now deceased. The father of our subject was born in Connecticut, near the city of New London, and accompanied the family to Ohio, where he became one of Licking County's agriculturists. When eighteen years old he owned land where Denison University now stands, but this he sold and purchased property in St. Alban's Township. This tract was heavily timbered and was almost destitute of improvements except a rude log cabin. Here he commenced life for himself, and in the cultivation of the place, through industry and energy, he gained a competence. He married Sarah Peck, a native of Nova Scotia, who came to Johnstown, Ohio, at the age of eighteen years. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Church, while Mr. Cornell was liberal in his religious views, not being connected with any denomination: Politically Archibald Cornell was an unswerving adherent of the Democratic party, and was influential in its ranks. For some time he served as as Commissioner of Licking County. He took an active part in the War of 1812, fighting in defense of the liberty of our country. His children were: Edwin R.; Helen, who married Abner Woods and resides in St. Alban's Township; Bertrand, who went to Oregon and died in Portland; Cecelia, who married Jonathan Hivey and died in Monroe Township; and Wilhelmina, who died in St. Alban's Township. Upon the home farm the subject of this sketch was reared to manhood, alternating attendance at school with work on the home place. After conducting his studies in Evansville College he engaged in teaching school, being thus employed for seven winters. At the death of his father he inherited his present property, and now owns nearly two hundred acres, upon which is a tine farm residence. He married a daughter of Joseph Mossman, a native of Ireland. She was born in Coshocton and remained a resident of Licking County from the time of her marriage until her death; her body now lies in the cemetery near the old home. Of their children Elizabeth died while attending school; Joseph H. resides with our subject; Nellie married a clothing merchant of Cantons; and Cecelia is married and lives in Johnstown. In national issues a Democrat, Mr. Cornell does not adhere to party in local affairs, voting for the man rather than the political organization. He has served as Township Trustee and in other local offices, being elected on the Democratic ticket, although the township usually gives a Republican majority. In his religious views he is a Universalist. MATHEW FROST. Among the residents of Fallsbury Township who are gaining a livelihood by the tilling of the soil, we mention the name of Mathew Frost, whose efforts have contributed to the development of the rich farming lands of the county. Born October 19, 1852, he is one of ten children constituting the family of John and Jane (Arnold) Frost, well known residents of Licking County. Besides himself there now survive the following-named sons and daughters: W. H., who lives in Iowa; Lucy A., now Mrs. Aaron Van Winkle, and also a resident of Iowa; Nellus, residing in the Hawkeye State; Francis M., whose home is in Licking County; Mrs. Sarah J. Miller, of Licking County; and Mary A., now Mrs. Rogers, of Putnam County, Ohio. Acquiring a limited education in the common schools, and at the same time gaining a thorough knowledge of agriculture on the home farm, our subject grew to a sturdy manhood. Estab- 398 - MEMORIAL RECORD lishing home ties, he married Mary J., daughter of Nathan and Jemimah Nethers, natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Ohio. She was one of ten children of whom besides herself the following are now living: John W., a resident of Muskingum County; Mrs. Catherine Horr; George W.,of Licking County; Andrew J., also a resident of this county; Lloyd, whose home is in Knox County; and Jasper E., of Licking County. Mr. and Mrs. Frost have two children, Elvie J. and John W., both of whom are attending school. While not a politician in the ordinary usage of that term, Mr. Frost may always be relied upon to use his influence and cast his ballot for the Republican party, believing its principles conducive to the highest good of the country. He and his. wife are connected with the Primitive Baptist Church, and are among the highly respected residents of their community. HENRY S. BEIDLER dates his residence in Licking County from the year 1858 and his connection with the mercantile interests of Johnstown from 1879. He was born in Fayette County, Pa., July 11, 1832, being a son of Joseph and Mary (Shellenberger) Beidler. Reared to manhood upon a farm, he was the recipient of a good business education in the common and select schools. Upon attaining his majority he cam .to Ohio and for a time taught school in Lawrence County. On his return to the Keystone State he was similarly engaged in Fayette County. In 1855 Mr. Beidler again came to Ohio and soon afterward married Miss Sarah, daughter of Samuel Pile and a native of Fayette County, Pa., but at the time of her marriage a resident of Licking County, Ohio.. Prior to his marriage he had become interested in a general store in Pennsylvania, and this he continued to operate until 1858, when he removed to Ohio and accepted a position as station agent for the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad at Kirkersville. On the 19th of April 1861, he enlisted in the Union army for a period of three months. His name was enrolled as a member of Company A, Third Ohio Infantry, inin which regiment he served until August of the same year Again enlisting in the army, Mr. Beidler became a member of Company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, for a period of three years. On the 22d of June, 1863, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Fifty-first United States Colored Infantry. In July of the following year he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and resigned in February, 1866. Among the engagements in which he participated were those of Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Sherman's attack on Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, Ft. Blakeley and Mobile Bay, besides numerous marches and skirmishes At the close of the war Mr. Beidler returned to the Buckeye State and became a clerk in a store, continuing in that capacity until 1879, when he engaged in business for himself. He has erected a store building and residence, and has in other ways contributed to the progress of Johnstown. He was one of the organizers and the Vice-President of the Johnstown Building & Loan Association. He and his wife became the parents of four children, of whom two survive, Belle, wife of Charles Avery, and. Ida May, at home with he parents. Politically Mr. Beidler is a Republican, holding that the doctrines of that party are most suited to the growth and advancement of this great country. His first Presidential ballot was cast for John C. Fremont in 1856. In a number of honored offices he has rendered efficient service, having been Mayor of the village, member of the Council, Treasurer of the town and President of the Board of EducationSociallyly he is a member of Johnstown Lodge No. 422, I. O. O. F., and is Past Commander of the Ira P. French Post, G. A. R. During the administration of President Hayes he served as Postmaster of the village. The Beidler family was long identified with the history of Pennsylvania, and the father. always MEMORIAL RECORD - 399 lived in the locality of his birth, dying there at the age of seventy-six years. His first wife died at the age of twenty-nine, leaving two children, Henry S., of this sketch, and John, who died in Pennsylvania. The father was a second time married, becoming by that union the parent of six children, namely: William, Peter, Ann, Amanda, Catherine and Jesse. WILLIAM B. CHAMBERS, D. D. S., enjoys the distinction of being, in point of years of practice, the oldest dentist in Newark, his residence in this city dating from the year 1866. The son of Joseph H. and Rebecca (Beall) Chambers, he was born in Marshall County, W. Va., August 8, 1839. His paternal grandfather, James H., was born in the North of Ireland, there grew to manhood, married and engaged in the manufacture of linens. Emigrating to the United States, he sojourned for a time upon a farm in Lancaster County, Pa., whence he removed to Pittsburg and engaged in the boot and shoe business. In 1817 he removed to that part of the Old Dominion now included in West Virginia and there he continued to reside until the time of his death. At the age of seventy-eight he was killed by the kick of a horse. In Grandfather Chambers' family there were four sons and two daughters, viz.: James, John, Samuel, Joseph H., Mrs. Jane Patterson, and Isabella, who married Robert Hay, of Pittsburg. Of these children Joseph H. was reared a farmer and manufacturer. After his marriage, which took place in West Virginia, he resided near Wheeling until his demise, at the age of eighty-five. His wife passed away when seventy-eight. In religious connections they were identified with the Presbyterian Church. Eight children comprised their family, of whom the following survive: James, a farmer and builder of West Alexandria, Washington County, Pa.; John, a resident of Washington, Pa., who is a dealer in supplies for oil wells; Joseph, a farmer of Ohio County, W. Va., and William B., of this sketch. Upon the home farm our subject was reared to manhood, but he never tilled the soil, as his time in youth was spent in the school-room. After completing the studies of the common schools, he attended the West Alexandria Academy, under the tutelage of Rev. William H. Lester, and later was a, student in the Pennsylvania Dental and the Jefferson College of Pennsylvania. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania Dental College and located at Newark, where he has since followed his profession with success. The lady who became the wife of Dr. Chambers in 1870 was Miss Augusta, daughter of the late Hon. Isaac Smucker, of Newark. One child was born to them, but it died in infancy. JOHN P. SWISHER, residing in Union Township, is one of the well-to-do land owners of the county, and at the present time has in his possession between five and six hundred acres located in Licking and Union Townships. Farming and stock-raising have formed his chief occupation, and to these he has mainly devoted his attention, although for a time he engaged in teaching school. A native of Licking County, he was born in Lima Township October 14, 1837. His father, Joseph Swisher, was born in Virgin ia, and at the age of seventeen years came to Licking County, where he married Dorothy Houser, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio. They lived until advanced in years, then passed away. In the family there were three sons and four daughters, of whom our subject is the third in order of birth and the eldest of the sons. At the age of seventeen he began to teach school, and for six years thereafter alternated teaching with attendance at school. Since that time he has followed farming exclusively. In Licking County